Dragon Ball Z: Alternate Timeline
Prologue
Death, it's the only thing I have ever asked for, but I have yet to receive it. Mommy and Daddy used to be so nice and loving, but then Goten was born and they pushed me aside for the new baby and eventually forgot about me. It was okay at first, being alone, but when I turned three, the beatings started. They hit me and tell me I'm worthless. They say that they wish I was never born and that I was the worst thing to ever happen to them. They tell me that my brother is so much better than me and that I'm nothing but trash. The beatings came more and more everyday. I've had three broken ribs, a broken arm and a broken leg, just in the past year.
I'm sitting in my small closet room under the stairs studying, the thing I hate most but I'm constantly forced to do, when I hear the front door burst open. I can hear my Father and Mother running down the stairs and I can hear my parent's muffled voices along with a deeper gruff voice. After a moment there voices begin to rise and I can hear my father yell, "Like hell you are!" followed by a large crash. I run out of my room to see what just happened and I see a man who looks an awful lot like my father standing in the door way and I see my Father laying on the floor unconscious with my mother and Brother huddled around him.
The man in the door way looks at my mother and says "I'll be taking the boy now if there are no other objections?" He says.
"J-just take him and get out of my house!" My mother yells.
"Good. I'm glad you decided to see it my way." The man said with a smile. The man then looked over at me and smiled before walking over. When he was right in front of me he stopped and said, "My name is Bardock, and I've come to get you out of this wretched place."
My eyes lit up at his words and I had to think about this. For some reason I had an unexplained sense of trust for this man and it was enough to make my decision. I would go with this stranger, I mean, what could be worse than this? So, I smiled for the first time in ages and said, "Ok." Bardock nodded and held his hand out towards me. When I reached out and grabbed it, I was hit with a major sense of dizziness and suddenly, we were no longer in the living room of my childhood home, but in a large, grassy field with a small house in the center of it.
"Where are we?" I ask.
"Were in the other world on a small training planet above snake way." He says like it's nothing out of the ordinary.
"Ok, but why are we here?"
"To train. You may not know it kid, but you have an amazing amount of power hidden dormant inside of you. I have brought you here to show you how to use it."
"Power? In me? You must have mistaken me for someone else. I'm nothing but a worthless child…" I said looking down. Suddenly I get back handed by Bardock, effectively knocking me on my behind. My cheek stings and tears threaten to spill from my eyes.
"If I ever hear you talk down about yourself again, I'll give you more than just slap on the cheek, got it?" He growled. I quickly nod my head. "Now, get up." When I do, he continues. "Now as I was saying, I have brought you here to train and to make you strong. In one year you will make the journey down snake way to train under King Kai if you can make it through my training first. You will have one year to train under King Kai before you will be needed back on earth. Understand?" I nod. "Good, now, there's just one more thing to do before we begin training." With that, Bardock left and went inside the small house. When he emerged, he was holding a small set of battle armor.
Bardock tossed it to me and I caught it. "Put it on." He said. I nodded and did as I was told. It was a complete set of armor with Black boots, pants and undershirt, and a red chest plate with no shoulder pads or sleeves. All in all, it actually doesn't look too bad on me.
"Good. Now we can get started. By the time one year rolls around you'll be more than ready for King Kai's training." Bardock said with a grin.
Over the next twelve months, Gohan was worked to the bone. They would wake up at dawn and train until they dropped then do it again the next day. Gohan's strength progressively grew larger every day until he could even keep up with Bardock at his max. By the time there one year was over, Gohan was more than prepared for the journey down snake way. It was the day of departure for the boy and he was no longer a scared, weak child but a confident and strong young man.
A/n Not too bad I hope! Review please!
