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This chapter of my fic kind of jumps back into the past. I'm sure that if you read it you will understand and if you do not then feel free to e-mail me any questions you have! I hope that you all enjoy this chapter. A number of people, *cough* two *cough*, have been asking about the actual Dragonball hero.

Thank you Digi fan, Inuyasha Daw, and Nasiya for reviewing!! I really appreciate it ^.^ and Nasiya: veggie-chan is no weaker than he was in the series, nor is king Vegeta stronger. It is simply a mental block that keeps veggie-chan from defeating his father. I will try to explain this in the next chapter so don't give up on my fic!! Please enjoy this fic and keep in mind that I would love a review now and then ^.^ ENJOY!!

Saiyan Means Trouble:

Chapter three:

Bardok's Son

A shooting star fell down to the Earth as a glowing ball of fire. Gohan was awakened suddenly as the falling object tore through the trees and crashed into the terra of the nearby jungle. He felt a strange energy . . .

Gohan got out of bed and put on some clothes. He grabbed his power-pole before going out the door. On closer inspection the shooting star turned out to be some sort of space craft that contained a howling baby . . .

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Fourteen years later a similar ship descended from the sky. The twenty- second Tenkaichi Boudokai was just completed and Tien was announced the champion.

"I'll pay!" Tien offered when the Turtle Hermit proposed they all go out to dinner. Everyone was happy to agree to that. They had all started toward the restaurant when a dark figure levitated down from the sky.

"Who the Hell are you!?" Lunch said with one hand on a gun. There was something about this guy that she did not like. The others seemed to sense something bad as well. Goku, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien, and Choazu had all taken up fighting stances. Master Roshi's glasses flashed from the light of the setting sun as he was the first to notice the strangers tail.

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After Bardok landed on the planet, he used his radar headpiece to find the strongest energy on this planet. He had located a number of moderate energy readings clustered together and headed in that direction.

As Bardok landed in front of the strongest group he ignored the blonde woman's question. Bardok's attention was focused on the small boy with wild black hair and fierce warrior eyes.

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"Kakarot . . ." the foreign word sounded as a verbal caress from the tall man whose eyes were locked onto Goku "It has been so long . . . my son"

"NANI!!??" Bulma's startled shriek drowned out the other's gasps as they realized who he was referring to as his son. Her cry even made the stranger wince.

There was an awkward moment and then suddenly Bardok laughed "Kakarot what have you done? Why haven't you completed your mission?"

"Why do you keep calling Goku 'kak-carot'!?" Krillin shouted but received no answer from the stranger. "You must have the wrong person, you see our friend here is named GOKU . . ." no response from the stranger. He was fed up with this strange man and his even stranger behavior. "What is going on!?"

"Yes, what is going on?" Bulma asked and looked at Goku. Everyone else turned to Goku as well.

"Why are you all looking at me? I don't know what's going on!" Goku said helplessly

"Well obviously." Choazu said sarcastically and was rewarded with a poke from Tien "sorry . . ."

"Kakarot . . . don't you know? Don't you remember who you are?" Bardok's brow furrowed and he took a step toward Goku. Krillin, Tien, and Yamcha snapped back into fighting positions.

"I'm sorry . . . I don't remember." Goku replied. He felt sorry for the stranger who now wore such a stricken expression. "Who are you?"

Everyone was silent for a moment. "You have a tail." Roshi's quiet statement broke the silence and caused the others to gasp in surprised as they realized its truth. "I have only once seen anything like it, and that was on the one you claim is your son."

A slow grin spread on Bardok's face as the Turtle Hermit spoke. "Forgive me for acting so rudely to all of you." For the first time the stranger addressed anyone other than Goku, "I am Bardok of the saiyan elite." Bardok slammed a fist to his chest in way of salute.

Everyone remained unsure for a moment "um . . . what exactly is a 'Saiyan'?" Bulma tentatively asked. She wasn't used to not knowing things and it obviously bothered her that she had almost no idea what this guy was talking about.

"The saiyans are a mighty warrior race. We come from the planet Vejiitasei and are ruled by the king Vegeta." Bardok said proudly but he was rather put out that his son hadn't told them this already. Something was terribly wrong.

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Everyone was again struck speechless by what Bardok was implying "A-are you saying that you and Goku are . . . are ALIENS!" Bulma shrieked and then ducked behind Yamcha for protection.

"But . . . I was born on Earth . . ." Goku said in a slightly lost voice. Master Roshi put his hand on Goku's shoulder.

"Goku, there is something I should tell you, Something that your grandfather Gohan told me." Roshi's voice was heavy and serious as he spoke of his former student. Everyone turned to listen. "Gohan found you one night after a shooting star fell near his home. He had gone to investigate it and found what looked like a strange space ship whose single passenger was a baby boy. Gohan decided to take you in and named you Goku. But you were unruly and hostile. You were a real terror to poor Gohan. But then one day you fell and hit your head. It was a bad fall and a miracle that you survived. From that point on you were a kind and gentle child, just as you are now Goku."

"Is that what happened?" Bardok asked. He had listened to the Turtle Hermit tell the story and now things were making sense. "When you hit your head, you must have forgotten your mission Kak- er, Goku."

"Mission?" Goku asked the man who said he was his father.

Bardok nodded and explained, "You were sent to this planet to rid it of inhabitants so it could be sold to aliens. I wanted to come and bring you back to Vejiitasei sooner but there has been some trouble . . . what?" Bardok noticed everyone around him wearing looks of horror and disbelief.

"H-how can you say that! Goku would never hurt a fly!" Bulma jumped out from behind Yamcha, her fear turning into anger.

"I think you should go now," Yamcha said in a tight voice "Goku is our friend and he wouldn't kill off a whole planet."

They all glared unhappily at Bardok with varying amounts of fear. Bardok just watched his son who had said almost nothing throughout the entire exchange. "No, I can see that 'Goku' would not do that. It appears that my Kakarot is dead."

* * * * * * * Bardok sadly turned away. Everyone was silent. Bardok was about to jump into the air when Goku cried out "Wait!"

Bardok turned around. A sad smile crept onto his stony features. He watched the small boy with loving eyes.

"I-I don't know anything about you . . ." Goku trailed off, unsure of what exactly he wanted to say.

"I would love to stay awhile and get to know the person you have become Goku," Bardok used Kakarot's Earth name "But there isn't much reason for someone to linger around a dead planet." Before Goku's friends could become upset again, Bardok continued "I am going to tell my superiors that this planet was destroyed long before I arrived and I found no trace of my son. That should buy you some time to live your life freely . . ." Bardok turned again from the surprised group but before he blasted off he said one more thing, "Don't be too surprised if your brother pays you a visit someday." Bardok flew off and disappeared into the evening sky with a smile lighting up his face.

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"Brother?" Bulma asked weakly of no one in particular. They were all silently watching the speck that was Bardok disappear. That was all a bit much to take in and it had happened in such a small amount of time that it was almost like a dream. Suddenly a growling noise broke the silence.

"I'm starving . . ." Goku said patting his disquieted stomach. Everyone laughed and broke the tension that had been so thick. They all started again toward the restaurant.

"Oh no!" Goku declared when they arrived at the restaurant "I forgot my power pole and my grandpa's dragon ball back at the tournament!" Goku turned to go back for it.

"Don't bother. I'll get them for you!" Krillin offered . . .

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Bardok returned to Freeza and reported that the planet had been destroyed before he had gotten there. Bardok told the same story to king Vegeta who expressed sorrow for the loss of Bardok's second son.

Bardok then sought out his other son Raditz. He told Raditz the true story of his brother on "Earth" and warned him never to mention "Goku" to anyone but the king, and only then in an extreme emergency.

"Remember that the planet exists. If something were to happen to Vejiitasei, you must go there and retrieve your brother" Raditz listened to his father carefully and committed the names "Goku" and "Earth" to memory.