The Brother War
Chapter Five
Kakuei and Raditz arrived at the check in station. " We are prepared... for our punishment... King Yama..."
" Kakuei... hell..." Yama said, " Raditz... heaven."
Raditz looked at him. " What! What are you talking about!"
" Your good behavior paid off through the years..."
" You... little.. you tricked me.."
" No I didn't!" turns to King Yama " King Yama! We both know I don't serve such a reward... I won't go..."
" Its what it says right here!" Yama showed Raditz the huge papers.
" I don't care what the papers say! I don't have to obey them you know!"
" You will go!"
" I will not!" Raditz argued..
" Besides... you have a family waiting for you!"
Raditz looked away... " I don't want to see them..."
Luki and Regeta ran to the counter. Regeta hugs Raditz. " Daddy!"
Raditz didn't acknowledge them. " Get off me.. brat.." He said in his cold voice.
" Huh...?" Regeta said.
" I said... GET OFF!" Raditz shouted.
Luki slaps him. " What's wrong with you!"
" Nothings wrong with me! I'm perfectly normal thank you!"
" How dare you do that to your own son!" Luki shouted.
" I want no part of it...Leave me alone!"
" Cold hearted bastard! Ugh, c'mon Regeta..."
Regeta started to pout. " I don't wanna go!"
" C'mon little brother... lets go.." Kakuei said
" Listen, honey, your father has... changed..."
" But... i don't care..."
" Do what your mother tells you!" Raditz hissed
" He... doesn't... oh, please Regeta... c'mon..."
" NO!" Regeta shouted, " I'm not leaving!" He banged his foot on the ground. The floor cracked.
" Stubborn brat ya got there... little brother."
Raditz started walking off toward the door way to hell... " Not like it matters to me..."
Regeta's power started rising. Raditz looked back at his son. He didn't want his father to go. " You won't leave me!" Regeta shouted, the place starts to shake.
" Calm down kiddo..."
" Mommy told me everything..."
" I figured as much.. Don't concern yourself with me... i'm leaving.." Raditz looked back toward the gate way. " My place is here... in hell.." Raditz looked at the door way to hell. He felt that he didn't deserve to got to heaven with his family.
" Did you not hear me?" Yama roared.
He looked at King Yama. " I already told you... I'm not going..."
" You are as long as I'm sitting in this desk!"
" It just doesn't feel right..."
" Wouldn't you be happy to go to heaven?"
" No... i have done so much bad stuff in my day... i wouldn't feel right living in the good life..."
" Why deny it though? Your whole family wants you there."
" Well not all of them..." He gestures to his elder brother.
" Indeed..."
" Lets go.. Kakuei..."
" I hate you!" Regeta yelled as tears rolled down his cheeks. He ran out.
" Regeta!" Luki yelled after him. She was about to get him but stopped and looked at Raditz. " I can't believe you'd do that to your own son..." She said then ran after Regeta.
Raditz thinks about it. ' Why are they so mad at me... its not like its reasonable...'
Just then Goku walks in... " I saw Regeta run past... crying... what happened?" Goku asked, scratching his head.
" He's angry at me.. I choose not to go to heaven with him."
" Of coarse he's angry..."
" It's not like he's alone or anything..."
" Yes, but, he looks up to you."
" We all have to go our separate ways.."
" He's just a kid..."
" And besides i don't feel comfortable with that kind of life after what i did.. I know he's a kid brother."
" A child's heart is more vulnerable... it can be broken easier."
" Indeed... i know that..." Kakuei said, " I played with kids hearts many times.." Goku didn't say anything. He just had a sad look on his face. " I'll wait here for you... you talk to your kid..." Raditz nodded
Regeta was sitting on snake way, crying to himself. Raditz walked out of the room and into the other one where Regeta and his wife were... " Hey kiddo..."
" Get away from me..." Regeta said, trying to ignore him.
" Listen... I know your mad at me... i wanna talk about it."
" Its simple. You don't wanna be near me or mom... you wanna go to the bad place."
" Its not like that..."
" Then what is it like?"
" I've killed so many people Regeta... and honestly i don't feel comfortable being able to live in peace when i know what i did..."
" Just... don't think about it..."
" I can't not think about... it keeps coming back to haunt me..."
Regeta frowned. " I just don't want you to go..."
" I know that kiddo... but i must pay for my crimes..."
" Haven't you already?"
" No... I haven't.. Listen... you won't be alone... you will have your uncle to keep you company."
" I don't care. I want my dad!" Regeta hugged Raditz.
Raditz pushed him way with a light touch. " I know... but i can't bring you with me."
"You can't even hug me?" Regeta said sadly.
" One last time... ok."
" I'll see you again, right?" Regeta said, hugging him again.
" Maybe... but i doubt it... Hell isn't like heaven.." Regeta sighed sadly and hugged him tighter. " Oh Regeta... You be a good boy..."
" I will... I promise."
"Good... where's your mother?"
Regeta pointed to the left of him, She was just standing there, looking like she was thinking hard.
Raditz rubbed Regeta's long hair and walked over to his wife. " Luki?"
She stepped away. " What?"
" Lets talk.."
" Talk? With you? After what you did to Regeta?"
" We had a talk too... Come on... don't be like this... i don't need more bad stuff on my conscience..."
" Well, maybe you shouldn't just shove us away like that."
" I didn't shove you way.."
" You practically broke Regeta's heart!" She snapped.
" I know that... but we talked about it."
She turned away from him. " I just don't think I can take that... not anymore..."
" Luki... don't be difficult... Talk to me damn it.!"
" Hmph." She crossed her arms.
" Luki!" Raditz raised his voice.
" Don't raise your voice at me!" She snapped, " The only reason I'm not talking to you is because no matter what we do you refuse to be with us! I bet from the beginning you wanted to go straight to hell to get away from us!"
" No... that's not true..." She looked like she was about to cry, but she held it back. " I never... its not like that... Look... i know your pissed off with me... but I'm just going to say it... i care about both of you... but my conscience won't let me go with you... you must understand."
" You'd rather be with the person who killed us..." She mostly whispered.
" He's my big brother.."
Luki sighed. " I just... don't wanna lose you like I did so many years ago..."
" I know... But I must go..."
" You better come back someday..."
" You know you can't leave hell... Once you are there you can't leave."
" Then I'll go down to see you."
" No...Don't..."
" Raditz... I won't be stripped from you forever."
" You lost me years ago... The moment I starting killing again..."
Luki looked down. " But I still loved you... whatever you did..."
" I know... i still love you..."
" Listen... knowing little brother.. he'd go with you guys... I'm going to leave you in his care... Farewell..."
" Goodbye, Raditz..."
He walked back into the check in station. He looks to his little brother. " Hey Kakarot... your the man of the family now I guess... take care of Luki and Regeta for me..." Goku only nodded. Raditz looks at Kakuei...
" To hell we go..."
Kakuei looked at his little brother... " Are you sure?"
" I'm sure.." Raditz looked at Goku. " Farewell little brother..."
" Goodbye..." Goku said.
" Well i expected you to be the most pissed at me..."
" I just wouldn't think you'd want to leave them."
" I don't... but little brother when he you have created as my horrid crimes as me... it lays on you like a bad meal." Raditz had a 'smile' on his face
" Just... take care. And say hi to Vegeta for me."
" Sure... but I don't know if you know this... but in hell you don't walk free... That's why i told you hell isn't the nicest place. You got any last words?"
" I'll come to see you. Along with everyone else..."
" You people don't want to see my torment... i can tell you that."
" We don't care." Just then Raditz crunched over in pain. He grabbed his lower part... near his stomach. " Raditz!" Goku ran over to him. He started breathing hard. " Are you ok?"
" I certainly don't feel alright..."
" What's happening to you?"
" It must be psychic discharge..." ' i didn't think it would be this bad.' He thought
" Psychic what?"
" Discharge..."
" Which is..."
" A psychic feeling... that can be very intense."
" ...uh huh."
" It usually comes from a bad area. It always seems to intensify ones one pain..."
" That sounds bad."
" It can be..." He turns to king Yama. " You knew this would happen... i know you did... that's why... you have never made one person suffer as much as I'm talking about..." He didn't say anything. " I'm right aren't i! You knew my suffering would be greater... then even my brothers." Yama drew back a little. Raditz eyes narrowed. " I'm always right... You lied through your teeth."
" I- I don't lie."
" You are!"
Yama falls back and off his chair. " Please don't yell..."
Then he thought of something... " Alright.. what are you planning. I smell some dishonesty here...Uh..." Raditz smiled evilly. " So I'm one of those special cases uh?"
" Alright now I'm jealous..." Kakuei said
Goku was confused about this. " I don't know what your talking about."
" I'm one of the rare special cases... i don't belong anywhere. So that means i go back and forth between the realms. And i can do anything i please." Yama didn't say anything. He knew Raditz was right. " So I guess your not through with me yet little brother." Raditz laughed.
Goku ran over and hugged him. " Yay!"
Raditz was taken back. " Kakarot... why are you... so happy?"
" Because! Now you can visit us!"
" Yeah i guess." Goku squeezed his brother. " Ah! Kakarot that hurt!" Raditz was still able to feel pain
" Oh... sorry..."
" Hold on... what's going on?"
Goku loosened his grip. " Huh?"
" I still feel pain... you aren't suppose to when your dead..."
" You can feel pain- the pain is just decreased dramatically."
" No... little brother... its different."
" What you mean?"
" It's not like i died at all... its all the same."
" Weird..."
" Its because of you being a 'special case'..." Yama said.
Raditz looked at King Yama... with a strange look. " What did you do! I know special cases and this is much different."
" Listen... the thing is... You can also pass to the living realm... and..."
" I figured.. Its also because i posses the dragon."
Kakuei looked at his brother... " NO... You!" He seemed to be the only one who knew about it besides Raditz
" Apparently i do.." Everyone gave them confused looks. Regeta had also slipped in and was listening. " It wasn't Psychic discharge! It was the Saiyan dragon."
" Saiyan Dragon?" Goku said.
" Much like the Namek dragon…"
" Oh... kay..."
" The only question is can i summon it... It might take time.. But once i can... we can all go home..."
" Really?" Regeta piped.
Raditz looked behind him. " Yep really.. and i guess you heard everything else... i can come with you."
Regeta smiled.
Kakuei sudden came over and smacked his brother to the ground. Raditz looked at him. A little bit of blood came from the side of his mouth. " You planned this didn't you?"
" No... i didn't"
The brothers got into a bit of a fight. Goku looked at them. " Stop fighting." Goku said. The looked at each other with narrow glased over eyes.
" Kakuei! i didn't know this would happen... and if you shut up for a minute... i might help you out!"
Goku walked over to his brother. He was curious. Goku wanted to know what his brother was thinking/ Kakuei didn't want to hear a word of it. " You lied to me!"
" I said i didn't!"
Goku got involved again trying to get in there way... he addressed them again. " I said, STOP! Now, what's this all about again?"
" Ask him!" Kakuei spat. Pointing to his younger brother
Raditz growled at him. " Why must you be so stubborn! I didn't plan any of this... why must you always be this way... ever since we were kids." They were about to go at each others throats again
" Tell me what your fighting about! both of you!"
" Well to break it all down... he thinks i lied about everything.. I know you lied..."
Raditz turned back to his brother. " Shut up! What do you know!"
He so wanted to strangle him. Both brothers were starting to go into there cold mood
" God damn you guys! Raditz, tell me your story first."
" There is no point trying to talk to those too..." Came a voice
" Huh?"
" There is only one thing they understand... Stubborn sons..."
" Father?"
" Hello Kakarot... Let me take care of these trouble markers first..."
" I'm sure you can do better than me."
Bardock sent waves of pain into both of there minds. They grabbed there heads... and trembled
" Er..."
" Darn you father..." They cursed..
" What did i tell you boys!" Once again Bardock sent another wave at them. Both boys fell to there knees
" Father...? Is this good for their health?"
" No... but that's why i do it... so they learn."
Raditz's eyes glowed. He and his father were have a tug of war. " Raditz... you are the most stubborn of all my children..."
" And I'm the nicest!" Goku chirped.
He sent more energy in his direction. Bardock kept Goku's elder brothers under his energy making them suffer " You most be the only son I've never had to discipline."
Goku smiled. " I'm a good boy."
" Unlike them..."
Goku looked back at his brothers and then his father. He couldn't stand watching his brother suffering. He looked at his father. " C'mon... dad..."
" Um?"
" Let them go... stop hurting them..."
" Alright..."
Bardock released his hold. Both boys were breathing hard. " Your lucky your brother was here. Now then... what's going on with them now?"
Raditz and Kakuei looked at each other again. They growled... Goku stepped in between them. " If you don't stop...I won't make father stop...and you'll be hurting because of it. So, one at a time.""
Raditz looked at his younger brother with cold looking eyes. Goku was worried again. Goku glared back at him, not showing his worry. He smiled evilly. " You'd be a great evil Saiyan."
Kakuei smiled. " Now that's the little brother i know."
Goku wrinkled his nose. " You're despicable."
Raditz laughed evilly. Regeta got scared. Regeta ducked behind Yama's desk. Raditz was thirsty for blood/ He pointed his hand toward the desk. It started to glow. Regeta could feel the power. He was shivering and whimpering. He closed his eyes and prepared for the worst. An energy attack starting forming
Goku went in front of him. His face looked almost cold. " What do you think you're doing?"
" What does it look like im going?"
Goku grabbed his wrist and started to slowly twist it. Raditz winced in pain. " Stop that... little brother."
" You almost killed your son... there's no excuse for that..." Goku continued to twist his wrist.
" No need to take your frustrations out on arm..."
" How bout two?" Goku grabbed his other wrist and did the same.
Raditz couldn't stand it. " Kakarot... Let go..."
Goku's eyes were turning cold. Kakuei looked pleased. His eyes then turned back to normal. He let go and backed up. He had caught it. " I- I'm sorry..."
Raditz looked at him. " What's wrong with you?"
" Its trying to take control again..."
" your evil side..."
Goku nodded.
" Oh man... sorry about that... what happened?" Raditz said
" Huh?"
" I don't remember anything... what happened? I didn't wreck anything..."
Everyone looked at him. Goku tilted his head. " You don't remember? You just tried to kill your son..."
Raditz looked shocked. " I'm losing what's left of my mind." He walked over to the desk. Raditz heard Regeta's whimpering. He looks at Regeta. " Sorry kiddo." Regeta notice his fathers eyes have not changed back to normal
" Stay
away...!" Regeta scooted over. " You still look cold!" Raditz
smiled evilly. Regeta's eyes widened.
" UNCLE KAKAROT!
HELP!"
" Huh?" Goku instant transmissioned to Regeta. " What are you doing, Raditz?"
" He- he wanted to kill me... I saw it..." Regeta said.
Raditz grabbed his head and tried to shake it off. " What's wrong with me?"
Regeta ran to Goku and latched onto his leg. " You're not my father!"
Raditz's headache was unlike any head felt before. He couldn't shake it off easily. Goku picked up Regeta and held him in his arms. " Its alright... we'll get him back..." Goku said.
" Kakarot... something is wrong with me..."
Goku started to walk towards Raditz, Regeta stopped him. " No..." Regeta said.
" We have to try and help him."
Raditz didn't know what was going on. He was having a hard time controlling himself. His body was changing back and forth between his both sides. He was having trouble breathing... ' Kakarot... something is terribly wrong.'
' What is it?'
' i don't know... my whole body is out of wack.'
' How can that be?'
' i can't be sure.'
Kakuei looked on. " Its one of his attacks..."
" Which one?"
" He had many of them when he was younger... No not fighting attacks i mean like problems... Sever body problems."
" Oh..."
" We have to correct this..." Kakuei pulls out a cloth
" How?"
" Suffocation."
" Suffocation?"
" You know... I must us a strangle hold."
" This won't kill him, right?"
" He was difficult to snap out of when he was a kid... I'm afraid it will be even harder now..."
Goku frowned. " Don't worry... i wouldn't kill my own brother."
" Good."
Kakuei nodded... he took his cloth and snuck up behind his little brother and pulled the cloth around his neck. Raditz struggled against him. Kakuei constantly tightened his grip. " Come on Raditz... don't make me snap it..."
Regeta was concerned. He saw the coldness in Kakuei's eyes " D- don't kill my dad, ok?" Regeta said.
" I'll try.." His voice became darker
" No, you won't!" Regeta said as his power rose.
" Cool it kid..." Kakuei's dark voice said, " Come on little brother... don't push me... don't make me kill you..."
Regeta's power still was rising. He was powering up just in case. His power was immense for a little kid.
Kakuei tighted his hold. Raditz's arm started going numb. It fell to his side. "Daddy!" Regeta got out of Goku's arms and charged at Kakuei.
Kakuei let go. " There... its done."
Raditz laid on the ground... motionless. Regeta ran to him. " Get up..."
" Your father will not be getting up for sometime..."
Goku and Regeta didn't like the sound of that. " What did you do?" Goku said.
" I did nothing but what was required."
" Did you kill him..." Goku said.
" No. I may be a ruthless cold hearted monster but i never would kill my own brother." Regeta stayed by Raditz's side. " However it well take some time for him to recover... i almost had to take it to the extreme that time. I had to do more then usual. I almost had no choice... i would have..."
Luki came in the room.. She saw her husbands form on the ground. She got really concerned and she was going to blow her stack. " What did you do to him?" She yelled.
" I helped him."
She doubted that. She saw the cloth in his hand... it has some blood on it too. Luki thought it came from her husband. " You... monster!"
" Don't get mad at me. I did only what was required. And that is all."
Regeta looked at his fathers form. He starting crying.. "What if he never gets up...?" Regeta said.
" He's going to...But it will take a while a long while. put an stress on long."
Goku looked at his oldest brother. " Did you HAVE to take it that far?" Goku said.
" Yes indeed i did... Its not like i took it to the extreme. Raditz has always been hard to take down..."
" But you did take it to the extreme."
" No i didn't.. How did i?"
" I didn't kill him..."
" That doesn't matter... that is the extreme..."
" Explain..."
"He probably won't wake up for weeks... and when he does, he'll probably still have pain... he's close to death... that's extreme."
" You have no idea what would have happened do you... Raditz is a difficult Saiyan... He won't die... that i know. Don't be concerned little brother.." Kakuei looked at the limp form of his little brother. ' i'm sorry i had to take it as far as i did.'
Goku's attention snapped back to his brother. ' I just hope you don't have to do it again...'
Kakuei nodded in agreement. He didn't tell anyone this but he hated having to put his younger brother through that. Kakuei picked up thoughts from Raditz. His eyes narrowed. He looked in Goku's direction.
And he smiled. Goku had never seen his oldest brother smile like that. he wondered what it meant
" Huh..."Goku muttered to himself.
" It worked." Kakuei said to Goku
" good."
Just then Kakuei noticed Raditz tail began to twitch and so did Regeta for that matter. " Daddy?"
He let out a grown. Kakuei walked over. " Well that has got to be the quickest he's recovered from that."
Raditz slowly began to move his fingers. After a few minutes he was awake
Regeta smiled. " Daddy!"
" Regeta?"
"Are you ok, dad?"
" I am now... sorry i scared you like that. I didn't hurt you did i?"
Regeta shook his head. Raditz smiled. He looked up at Goku. " Could help me up..." Goku walked over and offered his hand. Raditz grabbed it and Goku helped his brother to his feet. He was a bit wabbly but he was ok
" Hey thanks. Sorry about the mess... i guess i should have told you earlier..."
" Yes... tell the whole story..."
" The whole story?"
" About what just happened. And why it happened."
" I guess Kakuei told you i suffered from frequent attacks when i was younger... my body would get out of control and my good and evil side would have a tug of war... the only way to snap me out of it... is to use a strangle hold. It knocks me out but it works. But in any event lets rest for today... i think we all had a bit of excitement for one day. And we got a lot of work ahead of us to waken the Saiyan Dragon. So lets go to heaven and gets so rest... and Kakuei... you can join me."
Kakuei thought about it for a minute. " Alright then... i guess i owe you."
Goku looked at King Yama. " Please..." Goku said.
" But, Goku..." Yama said.
King Yama was in thought for a minute and then a evil glare came his way from Raditz. He tensed up. "With that attitude Raditz, I won't." He tried his best not to show any fear.
" Don't make me come over there."
Kakuei just sighed. " Some things will never change."
Bardock snuck onto King Yama's desk and picked up the approval stamp. He let out a small laugh. Bardock picked up the approval stamp and put it on his eldest sons paper. King Yama looked to his right... he saw it
Bardock smiled. King Yama gets angry. Raditz and the others start laughing.. "You little trickster!" Yama said.
" Thank you... it runs in the family!"
" See ya later king!" Raditz said
" Yeah, later..." Kakuei said holds up the v sign
Yama growled but let them go. They all go to heaven... and god only knows that will happen there. Goku and the gang went to heaven.
Hey everyone. Yes! Four chapters in one day! I hope you enjoyed them. Please review.
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