TTTT 4 years later, Son's residence TTTT
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"Yargh!" Gohan yelled as his fist turned the giant boulder into powder. Goku clapped with an expression of pride on his face, but ChiChi had a worried look on hers.
"Are you sure he should be doing this?" ChiChi asked. Goku nodded.
"He's a lot stronger than I was at his age," He said. "Besides, this isn't really anything compared to the training I went through when I was younger."
"Which reminds me..." ChiChi said to herself. "Gohan! You need to finish chapter thirteen of Geometry by tonight!"
Gohan regained his breath and nodded. "Ok mom!"
"Oh give him a break honey," Goku said. "It's his birthday and we're going to the celebration party at Master Roshi's house."
ChiChi sighed. "Fine, one day's break. Tomorrow you'll finish thirteen along with your training, no excuses!"
Gohan nodded. "Alright."
"Now go get changed," ChiChi ordered. Gohan ran upstairs to put on his yellow robe and red hat with the four-star Dragonball on it, his tail stuck out through the back. When he came down his dad was sitting on Nimbus with a grin on his face and ChiChi on his lap. Gohan leaped on top, sitting in front of the two. The cloud flew off and they headed towards Roshi's house.
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TTTT Roshi's house TTTT
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"Bulma!" Krillin exclaimed as the woman with blue hair walked in. In her hands she held a box of cake, which she handed off to the short monk.
"Cold one ain't ya!" Roshi laughed. "You never come around here anymore."
"Well I'm here now aren't I?" Bulma asked, a smile on her face. "I also brought a cake!"
"Why'd you do that?" Roshi asked. "You know I'd have been happy with a ki-"
A loud smack was heard. Roshi held his head in pain and gave Bulma, his attacker, a look of hurt.
"I was just joking!" He protested. "Still no sense of humor I see."
"Still as ornery as ever I see," Bulma retorted.
"Hey! Where's Yamcha?" Krillin asked. Bulma crossed her arms and "Harrumphed."
"He had to play at a baseball game!" She said angrily, grabbing a nearby pillow and did her best to tear it open. "It's over between us!"
"Getting along as well as ever I see," Roshi commented. Krillin nodded in agreement before perking his head up in surprise.
"Goku's here!" Krillin exclaimed. "And by the feel of it Gohan is to!"
"Goku eh?" Roshi laughed. "It's 'bout time! Being late for his son's birthday party."
A knock on their door let them know that the Son's had arrived. Bulma opened it and greeted them, hugging ChiChi and picking up Gohan, who protested by saying he was too old for that. Goku was greeted by Krillin and Roshi, both commenting on how powerful Gohan had become.
"He's definitely stronger than I was at his age!" Krillin exclaimed.
"But not as strong as you were when I had you enter your first tournament," Roshi commented. "Can he use chi Goku?"
"Not yet, but we couldn't either until we were at least a couple years older than Gohan," Goku laughed. Roshi and Krillin joined in until Goku's expression turned serious; they all knew something was wrong when this happened.
"What's wrong Goku?" ChiChi asked, worry on her face. Bulma protectively tightened her hold on Gohan, who looked confused.
"I sense a great power, it's heading this way," Goku said, his voice shaking.
"P-Piccolo?" Krillin asked fearfully.
"More powerful, way more powerful," Goku replied. "He skyrockets past anyone I've ever sensed before."
"Who could it be?" Roshi asked.
"He's here," Goku looked towards the door and ran out, the others followed cautiously. Outside stood a man with long black hair and strange armor, a green lens of sorts was on his right eye.
"Ah, Kakarrotto!" The man exclaimed. "I knew it had to be you; that green man's power was just too weak compared to yours! Besides, you look just like father."
"Who are you?" Goku asked. He'd gotten into his fighting stance, preparing to protect his friends.
"You don't remember me? Well that's not a surprise, we third-class Saiyains are sent off to other planets when we're young. I am Raditz, third-class warrior of the Saiyans."
"What's a Saiyan?" Goku interrupted. Raditz's eyes widened and anger appeared.
"What's wrong, you don't remember at all? Tell me, did you hit your head when you were young?" Raditz asked.
"I have a bump from when I was younger, but I don't remember how I got it," Goku replied. Roshi cleared his throat, drawing everyone's attention to himself.
"When I last saw your grandfather he told me he'd found a child, a strange one with a tail," Roshi explained. "This little boy was violent and gave him a hard time, biting, scratching, refusing to eat nor sleep. All that changed one day when Gohan walked along his trail near some cliffs when the child struggled free and fell off; amazingly the boy hadn't died and after that he became the sweetest child you could imagine."
"And that was me?" Goku rubbed the scar on his head, a habit he'd picked up when he was younger. "So that explains it."
"Yes it does," Raditz said, disgust in his voice. "That fall gave you amnesia, no wonder these earthlings are still alive!"
Goku's head snapped back to Raditz, anger on his face. "They're alive because I protect them!"
"Yeah! Goku even saved this planet once!" Krillin piped up. "So go back to wherever it is you came from." Krillin walked over to Raditz and made shooing gestures at him.
"Krillin look out!" Goku yelled, sensing something was wrong. Krillin immediately disappeared and a loud crash was heard from Roshi's house, the bald man lay inside the wrecked house of Roshi. Raditz flicked a now apparent tail, the weapon he'd struck Goku's best friend with.
Krillin got up and rubbed his head, Bulma set Gohan down to check on him. "Be careful Goku, he's more powerful than he looks."
"I figured as much." Goku said, before noticing Raditz's tail. "A ... tail... like I used to have..."
"Now do you see?" Raditz laughed. "You are a member of the most warrior-based race in the galaxy, the Saiyans!"
Everyone except Gohan and Goku gasped, looking concerned.
"We Saiyans send our weak children to planets we deem fit for selling and pitiful enough for our weakest warriors," Raditz explained. "We then wipe out the people on the planet and sell it!"
Goku looked at Raditz disgustedly. "I'm no Saiyan! I'd never do that!"
"That's right! " Gohan said, walking up to his father. "And daddies the strongest!"
Raditz looked at the boy next to Goku, who moved himself in-between Raditz and his son.
"Hm...a tail?" Raditz asked. "Is this your son Kakarrotto?"
"No!" Goku responded, trying to protect Gohan.
"So earthlings have tails?" Raditz laughed. "Another bit of news you may not remember Kakarrotto...I'm your older brother!"
Everyone's eyes widened. Goku's brother?
"Th-that can't be!" Goku protested, but it was a weak one. He'd known all along that there was something they linking them together; they were biologically related.
"You know it's true Kakarrotto, and that makes the little one over there my nephew," Raditz replied. Goku tightened his stance.
"Come near him and I'll kill you!" Goku warned. Raditz smirked and a second later Goku had a fist buried in his stomach, courtesy of Raditz.
"Don't threaten me little brother," Raditz said, then he grabbed Gohan. Gohan tried to hit Raditz, but his arms were to short to reach. "Kill one hundred humans and meet me here tomorrow, if not there will only be one dead body... your son's."
With that said he flew off, leaving ChiChi to tend to Goku with tears in her eyes. Goku stood up, face scrunched in pain, and called out for the Nimbus cloud. Krillin rushed to him and stood between Goku and the cloud.
"You can't go after him Goku!" Krillin yelled, grabbing Goku's shirt and pulling him down to his eye level. Goku winced at the volume of Krillin's voice.
"I have to save Gohan," Goku said, falling back to his knees.
"And you'll need my help to do it," A deep voice came from behind them, Piccolo. Goku looked at Piccolo with a confused expression.
"Why?" Goku asked. Piccolo turned his head away.
"It should be enough that I'm offering my help," Piccolo responded. "We are the two strongest on this planet, and together we may stand a chance."
"You're the green man he mentioned earlier," Roshi observed. Piccolo nodded.
"He thought I was you at first," Piccolo explained to Goku. "That device on his head somehow tells him where and how strong we are, apparently we can't ambush him."
"Fine," Goku said, having recovered enough to walk. ChiChi tried to stop him.
"Goku!" She cried. "You're too weak now, wait until you heal!"
"By that time our son will be dead," Goku said sadly, pushing her aside to walk onto Nimbus. "You think you can keep up with Nimbus?" Goku asked Piccolo.
"Feh," Piccolo responded. "I'll be embarrassed if that cloud can match my speed." They both flew off.
"And so they leave, both towards a foe more powerful than either combined, but hope is a funny thing that might let them win," Roshi commented. Krillin looked at the old man.
"Do they stand a chance?" He asked, practically begging for reassurance.
"Nope!" Roshi replied, causing everyone to fall. Bulma whacked him upside the head after she'd recovered.
"Way to keep our hopes up," She said angrily. She pulled out her Dragonball Radar.
"We'll follow them with this."
"Why didn't Goku take that with him?" Krillin asked. "Gohan's Dragonball is on that radar."
"He can sense Raditz remember?" Roshi replied. "The only reason he'd use that radar is if he wanted to sneak up on Raditz, which he can't do with that gizmo he has."
"Oh God, protect my family," Chi Chi prayed.
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TTT Elsewhere TTT
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Raditz held the child as far away as he could from his body. Gohan definitely had Saiyan blood in him, or at least enough to keep him attacking his uncle.
"Listen brat!" He yelled, startling Gohan into stillness. "If you don't stop struggling I'll lock you up!"
Gohan shut up and Raditz grinned, just before Gohan connected an uppercut with his chin. It didn't do much, but it stung and made Raditz even more angry.
"My daddy's gonna beat you up!" Gohan said. Raditz growled threw the child into his ship. If he killed the, brat Kakarrotto might not cooperate.
"I'll just leave you in there idiot child," Raditz said. He took a fruit from his pocket, dusted it off, then bit into it. His scanner started beeping and he turned it on.
"Power level of 800!" He gasped. "Where!" The scanner pointed and he turned, it pointed at the ship where he'd placed Gohan. "Must be broken, there's no way a child's that strong."
Raditz set the scanner to ignore the 800 power level and continued eating his fruit. "Junky scanner, of all the times to break." The scanner started beeping again and he tracked the new source of power.
"A power level of 830! Where!" The scanner pointed to the sky, where Goku and Piccolo flew in his direction.
No it's a total of 830, Kakarrotto is 420 and the green one is 410... if the scanner isn't broken... Raditz looked at the child in his ship with fear. Then the child has a power level of 800! That's impossible!
Kakarrotto and his friend landed across from Raditz, who regained his composure and smiled egotistically at them.
"Ah dear brother," He taunted. "Surely you haven't come to fight me?"
Kakarrotto stared at him sternly. "Where's my son?"
Raditz pointed to his ship. "The brat wouldn't shut up, I figured a little imprisonment would help."
Kakarrotto flew in the air and called out to his son. "I'll get you out soon, don't worry Gohan!"
"Don't make promises you can't keep," Raditz said as Kakarrotto landed. "We don't want to get the little tyke's hopes up."
"This is truly your brother?" The green one, Piccolo, asked.
"I guess so," Kakarrotto shrugged. "Geez, some brother, never even took me to a baseball game!"
Piccolo smirked and Raditz laughed.
"Then let me make it up to you by teaching you how to fight," Raditz responded and held up a fist. "The hard way!"
Kakarrotto and Piccolo got into their fighting stances, before running at Raditz with attack on mind. A strong hit behind them sent them to the ground where they skidded a few feet. They both got up with amazement on their face.
"He attacked from the front..." Piccolo started.
"And hit us from behind," Kakarrotto finished. "We'll need more speed."
With that said they both began removing various garments of clothing. Raditz's scanner beeped again, showing an increase of power.
"Power level of 520 and 510!" Raditz exclaimed. Just removing their weighted clothing has improved their strength.
"Ah, much better," Kakarrotto said, hopping from foot to foot. Piccolo cracked his neck and got into his fighting stance again.
"Haha!" Raditz laughed. "Do you really think you stand a chance against me?"
"Of course!" Kakarrotto said. "I'm much stronger now!"
"We'll send you to hell!" Piccolo said. Raditz smirked as they both flew at him, before he knocked them to the side and fired a chi blast. Kakarrotto dodged but Piccolo's arm was hit.
When they recovered Kakarrotto stood a little worse for the wear, but still okay to fight; but Piccolo was missing his arm.
"Missing something?" Raditz laughed mockingly. "I can't find my arm! Have you seen it? It's green!"
Piccolo looked at Raditz with anger and walked over to Kakarrotto.
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TTTT Meanwhile... TTTT
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"Are we almost there?" ChiChi asked, having Krillin in a headlock and squeezing tight. Bulma nodded.
"We'll be there soon," She said.
"Are we really?" Roshi whispered to Bulma, who shook her head.
"Not for a while, but I'm not telling her that!" She replied. Krillin made a strangled plea for help that caused the passengers up front to wince.
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TTTT Back to the fight TTTT
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"I have a new attack that will fall even Raditz," Piccolo whispered.
"Can you use it with one arm?" Goku asked. Piccolo nodded.
"The lack of a limb is no obstacle," Piccolo laughed lightly. "I created this technique to use on you."
"But now it's helping me," Goku laughed. "Don't worry, you can use it afterwards."
"Hm...we'll see," Piccolo said. "For now let's deal with Raditz."
Raditz was getting bored. "Will you two hurry up?" He called out.
"Distract him Goku," Piccolo said. "I'll need a few extra seconds."
"Right!" Goku charged at Raditz and engaged him. Piccolo put his hand to his forehead.
"Now...for the Light of Death!" Piccolo said.
Goku ran from Raditz, flying high into the air. "Ka...me..."
"Power level 720! And rising!" Raditz exclaimed.
"Ha...me..."
"900! And all in one point!"
"HA!" Goku yelled as he fired a blue chi blast at Raditz, who dodged. Goku pulled it and changed the direction to follow Raditz.
"Dad?" Gohan heard his father yelling his attack and turned to look out the window of his prison. "DAD!" His eyes lit up with hope.
"You dare!" He yelled, placing his hands on the blast, nullifying it. Raditz smirked as he flew up at Goku and punched him to the ground, hearing the satisfying crunch of a broken rib. He landed next to Goku and stepped on his chest, a smirk in place.
"You should have taken my offer," Raditz said. He turned to face Piccolo and taunt him, but a beam from the green one's fingers was the only thing he saw.
"It's...over..."Piccolo panted. A shadow appeared in the dust his attack had rose, Raditz stood there coughing a bit. Piccolo's jaw dropped.
"I-impossible!"
"A fine display of dust, if such was your intention," Raditz smirked. "Good thing your aim was off. Now let me give you-" He was cut off as a sharp pain in his tail caused him to collapse.
"You got careless," Goku laughed. "And I got your tail!"
"Good job Goku!" Piccolo congratulated. "I'll do it again, but only once more do I have the strength for it."
"Little brother!" Raditz gasped. "Let me go! Please! I'll leave!"
"You threatened my son," Goku scoffed. "You threatened my planet!"
"Lies! I'd never hurt my own nephew!" Raditz said.
"Don't believe him Goku!" Piccolo yelled.
"I'll go and never come back!" Raditz pleaded.
"Never?" Goku asked. Raditz nodded.
"NO!" Piccolo screamed. Goku let go of Raditz, who immediately turned and slammed Goku to the ground, another rib broke as Raditz stomped his foot on Goku's chest.
"Get away from my father!" Gohan yelled at the top of his lungs, pounding on the walls of the ship.
"Fool!" Raditz said, pressing hard enough to cause Goku to yell in pain. "You aren't worthy of Saiyan blood!"
Piccolo lowered his hand, hopelessness had settled in. Raditz laughed until another beep on his scanner started.
"Power level of 1,000!" He cried out. Raditz only had a power of 1,200 hundred, he needed to find this threat and elimintate it quickly. The scanner pointed to the ship where his nephew was, enormous power for such a child! Raditz knew if all three of them ganged up on him he'd lose, so he did the one thing he could think of. He picked Goku up and snapped his neck, causing the death of the earth's finest hero. Piccolo gasped as the lifeless form of his rival was thrown to the ground.
"Now for you!" Raditz moved to Piccolo, but was blasted from the side. A small boy stood next to Goku's body, a blue aura completely wrapped around him. Raditz's scanner beeped again, a power level of 1,250 for the boy.
"1,250!" Raditz gasped.
"You ... hurt...my...daddy!" Gohan yelled, his aura increasing in size with each passing second. The power level went up to 1,400 and Gohan flew at Raditz, plowing completely through his uncle's stomach. Raditz fell to the ground, fatally wounded. Piccolo went to Gohan, who lay covered in Raditz's blood and unconscious.
Such a power...how can one hope to fathom such strength in a child - no, even an adult such as Goku or myself couldn't harness that kind of power, Piccolo thought to himself.
"Fighting so hard... for your planet," Raditz gasped. "You've earned ..my respect ... too bad in one year... two stronger than I will come..."
"And we'll be prepared," Piccolo said.
"They outmatch...even my nephew.." Raditz continued. "And Kakarrotto ... will not be here to help."
"But he will," Piccolo said. "On this planet we have things called Dragonballs that grant any wish, any day now we'll have our earth-raised Saiyaman back."
"It's good that you told me...this scanner...is also a communication device..." Raditz laughed weakly. "The others...will come here...and make a wish..."
"Shut up!" Piccolo growled. Raditz kept laughing, but was silenced as Piccolo shoved his claw into his neck and ripped his throat out. Raditz lay completely silent and dead.
Roshi pointed out the window. "There they are!" He yelled. Krillin was released by ChiChi as she ran to the window. Eventually his faced returned to a peach color as he breathed deeply, reminding himself to never comfort ChiChi again.
"Where!" She demanded, shoving Roshi out of the way. "Only one of them is standing!"
"Which one?" Bulma asked.
Piccolo gathered his chi and forced his cells to hasten their regenerative properties. A loud grunt was heard as his arm completely regenerated.
"L-like a lizard..." Gohan commented, slowly crawling over to Piccolo.
"Yeah, just like a lizard kid," Piccolo said.
"My dad told me you were the strongest next to him..." Gohan said. Piccolo raised an eyebrow, didn't the kid realize how powerful he was? The green man hardly had a quarter of it.
"What're you trying to get at kid?" Piccolo asked.
"I want you to train me," Gohan said. "I know I'm not as strong as you or daddy, but I can help!"
"Your father will train you when he gets back," Piccolo said. Gohan shook his head.
"He won't be here to do it," Gohan replied.
He's right Piccolo, Goku's going to be trained in the afterlife. Kami's voice rang in Piccolo's head.
I've told you not to talk to me like this! Piccolo replied angrily.
Sorry Piccolo, but please make an exception this one time. Tell Goku's friends he won't be wished back for one year. I've already told Gohan, he needs you to be his teacher. Kami explained.
Piccolo looked at the boy and sighed. "I guess I have an apprentice."
Gohan grinned and hugged Piccolo, who looked extremely uncomfortable but didn't do anything to get the child off. A ship landed nearby and Krillin, Roshi, Bulma, and ChiChi all got off and ran towards them. Gohan let go of Piccolo and ran towards his mother, leaping into her arms. Bulma and Roshi stood next to her, relieved Gohan was okay, but Krillin had walked over to his fallen friend.
"Dead..."Krillin said, tears filling his eyes. ChiChi fell to her knees and Roshi rested a hand on her shoulder.
"We have the Dragonballs though! We can wish him back!" Bulma said, trying to help. They perked a little at that, but Piccolo interrupted.
"Goku doesn't want to be wished back for a year," Piccolo explained. "Kami says he's going to receive training in the afterlife."
With that said Goku's body disappeared from Krillin's hold, causing him to scoot away in surprise.
"I'm taking Gohan with me," Piccolo said. ChiChi stood up and prepared to argue...until she heard Kami's voice in her head. She immediately quieted down and looked at her son sadly.
"I know what you want!" Krillin yelled in fear. "You're gonna eat him!"
Piccolo's eye twitched.
"I'm not going to eat him!" He exclaimed. ChiChi kneeled next to Gohan.
"Things aren't going to be the same anymore," She said. Gohan smiled at her.
"Sure they will!" He said. "We'll beat these bad guys up then everything will be normal again!"
Piccolo grabbed Gohan and picked him up. "You won't see Gohan for a year, but I'll take good care of him."
They flew off, leaving Goku's friends to wonder what was going on. ChiChi had a lot of explaining to do from what Kami told her.
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TTTT Afterlife TTTT
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"We've pulled up his record," The giant at the desk said while he scanned through a file. "According to this, he's more than worthy enough to go to Heaven, but you want him to go on Snakeway?"
"Yes Lord Enema," Kami said. Goku stood by him with a confused expression.
"Hey did a guy named Raditz come by here?" He asked. Enema looked at Goku from the side of his papers.
"Why yes, your brother wasn't he?" Enema asked. "Sent him straight to hell."
"Didn't he fight?" Goku asked.
"Of course, but none can defeat me!" Enema gave a booming laugh. Goku looked at him in awe.
"Forget King Kai!" Goku said. "I wanna be trained by this guy!"
"Goku!" Kami exclaimed, then in a quieter voice. "King Kai is far stronger than Lord Enema."
"I heard that Kami!" Enema roared, causing Kami to cringe.
"Sorry my lord!" He apologized. "I mean...what big ears you have! Heh ... heh...
"Whatever," Enema said, stamping something on Goku's record. "I'll have a guide lead you to Snakeway, don't fall off or you'll be sent to hell!"
"Right!" Goku said. "Thanks a bunch! I'll see you in a year Kami!"
"There goes our only hope," Kami said as Goku left.
"Now about that comment Kami..." Enema said. Kami gulped nervously.
Middle of Nowhere
"We're here," Piccolo said, dropping Gohan to the ground. Gohan landed on his feet and brushed himself off.
"Where are we?" He asked.
"In the middle of nowhere," Piccolo answered. "Here we'll train you to use your hidden powers."
"Hidden powers?" Gohan asked. "Me?"
"You don't remember?" Piccolo asked. "Time to freshen your memory!" He grabbed Gohan's head and threw him hard at a nearby mountain.
For the first few seconds all Gohan was cry out in fear, but then a determined look took over and a giant blue beam flew from him, completely destroying that mountain and leaving a clear path for as far as the eye could see. Gohan landed and fell on his rear end.
"Di...did I do that?" Gohan asked. Piccolo walked towards him.
Am I raising the cub that may one day destroy me? He asked himself.
"Let's get to training," Piccolo said.
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End Chapter 2
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The power levels that were off were that way because I wanted it that way, so don't bother telling me what they really were. So, review 'n stuff!
