Piccolo landed back on the lookout with his eyes closed in concentration, a thousand thoughts running through his head. Today had definitely been more eventful than expected.
First he'd been attacked by Garlic Jr's goons, then after dealing with them and making his way to Garlic, Goku had shown up... with the kid. Then Goku went and died... before he got to kill him himself, and the boy defeated Garlic Jr like it was nothing, showing a power far beyond what a toddler, or for that matter anyone should have been capable of.
As soon as that had reach its completion he had been informed of an alien invader and arrived to find all the humans fighting Raditz, a name which he had picked on while charging his special beam cannon. He was still a bit peeved that Raditz had survived the attack. If the small bald human had held on for a few more seconds that attack would have pierced right through his heart. There would have been no question of survival if that had happened.
But of course, it hadn't. Piccolo wasn't too surprised he supposed. It's not like he was relying on the humans, though he had to admit he was sufficiently impressed by what he had seen.
He had considered Goku to be the only threat to him on this planet, and had dismissed all others as insects. But based on the techniques the humans had shown, he was starting to think paying them heed would be the right decision. The disc of energy Krillin had generated might not be able to slow him for too long considering his ability to regenerate limbs, but it would definitely be capable of hurting him, something he hadn't considered possible. Then of course there was the three eyed human. He'd been too far away to see the first part of the fight, but he had definitely felt the ki coming off of the attacks he had generated. If he had been the one under that attack he wasn't sure he could guarantee that he'd be able to get back up afterward.
On top of all that, he had also learned that two more aliens were on the way to Earth, both of which likely stronger than the first, an idea he could barely process. Just this morning he had been the second strongest being in all known existence, which technically hadn't extended off this planet... but it's not like anyone had known aliens exist.
Piccolo was honestly stumped. If these two new aliens were twice as strong as the first one they would be a challenge. Three times would be a struggle. He truthfully had no idea how strong they could be, and usually he wouldn't be one to underestimate an opponent completely, but he just had nothing to compare it to.
The amount of power he'd felt off Raditz had already been staggering. It was hard to believe anyone could be that much stronger than that, but it was possible. At least when his only goal was getting strong enough to beat Goku, he had known how powerful he had to become.
Goku... that brought his thoughts around to another sect. He had heard Krillin talking to Raditz during the ending of the fight and had stumbled upon the knowledge that Goku was the first alien's brother, which of course meant Goku himself was an alien. He supposed it made some sense. Goku had always been a step ahead of all the humans, and Piccolo had to guess it came down to good genes.
There was another thought. Goku had a son, a three and a half year old spoiled brat. A brat that could somehow increase his power higher than even Raditz based on emotion alone. That child's realized potential was going to be important to their survival when the saiyan's came. He would have to start there, with the kid. A year's time was more than enough to train the brat, and maybe getting a grasp on how the kids power worked would give him an idea on how to fight the saiyans. After all, the kid was half saiyan himself.
With that thought in mind he opened his eyes and strode forward to the center of the still ruined lookout. He saw Kami standing over the child, using his staff to hold himself up, and a sneer made it's way across his face. "Move aside old man. I'm here for the boy." he growled angrily.
His anger only continued to swell when the old man seemed to ignore him, his eyes closed as if he were asleep... or meditating, but Piccolo felt that was giving the old timer too much credit. He briefly considered knocking the old man away but thought better of it considering the effects such an attack would have on himself as well. Instead he chose to flare his aura. Kami's eyelids briefly fluttered at that, sensing the power level mere feet away from him, but his eyes didn't open.
"Hn, old man better have a good reason for ignoring me" Piccolo thought with a sour look as he crossed his arms and waited. About a minute later, Kami's eye's opened and immediately turned to meet Piccolo's gaze. "You've returned I see" Kami said with a tinge of apprehension in his voice. "Amazing you can see anything considering how old you are" Piccolo grunted out.
Kami's already stern expression soured even more at his darker half's insults. "I've heard about the two approaching saiyans. They're stronger than you realize" Kami said with a grimace. That caught Piccolo's attention.
"If you have information that can help, then spill it" Piccolo said. Kami simply nodded before starting to talk. "I've been talking to King Yenma. If things work out then both Goku and Yamcha will be receiving special training in otherworld." Piccolo snorted at this. "Goku I can understand, but whats the point in training the other one? Hes far too weak to be of any use" Piccolo sneered.
Kami just sighed at that before continuing. "They will be trained by the mighty King Kai. His training is legendary. I'm sure it will be worth while." Kami said. "It will also be necessary..." Kami said as his tone darkened. "I have been informed that the lead saiyan approaching earth is rumored to be ten times stronger than Raditz." At this Piccolo's calm stance fell into one of shock, the surprise written across his usually stoic face, plain as day. "ten times!" Piccolo thought as fear started to creep into his being.
After a few seconds of panic, Piccolo's mind began to catch back up. "Hn, fine it looks like I'll need all the help I can get." Piccolo said, reluctantly accepting the offer for help. Kami nodded in relief. He had truthfully been a bit worried. With Goku gone, Piccolo had a very real chance to vie for dominance. If he had chosen to refuse their help, he could have easily stopped them all from summoning Shenron when the time came. But it appeared even Piccolo understood his limits.
"Good, i'm glad we agree" Kami said with a nod. "I plan to invite the human fighters to train here in hopes of increasing their chances... you are welcome to come as well." Kami said with his own reluctance.
Piccolo laughed at the gesture. "hah, training with a bunch of weaklings would only slow me down. Feel free to do what you can for them, not that I think it will help." Piccolo said before his arm suddenly shot forward with amazing speed, moving right past Kami's side. Before Kami could even begin to realize what had happened, the arm retracted, now holding an unconscious Gohan.
"I will be taking the kid though. I plan to train him personally" Piccolo said with a smirk before shooting off into the air, taking the kid with him. Kami stared after him for a while after he left, pondering Piccolo's decision to take the child. "I can only hope the boy survives whatever Piccolo has planned" he said with a sigh before disappearing from where he was.
Kami appeared in the office of King Yenma, on his desk to be specific, startling the large red overseer of otherworld. "Kami? Oh Kami, there you are. I was wondering when you were finally going to show up" King Yenma said as he gained his bearing, staring down at the miniscule guardian of earth.
"Ye-yes King Yenma, sir, sorry for the delay" Kami said apologetically, immediately feeling the difference in rank between the two of them. King Yenmas face turned to frown as he looked at Kami. "I don't have time for flattery. You said this was important so I waited on judging these two." Yenma said as he waved his hand, gesturing towards Goku and Yamcha who were off to the side.
Goku was busy exploring the room with an innocent curiosity. Yamcha on the other hand was sitting on the ground moping. "I couldn't land one hit" Yamcha thought dejectedly. It was then that the two students of Master Roshi realized the newest arrival. "Kami!" they both exclaimed. Kami looked at the two with a slight smile before turning to King Yenma.
"Oh mighty Yenma, I would like to ask your permission to allow these two to journey to King Kai's planet. Two powerful saiyans are on the way to earth this very moment and without the training they could receive I fear the earth may be doomed. "King Yenma's bored expression barely changed at that. "Sounds more like your problem then mine" he said, absent-mindedly messing with his giant pencil.
Kami's face shrank at the statement. "If the earth should perish there will be billions dead. That would result in a lot more work for you King Yenma" Kami said, trying a new approach to persuade the judge. "A couple billion? Hn I judge more souls than that in a few hours. That's not a big deal to me" Yenma said, his melancholy expression never leaving his face. He watched as Kami's expression began to fall into one of despair. Truthfully, he didn't much care whether they went of not. He was just not enjoying Kami's irritating attempts at praise. It was wasting his valuable time.
"But fine. You can send them down snake way, though I don't think it will be possible for them to reach King Kai" Yenma said, finally relenting. "Maybe now they'll get out of my hair so I can get back to judging souls" Yenma thought, staring out the door where he could see the line of souls reaching even further back and growing by the second.
Kami stammered for a second at the unexpected approval before thanking Yenma and hopping off his desk, heading to Goku and Yamcha to fill them in on the situation. "Goku, Yamcha" he said, acknowledging the two fighters. "You will be heading down snake way in hopes of receiving training from King Kai" he said as he gestured towards a door where a long snake like road appeared to be. At the start of the road was the head of a snake. "Wow, I can't even see the end!" Goku said excitedly, already intrigued by the idea of training.
Yamcha was less enthusiastic. "It must go on forever" he sighed. Kami turned a critical eye towards the scar faced bandit. "You are being given a colossal chance. Should you complete this chance you will be stronger than you have ever imagined" Kami said, trying to convince the human that it was worth doing what he had told. Yamcha at the very least looked up from the ground to meet his eyes at the statement.
"Would I be able to become stronger than Raditz?" Yamcha asked with a hopeful look on his face. Kami smiled at that. "i'd think at least twice" Kami said truthfully. He watched as Yamcha's face lit up as the bandit finally began to comprehend the value of this training. "well in that case i'm totally in!" Yamcha said excitedly. "Ya. It's gonna be so much fun!" Goku said with a care free grin.
Kami turned to look at Goku with a serious expression still on his face, causing Goku to pause in his celebration. "this will not be for fun. The future of the Earth is depending on you two. Two more saiyans are approaching earth, both vastly superior to Raditz." Kami criticized. Goku only blinked at him. "um... ok, but what's a Raditz?" Goku asked with confusion. Kami stared at Goku blankly. "I suppose he was dead by the time Raditz made his move. It makes sense that he wouldn't know what happened" Kami thought with a sigh.
"Goku.. Raditz is your brother. He, along with you, are aliens known as saiyans" Kami told him. Goku was left flabbergasted at the intake of information. "Wow, um really?!" Goku asked, overwhelmed by the thoughts coursing through his usually slow mind. Yamcha too, expressed surprise at the info. He had known Raditz was an alien, but Goku too? That was certainly a surprise.
"I know it is a lot to take in, but we have wasted enough time. The two of you have a long journey ahead of you... and Goku..." Kami said, drawing the attention the newly realized saiyan. "There is no reason to go slow for Yamcha's sake. The sooner you reach King Kai the better. Yamcha is capable of completing this journey as well, just not as quickly as you might" Kami said seriously before disappearing again, returning to the lookout on Earth.
Yamcha turned towards Goku before sighing. "he's right ya know. I'd just slow you down. You go ahead. I'll catch up" Yamcha said. Goku nodded at him before turning towards the trail and running off, shooting through the snakes mouth and sprinting down it's length. Yamcha walked up the snake head and stared down it until Goku was nearly out of sight. "Wonder how long this goes on for." he muttered to himself.
He was thrown off guard when someone responded to his internal question. "about one million kilometers. I think that comes in about 625,000 miles." a short blue ogre said from near the lookout. Yamcha was shocked. "that's crazy... I don't think it's even possible. Well I guess I should get started" Yamcha said as he took a deep breath and began to run down snake way as well.
As soon as Kami appeared back on the lookout he set his mind to the task of mentally tracking down the ki signatures of the remaining human warriors. If they were to stand any chance, then training could not be pushed off. The sooner he could get these humans here the better. "Hello. This is Kami, the guardian of earth. I am speaking to you telepathically. I want to invite you here for training against the approaching saiyans. I believe my training will be able to give you a fighting chance, but only if we start with haste" Kami sent out mentally to the human friends of Goku he imagined could be of use, namely Krillin and Tien, though Chiaotzu and Yajirobe also received the message.
Kami was no true master at telepathy. He had been able to get the message across but he had no way to link the others to him and receive a response. All he could do was hope that they took his message as seriously as it truly was and came here very soon, preferably by the end of the day. On second thought, Kami thought as he looked around the still ruined lookout, it might be better if they came tomorrow. Him and Mr. Popo would need at least a night to repair the damages caused by Garlic Jr.
Elsewhere in the world, Yajirobe, who had been busy cooking his newest hunt, a large purple dinosaur that had made the mistake of trying to attack him while he was sleeping suddenly stopped what he was doing, hearing the message from Kami mentally push its way into his mind. "hn, sounds like a lot of work" he muttered before grabbing a large chunk of dinosaur meat and taking a large bite, chewing with fervor. "Still, if I don't go and everyone else does, I guess that'd make me the weakest member of the group. Well... i'll head over there once i'm done eating I guess" Yajirobe said to himself between bites.
Tien also received the message. To be honest, he had been partially expecting it. If this didn't qualify as special circumstances he didn't know what did, and hopefully with Kami's help he could take his training to the next level. If the fight with Raditz was any indication, he really needed it. He turned to his side to see Chiaotzu flying next to him with a scrunched up face. Obviously Chiaotzu had also received the message. He wasn't so sure that he wanted Chiaotzu in this fight. After all, he had already died once and the dragonballs wouldn't be able to wish him back if he fell again. He wasn't sure how he would deal if that were to come to pass. But honestly, they were going to need all the help they could get if they were to stand any chance, and there was no harm in letting him come for training. Maybe the results would be worth while enough to soothe his fears.
"Chiaotzu" Tien began, catching the attention of his small companion. "We should take his advice and head to Kami's for training. Let's stop by the house so we can grab our training gear and then we'll head to Korin's" Tien said. Chiaotzu nodded at him, a serious expression laced across his pale white face.
Krillin too received the message. He had just reached Master Roshi's house and filled him in when Kami's voice had suddenly appeared in his mind offering training. His eyes briefly flashed to his own master at the offer, weighing his options. He had been preparing to train with Master Roshi in preparation of the saiyans, but Kami was definitely a better option, Still, he respected Master Roshi too much to just walk out on him. He would have to ask what he thought about it.
Master Roshi looked forward towards Krillin calmly. The message had not been delivered to him, but due to his own telepathic abilities he had been able to pick up on part of the message from Krillin. He was a bit saddened by the fact that he had not been considered as one of the potential protectors of this world, but truthfully he had seen it coming. The young warriors had all long since passed him up. He had known for years now that his time as a warrior was at it's end. His last fight against King Piccolo had been nothing but desperation. Now, only a few years later, all of his students were strong enough to match King Piccolo one on one, whereas he had only become weaker as time went on, despite training, well, maybe he could have trained harder, but the effort felt wasted. Despite the fact that he would live forever, his physical state was far passed his prime and he continued to get weaker year after year. His expansive list of special abilities still gave him some use as a fighter, but the new generation was already a step ahead of him and he knew that, as an old man, even training from the guardian of earth wouldn't be enough to bring him back to the top tier of warriors. At this point, he would just be holding them all back.
As his thoughts ended, he returned his gaze to Krillin who was looking at him hesitantly. "Krillin, I want you to go to Kami's and train with him. There is very little left that I could hope to teach you and with only a year's time to train, I think you would be better off receiving training from Kami than I" Master Roshi said to his student. Krillin's face lightened at that.
"Ya, I'll take your advice, thanks Master Roshi!" Krillin said with a grin and a wave as he turned to fly away, only to find his path blocked by Bulma, her arms crossed and tears in her eyes. "Oh crap" Krillin muttered out before clutching his mouth, eyes widened in fear. He really didn't know how to help Bulma, and he had a tendency to just make things worse when it came to girls. To prove his point, he had still never had a girlfriend.
"Um... so... sorry about Yamcha heh heh" Krillin said with an awkward laugh. Bulma stared at him for a few seconds before collapsing to her knees and breaking down crying. "I can't believe he's really gone!" Bulma wailed, momentarily forgetting the ability of the dragon balls. "Ya, heh, bad day. Goku got taken out too" Krillin said, rubbing the back of his head nervously. He really didn't know what to say to make things better.
Obviously telling Bulma about Goku wasn't the right answer as Bulma just started crying even harder. Before Krillin could say anything else, Master Roshi cut in. "Krillin, I will deal with Bulma. You should hurry to the lookout" he said seriously. Krillin turned towards his master before sighing. "ya I guess you're right. Just don't do anything weird with her" Krillin said with a serious look before stepping around Bulma and flying out the door.
Master Roshi stepped up to where Bulma was and knelt down, gently helping her to her feet and moving her towards the coach... where he placed his hand directly under where she would sit. It took Bulma a second in her heart broken mind to recognize what had happened but when she did, the tears stopped and she turned towards Master Roshi, slapping him as hard as she could. "You pervert!" she yelled angrily. Master Roshi merely smiled eerily as he moved his hand away.
"I thought it would help" he said with mock humility. Truthfully, it had helped. Whereas before Bulma had been breaking down, now she was acting like her normal self. Hopefully he would be able to pass off a few more perverted actions as for her own good. "you know" Master Roshi began with a serious tone. "Your body has really developed in the last few years" he said with a perverted grin, earning another slap from Bulma, this one with much more force.
On a mountain, hundreds of miles away, a young man was struggling to reach the top. "wow heh heh. I finally found it" he said to himself as he pulled himself up the last cliff edge, staring at a small capsule house hidden in a crevasse. "I hope he'll take me seriously" he said as he walked towards the house with a broad grin, excited about finally reaching his destination. "I can't believe I finally found him" he said as his grin widened even more.
So there is chapter three. No fighting in this chapter but I guess that's to be expected, considering this is the aftermath of the last two fights. And yes, at the end of the chapter, there is a new character entering. It is an OC but he is human just like the rest of them. I'm not trying to make someone overpowered and I plan to fit him into the story through normal means. He is one of two planned OC's in this story, with the second being a former member of frieza's army. Neither of them will be overpowered.
No power levels for this chapter. There really wasn't anyone there to see that you haven't already seen. I suppose I could tell you Bulma has a power level of 4 but who really cares. I'll give a power level for Yajirobe when he's actually doing something. No point mentioning his power level here.