Dragonball Z: Ascension Saga

Dragonball Z

Chapter 8

Preperation Begins

Goku was completely oblivious to the look of awe on everyone's face. They still almost couldn't believe that Goku was standing right there among them. Vegeta seemed to be the only onw with a steeled expression. That's when he noticed Chi-Chi. She was standing there with a look of disbelief on her face. Goku noticed her cheeks were moist. She was crying.

"Hey Chi-Chi! It's been a while!", He said cheerfully, missing her the whole time he was gone. He quickly walked over to her to give her a hug when-

SMACK!

Everyone looked even more perplexed at the sight before them. Goku's head was to the side with a noticable hand print on his left cheek. He had a mildly surprised expression on his face while Chi-Chi had her hand out extended, signifying she was the one that slapped him.

Goten and Trunks cringed. Chi-Chi was sure stronger than people gave her credit for.

"That's for leaving to go to who knows where with that dragon without my consent!", shouted Chi-Chi with a huff.

"But Chi-Chi-"

"No buts, for one of the strongest men in the universe you sure are hard-headed!", said Chi-Chi, a small vein pulsating at her temple.

"It was only 2 years, Chi-Chi, give or take a few months. It wasn't that long, was it?", asked Goku naively.

Everyone sweat-dropped.

Chi-Chi sighed tiredly. She knew she couldn't stay mad at him forever. However, that didn't mean she couldn't give him some small punishment.

"Ok, Goku, I forgive you.", Chi-Chi said, returning the hug Goku was trying to give her.

"Oh, wow. Thanks Chi-Chi, I really appreciate-"

"However, no dessert for two days!", Chi-Chi said interrupting his statement. Goku's face showed complete shock at what he just heard. To him it was like saying Earth blew up.

"B-b-but...", Goku stuttered. This was insane! No dessert? That was like telling Goku to just kill himself!

"Next time, you won't run off like that!", said Chi-Chi walking back towards the ship. Even Vegeta felt a small pain in his own stomach about Goku's predicament.

After that little happening, everyone said their greetings to Goku. Krillin shook hands while Yamcha clapped him on the back. Others shoock hands with him, and after what seemed like hours, they were making their way back to the ship. One man stayed behind and walked up to Goku.

Goku took notice of Broly. He looked deathly calm while in normal state. It was in complete contrast to his Legendary form, Goku observed.

They stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity.

"Kakarot...I", Broly started. He was cut off when Goku placed a friendly hand on his shoulder. This caught him off guard and didn't know how to react.

"Hey, don't worry about it. I can tell just by looking at you, that you've changed for the better. I'm not the kind of guy to hold much of a grudge, and frankly, your power would be a great asset to helping the Earth, don't you think?", With that said, Goku removed his hand and placed it open palm in front of him.

Broly stared at the hand in shock. Have I been forgiven? Broly was a little surprised at Goku's friendliness. He finally got his wits about him, and shook Goku's hand.

Goku smiled. He knew it would take a minute, but he believed he could completely befriend Broly.

Back at the airship-en route to Capsule Corp

Everyone unanimously decided that there should be a celebration of Goku's return. Of course, once they finished eating, Vegeta would challenge Goku to a sparring session. He wanted to test his improved abilities against Kakarot.

While in the ship, someone finally popped the question.

"Goku, where did you get those awesome threads!"

Yamcha's question was echoed by everyone else in their minds.

"Hmm. That's a good question. Shenron gave these to me." Goku was wearing a blue and green uniform. His sleeveless shirt was a light sky blue. The pants were green, and he wore a sash, with unusual black characters on them. His boots were green, with a orange stripe down the middle, sporting small black markings on the side. For one thing, his clothing was certainly fashionable. It was as good as Broly's clothing, which Goten, Pan, Trunks, and Bulla questioned him about for hours.

"So guys, what I miss while I was gone?", Goku asked, initiating conversation that every one was eager to give input.

Capsule Corp

The food was awesome, and Goku and Vegeta decided to train in a new and improved gravity room. This new GR was much wider, allowing more freedom of movement, and higher settings on gravity, up to 55,000 times earth's gravity.

The setting was currently on 37,000.

This exceptionally high setting was tough enough even for Goku and Vegeta as their training session commenced.

"I'm eager to see how much you've progressed.", said Vegeta, as he powered up to Super Saiyan, with Goku doing the same. The power-up put a little lightness on their bodies, as the gravity stressed their bodies a little less.

"Same.", Goku replied with a smile.

Goku and Vegeta rushed at each other with inhuman speed, with their bodies dissapearing to those who were not trained to sense Ki.

Goku threw out a left hook, which Vegeta dodged by ducking his head away from the punch. Using his momentum from his dodge, he kicked upward with his right foot. As he expected, Goku blocked his foot with his opposite hand, and jumped to the side. Instantly, Goku executed a mid-air spin kick, catching Vegeta in the face. Going with the kick, the Saiyan Prince did his own 360 kick, getting Goku in the face, and both went with the attack, and jumped backwards. Vegeta smiled. He was finally able to train against his greatest rival. He could go all out, knowing that Goku would do the same, and it would motivate them both to train harder.

"Enough holding back, let's go all out!", yelled Vegeta, as he went into a crouching position. He began yelling as his gold aura becam more intense and spread outward a little. Vegeta's hair began to spike even more, and sparks began to erratically discharge from his body. Vegeta had entered Super Saiyan 2. However, he kept the same pose, ascending even further. His hair began to creep down and out, as they reached to the bottom of his thighs. He looked up, and you could see that his eyebrows were gone.

Goku was smiling that goofy grin again. "Wow, Vegeta, you went and learned Super Saiyan 3! That's great, now it's my turn!", Goku said, excited.

He began his own ascension to Super Saiyan 3.

"Sorry that took a while, I haven't used this form in a while.", said Goku in his newer slightly huskier voice.

"Maybe...But then again, you were always known for being a showoff.", replied Vegeta in his equally huskier voice.

The training resumed.