Chapter 2
"I was beginning to think I was crazy for leaving the dragon all those years ago. But my guess was right, and now it's time for us to defend Earth. I'll go get Krillin and Vegeta. Gohan, look for Trunks and Goten. Piccolo, round up Tien and Yamcha." Gohan looked on as his father issued the rapid orders. That spark was coming back into his eyes, the same spark that Gohan saw everytime that his dad faced an oncoming danger. Goku continued, "If I know them, they'll be glad to help defend earth. Besides, with all the special training we received up here they should have improved greatly."
With that Piccolo nodded silently and disappeared, moving quicker than the untrained eye could see. Gohan leaped into the air and sped off in search of Trunks and Goten. Their power levels shouldn't be too hard to detect. They were almost as strong as he was now. Goten had picked up his training again in the after life, as well as Trunks.
Goku leaped into the air, and quickly found Vegeta, "Vegeta! I need to talk to you!"
Vegeta stopped punching and kicking the air and threw his weights to the ground. He turned around slowly, clearly annoyed.
"What is it Kakorott? Even in death you cannot leave me alone! Or is it that you want to spar with me?" A grin slid across Vegeta's face, "If that is it, then I swear upon my Saiyan ancestors..."
"Woah, woah, slow down Vegeta," Goku stammered, "It's nothing to do with that. Earth is under attack by someone named Zanji. I need your help to defend it! Gohan and Piccolo are rounding up the others as we speak."
"Ah, then that is why you have sought me out. There is a time for training and there is a time for fighting. Now you shall see how my strength has grown after all the years. No one will stand in my path! I am the Prince of the Saiyans!"
Goku smirked slightly and rubbed the back of his head. "Okay Vegeta... I'm going to go find Krillin. Go to the Grand Kai's place and wait for the rest of us there."
Vegeta snarled, but set off in the direction of the palace any way. Goku concentrated, trying to find Krillin's power. It was getting harder to detect his friends with so many other high ki levels. He shifted through the different powers until he found Krillin's. Once he sensed it, he rushed to go meet him. Goku quickly explained the situation to the small monk. His friend joined, but obviously worried about his planet.
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"So you see Grand Kai, we must defend our home. Zanji must be stopped, or he will become a danger to the entire galaxy!" Goku pleaded.
"Goku, you have been a great student and a wonder to watch at tournaments, but I just can't let you leave Other World. Others have asked for the same thing and I have had to turn them down as well. I wish I could do something Goku, but I can't." The Grand Kai answered, twirling his mustache slowly.
"Now you listen here, you tiny excuse for a man! I haven't had a real battle in nearly two centuries! You will let me down to Earth or I will..." Vegeta trailed off. Goku had covered his mouth quickly, before the Grand Kai could get to upset. The Z Fighters looked on in horror at what Vegeta had nearly succeeded in saying. Grand Kai was also in shock. Not once in his entire reign had anyone ever talked to him in such a way. "Goku, take your friends with you. Leave my palace and do not return," the Grand Kai stated as he hopped off his throne and picked up his boom box, "You will not be allowed to leave this world and your friend will not be permitted to enter the next Other World Tournament."
A sweat bead dropped from Goku's head as he ushered Vegeta out of the palace. Once they were outside, he released Vegeta from his grip,
"You fool! You would stay here? In this place instead of going to Earth and experiencing another great battle? You are a saiyan! Have you forgotten?" Vegeta raged.
"No Vegeta, I haven't forgotten. But the Grand Kai isn't going to let us go to Earth."
Yamcha stared after Goku, disbelief in his eyes. "But Goku! It's Earth! We have to go. It's our home!" he pleaded. Goku merely lowered his head and closed his eyes, and spoke quietly...
"Yamcha, I know. But you didn't let me finish. The Grand Kai isn't going to let us go to Earth. But we're going anyway. We won't have to slip through the guards since I know Instant Transmission; I haven't done it in a while though, so my aim might be a little off. In the mean time, I want all of you to prepare. Put on your best gis. It's time for our training to be put to the test."
All of the fighters gave a small nod in response. Goku was right after all. He usually was. The Z Fighters rose in unison into the air and flew in quiet order to the North Quadrant barracks where they all lived. Then each donned a separate gi.
Piccolo slipped out of his guardian vest and white pants and put on his normal purple uniform and training mantle. Yamcha merely switched his dirty orange gi for a clean one. Krillin had reverted to the orange gi that he and his comrades had recieved from Master Roshi centuries before. Tien adorned a long sleeve blue shirt, with loose slacks. Most people in other world had never seen slacks before; it had become a new style after Tien first wore them. Goten and Trunks changed into the same gi as the other. It was basically the same as Krillin and Yamcha's, but green with no undershirt. Vegeta put on his usual blue gi. Gohan had decided to keep his personal purple fighting gi he had adopted just before he and his friends had defeated Buu. Goku had also re-adopted his orange and blue gi with his friends, also reverting back to using King Kai's insignia on the back and his own on the front.
Finally when they were prepared, they all linked hands, with Goku standing at the end of the line. He pressed two fingers to his forehead and furrowed his eyebrows. This was a technique he had not practiced in years, and it was not easy to do even when he used it regularly. Finally he was able to lock onto Earth's own energy. Most of the Z warriors had never gone though this process and were suprised when they felt their bodies become light and travel at incredible speeds...
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As they left, the Supreme Kai turned from the scene. He had been watching unnoticed from a few hundred feet away behind a bush.
"That Goku... he is truly a rare case. Not many would defy the orders of the Grand Kai. He must truly love his planet, Earth. From what I have learned about him, this is not unusual. Goku is an awesome force. I pity the fool Zanji. He does not know what he is getting into... Then again, Goku may not be enough to stop him. Not even Vegeta has been able to gain the strength Goku has in the last two centuries. Perhaps it is because of the ancient Saiyan legend. Goku is the chosen one after all. And I have no doubt that this will play a factor in the upcoming events. Not even his fight with Shenlong could have prepared him for the approaching battle..."
"I was beginning to think I was crazy for leaving the dragon all those years ago. But my guess was right, and now it's time for us to defend Earth. I'll go get Krillin and Vegeta. Gohan, look for Trunks and Goten. Piccolo, round up Tien and Yamcha." Gohan looked on as his father issued the rapid orders. That spark was coming back into his eyes, the same spark that Gohan saw everytime that his dad faced an oncoming danger. Goku continued, "If I know them, they'll be glad to help defend earth. Besides, with all the special training we received up here they should have improved greatly."
With that Piccolo nodded silently and disappeared, moving quicker than the untrained eye could see. Gohan leaped into the air and sped off in search of Trunks and Goten. Their power levels shouldn't be too hard to detect. They were almost as strong as he was now. Goten had picked up his training again in the after life, as well as Trunks.
Goku leaped into the air, and quickly found Vegeta, "Vegeta! I need to talk to you!"
Vegeta stopped punching and kicking the air and threw his weights to the ground. He turned around slowly, clearly annoyed.
"What is it Kakorott? Even in death you cannot leave me alone! Or is it that you want to spar with me?" A grin slid across Vegeta's face, "If that is it, then I swear upon my Saiyan ancestors..."
"Woah, woah, slow down Vegeta," Goku stammered, "It's nothing to do with that. Earth is under attack by someone named Zanji. I need your help to defend it! Gohan and Piccolo are rounding up the others as we speak."
"Ah, then that is why you have sought me out. There is a time for training and there is a time for fighting. Now you shall see how my strength has grown after all the years. No one will stand in my path! I am the Prince of the Saiyans!"
Goku smirked slightly and rubbed the back of his head. "Okay Vegeta... I'm going to go find Krillin. Go to the Grand Kai's place and wait for the rest of us there."
Vegeta snarled, but set off in the direction of the palace any way. Goku concentrated, trying to find Krillin's power. It was getting harder to detect his friends with so many other high ki levels. He shifted through the different powers until he found Krillin's. Once he sensed it, he rushed to go meet him. Goku quickly explained the situation to the small monk. His friend joined, but obviously worried about his planet.
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"So you see Grand Kai, we must defend our home. Zanji must be stopped, or he will become a danger to the entire galaxy!" Goku pleaded.
"Goku, you have been a great student and a wonder to watch at tournaments, but I just can't let you leave Other World. Others have asked for the same thing and I have had to turn them down as well. I wish I could do something Goku, but I can't." The Grand Kai answered, twirling his mustache slowly.
"Now you listen here, you tiny excuse for a man! I haven't had a real battle in nearly two centuries! You will let me down to Earth or I will..." Vegeta trailed off. Goku had covered his mouth quickly, before the Grand Kai could get to upset. The Z Fighters looked on in horror at what Vegeta had nearly succeeded in saying. Grand Kai was also in shock. Not once in his entire reign had anyone ever talked to him in such a way. "Goku, take your friends with you. Leave my palace and do not return," the Grand Kai stated as he hopped off his throne and picked up his boom box, "You will not be allowed to leave this world and your friend will not be permitted to enter the next Other World Tournament."
A sweat bead dropped from Goku's head as he ushered Vegeta out of the palace. Once they were outside, he released Vegeta from his grip,
"You fool! You would stay here? In this place instead of going to Earth and experiencing another great battle? You are a saiyan! Have you forgotten?" Vegeta raged.
"No Vegeta, I haven't forgotten. But the Grand Kai isn't going to let us go to Earth."
Yamcha stared after Goku, disbelief in his eyes. "But Goku! It's Earth! We have to go. It's our home!" he pleaded. Goku merely lowered his head and closed his eyes, and spoke quietly...
"Yamcha, I know. But you didn't let me finish. The Grand Kai isn't going to let us go to Earth. But we're going anyway. We won't have to slip through the guards since I know Instant Transmission; I haven't done it in a while though, so my aim might be a little off. In the mean time, I want all of you to prepare. Put on your best gis. It's time for our training to be put to the test."
All of the fighters gave a small nod in response. Goku was right after all. He usually was. The Z Fighters rose in unison into the air and flew in quiet order to the North Quadrant barracks where they all lived. Then each donned a separate gi.
Piccolo slipped out of his guardian vest and white pants and put on his normal purple uniform and training mantle. Yamcha merely switched his dirty orange gi for a clean one. Krillin had reverted to the orange gi that he and his comrades had recieved from Master Roshi centuries before. Tien adorned a long sleeve blue shirt, with loose slacks. Most people in other world had never seen slacks before; it had become a new style after Tien first wore them. Goten and Trunks changed into the same gi as the other. It was basically the same as Krillin and Yamcha's, but green with no undershirt. Vegeta put on his usual blue gi. Gohan had decided to keep his personal purple fighting gi he had adopted just before he and his friends had defeated Buu. Goku had also re-adopted his orange and blue gi with his friends, also reverting back to using King Kai's insignia on the back and his own on the front.
Finally when they were prepared, they all linked hands, with Goku standing at the end of the line. He pressed two fingers to his forehead and furrowed his eyebrows. This was a technique he had not practiced in years, and it was not easy to do even when he used it regularly. Finally he was able to lock onto Earth's own energy. Most of the Z warriors had never gone though this process and were suprised when they felt their bodies become light and travel at incredible speeds...
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As they left, the Supreme Kai turned from the scene. He had been watching unnoticed from a few hundred feet away behind a bush.
"That Goku... he is truly a rare case. Not many would defy the orders of the Grand Kai. He must truly love his planet, Earth. From what I have learned about him, this is not unusual. Goku is an awesome force. I pity the fool Zanji. He does not know what he is getting into... Then again, Goku may not be enough to stop him. Not even Vegeta has been able to gain the strength Goku has in the last two centuries. Perhaps it is because of the ancient Saiyan legend. Goku is the chosen one after all. And I have no doubt that this will play a factor in the upcoming events. Not even his fight with Shenlong could have prepared him for the approaching battle..."