Unexpected Fate

Chapter 17

CMG: I don't own Dragon Ball Z. If I did, then I would be rich and wouldn't be at college right now. I own Scrix, Karis, and Infr. Sorry about the last chapter. You go and satisfy one fan's wishes and you anger someone else. Oy! Here we go again!

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Bardock was awakened by Goku as the two find themselves in the middle of the field the next morning. Scrix's house vanished like it never existed. Bardock found the pouch that held the stone Karis gave him the night before as he took it out of the pouch.

"Hey," said Goku. "Didn't that belong to Karis?"

"She gave it to me for some no strange reason," said Bardock. "I wonder what's so important about a lousy rock anyway?"

"Who knows," said Goku as he starts stretching. "Maybe it will come in handy."

"Why do you think that?" said Bardock.

"Well, it does mean a lot to Karis, doesn't it?" said Goku as he starts doing push-ups.

"I suppose," said Bardock.

"Then it's settled," said Goku as he finishes his push-ups and gets up. "Let's keep it and see what happens."

"Fine," said Bardock. "If it doesn't do anything, I'm putting it outside in the garden."

Goku chuckled as he gets into his fighting stance. "Are you ready?"

"Sure am," said Bardock as he also gets into his own fighting stance. They both stare each other down before their feet took off the ground. Bardock tries to kick Goku, but somehow he managed to block it as he counters with a left hook to his mouth. Bardock stumbles back as he noticed Goku wasn't even trying.

"What's wrong, dad?" taunted Goku. "Are you starting to slack off in your training?"

"No, it's nothing," said Bardock as he rubs the back of his neck. "My neck just hurts."

"Maybe you're about to have another vision," said Goku.

"Maybe," said Bardock. "Why didn't I have one while I slept..."

"Huh?" said Goku as Bardock started staring off into space. The rock began to glow as Goku started to feel funny.

*** Bardock's Vision... ***

Bardock found himself in the desert on top of a cliff with Goku's friends, including Trunks, who had longer purple hair. Goku was thinking about something when Bardock noticed a giant green ballooned monster on the ground below with a blonde haired boy.

"What is it Goku?" said Krillin. "Do you have a plan?" Goku smiles as he looks towards everyone.

"Listen, I don't have much time," said Goku. "I can only think of one way we can save Earth now."

"No, don't do it," said Trunks. "I think I know what you're going to..."

"You're going to use Instant Transmission?!" said Bardock. "No!"

"Bye, guys," said Goku as he raised his fingers to his forehead and disappeared.

"NOOOO!" cried Bardock as he tried to grab his son, but it was too late as he saw him down in the canyon with the green ballooned monster. He only saw him for a few seconds before he disappears as he gasped.

*** End vision... ***

When Bardock snapped out of the vision, he found his son knocked out. He tried to wake him up as he began to shake him.

"Wake up, Kakarot," said Bardock.

After a few minutes, Goku wakes up. He had a sad look on his face as he rubbed the back of his neck. Getting up, Bardock saw that Goku wasn't acting normal.

"Dad," said Goku. "I think somehow, that stone gave me the ability to see into the future. I saw how I died and I know there's nothing I can do to change fate like Trunks is."

"What?!" yelled Bardock. "You mean you..."

"Yes, but I'm not going to say anything about it to anyone else," said Goku as he held his fist out towards Bardock with his pinky extended. "You have to promise not to tell either, dad."

"What is this?" said Bardock as Goku smiles innocently. Goku wrapped Bardock's pinky around his.

"This is a promise that no matter what happens, you and I have to keep it," said Goku as he shakes Bardock's fist around. "It's a promise that cannot be broken between us."

"I still don't get it," said Bardock. "Why are you making me do this?"

"It's a pinky swear," said Goku. "If you tell, then it wouldn't be a secret and the promise will be broken. You can't tell anyone about it. They'll find out eventually, but right now, only we know about it."

"I see," said Bardock still confused. "Well, I promise not to tell anyone, including your mate."

"Good," said Goku. "Now let's spar! I want to kick your ass for beating me!"

"Heh," said Bardock as he grinned at Goku. "You wish. It will take you a million years to get better than me."

"Yeah right," said Goku as they launched off of the ground.

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"Where have you two been?!" yelled Chi-chi as she smacked Goku with the frying pan as Bardock winced.

"Sorry," said Goku. "Dad and I were camping out last night! Geez!"

"You could have least came home and got your tent instead of sleeping in a cave and getting your clothes all dirty!" said Chi-chi. "Now I expect you two to go outside a take a bath right now."

"Bath?! Outside?" said Bardock as his face turned beet red. "You can't be serious!"

"I am, mister!" yelled Chi-chi as she shoved the two Saiya-jin men outside. "Goku, go get the firewood while you Bardock get the water. I'll get the soap and towels for both of you."

"Where's the bath anyway?" said Bardock.

"Out back," said Goku. "Come on."

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"How in the bloody hell am I supposed to bathe in that tiny thing?" yelled Bardock as he complains about the giant empty can that sat on the cinder blocks.

"It's easy," said Goku as he put the wood underneath the can. "First, let me start the fire and then, you can jump in and take a bath."

"But..." started Bardock as Chi-chi came out with the soap and towels.

"Why aren't you taking a bath yet?" said Chi-chi.

"Dad's complaining that the can's too small for him to bathe in," said Goku.

"Well, it's better than the one we used to have," said Chi-chi as she remembered how Goku couldn't even get his back into the water. "I think you might be right though. One of these days, I'm going to have Goku build a bath house so we don't need to do this all of the time. Well, after we get more money that is."

"What's money?" said Bardock.

"Man, you've got a lot to learn, don't you?" said Goku as he manages to throw his dad into the can easily. His head spashed out of the water as he looked at Goku with a deadly glare that meant trouble.

"Hey!" said Bardock. "You are going to pay for that!"

Bardock splashed Goku with some water as he got all wet. Chi-chi dropped the towels as Goku splashed his father back.

"Water fight!" said Goku happily as they fought a pretty big fight in the backyard. After the bath, Chi-chi came in soaking wet while the two Saiya-jin smirked and were both clean with the soaked towels around their waists.

"We got to do that more often," said Bardock.

"Not while I'm around though," said Chi-chi coldly as she glare at them.

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Little did the two Saiya-jins know that on a lone planet out in space, Freeza's brother, Cooler was slowly learning of his brother's death and was plotting revenge on Goku and Bardock. Will they be strong enough to defeat Cooler? Find out next time!

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CMG: Well, I know this is pretty slow, but next time, there will be some more action. So, please review! (gets smacked by a stick) Huh?

Yoda: (who I don't own either) Crazy you are. More I want.

CMG: Yeah, yeah, get in the back of the line, mister.

Scrix: (smacks CMG with his staff) Foolish woman. You should know better!

Karis: What's that behind you?

CMG: Oh, that's writer's block. I'm having a bit of a problem with these chapters, so I'm dragging it around.

Scrix/Karis: Oh.

CMG: Later! Please review and give me some ideas if you can! The Android Saga's next, so I'm going to have a story line before I add Bardock in it. After that, I'm on my own!