The Man Named Turles
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Time is not a single thread, where a predestined outcome awaits all. No, it's chaotic… with many different streams where people can have many different fates, some minute, some grand. This is a story of a man named Turles and how his life turned out in a slightly different time-stream.
Chapter 1: Resurrection
It has been a few mere weeks since the Tree of Might has been destroyed. Goku has begun his training once again, in preparation for his trip to the planet Namek… as he has been informed by Bulma that his ship is done and nearly stocked for a trip to Namek.
But little does Goku know that a far more dangerous situation is rising… one that involves a man that Goku could've sworn had died…
Turles!
Orbiting the Earth, the space sphere of Turles encircles the planet. Within the said sphere, lies a regeneration tank, where the man called Turles is recovering from fatal wounds inflicted by the Genki Dama. His hair all but gone, his skin burnt and resembling darkened leather, even the regeneration tank cannot keep the pain at bay.
In the back of his mind, only one thing plays throughout his fractured mind… his defeat at the hands of Goku.
The room dissolves around Turles, as he finds himself standing in the center of the Tree of Might. Dismissing his ship from the site as it'll decompose after he eats the remaining fruit, Turles is admiring the beauty of the tree when he hears his name called out. Turles looks to his left to see Goku, walking towards him.
A few words are exchanged, but then silence. Finally, both sense each other attacking, with Turles unleashing a massive chi blast and Goku throwing the Genki Dama. Breaking through his blast, Turles' body is engulfed by the Genki Dama's energy, which also ignites the fruit as well.
Energy rivaling the big bang is unleashed, destroying the Tree of Might and re-dispersing the energy to everything it stole.
As for Turles, the blast launched his burned and shattered body onto an island more than a thousand miles away. By all means, Turles should have died. But for a Saiyan, especially one who usually faces opposition on many planets, they always have a backup plan. For Turles, this backup plan has his space-ship attuned to his body functions, so that in times of trouble, it would home in on his position and rescue him. This is what happened here, as the ship arrived and a robot servitor brought Turles aboard, placing him in the regenerative tank.
As the hallucination fades this time, Turles briefly opens his eyes and they shift from his normal blue to green… only to shift back to blue again. Then, the hallucinations continue…
Back at Goku's homestead, his head snaps, pulling him away from the plate of food sitting in front of him. Goku looks behind his chair with a worried look on his face.
"Well this is a first, I've never seen you stop eating." Chi-Chi, wife of Goku, says to her husband.
"Huh? Oh, I just got the strangest feeling… like there was an enormously evil presence near us only it disappeared as I sensed it."
"You don't think…"
"No Chi-Chi, I don't. He died when the Tree of Might exploded. Although, it's a shame I never figured out why we looked exactly alike…" but the thought is put out of his mind as his nostrils catch of whiff of the plate of beef before him and he started stuffing his face full of food.
Back on Turles' ship, all the internal organs have been repaired and his skin is underway. He can feel his skin tingle as it's rewoven all around him…
On Earth, Gohan and Krillin are hanging out by the lake, having went out to eat lunch.
"Say Gohan… did you feel that mysterious energy, just a few seconds ago?"
"Yeah, I did. Was it just me or did it feel familiar?"
"No… it felt like the power from that monster Turles… but how could survive a Genki Dama? I mean, sure, Vegeta did but it wasn't a full blown one like the one Goku hit him with… "
"Anyhow, I hope it isn't. I never want to see that man who wears my dad's face again…" and with that said, Gohan and Krillin leap into the air to head towards Bulma's house to prepare for the trip to Namek.
At the same time, Goku is kissing Chi-Chi goodbye and asking her to wish him luck in stopping Vegeta from nabbing the Namekian Dragonballs.
Gohan, Krillin and Goku arrive at about the same time, to see a Namekian ship standing next to the recently designed Caspule Corp space-ship.
"Wow, you mean we'll be traveling in these?" Gohan asks, as his inquisitive nature starts to kick in.
"Well… you, Krillin and I are taking the Namekian ship, while Goku takes the Capsule Corp one. That's been built with a gravity controller which'll help Goku train better."
"In that case, why don't I travel with you, Dad? I'm sure we'll do great together!"
"Sorry Gohan, but I'm planning on some extensive training and I'm not sure you'd be able to handle that. Plus, I only have a limited supply of senzu beans, so I want to train as hard as I can in order to use those to power up again. Besides, Krillin will need someone to spar with and I think you'll keep him sharp and likewise."
"Ok…" Gohan says with a bit of a pout.
"Goku, this is what you'll need to do to activate certain controls…" Bulma says as she begins to walk Goku through the process of controlling his ship.
After an EXTENSIVE and REPEATIVE rundown on controlling the ship, Bulma leaves Goku's side and begins to warm up the Namekian ship. Once prepped, Gohan and Krillen get onboard and both ships take off towards Namek!
Both ships are detected by Turles' ship, which catalogues what class ship they are and the species type of the occupants inside.
Inside the tank, it starts to bubble as the liquid recedes. Completely healed, Turles takes off the oxygen mask and exits the machine as the door opens. Standing there, with his tail waving in the air, Turles can't help but smile and laugh.
He's cheated death and he feels better than he ever has in his entire life.
He walks calmly over to a flashing computer counsel, where he notices the biological readings of the occupants of two ships. One of the readouts is a pure Saiyan… and the other is a hybrid Saiyan.
"Computer, chart their course and follow." And as Turles walks away to lie down in his own bed and rest form the ordeal of the past few weeks, he thinks…
"Kakarotto… my dear brother, you're worst nightmare is coming back to haunt you…" and his laughter echoes down the halls of the spherical ship, creating an ungodly sound… although no one but him hears it.