Dragon Ball Z-Revolution
Chapter 3-Deception
After two weeks of lying low with his family, Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He had to talk with someone who knew how he felt, someone close to his age.
One phone call later . . .
Jianu was flying towards Gohan's home. He met her halfway and the two young senshi went to find a quiet place to talk.
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" . . . . I think what bothers me the most, is that I can't make `Tousan or `Kaasan feel better," Jianu moaned plaintively. They'd been talking for some time now, and were finally getting to the root of their problems.
"Uhn. They take it so personally `cause they care so much. It's kinda like . . . they feel everyone's pain."
"There has to be something we can do . . . ."
"Iie. `Jichan Radditz said if we tried to help early, we'd be killed. So right now we just gotta wait."
"I guess you're right, but still . . ." she trailed off, slamming her fist into her hand.
"I know," Gohan replied. Neither one spoke much after that. They simply sat there, taking comfort in each other's presence.
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Jianu sighed heavily as she flew back home, 'I guess I should land and get out my airbike.' It had been decided amongst the Z senshi that it would be safer for them to not use Buukuujuutsu for the time being. But Jianu couldn't help it. Flying was a part of her, a freedom she reveled in, and it was very hard to give up. So she only flew far from the city, being careful not to be seen.
A voice spoke out from behind her, "So Chikyuu-jin can fly." Jianu gasped and turned around, her eyes wide. Levitating behind her was a handsome man dressed in strange-looking, light blue armor, a long tail swinging slowly behind him. He was a saiya-jin! Toma couldn't help but smile at the expression on the girl's face, she looked stunned. He frowned slightly when he saw the terror in her eyes. 'She thinks I'm going to kill her,' he thought. Smiling slightly, he spoke to her, "You're the one I've been picking up on my scouter, aren't you?" Toma said it more as a statement than a question and Jianu nodded meekly. His face grew serious, "You should be more careful. The time for battle is nearing, little one." Jianu said nothing and Toma continued, "Now, hurry and go home child."
"Hai!"
Toma chuckled as he watched her land and go tearing across the landscape. "Nice kid. Not too strong and lacks experience, but that will change in time."
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Not one week later, the Son family had some unexpected visitors . . .
The door burst open and Goku took a defensive stance in front of Chichi as three strangely armored men came inside. One of whom bore an incredible resemblance to Goku.
Gohan was drawn into the room by the commotion, "Otousan! Okaasan!"
"Stay back Gohan!"
One of them, a short man with a muscular compact frame and black up-swept hair turned to Goku, "Kakarott, we've come to find out why you did not complete your mission."
"Mission? What are you talking about?"
"You were sent here to conquer this planet for Lord Frieza. Don't tell me you've forgotten!" the man sneered.
Goku scowled, "I don't know who you are or what you're talking about. And my name isn't Kakarott. It's Son Goku!"
A tall bald man with a mustache turned to the short man, "What should we do, Vegeta-Ouji?"
Goku blinked in surprise, 'This is the saiya-jin prince?'
Vegeta thought for a moment, "We'll bring Kakarott back with us and report to Lord Frieza."
"And the other two?"
"Kill them."
Chichi screamed and before Goku could say a word a voice rang out loudly in his mind. 'Say nothing or they will die!'
The bald saiya-jin raised his hand and began charging his ki.
"Goku-sa!"
Suddenly he turned around and fired out the still-open door. The blast smashed into the next mountain, creating a huge explosion. The Son family stared at the saiya-jins, completely baffled. What was going on?
"Executions complete Vegeta-Ouji."
"Good job, Nappa. Turles, bring Kakarott. Ikuzo!"
Gohan was about to protest when he heard his father's mental voice, 'Gohan, don't say anything. When we're gone I want you and your mother to go over to Bulma's. Don't worry everything will be all-right.' As Turles took hold of Goku, he winked at Chichi and Gohan while Goku gave them an encouraging smile. Then the four saiya-jins went out the door and flew off.
Chichi ran to the yard and watched as they disappeared over the horizon. "Goku-sa," she whispered.
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Goku blinked in surprise as they reached the Emperor's palace. But it wasn't their location that had him confused, it was the large spaceship occupying the courtyard. They landed and went in.
Once inside, Vegeta immediately headed off on his own. Nappa turned to Turles, "Take Kakarott to the infirmary and have the doctors perform a full physical on him."
"Hai."
As the two headed to the infirmary Goku had to ask, "Why do ya need ta check me out? I'm healthy."
"It's not your health we're concerned about, cousin. It's your head," Turles answered him.
"My head?" Goku still didn't understand . . . Wait a minute . . . did he just say . . . "Cousin?!"
Turles chuckled, "You didn't think it was a coincidence that we look so much alike, now did you Kakarott?" He turned and spoke so softly that Goku could hardly hear him, "Say nothing of what occurred before until the prince tells you it is safe. Frieza has ears everywhere."
Goku nodded, Radditz had said something similar to him months ago.
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Vegeta eyed the medical reports on Kakarott. It seemed that the Chikyuu raised saiya-jin had suffered a serious blow to the head as a child. That would account for the his loss of memory. With luck, Frieza would accept this and not require him to kill Kakarott. They had prepared for his "execution" anyway, as they had for his family. But it would be much easier to bring Kakarott to Vegeta-sei later on if he was "alive".
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Goku fidgeted in his new armor as Vegeta made his report to Frieza. He wasn't used to wearing form-fitting clothing and on top of that he'd been getting a real creepy feeling from Frieza ever since his horned face had first appeared on the monitor. Turles elbowed him in the ribs and Goku stopped fidgeting.
" . . . as you can see Frieza-sama, Kakarott suffered severe head-trauma as a child. We believe this is the reason he did not complete his mission," Vegeta was saying.
"What do you plan on doing with him?"
Vegeta bowed slightly, "With your permission, we will retrain him from the ground-up. Due to this planet's low gravity and lack of even low-level warriors, his strength is negligible. He's also lost his tail somehow, but we may be able to restore it."
Frieza sat back in his hover-chair and debated over having the third-class monkey killed right then, or allowing his pet monkey prince to have a pet of his own. "Do what you like with him and the planet. If you choose to keep it, be sure there are no high-level warriors in hiding."
Vegeta and the others bowed low, "Hai. Arigato gozaimasu, Frieza-sama." The monitor went dark and the tension in the room visibly decreased. Vegeta began to leave the room, "Come with me Kakarott."
Goku blinked in surprise before following, "Hai."
Vegeta led Goku outside of the ship all the way to the palace garden. " . . . I suppose you're wondering what just went on."
Goku nodded his head, "I also want to know why you staged that "execution" of my family."
Vegeta took a deep breath before answering, "It's standard procedure to kill anyone found with possible traitors. As far as Frieza is concerned, your mate and son are dead." He smirked, "We had a more elaborate "death" planned for you, had Frieza ordered us to kill you. Fortunately we didn't need it."
"Arigato."
Vegeta crossed his arms, "Hmph. Radditz should have explained the situation to you, so I won't waste time repeating it. The first order of business is to find a suitable place to train."
Goku smiled, "My friend Bulma and her `Tousan have been working on some training equipment for us. Why don't we check with her first?"
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Vegeta eyed the rounded domes of the Capsule Corporation complex with surprise. Nestled amongst the largely rectangular buildings that made up the West Capital, its unique structure made it stick out. "This is it?"
"Yep." They landed at the outer gate and immediately people began to panic. Goku sweat-dropped, "Oops. Maybe we should've landed inside the yard."
Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Baka. Come on."
The two saiya-jins took off again, this time landing in front of the door. Goku reached up and knocked on the door. It opened to reveal Bulma's mother. "Goku-chan! I'm so glad you're here! Chichi and Gohan-chan told us what happened and we were all so worried about you!" She blinked in surprise when she noticed Vegeta, "Oh! Who's your friend?"
Goku grinned, "This is Vegeta, the saiya-jin prince. Vegeta, this is Bulma's okaasan."
"Hajimemashite! Come on in! Everyone's waiting in the living room!" with that Bulma's mother turned around and led them inside.
Vegeta stared after her, what was with this woman? Sensing his confusion Goku chuckled, "Don't worry, she's always like that." With that the Chikyuu raised saiya-jin entered Capsule Corp, followed by a still slightly bewildered Vegeta.
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"Oi minna!"
"Goku!!"
As he entered the room Chichi dashed over and jumped on him, hugging him tightly while the rest of his friends got up and came over. Everyone was there and everyone had questions.
"Whoa! Minna, sit down and I'll let ya know what happened." Goku turned around to look in the hallway, "Oi Vegeta, come on in and meet my friends." Feeling suddenly nervous Vegeta scowled deeply, he was the saiya-jin no ouji! Why should he care what they think? Stepping into the room he looked at the people assembled there, without his scouter he had no idea how strong they were but some of them were obviously warriors. Goku grinned and turned to his friends, "Minna, this is Vegeta. he's the saiya-jin prince." As a group they stared at him, an assortment of emotions gracing each of their faces. "Vegeta, these are my friends and family: this my son Gohan and my wife Chichi, my best friend Kuririn, Yamcha, Puar, Bulma, Tenshinhan, his wife Kushami and their daughters Hanabira and Capullo, Chouzu, Debra and her daughter Jianu, and my sensei Muten-Roshi. They're the strongest fighters on Chikyuu." Goku smiled happily at the prince.
Vegeta on the other hand looked very worried, these were the only warriors Chikyuu had to offer? This was worse than he had feared, much worse.
March 05, 2001
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