The Brother War

Chapter six

They meet up with Goku's other friends... and they weren't too happy to see Kakuei.

" Its alright guys..." Goku said, " You won't hurt anyone, right, Kakuei?"

" Alright! He's a murderer Goku!"

" Yeah, but but..."

" Just a cold hearted beast."

" No he's not..."

" How can you say that!" Krillin shouted, " We are all here because of him..."

" Listen, guys... I know he killed you, but you must understand..."

" What is there to understand pal?" Yamcha said.

" Well... deep deep deep deep DEEP down he's not such a bad guy... he has feelings..."

Goku's friends gave him a look. " I don't believe that."

Goku knew it was going to be hard trying to convince them... especially his wife!

" Goku!" Chichi said, "You think we're gonna believe that he's anything more than an evil monster! He killed all of us!"

Kakuei sighed. ' there goes that mouth again.'

Raditz laughed at his brother

" If you think we're gonna trust him after that, you're wrong! I don't know how you can trust him!"

" But Chi..." Goku said.

" No buts!"

Raditz butted into the conversation. " You people didn't trust me either."

" I trust you more that him."

He sighed. ' I knew this was going to happen...'

" Listen... give him a chance... if he gets out of hand... i'll deal with it."

" Well, I bet one second you take your eyes off him he'll destroy all of otherworld!"

" Nah... that's pointless..." Kakuei said, " The only thing i mess up is my little brother..."

" What'd you mean?"

" What do you think it means woman?"

" I really don't know! You tell me!" She snapped.

" In other words the only thing i fight is my little brothers..."

"After you kill them, then what?"

" Actually we killed ourselves..."

" Rid them from this dimension then."

" Oh come on... I'm not that mean..."

"Since they're already dead... like all of us."

" I wouldn't try to kill my little brothers..."

" Really?"

" That's right."

" I doubt that!"

" Why do you think i would?"

" Your a heartless monkey!"

Kakuei growled... " Don't call me that!"

" Its true!"

Raditz could sense he was going to fight her... he came around he grabbed him by the neck

" Let go!"

" No...I won't let you fight her."

" Oh i was going to do more then that... I hate it when people start calling us monkeys..."

" You can't hurt them. If you do that, they'll never trust you. Besides, we are monkeys."

He broke hold from Raditz and looked at him. : How can you say that! That's what that tyrant Frieza called us! Its an insult."

" We do turn into giant apes, don't we?"

" Yeah but still they way its used... Its degrading.."

" I know I know... just try and ignore it."

" I swear... if i hear that again..." Kakuei calmed down.

" Monkey!" came a voice.

Kakuei's angry exploded again. He's energy sky rocketed. The voice laughed. " Who said that!"

" Control your anger... Raditz is right..." Vegeta said. He had obviously somehow gotten out of hell.

" You little creep!"

" Thank you for the compliment..."

" Are you people trying to get on my nerves..."

" He's right... you really shouldn't mess with him... or me for that matter... we both have short tempers." Raditz said

" I think almost everyone in this room does. Except for maybe Kakarot."

Goku smiled.

" Prince... did you hear the news.." Raditz asked

" I hear a lot of things... which news?"

" We can leave here sometime soon..." Kakuei said

" I see."

" Yep... Once little brother over here can get control of the dragon."

" You mean the Saiyan dragon?"

" Uh huh."

" I never knew he had it!"

" I didn't either... but it so happens I do... and well come to think of it... that might be way i'm not like the rest of you."

" How do you mean?"

" Well first of all I'm a special case... one of the rare ones... but i still feel the full force of pain."

" That's odd."

" I don't belong anywhere."

" Why are you so special? How come you don't belong anywhere?"

" Because I can go where ever I choose. Even the living world."

" Yes, but what makes you able to."

" That's the mystery."

Kakuei looked over at his brother again. He was holding on to his lower area again... " Not another attack..."

" I think it might..."

"Attack?"

" Yeah... Raditz suffers from these I guess you can say personality attacks.. from both his evil and good side. As a result of my beating him as a kid. They are getting more frequent."

" Oh...You beat him? Why in the hell would you do that?" Vegeta seemed angry.

" Well as a kid i hated good people... I wanted my brothers to be the same as me...And well I tormented him all the time...When i was around that was."

Vegeta shook his head and sighed. " Hated good people?"

" Yeah... I did. For some reason I was pissed when I saw one. I was an evil child from the start."

" Who made you evil?"

" Father... you see he was evil at the time too... so he past those genes on to me."

" Oh."

" Father is the one who made me evil."

" Why did he? Or was it not intentional?"

" It was intentional... he preferred it that way."

" I'm glad I didn't turn out evil..."

" Yeah well... as I said... I always picked on Raditz when he was a kid. So now he has these attacks..."

" Are you sorry you did that to him?"

" Yeah i am. Believe it or not I really love my little brother."

" I can't believe it."

" Not many people can... I didn't realize this would happen."

Raditz started to breath hard again. Everyone looked at Raditz. " Brother?" Goku said. Through Raditz hair you could see his eyes were cold. " Raditz... answer me" He laughed as he swaded his hair back. "What's wrong?"

" Kakarot... its another one... " Kakuei said

" Oh great..."

" I don't understand why he is having so many."

He looked in his eldest brothers direction. Kakuei turned cold to deal with his brother. It was going to be a battle field. The brothers power levels went to there semi max. They never have shown there true powers. They looked at each other.. ready for blood. Everyone just stared. They didn't know what to expect. Then they attacked each other. It was a full blown war.. They were seriously beating the crap out of the other

" Will they live?" Vegeta asked himself. They were equal brutal. They both has big gashes in them. But neither on backed down. Blood tricked down from there bodies. They were hiting vital areas on purpose.

" They'd better not kill each other..." Goku said.

Kakuei went on the defensive. And he quickly attacked his brother bring him to the ground. He got up and but his foot right over his ribs. He pushes his foot down with great force.. Everyone winces. Kakuei repeated it over and over. He was breaking them one by one. Kakuei smiled as Raditz screamed in pain... It was hard for everyone to watch. The human friends of Goku thought it was too brutal. Chichi buried her face in Goku's chest. She didn't want to see any more. Goku looked at his elder brothers. He couldn't let this continue. He knew what it was like to get tormented like that. Kakuei seemed to be enjoying it. " I SAID STOP!"

Kakuei looked at Goku. " Do you really want him to kill you? He will you know..."

" I don't you to kill him!"

" I'm not.. I'm not trying to. I knew something wasn't right the first time."

" It sure looks like you are."

" You don't understand baby brother... these attacks are very dangerous...He must pass out... if not...You see baby brother, Raditz looses all control of his body."

Raditz gets up again

" just... stop fighting..."

Kakuei notices something in his little brother eyes that he hasn't seen in a long time. He truly wanted him dead. Kakuei looked nervous. " Maybe I can help." Goku said.

" I need it... I'm losing him..."

Goku, in a second, turned to ssj10. It was easy for him now. " You think positive energy would do any good?"

" It might help for a bit... but it won't help his body... it could restain him though."

Goku shot to beams of positive energy at Raditz, it circles around him then spread out, making a 'bubble' around him. it started closing in on him. Kakuei watched He was surprised. It was acutally calming him down. " Its working..."

" Hey, Kakuei... maybe if Raditz ascended to ssj10, it would help him. I know he has the power to."

" His power is far above that..."

" I know. I'm just saying that cuz the positive energy could help him."

" These attacks are difficult... he loses himself..."

Eventually Raditz passed out again... Goku gently laid him on the ground. Kakuei raised his hand and a needle appeared. Goku's eyes widened. He ran away. Kakuei laughed. 6 miles away. " What a baby he is..."

" Keep the needle away from me!" Goku yelled, still 6 miles away.

' its not for you baby! geez i'm not even giving you a needle'

"You could still accidentally poke me with it!"

' If i did... you'd be dead... this liquid is dangerous. GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE!'

" But wh- AHHHHHH!" A scream from Goku was heard from where he was. Then his ki disappeared.

Kakuei couldn't believe him. He takes the needle and injects it into his little brother. The needle disappears.

" It's gone... baby brother... i got rid of the big bad needle."

There's no answer from Goku. Its like he disappeared. Kakuei slapped his head. He its to Goku's location. There he was laying there scared stiff. " What are you doing!"

" Hi Derek, Derek, what do you want to do today?" Goku said, holding two sticks in his hands, talking to them.

Kakuei frowns and grabs he sticks. Then he slaps Goku back to reality " Huh?" Goku looks at his hands and arms. He sees needle shots all over him. " AHHHHHH!" Goku starts running in circles.

Kakuei grabs him by the shirt. Goku's eyes look really wide. He can't seem to snap out of it. " Come on, lets go.."

" But... look at my arms!"

" Its from the grass."

" Grass?"

" Yes grass the green stuff. Now cm'on!"

Goku tilts his head, then looks down to see the grass. Each blade looks like a needle to him. "AHHH! I'm standing on needles!"

" KAKAROT! SHUT UP!" He slapped him again. " Lets go!"

" I won't go with you, evil needle man!"

Goku runs. Kakuei gets pissed off again... transforming to his max power... (semi). He gets in front of him.

Goku gasps. " Help me, Derek!"

" Kakarot! Wake up!"

A stick flies up from the ground and hits Kakuei's face. He had a red line. Kakuei turned red. " Oh i'm so going to beat your ass in... if you don't get your act together."

" It wasn't me! it was Derek!"

" You called him! Look... i don't have time for stupidity."

A hoard of sticks come flying at Kakuei. His power level exploded and the sticks were history. He looked more cold then before. " Kakarot..."

" Its the Derek clan! They don't like trespassers!"

" I don't care who they are... I'm taking you back to your clan... Your brother needs you."

" Who?"

" Raditz!"

" What a funny name. Who's he? Come to think of it, who are you?"

" I'm your eldest brother... Kakuei!"

" Wait... who am me then?"

" Kakarot. Don't tell me your forgot again." Kakuei slapped his younger brother

" Owwie..."

" You idiot... are you trying to drive me mad?"

" Huh? Your so mean... you called me an idiot!" Goku starts crying.

" You are... Making me chase after you..."

" When was that?" Goku sniffed.

" A few minutes again..."

" Who am I again?"

He slapped him again. " Your Kakarot!"

" Kakarot? I don't like that name. Can I have a new one?"

" I know I'm going to regret this... but that is your Saiyan name... but everyone calls you...Goku..."

" I like that name better."

Raditz's ears picked up Kakuei's voice even though he was so far away.

" I can't believe i said that!"

" Kakuei!" Raditz yelled.

" I knew he'd hear that!"

" Why in the hell did you say the 'G' word!"

" The idiot over here forgot his name!"

" How could he forget his name?"

" Why are you asking me... i don't know. He just forgot... again."

" Did you hit him or somethin on the head?"

" No.." Kakuei pulls out a pair of glasses... sun glasses... mutifuntional ones. He puts them on. " I'm going to find some more productive uses for my time." Kakuei looked different then before.

Goku, who was back to normal noticed this. " What happened to you?"

" Um... what do you mean what happen to me?" He's voice wasn't cold anymore

" You look different."

" Do I?"

" He's back..." Raditz said

Goku looked at Raditz. " What'd you mean?"

" The real Kakuei. That's the real Kakuei."

" Ah, I see. So, he's not evil anymore? At least, for the moment?"

He puts his hands behind his head. " I was evil? Um that doesn't sound right..." He looked like he was leaning back in a chair

" Uh... Raditz? You have an explanation for that?"

" Well this is the brother I knew before he lost himself to his darker side... He's a scientist... more or less... That's the deal with the glasses..."

" Oh..."

Kakuei looked around... " Hey! Where's my work? Raditz! Where's my work!"

He cringes.. " You destroyed it."

Kakuei hits himself. " Uh... I'm such an idiot. Oh well..." He just noticed his baby brother. " Uh... your Kakarot, aren't you?"

Goku nodded.

" Nice to finally meet you." He said in a friendly tone.

" But I've known you for awhile now..."

" You have?" He lowered his glasses.. " Since when?"

" Yeah... sure... I knew cuz you killed my family and friends... but..."

"Yeah. That's terrible! I'm sorry about that!"

" You mean, you didn't know?"

Kakuei shook his head. " No I don't know what your talking about." He blinked a few times

" Weird... you mean you don't remember anything bout your life of destruction?"

" Nope... I don't remember a thing."

" How odd... Good to have you back... big brother.."

" I don't even know where i've been."

Raditz smiled... " We better get back to the others."

" Yeah... Chi- chi's probably worried sick... watch, she'll say somethin about Kakuei trying to kill us."

" Now, we have to convince them he's good."

" I am good..." Kakuei said. He started to walk away with his younger brothers

" But they think yer bad. From what I've heard- and seen- you've been bad all your life."

Kakuei's head dropped. " I don't remember a thing of it..."

" Well, Kakarot... he hasn't been bad all his life... There were a few moments where he was like this..."

" Yeah but... how long were those periods?"

" Sometimes years... others were weeks."

" You think he'll be this way forever? I'd hope so."

" No... unfortunately..."

They finally get back.

" Hey Goku!" Krillin greeting them. " Oh its you..." His voice deepen as he saw Kakuei.

" Hey what's with the glasses..." Yamcha asked

" Is it me or does he look different?"

" Its all a scam..." Chi-chi declared

" Uh... Kakarot... who are your friends?"

" This is Chichi, my wife, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien..." Goku said, going on and on, pointing to each one of them.

Kakuei bowed. " Nice to meet you all."

" Everyone, this is the good Kakuei. He's a scientist."

" A scientist uh...I don't think so Goku... he's still a cold monster." Tien said

Kakuei lowerd his glasses again. " Really!"

Everyone saw his eyes... they were normal... a normal Saiyan's eyes...

" Listen... he's not cold anymore... You can see that!"

" I say he's faking it!" Chichi snapped.

" Now, c'mon, Chi."

Kakuei's head dropped. " I'm sorry... i didn't..."

" Didn't what! Didn't take our lives away without one second thought!" Chichi roared.

" I don't know what your talking about... But what ever i did... i'm sorry..."

Chichi just glared at him. Regeta walked up to Kakuei. "So your my real uncle Kakuei?"

" Uh... Yeah that's right kiddo..."

" Raditz... this is... .your kid right"

Raditz nodded

" Yer not gonna try and make daddy kill me again, are you?"

Shock went on his face. He turned to his brother. " I tried to kill you! I'm sorry about that..." He turns back to Regeta.. " No I won't... I won't try to do that again."

Regeta smiled. " Promise?"

" Yes i promise!" He said in a reasuring tone

Chi-chi still wasn't buying it. " Stay away from him Regeta... he'll try and rip your head off!" Chichi yelled.

" But Aunt Chichi... he promised..."

Kakuei looked back at Chi-chi. " He's only a boy... I wouldn't hurt him..."

"Oh, don't think I didn't hear you say that you've messed with so many childs' hearts! I was listening! I WAS."

" I don't know what your talking about... I never did no such thing..."

" Chi... he don't remember anything about his evil life..." Goku said.

" Of course he remembers! this is just a new trick!"

" No, he don't."

" How can you be sure! He has a habit of playing mind games."

" I can sense it in his voice... its not cold anymore. And, look in his eyes... they're pure."

" I just don't believe it..."

Kakuei sighed. " I guess you have no reason to believe me... And I don't know what I did to you... but I wanta make it up to everyone here."

"You killed us, that's what! and then you turned Raditz evil, which made him kill more people!""

Chichi yelled. Kakuei looked down. " Then you almost blew up the earth! I saw it from Yama's tv... if it wasn't for Goku and Vegeta, the earth would be destroyed! You just loved destroying everything in sight!"

Kakuei looked depressed. " That was terrible things...I'm sorry... i really am."

Chichi glared at him.

" Why are you looking at me like that?"

" Because, you're still evil! I know it!" Chichi charged at Kakuei, ready to punch him. He fell to the ground He lip was bleeding.

" Chichi!" Goku tried to pull her back. " Sorry, Kakuei."

" No its alright..." Then an old memory came back a bad memory of his father beating him

He started whimpering like a child. Just then Bardock walks by; he had been getting something to eat.

" Please... stop it... please father stop it..." Kakuei's eyes tear up

" Huh? Kakuei?" Bardock put down the plate of food and went over. " Are you ok, Kakuei?"

He was lost in the memory. " Please... leave me alone... don't hurt me anymore..."

"I'd never hurt you..."

His father words didn't seem to reach him.

" I'll try better... please father... just stop beating me..."

Bardock put his arm around his son's shoulder and tried to comfort him. "Hey... son..."

Kakuei was in a state of pure fear. " Stop it... stop it.. STOP IT!"

" Please... Kakuei... snap out of it!" Bardock shook him lightly.

He snapped out of it. He looked at his side... " AH! FATHER!" He jumped to his feet. He was still scared

" What's wrong? I don't bite..." Bardock looked confused.

" Don't hurt me..."

" Now why would I do that to my own son? That's just cruel."

Raditz looked at his father. " You did it before... to both of us.."

" Well... that was when I was different... I wouldn't now... I was an evil monster." He said sadly.

" I know that..."

Kakuei looked around again. " Did i miss something?"

Everyone looked at him.

" A bit before Raditz killed King Vegeta, I realized I my wrong ways and turned good."

" Oh hello father..." Kakuei fixes his glasses.

" Did you just turn back?" Bardock asked.

" Turn back to what?"

" Turn back to normal."

" Have i not been normal?" He asked. Kakuei was really confused. " What do you mean normal?"

" You've been evil for years..."

" Well that's what they tell me..."

" Well!" Bardock swung his arm around Kakuei's shoulder. " Wanna do some work in the lab with me?"

Fixes his glasses again. " You bet!"

Bardock smiled like Goku and they its to his lab.

In the lab. Bardock and Kakuei start playing around with stuff. Bardock started questioning his son. He wasn't sure about this... whole change. Kakuei decides to ask a question... " Did I really do such destruction as what they say I did?"

Bardock looked at his son. " Yes you did."

" Oh i see... I wish I didn't do that. I mean... Its so evil..."

" Indeed it is son... indeed it is... Do you mind if i ask you a question?"

" You already did.. but go ahead."

" Do you really not remember anything?"

" No... I don't...As far as I know, I've never done anything evil."

" Alright... i won't push the issue.."

Meanwhile... back with the gang

" I don't know... it seems weird..." Vegeta said, " I mean... how can we be sure he's actually normal."

" I just know he's normal Vegeta..." Raditz said.

" I have my doubts though."

" Doubts... prince? You have doubts?"

" Of coarse I do."

" Such as..."

" Well... I've only seen him evil... and oddly I'm going with Chichi on this one. It might be just a game."

" I guess... but i don't think it is..."

" Do you think it could be something else." Goku asked Vegeta

" I'm not sure."

" Well I'm suggesting an attack.."

Raditz looked at Goku. " You think it's an attack?"

" It is a possibility... to get everyone's guard down..."

" But I know Kakuei better then any of you... he's never had one in his life."

" You have to have a history of them.."

Suddenly he arrived. " Hey everyone!"

" Hi..."

" Uh Kakarot... can i talk with you?"

" Sure." Goku said.

He walked over. " Tell me... do you believe me? I just have this feeling like everyone thinks I'm playing."

" I do. Raditz does. Most others don't. Including Vegeta... but don't worry about him... he's suspicious about everyone."

Kakuei laughes. " I'm just scared..."

" The only thing you have to be scared of is my wife."

" Well I'm not scared of her... I'm scared this won't last..."

" Oh... I hope it lasts... I like you better this way."

" I'm scared that I'll go to bed and then... things will change..."

" Yeah... i guess you would.. i really am a nice person. Do you think completely pure energy would help you stay like that? I mean... energy with no evil in it..."

" I'm good... don't worry about me..."

" It's just a wandering thought. Alright... cuz, ssj10 energy seems to drive away evil. So, I'm just wondering if you think it would help."

" Maybe... Hey Kakarot... I'm glad you listened to me... not many have."

" I know... its just that doing evil things for many years gives you a bad reputation. They'll start to trust you."

" Even before all that mess... no one listened. i was like an outcast. Everyone treated me like dirt. No one really cared..."

" There's always friends out somewhere in the universe... you'll find em someday. Besides. That was then...And this is now."

" Listen... if i some how lose it... promise to take care of it... i don't want to hurt anyone... I trust you... baby brother... you promise?"

" Of coarse."

" Thank you.."

" No prob."

Kakuei yawns.. " Man lets hit the sack."

" Ok... after we eat."

" Alright!"

They walk back over to the group. " So what are we eating?"

" Hmmm... how about... Chinese!"

" Chinese!"

" Yeah, Chinese."

" Where the heck are we going to get that!"

" Otherworld has to have some kind of restaurant...That serves Chinese food."

" Are you out of your mind! This isn't Earth."

" So?"

" They don't have everything here."

Goku frowned.

" But science can help us out."

" Oh?"

" Yep." He pull out a capsule. A big machine came out. " Tada!" They all looked at the machine.

" Whatcha think?"

" Its cool... but what is it?"

" Its a portable food maker."

" I always got hungry when I was locked up in the lab... so I made this. Watch. T Bone!" A plate appeared with a t bone on it. Kakuei picked it up. " See."

" Food..." Goku jumped for it.

" Hey!" Kakuei moves it from his reach. " Get your own."

"Hmmm..." Goku rubbed his chin, thinking. " 20 steaks!"

The machine made them... and they were all pilled on top of each other. Goku got all happy. He grabbed all the steaks. He threw them in the air, opened his mouth, and they all fell in one by one. Kakuei couldn't believe him. He yawned. " That was a good appetizer..."

" Kakarot... your going to sleep! you shouldn't be eating so much."

" But... I'm not full yet."

" You shouldn't eat so much before you go to bed."

" Really? I never knew that."

" it's not good for your health."

" Well lets go... we have a long day head of us." Kakuei went to his bed and he started to fall asleep.

Hey everyone. What did you think? Not bad uh? This is my longest chapter yet! I hope you enjoyed it. Please review

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