Chapter 3: Goku's Death and Preparations.
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball or it's associated franchises I only own my O.C.'s
I felt my head throbbing in the back. I groan and get up, I see that I'm inside Kame's house, now sitting on the couch. 'But why am I here? The last thing thing I remember was walking towards Goku then-' It instantly kicked. Goku sucker punched him. He repeated it still can't not believing it that GOKU of all people pulled the future version of his son!
"All you alright?" came a concerned female voice. It was Bulma. I snapped my head to my right to see all three of them looking at me.
"Can't believe he sucker punched me.." I groaned out in disbelief.
"Yeah, we were just as surprised, but you do know he did this for your sake right?" chimed in Krillin. "He most likely didn't want you in harm's way."
I looked at the ground slightly dejected. Then I became more conscious and ask.
"How long was I knocked out?" I asked, fear starting to clench my stomach.
"About half an hour, we were waiting for you to wake up and start heading towards where they battle with that Raditz fellow." answered Roshi.
'Damnit! Even if I would start flying there at maximum speed, there's no way I could arrive there in time to help!' I clench my fist in anger, then I get up and quickly run outside. I try to sense their energy.
The gang quickly came after me. "Hey where are you going?" asked Bulma Keel.
I ignore her question for a second, then I pick their energy. I turn to her then answer her sternly. "After them, I may not be as strong or as experienced in fighting as Goku, but I won't be sitting here doing nothing." with that I got up in the air, and fly towards their Ki signature at my maximum possible speed.
"You know for a kid, he sure is brave." Praised Krillin after he was out of sight.
"He sure does remind of Goku." Mused Bulma, then all 3 of the went into the plane to follow him.
I flew like it was a race. I knew deep down that no matter how fast I flew, I wouldn't get there in time. I was right.
By the time they came into view I saw Goku holding down Raditz, and Piccolo yelling his new attack's name.
"MAKANKOSAPPO!" yelled the reincarnation of the demon king, piercing through Raditz first then Goku. they both fell to the ground.
Sensing that I'm coming Piccolo snaps his head up for a second to confirm who's coming. After he sees me landing next to Goku, he ignores me and walks towards Raditz, who is on having the last moments of his life.
"C-can't...believe...Kakarot...w-would..just...t-t-throw...h-his..own...life" rasped the older brother of Goku, Disbelieving that not only was he defeated, but that his brother wasn't even fazed by the prospect of death.
Piccolo chuckled and answered."Oh, I don't believe Goku will stay dead for long."
"What?" strained the defeated saiyan warrior.
"You heard me, there are things in this planet called 'Dragon Balls' and when you gather all of them they can grant any wish...even bringing the dead back to life." he said the last part glancing at Goku while I kneeled down next to him and I felt sick when looking at that much blood.
For moment he was back in that warehouse..The very same where his family was tortured one by one and the blood everywhere. He was snapped back to reality by Raditz strained chuckling.
"Thank you for..the information… I transmitted everything...To my saiyan...Comrades..And they are..much stronger than me.." Piccolo paled. "..They will come...to..avenge me.."
Since the first time I came to this world, I slip up. I let out a low chuckle which catches both their attention.
"You really think," I start glaring at Raditz with a bit of mirth "That your saiyan comrades would come and avenge trash like you? Or maybe resurrect with the dragon balls?" I ask then continue. "No, if they are as loyal as you to your brother, you will rot in hell for eternity." I add the last bit condescendingly. Of course he doesn't believe me.
"I...t-think...I know them...b-better than you...do...b-brat" Strained Raditz.
"How...long until they arrive...?" asked a dying Goku.
"One year...that's how long...you have." Answered to his younger brother.
"How does that...Victory taste now?" he then started laughing, Piccolo had enough and finished him off. The older brother of Goku, was no more amongst the living.
"He's dead." stated Piccolo, while walking towards us.
I heard a jet, and it was Bulma, Roshi, and Krillin. They jumped out and quickly ran next to us, except Bulma who went to check on the unconscious Gohan.
...On a distant planet, two figure were eating the corpses of bug-like natives by a campfire. One of them was a tall, bald Saiyan, his name's Nappa, and shorter one with a spiky hair which stands upwards. He is the prince of all saiyan's Vegeta.
"Hmph, Raditz got himself killed" coldly stated Nappa, not minding his comrade died.
"Serves him right,." states Vegeta while takes a bite from the roasted corpse,
"If he can't take care of a couple of people, under power level of a thousand."
"So what do we do now?" asks the former saiyan general, "Are we going to head to this planet called earth?"
"Did you catch the last bit?" asked Vegeta while chewing down the meat, "Those things called...Dragon balls?"
"Well...They did say it can grant any wish." stated Nappa still slightly haughty about these balls.
"That's where we're going." stated the prince finishing his meal and started to walk towards their space pod, Nappa followed suit.
"Are we going to resurrect Raditz?" asked the general. 'While I wouldn't mind to have more saiyans, even if it's weak like Raditz, I think it would be a waste of wish to bring him back.' thought Nappa, the prince chuckled in response.
"Why would we want to waste a wish on that worthless scum?" asked Vegeta, "If the stories are true, we could have any wish like immortality. We could be the most powerful force in the universe." stated Vegeta walking to his spaceship.
"Yeah, I'm in" stated the general, enthusiastically.
They both got into their pods, and started to head off to earth.
"...That's about everything." Piccolo just finished recapping the recently occoured events.
Meanwhile, Bulma went to check on Gohan and picked him up. I went next to her.
"Is he going to be okay?" I asked with concerned voice, even though I knew he was alright.
Physically at least.
"Yeah, his only unconscious." Bulma answered reassuringly.
"...Good." Goku said weakly, but relieved that his son is all right."Chi-chi would...kill me."
I quickly kneel down next to Krillin and looks at me."Sorry for...knocking you...out." before he could continue I cut in.
"No need to...I know you did it in order to keep me out of harm's way." I said in an understanding voice. Even at death's bed Goku grinned like an idiot.
"Dying's...not really fun...huh Krillin?" joked Goku to Krillin.
"Don't say that! We fix you up!" Answered Krillin, refusing to believe his long time friend is going to die any second.
"Too late...I am too beat up." Said Goku weakly.
"We are going to get the dragonballs, and wish you back to life!" promised Krillin to Goku.
"Sound...Like a...plan…" with those words, earth's hero, Son Goku, was dead.
"GOKU!" cried out Krillin. Everyone's eyes were watered including mine. The only exception was Piccolo. Even though I knew he was going to return to life it still hit hard.
After a few seconds his body disappeared. Everyone was confused except Piccolo and me.
He smirked and said." This must be Kami's doing." everyone looked at him with a questioning look. "Only he could do such a thing," he turned around to get his cape and turban. "He most likely came up with some plan, just like always."
"Wonder what he is up to." mused Krillin, while went to grab Gohan's hat which head the four-star dragonball on it."We need to gather the other six dragonballs so we wish back Goku" said the monk resolutely.
"Yeah!" Bulma agreed "And of course Yamcha is running around who-knows where." said the genius irritated at his boyfriend.
"Well, you're the one who chased him off." stated Krillin with an unamused expression on his face.
"By the way" started Bulma changing the topic "How did his brother found Goku so quickly?"
"With that device on his face," answered Piccolo, while dusting off his turban "It can tell someone's power level and tracks their location." finished the spawn of the demon king.
Both Bulma and Krillin were hesitant to get the device from his face, but i resolutely started to head to the corpse. 'Sooner or later I have to get used to seeing corpses, and not be disturbed by it.' I thought. I walk next to him and get it off his face. 'Well that wasn't too bad.' I thought. With the scouter in my hand I turn to both of them and I see that it slightly disturbed them that I didn't even flinched at touching the corpse.
I give it to Bulma, she gives Gohan into my arms. She already checks it how it works.
"It's cutting edge stuff!" exclaims Bulma. "I can make it work, if i spend some time on it."
"That's awesome Bulma!" Krillin exclaims.
"What are your plans Piccolo?" asks Roshi, but everyone is shocked at the way he regrew his arm in front of us.
"For now, just gather the dragonballs." starts Piccolo, sternly "But Goku's boy is with me, In one year two more powerful saiyans will appear, and he needs to be trained properly."
He lifts his finger, and Gohan is levitates under his arms."You can have him back in a year time, but not a day before." he states firmly to us but he only looks at me. He goes up into the sky, and flies away. I clench my fist thinking about how should I proceed. 'Plan A train under Kami and the rest. B approach Piccolo who also likely will train me since I'm a saiyan.' my thought's were interrupted by Krillin's exclamation.
"Gohan's going to die." said the monk horrified about, what hell that kid will be going
through.
After a moment I said. "No." I stated seriously my brows drew down, while looking at them, they all look at me to elaborate. "He's not going to kill him, because of what he did to Raditz. He's too valuable to him. Besides what would he accomplish if Gohan would die during this training?" I look back into the sky where he headed off to "Don't know what kind of training he will do with him, but he certainly won't let him die." I stated to them calmly.
After a moment Krillin asked Keel."How are you so sure about this? And how could you be so calm about this?" Asked Krillin the 'adopted son of Goku' 'Just the way he is so calm about this is...strange. And not to mention a normal kid should be upset about things like this, not shrugging it off.' thought the monk, still unsure of the kid's reasoning.
'Shit! Shouldn't have acted to damn composed!' I thought slightly panicking on the inside.
"From what Goku told me,"I start with my voice still composed. "He told me he is somewhat of a pragmatist, and as I said, it wouldn't make sense...And I am calm about this, because of this fact." I answer to him. I start ascending into the sky. "I go tell Chi-Chi what happened...She won't take the news well." I tell them with sad expression, they nod and I blast off to Mount Paozu.
I land at the doorstep of the house, I take a deep breath and enter. I see Ox-King and Chi-Chi sitting at the table. I was introduced on Gohan's third birthday when came to see us.
"Hello." I greet them, both of them looking at me. "Long time since I saw you Ox-king."
"Hello Keel" greeted Ox-King back.
"Hello...Keel where is Goku and Gohan?" asked Chi-Chi. I looked ashamedly at the ground.
"What's the matter sweetie...did something happen?" asked Chi-Chi with concern. I gulped hard.
"I'm bearer of bad news." I started, with a sympathetic voice. I quickly take a seat.
"Shortly after we arrived at Roshi's house. A very powerful man with a tail like Gohan has approached us." they listened intently were taken aback after the tail part. I take a moment for them to digest this. "It turns out that man was from outer a space, he's race called the Saiyans...Turns out that he is Goku's older brother." this came a shock to the both of them.
"The Saiyans are a warrior race who has been destroyed and only a few survivor remained, they conquered worlds and butchered innocent people for profit." I clenched my hands. Chi-Chi almost fainted, but so far she took the news well.
"Goku was originally sent to this planet to kill everyone, and it turned out I'm also a saiyan, although I still can't remember how I got here." after I finished Chi-Chi fainted, and Ox-King was holding his daughter shaking her to wake up.
After she woke up a couple of minutes later, I continued.
"He came here to recruit him, for a planet killing mission, of course after he noticed I'm a saiyan too he also wanted me in it. We told him off of course, then he kidnapped Gohan, and told us to kill 200 humans by tomorrow, if we want to see him again" They both were horrified at this. "Piccolo came in with an offer to join forces with him. I wanted to come too but Goku knocked me out so I wouldn't be in harm's way." They both were surprised at this.
"By the time I woken up and arrived at the scene, they both Goku and him, were dying, and he told us in one year two even stronger saiyan would appear, so Piccolo took Gohan to train him just now." said the last bit feeling ashamed and looked at the ground. Chi-Chi began to sob and his father was distraught as well.
I waited for her to calm down bit, because this isn't going to be easy for her to swallow as well.
"I'm...going to train with Piccolo." told them resolutely.
"No you won't go near that monster!" said Chi-Chi her eyes still red from crying, in a commanding voice. "I don't want you to be kidnapped as well…" She said this in a softer voice.
"I won't be kidnapped." I sighed to her. I know what was she going to say next so I quickly continued. "I also won't be studying for the next year, because if we don't train then nobody will have a future." I told her. To my surprise she didn't wanted to press her 'studying is more important than living' attitude.
"...All right." she said to me slightly calmed down. "I can see it in your eyes I can't talk you out of it...but please be careful." She said calmly to me.
"There also may be times when I'm not coming home." I inform her of the possibility while exiting through the door. "See ya later." with that I'm heading to where Piccolo is.
I was closing on Piccolo's ki...And he was moving into my direction. 'He likely sensed me coming here.' I thought. Soon enough he came into view, I stopped in mid air, as did he arms crossed. Only few meters away from me.
"What do you want?" Piccolo asked me gruffly. "Told you, you get the brat in a year, and not a moment sooner."
"Two things." I start calmly "The first is to say goodbye to Gohan for now," he was about to cut in but i pressed "three minutes, not a second more," I held up 3 fingers. "The second is to train me." I told him.
Piccolo thought about this for a second. 'Normally I would turn it down, but he is a saiyan too, and right now if I want to survive, I don't have much of a choice.'
"Three minutes, and not second later, after you are finished, come find me, I won't be too far away. " He finished rudely, we flew past each other.
A few seconds later Gohan came into view. He was still crying. I land in front of him and I could see him calm down.
"Keel!" exclaimed Gohan of happiness. He runs towards me, and I give him a hug.
"Are you here to take me home?" Asks Gohan hopefully, I nod 'no'.
"B-But why?" he asks me in a voice like I betrayed him, My heartache's from seeing him like this.
"Gohan," I start in a calm soothing voice. " I don't wish this to anyone, and not to you in particular. This training, won't be easy, but you can pull through it, you are strong Gohan, you just don't know it yet." I smile at him as he takes in my encouragement.
"It-isn't fair! Why does this have to happen ?" he sobbed. I put my two hands on his shoulder.
"Listen...life isn't without it's hardships... You have to suffer through it and survive." I finish my talk with him a stand up and let go of Gohan and fly up. "Goodbye for now…" I rasped it out, because my throat became dry. As I flew I could hear him start sobbing again.
I sensed Piccolo a few kilometer away, and I saw him meditating on a mountain top.
"Hmph, it seems you were serious about me training you" stated Piccolo to me flatly. He stood up. He went into his fighting stance
"Show me what you have got." He ordered me. I went into my fighting stance as well.
"Turtle style huh, should have seen it coming." he commented condescendingly, I give him a hard glare.
After a second of silence, he advanced on me with a right hook, I ducked under it and was about to do an uppercut, when I saw a left coming into view, I block, then I quickly make some distance between him and me, and he advanced on me with a series of kick. I block a few them. Seeing an opening, I start punching but blocks all of them. I quickly follow up with a round-house kick, which hits his right side, momentarily stunned I kick him upwards with a left. Now both of us in the air, I start a jabbing with my right hand, then kicking him down to the ground.
After Piccolo stood up it seemed like he was barely even damaged.
"Your blocking and dodging isn't half-bad, but your punches are weak!" Piccolo half praised and scolded me. "You're punches power decreases the moment you are hitting me." This was news to me. "Huh? I don't do it on purpose, I didn't even knew it till now!" I told Piccolo.
"I don't care if it's on purpose, or not!" he yelled at me I flinched at the volume. "In a real fight you are dead!" with that he advanced towards me, he was faster now, I dodged punch after punch, kick after kick, I wasn't able to find an opening, soon a right hook in my cheek caught, me he kneeled me in the stomach and slammed me to the ground. It hurt but I was able to recover the last second before I hit the ground. I struggle to catch my breath. 'Damnit. I'm out of breath this quickly? I feel like I haven't improved at all!' I thought with frustration.
He landed front if me, arms crossed. "Tired already? Pathetic." he scoffed. I snap my head up, trying to swallow my anger, at the remark.
"If you are tired so quickly, maybe I should kill you." Piccolo stated to in a slightly tired voice. my eyes widen, 'he has to be bullshitting me.' I think that for a second before I see him stretching his right hand out. He isn't bluffing. "At least this you won't be slowing me down." I see the ki charging up in his palms.
I also stretch out my hands in a lock 'I'm so lucky Goku taught me this.'
"Ka-me-" I start saying out loud I can see Piccolo is surprised at this. I pull my hands back.
"-ha-me-" I can already feel the blue energy in my hands. I see a yellow energy coming out from Piccolo.
"HAA!" I yell out the last part, showing my hands into the advancing blast. The two ki clash, and his blast is starting to overpower mine. I yell out desperate to win the struggle and I put everything I had into the blast.
Surprisingly, my wave overpowered his in a matter of seconds, he had to dodge it at the last second, and it destroyed a mountain behind it. I was panting from putting that much energy into a blast.
"Good, remember this feeling, so you won't hold your punches back!" scolded Piccolo.
'I knew it!' I thought with realisation. But I wasn't complaining about this, I had to toughen up, otherwise I wouldn't be able fight properly in a real fight.
After a couple of second, I realised something. I wasn't as tired as I was before the blast.
'I probably felt like that both from the pressure of sparring with Piccolo, and being kneed in the stomach.' I reasoned.
I was snapped out of my thought's my Piccolo's order. "Again!" then he charged another ki blast at me, I also charged quickly a kamehameha, and it was a struggle again, however he put a lot more power into it, and it was overpowering me. I had to cancel it out and got out of the way quickly. It detonated the moment I side stepped from the blast
"At least you are capable of learning." Piccolo commented. Couldn't tell if it was a condescending one or not.
I got into fighting stance as did he. "Now attack me!" I did as he ordered. I advance on him, with a series of kicks and punches, most of them missed but a few hit him.
While dodging Keel's punches Piccolo was slightly amazed at the kids quick progress.
A punch managed to hit him on the cheek. 'That's more like it brat, maybe you won't be a deadweight when they show up' thought Piccolo.
After hours and hours of sparring, and throwing ki blast at each other, Keel was exhausted and even Piccolo was winded. While Piccolo's clothes were mostly unharmed, Keel was full of bruises, and his shirt and pants were full of holes. Keel was panting lying on the ground, Piccolo stood away with a blank look. The sun was setting.
After a few seconds Piccolo asked."Do you use weighted clothing for training?" he asked the boy. 'If he doesn't have I probably have to make him some' thought irritably the son of the demon king.
'Shit! No wonder I'm behind somehow I completely forgot about the one thing that could make my training go faster' he cursed that he forgot one of the most important element of self improvement. "No, I don't...Goku never told me about that." It was a partial lie, I knew of it, but never came to mind, and he never told me.
Piccolo gritted his teeth, then shot a beam at the kid. It instantly fixed his clothing, but became heavier, also he now had a pair of blue wristbands on both of his hands, which was also weighted.
It got up tiredly. It took me a few seconds, but I was able to move in the weight easily.
"That's enough training for today!" declared Piccolo. "Comeback tomorrow." he turns to fly away.
"Thank you," I say to him, his head snaps back to me,"for training me."
"I only do it because, I don't really have choice, if I want to survive." he seethed it to me then flew away.
'I hope my presence doesn't effect him befriending with Gohan' I thought somberly, while I also flew back to the Son residence.
After I got back, Chi-Chi was glad that I was still alive, she wa worried about me when she saw the bruises, she prepared dinner for me. I also reassured her about Gohan. After that I went into my room and quickly fell into sleep.
Over the next couple of days, we spent mostly to improve my offensive capabilities. There were a few times where I was so tired I couldn't even go back home, so I just slept out in the open for the night.
One such night was a full-moon.
I was awakened by a very loud animalistic roar. It took me a second for me be fully aware what is going on. I flew where it came and there was Piccolo, with Gohan in the Oozaru form. I narrowly dodge a Ki blast from the great ape, and fly to Piccolo's level.
"How do we stop this?" I ask, feigning ignorance of the solution. Piccolo looked at the moon, charged a ki blast, and blew up the moon.
"Like this!" he states, as Gohan was regressing in size. "We just, gained an advantage," he starts with a smirk. "When they arrive they won't be able to transform."
We both descended next to the now unconscious Gohan. Piccolo gave him new clothing that resembled Goku's and a sword. "You should get some rest," starts Piccolo to me. "From now on, I will be even harder on you." I gulp hard at the news. 'Hopefully I will be strong enough to tenderize Nappa at least.' I thought, hoping I would make a slight difference.
But deep down, I was afraid of making changes. I saw, the kind of butterfly effect occurs, even from small changes. With that I flew away.
A few months later, I was very good at both defending and attacking. Gohan joined up later and he was happy that he could see me again.
I was also able to feel Piccolo getting attached not only to Gohan, but to me as well.
The first sign of this was when during spar we had a ki clash, he put much more energy than I had, and at the last second I barely blocked it. I was steaming but I could see on his face for a second that he was concerned for me, but he put up a sneer in order to hide it.
With each passing day, the saiyan's were getting closer, and the closer we got there, the more I got nervous about them.
The day before they arrived, Goku was resurrected. Gohan was wearing a clothing which resembles Piccolo's
That evening I had a hard time sleeping, my mind was on both Nappa and Vegeta. 'No pressure' start thinking it sarcastically. 'Just going to fight the last two 'true saiyan's' in the universe...But I have to somehow swallow down this, otherwise I will definetly be a deadweight tomorrow.' with that thought I went to an uneasy sleep.
At 11 am, two pods crashed into the city, I was with Piccolo and Gohan. I was still wearing the same clothing without the wristband and weights on it. I saw a huge detonation. 'Well, they said hello.' I thought with a bead of sweat. I felt they were heading our way.
"They are coming to our direction!" I exclaim feeling more and more nervous...but at the same time..I'm hungry for a real fight! 'Those saiyan cells starting to kick in I guess..' still at least this kept my nervousness from growing more.
My thought's were interrupted by Gohan.
"Hey, there are more powerlevels, are there more saiyans?" asked Gohan worriedly.
Krillin arrived jumping from mountain to mountain then besides us.
"Long time no see you guys!" greeted Krillin us.
"Oh it's you" started Piccolo condescendingly then chuckled. "Seems like you're not the only one who comes to fight." stated Piccolo sensing the other fighters closing energy.
"Yep, the whole gang is coming!" said Krillin in a light tone.
"I remember you! When dad and we visited you!" exclaimed Gohan now realising who Krillin is.
"Oh you remember?" asked Krillin rhetorically "Both of you bulked up since the last time I saw you!" Krillin praised us. Then he leaned closer to me . "So how was Piccolo's training?" asked in a whisper with a slight hesitation.
"It was almost like torture, but it was worth it." I whisper him back.
"Enough talk, they're here." stated Piccolo with a bead of sweat. All of us looked up to see both saiyan hovered above us.
They descended in front of us.
Well I hope that my writing is improving. I have to say which I think I forgot to tell you dear readers, that even though, I don't write down some scenes, those still happened. I just don't want to copy-paste things for no reason.
Until next time.
