Bound
Chapter 5
CMG: Let's see. Do I own Dragon Ball Z? Let's take a look in my mailbox! *looks and sees nothing but bills* Nope! I don't think so! *laughs insanely* Now on to the action!
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Through all of my life
In spite of all the pain
You know people are funny sometimes
'Cause they just can't wait
To get hurt again
Do you remember...?
There are things we won't recall
Feelings we'll never find
It's taken so long to see it
'Cause we never seemed to have the time
There was always something more important to do
More important to say
But "I love you" wasn't one of those things
And now it's too late
Do you remember...?
~Phil Collins-Do You Remember
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Goku was staring Dabura down as the dust kicked up in the ring; trying to blind both warriors. It was a tense moment between the two fighters as they looked for a sign of weakness in each other's stance. However, Goku wasn't to be taken lightly; whatever training he dealt with in his seven year absence, he was much more ruthless than ever. He seemed more aggressive than usual and more determined to fight than he used to be.
"Do you really think I'd back down from a fight," said Dabura.
"No, I was hoping you'd come at me with everything you got," said Goku as his eyes slanted. "Come get me." Goku coaxed the Demon King to attack with a wave of his hand; trying to make the other fighter come at him. Dabura got the message and lunged at Goku as the Saiya-jin slide aside to avoid the oncoming attack. Goku did a roundhouse punch and connected with his head as Dabura went sliding outside the ring and hit the wall.
"Whoa!" said Krillin. "Goku's wicked!"
"You mean evil," corrected Shin. "He only wants to finish this quickly."
"How come?" said Krillin.
"Isn't it obvious?" said Piccolo. "Goku's not here to have fun. He's acting uptight."
"But why?" said 18.
"I think I have an idea," said Shin. "Sin wants me dead."
"What?" said Krillin. "You're kidding!"
"Do you detect a bit of amusement in my voice?" countered Shin as he spat the question at Krillin. "I'm not joking."
Dabura got up from the rubble as he spat at Goku, but his energy flared up and aimed the spit right back at the Demon King. As it connected to his skin, his body started to turn into stone as Goku smirked.
"I see why you thought I would forfeit," said Goku as he flew up in the air and aimed his hand at the stone statue of Dabura. "Too bad it backfired on you." With an energy blast, the statue Dabura was imprisoned in turned into dust as he lowered his hand rather slowly. Turning around, he saw Baba-di staring wide-eyed at Goku as he smirked evilly. "Now for you and your friend." (A/N: What? You thought Goku was going to go Super Saiya-jin? You wish!)
"Buu, kill him!" whined the annoying wizard known as Baba-di.
"Buu kill! Buu kill!" chanted the gum-like creature known as Majin Buu.
"I think not," said Goku as he lifted his hands up and created a circle with both hands. "Try this on for size!" The ring of energy flew at Buu as it destroyed him instantly. Baba-di cried out in horror as his Bibi-di's creation, Baba-di's late father, was destroyed in seconds. As the light and smoke subsided, Baba-di got rather pissed off.
"Fine! You may have destroyed my creation, but I will not let you kill me!" said Baba-di as he began to chant. "I can use someone like you to take over the universe in his place!"
"Sounds tempting, but I already work for someone," said Goku as he walked up to Baba-di and choked him to death. As he threw the wizard's dead body in the air, Goku burned his body to ashes as he landed. Shin slid into a battle stance as his energy flared up. Goku seemed rather amused. "Shin, are you ready to die?" Before Goku could attack, he was slapped in the face by...
"Gohan!" cried Goten as Gohan had tears in his eyes. The golden aura flared around Gohan as he ascended to the next level, as they stood frozen there. Moments later, Gohan tore his hand back from his father's face rather abruptly; as though the warrior's face was suddenly set ablaze.
"Why dad," said Gohan bitterly as Goku touched the place where his eldest son struck him moments ago. "Why didn't you come home?"
"What are you talking about?" said Goku. "Who are you?"
Gohan was about to slap Goku again, but Vegeta caught Gohan's wrist. "What do you mean, Kakarot? Have you forgotten your family? Or did you sell your soul to Sin?"
"That's none of your business," said Goku as he glared angrily at the Saiya-jin Prince. "Next time though, I won't let you all go that easily." With that, Goku planted two fingers on his forehead and teleported off.
"Dad..." said Gohan as he fell to the ground as his hands dug into his face. Goten ran to his brother's side as he sobbed for the first time in so many years.
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Out in the desert, the former Earth-raised warrior known as Goku stood alone on the plateau as he touched the place where Gohan hit him again. That name seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember who he was as the stinging pain was felt in his head. Ever since he awakened from a deep sleep inside Sin's lair, he had no idea who he was as the master called him "Kakarot" more often than most. Yet, one name suited him that his master had called him by during their training sessions as he decided to go by that name: Kakarotto. However, he knew how obvious that name would be if he fought against the Saiya-jin Prince, so he scrambled his name so it wouldn't be that obvious: Trakokota. As he remembered the drugs he was given to suppress his power, he remembered the one time he angered his master when he was bathed within the golden light. The light of a Super Saiya-jin...
*** Flashback... ***
"What kind of power is this?" said Goku as golden energy flared around him, changing his midnight hair into a fair color and his eyes a sparkling aqua color.
"A power you will no longer reach, Kakarotto" said Sin's voice as Goku felt the darkness claim him. Hours later, he found himself connected to a machine as he saw a needle in his arm. He flinched, but couldn't remove it because he was strapped down.
*** End Flashback ***
As the Saiya-jin snapped out of the thoughts, he felt someone coming as the figure landed in front of him. Opening his eyes, he saw Vegeta standing there as he walked towards the younger Saiya-jin rather cautiously.
"Kakarot," said Vegeta. "Fight me."
"I have no desire," said Goku. "You accused me of selling my soul to Sin when he did nothing of that sort and gave me power beyond my wildest dreams."
"That's bullshit, Kakarot!" yelled Vegeta. "He drugged you and kept you from returning to Earth! You have no idea who your family is nor do you remember who you are!"
"That's enough!" growled Goku as he flew at Vegeta and punched him in the face. Vegeta made no attempt to move as the punch connected, but to Goku's surprise, Vegeta didn't budge an inch as the Saiya-jin Prince began to laugh.
"Is this truly your full power?" said Vegeta as he lightly removed the other warrior's fist from his face. "Because if it is, I'm truly disappointed." With a flinch, Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiya-jin and knocked Goku away as he went flying into a cliff. "You see, I was holding back earlier in our match! Now I know I'm stronger than you are!"
"Not bad," said Goku as he pulled himself out of the cliff side and dusted his clothes off before sliding into his fighting stance. "However, it will take more than luck to kick my ass, you prick!"
"Bastard!" roared Vegeta as he flew at Goku with his right arm extended. He easily caught Vegeta's wrist as Vegeta swung his other fist at the Saiya-jin as he ducked beneath it and drove his head into the prince's gut. Vegeta's arm almost was dislocated as he flew back as he felt a jerk in his arm as the inertia brought the Saiya-jin towards Goku as he delivered a punch to Vegeta's face before letting go of his wrist and letting him fly into a large boulder.
"You were saying?" said Goku as Vegeta hissed at Goku.
'I can't believe it!' thought Vegeta as he wiped the blood from his mouth as he got up slowly. 'He's not even a Super Saiya-jin and he's easily taking me down! What kind of monster trained him?'
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"Gohan, are you..." said Chi-chi as Gohan brushed past his mother.
"Leave me alone," said Gohan. "He's not my father anymore."
"But brother!" cried Goten. "Why did you call him 'dad?'"
"I thought he was back," said Gohan as he flew off as he headed towards Kami's Lookout. 'He needs to remember me! He has to or...' "Dad..."
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As the two warriors continued fighting against one another, neither one seemed to be gaining the upper hand as Goku felt himself tiring rather quickly. His vision was blurred as Vegeta managed to see the weakness and slam the warrior into the ground. Before Goku could recover, he was pinned to the ground with rings made of pure energy as Vegeta slapped him in the face.
"Kakarot, surrender," said Vegeta as Goku opened his eyes weakly.
"N-ne..." started Goku before he passed out.
"I never thought in a million years that I would be the one to save you," spat Vegeta angrily as he slung the younger warrior over his shoulder and flew off.
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"That traitor!" roared an angry voice as a cloaked figure growled angrily at his crystal ball. "How dare he go against my will! He shall pay in blood!"
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Vegeta carried the unconscious Goku to Kami's Lookout where Piccolo, Shin, Dende, and Mr. Popo were. Golden toe-tipped white boots landed on the ground as the Guardian of Earth ran to Vegeta's side. Piccolo helped Vegeta set Goku down on the ground as Shin pulled out a knife; intending to kill the warrior that remained unconscious on the ground before them. However, Piccolo intervened and stopped Shin from killing the warrior.
"Don't kill him yet," said Piccolo.
"And why not?" said Shin in aghast.
"I have some questions to ask him," said Piccolo as he knelt down to the warrior's side and lightly shook him. That was all that was needed as Goku woke with a start and glared at the people around him. Before he could attack, Piccolo and Vegeta restrained him as the warrior thrashed.
"Let go of me!" growled Goku as though he was about to be drugged. Visions of the minions that Sin owned came to mind as sweat ran down Goku's face.
"Calm down, Son," said Piccolo as though he was intercepting the warrior's thoughts. "No one here's going to hurt you!"
"Then why are you holding me down?" hissed Goku as he tried lashing out at Piccolo in vain. Piccolo glared at him as the Saiya-jin suddenly fell limp.
"That's better," said Piccolo as he kept his gaze frozen on Goku's. "Now tell me what happened to you?"
"What do you mean?" questioned Goku as he felt out of place.
"Don't you remember anything?" said Piccolo. "Earth, Chi-chi, Gohan, and your allies? Have you truly forgotten who you are, Son?"
"I..." said Goku softly, "I don't know. It feels like a lot's been blocked out in my life."
"Explain," said Piccolo.
"When I fully woke up, Sin started training me," said Goku as he dropped his head and looked at the ground. "He gave me beatings and drugged me. And the symbols I saw... they mean something, but I can't remember why they're important."
"What symbols?" said Piccolo as Goku felt uneasy and looked up at the Namekian.
"Do you have something I can use to write them down?" said Goku as Piccolo suddenly made paper and a pen of some kind. Goku went to work writing down the symbols as Shin gasped.
"It's worse than I feared," said Shin as he became pale. "The apocalypse is coming!"
"That's what my master said, but..." said Goku as the sky grew dark.
"Kakarotto," said a dark voice as Sin appeared, wearing the black cloak with the hood still up, "you have disobeyed me. Your punishment is death!"
"What?!" said Piccolo Sin threw a blast at Goku. Before it could hit, Gohan got into the way and took the blast.
"Gohan!" cried Dende as Gohan's body went flying in the air. Goku felt his blood run cold as he watched in horror. As the body hit the lookout with a thud, Sin's laughter was heard ringing, as Shin seemed disgusted.
"Gohan..." whispered Goku as images began to appear within his mind's eye of a boy he loved so dearly.
"Daddy..."
*FLASH!*
A boy was laughing as he ran towards him with his arms open wide. He was wearing a red hat adorned with a stone with four red stars in them on the top; a yellow tunic with his name written on it; green pants; and a pair of black shoes.
*FLASH!*
A child's voice seemed to cry out for him; sending a foreign emotion running through the Saiya-jin's heart. He tried to deny the emotion, but something was crying out to him.
"Help me..."
*FLASH!*
A same boy was in front of him as he heard himself yelling at him. However, he couldn't hear the words clearly as his sight turned the tyrant standing over them. He had no idea why he felt so much hatred towards the monster that stood in front of him, but after seeing the boy, he felt the need to protect overrule all other thoughts.
*FLASH!*
Goku was hissing as the energy surrounded his frame. He didn't know what was going on, but something was screaming at him to go after Sin for harming the boy that had slapped him hours before; the boy that he was slowly beginning to remember.
"Go... han..." said Goku as his eyes were rimmed with tears at the sight of the young man that stood before him.
"I love you..."
*FLASH!*
The boy was in his arms laughing as his laughter was heard clear as day. They were outside on a picnic on a warm day, as the innocent scene seemed to remind him of better days when he wasn't enslaved to the monster known as Sin.
*FLASH!*
Other memories arose from within the depths of his mind, but the three memories that stood out from all the rest seemed to trigger something inside the warrior. For the first time since he was a child, crystal-like tears ran down the warrior's face as his body was surrounded by the golden hue. Hostile energy ran through his body as Sin's gasp was heard over the roaring aura surrounding Goku's body as he screamed in frustration and anger. Teal eyes emerged for the first time in a long time as the once brown tail was tinged with the same golden color his hair had become. The Legendary Super Saiya-jin has been reincarnated.
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It was a rather emotional chapter. I nearly cried when Gohan took the blast meant for his father. Anyway, on to reviews:
Psy: Man! You sure know how to threaten me! *laughs nervously with a giant sweat drop behind her head* I'm still working on this story as well as my other story, so don't worry!
DBZ Chick1: Hope this was sad enough for you! I worked hard on this chappy to make it extra tearful!
Luna's Meow: It was hard finding a code name for Goku to use for the tournament since he knew Vegeta would be there. I was thinking of Ottorakak, but I thought that sounded too weird. So, I decided to scramble Kakarotto into Trakokota without losing a single letter. Kakarotto is the Japanese name that Vegeta uses all the time. I thought I'd keep that tradition alive a little by making Sin call Goku that. Originally, I wasn't going to make Goku reveal his identity until later on, but it seemed too complicated, so I ended up bringing out his true identity during the fight. Guess a lot of people were curious to know what happened to our favorite/not-so-favorite character!
K1K: Thanks!
And to all the other anonymous readers out there, I welcome you to this fanfic as it comes closer to an end. Anyway, on to the preview of the next chapter since it seems you're all eager for a sneak peek! Here we go:
"Why did you hurt him?" said Goku as his eyes flashed. Deep inside, his instincts were roaring to protect the one he barely knew arose. He seemed willing to do it and decided to ask questions about it later.
"Your mission is to kill all life forms," said Sin bitterly. "If you don't, I shall kill you here right now without a chance to redeem yourself!"
"What you're doing is wrong," yelled Goku, despite the way he was brought up by the monster that stood before him. "I may not have my full memories back, but I know this isn't right! Why are you killing everyone?"
"As for you two," said Sin as Piccolo and Shin found themselves flying into a wall, "if Kakarotto returns, tell him that I kidnapped his son and will return him if he comes to me."
"No... Gohan..." said Piccolo weakly as his consciousness was claimed by fatigue. Shin was beside himself.
"Goku..." said Shin weakly as he lost consciousness as well.
"I remember those names," said Goku weakly, "but I can't remember where I heard them from..." Goku winced as he felt pain in his mind as his hands grasped his head. Tien was at Goku's side as the Saiya-jin breathed hard.
"Easy Goku," said Tien. "You shouldn't be trying to remember all of us that hard. You're putting a lot of strain on your mind."
"What's my daddy like," said Goten as Chi-chi was taken back by the question.
"Honey, I really don't know," said Chi-chi as she felt upset.
"Can you tell me what he was like when you knew him?" said Goten. "Big brother never told me and neither did you."
"What is this place?" said Goku.
...a room that held his memories. It was almost a completely white room as he saw books on the shelves. Touching the covers of the books, he saw flashes of the past he once knew as he pulled his hand away as though fire tried to burn away the flesh on his hand. In the center of the room, he saw a single book on the chair as he cautiously picked it up. Unlike the other books, it didn't cause any memories to arise deep within the depths of his mind as he sat down. As he opened the book, he saw the weird symbols again.
'What does it mean though?' thought Goku as he felt so confused.
"You know what it is..."
Hope that's enough to leave you all in suspense! I would give more, but it would give away the surprise. Until next time, please review on your way out! Bai bai!