But something different was about to happen today. Today, two men who looked very alike and were about the same size landed right in Korin's tower. The cat and man looked up, very surprised and happy to have a visitors.
"Gohan, Goku! What a pleasure to see you both!" exclaimed Yajirobe, running over to them.
"We don't have much time, Yajirobe," said Gohan solemnly. He lay Goku down on the bench near him. Before he turned around, Korin had already placed the senzu bean in his hand. Gohan reached for Goku's--
BOOM!!!
Gohan grabbed Goku and flew up into the air. He looked back at Korin's tower, which was vertically in between the ground below and the Lookout. Korin's tower was no more. It was more like a huge puff of smoke, but this meant bad things.
Gohan looked up to see the Lookout wobbling. With Korin's tower destroyed, the top of the tower had no support. In almost no time, the Lookout began to topple over. Gohan could handle this, though. He quickly flew up and placed his hands on the side of the Lookout, to keep it steady. The Lookout was heavy, but was nothing for the power of Gohan. But he couldn't hold it this long.
And then things got worse. Out of nowhere, a blast of green energy smashed into Gohan's side, incinerating his white shirt and burning his side. He screamed in pain and lost grip of the Lookout. He almost dropped his father, and when he had caught him, he saw what had happened.
The top of the Lookout hurtled towards the ground, with gaining speed. An impact like that would kill many, destroy the Room of Spirit & Time, and possibly kill Mr. Popo. Gohan spiraled down after the Lookout, but he was too late. The Lookout landed directly upside-down, smashing in the house that Dende and Mr. Popo had lived in. The Lookout was destroyed, and a shock wave went through the earth, knocking down trees and all living things.
Gohan landed next to the fallen Lookout and laid Goku to the ground. He quickly ran over to the Lookout and lifted it up. Under, he could feel a faint power, fading fast. He threw the Lookout up in the air, ran, grabbed Mr. Popo, and rushed out of the way before the Lookout hit the ground again.
It sent another shockwave when it landed, and Gohan shivered feeling it. It seemed to pierce his spine, the shockwave, sending chills through his body more than anything had before. He felt something terribly wrong had just happened, and it had nothing to do with Mr. Popo or even the destruction of Korin's tower.
But now to attend to the matter at hand. Mr. Popo was dying next to him, and he only had one senzu bean to distribute. He laid Mr. Popo on the ground next to Goku, and Mr. Popo looked up at Gohan.
"G-Gohan, I c-cannot help you. Goku can. You w-will give him the s-senzu."
"No Mr. Popo, I can't just let you die like this!" said Gohan with sincerity, a tear trickling down his cheek.
"No Gohan. Do n-not give me the senzu. I-I will not allow it," ordered Mr. Popo, and with that his eyes rolled up in the back of his head and he passed on. Gohan began to bear all, crying and held up Mr. Popo. He crawled to his father's unconscious body, and slowly slipped the senzu into his mouth. Then Gohan fainted.
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Your consciousness calls you.
Goku looked around. There was no one there. He was now in a room with a brown floor. Well, more than brown. Cracks ran through the floor, leading into holes that seemed to never end. The sky was dark, but many stars lit it, and Goku could almost see a shadow of his feet.
How strange. A shadow at his feet in the dead of night.
But this was just another dream. Goku knew this. There was no way to escape the dreams. He had no wait out. Or that he knew of.
And the voice always called him. The voice with no tone, excitement. It was monotonous, like a computer, but so much unlike one. It was strangely human, yet it was most definitely not. Goku could not understand the voice, so he chose to try to ignore it. But that was hard.
The bean broke the spell. You are free, but freedom always comes with a price.
Everything flashed before Goku. And he woke.
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It was very unexpected. They had no idea it would be like this. It didn't make much sense.
Krillin and Yamcha were looking up in the sky. What they saw was not frightening, nor dangerous. But indeed strange. Through the sky flew a banner, which had the face of a familiar friend of theirs.
Tien. Tien was on the airplane banner, a shot of his face and unmistakable third eye, with a grinning smile that did not seem very like Tien. As the flew up into the air, they saw a large billboard. There, Tien's full body was shown. He was dressed in a black business suit with a matching black tie. In the caption it read: "The Tenshinhan, a man of great strength, integrity, and courage." Krillin and Yamcha looked at each other. What was going on?
They flew towards Satan City.
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Krillin and Yamcha finally arrived in Satan City, and to their surprise it had been renamed The Tenshinhan City. They roamed through it, trying not to stir up any trouble. The people there seemed very happy, going through their daily hustle bustle like nothing had happened. There were still signs of destruction in the city, but besides that, it seemed as if the Androids had never arrived.
Krillin and Yamcha arrived at town hall. They had a feeling that Tien would be there, and they had to find out. When they arrived in front of the building, a busty woman with large glasses approached them.
"Hello sirs. What is your business here?" she asked, eyeing them down in their Gi, which seemed very out of place.
"Uh, we'd like to talk to Tien. Do you know where he is?" asked Krillin. The lady's jaw dropped in shock.
"Are you referring to The Tenshinhan? How dare you call him his former nickname? He deserves way more recognition than that!" she pouted. Krillin and Yamcha looked confused.
"Well miss, could you at least tell us where you think Tie--I mean 'The Tenshinhan' is?" probed Yamcha. The lady looked at him furiously.
"Why should I tell you? What business is it of yours where The Tenshinhan is? Do you wish to fight him? You two hoodlums sure look like fighters in those preposterous uniforms!"
"Okay lady, I've had about enough of this! Tell us where--"
"I'm right here, you two," said a calm voice behind them. They looked to see their old friend Tien walking up the steps to town hall, with a three-piece suit on and a strange smirk on his face. The fat lady beside them got to her knees and bowed. She growled, noticing that Krillin and Yamcha were not following her.
"Tien, what're you doing here?" said Yamcha happily, glad to see his old friend. Tien smirked as Yamcha walked up to him. He reached his arms out and hugged his friend. Tien then let out a scream, and his fist appeared through the other end of Yamcha's body. Yamcha fell to the ground, blood pouring out from the hole.
"NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" screamed Krillin, rushing to Yamcha's side and lifting his head. Yamcha looked at him.
"Get h-him Krillin. Avenge my death."
Yamcha there died on the steps to town hall. The fat lady stood, smiling.
"Good job oh almighty Tenshinhan! You showed that jerk to give you more respect than you deserve!" exclaimed the fat woman angrily. Tien laughed and incinerated her with an energy blast. Tien threw off his three piece suit to reveal a white tank top and his usual green pants. He sneered at Krillin.
"You're next, shorty!" he said, turning to face Krillin. "You should be just as easy as that joke, Yamcha."
But Tien didn't notice the spiraling golden disc heading straight for him. Just in time, he flew up in the air, and the Kienzan (Destructo Disk for dubbies) clipped his right cheek. A red gash appeared and blood began to flow from it onto his face. Tien furrowed his brow and faced Krillin, who was standing with his right arm outstretched. Tien wiped the blood from his face. Krillin had a strange look on his face, a look of anger that he had never showed before.
"Oh almighty Tenshinhan…I think it's about time for you to die."
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Goku's eyes opened and he stood up. He was fully revitalized, fully awake, and fully different.
Something felt strange about him. He felt something in the back of his pants, that needed to get out. Goku reached in a pulled out something he hadn't seen in a long while.
His tail. It had grown back somehow, and Goku was very confused. Unfortunately, he didn't have much time to think as another brown blast came from the sky and exploded near Gohan. Gohan was there, Goku noticed. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants, but seemed to have fainted in the grass. He also noticed the Lookout lying on the ground, destroyed. Goku shuddered as he saw Mr. Popo lying in the grass. Another brown blast landed right where he was looking, on top of Mr. Popo's body, incinerating it. Goku screamed and launched into the air to see Bremeth firing blasts at the ground.
Goku threw a fist at him, but before it reached him Blemeth grabbed his tail and tossed him. He then looked up to see two Muk-jins laughing in the sky. Goku knew he needed to go Super Saiya-jin to beat these punks.
But he couldn't. Goku tried another time, but he could not turn Super Saiya-jin. He looked down at his tail. If he could just yank it out, maybe he could turn into Super Saiya-jin again…
But Blemeth was on him, punching and kicking, and Goku had no means of defending himself. He was thrown into the ground, and looked up to see Bremeth and Blemeth spiraling towards him.
Suddenly Gohan flew in, kicking Blemeth in the side and knocking him right into Bremeth, and they both sailed away. Gohan powered up to Mystic, and awaited the battle.
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Vegeta's sack was almost full. He powered up and flew into the air once again.
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Mirai Trunks and Dende shook their heads admirably as they looked down at Chibi Trunks. He was unconscious on the ground, passed out from all the power that had just flowed through him. Even Dende's healing could not help him from his exhaustion.
"I guess we should just take him to my Lookout," said Dende, as Mirai Trunks lifted up Chibi Trunks and draped him over his shoulder. "But there is something strange. It seems I can't find my Lookout. Something is clouding my vision."
Dende nodded his head, "Strange. Well let's get to it. We should be there in no time."
At that, Mirai Trunks and Dende flew towards the Lookout. But what they didn't notice was the yellow figure trailing behind them.