Disclaimer
I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its characters. If I did I'd be a whole lot richer.
Summary
You are probably familiar with the story of the youngest son Goku but this story is less about Goku, more about what could've happened if two brothers united…
Chapter 2 - Explanation
'I'm glad you haven't killed them all, I just hope you had good reason. If my plan doesn't work out I'll have to try and convince the others not to kill you. If worst comes to worst I may have to kill you myself. For your sake and my own, be strong Kakarot.'
A Blue haired woman in shorts and a suit jacket walked into the small pink house on the remote island, far away from the big cities and towns. "Hello?! Hey you guys! Where's Goku?..."
Meanwhile, a curious young boy lost in the woods wandered around until he found himself at the side of a river. He noticed a particularly pretty looking bird perched on the end of a log and being a curious young boy, he couldn't resist trying to get closer to the small creature. He climbed onto a log and began to edge closer and closer to the bird and sat down facing the bird. "Hi there" He said to the bird.
The bird didn't reply...how strange...
"My name's Gohan, do you have a name?" The boy continued his one sided conversation with the bird. Suddenly the bird shot up and began to fly away from the boy. "Hey wait!" The boy shouted after the bird. The log that Gohan was on began to come loose and before he knew it he was in the water. He reached for the log trying to get a grip on it. By the time he had a grip on the log it was already gaining momentum and heading towards some rapids. The log threw the boy around as if it was trying to shake him off.
Raditz heard a shout from not to far away.
"Gohan!"
Raditz wondered why this man was shouting and 'what was he shouting for? what is this Gohan?' As Raditz looked towards the direction the voice cam from his scouter Beeped and indicated that the power level he presumed belonged to his brother that he was looking for was in that direction as well.
'I hope that's you Kakarot, it's been so long...'
Raditz flew towards the power level and looked down at the forest with a small river flowing through it. He noticed something floating down river, and fast. he slowed down and descended a little to get a closer look...
Gohan continued to struggle against the strong current pulling him with more speed each second. He heard his fathers voice "Gohan!"
"Daddy!" Gohan shouted back, relieved that his father had found him. With this momentary joy the boy lost his grip on the log and went under, but managed to get back up and grab the back of the log.
"Hang on son. I'll be right there!" Gohans father shouted to his boy.
Gohan held onto the log, waiting for the moment his father picks him up out of the water and saves him. But as he opened his eyes all he seen was a small cave infront of him, pulling him towards it. As he went under the rocky formation making the roof of the cave he shouted in the hopes his had wouldn't lose him again.
"Daddy!" He screamed, deperate for his father to find him as he was pulled forwards through the cave.
"What is that incessant noise?" Raditz wondered out loud. He looked into the cave, floating abreast to the waterfall looking into the small cave opening he heard the young voice come from. As he looked into the cave he seen something approach him from within the cave. 'Is that the boy?' He wondered, just before a full grown tree sized log whooshed past his ear. Another scream from the cave as another small figure approached. This time Raditz was certain it was the boy, as he hasn't seen anything else flail around so helplessly as he seen the boy do now. he held his hand out, ready to grab the boy as he seen the flailing figure approach through the small light of the cave.
Gohan screamed as he realized that without the log he had to keep himself afloat somehow, as he had been trying to, constantly flailing his arms and legs around in the water to push himself up from it and so far it had worked enough to keep his head above water. he seen the light of the cave opening but before he could even attempt to relax he heard the crashing water of the waterfall he had feared he was approaching.
The light got larger and his eyes blurred from it. He realized there was no way he could escape the current now, so he tried to stop himself flailing around madly in order to give himself a better chance of his dad catching him.
He suddenly stopped, feeling a grip on his arm. A strong grip but not in any way harmful. "i knew you'd catch me dad!" Gohan exclaimed his joy out loud.
"i'm not your father." Raditz said, holding the boy at arms length, assessing the situation. 'Why does this boy have a tail? Is this your offspring Kakarot? there's no other explanation.' "Where is your father?" Raditz asked the boy.
"I'm up here!" shouted a voice from above. This strange man was on a golden cloud and began floating downward to get on Raditz's and Gohan's level. "Thank you, i can't thank you enough for saving my son. If only i was fa-" The man cut himself off mid-sentence, Staring at Raditz's tail.
"So, you must be Kakarot.." Raditz said. He recognised his brother but wondered why he didn't have his tail. He looked at Gohan "And that makes you my nephew"
Gohan and Goku both shared the same puzzled look. "Wait," said Kakarot, the look of surprise on his face still remained unhidden. "That would make you.."
"Your Brother." Raditz ended Goku's sentence. "Kakarot, we need to talk. There is much you need to know."
"Wait wait wait." Kakarot said, still trying to peice this all together. "Kakarot? and can i please have my son?"
Raditz allowed the boy to sit on the golden cloud hist father stood on. "Yes, Kakarot. That is your name. 'Why does he not know his own name? Has he been here that long?' Raditz thought. "I think it would be best if we went somewhere a little more indoors. i'm sure your son would prefer that too"
"Alright then, i guess it'll be alot easier to explain your story aswell" Kakarot said, still trying to figure Raditz out.
With that the three Saiyans flew of towards Mount Paozu with Goku leading the way with his son on the Golden cloud next to him and Raditz just behind him. After about 20 minutes they arrived at a small quaint cottage atop the mountain. kakarot opened the door and shouted out "Chi-Chi!"
After a short pause he had a very angry reply "Goku! where have you been! i've been worried sick! Gohan are you alright i-" The very strange woman stopped as she noticed the unfamiliar guest. "Oh, sorry about this, i've been running around like a mad woman after these two all day."
"Umm," Raditz wondered what to say "it's quite alright, i know the feeling"
"Well, it's just as well you're here, any friend of Goku's is a friend of mine"
"Well, actually i'm...his brother..."
With that, Chi-Chi went still. "He never told me he had a brother..."
"Well, to be frank i'm not sure he even knew himself"
"Well, that's..odd" Chi-Chi said, lost in thought.
Suddenly, replacing the quiet with a constant buzz, a medium sized aircraft landed outside the cottage. A blue haired woman, accompanied by two small bald men, one young the other ancient, either side of her.
"Hey, anybody home?!" the woman shouted towards the cottage.
"Hey Bulma!" Goku shouted back making his way out of the cottage.
"Where have you been? you were meant to be at Roshi's about an hour ago!?" Bulma said, obviously annoyed at her friends bad time-keeping
"Sorry about that, it's a long story, i think you should come in and sit down." Kakarot said, signalling for his friends to join him raditz, Chi-Chi and Gohan in the Cottage.
As they all sat in the small living room of Kakarots quaint little mountain cottage, Raditz began his conversation with his brother.
"Kakarot, what have you been doing all these years? You were given a mission years ago, though I must admit I am pleased you didn't carry it out."
"What mission? I have no idea what you're talking about." Goku said, with no effort to hide his confusion.
"You were meant to destroy the population of this planet long ago, tell me why you haven't carried this mission out."
"Huh?"
"What happened to you?" Raditz wondered what could have caused him to not know who he is. 'I need to jog his memory or else my plan will fail. I can't let it end so soon, and with nothing accomplished.' Raditz thought, enraged at what this could mean. "Did you ever suffer an injury to the head when you were little?"
"Yes, I did. I don't remember it very well but I know I did hit my head when I was younger"
"You forgot."
"I forgot what?! Tell me!"
Then an old tired voice in the background began to speak "Goku, there's something that you're grandfather once told me that I think you should know. Long ago, your grandpa was walking around the woods when a strange meteor hit the ground. When he examined it more closely he seen it was a spaceship. You were in this spaceship in a little round pod. Gohan tried to take care of you but you were wild and unusually powerful for a baby. You rejected Gohans kindness. Then one day, there was a terrible accident. You fell into a deep ravine and badly injured your head. Gohan feared that he had lost you but somehow you miraculously survived and recovered. And to add to that, from that day on, you became a happy loving boy."
"I- I'm from outer space?" Gokus surprise was evident at this shocking discovery.
"So you think Goku has some sort of connection with this guy?" Bulma asked, hoping to make sense of everything.
"To answer your question woman, yes I do have a connection with Kakarot. In fact, I'm his brother."
"What?!" everyone but Goku, Gohan and Chi-Chi simultaneously asked Raditz.
"What do you mean you're goku's brother? I've known him for years and he's never once mentioned any relatives but his grandpa" Bulma asked, hoping to find out more.
"Firstly, his real name is kakarot. Also as we've just found out from the old man, he didn't even know where he was really from, let alone who i am. as for being his brother, i mean exactly what the term brother implies, we have the same parents and we come from the same planet. The planet Vegeta. We are Saiyan warriors, just like our Father and his father before him."
"This seems pretty farfetched, why should we believe you?" Bulma asked, pushing for more answers.
Raditz then sighed and turned his scouter off. He began his story. "Saiyan History is a long and bloody one. To put it simply we sell planets to the highest bidder. After destroying the population and making the planet completely 'ready' for the bidder. I used to love the warfare, the battles, the killing and the pain I caused with the power I have, but after years of it I began to wonder what it was all for. I began to question why it had to be done. Of course I could never voice these thoughts. I would most likely be killed as thoughts like these are considered weak for a Saiyan to have so I stayed silent. Until two years ago, when we found out there were rumours of another Saiyan surviving after being sent to Earth. Of course I knew it was kakarot because the last time I saw him, he was a newborn, about to be sent off-planet so I decided to volunteer myself to find and recruit him. That's not why I'm here though. The other two Saiyans will arrive in one year, presuming me dead because I just turned my scouter off. They are much more powerful than I am right now. I hope to defeat them when they arrive and end their threat to the universe as soon as possible."
"That seems like a well thought out answer I must admit, but you could be lying still." Bulma said, still sceptical of Raditz' answer.
Raditz took a moment to think, and then decided to take his scouter off and adjust the settings in the hardware. After a moment Raditz chucked the scouter to the blue haired woman and said "I have shut down the broadcast capabilities of the scouter but you should be able to use the lie detector within it. The screen will go red if I lie. For example if I say I'm Kakarot's brother…" As Raditz said this the screen went bright green in front of Bulma's eye. "But if I say you're stronger that me…" The moment he said this, sure enough the screen went crimson red. "You get the picture?"
"Yeah alright, go through everything one more time, just so I can be sure without a doubt."
"If you insist…" Raditz said, his boredom evident. Raditz went through his story again to prove himself and sure enough, everything was true.
As Bulma gave the scouter back to Raditz he asked him "That's quite a peice of equipment you have there. do you mind if i borrow it for a while to make some replicas, it could have alot of uses for us"
"Yeah sure, but i'll need it back within the next week."
"i can get it back to you by tomorrow if you'd like?"
"Yeah, that would be much better."
"So, what do we do now?" Goku asked
"On my way here I met another fighter, not from our planet but not from this either. He was nearly as strong as you as a matter of fact. He could prove to be a valuable ally in the fight to come." Raditz replied.
"Ok, who is this person? Does he have three eyes?"
"No"
"Scars on his face?"
"No"
"Umm, he wouldn't be green by any chance would he?"
"That's him."
"His name is Piccolo. We fought five years ago for the title of world champion in a tournament. It was a close fight and I haven't seen him since."
"Well, at least you know each other. Listen Kakarot, I don't care what you and this guy have against each other but you must gain him as an ally in order for this to work."
"So if we convince him that the threat we face is just as much his problem as it is ours, he might decide to fight with me again and eventually stay as an ally?"
"It's a long shot but he is our best hope, and could prove valuable to you for training."
"Training?"
"A lot of it."
"Ok, what should we do?"
"We need to go and find him as soon as possible and persuade him to join us"
"That's a long shot"
"but there's a chance we dcould gain an ally, and with the right amount of training he could prove very useful"
"Alright then, let's get going" Goku said, already half way through the door.
"Ok" Raditz said, making his way out the door.
'I wonder what we should say to the Namekian, what could persuade him...'
Power Levels
Raditz – 1,200
Goku (W/ weights) – 330
Notes
I've re-written this chapter and changed pretty much everything. But it is an infinity times better than the first draft was. Thanks to Ryo-Chan Wolfgirl (Hope i'm alright to name-drop a little) :D
Please leave any constructive critisism or recommendations in a review if you have the time. thanks! :)
