CHAPTER 4
Nail and Bardock looked around the huge room. They were amazed at how big it was. "What the hell is this?" Bardock asked Nail. "I don't know Bardock..." Nail said with a surprised look on his face. They walked onto the white floor and both almost fell forward. They weren't ready for the gravity to pull them down. "Whoa, this will help us increase our training, we will become stronger and faster in less time now." Nail said happily. Bardock nodded. They both began to stretch, wondering how they were going to be able to fuse their minds, like their mentor, Piccolo, said. "Maybe we just have to keep fighting each other until we know each of our tricks, and all of our moves." Bardock said. "Yes, but how will I be able to see what you see, and the other way around." Nail asked. They both thought for a long time. "Well everyone needs our help, so we mine as well train, maybe it will hit us while we fight each other." Bardock said. Nail nodded. "I have been eager to see how much you have progressed, and I would like to know how much I have progressed as well." Nail said. Bardock grinned, "Ya ready?" Nail got into his stance, "When you are." Bardock got into his stance. They stared for a few minutes planning out their attacks, but always keeping an eye out on the other. Suddenly Nail disappeared, Bardock tried to sense his ki, but the split second he concentrated on Nail's ki, was the split second he realized he shouldn't have done that. He tried to block but Nail's fist landed in the side of his head, making him stagger back, then Nail appeared behind him and swung his leg at Bardock's feet, but Bardock did a high back-flip, and then shooting all his weight down to the crouching Nail. Bardock's feet connected with Nail's face, Nail was caught off-guard making him fall back. Bardock appeared a few feet on top of him and yelled, "Kaa-Mee-Haa-Mee-HAAAA!" firing an average beam at Nail. Nail stood up, putting his right arm over his chest. As the beam became closer he swatted it back at Bardock, then firing another beam at him with his left hand. Bardock easily dodged his Kame-Hame-Ha but Nail's beam landed in his back, knocking the wind out of him. Then Nail appeared on top of him, cupping his hands together and knocking Bardock down to the ground. Nail went to continue the fight on the ground, but Bardock was gone. Suddenly, he sensed something behind him. He turned to block it, but it wasn't Bardock. It was a huge glacier, edging closer to him. Nail couldn't dodge it, it was humungous, and it was heading towards their little palace. "I've got to stop it." Nail said to himself. He backed up a few feet, giving himself some room, and screamed, "MASENKO-HAAA!!!" Nail fired a huge beam at the glacier, but it kept coming. He put all his energy into it, and it began to slow. "Oh no, it's still coming! Wait, is that... BARDOCK!!!!!" He was shocked to see Bardock stuck in the ice. "I must have hit him right into it. Shit, what am I gonna do now." Nail surrounded himself with all of his energy and fired. "I gotta save him...I will save you!" Nail yelled to Bardock, hoping he would hear him.
Nail heard a faint scream coming from the glacier. "ITTTSSSS FFFRRREEEZZZIINNNGGG." Bardock thought to himself. He felt Nail's power rise drastically, "Hhhheeee IISSSssSsss pppprrrooobbbaaabblllyyy ttttrrryyyiiinnggg tttooo sssaaavvveee mmeee." He tried to power up and let out a loud scream. His hair turned golden, and the heat from his aura melted the ice around him. Now that he had more space to move, he began punching the ice. Nail felt Bardock's ki rise, so he flew toward it. He saw him punching at the ice frantically so Nail went to the same spot and helped him punch his way out. After a few punches the ice broke and their fists met. They looked at each other and grinned. "You ok buddy?" Nail asked. "It's gonna take a little more than a gigantic glacier to take me out." He said with a smile. "Ya wanna rest a little?" Nail asked. "Nah, it's better to train when your tired, you get to push your body to it's limits, that's great for me since I'm a Saya-jin. Nail nodded, "That's my father's saying, well everything except the Saya-jin part." They both chuckled. "Well, we better be careful with those glaciers, and any other surprises this crazy place has to offer." Bardock said as he got into his fighting stance. "Shall we?" he said to Nail. Nail got up and their training began.
CHAPTER 5
"Why are you here? What do you want from us?" Piccolo said at once. "Don't you know? I want revenge...." "But why now? Why didn't you show up when I was young, and when Goku was still alive. We were the ones who killed you, why did you try to hurt Goten?" Piccolo pressed on. "Well, killing you and Goku would have been easy, besides what would be worse than death for you two? Well, killing your children of course. Knowing the fact that you weren't strong enough to protect them would be the worst punishment, worse than death...am I right?" A big smile crossed Radditz's face while he spoke. He could see the realization hit Piccolo like a ton of bricks. "It was unfortunate that Goku died, I wanted to see that look on his face as well." Radditz said. "But how are you still alive!? Who wished you back, I saw Piccolo kill you!" Gohan said, Piccolo was speechless. "Well that one is easy, do you remember when that monster Janenba was released?" "Janenba?" Gohan said in a confused tone. "Hmm, you don't know him, well do you remember when all the evil was revived? When you killed Frieza the second time so easily? Well I saw this display and I knew that if you were strong enough to defeat Frieza, I stood no chance. So I ran. As far as I could get. I flew all the way to the North Pole, where the magnetism would naturally hide my growing power level, and I trained. I trained for years. I happened to get lucky and find the holy water that keeps you youthful and strong. If not for that I would have probably attacked much sooner, and I might have been defeated. But I saw all of your battles, learned your techniques. I found out about becoming Super Saya-jin, and then surpassing that level as well. And now after years of training and waiting, I will kill you Gohan, Goten, and the two that aren't here. They will be coming soon right?" Radditz said with eagerness in his voice. Piccolo and Gohan had bewildered looks on their faces. How could they have been so careless as to not noticing that Radditz watched each and every one of their battles. Piccolo became angry at him self. "Well are they coming or not? Because hunting them will probably be more fun." Suddenly, Piccolo smiled confidently. "You may be able to defeat us, but you clearly underestimate Nail and Bardock's power. They would easily defeat you." "HAHAHA! Do you think I would fall for that? I also saw the battle with the Samekian, I know their abilities and frankly, they do not impress me. But I will drag the fight out with them, longer than I will with you, GREEN MAN!" Radditz answered, trying to bait Piccolo into a head-on clash. Piccolo grinned, you may be clever Radditz, but we will have the last laugh." Piccolo said calmly. Radditz became infuriated, "IS HE SERIOUS, he is so calm, like I am not even strong enough to worry about....I WILL KILL HIM!!!" Radditz yelled to himself. He began to power up. Piccolo try to keep the cool look in his eyes, but his power was too much. Gohan and Piccolo were amazed, what they felt before was nothing to what they felt now. "I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!!!" Radditz yelled as he began to rip through the air towards Piccolo. Piccolo tried to dodge but Radditz was too fast, his fist landing in Piccolo's chest. Piccolo thought his ribs were broken right there as he staggered back trying to catch his breath. Gohan immediately kicked at Radditz, making him stumble off balance as Trunks and Goten went Super Saya-jin and flew towards the battle. Radditz turned and punched air as Gohan quickly dodged and Piccolo's fist slammed into Radditz's ribs. Radditz turned to Piccolo as he felt two hard punches smash into his back, knocking the wind out of him. "HHHHAAAAA!!!" Radditz yelled as a burst of power knocked Gohan and Piccolo off their feet. Goten and Trunks stood steadily, watching their enemy. Goten lunged first, missing Radditz's head by a centimeter as Radditz flung his knee up into Goten's gut, Trunks kicked at his feet, trying to trip him, but only giving him a clear shot to Trunks' chest, which he took gratefully. Goten's uppercut landed clean with Radditz's jaw, knocking him off balance as Piccolo and Gohan yelled, "MASENKO!" firing a beam each into his back. When the smoke cleared Radditz was gone. "Was that suppose to hurt?" Radditz asked them. Piccolo and Gohan turned only to meet a fist in the cheek, knocking them to the floor. Trunks and Goten flew back to attack. "We are getting too old for this Gohan." Piccolo said with a grin as he rubbed his cheek. Gohan chuckled. "Hey Piccolo, since this is probably our last battle, we mine as well power up to our full potential, I mean it doesn't matter if it shortens our lives, we mine as well help them.... plus, I am getting tired, I mean in the long run." Gohan said. "I know what you mean Gohan, we mine as well face the facts, let's show this chump what we are really made of." "Right!" Gohan said enthusiastically. As Goten picked himself off the floor to help Trunks out he felt two huge powers get bigger and bigger. "Yes, now we can take him." Goten said to himself. Gohan and Piccolo stood there, watching Trunks give it all he got. Piccolo with a blue aura surrounding him, and Gohan's full golden hair, extending down to his knees. Their power was impressive for two beings that have been alive for so many years. As Radditz knocked Trunks away, he looked at the pair. "Wow, you're pretty strong for a pair of dying geezers." Radditz said as Piccolo's fist slammed into his face making him stagger back clumsily into Gohan's knee. Then he fell to his knees as Piccolo threw a knee into his nose, knocking him flat on the floor. Gohan was already in the air firing hundreds of shots into his chest. "Gohan look out!" Piccolo screamed as Radditz appeared behind him with golden hair of his own, swatting him to the floor. Gohan hit with a loud thud as Goten and Trunks, now level 2, were flying towards him. Radditz got ready for his attack as he realized Piccolo was gone, he turned and blocked Piccolo's seemingly weak punch, but Piccolo was smiling. Radditz turned to fight Goten and Trunks but Piccolo held him. Radditz's eyes widened as he felt the two Super Saya-jins raining their blows into his back, each flooding pain into his body. His rage built and it erupted, his hair becoming a darker gold. Radditz easily broke out of Piccolo's grasp and punched him square in the forehead, knocking him off the palace and all the way to the Earth below. He turned towards Goten and Trunks and fought them off steadily. Dodging and attacking, and then he heard another scream. He felt a huge ki behind him and as he turned he saw a vague figure with red fur and long full black hair, and...a tail! He tried to block its punch but it went right through his defense and knocked him clear across the palace. He landed at the edge and struggled to get up as he felt a hand wrap around his neck, he looked into it's eyes and saw...Gohan! "I will not let you terrorize us any longer." Gohan said in an eerie voice. He threw Radditz into the air and flew above him. Gohan put his hands together and yelled, "KAAAA-MEEEEE-HAAAA-MEEEE-HAAA!!!!!" The beam crashed into Radditz, almost taking him over...almost. Gohan heard a menacing cry come for where Radditz was when the beam hit. The scream made his hair stand on end. "Whaaaa....!!!" Gohan managed to say. Radditz raced towards him, he was Super Saya-jin level 3. Gohan could only watch, Radditz was too fast for him to react. Radditz began to land punch after punch into Gohan. Gohan tried to do something but Radditz was too fast. "Goten, we gotta help him!" Trunks screamed. "Right." Goten said as he got into position.
Radditz kept using Gohan as a punching bag as he felt a considerable ki race towards him again. He turned to meet Piccolo's fist, which didn't really affect him, but it did get his attention away from Gohan. Piccolo retreated, knowing that he had to buy Goten and Trunks some time. "C'mon you dirty monkey, I am right here." Radditz was already in a blind rage because they had made him turn level 3 and this only increased his anger. He flew towards the retreating Piccolo, catching up to him quickly. Piccolo flew straight towards the Earth, hoping the gravity, his immense speed, and his blinded rage would make him collide with the Earth. He saw the ground coming closer and closer and he felt Radditz was just as close. Right when Piccolo was about a foot away, he veered with all his strength upward, feeling like the Earth wanted to join with him, pulling him with all its gravity inward, but he knew he couldn't let it win. As soon as Radditz realized what Piccolo was doing he tried to follow him upwards, but Piccolo had tricked him and Radditz was going to fast to pull away in time. He crashed into the Earth with such a force that it shook the Earth in a 30-mile radius. Piccolo felt a huge ki flying downward toward him. "Gotenks, what took you so long!" Piccolo screamed. "Sorry Piccolo-san, we almost forgot how to fuse, we haven't done it in such a long time!" They said with a grin. Gohan also flew down as he regained his composure. "Where is he??" Gohan said. "I made him crash into the Earth pretty hard, but I don't know what he is waiting for. It couldn't have knocked him out...could it?" Piccolo wondered. "Let's just wait and see." Gohan said.
"You worthless, piece of green shit...do you know who your fighting against, I am ten times stronger than you, how dare you even think of raising your fists at me." Radditz mumbled. "Strength and power isn't everything you know, you must have heart and cunning as well." Piccolo said. Gohan remembered the time Piccolo had told him that when they fought Vegeta's ally, Nappa. Radditz was infuriated, "How can he be so calm, knowing that he will eventually die, what is he hiding...." Radditz thought to himself. Then he began to realize that the two youngest, and strongest weren't there. "OH NO, HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO FOOLISH!?" Radditz yelled to himself. "They have been deceiving me all along! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU ALL!!!" "Well guys, it looks like he figured us out, has it been a day yet?" Piccolo said. "We got about two hours left Piccolo, I don't know if Nail and Bardock are gonna get out in time." Gohan answered. "Ha ha, don't worry gramps," Gotenks said jokingly to Gohan, "we can take this chump." "We'll see," Piccolo said, "get ready for an even tougher fight, cause I think he can go level 4...." They all looked on at the enraged Saya-jin, and got ready for the fight of their lives.
CHAPTER 6
Nail and Bardock had been fighting for two months straight now. They have learned each other's strategies so well, that they have barely even been able to land a punch. They are flying around each other looking for an opening, and the moment one of them sees the opening, the other already knows the attack and the timing of it so it would be useless to attempt. The one time they might have had a head-on clash was when they were locked in a beam fight, which was almost always a tie anyway. "Hey Nail, what do ya say we stop, I'm pooped," Bardock said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. Nail nodded and let his ki fall. That was Bardock's opening, he lunged with all his speed and power with his fist into Nail's unsuspecting face, only to hit air. Nail saw it coming and as he appeared under Bardock and flew upwards with his leg, he also hit air. They ended up staring each other in the face. All of a sudden Bardock cracked a smile, Nail followed, and they both starting cracking up. "You know my technique so well, that even if I try to cheat, you see it coming." Bardock said. "But you knew I knew, Bardock, so it doesn't really matter...I think our training is done." Nail answered. They both nodded at each other. "But first," Bardock said, "I have got to eat SOMETHING!!!" Nail hit the floor. Bardock walked into the food storage and stuffed his face with anything that was edible. "I'll be there for you father, we are almost done..." Nail thought to himself.
CHAPTER 7
"Hmmm...first I will take out the fused one, he will be the most trouble, then I will take my time with the old ones, especially the Namek, he will die slowly....." Radditz thought to himself. Radditz charged at Gotenks, ignoring the blasts that Gohan and Piccolo fired at him. Gotenks dodged his first punch but the second punch landed in their stomach knocking the wind out of them. Then Radditz slammed them into the ground and dragged them along the surface. Piccolo and Gohan were on each side of him, hitting Radditz with everything they had, but it wasn't enough, Radditz didn't flinch. Gotenks suddenly disappeared from his grip and landed a well-placed kick into Radditz's temple, which made him lose his balance, then they appeared where Radditz was falling and rose up knocking him the other way. Radditz fell to the floor hard and shook his head, trying to realize what was going on. Gohan and Piccolo were pounding him while he was on the floor, which was making his vision blurry. Gotenks appeared on top of him and fired his punches into his chest, trying to break his ribs. Radditz could barely breathe, he didn't think he could fight anymore, the pain was too great. He felt some kind of enormous ki building inside of him, "These, bastards...I will make them pay....." Radditz thought as the power inside him came into his reach. Piccolo felt it, "Oh no, guys here it comes!" Piccolo yelled. Suddenly, they were all blown away. They all caught themselves in mid-air and gaped down at the monster. His power was incredible. "We better be caref-" Piccolo tried to say, but Radditz cut him off by slamming his fist into his jaw. Piccolo did not even sense Radditz coming. Gohan and Gotenks barely saw it. All they saw was Piccolo falling to the floor, with a surprised and painful look on his face. They looked for Radditz but he was gone. When Gohan turned he felt a pair of hands cupped together smash into his face, which sent him flying towards the floor. Gohan landed next to Piccolo. "What the hell just happened???" Gohan managed to utter. "He's so fast, we can't even sense him....Nail and Bardock better hurry up." Piccolo answered. Gotenks soon hit the floor beside them. "He is pretty fast.." they said. Radditz appeared standing at their feet. "Look at you, your all pathetic, I should kill you right now..." Radditz raised his hand with his palm facing them. "But without you, I would have never discovered this incredible power." Radditz said as he brought his arm to his broken armor, and easily ripped it off, exposing the red fur on his chest. "So I will kill you all one by one, slowly." Gotenks stood up. "You and Gohan aren't the only one with that ability." Gotenks said as he tried to think of everything that made him angry. "Trunks, if we lose, he will kill Jinja and Pan!" Gohan said. "Goten, if he wins, he will kill Bra, or even worse...." Piccolo said. Gotenks thought about this as his power suddenly shot up. Radditz looked on, letting him go level 4. They let out a scream and the transformation began. They grew red fur on their body, their hair and eyes became a very dark black, and they acquired a menacing look on their face. Gotenks attacked without a warning, landing a good punch in Radditz's face. Radditz fell back and they appeared behind him firing another punch in his back. Then they appeared in front of him again and shot a few kicks into his face and chest. Radditz grabbed one of their legs and threw them on the floor, still holding on to their leg. Then he threw him to the other side and again and again. Gotenks tried to shake it off but Radditz pursued, landing a few hard punches into their stomach, knocking the wind out of them. Radditz grabbed them by their arm, and flung them into the air. Then fired an enormous beam, which would have easily killed them, but they somehow fell out of the way and down back to the floor. Radditz raised an eyebrow, "What the...I missed?" But he realized he didn't miss, he just hit the wrong guy. Gotenks and Piccolo painfully watched as Gohan's smoking body fell to the floor. "Oh no...Gohan...." Piccolo whispered. "GOOHHHAAANNN!!!!!!" Gotenks roared. Gotenks flew toward him, and kneeled, putting Gohan's head on their lap. "Hey kiddo, you ok?" Gohan asked slowly. "Why did ya have to go and do that, we were ok..." Gotenks said. "You are my little bro Goten, and you Trunks, you gotta take care of Pan and my new granddaughter for me...I am old, I was gonna die anyway." Gotenks shed a tear, "We are gonna take him out for ya, he's not gonna get away with this. Gohan smiled, he faintly saw Piccolo standing over him. "I'm proud of you.....Gohan." Piccolo whispered and managed a smile, but Gohan saw he wasn't happy. With that Gohan closed his eyes for the last time. Piccolo closed his eyes and lowered his head, but Gotenks wasn't as peaceful as Piccolo. "You're a monster.....and we are gonna have to kill you...." Gotenks said. "Hah," Radditz chuckled, "You've got no chance against me." Radditz said as he dodged one of their punches, but Gotenks got the best of him because the missed punch was on purpose, they sent their elbow into Radditz's already hurting temple, which made him stagger into Piccolo's fist. Radditz looked surprised to see how much power was in Piccolo's punch. "That was for coming back." Piccolo said. "And this is for GOHAN!" he screamed as he brought his knee into Radditz's throat, cutting off all the air to Radditz's lungs. Radditz took a few steps back as his hands went to his throat. He gasped for air as Gotenks appeared in front of him and pounded at his chest, as Piccolo was already hammering at his back. Radditz tried to get away for a few seconds, but they wouldn't let him. Radditz fell to his knees as they kept thrashing him with blows. As Piccolo brought his fist back for another punch Radditz caught it and threw him into Gotenks. Radditz got up and flew off, trying to get catch his breath. He looked back to see if they were following him, and they were still there, and he could make out a smirk on Piccolo's face. He turned his head forward but he saw a green fist slam into his face. And then a pair of cupped, white hands connected with the top of his head. Gotenks and Piccolo watched Radditz plummet to the floor. "They're back..." Piccolo said.
CHAPTER 8
Radditz struggled to stand up, "How the hell did they get up there so fast...." he thought to himself. He looked back at where Piccolo and Gotenks were standing, and to his surprise they were still there. "What the...." He looked up at where he was hit, and he couldn't believe his eyes. "Is that Goku and Piccolo.....what the hell is going on...." Radditz said to himself. "I take it you learned how to do it?" Piccolo asked them. They nodded and set down near their teacher. "GOHAN!" they said at the same time. "He sacrificed his life to save us....it's all our fault he is dead...." Gotenks said slowly. "How dare you say that, it was his choice, he saved you , and you are moping around. Why don't get angry and avenge Gohan's noble sacrifice. What's wrong with you?" Piccolo growled. "You're right, Radditz is right there...and we are sitting here beating ourselves up, when we can beat him up..." Gotenks said with anger in their voice. They powered up and were just about to go when Nail put his hand on their shoulder. "There is no need my friends, me and Bardock are gonna take care of it." Gotenks looked at them curiously. "Ya Gotenks, it's our turn." Bardock said with clenched fists. Nail and Bardock calmly walked towards the astonished Radditz. "They look exactly like their fathers...talk about deja vu...." Radditz said to himself. "But this time the outcome will be different!" he said to them. Radditz stood up, and looked at the young warriors. "Let me show you little trick, it's called, watch the birdie." Radditz powered up a ball of energy into his palm. Nail and Bardock looked on. He threw it up and their eyes followed it, as he appeared in front of them he punched Nail in his stomach, making him bend over, as Bardock went to punch him the ball of energy fell on his head, knocking him unconscious. Radditz grabbed Nail's head and threw a knee into his face, but Nail put his hands up and grabbed his knee, then thrust his head into Radditz's stomach, Radditz staggered back as Nail jumped into the air, sending a kick to his head. Radditz ducked it, catching Nail's foot, and flinging him to the floor. Nail hit hard, but got up a little dazed, Radditz threw a fist into his face, knocking him over again. Radditz flew up and charged a beam to fire at Nail, but then decided to kill Goku's son first. He fired it, and it fell fast towards Bardock. "Oh no!" Piccolo said. The beam was about ten feet away from Bardock when he opened his eyes. "Oh shit!" Bardock yelled, as he felt the heat of the beam become higher. Then he saw a green figure appear, facing him. The beam crashed into Piccolo's exposed back, Piccolo let out a scream. "BARDOCK, DO THE MOVE I TAUGHT YOU QUICK!!!!!" Piccolo yelled. "But, Piccolo it would kill you." Bardock answered. "JUST DO IT!!!!!!" Piccolo screamed. Bardock put his fingers to his head and yelled, "MAKENKOSAPPO!" A very thin beam ripped through Piccolo's body and through Radditz's beam. Radditz sensed something was wrong as he veered to the right, but it was too late. The beam pierced Radditz's shoulder, sending excruciating pain through his whole body.
Bardock looked into Piccolo's lifeless eyes. "Why did you make me do it....?" Bardock said with tears in his eyes. "Let's....let's just say...your dad owed me one..." Piccolo said with a grin on his face, "Do....me a favor and.....kill that chump...." Piccolo added as he fell back. Nail appeared by his father. "I'm sorry Nail, he told me to..." Bardock pleaded, "Don't worry, I heard....." Nail said with his head lowered. "Well, it looks like your worthless teacher can finally join the other weaklings that have died. You should be happy." Radditz said. They turned to him, their eyes burning with hatred and anger. Radditz had his hand over his shoulder, it was bleeding and obviously painful, but Radditz hid that. He didn't want them to see his weakness. "We are gonna beat you the same way our fathers beat you so many years ago." Bardock said. Nail got up and bowed towards his father's body, then turned to Radditz. "We will kill you..." was all Nail said. Radditz chuckled. "Let's fuse our minds Nail." Bardock said. Nail nodded and closed his eyes. Bardock did the same. They concentrated on each other, remembering their training, then going blank, trying to think of nothing at all. Radditz raised is eyebrow, "What are you two weaklings doing?" he said, as he began to power up. Bardock turned Super Saya-jin, and Nail powered up. They opened their eyes, and they had no pupils! Now they were thinking the same, they didn't have to say or do anything, they just knew what each other's next move was. Radditz chuckled, "Oh no, your eyes are so scary, that's a neat trick to show to your friends, but it won't do anything against me." Nail and Bardock thrust at Radditz with no warning, Radditz dodged both their punches, one of them nicking his already hurting shoulder, then grabbed Bardock and threw him into Nail, before they hit, Nail disappeared and Bardock fired at Radditz. As Radditz knocked away the weak shot, he heard Nail appear behind him, so Radditz turned and Bardock's knee connected with his head, then Nail threw a hard uppercut into Radditz's descending chin, almost knocking a few teeth out. Radditz flew into the air as Bardock appear behind him and Nail appeared under him. They both blasted a beam at him, before Radditz knew it, he was stuck in between two beams of equal strength which began crushing him. Radditz let out a moan, he couldn't take it anymore. He managed to get his arms out and he exploded with power, the two beams went flying towards their owners. They easily dodged, and before Radditz could power up they were on the offensive again. "Shit they are strong, and they know exactly what they are gonna do next, its like they were planning how they were gonna fight the whole time they were gone!" Radditz thought to himself as he blocked Nail's punch. Bardock sent out a flurry of kicks at him, two which hit their mark, and Nail grabbed him by the arms into a full nelson. "Free shots!" Nail said with a grin on his face. Bardock flew in and began punching away. "This one is for Gohan, and one for Piccolo, and one for my dad, and one for being ugly." Gotenks let out a laugh. "These kids are amazing, huh Goten?" Trunks said through their voice. "Yeah, this is great, we got front row seats." Goten replied. Radditz was infuriated, "They are TOYING WITH ME!!!!" he thought, "You, worthless, weaklings!" Radditz managed to blurt out between punches. As Bardock sent in the next punch, Radditz managed to turn and let it hit Nail in the back. "Ha ha, we are two quick for that old man, we know what each other are thinking, you have no chance." Nail explained to Radditz. They stood next to each other now, and Radditz looked on with wide eyes. "I give up, I see now, I am sorry, I will change..." Radditz pleaded. They looked at each other, "You think he is serious?" Bardock asked Nail, I don't know father never told us he was dishonorable. Nail appeared in front of Radditz, and threw a hard punch into his gut, Radditz doubled over, "Don't let us catch you causing any mischief, or we will come back and kill you." Nail said. Then Bardock came and kicked him in the face, knocking him to the floor, "Yeah, what he said." They both started to walk off. "I'll get them....." Radditz mumbled as he powered up a shot and fired it at Bardock's back, knocking him to the floor. Nail turned around and met Radditz's fist. Nail stumbled and managed to dodge Radditz's kick and sent a shot of his own out at Radditz. It hit him square in the chest, but Radditz kept attacking. He punched Nail again and then cupped his hands together and knocked him into the floor. He fired a beam at Nail but Bardock knocked it away, then he appeared above Radditz and backhanded him towards the floor. He turned to face Bardock as Nail rammed his shoulder into Radditz's back, then Bardock brought his hand back and punched him in the stomach so hard that it looked like Radditz folded in half. As Radditz fell they appeared under him, Bardock yelled, "KAAA-MEEEE-HAA-MEEE-HAAAA!!"
and Nail yelled, "MASENKOOO!!!!!" their beams raced towards their target. As Radditz turned he managed to power up a beam and fire it, but by that time their beams picked up enough momentum that he had no way of winning. Radditz felt his skin sizzle, he let out a bellow, and then Nail and Bardock heard nothing. It was over....
CHAPTER 9
"Hey Piccolo, Gohan, glad you could join us." Goku said. Gohan and Piccolo looked around. "What's going on??" Piccolo asked. "Well," King Kai explained, "When Goku died, I asked King Yemma if he would let Goku live on my planet. King Yemma was actually glad I asked. He told me that he would grant me permission to increase my planet's size, and let every single person that helped Goku directly in saving the world to live there. And the beauty of it is that he lets you go to my planet with the body with which you had your highest power level. Isn't that great!" "Hey, Piccolo he is right, look how young I am. This is great!" Gohan said as he did a few back flips. "Wait a minute, if your here and Vegeta is here, then isn't Chi-Chi here?" Piccolo said as Chi-Chi tackled Gohan, "Oh my baby, are you ok, oh no this means your dead, it's because of that green man isn't it." Chi-Chi said all at once. Piccolo walked towards a tree and sat down, wondering if they had won. He already knew they did, but he had no physical proof. Vegeta walked by Piccolo and gave him a nod. "Nice to see you Vegeta, I have some good news, You are a grandfather." Piccolo told him. Out of nowhere Bulma flew out. "I'm a grandma!!!! HOORAY TRUNKS!!!" Vegeta had a baffled look on his face. "Wait a minute," Chi-Chi and Goku said simultaneously, "if Trunks had a kid, and Trunks is married to Pan, and Pan is our granddaughter, then we are...great grandparents?" Everyone laughed. "Well, what's her name, Gohan, hey Gohan." Bulma said. "He went off with Videl somewhere, he said they wanted to catch up on old times…The name of the little girl is Jinja." Piccolo stated. "What a great name, oh I have a granddaughter." Bulma said happily. "Yeah whatever" Vegeta said keeping up with his image. But deep down he was saying "Way to go Trunks." After a while everyone walked off back to their little huts.
Piccolo still sat in the same spot as before, wondering what he was gonna do with all this free time, and in such a strong body. "Hey Piccolo," Goku said as he sat down on the other side of the tree, so they couldn't see each other, "What happened down there, why did you guys die so early, I figured you had at least 5 or 6 years left." "Well," Piccolo said, and he explained the whole thing. "Wow, Radditz huh, and he was stronger than Gotenks, so what happened?" "Well, I think I have discovered a new technique, so I told Nail and Bardock about it, and they learned it. I died before I could see if they used it so I don't know what happened." Piccolo explained. "Well, gee, why didn't you ask me, remember I can talk to anyone anywhere." King Kai said. "Ok, I'd like to talk to my son, Nail." Piccolo told him. "Ok, just put your hand on my shoulder, and concentrate.
Nail relaxed as he floated over the waterfall. He was still trying to get used to the extra weight on his head and shoulders. He had been training all day. He never knew for what, he was just so used to doing it that he didn't have a reason not to. "Nail, hey Nail." Nail thought he heard his father calling him. He looked around a little startled but, he got back to his meditation. "Nail it's me, can you hear me?" Piccolo said. "Yes, but, but how???" Nail mumbled. "I'm talking with you through King Kai, I will explain later, I take it since you are still alive, that Radditz is dead." Piccolo said. "Yes, your technique worked perfectly, me and Bardock were one mind." Nail answered. "Wow, so it is possible." Goku blurted out. "Son Goku!?" How have you been?" Nail said. "Ok for a dead guy." he said jokingly. "But I don't understand how you are all together." Nail said. King Kai then explained how and why. Piccolo said bye to his son and sat back down by the tree, Goku did the same. Piccolo noticed that Nail was wearing the weighted clothing and he smiled inwardly, he didn't want to say anything though, he knew Nail knew. "Well Goku, now that we have an eternity, I am gonna train hard so we are at the same level, and maybe we can have a sparring match sometime. You know we never got to finish our little skirmish because everyone kept getting in the way." Piccolo said. "Ha, you think I am gonna stop training. Your gonna have to train twice as hard as me if you want to win." Goku said. "That won't be too hard." Piccolo said with a grin. They were both glad they would have a chance to finish their fight, even if they were best friends...
Pan and Trunks were both sleeping when the baby started to cry. "Go get her, pleeeaassee." They both said at the same time. "No you get her." They said at the same time again. Then they both got up and cradled Jinja to sleep again. Then they both went back to bed. They laughed. "Well now I am wide awake." Trunks said. "Me to." Pan said. They looked at each other mischievously. (Let your imagination wander)
"Well, see ya Bardock." The door slammed. Bardock teleported to Master Roshi's house with all his belongings. "Well he is gone Bra. Now what do we do." Goten said. "Well first we move your stuff in, then we gotta find you a job." "Well I don't have anything, and didn't Trunks give you some of the profits from the capsule corp." Goten replied. "Hmm...your right, that's a little too much money for me, I guess we can share for a while." Bra said, looking at Goten with a dreamy face. Goten of course didn't notice, but that's why she liked him, he was so naive. "So where am I gonna sleep, I don't have a bed..." He looked at her with the most innocent face she had ever seen. She couldn't take it anymore. "I guess you can sleep in my bed until we get you one..." she said, not trying to sound anxious. "Ok, well thanks, I'll see ya later then." He flew off, to help Bardock move in Roshi's house. She blew the hair out of her face, "I give up!" she said as she started cleaning the dishes. Any other guy would have jumped at the chance, but he was different, "I think I love him mom." She said to Bulma, hoping she would hear.
King Kai chuckled as he eavesdropped onto the next generation of Z warriors, "Oh kids these days, they become physically stronger, but mentally, they have no control." He said as he shook his head. "What is the world coming too. Oh well, I guess they are entitled to a little fun..." He snickered as he walked into his little house. "That Piccolo, he won't give up will he.…." King Kai said as he felt the Namek's power rise. "Well they are running out of warriors down on Earth, I hope that Jinja will be a strong fighter, there is something coming in the future, and I don't think Nail and Bardock will be able to handle it alone...."
Nail and Bardock looked around the huge room. They were amazed at how big it was. "What the hell is this?" Bardock asked Nail. "I don't know Bardock..." Nail said with a surprised look on his face. They walked onto the white floor and both almost fell forward. They weren't ready for the gravity to pull them down. "Whoa, this will help us increase our training, we will become stronger and faster in less time now." Nail said happily. Bardock nodded. They both began to stretch, wondering how they were going to be able to fuse their minds, like their mentor, Piccolo, said. "Maybe we just have to keep fighting each other until we know each of our tricks, and all of our moves." Bardock said. "Yes, but how will I be able to see what you see, and the other way around." Nail asked. They both thought for a long time. "Well everyone needs our help, so we mine as well train, maybe it will hit us while we fight each other." Bardock said. Nail nodded. "I have been eager to see how much you have progressed, and I would like to know how much I have progressed as well." Nail said. Bardock grinned, "Ya ready?" Nail got into his stance, "When you are." Bardock got into his stance. They stared for a few minutes planning out their attacks, but always keeping an eye out on the other. Suddenly Nail disappeared, Bardock tried to sense his ki, but the split second he concentrated on Nail's ki, was the split second he realized he shouldn't have done that. He tried to block but Nail's fist landed in the side of his head, making him stagger back, then Nail appeared behind him and swung his leg at Bardock's feet, but Bardock did a high back-flip, and then shooting all his weight down to the crouching Nail. Bardock's feet connected with Nail's face, Nail was caught off-guard making him fall back. Bardock appeared a few feet on top of him and yelled, "Kaa-Mee-Haa-Mee-HAAAA!" firing an average beam at Nail. Nail stood up, putting his right arm over his chest. As the beam became closer he swatted it back at Bardock, then firing another beam at him with his left hand. Bardock easily dodged his Kame-Hame-Ha but Nail's beam landed in his back, knocking the wind out of him. Then Nail appeared on top of him, cupping his hands together and knocking Bardock down to the ground. Nail went to continue the fight on the ground, but Bardock was gone. Suddenly, he sensed something behind him. He turned to block it, but it wasn't Bardock. It was a huge glacier, edging closer to him. Nail couldn't dodge it, it was humungous, and it was heading towards their little palace. "I've got to stop it." Nail said to himself. He backed up a few feet, giving himself some room, and screamed, "MASENKO-HAAA!!!" Nail fired a huge beam at the glacier, but it kept coming. He put all his energy into it, and it began to slow. "Oh no, it's still coming! Wait, is that... BARDOCK!!!!!" He was shocked to see Bardock stuck in the ice. "I must have hit him right into it. Shit, what am I gonna do now." Nail surrounded himself with all of his energy and fired. "I gotta save him...I will save you!" Nail yelled to Bardock, hoping he would hear him.
Nail heard a faint scream coming from the glacier. "ITTTSSSS FFFRRREEEZZZIINNNGGG." Bardock thought to himself. He felt Nail's power rise drastically, "Hhhheeee IISSSssSsss pppprrrooobbbaaabblllyyy ttttrrryyyiiinnggg tttooo sssaaavvveee mmeee." He tried to power up and let out a loud scream. His hair turned golden, and the heat from his aura melted the ice around him. Now that he had more space to move, he began punching the ice. Nail felt Bardock's ki rise, so he flew toward it. He saw him punching at the ice frantically so Nail went to the same spot and helped him punch his way out. After a few punches the ice broke and their fists met. They looked at each other and grinned. "You ok buddy?" Nail asked. "It's gonna take a little more than a gigantic glacier to take me out." He said with a smile. "Ya wanna rest a little?" Nail asked. "Nah, it's better to train when your tired, you get to push your body to it's limits, that's great for me since I'm a Saya-jin. Nail nodded, "That's my father's saying, well everything except the Saya-jin part." They both chuckled. "Well, we better be careful with those glaciers, and any other surprises this crazy place has to offer." Bardock said as he got into his fighting stance. "Shall we?" he said to Nail. Nail got up and their training began.
CHAPTER 5
"Why are you here? What do you want from us?" Piccolo said at once. "Don't you know? I want revenge...." "But why now? Why didn't you show up when I was young, and when Goku was still alive. We were the ones who killed you, why did you try to hurt Goten?" Piccolo pressed on. "Well, killing you and Goku would have been easy, besides what would be worse than death for you two? Well, killing your children of course. Knowing the fact that you weren't strong enough to protect them would be the worst punishment, worse than death...am I right?" A big smile crossed Radditz's face while he spoke. He could see the realization hit Piccolo like a ton of bricks. "It was unfortunate that Goku died, I wanted to see that look on his face as well." Radditz said. "But how are you still alive!? Who wished you back, I saw Piccolo kill you!" Gohan said, Piccolo was speechless. "Well that one is easy, do you remember when that monster Janenba was released?" "Janenba?" Gohan said in a confused tone. "Hmm, you don't know him, well do you remember when all the evil was revived? When you killed Frieza the second time so easily? Well I saw this display and I knew that if you were strong enough to defeat Frieza, I stood no chance. So I ran. As far as I could get. I flew all the way to the North Pole, where the magnetism would naturally hide my growing power level, and I trained. I trained for years. I happened to get lucky and find the holy water that keeps you youthful and strong. If not for that I would have probably attacked much sooner, and I might have been defeated. But I saw all of your battles, learned your techniques. I found out about becoming Super Saya-jin, and then surpassing that level as well. And now after years of training and waiting, I will kill you Gohan, Goten, and the two that aren't here. They will be coming soon right?" Radditz said with eagerness in his voice. Piccolo and Gohan had bewildered looks on their faces. How could they have been so careless as to not noticing that Radditz watched each and every one of their battles. Piccolo became angry at him self. "Well are they coming or not? Because hunting them will probably be more fun." Suddenly, Piccolo smiled confidently. "You may be able to defeat us, but you clearly underestimate Nail and Bardock's power. They would easily defeat you." "HAHAHA! Do you think I would fall for that? I also saw the battle with the Samekian, I know their abilities and frankly, they do not impress me. But I will drag the fight out with them, longer than I will with you, GREEN MAN!" Radditz answered, trying to bait Piccolo into a head-on clash. Piccolo grinned, you may be clever Radditz, but we will have the last laugh." Piccolo said calmly. Radditz became infuriated, "IS HE SERIOUS, he is so calm, like I am not even strong enough to worry about....I WILL KILL HIM!!!" Radditz yelled to himself. He began to power up. Piccolo try to keep the cool look in his eyes, but his power was too much. Gohan and Piccolo were amazed, what they felt before was nothing to what they felt now. "I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!!!" Radditz yelled as he began to rip through the air towards Piccolo. Piccolo tried to dodge but Radditz was too fast, his fist landing in Piccolo's chest. Piccolo thought his ribs were broken right there as he staggered back trying to catch his breath. Gohan immediately kicked at Radditz, making him stumble off balance as Trunks and Goten went Super Saya-jin and flew towards the battle. Radditz turned and punched air as Gohan quickly dodged and Piccolo's fist slammed into Radditz's ribs. Radditz turned to Piccolo as he felt two hard punches smash into his back, knocking the wind out of him. "HHHHAAAAA!!!" Radditz yelled as a burst of power knocked Gohan and Piccolo off their feet. Goten and Trunks stood steadily, watching their enemy. Goten lunged first, missing Radditz's head by a centimeter as Radditz flung his knee up into Goten's gut, Trunks kicked at his feet, trying to trip him, but only giving him a clear shot to Trunks' chest, which he took gratefully. Goten's uppercut landed clean with Radditz's jaw, knocking him off balance as Piccolo and Gohan yelled, "MASENKO!" firing a beam each into his back. When the smoke cleared Radditz was gone. "Was that suppose to hurt?" Radditz asked them. Piccolo and Gohan turned only to meet a fist in the cheek, knocking them to the floor. Trunks and Goten flew back to attack. "We are getting too old for this Gohan." Piccolo said with a grin as he rubbed his cheek. Gohan chuckled. "Hey Piccolo, since this is probably our last battle, we mine as well power up to our full potential, I mean it doesn't matter if it shortens our lives, we mine as well help them.... plus, I am getting tired, I mean in the long run." Gohan said. "I know what you mean Gohan, we mine as well face the facts, let's show this chump what we are really made of." "Right!" Gohan said enthusiastically. As Goten picked himself off the floor to help Trunks out he felt two huge powers get bigger and bigger. "Yes, now we can take him." Goten said to himself. Gohan and Piccolo stood there, watching Trunks give it all he got. Piccolo with a blue aura surrounding him, and Gohan's full golden hair, extending down to his knees. Their power was impressive for two beings that have been alive for so many years. As Radditz knocked Trunks away, he looked at the pair. "Wow, you're pretty strong for a pair of dying geezers." Radditz said as Piccolo's fist slammed into his face making him stagger back clumsily into Gohan's knee. Then he fell to his knees as Piccolo threw a knee into his nose, knocking him flat on the floor. Gohan was already in the air firing hundreds of shots into his chest. "Gohan look out!" Piccolo screamed as Radditz appeared behind him with golden hair of his own, swatting him to the floor. Gohan hit with a loud thud as Goten and Trunks, now level 2, were flying towards him. Radditz got ready for his attack as he realized Piccolo was gone, he turned and blocked Piccolo's seemingly weak punch, but Piccolo was smiling. Radditz turned to fight Goten and Trunks but Piccolo held him. Radditz's eyes widened as he felt the two Super Saya-jins raining their blows into his back, each flooding pain into his body. His rage built and it erupted, his hair becoming a darker gold. Radditz easily broke out of Piccolo's grasp and punched him square in the forehead, knocking him off the palace and all the way to the Earth below. He turned towards Goten and Trunks and fought them off steadily. Dodging and attacking, and then he heard another scream. He felt a huge ki behind him and as he turned he saw a vague figure with red fur and long full black hair, and...a tail! He tried to block its punch but it went right through his defense and knocked him clear across the palace. He landed at the edge and struggled to get up as he felt a hand wrap around his neck, he looked into it's eyes and saw...Gohan! "I will not let you terrorize us any longer." Gohan said in an eerie voice. He threw Radditz into the air and flew above him. Gohan put his hands together and yelled, "KAAAA-MEEEEE-HAAAA-MEEEE-HAAA!!!!!" The beam crashed into Radditz, almost taking him over...almost. Gohan heard a menacing cry come for where Radditz was when the beam hit. The scream made his hair stand on end. "Whaaaa....!!!" Gohan managed to say. Radditz raced towards him, he was Super Saya-jin level 3. Gohan could only watch, Radditz was too fast for him to react. Radditz began to land punch after punch into Gohan. Gohan tried to do something but Radditz was too fast. "Goten, we gotta help him!" Trunks screamed. "Right." Goten said as he got into position.
Radditz kept using Gohan as a punching bag as he felt a considerable ki race towards him again. He turned to meet Piccolo's fist, which didn't really affect him, but it did get his attention away from Gohan. Piccolo retreated, knowing that he had to buy Goten and Trunks some time. "C'mon you dirty monkey, I am right here." Radditz was already in a blind rage because they had made him turn level 3 and this only increased his anger. He flew towards the retreating Piccolo, catching up to him quickly. Piccolo flew straight towards the Earth, hoping the gravity, his immense speed, and his blinded rage would make him collide with the Earth. He saw the ground coming closer and closer and he felt Radditz was just as close. Right when Piccolo was about a foot away, he veered with all his strength upward, feeling like the Earth wanted to join with him, pulling him with all its gravity inward, but he knew he couldn't let it win. As soon as Radditz realized what Piccolo was doing he tried to follow him upwards, but Piccolo had tricked him and Radditz was going to fast to pull away in time. He crashed into the Earth with such a force that it shook the Earth in a 30-mile radius. Piccolo felt a huge ki flying downward toward him. "Gotenks, what took you so long!" Piccolo screamed. "Sorry Piccolo-san, we almost forgot how to fuse, we haven't done it in such a long time!" They said with a grin. Gohan also flew down as he regained his composure. "Where is he??" Gohan said. "I made him crash into the Earth pretty hard, but I don't know what he is waiting for. It couldn't have knocked him out...could it?" Piccolo wondered. "Let's just wait and see." Gohan said.
"You worthless, piece of green shit...do you know who your fighting against, I am ten times stronger than you, how dare you even think of raising your fists at me." Radditz mumbled. "Strength and power isn't everything you know, you must have heart and cunning as well." Piccolo said. Gohan remembered the time Piccolo had told him that when they fought Vegeta's ally, Nappa. Radditz was infuriated, "How can he be so calm, knowing that he will eventually die, what is he hiding...." Radditz thought to himself. Then he began to realize that the two youngest, and strongest weren't there. "OH NO, HOW COULD I HAVE BEEN SO FOOLISH!?" Radditz yelled to himself. "They have been deceiving me all along! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU ALL!!!" "Well guys, it looks like he figured us out, has it been a day yet?" Piccolo said. "We got about two hours left Piccolo, I don't know if Nail and Bardock are gonna get out in time." Gohan answered. "Ha ha, don't worry gramps," Gotenks said jokingly to Gohan, "we can take this chump." "We'll see," Piccolo said, "get ready for an even tougher fight, cause I think he can go level 4...." They all looked on at the enraged Saya-jin, and got ready for the fight of their lives.
CHAPTER 6
Nail and Bardock had been fighting for two months straight now. They have learned each other's strategies so well, that they have barely even been able to land a punch. They are flying around each other looking for an opening, and the moment one of them sees the opening, the other already knows the attack and the timing of it so it would be useless to attempt. The one time they might have had a head-on clash was when they were locked in a beam fight, which was almost always a tie anyway. "Hey Nail, what do ya say we stop, I'm pooped," Bardock said as he wiped the sweat off his forehead. Nail nodded and let his ki fall. That was Bardock's opening, he lunged with all his speed and power with his fist into Nail's unsuspecting face, only to hit air. Nail saw it coming and as he appeared under Bardock and flew upwards with his leg, he also hit air. They ended up staring each other in the face. All of a sudden Bardock cracked a smile, Nail followed, and they both starting cracking up. "You know my technique so well, that even if I try to cheat, you see it coming." Bardock said. "But you knew I knew, Bardock, so it doesn't really matter...I think our training is done." Nail answered. They both nodded at each other. "But first," Bardock said, "I have got to eat SOMETHING!!!" Nail hit the floor. Bardock walked into the food storage and stuffed his face with anything that was edible. "I'll be there for you father, we are almost done..." Nail thought to himself.
CHAPTER 7
"Hmmm...first I will take out the fused one, he will be the most trouble, then I will take my time with the old ones, especially the Namek, he will die slowly....." Radditz thought to himself. Radditz charged at Gotenks, ignoring the blasts that Gohan and Piccolo fired at him. Gotenks dodged his first punch but the second punch landed in their stomach knocking the wind out of them. Then Radditz slammed them into the ground and dragged them along the surface. Piccolo and Gohan were on each side of him, hitting Radditz with everything they had, but it wasn't enough, Radditz didn't flinch. Gotenks suddenly disappeared from his grip and landed a well-placed kick into Radditz's temple, which made him lose his balance, then they appeared where Radditz was falling and rose up knocking him the other way. Radditz fell to the floor hard and shook his head, trying to realize what was going on. Gohan and Piccolo were pounding him while he was on the floor, which was making his vision blurry. Gotenks appeared on top of him and fired his punches into his chest, trying to break his ribs. Radditz could barely breathe, he didn't think he could fight anymore, the pain was too great. He felt some kind of enormous ki building inside of him, "These, bastards...I will make them pay....." Radditz thought as the power inside him came into his reach. Piccolo felt it, "Oh no, guys here it comes!" Piccolo yelled. Suddenly, they were all blown away. They all caught themselves in mid-air and gaped down at the monster. His power was incredible. "We better be caref-" Piccolo tried to say, but Radditz cut him off by slamming his fist into his jaw. Piccolo did not even sense Radditz coming. Gohan and Gotenks barely saw it. All they saw was Piccolo falling to the floor, with a surprised and painful look on his face. They looked for Radditz but he was gone. When Gohan turned he felt a pair of hands cupped together smash into his face, which sent him flying towards the floor. Gohan landed next to Piccolo. "What the hell just happened???" Gohan managed to utter. "He's so fast, we can't even sense him....Nail and Bardock better hurry up." Piccolo answered. Gotenks soon hit the floor beside them. "He is pretty fast.." they said. Radditz appeared standing at their feet. "Look at you, your all pathetic, I should kill you right now..." Radditz raised his hand with his palm facing them. "But without you, I would have never discovered this incredible power." Radditz said as he brought his arm to his broken armor, and easily ripped it off, exposing the red fur on his chest. "So I will kill you all one by one, slowly." Gotenks stood up. "You and Gohan aren't the only one with that ability." Gotenks said as he tried to think of everything that made him angry. "Trunks, if we lose, he will kill Jinja and Pan!" Gohan said. "Goten, if he wins, he will kill Bra, or even worse...." Piccolo said. Gotenks thought about this as his power suddenly shot up. Radditz looked on, letting him go level 4. They let out a scream and the transformation began. They grew red fur on their body, their hair and eyes became a very dark black, and they acquired a menacing look on their face. Gotenks attacked without a warning, landing a good punch in Radditz's face. Radditz fell back and they appeared behind him firing another punch in his back. Then they appeared in front of him again and shot a few kicks into his face and chest. Radditz grabbed one of their legs and threw them on the floor, still holding on to their leg. Then he threw him to the other side and again and again. Gotenks tried to shake it off but Radditz pursued, landing a few hard punches into their stomach, knocking the wind out of them. Radditz grabbed them by their arm, and flung them into the air. Then fired an enormous beam, which would have easily killed them, but they somehow fell out of the way and down back to the floor. Radditz raised an eyebrow, "What the...I missed?" But he realized he didn't miss, he just hit the wrong guy. Gotenks and Piccolo painfully watched as Gohan's smoking body fell to the floor. "Oh no...Gohan...." Piccolo whispered. "GOOHHHAAANNN!!!!!!" Gotenks roared. Gotenks flew toward him, and kneeled, putting Gohan's head on their lap. "Hey kiddo, you ok?" Gohan asked slowly. "Why did ya have to go and do that, we were ok..." Gotenks said. "You are my little bro Goten, and you Trunks, you gotta take care of Pan and my new granddaughter for me...I am old, I was gonna die anyway." Gotenks shed a tear, "We are gonna take him out for ya, he's not gonna get away with this. Gohan smiled, he faintly saw Piccolo standing over him. "I'm proud of you.....Gohan." Piccolo whispered and managed a smile, but Gohan saw he wasn't happy. With that Gohan closed his eyes for the last time. Piccolo closed his eyes and lowered his head, but Gotenks wasn't as peaceful as Piccolo. "You're a monster.....and we are gonna have to kill you...." Gotenks said. "Hah," Radditz chuckled, "You've got no chance against me." Radditz said as he dodged one of their punches, but Gotenks got the best of him because the missed punch was on purpose, they sent their elbow into Radditz's already hurting temple, which made him stagger into Piccolo's fist. Radditz looked surprised to see how much power was in Piccolo's punch. "That was for coming back." Piccolo said. "And this is for GOHAN!" he screamed as he brought his knee into Radditz's throat, cutting off all the air to Radditz's lungs. Radditz took a few steps back as his hands went to his throat. He gasped for air as Gotenks appeared in front of him and pounded at his chest, as Piccolo was already hammering at his back. Radditz tried to get away for a few seconds, but they wouldn't let him. Radditz fell to his knees as they kept thrashing him with blows. As Piccolo brought his fist back for another punch Radditz caught it and threw him into Gotenks. Radditz got up and flew off, trying to get catch his breath. He looked back to see if they were following him, and they were still there, and he could make out a smirk on Piccolo's face. He turned his head forward but he saw a green fist slam into his face. And then a pair of cupped, white hands connected with the top of his head. Gotenks and Piccolo watched Radditz plummet to the floor. "They're back..." Piccolo said.
CHAPTER 8
Radditz struggled to stand up, "How the hell did they get up there so fast...." he thought to himself. He looked back at where Piccolo and Gotenks were standing, and to his surprise they were still there. "What the...." He looked up at where he was hit, and he couldn't believe his eyes. "Is that Goku and Piccolo.....what the hell is going on...." Radditz said to himself. "I take it you learned how to do it?" Piccolo asked them. They nodded and set down near their teacher. "GOHAN!" they said at the same time. "He sacrificed his life to save us....it's all our fault he is dead...." Gotenks said slowly. "How dare you say that, it was his choice, he saved you , and you are moping around. Why don't get angry and avenge Gohan's noble sacrifice. What's wrong with you?" Piccolo growled. "You're right, Radditz is right there...and we are sitting here beating ourselves up, when we can beat him up..." Gotenks said with anger in their voice. They powered up and were just about to go when Nail put his hand on their shoulder. "There is no need my friends, me and Bardock are gonna take care of it." Gotenks looked at them curiously. "Ya Gotenks, it's our turn." Bardock said with clenched fists. Nail and Bardock calmly walked towards the astonished Radditz. "They look exactly like their fathers...talk about deja vu...." Radditz said to himself. "But this time the outcome will be different!" he said to them. Radditz stood up, and looked at the young warriors. "Let me show you little trick, it's called, watch the birdie." Radditz powered up a ball of energy into his palm. Nail and Bardock looked on. He threw it up and their eyes followed it, as he appeared in front of them he punched Nail in his stomach, making him bend over, as Bardock went to punch him the ball of energy fell on his head, knocking him unconscious. Radditz grabbed Nail's head and threw a knee into his face, but Nail put his hands up and grabbed his knee, then thrust his head into Radditz's stomach, Radditz staggered back as Nail jumped into the air, sending a kick to his head. Radditz ducked it, catching Nail's foot, and flinging him to the floor. Nail hit hard, but got up a little dazed, Radditz threw a fist into his face, knocking him over again. Radditz flew up and charged a beam to fire at Nail, but then decided to kill Goku's son first. He fired it, and it fell fast towards Bardock. "Oh no!" Piccolo said. The beam was about ten feet away from Bardock when he opened his eyes. "Oh shit!" Bardock yelled, as he felt the heat of the beam become higher. Then he saw a green figure appear, facing him. The beam crashed into Piccolo's exposed back, Piccolo let out a scream. "BARDOCK, DO THE MOVE I TAUGHT YOU QUICK!!!!!" Piccolo yelled. "But, Piccolo it would kill you." Bardock answered. "JUST DO IT!!!!!!" Piccolo screamed. Bardock put his fingers to his head and yelled, "MAKENKOSAPPO!" A very thin beam ripped through Piccolo's body and through Radditz's beam. Radditz sensed something was wrong as he veered to the right, but it was too late. The beam pierced Radditz's shoulder, sending excruciating pain through his whole body.
Bardock looked into Piccolo's lifeless eyes. "Why did you make me do it....?" Bardock said with tears in his eyes. "Let's....let's just say...your dad owed me one..." Piccolo said with a grin on his face, "Do....me a favor and.....kill that chump...." Piccolo added as he fell back. Nail appeared by his father. "I'm sorry Nail, he told me to..." Bardock pleaded, "Don't worry, I heard....." Nail said with his head lowered. "Well, it looks like your worthless teacher can finally join the other weaklings that have died. You should be happy." Radditz said. They turned to him, their eyes burning with hatred and anger. Radditz had his hand over his shoulder, it was bleeding and obviously painful, but Radditz hid that. He didn't want them to see his weakness. "We are gonna beat you the same way our fathers beat you so many years ago." Bardock said. Nail got up and bowed towards his father's body, then turned to Radditz. "We will kill you..." was all Nail said. Radditz chuckled. "Let's fuse our minds Nail." Bardock said. Nail nodded and closed his eyes. Bardock did the same. They concentrated on each other, remembering their training, then going blank, trying to think of nothing at all. Radditz raised is eyebrow, "What are you two weaklings doing?" he said, as he began to power up. Bardock turned Super Saya-jin, and Nail powered up. They opened their eyes, and they had no pupils! Now they were thinking the same, they didn't have to say or do anything, they just knew what each other's next move was. Radditz chuckled, "Oh no, your eyes are so scary, that's a neat trick to show to your friends, but it won't do anything against me." Nail and Bardock thrust at Radditz with no warning, Radditz dodged both their punches, one of them nicking his already hurting shoulder, then grabbed Bardock and threw him into Nail, before they hit, Nail disappeared and Bardock fired at Radditz. As Radditz knocked away the weak shot, he heard Nail appear behind him, so Radditz turned and Bardock's knee connected with his head, then Nail threw a hard uppercut into Radditz's descending chin, almost knocking a few teeth out. Radditz flew into the air as Bardock appear behind him and Nail appeared under him. They both blasted a beam at him, before Radditz knew it, he was stuck in between two beams of equal strength which began crushing him. Radditz let out a moan, he couldn't take it anymore. He managed to get his arms out and he exploded with power, the two beams went flying towards their owners. They easily dodged, and before Radditz could power up they were on the offensive again. "Shit they are strong, and they know exactly what they are gonna do next, its like they were planning how they were gonna fight the whole time they were gone!" Radditz thought to himself as he blocked Nail's punch. Bardock sent out a flurry of kicks at him, two which hit their mark, and Nail grabbed him by the arms into a full nelson. "Free shots!" Nail said with a grin on his face. Bardock flew in and began punching away. "This one is for Gohan, and one for Piccolo, and one for my dad, and one for being ugly." Gotenks let out a laugh. "These kids are amazing, huh Goten?" Trunks said through their voice. "Yeah, this is great, we got front row seats." Goten replied. Radditz was infuriated, "They are TOYING WITH ME!!!!" he thought, "You, worthless, weaklings!" Radditz managed to blurt out between punches. As Bardock sent in the next punch, Radditz managed to turn and let it hit Nail in the back. "Ha ha, we are two quick for that old man, we know what each other are thinking, you have no chance." Nail explained to Radditz. They stood next to each other now, and Radditz looked on with wide eyes. "I give up, I see now, I am sorry, I will change..." Radditz pleaded. They looked at each other, "You think he is serious?" Bardock asked Nail, I don't know father never told us he was dishonorable. Nail appeared in front of Radditz, and threw a hard punch into his gut, Radditz doubled over, "Don't let us catch you causing any mischief, or we will come back and kill you." Nail said. Then Bardock came and kicked him in the face, knocking him to the floor, "Yeah, what he said." They both started to walk off. "I'll get them....." Radditz mumbled as he powered up a shot and fired it at Bardock's back, knocking him to the floor. Nail turned around and met Radditz's fist. Nail stumbled and managed to dodge Radditz's kick and sent a shot of his own out at Radditz. It hit him square in the chest, but Radditz kept attacking. He punched Nail again and then cupped his hands together and knocked him into the floor. He fired a beam at Nail but Bardock knocked it away, then he appeared above Radditz and backhanded him towards the floor. He turned to face Bardock as Nail rammed his shoulder into Radditz's back, then Bardock brought his hand back and punched him in the stomach so hard that it looked like Radditz folded in half. As Radditz fell they appeared under him, Bardock yelled, "KAAA-MEEEE-HAA-MEEE-HAAAA!!"
and Nail yelled, "MASENKOOO!!!!!" their beams raced towards their target. As Radditz turned he managed to power up a beam and fire it, but by that time their beams picked up enough momentum that he had no way of winning. Radditz felt his skin sizzle, he let out a bellow, and then Nail and Bardock heard nothing. It was over....
CHAPTER 9
"Hey Piccolo, Gohan, glad you could join us." Goku said. Gohan and Piccolo looked around. "What's going on??" Piccolo asked. "Well," King Kai explained, "When Goku died, I asked King Yemma if he would let Goku live on my planet. King Yemma was actually glad I asked. He told me that he would grant me permission to increase my planet's size, and let every single person that helped Goku directly in saving the world to live there. And the beauty of it is that he lets you go to my planet with the body with which you had your highest power level. Isn't that great!" "Hey, Piccolo he is right, look how young I am. This is great!" Gohan said as he did a few back flips. "Wait a minute, if your here and Vegeta is here, then isn't Chi-Chi here?" Piccolo said as Chi-Chi tackled Gohan, "Oh my baby, are you ok, oh no this means your dead, it's because of that green man isn't it." Chi-Chi said all at once. Piccolo walked towards a tree and sat down, wondering if they had won. He already knew they did, but he had no physical proof. Vegeta walked by Piccolo and gave him a nod. "Nice to see you Vegeta, I have some good news, You are a grandfather." Piccolo told him. Out of nowhere Bulma flew out. "I'm a grandma!!!! HOORAY TRUNKS!!!" Vegeta had a baffled look on his face. "Wait a minute," Chi-Chi and Goku said simultaneously, "if Trunks had a kid, and Trunks is married to Pan, and Pan is our granddaughter, then we are...great grandparents?" Everyone laughed. "Well, what's her name, Gohan, hey Gohan." Bulma said. "He went off with Videl somewhere, he said they wanted to catch up on old times…The name of the little girl is Jinja." Piccolo stated. "What a great name, oh I have a granddaughter." Bulma said happily. "Yeah whatever" Vegeta said keeping up with his image. But deep down he was saying "Way to go Trunks." After a while everyone walked off back to their little huts.
Piccolo still sat in the same spot as before, wondering what he was gonna do with all this free time, and in such a strong body. "Hey Piccolo," Goku said as he sat down on the other side of the tree, so they couldn't see each other, "What happened down there, why did you guys die so early, I figured you had at least 5 or 6 years left." "Well," Piccolo said, and he explained the whole thing. "Wow, Radditz huh, and he was stronger than Gotenks, so what happened?" "Well, I think I have discovered a new technique, so I told Nail and Bardock about it, and they learned it. I died before I could see if they used it so I don't know what happened." Piccolo explained. "Well, gee, why didn't you ask me, remember I can talk to anyone anywhere." King Kai said. "Ok, I'd like to talk to my son, Nail." Piccolo told him. "Ok, just put your hand on my shoulder, and concentrate.
Nail relaxed as he floated over the waterfall. He was still trying to get used to the extra weight on his head and shoulders. He had been training all day. He never knew for what, he was just so used to doing it that he didn't have a reason not to. "Nail, hey Nail." Nail thought he heard his father calling him. He looked around a little startled but, he got back to his meditation. "Nail it's me, can you hear me?" Piccolo said. "Yes, but, but how???" Nail mumbled. "I'm talking with you through King Kai, I will explain later, I take it since you are still alive, that Radditz is dead." Piccolo said. "Yes, your technique worked perfectly, me and Bardock were one mind." Nail answered. "Wow, so it is possible." Goku blurted out. "Son Goku!?" How have you been?" Nail said. "Ok for a dead guy." he said jokingly. "But I don't understand how you are all together." Nail said. King Kai then explained how and why. Piccolo said bye to his son and sat back down by the tree, Goku did the same. Piccolo noticed that Nail was wearing the weighted clothing and he smiled inwardly, he didn't want to say anything though, he knew Nail knew. "Well Goku, now that we have an eternity, I am gonna train hard so we are at the same level, and maybe we can have a sparring match sometime. You know we never got to finish our little skirmish because everyone kept getting in the way." Piccolo said. "Ha, you think I am gonna stop training. Your gonna have to train twice as hard as me if you want to win." Goku said. "That won't be too hard." Piccolo said with a grin. They were both glad they would have a chance to finish their fight, even if they were best friends...
Pan and Trunks were both sleeping when the baby started to cry. "Go get her, pleeeaassee." They both said at the same time. "No you get her." They said at the same time again. Then they both got up and cradled Jinja to sleep again. Then they both went back to bed. They laughed. "Well now I am wide awake." Trunks said. "Me to." Pan said. They looked at each other mischievously. (Let your imagination wander)
"Well, see ya Bardock." The door slammed. Bardock teleported to Master Roshi's house with all his belongings. "Well he is gone Bra. Now what do we do." Goten said. "Well first we move your stuff in, then we gotta find you a job." "Well I don't have anything, and didn't Trunks give you some of the profits from the capsule corp." Goten replied. "Hmm...your right, that's a little too much money for me, I guess we can share for a while." Bra said, looking at Goten with a dreamy face. Goten of course didn't notice, but that's why she liked him, he was so naive. "So where am I gonna sleep, I don't have a bed..." He looked at her with the most innocent face she had ever seen. She couldn't take it anymore. "I guess you can sleep in my bed until we get you one..." she said, not trying to sound anxious. "Ok, well thanks, I'll see ya later then." He flew off, to help Bardock move in Roshi's house. She blew the hair out of her face, "I give up!" she said as she started cleaning the dishes. Any other guy would have jumped at the chance, but he was different, "I think I love him mom." She said to Bulma, hoping she would hear.
King Kai chuckled as he eavesdropped onto the next generation of Z warriors, "Oh kids these days, they become physically stronger, but mentally, they have no control." He said as he shook his head. "What is the world coming too. Oh well, I guess they are entitled to a little fun..." He snickered as he walked into his little house. "That Piccolo, he won't give up will he.…." King Kai said as he felt the Namek's power rise. "Well they are running out of warriors down on Earth, I hope that Jinja will be a strong fighter, there is something coming in the future, and I don't think Nail and Bardock will be able to handle it alone...."