Endless Memories

Chapter 7

Kakarot tried to sleep that night, or as close to night in that void, but he kept on seeing the faces of Serenity, Grome, and Darien. He kept on hearing Serenity's last thought to him. The last time he and Darien fought side by side. The bite mark on his neck started to burn like it was reacting to his dreams; it was like he was being haunted by his guilt. Sweat came down his face like a river.

"Kakarot, wake up!" Bardock said shook his son. Kakarot's eyes slowly opened and saw his father.

"What happened?" he asked, trying to hide shakiness in voice.

"You were dreaming weren't you?" Kakarot didn't respond. "You have to try and get over this, there's nothing you could of done to prevent what happened."

"Yes there was!" Kakarot snapped. "I could of sent some men to defend the kingdom. I could of listened to my instincts and stayed to defend the castle! I could of taken Serenity with me, kept her under strong watch during the battle. Sounds crazy I know, but at least it's something!" Tears started to come down his face, but he tried to hide them.

"I was in a state like are now. I was angry with myself, torn up inside. I saw your mother in my dreams constantly, but you must pull out of this if you are to complete your training," Bardock said, but he saw his son's tears. "I'll tell you what, we don't have to start today, and we'll wait until your better."

"No, I won't wait I will learn this if I'm over this or not it doesn't matter. I will learn," Kakarot said. Bardock nodded.

"Alright." The training started with simple exercises like Kakarot always did. Then, when they were fully warmed up they went on to sparring. Bardock learned from five matches, Kakarot had a problem keeping his left side guarded. In one match, Kakarot charged and threw a strong jab at Bardock's face, but the veteran warrior dodged to the left and blasted Kakarot. The younger Saiyan shot to his feet and charged. Bardock smirked and made a fist. Confused about this Kakarot continued his charge.

"Foolish," he smirked. As soon as Bardock threw his punch, a strong blast shot out blasting Kakarot into the ground knocking him out for a minute. When Kakarot came too, Bardock helped him up.

"What kind of technique was that?" he asked holding his head.

"A punch blast. You gather energy into your fist and punch to fire it, it should be easy for you to master," Bardock explained. Later that day, Kakarot was meditating, but all of a sudden, the bite mark started to burn again. He saw Serenity again. He opened his eyes and saw her, not to far away.

"Serenity?" he said softy. "Is it you?" She turned around, smiled and waved at him. Kakarot smiled, and started to run towards her.

"Kakarot," she said softly.

"It is you!" he said, and ran faster, the pain in his heart started to vanish, as he got closer. "Your alive!" When got close, all of a sudden she disappeared.

"Goodbye," she said, and just vanished.

"No don't go!!!" Kakarot yelled.

"She's mine now!" Grome's voice said in his head.

"No come back!!!!!!" He yelled louder. Grome's laughter went off in his head again. He started to hold his head, and closed his eyes. Darien's face appeared, His shocked expression made the Saiyan suffer even more.

'Kakarot, I will always love you,' he heard Serenity say.

"You will be stuck forever!!!!" Grome laughed. Bardock heard his son's yells and ran over to help him.

"Kakarot it is just a vision, a picture of your guilt, you must fight it, it's not real!" he said to his son, who was yelling, and still holding his head.

"There's nothing you can do to stop me!" he heard Grome say again. Grome's laughter echoed through his head again. He saw Serenity with Grome behind her, with a dagger at her neck.

"Kakarot help me," she said weakly. Then it disappeared, but he still heard her final scream.

"No!!! Serenity!!!!!!!!!!" Kakarot yelled, and some tears rolled down his face.

"This is all your fault," he heard Darien say. "If you just stayed, you protected her, and the kingdom, but because of you, they're both dead."

"No wasn't my fault!"

"Kakarot snap out of it!" Bardock yelled.

"You can't stop me!" Grome laughed again. Kakarot fell to knees.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!" He bellowed, and just exploded with power.

"What is this?" Bardock said, and just watched, as his white aura quickly turned into a golden aura. Kakarot's hair flashed golden, and his eyes flashed bluish green.

"Grome," he said growled. "I won't let you get away with this." His hair flashed again. His golden aura started to get bigger.

'Has my son become a Super Saiyan?' Bardock thought, and continued to watch this with a shocked look. Electricity shot around him. Kakarot's muscles started to get bigger. Then with one final yell, Kakarot's hair shot upwards, and turned golden, his eyes turned from black to bluish green, and his aura finally went down.

"Grome," he said again. "I will get my revenge," he said coldly.

"S-S-S-Son, you've done it! You are a Super Saiyan!" Bardock gasped.

"Yeah, I guess I am," Kakarot said, his voice started to come back to normal.

"How did you do it?" Bardock asked. "How did you mange to tap into you power like that?"

"I'm not sure," Kakarot said, his voice was now normal. "It just happened."

"We must not let this go untouched, let's spar," Bardock said, and got into a stance.

"All right, but I am not sure how long I can hold this form, it feels like my power is going down," Kakarot said, and got into a stance.

"Ready when you are!" Bardock said. Kakarot charged, and threw a strong punch. Bardock quickly dodged to the left, and went for a jab towards Kakarot's cheek, but the young Saiyan quickly teleported behind him, and side kicked his back. Bardock countered with a strong jab in Kakarot's stomach. Kakarot elbowed his father in his sternum, and jabbed him across his face. Bardock grabbed Kakarot's arm, and threw him over his shoulder. As he fell, Kakarot elbowed the warrior in his stomach. He jumped to his feet, and they faced each other, not moving. Trying to feel what the other was going to do next. Then they charged. A frenzy of punches and kicks started. They flew around the limitless void. Kakarot had the advantage. He was a lot faster than his father, and stronger, but Bardock had a lot more experience than he did. Bardock fired a strong ki blast, Kakarot quickly teleported above him, and knocked him to the ground with a strong punch. Bardock quickly recovered and looked as Kakarot floated to the floor.

"Not bad son," Bardock smirked.

"Not too bad yourself," Kakarot smirked back. The two paused there for a minute regaining their energy. Bardock charged, and got ready for a strong punch. Kakarot was about to block when his bite mark started to burn again. He saw the images he saw earlier in the day. He was stunned for a minute, but quickly shook it off, but as soon as he did, Bardock punched him across his face. The young Saiyan countered with a jab to his father's stomach. As the experienced warrior gasped for air, Kakarot elbowed his head, sending him on the ground. Bardock quickly recovered and tripped his son right next to him. Bardock jumped to his feet, and aimed a punch right at Kakarot's fallen back. The young Super Saiyan quickly rolled to the right, and side kicked him in his chest. When he was hunched over, Kakarot jumped to his feet and roundhouse kicked him across his face. As Bardock slid on the dark floor, Kakarot leapt into the air, and aimed a powerful kick towards his father. Bardock quickly rolled over, and side kicked Kakarot's stomach. While the Saiyan stumbled back, Bardock jumped up, and jabbed his face, the older Saiyan continued his assault with rapid hooks across his son's face. Kakarot had gotten four hooks across his face when he finally put up his guard. He raised his right arm to block Bardock's punch, and jabbed his face. While he was stunned, Kakarot threw rapid jabs in his father's stomach. With one final jab in the face, Bardock was weakened. The blows to his stomach were enough to take away valuable energy, but the last punch took a lot out of him. He looked up and saw Kakarot gathering energy for a strong blast.

"This match is over dad!" he said with a smirk. He was about fire when his bite mark started to burn again. He saw them again. He cut off the energy just started pant. He's eyes were now full of shock, and if you looked hard, fear. Bardock, seeing his chance, jabbed Kakarot in his face knocking him back a little. Kakarot finally snapped out of it, but it was too late. Bardock had fired a large ki blast at his son sending him back. Kakarot slid through the dark ground making marks. Bardock flew over to see if he was all right. Just as he figured knocked out. His hair returned to their normal color.

'He's started to feel the after effects,' he thought, and then sighed. 'That's why he was unable to finish me. He might take longer to heal than I thought.' He picked up his son and carried him off. 'But still he's a Super Saiyan now. How did he do it! I must train, I will become a Super Saiyan, I must, so that if I ever get out of here, I will finally put an end to Freiza!' Bardock set his son down, and started to train.

AN: It looks like Bardock will be training a lot harder now. But will Kakarot finally get over his pain? Can he escape? And if he does, will he finally get his revenge? And will he be reunited with the one he loved once more? The answers to these questions and more in the next chapter of Endless Memories SEE YA!!!!!!!