For the first time in perhaps forever, Ox and Chi-Chi were the only two people in the same house. The two just got done with lunch and Chi-Chi was inside doing the dishes. Ox was in the living-room, watching t.v.
"Mom get in here!!" Ox yelled. The sudden shout had startled Chi-Chi, causing her to have a plate slip out her hand and into the sink. After hearing a loud clang, Ox poked his head up above the couch. "You good in there?"
"Y-yeah!" Chi-Chi got to quickly picking up the one large chunk of broken glass from the sink. "Ugh." She threw it in the trash can. "Can you wait until I'm done!?"
"No!!" Ox yelled. "Dad's about to show on t.v."
Chi-Chi paused. She had completely forgotten. Both Kakarot and Bulma were both about to appear on t.v. as one, together. She had heard about how hard the two worked together to set the world back in place. And with them being the two main people to help, they were getting all sorts of attention.
"Yeah! Sure." Chi-Chi set down one of the plates. Looking over the sink, she could see that she didn't have much to do. "Heh." The woman shrugged her shoulders. She could get the dishes done later. Some time spent with her son alone was time better off spent
Going into the livingroom, Chi-Chi found herself sitting right next to Ox. Ox had a big smile on his face, still looking ahead at the t.v. "It's going to start in a few minutes." The boy got comfortable and dug into a bowl of popcorn, swinging his feet that were yet to touch the floor.
Chi-Chi felt a little uneasy just sitting next to Ox as she did. They both watched a few commercials for a while, but Chi-Chi found the silence weird. "Ox?"
"Yeah." Ox continued to munch down on his popcorn.
"Do you want to sit on mommy's lap?" Chi-Chi asked. She understood that the question was so sudden and all, but her little boy was still a little boy. Just maybe he'd go for it.
Ox stopped eating. To imagine him sitting on his mother's lap and watching t.v. just felt weird. He used to do it all the time, but the mere thought of it had Ox put off an uncomfortable vibe. And he didn't want to upset her, but sitting on her lap? Nah. "No, I'm good."
Chi-Chi's head tilted a little bit. "You sure? Not like the old times?"
Yet again, there she persisted. Chi-Chi was a very stubborn woman and the only person who was able to handle her perfectly was his dad. Speaking of his dad, Ox could only imagine what Kakarot would think if he ever found out about him sitting on Chi-Chi's lap. He would tell him over and over again that he wasn't a baby anymore and he had to learn to grow up sometime. "Let's just watch the tv, mom."
"Okay." Chi-Chi placed both of her legs on the couch, behind her behind to get relaxed. Digging her hand into the bowl of popcorn, she happily ate a few. She couldn't believe how much Kakarot affected her son in just under a year's time.
"Hey, you wanna see something cool?" Ox asked.
"Sure!"
Ox had a confident look. "Now check it out. Dedana taught me how to do it." The boy grabbed one popcorn from the bowl. "Here." He made sure Chi-Chi took a good look at it before plucking it up into the air. With mouth open wide, he just waited for a while until he felt the popcorn fall in. "See?" he asked, eating on it.
"Not to burst your bubble honey, but that's not all that compared to your dad."
"Right, because he can juggle entire pterodactyls into his mouth."
The two laughed.
"Here he's about to come on!" Ox exclaimed, pointing at the tv.
"Okay, okay..." Chi-Chi whispered, calming her son down. The two went quiet and began to watch the show.
Before they went on live, Kakarot and Bulma were right at one another's necks. "And I wanted Dedana on as a special guest!" Bulma nearly yelled. She was all in the Saiyan's face, almost growling at him.
Kakarot wasn't as aggressive, but he didn't find her actions quite amusing at the moment. The Saiyan was nearly emotionless. "And I said no," he sternly stated.
Bulma huffed. "Idiot! Do you have any idea how many people would be attracted to Dedana's eccentric attitude? She'd bring in more viewers for the both of us...!"
The two stayed in one another's faces. The people surrounding them both were all quite nervous as to what would happen next. "Oh, dear..." Mr. Briefs sighed in the audience. "If she starts off the show with a bad attitude, then it won't end well."
Panchy giggled and rubbed her husband's arm. The two were in the audience, surrounded by many others who would get to watch live. Some people found it amusing how both Bulma and Kakarot interacted, some others were kind of scared. "She's got this!"
"GOING LIVE IN 3, 2!!" The man showed one finger.
Bulma and Kakarot immediately looked to the cameras, with a smile on the both of their faces. Everyone in the audience was equally blown away at how quick and efficient Bulma and Kakarot managed to change their demeanors for the camera.
They were ready to give off a good show.
Outside in one of the cities, Dedana was out carrying a handful of grocery bags. Ever since Dedana had been on earth, the sun had added a bit of glow to her skin, which was not as pale as it was on her homeworld. And this, of course, only attracted more people to her. As she walked by in her tank top and cut up jean pants, she caught many looks along the way.
And she had quite a nice time rejecting some people, not really interested in any romantic interests. As she was walking on the sidewalk in the big city, something had caught her eye. In the top left of her, she could see a familiar face.
Once she caught the person, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Usually, she would see Kakarot's face on billboards and whatnot, as well as Bulma. But here, the both of them were on live television. Many others that had got on with their day had come to an immediate stop, even some in the road parked their cars just to see what was going on.
Bulma and Kakarot were the two most famous people on the planet and it was made known. Everyone could hear them speaking.
"And so..." the man interviewing the two was somewhat chubby and had brown hair. Everyone could see his bright blue eyes through his circular, crystal clear glasses that he wore, and was definitely known for. "I just want to have the both of you know that this is my first time going on air with my own show and to have the both of you here is going to kick start everything perfectly for all of us!"
All kinds of claps could be heard as Bulma and Kakarot remained with their same old charismatic smiles that the world fell in love with. "Thank you," Bulma said.
"So we need to start with you right away Mr. Kakarot," the interviewer said. "You're aware of the Red Ribbon Army's failed attempt at taking over the world, correct?"
Kakarot nodded in response. "That is indeed true."
"Everyone is dying to know!" The host of the show had his arms out. "Where. Were. You?"
Kakarot nodded and looked over the audience. The man knew well enough that this question would come about sooner or later. Where was he when the Red Ribbon Army was attacking the world?
Kakarot had this in the bag, already prepared for this question. "Why don't you tell them, Bulma?"
Bulma nearly jumped, looking at Kakarot. The first 45 seconds into starting this off and she was thrown immediately under the bus by her partner. While on the inside, she was nervous as hell, she remained stoic on the outside. "Heh. Yeah, of course."
Seeing how Bulma seemed a little lost, Kakarot had no problems with giving her the perfect kickoff for sure. "How we and our families decided to help one another start the planning once everything blew over?" Kakarot inquired, tilting his head slightly.
Bulma gave off a little chuckle and coughed into her fist. "Right! We knew what the Red Ribbon Army was fully capable of and we were already making plans beforehand. This was of course before we knew that King Furry would be an addition as well. Kakarot and I were simply in the background, pulling the strings."
And Kakarot watched as Bulma continued to ramble on. 'She's good...' Bulma was making up total bullshit and she was doing very well at it. Looking at the audience, Kakarot could see that everyone was buying it, even the show host himself.
Dedana was somewhat impressed by this. "I can't believe..." she continued to watch. She herself knew Kakarot was purging her homeworld when the Red Ribbon Army was out and about trying to take over the world. "He might not be a compulsive liar, but he sure is a good one." The woman fixed her shades.
"They both have extremely good chemistry don't they?"
Dedana jumped, turning around. "Uhm, excuse me?" Before her was a person she had never met before, yet for some reason felt familiar to him. "Do I know you?"
"Not really," the man responded. "But I know enough about you." The man continued to speak. "I need you to do a favor for me."
"Me?" Dedana pointed at her chest. The woman lowered her shades. "I watch articles online! I'm not a prostitute!"
"What the hell is a prostitute?"
Dedana shook her head and waved her fingers. "What do you need exactly?" she asked.
"A senzu bean," he responded. "Do you have any on you right now?"
"Eh?" The first question that came to mind was how would he know that the senzus even exist? The only explanation was that this stranger was somehow involved in her social circle. She felt he was somewhat familiar, but she couldn't quite decipher it with that turban on his head, as well as the cloak he was wearing.
"Trust me," the man said. "It's for good."
"Well...can I at least get a name?" Dedana asked. Maybe he could prove trustworthy.
"The name is Piccolo," the green man responded.
"You look kind of familiar..." Dedana mumbled. She sat her bags down and started to run through her purse. "Got it." Dedana gave Piccolo a little green bean. "You remind me of Kami."
Piccolo scoffed. Not sharing another word with her, he rocketed off into the sky. Before Dedana could even pick up her shades that fell off her face, Piccolo was already dozens of miles away. The woman placed her shades back on, covering her purple colored eyes. She continued to walk on, minding her own business
Piccolo was out traveling in through the skies. He had asked for a senzu from someone that is in alliance with Kakarot. While he didn't like it, Piccolo just did it anyhow. And the best part was that the bean wasn't a thing he required. It was more so a gift.
A little over two weeks had passed since that little incident with the robbery and the man that had taken a shot was hurt greatly.
"Welcome back, Majunior!!" One of the workers at the local hospital of Papaya Island had greeted Piccolo. The lady gave off a wide smile and a wave.
Piccolo ignored the woman and walked passed her. Everyone knew what the weird, green man was there for. People had watched television and practically everyone on Papaya Island knew Majunior. Piccolo walked on through the corridors, the smell of practically everything coming into a mix in this very hospital. But he ignored it.
Inside one of the rooms, the man that happened to get hurt was on his back, just looking up at the ceiling. Aside from him, his little girl was sleeping, her head and arms rested on her father's chest. Seeing the door open, the patient already knew who it was.
"You're back," he told Piccolo. He let out a weak smile. "I didn't think you'd come."
Piccolo left a crack in the door and didn't respond. This was the only the second time, and he wasn't looking forward to putting any type of investments in any humans. Piccolo pulled out a green bean from within his cloak. "This will get you up and running quickly."
"A bean?" he asked. With a few chuckles, the man coughed. "Y-you're kidding right?"
"Open your mouth," Piccolo demanded him.
He was somewhat reluctant to do so. Though looking back at his own current predicament, he figured he didn't have anything to lose. "Why the hell not?" He opened his mouth as wide as a patient does when they're paying a visit to the doctor.
Piccolo let the bean drop into the man's mouth. He watched as he chewed on it for a little bit. Now, the effects didn't take place immediately. As soon as he heard a gulp, Piccolo stared at him.
"Ahhh...!!" He gasped. Everything from his head to his toes was feeling great. It was one of those moments when one would sleep early and wake up well rested. "I...I'm healed." While he wanted to jump up and down, he remembered that his daughter was sleeping. "T-Thank you."
Piccolo didn't know what to say. Hell, he didn't know why he was doing this. "Sure." He started to turn around.
"W-wait...!" he said, but not quite too loud. Piccolo, having heard him, came to a stop. "I need to know why...why would you save me?"
Piccolo wishes he himself had the answers to that question. So in being honest, he just gave off a shrug. "Just because."
"Before you go," he quickly said. "I need a favor from you."
Piccolo turned his head by his shoulder, looking at the fully healed man at the corner of his eyes. "Spit it out."
"Whenever you have time...maybe you can train my daughter to become a fighter? A better one than myself?" He didn't get an immediate answer. "I understand it's weird, but my daughter really looks up to me. She thinks I'm the strongest man in the world and that nobody can beat me." He laughed. "But you and I both know it's not true. I barely managed to fend off some bastard with my own life intact. And I can't have my daughter looking up to someone like that."
Piccolo turned around. "Is that what you really want?" From what he could see, it simply couldn't be true. Why would a kid want to train with a freak like him?
"Yes," the man said. "I can give you my add-"
"Don't worry about it," Piccolo said, facing the exit once again. "Whenever I feel it the best time to get your child for real training lessons, then I'll come on my own time. I know where to find you."
"Thank you," he said.
Piccolo didn't bother stopping this time and just left out. Walking back out passed the corridors, he was beginning to pass up the lady to greet him earlier. She waved at him once more and told him to have a nice day. Piccolo gave her a glare that sent chills right down her spine. Seeing her getting frightened, Piccolo chuckled softly. 'Still got it...'
"Just what the hell happened to you back there?"
Finally, having reached his destination, Vegeta was just exiting the rejuvenation chambers. He came out totally naked and went over to tend to his clothes that was already set up for him. "Same thing that happened last time," Vegeta growled, putting on his blue under clothing. "What the hell do you think?"
Malaka, out of all his years of tending to Vegeta, said Saiyan had never been this hostile to him before. He saw that whatever this topic was, then maybe it was best to remain quiet about it. "Well..." he looked over at Vegeta's damaged armor. It was worse than last time for sure. So Malaka knew that whatever happened, the odds must have definitely been stacked against Vegeta. "out of all this, I do have some good news."
"Good news?" Vegeta scoffed prior to slapping on his battle gloves. "What good news could you possibly come up with at this moment, Malaka? Is there a juicy planet out there that's actually worth my time?"
Malaka shook his head. "By the readings I received while you were healing, it would seem that no planet would prove to actually be worth your time now."
"And just what are you implying?" Vegeta asked, turning around.
"You're now the strongest member under the wing of Lord Freeza...other than the Ginyus."
Vegeta smirked. 'So those bastards Dodoria and Zarbon can't tell me anything anymore, huh?' Vegeta got ready to head for his exit. He didn't have any time to simply stick around and conversate now. Vegeta was walking down the halls, everyone backing away from him out of respect. 'I know one thing. They're surely not going to be able to tell me anything once I gain immortality...!' Vegeta was chuckling internally to himself.
As soon as Vegeta was out the main building, the Saiyan went over to his own space pod. The coordinates were set for Namek and he wasn't going to waste any time.
And on Planet Namek, Kami was actually getting along quite well with his own people. He would go from village to village, speaking to his people about his life on earth. The other Namekians were very friendly and willing to hear out Kami's story.
And now...Kami was face to face with the man to lead his people from extinction: The Grand Elder Guru.
Never before had Kami seen someone so humongous before. But he could tell by the fellow Namekian's look that he was wise beyond his years. "I never thought I'd live to see the day," Guru spoke.
Kami, knowing he had to pay his respects, bowed down. "And it's an honor to meet you, Grand Elder."
Guru had a little smile come across his face. "You may not know, but you are the son of Katas." Kami took a quick glance over to Guru.
"You can stand you know," a fellow Namekian told him, going by the name Nail.
Kami nodded and stood back up on his two feet. "You know my father?"
"Yes, of course," Guru said. "Your father was the most cordial man with the brightest flair of cleverness I had ever met. He did well by sending you off to a distant planet in an effort to save your life when he did."
"I wish I could have met him," Kami mumbled under his breath.
"I realize it must have been very hard," Guru told Kami. "Countless years on a world you felt totally foreign to. At some point I'm sure you simply felt alienated amongst the rest and went your own path."
"Y-yes," Kami said. "That's exactly how I felt."
"And one of the reasons you must have had a tainted heart." Guru sighed a little. "Could that be the reason why you are no longer a whole person?"
Kami was silent. "Y-You can sense it?"
"Come here," Guru told Kami.
Seeing how Guru would not mean any harm, Kami did as was told. The old, yet younger Namekian walked over by Guru and stood there, waiting for what was to come next. Guru softly placed his giant hands atop Kami's head.
Kami simply stood there, not having any idea of what was going on at the moment. Yet then, a sudden bright flash came over him. Guru removed his hand from Kami's head and rested them on his seat. "Now I understand..." Guru gave out a little hum.
"W-What is this feeling?" Kami asked. The Namekian looked around him, for some reason, feeling many times better.
"I just unleashed all the potential I could out of you," Guru said. "In the process, I looked over everything in your life from start to finish. I now understand everything."
Kami was shocked. "Y-you..."
"A small benefit for you will be that your powers are enhanced and your life-span gets increased a little, too," Nail mentioned to Kami.
"And yes, Nail would know," Guru said. "He had his potential unleashed as well."
Kami continued to inspect himself. He could feel his power continuing to rise. While apart of the Dragon Clan, Kami was a very strong Namekian. He could see his dark green skin becoming a tad bit lighter and a few wrinkles straightening out. "I..." His walking cane had fallen down to the ground, as it was no longer needed. It could be seen that he didn't get much much younger, it was enough to where he no longer needed support walking. Not to mention, he felt a great enhancement in power.
"Yet this isn't your full potential still," Guru spoke. Kami looked over at the Grand Elder. "This was only a portion of what you can truly accomplish. If you were to remain as one, then you'd be the most powerful Namekian known to man."
Kami remained silent. "Yet I did it for the greater good."
"And that, I understand," Guru said. "Now, about this Saiyan coming to our world. Is he coming here with bad intentions?"
"Wait, is he actually coming?" Kami asked.
Guru nodded. Using his powers, he had to sense far out into space. "It is faint, but I can feel his presence. With each second, his energy becomes more and more revealed. He shall be here within a six-day period."
"How do you know all of this?" Kami asked.
"Kaio-Sama filled me in," Guru answered.
"A Saiyan?" Nail questioned. "Just how strong might he be, Lord Guru?"
"Strong enough to where even you shouldn't underestimate him." Guru now went on to speak back to Kami. "But I have a feeling that Nail won't be the only help we need."
"Is it a premonition?" Kami questioned.
Guru simply nodded.
"So what do we do?" Nail questioned.
"I'm on it," Kami said. The Namekian closed his eyes.
"Goddammit, Bubbles! Learn to pick up your banana peels! The trash is just in the house!!"
"OOIHHHH!!!" Bubbles stood up like a brave little monkey and beat its chest. "AHAHAHA!!"
"Oh man..." King Kai rubbed his head.
"King Kai!!" Kami yelled.
"Ah?" King Kai's antennas started to twitch. "Kami?"
"I need you to warn Kakarot and the others about Vegeta. He's on the way as we speak and will be here anytime soon!"
"Ah..." King Kai gasped. "Oh man..." King Kai rubbed his head. Focusing, he went to overlook his part of the world. "I forgot to warn them..." he laughed nervously.
"I need you to warn everyone as soon as you can," Kami told King Kai.
"I'm on it!" King Kai fixed his shades and was getting ready to get to work.
And everyone was gathered up in no time. Kakarot, Bulma, Yamcha, Tien, just everyone.
"And that's that..." Lapis said, speaking over to everybody. "Kami is on Namek as we speak and King Kai just got done talking to me."
"So he's making way to Planet Namek?" Bulma asked.
"It's like none of us can catch a break," Krillin said. "Lazuli is back at the house and I have to leave just to help you guys out."
"Nobody asked you to go," Lapis said. "Besides, it's better you stay home with my sister, nieces, and nephews. You've all started a family too early just for you to go off and die."
"Geez, man that's kind of harsh..." Yamcha rubbed his neck.
Lapis crossed his arms. "Listen, I don't have time to play games. None of us know what Vegeta is going to go out to wish for so we need all of you to get ready to jump ship for Namek."
"Well this is perfect timing for you all," Bulma told the lot. "My dad just got done making a few new model ships with the option of adjusting the gravity to your own liking for training. It goes all the way up to 100."
"How many do you have?" Ox asked.
"I only have two ready to go," Bulma said. "My dad is working on another one."
"I got the senzus just in case!" Dedana exclaimed, raising a bag full up high.
"We're going to figure out how much we'll be splitting if we're going to spend the majority of our time training on those machines."
"Who's going?" Bulma asked.
"I will be going," Kakarot said. "My son, too."
"Ahem!!" Chi-Chi coughed into her fists. "Excuse me, but I'm not just going to let you bring our son into space like that! The risk is too much."
Kakarot stared at Chi-Chi for a brief moment. His wife had a stubborn look on her face, showing him that no matter what, Ox simply wasn't leaving.
"He's going," Kakarot said. And that was that. Two simple words and he looked back to Lapis.
The temporary guardian of earth just chuckled. "Who else?"
That's when Yamcha, Chaotzu, and Tien raised their hands as well. "That's five," Puar pointed out.
"I'll be riding with Tien and Chaotzu!" Yamcha called out.
"Then it's settled," Lapis said. "We have no time to waste. The rest of you all go home."
Everyone nodded and did just that. In just a moment's notice, the entire lookout was vacant. And there Lapis was, alone with Popo. "I'm going inside."
Mr. Popo looked down at his feet. The only thing that was going through his mind was the well being of Kami. If anything, he surely hoped that the man was doing well.
Back at Capsule Corp, Kakarot and Ox were both getting ready to take their leave. Bulma with company of her parents, Puar, Dedana, and Oolong was in the background, waving away at Yamcha and the others.
"Kakarot..." Chi-Chi started. Kakarot just looked at her. Chi-Chi noted that the man simply wasn't changing his mind. He was going to go with their son. "Make sure you bring him back alive." Chi-Chi gave Kakarot a playful punch to the cheek.
Kakarot grinned. "I wish I could bring him back 20 years older."
"Shut-up and get the hell on," Chi-Chi joked.
Kakarot laughed. The Saiyan went over with his son and the two had entered the large ship. They all gave a simple wave before they made their departure.
"This is it..." Kakarot said, stretching out.
"What is it?" Ox asked, looking around the giant space they had on the ship.
Kakarot turned around, facing Ox. "We get some time alone...just me and you." Kakarot had a wide smirk on his face. "These are going to be the worst days of training you will ever endure." Kakarot went to the control panel. With a click of a button, the weight of the entire room came at ten times.
Ox fell right over on his face, while Kakarot stood standing up. "I'm not going to wait on you to get up either..."