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The raising of a Saiyan, Chapter 2. : Introduction to training.
Gohan woke up in a strange, blue-green gel. He started to panic, and struggled to get out when he realized that he could breathe. He took a deep breath, trying to calm down. He took stock of his surroundings. He was in a jar, and that jar was in a lab from what he could make out, though he couldn't be sure as the gel kept him from seeing very far.
A small purple creature was fiddling with something on the front of the jar, and in about 2 seconds, the gel drained through the bottom, and he could move freely for the first time.
He really was in a lab, he saw, and the small purple man was wearing the same armor that his captor had been wearing. Gohan was still afraid, but not so much anymore.
He was given a black suit of a stretchy, black material, and a suit of the armor that his silent helper was wearing. To his surprise, it was slightly rubbery, but very strong.
He hopped around for a while, getting used to his new attire.
The alien left, and came back with a small, blue tinted scouter he fixed to Gohan's face.
He stared as small numbers flashed on the screen, telling him what the different power levels were, a map of where he was, and different readouts of the ship.
For the first time the creature spoke. "You are wanted in the training center in fifteen standard minutes." Gohan wrinkled his brow. "What's a standard minute?" the small creature sighed. "It's about two of your earth minutes." "Oh."
As he walked to the training center, he couldn't help but notice the flow of different flow of species around him. It seemed as if every alien you could ever think of was pressing to get past him.
He saw green, insect like aliens, with horns and blades covering their arms. He saw slender, human looking aliens with blonde hair and blue skin. He saw so many different combinations of colors and body parts that his young head began to spin.
The flow lessened as he neared the blip on his scouter that said destination. By the time he got there, it had disappeared all together. The creature beside him was getting edgy, hopping on one foot and then another as they got closer to their destination.
As they reached the training center, the creature was sweating; little rivulets of green fluid were running down his face. He, or was it a she, pressed the button beside the door.
It opened, revealing three beings, each looked like a human, but the numbers from his scouter compared with his showed that they were much stronger.
One was Radditz, him he already knew. He was standing on the far left. In the middle was a huge person. His scouter confirmed that he was 8 feet tall with a thin mustache, and a sneer that showed brilliant teeth flashing in a heavy set face, under a large, bald head. It was the one on the right that caught his attention.
He had flaming hair, shooting straight up. He had on a blue spandex suit, with the Saiyan armor they all had, accompanied by white gloves and gold-tipped boots. He was wearing the same contemptuis smirk that the big Saiyan was throwing his way, and his arms were crossed in a definite sort of position.
Vegeta looked Gohan over, noting the fear in his eyes. He smiled inwardly. He, like Radditz, loved to put fear in his enemies. Or friends for that matter. If he had any.
"Is this all you brought me? A half breed child with a power level of 285. I expected someone with a little more power. Or at least someone who knew how to fight."
"So this is the child?" they all turned to see Nail, a Namekian warrior, come in to the training room. Vegeta sighed. Nail was the only person besides Zarbon, Cui, and Freiza who could give him a decent fight. "What is it Nail?" the Namek walked past them into the gravity field, not slowing down from the 50 gravities. "I came to train." He started stretching, but Gohan was sure he saw him glance their way a couple of times.
"So, boy." Gohan looked to see the flame haired one staring at him. The 4 year old demi-Saiyan quailed slightly under the glare. "Y…Yes?" "What is your name." it was a statement rather than a question. "G…Gohan."
Vegeta snorted. That's no name for a Saiyan, even a half breed. However, it will have to do. Now listen up. The man with the long hair is Radditz. The bald idiot beside me is Nappa. I am prince Vegeta. You will call me by my title, and disobedience of this rule is a beating."
"Now Vegeta, don't frighten the little boy. You no it's not nice." Vegeta gritted his teeth as Zarbon's voice reached his ears. "What do you want Zarbon." "Oh, I'm crushed. The prince of the monkeys doesn't like me. Oh what am I going to do?" "Zarbon." Zarbon caught the note of annoyance in Vegeta's voice and grinned. He loved getting a reaction from the prince.
"Freiza has ordered the training of the half-monkey. He said that Nail and I are to take him to the planet Daserja-sei. We are to take as long as is necessary to train him to an elite level, upon which he will come back and serve Freiza as an elite."
Nail looked up in surprise at the teal colored alien. The Saiyans reactions were slightly more, for lack of a better word, violent. "WHAT!!" All three Saiyans yelled at the same time, almost deafening Gohan and Nail, who had the sound barrier turned off to listen in.
Nappa, being the slightly stupid, and feeling very strong from his saibamen fight the other day leapt at Zarbon, seeing a way to attain the respect of his prince. He opened his mouth to shout something at Zarbon, but found the offender's fist implanted in his stomach.
He looked up to see Zarbon's green eyes glowing. Literally. Twin beams of light shot out of Zarbon's eyes and slammed into Nappa's armor, throwing him back against the wall.
"Anyone else?" Every body in the room could see that Zarbon was hoping that one of them would attack him. When nobody answered, he turned to Nail. "We leave tomorrow morning, standard time. We will need these items."
Pushing a button on his scouter, he transferred a memory bank to Nails scouter, and told him where to go to get them. After Nail nodded and left, Zarbon turned to a confused Gohan. Zarbon smirked. (A/N How many bad guys smirk? Is it a universal gesture?) "Freiza's taken an interest in you boy. Be glad." With that, Zarbon spun and walked out the door.
Gohan was shown to his Quarters by the same purple man that had taken him out of the regen tank. He learned that the man's name was Kikuyu. He was Gohan's servant. After Gohan asked him to teach him how to use his scouter, Kikuyu left.
Gohan, after playing with his scouter, which included a very through account of Vegeta going ballistic on Nappa and Radditz, (Which taught Gohan several new words) went to sleep.
The next morning came quickly enough, starting with his scouter's alarm, which he had placed on the floor next to him, going off like crazy. He jumped up, noticing for the first time since he got out of the regen tank that he felt really strong.
He shrugged it off, and quickly dressed in a black spandex under suit, and the Saiyan armor that everybody on the ship wore. He fixed his scouter to his face, and was surprised to find a blip on a map that covered the entire screen.
He went out the door, turned left, then right, and after a myriad of twists and turns, got to what the door read, DOCKING BAY 9331. He went in, the door opening when it read the identification on his scouter. Inside, he found Nail and Zarbon preparing a ship for departure.
Nail straitened up when he came in, smiling at the young boy. Zarbon growled, and Nail bent to help load. When Gohan just stood there, Zarbon growled again. "Don't just stand there, come help us load!" Gohan looked at the huge boxes and crates they were loading into the ship. "I can't lift those!"
Zarbon looked at him, reading his power level. "You should be able to; you have a power of 285. That's more than enough to lift this thing." He gestured to the huge crate that he was holding with one hand.
At the look of apprehension on the demi-Saiyans face, he sighed and threw the crate at Gohan, not bothering to warn him. Gohan barely had time to react. He just put his hands out, and to his surprise, he caught it! It was easy. He barely had to put any effort into it. "You see? Now get over here and help." Proudly, Gohan walked into the ship, set his cargo down, and went out side to grab another one.
Six hours later
Gohan felt a tremble as they touched down, lighting gently on the planets surface. He hopped out, looking around at the lush, green jungle in which they had landed. There was a small lake off by one side, and a stand of towering trees that stood far above the rest. After helping to unload, he went to the lake and dove in. Zarbon, being the leader had declared a free day. The training would begin tommorow, so do what ever you can with this day.
This planet had 17 hours of day light, and 23 hours of darkness. They had arrived on the fourteenth hour, so he had three hours to relax himself.
As he splashed and played, chasing fish and other aquatic creatures with his new found strength, he wondered about his two trainers.
Nail seemed nice, far nicer than anybody else on Freiza's ship. Zarbon seemed hard, but Gohan had glimpsed him looking at something during the trip. As he let his eyes wander up to Zarbon's face, he saw him crying. He had been curious, and as Zarbon turned to leave, he stuck it in his pocket.
However, it had fallen out, and as he left, Gohan picked it up. On it was a picture. It showed Zarbon, dressed in a loose purple outfit, with what looked like a female of their species. Beside them, two small Zarbon's were smiling, showing broad, white teeth. They were at what looked like a large beach, with the woodland that was visible in the background coming all the way up to the water.
As Gohan looked at it, his young mind clicked. These were Zarbons children. He had a family. Gohan had then looked up into two teal tinted eyes. Zarbon had not spoken, just held out his hand for the picture. The young demi-Saiyan gave the picture back, and mumbled an apology. Zarbon had taken it and left, and Gohan forgot about it until now.
As he lay back and rested into the water, he couldn't help but think of Zarbon as someone to be trusted, despite his seemingly cruel nature. Gohan knew, even from his limited knowledge of Freiza's dealings that Zarbon had probably been forced into joining by killing his family. He didn't understand that, and decided to just forget every thing and play. He was after all only 4 years old.
THE NEXT DAY.
Gohan woke to the shrill scream of his scouters alarm. Grumbling, he fell out of bed, and turned off his scouter. Turning to his clothes, he put on his regular black, sleeveless body suit and armor. He stepped outside his capsule hut.
(A/N yes they do have capsules. I don't know if they have them in the original dragon ball z story but I'm going to say that they do in here.)
The sight took his breath away. Sometime during the night, a soft, golden blue snow had fallen. It covered every thing as far as he could see, and he could dimly make out the shapes of Nail and Zarbons huts.
They looked like large rocks, or maybe, in Nails case, a small rise. It had snowed so heavily around Nails hut you could hardly see the top of the white building.
He heard a muffled curse, and a roar as all the snow around Zarbon's house was melted in seconds. He looked to see Zarbon coming out of the house, finishing putting on the armor that was trademark on the ship that carried the most tyrannical monster ever seen by the universe.
Seconds later, Nails house exploded, leaving a crater in the frozen earth. A sheepish looking Nail in the center. Zarbon snorted, and threw down a capsule, a large building appearing out of nowhere. Zarbon beckoned, and they went in.
Gohan looked around in wonder. It was a big white tile room, with a pillar in the center reaching from top to bottom. The pillar had all sorts off controls, and Zarbon walked over to them. He looked back, gauged Gohan's power, and set it for 10 gravities. "Let the training begin."
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