Innocence Reborn

Innocence Reborn

Part One

By Aura and Kaeli

Hi guys, Aura here, this is a joint fic between me and Kaeli, this fic is AU since it wouldn't happen in the series, it's set just after Goku returns and Trunks comes and tells them of the danger in the future.

What do ya think would happen if Gohan used the Dragonballs to wish a certain Namak into a kid, total and utter Chaos I think ^_^ but read and find out.

"is it defeat or victory that waits in the dark"

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A ravaging storm swept through the air, shaking everything around it, the wind blew menacingly bending the trees down to it's will, nothing was still. Now rain joined with the wind to complete the spell of the storm.

The sky darkened, as if nighttime was falling, but it was the middle of the day, in the hottest summer for years. It hadn't rained for weeks, just the relentless heat of the sun beaming down, the storm seemed so unnatural, as if some unknown force had brought it here.....

In the valley the sky was darkest, 2 figures were trying their best not to be blown away by the gale force winds which threatened to blow them away. By their feet lay a circle of 7 orbs, each with stars on them, and were glowing as brightly as the sun which had disappeared from the sky just minutes earlier.

The younger of the 2, Gohan, stepped up to the orbs and shouted as loud as he could, gathering the air into his lungs, his voice cried out long and clear and left his throat feeling hoarse.

"ARISE DRAGON!"

His voice seemed to be lost on the wind and he didn't even hear it, but as suddenly as the winds and rain had begun....they stopped, leaving only the dark sky. Seconds passed, and everything seemed to stop, nothing moved....Then, the orbs glowed brighter than ever, the stars on them seemed to disappear and suddenly a massive light erupted from each one and rose into the sky, joining together as one.

The light arched into the sky, slowly forming into a long shape, and finally the light cleared and a growl filled the air, showing the impressive form of the Eternal Dragon. Both Gohan and Krillan were shaking, no matter how many times they saw the Dragon, it would always affect them this way.

A minute passed, the Dragon growled again, impatient.

"YOU HAVE SUMMONED ME, MAKE YOUR WISH SO I CAN LEAVE!" the voice echoed off of every cliffside and rock, the sound surrounded them like a net, Krillan gulped and looked at Gohan, the kid was as awestruck as he was, and he watched as Gohan stepped forward, ready to make his wish......

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Miles away from the valley, in the cold antarctic region, a figure sat in the meditation position, it wouldn't seem so strange but for the fact he was around 20 feet in the air, and the fact he was green.

Piccolo's eyes were closed tight, concentrating hard. Suddenly he opened them and ducked as a mirror image of himself rushed by him and crashed into the mountainside, he smirked as his split form pulled out from the mountain and glared at him.

"can't get me that easi......oof!"

Piccolo's sentence was cut off as another mirror image punched him straight in the stomach and he doubled over, glaring at the 2 spilt forms smirking back with him. Bad enough he was being beaten, but by himself! Piccolo straightened up, spitting out some blood, then took on a fighting stance.

The fight began again, 2 against one, not fair odds usually. But then again, when you knew all the moves your opponent could use, it was more fair, right? wrong! Piccolo crashed into one of his split forms. After being smashed with his own attack, the two merged again and Piccolo went for the last split form, hitting it straight in the stomach, this continued for a while.

Piccolo gasped as not one, but 2 of his attacks came for him "why that little!!!" the first slammed into him, and he was thrown against his last split form and merged back, the second headed straight for the mountain.

Piccolo didn't notice that, his attention was focused on the darkness in the distance, someone was making a wish, and he had a feeling it had something to do with him. His feeling proved right when his body was enveloped in a glow and he started to feel dizzy, he felt something changing, and was too late to notice the other attack heading for the mountain. But by that time it was too late, and the attack slammed straight into the mountain and fell straight on top of the light enveloping the Namak......

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"YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED, I BID YOU FAREWELL!"

The Dragon once again became light and it disappeared back into the Dragonballs, which flew off in 7 separate directions, the sky lost the darkness and the full heat of the summer returned.

Gohan turned to Krillan "you think it worked" he said nervously, then he realized what he'd done "man! Piccolo's gonna kill me" he exclaimed, sweatdropping

Krillan looked at Gohan "he won't Gohan, not if the wish worked right"

Gohan calmed down "you're right Krillan, we'd better find him"

"yep, you don't know what he might do, so where is he?"

"I was supposed to go and train with him today by the mountains, ya know, the one's in the southern mountain range"

"yeah, I know em, it's surprising ya know Gohan" Krillan grinned as they flew in the direction of the mountains where Piccolo was training

"huh?" Gohan said surprised "what d'ya mean"

"that they're still there with Piccolo around" he smirked, then flew up to Gohan and tapped him lightly on the shoulder "tag" a big grin spread across Krillans face "you're it!"

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Gohan and Krillan came into view of the mountains, still chasing each other, but when they saw the newly destroyed mountain, ravaged with Piccolo's trademark attacks, their mood became more solumn and Gohan panicked.

"K..K...Krillan" he stuttered "you....you don't think Piccolo I.I.is under that do ya"

"I hope not Gohan" he sighed "but it's possible though"

They landed by the mountain, which had now been reduced to rubble, they both closed their eyes, searching for Piccolo's Ki, both opened there eyes. Gohan felt a tear go down his face

"he...he's in there" he sobbed, then started to search through the rubble frantically. Krillan jumped in and pulled him back "Gohan! you've got to be more careful, search for his Ki, then look there, he might be injured bad!"

Gohan sniffed "right" closed his eyes again and concentrated, then opened them and went straight for the rubble and searched in a specific spot. Krillan joined him and soon they spotted a flash of purple, this spurred them on and they kept pulling pieces of rubble off until they uncovered Piccolo's body. At their first glance they could tell the wish had worked.

For instead of Piccolo's tall form lying there, was a much smaller Namak, a bit younger than Dende, appearing to be about 4 or 5 by human years. He wore the same gi, cape and turban that Piccolo wore, looking cute on the child Namak. It was Piccolo, Gohan's wish had worked, and now in place of Piccolo, was a Namak child.

Krillan picked the small form up "he's not too bad Gohan, but let's get some help" he grinned and looked at Piccolo "he looks kinda cute ya know, guess your wish worked"

"yep" Gohan said wiping dirt off his face, "let's go to my house, mom can help, and dad'll be there too. I'm gonna ask them if he can stay with us. I know they'll say yes!"

"ok then"

Krillan rose in the air, with the figure in his arms. Gohan rose into the air also and both flew from the mountains, towards Gohan's house.

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It wasn't too far away, Gohan spotted his dad outside, training. Goku spotted them and waved, stopping when they landed and ran up to them, grinning widely

"hiya guys, what's up!" he said, then spotted the still unconscious Namak in Krillans arms.

"gosh, what happened to him" Goku scratched his head "who is he?"

Gohan looked down "that's Piccolo dad"

"WHAT!" Goku shouted "that can't be Piccolo". This noise brought Chichi out from the house, she went up to the group and glared at Gohan "there you are young man!". She frowned "where have you been, you're supposed to be studying"

"But mom, we made an agreement remember" Gohan sighed "I'm allowed to go train with Mr Piccolo in the mornings and on weekends, and I study in the afternoons, remember"

Chichi looked embarrassed "I forgot, sorry Gohan" she stopped and looked at the now chibi-Piccolo still lying unconscious in Krillans arms "who's that then. He looks like that little friend of yours, Dende right?"

"that's Piccolo mom" Gohan told her

Chichi's eyes went wide open. Her reaction was much like Goku's, luckily she didn't go into the *that monster who got my son away from his studies* rant, Gohan had got angry with her blaming Piccolo so he and Goku had explained how he had sacrificed himself for Gohan and how he protected him on Namak. She still didn't LOVE Piccolo, but she didn't hate him.

With this anger out of the way, Chichi went full into her mother/caring instincts and seconds later they were all inside the house. Piccolo was now lying on a couch, head propped on a cushion. Chichi was fetching every medicine thing she had and Gohan, Krillan and Goku were sat near the chibi-Piccolo.

When Chichi came back, she looked him over, for having a mountain fall on him, nothing seemed to be seriously wrong. Typical Piccolo. The worst being a gash on his head, which was bleeding slightly with purplish blood. She wrapped a gauze bandage around it, the others grinning as she tried to get it around his antennae. But finally every cut, graze or otherwise was fixed and Goku asked the question they'd all been thinking.

"Gohan, why did ya wish for this"

Gohan sighed sadly "remember when ya told me about you and Mr Piccolo fighting and about his daddy" Goku nodded "Well, I felt really bad for Mr Piccolo not being able to have a childhood and I wanted to show him what it's like"

Krillan spoke up "He won't remember anything Goku, not about any of us or even hating you. Gohan wished that Piccolo would be a kid so he could show him what it's like, that was part of the wish"

Gohan smiled slightly and looked up "Mom, can he stay here, I don't want him to be alone, no-one else can help him. I wouldn't want to leave him with Master Roshi or anywhere NEAR Vegeta" he smiled again "please?" to convince her fully. He did the one thing that no mother could resist, the sad looking face.

Chichi sighed, then smiled back at her son "Sure, as long as you keep studying" *and maybe* she thought *I can make Piccolo study too* She thought menacingly. A small groan brought her out of her thoughts, and they saw that Piccolo was starting to come round.

A second passed and his eyes opened. They still had that look that was only Piccolo's, but something else was there. An innocent look as he sat up, rubbing his head, and said, in a younger and innocent voice "Huh! where am I?"

Gohan knelt down "you're at my house, we found you unconscious in the valley" *might as well tell the truth" he thought *sorta at least*

Chichi knelt down as well "what's your name little one, where's your family?"

"I don't have a family, my dad's gone, I never knew him" the small child looked down sadly, then brightened up

"oh" was all Chichi could say "and what's your name"

"Piccolo" he said "but I like calling myself Ma Jr sometimes" he grinned "I think it sounds cool"

Finally he looked at Goku, but no hate could be seen in Piccolo's eyes. Goku smiled "do ya want to live with us then" he smiled. Piccolo nodded. Gohan grinned "come on Ma, I'll show you where you'll sleep"

Grabbing Piccolo's hand, Gohan took him out the room, the others followed.

Chichi was the last to leave, *nothing's going to be the same now is it* she thought and sighed, following the others. Chichi was right, from now on, nothing was going to be the same.

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Well, that's part one done, next part from Kaeli, I'm sure she'll be better at this since this is my first DBZ fic and she's written LOADS, but I will do better next time, what will happen to Piccolo? will Chichi get him to study? What will the other Z fighters think???? all on the next episode of DRAGONBALL Z!!!!! (walks away)

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