Chapter 1: The Meeting and Training

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When he went through the gate, he fell asleep. He was dreaming about how useless he was in life, and how powerless he was while his family was head was smashed into tomatoes.

It was a nightmare to him..

"Aaah," Gergo woke up, sweating... Or so he thought. He was drenched in it.

The first thing he noticed was that he was smaller — instead of being sixteen he reckoned that his body regressed to about the age of nine or ten.

"Hey, ya woke up!" said a man in a both cheery yet slightly concerned voice, this voice was unmistakably was Son Goku's. "You kinda scared Chi-chi when she found you floating in the river. Are you okay?"

'That explains why I'm soaked at least,' he thought, then slightly stammered."Y-yes th-thank you."

A moment later Chi-chi stepped in with a toddler Gohan. "Dinner's ready, I prepared a meal for you too dear," said his wife also in a cheery tone.

"Thank you very much!" said the boy, following them to the table. After glancing at the fried chicken with rice he noticed that he was extremely hungry. He started eating and felt like he could eat a whole restaurant worth of food.

"Well dear, looks like we found someone who has the same appetite as you do," joked Chi-chi, slightly shocked by how much the boy ate.

Goku laughed in response. "What's your name? I forgot to ask because of the food!" asked Goku while patting his stomach with his hand.

Gergo gulped hard. 'Should I tell them my real name or make something up?' thought the boy he thought. His real name would be strange in this world, but then again everyone's name a pun. May as well join the club. 'Then again my old life is over,' thought grimly. "Keel" answered the boy after a moment of pondering.

"Nice to meet you Keel, I'm Son Goku, this is my wife Chi-Chi, and this is my son Gohan," the man nodded.

"Hello!" said Gohan.

"Where are your parents?" asked Chi-chi, but 'Keel' did his best to hide his emotional state; to him his family was killed minutes ago.

"I don't...have a family," croaked Keel, "I...also don't remember much, regretfully," he lied, knowing that they wouldn't believe him.

Chi-chi felt awful and kicked herself mentally for not even considering that the boy was an orphan.

Before she could say something Goku started. "Sorry...we didn't know... Um... Since you don't have anywhere to go to, do you want to live with us?" he offered somewhat lamely.

"Yeah, we would gladly take you in!" added Goku's wife to the black-haired boy in earnest.

Slightly relieved he answered, "Yes I would, and thank you!"

"Yay! Does that mean I have a brother?" asked Gohan innocently.

"I...guess so," answered back the new member of the Son family. He never was an older brother before — he was the youngest in his family.

"Man, I can't wait to train you! I can feel that you're strong, stronger than I was at your age! exclaimed Goku.

Chi-chi slammed her hand in a scary way to the table. 'Oh boy...here we go,' thought Keel with a drop of sweat, he knew where this was going.

"No, he won't be a musclehead like you Goku, he will be educated!" Chi-chi said in a loud voice.

"Uhhm… I would like if Goku could train me," Keel said, then quickly continued as Chi-chi give a death glare at him, "I will learn too, of course!"

She give a long sigh then said, "Fine…"

This not only surprised Goku but the boy as well. 'Whoa... That was easier than I expected... Could be she's not that strict with me because I'm not her son.'

But then Chi-chi added, "...but I expect results young man." Keel quickly ate his previous thought. Chi-chi showed him his room. "Oh yeah, I should make you some clothes since those you are wearing aren't cut out for training." He glanced down to his shirt and jeans, and could only nod.

8After she showed his room, she went back to keep an eye out for Gohan. Meanwhile, the boy went outside to check his surroundings. Next to the the river Goku was doing sit-ups.

"...198...199...200!" Goku finished his sit-ups for the day, then noticed Keel approaching him. "Oh...you want to train already?" asked Goku. Keel only nodded in response.

"Alright, let's start with the basics," stated former Turtle student before asking, "Sorry, but before we begin...do you know how to fight?"

Keel hesitated but answered in a slightly shameful voice. "...No, sadly I don't."

"Eh... That's alright, you have to start it somewhere," answered Goku nonchalantly. "On second thought we should probably wait until you have clothes fit for training…in the meantime I think we should focus on drawing your ki out!" said the spiky-haired male, with his signature grin.

"Ki?" asked the boy, of course he knew what ki is, but it would be suspicious if he knew about it.

"Yeah, it's your energy, if you draw it out you can do things with it." He demonstrated by forming a ki ball in his hand. He smiled broadly at the awe on Keel's face. "You can also use it to fly, but I'm still mastering it."

"How can I draw it out?" asked the boy eager to start his training.

Goku sat down in the grass, as did Keel, and Goku showed him his palms. "You want the ki flow through you and concentrate it into your hand." Keel did as he told and concentrated. "Alright that's it, now try to give a shape to it."

The human tried to imagine holding a ball…he could feel heat coming from his palm. After several minutes of concentrating a very tiny ball appeared in his palm.

"Whoa, you are something Keel! To be honest I didn't think it would go this quickly for you," Goku exclaimed, surprised how quickly he did it.

However Keel was confused. 'I don't get it... Why was I able to draw my ki out this quickly and easily?' he wondered about this for a moment then an idea hit him. "Goku...Where can I find the bathroom?" asked the black-haired boy.

"Oh, it's right next to your room." answered Goku, "But I think that's enough training for today, after all it must have been a heck of a day for you and it's almost nighttime."

After dinner he saw a calendar on the wall. '759 July 10,' read the boy, 'In about two years Raditz will arrive...' Keel thought grimly. '...I won't be weak like I was in my world!' he thought resolutely. He went into the bathroom and saw a mirror. His hair was still kinda short, but what caught his attention was his iris color. It was onyx colored now instead of blue. 'This explains why it was easy for me and why I'm eager to train...I'm a Saiyan now. At least I will be able to keep up for the battles ahead.' With that thought he changed into a pair of white pajamas Chi-chi prepared for him, and then went into an uneasy sleep.

He woke up around five a.m and dressed, and started to practice his ki again outside, wanting to make his ki ball bigger. He tried for two hours but he could only make it a tiny bit bigger. 'Why can't I make it bigger?' he thought with frustration. Then he drew a deep breath to calm himself. 'I have to concentrate.' However, even that became harder for him to do. He wanted to do things too quickly, he barely accepted the fact that not only he died, his family did too. He wanted to move on too quickly. He hasn't given time to mourn them, he convinced himself he could use the Dragonballs, but that would have to wait for now. This gave him a subconscious mental block. Although with enough training this could be overcome too.

He was about to retry creating the ball when a voice cut him off. "Good morning!" It was Chi-chi. "You woke up early I see." she folded her arms. "You know you are a lot like Goku, starting to train at impossible times."

He sheepishly scratched the back of his head and said, "Yeah...I try to live with potential as he called it yesterday. Speaking of which where is he?" he asked curiously.

"Most likely training in the woods and punching some trees down while he's at it," she answered nonchalantly, "Well, I better start making your clothes otherwise you can never start your martial arts training, but from next week, you are going to study," she said in a more strict voice.

"Yes ma'am and thank you," said the boy gratefully. They both went inside. While he was waiting for Goku to return, he played with Gohan.

Only Around noon did Goku return. Surprisingly he only returned after they finished their meal. "Hey I'm back, is dinner ready?" he asked his wife.

"We already finished it," chimed in Keel.

"Oh man, well after I finish mine, we can continue your mental training," Goku said while he took a seat at the dinner table. In about two minutes and 32 seconds, he finished his meal and went outside with Keel in tow.

Keel sat down and concentrated his ki into the palm of his hand, saying, "Is it normal that no matter how hard I concentrate my ki the ball isn't getting bigger? I did this exercise for two whole hours and it didn't really get bigger."

"Well you did start this yesterday, these things take time and practice. From the looks of it, it's already bigger than it was yesterday, which is honestly more than good progress," answered Goku, "In a few months you could easily throw ki blasts!" he grinned. "Well since you're showing such progress, I'm going to tell you how to fly." Said Goku as he started floating in the air, with Keel faking awe. "You need to concentrate your ki as if you wouldn't have any weight on you, and it makes you fly." told Goku to the black-haired boy.

Keel did as he was told and concentrated his ki, as if he was light as a feather. He slowly started ascending…but after several centimeters he landed on his ass. He was panting.

"Hehe... Yeah this takes practice as well, you are really a prodigy, you're a quick learner! chuckled Goku.

But to Keel these words meant a lot to him. No one ever called him a prodigy, in fact he really sucked at everything. He never really had much confidence in his abilities. 'Only time will tell, I think this is thanks to the Saiyan DNA that I can advance in things like this that fast,' thought the boy sourly. After a short break he practiced this till dusk.

The next morning he got up and was about the head out and train, but Chi-chi stopped him. "Good morning, I got your clothes for you," she said in a cheery voice. It was a black and white hoodie T-shirt that had a "Go" Kanji on its back, with brown pants and light blue boots. "Go ahead and put it on," she encouraged him.

He quickly changed into it, and not only was it comfortable, but it looked really nice! "Whoa, thank you very much!" said the boy in earnest.

"You're welcome, just try not to damage it too much," Chi-chi smiled.

After that he went out to train. Goku was already warming up, and greeted him. "Morning, those clothes really fit you!" said Goku.

"Thanks!" answered Keel.

"Now that you've got good clothing for exercises, let's start it with the basics, I'll show you the Turtle style that I use! Boy, Master Roshi'll be happy he's got another practitioner — he's my master," Goku explained. Keel nodded, though he already knew all of this. Goku schooled him all day, but since he originally wasn't fighter material he made a lot of mistakes. Some might say it was embarrassing even for the former Turtle student. By the end of the day he got down the basics, but he needed a lot of improvement, and Goku also advised him to work on his stamina because he was out of breath relatively quickly.

The two years passed rather quickly as Keel trained during the week, both mentally and physically, though because of his slim built the muscles could hardly be seen on him. He learned to fly and channel his ki to make blasts, he was also able to pick up ki sensing few months before the arrival of Raditz. He got more and more nervous about the Saiyan's arrival, fearing he wouldn't be able to make a difference. On weekends he studied and was home-schooled by Chi-chi, although she was able to see that studying was not his strength. When he took days off from training, he played with Gohan.

A/N: And that's chapter one, hope you liked it guys, the boots that he got look identical to the one's Goku got from Whis.

Shout-out to RyunoOhi (Rocketto), for Beta reading this fic, without her help, my fic would be worse :)