DBZ-R Prelude

Dragon Ball Z-Revolution

Prelude-Hope & Despair

My first AU fic! It picks up six years after Dragonball ended. I've added a whole bunch of new characters to the Z senshi. If you want to know who everyone is, go to my webpage and read my other fanfiction!

Bardock raced through the twisting corridors of the hospital towards the maternity ward. An urgent call from his mate had sent him running out of his lab at top speed. Something was wrong . . . Reaching her room Bardock flung the door open, "Kiichigo!" She looked up from their infant son and jumped from the chair running into his arms.

"Oh, Bardock!"

"Nanda, Kiichigo?" he asked wrapping his arms around her.

"I-it's Kakarott-chan," she forced out.

"What about him?" Bardock was even more worried now, what could be wrong with their son?

"It's his power-level, they tested it today . . . his ki is almost as high as the young prince's was when he was born!"

"Nani?! Are you sure?"

"Hai. They tested him several times with different scanners and each time the reading was the same . . ."

Bardock said nothing at first, if his son was this strong . . . "Kiichigo, who has seen the scanner readings?"

"Just the birthing doctor and his nurse, he still thinks the readings are false . . . Oh, Bardock! When they find out the readings are true, Lord Frieza will either take him from us or have him killed!" Kiichigo dissolved into tears as her mate held her and thought. Kakarott looked up at his mother and confused by her sadness, wrapped his tail around her wrist to try and make her feel better.

"Bardock." He turned at the sound of his name, to his surprise it was Zorn, the King's right-hand man. "His majesty requests your presence immediately."

Bardock nodded and turned to his mate, "It will be all-right, Kiichigo." He kissed her cheek and followed Zorn.

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Vegeta-Ou chuckled as his five year-old son attempted to pull him onto his back. Chibi-Vegeta growled in frustration, his father was too big for him to move! "Give up?" Chibi-Vegeta just growled again. Anzu-Ouhi came into the room and watched the two, their son was very strong but he wasn't on his father's level yet.

"Okay, you two. Playtime is over . . ."

Vegeta-Ou stood, chibi-Vegeta still clinging to his neck. "Okaasan!" the boy whined. "Can't we play a little longer . . ?"

"I'm afraid not. You've got your studies and your father has a kingdom to run. Now come on." Vegeta-Ou came over and kissed his mate. She smiled up at him, "The scientist, Bardock is here."

"He is? Good . . ." Chibi-Vegeta dropped down and stood by his mother. "We'll pick up where we left off tomorrow, okay?" Vegeta-Ou promised his son. Still smiling, Anzu turned and led their son out of the room. Vegeta-Ou shook his head, it was easy to see where their son had gotten his short, compact body from. His mate Anzu wasn't very tall herself. He sighed, at least he was strong, but then again that could be a problem later . . .

"You sent for me sire?" Vegeta-Ou turned to see Bardock standing behind him.

"I did. They scanned your new son's power-level today did they not?"

"Hai."

"Have you seen it?"

"No sire, but my mate told me it seems to be very high."

"It is . . . and we cannot let Frieza find out about him."

"Sire?" Bardock stared at him, was the king saying what he thought he was?

"Can you change the numbers on the scanners without anyone finding out?"

"W-w-well yes, I c-could. But why . . ?"

"Frieza already knows about my son, we can not let him have two children with that much power!"

"Do you think we can hide him long enough to help?" Bardock asked softly.

"Not here," the saiya-jin king looked out one of the windows, "We must send him to a backwater planet, far-enough away that he can grow in strength away from Frieza's attention." Bardock lowered his head, this meant that he and his mate wouldn't be able to see Kakarott for years. But at least he would be free. Vegeta-Ou continued, "If it had been possible, I would have sent my own son away . . ."

Bardock looked up, "But the son of a king is more likely to be missed than the son of a scientist, ne?"

"Exactly. Bardock, I believe our sons are the key to our people's freedom from Frieza's control. We must do everything we can to help them both."

"Hai. I'll get started immediately, sire."

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A few days later, Kiichigo placed Kakarott into the ship. She kissed his forehead then moved aside so the technicians could finish the launch preparartions. They gave the onboard computer one last check before shutting the door. Radditz watched all of this in frustration, they were sending away his new brother and there was nothing he could do about it. The teenager scowled, his tail lashing furiously. Bardock stood there feeling numb with sorrow, his arm around Kiichigo's shoulder. As the launch door shut and the pod took off, Kiichigo let out a sob and buried her face in Bardock's shoulder. 'Farewell my son, ganbare.'

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Kakarott growled at the man who approached him, he didn't recognize this old man and couldn't understand a word that he was saying. So when the man reached in to pick him up, Kakarott bit him. Son Gohan yelped and drew back his hand, "Itai! Now why did you do that? I'm not going to hurt you." Kakarott eyed him warily as Gohan tried again, but this time he didn't bite. "That's better, I wonder what you're doing out here all by yourself, hmm?" he paused when he noticed something swinging from side-to-side behind the baby. "You've got a tail! How strange . . . But I don't see a note or anything, so why don't I give you a name?" Gohan looked to the sky thoughtfully, "I know! From now on, your name will be Son Goku!" He looked down at the baby saiya-jin, "What do you think?" Kakarott just scowled at him in response.

December 12, 2000

Disclaimer: Here we go. I do not own any of the characters from Dragonball, Dragonball Z, or Dragonball GT. They are all the property of Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation, and Funimation Inc. However, all the other characters in my stories are mine. I'm not making any money off of this, its just for fun. And to top it off I'm a college student who works part-time at Wal-Mart so you know I don't have any money. So if you sue me you won't get anything.