Ch.3: Raditz Appears

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A determined look adorned the elder's creased face. His sunglasses reflected the bright light of the peaked afternoon sun. It had been two months since he had stayed up late to proclaim his fantastic tale of Gohan's father and the demon. The boy's peaceful face graced the old man's memory for a minute and a brief smile found its way to his face. However, the smile just as quickly vanished as he again caught the sheer magnitude of the evil ki. An involuntary shudder came over his body; the flimsy Hawaii dress shirt unable to provide inadequate protection against the ocean breeze. Well, that was what he equated his shudder to, unable to face the idea that he felt terror at the unknown threat. Turning his back to the mass of salty water he scanned the area rapidly for his son's ki signature. Locking on he immediately realized the lad currently resided in the living room. With vigor Master Roshi jogged across the sandy beach, his sandals hardly touching the grains. Jostling open the screen door he hollered to the boy, "Let's go Gohan, time to put that training to use."

The addressed boy quickly jumped to his feet, wobbling slightly. The boy, the one Master Roshi had faith and placed the fate of the world in, struck a ridiculous martial arts pose that would even turn even the Ginyu Forces' head. A cheeky smile still on his face he asked, "After I beat the baddie, can we have lunch?"

A dumbstruck expression suddenly overtook Roshi's once serious- badass (according to himself)- expression. His son was about to lead a charge against a shady, immoral character that overshadowed Goku and Piccolo's power combined and yet, food was the primary concern. His son was, in a sense, fighting not for justice, but for a sandwich or some other edible.

"Incredible, but I guess the old saying stands true, like father like son," he contemplated aloud. And the realized in a sudden fit of clarity, "My father must have been an incredibly sick twisted individual!"

While this occurred Gohan finished his 'intense' stretching and an unidentifiable glow appeared in his dark eyes. He grabbed his thoughtful guardian by the elbow and shot like a forceful bullet from an eager gun through the screen door. Seeing his property destroyed snapped Roshi from his daze as he exclaimed, "You realize you will be paying for that sonny and since you live with me, are my son, and are only four years old, that means... I'm paying for it..." the old man trailed off with a dejected sigh.

"You're so funny Master Roshi! Now, let's go and kick some butt!" screamed the over zealous kid.

The lust for battle pumping through his veins, he tightened his vice grip on his master's arm and rocketed off towards the not so distant signature. Bushy mass of black hair flowing behind him the naive fighter pushed extra hard against the backlashing wind to reach his destination quicker than a leisurely flight would. After flying for in silence for a few minutes Gohan suddenly interrupted the old man's sightseeing of the blurry landscape below with a multitude of questions.

"Master, who started saying kick their butt? I mean if winning a fight was as easy as kicking someone's butt wouldn't even the weakest of humans be able to eventually catch an evil alien off guard and defeat them? Also, when you hit women on the bottom are you fighting them? Oh, is that why they slap you back in the face?" the naive youth spouted off more and more gibberish and nonsense for the next fifteen minutes. The ancient pervert simply nodded, shook his head, and corrected the antsy lad at the appropriate times.

Approximately ten minutes later the son of the legendary hero Goku skillfully touched down in a rather somewhat hilly, seemingly grassland area. "Where is he Roshi?" questioned the curious, albeit hyper four year old.

"Child you can sense power levels too, so get to work and STOP BEING LAZY! Jeez, and they wonder why the world is like it is, lazy whipper-snappers," jeered the ornery guardian.

"Okay..." mumbled the child, clearly concerned for Master Roshi's mental health. Displacing the concern for a moment the Gohan swiftly located the evil aura and suddenly his smile morphed into a frown. The time to be serious and prepare for an epic battle was now. The formerly playful sayain spoke boldly to his master, "Father, go hide behind that hill over there. This should be over quick. Compared to my level of power this guy is a gnat. GO!"

Roshi saw the blaze in his eyes that his father used to have and smirked. He replied right away, "Sure son. Be careful and kick his... just severely hurt him! And remember to mask your power." The older man then dashed to behind the hill and pulled out a graphic magazine to read. Some things never change!

Meanwhile, a rather bulky male clad in armour with coal colored hair about the length of his entire body paced back and forth. His smoking space pod in the background, lodged in a crater, seemed to be the least off his concern. The villain continued to fiddle with the green scouter device covering a portion of the left side of his face. Hissing curses in a foreign language the irate alien failed to detect the presence of a young warrior, slightly taller than his knee.

The ignored child addressed the older man with a hostile quip, "Excuse me mister, but you're evil! Plus you interrupted my lunch time and that is unforgivable! You're goin' down!"

Raditz, startled by the interruption, swiveled his head in multiple directions until he acknowledged the younger sayain's presence. Stifling a snicker he replied, "Boy, I am not in the mood and if you don't want to die today I would run home to mommy!"

"What's a mommy?" asked the clueless Gohan.

"Yeah, just piss off kid. I'm busy. Probably dropped on his goddamn head like my idiot of a brother," answered the snarky long-haired killer as he fired a energy beam at the unsuspecting lad. Turning his back to the expected corpse he continued his angry pacing and attempting to fix his scouter.

"I expected Kakarot to be here by now. No matter, as soon as I fix my scouter I'll come to them to find out his answer to my generous proposal. I am such a good guy!" the deranged villain sarcastically cackled. The smoke now cleared revealed an extremely irritated prodigy.

"That wasn't very kind. Ya know a warning would be much appreciated, jerk!" said an obviously pissed off Gohan.

With disbelief etched on his rough face he inquired, "Not to be rude, but how is a mere child still alive after that blast. I am a sayain warrior! A little boy can not resist my power!"

Raditz unleashed a hellish battle cry and unleashed volley after volley of ki at Gohan, who this time was quite aware of the 'potential threat'. He grinned cockily and allowed the energy to consume his entire being.

"There that does it. Live through that brat!" challenged the arrogant alien.

An ominous wind lifted the enormous cloud of smoke from their impromptu battlefield. The stunned silence resulted from the obnoxious boy standing with only his clothes slightly ripped. He grinned up at his supposed superior which caused a scowl to be shot his way.

"That's it boy! I tried to play nice..."

"Actually sir, you attempted to murder me multiple times. I don't know where you come from but on earth that is incredibly rude," interrupted a gentlemanly Gohan.

"Die brat," Raditz replied as he lunged at Master Roshi's pupil. His carefully thrown right hook meet wiith air as Gohan fazed behind him.

"Where are you child?" he howled madly as he tried to locate his opponent. A tap on his shoulder made him turn around just in time to see a fist launched casually at his nose. With a sick crack the cartilage in his nose caved in allowing pools of blood to leak out. He attempted to wipe away the crimson liquid when he was caught in the throat with a powerful right jab. Then, the Goku's son launched his bony knee into his enemy's ripped stomach. The results were immediate as Raditz plummeted toward the grass, spitting up blood while clutching his injured stomach.

"Wow, mister sayain man you don't look so good. Um, also, no offence, but you are kinda weak. Not much of a challenge at all." This made the prideful sayain slowly clamber to his feet and take up a inept battle stance.

"Round two, you little shit!"

Nimbly dodging the incoming elbow, the lad countered with a roundhouse kick to Raditz's already pained stomach. Chuckling a little bit, he allowed his unidentified sayain side to have control and fired a barrage of combination of strikes. Sufficient to say, the 'monster' was left knocked out cold with blood splatters in the surrounding vicinity. Still naive he had no idea the damage he caused and rushed back to his master.

/Back at the hill/
Master Roshi, having long ago finished his magazine, was tuned in on the one-sided fight that was occurring about twelve miles away. He stood shell-shocked that the boy he was raising possessed so much power but, also proud that his son was using his strength for good and protecting the planet. He knew the boy did not kill Raditz but, sensed that Goku and Piccolo were headed toward the downed body. Roshi trusted their judgement and would let them deal with the fate of Raditz. The boy suddenly appeared beside him and immediately did his trademark thing- ask a question.

"Hey master can we go home now and have a late lunch?"

"Sure we can.. hero," answered a proud dad.

"Hero? I'm not a hero, silly! Goku is a hero, I'm just a boy!" said Gohan as he grabbed Roshi and began to fly back to their island home.

"Yes, but not even Goku could have done what you did. You're a true hero now," he hoarsely whisphered so not even the curious boy could decipher what Roshi said.

/Fifteen minutes later near the location Raditz is at/

"Do you sense him Piccolo?" asked an overly eager Goku.

Piccolo snorted at his rival's display and replied, "Yeah, it's faint, but it's coming from this direction."

Said demon then pointed west and the unlikely duo continued onward. A brief time later the two spotted the fallen form of Raditz and Piccolo calmly landed while Goku dramatically dismounted the Flying Nimbus. The both of them cautiously approached Raditz until they saw the splatters of blood on and around him.

"What the hell kind of creature could inflict damage like this on a monster like him?" wondered Piccolo as he pointed a long green finger at the one he was supposed to tag team.

"While whoever it is deserves praise because I don't know if we would have made it out of that alive! Now what should we do with him?" Goku said.

Piccolo, the ultimate tactician, already charged up an attack. He removed the two fingers from his forehead and commanded, "Special Beam Cannon!"An intense flash of light emerged from the tips of his fingers and pierced the armour and eventually the heart of the fallen comrade.

"Piccolo, what the hell man? He was my brother and you didn't even give him a chance to explain himself!" defended a furious newly discovered sayain.

"He was a threat and I eliminated him. I'll see you later Goku, I have some intense training to attend to," he stated as he began flying away. "Oh, and you should probably take that scouter to the blue-haired mechanic girl she'd probably appreciate it," the green giant added as an afterthought and blasted away.

"Sure, Piccolo I see. And thanks for the idea, Bulma will be thrilled I'm sure. Thanks for the help... well it's the thought that counts."

He turned around and slowly began heading towards home his thoughts and feeling blurred about the events that transpired today.

Super chapter (compared to the other two) this time so please review and let me know what ya think! At first I tried to keep the tone serious, but as I wrote the more it became light-hearted. Anyways, would you guys like a more suspenseful tone to the story or a more humorous (kinda) tone to this fanfic. Ah, yes and Gohan and Goku were so close to meeting while they will eventually, trust me.. Hopefully no one is too upset about this. Please review and let me know! Thanks!

Approximate Power Levels:
Gohan-2000
Raditz-1200
Piccolo and Goku- Around 450