Wilson / DRAGON BALL Z-A NEW ERA / 23
Chapter Two
Yorudan had his eyes closed and was too scared to open them. He was able to feel a cool breeze on his face and hear the sound of seagulls around him. The sound of waves crashing into the shore could be heard and his nostrils filled with the fresh air and the smell of salt and seaweed. Underneath his feet, the ground felt resilient.
The last thing Yorudan remembered was the strange man with the weird hair and orange clothing grabbing his hand. Then he felt a weird sensation throughout his body, in which he closed his eyes and the rest he didn't see.
Yorudan felt something cold and wet fill his shoes. It startled him, causing him to open his eyes and jump around, screeching like a child. As he looked around, he noticed he wasn't at the park anymore. All he could see in front of him was water. There was nothing else in sight except for the ocean. Yorudan thought how it was even possible to be at the beach. His house was nowhere near a beach. It was at least a thirty minute drive to the nearest one.
"Hey! Over here!" Yorudan turned around to the sound of the voice. As he turned around, he began to check his surroundings and he noticed that he wasn't on a beach either. Yorudan was on a tiny island, nothing bigger than the size of a child's baseball diamond but nothing smaller than an above average backyard.
He looked towards where the voice came from and he saw the strange man waving him over towards a beach house. On the top of the house it said "Kame House". What the hell is the Kame House? Yorudan thought. The strange man noticed Yorudan wasn't moving so he decided to move towards him.
"Is something wrong?" he asked. "I know this is all new to you and very strange, but you just need to trust me, ok?" He had a big smile flash across his face, seemingly from ear to ear.
"Trust you?" asked Yorudan. "You brought me to a beach house! Why am I at a beach house? I don't even know who you are! How am I supposed to trust someone that just kidnapped me?"
The strange man was still smiling. "I have some friends I want you to meet. I promise you nothing bad will happen and you will be back at your home by next month."
"Next month?" exclaimed Yorudan. "Do my parents know? How can I even tell them? They're going to be worried sick about me!"
"Don't worry," explained the strange man. "Just enjoy yourself and this beautiful weather! I used to train here as a kid, you know. It wasn't much of a vacation, though!" The man started laughing.
Yorudan began to get anxious. He was supposed to go for a walk and then he gets kidnapped by a stranger who tells him he won't be home for at least a month. Knowing his mother, she'll probably have the entire police force searching for him. They definitely won't find me literally in the middle of nowhere. What ocean is this anyways?
Yorudan sighed. "I'm already here and there's nowhere for me to go. Who are these 'friends' you want me to meet?"
The stranger smiled, still. Yorudan wondered if he ever stopped smiling. "Follow me, I'll show you!"
He began to walk towards the beach house again with Yorudan following behind him. As they reached the door, his heart was racing so fast that Yorudan thought it was going to pop out of his chest. He had no idea who this man was and why he decided to take him to a beach house. Yorudan was so nervous about what was about to happen that he completely stopped wondering how he got to the island so quickly without any kind of transportation vehicle. They couldn't have walked because there would've been water in the way and it was impossible to fly as a human being. Even if it was possible, the man couldn't have flown that fast without tearing their faces off.
They reached the door of the house after what seemed like an eternity to Yorudan and then the strange man knocked. Yorudan and the man only waited for a few seconds before somebody's voice on the other side could be heard. "Who's making all that racket out there? I'm in the middle of my work out program!"
The door slowly opened and as the door opened fully, Yorudan saw a short old man with sun glasses that had a red frame. The lenses were so dark, you couldn't even see his eyes.
"What do you want?" asked the old man. "I don't need my ducts cleaned, I can do it myself!" As he shouted at his two visitors, his eyebrows lifted and an ugly smile came across his face. "Goku! Is that really you? Haha! You came back! We thought you would never come back! This is fantastic!"
"Goku's back?" Yorudan heard another voice in the background and a little bald man pushed the old man out of the way. "Goku, it really is you!" The little man's eyes began to swell. He rushed passed the old man so quickly that Yorudan didn't even see the bald dwarf tackle his kidnapper until they were both on the ground, the little man drowning the stranger in his tears and squeezing the life out of him with his enormous hug.
Yorudan was unsure about what was going on. It was obvious to him that his friends he wanted to introduce him to haven't seen him in a long time. He began to wonder if this was a reunion just as much as an introduction. Seeing how happy the man's two friends were calmed Yorudan down a little bit but he still felt uneasy about the situation. Why was it so important for this man to bring Yorudan here with all of his friends? That was the biggest question of all the others he had.
"Krillin it's so good to see you again!" said Goku, smiling as usual. He got to his feet and dusted the sand off of his clothes. "Same to you, Master Roshi! Is anyone else here?"
More voices could be heard coming from inside of the house, making their way to the door. "Did I hear that right? Someone said Goku was back?" A lady had popped her head out from the doorway. She was a very pretty woman, in her early to mid-forties, if Yorudan had to guess. Her hair was cut short and was as blue as the sky was on a cloudless day. Around her neck, she wore a red scarf with a white, low cut top that stopped just above her belly button and had blue jeans on. Yorudan was amazed at how skinny she was for a woman her age.
When she saw the strange man that they called Goku, her face turned into a surprised expression. Her eyes swelled up, started to get red and glossy and then tears began streaming down her cheeks. She began moving towards Yorudan's kidnapper, starting off with a walk which quickly turned into a run. She slammed into Goku and wrapped her arms around him, burying her face into his chest.
He placed one of his arms around her. "Hey Bulma," he said in a soft and genuine voice. Even to Yorudan, the sound of his voice seemed to sooth him.
"When you and Vegeta took off, we didn't know where you went, when you would be coming back or if you two were even alive," Bulma said through tears. "Please don't tell me something has happened to Vegeta."
A hand went behind her head to comfort her. "Nothing has happened to Vegeta," said Goku. "It's actually the opposite. Everything is great. We've been with Lord Beerus and Whis training. How long has it been anyways?" He took his hands off of Bulma, putting one behind his head and the other relaxed at his side. There was an awkward smile on his face.
Bulma stepped back to look at Yorudan's kidnapper. "Seriously?!" she shouted. "You two have been away for this long to train?! I had to raise Bra all by myself! Thank goodness Vegeta's son isn't as incompetent as he is and was around to help me! And to top it off, you don't even know how long you've been gone!"
The smile finally went away from Goku. It was the first time he wasn't smiling that Yorudan has seen. "I'm sorry, Bulma, really!" he said. "Jeez, have we really been gone that long?"
"Yes, Goku! It's been fifteen years!" Bulma had an angry look on her face. She quickly went from a beautiful woman to a beautiful woman that Yorudan didn't want to go near. At least I know not to get on her bad side.
"Oh wow, that long, huh?" Goku said, resting his chin on his hand, trying to put all of the pieces together. "I guess that would make sense. We celebrated fifteen birthdays so that would mean fifteen years had passed."
Bulma hit Goku on the head. He cowered away as she kept beating him. "You're so thick headed sometimes!" she shouted at him, hitting Goku with closed fists over and over. To Yorudan's surprise, none of her punches had any effect on Goku. It was as if he couldn't feel a thing. Very odd…
"I said I was sorry," said Goku. "Sometimes I wonder who is worse, you or Chi-Chi."
Yorudan could have sworn that he saw fire in Bulma's eyes and steam coming out of her ears. The little bald man that Goku had called Krillin and the old man that he called Master Roshi started to hold Bulma back from trying to hit Goku anymore. She was kicking, screaming and saying every curse word in the dictionary.
As Bulma's anger tantrum continued, Yorudan saw a head peep out from the corner of his eye from the doorway. When he looked over, he saw a young girl, maybe around Kurisutin's age, that had the same colour hair as Bulma. As a matter of fact, she looked like a younger version of Bulma. A spitting image, actually.
Two more heads popped out from underneath hers. One head was that of a pig's, the other a cat. Yorudan was startled at the site which drew the attention of all three heads towards him.
Young Bulma smiled at him and gave him a wink before she went back inside. The pig seemed to give Yorudan an angry look. "What?" it said. "Haven't you ever seen a pig before?"
Yorudan's eyes widened and felt his leg take a step back. What the hell is this?! he thought. The pig can talk?!
"Oolong, that's not nice!" the cat head said to the pig. It then hit the pig in the head with its tiny paw. "That's not how we treat guests!"
The cat too?! Yorudan really didn't know what was going on now. Am I even on Earth anymore?
In the time that Yorudan had the chance to interact with a girl, a pig and a cat, Bulma had stopped trying to knock the lights out of Goku. They were facing the door now and laughing at Yorudan's reaction to the talking pig and cat.
"It looks like you met my daughter, Oolong and Puar," said Bulma, now smiling.
"What's wrong with you people?" asked Yorudan. "One minute you're trying to kill this weirdo and then the next you're smiling with him again. Apparently, a talking pig and cat is customary to you all, too! Where am I? What planet am I on? Why am I here?"
"Well, most of those, I can answer," said Bulma. "Master Roshi's house and Earth. I suppose Goku is going to tell us why you're here." She looked towards Goku.
Goku found his smile once again. "How about we go inside and I'll explain everything in there?"
Yorudan, Goku and his friends had taken their reunion inside of the Kame House. From outside, it seemed like a small house but from the inside, it appeared as a cozy beach home.
There were no interior walls other than for the bathroom and the closet. In the middle of the room was a large sectional but had no cushions. It had only the backs and there were pillows that could be used to sit on. There was also a low table where the girl, pig and cat were sitting around, sipping on their drinks.
On the right wall as you walk in was the television set where the T.V. was. Beside the T.V. was a clock that possibly could be an alarm as well and a small plant. Between the door and the television set was a small end table that had a small plane sitting on it for display.
To the left was a kitchen that was the length of almost the entire wall. It eventually stopped towards the back wall, where there was another door that read 'TOILET'. Yorudan assumed this was the bathroom. There were also stairs that lead to a second level at the back of the house as well on the right. If you walked straight from the front door, you would begin to go upstairs.
Everyone had begun to gather around the low table. Yorudan had never sat at a table set up the way it was so he just followed whatever Goku was doing. Goku sat on the pillow with his legs crossed and arms on the table.
Master Roshi had gone to the kitchen to make some more tea for his two additional visitors. He began to tell a story about a woman named Launch who used to live with him that had sneezing problems. One day, after one of her sneezes, she took off and never came back. He seemed rather sad about it and Yorudan felt bad but he didn't quite understand why sneezing would make someone leave.
"I don't blame her for leaving one bit," said Bulma. "All you ever did was try to look up her skirt."
Master Roshi had a creepy smile grow on his face, showing those ugly teeth again and began to blush. "She was so pretty. And the way her skirt would fit around her buttocks." He made a squishing motion with his hands as if he was squeezing something. Suddenly, he was hit in the head with a pan, courtesy of Bulma.
Yorudan made a wincing expression on his face as the pan came down on Master Roshi's head, leaving a giant lump where it hit. Everyone else was laughing at his pain. Even though Yorudan felt bad that Master Roshi was hit in the head and that Bulma was an abusive woman, he felt the warmth in the room from these new faces. Maybe this unplanned visit wouldn't be so bad afterall.
Once everyone had a cup of tea and were sitting around the low table, they began to catch up and ask Goku questions. At one end of the seat less sectional sat Bulma. To her right was the pig then the cat, Bulma's daughter followed by Yorudan, then Goku with Krillin and Master Roshi on the other end. On T.V. was an exercise program with five young women leading the workout.
"So how was the training you and Vegeta were doing?" Bulma asked, taking a sip from her cup, fixating her big, blue eyes on Goku. Yorudan wondered if she was in love with him and why this Vegeta character was so important to her.
"The training was really tough," said Goku. "Beerus and Whis really pushed our limits."
"Was it tough enough that Vegeta couldn't even show his face here?" asked Bulma with a sour look on her face.
"Actually, I brought him to Capsule Corp. We figured that's where you would be," Goku said with a laugh following. "I can only imagine his face when he sees you aren't there."
"Oh cry me a river!" said Bulma. "He's the one who just up and left me and his two children without even saying goodbye! A postcard would at least have been nice."
"Don't worry, Bulma. I'm sure Chi-Chi is probably even more mad at me! That has to make you feel better right?"
"AND HOW WILL THAT MAKE ME FEEL BETTER, GOKU?!" Bulma was on her knees now sitting straight up with her hands on the low table. She hit it so hard that some of the tea spilled from Yorudan's mug. "You have a family, too, you know! That's a big responsibility! They should always know where their father is! And your poor Goten, had to grow up without a father again."
"Yeah, jeez. I guess you're right," said Goku, rubbing the back of his head with his hand. The guilt on his face was obvious. He was gone for fifteen years without telling his family. Yorudan thought that he would be mad at Kurisutin if she did the same thing, too.
Bulma saw the look on Goku's face and her mood immediately changed. She was the one comforting him now. "I guess that's why Chi-Chi and I married you buffoons though," she said. "For all the stupid things you two do, they never out weigh the good. She'll be mad at you when you get home but there will be nothing else that can make her happier than seeing your face again."
Yorudan sat at the low table observing everything that was going on. He grabbed the handle on his mug and took a very loud, obnoxious sip from his tea, not realizing his poor manners until everyone was staring at him. It didn't help that the sip he took was taken when everyone was quiet.
"Really?" asked Bulma. "You're one of those?"
Yorudan kept his mouth on his mug, afraid to put it down and afraid to lift it up to drink more. He felt that a predator was on the prowl and he had to stay as still as possible so she wouldn't see him. After the violence she displayed today, he didn't want to be on the bad end of her.
"Oh, man! I totally forgot you were here, Yorudan!" said Goku.
Yorudan spit his tea out all over the low table. When did I tell him my name?! he thought. Did I tell him and not realize? "I'm sorry, but did you just say my name?"
Goku blinked, with confusion written all over his face. "Yeah, why? Is there something else I should call you by?"
"Yeah. Moron!" said Oolong, who was quickly hit with a punch to the nose from none other than Bulma.
"How do you know my name? I don't remember me telling you."
"It looks like this is the perfect time to spill all the beans!" said Goku, who adjusted himself to get more comfortable. "Let's start off with introductions!. My name is Goku. Over there on the end is Bulma. Beside her is Oolong and Puar. Both of them are shape shifters. Beside you is Bra. She's Bulma's daughter."
Bra turned to Yorudan. "Hi! It's nice to meet you." She leaned in and gave Yorudan a kiss on the cheek. His face went red instantaneously and then blood spewed out from his nose. He covered his nose and began to talk in a muffled and congested voice. "I have a girlfriend."
Goku and Bulma started laughing. "They'll get along pretty well," said Bulma.
The introductions from Goku continued. "Beside me is Master Roshi. He trained me when I was a little boy. And finally, there's Krillin, my best friend. When Master Roshi trained me, Krillin was right by my side training with me. We've been best of pals since!"
Yorudan blinked. "It's really nice to meet everyone," he said, "but you still haven't answer my question yet."
"Oh, that's right." There was a pause. "What was the question again?"
Is this guy for real? thought Yorudan. I can't tell if he's serious or just playing dumb. "My name? How do you know it?"
"That's easy! I've kept my eye on you for the last five years. With Beerus and Whis, too."
"You kept an eye on me for five years?" Yorudan wasn't sure if he was creeped out or if he was even more curious as to why Goku had so much interest in him for five years. There hasn't been anything special about him other than his athletic ability. Goku can't be a scout for any college or university either because they don't kidnap students in the fashion he did to try and recruit them.
"Yep! I figured since all of us aren't getting any younger, it may be time to look for a new protector of Earth! One day, I felt this surge of power. It was so raw and it wanted to be let free so badly but I could tell that the host didn't know how to release it. So I followed where the energy came from and it led me to you."
"Whoa whoa whoa," said Yorudan. "Chill for a second. What do you mean 'protector of Earth'? Protecting Earth from what exactly?"
"Iunno, bad guys and stuff," said Goku. He looked towards Master Roshi. "I wanted to train him but I figured he should learn the basics first. Is it ok if I leave that to you, Master Roshi?"
Yorudan felt panic take over him. "Train me? What kind of training? Training for what?"
"Sure, I can train him," said Master Roshi. "It'll be similar to the training you did. Do you think he can handle it?"
"Why aren't you answering me? Answer my questions dammit!" Yorudan was really started to panic now. All of these plans were being made for him and he had no idea still what was going on. The competitive athlete in him was up for the challenge but he didn't feel comfortable in not knowing what the protector of Earth meant. Did it mean exactly what it sounded like?
"Goku, Yorudan's trying to talk with you," Bra said, speaking up for him. He looked over at her who then smiled at him. He smiled back and nodded to her in thanks.
"Huh? Oh yeah, what's up?" asked Goku.
"The training, the protector of Earth, all of this. What does it mean? What kind of training? Am I training in something specific?"
Goku blinked. "You're training to be a fighter. How else will you protect the planet?"
"Goku, you're so thick headed!" said Buma. "Yorudan, hunny. I'll give you a short history on Goku and everyone else." Bulma had explained to Yorudan how Goku had taken the liberty to protect the Earth from any evil doers ever since he was a child. Each new enemy that arrived to Earth tested not just Goku's but the rest of the Z fighters' strength. They were trained to fight and also in bukujutsu, a technique where one would us their energy, or ki, to lift their body in the air. In other words, to fly.
Bulma told Yorudan the story about how her and Goku first met, where they began searching for the dragon balls. When asked about the dragon balls, she said that would be another story for another time. She continued telling him about Goku's evil brother Raditz, how her husband, Vegeta, used to be one of the bad guys but after the events on the planet called Namek, he hung around them and eventually became a good man.
Yorudan was intrigued to find out about Cell, who he thought was defeated by Mr. Satan. "Yeah, that was all a total lie," said Krillin. "We just didn't say anything so that he could have his world fame."
There were stories about Majin Buu, when Beerus and Whis first appeared, the attack from Frieza who was trying to extract his revenge on his arch rival, Goku, the story about Goku Black and Zomasu in the future and then of course, the tournament of power and how it came to be.
Yorudan was speechless. He had no idea that these people were responsible for so much that had happened on Earth and on other planets. He was, in fact, quite amazed. There seemed to be more to these people than he thought. And Goku wants to train him to become a fighter as well? Now he felt excited.
"I think I understand this whole protector of Earth role now," said Yorudan. "Those stories answered so much of my questions that I had and they were great stories, too. But now all I have left to ask is why me? Isn't there someone else out there with more energy than me?"
"Most definitely not on this planet, anyways," said Goku. "Believe me when I say this, I've been thinking about a new protector for a while now and I got really lucky I found you. Something in my gut says you're going to be really strong some day."
Yorudan looked down at his mug which was still filled about half way with tea. He was so invested in listening to Bulma's stories about Goku and the rest of his friends that he forgot to drink his tea. His mind was racing at a thousand miles right now. Everything was happening so fast that he didn't have too much time to digest it all. His biggest worry was being away for so long without his parents knowing where he was. "Ok, Goku. I'll take up your challenge and accept whatever training I need to do to get stronger," started Yorudan. "But under one condition."
"Alright, let's hear it," Goku said with a cocky smirk on his face.
"I'm still in school for another month and my parents won't let it fly if I run off. So my training starts once school is finished so that I can train all day, from morning until night, and I get to go home once my training is done for the day."
"Aww come on!" complained Goku, his cockiness disappearing. "A whole month? You're like my wife with the whole studying thing. She would never let me train Gohan and Goten until their studying was done." He looked at Yorudan who was sitting there with his arms crossed, showing he wasn't going to budge from his counter offer. Goku then, too, crossed his arms and put on a pouting face. "Fine, you can start in a month."
Yorudan was less tense than when he first arrived to the Kame House. They were all sitting around the low table now talking and getting to know each other. Yorudan learned that Bra was actually the same age as Kurisutin and she went to one of the top schools in Japan. He asked about Bulma's other child and Goku's kids. Trunks and Goten were both in the same college, in the same year and had a class where Goten's older brother, Gohan, was their professor.
Goku had told Yorudan that he had a granddaughter as well named Pan, who was the same age as Bra. They were both classmates. Krillin was still on the police force and also decided to open up a martial arts club to train young students the turtle way of fighting. He was married to 18 as well and they had a daughter a few years younger than Goten and Trunks named Maron.
The most fascinating piece of information he was able to obtain was that Bulma was "the" Bulma Briefs, President and C.E.O. of Capsule Corp. He couldn't believe that he was sitting in the same room as her and having a conversation with her either. "You're telling me you couldn't recognize me?" she asked.
"No," said Yorudan. "To be honest, I've never really seen any pictures of you. Your name is just always brought up in my business classes and I just figured you had the same name as her."
"Well, if you ever need help with your business and tech classes, you know how to find me!" Bulma pointed a thumb towards Goku's direction, implying that he can bring him to Bulma when he needs to.
After a little more time had passed where the sound of chatter continued to stir in the Kame House, Yorudan had realized that the had been gone for over two hours now. "Goku, I'd better get back home before my parents wonder where I am."
"That's a good idea," said Bulma. "Maybe Goku can get the gang together once your training starts so you can meet everyone else."
"Hey, that's a good idea!" said Goku in excitement. "And then we can all have turns sparing with Yorudan to see how he's improved that training session!"
"Shouldn't you give him some time to learn some things first, Goku?" asked Krillin. "I mean, he is only human, after all."
"Aww but where's the fun in that Krillin?" asked Goku in disappointment. "I really wanna fight him."
"Enough chit chat and scram already," said Bulma. "You're going to get the poor kid in trouble."
After saying their goodbyes, Goku and Yorudan were outside once again, in the same spot that they arrived in earlier in the day. They were about to get ready to leave as Goku placed his hand on Yorudan's shoulder when Goku remembered something.
"Hey, Yorudan, I know you want to get home but is it ok if we make one more stop?"
"I guess so. As long as we won't be too long. It's starting to get dark out."
"Great. I wanted to stop by my home to say hi to my family. It's something I can do without you but I figured having you there would make my wife less angry."
Sending their last waves of goodbyes to his friends, Goku used the same ability to disappear in the blink of an eye as he did when he first interacted with Yorudan. The beach quickly began to fizz away and in front of Yorudan and Goku was a small, dome shaped house in the forest with two additions, it seemed, on it. It looked very cozy to Yorudan.
"Ah, home sweet home!" Goku took in a giant breath of air through his nose. "Can you smell that? Chi-Chi must be cooking something! Let's go see what she's making. I'm starving!"
Goku opened the door to his home and walked in, shouting out for Chi-Chi. When they walked in, they found themselves in the kitchen, where food was on the stove cooking and dishes were set out on the table. Yorudan was unsure what Goku's wife was cooking but it smelled good, nonetheless. It was eerily quiet inside the house for someone who was cooking.
"That's strange," said Goku. "There's food cooking but no one seems to be home. Chi-Chi? Goten! Is anyone home? I brought a friend with me."
In that moment, Yorudan felt something creeping up behind him and he found himself dodging a pan coming for him. He turned around and was face to face with a woman who had an angry look on her face. She came in with another swing, this time aiming for the side of his head in which he ducked out of the way. The pan came back quickly from the other side but it missed him again. The angry woman came downwards onto his head again and the pan caught nothing but air as Yorudan side stepped aside from the blow.
The lady kept swinging the pan and Yorudan kept dodging it with swift moves, feeling the breeze the pan left behind every time it missed. Yorudan heard a yell from behind him and as he turned his head to see, it was a young man, maybe in his 20s, coming in for the finishing blow. He was moving quick, very quick. Yorudan couldn't even see him half of the time because he was moving so fast.
Yorudan caught the pan that the woman was using to attack him with and tried to follow where the young man was going but to no avail. Before he could hit Yorudan, Goku, stepped in and stopped him from hitting his new apprentice protector. With one hand, Goku had stopped the young man's attack and prevented him from trying to attack again. Yorudan had no idea how Goku got there so quickly but he was glad he did.
"Goten? Wow, you grew up so much!" said Goku. "I can't believe how strong you've gotten! Have you been training behind your moms back?" Goku said with a wink.
"Dad!" said Goten. "When did you get home?" Goten dropped his guard and was settled now. He went to give his father a hug. "We had no idea where you went or when you would come back."
"Goku," said the woman. She stood there with the pan still in her hand and tears in her eyes. "Goku, you're home."
"Hey Chi-Chi," Goku said, in the same soothing tone he had from the Kame House. "I'm sorry I was away for so long. Me and Vegeta didn't realize how long we were gone for."
Chi-Chi dropped the pan and went to give her husband a hug, reuniting the family again. "I don't care why you were gone," said Chi-Chi through tears. "I'm just glad you're here with us again."
Goku wrapped his arms around his son and wife. "Me too, guys."
"Now that you're home, are you able to take care of the intruder now?" asked Chi-Chi.
Yorudan realized that she was talking about him. "Intruder? Oh no, I'm here with Goku."
"Did you hear that hun? He said he's with you." Suddenly, Chi-Chi realized what she just heard. "Wait, what do you mean you're with Goku?"
"He was supposed to bring me home but he asked if we can make a pit stop at his house first so he can see you two."
Chi-Chi looked at Yorudan with uncertainty. "Goku, what's going on?"
"Chi-Chi. Goten. This is Yorudan. I'm going to be training him so that maybe one day he can take my place in protecting this world. I figured that me, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo and the rest of the Z Fighters won't always be able to do it. So it's up to you two and Trunks to be those protectors once our turn is done." Goku smiled. "Those were some nice moves, Yorudan. You need to teach me them so I can learn to dodge Chi-Chi's attacks, too."
The four of them began laughing. Yorudan began to get more acquainted with Goku's family before he was going to be taken home. Goku explained everything to his family the same as he had explained it to his friends earlier in the day. Chi-Chi was excited to have a new addition to the Z Fighters and said that she would be more than happy to make Yorudan meals when he visited.
"Well, I better take you home. We're going to have plenty of time together once you're finished school and your training begins."
Chi-Chi gasped. "You're putting school before fighting?! Oh, bless you!" She went over and began to pinch his cheeks which were turning red. Yorudan didn't know if it was from the pinching or his cheeks flushing.
Once his cheeks were free from Chi-Chi's death grips, Goten extended a hand towards Yorudan who extended his in return. "It was nice meeting you. Hopefully we can spar once you get stronger. Oh and sorry for trying to kill you earlier."
Yorudan chuckled. "It's all good. Today has been wild so I guess you can say I'm used to it."
He gave Goku's family one more wave before the house began to fizz away in the same manner the Kame house and the park did. Before he knew it, he was back in the park, right in front of his soccer ball. When he turned around to talk to Goku, he noticed that he was all by himself. He snickered. Today is definitely something I won't be telling my friends about, he thought. Yorudan picked up his soccer ball and began his walk home with butterflies in his stomach, excited for the next chapter in his life as the protector of the planet.
