Chapter 1: Capsules

Punches, kicks, blasts from everywhere. Every effort they made to stop Buu was futile, he dodged everything that came its way, and countered with enormous strength. And then, just as Piccolo's and Gotenks' energy was felt, the monster had fired a strange beam that turned them into chocolates. The world went for him once again…..the third time…

He woke up, his head aching. He hadn't slept well, but maybe the fan on top of him was guilty of that, as well as the nightmare remembering the third time he had gone to the Other World. He smirked as he recalled the training he did there, on Grand Kai's planet. He had become remarkably strong, maybe even stronger than his wife. Yamcha had been there too, but his strength was a little lower than his. But even so, hadn't he told himself after he married 18 that he would quit fighting because he had been outclassed?

He felt Marron's low energy on her bedroom, and looked next to him to watch her beloved wife. He sometimes felt sad, thinking his wife didn't have a proper name, and that she was a human that had been turned into an android by that idiot of Gero. Still, what mattered was that he loved her. He got out of the bed and began making breakfast. Some orange juice, toast, and eggs for each member of his small family. Once done, he planned to take it to 18 and Marron, but both of them were walking towards the enormous dining room. As 18 kissed Krilin in the lips, thanking him for the breakfast that she was supposed to do, Krillin felt an enormous energy around Capsule Corp.

"Do you sense that, 18?" he asked her.

"Yes, I do" she replied tiredly. "But come on Krillin, you got wished back for third time. You better keep out of this."

He got serious, and stood up.

"I'm just checking out what it is!" he strongly replied. He was tired of people thinking he was just a weakling. He turned back, and, a little calmer, he stated: "Even if it's a threat, Vegeta and Trunks could easily deal with it."

He flew slightly across the room, reaching an enormous terrace which led to the open and beautiful day in Hercule City. Krillin turned back to glimpse his beloved and blonde wife, eating her breakfast just as if he had already parted. On the other hand, his little daughter was looking towards him, almost crying. He felt bad of going away, but the energy intensified and Krillin could do nothing but try to comfort her daughter.

"I won't take long, sweetie," he told his daughter in a caring tone. "I promise."

He powered up, a white aura surrounded his body, and he flew amazingly fast. In the blink of an eye, Krillin was exactly in the place where he had felt that energy. But everything he could now see was the entrance to his friend's company. Bulma, Vegeta and Trunks' energy could be felt inside the place, and none of them seemed disturbed.

"Am I losing my touch of sensing energies?" he wondered loudly.

"You're not. I felt it too." a strange figure answered, levitating in the sky just as Krillin did.

A white cape, blue clothes all over with a red belt, pointed ears and green skin! There was absolutely no doubt who he was.

"Piccolo!" he exclaimed, thrilled to see his friend actually be present in this situation. His thrill, of course, didn't reach the cold Namek.

"I arrived late, it seems," Piccolo stated, as he looked towards the ground. "What are those there?" he changed the subject, pointing to two small, white spots.

"Hm…" Krillin bent down and picked them both, then rose again to Piccolo's altitude. "Seems like capsules. This is quite strange…" Krillin scratched his head. "Have one, Piccolo. We'll find out what they serve for eventually."

Piccolo caught the incoming device, and stormed off without a word.

"Hehehe," Krillin laughed. "As always. Well, I guess it's about time I go home. Any of those saiyans could have taken care of whatever that energy was."

Soon, the previously-bald man arrived at his home, just to find her wife washing the wishes. Her daughter was getting dressed; it was her first day of school. He could just smile and dress himself too for another day. It was a good thing he didn't have to work thanks to his "friend" Hercule, so he had most time free. When he was ready, and so was her daughter, he took her to school, wished her a good day and kissed her in the cheek. On his way home, the Z-fighter remembered he still had the capsule he had picked earlier.

"Hm… I wonder… 18 won't be mad if I arrive a little late, will she?"

And with these words, he parted towards Mount Paoz, a lonely place where he could check out his newly-acquired capsule.

As he reached his destination, Krillin clicked the capsule and threw it. After the common "Boom!", the bedazzled fighter observed nothing less but an exact replica of the Ship in which Goku had gone to Namek. Krillin looked inside and saw it was able to travel pretty fast and had a gravity system on it. Such times… the second time Krillin got killed. He was pretty weak, but quite strong among humans. Then, and just then, Krillin realized something. Even from the beginning of his meeting with Goku, he had been on the sidelines. A pair of times he succeeded in his goals, but he was mostly trying to interfere with an enemy countless times stronger than him. The proof of that remained on the third time that the Dragon Balls had brought him back, and there he was standing alive, three or four months after Buu's defeat.

He was constantly killed, he always suffered. But he always tried his best, yet it appeared these efforts were completely useless, and he got owned anyways.

He was fed up of it. His desire to become stronger suddenly rose, and he left any fear aside. Krilin was going to be the human's pride, he was going to match a saiyan's strength.

And thus, this would mark the very beginning of the adventurous path Krillin would take in order to make himself the greatest Earthling warrior.