ReDBZ: Season One

by Spop

The evil Frieza was defeated, but Goku hasn't been seen or heard from since. Two years later, Gohan and the other Z-Fighters struggle to maintain their lives without their greatest idol. Now, a Tournament is coming that may offer the Z-Fighters familiar comfort. But without Goku present, Earth is vulnerable, and an old enemy plans to capitalize... Read/Review.

1. PROLOGUE

The planet was dying. War had been born on Namek, child to the tyrant Frieza and the savior that opposed him. Goku had been the hero's name, and he stood proudly as both an idol of peace and as the vessel carrying an entire galaxy's thirst for vengeance. But more than that, Goku had been a father. Even now, asleep in his home, Gohan could see his dad in his dreams. The boy could only imagine what those final moments had been like, with avatars of two colliding ideals at each other's throat. Goku would have tried to spare the reptilian ruler. But could that have cost him? He could see Frieza, standing triumphant over the wounded Goku, finger aimed at the hero's chest. The tyrant would show no mercy. He'd charge his ki, like a bullet loading into its barrel, and...

"No!" Gohan shouted, suddenly upright in his bed, fists clenched.

His mother burst through his door not a second later. She called his name, looking around the room as if expecting an intruder. There was no one, of course. There hadn't been the last ten times she heard the same desperate cry from her son's bedroom. Only text books and moonlight...

"Mom..." Gohan sighed, embarassed and riddled with guilt. Chi-Chi had barely slept a night in the last two years, since Goku got left behind... He felt cruel, adding to the dark bags under her eyes by stirring her with these damned nightmares.

Chi-Chi sat on the bed beside him, already knowing what Gohan had to say. She could only whisper now, sadness tightening her throat as she embraced the boy. "It's okay..."

Two and a half years, now... Goku had brought peace, undoubtedly, but what damage had he done to his friends and family? Chi-Chi couldn't remember the last time she'd seen Bulma, Krillin, or their other allies. Gohan stopped training. Piccolo went into seclusion... It felt as if, without Goku there to hold them together, they'd all abandoned one another...

...

But there was something, just on the horizon. A chance to change all that.

An opportunity to reunite the Z-Fighters.

STAY TUNED!

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