Chapter 4
So Turles stayed with the Son family for a few weeks. He tried very hard to teach Goku the Sayian ways, but not as hard as he tried to win Chi-chi's heart. He even dismissed his dislike for Gohan (being that he was Goku's son) just so Chi-chi would like him more.
Chi-chi got out of her air car and picked up all her groceries, then waddled to the door under all the weight.
"Let me help you," Turles took most of the bags and held the door open for Chi-chi.
"Thank you, Turles!" Chi-chi smiled in appreciation and walked inside, "It's really nice to have someone to help me do the work around here."
Turles smirked as he closed the door, "another point for me."
Chi-chi looked at her watch, "isn't it time for Goku's sayian lessons?"
Turles nodded and went outside, "you are so right."
Goku saw Turles as he headed towards the house, turned around and walked back into the woods.
"Oh no you don't!" Turles pounced on Goku and the both fell to the ground.
"Awwwww! C'mon Turles!" Goku whined trying to get free of Turles as he sat on his back, "I'm never going to learn! And besides! It's not my heritage!"
Turles scowled and bent Goku's arm behind his back.
Goku winced in pain, "I mean…OWE! OKAY! OKAY! Mercy, mercy!"
Turles smirked and got off of Goku just as Gohan ran out of the house with his scouter on.
"Yeah! Uncle Turles is going to teach us more today!" Gohan cheered as he ran to Turles.
Turles turned to Gohan with a proud grin as he opened his arms to catch the boy.
Gohan hugged Turles happily, embracing him as if they'd always been family.
"Uncle Turles," Goku muttered sitting on a log by the house.
"Well, I am his uncle Kakkorot," Turles continued to grin as he looked down at Gohan.
"Yep, yep, yep," Gohan beamed sitting next to his father on the log. Over the past few weeks, with the help of the scouter, Gohan had already begun to understand the Saiyan language.
"Okay!" Turles pulled a chalkboard out from behind the house and set it up in front of them, "Today we're gonna learn about the destruction of Vegeta-sei…"
A sad expression appeared on Turles' face as he wrote on the chalkboard.
Gohan blinked, "The destruction? But…you must've skipped something uncle…we were just learning about the kidnapping of Prince Vegeta!"
"Well Gohan," Turles turned around, his sad expression replaced with a hard cold one, "that's where our history met its end."
Turles explained what had happened on Vegeta-sei, wrote out charts of important warriors in the battle, and then talked about their family.
"Bardock, our father—your grandfather Gohan, was part of the Elite force back on Vegeta-sei it was his job to fight," Turles explained sitting in the grass in front of them, "I was supposed to be sent out in space to destroy all life on this planet so that we could give it to Freeza, but you were taken by mistake."
"Wait a minute," Goku stood up quickly as Turles wrote it on the board, "what do you MEAN destroy all life on this planet? That isn't what you've come to do is it?"
Turles shook his head somewhat offended by Goku's prosecution, "Freeza made us do it, if we hadn't taken over those planets Freeza would've destroyed us instead."
Goku sat back down once Turles wrote his comment.
"Well…" Gohan thought about it, "it really didn't help much in the end, did it? He destroyed the planet anyway…"
Turles' eyes darkened in anger, "Yes…yes he did."
"What was it like on Vegeta-sei?" Gohan questioned.
"I…can't remember…I was only an infant when it was destroyed."
"How'd you survive?" Gohan blinked curiously.
"My brother, Radditz, and many other sayian boys were taken by Freeza. They were going to kill me, but Radditz wouldn't allow it," Turles answered, "he raised me, sacrificing his own meals to keep me fed, sleeping with one eye open to make sure I was safe at night, he gave up everything to train me."
Gohan looked at Turles sadly, "but you were raised as one of Freeza's slaves."
"No," Turles shook his head, "I was raised to destroy him."
Gohan kept his sad expression, Turles turned away frustrated with the boy's sympathy.
Turles looked at Goku, he seemed to be withdrawn from the two as he sat on the edge of the log with his back towards them.
"Kakkorot, what's up with you?" Turles questioned.
"I…I am an alien…" Goku murmured.
"Hmm?" Turles cocked an eyebrow.
"Grandfather found me in a weird round thing when I was a baby, it must've been the escape capsule," Goku spoke a little louder.
Turles grinned and pat Goku on the back, "So! You're beginning to understand!"
"Yes," Goku nodded, "I suppose…"
"Well, you must be," Turles continued to grin, "you just got what I said."
Goku smiled looking up at Turles, "Hey I did!"
Turles smirked, "Sayian instinct, the language is embedded in your mind already Goku, you just have to embrace it."
Goku blinked, "huh? What did you say?"
Turles gave a heavy sigh, "never mind."
Chi-chi hummed happily as she washed the dishes and watched the boys outside the kitchen window.
The Ox-King came out of his room and looked out the window as well, "they're still at it, huh?"
"Mm hm," Chi-chi began to dry the dishes and put them away.
"You should take some lessons," the Ox-King stated.
Chi-chi laughed a little, "What do I need them for? I'm not a Saiyan!"
"Well, for one thing, you'd be able to understand Turles better," Ox-King replied and then walked away.
"Hmm," Chi-chi looked out the window again.
The Ox-King watched her as he walked back to his room, if she went she'd finally learn about her sayian roots and it would be so much easier to tell her the truth.
Chi-chi put the dish she was drying away and went outside.
"Hey guys!" Chi-chi walked over to the boys.
"Mommy!" Gohan beamed and ran to Chi-chi.
Chi-chi smiled as she hugged Gohan.
"Did you bring food?" Goku questioned.
Turles glared at him for quick second thinking he was an absolute moron.
"Nope," Chi-chi sat beside Goku, "I've come to learn."
Turles snapped his chalk by accident, "l-learn?"
"Why not uncle Turles?" Gohan tilted his head curious about Turles' odd behavior.
"Well, uhm," Turles cleared his throat and regained his composer, "we've already gone through the whole history of the Sayians and much of the language…I'd have to help you separately to catch you up."
Gohan translated.
Turles smirked evilly as he began to imagine just him and Chi-chi, alone, in a room, without interruptions.
Goku cocked an eyebrow as he looked at Turles.
"Uhm," Chi-chi thought about it, "ok, you can teach me while I go food shopping. The car drive gets boring."
Turles face-faulted, "yeah, okay…"
"What is Turles DOING?" Daiz paced back and forth as all the others sat around bored.
"I don't see why he doesn't just kidnap the girl," Kakao murmured.
"Because that's not the sayian way!" Amond berated, "He has to win her or she won't be a faithful mate."
"He you guys," Rezun called looking at a monitor.
"Check this out," Lakasei finished.
The others walked over and looked at the monitor.
A round aircraft was entering the Earth's atmosphere.
"Is it a craft from Earth?" Amond questioned.
"No," Rezun began to press buttons.
"It's registered as one of Freeza's ships," Lakasei said as the registration ID came up.
"We'll get a picture of the pilot in a sec," Rezun stared at the screen.
A picture began to generate, the corps gasped as a clear picture of Radditz came into view.
"Won't be Turles be surprised," Amond smirked looking at the others.
Finally, Radditz thought as the Earth's gravitational pull made his ship fall faster to Earth, I'll be able to see my brother again…I wonder what he grew up like…if he's anything like Turles…
"Stop getting all mushy," a voice spoke in Radditz's scouter.
Radditz sat up straight speaking strongly, "What makes you think I was getting mushy?"
"I can see you," the voice replied, it was clearly Vegeta.
Radditz looked into the small camera stuck to the door and covered his face, "dammit."
"I'm serious Radditz, don't you dare go soft on that boy," Vegeta grumbled, "He betrayed us you know!"
"No," Radditz snapped back, "Kakkorot would not have done such a thing. He probably got sidetracked, or brainwashed, or…"
"Betrayed us!" Vegeta cut in, "It's been quite a few years Radditz, he should've taken out this planet a long time ago."
"I will not believe my brother is a traitor until I've seen it for myself," Radditz gruffly replied.
"Fine," Vegeta muttered, "however, if you turn on us too Radditz, I'll kill you both."
Before Radditz could reply the scouter clicked off.
Stupid Vegeta, Radditz snuffed in his head as he slammed his foot over the camera and crossed his arms.
NOTE: Yes, yes, I know…a short boring chapter…but I'm not exactly sure as to what I want to happen next…R & R please.
So Turles stayed with the Son family for a few weeks. He tried very hard to teach Goku the Sayian ways, but not as hard as he tried to win Chi-chi's heart. He even dismissed his dislike for Gohan (being that he was Goku's son) just so Chi-chi would like him more.
Chi-chi got out of her air car and picked up all her groceries, then waddled to the door under all the weight.
"Let me help you," Turles took most of the bags and held the door open for Chi-chi.
"Thank you, Turles!" Chi-chi smiled in appreciation and walked inside, "It's really nice to have someone to help me do the work around here."
Turles smirked as he closed the door, "another point for me."
Chi-chi looked at her watch, "isn't it time for Goku's sayian lessons?"
Turles nodded and went outside, "you are so right."
Goku saw Turles as he headed towards the house, turned around and walked back into the woods.
"Oh no you don't!" Turles pounced on Goku and the both fell to the ground.
"Awwwww! C'mon Turles!" Goku whined trying to get free of Turles as he sat on his back, "I'm never going to learn! And besides! It's not my heritage!"
Turles scowled and bent Goku's arm behind his back.
Goku winced in pain, "I mean…OWE! OKAY! OKAY! Mercy, mercy!"
Turles smirked and got off of Goku just as Gohan ran out of the house with his scouter on.
"Yeah! Uncle Turles is going to teach us more today!" Gohan cheered as he ran to Turles.
Turles turned to Gohan with a proud grin as he opened his arms to catch the boy.
Gohan hugged Turles happily, embracing him as if they'd always been family.
"Uncle Turles," Goku muttered sitting on a log by the house.
"Well, I am his uncle Kakkorot," Turles continued to grin as he looked down at Gohan.
"Yep, yep, yep," Gohan beamed sitting next to his father on the log. Over the past few weeks, with the help of the scouter, Gohan had already begun to understand the Saiyan language.
"Okay!" Turles pulled a chalkboard out from behind the house and set it up in front of them, "Today we're gonna learn about the destruction of Vegeta-sei…"
A sad expression appeared on Turles' face as he wrote on the chalkboard.
Gohan blinked, "The destruction? But…you must've skipped something uncle…we were just learning about the kidnapping of Prince Vegeta!"
"Well Gohan," Turles turned around, his sad expression replaced with a hard cold one, "that's where our history met its end."
Turles explained what had happened on Vegeta-sei, wrote out charts of important warriors in the battle, and then talked about their family.
"Bardock, our father—your grandfather Gohan, was part of the Elite force back on Vegeta-sei it was his job to fight," Turles explained sitting in the grass in front of them, "I was supposed to be sent out in space to destroy all life on this planet so that we could give it to Freeza, but you were taken by mistake."
"Wait a minute," Goku stood up quickly as Turles wrote it on the board, "what do you MEAN destroy all life on this planet? That isn't what you've come to do is it?"
Turles shook his head somewhat offended by Goku's prosecution, "Freeza made us do it, if we hadn't taken over those planets Freeza would've destroyed us instead."
Goku sat back down once Turles wrote his comment.
"Well…" Gohan thought about it, "it really didn't help much in the end, did it? He destroyed the planet anyway…"
Turles' eyes darkened in anger, "Yes…yes he did."
"What was it like on Vegeta-sei?" Gohan questioned.
"I…can't remember…I was only an infant when it was destroyed."
"How'd you survive?" Gohan blinked curiously.
"My brother, Radditz, and many other sayian boys were taken by Freeza. They were going to kill me, but Radditz wouldn't allow it," Turles answered, "he raised me, sacrificing his own meals to keep me fed, sleeping with one eye open to make sure I was safe at night, he gave up everything to train me."
Gohan looked at Turles sadly, "but you were raised as one of Freeza's slaves."
"No," Turles shook his head, "I was raised to destroy him."
Gohan kept his sad expression, Turles turned away frustrated with the boy's sympathy.
Turles looked at Goku, he seemed to be withdrawn from the two as he sat on the edge of the log with his back towards them.
"Kakkorot, what's up with you?" Turles questioned.
"I…I am an alien…" Goku murmured.
"Hmm?" Turles cocked an eyebrow.
"Grandfather found me in a weird round thing when I was a baby, it must've been the escape capsule," Goku spoke a little louder.
Turles grinned and pat Goku on the back, "So! You're beginning to understand!"
"Yes," Goku nodded, "I suppose…"
"Well, you must be," Turles continued to grin, "you just got what I said."
Goku smiled looking up at Turles, "Hey I did!"
Turles smirked, "Sayian instinct, the language is embedded in your mind already Goku, you just have to embrace it."
Goku blinked, "huh? What did you say?"
Turles gave a heavy sigh, "never mind."
Chi-chi hummed happily as she washed the dishes and watched the boys outside the kitchen window.
The Ox-King came out of his room and looked out the window as well, "they're still at it, huh?"
"Mm hm," Chi-chi began to dry the dishes and put them away.
"You should take some lessons," the Ox-King stated.
Chi-chi laughed a little, "What do I need them for? I'm not a Saiyan!"
"Well, for one thing, you'd be able to understand Turles better," Ox-King replied and then walked away.
"Hmm," Chi-chi looked out the window again.
The Ox-King watched her as he walked back to his room, if she went she'd finally learn about her sayian roots and it would be so much easier to tell her the truth.
Chi-chi put the dish she was drying away and went outside.
"Hey guys!" Chi-chi walked over to the boys.
"Mommy!" Gohan beamed and ran to Chi-chi.
Chi-chi smiled as she hugged Gohan.
"Did you bring food?" Goku questioned.
Turles glared at him for quick second thinking he was an absolute moron.
"Nope," Chi-chi sat beside Goku, "I've come to learn."
Turles snapped his chalk by accident, "l-learn?"
"Why not uncle Turles?" Gohan tilted his head curious about Turles' odd behavior.
"Well, uhm," Turles cleared his throat and regained his composer, "we've already gone through the whole history of the Sayians and much of the language…I'd have to help you separately to catch you up."
Gohan translated.
Turles smirked evilly as he began to imagine just him and Chi-chi, alone, in a room, without interruptions.
Goku cocked an eyebrow as he looked at Turles.
"Uhm," Chi-chi thought about it, "ok, you can teach me while I go food shopping. The car drive gets boring."
Turles face-faulted, "yeah, okay…"
"What is Turles DOING?" Daiz paced back and forth as all the others sat around bored.
"I don't see why he doesn't just kidnap the girl," Kakao murmured.
"Because that's not the sayian way!" Amond berated, "He has to win her or she won't be a faithful mate."
"He you guys," Rezun called looking at a monitor.
"Check this out," Lakasei finished.
The others walked over and looked at the monitor.
A round aircraft was entering the Earth's atmosphere.
"Is it a craft from Earth?" Amond questioned.
"No," Rezun began to press buttons.
"It's registered as one of Freeza's ships," Lakasei said as the registration ID came up.
"We'll get a picture of the pilot in a sec," Rezun stared at the screen.
A picture began to generate, the corps gasped as a clear picture of Radditz came into view.
"Won't be Turles be surprised," Amond smirked looking at the others.
Finally, Radditz thought as the Earth's gravitational pull made his ship fall faster to Earth, I'll be able to see my brother again…I wonder what he grew up like…if he's anything like Turles…
"Stop getting all mushy," a voice spoke in Radditz's scouter.
Radditz sat up straight speaking strongly, "What makes you think I was getting mushy?"
"I can see you," the voice replied, it was clearly Vegeta.
Radditz looked into the small camera stuck to the door and covered his face, "dammit."
"I'm serious Radditz, don't you dare go soft on that boy," Vegeta grumbled, "He betrayed us you know!"
"No," Radditz snapped back, "Kakkorot would not have done such a thing. He probably got sidetracked, or brainwashed, or…"
"Betrayed us!" Vegeta cut in, "It's been quite a few years Radditz, he should've taken out this planet a long time ago."
"I will not believe my brother is a traitor until I've seen it for myself," Radditz gruffly replied.
"Fine," Vegeta muttered, "however, if you turn on us too Radditz, I'll kill you both."
Before Radditz could reply the scouter clicked off.
Stupid Vegeta, Radditz snuffed in his head as he slammed his foot over the camera and crossed his arms.
NOTE: Yes, yes, I know…a short boring chapter…but I'm not exactly sure as to what I want to happen next…R & R please.