Chapter 3: The Z-Team
Vegeta, declared prince of the planet Vajita stood on the mountain, staring at the
horizon.
{To think that I could've destroyed all this,} the Saiyan thought. He still wanted to do
it in a way but that wasn't what mattered now. He stared down at the five Dragonballs gathered
at his feet. It took them over five weeks to get. Them meaning himself and the rest of the
warriors: Kakarott (called Goku by everybody else), Piccolo, Yamcha, Chao-Zu, Krillin, and Tien.
Down on the bottom of the hillside, Goku and the others watched.
"Goku, if his wish comes true, you're dead meat," Krillin commented.
"How do you know what he wishes," Tien asked, his third eye looking at the bald man
cautiously.
"I know Vegeta," Krillin said. "People like him will never change. He'll wish to make
himself stronger than Goku then he'll destroy us all."
"You're bluffing."
"Try me."
"Hush up, you two," Gohan said. "Something's happening."
Up on the mountain, Vegeta called, "Eternal Dragon Shenlong, come forth!" The
Dragonballs spun around and around and rose into the air. There was a flash of lightning and
a giant dragon came down from the sky.
"Who summons me?" The dragon asked.
"I did. I am Vegeta, prince of the planet Vajita, once and true ruler of the Saiyan people."
"State your wish," Shenlong said like he didn't care who Vegeta was.
"I wish for you to resurrect my son, Trunks."
"It is done." Energy emitted from the dragon's eyes and landed in front of Vegeta. The
energy took a human form. The form of a teenager, about Gohan's height, with purple hair and
eyes, muscular, with a sword strapped to his back.
"Where am I?" He asked. He then saw Vegeta. "Dad? What's going on?"
"Your wish has been granted," Shenlong replied. Shenlong then disappeared. The
Dragonballs flew up into the air and vanished to the four corners of Dragonball-Island.
The boy, Trunks, turned to his father with surprise on his face. "Father, you used the
Dragonballs to resurrect me?" Vegeta nodded. "But you won't be able to make yourself
stronger than Goku."
"Yeah, well... I realize that I don't need the Dragonballs to defeat him. I'm the most
powerful Saiyan in the world and don't need any edge."
"Of course, Dad."
Vegeta lead Trunks down to the others where he was received with open arms coutesy of Earth's
Special Forces.
"Come on, everybody," Goku said. "Let's go back to my place."
"You sure you want to do that, Goku?" Yamcha asked. "Chi-Chi can get pretty upset when
you, Gohan, and Goten go off on Dragon Quests without telling her."
"Don't worry, Yamcha," Goku assured his friend. "Once Chi-Chi finds out why we were
going on a Dragon Quest, she'll understand it completely."
**
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THREE TOOK ANOTHER STUPID DRAGON QUEST!" Chi-Chi yelled at the
three men. "You three think that just because you saved the universe a couple of times, that
gives you the right to do whatever you want!" Yamcha and the other Dragon-Force stood out to
the side to watch.
"You think Chi-Chi's going to hit them again, Tien?" Chao-Zu asked, sitting on Tien's
shoulder.
"Maybe, Chao-Zu. Maybe." Goku, Gohan, and Goten were huddled in the corner, facing the
wrath of Chi-Chi.
"You know, at first I didn't mind you going off on these Dragon Quest. Particularly if
it was to bring someone back from the alternate plane. But now, this is getting old."
"But Chi-Chi," Goku protested. "Vegeta needed to bring his..."
"I DON'T CARE IF VEGETA NEEDED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES! I am sick and tired of having you
all running up and down the Earth looking for those stupid things! Those Dragonballs have kept
you away from home for weeks! That's it, from now on, no more Dragon Quests!"
"But Mo-om," Gohan and Goten complained at the same time.
"No buts."
"Not even if it is to save someone's life?"
"Not even if it is to save someone's life. Your King-Kai friend can send them back in a
year." Inside, Goku shook his head. {Chi-Chi doesn't know how difficult it is to bring back
the dead without the Dragonballs,} he thought to himself.
{Goku.} Speak of the devil. It was King-Kai contacting him telepathically.
{Yes, King-Kai. What is it?}
{I need you and the others to gather the Dragonballs and prepare for an arrival.}
{Oh man. Chi-Chi just said I couldn't go on any more Dragon Quests.}
{But Goku, if you don't, a baby could die.} Goku could just imagine King-Kai up at his
orb of a world (literally, it was a small round spheroid) with his monkey Bubbles and his
grasshopper, Gregory, looking down on them. Despite King-Kai's rolly-polly form and somewhat
institutionable personality, his wisdom and training had pulled Goku through tough times.
After he was killed by Ravitz, he journied to King-Kai's place at the insistence of Kami, the
Namek who was guardian of the Earth and spiritually connected with Piccolo as well as the Earth
Dragonballs, to train. Goku spent close to a year there, training. When Vegeta and Nappa
arrived on Earth, Goku had to abandon his training to save Yamcha and the others from their
terrible wrath. But Goku arrived too late. Yamcha, Tien, Chao-Zu, and Piccolo were already
killed. Gohan and Krillin were on the verge of collapsing into a coma. Goku was able to defeat
Nappa and then Vegeta himself, but at a sacrifice. Goku was mortally wounded and to recover
fully would take months, maybe years.
{King-Kai, I don't know what to do. Chi-Chi may not be as strong as me, or Vegeta, or
even Goten there, but she has a temper that would be on rival with a Super Saiyan level 8!}
Super Saiyan level 8 was almost impossible to achieve. To reach that level would be like
achieving godhood. So, King-Kai could imagine how hard Chi-Chi's anger was.
But he wasn't about to let down. {Goku, this is a very important. Maybe not as
important as the Tree of Might or fighting Saiyans, but two people's lives depend on those
Dragonballs.}
{Sure, King-Kai. I'll tell the others.} Goku switched his attention back to the
physical plane where Chi-Chi was just finished her argument.
"Don't want you to get hurt," Chi-Chi finished. "So, now do you understand, Goku?"
"Yeah, Chi-Chi. You're right. In fact, why don't you start dinner. Me and the guys
will go gather fire wood." Yamcha, Tien, Krillin, Chao-Zu, Gohan, Trunks, and Vegeta all
looked at him like he was crazy.
"What was that all about, Goku?" Yamcha asked as soon as they were outside.
"King-Kai just contacted me telepathically. He says if we don't gather the Dragonballs
in time, someone could die."
"Oh man," Tien commented to the others. "When King-Kai wants somebody to do something,
it better get done."
"I need you guys to gather the Dragonballs for me. It's a matter of life and death."
"What's wrong, Kakarott?" Vegeta asked, a smirk on his face. "Afraid Chi-Chi will beat
you up again."
"Go ahead, Saiyan," Krillin said, beginning to get mad. "Push one more button!"
"That's enough, both of you," Goku said. "Krillin, calm down. Vegeta, for your
information, I'm only stalling until I can get out of Chi-Chi's eye-sight. Then I'll join
you."
{Goku.}
"Hang on, everybody. King-Kai's trying to contact me again." {Yes, King-Kai?}
{Goku, there's a plane going down. You and the Dragon Force must stop the plane from
crashing.}
{A plane crash? King-Kai, what does that have to do with anything?}
{The passengers on that plane must survive. It is a matter of interdimensional
importance!}
Goku sighed. "Tien, Vegeta, get Piccolo and start looking for the plane. Yamcha,
Krillin and Chao-Zu will go to Capsule Corp. and retrieve Bulma's Dragonball radar. Trunks,
Gohan, and Goten will..."
"Goku! Where's that firewood? Sheesh, I thought with all your powers, you could at
least get firewood in five seconds."
"Sure, Chi-Chi. You three uh... start looking for the Dragonballs in all the usual
places."
"Huh?"
"Like where they were the last time we found them. Maybe they'll return there."
Everybody knew that was unlikely. Since every time after someone makes a wish, the Dragonballs
scatter in different directions and hide in different locations. But Goku was the leader and
had saved the universe more times than any of the others.
Vegeta, declared prince of the planet Vajita stood on the mountain, staring at the
horizon.
{To think that I could've destroyed all this,} the Saiyan thought. He still wanted to do
it in a way but that wasn't what mattered now. He stared down at the five Dragonballs gathered
at his feet. It took them over five weeks to get. Them meaning himself and the rest of the
warriors: Kakarott (called Goku by everybody else), Piccolo, Yamcha, Chao-Zu, Krillin, and Tien.
Down on the bottom of the hillside, Goku and the others watched.
"Goku, if his wish comes true, you're dead meat," Krillin commented.
"How do you know what he wishes," Tien asked, his third eye looking at the bald man
cautiously.
"I know Vegeta," Krillin said. "People like him will never change. He'll wish to make
himself stronger than Goku then he'll destroy us all."
"You're bluffing."
"Try me."
"Hush up, you two," Gohan said. "Something's happening."
Up on the mountain, Vegeta called, "Eternal Dragon Shenlong, come forth!" The
Dragonballs spun around and around and rose into the air. There was a flash of lightning and
a giant dragon came down from the sky.
"Who summons me?" The dragon asked.
"I did. I am Vegeta, prince of the planet Vajita, once and true ruler of the Saiyan people."
"State your wish," Shenlong said like he didn't care who Vegeta was.
"I wish for you to resurrect my son, Trunks."
"It is done." Energy emitted from the dragon's eyes and landed in front of Vegeta. The
energy took a human form. The form of a teenager, about Gohan's height, with purple hair and
eyes, muscular, with a sword strapped to his back.
"Where am I?" He asked. He then saw Vegeta. "Dad? What's going on?"
"Your wish has been granted," Shenlong replied. Shenlong then disappeared. The
Dragonballs flew up into the air and vanished to the four corners of Dragonball-Island.
The boy, Trunks, turned to his father with surprise on his face. "Father, you used the
Dragonballs to resurrect me?" Vegeta nodded. "But you won't be able to make yourself
stronger than Goku."
"Yeah, well... I realize that I don't need the Dragonballs to defeat him. I'm the most
powerful Saiyan in the world and don't need any edge."
"Of course, Dad."
Vegeta lead Trunks down to the others where he was received with open arms coutesy of Earth's
Special Forces.
"Come on, everybody," Goku said. "Let's go back to my place."
"You sure you want to do that, Goku?" Yamcha asked. "Chi-Chi can get pretty upset when
you, Gohan, and Goten go off on Dragon Quests without telling her."
"Don't worry, Yamcha," Goku assured his friend. "Once Chi-Chi finds out why we were
going on a Dragon Quest, she'll understand it completely."
**
"I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU THREE TOOK ANOTHER STUPID DRAGON QUEST!" Chi-Chi yelled at the
three men. "You three think that just because you saved the universe a couple of times, that
gives you the right to do whatever you want!" Yamcha and the other Dragon-Force stood out to
the side to watch.
"You think Chi-Chi's going to hit them again, Tien?" Chao-Zu asked, sitting on Tien's
shoulder.
"Maybe, Chao-Zu. Maybe." Goku, Gohan, and Goten were huddled in the corner, facing the
wrath of Chi-Chi.
"You know, at first I didn't mind you going off on these Dragon Quest. Particularly if
it was to bring someone back from the alternate plane. But now, this is getting old."
"But Chi-Chi," Goku protested. "Vegeta needed to bring his..."
"I DON'T CARE IF VEGETA NEEDED A NEW PAIR OF SHOES! I am sick and tired of having you
all running up and down the Earth looking for those stupid things! Those Dragonballs have kept
you away from home for weeks! That's it, from now on, no more Dragon Quests!"
"But Mo-om," Gohan and Goten complained at the same time.
"No buts."
"Not even if it is to save someone's life?"
"Not even if it is to save someone's life. Your King-Kai friend can send them back in a
year." Inside, Goku shook his head. {Chi-Chi doesn't know how difficult it is to bring back
the dead without the Dragonballs,} he thought to himself.
{Goku.} Speak of the devil. It was King-Kai contacting him telepathically.
{Yes, King-Kai. What is it?}
{I need you and the others to gather the Dragonballs and prepare for an arrival.}
{Oh man. Chi-Chi just said I couldn't go on any more Dragon Quests.}
{But Goku, if you don't, a baby could die.} Goku could just imagine King-Kai up at his
orb of a world (literally, it was a small round spheroid) with his monkey Bubbles and his
grasshopper, Gregory, looking down on them. Despite King-Kai's rolly-polly form and somewhat
institutionable personality, his wisdom and training had pulled Goku through tough times.
After he was killed by Ravitz, he journied to King-Kai's place at the insistence of Kami, the
Namek who was guardian of the Earth and spiritually connected with Piccolo as well as the Earth
Dragonballs, to train. Goku spent close to a year there, training. When Vegeta and Nappa
arrived on Earth, Goku had to abandon his training to save Yamcha and the others from their
terrible wrath. But Goku arrived too late. Yamcha, Tien, Chao-Zu, and Piccolo were already
killed. Gohan and Krillin were on the verge of collapsing into a coma. Goku was able to defeat
Nappa and then Vegeta himself, but at a sacrifice. Goku was mortally wounded and to recover
fully would take months, maybe years.
{King-Kai, I don't know what to do. Chi-Chi may not be as strong as me, or Vegeta, or
even Goten there, but she has a temper that would be on rival with a Super Saiyan level 8!}
Super Saiyan level 8 was almost impossible to achieve. To reach that level would be like
achieving godhood. So, King-Kai could imagine how hard Chi-Chi's anger was.
But he wasn't about to let down. {Goku, this is a very important. Maybe not as
important as the Tree of Might or fighting Saiyans, but two people's lives depend on those
Dragonballs.}
{Sure, King-Kai. I'll tell the others.} Goku switched his attention back to the
physical plane where Chi-Chi was just finished her argument.
"Don't want you to get hurt," Chi-Chi finished. "So, now do you understand, Goku?"
"Yeah, Chi-Chi. You're right. In fact, why don't you start dinner. Me and the guys
will go gather fire wood." Yamcha, Tien, Krillin, Chao-Zu, Gohan, Trunks, and Vegeta all
looked at him like he was crazy.
"What was that all about, Goku?" Yamcha asked as soon as they were outside.
"King-Kai just contacted me telepathically. He says if we don't gather the Dragonballs
in time, someone could die."
"Oh man," Tien commented to the others. "When King-Kai wants somebody to do something,
it better get done."
"I need you guys to gather the Dragonballs for me. It's a matter of life and death."
"What's wrong, Kakarott?" Vegeta asked, a smirk on his face. "Afraid Chi-Chi will beat
you up again."
"Go ahead, Saiyan," Krillin said, beginning to get mad. "Push one more button!"
"That's enough, both of you," Goku said. "Krillin, calm down. Vegeta, for your
information, I'm only stalling until I can get out of Chi-Chi's eye-sight. Then I'll join
you."
{Goku.}
"Hang on, everybody. King-Kai's trying to contact me again." {Yes, King-Kai?}
{Goku, there's a plane going down. You and the Dragon Force must stop the plane from
crashing.}
{A plane crash? King-Kai, what does that have to do with anything?}
{The passengers on that plane must survive. It is a matter of interdimensional
importance!}
Goku sighed. "Tien, Vegeta, get Piccolo and start looking for the plane. Yamcha,
Krillin and Chao-Zu will go to Capsule Corp. and retrieve Bulma's Dragonball radar. Trunks,
Gohan, and Goten will..."
"Goku! Where's that firewood? Sheesh, I thought with all your powers, you could at
least get firewood in five seconds."
"Sure, Chi-Chi. You three uh... start looking for the Dragonballs in all the usual
places."
"Huh?"
"Like where they were the last time we found them. Maybe they'll return there."
Everybody knew that was unlikely. Since every time after someone makes a wish, the Dragonballs
scatter in different directions and hide in different locations. But Goku was the leader and
had saved the universe more times than any of the others.