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MysticSuperSaiyanGohan: That's not too bad of an idea. But I think I'll save the Hyperbolic Time Chamber for a later time. Besides after seeing Goku's strength, Gohan and Krillin are fairly confident that he can handle it.

Dfd: I'm really not sure when the story will be done. I'm probably going to run it through at least the end of the show. Considering my other story was just from the Cell games to the end and 42 chapters, this one seems to be longer and more detailed so far so it will probably take me a year or two to be completely finished.

unknownapprentice: I really can't give you much of a percentage on how much will change because I really don't know. Some things I have planned and some I just make up as I go so it's really hard to say. And as far as updating goes, I'm going to try to make sure to update every Friday.

wizardmon92: Yeah I think that thing is broken. And thanks for reviewing regularly.

Korrd: Krillin still got a power increase from the sensu because you don't have to be Saiyan to get a small boost from being healed. The Saiyans just tend to get a bigger boost. Hence Krillin's power only went up about 500, while Gohan's rose by nearly 2500. And I'm not just making this up. It's shown in the show that Krillin's power rises a little after taking a sensu bean on Namek. I hope that answered you're question. And about Piccolo dying, I'm sorry but it was necessary to move the plot along for later chapters. I mean why would they go to Namek at all later if they still had the Dragonballs on Earth? So I hope you understand.

son-gosen: Thanks I try to keep the power levels realistic or at least realistic by Dbz standards.

dark dragon 00: Thanks.

miroku-has-darkness: Krillin would get a small boost from being healed by a sensu bean as well as pushing himself to his limits against Nappa. It is no where near what a Saiyan would get and usually insignificant but it is shown in the series at least in the Namek Saga that Krillin's power does rise slightly after being healed by a Sensu bean. But don't worry I'm not going to start doubling his power after a single fight like may happen to a Saiyan depending on how hard the fight was.

Luna's Meow: I can't say whether Gohan will keep his tail or not yet but you'll find out pretty soon.

SS4Gosehta: That's Nappa for you. Even with his own issues with hair loss he's still an arrogant bastard.

ME: Thanks.

Digi fan: It will be interesting to say the least. Let me know what you think.

Summary: What if Goku had been more involved in training Gohan at an early age? This story starts at the beginning of dbz.

Chapter 9

Goku and Vegeta landed far out in the desert. Goku set down on one ridge while Vegeta set down on one opposite of the taller Saiyan.

"I must say," Vegeta said. "I'm impressed on how you dealt with Nappa. I'm giving you one chance at survival, Kakarot."

"What's that," Goku responded.

"Join me now," Vegeta continued. "Together we could be an unstoppable force. We could rule the galaxy."

"What about my friends?"

"You can take you're son with you. He's proven he's a true warrior. I'm rather impressed with his skills, especially considering his age. As for the others, they are weaklings. They deserved what they got."

"I'm sorry," Goku said. "But I'll have to turn you down. Besides I've seen what you do to your partners. Not much job security there."

"Nappa was a fool. He deserved his fate. Now you'll join him for your own foolishness."

Goku crouched down into a fighting stance. "I'm ready whenever you are."

"Prepare to die Kakarot," Vegeta said as he leapt off his cliff at Goku. Goku met him halfway with a fist aimed at the Prince's head. Vegeta leaned to the left avoiding the blow and brought a fist up into Goku's stomach doubling the taller Saiyan over. Before Goku could recover, Vegeta's fist slammed into Goku's head sending the Saiyan flying back into a cliff. The entire cliff collapsed, burying the Saiyan under the rubble.

"Is that all you've got Kakarot?" Vegeta taunted.

Goku crawled out of the rubble and wiped a trickle of blood from his mouth. "I'm not finished yet," he said getting to his feet. Goku clenched his fists at his side. His aura flashed between its normal white and red before finally going to pure red. "Kaioken," Goku shot at Vegeta with his red aura trailing. He planted a fist right into Vegeta's face sending the Saiyan Prince flying. Goku flew with a burst of speed and got in front of Vegeta and delivered a roundhouse kick to the Prince sending him flying into the ground.

-Dbz-

On King Kai's planet, the blue god jumped up and down. "Get him Goku. Show him whose boss."

-Dbz-

A few seconds later, Vegeta crawled out from under the rubble wiping his own trickle of blood from his mouth. "Not bad Kakarot, but don't think I haven't seen techniques like that before."

"Well shall we continue then," Goku said grinning. Even though the fate of the planet rested on this fight, Goku was enjoying himself immensely.

"All right," Vegeta said. "But don't expect me to keep holding back."

"Wouldn't even think of it," Goku said.

Vegeta clenched his fists and threw back his head and began to yell. A crimson aura surrounded him as his power began to rise. Rocks and boulders began to rise off the ground as the area for miles around shook in a great ground quake. A few minutes later it was over.

What power, Goku thought. I'll have to go beyond the regular Kaioken. "Double Kaioken" Goku shouted as he was once again enveloped in a red aura. Goku shot at Vegeta with a speed faster than anything he'd ever experienced before. Goku sent his fist at the Saiyan Prince's head but Vegeta leaned to the side at the last second and brought his knee up into Goku's gut doubling over the taller Saiyan. Vegeta laced both hands over his head and brought them down hard on Goku's head sending him into the ground hard.

That hurt, Goku thought to himself as he pulled himself off the ground. I know King Kai said not to go above a double but I don't have any choice.

-Dbz-

King Kai watched the battle from his planet. "No Goku, you can't go beyond a Double Kaioken. You're body won't hold together."

-Dbz-

Back at the battle Goku suddenly shouted out, "Triple Kaioken." A red aura once again surrounded Goku as he shot off the ground and at Vegeta. Goku sent the Saiyan Prince flying back with a fist right to the face. Before Vegeta could even begin to recover, Goku was behind him landing another punch to his chest, cracking his armor slightly.

Vegeta was sent flying into the ground where he landed making a crater of his own. A few seconds later Vegeta got up and floated up in the air. "Now you're in a bit of a dilemma," he said gathering ki into his hands. "Dodge this and you're precious planet will die. Gallic Gun Fire," A beam of crimson energy shot at Goku with incredible speed.

Shit, Goku thought. If I dodge this the planet is doomed. If I don't I'll probably get creamed. Only one thing I can do. Goku cupped his hands at his side and began gathering energy in it. "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" The blue beam of energy shot out and met Vegeta's blast head one but the crimson blast didn't even slow down at all.

"Get ready to meet oblivion, Kakarot," Vegeta taunted.

"I won't let you win," Goku said through clenched teeth. "Triple Kaioken." A great red aura surrounded Goku as more power was pushed into the Kamehameha wave. The blue beam of energy began to slowly push back Vegeta's beam and the two became deadlocked in between the two Saiyan.

"Damn you, Kakarot," Vegeta yelled as he pumped as much power into his own beam as he possibly could. "You will die."

"I've got to save the earth," Goku mumbled to himself. "I have no choice but to try this. I'm sorry King Kai."

-Dbz-

"No Goku," King Kai said nervously. "You're body won't withstand that much power."

-Dbz-

"Kaioken x4," Goku shouted as his red aura suddenly grew to an enormous size. Goku pushed as much power as he possibly could into the Kamehameha wave. The blue beam of energy pushed back Vegeta's attack and hitting the Saiyan Prince full force. The beam carried Vegeta into the high atmosphere before Vegeta finally rolled off of it.

"Way to go, Goku," Yajirobe yelled coming out from where he'd been silently watching the battle. "You showed him."

"He'll be back," Goku said. "That wasn't enough to finish him off."

"In that case," Yajirobe said, "I'll just wait over there. The cowardly ninja ran and hid behind his rock once again.

-Dbz-

Gohan suddenly stopped in midair and stared back at the battle field where his father and Vegeta had been fighting.

Krillin stopped and looked at his young friend. "Come on, we need to get to Roshi's island."

"I think my dad may need help."

"We'd just get in the way," Krillin responded. "Those two are both out of our league."

"I can sense that my dad has used up most of his power already. Right now his power is less than mine."

"What about Vegeta?"

"He's harder to sense, but I think he's getting worn out too."

"You know we shouldn't do this."

"You can go on if you want," Gohan said. "But I'm going back for him." As soon as the words left his mouth the young Saiyan took off toward where he could sense his dad and Vegeta fighting.

"Wait up," Krillin said as he took off after Gohan.

-Dbz-

Vegeta panted as he caught his breath. That last attack had hurt. "I'll get him," he said to himself. "All I have to do is find the moon." After a few minutes of looking the Saiyan prince looked around in shock. "It's gone. How could they have known? No matter it won't save them."

-Dbz-

Goku stood where he was barely able to move when Vegeta landed about ten feet in front of him. "I must say Kakarot. I'm impressed. I shouldn't have to transform to beat you but you've left me no choice. Now you will die." Vegeta gathered a ball of energy in his hand and held it up. "This form is supposed to be for clearing whole populations, not crushing bugs such as you. But I'll do what I must." Vegeta flung the energy high up into the air where it exploded in a bright flash.

"What was that?" Goku asked not having a clue what it was.

Vegeta looked up at his fake moon and grinned. Suddenly his heart began to beat faster and hair began to grow over his body. His face morphed and became a snout and he began to grow to many times his normal size, his armor stretching to fit. Vegeta let out a roar as his transformation to Oozaru was complete.

-Dbz-

"What's that?" Krillin said as he saw the fake moon appear in the sky.

"I don't know but I don't like the looks of it," Gohan answered.

"Oh no," Krillin said a thought occurring to him. What if Vegeta transformed like Goku used to?

"What is it?" Gohan asked. Suddenly he turned away from Krillin and back toward the battle. "I just felt Vegeta's power skyrocket. We need to hurry." Gohan pushed more power into his flight and took off leaving Krillin behind.

"Wait up kid," Krillin shouted putting on as much speed as he could.

-Dbz-

"Now you'll die, Kakarot." Vegeta said in his new giant ape voice.

Goku sat there speechless. Suddenly all the strange things that happened when he was a kid made more sense. It had been him that had lost control and killed his Grandpa. He wondered for a minute why his friends had never told him about his transformation.

Goku was shaken out of his thoughts just in time to see a big hairy fist flying toward him. Goku leapt out of the way at the last second onto a rock a behind and above him. Vegeta didn't let up at all though. The giant Saiyan shot a blast of energy from his mouth disintegrating the cliff out from under Goku's feet.

Goku leapt off the ground at the last second but was caught in mid-air by Vegeta's fist and sent flying to the ground hitting hard.

Goku slowly got to his feet and wiped a trickle of blood from his face. "I've got to do something quick," Goku said to himself. "The spirit bomb is my only hope but I need to distract him long enough to use it."

Vegeta towered over earth's last line of defense and prepared to go in for a killing blow. He pulled back his fist and sent it at the barely conscious Saiyan. Before he could deliver the blow, Goku shot a beam of energy past his fist hitting him right in the eye. The beast roared back in pain holding his eye as Goku floated off the ground and in front of Vegeta's face. "You'll pay for that, Kakarot," Vegeta snarled.

"Solar Flare," Goku yelled bringing his hands in front of his face and sending out a blinding flash of light.

Vegeta stumbled back holding his eyes. "What did you do to me? I can't see. Damn you Kakarot."

Goku didn't waste a second. He sped away from Vegeta as fast as he possibly could before stopping about fifty yards away. Goku raised his hands up in the air reaching for the sky. "Please everything in nature, give me you're energy." Tiny bits of energy from everywhere around began to gather in Goku's hands. Finally after a few minutes a ball almost as big as Goku was floating above his head.

Vegeta looked around after finally regaining his sight. He'd make that sorry excuse for a Saiyan pay for what he did. He finally saw Goku holding some kind of ball of energy. That doesn't look good, he thought.

"Here goes nothing," Goku said to himself as he prepared to throw the spirit bomb. Before he could release it Vegeta opened his mouth and shot out a crimson beam of energy. The blast hit Goku full force and sent him flying back into the ground barely moving.

Vegeta towered over the Saiyan and then picked up a giant foot and brought it down on Goku's legs crushing many of the bones inside. "Now you won't run away so fast." Vegeta reached down and grabbed a hold of Goku and brought him up to his face. The Prince of all Saiyans grinned evilly. "Now I'll crush you." Vegeta squeezed down on Goku crushing even more bones and causing him to scream in pain.

"I've got to do something to help," Yajirobe said from his hiding spot. "But then he'll kill me."

"What are you doing here?" Krillin said landing behind the cowering ninja.

"Giving Goku a hand of course," Yajirobe answered.

"It doesn't look like you're helping much," Krillin said. He turned to Gohan. "We need to cut off his tail. Then he'll return to normal."

"Right," Gohan said.

"Ok," Krillin said. "Here's the plan. "You go up there and distract him and I'll throw a Destructo Disk at his tail."

"That won't work," Gohan said.

"Why's that?" Krillin asked.

"The minute he sees me he'll get suspicious and you won't be able to sneak up on him. He's not as stupid as the other one."

"Yeah you're right kid."

Gohan began to walk toward the battle scene.

"Wait where are you going kid," Krillin said.

"I'm going to help my dad."

"But how?" Krillin stammered.

"Don't worry I've got it under control," Gohan said patting the sword on his back. "Just get that Destructo Disk ready just in case."

Power levels

Goku5000 (after King Kai's training not powered up)

8000 (powered up)

12,000 (Kaioken)

16,000 (Double Kaioken)

20,000 (Triple Kaioken)

24,000 (Kaioken x4)

4500 (after using the Kamehameha on Vegeta)

Gohan7000 (after sensu heal)

Krillin3500 (after sensu heal)

Vegeta10,000

18,000 (max)

11,000 (after Goku's blast)

110,000 (Oozaru)

180,000 (estimate of Oozaru max)

Yajirobe1165

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