Chapter 11: Who I am Pt. 1: Son of Goku

Hanabi stood looking at the sky; time had come, indeed past due for the Saiyajin to arrive. A smile was on her lips as she looked at the sky and silence, the blessed eye of the storm was upon the future battlefield. Pain, Suffering and Death came with what she loved, but yet there was good in it also: The honesty of ones existence all put to the test against another persons existence, The needed trial that showed friends from people not worth knowing, The key to opening the most Ironclad door to the combatants hearts, and a refuge for those willing to pay the price of battle. Ironic it was also the test of ones own self, there integrity, will, soul, bond and sheer determination to live. War wasn't truly fought with the body or mind, but the soul, the body was only the irreplaceable tool, the mind is the comprehension and control over the body and more needed then the body, but the soul was what profited and lost when battle happened.

Gohan walked forward he saw Hanabi's hands trembling as she stood, her gaze on the sky, "Miss Hanabi?" he said to her, he even though they had trained together a lot still didn't know each other that well, in fact he had got more of a feel for Piccolo then her. He noticed she still wasn't responding, "Hanabi?" he asked again poking her arm trying to get her attention.

Hanabi turned her head looking Gohan in the eyes; her trembling in the hands had stopped, "Yes, Gohan, you need something?" she asked watching the way he moved, his stance told her he knew how to fight, but his eyes told her he wasn't ready yet.

Gohan noticed her firm gaze and those white eyes that where so resolute and assured, it made her seem twice as old as she was, but truth be told she wasn't more then at most 3 years older then him, "Why did you train me?" he asked her, he knew she was the minion of the Saiyajin, "Why do you fight them now?" he continued.

Hanabi paused looking deep into his eyes before looking back into the sky, "I trained you because you are strong, you are one of the last hopes for this planet to survive, and I consider you a friend, if I end up becoming your enemy I want you to be able to face me so that it will be an Honorable match." She paused thinking on the next one watching as Gohan looked unsure about what she said, "I fight them for the same reason I went with them, to save a world, my home was in danger and I proved myself strong enough to warrant leaving my planet alive, if only for there entertainment, and because Raditz is my brother, and he is Kakarot's brother, making Kakarot my brother as well, and sense Raditz isn't here now, I wish to help my living brother protect what he cares for." She said to him, "That includes you, another reason why I train you." She smiled as two lights appeared in the sky plummeting towards earth, she knew in her heart who they where before they landed, Vegeta and Nappa, her companions and allies, her Enemies, her kind.

Gohan looked at her, "Is that why she's strong? Because she promised herself that she'd protect her family?" he thought as the two beams of light, the pods carrying the Saiyajin struck downwards from orbit landing in the battlefield, "I'm not sure…" he muttered, he felt a sense of impending doom from those pods, his every instinct telling him to run.

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Vegeta looked, his pod opening his hand resting on the frame, he stepped out of his pod looking over at Nappa who had stepped out of his pod as well, and he was ready for this.

Nappa tapped the scouter, "Looks like 3 higher level people are on there way here." He said to Vegeta, "Nappa, don't loose focus." He heard his companion say, "What are you talking about, this will be easy."

Vegeta nodded, "Even so, they did kill Raditz so its best not be careless." His gaze was set on the readings him looking at his own scouter, "How strong have you gotten this past year?" he mused to himself thinking about that girl that he had taken from that one planet, he didn't have to muse long.

Piccolo was the first to arrive; his glare was at the two enemies across from him, the Saiyajin warriors, "You're not going to leave this place." Piccolo declared his glare set in stone on his powerful green brow.

Next to show up where the earthlings Tien and Yamcha followed by Choutzu, "These are the guys?" Tien asked getting a nod from Piccolo.

Nappa watched, as another one flew, the Bald One, "Hey Krillen, you made it just in time!" Yamcha shouted over to Krillen, none of them liked there odds.

Lastly two more showed up, Gohan and Hanabi standing there looking onwards at the Saiyajin duo, Hanabi standing tall in the cracked and still damaged armor she had worn ever so long ago back when she had worked with the Saiyajin, over the armor was a black cloth vest much like Goku's shirt but black, the cracked and splintered armor visible to the eyes.

"What's this?" Nappa said looking at her, "Her power has weakened a lot sense we last seen her!" He was shocked by this fact, Hanabi there weak little servant who was only useful because she was smarter then the Saibamen was now weaker then there most pathetic mechanic, "Her power level is only one!" His eyes where wide, "What in the." He was stunned, last he looked her power level had been nearing 1000, "What have you been doing, no one DECAYS THAT FAST!!!" he shouted.

Hanabi smiled "I'm here to defeat you." She stepped forward, she had grown a lot but at the moment was hiding her power level, she didn't need them to see her real power yet, this would open up the lines to find out what she needed, "Why are you here?" she demanded, "Are you here to wish Raditz back?" she asked.

Nappa laughed "Who would waste a wish like that on such a weakling?" he smirked, he reached in his pack pulling out a jar of seeds, "You people aren't even worth wasting our energy over."

Hanabi turned her eyes meeting with Vegeta who turned his head meeting her gaze, "Something is odd here, her power level has lowered to that of one of these planets normal inhabitants yet she doesn't show even the slightest bit of concern… aha." Vegeta smirked at her as he stepped forward "I am here to wish for immortality, and no one will stop me from making my wish." He noticed Hanabi's glare as he said the words, "What's the matter? Did I offend you?" he asked coldly in his demeaning voice.

Hanabi glared, "Did the life of your own man mean nothing to you?" she demanded, Vegeta looked like he was about to answer when she turned seeing Nappa placing the seeds into the ground, "These Saibamen should do the trick." He stated standing stepping back.

The seeds in the ground started to sprout as Nappa spoke, "These Saibamen are a lot stronger then that Chicken Weakling." Krillen turned two shades of white hearing that, "Ch-Chicken weakling!!!" Krillen said his mind flashing back to that deadly battle between him and Goku.

Out of the ground came 6 of the Plant Men, Hanabi had a glare on her face set in stone, Nappa turned looking over at her, "What's the Matter? Did I upset you?" he asked tauntingly to her, Hanabi didn't say anything, "It doesn't matter now, talk is trash, I'll take them all on." She said stalking forward her glare increasing in darkness.

Piccolo stepped forward grabbing her shoulder, "No, we will all take one on, there are six of us and six of them." He said to her, Hanabi nodded,

Nappa laughed, "That sounds interesting, six on six, who's first!?!" the first person to step forward was Piccolo.

Hanabi turned and walked over to where Vegeta was standing sitting down next to him closing her eyes. The sounds of the battles with the Saibamen ringed in her ears as the warriors fought, each one taking out there Saibaman.

"Thanks Piccolo, you saved me." She heard Gohan say, she opened her eyes and saw everyone but Yamcha was done, she smiled, they where all not a lot worse for the ware, this battle was still up in the air.

Yamcha landed a final strike on the Saibaman sending it flying away into the Earth, "How's that guys? Not bad huh?" he asked, suddenly in a flash behind him she saw the Saibaman moving, she stood ready to dodge, "Behind you!" she said suddenly, Yamcha slowly turning the Saibaman wrapping its arms and legs around him, "What the???" Yamcha started, he struggled, the Green Plant Man with 3 clawed hands and feet starting to glow, its bulbous head pulsating as it exploded a scream of pain shooting through the air followed by a sudden silence, so far only 1 was left.

"NO!!! YAMCHA!!!" Krillen shouted, Hanabi stood, hearing the shouts of horror and dismay, some one had really died, her hands where trembling, she had never seen a person die before, it was horrifying, she took a step back her eyes widening as she backed away from the Scene slowly.

"Hey GIRL your next!" Nappa shouted at her, Hanabi looked meeting his gaze, remembering her earlier thoughts, "Death and pain, nether of these will stop me!" she said stepping forward, Vegeta's eyes widened slightly, not from the shock of what she was saying she would do but how quickly she had recovered herself from her first kill, even for him it had taken at least tell his dad congratulated and honored his first kill had he felt fine with it.

Hanabi stalked forward walking to Gohan before turning to face Nappa. Gohan was trembling terrible, her own hand where shaking, Hanabi knelt down hugging Gohan, "Be strong." She whispered standing stepping onto the battlefield looking at Nappa, "How many of those do you have left in the jar?" she demanded, Nappa's eyes widened checking his scouter again, "You couldn't take one of them." He said to her, Hanabi Smirked, "Two left in the Jar aside from the one out, plant them." She demanded, glaring downwards at the ground, she would be strong, she had to be.

Nappa laughed, "Deal with that one before I release these two, then I might consider it!" he said to her, his eyes gleamed as she stepped across from the Saibaman, "And if you get beat to bad I may just throw you in a ship and not let you see combat again!"

Hanabi twitched darkly, Nappa was pissing her off to no end, using her supposed position as a servant and a chide to try to demoralize her by increasing the steaks, she stalked forward glaring at the Saibamen.

Vegeta smiled, upping the steaks seemed to dredge her serious side out, her glare was good, "Nappa, release the two Saibamen." He said to him.

"But Vegeta, there not needed…" he started but stopped seeing Vegeta's smirk, he knew better then to question it, he knelt down planting the last two seeds watching as they sprouted upwards slowly growing.

Hanabi stopped across from the Saibamen watching as the last two where planted, "Tell me when to start." She said to them.

Vegeta grinned evilly stating "If you don't beat all three then me and Nappa will destroy your planet."

Everyone froze turning white, even Nappa was shaken by the coldness of Vegeta's remark. Suddenly the Scouter's started blinking as Hanabi let out a roar of rage, Ki pouring from her in waves, "Her power level is increasing!!!" he said stepping away as the ground cracked small rocks getting pulled into the air.

Hanabi stalked forward her White Ki washing over her entire body the Saibamen charging at her, Hanabi closed her eyes listening as they approached her chakra and ki gathering together in her eyes the veins around them bulging, "BYAKUGAN!!!" she shouted her eyes opening the full 360 degree of the battlefield made clear to her, she didn't need this to defeat the Saibamen she knew as she charged forward chakra gathering on her hands, but she would not give an inch while the life of her entire family was at stake, she twisted sideways out of the range of two kicks blocking another hit from a Saibaman as she threw it back with a blast of white Ki.

Nappa stepped back, "Her… Power level is 2500!!!" he said stepping back, that was only 2000 away from his own, "The Namek only had a Power Level of 2000!!!" he said stepping next to Vegeta seeing the Saibamen charging towards her, Hanabi deflecting the blows easily spinning dodging, none of them landing a hit, even when attacking from behind.

Piccolo's eyes widened watching this, she had used that once while they where training but he didn't know this was what it was used for, she didn't have a weakness in her stance, she didn't have a blind spot at all, she was according to Nappa stronger then him slightly. Piccolo's eyes where wide.

Vegeta's eyes widened, she hadn't gotten weaker, she was 3 times stronger then when he had last seen her, and she was giving it her all.

Hanabi let out a fierce roar as she charged forward Activating her 128 striker her movements accelerating even faster her striking 18 times into one piercing its skin clean through with each strike, her chakra and Ki exploding destroying the one instantly.

The other two ran forward towards Hanabi one leaping through the air as she spun towards her back, Hanabi however caught it in mid flight by the arm throwing it her body twisting around her hand piercing the next one through its shoulder her aiming her other hand into it blasting it away with a Ki blast it flying backwards.

The other one whom she had thrown ran at her back leaping, luck enough to get into her blind spot its arms and legs wrapping around her, Hanabi's eyes widened as she felt its energy building, she gritted her teeth.

Suddenly they exploded smoke pouring outwards as white energy shattered the ground Hanabi was standing on lightning from the friction, a massive cloud of smoke obscuring the battlefield.

The smoke poured outwards from where the explosion was, a Figure however was seen standing in the smoke which was slowly dissipating, moments slowly seemed to pass as they all watched, Gohan trembling thinking she was dead, yet at the center a figure stood. The figure in the center started to walk forward stepping out of the cloud of smoke and from it Hanabi emerged saying nothing.

Inside the cloud Hanabi had used Kaiten just as the Saibaman had exploded spinning her own chakra flying outwards totally ripping the Saibaman to shreds its own explosion getting consumed and overwritten.

Hanabi slowly turned panting slightly the White Aura now gone from her, she looked over seeing the last Saibaman standing slowly it making strange noises her glaring at it.

Vegeta suddenly aimed a hand at it incinerating the Saibaman in a single blast, "Well Well, I guess you are more useful then a Saibaman." He said mirthlessly. Nappa was standing stunned, "But Vegeta, it was still alive!" Vegeta laughed, "Alive and Useless my friend, Alive and Useless."

"O-Oh man, this isn't good, he even toasted his own man!" he stuttered out much to Hanabi's annoyance yet it wasn't her job to correct him.

"More like, Toasted his own Plant!" Hanabi said watching the Saiyajins expressions, Nappa still looked shocked but Vegeta had started laughing.

"Kidding, even in the face of eminent destruction, you have grown sure of yourself!" Vegeta said looking at his Servant, but it was more like she was adding to the exercise, an extra pound on the weight, "But who are you kidding, you swore your loyalty to me the day I took you from your planet!"

Hanabi froze for a moment closing her eyes before smiling, "I will only serve you if you are worthy to be served, I'm not content being the worthless lackey of a person who has earned no such loyalty, besides I have never sworn any vow to you or Nappa…" Hanabi looked at Nappa who was looking bored.

Nappa turned looking over at Tien who was glaring at him, "We've wasted enough time, lets start this battle!" he said looking over to Vegeta who nodded. Nappa charged forth Elbowing Tien suddenly into the air.

Hanabi watched as Tien soared upwards stopping himself flying back towards Nappa throwing a ball of energy at him which Nappa deflected, she saw Krillen leap into action as well as Choutzu, Hanabi stood stepping forward running about to leap into the air, "Your not getting to fight him yet." Vegeta said spinning a sudden punch sending her flying backwards into a pile of rocks.

Hanabi flew backwards her teeth gritted as she hit the rocks hard them splintering at her crash into them, she slowly got out of the rocks and looked over at the battle going on with the others but before she could observe Vegeta was in front of her again, "I had the most interesting idea, You're my servant and I am hungry, cook me some food!" he said to her laughing watching as she turned away a moment.

Hanabi smirked hearing the sounds of battle, "So, you want me to cook huh?" Hanabi started to laugh slowly as energy gathered on her hands, she had learned a few extra tricks, "Then lets get cooking!" she spun suddenly starting into handseals.

Vegeta had an odd expression as her hands made the seals, he tapped his scouter, her power level had leaped to 3500 he saw rather disinterestedly, "I like my meat well done!" he said as if she wasn't doing anything.

Hanabi laughed "As you wish My Prince!" she suddenly inhaled a breath exhaling "Katon: Ryuuka no Jutsu" suddenly a Massive fire stream pouring from her lips, larger then her in diameter melting the earth as it flew towards Vegeta, Raw elemental flames consuming him.

Vegeta crossed his arms expanding his own energy around them as the environment for six feet around him had taken to flame and had started to melt, "Hmm, she is good, another bizarre technique, and those seals are ones that are from her planet, If I didn't have this shield I may even get a tan!" Vegeta thought as the fire dissipated, Hanabi was looking over at Nappa's battle.

Nappa soared out of the way of a blast of energy Choutzu coming up from behind attaching to his back, "Your mine!" the little White Faced Midget said as it started to glow gathering energy. Nappa was trying his hardest to get Choutzu off reaching back but the Midget was out of his reach, "Get OFF!" he roared slamming Back first into Nearby cliff face, turning slamming into another one.

"NO CHOUTZU LET GO!" Tien yelled Panic in his eyes, "Goodbye Tien!" Suddenly Choutzu exploded the entire sky flashing with the brightness of the explosion, "CHOUTZU!!!" Tien shouted standing up his remaining hand gathering energy throwing it at Nappa. Earlier in the Battle Nappa had blown off one of his hands.

Tien ran at Nappa fury in his eyes when Nappa spun slamming his fist into Tien's head causing it to whip back the bones in his neck giving way Tien collapsing to the ground dead.

Gohan stood there petrified, as he was turning away Piccolo's voice was heard, "Don't turn away Gohan, watch, he gave his life giving his all." Gohan turned looking seeing Tien's body laying there his head at an angle that was impossible to be attained naturally, frozen his Pupils shaking.

Krillen stood atop a mound gathering energy his one arm raised above his head a disk of energy forming as he rotated his upward arm, "DISTRUCTO DISK!" he shouted throwing it.

Nappa turned seeing the disk readying for it to make contact a smug grin on his face at the approaching attack. Vegeta however shouted "NAPPA YOU FOOL DUCK!" Nappa did as he was told barely ducking in time for the attack to miss.

Krillen stood there shocked. Him, Tien, Choutzu and Piccolo hadn't gotten the best of this guy yet, "N-No way!!!" he said in disbelief as he stepped away slowly, the Distructo Disk sailing onwards cutting through a mountainside emerging through the other side fading skywards, nothing he did was working he realized.

Hanabi ran past Vegeta to Gohan and Piccolo, Vegeta just watched interested, now the battle was more evened in his eyes, if Nappa couldn't handle it then that was his problem.

"Gohan, go home." Piccolo said to him as he was trembling while Gohan remained frozen in fear slowly moving backwards, "b-but." He started to stutter, "Your no warrior, just get out of here." Krillen had also come over, "B-But Piccolo, that's to hard!" Piccolo glared at Krillen, "BE SILENT!" he roared at the bald one.

Piccolo looked over at Gohan, the boy during the entire battle hadn't done more then throw a few energy bolts then run for cover, "Gohan, please adapt to this." He thought as he watched Gohan shrinking away tears in the boys eyes, "I gave you all the training I know, you just need to use it." His eyes didn't speak what his mouth was saying.

Gohan looked, Piccolo was telling him that he was no warrior and to go home, Tears welled up in his eyes as he turned and ran away.

Piccolo sighed, "Gohan…" he muttered under his breath.

Hanabi turned her course and ran cutting off Gohan's path, "Gohan, this isn't right." She said to him stopping in his path causing Gohan to stop so he didn't crash into her, "B-But Mister Piccolo said." Hanabi put a hand on his shoulder and spun him to face Nappa, "Piccolo wants more then anything for you to fight, he trained you, taught you how to live on your own, but buck up, what's the worse that could happen?" she asked him.

Gohan paused looking her in the eyes looking back at the body of Tien whose head looked like it was on backwards and gulped. Hanabi grabbed his shoulders turning him to her, "If you run how will you ever look your Father in the eye again? Piccolo doesn't just hope you will fight, but he is depending on you, everything for this past year has been given to you." Gohan looked her in the eyes, "But how are you not afraid? Aren't you worried about getting killed?" This time Hanabi paused looking over at Nappa, "I haven't ever thought about it…" she said to him looking him in the eye turning him to look at Tien, "What will hurt worse?, The fact that he died? Or the fact that you ran and others besides him also died while you where at home?" Gohan froze, what would happen, what if Piccolo got killed, what if he could have been there to save him, What if the Saiyajins did win and decided to destroy earth before his father arrived. "I-I'm not going to give up, Lets do this!" he said suddenly turning ready to face Nappa Finally.

"OW!!! WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!?!?" "STOP STUTTERING!!!" "ALRIGHT!!!" Vegeta stared as Hanabi and Gohan flew back to the battlefield, Gohan looked over right at Nappa and declared, "We're going to defeat you!" Vegeta grinned to himself.

Piccolo smiled looking at Hanabi and Gohan return; he had heard what she said to him, "Alright, we have a good chance to hold them off now. I'll have to remember to thank her." Piccolo thought as they got ready to once again start the battle renewed.