Look, I'm back with another chapter! I am going to be going a bit more in depth than Gohan would know from this part, but I am going to assume that at some point since then, he and the others swapped stories about their trip to Namek. So, hold on to your seats, cause here we go!
Prepare yourself for:
Gohan's Story of DragonBall
OR
How to Tell the Woman of Your Dreams You're a Space Alien
The flight to their lake seemed much shorter than it actually was for both of them. They both were so deep in thought that they almost missed it. Just before flying overhead, though, Videl happened to look down. "Hey, look Gohan! We're here already!"
Gohan, deep in thought, almost didn't hear her. After a moment, it got through, though. "Oh, thats right!" he said, and he flew down to the shore and took his seat on the grass. Videl followed immediately after. "Wow, its nice out here," Gohan said, trying to keep off the subject as long as possible.
Videl saw through his little ploy (she's pretty good at that, eh?), though. "Gohan, you aren't getting out of telling your story. I want to hear the rest of it!"
Gohan merely nodded his head and thought about it for a moment. "Frieza...its been so long since I had to think about that time back on Namek..." Just then, Gohan noticed Videl waving her hand in front of his face.
"...to Gohan! Earth to Gohan! Can you here me, Gohan?"
"Ooops, sorry, Videl...I was just thinking about the past... Well, I guess I should get on with it, eh? Like I had said, we decided that, to bring everyone back, we would go to Namek. There were just a few tiny complications."
"First of all, we didn't even know where Namek was! We just knew it existed. Thankfully, King Kai was able to help us. He could talk to us telepathically, and he knew where Namek was. Now, we only had one other problem. How to get there."
"Yes, we had spaceships back then, but they weren't very fast. Bulma said it would take us about 4000 years to get there in one, so we had to find another way. That was when we remembered that Nappa's spacecraft was still here! We found his remote for it and Bulma attempted to use it to activate his pod. Unfortunately, she kind of pushed a wrong button or two and it self destructed... Then, we didn't know what to do, that is, until Mr. Popo came to us."
"Now, I don't remember if I told you about Mr. Popo, but he was kind of like Kami's assistant. You've met him when you went up to Dende's during the fight with Buu." Gohan stopped for a moment, remembering what had happened on THAT day, at THAT time...Videl had died. And, he added almost as an afterthought, so had so many others. Gohan shook himself from that memory, then went back to his story. Videl, while curious about Gohan's little lapse in speech, listened intently.
"Well, Mr. Popo came to tell us that Kami had a ship, too. I mean, he had to have gotten here somehow, right? Well, Mr. Popo knew where his ship was. He took us there, and Bulma started to look at it and try to get it running. With Mr. Popo's help (he knew the Namekian language), they were able to get the craft operational. At the time, my dad was still recovering from his fight with Vegeta, but the rest of us were okay, so we prepared to set out for Namek."
"The group of us who went was me, Krillin, and Bulma. It would take us about 30 days to get there, instead of 4000 years. So, we set out. The trip was pretty long and uneventful, but we got there in one piece. Unfortunately, Vegeta got there just as we did. Well, Bulma immediately called home. It seemed that another ship was being made by Bulma's dad that was much faster, and it would be able to get my dad to Namek in only 6 days."
"Well, Krillin and I had went out to try to gather the balls while Bulma stayed back. According to the dragon radar, someone already was gathering the balls, so we had to work fast. Well, before we could go anywhere, I sensed someone coming. When Krillin and I saw him, we thought he was a Saiyan, since he was dressed like one. The armor he was wearing was actually standard issue, we just didn't know it yet."
"Well, there were actually two of them, and when they saw us, they destroyed our ship so we couldn't leave. Krillin and I got mad at this and stopped suppressing our power just long enough to trash both of them. Well, we decided we couldn't stay there much longer, so we decided to find someplace for Bulma to hide while Krillin and I gathered the balls. We found a cave but just as we found it we sensed some people coming. We hid in the cave, but according to the radar, they had 4 of the balls. And their leader was very strange and very powerful. They were heading for another dragon ball a little ways off, so we rush off to get there first."
"It was about this time that my dad took off from Earth. The ship he had had a variable gravity control, so he began to train the entire way to Namek at increased gravity. I heard he went up as high as 100G's that trip. Well, after a short while, Krillin and I got to the place where the ball was. It was a village of Nameks. The other guys got there first, and we watched as they threatened, then killed, a bunch of the Nameks in the village."
"We were about to do something when we sensed some power levels incoming. If they were more of these guys, we didn't stand a chance, so we waited. The new powers were Namekian fighters, who killed a few of the bad guys, but then this big guy called Dodoria beat them all. At this point, only the elder and two kids were left. The leader of the bad guys, whose name was Frieza, told his men to kill the kids if the elder didn't cooperate. They killed one of them as a warning."
"At this point, I was getting pretty hot under the collar. I just had to help, so when this Frieza guy told Dodoria to kill the other kid, I flew out of my hiding place and told him to stop."
"Wow, Gohan! That seems SO like you!" Gohan blushed at Videl's compliment. At least, he thought it was intended as a compliment.
"Well, uh, I flew out and knocked him down and Krillin, me, and the Namek kid all ran away. We took him back to Bulma. You actually have met that little Namek, Videl. His name is Dende." Videl was shocked for a moment, and before she could say anything, Gohan continued on.
"Well, Dodoria chased after us, but we hid well and he couldn't get us. But Vegeta got him. Vegeta was also on Namek to gather the dragon balls. Well, back with Bulma, we were talking with Dende. We found out quite a bit, like Nameks don't have to eat, just drink, and that they are asexual. We also learned about the Ultimate Elder, the one who created all the balls."
"Well, Vegeta, like I said, was also searching for the dragon balls. He attacked a village and got one of them, then he hid the ball so that Frieza couldn't get it. As for us, we decide that I should stay with Bulma and guard our little base while Krillin and Dende take the risk and fly to meet up with the Elder. Now, I know that they ran into Vegeta fighting with one of Frieza's other minions, but other than that, all I know is that they made it to the Elder's."
"When they got there, they met a Namek who looked just like Piccolo named Nail and the Elder. The Elder gave Krillin some sort of power he called the sleeping power and the dragon ball. He was also the creator of the dragon balls, so when he died, which would be soon, they would become nothing but stones."
"After that, Krillin returned. While he was out, I had gotten the ball Vegeta had stolen and tricked Vegeta when he found me. He didn't kill me, I guess since we were some of the last Saiyans, but instead ran off after his ball, the one I had just taken. I raced back to Bulma with the ball and we waited for Krillin, who returned shortly. Then, he and I went to the Elder so I could get the sleeping power, too."
"Now, according to the stories I've heard, Vegeta had gotten hurt fighting Frieza's other minion and had been captured. From there, he stole Frieza's balls and was heading back, now only missing the ones we had. It was after his escape that I stole the ball he had taken from the Nameks earlier."
"We took our time heading for the Elder's so that we would be harder to detect, but Vegita still found us just before we got there. I slipped by him while Krillin kept him busy and I then received the sleeping power, too. This is when we found out about the Ginyu Force. The Elder noticed them incoming to the planet, and they were very strong. Since the Namek dragon will grant three wishes, we decide to ally with Vegeta and use the balls to bring back our friends. We got back to the balls just as Ginyu got there." After finishing that sentence, Gohan looks down at his watch and then up into the sky.
"Wow, Videl! Its getting pretty late. Why don't we call it a night? I don't want you to get in any more trouble..."
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea, Gohan...I'll see you tomorrow?" Videl sounded pretty enthusiastic about that last line.
Gohan, not quite getting the implications in Videl's tone, responded naturally. "Oh, of course, Videl. I'll be around in the morning for another storytelling session. See you then?"
"Bye, Gohan!" With that, the two of them flew off in opposite directions toward their respective homes. Gohan was still remembering his trip to Namek when he got home, so he called Krillin, and the two of them talked until all hours of the night about that fateful trip.
Well, I'm going to end that chapter right there. I am really trying to decide on what to do with Ginyu. I mean, I can't decide if Gohan will say 'Hey, they were cool,' and Videl will joke with him about that being where his Saiyaman skit comes from or if he will say they were dorks and Videl will tease him that he kind of looks like that doing his Saiyaman stuff, you know? Its a tough call. Those of you with preferences, add it in your review!
-htmLord
Prepare yourself for:
Gohan's Story of DragonBall
OR
How to Tell the Woman of Your Dreams You're a Space Alien
The flight to their lake seemed much shorter than it actually was for both of them. They both were so deep in thought that they almost missed it. Just before flying overhead, though, Videl happened to look down. "Hey, look Gohan! We're here already!"
Gohan, deep in thought, almost didn't hear her. After a moment, it got through, though. "Oh, thats right!" he said, and he flew down to the shore and took his seat on the grass. Videl followed immediately after. "Wow, its nice out here," Gohan said, trying to keep off the subject as long as possible.
Videl saw through his little ploy (she's pretty good at that, eh?), though. "Gohan, you aren't getting out of telling your story. I want to hear the rest of it!"
Gohan merely nodded his head and thought about it for a moment. "Frieza...its been so long since I had to think about that time back on Namek..." Just then, Gohan noticed Videl waving her hand in front of his face.
"...to Gohan! Earth to Gohan! Can you here me, Gohan?"
"Ooops, sorry, Videl...I was just thinking about the past... Well, I guess I should get on with it, eh? Like I had said, we decided that, to bring everyone back, we would go to Namek. There were just a few tiny complications."
"First of all, we didn't even know where Namek was! We just knew it existed. Thankfully, King Kai was able to help us. He could talk to us telepathically, and he knew where Namek was. Now, we only had one other problem. How to get there."
"Yes, we had spaceships back then, but they weren't very fast. Bulma said it would take us about 4000 years to get there in one, so we had to find another way. That was when we remembered that Nappa's spacecraft was still here! We found his remote for it and Bulma attempted to use it to activate his pod. Unfortunately, she kind of pushed a wrong button or two and it self destructed... Then, we didn't know what to do, that is, until Mr. Popo came to us."
"Now, I don't remember if I told you about Mr. Popo, but he was kind of like Kami's assistant. You've met him when you went up to Dende's during the fight with Buu." Gohan stopped for a moment, remembering what had happened on THAT day, at THAT time...Videl had died. And, he added almost as an afterthought, so had so many others. Gohan shook himself from that memory, then went back to his story. Videl, while curious about Gohan's little lapse in speech, listened intently.
"Well, Mr. Popo came to tell us that Kami had a ship, too. I mean, he had to have gotten here somehow, right? Well, Mr. Popo knew where his ship was. He took us there, and Bulma started to look at it and try to get it running. With Mr. Popo's help (he knew the Namekian language), they were able to get the craft operational. At the time, my dad was still recovering from his fight with Vegeta, but the rest of us were okay, so we prepared to set out for Namek."
"The group of us who went was me, Krillin, and Bulma. It would take us about 30 days to get there, instead of 4000 years. So, we set out. The trip was pretty long and uneventful, but we got there in one piece. Unfortunately, Vegeta got there just as we did. Well, Bulma immediately called home. It seemed that another ship was being made by Bulma's dad that was much faster, and it would be able to get my dad to Namek in only 6 days."
"Well, Krillin and I had went out to try to gather the balls while Bulma stayed back. According to the dragon radar, someone already was gathering the balls, so we had to work fast. Well, before we could go anywhere, I sensed someone coming. When Krillin and I saw him, we thought he was a Saiyan, since he was dressed like one. The armor he was wearing was actually standard issue, we just didn't know it yet."
"Well, there were actually two of them, and when they saw us, they destroyed our ship so we couldn't leave. Krillin and I got mad at this and stopped suppressing our power just long enough to trash both of them. Well, we decided we couldn't stay there much longer, so we decided to find someplace for Bulma to hide while Krillin and I gathered the balls. We found a cave but just as we found it we sensed some people coming. We hid in the cave, but according to the radar, they had 4 of the balls. And their leader was very strange and very powerful. They were heading for another dragon ball a little ways off, so we rush off to get there first."
"It was about this time that my dad took off from Earth. The ship he had had a variable gravity control, so he began to train the entire way to Namek at increased gravity. I heard he went up as high as 100G's that trip. Well, after a short while, Krillin and I got to the place where the ball was. It was a village of Nameks. The other guys got there first, and we watched as they threatened, then killed, a bunch of the Nameks in the village."
"We were about to do something when we sensed some power levels incoming. If they were more of these guys, we didn't stand a chance, so we waited. The new powers were Namekian fighters, who killed a few of the bad guys, but then this big guy called Dodoria beat them all. At this point, only the elder and two kids were left. The leader of the bad guys, whose name was Frieza, told his men to kill the kids if the elder didn't cooperate. They killed one of them as a warning."
"At this point, I was getting pretty hot under the collar. I just had to help, so when this Frieza guy told Dodoria to kill the other kid, I flew out of my hiding place and told him to stop."
"Wow, Gohan! That seems SO like you!" Gohan blushed at Videl's compliment. At least, he thought it was intended as a compliment.
"Well, uh, I flew out and knocked him down and Krillin, me, and the Namek kid all ran away. We took him back to Bulma. You actually have met that little Namek, Videl. His name is Dende." Videl was shocked for a moment, and before she could say anything, Gohan continued on.
"Well, Dodoria chased after us, but we hid well and he couldn't get us. But Vegeta got him. Vegeta was also on Namek to gather the dragon balls. Well, back with Bulma, we were talking with Dende. We found out quite a bit, like Nameks don't have to eat, just drink, and that they are asexual. We also learned about the Ultimate Elder, the one who created all the balls."
"Well, Vegeta, like I said, was also searching for the dragon balls. He attacked a village and got one of them, then he hid the ball so that Frieza couldn't get it. As for us, we decide that I should stay with Bulma and guard our little base while Krillin and Dende take the risk and fly to meet up with the Elder. Now, I know that they ran into Vegeta fighting with one of Frieza's other minions, but other than that, all I know is that they made it to the Elder's."
"When they got there, they met a Namek who looked just like Piccolo named Nail and the Elder. The Elder gave Krillin some sort of power he called the sleeping power and the dragon ball. He was also the creator of the dragon balls, so when he died, which would be soon, they would become nothing but stones."
"After that, Krillin returned. While he was out, I had gotten the ball Vegeta had stolen and tricked Vegeta when he found me. He didn't kill me, I guess since we were some of the last Saiyans, but instead ran off after his ball, the one I had just taken. I raced back to Bulma with the ball and we waited for Krillin, who returned shortly. Then, he and I went to the Elder so I could get the sleeping power, too."
"Now, according to the stories I've heard, Vegeta had gotten hurt fighting Frieza's other minion and had been captured. From there, he stole Frieza's balls and was heading back, now only missing the ones we had. It was after his escape that I stole the ball he had taken from the Nameks earlier."
"We took our time heading for the Elder's so that we would be harder to detect, but Vegita still found us just before we got there. I slipped by him while Krillin kept him busy and I then received the sleeping power, too. This is when we found out about the Ginyu Force. The Elder noticed them incoming to the planet, and they were very strong. Since the Namek dragon will grant three wishes, we decide to ally with Vegeta and use the balls to bring back our friends. We got back to the balls just as Ginyu got there." After finishing that sentence, Gohan looks down at his watch and then up into the sky.
"Wow, Videl! Its getting pretty late. Why don't we call it a night? I don't want you to get in any more trouble..."
"Yeah, that's probably a good idea, Gohan...I'll see you tomorrow?" Videl sounded pretty enthusiastic about that last line.
Gohan, not quite getting the implications in Videl's tone, responded naturally. "Oh, of course, Videl. I'll be around in the morning for another storytelling session. See you then?"
"Bye, Gohan!" With that, the two of them flew off in opposite directions toward their respective homes. Gohan was still remembering his trip to Namek when he got home, so he called Krillin, and the two of them talked until all hours of the night about that fateful trip.
Well, I'm going to end that chapter right there. I am really trying to decide on what to do with Ginyu. I mean, I can't decide if Gohan will say 'Hey, they were cool,' and Videl will joke with him about that being where his Saiyaman skit comes from or if he will say they were dorks and Videl will tease him that he kind of looks like that doing his Saiyaman stuff, you know? Its a tough call. Those of you with preferences, add it in your review!
-htmLord