Unexpected Fate

Chapter 4

CMG: Well, as promised to all of my fans, here's the next chapter. Like always, I don't own them. I own Scrix, the Super Saiya-jin God or something like that. Oh well. On with the fanfic!

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Bardock and Scrix walk into Guru's home and floated to the top where he sat on his chair. Guru weakly coughed as Nail stepped out of the shadows.

"I'm glad you've recoved," said Nail. "Guru was worried about what happened to you recently."

"It's all right," said Bardock. "I just had another vision of my son, Kakarot."

"I see," said Guru. "Bardock, if you're worried about your son, I can help you reach your full potential without having to fear Freeza. All I ask in return is to help him."

"Help him?" said Bardock. "I want to help him defeat that damn bastard so I won't be used against my prince!"

"I know," said Guru. "Come closer."

Bardock walks up to Guru and just like he did earlier, he put his giant hand on Bardock's head. Bardock was confused.

"I thought you read my mind already," said Bardock.

"I'm not reading your mind," said Guru as he coughs. "I'm looking for any untapped power that resides inside of you."

"What? Are you crazy?" said Bardock. "I don't have any hidden power inside of me! I'm pretty sure I've been able to access all of it."

"You doubt, Bardock?" said Guru.

"Pretty much," said Bardock. "I mean I..."

Bardock stopped talking when he felt energy running through his body. His tail uncurled from his waist and arced down. His breath was heavy as he felt the energy flowing from him freely.

"Do you still doubt, Bardock?" said Guru as the energy flowed throughout Bardock's body.

"W-what is t-t-this p-power?" said Bardock as he felt himself get lost in his own power.

"It is the power that was sleeping inside of you all of your life," said Guru as Bardock felt himself getting stronger.

"Ungh!" cried Bardock as Guru removed his hand from Bardock's head as he charged up. "It so powerful!"

"It will take you awhile to get used to," said Guru. "That and your psychic abilities are both things you'll have to adapt with. Go train with Nail. He is wanting to teach you how to sense other energy levels in case you need to find your son."

"Thank you," said Bardock as he left the house with Nail. Scrix remained inside with Guru.

"Guru, do you think that Bardock will be strong enough to fend with the others until Kakarot gets better?" said Scrix.

"He must or else the fate of the universe will be with Freeza," said Guru. "But tell me, Scrix. Why aren't you fighting Freeza?"

"I am restricted to fight, but I can help train anyone who's willing to reach my power," said Scrix. "I want to train Kakarot, but I'm afraid that he might not know his Saiya-jin heritage."

"I see," said Guru. "I hope that Bardock will become a strong fighter."

"So do I," said Scrix as he leaves the hut.

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"No! That's wrong!" said Nail as Bardock misses Nail. "You have to sense all of the energy that's around you and not only within you. That way, you'll be able to hit enemies a bit easier."

"Well, how in the hell do you learn that?" said Bardock.

"You have to reach out with your mind a bit farther and remain focused on your opponent," said Nail. "You have to look for his strengths or weaknesses in order for you to strike correctly."

"Oh," said Bardock as Scrix arrives.

"Bardock, remove that scouter from your eye," said Scrix.

"How come?" said Bardock.

"I want you to trust your instincts and not rely on Freeza's technology to help you," said Scrix. "Your son knows how to do this since he can sense and find others without it."

"Alright," said Bardock as he takes the scouter off.

"Now, to make this interesting, I'm going to hide somewhere on Namek," said Scrix. "You have to find me without using your eyes."

"Okay," said Bardock as Nail puts a blindfold over Bardock's eyes.

"I'm going to hide," said Scrix. "We'll start by doing this exercise until you get better and then, we'll work our way up."

"Whatever," said Bardock as he flies to find Scrix.

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Meanwhile on Planet Freeza 79, a soldier picks up a transmission from Vegeta who was currently on Earth.

"Sire," said the soldier. "Vegeta and Nappa have arrived on Earth and are currently fighting Earth's Special Forces."

"Let me in on the details," said Freeza.

"It seems like Vegeta was claiming there were Dragon Balls on Namek that can grant any wish one wants," said the soldier.

"Hmmm... interesting," said Freeza. "Alert all of my best foot soldiers to meet me on the spaceship at 1500 hours.

"But sire," said the soldier.

"NOW!" said Freeza as he leaves the room.

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"Where are you?" said Bardock as he flies around with the blindfold on. "I can't see you, dammit!"

*That's the point,* said Scrix's voice inside Bardock's mind. *This is an exercize in order for you to figure out where I am.*

"How in the hell can I find you if I can't see you?" said Bardock.

*You have to trust your instincts,* said Scrix's voice.

Bardock starts to float around and crashes into a cliff. (Ouch!) He rubs his left arm as he tries to rely on only his instincts. Suddenly, he felt something and started to fly towards it. He flies until he bumps right into a wall. He began to look around until he touched something hairy. Removing the blindfold, he found Scrix smiling.

"Good," said Scrix. "You've done well."

"So, that's what I have to do?" said Bardock.

"Pretty much," said Scrix. "Now, try doing it without the blindfold. I'll go hide while you look for me again."

"Right," said Bardock as he waits a few minutes before taking off to find Scrix again. "He said for me to trust my instincts, so I'll just try to find him without my eyes."

Bardock closed his eyes for a moment and sensed Scrix's energy 4 miles from him. He flew until he reached a cave. Walking inside of the cave, he felt Scrix's energy getting stronger until he found him in the cave sitting by a fire he made.

"Nicely done," said Scrix. "You're ready to move on, I suppose."

"Of course," said Bardock as Scrix touched his shoulder and they reappeared back at Guru's house.

"But first, I think you should rest," said Scrix. "You seem a bit tired."

"No," said Bardock. "Freeza's going to be here soon and I need to continue training."

"But if you keep this up, then you're going to tire yourself to the brink of death," said Scrix. "You need to rest."

"Fine," said Bardock as he walks into Guru's house. "I suppose we'll continue tomorrow, right?"

"Of course," said Scrix as Bardock walks into the house into a dark room.

"I just hope that my training will be enough though," said Bardock as he lays down on the bed that the Nameks provided for him to sleep in earlier.

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CMG: Well, it seems that things are starting to get interesting as Scrix points out that he can only train Bardock and not fight against Freeza. But will Bardock be strong enough to face Freeza's wrath? Find out next time!