Prologue: Where am I?
His red hair and eyes flared as he felt his energy coursing throughout his body. Light of the same color emitted from him, creating a flame like appearance around him. The grass around him was uprooted and blown away by the sheer force of the wind created by his energy. His red eyebrows lowered as he focused on his target in the distance. The little white creature he was staring at taunted him, putting one finger in its nose, sticking its tongue out, and making a drawn out noise as it floated some twenty feet off the ground. Even though it was just a ghost, it behaved too much like its creator; who was standing proudly underneath it, his long yellow hair and black and yellow vest flapping with the wind that his sparring partner was putting out.
"Ka-" the red haired fighter began to say as he took the signature stance.
"You're never going to hit him! He's just as fast as me!" the smaller fighter bragged with his fists on his hip.
"Me-" ignoring the taunt, the Saiyan God began gathering his energy between the palms of his hands. The red light that surrounded him slightly lowered in intensity.
"Surprise!" The Super Saiyan 3 fighter yelled across the distance as a second ghost rushed the Saiyan God from behind and seemingly out of nowhere. And explosion and a cloud of smoke resulted from the collision. The little fighter jumped around in excitement; he couldn't believe that actually worked!
"Ha-" He heard through the smoke.
"Whhaaa?!" Gotenks said as he saw a red light break through the smoke. No way! He screamed inside his head.
"ME-" The smoke cleared, showing Gotenks' sparring partner untouched and still powering his attack.
"What're you waiting for?! Get him!" Gotenks yelled at his last kamikaze ghost. It made a salute, and began zipping towards its target. But as it reached the red haired Saiyan, it swung out its arm, slashing through the target. The ghost looked around, just as confused as the Saiyan that created it.
Gotenks heard a noise behind him and his face showed his great surprise when he quickly turned to see a blue light shining in his face as he heard the last syllable of the Turtle Hermit signature move yelled from his opponent. The blue beam immediately made contact with Gotenks' face and carried him along for what looked like a painful ride that ended with a collision into the ghost. The Saiyan god watched as two small bodies went flying in opposite directions away from the explosion. Whoops! Looks like I might have over done it a bit. He thought as he powered down.
Looking to the left of the newly made crater, he saw a 14 year old lavender-haired Saiyan falling out of a nearby tree. Looking to the right, he saw the 13 year old black haired Saiyan climbing out of a pile of rocks about 100 feet away from the crater. The red haired Saiyan chuckled as he looked at the pair, seeing them slowly get up.
"Goten!" Trunks Briefs yelled across the gap, hoping his partner in crime wasn't knocked out.
"Errghh… Yeah, Trunks?!" Son Goten called out in response.
"You two still want to fight?" the God asked as he watched Goten fly quickly over to Trunks' side.
"It ain't over yet, buster!" Trunks yelled as Goten nodded. Simultaneously, the two teenagers' hair turned spiky and golden with electrical energy sparking around them.
"Ready!" Trunks yelled as he and Goten set their feet in place, ready to launch, "Go!"
After a few seconds, both demi-Saiyans sat in the dirt, rubbing their heads.
"Go, Papa! Yaay!" a small voice cheered happily as the red haired fighter stood above the two. Looking up, the Saiyan God smiled at the crowd that had been watching the sparring match. The origin of the voice was a two year old black haired girl with onyx eyes, held by a young woman with black hair and bright blue eyes. Standing next to them was an older Saiyan, whose black hair unkemptly stuck out in every direction; the signature goofy grin on his face was made both out of sympathy for the two teenagers and pride for all three. The red haired fighter rose a few feet off the ground and coolly floated his way over to the spectators.
"Nice moves, Gohan!" Son Goku praised as his oldest son landed next to him, "You even split their fusion by sheer force!"
"Aaaagghh! Shut it, Kakarot!" an angry Saiyan standing aside from the group interrupted, "I can't believe Trunks lost that fast!"
"You should be happy if you ask me, Vegeta." Son Videl said as she walked up and put her free arm around her red haired husband, "It's impressive to be able to hang in the fight as long as they did against an opponent like that."
"She's right, Vegeta, relax." Goku said patting his friend and rival on the back, "I know Goten and Trunks definitely impressed me. Maybe we should let them become a Super Saiyan God, then should see how they do."
"No!" Vegeta refused, "I don't know about your brat, but my son will become a God all by himself, he is a Saiyan prince after all."
"Whatever you say, Vegeta." Goku said dismissively with some humor in his voice, "I just think you're still sore that I beat you in our sparring match the other day."
"You cheated and you know it, Kakarot!" Vegeta snapped back, "I would've won if you're silly little granddaughter hadn't distracted me!"
"A great warrior is ready for anything, Vegeta." Goku said with a grin, "I'm pretty sure you've said that once before."
"Whatever." Vegeta huffed and turned aside with his arms crossed as Pan giggled at him.
"Now, now, Pan." Gohan said, "You know it was wrong to interrupt them, so don't laugh."
"Sorry, Papa." Pan said as she put on a cute face to avoid angering her father. Gohan knew she was too smart for a toddler, almost dangerously smart. He smirked inside, admitting to himself that her shooting a ki blast at Vegeta was rather amusing. It wasn't like she meant any harm, she just wanted to help her grandfather out. Gohan reverted to his normal state and released his hold on Videl so he could move to hold his daughter.
"I'm going to go see how dinner's coming along. When you're cooking for six Saiyans, you're bound to need some help." Videl said with a smile as she turned to head back to the two Son houses, "You boys remember there's a little girl with you and play nice!"
Gohan watched the love of his life walk away for a moment, still amazed he ever managed to find someone like her. His father snapped him out of his reverie a moment later.
"Hey, Gohan?" The Son patriarch asked, "Are you hungry? 'Cause you look like you were just staring at something really delicious."
"Let's call it a hunger, sure, Kakarot." Vegeta said with a smirk as Gohan's face went red, "I can't believe you ever managed to have kids. But I guess it was just your Saiyan instincts and your wife that got the job done."
"I don't really know what you're talking about," Goku said, "But what I do know is that I need something to do to distract me from being hungry."
Gohan, glad to have a change of subject, heartily agreed. Vegeta immediately wanted a rematch with Goku, but Pan had a suggestion. One that Gohan later both regretted and was glad for.
"Papa!" Son Pan chirped, "You and Grandpa should race each other!"
"You know, what?" Goku said as he scratched the back of his neck, "I haven't raced anyone in a while. And I know you're pretty fast, Gohan. Why not?"
"What's the point of that?" Vegeta asked, still hoping for his rematch, "You two can use instant transmission can't you?"
"You still need to take the time to focus on your destination, Vegeta." Goku replied, "Maybe our race can be trying to go from many spots."
"Like a circuit of checkpoints." Gohan concluded, "And the race is more about focus than actual speed."
"Yeah, but maybe we should have a foot race part too." Goku said with a smirk, "We wouldn't want Vegeta to see nothing after all."
"What did you say, Kakarot?!" Vegeta growled back as Gohan nodded in agreement. After a few minutes, Goku and Gohan charted their race that would go between points on Otherworld, New Namek, and Earth.
"So, it's a race of both speed and skill. I like it." Gohan said as he started to mentally prep, "Vegeta, can you hold Pan for me?"
"NO! I'm not going to hold that darn brat of yours!" Vegeta huffed, still angry about the ki blast. Gohan didn't want to set Pan down to let her wander, and he wasn't too sure about letting the demon twins watch her. He figured he was just going to have to carry her along for the race if Vegeta wouldn't hold her.
"Well that wouldn't be fair if I'm not holding someone." Goku thought aloud, "I guess I'll have to carry you, Vegeta."
"Don't even think about it! Don't touch me, Kakarot!" Vegeta exclaimed taking a leap back, "Don't you have a brat of your own you can carry?!"
"Oh, yeah." Goku said remembering the two demi-Saiyans that were busy arguing over who messed up their battle strategy against Gohan, "Hey, Goten! Get over here!"
Goten and Trunks sped over immediately, landing in front of the four.
"What's up, Dad?"
After explaining the race and why Goten was even needed, which took surprisingly longer than expected due to Goten's short attention span; Goten readily agreed. Gohan was sure they probably didn't need to explain any of it, but they did.
"You're going on an adventure across the universe?!" Trunks asked excitedly, "Not fair! I wanna go too!"
"Well, why don't we fuse, then we could both go?" Goten replied. After waiting for the next few minutes to pass, Goten and Trunks fused as Gohan and Goku stretched.
"Alright everybody," Goku said, "Are we ready?"
Gohan nodded as Pan gave a giggle sitting on top her father's shoulders. Gotenks, piggybacking on Goku, gave a "Let's go!" with a thumbs up. Without delay, the race began as Gohan and Goku began sprinting. They planned to run for at least 5 miles on foot before flying 5 more and then transmitting to the next planet. They would repeat the process until they worked their way back to Earth in time for dinner. Vegeta would decide who won at the finish line, which was right back where they started.
The first transmission went smoothly as the Saiyans arrived on King Kai's planet, thoroughly startling him and demolishing his car.
"Hey! My car!" North Kai yelled as Goku and Gohan jumped from his planet towards Snake Way.
"Sorry, King Kai!" Goku called back, "I'll come by to fix it later!"
"Please don't!" King Kai pleaded as the racers faded into the distance, "This is what the kais get for letting living people come to Otherworld. One day, you let one in to train, then you get a full on fight on the supreme planet, and now they just pop in and out whenever they want!"
The race went smoothly until about halfway through, when Gotenks started taunting Gohan.
"You're pretty fast, Gohan." He called out to Gohan, "It's going to be a shame you lose to old gramps here!"
"Hey!" Goku complained, "What's that mean?!"
"I don't know, Gotenks." Gohan said with a chuckle, "If he's as fast as you, then I'll win this and have dinner before you two ever get home. Like my races with Goten ended."
"What did you say?!" Gotenks replied, still sore about his most recent defeat, "That's it!"
At that moment, Goku and Gohan, began to try to focus on their next instant transmission point as Gotenks lunged aside to grab Gohan, completely forgetting about the race. Gohan and Goku both began their instant transmissions as Gotenks grabbed Gohan's shoulder, unfortunately, Goku hadn't fully let go of Gotenks' legs. One chain of people were transmitting to two separate locations at the same time. Gohan saw a flash of bright blue, then something even stranger for less than a second, then he blacked out.
Goku appeared back on Earth, holding one of Gotenks' shoes. If this shoe didn't slip off, Goku didn't want to know what would've happened to Gotenks, or what the demon twins would have looked like after the fusion worn off. What he did wonder was where those four went.
"Eh." Goku said with a shrug after not being able to find any of their kis, "They're with, Gohan. What could go wrong? Anyway, I should be more worried about Chi Chi, Bulma, and Videl if they don't come back soon."
Gohan woke up to Pan tapping him on the forehead.
"Papa, wake up!" she said cheerily as she poked his forehead.
"Urgh." Gohan said as he sat up, putting a hand on his daughter's head, "What happened? And where's Gotenks and Dad?"
In response, Gohan heard a grumble and felt something move underneath him. He stood up to find himself sitting on top of a crater that was filled with the fused Saiyan.
"Ow, Gohan." Gotenks complained as he climbed out the hole in the ground, "You're too heavy."
It was at this point that Gohan looked around to realize where they landed. Looking up, he noticed the massive hole they put in some poor soul's roof and floor.
"Oops." Gotenks said, finally realizing the same thing as Gohan, "Well, at least, we didn't land in the fireplace or something."
As if on cue, bright orange and red flames erupted around them with a deafening roar.
"Are you sure we didn't?!" Gohan asked as he dove away from the flames, making sure to cover his daughter from the heat.
"What's the big idea, smashing through my house like that!? Only I get to do that!" A mysterious voice demanded angrily.
A second voice chimed in to agree.
"Aye, Sir!"