Piccolo was meditating next to a waterfall one morning, almost eight years
after Goku, his rival, had died, and Gohan, Goku's son, was shot out into
space in Raddiz's pod. Since then Goku had come back to life, believing
that more Saiyians were to come, but oddly enough, none did. Suddenly
something awoke Piccolo from his meditation. A strong ki was approaching
their planet, and fast. It was vaguely familiar, but for the life of him,
Piccolo couldn't place the power. It didn't feel evil exactly, nothing
like Raddiz's had been, but it wasn't exactly good either, it lay somewhere
in the gray area of evil and good.
/Strange,/ Piccolo thought as he begun to fly to the Son house where Goku, ChiChi, and their seven month old child, Goten resided. Once he got there, he was greeted to the serious face of Son Goku.
"So you felt it too." He said gravely. Piccolo nodded.
"Who do you think it is?" He asked, "He seems almost as strong as Cell from what I can feel."
"I know, but, he seems familiar, you know, like someone that I should know, but I can't place who it belongs to. I hope he isn't planning on helping Cell." Goku responded.
"Well, we should find out who this guy is at around noon, if we ever find out. The gut seems to have one of two routs in mind, either he's going to crash here on Earth, or he's going right into the sun."
Gohan slowly aroused himself from his induced slumber. He felt powerful ki's on a nearby planet, they seemed familiar in a strange way. Gohan paid them no heed though, he knew where he was headed, if he was awake now, it would be because he was to far in the star's gravitational pull to get away. Suddenly he felt the unforgettable pull as he plummeted to the surface of the sun.
/Why am I not burned to a crisp by now./ He asked himself, /The heat should've killed me almost as soon as I started to fall./
Gohan never got to ponder why though, as his pod crashed into earth, forcing him forward so he hit his head so hard on the console he passed out.
Goku was the first on the sight. He landed in the crater just in time to see the door of the pod open and allow an unconscious Gohan to tumble out onto the ground. Goku jumped back in surprise. Piccolo was next to land in the crater, closely followed by Tien, Chaot Zu, Krillen, and Yamcha.
"Who is it?" Krillen asked worriedly.
"I don't know, but whoever he is, I think he's a Saiyian." Goku replied, looking at Gohan from his short black hair down to his tail.
"Hey, Goku, you know, when you got bumped on the head, you became good right?" Yamcha asked, "Well, it looks like this guy got a good knock on the head, maybe he's going to be good from now on, that is, if he wasn't evil at first." Goku smiled and walked over to Gohan, picking him up.
"Maybe you're right Yamcha. We'll just have to take him home and give the guy a sensu bean. Then, if his memory isn't wiped clean, we can ask him a few questions." All of the Z fighter agreed that this was probably the best solution, so they accompanied Goku as he took his son home.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YO THINK YOUR DOING SON GOKU?!" ChiChi screeched as he set Gohan down on his bed.
"Aw come on ChiChi, we couldn't just leave him out there like that, the guy was hit in the head and unconscious. It wouldn't have been right to just leave him unprotected."
"SO YOU TOOK HIM HOME?! HAVE YOU GONE MAD GOKU, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO GOHAN LAST TIME ONE OF THOSE THINGS CAME HERE, HE WAS SHOT OFF INTO SPACE AND PROBABLY DIED, AND YOU GOT KILLED YOURSELF!!! I WON'T LET THEM TEAR MY FAMILY APART AGAIN!" She said, her eyes misting up with tears. Gohan had stirred at the mention of his name, but no one seemed to notice. Chi Chi was bawling and Goku was trying to comfort her, Goten was over at his Grandpa's house for that day.
"W'where am I?" Gohan asked groggily, "Am I dead. I must be, this must be the afterlife." He said, sighing quietly, "I never knew it was so loud." Those words in themselves made ChiChi quiet down and stare at Gohan in wonder. Goku took this much needed quiet to ask Gohan a few questions.
"No, you're not dead kid. What's your name?"
"My name?" He thought back and he could remember being called three things, Monkey Boy, Brat, and Gohan. He looked at the man above him and was startled to recognize the face as that of his father's, Kakkarott, or Goku as he is known as now. "I'm Gohan." He said quietly, rubbing the sore spot on his head, "What happened, I thought Freiza sent me into a star, not a planet." Neither Goku nor ChiChi heard Gohan's question, ChiChi was on the verge of tears once again this time happy that her son had come home, Goku was staring at Gohan, trying to determine weather or not he was lying.
"Goku, you're Goku. I thought I saw you die, why are you still here, and where is Raddiz?" That sentence alone proved to Goku that the boy on his bed was indeed his son, Gohan.
"Never mind that Gohan, tell me, what happened after I died?" Gohan sat up and looked at the man who was once his father.
"Lot's of things. That's all I can really tell you at the moment. That's all you should need to know too. Now if you excuse me." He stood up, ignoring the sudden escalation of his headache, "I really should be leaving, Freiza's going to come here when he finds out that the pod wasn't destroyed, and I will have left by that time." ChiChi stood up, shaking with rage after what she had heard.
"Gohan, you run away in some space aliens pod for nearly seven years, then you return just to say you're leaving again?! I don't think so mister! You're going right upstairs to study, if you think that I'm just going to allow you to become as dumb as your father you've got another thing coming!!" Gohan could tell right away that ChiChi was planning on keeping him on the planet no matter what. He sighed and slimed slightly, seeing a bit of himself in her.
Alright, I guess I can stay, at least I know where I got my stubbornness from. With all due respects ma'am, I don't think that I should be studying at the moment though. Lord Freiza is probably planning on taking a little trip to this planet when he realizes that I'm alive and well. I should be training for when he arrives.
"Forget training for Freiza Gohan, you arrived just in time, "Goku said looking excited, "We gotta fight Cell in a few days, perhaps you could help, and it would be great training for you. We're going to fight him in about three days." Gohan considered Goku's offer and agreed to help. Judging by the power levels of the stronger people on the planet, help was most defiantly needed.
"Alright, I'll help. This Cell guy should be a good workout for me."
/Strange,/ Piccolo thought as he begun to fly to the Son house where Goku, ChiChi, and their seven month old child, Goten resided. Once he got there, he was greeted to the serious face of Son Goku.
"So you felt it too." He said gravely. Piccolo nodded.
"Who do you think it is?" He asked, "He seems almost as strong as Cell from what I can feel."
"I know, but, he seems familiar, you know, like someone that I should know, but I can't place who it belongs to. I hope he isn't planning on helping Cell." Goku responded.
"Well, we should find out who this guy is at around noon, if we ever find out. The gut seems to have one of two routs in mind, either he's going to crash here on Earth, or he's going right into the sun."
Gohan slowly aroused himself from his induced slumber. He felt powerful ki's on a nearby planet, they seemed familiar in a strange way. Gohan paid them no heed though, he knew where he was headed, if he was awake now, it would be because he was to far in the star's gravitational pull to get away. Suddenly he felt the unforgettable pull as he plummeted to the surface of the sun.
/Why am I not burned to a crisp by now./ He asked himself, /The heat should've killed me almost as soon as I started to fall./
Gohan never got to ponder why though, as his pod crashed into earth, forcing him forward so he hit his head so hard on the console he passed out.
Goku was the first on the sight. He landed in the crater just in time to see the door of the pod open and allow an unconscious Gohan to tumble out onto the ground. Goku jumped back in surprise. Piccolo was next to land in the crater, closely followed by Tien, Chaot Zu, Krillen, and Yamcha.
"Who is it?" Krillen asked worriedly.
"I don't know, but whoever he is, I think he's a Saiyian." Goku replied, looking at Gohan from his short black hair down to his tail.
"Hey, Goku, you know, when you got bumped on the head, you became good right?" Yamcha asked, "Well, it looks like this guy got a good knock on the head, maybe he's going to be good from now on, that is, if he wasn't evil at first." Goku smiled and walked over to Gohan, picking him up.
"Maybe you're right Yamcha. We'll just have to take him home and give the guy a sensu bean. Then, if his memory isn't wiped clean, we can ask him a few questions." All of the Z fighter agreed that this was probably the best solution, so they accompanied Goku as he took his son home.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YO THINK YOUR DOING SON GOKU?!" ChiChi screeched as he set Gohan down on his bed.
"Aw come on ChiChi, we couldn't just leave him out there like that, the guy was hit in the head and unconscious. It wouldn't have been right to just leave him unprotected."
"SO YOU TOOK HIM HOME?! HAVE YOU GONE MAD GOKU, REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED TO GOHAN LAST TIME ONE OF THOSE THINGS CAME HERE, HE WAS SHOT OFF INTO SPACE AND PROBABLY DIED, AND YOU GOT KILLED YOURSELF!!! I WON'T LET THEM TEAR MY FAMILY APART AGAIN!" She said, her eyes misting up with tears. Gohan had stirred at the mention of his name, but no one seemed to notice. Chi Chi was bawling and Goku was trying to comfort her, Goten was over at his Grandpa's house for that day.
"W'where am I?" Gohan asked groggily, "Am I dead. I must be, this must be the afterlife." He said, sighing quietly, "I never knew it was so loud." Those words in themselves made ChiChi quiet down and stare at Gohan in wonder. Goku took this much needed quiet to ask Gohan a few questions.
"No, you're not dead kid. What's your name?"
"My name?" He thought back and he could remember being called three things, Monkey Boy, Brat, and Gohan. He looked at the man above him and was startled to recognize the face as that of his father's, Kakkarott, or Goku as he is known as now. "I'm Gohan." He said quietly, rubbing the sore spot on his head, "What happened, I thought Freiza sent me into a star, not a planet." Neither Goku nor ChiChi heard Gohan's question, ChiChi was on the verge of tears once again this time happy that her son had come home, Goku was staring at Gohan, trying to determine weather or not he was lying.
"Goku, you're Goku. I thought I saw you die, why are you still here, and where is Raddiz?" That sentence alone proved to Goku that the boy on his bed was indeed his son, Gohan.
"Never mind that Gohan, tell me, what happened after I died?" Gohan sat up and looked at the man who was once his father.
"Lot's of things. That's all I can really tell you at the moment. That's all you should need to know too. Now if you excuse me." He stood up, ignoring the sudden escalation of his headache, "I really should be leaving, Freiza's going to come here when he finds out that the pod wasn't destroyed, and I will have left by that time." ChiChi stood up, shaking with rage after what she had heard.
"Gohan, you run away in some space aliens pod for nearly seven years, then you return just to say you're leaving again?! I don't think so mister! You're going right upstairs to study, if you think that I'm just going to allow you to become as dumb as your father you've got another thing coming!!" Gohan could tell right away that ChiChi was planning on keeping him on the planet no matter what. He sighed and slimed slightly, seeing a bit of himself in her.
Alright, I guess I can stay, at least I know where I got my stubbornness from. With all due respects ma'am, I don't think that I should be studying at the moment though. Lord Freiza is probably planning on taking a little trip to this planet when he realizes that I'm alive and well. I should be training for when he arrives.
"Forget training for Freiza Gohan, you arrived just in time, "Goku said looking excited, "We gotta fight Cell in a few days, perhaps you could help, and it would be great training for you. We're going to fight him in about three days." Gohan considered Goku's offer and agreed to help. Judging by the power levels of the stronger people on the planet, help was most defiantly needed.
"Alright, I'll help. This Cell guy should be a good workout for me."