Kakkhan: Giendonese Saiyan Warrior

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball/Z/GT, but I do own Janden, the Laniins, the other races not including Human, the planet Giendon, a few techniques, and a handful of other things that are my creation alone.

A/n: Finally, spring break! Took the school year long enough!

Allati: Spring break? Does that mean you'll be writing more Kakkhan?

Oh yeah!

Allati: Good! I'm overflowing w/ ideas actually. I'll leave you the courtesy of writing this chapter first and updating it, but after this…

O.O Yes Allati. I…I have to prepare for your infamous muse session.

Allati: Yes. Now, get on with the chapter so we can go already!

Ma'am, yes, ma'am! *Salutes* *To reviewers* Sorry I haven't updated in so long, but school sucks in exactly that way. Now, if only I could remember what I wanted to say…

Oh yeah! Remember when I said that my laptop jacked out on me? Well, I found the files I originally had! YES! This means that I don't have to write them again! I just have to wait for Allati to get over her ranting after this chappie and then copy the files from my laptop to here and I got a whole new story going! YES! GO LAPTOP GO LAPTOP GO LAPTOP UH HUH UH HUH UH HUH! GOOOOOOOOOOO LAPTOP!

Allati: You know, SP, maybe you should name your laptop. It's a bit of a mouthful to keep calling it "laptop", after all.

You know Allati, you have a very good point there. Anybody know where there are good baby-naming sites?

Allati: Er-hehm! *Glares*

Oh right, on with the story!

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"Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough."

—George Bernard Shaw

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Chapter Fifteen: Angels of Guidance

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An ebony-spiked Saiyan boy stole through the brooding shadows of an isolated forest. The Saiyan was obviously looking for something, as he paused every so often and looked this way and that. He ran off into the tree's towering roots again after one such incident.

The lithe shade the Saiyan made when moving at such inhuman speeds darted to the edge of the cut down tree range. It stilled at the first sight of the thing he had never before seen: the Son Capsule Home.

The shadow cocked its head calmly at the approach of Goku dragging a tree. It did not move a muscle as Goku passed. Nor did it sigh when Goku was out of sight. Its concerns were justified when the older Saiyan's ki stopped moving and his consciousness spread out in circles. The shadow held still as the waves of consciousness came at him in a storm surge.

Right before the waves would have broken around him, the shadow dashed from one tree to another one farther away from Goku. He knew that his movement had set off a subconscious alarm in Goku's mind, but by the time Kakkarot started again, he would already be gone.

The shadow waited for Goku to reorganize his thoughts. Just before Goku relocated him, he zipped from his tree to the one closest to the perimeter, back in again over Goku's head, and through the rest of the trees to the Son House.

The shadow paused again and waited for Goku to start moving again. Once Goku did, suspiciously, the shade kept out of Goku's guard. Although the shadow was much, much, much stronger than his companion was, Goku could still catch him off guard with an unseen ki blast. Then his whole cover would be blown.

The shadow ended up zooming from the trees to the Son household. No doubt to Goku the shadowy blur was very suspicious and bound to be dangerous. Well, he was correct.

Goku had been feeling safe. Of course there was no reason why he shouldn't, but he just had been feeling that. He still felt that way now, but the Saiyan had been wondering why. He had stopped the first time to try and get a sense of why. Spreading out his consciousness, it had been some time before something moved. It was too fast for Goku to make out, other than something that was there one moment and gone the next.

Goku still felt safe, but now it was illogical to with that thing in the trees. Goku knew that he should be alert and ready for anything, practically in a fighting stance. But instead he was merely suspicious of the shadow.

Goku tried again. Again the thing moved, but this time it went right over his head before speeding off who-knew-where. But Goku was beginning to realize that the shadow's actions were deliberate. It was leading him to his own house.

Surprisingly, Goku didn't feel his heart jump into his throat, nor did he start running to save his family. He still didn't feel like he was in danger. He just moved normally, but this time looking everywhere for the thing. It seemed like the object knew it was being watched for, because it didn't appear again.

Goku had then emerged from the trees and seen an all-too-brief glance of his target flashing behind his home. Goku was really puzzled now. Was the object an angel to guide him home when he already knew the way? Or was it something else? What then?

Goku shrugged. All this thinking was hurting his head. He then remembered the tree that he had cut down. He turned to it and proceeded to cut the log into smaller logs to serve as firewood for the coming winter.

The shadow seized the chance to go into the house. He ducked around Chichi and dodged the Ox King in the hallway. He locked on the trembling ki of the unnamed-so-far baby Gohan and crept into the room. He tucked something into the blankets of Gohan's crib and crept out by way of the window.

He felt Goku's terribly weak ki come into the building. Good. From what Chichi had told him, Goku had suggested the name that Gohan had chosen for himself.

The shadow figured that the person in his past to whom the demon necklace belonged to was someone not in his direct past, but in his indirect one, the one MKakkhan and MTrunks had traveled to. As the phantom had traveled back even further from the kidnapping to Gohan's naming, he had been struck with a sobering thought. That thought had probably been sent to him by the Gods of Time & Destiny of the Past. What if the necklace belonged to not a person Gohan met, but Gohan himself?

After all, Gohan was the phantom Saiyan's past self. And the shadow had a destiny, so Gohan could have one as well. But what was the point of giving the necklace to Gohan? The phantom didn't know, but he was sure to find out.

He stood by again as Chichi, Goku, and Ox King filed into Gohan's room. They stood over his crib and started talking back and forth about the baby. Chichi was yelling something about "Winchester" (at which the shadow had to stifle a laugh). The baby in the crib smiled, but not at the name.

No, baby Gohan was smiling at the extravagant face a certain other Saiyan was making. Goku, encouraged by the positive feedback, pulled another expression. The baby smiled wider as his tiny fists reached up and waved in the air. Goku Grinned™ in surprise as his son did this. (A/n: Kudos to anyone who correctly guesses what Goku's thinking here.)

Another thought jumped across the abyss of his mind. 'What will his name be? We can't just call him "baby" all the time.' An unfamiliar voice replied, 'Gohan.'

Goku, understandably, was startled. 'Who are you?' asked he to what he thought was another side of himself.

He got no answer to this one. Goku asked again, 'Who are you? I know you're there.'

Nada. Goku shrugged and tuned into Chichi's ranting just in time to hear the Ox King interrupt her to calm her down. Goku watched in amusement as the King's plan backfired and Chichi turned on him.

A lull came in the conversation and Goku said, "Hey, what about Gohan?" The bristling Chichi looked up sharply, giving her father ample time to recover from his cowering stance as she walked away from him.

Chichi had one of her famous mood swings from Angry & Terrifying Chichi to Thoughtful Chichi. A much more desirable state to have Chichi in.

"Gohan? Hmm…How did you come up with that name?"

Goku shrugged. "I don't know. I guess it's after Grandpa Gohan? I mean, it just popped into my head!"

Chichi had to catch back a laugh at that. She managed to, but only barely. She helped herself by turning away. She happened to glance at her baby, who was smiling, no, Grinning™ and clapping his hands sloppily. Chichi's eyes grew a bit as she watched him gurgle and drool happily at the name Gohan.

The shadow, on the top of the circular window, listened with his sharp Saiyan hearing. He could hear the footsteps of Chichi's feet as she made her way to Gohan's crib. He could hear his past-self cooing happily as she apparently looked at him. The shade heard Chichi say nonsense words to Gohan, and then three pairs of receding footsteps as they all went out the room.

The shade knew then that it was his time to go. He pushed off the window and loped off into the threes, still maintaining a sense that he was just a blur.

But Goku, as he looked back, saw the blur again. He turned fully and looked out the window at where he had seen the blur. He smiled contently as a great mystery ended as quickly as it had started. Goku turned his head to hear Chichi's call from the kitchen and replied, "Just a minute!"

The Saiyan returned to the window again and called softly, "Thanks, angel, for helping us name our baby."

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A/n: Not a very long chappie, not to mention a little sappy. |P Oh well. It is merely a filler.

Allati: Yes. NOW WRITE! I'm REALLY overfilling with ideas here! HELP!

All right, all right, Allati! Just be patient!

Allati: WRITE!

I'm writing! *Brings up new document and gets set to write* *Gets slapped so hard readers can hear neck bones cracking* Ooh, great idea! *Fixes neck bones and starts typing madly* BYE!

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Translations:

None

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SNEAK PREVIEW:

MKakkhan and MTrunks told the group that they were leaving the next day, so preparations were being made for the farewell party. Through the midst of it all, the women were doing their jobs and the men were feeling useless. It was this ennui that prompted the fighting Z-senshi to turn to Kakkhan and badger him with questions. Some of these questions were natural, but some wouldn't have been asked under different circumstances.

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REVIEWER RESPONSES:

SS2 Megami-sama: *Accepts badge* DEATH TO ALL MARY-SUES! THEY RUIN THE PLOT OF WHAT COULD BE AN OTHERWISE GOOD STORY! DEATH TO ALL MARY-SUES! *Turns to Falcon* Was that a good acceptance speech for ya?

ATTENTION ALL REVIEWERS! FALCON HAS A CLUB AGAINST MARY-SUES! IF YOU ARE A MARY-SUE HATER, JOIN THE CLUB! I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU CAN JOIN THE CLUB, BUT CONTACT FALCON SOMEHOW AND ASK TO JOIN! YEAH!

How was dat!? Haha!

Hiaburi: KEWL! MY KAKKHAN FIC IS GREAT! SWEET! I updated!

Andross937: Yeah, the idea of being a dimension wanderer is awesome! I wish I could do that!

Ya hit it right on the head there with the not-aging-past-a-certain-point comment. Are you a mind reader? Can you guess which age Kakkhan's going to stop aging past? Kakkhan plushie if you can in three guesses! *Grinz*

DBZ Chick1: NO that is NOT the end! No way in HFIL! We have a long way to go before this fic ends. Even then we have two other fics concerning Kakkhan coming up. This fic is, after all, the first in the "Kakkhan" trilogy. Maybe I should put in my summary that piece of info. Hmm…

Nooka: NO! Kakkhan wouldn't be different if he changed the past! No way! I am NOT changing my Kakkhan! Besides, Mirai Trunks in the series came and changed the past, but he didn't change, nor did his present or future. OK, so maybe Mirai Trunks in the series did get more powerful…

Second question: Would all the things he knew be lost to him if he killed Janden?

Second answer: ^_- Uh… if you're talking about Kakkhan losing that info, then no. If you're talking about Gohan, likkle Gohan, losing that info, well, he never got it in the first place in the past timeline, so…

Third question: Or would he still get kidnapped anyway because it's his destiny?

Third answer: Kakkhan already got kidnapped. Likkle Gohan is going to be kidnapped, yes, but by Radditz and like the series, except for one teeny tiny factor you'll find out later.

*Looks at review & response* I think that's all of those questions. If not, then ask already! I updated! Not soon, tho! Heh!

ADDITIONAL THANKS TO:

Tiger Tiger2 and Trunks' Brat Baby

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Thanks to SS2 Megami-sama, Nooka, Hiaburi, Trunks' Brat Baby, Tiger Tiger2, Andross937, and DBZ Chick 1 for reviewing!

*Looks up* My, I really have to email some of my reviewers! I'm missing some! Thanks to those who did come tho! You're my fave peeps in the multiple universes right now!

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*Clutching "Mary-Sue Murderers" badge maniacally* Kill…kill…kill… (Stupid Yu Yu Hakusho episode with that stupid Dr. Ichigaki!)

Allati: *Taps*

*Yelps* WHAT?!?!

Allati: You're supposed to be writing, not doing whatever you're doing!

*Gasps* Oh right! AAH! *Scrambles away as Allati chases after* Valete amice! I'll see ya if I survive!

Valete!

TheShadowPanther and Allati, from AASN

AASN; Writing is what we do at AASN. Enjoy.

(Allati: *Still chasing after SP* WRITE! *Swipes*

SP: *Yelps and dodges swipe* *Jumps into chair* I'm writing! EEP! *Types*)