Second Chances
Part Nine
I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die!
Those were the words Krillin said to himself as he flew to the scene were Gohan and Goten were going to fight Dodoria.
With Dodoria on his feet, there was no sudden way to attack him. Dodoria would see Krillin coming. Krillin landed besides Gohan and Goten and gathered the Namek boy in his arms. "Guys, don't fight. Let's just run and go!"
Gohan shook his head stubbornly. "No! This monster has to pay for what he did!"
"Who the hell are you?" Dodoria asked. "You have tails like Saiyans but you can't be Saiyans. The only Saiyans who exist are Vegeta and Nappa and Zarbon took care of Nappa over a week ago."
"You're not getting a thing out of us!" Gohan said. "Prepare yourselves."
Dodoria laughed. "If you brats want to die, then so be it!"
Dodoria moved with swiftness, thinking he got the upper hand against two kids. Gohan and Goten were quicker. Gohan delivered a roundhouse to Dodoria.
Dodoria fell back. He couldn't believe it. A kid got a hit off him. "Lucky shot, kid!" Dodoria raises his hands and fired a large amount of chi on Gohan and Goten.
"Goten, I JU and you prepare for DT!"
"Right!" Goten agreed and the two separated.
Dodoria saw Goten jumped and rolled on the ground, avoiding the attack and saw Gohan jump in the sky leaving himself open. Dodoria smiled. He jumped in the sky as well. Gohan looked down expecting Dodoria to jump up, leaving himself open for an attack.
Dodoria flew up with his right arm reached out as if to punch Gohan. "Here it comes, kid!"
"You got that right! DT!!" Gohan yelled.
Dodoria paid no attention to Gohan's words as he approached the boy. Just as he was about to punch Gohan, he felt a sudden pain him between his legs. He look down and saw Goten head butted him between his legs. Dodoria plummet to the ground.
Gohan and Goten looked to each other and each fired a large amount of chi that hit Dodoria head on, tearing apart pieces of his uniform as he crashed to the ground.
Dodoria rose slowly staggering. "You bastards are going to pay for this!!"
Goten gasped. "Gohan, he said a bad word." He looked at Dodoria. "You have to put a quarter in the swear jar!!"
Krillin slapped a hand on his forehead. Goten did not just say that.
Dodoria blinked. "What they hell are you talking about?"
"That's two quarters for you!"
Dodoria smiled and gave the boys the finger. "That's a third one!" Goten yelled.
"Oh yeah?" Dodoria mocked. "Well, fuck you, kid!!" Dodoria took in a deep breath and prepare to blow a powerful chi from his mouth on Gohan and Goten.
"Goten, get the dragon ball!" Gohan ordered.
Goten did as his brother said. He didn't see Gohan moved at lightening speed and as Dodoria prepared to blow the chi out of his mouth, Gohan clamped Dodoria's mouth shut before he could blow. Dodoria's mouth and body began to expand.
"Run for it!" Krillin yelled and jumped in the sky with the Namek child in his arms.
Goten followed Krillin's orders and flew in the sky as well. He turned to his brother. "Run, Gohan!"
"Not yet!" Gohan said. Dodoria was smiling. If he was going down, at least he was taking this child with him. Gohan watched as Dodoria's eyes bulge to the point his veins were showing. Gohan flew off at incredible speed just as Dodoria exploded seconds later. Gohan was caught in the blast.
"Gohan!!" Goten cried out.
Goten and Krillin looked on worried. Krillin was going to look for Gohan but he flew out of the smoke. Part of Gohan's shirt was burnt, there was dirt on his face but he was physical fine.
"All right! You made it!" Goten hugged his brother.
"Yeah." Gohan said patting his brother's back
Krillin flew to the boys. "Don't you scare me like that! Your parents will kill me if something happen to you!"
Gohan smiled sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head. "Sorry, Krillin but that guy made me so mad with what he did."
"You sure got your Mom's temper all right," Krillin joked. "She couldn't sit by and let innocent people get hurt either." He frowned as another thought came to mind. "What was that you guys said to each other? JU? DT?
"Oh, that's code Goten and I have worked on for different attack moves. JU is "jump up' and DT is dirty trick."
Krillin thought about Goten hitting Dodoria between the legs. "Yeah, that was a dirty trick."
"Um, thank you," the Namek child spoke quietly.
"Don't thank me," Krillin said. He gestured to Gohan and Goten. "It's these two you should thank. But let's get out of here before we run into anyone else. Can you fly?" Krillin asked the Namek.
"Yes."
"Good. You can follow us," Krillin said.
Without another word, the four flew back to the spaceship.
Vegeta let out a painful scream as he felt his bones snap. "I shall take my time, crushing the bones in your body," Zarbon told Vegeta. He squeezed harder and Vegeta screaming louder. "You shouldn't have betrayed us, Vegeta. Lord Frieza hates traitors."
"He wants to kill us because he fears a Saiyan will kick his ass!" Vegeta growled.
"A Saiyan will never be able to defeat Frieza. No one will. He's the supreme--" Zarbon noticed his scouter ringing up numbers. Someone was coming and at a great speed. He smiled. "It must be Dodoria. He's come to witness your death."
Zarbon turned holding Vegeta tightly. His grin turned into shock as he saw who was approaching him. "Kakarrot? That's impossible. He's supposed to be dead and his power level is at 25,000!"
Vegeta grinned. "Kakarrot is far from dead and 25,000 is just his starting level." He screamed again as Zarbon squeezed him tighter. Blood spat from his mouth as he felt his lungs being punctured.
"What's he doing here?" Zarbon demanded.
"He's probably come to kick your ass!" Vegeta laughed despite the pain. "I love it."
Kakarrot came to a stop only a few feet from Zarbon. "Zarbon."
"Kakarrot," Zarbon snarled. "How can you still be alive? You were considered dead over ten years ago."
"The rumors about my death have been greatly exaggerated," Kakarrot said. "If you want a real challenge, fight me."
Zarbon released Vegeta and tossed his body in the water below. Kakarrot was going to go after Vegeta but Zarbon blocked him. "You'll have to get through me first." Zarbon transformed into his hideous look, surprising Kakarrot. "My scouter tells me you're stronger than Vegeta so fighting you in my handsome form would be a waste of time."
"Whatever works for you."
Zarbon swung punches and kicks at Kakarrot who easily dodge. "Is this the best you got?" Kakarrot quickly got behind Zarbon and punched his back hard. Zarbon went flying but Kakarrot flew in front of Zarbon delivering a punch to his face. Zarbon didn't stand a chance after Kakarrot deliver punch after punch to Zarbon's face and stomach, leaving Zarbon with a bloody, swollen face. With a strong kick, Zarbon crashed into a mountain and collapsed on the ground.
Zarbon could barely hold his body up. He coughed up blood. Zarbon tried to stand but his right leg wouldn't allow him. It was broken as well as his left arm. He propped his body on his right arm and looked up at Kakarrot who stared down at him. "Spare me. I was only following Frieza's orders. He's the bad person. He destroyed your planet and killed everyone because he fear the Saiyans power and fear a Super Saiyan would rise and kill him."
Kakarrot wasn't surprised for he already knew this information. "Don't think telling me this will spare your life. I'm no foolish noble person. A Saiyan will defeat Frieza, but it won't be a Super Saiyan." Kakarrot formed a large chi in his hand and blew Zarbon away.
Kakarrot dived into the water, searching for Vegeta. He found him and carried him out of the water. Vegeta coughed heavily, coughing up water and blood. There was no time to waste. Kakarrot sped off to the spaceship. Hopefully, ChiChi and Bulma have returned to the ship.
Flying to Frieza's ship at such a small size undetected was easy for ChiChi. Looking for the scouters were not. With everyone outside the ship, ChiChi turned off the watch and returned to her normal size. Keeping her chi suppressed, ChiChi could easily search the ship. She searched the rooms but to her disappointment there weren't any scouters.
"They must not have any spare scouters. That makes it easier for me to destroy the ones on their faces."
ChiChi continued searching rooms to see what was where and found the four dragon balls Bulma found on her scouter. With the one her sons were getting, this makes five.
Unfortunately, she couldn't take them out, not without being noticed. The dragon balls would be here a while anyway. Frieza wouldn't move them until he got all seen. Her priority now was destroying the scouters.
ChiChi went to the ship's control room. Destroying this would bring them inside and give her the chance to destroy the scouters. ChiChi fired a ball of chi on the controls. Smoke and fire expelled from the ship.
The sounds of explosion and smoke expelling from the ship got Frieza and The Ginyu Force's attention. "Someone's inside the ship!" Frieza yelled.
"Let's go, men!" Captain Ginyu yelled and all the members of the Ginyu Force rushed inside. The rushed into the control room and coughed, heavily blinded by the smoke filled room.
Captain Ginyu coughed. "The ship controls are damaged."
ChiChi was small again watching them from a hidden spot. Though blinded by the smoke, she wasn't handicapped like Frieza and the Ginyu Force. Thanks to her training with Mr.Popo she could detect movement by an opponent blinded. She fired her chi through the smoke hitting the scouters. Her chi was too weak to destroy the scouters but it prevented the scouters from ever functioning again.
"My scouter!" Burta yelled.
"It's short circuited!" Jeice complained.
"Do we have anymore?" Recoome asked. "Mine don't work anymore."
While Frieza and the Ginyu Force argue and complain about the scouters, ChiChi easily escaped. She flew out of the ship in her small size and once she got over the hill where Bulma waited, ChiChi returned to her normal size.
"ChiChi, what happened?" Bulma asked. "There's smoke coming from Frieza's ship!"
"Mission accomplished. Let's go." ChiChi grabbed Bulma's hand and took off flying at great speed, heading back to camp.
Gohan and Goten sat at the table in the kitchen, watching their parents digest the news of their sons fight Dodoria. ChiChi was pacing, a sign she was upset and working to keep her cool, and Kakarrot stood with his arms folded. Their father's silence was worse than their mother's pacing. The Namek boy sat at the table watching ChiChi paced. Krillin leaned on the counter drinking a cold bottle water.
Finally, ChiChi stopped and faced her sons. "We did tell you not to engage in any fight," ChiChi began. Gohan and Goten grew nervous thinking their mother would yell at them. ChiChi then look at a little Namek boy with a soft heart, "But since you were saving an innocent life and you manage to destroy Dodoria, I can forgive you."
"You did good," Kakarrot praised his sons. "Dodoria isn't an easy opponent and you got the dragon ball."
ChiChi pulled out a chair besides the Namek boy. "What's your name?"
"Dende," the child responded quietly.
"I'm sorry about what happened to your village," ChiChi said. It saddened and angered her a child as young as Dende had witnessed such violence. "We'll try to make it right. Would you like something to eat?"
Dende looked at the food in front of Gohan and Goten. "We only drink water." Krillin poured Dende a glass of cold water. "Thank you. Who are you people?" Dende asked.
"I'm ChiChi, this is my husband Kakarrot," she said pointing to Kakarrot, "and our sons, Gohan and Goten whom you met and Krillin. The other people you saw are Bulma and Vegeta. We are here to get the dragon balls to stop Frieza from granting his wish to be immortal."
"Frieza?" Dende said unaware of the name. "Is he the monster killing my people?" Dende asked.
Vegeta snarled at Bulma as she stood over him. Kakarrot placed Vegeta in his room and ChiChi gave Bulma the senzu bean to give Vegeta so he will get well again. Bulma had not yet given Vegeta the bean. Instead, she was standing over him fuming.
"Dammit, woman! Give me that bean!"
"No!" Bulma shouted back. "You're gonna tell me why you didn't say the Nameks were green men with antennas. They all look like Piccolo and Kami!"
"Who are Piccolo and Kami?" Vegeta heard the name Piccolo before from Kakarrot but he never elaborated on who that was.
"Piccolo is an evil guy who tried to kill ChiChi and kidnap Gohan when he was younger. Kami is the God of Earth," Bulma answered. "Now tell me why you didn't say they look like them! You had me thinking I could meet a hot guy here!"
Vegeta had a startling revelation. "If this Piccolo and Kami are on Earth, then that means there are dragon balls on Earth. Why the hell didn't anyone tell me this?"
Bulma put a hand to her mouth as she realized she made a big mistake. ChiChi told her not to let Vegeta know about the dragon balls on Earth because he couldn't be trusted 100 and now Bulma did just that.
"Uh-oh. I gotta go."
"Get back here, woman!" Vegeta yelled as Bulma rushed out of the room. Vegeta struggled to stand and collapsed on the floor. "Get your ass back here!"
Bulma shut Vegeta's door and rushed back to the kitchen where everyone was. ChiChi looked up from talking to Dende. "Bulma, did you give Vegeta the senzu bean?"
"Um, no and you'll soon thank me for it."
Kakarrot looked at her suspicious. "Why's that?"
Bulma laughed nervously. The last thing she need was two of the most powerful people she has ever known get mad at her. "You're gonna laugh at this. Um, well, you see, I kind of let Vegeta know about the dragon balls on Earth."
Krillin slapped his forehead, "Idiot," he murmured.
Dende, Gohan and Goten didn't react at all. Kakarrot and ChiChi on the other hand were both furious.
"You did what?!" husband and wife yelled together.
"You have dragon balls on your planet?" Dende questioned. "How is that possible? All Nameks are here."
ChiChi look to her oldest son. "Gohan, you and Goten take Dende into your room and tell him about Kami and Piccolo, while your father and I talk to Bulma alone."
Hearing the irritation in their mother's voice, Gohan and Goten quickly did as they were asked. As soon as the boys left, Kakarrot yelled. "What the hell were you thinking letting Vegeta know we have dragon balls on Earth?"
"It just slipped," Bulma rattled. "He was angry with me about not giving him the senzu bean."
"And why didn't you give him the bean?" ChiChi asked.
"I was upset with him not letting me know that Nameks look like Piccolo. Like I said, it just slipped and why didn't Kami say he was a Namek?" Bulma complained. "That would've save me for thinking I had a chance with a Namek."
"You know, Bulma brings up a good question," Krillin said and added, "In her own selfish way. ChiChi, you know Kami better than us. Did he mention he was from another planet?"
ChiChi shook her head. "No, but I never asked him. I assume he was an Earthling like the rest of us. I didn't talk to him before leaving for this trip. Perhaps I should've. Then we wouldn't be so surprised about the appearance of a Namek."
"You bitch!" Everyone whirled around to see a pissed off Vegeta standing at the entrance. He was leaning his battered body against the door frame. "Give me that damned senzu bean!"
"Give it to him," ChiChi ordered Bulma.
Sulking, Bulma handed Vegeta the senzu bean. He swallowed it and seconds later healed and his strength returned. "Now that I'm fit to kick all your asses, someone better tell me why I wasn't notified about dragon balls on Earth below I blow all of you up!"
"Oh, stop being so damn theatric, Vegeta," Kakarrot said rolling his eyes at Vegeta's behavior. "We did it because we weren't sure you could be trusted."
"Because of this, we've wasted time."
"Oh?" ChiChi questioned. "And just what could we use the Dragon balls on Earth for, Vegeta?"
"I could've been granted immortality and I would've defeated Frieza."
Kakarrot and ChiChi shared an 'I knew it' look. "And how could I be sure you wouldn't try to kill me or my family? I know you have it in for me."
Gohan, Goten and Dende returned, preventing Vegeta from answering. "Mom, Dad, Dende said he will help us by taking us to the Great Elder."
"Who's the Great Elder?" ChiChi questioned.
"He's the one from which we were all born," Dende answered.
"All born? How were you born?" Bulma asked. Something told her Nameks weren't born like humans.
"We lay eggs through our mouths," Dende answered as if that was the most obvious answer. "How else?"
ChiChi put a hand to her mouth as she recalled what Piccolo told her at the last martial arts tournament about King Piccolo. "Oh, no."
"So the Great Elder is a woman?" Bulma asked.
ChiChi shook her head as the pieces fell together. "Actually, Bulma--"
"What's a woman?" Dende asked, cutting ChiChi off.
ChiChi and Bulma exchanged glances. "We're women," Bulma answered. "We're the pretty and more delicate ones of the male/female species. Don't they have females on this planet?"
Dende shook his head confused. "I don't know what you're talking about. There are only males on this planet. What's a female?"
ChiChi chuckled and Bulma face fell. "I don't believe it. There are only males on this planet." Bulma glared at Vegeta. "And you knew this. You are so gonna pay for tricking me."
Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Do your best, woman."
This time it was Krillin who held Bulma back from striking Vegeta. "Okay, so why are we going to the Great Elder, Dende?"
"The Great Elder has a dragon ball. Once I tell him the situation, he will allow you to have the dragon ball he has in his possession."
"That's good," ChiChi said. "When I was in Frieza's base, I found four dragon balls--"
"You found four dragon balls and didn't grab them? What, are you stupid?!" Vegeta yelled.
"Yeah, I can waltz out of Frieza's base with the four dragon balls without him knowing," ChiChi said sarcastically. "You're an idiot, Vegeta. It was a reconnaissance mission. If I took the dragon balls, Freiza would be on my tail right now. I destroyed all the scouters so we can fly anywhere without being detected."
"ChiChi's right," Kakarrot said. "We know where four are, we have one in our possession and we're going to get one possessed by this Great Elder. That's six dragon balls. All that remains is searching for the last one on this planet and we can do that with Bulma's radar."
Vegeta remained quiet. The others didn't know what Nappa said in his last message: that he hidden a dragon ball. If he could his hand on Bulma's scouter, he could get it himself. He could take the other two and get the four Frieza has and wish for immortality. Then he could kill Frieza. Vegeta wasn't sure about killing Kakarrot. He was the only Saiyan left besides his sons. He'll get Kakarrot to bow and swear allegiance to him. If not, Vegeta can't say he wasn't kind to Kakarrot.
"We can't waste any more time," Kakarrot said. "Krillin, you and Gohan take Dende to the Great Elder."
"I wanna go, too, Daddy," Goten protested.
"No, Goten. Only two will be needed for this mission. If Krillin gets in trouble, Gohan will be there to help him," Kakarrot explained. "The rest of us will stay here and wait. We'll get some rest and then head out--all of us. Because I sense a great fight approaching and no one will be on the sidelines."
Frieza paced back and forth in his ship. Something wasn't right. It's been hours and Zarbon and Dodoria haven't returned. He can't use his scouter to find them because it was destroyed as well as all the Ginyu Force's scouters. Frieza wasn't psychic but he knew something suspicious was going on.
Through his window, Frieza saw the Ginyu Force was returning. Frieza waited for them in his quarters to give him a full report. Captain Ginyu entered and bowed before Frieza. "We've been searching for hours, Lord Frieza and we can't find Dodoria or Zarbon. They would've returned by now. I think someone's gotten to them."
"I agree," Frieza turned his back on Captain Ginyu to stare out his window. "Someone else is on this planet besides the Nameks."
Captain Ginyu frowned. "Why do you say that?"
"I don't believe in coincidence, Ginyu. Our ship was sabotage and our scouters were deliberately destroyed. Zarbon and Dodoria are dead and there's no way a Namek could've killed them. That kind of power would've came up on the scouters." Frieza clinched his fists as his angered boiled. "Someone's here to destroy my men. Get your rest, Ginyu. A few hours from now, we're going to search every inch of this planet for those bastards and kill them."
To Be Continued
AN: Not too many reviews on the last chapter? Did you guys not like the chapter? More reviews equals faster posts.
Kinoha: Thanks for the compliment. Yes, ChiChi will definitely be kicking some butt in the next chapter. There's gonna be some fun stuff in the next chapter!
Vixen: WOW! What a review! I love the B/V moment in the kitchen. That's hilarious about you Nan. Sometimes food in the mouth is the best way to silence any potty mouths. As for Freiza, I would say kick him between the legs and run but I don't think he has anything there. Are you referring to the fusion with Goten? No, that won't happen in this story. Vegeta knew Nappa well even if he did kill him in the original series. You can't go on all those missions and not know each other. I think ChiChi is both brave and stupid for going to Frieza's ship. Hee. Hee. But hey, aren't all heroes known for doing something brave and stupid?
Carrie: I think the B/V moment in the kitchen is my favorite funny moment. It's also something I wished Vegeta would've said. It would've been so funny in the series. For this chapter, my favorite funny moment is Goten and the swear jar.
NiceNipps: Who would want to hurt ChiChi? Haters.
Lady Thundera: ChiChi going to Frieza's ship is her being brave and a little stupid. Kind of like that moment ChiChi slapped Evil Buu. I couldn't believe she did that. Wow. A lot of people seem to like that scene with B/V in the kitchen. Hmm, maybe I should do more of that. I used the manga mostly as my guide more than the anime although it helps.
