Welcome back, all you Bardock fans, or if you're just a DBZ fan. I don't own DBZ, but I own my stories, such as this, An Ordinary Family, Two and a Half Saiyans, He Came By Cab, and The New Child. Read them if you want, but you're not here for that, are you? You came for this story. Fine.
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Episode 2
"Phew!" Goku sighed as he landed, "I don't think I have enough energy for this!"
Who's he talking to? Bardock thought, Does he know I'm here?!
"Wait!" Goku said, "Even if I can't fly, I can still jump!" Goku began to jump, and was making great progress until he fell off of Snake Way!
Dark hands made of shadow began to grab at him, and tried to pull him under. He fought back, though, and managed to escape. He grabbed onto the side of Snake Way, but hurt his hand on the sharp spikes! He winced in pain and began to fall again.
Should I help him? Bardock was fighting within himself. Should he stay hidden, or help out his son?
Before he could decide, Goku had gotten back onto the path, but was running. He wasn't going to risk it again!
Meanwhile in HFIL...
Raditz is talking with Fasha and Tora. He couldn't believe that they had been sent down there. But, he also noticed it wasn't as bad as he thought it would be.
"So, furball." Tora began, "You tried to kill your own brother? That's bad, even for a Saiyan."
"Yeah, Raditz." Fasha said, with extreme disappointment in her son.
"I regret it now, mother. I had lost my mind when I heard about the planet's end. One day, I finally just...snapped." Raditz explained.
"What's been done can't be undone, so just forget about it. If you're stuck here, you're stuck here." Tora said, trying to lighten the mood.
On Snake Way...
Goku kept running onward. Hours passed, and those hours turned to days. Those days turned to weeks, and then finally they saw a cleaning car.
"Who are you?" Goku asked, running along side the car.
"King Yemma likes to keep Snake Way clean, so he sends me out here." the blue man with horns inside said. (not the same guy)
Goku fell to the ground, exhausted. The man in the car stopped, because he felt bad for him.
"Hey, if you want, I can give you a ride half-way there. You're about a quarter of the way there now." the guy said.
"What?! Just a quarter?! Thanks!" Goku replied, and jumped onto the back of the car.
He slowly drifts off into his dreams. Bardock sits on top, and looks his son in the face. He was absolutely amazed in his son. How could he be a Saiyan, yet have such a kind expression on his face, even as he slept. He wanted to speak to him, but he didn't want to hurt the future he had seen.
"A buffet...?" Goku said in his sleep, "Alright! All you can eat..."
"Well, I guess you ARE a Saiyan, huh Kakarot?" Bardock inferred.
Suddenly, the cleaning car hit a bump and Goku fell off!
"Ow...wh-where am I?" Goku asked as he woke up. "Is this King Kai's place?"
He gets up and starts to walk around, when something catches his attention.
"Smells delicious!" Goku says as he walks over to a tree with peach-like fruit. He reaches up to grab one of them when...
SMACK!!!
He was hit in the back of the head, which temporarily knocked him out. When he jumped back up, he saw two ogres with shirts that said 'HFIL'. One was Red, with thick black-es, while one was Blue with large muscles.
"What'd you do that for?" Goku asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"That's what you get for trying to steal King Yemma's fruit." the red one said.
"Which one of you is King Kai?" Goku asked.
"Huh?" the red and blue one each looked at each other in confusion.
"Oh, you poor sap!" the blue one spoke up. "You're a LOOONG way away from King Kai's place. You're in the land of no return!"
"What?!" Goku exclaimed.
"Gauze is right, buddy." the red one said. Then the two go over to the side to talk. "Let me have some fun!"
"We'll play for him, okay Mez?" Gauze said, as he got into a stance like that you go into when playing rock, paper, scissors.
Gauze won, because scissors beats paper.
"Save me some!" Mez called.
"Sure, I'll try..." Gauze laughed, "NOT!"
"I never get to have any fun..." Mez whined.
Gauze walks over to Goku, who is trying to jump back up onto Snake Way while Bardock is watching from inside Yemma's tree. Or at least, he was until he spotted Fasha, Tora and Raditz sitting next to the blood pond. He snuck up on them, to surprise them.
"Hey guys." Bardock said, tapping Raditz on the back and making him jump.
"Father? What are you doing here?" Raditz asked.
"Hey Bardock!" Fasha said happily. "How long has it been, 3 months since you came to see us?"
"Yeah." Bardock nodded, "I've been following Kakarot."
"Kakarot?!" the three other Saiyans said, shocked.
"Yeah. He feel off Snake Way, so I thought I'd come see you guys." Bardock explained.
"Where is he, anyway?" Fasha asked.
"Gauze and Mez are playing with him." Bardock laughed.
"This should be interesting." Tora suggested, "Let's go watch."
"Okay, but stay out of his sight. I don't want us to affect the future. Remember guys?"
"Yeah. Sorry that we couldn't of helped you back then, old friend." Tora said.
Bardock, Tora, Fasha and Raditz all stood near the tree and watched Gauze throw Goku into the air again, and again.
"This isn't working." Goku announced.
"Well, I tell you what." Gauze said, "If you can beat me in a wrestling match, I'll let you use my flying machine."
"Yeah!" Goku cheered.
"But!" Gauze cut in, "If you lose, you become my play thing forever."
"Okay!" Goku nodded happily.
"Meet in front of the blood pool in one hour!" Gauze said as he ran off to go train.
Bardock jumped down from the tree.
"Hey Gauze. So you're gonna fight Kakarot?" Bardock said.
"What, you know that guy, Bardock?" he asked.
"Yeah. He's my son." Bardock smirked.
You see, Bardock came down to HFIL quite often to visit Tora and Fasha, so Gauze and Mez knew him quite well. They also knew that Bardock was very powerful.
Goku and Gauze assumed the traditional fighting positions for wrestling. Gauze had drawn a circle.
"Step out of bounds, and you lose, got it?" he said.
"Sure." Goku said.
"Annnnd...BEGIN!" Gauze called out and lunged at Goku, almost pushing him out of the ring.
"Is it my turn?" Goku asked, barely still in.
"Sure, kid."
Goku began to push and pull his hands back and forth, creating a slight wind. Suddenly, that wind got stronger and pushed Gauze all the way out of the ring and into the blood pond!
Shortly after, Gauze walks Goku over to what looks like a giant see-saw. He told Goku to stand on the end touching the ground, while he climbed up a large hill.
"Ready?" Gauze shouted down to him. Goku nodded in reply, and thus, the blue ogre jumped down.
Goku came within INCHES of the clouds at the top of HFIL, but began to fall again...
"Ka...me..." he said, putting both hands next to his side, "Ha...me..." a ball of light formed in his hands. "HAAAAA!" he launched the attack at the ground, and this gave him a burst of speed. He got to the clouds, and when he did...
KONK!
The clouds were too hard! He couldn't get through. When he landed, he saw both Gauze and Mez standing there.
"I can't get through..." Goku said, rubbing the back of his head.
"You could of..." Gauze smirked, "But you have one problem."
"What's that?" Goku asked, anxiously.
"You're head's too soft." he laughed.
"HEY! You tricked me!" Goku said.
"I can show you the way out." Mez piped up.
"Great!" Goku said, happily.
"But..." Mez cut in, "You have to catch me."
"That should be easy!" Goku chirped.
"You fool! I'm the fastest ogre in the land!" Mez bragged, and took one of the odd poses that seemed like one of the Ginyu Force's.
"You need to get out of the house more..." Goku declared.
A few hours later, Goku and Mez are on top of a cliff, and under them are blue flames. Gauze rang the gong, and off they went! Bardock and Fasha were standing next to the blood pond, just sitting there and watching the race. Goku passed them so fast, blood splashed up into their faces. They quickly spat it out without swallowing.
After a long, drawn out race, Mez and Goku stop for a breather, and Goku suggests that they take a piece of Yemma's fruit.
"ABSOLUTLEY NOT!!!" Mez yelled, but Goku was already at the tree.
Mez began to chase him in a circle, when Goku turned backwards and latched onto his chest.
"Now, where's the exit." Goku said, happily.
"What are you talking about?" Mez murmured.
"You better not of lied! King Yemma wouldn't be too happy!" Goku warned.
Gauze and Mez took Goku over to a large gap between two cliffs.
"There it is. Just keep going until you reach the top." Mez sighed.
"Great! And thanks for the fruit, too!" Goku said.
"What?!" the ogres exclaimed.
"Yeah. I was hungry, so I took a piece." Goku pulls out one of the peach-like fruits and shoves it into his mouth, and then runs off.
Meanwhile, Bardock is saying his good-byes to Fasha, Tora, and Raditz.
"I'll come see you guys again as soon as Kakarot gets back to Earth, kay?" Bardock says.
"Sure." Fasha smiled, and Tora shook his head in agreement.
Goku runs up a dream-like stair way, with Bardock following him when they see a light. Goku tries to go out the small gap, and feels something to push on. With all his might, he pushes the gap to find...
"Goku, what are you doing in my desk?" Yemma asked, as Goku popped up out of the drawer.
"Oh no!" Goku cried in shock, "Now I have to start over!"
Bardock pops his head shortly after.
"Thanks for leaving that open, King Yemma. He might of never of found his way out!" Bardock chuckled.
"Don't mention it, Bardock." Yemma said, not looking up from his book.
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Gosh, that took long to write...anyways...I'll post episode 3 very soon!
