Chapter 1 - The Beginning of a "Beautiful" Friendship

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Goku watched with a mix of horror and fury as Tien dropped to the ground. Piccolo Daimao, the Great Demon King Piccolo, watched Goku's face with boundless joy, watching the boy's expression seem to shift between several different emotions. He absolutely loved to see people like this: their emotions wanting them to take action, yet staying put, knowing that they can't do anything.

'I should finish this brat off quickly though. Then again, I suppose it would be entertaining to shove in his face the hopelessness of the situation.' thought the self-proclaimed King of Demons. "So, Goku. Do you now see how hopeless this is? Even if you kill me and take revenge, the Guardian of Earth, Kami, would die, and there'd be no way for you to revive Shenron, and then use him to revive your friend. Not that you could kill me. I've broken one of your arms, and wounded a leg. You're basically done for. Now, heh he time to end this."

Piccolo quickly rose up into the air, angled to fly backwards to add some distance. He may be pure evil, but that doesn't mean he won't finish Goku off in a dramatic way. It would be rather boring for him to cement his rule by simply beating him down until he couldn't move.

"Shenron is dead, and so is your friend. And soon, so will you and the triclops. And then, the world will be mine. The hour of your death is upon you. Even if you could kill me, you would only cement the death of your friend. Or rather, friends. And master. But, you won't win. However, do say hi for me. Especially to your master. An inch over, and he would've sealed me up before I even wished for Eternal Youth and killed the Dragon. He nearly ended it then and ther-" gloated the Demon King.

"ENOUGH! I'M ENDING THIS! KAMEHAMEHA!" yelled Goku, thrusting his good arm down, releasing an energy wave that he had been charging up during Piccolo Daimao's speech.

"Wait, what?"

"This my 100%, no holding back!" shouted the tailed boy who was rapidly accelerating towards Piccolo.

"Then I'll just block with my 100%!" countered Piccolo, thrusting his hands out, glowing with energy. 'Oh shit! He's going way too fast. He'll tear right through me if he throws a punch at that speed with all of his remaining energy!'

Goku stopped sending out the energy wave and put the remaining energy balled his hand completely into his hand, adding every bit of energy he could muster into his fist. but right before he got to Piccolo and threw the punch he realized something.

'Wait! He said that Kami-person could revive the Eternal Dragon. But he also said Kami would die if I killed him. I gotta pull my punch. At least enough to let him survive!' Goku thought. Shafts of blue light shone from his fist as he made a Kamehameha in his fist to drain so that there was less energy stored in his fist.

Tien's three eyes looked up at meeting place of King Piccolo and Goku. Even with his three eyes though, he couldn't see through the clouds of smoke caused by the explosive clash of Goku's supercharged punch and King Piccolo's overflowing energy.

For split second, he was shakily standing, the result unknown. The next split second, he saw Piccolo (sans his hands) fall out the back of the cloud. And then Goku plummeted straight out the bottom.

"Goku! No!" Tien could tell Goku wasn't in good shape, but neither was Piccolo. He slowly- well, slowly compared to his normal speed- made his way over to where Piccolo landed. He could check on Goku in a minute. He had to finish off Piccolo, now. Even if he had to put his very life essence into rushing over to him before he could get up. Even if he had to use the Tri-Beam, taking what little life force was still left in him.

"Urrghhh... That kid really did a number on me." Piccolo quickly regenerated his hands, and healed the injury on his chest. He was now severely low on energy, just like the other human vermin. 'Though I'm honestly surprised he didn't kill me. That definitely should've unless he held back. But why would he-

"Hey Piccolo!" Piccolo looked up above, where he saw the source of the voice. 'Tien!? How can he be up there? He's practically dead!'

"It's time to die!" As he floated there shakily, barely able to maintain his Levitation, he formed a triangle with his hands. "TRI-BEEEAAAAM!"

Energy crackled between his hands before forming a solid golden triangle.

'No. No! NO! Mutaito's Tri-Beam will definitely kill me if this Triclops is willing to die. It can't end like this!'

"H-" Tien started.

"Wait! Don't!" The Crane Hermit's former disciple stopped, and looked back, to see that he hadn't imagined it: Goku was standing there, looking up at him. "Don't kill Piccolo. He said someone named Kami could revive the Eternal Dragon. But he also mentioned that if we killed him, it would also kill Kami. I know it's a longshot, but if he's telling the truth, we should spare him so that we can revive Chiaotzu, Roshi, and Krillin, and everyone else that Piccolo and his sons killed!"

"But- Goku! If we don't end him now, when will we! Only Master Roshi can seal him, which is the only way we can stop his rampage without killing him. And if he was lying, then we'd be doomed if we spared him! He beat me. He beat you. He even survived your all-out atta-" Tien stopped, his three widening. "Wait, don't tell me you held back because of what he said! Goku! He's a monster!"

"Tien, I don't think he lied. He had won. There's no way I could've finished him off without putting my energy into one punch. He could've killed me if he had tried. I lost. I only got a chance to kill him because I was able to get up and give it one last attack. Please Tien. This might be out only chance to revive everyone that the Piccolo and the Demon Clan killed." Goku was now pleading with Tien. It was now or never.

"I can assure that it was the truth. I'll even tell you where to go." 'If this boy will let me go just to bring back his stupid friends, I'll gladly oblige.' thought Piccolo Daimao.

Wolv (Author): Pretty good title, eh? Get it, because Sun Wukong was the 'Monkey King', and Son Goku is just the Japanese reading of Sun Wukong? I'll be going now.

And yes, I used a TFS quote as the in-title chapter. It seemed like the perfect thing to explain what this chapter really is. I may end up making an Abridged version of this fight, or the King Piccolo arc. I don't know. I guess depends on how much people like it. I hope that people end upliking this like Honor Trip, Bringer of Death, Breakthrough the Limit, etc. But, who knows? This story might go bust and never be finished.