Won the Battle, Losing the War
Disclaimers: I do not own Dragon Ball Z or any of the characters. If I did Great Sayaman wouldn't exist. Yes. ~bows to her applauses~
Author's Note: Finally another chibi chapter! About time huh? Well, my birthday pulled me back in my writing but I am back again! ^^
The door to the space ship swung open to reveal the huge endless sand desert that it was. Gohan squinted slightly shielding his eyes from the rays of heated suns pounded down upon their gleaming ship of sliver and white.
"Looks bad…" Gohan muttered softly starting to get used to his new found voice, "We would have to trudge through miles of burning hot sand."
"That never stopped us before." Goku chirped, "Besides, we can fly!"
As if to prove his point, Goku leapt from the space ship without the abet of the stairs. But unluckily for him, none of his energy came to his aid. After several seconds of pointless flapping, Goku fell butt first into the flaming hot sands of the planet.
"You okay, dad?" Gohan called down below to his swirly eyed father.
"My tail…" Goku moaned pulling out the fuzzy end from beneath him, "I think I crushed it."
"Tail!?" Gohan gasped looking behind himself to make sure he didn't have one too, "How could you have a tail?"
"Isn't it obvious?" Vegeta hissed as he unwrapped his own tail from about his waist, "We are the split images of ourselves at our ages. So of course we have tails."
"So if I am the split image of myself at twelve, I am must be able to turn Super Sayian 2!" Gohan said ecstatically.
"Don't even try it when we are around." Vegeta hissed, "A power up like that will blow both me and Goku off the face of this planet."
"That would be painful." Goku commented from his resting spot below.
"But unlike your idiot father, at even my age I could fly and fire ki blasts." Vegeta smiled darkly, "So now I am stronger then Kakarot."
"Don't let it get to your head, Vegeta." Gohan said sharply ruining his day dreams, "I am stronger then the both of you. I could easily stop you if you tried to prove yourself against my father."
"Why would I need too? Now that I know that as a child I was advanced life form that's all I need to know." Vegeta smirked stepping off the ship and hovering down next to a pained Goku.
Gohan followed with a slight roll of his eyes. He made sure the doors sealed shut behind so that no inviting visitors could rampage in on the rest of the group while they were gone…
"I only hope there isn't a moon on this planet."
Goku bounced about on the hot grains crying out every few seconds the two warriors above him. His tail flapped back and forth with his rapid movements as he ran,
"See anything yet?" Goku cried out for the 3 time this past five minutes.
"No." Vegeta hissed, "And if you keep asking I'll fire a ki blast down out you to make the sand real hot."
"You know, dad." Gohan suggested, "I could carry you."
"Yeah, he could also feed you and change your diapers while he is at it." Vegeta retorted.
Goku scowled at Vegeta's comment and began to pick up his pace,
"No, that's okay, Gohan." Goku snapped, "I'm fine."
Suddenly, Goku felt a strange sensation shoot up his legs as he ran. He recognized it's rapid smoldering feeling as pain, he looked down to see his shoes had caught on fire.
"EPPS!" Goku cried in pain as he came to a sudden halt stomping above in the sand trying to put the flames out.
Both Gohan and Vegeta turned about to see the boy in peril. Gohan rolled his eyes and shot down grabbing his father by his armpits and lifting him up onto his back.
"Ahhhh." Goku sighed after putting his feet out, "Much better."
"I didn't think it was possible for Kakarot to get any stupider, but I guess I was wrong." Vegeta smirked.
The fighters traveled till the three suns rested on the tips of the sky. With the suns so overbearing at this point of day, the three rested under the shades of the old braches of a small oasis. Gohan drenched his face in the cupped water from his hands. The hot sun only just reached them in this paradise leaving the group some time to relax. Gohan sat on the small beach watching the water ripple as he skipped rocks across it.
"It's amazing what can grow in these harsh conditions." Gohan sighed.
"And you would know better than anybody, wouldn't you, Gohan?"
Gohan spun around to see Vegeta rested against an old tree apparently asleep. Gohan shrugged the voice off reassuring himself that it was just his mind playing trick on him.
"Splash attack!" A voice from above screamed as Goku leapt from the strange fruit tree and strait into the water soaking both Gohan and Vegeta.
Gohan shook it off and smirked slightly firing a small ki blast in the water causing it to boil slightly. Goku leapt out of the water as if he was bitten and grasped the branch with one hand,
"No fair, Vegeta!" Goku shouted angrily.
"I didn't do it." Vegeta muttered ringing himself out.
Goku sent a suspicious glance to where Gohan was to find Gohan gone. Goku looked around suddenly worried,
"Gohan? Gohan? Where did you go?"
"BONSAI!!!" A voice from way above shouted.
Goku looked up fearfully to see Gohan high above ready to launch himself below,
"No! Ah!"
Goku clung onto the branch for dear life as Gohan fell strait for the water. He closed his eyes in a tight hug hoping to still be okay after Gohan's plunge. But at the last second, Gohan spun about and came right behind his father.
"Splash!" Gohan cried scaring Goku enough to get him to let go of the branch.
Goku spun about and caught the branch with his tail just in time.
"No fair. I don't have a tail." Gohan scowled sitting upon the branch lazily.
"Well, I can't fly." Goku retorted.
Abruptly the branch let out a low groan that signaled it's last hold. The branch snapped off and both boys fell strait into the ice cold water.
"Stop playing around." Vegeta hissed as the boys emerged from the water, "We have to find someone who can tell us how to reverse the side affects of this spell."
"Blah." Goku spat sticking out his tongue.
"Before we end up like the humans." Vegeta snapped, "You're forty, Kakarot. So bite your tongue and remember that."
Gohan raised an eyebrow at Goku and smirked,
"Taken orders from an eight year old sure is fun, huh?"
"I don't know why you insisted that we all walk, Gohan." Vegeta hissed, "Just because Kakarot can't."
"Because it is common courtesy." Gohan snapped, "Besides, we are wasting too much energy. If we get suddenly attacked-"
"You could beat the pulp out of them." Goku grinned.
"Hunters tend to attack the weakest first." Gohan pointed out, "So if they are judging on first impressions they would probably attack Vegeta."
"And they would regret that." Vegeta growled.
"We aren't so sure Vegeta. So far, these aliens have had their own ways against us." Gohan replied, "If not one way, it's another."
Vegeta let a small huff of agreement as the trio continued their walk.
Goku was beginning to drag behind the group as the hours dragged on. Even Vegeta was starting to slow. After the last sun had started it's slow slope down the ending track of the sky, Goku collapsed.
"Dad…" Gohan gasped kneeling beside his father, "Are you alright?"
"I'm dying of hunger." Goku moaned, "And my feet hurt a lot."
"We can't stop here without any shelter." Gohan muttered, "It would be dangerous."
"It would be easier to travel by night." Vegeta hissed, "We will have to continue despite our pain."
Goku let out a small cough as he pressed himself back to his knees. He caught sight of the first animal on the waste land like planet. It looked like a fuzzy end of a mop and was making chirping noises.
"Look Gohan!" Goku laughed scooping the animal up into his arms, "It's amazing! It's got such a thick coat and yet it still can survive out here."
"Cool." Gohan laughed as he pet the sweet animal that was now purring contently in Goku's arms.
"Disgusting." Vegeta sneered, "Put it down, Kakarot. Hopefully it will die before the last of the sun rays fade."
"You're so cruel." Goku retorted.
"Comes with the job." Vegeta growled.
"Uh…" Gohan muttered, "Looks like we have company."
All three members of the group looked up coming face to face with seven deadly spears about them. Vegeta was forming a ki blast in his hands but Gohan glared at him to make him stop. The owners of the spears had begun to talk in a strange language, their faces covered by large masks.
Gohan grabbed both Goku and Vegeta's hand as the crystal about his neck gave of another faint glow releasing the knowleage of their language into each of their minds.
"Fuu! Give us Fuu!" One of the masks shouted.
"Fuu?" Goku asked in confusion pulling the small animal closer.
"They want that dumb animal you have in your arms, Kakarot." Vegeta hissed, "So give it to them. It must be their catch for hunting."
"No. They want to eat him! No way." Goku cried, "He's my new friend."
"Give it to them, idiot!" Vegeta shouted tugging onto one end of the animal as Goku clung onto the other.
Gohan and the masked hunters watched helplessly as the two fought over the small mop that was now squealing in agony. Hoping to save the poor thing's life, Gohan jumped between the two and thrust out his hands screaming,
"Stop it!"
By the ferocity of his thrust, both Vegeta and Goku went hurling across the sand the animal landing safely in the middle only to bury itself deep down into the sands depths. Gohan looked up at the masked hunter and smiled sheepishly,
"Whoops."
Two of the hunters, grabbed the unconscious Vegeta and Goku and dragged them across the sands as the others pushed Gohan along behind them. Gohan didn't try anything that might hurt them or cause them to think that they were dangerous. They did need to find a civilization and now they were being guided towards it.
"I knew something like this would happen." Gohan sighed miserably.
To Be Continued…
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Poor Gohan. Poor Vegeta and Goku. What do I have planned next? Mwhahahaha! More torture! More torture!
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