Chapter 2

~ Early the next morning, Goku came to breakfast with Trunks, and Bulma gave him more food. He spent most of the morning exploring the planet for any possible danger to Vegeta or his family. ~

King Kai: Every well-brought up Saiya-jin always hopes to be a protector of the royal family some day and have a king or prince to guard. Goku's father (he helped protect the last king) had carefully told him what to do should he ever start defending a Saiya-jin prince.

Goku later went to Kami's Lookout, a large, hovering palace. He took a quick scan of the Earth.

Goku: This is an excellent training area. I need to be in top shape in case anyone tried to attack Vegeta.

~ His mind grew restless at the thought, and he spent several minutes shadow boxing until he heard a very sorrofull voice behind him. ~

King Kai: It was Dende and Piccolo, two Nameks who resided on the Lookout. They had just recently received a batch of Namek eggs from New Namek and had set up a barrier that only Nameks could pass through. They were standing outside the main building. Piccolo wore a sorrowful expression and Dende was crying.

Goku: What's wrong?

Dende: We are very miserable. One of our young brothers wandered away from the palace yesterday and Frieza killed him.

Goku: H'm! That's very sad and I'm sorry for your loss - but I'm a stranger here. Who's Frieza?

~ Dende and Piccolo only dashed through the barrier, for suddenly they all felt a ki signature jump and they heard a low chuckle - a horrid cold sound that made Goku jump back two clear feet. Then, descending inch by inch, landed Frieza, the evil Ice-jin. He looked at Goku with pure evil in his eyes. ~

Frieza: Who is Frieza? I am Frieza. I am a member of the powerful Ice-jin race and ruler of the universe. Look, and be afraid!

~ He raised his ki signature even higher. Goku was afraid for a minute, but it is impossible for a Saiya-jin to stay frightened for any length of time, and though Goku had never met a live Ice-jin before, his father had taught him about the race, and he knew that all a grown Saiya-jin's business in life was to fight and kill Ice-jins. Frieza know that too, and at the bottom of his cold heart, he was afraid. ~

Goku: Well. Powerful or not, do you think it's right for you to kill innocent children?

~ Frieza was thinking to himself, and he was watching the area behind Goku. He knew that Saiya-jins on the planet meant death for him and his brothers, but he wanted to get Goku off his guard. So he lowered his ki a bit. ~

Frieza: Let's talk. You kill Ice-jins. Why should I not kill children?

Piccolo: (frantically) Behing you! Look behind you!

~ Goku knew better that to waste time staring. He jumped into the air as high as he could, and just underneath him whizzed a blast shot by Kooler, Frieza's wicked brother. He had crept up behind Goku as he was talking, to make an end of him; and Goku heard his savage growl as the blast missed. He came down just behind Kooler. ~

King Kai: If he had been an older Saiya-jin, he would've known that was the time to blast him to his death with one powerful ki blast; but he was afraid of the terrible return-blast of the Ice-jin.

~ Goku blasted, indeed, but didn't sustain it long enough, and he jumped clear of the blast as it returned, leaving Kooler burnt and angry. ~

Frieza: Wicked, wicked Namek!

~ He shot a powerful ki blast at the inside of the main building where the eggs were kept, but the shield deflected the blast. ~

King Kai: Goku had felt himself transform into a Super Saiya-jin (when a Saiya-jin transforms, he is angry) and fell into a fighting stance and looked around but Frieza and Kooler had disappeared from the fight. When and Ice-jin misses his target, he never says anything or gives any sign of what he plans to do next. Goku didn't care to find them, for he wasn't sure that he could handle two Ice-jins at once. So he flew back to West Capital City to think. It was a serious matter for him.

If you read the old books of universal history, you'll find that they say that when a Saiya-jin fights and happens to get injured, he runs off and eats some bean that heals him. That is not entirely true. The victory is only a matter of quickness of eye and strength of blow - Ice-jin's ki blast against Saiya-jin's block - and as no eye can follow the motion of an Ice-jin's ki blast when it starts, that makes things more wonderful than any magic bean. Goku knew he was a young Saiya-jin, and it made him all the more pleased to think that he managed to escape a blast from behind. It gave him confidence.

~ When Trunks came running out, Goku was ready for their daily spar when Cell landed. ~

Cell: Be careful! I am death!

King Kai: It was Cell, the bio engineered android that attacks suddenly; and his ki blasts are as dangerous as the Ice-jins. But he is unheard of so nobody thinks about him, and he does all the more harm to people.

Goku transformed again and he fell into a fighting stance. If Goku had only known, he was doing a much more dangerous thing than fighting Frieza for Cell is so powerful and can attack so fast that unless Goku somehow incapacitated him with one blast, he would get the return blast in his head or chest. But Goku didn't know and he looked for an opening.

~ Cell lashed out with his tail. Goku jumped sideways and tried to fly in, but the tail lashed within a fraction of his heaad, and he had to jump over Cell, the tail following. ~

Trunks: Hey Mom! Dad! That Saiya-jin is killing an android!

~ Goku heard a scream from Bulma and Vegeta ran out already at SSJ level, but by the tail he came up, Cell had lashed out once to far, and Goku tore off the tail and blasted his entire upper half, effectively killing him. Goku was going to blast him, after the custom of his family, but he remembered that too much ki usage makes a slower and weaker Saiya-jin, and if he wanted to keep all his strength and skill ready, he must not use too much ki. He went off for some food, while Vegeta kept blasting the dead Cell. ~

Goku: (to himself) What's the use of that? I already killed him.

~ Bulma then rushed out and hugged him crying that he'd saved Trunks, while Vegeta commended him on his fighting skill, and Trunks stared with wide eyes. ~

King Kai: Goku was rather amused at all the fuss, which, of course, he didn't understand. Bulma might have hugged Trunks for beating his opponents.

That night, at dinner, he paced around the living room. He could've stuffed himself three times over; but he remembered Frieza and Kooler, and even though it was nice to be hugged by Bulma and to spar with Trunks or Vegeta, he would transform from time to time and he would go off into his long war cry of: "Kamehameha!"


And that's it for Chapter 2. Sorry the fight scene wasn't as good as it should've been.

Preview: Goku and Frieza finally face off. (Warning: Again, the fight probably won't be as good as it should.