Chapter 10: Different Outcomes
"Anyway, it's Piccolo's and Krillin's turn to fight now" Bardock turns towards the arena "Show us a good fight".
"Yeah, don't go too hard on him Krillin" Roshi chuckled, with Krillin letting out a nervous laugh.
"Oh man, this is so not gonna end well" Krillin thought. "He'll murder me if I don't do anything, and he'll probably get too angry if I do fight back and murder me that way" Krillin got even more disheartened after that thought.
Noticing Krillin's discomfort Bardock decided he should give him some words of advice.
"Just try your best, I'm sure you've heard that a lot but yeah, that's all that I can really say. Plus Piccolo isn't going to kill you, just leave you in a pretty horrible state, but at least you tried your best" Bardock finished his speech with a thumbs up.
Krillin didn't know how to feel after what Bardock had just told him, but before he could think more about it he was already on the arena with Piccolo staring him down.
Piccolo shifted himself into a strange stance that could only be the Demon Style of Martial Arts he inherited from his father's past life; crouched low with both hands open in a claw like shape along with one leg leading the other
Meanwhile Krillin shakes himself into a stance with his open left hand positioned above his head and his right hand open away from his body on the right, with his left foot forward and right foot behind it.
"Ready…" Bardock looked at the two "Fight!"
Nobody moved.
Krillin began to shiver even more, making eye contact with Piccolo seriously did not help his situation and the fact that Piccolo had not yet moved but instead glared into Krillin's eyes made Piccolo that more terrifying.
Unsure of what to do Krillin decided to make the first move and charged at Piccolo.
When he got close enough Krillin jumped and aimed a right roundhouse kick towards Piccolo's head.
The Namekian grabbed his leg and threw him head first into the ground.
"Hmpf, fight seriously or I'll eliminate you" Piccolo said in a bored manner.
Wincing, Krillin got up from the ground with his hand on the part of his head which connected with the ground.
"Wow, Piccolo never gives out chances like that, since he's evil or something. Anyway, that was a good wake up call" Krillin though while getting back into a stance. "I won't let this chance go to waste".
This time Krillin charged Piccolo with much faster speed, catching the audience off guard. Krillin jumped off the ground and launched a right spinning heel kick straight for Piccolo's head.
Piccolo stopped the attack by grabbing the leg with his left hand and went in with a right knee aimed for Krillin's chest but was parried by Krillin with a well timed stop with his left hand.
Not hesitating anymore Krillin punched Piccolo in the face with a right hook, allowing himself to get free from Piccolo's hold on his leg and managed to retreat a few meters away from his opponent.
Piccolo held his lip for a second before grinning menacingly and looking back up at Krillin, who for a moment got shaken up by Piccolo's weird behavior.
That small moment was all Piccolo needed to come up with a counter attack.
The Namekian suddenly disappeared from Krillin's vision but almost instantly came back right in front of him. Krillin's body and mind were thrown through a loop as he was still processing the fact that Piccolo had used an Afterimage.
This gave Piccolo the perfect chance to bury his right foot deep into Krillin's stomach, launching him straight up into the sky.
Krillin had no time to recover as Piccolo jumped after him and rammed his right knee straight into Krillin's chest, causing an audible crack to be heard with Krillin coughing up blood.
This combo was finished off Piccolo holding both his hands over his head held together like you would hold an axe handle and swung like one right for Krillin's head.
Krillin was losing his consciousness from the amount of pain he received, and the last thing he saw was Piccolo's eyes widen as his hands connected with Krillin's head.
Piccolo tried to stop his swing or redirect it at least but he put too much strength behind his attack.
Krillin came crashing down like a meteorite into the ground, landing head first into the arena and causing a new crater to be formed next to the other ones.
Unfortunately Krillin had landed in a horrible position, with his neck pushed into his body.
Everybody realised what was happening, and almost instantly Yamcha began screaming, denying what had just happened.
Even Raditz was shocked. He wasn't expecting anyone to die since everyone would be needed for the fight against Vegeta and Nappa.
Gohan was crying, with Chiaotzu consoling him.
Piccolo had no clue what he should do. He knew eventually he was going to kill everyone and take over Earth, but that idea started to feel ridiculous after training with Bardock and Gohan. Right now, this all felt wrong.
"Well shit" Was all that Bardock could think to say.
"Huh?" Krillin blinked, looking around the room he was in.
"Next!" A huge figure in front of Krillin shouted, causing him to nearly jump out of his skin. He did however step forwards without questioning what was happening.
"Hmmm… Krillin, right?" The giant spoke, staring down at Krillin.
"Uh, y-yes?" Krillin nervously responded.
"I am King Yemma, and right now I need to decide what to do with you" The huge figure told Krillin.
"Decide? Wait, where even am I?" Krillin questioned.
"Figures, everyone asks the same question when they arrive here. Just look up, that should answer all your questions" King Yemma pointed above Krillin's head then went back to flipping through his book.
Krillin gave a slow nod and looked up only to see a halo above his head. Slowly he began to realise what was happening.
"I'm… Dead huh" Krillin gave a weak laugh. He can't be revived again by the Dragon Balls, so he won't see his friends again.
"Wait" Krillin looked up at King Yemma "Is Goku here?"
King Yemma stopped scrolling through his book for a moment, then carried on again.
"Yeah, he's over at King Kai's" The giant said, then he stopped looking through his book and looked at Krillin "Actually, I'll give you a choice: either go to heaven or go train with King Kai"
"There's no need for me to train anymore, since I'm dead. Then again I am a martial artist, and if I do somehow get revived then I don't want to be considered weak" Krillin thought for a moment then nodded and made his choice.
"I want to train with King Kai" Krillin decided.
King Yemma grunted.
"Alright, but to get there you're gonna have to take Snake Way, which has only been completed by me! And Goku" King Yemma said the last part out a little quieter than the rest of his sentence.
Not to be beaten by his lifelong friend, Krillin smiles.
"Alright, shouldn't be too difficult if Goku could do it"
"Hah, he only arrived there today, which is pretty coincidental since you died today" King Yemma chuckled.
Krillin blinked a few times before asking "Exactly how long is Snake Way?"
"Exactly? I dunno, about a million kilometers I guess" King Yemma grunted.
"Wait what?"
"Hmm, Goku we have a problem" King Kai turned to Goku, who was still trying to catch Bubbles and begin his training.
"Huh? What is it?" Goku stopped, along with Bubbles whose attention was also captured.
"Your friend Krillin has died" Immediately Goku's face turned serious. He knew Krillin can't be revived again by the Dragon Balls since he's already been killed once. Anger began swelling up inside him.
"But he's on his way here, I asked King Yemma to give him a choice of coming here or going to heaven" King Kai said, and to his surprise the aura forming around Goku dissipated. Goku was getting really angry so he was glad he's already began calming down.
"Oh, but if he's dead then why's he coming here?" Goku asked "He can't be revived again by the Dragon Balls".
"Well, by now you should know Kami and Piccolo are not from Earth, correct?" King Kai asked, and Goku thought for a second and nodded.
"They are actually from a planet called Namek, and they have a whole different set of Dragon Balls there" As soon as Goku processed what King Kai was saying his face lit up.
"Then that means Krillin can be revived using those!" Goku had a wide grin after the realisation, then he had another thought.
"But everyone on Earth don't know that do they? Is there any way we could tell them about this?" Goku looked at King Kai.
"Nah, don't worry, luckily your father is a smart man and is already explaining this to everyone else" King Kai said.
Goku never really thought about his father that much, considering he doesn't really see him as one since he was raised by Grampa Gohan instead. Knowing that he's smart though makes him happy knowing everyone back on Earth is in capable hands.
"Alright, if Krillin is coming then I shouldn't slack off on the training!" And with that Goku lunged after Bubbles again, this time nearly grabbing a hold of his tail.
"Alright, so since Krillin can't be revived by our Dragon Balls we'd have to go to Namek, but the journey there would take us multiple months so we'd have to go there after the fight with the Saiyans, that about it?" Yamcha went over the points Bardock had made, along with some help from Raditz pinpointing how far Namek would be from Earth.
"Yeah, so since we're missing an extra fighter everyone will need to train even harder for the upcoming battle" Bardock stated. "And although we have a way to get Krillin back, killing him is inexcusable" Bardock turned towards Piccolo who was stood much further away from everyone than usual.
The human fighters all had angry looks on their faces. Even if it was an accident Krillin's death was a good reminder to them that Piccolo is pure evil and can never be trusted.
Bardock and Gohan both recognised Piccolo as a better person and understood that it was not his intention to kill Krillin, so they forgave him.
Raditz doesn't care about Krillin's death at all.
"Guess the tournament has to end here then doesn't it?" Roshi began walking over to turtle.
"It doesn't have to, I still haven't had a fight with anyone, plus don't you want to test your strength against Raditz?" Bardock tried to convince Roshi.
"Nah, it's clear as day that I would be beaten by Raditz. Anyway, if you want to continue this you'll have to do that after you check up on Yajirobe and Tien, it's been a good amount of time since they've gone in" Roshi pointed out.
"Oh yeah, I nearly forgot about that. I'm gonna go to the Lookout and get them back here then" With that Bardock flew off towards the lookout.
As Bardock began to fly off Gohan spoke up.
"Do you think they became stronger?" Gohan asked.
"Who knows kid, hopefully they have" Yamcha answered.
Five Minutes Later
Bardock had finally arrived at Kami's Lookout. The flight there was… unlike his normal journeys there since he decided to fly over a city and check out Earth's civilisation. It was quite different to the people on Planet Vegeta as everyone was living quite peacefully instead of fighting each other like Saiyans would.
The weird part came when he caught sight of a robbery in some part of the city. It was none of his business to intervene so he didn't butt in but the person who was getting away was somewhat stronger than the rest of the people in the city which caught his interest.
The strangest part came when the robber managed to get away and as she was looking around for the police she looked up at Bardock her face froze up.
The person yelled something at him but he figured she was just surprised that Bardock could float so he decided to fly away and continue flying towards the Lookout.
When he landed Kami and Mr. Popo were already expecting him as per usual.
"Are they done yet?" Bardock asked.
"Perhaps, I cannot see what is happening inside the chamber however you can go inside and check up on them if you so wish" Kami turned away and began walking towards the part of the Lookout which contained Tien and Yajirobe.
Once they arrived Bardock reached out to grab the door handle but was surprised when it began opening by itself.
Everyone took a step back for the door to fully open and two figures stepped out from the Time Chamber.
"What a coincidence. You two feel any stronger?" Bardock asked.
"Definitely" Tien spoke first. His body has gone through some physical changes, as his upper body was much bigger than before, however his lower body has also become more muscular so it can properly keep the rest of the body up.
There also seemed to be very small amounts of Ki leaking out from Tien's body compared to everyone else.
"I guess, more importantly I'm hungry" The other figure spoke, who simply did not look like Yajirobe anymore.
Yajirobe's body has become much taller than before. Now he looks like he stands around 5'11 compared to somewhere around 5'5 before entering the chamber. He has also lost nearly all of his body fat and looks more like a warrior now. His hair is still shaggy and going over his shoulders with a loose Yukata covering his body.
Even Kami was amazed at the changes that have happened to Yajirobe's body within the 2 weeks that he spent in the Chamber.
"How did you grow so much in so little time?" Mr. Popo spoke with a shocked look on his face.
Yajirobe just shrugged, even he doesn't get how that happened but it doesn't bother him too much.
"Anyway, how's the tournament?" Tien asked Bardock.
"It was going well, until Krillin died" Bardock said bluntly.
Tien became angry, really angry after hearing Krillin had died.
"He can't get revived! Who killed him!?" Tien demanded answers.
"This will take me a while to explain so how about we start flying back and I'll tell you everything that's happened alright?" Bardock attempted to calm Tien down with some success.
"Fine, hopefully I won't need any revenge once we arrive"
We've finally reached 10 chapters of the story and with the 10th chapter come some insane changes to the story! How will all of this change the outcome of the story?
Originally I wasn't planning on killing Krillin off at all and I thought of it on a whim and as weird and unrealistic as it seems I feel as though it would really change up my story from the original cannon, so I hope you enjoy and don't hate what I've done. If you do hate what I've done then let me know but I know where I want to take this story so I feel as though it was the right decision.