The Way I Am Chapter 2
Okay, dull chapter alert but it important for the last chapter ;-)
Several more years had past, the visions had become less and far between. I had a feeling something had changed, drastically. I occasionally saw Raditz in Hell but we never had anything to say to eachother. It was a normal day in Hell, Panbukin and Topato were eating anything they could find, as usual and Toma and Celipa were hangin out together, as usual. It was a normal day. Then, I saw him. Kakarot. He was here. I could sense he wasn't too far away. For the first time, I actually went to find him. I travelled through hell and parts of Snakeway, I knew he was here, where? Then it happened…
"Kakarot…Or should I say Goku?"
"Huh? You…" I stood before him, I could feel myself filling with pride, even though I was really nervous. "You…You look exactly like me!"
"Wha?!"
"Man, that's weird!" My jaw dropped.
"You don't…know who I am…"
"Should I?"
"Of course you should!!" I was angry and somewhat embarrassed that Kakarot didn't know who I was. "Kakarot…I'm your father."
"WHA!?!?!? M-my father! Wow! Your name's Bardock, right?"
"Yes…I-It's good to meet you…Finally."
"Sure is! Man…This is really…"
"I know…I'm not too sure what to say either. But, I wanted to meet you."
"Wanted to? Why?"
"You defeated Freiza of course."
"Yeah, I beat him but I didn't kill him."
"You didn't? Then who did?"
"That was Trunks, Vegeta's son, from the future."
"Vegeta? As in Prince Vegeta?"
"Yup."
"And, from the future?"
"Uh-huh. It's a long story." Still, I didn't care that Kakarot didn't kill Frieza, he still defeated him. I couldn't believe it, he looked so much like me.
"So…"
"Heh…Don't worry, I dunno what to say either. Hmm… Why'd you ask about Frieza anyway?"
"He was the one who destroyed Planet Vegeta, sent me here…"
"Why do all Saiyans hate Frieza so much?"
"He practically made our whole race his personal slaves. There was no one strong enough to face him so we had to do his work. No one really minded the fact that we were forced to work for him it was just the way he made us work for him. We got very little pay and there was always a tight time in which to do it. In the end, he destroyed our race because he was scared that there was going to be someone stronger than him. Like you."
"Heh…"
"Well, Prince Vegeta was probably the biggest risk to him, that's why Frieza kidnapped him."
"Hmm…Yeah, I remember Vegeta telling me about that when Frieza killed him."
"You know Prince Vegeta?"
"Sure, although no one except him, calls him `Prince' Vegeta. He lives on Earth like me."
"So he survived too…"
"Sure did. Did you know him?"
"Me? No. He would have only been about five or six years old when the planet was destroyed…Most Saiyans knew his father though, seeing how all of Frieza's orders came to us through him."
"…I still think this is pretty weird."
"Huh? Oh, yeah…Me too." It was weird. Finally, I have met Kakarot. He doesn't behave like a Saiyan. He's not a Saiyan. Never the less, he's still my son.
"So, what are you here for anyway?" I asked him.
"Well, I died." I just laughed. I was still surprised. Even though I had seen him so many times in my visions, he had to be seen to be believed.
"…Kakarot…" I said to myself.
"?"
"Huh?"
"Did you say something?"
"Uh, no." We walked along further, "So, your name is Goku now?"
"Yup."
"I see."
"Truth is, I didn't even know I was a Saiyan until Raditz showed up."
"Raditz? You mean you spend your entire life thinking you were from earth?"
"Uh-huh. Grandpa Gohan found me when I was a baby and he named me Goku. Not long after that I fell down a waterfall and hit my head, that's how I forgot my `mission'."
"Your mission, destroy earth. Heh, I think it's just as well you didn't now."
"I would never do anything like that. Besides, it's my home, all my friends and family are there."
"I'm glad you didn't do what Raditz told you."
"Raditz really is my brother then?"
"Yes, although I see him quite often but I haven't actually spoken to him in over 30 years."
"30 YEARS!"
"That's right."
"B, but he's your son!"
"That doesn't really make a lot of difference to either of us; I don't like him, he doesn't like me…"
"There's no way I wouldn't speak to my sons for that long."
"Your sons, yes, you have a family…"
"Gohan and Goten are my sons, Chichi is my wife, and Pan is my Grand-daughter. Hang on, how did you know I had a family?" I explained to Goku about Kanasa and my ability to see the future. He seemed so amazed by it.
"You might be able to do that, but can you go Super Saiyan!?"
"Er…Yes I can actually." I answered. I had been able to for quite some time. Unusually, I was one of the very few in hell who could.
"You can? Which other Saiyans here can do that?"
"Not many. Just me, King Vegeta, Celipa, Brolli and Raditz."
"Vegeta & Raditz can?! Wow, I would have thought they would have been the last to manage it."
"You'd be surprised. Vegeta isn't all that bad; he was the first to manage it when he saw Frieza down here he went absolutely nuts. Raditz' was a bit different…"
"Go on." I actually felt ashamed to say how Raditz managed Super Saiyan.
"There was quite a bit of trouble here a couple of years ago and…I'm not so sure what happened but he went Super Saiyan…" Of course that wasn't the whole story but I couldn't tell him.
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