A/N: First, thanks for the Reviews so far. Spread the word if you can, reviews keep me going. Secondly, it is now November and time for a little thing called NaNoWriMo. A.K.A. National Novel Writing Month. The goal, write a novel (at least 50k words) in a single month. I am part of this insanity and thusly will be focused on my NaNo Novel so expect sparse updates. (sparser than normal even, if any)

Chapter Sixteen - Destiny

Roshi kicked back and relaxed on his chair staring up at the sky and listening to the sound of the waves. It had only been an hour since the chaos of battle at the base but Korin had produced just enough Senzu's for them and everyone was back in perfect shape. Vadora had decided to give everyone the day off at Roshi's island to celebrate, so everyone, save for Piccolo's little group, where relaxing. Those three had gone off to train once more.

They'd even secured the seventh Dragonball without a hitch, and with that done Bulma had been sent off to deal with Chi-Chi and inform her of recent events. For a moment he thought the KI he felt was mere imaginings. That his thoughts of Goku's rather odd and semi-deranged wife had caused a phantom sensation. However, instead of fading as he focused on it the signal intensified. Suddenly he sat bolt up right in his chair and stared off across the ocean toward her power. "Oh boy... Oh no... this isn't good. We've got incoming!"

Everyone turned as a spark of light flashed over the ocean and Chi-Chi's air car became discernable. Krillin and Yamcha both visibly paled while Roshi made for the safety of his house. Vadora and Hotaru didn't know what to make of the scene as Chi-Chi leaned out of her air car screaming at the top of her lungs for her 'no good, lazy, muscle headed husband'. Tien and Chaotzu managed to slip back behind the others without notice.

As the air car came to a sudden and rushed stop the crazed woman inside climbed out. "Where is he! He promised he and Gohan would be back after the tournament! Where is he!"

Vadora glanced over to Krillin. "Who's this?" she asked.

"That's... that's Chi-Chi... Goku's wife." he said not taking his eyes off of the woman.

Vadora took a step forward and Chi-Chi noticed her for the first time. "I take it that Bulma didn't find you first... I guess I'll have to be the one to explain things then."

"Who are you?" Chi-Chi demanded more than asked.

"My name is Vadora, I am a Sai-jin. I came here with Bardock and Appla, you've met them. We weren't the only ones to come though... and unfortunately both Goku and Bardock were killed yesterday. But we do have the Dragonballs all gathered. In a year we'll wish them back, after they've finished their training."

"De... dead?..." Chi-Chi fell silent for a few moments. "Gohan!" she cried at last. "Where's Gohan?"

"He's okay. He's with grandmother Appla and Piccolo training."

Planet Rosu:
Vegeta stood in a relaxed fighting stance as he watched the crowd around him. He'd met lady luck when he landed, the Rondo's were having a fighting tournament which he decided to crash. He'd let them finish the tournament but now he stood only twenty yards from the champion, Pong. He was a foot shorter than Pug at six foot eight, but he was the same deep blue color. Like most Rondo's his face was wrinkly and he looked somewhat thin for his height.

"Come on, let's do this already." Vegeta demanded irritated.

"Look, Prince Vegeta, I don't want to hurt you." he said in a deep scratchy voice.

"Hurt me?" Vegeta scoffed. "That's a laugh. You wouldn't have even won this tournament if Pug where here. Now let's do this, I'm getting bored."

"As you wish." Pong launched in at Vegeta faster than the Sai-jin prince could follow. Vegeta shifted to his right in hopes of dodging but was met with a knee to his stomach followed by an elbow to the back of his head which planted him face first in the ground. "Do you still want to do this?"

"I am the Prince of all Sai-jins!" Vegeta roared getting to his feet and wiping blood off his chin. He lunged in at Pong who simply vanished for an instant re-appearing with his foot in Vegeta's face.

"That you are, but you're not as strong as your father. Not by a long shot. That pride of yours is going to get you killed someday Vegeta."

"I will surpass my father, I will become a Super Sai-jin and bring down Frieza and his entire family!" He thrust his arms out flinging a deep purple energy stream at his alien opponent. Pong vanished again. This time he appeared with his fist in the back of the Prince's neck.

"I'm more than twice you're strength Prince Vegeta." he said as he pulled back. "Don't do this, it's stupid."

"You dare mock me!" Vegeta clenched his fist at his side and formed a small glowing sphere of KI. "I'll show you the power of a real Sai-jin!" He thrust his arm into the air and the sphere flew sky high. As he clenched his fist he smirked and nearly laughed. "Moon ball explode!"

A moment later a transformed Vegeta stood looming over Pong. In a deep voice he laughed. "Now do you see?" Vegeta launched a massive fist at Pong but the alien vanished from sight once more. "What! How can you beat that fast?"

"It's not speed."

"Dematerialization!" he roared turning to face Pong who promptly vanished once more.

"Sorry to do this prince, but the King warned you might come here and told me to do this if you showed up." Suddenly an intense pain lanced through Vegeta's tail. As the Sai-jin shrank back to normal he spied Pong once more but once more he vanished. When he appeared this time his arm was around Vegeta's neck in a strangle hold. The Sai-jin prince struggled for a few minutes but was unable to break the hold. Finally he fell slack as the lack of oxygen forced him into unconsciousness.

Pong sighed. /You have great potential Prince Vegeta, but your arrogance and emotions cloud your judgment. Perhaps someday you will become a Super Sai-jin, but until then you'll never defeat me, or surpass your father's power./

Almost three months later - Otherworld:
Bardock and Goku stood at the end of Snake Way looking around them for any sign of King Kai's planet. "I don't see it anywhere..." Goku said frowning. "Maybe something happened?"

"I don't know..." Bardock looked up and smiled. "I think that might be it..."

Goku followed his gaze. "Oh wow, its up there isn't it? Kind of small too..."

"Big enough for one I guess." Bardock said as he floated into the air. "Come on, we're almost there at last, and we've only got about nine months to train."

Goku nodded and they both flew up to the small planet. As they neared Goku started feeling a tug on his body. The closer they got the more he felt it. Until suddenly he went plummeting toward it and slammed face first into the ground. With some effort he managed to roll over onto his back in time to see Bardock land gently beside him grinning. "To much gravity for you?" he asked reaching out a hand. "Feels like Planet Vegeta, about ten times more than Earth's gravity. Takes time to get used to it... I know the first time I went to Gorb I had a hell of a time standing up, twice the gravity of Vegeta there. Shirr wasn't much better."

Goku grabbed his hand and got lifted to his feet. "You mean you grew up with this much gravity?"

"Been in much worse on other planets. It takes some time to get used to but once you do you hardly notice."

"I'll take your word on that."

"He's right you know." said an odd voice from behind them. Turning they saw a short blue man in black clothes and wearing sunglasses.

"Are you King Kai?" Goku asked.

"That depends, are you a bill collector?" Goku just blinked. King Kai shook his head. "No sense of humor in the kids these days, it's a shame I tell you. No, I'm not King Kai unless you've got a sense of humor."

"We don't have time for games." Bardock said crossing his arms.

"Got a hot date?" King Kai asked smirking. "It's not like there's any reason to be in a hurry around here."

"We're being wished back in about nine months." Goku said. "There's this really strong guy coming to Earth named Zarbon and we need to be ready to fight him."

"Zarbon? He's one of Frieza's men right? Yes... well, there's a chance you could beat him, you're standing at least. But what's this about wishes?"

"No time." Bardock replied. "We need to start training."

King Kai turned and glared at Bardock through his glasses. "Such rudeness, you're as bad as a Sai-jin."

Bardock smirked. "That's because I am."

King Kai blinked behind his glasses for a second before stumbling back a few steps. "What! A Sai-jin!" He was quiet for a second then started snickering. "Oh... that... that's good! You almost... al... almost had me fooled!"

Goku took a step forward. "But, King Kai... He's not kidding. We're both Sai-jins."

Unknown Location:
"Some things never change... Destiny is what they call it." a male voice said with abstract interest in the events he'd been watching. He was cloaked in darkness and shadow, his form hidden by the large chair in which he sat. The lack of light in the room gave the creatures scattered about an eerie look as they watched glowing monitors. The room was practically a cross section of the entire universe. Beings of varying powers, shapes, and sizes, most of which weren't even born yet.

"So you've seen this before?" asked a gentle female voice.

"Not exactly." spoke the hidden man with an audible grin. "Though I must admit I'm intrigued as to how things shall play out from here on... The added cast make things far more entertaining than they were the first time around. Much more entertaining. Though I wonder... what exactly is destined? Goku's death seems to have been but what else?"