Dragon Ball Z: A Whole New Era
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its characters
Chapter special: Wrath of The Dragon
Author: Hey guys, I'm back on Super Bowl Sunday and I'm not really choosing which team is gonna win, but I think the Broncos are gonna do good. Anyway, this chapter is IMPORTANT in the series so pay close attention. Sorry if the ending was rushed or I missed good parts, I haven't seen the movie in a while.
"Again with the superhero thing, Dad?" Junior asked when he spotted Gohan putting on his Saiyaman outfit. "It's been at least a year. I thought you were done with that thing?" Saiyaman started to do his special poses before replying to his son.
"Sorry Junior, but there's crime happening now." Gohan replied before speaking in his hero voice, "And justice needs to be served!" Junior yawned while scratching his stomach. It's eight o'clock in the morning, on a Sunday! Goten was still sleeping and Chi Chi was doing laundry outside. "I'll catch ya later, Junior!" He patted his son's head before heading out the door.
"Tell Mom I said 'Hi'!" Junior shouted when his Dad started to fly away. Gohan smiled.
"I will!" He shouted back before leaving Junior's eyesight. The demi-saiyan nodded before his face was planted on the grass, followed by laughter. He didn't need to look up to notice it was his 'uncle'. "You wanna play tag?" Goten eagerly nodded. "Okay, but let me at least put on a…" His voice trailed off when Goten ran to the woods.
"Can't catch me!" He shrieked with laughter, "Oh, a birdie! Hey, a pretty bug!" Junior rolled his eyes before following his trail. Meanwhile, Chi Chi shook her head when she saw Junior and Goten run into the woods.
"That boy is gonna catch a cold." She mumbled before sighing. "Oh well, let'em have fun, Chi Chi. After all, he's your grandchild. Your very first grandchild…" In the woods, Junior blocked every branch or stick that blocked his path or swung near his face. Goten still remained hidden somehow! He heard rustling in the trees and looked up, only to his horror that his uncle came dropping down on top of him. Goten continued to laugh while Junior glared at him. The son of Gohan then smiled, chuckled, and then laughed along.
"This is fun." Goten chuckled. "Alright this time, you hide and I count." Junior nodded and ran off.
Meanwhile, Gohan and Videl found a little old man, who looked like a demon, carrying a music box. Videl, being as she is, wanted to ditch him while Gohan wanted to see what the man needed.
"…I've been trying to open the box, but it won't open!" He whined, making Videl roll her eyes. Gohan grabbed the box and turned the knob on the side, but it wouldn't budge! "You see, it won't move!" Videl snatched the box from him, looked at it, and then tossed it to the side. Hoi quickly caught the box and sat on his knees.
"Videl wait!" Gohan called to his partner in crime when she floated away.
"What about your boy?" Hoi asked/pleaded. Videl turned to face him, surprised that he knew Gohan had a son. On the other hand, Gohan glared at him and crossed his arms over his chest.
"What about him?" He snapped. Hoi looked up at him, surprised.
"You mean, you don't know?" He asked in shock. Gohan, still glaring daggers at the man, raised an eyebrow. "Do you know a girl named Karin?" Gohan roughly picked the old man up by his collar and growled.
"You watch it-"
"Gohan!" Videl pleaded while grabbing his arm. The eldest son of Goku looked at her, then Hoi, before dropping him. Videl knew about Karin and how Gohan was sensitive about her, but it didn't bug her.
"What about his guardian, Kai?" The old coot asked nervously.
"Who?" Gohan and Videl asked in unison. Hoi gave them a look of confusion before bowing his head again.
"Shenron! Summon the eternal dragon!" He begged, clutching the music box tighter. "Ask its mighty power to free Tapion! I beg of you!" Before Gohan could realize what was going on, Hoi beat him to the punch. "I didn't mean to deceive you, but it was my only link to Shenron! Please!" Gohan hesitated for a second, before nodding.
Capsule Corp
Everyone was gathered around Capsule Corp, eyeing the music box curiously. Goten and Trunks started to mess with it while Junior and Taro also couldn't help but eye it. Hoi stared at Junior for a bit before focusing on his problem.
"If Gohan can't open it, that means the rest of us won't do a thing." Krillin laughed while putting his hands behind his head.
"Do you have anything else in mind?" Hoi asked from a corner in the room.
"We need…balls!" Gohan replied. Junior and Trunks held back their laughter, but let out a few chuckles. Taro rolled his eyes while Goten looked at them in confusion.
"Pretty sure you don't have a pair." Trunks sniggered at Junior, who glared at him and flipped him off.
"…The seven dragon balls can open the box." Gohan continued. "We'll all split up into groups: Junior with Taro, Trunks with Goten, I'm with him…" he pointed to Hoi."And Videl, you're with Krillin." Everyone split into their groups and searched in different areas. Junior and Taro searched near the desert.
"If I were a dragon ball, where would I be?" Junior mumbled to himself while placing a hand over his eyes. Taro shrugged in response and did the same.
"Nothing but sand." Taro said while cupping sand from the ground, "If all we know, it can be buried in the grou-"
"Found it!" Junior cheered when he revealed a three star dragon ball. Taro sweat dropped and floated in the air, Junior following. "We found one, should we go look for another?"
"I honestly don't know." Taro replied while scratching his head, "Maybe we should go back, see if anyone else got any." Junior nodded and the two of them blasted off towards Capsule Corp. On the way there, they, like always, bumped into Trunks and Goten. "You guys found one?"
"We sure did!" Goten cheered while holding up the six star ball, "We were flying back until we bumped into you guys!" Trunks flew past Junior and floated near Taro.
"Come on Taro, let's go home!" Before they could fly away, they were stopped by two confusing looks from Junior and Goten. "You guys didn't know? My Mom adopted him a couple of days ago." He said before shouting to the sky, "I've got a brother!" Trunks blasted off, leaving a shocked Goten and Junior behind.
"Didn't see that coming." They mumble before following their trail.
After finding all seven dragon balls, everyone gathered around the eternal dragon, who seemed impatient.
"I am the eternal dragon! State your wish!" He boomed. Gohan clutched his fists before replying.
"Shenron, I wish for you to open this music box!" He shouted, holding the music box in the air. Shenron hesitated for a second, what kind of wish was that? His eyes glowed red before speaking.
"Your wish has been granted! Do you have one more wish?" He asked/demanded. Gohan shook his head. "Than my work here is done! Farewell!" With that, he disappeared and the dragon balls were scattered all over the Earth once more. Hoi, who looked at Shenron in awe before, looked at the music box with a smirk on his face. At first, the box didn't do anything, much to Bulma's anger.
"That dragon is losing his touch!" Bulma shook her head before Videl tapped her shoulder. She turned to face her and Videl pointed to the music box which started to glow. Smoke and wind covered everyone's eyesight and with the smoke, a figure started to form. Everyone could tell he was roughly six foot and was playing an ocarina. When the smoke disappeared, it revealed the rest of his character. He had light skin, a bright red Mohawk, and pointy ears.
"Awesome!" Trunks exclaimed, taking a few steps closer to Tapion. Hoi did the same, but had a smile on his face. Tapion took out his sword and pointed it at the old man.
"You fool!" He shouted, "What have you done?! Reseal me back in the box!" Hoi still smiled and raised his hands in the air.
"Even if we wanted to, we can't! It broke when you were released!" He exclaimed, still having that creepy smile on his face. Tapion grunted and turned to leave.
"I wanna be just like him!" Trunks laughed. Bulma placed her hands on her hips and scowled at him.
"Not so fast Trunks!" She scowled, "We don't even know anything about this guy!" Trunks ignored her mother and ran to Tapion with Goten following. Junior reached out stop him, but Taro grabbed his arm and set it down.
"So much for a greeting." Gohan mumbled. Tapion stopped in his tracks and turned to face the crowd. He looked at Junior and pulled something out of his pocket.
"You! Boy!" He tossed Junior the object before leaving, "It'll come in handy sooner or later, but only use it for emergencies." Junior caught the thing with one hand and stared at it. It was nothing but a simple whistle, but on the top was a symbol that looked like a spiky number nine. Everyone, this time, gathered around Junior and also looked at it. Hoi, on the other hand, was left in the dust and growled.
"It's Just a stupid whistle." Trunks spat before leaving with Goten to find Tapion.
"I'll hold on to it for now, son." Gohan said while reaching his hand out to grab the whistle. Junior slowly gave it to him and put his hands in his pockets. "Remember what he said, only for emergencies." Krillin looked up at the eldest son of Goku with a confused look.
"You believe in that thing?" He asked, making Gohan nod.
'I could've sworn I saw Karin have that same symbol on her shirt!' He said in his head.
8 years ago…
"…And then my Dad got hit in the head with a rock, and he felt it!" a young Gohan and Karin, who sat on his lap, laughed. It's been a day since they…uh…mated, and Gohan would visit her every day before the Cell games.
"It's weird how the strongest man in the world would be beaten by a rock!" Karin laughed before sighing and rested her cheek on his. They were silent before they locked lips. While kissing her, Gohan noticed a weird symbol on her chest and clutched her shirt, making her blush. "What're you doing? We did that yesterday!" Gohan blushed deep red.
"No!" He shouted before asking, "I'm asking about this symbol on your shirt. I've never seen you wear it before." She looked at it before sighing.
"It's the symbol for my family." She replied, "It's been it for generations, even before the Saiyans were a dominant race." Gohan raised an eyebrow at her. By the look on her face, she looked hurt. "But enough of me, let's talk more about you." She then kissed him on his cheek.
"Um, okay…."
Present
"Hey Dad? Dad!" Junior called to him while shaking him out of his thoughts. Gohan rubbed the back of his head and looked down at him. "Come on, Bulma is having a barbeque and I'm starving!"
"Yeah Gohan, what was on your mind?" Videl asked. Gohan shook his head. "You could tell me about it later, but now, let's eat I'm starving!" Videl grabbed their hands and ran inside Capsule Corp. An hour later, everyone was eating and chatting while Master Roshi was drunk and started to hop around the room.
"…You should've seen the look on Sharpener's face…." Gohan laughed while talking to Videl. Junior and Taro grabbed some food from the grill before they noticed two hands, from below the grill, trying to 'sneak' some food. Taro chuckled while Junior handed the right hand a shish kabob and planted the left hand on the fire.
"OW!" Trunks yelped before sticking his head out from beneath the grill, then looked at Junior and gave his hardest glare. "You ass!" Junior couldn't help but laugh, Taro sighed, and Goten lowered his head in disappointment. "Leave me alone!" He snatched the shish kabob and returned below.
"Hey, where'd that old man go?" Bulma asked while walking up to Gohan and Videl. "Something fishy is going on around here."
"Don't worry Bulma, I'm here to protect you!" Master Roshi gave a perverted laugh while pointing at her breasts. Bulma, who remained calm, smacked Roshi across the face, sending him tumbling. Gohan and Videl sweat dropped before their watches beeped.
"Videl, the city's in trouble! We need you both here stat!" The chief cried before clicking off. Videl looked at Gohan, who nodded.
"We'll be back Bulma!" Gohan and Videl took off to the skies, leaving a confused Bulma.
"I guess me and Goten are staying here for a bit longer?" Junior asked while standing next to Bulma. She smiled at him and nodded. "I think this super hero thing is getting old….and stupid." Bulma smirked.
"I think the same way." She replied before walking away. Junior frowned a bit before walking away and bumping into the drunk Roshi, who was recovered from the slap. He started to slouch and had a hard time standing still. Junior rolled his eyes before heading inside.
"I wonder what this does." Goten said while holding up the whistle. Junior's eyes widened before snatching the whistle from him. "Hey! What was that for?"
"Yeah, what's your problem?" Trunks glared at the demi-saiyan, who did the same to him. Goten and Taro felt uncomfortable and talked to each other. "Why're you such a bigger jerk today, I mean, you're always like one to me, but a bigger one today." Junior didn't reply and left the room.
"I hate him." They both spat.
Later that night…
Tapion, who slept in a box like bed, heard a knock at his door and answered it. There stood Junior, in his gi, holding up the whistle he gave him.
"You must be Junior." Tapion said before smiling, "Please, come in." Junior walked in and held the whistle closer to him. "Was there anything you needed? I'm surprised you're here, it's late you know." Junior shrugged.
"I need you to tell me about this." He held the silver whistle, "Why'd you give this to me?" Tapion smiled again and crossed his arms.
"That whistle is something that'll protect you." He replied, making Junior give him a look of disbelief. "In case of a dangerous opponent, that will come to your aid and save your life. Think of it as your guardian angel."
"But, why me?" He asked.
"I wish I could tell you, but you need to know yourself." He replied. They were silent before Tapion gasped and screamed. Junior yelped and jumped back when he spotted a creature coming out of Tapions' body. He tried to grab his ocarina, but the pain and pressure stopped him. The beast tried to escape and created a hole in the wall, but Tapion managed to sustain it. Bulma, Taro, and Trunks barged in and checked on the injured hero.
"Junior? When did you get here?" Bulma asked, still focusing on Tapion. "I gotta admit, you have stealth." On the other hand, Trunks glared at him.
"Did you do this?!" Trunks screamed.
"Calm yourself Briefs, I didn't do this." Junior tried to reassure.
"Trunks, calm down." Taro said, "Junior would never do anything like this. And Junior, how in the world did you even get in here?" Junior laughed nervously.
"I-It was my fault." Tapion admitted weakly, "I-I'm sorry." A couple of minutes later, Gohan and the others arrived and checked the room for clues.
"I knew you would sneak out." Gohan said to his son before focusing on the room, "Whoever did this, left a pretty big mess." Before anyone could speak, the ground started to shake and lightning crackled in the sky. Hoi laughed evilly from a distance. Tapion took out his ocarina and was about to play it, but he screamed again.
"Tapion!" Trunks cried.
"Y-You need to kill me so he won't become whole!" He struggled to say. Everyone stood there in horror. "Hurry!"
"Don't touch him!" Hoi yelled from above. Before anyone could move, Tapion screamed again and felt almost all of his energy leave his body before collapsing.
"Tapion!" Trunks cried again. Hoi laughed louder when a hole in the sky opened and the smoke covered the missing half of the beast. With a roar, Hirudegarn stomped on the city, destroying buildings and killing some people.
"Looks like our problem just got a whole lot bigger." Gohan growled.
"And uglier." Junior added before dodging the foot of Hirudegarn, which stomped on some part of Capsule Corp. The fighters moved away from the building and faced the monster. Gohan and Goten flew at him and tried to throw a punch, but Hirudegarn disappeared and reappeared behind Gohan. He slammed his fist on the savior, sending him crashing near the streets.
"Gohan/Daddy!" Videl, Goten, and Junior cried. Junior raced towards the dragon, turning super, and threw a kick but the dragon reappeared behind him. Goten ran towards him and tried to warn him, but Hirudegarn slammed his two fists together, squishing them. They screamed in pain. He heard an ocarina play in the distance and breathed fire, stopping Tapion. He dropped Goten and Junior and focused on Taro and Trunks, who were firing multiple ki blasts.
"Boys! Move!" Gohan shouted, but was too late. Hirudegarn, using his tail, swiped them away, sending them through multiple buildings. Gohan growled and stood back up.
"You beast!" He shouted while Junior and Goten stood next to him. "I don't care who you are, this ends now!" Junior and Goten turned back to super saiyan while Gohan turned ultimate and charged. They tried to land a hit on him, but Hirudegarn kept dodging or disappearing.
"Kill! Kill the Grunt! Don't let him use that whistle!" Hoi screamed when Junior was dodging Hirudegarn's slow punches. He roared in frustration and grabbed Junior and used his tail to swing Gohan away. Before he could crush the boy, a ki blast sent Junior falling to safety.
"Hey! Freak show over here!" Vegeta shouted, "I was enjoying my first day off in over a month! But some freak stepped on my house! You're gonna regret this, all the way to the grave!" Vegeta turned super and charged. Meanwhile, Junior stumbled back to his feet and checked his pockets for the whistle. It wasn't there!
"Oh, crap." He whispered before looking for it in the piles of rubble. "Where'd it go?" He couldn't continue his search because Taro floated down next to him and stared at him. "Fusion?" He nodded before standing a few feet away from him.
"FU-SION-HA!" In a bright light, Goharo appeared in super saiyan two form. "Alright! The dominant one is back baby!" He flew in the air and spotted Gotenks. "You guys too?"
"Just shut up and leave the work to me!" He smirked before facing Hirudegarn, who already dealt with Vegeta. "Here boy! Here you ugly piece of garbage." He lured him to a building and moved out of the way, making Hirudegarn slip and crash.
"Volley missile barrage!" Goharo shouted while firing multiple ki blasts at the dragon, creating a huge explosion. He rubbed the bottom of his nose while Gohan floated a few feet away from him. "Easy as pie."
"Oh really, then finish the job, smartass." Gotenks remarked.
"Can you guys take this seriously?!" Gohan demanded, making Goharo and Gotenks laugh nervously. Hirudegarn glowed and his skin began to shed and emerged a new Hirudegarn. Everyone looked in horror when the monster jumped and flew at them.
"Now he can fly?!" Goharo screamed in disbelief, "What the…" before he could finish, Hirudegarn grabbed him and Gotenks and slammed them into a building. The debris fell on top of them, making them drop out of fusion and knocking them out.
"Junior! Goten…" Gohan shouted in worry before he was gripped by Hirudegarn's tail, nearly squeezing him to death.
"Gohan!" Videl shouted. The dragon breathed fir towards Videl and she jumped, but her back was met with a wall. He threw Gohan near her and knocked them both out. Hoi laughed in triumph before the familiar sound of an ocarina started playing. Trunks awoke and limped his way to Tapion after hearing his music. Junior also awoke and grunted in pain when he felt his arm sting. He spat some blood out of his mouth and stumbled out of the debris.
"Whistle….whistle…" he mumbled before spotting a glow from an object under a rock. He lifted it and grabbed the whistle. Meanwhile, Hoi spotted him and gasped in horror.
"NO!" He screamed before running towards him. Tapion's eyes widened in horror and faced Trunks with a glare on his face.
"Trunks! Save Junior! Hurry!" he shouted before playing his ocarina.
"But what about you?" Trunks asked, frightened.
"Don't worry about me, just go!" He yelled. Trunks hesitated before nodding and leaving. Junior put the whistle near his mouth, put his lips together, and before he could blow, Hoi screamed again.
"NO! Hirudegarn! Stop him!" He screamed in a distance while Trunks was behind his trail. Junior smirked and blew. The sound the whistle made didn't sound normal, it sound like a flute playing, like Tapions' ocarina. Hoi's eyes widened in horror, Tapion smirked, and Trunks raised an eyebrow. The sky darkened, darker even than the color black. A blue hole appeared in the sky and lightning crackled around it. Fire burst from the hole and landed in front of Junior. Hoi whimpered.
"Someone call for a guardian?" A deep voice asked smugly. The smoke around him disappeared and Junior looked in awe at the figure in front of him. The figure had a lot of tattoos on his arms, wore a bandanna around his head, a leather vest with a black shirt inside, wore black jeans and combat boots, and had on biker gloves. Junior thought of him as those biker gangs you find on the street.
"N-Not you…again." Hoi stuttered. The figure looked down at Junior with his black glasses and took them off. He also had blue eyes and had a small goatee around his mouth.
"You must be Karin's kid, right?" He asked while smirking. Junior looked in confusion, but still nodded. "Oh yeah, that's right, you didn't meet her. Well, I'm Kai, and I'm your guardian." Tapion smirked before collapsing on the floor out of exhaustion. Trunks spotted this and ran to his aid.
"Cool…" Junior's voice trailed off.
"What seems to be the problem here?" He asked before turning around to face the destroyed city, "Damn, what a mess!" When his back was turned, Junior spotted the same symbol that was on his whistle on the back of his vest. "I'll handle it." A roar then caught his attention. He looked up to notice Hirudegarn breathing fire around the city. "Hirudegarn again?" He then turned to face Junior, "I'll get him for you."
"NO!" Hoi yelled when he spotted Kai blasting off to Hirudegarn. "Hirudegarn! Stop him! Stop-AHHH!" He was then crushed by the foot of his own creation, killing him for sure.
"Hey! You!" Kai shouted, making the dragon face him. "You'll pay for all the innocent people you've killed!" He untied his bandanna and placed it in his pocket. He had short black hair. "You don't mess with a god family!" He charged at the dragon and was too fast from him. He punched him in the leg, then the arm, then the head. Hirudegarn roared before Trunks jumped and sliced his tail off. He spat out green blood.
"DIE!" Trunks shouted before being stopped by Kai.
"NO! Kid, stay back!" Kai shouted, making Trunks stop dead in his tracks. "This is my fight, but thanks for the help though." Before he could turn, Hirudegarn punched him, but Kai simply smirked. "Really? I didn't even feel that!" He punched his arm, creating a sickening cracking noise. Hirudegarn clutched his broken arm and roared. Kai summoned a ki blast in his hand, charged at Hirudegarn, and went through his stomach. Using the ki blast, he sent it in his stomach and Hirudegarn exploded. The sky turned clearer and Kai crossed his arms over his chest.
"Y-You did it." Trunks said in awe. "You were…AWESOME!"
"Thanks Kai." Tapion smiled. Kai looked at him before looking at the knocked out Junior. He walked toward him, gently grabbed his closed hand, and opened it.
"You have your mother's eyes." He smiled before placing a necklace in his hand, "I'll see you soon, Junior. You're nothing like that cruel grandfather of yours." He snapped his fingers and a motorcycle appeared. He sat on it and started it.
"Don't worry, we'll see you again." A voice chuckled. Kai turned his head to notice Gohan walking towards him while clutching his right arm. "Just drop by for a visit whenever. Anyway, thanks for your help. He held out his hand for him to shake. "I'm Gohan, Junior's father." Kai stared at his hand before shaking it.
"I'm Kai, your guardian." He greeted.
"Wait before you leave, I need to ask you something." Gohan said then became silent for a moment before asking. "Is Karin still alive?"
"Yep." He simply replied before riding his motorcycle. A couple of seconds later, he disappeared. Gohan smiled at the news he was given. He knew it. She was alive! Gohan took Junior and Goten from the rubble and placed them over his shoulders. Vegeta soon recovered and grabbed Taro.
"Fear, you bastard." Vegeta growled when Gohan flew away from him, "I hoped you were dead. But I was wrong."
"What was the necklace Kai gave to you?" Gohan asked to his son when they left Capsule Corp. The morning arose and Tapion returned home and gave Trunks his sword, much to Goten's jealousy. Goten nodded.
"Yeah, what did he give you?" Goten asked impatiently. Junior took it out of his pocket and looked at it.
"It just has the symbol on it." He replied.
"Make sure you keep that. Or wear it all day." Gohan said, earning a nod from his son. "We'll be seeing Kai when he or we get the chance. He'll be back."
"Is he my guardian too?" Goten asked.
"He's our whole family's guardian." Junior replied. "I'm in your family right? There you go." Goten fist bumped with Junior while Gohan smiled to himself. "He said something about someone named 'Karin'. Do you know her Dad?" Gohan was silent before replying.
"Yeah, she was your Mom."
Author: I hope you guys liked this chapter and My hands hurt! Anyway, I might update in a week or two! Tell me if you like Kai or not in the review box so till then, Bye!
