concentrating on my other fic so that I could get it finished. Also had a load of
exams and stuff.
Anyways, thanks to all my reviewers, very appreciated. Here's chapter 5.
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball/Z/GT.
Chapter 5: Explanations and Searching
Gohan increased his speed when Kame house came into sight as a tiny little speck in the distance. Piccolo was close behind him, and also increased his speed, flying up alongside his young student.
"Gohan, are you feeling better now?" Piccolo asked, concerned about Gohan's clash with the Androids earlier.
Gohan just managed to cover up his surprise at the Namekian's unusual show of compassion and nodded. "Yeah, I'm fine, thanks to the senzu bean."
Piccolo quickly put on a stern voice again, not wanting his student to go soft. "Well let's fly faster then. We're nearly there."
Gohan could have laughed. Same old Piccolo again, he thought.
A very short while later, the Namek and young boy landed down on Kame Island, and were greeted by Krillen, who wore a concerned look, which quickly turned into surprise.
"Gohan, you're okay. I felt your ki drop to virtually nothing." The small man stated, looking the demi-saiyan up and down to check he was all in one piece.
Gohan laughed, and was about to say something, when Piccolo interrupted, giving the boy a stern glance.
"He was very close to a trip to otherworld." Piccolo said, still glancing at his student sternly. "Luckily, I fly quite fast."
Gohan stared down at the floor, a mix of emotions flying through him. Why was Piccolo trying to make him feel guilty? It wasn't his fault evil Androids decided to try and kill him.
Piccolo laughed. "Don't worry, kid. I was kidding." He said, gaining a look of confusion from Krillen.
"Anyway!" Gohan said, glaring at his mentor as if the Namek had gone crazy. "We've got some planning to do, Krillen."
Krillen nodded, his expression totally serious. "Lets go inside." He suggested, gesturing towards the turtle house.
"Actually, I was thinking we should go to Bulma's." Gohan said, looking at the ground again. "Vegeta would be a big help in helping us fight." The demi-saiyan concluded.
"Vegeta!" Krillen exclaimed, the dismay evident in his tone of voice.
Gohan nodded, his face set in a determined look. "We are gonna need all the help we can get to fight the Androids."
"Androids?" Krillen asked, surprised because this was the first solid detail he had heard of their new foes.
"Yeah, very powerful Androids." Gohan said, a slight shiver running down his spine. "Their main goal is to destroy all life and have fun while they do it." He added, balling his small hand into a fist. "We have gotta find a way to stop them!"
Krillen nodded thoughtfully. "Okay. We can go to Bulma's. If these Androids are really that strong, it looks like we'll have to ask for Vegeta's help, but that doesn't mean that I trust him." The former monk replied.
Gohan grinned. "Vegeta is one of us now, Krillen. He's settled down here on Earth. Didn't you know that he and Bulma have had a son together?"
Krillen's mouth dropped like a lead weight. "WHAT?"
Gohan started laughing and was just about to say something when Piccolo interrupted.
"Don't you think we have more important things to do and discuss?" The Namekian said, impatiently, before taking to the air in the direction of Capsule Corps.
Gohan stopped his giggling fit straight away and took to the sky, just behind Piccolo. "I'm right behind you, Piccolo." Gohan shouted, in an apologetic tone.
Krillen was soon trailing behind the young demi-saiyan, shouting for him to wait up.
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'Kakarot's brat seems too be fine again. He must have had one of those disgraceful senzu beans.'
Vegeta walked through to the large kitchen, where Bulma had just laid out a late lunch on the table. He had felt Gohan's ki drop to a life-threatening level but couldn't find any other ki's nearby that would have caused this to happen. Then the Namek turned up and saved him.
"Vegeta! Were you even listening to me?" Bulma screamed down his ear.
Vegeta cringed at the noise. 'Stupid onna! Nearly burst my ear drums!' He turned towards her, a large scowl spread across his face.
"I was just telling you that lunch was on the table." Bulma said, an irritated look on her face.
"Don't you think I can see that, woman!" Vegeta retorted rudely, before sitting down and tucking in with the usual fast speed of a Saiyan.
Bulma walked off to see to baby Trunks. 'Ooh! He is sooo rude and ungrateful!' She mused to herself, before picking up a wailing Trunks. "Don't cry, hun. I'll have that nappy (diaper) fixed in a second." She cooed to her unhappy son.
Vegeta was eating his way through his seventh plateful when there was a knock at the door. 'Urh, I suppose I better answer that. Bulma's busy with Trunks.' He got up, reluctantly leaving his half-eaten food, and walked through to the hallway. He opened the door, an unwelcoming scowl knitted across his features.
The brat, the Namek and the half-pint stood the other side. Vegeta's scowl got bigger and even more unwelcoming.
"What do you want?" He growled, folding his arms impatiently.
None of them looked like they were going to speak but then Gohan found his tongue.
"Hey Vegeta. How are you?" He asked nervously.
Vegeta grunted. "Enough with the pleasantries, kid. What do you want?" He asked.
Gohan looked taken aback by these words but quickly found his tongue once more.
"Um...well didn't you feel my power drop?" He asked, carefully watching the Saiyan Prince.
Vegeta shrugged. "Yeah! So what?" He asked, looking completely uninterested.
Gohan pushed aside the need to strangle the obnoxious Prince and carried on. "Well two evil beings, called Androids, popped up out of nowhere and killed loads of people and then turned on me." He explained, hoping this wasn't completely pointless.
"Why should I care?" Vegeta asked, looking extremely bored.
Gohan stared at him in complete bewilderment. "Why should you care? Because these two Androids are really powerful. Probably more powerful than you." Gohan said, knowing straightaway that he had hit the nail right on the head with that comment.
Vegeta looked visibly annoyed now. "How can two beings be more powerful than me? I couldn't even feel their power levels." The Saiyan Prince argued in disbelief.
"Well you wouldn't feel their power levels. They're machines." Gohan explained, now becoming impatient himself.
Vegeta didn't like the brat's tone of voice then and was about to admonish him for it, when Piccolo interrupted.
"Don't you think we should be planning our attack rather than bickering like children." He shouted authoritively, tiring of the mini-war going on between his pupil and the Saiyan Prince.
The loud shout silenced both Saiyans and this time Krillen spoke.
"Don't you think we should tell Yamacha, Tien and Chaouzu about this?" The bald man asked, finally able to get his word in to the conversation.
"Those weaklings aren't worth our time." Vegeta scoffed. "In fact none of you are. I can take these Androids on my own."
With that said, Vegeta pushed past Gohan and blasted off, leaving a large wind behind him.
"Idiot!" Piccolo said. "He won't be able to find them because he can't sense them. I would have thought even he should have realized that."
Gohan and Krillen nodded, suppressing laughs at Vegeta's expense.
"So what should we do now?" Gohan asked, looking up at his Sensei.
"Go tell the others and make our plans to find and destroy these Androids, of course." Piccolo replied, before taking off in the direction of Yamacha's ki signature.
Krillen followed him straight away, not wanting to get left behind again. Gohan stared skeptically at the departing form of his teacher. 'I don't think its gonna be that easy to beat them.' He thought uneasily. 'They beat me up so easily.' He chewed nervously on his lower lip, shrugged, and then flew after his two best friends.
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Yamacha rubbed his eyes and squinted up at the approaching figures of Krillen, Piccolo and Gohan. He had been wondering if Gohan was alright since he felt his ki drop. He couldn't understand the reason behind it. There were no other strong ki's near to the half-saiyan when it happened. Maybe he would get some answers now.
"Hey guys." He shouted, as they landed in front of him.
Piccolo immediately spoke before the other two even had a chance. "There's big trouble but there's no time to explain now. Just follow us to Tien and Chaouzu's location."
Although extremely confused Yamacha nodded his head and took to the sky, following the Namekian. Krillen and Gohan stared up at the rapidly departing figures in bewilderment, and quickly took to the air after them.
They soon reached the island Tien and Chaouzu were training on. The pair were evidently taking a short break because they were sitting on the ground talking quietly.
They both looked up as the four Z fighters landed down in front of them.
"Hey guys. What's wrong?" Tien asked, looking at their serious faces in confusion.
Gohan quickly explained about the Androids and what they had done, receiving shocked expressions from Yamacha and Tien and a fearful gulp from Chaouzu.
"So the Androids can't be detected?" Tien asked in dismay.
"That's right, Tien." Piccolo answered. "We have to try and find them the old fashioned way.
The Z fighters all gave a collective sigh and flew up in the air.
"We'll split up into twos and take different cities to scout around for them." Piccolo said, his authoritive voice taking over again. "Gohan, you come with me." He added, before blasting off in direction of South City.
Gohan stared after his Sensei, still in two minds about whether they were doing the right thing or not in tracking down the Androids. He quickly shook off his doubts and blasted off after his teacher.
The other four stared at each other in surprise at Piccolo's sudden actions, before finally snapping out of it and blasting off in two directions; Tien and Chaouzu towards North City and Yamacha and Krillen towards West City.
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Vegeta flew on and on in blind rage. 'How dare that brat suggest that some mere machines were stronger than me?!' He yelled in his mind. His fury clouding his vision more. 'I'll find these so-called Androids and prove to everyone that I am stronger!'
He blasted off even faster, not sure how he would find them, but certain that he would destroy them when he did find them.
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Gohan finally caught up with his teacher. The Namek had been flying at full speed but, when he realized how far behind his pupil was, he had slowed down slightly.
"Do you think we'll find the Androids?" Gohan asked, flying up beside the Namekian.
"I don't know, Gohan, but we've got to try, because otherwise more innocent people will suffer." Piccolo answered, clenching his fist in determination.
Gohan just nodded and concentrated on scanning the area below them for the mechanical duo. They weren't having much luck so far. They had started looking at the west side of South City, which had the most damage to it, but they didn't really expect to find them here because the Androids had already devasted the entire area.
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Krillen and Yamacha flew low over West City. Everything was going on like clockwork, as usual. The streets were as busy as they were everyday.
"I don't think we'll find them here." Krillen said, flying side by side with his fellow Z fighter.
Yamacha nodded his head in agreement, secretly glad that they hadn't found them yet. After all they had beaten Gohan up with not too much effort and Gohan was half Saiyan.
They flew on, both feeling negative about the search.
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Tien and Chaouzu were having about as much luck as the other Z fighters. The Androids were nowhere to be seen in and around North City.
"Tien, I can't see them anywhere." Chaouzu called to his three-eyed friend.
Tien grunted in response. 'How are we meant to find them when we can't detect them?' He thought, agitated. 'If only we knew a little more about them.'
The unusual duo flew on in their search, about as hopeful at finding them as Krillen and Yamacha were.
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Vegeta continued on and on, not sure where he was flying to. 'I'll show that brat and his baka friends!' He fumed in his head.
Suddenly a huge explosion filled the air. The fiery colours filled the sky in front of the Saiyan Prince.
Vegeta looked down and saw the Androids idly blasting people and buildings. 'Now I have them.' He thought and dived down to meet them.
End Chapter.
I know, it was mean to stop there, but I don't really wanna make the chapter any longer. The real action will begin next chapter. So please r&r and I'll get it out as soon as I can.
Ja ne for now.^_^
