Authors note: I do not own DragonBall, DragonBall Z, DragonBall GT, or any
related stuffs. This fic is my original idea and I ask that you not copy it
without my permission. I also give thanks to DBZGTlegacy.com for their in-
depth episode guide and Generation Z for their dialog scripts. I also give
apologies to Akira Toriyama for following the actual DBZ universe so
closely in the begining of this chapter.
Digi fan- all of your questions will be answered in time . . . if they are not then feel free to send me an e-mail and I will answer what questions remain . . . if I can. Nasiya- don't worry about sounding negative! A negative review is better than no review and they help me to see what I'm not making clear. To answer your question . . . Vegeta has spent most of his life away from Vejiitasei because of a clever idea Freeza had to keep the Saiyans on a tight leash. Freeza didn't want the Saiyans to get cocky so he kept the prince relatively close. Ever since he was little the prince Vegeta has been training with Freeza's army and basically working for Freeza. As long as the Saiyan heir was near Freeza, an attack against the emperor might endanger the prince . . . I hope that answers you question! I also want to point out that Goku, Bulma, Krillin and the gang have all been living lives so far that are practically parallel to the actual DBZ universe.
Thanks everyone for reviewing!! I appreciate that a lot!! Please, please, please keep it up ^.^ and I would also like to thank Tenshi no Ai for reviewing my other fic, I Can Never Forget (I know this has nothing to do with SMT but since I'm not going to have a chance to thank them anywhere else . . .). Now, please enjoy the next chapter of SAIYAN MEANS TROUBLE!!! Sorry for the delay -_-
Saiyan Means Trouble:
Chapter five:
The Reunion:
Part one
Krillin was murdered by a monster when he left the rest of the gang to retrieve Goku's things. When Goku found his dead friend and found out that the demon king Piccolo was behind it he stormed off to seek vengeance. After killing Piccolo Daimao, which led to the birth of Piccolo jr., Goku resurrected Krillin with the dragonballs. Goku then went to Kami's palace to train during the three until the next Tenkaichi Boudokai. After their fight in the tournament Goku became engaged to Chi-Chi. Goku then defeated Piccolo and won the Tenkaichi Boudokai . . .
* * * * * * *
Five years have passed since Goku defeated Piccolo in the tournament and peace has returned to Earth. But how long can this peace last? In space a small round craft is heading directly toward the blue planet. Inside the metal ball a warrior rests in the frozen sleep of stasis.
* * * * * * *
"This job is bigger than I thought!" The farmer stood up straight and wiped sweat from his brow. Just then he caught sight of a . . . a something fall from the sky only a few miles from where he was. "I'd better go check it out. I'll bring my pee shooter . . ." The farmer hopped in his truck and headed for where the . . . the thing had landed.
It wasn't long before he came across a large crater. At the bottom of the crater a strange round object rested. Smoke radiated off of the surface which had recently been coated in flames as it passed through the atmosphere. "That's no meteor, it's made of steel. I'll be darn . . ." Seams formed on the smooth, charred sphere and the astounded farmer fitted a shell into his shotgun with shaking hands. Cold air filtered out as the sphere "opened" and hissed as it mingled with the heated outer air. A large muscular man with long hair emerged from the pod.
* * * * * * *
"Gohan! Gohan! Time to eat!" Chi-Chi called but to no avail. She took a step away from her house, closer to the jungle, and continued to call.
Meanwhile in the woods Goku found a good sized tree. "Ahh . . . this one ought to do!" He said looking at the tree. With one punch he felled the tree and then proceeded to lift it up and carry it back to his house.
"Gohan. Welcome back . . . Oh Goku . . . where's Gohan?" Chi-Chi was hoping that the rustling bushes would be her son but she was not totally disappointed to see her husband. "Think you have enough firewood there?"
"Yeah, I think so." Goku said after he had dropped the log near their house. "I'm starving!"
"Never mind that. Have you seen little Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked worriedly. This jungle could be dangerous if your not careful. In the woods there were lions, tigers, bears . . . "Oh my . . ."
"No."
"Where could he have gone? The ancient and wise one is waiting!" Chi-Chi said with her brow drawn in a frown.
"I'll go look for him! He can't have gone very far!" Goku said and then whistled loudly. After a few seconds, a yellow cloud came zipping down from the heavens. Goku hopped onto the little yellow cloud as it flew near, and headed off over the jungle.
"Be careful Goku!" Chi-Chi called to her husband as he disappeared from sight. "All of this worrying is going to give me wrinkles . . ."
* * * * * * *
"Daddy! Daddy!" A small lost boy cried to the wild jungle. Only the sounds of nature greeted his call and he began to cry harder. Then he noticed a little yellow butterfly hover past. "A butterfly!" exclaimed the small child brightening. He began to follow the bug and jump trying to catch it. "Wait!" He called as the butterfly landed on a tall tree's branch, "It's up there!" The boy began to climb the tree. He had made it up a number of branches when suddenly he lost his footing. Landing on his behind the boy watched as his butterfly friend flew away.
Alone a gain the child started walking. He then noticed some nearby bushes moving. He stepped toward them and suddenly a large cat jumped out of the bush. In surprise the small boy fell to the ground, "Play dead . . ." He muttered to himself. The cat pounced on him and grabbed his hat, "My hat . . ." The boy started to cry again as the cat fled deeper into the forest. "Daddy gave me that hat!" The boy jumped up and began to chase the cat. He broke through the trees and under growth to find a cliff right in his path. The child's momentum brought him over the edge but just before he hit the ravine floor, his tail managed to grab hold of a branch growing out of the cliff wall.
* * * * * * *
Compared to his maximum speed, the Flying Nimbus was just hovering over the jungle as Goku called for his son. "Gohan!" He repeated over and over again in the hope his son would hear. Goku didn't doubt that his son could survive the jungle just fine but unless he was found soon they would be late to the reunion!
* * * * * * *
The child had reached a river. There was a path of stones across the river which he began to jump over. "Daddy! Daddy!" He called yet again hoping someone would here him. He saw a bird sitting on a log near the river, "A Crested Blue Bird . . ." He went over to say hello. The small boy climbed onto the log and introduced himself, "You're so pretty. My name is Son Gohan." The bird took flight in response to Gohan's greeting. The log then started slipping into the river. Before Gohan could react he was floating down the river on the errant log.
* * * * * * *
The trees and vegetation were zipping by beneath Goku when his sharp eyes caught sight of something. He urged the Flying Nimbus lowwer so he could get a closer look. "Hey! That hat . . . ? It belongs to my son, Gohan." The large cat growled at Goku, "Where did you get it? Where!?" The cat ran away into the forrest dropping Gohan's hat. Goku grabbed the hat and continued his aerial search . . .
* * * * * * *
Little Gohan cried freely as he clung to the log and the water's current swept him down river. "Daddy! Mommy!"
"Gohan!" a familiar voice cried from above. Gohan looked up and saw his smiling father. "Daddy!" He called out. With his concentration elsewhere the river took the opportunity to pull the boy underwater. He managed to struggle to the surface but was now without the aid of his log!
"Hold on! I'll be right there!" Goku shouted and urged the Nimbus lower. He stuck out his hand and reached for his son, "Just a little more . . ."
The river pulled Gohan into a cave, "Daddy!" Gohan cried. Goku zipped around the obstacle and saw his son exiting the cave on the other side and fall over the sudden drop of a waterfall. "Gohan!" He cried and was about to jump into the river when he noticed his crying child sitting on a cliff ledge.
"I'm scared! I'm scared! I can't get down." Gohan said crying. Goku on the Flying Nimbus flew over to Gohan's ledge. Gohan jumped joyfully into his fathers arms, "Daddy! I was so scared!"
"How did you . . . ?" Goku asked confused.
"I don't know" Gohan replied just as puzzled.
"Let's go home, Gohan. Mommy's worried and we have to leave for the Turtle Elder's house soon." Goku told Gohan as the Flying Nimbus turned around and started back to their secluded home.
* * * * * * *
The farmer leveled his shot gun at the muscular stranger. The tailed figure caught sight of the farmer and, ignoring the weapon aimed at him, he approached. "Where is Goku?"
"G-G-Goku?" The farmer stuttered. As a farmer he knew all about what aliens were and were not supposed to do, and aliens were not supposed to ask questions, "I don't know any Goku . . ."
The stranger then seemed to dismiss the farmer. He looked off into the distance and a beeping noise seemed to emanate from a device that covered his ear and had a single green lense over his left eye. Then the alien stranger kicked off from the ground and started FLYING! Although the farmer did not know it, the alien was heading toward a strong power level that he had detected with the device over his eye.
The farmers twitching fingers accidentaly hugged the trigger of his shot gun and the kick when it fired sent him to the ground on his behind where he remained for a while after. It was not every day that he received extraterrestrial visitors and lived to tell the tale . . .
* * * * * * *
Piccolo suddenly sensed a gigantic energy approaching and broke out of his midair meditation. Could that power he sensed be Goku? No, as the warrior got closer Piccolo could sense that it was definitely not Son Goku...
The stranger halted in front of Piccolo and wasted no time in asking about his brother, "Where is Goku?"
"What do you want with Goku?" Asked Piccolo who was surprised by the mysterious warrior's question concerning his nemesis. Who is this person and why are they looking for Goku? Piccolo was sure that this man was up to no good. He began to power up a ki attack.
"That is none of your business" The stranger replied sharply.
"Wrong answer!" Piccolo shouted and released a ki blast at the stranger.
The light from the explosion that followed the blast faded and the strange warrior still stood unaffected. His cold dark eyes locked with Piccolo's and he began to charge a counter attack. Just before he released an attack that would have easily been strong enough to destroy Piccolo, the warrior detected a stronger power reading on his headset.
"It must be Goku . . ." the stranger muttered to himself and let his gathered ki fade. The warrior blasted off and disappeared over the horizon in the direction of the power he had detected.
"Who was that guy and what is his connection to Goku . . . ?" Piccolo wondered aloud as he sank down to the ground exhausted in the face of such power as that warrior held.
* * * * * * *
"Hello! It's been a long time" Bulma said cheerfully as she recapsuleated the vehicle which she had used to arrived at the small island and greeted her her old friends.
"Bulma!" Krillin said enthusiastically as he saw the blue-haired woman. He smiled and gave her a quick hug.
"You invited me for a visit, so here I am!" Bulma explained and smiled pleasantly at her old friends Krillin and the Turtle Hermit.
"It sure has been a long time . . ." Master Roshi Lamented.
"This place hasn't changed at all." Bulma said as she admired the scenery. Looking out over the ocean, all that could be seen for miles around was perfect blue waves. The Kame House sitting in the islands center was the only building to mar the view of blue ocean waters.
"You're so cold. You don't come over unless I tell you to!" Roshi complained.
"I brought you a gift," Bulma said as she handed a package to the Turtle Hermit, "some Manju Sweet Cakes."
"You didn't have to go through all that trouble. Just a little feel of these," Rosh gestured toward Bulma's breasts, "would make me happy." Bulma smacked Roshi so hard that he was knocked to the ground twitching.
"Can't take a joke as usual" Roshi said and rubbed his chin as he struggled to stand again. "Nasty as usual" Bulma said venomously.
"By the way Bulma, where's Yamcha?" Krillin asked, trying to change the mood.
"That idiot!" Bulma exploded, her blue eyes flashing dangerously "I have no idea where he is. He made me so mad, I didn't tell that we're all getting together. Forget him! Lets all have a great time." Bulma was through with that dumb-ass Yamcha.
"You two sure to fight a lot" the Turtle Hermit commented blandly.
"They sure do" Krillin agreed.
"And where is Miss Lunch?" Bulma asked. She was blushing slightly from all the attention on her personal life.
"She left to follow Tien five years ago" Krillin informed Bulma as he opened the package of cakes.
* * * * * * *
"This source of power is moving at a pretty good pace," the land zipped by beneath the mysterious warrior as he flew swiftly toward the power reading he had picked up. "Goku, I will find you!"
* * * * * * *
Endless blue ocean passed by underneath as t6he yellow candy cloud puttered quickly by. Little Gohan clung tightly to his fathers leg atop the cloud.
"That's the ancient wise one's house!" Goku exclaimed as a small island appeared in the distance.
* * * * * * *
It's stopped!" The warrior said victoriously and continued to speed toward the power.
* * * * * * *
"Son Kun! Who's the little one?" Bulma exclaimed when a little yellow cloud zipped down from the sky and halted before the island. She was surprised to see a small child clinging to her good friend's leg. "Started a side job as a baby sitter?" Krillin asked smartly.
"He's my son!" Goku said proudly. Everyone took a closer look at the formally clad boy with surprise. Nervous under their gazes, the boy hugged closer to Goku's leg.
"Your's Goku?" Master Roshi asked.
"That's right!" Goku confirmed. He then pushed his shy son out from behind him. "Say hello."
"Good afternoon" Gohan complied politely.
"Good afternoon" everyone replied formally and with amazement at his manners.
"His name is Son Gohan." Goku informed his friends.
"So you named him after your dead grandpa?" The Turtle Hermit asked. Goku's grandfather had been one of Roshi's best students way back when.
"Yeah" Goku said.
"What a shock. I never imagined you'd bring your son." Master Roshi replied.
"Gohan? How old are you?" Bulma asked the little boy as she leaded down in a friendly manner.
"I'm four years old" Gohan said shyly after edging safely away from the blue haired woman.
"He's well mannered for your son, Goku!" Bulma said to Goku as she straightened up.
"Chi-Chi is pretty strict" Goku said smiling goofily.
"Gohan? What do you want to be when you grow up?" Bulma asked the little boy again.
"A famous scholar." Gohan recited brightly.
"A scholar?" Bulma repeated. It was an interesting thought, Goku's son as a scholar. Bulma considered her friend Goku to be . . . not among the most inelegant of her friends. But he was a great fighter, the best! Just then Bulma noticed a furry brown appendage wiggling behingt Gohan. "A tail . . . ?"
"Just like the one I used to have right?" Goku commented cheerfully. He smiled as he thought regretfully of his behind. His own tail had gotten him out of a number of sticky situations.
"He does" Krillin said nervously as he noticed Gohan's extra limb.
"Does anything particularly strange happen to him?" Bulma asked bluntly.
"Strange?" Goku guestioned in confusion.
"Like any kind of transformation on nights with full moons?" Roshi asked blandly. His eyes carried an uneasy intensity.
"Full moon? We go to bed early at home so . . . Why?" Goku asked with a sudden, vague suspicion.
"No reason at all! That's good to hear!" Roshi said guiltily scratching his head and averting his eyes. The others acted similarly, Krillin going so far as to whistle some random off-key tune. None of them could bear to tell Goku that it was he who trampled his grandfather to death when he turned into a giant monkey beast after gazing at the full moon. To get the normal Goku back one had only to sever his tail. Goku's tail had been removed for good some time ago . . .
"Is he strong like you, Goku?" Krillin gestured to Gohan as he changed the subject.
"I think that he has a fair amount of power, but Chi-Chi gets mad when I try to train him" Goku said regretfully.
"Why?" Krillin said disbelieving, "What a waste."
"Yeah. She says that we don't need martial artists anymore because the world is at peace now. She says that this is the era for studies." Goku recited.
"That tomboy sure has turned into an ambitous mommy" the Turtle Hermit laughed.
"Is that a dragon ball on little Gohan's hat?" Bulma asked when she noticed the orange marble atop Gohan's head.
"It's grandpa's moment, the one with four stars." Goku replied. He lifted the yellow hat to show it off to his friends. "I found it and put it on his hat. Since I was at it I found the ones with three and six stars too. They're at my house."
"Dragon balls, huh? It sure brings back memories" Bulma said with a sigh as she reminisced about all the adventures she and the boys had shared.
"Are you planning on gathering them all to make a wish again?" Krillin asked as he picked up a rock and tossed it into the ocean. The rock skipped a few times before being swollowed by the endless blue depths.
"I don't really have anything I'd want to wish for" Goku said over a moments thought. "I thought Goku's power would have diminished since he had a family now, but . . ." Roshi's comment trailed off.
"You're as strong as ever, Goku!" Krillin said with good cheer. Then he noticed Goku's expression change, strain, darken . . . * * * * * * *
"What's that?" Goku asked aloud. He sensed something strange. An immense power level was coming right for them. No one else seemed to sense it yet.
"What's wrong?" Roshi asked as his glasses flashed in the sun and he searched the sky with his eyes. His merriment was replaced by seriousness.
"Something is coming this way" Goku said frowning in concentration.
"Could it be Yamcha?" Bulma asked doubtfully.
"Something's coming?" Krillin urged Goku to elaborate.
"I sense an amazing power! What's going on?" Goku said. He paused a moment watching the sky. "It's here!"
"What is it?" Krillin asked as a speck appeared far away on the horizon.
"Who is it?" Goku corrected.
Roshi's glasses flashed in the sunlight, "I wonder . . ." the Turtle Hermit started to mutter but stopped as the being with the enormous power level arrived and landed.
He was tall, well muscled, and had long, wild dark hair. His eyes were dark and cold and there was a light in them that seemed out of place. He . . . He smiled at them.
Digi fan- all of your questions will be answered in time . . . if they are not then feel free to send me an e-mail and I will answer what questions remain . . . if I can. Nasiya- don't worry about sounding negative! A negative review is better than no review and they help me to see what I'm not making clear. To answer your question . . . Vegeta has spent most of his life away from Vejiitasei because of a clever idea Freeza had to keep the Saiyans on a tight leash. Freeza didn't want the Saiyans to get cocky so he kept the prince relatively close. Ever since he was little the prince Vegeta has been training with Freeza's army and basically working for Freeza. As long as the Saiyan heir was near Freeza, an attack against the emperor might endanger the prince . . . I hope that answers you question! I also want to point out that Goku, Bulma, Krillin and the gang have all been living lives so far that are practically parallel to the actual DBZ universe.
Thanks everyone for reviewing!! I appreciate that a lot!! Please, please, please keep it up ^.^ and I would also like to thank Tenshi no Ai for reviewing my other fic, I Can Never Forget (I know this has nothing to do with SMT but since I'm not going to have a chance to thank them anywhere else . . .). Now, please enjoy the next chapter of SAIYAN MEANS TROUBLE!!! Sorry for the delay -_-
Saiyan Means Trouble:
Chapter five:
The Reunion:
Part one
Krillin was murdered by a monster when he left the rest of the gang to retrieve Goku's things. When Goku found his dead friend and found out that the demon king Piccolo was behind it he stormed off to seek vengeance. After killing Piccolo Daimao, which led to the birth of Piccolo jr., Goku resurrected Krillin with the dragonballs. Goku then went to Kami's palace to train during the three until the next Tenkaichi Boudokai. After their fight in the tournament Goku became engaged to Chi-Chi. Goku then defeated Piccolo and won the Tenkaichi Boudokai . . .
* * * * * * *
Five years have passed since Goku defeated Piccolo in the tournament and peace has returned to Earth. But how long can this peace last? In space a small round craft is heading directly toward the blue planet. Inside the metal ball a warrior rests in the frozen sleep of stasis.
* * * * * * *
"This job is bigger than I thought!" The farmer stood up straight and wiped sweat from his brow. Just then he caught sight of a . . . a something fall from the sky only a few miles from where he was. "I'd better go check it out. I'll bring my pee shooter . . ." The farmer hopped in his truck and headed for where the . . . the thing had landed.
It wasn't long before he came across a large crater. At the bottom of the crater a strange round object rested. Smoke radiated off of the surface which had recently been coated in flames as it passed through the atmosphere. "That's no meteor, it's made of steel. I'll be darn . . ." Seams formed on the smooth, charred sphere and the astounded farmer fitted a shell into his shotgun with shaking hands. Cold air filtered out as the sphere "opened" and hissed as it mingled with the heated outer air. A large muscular man with long hair emerged from the pod.
* * * * * * *
"Gohan! Gohan! Time to eat!" Chi-Chi called but to no avail. She took a step away from her house, closer to the jungle, and continued to call.
Meanwhile in the woods Goku found a good sized tree. "Ahh . . . this one ought to do!" He said looking at the tree. With one punch he felled the tree and then proceeded to lift it up and carry it back to his house.
"Gohan. Welcome back . . . Oh Goku . . . where's Gohan?" Chi-Chi was hoping that the rustling bushes would be her son but she was not totally disappointed to see her husband. "Think you have enough firewood there?"
"Yeah, I think so." Goku said after he had dropped the log near their house. "I'm starving!"
"Never mind that. Have you seen little Gohan?" Chi-Chi asked worriedly. This jungle could be dangerous if your not careful. In the woods there were lions, tigers, bears . . . "Oh my . . ."
"No."
"Where could he have gone? The ancient and wise one is waiting!" Chi-Chi said with her brow drawn in a frown.
"I'll go look for him! He can't have gone very far!" Goku said and then whistled loudly. After a few seconds, a yellow cloud came zipping down from the heavens. Goku hopped onto the little yellow cloud as it flew near, and headed off over the jungle.
"Be careful Goku!" Chi-Chi called to her husband as he disappeared from sight. "All of this worrying is going to give me wrinkles . . ."
* * * * * * *
"Daddy! Daddy!" A small lost boy cried to the wild jungle. Only the sounds of nature greeted his call and he began to cry harder. Then he noticed a little yellow butterfly hover past. "A butterfly!" exclaimed the small child brightening. He began to follow the bug and jump trying to catch it. "Wait!" He called as the butterfly landed on a tall tree's branch, "It's up there!" The boy began to climb the tree. He had made it up a number of branches when suddenly he lost his footing. Landing on his behind the boy watched as his butterfly friend flew away.
Alone a gain the child started walking. He then noticed some nearby bushes moving. He stepped toward them and suddenly a large cat jumped out of the bush. In surprise the small boy fell to the ground, "Play dead . . ." He muttered to himself. The cat pounced on him and grabbed his hat, "My hat . . ." The boy started to cry again as the cat fled deeper into the forest. "Daddy gave me that hat!" The boy jumped up and began to chase the cat. He broke through the trees and under growth to find a cliff right in his path. The child's momentum brought him over the edge but just before he hit the ravine floor, his tail managed to grab hold of a branch growing out of the cliff wall.
* * * * * * *
Compared to his maximum speed, the Flying Nimbus was just hovering over the jungle as Goku called for his son. "Gohan!" He repeated over and over again in the hope his son would hear. Goku didn't doubt that his son could survive the jungle just fine but unless he was found soon they would be late to the reunion!
* * * * * * *
The child had reached a river. There was a path of stones across the river which he began to jump over. "Daddy! Daddy!" He called yet again hoping someone would here him. He saw a bird sitting on a log near the river, "A Crested Blue Bird . . ." He went over to say hello. The small boy climbed onto the log and introduced himself, "You're so pretty. My name is Son Gohan." The bird took flight in response to Gohan's greeting. The log then started slipping into the river. Before Gohan could react he was floating down the river on the errant log.
* * * * * * *
The trees and vegetation were zipping by beneath Goku when his sharp eyes caught sight of something. He urged the Flying Nimbus lowwer so he could get a closer look. "Hey! That hat . . . ? It belongs to my son, Gohan." The large cat growled at Goku, "Where did you get it? Where!?" The cat ran away into the forrest dropping Gohan's hat. Goku grabbed the hat and continued his aerial search . . .
* * * * * * *
Little Gohan cried freely as he clung to the log and the water's current swept him down river. "Daddy! Mommy!"
"Gohan!" a familiar voice cried from above. Gohan looked up and saw his smiling father. "Daddy!" He called out. With his concentration elsewhere the river took the opportunity to pull the boy underwater. He managed to struggle to the surface but was now without the aid of his log!
"Hold on! I'll be right there!" Goku shouted and urged the Nimbus lower. He stuck out his hand and reached for his son, "Just a little more . . ."
The river pulled Gohan into a cave, "Daddy!" Gohan cried. Goku zipped around the obstacle and saw his son exiting the cave on the other side and fall over the sudden drop of a waterfall. "Gohan!" He cried and was about to jump into the river when he noticed his crying child sitting on a cliff ledge.
"I'm scared! I'm scared! I can't get down." Gohan said crying. Goku on the Flying Nimbus flew over to Gohan's ledge. Gohan jumped joyfully into his fathers arms, "Daddy! I was so scared!"
"How did you . . . ?" Goku asked confused.
"I don't know" Gohan replied just as puzzled.
"Let's go home, Gohan. Mommy's worried and we have to leave for the Turtle Elder's house soon." Goku told Gohan as the Flying Nimbus turned around and started back to their secluded home.
* * * * * * *
The farmer leveled his shot gun at the muscular stranger. The tailed figure caught sight of the farmer and, ignoring the weapon aimed at him, he approached. "Where is Goku?"
"G-G-Goku?" The farmer stuttered. As a farmer he knew all about what aliens were and were not supposed to do, and aliens were not supposed to ask questions, "I don't know any Goku . . ."
The stranger then seemed to dismiss the farmer. He looked off into the distance and a beeping noise seemed to emanate from a device that covered his ear and had a single green lense over his left eye. Then the alien stranger kicked off from the ground and started FLYING! Although the farmer did not know it, the alien was heading toward a strong power level that he had detected with the device over his eye.
The farmers twitching fingers accidentaly hugged the trigger of his shot gun and the kick when it fired sent him to the ground on his behind where he remained for a while after. It was not every day that he received extraterrestrial visitors and lived to tell the tale . . .
* * * * * * *
Piccolo suddenly sensed a gigantic energy approaching and broke out of his midair meditation. Could that power he sensed be Goku? No, as the warrior got closer Piccolo could sense that it was definitely not Son Goku...
The stranger halted in front of Piccolo and wasted no time in asking about his brother, "Where is Goku?"
"What do you want with Goku?" Asked Piccolo who was surprised by the mysterious warrior's question concerning his nemesis. Who is this person and why are they looking for Goku? Piccolo was sure that this man was up to no good. He began to power up a ki attack.
"That is none of your business" The stranger replied sharply.
"Wrong answer!" Piccolo shouted and released a ki blast at the stranger.
The light from the explosion that followed the blast faded and the strange warrior still stood unaffected. His cold dark eyes locked with Piccolo's and he began to charge a counter attack. Just before he released an attack that would have easily been strong enough to destroy Piccolo, the warrior detected a stronger power reading on his headset.
"It must be Goku . . ." the stranger muttered to himself and let his gathered ki fade. The warrior blasted off and disappeared over the horizon in the direction of the power he had detected.
"Who was that guy and what is his connection to Goku . . . ?" Piccolo wondered aloud as he sank down to the ground exhausted in the face of such power as that warrior held.
* * * * * * *
"Hello! It's been a long time" Bulma said cheerfully as she recapsuleated the vehicle which she had used to arrived at the small island and greeted her her old friends.
"Bulma!" Krillin said enthusiastically as he saw the blue-haired woman. He smiled and gave her a quick hug.
"You invited me for a visit, so here I am!" Bulma explained and smiled pleasantly at her old friends Krillin and the Turtle Hermit.
"It sure has been a long time . . ." Master Roshi Lamented.
"This place hasn't changed at all." Bulma said as she admired the scenery. Looking out over the ocean, all that could be seen for miles around was perfect blue waves. The Kame House sitting in the islands center was the only building to mar the view of blue ocean waters.
"You're so cold. You don't come over unless I tell you to!" Roshi complained.
"I brought you a gift," Bulma said as she handed a package to the Turtle Hermit, "some Manju Sweet Cakes."
"You didn't have to go through all that trouble. Just a little feel of these," Rosh gestured toward Bulma's breasts, "would make me happy." Bulma smacked Roshi so hard that he was knocked to the ground twitching.
"Can't take a joke as usual" Roshi said and rubbed his chin as he struggled to stand again. "Nasty as usual" Bulma said venomously.
"By the way Bulma, where's Yamcha?" Krillin asked, trying to change the mood.
"That idiot!" Bulma exploded, her blue eyes flashing dangerously "I have no idea where he is. He made me so mad, I didn't tell that we're all getting together. Forget him! Lets all have a great time." Bulma was through with that dumb-ass Yamcha.
"You two sure to fight a lot" the Turtle Hermit commented blandly.
"They sure do" Krillin agreed.
"And where is Miss Lunch?" Bulma asked. She was blushing slightly from all the attention on her personal life.
"She left to follow Tien five years ago" Krillin informed Bulma as he opened the package of cakes.
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"This source of power is moving at a pretty good pace," the land zipped by beneath the mysterious warrior as he flew swiftly toward the power reading he had picked up. "Goku, I will find you!"
* * * * * * *
Endless blue ocean passed by underneath as t6he yellow candy cloud puttered quickly by. Little Gohan clung tightly to his fathers leg atop the cloud.
"That's the ancient wise one's house!" Goku exclaimed as a small island appeared in the distance.
* * * * * * *
It's stopped!" The warrior said victoriously and continued to speed toward the power.
* * * * * * *
"Son Kun! Who's the little one?" Bulma exclaimed when a little yellow cloud zipped down from the sky and halted before the island. She was surprised to see a small child clinging to her good friend's leg. "Started a side job as a baby sitter?" Krillin asked smartly.
"He's my son!" Goku said proudly. Everyone took a closer look at the formally clad boy with surprise. Nervous under their gazes, the boy hugged closer to Goku's leg.
"Your's Goku?" Master Roshi asked.
"That's right!" Goku confirmed. He then pushed his shy son out from behind him. "Say hello."
"Good afternoon" Gohan complied politely.
"Good afternoon" everyone replied formally and with amazement at his manners.
"His name is Son Gohan." Goku informed his friends.
"So you named him after your dead grandpa?" The Turtle Hermit asked. Goku's grandfather had been one of Roshi's best students way back when.
"Yeah" Goku said.
"What a shock. I never imagined you'd bring your son." Master Roshi replied.
"Gohan? How old are you?" Bulma asked the little boy as she leaded down in a friendly manner.
"I'm four years old" Gohan said shyly after edging safely away from the blue haired woman.
"He's well mannered for your son, Goku!" Bulma said to Goku as she straightened up.
"Chi-Chi is pretty strict" Goku said smiling goofily.
"Gohan? What do you want to be when you grow up?" Bulma asked the little boy again.
"A famous scholar." Gohan recited brightly.
"A scholar?" Bulma repeated. It was an interesting thought, Goku's son as a scholar. Bulma considered her friend Goku to be . . . not among the most inelegant of her friends. But he was a great fighter, the best! Just then Bulma noticed a furry brown appendage wiggling behingt Gohan. "A tail . . . ?"
"Just like the one I used to have right?" Goku commented cheerfully. He smiled as he thought regretfully of his behind. His own tail had gotten him out of a number of sticky situations.
"He does" Krillin said nervously as he noticed Gohan's extra limb.
"Does anything particularly strange happen to him?" Bulma asked bluntly.
"Strange?" Goku guestioned in confusion.
"Like any kind of transformation on nights with full moons?" Roshi asked blandly. His eyes carried an uneasy intensity.
"Full moon? We go to bed early at home so . . . Why?" Goku asked with a sudden, vague suspicion.
"No reason at all! That's good to hear!" Roshi said guiltily scratching his head and averting his eyes. The others acted similarly, Krillin going so far as to whistle some random off-key tune. None of them could bear to tell Goku that it was he who trampled his grandfather to death when he turned into a giant monkey beast after gazing at the full moon. To get the normal Goku back one had only to sever his tail. Goku's tail had been removed for good some time ago . . .
"Is he strong like you, Goku?" Krillin gestured to Gohan as he changed the subject.
"I think that he has a fair amount of power, but Chi-Chi gets mad when I try to train him" Goku said regretfully.
"Why?" Krillin said disbelieving, "What a waste."
"Yeah. She says that we don't need martial artists anymore because the world is at peace now. She says that this is the era for studies." Goku recited.
"That tomboy sure has turned into an ambitous mommy" the Turtle Hermit laughed.
"Is that a dragon ball on little Gohan's hat?" Bulma asked when she noticed the orange marble atop Gohan's head.
"It's grandpa's moment, the one with four stars." Goku replied. He lifted the yellow hat to show it off to his friends. "I found it and put it on his hat. Since I was at it I found the ones with three and six stars too. They're at my house."
"Dragon balls, huh? It sure brings back memories" Bulma said with a sigh as she reminisced about all the adventures she and the boys had shared.
"Are you planning on gathering them all to make a wish again?" Krillin asked as he picked up a rock and tossed it into the ocean. The rock skipped a few times before being swollowed by the endless blue depths.
"I don't really have anything I'd want to wish for" Goku said over a moments thought. "I thought Goku's power would have diminished since he had a family now, but . . ." Roshi's comment trailed off.
"You're as strong as ever, Goku!" Krillin said with good cheer. Then he noticed Goku's expression change, strain, darken . . . * * * * * * *
"What's that?" Goku asked aloud. He sensed something strange. An immense power level was coming right for them. No one else seemed to sense it yet.
"What's wrong?" Roshi asked as his glasses flashed in the sun and he searched the sky with his eyes. His merriment was replaced by seriousness.
"Something is coming this way" Goku said frowning in concentration.
"Could it be Yamcha?" Bulma asked doubtfully.
"Something's coming?" Krillin urged Goku to elaborate.
"I sense an amazing power! What's going on?" Goku said. He paused a moment watching the sky. "It's here!"
"What is it?" Krillin asked as a speck appeared far away on the horizon.
"Who is it?" Goku corrected.
Roshi's glasses flashed in the sunlight, "I wonder . . ." the Turtle Hermit started to mutter but stopped as the being with the enormous power level arrived and landed.
He was tall, well muscled, and had long, wild dark hair. His eyes were dark and cold and there was a light in them that seemed out of place. He . . . He smiled at them.
