Chapter 5: A Short Lived Friend
The tall figure of Gohan was a
sight that Trunks could not believe. There he was, not dead but alive and well; his missing arm was there,
and the scar on his face was gone. At
first, Trunks thought he was going insane.
"How?" he asked, "you sacrificed
yourself to save me."
Turlet had seen some weird
things in his lifetime, but none as unorthodox as this.
"Wait, that earthling who
tried to find New Namek. Has he
succeeded and wished this person back?"
He had seen a profile of Gohan
when he was given his report of Trunks. This current Gohan looked stronger than the profile.
"He's a Saiyan. I remember that Saiyans get much stronger in
a near death experience. And, if he was
wished back…"
Cooler was frightened to his
very soul.
"It's him," he whispered, "it's
Goku incarnated. No. It cannot be. You're a ghost; you have to be. You were killed by the androids
last I heard."
"Well," Gohan spoke up, "You
heard right."
"Wait, if he is the son of
Goku, then it's his head I want. Trunks
could be an added bonus to that. And if
he is here, then someone must have used the Dragon Balls to do it. If there anything like Namek's, they will
grant three wishes. So the other two
aren't wasted yet." Cooler
dissipated the death ball.
Gohan, seeing that Bulma could
stand up on her own, set her down on her feet.
"Are you ok?"
"Yeah. I think so," she answered, "Some gas just filled the room, and
now I'm here." Reality hit her. "Hey wait! Gohan! What are you doing here?"
"Someone wished me back."
"How? Piccolo died and the Dragon Balls are gone."
"I did it," another voice said.
Everybody looked in the
direction of the voice. It came from
behind the ship, and the person it belonged to came out to sight. He was rough twenty-years-old, twenty-five
at the max. He was wearing some Nameken
clothing, almost looking like Piccolo, except he was human.
"I left earth five years ago to
find New Namek. I knew the Dragon Balls
here no longer existed so I stated my search for Namek's."
"What?" Cooler shouted.
"It took me years, but I found
the planet first hand rather than trying to look for it on earth. I told the Nameks of earth's situation and
were very glad to help me out. After
they gathered the Dragon Balls, the eternal dragon was ready to grant my
wishes. A Namek named Dende was my
translator to the dragon. I was selfish
for my age, so I wished my self to be five years younger to cancel the effects
of the search. Then I wished Gohan back
to life, not knowing there were other warriors I could have revived. I kicked myself for not asking who else
could have been revived. Finally, I
wished for me and Gohan to be teleported here to earth."
Cooler stood there in
anger.
"No Dragon Balls on earth. Then why am I wasting my time here? I'm going to find that planet and use their
Dragon Balls to wish for immortality. And you're coming with me."
"My name is Ryan, for your
information, and I would never help a freak like you."
"Then die." Cooler pointed two fingers at Ryan and fired
a thin beam right though his heart. Cooler's target screamed in excruciating pain while clutching the hole
in his body. Spiting out blood from his
mouth, he fell dead on the ground. "I'll find the planet myself."
"And what of my reward, master?"
Turlet whiningly asked Cooler.
"You want your reward? Then here it is. A one way trip to the other dimension."
The bounty hunter gasped and
disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Gohan
and Trunks stood over the body of Ryan, an unknown friend who gave a portion of
his life to bring Gohan back. Gohan
turned to Cooler.
"You heartless murderer! You're just like your brother!" Cooler just shrugged and levitated into the
air. The two half-Saiyans did the same.
"Gohan," Trunks said, "let's
teach this guy what it feels like to die."
"My thoughts exactly, little
brother."
"Get
out of here, mom."
"Ok. Be careful, son. You too, Gohan." Bulma took out a capsule that tuned into a hover
car.
"Don't
worry," Gohan responded, "this guy is nothing compared to the androids, right
Trunks."
"Right."
"So,"
Cooler said, "you think my brother was powerful. Wait until you see this."
Cooler
raised his index finger in the air and formed a large energy ball that kept on
growing. Trunks and Gohan transformed
into Super Saiyans. As soon as Cooler
thought the attack was big enough, he fired it towards earth. Trunks landed on the ground where it would
hit.
"Trunks!"
Gohan yelled, "What are you doing?"
The
ball meet the ground with Trunks in between them. Cooler started to laugh as the ball burrowed its way into the
earth.
"You
know," Cooler laughed, "Trunks isn't all that bright; I'm almost ashamed to
have wanted his head." Gohan looked at
the ball and smiled.
Cooler
looked down at his attack and noticed it was coming up.
"No. How? That attack is unstoppable." Trunks lifted the ball and rose up to Coolers level.
"Hmmmm. Ok. I'll tell you why I can do this, but you have to keep it secret." Cooler looked at the teenage Saiyan with
fury in his eyes.
"You
see, I went back in time to save Goku from the virus, but I came to another
time-line where I killed your brother. He used this same attack on me with the exact same results. Now, here, I think you want this back."
Trunks
threw the ball at Cooler. In
desperation, Cooler detonated the ball where it destroyed his ship. Now angered with the Super Saiyans, he
started to fire multiple energy blast at them, but they blocked or avoided them
all together. Trunks super speeded
behind Cooler and blasted off his right arm. The alien ignored the pain and hit Trunks with his eye beams. Quickly reacting, Gohan launched a
Kamehameha wave attack, which left only the tyrant's remaining arm and lower
torso. The body parts fell to the
ground. Trunks lunched his Finisher
Buster attack to dispose of the remaining pieces.
"You know, Trunks. He was dead, and you didn't have to do
that."
"Believe me Gohan, when you come
from the time-period I went to, you know to finish the job."