A/N: Espeon804 here with another great chapter!

So! This is what happened!

Chapter 19 got split to 19, 20, and 21.

Then, 21 got split to 21, 22, and 23.

Writer's block makes me rush. I had to catch myself and slow down.

Maybe I slowed down too much…

Oops.

Well. The more chapters, the better!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN DB, DBZ, DBGT, DBZKAI, OR DBS! It all belongs to Akira Toriyama. I have typed this disclaimer so many times, I can spell his name without checking Google.

That's sad. :P

Key:

"Talking"

"Foreign language"

'Thoughts/Telepathy'

Read CH. 14's Author's Note!

Dun-duh, dun, duh-duh-duh, Dun-duh, dun, duh-duh-duh-duh... DUH~!

-Espeon804

- Chapter 21: He's still Goku in there -

"Mmmm… wh-wha…?" Kakarot's eyes slowly open to a blurry world. It takes a handful of seconds for his eyes to adjust, but he can see clearly that he is inside the pod. His head is throbbing. Waking up with a headache normally means that he had done something that his brother would call "reckless". It isn't something he is looking forward to be scolded about. "Man…."

Small and soft chirps are close. A small figure slowly crawls up to his chest and approaches his head.

"T-Tao…?"

Tao appears to be upset. It bows several times, apologizing.

"No… it's fine." Kakarot gives him a weak smile. "Hey… I'm sure you've seen an Great Ape before. When I change to that thing, I can lose my reason too. I know how it feels."

Footsteps echo through the room, and it gradually gets louder each step. Arriving with a pail of water and a cloth is Raditz. His eyes meets his brother's, and he quickly sets the items down. "You're awake?!"

"Yeah…" Kakarot grins slightly. "Maybe I was lucky?"

"Lucky?!" Raditz growls as he reaches inside the pale and takes out a soaked towel from inside. He begins to wring it out. "Tarble said that you would be out for the night you collapsed! You were out for almost a week!"

"Was I?" Kakarot chuckles lightly. "Wow. The poison was that bad?"

Raditz stops his actions for a second as his eyes narrow. "This is not a laughing manner." He walks up to his brother and unwraps the bandage that protects the scratch on the arm. Immediately, he starts to wipe the grime off.

Kakarot almost screams at the stinging sensation. It settles as a new bandage is wrapped around. He watches in interest. "That hurts… but since when did you know how to treat wounds?"

"When your childhood is mainly memories of being beaten up and wounded by other children, then you learn." Raditz grumbles as he secures the bandage. "There. Give it until the day is over and your arm will be fine."

"Oh." The younger Saiyan sits up from laying on the table. He folds his legs and places his hands in his lap. "Why do you look so mad?"

Raditz fully faces his brother. His angry expression doesn't appear the kind that is hate or irritation. He seems rather frustrated with something. "Are you oblivious to how close you were to dying?"

"How close?" Kakarot asks.

The older brother snarls, throwing the towel inside the bucket. Water splashes from the impact, spilling on the floor. "Your heart stopped. That's how close. You were technically dead for a minute!"

The younger brother is a bit in shock to hear this. He looks at his hands and pats his body to check to see if he's all together. "Well, I'm here now. You don't have to worry."

"THAT'S not the point!" Raditz snaps. He startles poor Tao who shrinks into a ball. Seeing how bad he scared the creature, he sighs and begins to pace around. "None of that would had happened if I hadn't ran off like a coward."

"It's not your fault. You're afraid of spiders." Kakarot reminds him. "You came back anyway."

"You're clueless." Raditz frowns. "After you were given the antidote, you passed out. You were fine after that, but suddenly your heart started to fail. I believed I brought you in too late. You probably don't remember this… but your body was going through so much pain, you woke up screaming. In that stage, there's nothing anyone could do. The poison had reached your heart."

"Huh?!" Kakarot jumps "Then how am I still-"

"The antidote naturalized the poison before it could do damage to that organ. Unfortunately, it resulted to you being out much longer. You barely survived." Raditz shakes his head. "Tarble told me that a Saiyan had never made it through at that stage. You were lucky."

"Wow. That's some crazy stuff…" Kakarot pushes himself off the table and lands on the floor. However, it resulted to sudden sharp pain to shoot through his body. He falls to his knees, screaming.

"You naive fool! Common sense would had told you to not move yet!" Raditz reaches down and pulls his brother to his feet. He pushes him back on the table. "Don't die by something like that! A Saiyan should die in battle!"

"I didn't know that my body is still in pain. I'm sorry, okay?" Kakarot grunts as a hand grips on his left thigh. "You know… I was thinking you wouldn't care about what just happened."

Raditz would get angry about the word being mentioned, but the situation is serious. "You are not to move until the sun is set." He orders him.

The news makes him feel like he'll be sitting forever. He frowns. "Can I at least have something to eat? I haven't ate in forever, and that's a fact!"

Raditz says nothing. He walks off, leaving his brother alone.

Kakarot crosses his arms. "This is not what I wanted to wake up to." He looks at his surroundings. Certainly, he's located at the control center. It's where the ship is controlled to go places. It took the heaviest amount of damage, so is not useful as of now.

The door slides open. Walking inside is the younger Saiyan prince. The second his eyes shift to Kakarot, his course changes. "You're awake! That's great news!"

"I know. I've been told that I had been out for a while. I can't move…" Kakarot hates this very much. He would love to be on his feet right now.

Tarble smiles as hs reaches inside his armor. "Raditz was exaggerating. I have the medicine to help you to your feet."

"You do?" Kakarot's mood lightens up hearing this. "Do you also have food?" He blinks. "And… don't you think you should get out of that armor? It's beaten up."

"Well… I suppose." The young prince takes out the green liquid in a small jar. He pushes it to the Saiyan's hands. "Drink."

Kakarot's fingers grip on the cap. He slightly pulls, and it opens with a soft pop. He notices how thick the substance is. He lightly shakes it around inside, and he lowers his nose inside, taking in a light sniff.

"We don't have all day." Tarble's inpatient tone snaps the Saiyan from his studying.

Kakarot pulls the jar to his mouth and begins to drink. His face twist at the odd taste, but he drinks it all. He places the jar down and is still. He expects something to happen, but nothing out of the ordinary occurs.

"Well, I must warn you that it's mixed with those Senzu Beans you handed to me back at Planet Namek. I now have one left. However, it has other healing substances… it can throw your personality off if this is the first time you took it. It gives you a pack of energy. You can't really control your ki right now..." Tarble warns Kakarot.

Kakarot doesn't quite understand. His wonders are thrown aside as a jolt of sudden energy shoots through his body and fills him. He grins wide as his hands grip on the sides of the table. He won't be able to hold in all of it.

Tarble sighs as he sticks a finger in both ears.

Kakarot springs from the table while pumping a fist in the air. "YAHOOOO!" He grabs his legs and pulls them to his chest as he flips and spins several times in midair. He kicks his legs back out and he lands. He laughs as he jumps and flips around the room. "This is awesome! I feel like I can run around the whole world! Haha-haha! Hehehehe!" He performs a backflip and grabs a steel beam that supports the ceiling. He hangs by one arm. "Hey, Tarble! You should try this!"

"No, thank you." Tarble waves away the offer. "I'm fine where I stand. You should come down. It's a strong burst of energy but it won't last long."

"It's fine! Nothing bad could happen!" He grins as if he's a child as he flips over and lands on top of the steel beam. He places his fists on his hips. "I feel a lot better than before!"

"But you know how your brother won't be so thrilled if he sees you jumping around." Tarble tries to warn him. He becomes irritated as the Saiyan jumps off and wraps his tail around the steel beam. "Get down from there." Watching Kakarot swinging from his tail, Tarble's shoulders tense up. "Are you even listening?!"

"Find the Dragon Balls~! Look out for them all~!" Kakarot sings happily as he continues to swing.

"I think that medicine brought his immaturity to a whole new level." Tarble mutters as the immature warrior continues to sing. "At least his back to his usual goofy mood. As crazy as he can become at times, it makes it hard to believe that he defeated Frieza."

Footsteps are heard approaching. The young prince sighs as Raditz walks inside with a net made out of spider web. He pauses, staring at the empty table. He glances around quickly until he locates his brother and drops the net with wide eyes. "What the hell…?!"

"He ignored the admonishment." Tarble explains as he picks up the sack.

"Let's try, try, try, look high and low~!
Search the sky and the sea below~!
Let's try, try, try, seize the-"

"KAKAROT!"

Kakarot is startled by the angry shout. He yelps as he flings around. His tail lost its grip on the beam and he yells as he falls head first into the ground. His hands cover his head as he slowly gets to his knees. "Ow, ow, ow…" He sees a pair of blue pants stepping forward. His eyes trail up to his brother's angry face. "What's up?"

Raditz crosses his arms. "I thought I told you to stay still. Then again, this is my little brother I'm talking to." His hands uncross and are clenched to fist. "Child!" He throws a punch on his brother's head.

"OW!" Kakarot scoots himself back quickly in time to avoid the other head punch. "Hitting me on the head isn't going to help you know!"

"Acting like a brat all day won't help us at all!" Raditz shouts.

"Brat?"

"He means a child." Tarble translates for the clueless warrior.

"Well, you don't have to worry about my injuries anymore." Kakarot announces as he gets to his feet. "Tarble have me some healing drink, so I'm back to 100 percent!" He grabs the bandage wrapped around his arm.

"Wait! Don't take that-" Raditz watches the bandages fall to the ground. It's stained with dried blood. However, the cut his brother previously had fully healed… not normal. "Off…"

"Well… I don't think that will go anywhere. Those beast can leave some marks." Tarble notes.

Tao bows again, trying to apologize.

"Aw, man!" Kakarot stares at the scar that runs across his arm. "This will be here for the rest of my life!"

Raditz shakes his head. "Don't fret. It's not uncommon for a Saiyan warrior to get a scar. This isn't the first one you got."

"It isn't?" Tarble is confused by the statement. "I don't see any other one… unless it's covered by his clothing."

"Well, you can't see it until it's exposed." Raditz ruffles his brother's hair with his hand. He pauses. "This must be it."

Kakarot can feel his hair being separated to groups. "Hey. What are you doing?"

Raditz ignores the question. "Come look."

Tarble walks up to the Saiyan and looks at the hair. Raditz had separated it enough to expose part of the scalp. What is seen is a deep scar. "Where… did that come from?"

Kakarot pulls his head away and takes a couple steps away from his brother. He appears annoyed as he rubs his head. "Don't do that! It's not a good feeling when you do that to my hair!" A second passes and he sighs. "Alright. I'll explain. I fell onto a deep ravine when I was a baby. My head hit a boulder at the very bottom. Let's just say I barely survived."

"Oh… that's terrible." Tarble steps forward. "And… you were still a baby. For a Saiyan baby to suffer from a serious head injury like that is likely to result to-"

"Exactly. Amnesia. He forgot who he was and what hys was suppose to do with this planet. In fact, he lived like a Human. Friends and everything. He was a mess when I met him!" Raditz spits. "He even has a half-breed son!"

"H-half-breed?!" Tarble turns to Kakarot for answers. "You're telling me you had a child with a Human?! How come I was never notified of this?!"

Kakarot doesn't want to answer that. "I really thought I was a Human… but as a kid I was able to do some unbelievable things… I wondered if I really wasn't. Turns out I was right. Those Earthlings made me into something I'm not. They even used my strength to get their desires. The race is selfish."

"It must had been hard to learn that you were a Saiyan all this time recently. They called you "Goku"... What does that mean-?"

"Don't mention that name." Kakarot grumbles, turning his back.

Tarble is surprised by the sudden shift in behavior. "I am only trying to-"

"Don't mention it, or bring it up again." The Earth raised warrior walks off towards the kitchen.

"I can understand why you hate the name, but that's no reason to be so stressed." Tarble points out.

Kakarot stops walking. He doesn't turn around. "The name "Goku" means "Savior of light". But really…" Kakarot explains. "The direct meaning is "sky"."

"Sky?" Raditz repeats the word with puzzlement. "Why would he name you "Sky"?"

Kakarot points at the sky. "I assume he named me "Goku" because the pod I came from that sent me to this planet fell from the sky."

"That might just be it. It makes sense." Tarble says.

The earth raised Saiyan frowns and walks out the pod. As soon as his feet touch the ground he jumps to flight. He is 10 feet off the ground and suddenly, the flowing ki that surrounds his body separates and fades. "Huh?" He falls back down, screaming.

THUD!

"The hell?!" Raditz's voice is heard shouting from inside the small ship.

"I warned you that the energy boost won't last long." Tarble reminds the warrior as he walks outside. He pauses, unable to locate the warrior. "Now, I know I heard you falling, so you should be around here…"

Raditz steps out and points at a bush next to the ship. "He's there."

The voice of Kakarot groaning is heard from inside the bush. A tail sticks out and twitches. "Okay… next time, I'll consider that, Tarble…" His voice is muffled.

"Get out of there." Raditz orders.

The tail disappears inside the bush, and Kakarot's head pokes out. "What happened?" He jumps out and lands. Twigs stick out his hair, so he begins to pull them out. "How come I can't fly?"

"I thought I told you before I gave you the medicine… I guess I should add a little more detail. Hopefully, you'll understand." Tarble mutters, before clearing his voice. "A scratch from a Giantula temporary affects your body's functions. Saiyans have to go awhile without being able to fly or even use their ki." Tarble explains. "It won't last too much longer."

Kakarot crosses his arms. "So I'm stuck on the ground until everything is adjusted? Such a bummer! I need to get out these clothes! It's torn!"

"That's what happens when you don't listen." Raditz reaches down and pulls out the power pole from inside the pod. "Try to stay in one place!" He tosses the weapon at his brother who catches it.

"Oh, right." Tarble digs inside his armor and takes out a small capsule. "Here. Inside contains a snack for the both of you. It should hold your appetite down until I'm finish preparing the meal." He tosses it at Raditz.

The long haired warrior catches it, and he drops it inside the shirt part of his light-blue GI. "Once again, I must thank you." He turns to his brother who is fumbling with the staff. "Well?"

Kakarot straps the weapon to his back. "Well, if I can't use my energy, then I might as well travel around like old times." He chuckles. "Old times. The past is not so pleasant to me, but this is all I can do."

"There's no other way to move besides walking fool! What other method could you possibly have?!" Raditz shouts as his brother walks to the middle of the field.

Kakarot cups his hands over his mouth. "NIMBUUUUUS! DARK FLYING NIMBUUUUUS!"

"Dark… flying nimbus…?" Tarble and Raditz repeats the words, confused.

Suddenly, a purple cloud soars from the skies and dives towards the ground. It comes to a screeching halt in front of the warrior who summoned it.

"What… the hell is that?" Raditz can't get an idea on why his little brother summoned a cloud.

Kakarot laughs. "Like I said. This is how I went around when I was a kid!" He jumps and lands on the surface. "I can't ride my old Nimbus. I wouldn't try… since I killed a lot of Humans…" He shakes his head.

"How do you even… drive that thing?" Raditz walks up for a closer look. What he sees is too hard to believe. It defys all logic. A cloud is made out of vapor, and somehow, his brother is standing on it as if it is solid. Perhaps it is. "How are you even standing on it?!"

"Well… my old Nimbus only allows the pure hearted to ride it… you know, those who never done bad intentionally." Kakarot stomps on the cloud to prove it's solid to ride. "This one… I really don't know, but I tricked Kami giving it to me." He extends his hand. "Wanna try?"

Raditz steps back. "I have no reason to ride on a cloud like an idiot. It looks stupid! That's your business, so leave me out of it- heeEEY!" He is pulled to the cloud and he finds himself standing on it. "I said I won't!"

Kakarot grins. "Let's go to Mountain Pazou!"

Raditz doesn't like this one bit. "Kakarot! Don't even think about- gawh! KAKAROOOOT!" He gets to his knees as the cloud takes off. He hangs on to it as it loops and soars.

Kakarot is laughing at how his brother is reacting. "Come on, Raditz! It's fun!"

"This is no fun! This is ridiculous!" Raditz snaps. "Stop the damn thing right now!"

"Sorry! Can't do that!" Kakarot turns down the harsh request. His eyes are focused on what's ahead. "We'll be at our destination in ten minutes!"

"This planet has the most bizarre things I have ever seen!" Raditz growls. "I'm not tolerating this!"

At the ground, Tarble blinks at what he just saw. "So… he rode a cloud before he could fly. That really is… bizarre…" He walks back inside the pod. "I'm going to cook this catch Kakarot has… And maybe do some training…"

Raditz has his hands gripping on the cloud and his knees firm against it as it soars faster than he is comfortable with. He knows that he could jump off and fly on his own, but the cloud is flying and shifting so frequently, he might just crash. So, one thought crosses his mind;

'Curse this planet…!'

-Later-

"Okay! We made it!" Kakarot jumps off the cloud and lands in the wild grass below. His brother is quicker to jump off but fails to land on his feet. Kakarot is concerned as his brother face plants in the ground and ends up eating a mouthful of dirt. "It… takes some time to get use to I guess…"

Raditz sits up immediately and spits out dirt and mud from his mouth. He's certain that he got it all out now.

"You still have that capsule?"

Raditz taps his chest to answer the question. He isn't looking forward to another cloud ride, so he sends a clear warning. "Don't you ever do that again." He stands and dusts himself off as his eyes study the house in the middle of the forest. "So this is where you lived all this time?"

"Yeah." Kakarot nods as he kicks the door on the floor inside. "ChiChi suggested that we should move into the city, but I liked it better here." He walks up the steps and opens his room door.

"Hm." Raditz observes the small room. "Not bad for an Earth home. I could actually sleep in here if I wanted to." As he turns, his tail knocks a vase off a table. It shatters to pieces. "What?"

Kakarot picks up one of the pieces. "Well, at least ChiChi isn't here. She would be crazy mad right now." He drops it and walks to the closet door and opens it. "How strong is your tail anyway?"

Raditz replies. "It's as strong as our other limbs. It could be the strongest. Who knows?" He shrugs. "You can break bones with it so it doesn't matter how you decide to use it. Some Saiyans don't use it at all. Not unless it's a last resort."

Kakarot laughs. "Oh yeah. I remember first meeting you on this planet. You knocked Krillin into Roshi's house." He pulls out an identical GI and makes his leave.

"That's how most of us mess with a weakling. It was rather hilarious." Raditz chuckles as he follows his brother outside. He reaches inside his GI and pulls out a small capsule. With a toss, it explodes into a crate full of meats.

"Alright!" Kakarot snatches a chicken leg from inside and smiles. "I can't wait to taste what Tarble is making! I bet that it'll taste awesome!" He pulls the leg towards his mouth and stops just before he could bite it. The ground shakes as if something huge is walking their way. "Oh, that's right. Since we're here we'll see a lot of dinosaurs huh? Maybe we could add one to our dinner!"

"What are you going to do? Catch it?" Raditz asks.

A group of trees crash to the ground as a predatory dinosaur crashes through with a roar. A Triceratops flees from the reptile quickly, and now the giant beats has its eyes locked on the two Saiyans below.

"MY DINNER JUST HAD TO GET AWAY. LUCKY RUNT!" The Tyrannosaurus snarls as he steps forward. "BUT LOOK AT WHAT WE GOT HERE! TWO MONKEYS! THIS OUTTA BE AN APPETIZER!" He dives his opening jaws at the two.

Kakarot's mouth parts into an immature grin. "Mind if I have a moment brother?" He jumps back in sync with his brother, and the giant maw chomps on nothing. He quickly slides his staff from his back. "Haha! You missed me!"

"THAT WAS JUST LUCK!" The reptile chomps his mouth and he catches the Saiyan inside.

Raditz shakes his head. "The fool allowed it this time. Typical Kakarot." His raises his voice. "Stop playing around, Kakarot!"

The reptile is confused. Why is the brother confident that what he has inside his mouth it still alive? He is lost for answers... until he finds his jaw opening against his will.

Kakarot laughs as he stands inside the mouth with his hands pushing the top jaw. "I think you have it wrong, Dino. You're going to be part of our dinner! But, first!" He stands his staff up inside the mouth. The reptile has no way of closing it now. Kakarot takes a bite of the chicken leg. "Just give me a few seconds…" The leg is reduced to bones and he tosses it aside. Next, he grips on the pole and swings off.

The jaws shut and fail to catch him in time. "Power Pole, EXTEND!" The staff grows and stabs into the ground as the other end pushes the warrior higher from ground level. As soon as he is in range with the predator's head, he pulls the staff from the ground and swings it at its throat and lands, now standing on its head. He laughs while displaying a "peace" sign with his fingers as the reptile falls. He jumps off as it hits the ground. The staff retracts and he slides it back in place.

"Some way to kill a catch." Raditz compliments.

Kakarot chuckles as he pulls his torn GI off of him. "I've been around these reptiles long enough." He slips into the fresh GI and pulls the blue rope to secure it. "Uh… where's Tao?"

Raditz glances around him. "He probably decided to stay with Tarble. When he makes a mistake, he doesn't like to show his face."

Kakarot shrugs. "No problem. I'll just force it out…!" He shuts his eyes and his tail rips through the pants. "Ouch."

"That looked like it hurt." Raditz agrees. "So now what? Are you going to stand here, or are we going back?"

"Yeah. Hold on." Kakarot clenches his fists and ki reveals itself, blowing powerful wind that surrounds the Saiyan. His hair flows upward along with his tail as he tries to maintain it. He lunges from the ground and shoots up towards the sky. Just as he makes it past the height of a tree, the arua separates and blows away, now nonexistent. "That's not good…" He flails in midair for a second and the gravity pushes him back down.

Raditz facepalms. "He'll break his legs doing a stunt like that!" His own ki engulfs him and he prepares to fly. He stops his actions the second he notices his brother sliding the staff from his back and aiming one end at the ground.

Kakarot's eyes narrow and they lock on the ground. He stabs the weapon through the dirt before he could crash. Next, he spins a full circle around the weapon, and his feet touch the ground. "That was too close."

As his brother yanks the weapon from the ground, Raditz folds his arms. "Well… you have ways to keep yourself from getting hurt, and it always involves that staff."

"Hey! Back when I was a kid, not knowing how to fly had some disadvantages. I had to rely on that staff and the Nimbus!" Kakarot explains. "Say what you want, but I'm still using this weapon."

"This planet has really made your judgments insane." Raditz growls. "Sure, what you did earlier was clever, but Saiyans don't use weapons like you do!"

"I'm not like the others. You know that." Kakarot reminds his brother.

"I see that, but what has this worthless planet even taught you?! Don't say fighting, it's not good enough! You lived on this planet for almost your entire life, and you have shown nothing of what you learned here that's worth anything!"

Kakarot frowns. He slowly walks across the field and stands near the edge. "When you live as an earthling… you live and learn about things… that you would never know about out there." He points at the sky, mentioning areas beyond the galaxy. He lowers his hand and stares at the ground. "As much as I hate the inhabitants here… I realized that this world can teach you a lot of things. At least… I learned so much as a child."

"That's not a good reason to keep that staff!" Raditz attempts to snatch the Power Pole from his brother's hand, but the Saiyan hops back, so he misses. "Stop being so stubborn, Kakarot!"

Kakarot spins the pole like a propeller easily with both hands. His fingers appear to be dancing without crossing over, until finally, they wrap around the staff and it is still and stiff. He stomps one foot in front of him and aims one end at his brother. "It's not just a staff. It's a gift from my grandpa. He taught me a lot of things that none of you realized yet."

"Stop with the "It's from my grandpa" crap! He's not your real family! He's a Human! He simply found you-"

"I know that!" Kakarot cuts him off. "I know… he caused a lot of change in my life from when he found me to that head incident… but that's not what I'm trying to talk about right now." He tosses the weapon at his brother. "Here! Catch it!"

Raditz catches it single handedly without much of a problem. He looks at it in many angles. "Clearly you have been using it for a long time, but it's still in great condition. How is that possible after beating countless enemies with this?"

"I know how much force to apply to it." Kakarot replies. Next, his arms cross over his chest and he shouts: "EXTEND!"

To Raditz's surprise, the weapon glows for a split second and it grows twice its previous size. Due to the change of length, one side is longer than the other. Unbalanced, he topples over and falls on his behind. "What the- how are you able to do that?! It's not in your hands!"

"Doesn't have to be." Kakarot places his hands to his sides with a slight smile. "It's mine." He walks to his brother and takes the weapon from his hand. "You see, this world teaches you opposites of positive and negative. As my grandpa once told me; "This very weapon balances everything you do in battle". I didn't get it at first, but it makes sense if you think about it."

"Alright." Raditz stands with a bored look. "Go ahead. Try to convince me."

"You think I'm not so smart huh? I admit that I don't know a lot of things I should but, I'm not plain stupid!" He swings the pole to his left. "As it can extend… it can retract!" He shouts the last word as a command, and the pole reverts to normal size. He spins it around before pointing it at his brother again. "It can save a life-" He suddenly switches targets, and jabs it at a boulder which breaks to pieces. "-just as it can end a life." He holds both ends and thrusts it in front of him. "It is for defense-" He positions one end to target a tree. "-and for offense!"

Raditz's eyes slightly widen as his brother spins the weapon around so fast, it's a blur. The pole is tossed over Kakarot's shoulder and under his legs until he stops and thrusts one end forward.

He didn't expect a huge gust to be blown so forcefully. The air pressure knocks Raditz from standing.

The younger Saiyan slides the power pole in the shaft strapped to his back. He seems amused and accomplished, because he lightly laughs as his brother finds his feet.

"What…. Did you do?" Is the only thing that Raditz is thinking right now. The thought came out his mouth, wanting to he solved.

"I can't really explain it." The younger Saiyan admits. "But… I had this thing for years. I'm surprised myself that I am still able to use this and not have a problem."

There is a lot of things that he still doesn't know about his brother. That, is what Raditz believes. That silly goof-off warrior holds abilities that are nothing he's ever seen. It's clear on why Vegeta doesn't seem to enjoy seeing him in action. Kakarot always possess something the others don't have.

Of course, no matter what kind of training Kakarot does, he's still an immature fool until things get serious. He can hop around and laugh all day, but when an powerful threat steps in, he immediately switches to a different personality.

His constant immature personality he always had is why he is often underestimated. Despite the fact that he is such a child at times, his abilities and power are incredible.

Kakarot appears almost relaxed as he takes a seat on one of the boulder pieces. "And… there's another thing. Mercy."

The older brother simply listens in.

"I know that you, Vegeta… And Nappa don't do it. You hate it when I show it… but killing isn't the answer to anything." Kakarot pauses for a moment. He's in thought on how he could explain this one. He finds a small answer, and he hopes it's enough. "Some of your enemies can one day become your alley. As crazy as it sounds, it's very true. Instead of killing them, I give them a chance. If they prove to me that they can't change… I'll have to end their life to assure they won't be a threat."

Raditz shrugs. "Perhaps now I have a better understanding on why you do this. But it's only you… including Prince Tarble." He slightly spreads his feet apart. "However, every Saiyan warrior naturally displays many opposites from appearance and strength. It's this planet that teaches much more, such as good and evil." He realizes what he just said. "Oh, spare me. They think we're evil."

Kakarot tilts his head slightly as he blinks from his curiosity. "By appearance, what do you mean?"

"You're not blind to our potential, Kakarot. You've experienced this many times during your childhood, and twice as an adult." Raditz reminds him. "It's our tails, fool."

"Huh?" Kakarot looks down behind him. The monkey tail he always had been known by on this planet to have, flicks occasionally. "I understand it's important, but do you mind explaining how?"

"What's the point of explaining if you already know what it can do?" Raditz can see the curious look on his brother's face. It won't leave him alone until he does, so he begins. "Our tails symbolize many meanings; It's our strongest weapon, and our greatest weakness."

"An advantage and disadvantage huh? Makes a lot of sense to me." Kakarot understands that one. It gives them the power that many fear, but it is also the worst thing to be caught in a grasp. A simple hard squeeze will have him on his knees.

"Through millions and millions of years of evolution, we became much more intelligent. We stand today in the appearance of well, a Saiyan. I can't explain that any better." Raditz looks up to the clouds. "However, our tail is all that remains through the evolutionary process. It holds a great power that stays dormant until brought out by the moon. As I said before, "primal" means "before time, original". Some of us say the Oozaru is our primal form."

Kakarot points at his brother. "Wait… you mean that huge and ugly monster we turn into is what Saiyans used to look like?"

"Well, when you put it like that, yes." Raditz replies with a annoyed look. The way his brother just described the beast doesn't make him feel any better about what he had to do back at Namek. "The beast unfortunately has a feral mind, which explains why you and I lose our reason in that form." He laughs. "Honestly, it is a little fun to allow your instincts to run wild once in awhile. You can feel the blood rushing through you. It makes you feel powerful."

"That's normally what I only remember…" Kakarot mutters. "But… Will that form be necessary to revert to anymore? Ever since I transformed into a Super Saiyan… it is not something I would consider… it's weaker…"

"That form is more powerful than your… damn." Raditz is in thought. "Well, It does make sense since the Power of a Super Saiyan is incredible. However, the Oozaru is something that can't just be ignored. Kakarot, you will have to learn how to keep that power in control."

"What do you mean?" Kakarot asks. "When we transform into a Great Ape, we just can't think."

"Exactly." Raditz says. "That's no reason to ignore it. We still need to learn to control it. What do you think will happen if you accidentally transform?"

Kakarot can't argue against that. "If you're asking me to practice with that form… I don't want to do it today. I'm still trying to pull myself together after that fight against Frieza… And after witnessing you rampage in that form for the second time."

Raditz would try to convince him, but he decides to let it be for now. "Alright. I'll allow you to get yourself straight. Just remember that you're a Saiyan." He turns away and walks with his mouth opening wide. He releases a yawn.

The younger brother smiles lightly as his brother walks further away. "Hold on, Raditz. Where are you going?"

"I'm off to train. Sitting around here talking to you won't do anything but waste time." He stretches his arms above him. "Or I could really use a nap. I haven't gotten decent sleep since I was resurrected."

"Is this all you guys do?" Kakarot places his fists on his sides.

"What do you mean?" Raditz finds a spot underneath a tree and leans against the trunk. He crosses his arms behind his head as his tail settles and rests on his lap.

"Well… you just train, fight, eat, sleep… I do those things to buy I feel that's just what you do." Kakarot explains. "What do you do for fun?"

"For fun?" Raditz shuts his eyes. "I like to blow things up and watch things burn. Is that good enough for you?"

Kakarot blinks. "That's it?"

The older brother sighs. "Look. If you're going to fret about what I do, complain elsewhere, because I do not want to hear it." Raditz gives his warning. "I'm not playing your games. Let me be or I'll set you on fire."

Kakarot chuckles and turns to the sky. "NIMBUUUS!"

"Oh, great. He's going to play with that stupid thing." Raditz grumbles as he slightly opens his eyes in time to see the dark cloud soar down and stop in front of his brother.

"It's not a toy." Kakarot tilts his head. "I want you to try it out."

Now Raditz has his eyes fully open. "What? You're kidding? There is not a chance I would even consider on trying."

Kakarot approaches him and crosses his arms. "You should try something new. What if you can't fly for some reason? How would you get around?"

"I have two friends named Left and Right."

"Huh?" Kakarot glances around the field. "I don't see anyone… When did you started making friends Raditz…?" He notices the irritated look on his brother's face. "Uh…"

Raditz slowly stands. "Left and Right are not people…" He jumps and kicks his legs out. His boots slam against his brother's chest and the Saiyan is forced to fall. "They are my LEGS!"

Kakarot sits up quickly while rubbing his chest. "Don't use metaphor on me like that. You know that I can't understand what you mean half of the time."

Raditz stops his next kick. "Metaphor? How do you even know what that is?"

"Just because I'm not so smart doesn't mean I'm stupid. I know how to read. Besides, you're the one who threw all those book at me almost two years ago!"

"Oh. That's right." Raditz feels almost like an idiot for forgetting. "But…" He turns his back with a quick spin. "That's no reason to make me ride that cloud!"

The younger Saiyan shrugs his shoulders. "Okay. I guess I'll leave you alone. You never understand me anyway just as I don't understand you. It's kinda disappointing though. I was hoping you would try something new… or is it too hard for you?"

Raditz's body tenses. "What?"

"I'll be going now. Enjoy your nap." Kakarot smiles and waves one hand as he walks away.

"Don't take another step!"

Kakarot makes a half step and he feels a hand grab his tail. He turns around and meets the angry face of his brother. "Do you mind? Grabbing my tail doesn't hurt much anymore but it's still uncomfortable."

"Don't expect me to comply." Raditz growls while releasing his hold. "I'm not doing this because you want me to."

Kakarot smiles at those words. "Wait. So you mean you're going to try out my Nimbus?"

Raditz steps back at the happy growls and speaks with a tone that almost sounds as if he's pouting. "Just to prove something, I'll go on your stupid cloud."

"Really?!" Kakarot grins with an excited tone. "Th-that's great! You have no idea how fun it is to ride that thing!"

Raditz sighs as he approaches the hovering cloud. He taps it and it waddles like a blob. He steps back quickly, looking at his brother.

Kakarot nods once.

The older brother growls and jumps, landing on the cloud. He stares at his feet in shock. "I didn't fall through?"

"Give it a try!"

"Give it a try?! How do you even fly this thing?!" Raditz steps forward and suddenly, the cloud takes off. He yells as it shoots up towards the sky and dives towards the ground.

"Try to balance it out!" Kakarot shouts over his brother's surprised shouting. "Only you have control now! Your panicking is why it's flying like that!"

"You tell me this now?!" Raditz places firm footing and the cloud stops diving. It flies calmly now. He is somewhat fascinated about how the cloud works. The cloud takes off again and this time, it is under his will.

"Wow! You are really good at this for a first try!" Kakarot praises him. "I told you, it's not bad- whoa!" He ducks and his brother whizzes over him. "Yeah! That's how to do it!"

Not too far, a hovering drone watches in the distance.

-0000-

"Just look at them." A screen displays the two brothers. Raditz is shown soaring around the field on the Dark Nimbus as Kakarot cheers him on. "It seems that Goku's brother has the same amount of skills of riding clouds. He's like Goku is some ways."

A small and green child walks inside. "Uh… M-Miss ChiChi…"

She turns and looks down. "Oh, hi Dende. What brings you here?"

"I… I found Bulma."

"What?!" ChiChi races to the child. "You mean she's free?! Thank goodness! Take me to her! Quickly now!"

Dende nods and walks out the room. He leads her inside a bigger room loaded with several screens and metal parts. It took heavy damage back when Tarble blasted it, but it's being repaired. Sparks fly with the sound of slicing metal. They approach the source and find the blue haired woman wearing a weilding helmet, slicing a metal beam in half. "I… brought ChiChi."

Bulma lifts her helmet and smiles. "Good to know. I need a Martial Artist to test this out."

"Martial Artist?" ChiChi doesn't sound like she's willing to do whatever this is. "What… is that?"

"It's special armor I created. Those Saiyans have their own but ours should be just as strong. It's not flexible but it's lighter than it looks!" She reaches down to the floor and picks up a pink helmet with a blade on top. "Looks familiar?"

ChiChi gasps. "My old helmet…"

"But this one is a bigger size, so it can fit your head. Works like a charm!" Bulma tosses the helmet at the woman. "Go ahead and try it!"

"A-are you sure this thing won't explode or anything?" ChiChi asks with uncertainty.

"I ran through several prototypes before I was captured. This one is official." Bulma replies as she points at a wall to her right. "Try it out over there."

ChiChi slides the helmet on her head. "I haven't used it since I was a kid. I might be a bit rusty." He hands are places on each side of the blade. Her eyes narrow at the red "X" painted on a dummy against the suggested wall. Why would Bulma want her to test it out inside when the building is still under repairs? She decides to leave the thought alone. Her eyes narrow and she slides the blade off and throws it towards the dummy.

The blade slides the dummy's arm off.

"Oh!" ChiChi steps back. "I'm not sure if I want to go back to using this…"

"That's not it. You know that throwing blades is not all that it can do."

The woman looks back at the dummy as her hands reaches for the forehead part of the helmet. Her fingers scatter around it until it feels a button. "Okay…" She presses it.

Click.

A small bullet-sized laser shoots out of it. It hits the dummy on the chest. And smoke just spews.

"That's it?" ChiChi slides the helmet off of her and shakes her head. "This one is a lot weaker than the one I used to have-"

She is thrown off her feet as the dummy explodes in violent flames. All that remains is ashes and smoke.

"O-okay… you proved yourself once again…" ChiChi gulps, staring at the powerful helmet. "You expect me to use this against those Saiyans?!"

"The small laser plays a role. Those Saiyans would laugh at how pathetic it is and BOOM!" Bulma throws her arms up. This startles Dende. "They would had never seen it coming!"

"Give me a minute… I need to wrap my mind around this…" ChiChi pulls a chair from the wall and sits. "If we were to fight those Saiyans… then I would use this against them?"

"That's right."

"You're serious?!" A mental image of the shadow of Kakarot crosses her mind. "If I had to fight Goku then…" The blade cuts through the shadow's head, followed by an explosion. She screams and covers her eyes. "No way! I can fight them, but killing Goku is something I can't do!"

"But Goku and his brother are the reason why we are endangered!" Bulma points out. "He's not the friendly Goku we once knew!"

ChiChi glances at the screen. "To us, he's not the same… but even though he turned against is, he's still Goku in there! Just look!"

They all look at the screens. The mentioned warrior dives to the ground as Raditz is thrown off the purple cloud and crashes into a tree. Kakarot is laughing on his back.

"I know that he is your husband… but we can't allow him to thrive like this." Bulma says.

ChiChi sighs. "Fine. I'll try to defeat the others but I'm not the one who'll kill Goku. Let someone else do that part."

-0000-

Raditz rubs his throbbing head as he slowly stands. "This is why I would rather fly on my own…"

"It's fine! I crashed into a cliff once!" Kakarot says.

"So the one who has his head in the clouds crashed? I'm not so surprised. I wonder how?" Raditz mutters.

Kakarot frowns. "Well…" He recalls how he first met ChiChi. When they rode on the cloud, he was curious about her gender so he had to check… by tapping his foot between her legs.

He remembers being shoved off his Nimbus and crashing against the side of a cliff. He carefully explains this to his brother.

Raditz blinks, and he laughs. "What?! You… you couldn't tell the difference between a male and female by just looking at them?! You're more than an idiot… you're a moron!" He falls on his back due to his uncontrollable laughter.

"Hey! I never said I don't know now! I was raised in a forest with just my grandpa! Before I met Bulma, I never met a girl! I know the differences now!"

Raditz manages to control himself. "Wait a minute. What in your mind made you kick people on the crotch just to tell the differences?"

The question makes Kakarot's face flush red. "Don't make me go there! Back then, I was way more naive than now! I can't believe I did that…!"

"Oh, I want to know." Raditz grins as he sits up. "You better tell me, or I'll ask the woman myself since you met her first… if I met her again of course."

Now his whole face is red. He waves his hands in front of him as he quickly shakes his head. "Aah! No! No, no, no! Anything but that! It's embarrassing!"

Raditz raises an eyebrow. "You're embarrassed? Oh, I must know now! Your face is so red! Hahaha!"

Kakarot sighs. "Fine. But you better not laugh."

"Alright. I'll try." Raditz falsely promises.

Kakarot taps his fingers together. "W-well. I was a kid back then… but the floor was uncomfortable, so I wanted to sleep on the bed. She was on it already, and she made it clear that I wasn't allowed to lay with her." His tail twitches and lowers to the ground. "She was already sleep… so I assumed she wouldn't care. I took a spot that she didn't occupy, which was not far from her legs. I noticed how funny something was when I was laying on her." He stops there and shakes his head. "That's how far I'll go."

Raditz pushes his brother further. "You've already begun. The fight cannot end without a finishing move."

"I wasn't fight- hey! Don't use metaphor!" Kakarot protests.

"What's so embarrassing for a naive warrior like you?" Raditz asks.

Kakarot turns to the ground. "She was wearing a dress, okay? So… when I felt something was wrong… I realized he had on underwear. It was strange to me since I didn't…" He stops. "Look! All I did was remove her underwear and discovered something that I only knew she didn't have! I didn't know boys and girls had different body parts!"

Raditz stares at his brother without a word. His hands cover his mouth and he fights to compress his laughter. He unfortunately fails, and it bursts out loud. "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU! AHAHAHAHAHA!"

"Hey! You promised that you wouldn't laugh!" Kakarot is highly disappointed and even more embarrassed. He thought that his brother wouldn't break the promise, but he has to remind himself that Raditz is rarely honest. Now, he won't let this break go by. "Oh? So you think that's funny huh? Back then I didn't know that what I was doing is wrong. But compared to you, Vegeta might just beat you!"

Raditz's laughter comes to a halt. "What?"

"I saw everything." Kakarot stands tall with a well noticeable frown on his face. "You always said how Bulma amused you… right?"

Raditz stands as well, and the expression on his face shows slight fear. "Wait. Don't get the wrong idea! What have I told you?! I'm nothing like you with these Earthlings!"

"Oh, sure. Try to cover it up all you want. It was during the interrogation... He steps forward. "...inside the bar cage." He takes another step forward and his brother growls. "You're mad because you lowered your gaurd… or are you fond of her?"

The older brother nearly chokes on his words. "Wh-what?!"

"Don't play dumb!" Kakarot snaps. "You two were kissing in there!"

"T-two?!" Raditz steps forward. "That was not my doing! Stop jumping to conclusions!"

Kakarot takes another step forward. "Then explain why you stood there for those 8 seconds!"

Raditz takes another step. "I didn't know what to do! She jumped on me and kissed me! How do you even know how long?! So you're counting now, or are you stuck with your fingers?!"

"Don't change the subject! What you did was unacceptable!" Kakarot steps forward.

"What she did! I was going to kill her! She pulled that daring move to save herself!" Raditz steps forward as well.

Now the two brothers are nose to nose. If Vegeta was here, he probably would had ended it here. If it goes any further, one of them would eventually snap and a fight would break lose.

"I take it that you're getting too close! I have noticed how each time you attack her, you do less harm. You hold back more each time!"

"If you think that I will end up like you then you are sadly mistaken!"

"Then explain what occurred in there!"

"I already did, or does your head injury make you forget short term as well?!"

"You allowed that to happen!"

"She caught me off guard!"

"Is that your excuse?!"

"I am not taking that path! Unlike you, I'm not a disgrace!"

"And why is that?!"

"Because, I didn't had a Human wife and ended up with a half-breed brat!"

"Don't you dare put my son into this! So what if he's half-Saiyan?! At least I'm not letting an Earthling's charms manipulate what I do!"

"Oh! So that is what you think?!"

"Yeah! That's exactly it!"

"Then you really are a moron!"

"You're a hypocrite!"

"Hypocrite! Ooh! So little brother Kakarot is using big words now!" Raditz snarls. "Well, here's thing, Kakarot! Unlike you, I was never an Earthling. You think you're a Saiyan?! Not even close! You're more of a Human! I bet that you're still are!"

A fist flies and strikes Raditz on the face. The Saiyan is sent flying a couple feet and sliding across the wild feild. He quickly recovers and rubs his arm on his face. As soon as he stops, he looks ahead.

Certainly, Kakarot isn't pleased one bit. In fact, he looks angry… Raditz scratches that. He looks pissed.

"You better watch what you say." Kakarot warns him through his bearing teeth. "I… am not one of them…! I'm NOT!" He stomps on the ground, and cracks explode around it. The furs on his tail stick out. "Don't you ever put me in the same category as them! Don't even compare me to them! Why do you think I wiped out almost all of them from this world… HUH?!"

Raditz replies almost as angry. "You were hesitant to do it until you changed into an Oozaru! It's no surprise on why your son turned out to be such a crybaby brat! He was useless! It's not a mystery on why he was so easily kidnapped!"

"SHUT UP!" A sudden force knocks Raditz from where he sits. Golden aura engulfs the younger brother. Watching him crash again, Kakarot goes on; "You have no idea how it feels… to know that your son has been gone for 3 months… And you don't even know if he's alive or dead… and if he is alive… Who knows?! They could be torturing him! There's nothing I can do… And that's the worst feeling I can get! He could be dead… he could be dead, damn IT!" The arua flares like a wildfire as his physical appearance switches to what was witnessed on Namek. "You have no right to speak of my SON LIKE THAT!"

Raditz finds himself crawling backwards as his brother's cold eyes stare him down. This power he is feeling well surpasses his own. He won't stand a chance if they were to fight now!

Kakarot steps forward. His eyes widen as he gasps. The aura disappears and his apparence becomes normal. He leans forward, and he falls to the ground unconscious.

Raditz stands with his eyes still on his brother. "What… was that?" He cautiously walks forward until he stands a foot away. "He looked different for a moment… was that… a Super Saiyan?"

"Alright! You two have a lot of explaining to do because your readings on my scouter-" Tarble pauses and hovers in the air not too far. "What happened here?!" He lands and glares at Raditz. "What did you do?!"

"I didn't attack him!" Raditz quickly begins. "We were close… I'll say that much! We were having a little trouble and I guess I said something that I shouldn't had. He released a burst of power… and he passes out."

"I thought I warned him about how his energy isn't stable enough to be maintained after what Tao did." Tarble sighs. "Return back to the ship. I have it done." He takes off into the skies.

Raditz huffs and glances at his brother once more. He picks him off the ground and flies after him.

-0000-

The screens flicker and displays nothing but static for a few seconds before operating normally again.

"What just happened?!" ChiChi asks Bulma who studies the screens. "Did the cameras pick up anything?!"

Bulma types on the keyboard. The biggest screen displays two words in capitals:

CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE.

"Damn it! It's busted!" Bulma punches the desk. "Those Saiyans and their powers! Even a drone can't keep up with it!"

"Perhaps it picked up something!" Dende believes.

"Maybe…" Bulma types a command on the keys and everything rewinds.

On the screens is the angry Kakarot and the surprised Raditz. Kakarot's body is engulfed with golden aura as he screamed;

"You have no right to speak of my SON LIKE THAT!"

A bright golden light bursts out and the screen displays static.

"That explains it." Bulma frowns. "And I'm not surprised that it's Goku."

"He sounded so angry… he was talking about Gohan!" ChiChi states what she evaluated. "So… he really still cares for our son…"

Bulma frowns. "Don't let that get to your head. Goku is still the enemy here." Her eyes study the footage right before the screen turns to static. She pauses just as the golden light explodes. "Is he… on fire?!" She zooms in.

"Is his hair… yellow?" ChiChi gasps.

"His eyes are blue!" Dende points out quickly. "Whatever happened was a lot of power!"

Bulma studies the screen a bit more before shutting it off. She walks from the controls and returns to her work place. She slides her weilding helmet on her head and begins to slice more metal parts.

"What are you doing now?" ChiChi asks.

"I have a feeling that what we developed so far to take them on won't be enough. Goku's power has increased so much. It's best if I work on something that can match it as soon as I can!" Bulma brings out a torch and returns to working.

-0000-

Above the damaged West City, two Saiyans fly and scan below them for possible remaining life.

"What was that?" Nappa stops his flying and looks at the prince for answers.

Vegeta frowns. "That sudden burst of power… it felt very familiar…" After some thinking, he identifies it. "That was Kakarot. It felt the same… he must had ascended for a brief moment."

"Why would that happen? Doesn't it only come out when he is enraged or something?" The general wonders.

"It does… or maybe when he's pissed off. Raditz must had said or done something that displeased him much. I say we go over there."

"For dinner?"

"That, and to figure out how that power can be obtained." Vegeta smirks. "Kakarot, I'll allow you to enjoy your power for now… but I will be the next Super Saiyan… one that will put your power to shame! I won't let that low-class surpass me for much longer!"

A/N: Aaaaand. We're done here! Finally finish!

Whew! This took FOREVER!

Hey, I know the last chapter was published 4 days ago. (April 1st) but remeber that chapter 19 was split. I am working on more than one chapter at the same time! I worked on 19, 20, and 21 together, and I publish as I go.

Chapters 22 and 23 are still under heavy editing and progress. They are half done… or less. *Super exaggerating sigh*

I had been working on this chapter for over TWO WEEKS! FINALLY! IT'S DONE! AAAH!

I had to think really hard with this. This chapter has small combat, but we get a look at how things are going. As for the elites? We'll see them next chappie!

:D

Possible Questions:

PQ1: Why is Goku unable to fly?

A: Okay, maybe most of you aren't wondering this but I had to put this up here just on case. During the last chapter when Tao scratched Goku, the poison affected hia body's functions, so he became unable to use his ki for the time being. Takes a while to recover, but he'll be back on his feet next chapter!

PQ2: Why the Power Pole?

A: Honestly, after Dragon Ball and Z came in, we never saw it used again. (Or rarely if I'm wrong) Heck! In Super, not one time have I seen the Flying Nimbus!

Seriously, Toriyama?

So, I wanted to shine some light on these two awesome things. Since Goku can't ride his old Nimbus, I brought in the Dark Nimbus. It's an actual item that General Tao used. (Tao! Haha!)

Besides, Son Goku is based off The Monkey King. Sun Wukong rode on a cloud with his staff and all. And he be as a trickster I think… Dragon Ball is based off that tale. It's cool.

So I also wanted Goku to have more skills than his fist. Maybe he can pull off some sweet new attacks with his power pole! That would be cool! Perhaps I was trying to bring back a small feel of Dragon Ball as well.

Z is so fancy with ki attacks. What happened to physical attacking? In Dragon Ball, ki attacks are only used when needed most. Kid Goku threw his Kamehameha when most needed. All the fighting was just martial arts… So I wanted to bring more of that.

Anymore ki blast and Dragon Ball Super will feel more like Star Wars. Next thing you know, if they do bring back the Power Pole, it'll be a Lightsaber…

PQ3: Raditz on a Flying Nimbus.

A: Hah. That won't happen. Raditz won't try that again after crashing. That's Goku's thing.

Hm… I wonder if he could use a staff as well?

PQ4: Looks like the brothers aren't getting along again.

A: Well… I wouldn't say that. They always have trouble trying to understand each other. Really, Raditz isn't fond of Bulma but that is what Goku suspects.

You know, typing that argument and reading it over… the part when they were at each other's faces reminded me of that DBZ special with Tarble in it when Goku and Vegeta were yelling at each other over food…

PQ5: WE WANNA KNOW ABOUT GOHAN/KAROT!

A: I didn't forget about him! Never did! I'm trying to bring him back at the riiight time!

PQ6: You just live 4th wall breaks, don't you?

A: Okay, I need to stop doing those, but it's funny.

Okay, no more for a while.

But the one in this chapter wasn't easy to see... or was it? If you did, cool!

Question Time:

Q: Hey Espeon!

Just wanted you to know that this story is just awesome! Sure, there have been many fanfics where Raditz and Goku are not enemies, but this stands out as quite unique (Raditz's arachnophobia). I hope you wouldn't mind me reviewing the previous book here too.
The story is great, but I wanted to point out some things both great and not-so-great (forgive me):

1) In the previous book, when the Saiyans were facing off against the humans, I noticed that Vegeta was given a slightly softer personality when he told Gohan/Karot to fight them (it may be just me).
2) There was this other story (I don't quite recall) which shows Goku betraying humanity after Raditz reveals his heritage but that part was really short and boring (no offense to the author). You on the other hand expanded on it and gave more "life" (and death) to the story which turned out to be one of the best parts in the book.
3) The BEST part: You tried giving him and Goku/Kakarot a brotherly relationship which is similar in a way in real life and you pulled it off in a great way. To be honest, the part when Raditz sacrifices himself to protect Kakarot, his last words, and Kakarot's vision was actually portrayed better than Vegeta's scene in the show. It was just that awesome. I also shed a tear (I kid you not).
4) I know you got many reviews on this but I just could not NOT include this here - Spellings.
Just a few minor mistakes here and there is completely okay by me, but you know, Grammar Nazis.
5) Here's the WORST part (Don't take this seriously. I'm just complimenting in my own way). I could not sleep because of your stories. Firstly, I had to stay up all night just to read them (they were just that good. Don't worry). Also, in a way I can actually relate to Raditz's arachnophobia and that scene of his in his childhood back home at Planet Vegeta reminded me of my fear of bees (got stung by one) and gave me bad dreams. Good going.
6) Tarble. He ain't a good fighter but he's a medic and a tech geek. You made him useful. You get a cookie for that one.

Anyways, I'm done here. All I want to now say is that you keep up the excellent work and make more awesome chapters. Good luck with your other fanfics too!

A: O.o

Uh...

hmm... how do reply to this one? Oh, duh me! By number!

1) I wasn't trying to give Vegeta a softer personality. He asked Gohan/Karot to fight against the Z-fighters so that he will see how useful of a fighter he is. Book 1 was hard for me. Not only was it the first DBZ fic I ever did, I wasn't good with staying in character (It's still my weakness. So I go through heavy editing all the time.)

2) Aw, thanks. I always thought it wasn't good. This makes me feel better. Yeah, I read this one fic when the part that Goku turned against the Humans was so short and... huh, I guess we read the same book. It's unfinished in my situation. Not saying names here. It's rude.

But yeah, because of what I've seen on the other "Goku joins his brother" fics (Which are rare I think) I decided to place my mind on that and give it a deeper story... like when Goku spoke to a city before killing some people... and even here on book 2, there are some survivors! It's not done yet!

3) Aw, yes! That is what I have realized. I am really good with sibling relationships. (I have 5. I'm the oldest. :P) I'm a teen so understand the frustration of dealing with a 10 and 5 year old... urrgh. So stubborn. So, when it comes to Raditz, he's actually easy after developing his character enough. Since he is Goku's big brother, he has to deal with things that displease him like I do. For example, I have to slap my 10 year old brother on the head when he does something stupid, like how Raditz punches Goku. As for Goku, we already know his behavior and how it sometimes annoys others. :P

But yes, really, Raditz cares for his brother in his own way, and many people love the brotherly things they see here. Brothers fight too, and since they are Saiyans... well, you get the point.

4) Oh, god.

Yes, that really irritates me in many levels. I read over it as I typed. Maybe I shouldn't do that... *punches myself on face*

Well, If I'm REALLY in the mood, I read over the finished chapter before I publish it. I did it to this one... but for some reason (I did this before) Even if I double check, a grammar mistake still pops up.

That really makes me angry.

5) Oh, I was expecting you to point out something bad about the plot. But your issue is that you cam't sleep! Am I really that good? I'm only in the 11th grade! XD I just do this when bored. That makes me happy.

Oh, sorry about that. I don't want you falling asleep at the wrong times because of this. I assume that you have been bench-reading huh? XD

6) Honestly, I'm not sure if Tarble could be a great warrior. He CAN fight, in fact, he's way stronger than he was in that DBZ special since he had been training and such, but he's still very weak compared to the others. He's better at medicine and building than he is with fighting.

That's not good for a Saiyan. Vegeta's trying to beat it out of him.

Huh. Just 1 review? Then again, since this was published 4 days after the previous chapter, I'm not surprised. It takes my common reviewers around a week to review. I'm not dissappointed. I'm sure hours after or days after this is published, I'll see more reviews for chapter 20. :P

I worked VERY hard on this one for you readers! I even kept track of what I was doing because today, I typed almost half of what you read today! By the way, I don't type straight through. Commonly, the middle of the chapter was originally the start, but it got moved further for many reasons:

Check this out. You should really read this!

The portion when Goku explains what Earth taught him was the very fist thing I typed. I extended it and edited it to flow with the other parts.

The portion when Goku awoke in the beginning was written a week later. It was typed above the Earth explanation portion.

The portion when Goku introduces his cloud and flies to his old home was typed this morning between the awakening and the Earth explanation.

The portion when Goku and Raditz was shouting at each other's faces was written this afternoon between the cloud intro and the Bulma investigation.

The Bulma investigation was typed at dusk. It was a last minute thing along with Vegeta and Nappa. I added the two because it links with what I have planed for future chapters.

So, yeah, my writing style for this is odd. But most parts from the previous chapter was scrapped and moved here or 22 and 23. I edited this over and over and over until I felt confident that It was good. I should really be looking over my Spring Break packets instead.

Honestly, I would had been watching T.V today but sharing a house with 5 siblings. That doesn't work out, so I had my phone in my hand. I was watching YouTube, typing this chapter in Google Docs and playing Dragon Mania Legends almost all day. Then I did chores and asked my mom if I could use the computer to publish this.

This happened:

Morning to afternoon, 8:00 - 8:00 editing and typing. Eating, watching siblings, chores.

8:00 - 9:00 Reading over draft and tackling typos and grammar mistakes spotted.

9:00 - now, 10:00 Answering Q's and A's and watching "Worst Cooks of America" It's a funny show-

Oooh! "Cutthroat Kitchen" is on! I must see!

So, there you have it. If this A/N has typos or grammar mistakes, forgive me, I was rushing so that i can watch T.V since over half of my siblings are asleep (at last!)

REVIEW! REVIEW! I LOVE COMMENTS/REVIEWS!

To be continued to Chapter 22!