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"So this is where you live Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked as he walked in the damp cave.

"No, it's where I train-" Piccolo was interrupted as a tiny green blur plowed himself into his chest, causing Piccolo to stumble a few steps back.

"Daddy!" Small green person removed his face from Piccolo's chest with a large grin on his face.

"Uh... hello Soma," Piccolo looked a little uncomfortable under the affection.

"You have a son?" Gohan asked in awe. Piccolo plucked the child off his chest and set him on the ground.

"It's a little more complicated than that kid," Piccolo stated somewhere between a growl and a normal tone.

"That's true," A female voice rang throughout the cave. A woman with long brown hair tied into a ponytail and green eyes walked in the entrance.

"Kiseki…" Piccolo groaned. "What're you doing here!" The lightly tanned woman walked over to Gohan and rubbed his head playfully. Gohan winced a little under her hand.

"You another kid Piccolo barfed up?" She glanced up at Piccolo and smirked when Piccolo's face turned purple in embarrassment.

"No! I'm Gohan Son!" Gohan thrust his chest out. "No one puked me out!"

"You say that like it's a bad thing," Soma replied, somewhat offended.

"I didn't mean it like that!" Gohan hastily replied, then paused as he fully realized what Piccolo's son had said. "Wait, you were…"

"It's how demons reproduce, idiot," Piccolo grumbled the last part under his breath.

"You mean you spit out your children?" Gohan's eyes lit up. "Demons reproduce asexually! And you're green, like plants, another form of life that's been known to be asexual, maybe-"

"I'm not a plant!" Soma interrupted. Gohan removed his hand from his chin and his face took on a sheepish expression.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you," The child of Goku apologized. Kiseki walked over to the two kids and kneeled between them, placing a hand on each shoulder.

"I have a feeling you two are gonna get along just fine," She commented. Piccolo groaned again.

"Listen, all three of you," Piccolo said, once he had everyone's attention he explained what had happened in the battle with Raditz to Soma and Kiseki.

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TTTT 10 minutes later TTTT

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"So I'm taking Soma and Gohan to train," Piccolo stated. Kiseki stood up and wiped her pants of the dirt that had collected.

"I think not!" Kiseki argued.

"Listen you idiot!" Piccolo replied in an angry voice. "There are two more of those Saiyamen coming, and they're more powerful than the one that just wiped the floor with me and Goku!"

"It's alright Kiseki," Gohan interrupted. "I want to train with Piccolo; I want to protect the planet like my dad did."

Kiseki knew she had no way to win that argument, so she moved the conversation to Soma. "What about your son? Why does Soma have to be involved?"

"If he has any of my potential as a fighter then we'll need him in this fight!" Piccolo retorted. "I have no doubt that Kami has taken the rest of the warriors and is currently training them, but they won't be powerful enough alone!"

"Why don't you let me decide?" Soma asked. Piccolo and Kiseki, who had been standing with only and inch or two between their faces, without realizing it, took a step apart and looked at Soma.

"I think that if I have the power to protect my home then I should use it," Soma stated. Kiseki sighed in defeat.

"Fine, what's the plan?" Kiseki asked. Piccolo wrapped an arm around each child and picked them up.

"We'll train," He stated, then flew off faster than Kiseki's eyes could follow.

"Damn you Piccolo!" Kiseki whispered.

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TTTT Two weeks later, Kami's Tower TTTT

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The sun brightly shined upon the head of Tienshinhan, who had taken a guarded stance across from his opponent. Krillin, now sporting light black fuzz over his once-bald head, leaped from where he was standing and engaged his partner in a heated spar.

"It's amazing how far Krillin has progressed," Mr. Popo commented while studying Krillin.

"It seems that all our warriors are putting their all into the training, but I agree Mr. Popo. Krillin, who was once only barely stronger than Yamcha, has started reaching Tien's level in power." Kami replied. "And I suspect that soon he'll even surpass him."

Yamcha and Chiaoutzu walked over to Kami, having just finished a sparring session themselves with Yajirobe, who was lying on the ground where they'd sparred, eyes closed and chest rising and falling quickly.

"Finished so soon?" Kami asked. Yamcha and the small emperor nodded.

"Well, I may as well give you all a gift for your all your training," Kami mused. "Krillin, Tien, come here now!"

The two stopped sparring and walked over to their master. Kami snapped his fingers and a set of clothing for each of them appeared.

"I give you all weighted clothing," Kami chuckled lightly as they all struggled to put them on. "These clothes are magically weighted, giving them the power to become heavier as you become stronger, so do not worry about having to get new ones."

"I'm more worried about getting them on," Krillin managed to joke while lifting the heavy shirt over his head.

"Go train now," Kami ordered. "I want all four of you to spar together while I punish Yajirobe for giving up so soon."

The students separated from Kami and left to do their assigned tasks.

"Now to put that fat slob on a diet," Kami whispered to Mr. Popo, who laughed lightly.

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TTTT In the middle of nowhere TTTT

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Gohan met Soma's fist with his forearm, countering with a kick that hit Soma in the stomach, causing him to bend over and wheez.

"I'm sorry!" Gohan pulled back his leg and looked at his partner with a worried look. Piccolo placed a hand on his forehead and groaned.

"Weaklings!" He growled, walking over to the two.

"I've trained the both of you in the basics and you absorbed that knowledge more quickly than any human could, but once I have you two spar you can't even get a paper cut without whining!" Piccolo seethed.

"But there's no paper-" Gohan started.

"Shutup!" Piccolo ordered. Gohan quickly shut his mouth, but tears welled up in his eyes. "You two will never get any stronger if I'm here to protect you from the nasties, or feed you everytime you get hungry."

"What-what do you...you mean?" Soma managed to wheez out.

"You need to learn to fend for yourselves. I'm going to leave the both of you here for a few months," Piccolo hovered about ten feet away from them. "Either you survive or you die, but I expect you two to survive." With that he totally flew off.

"Mr. Piccolo!" Gohan yelled. Soma ran after his father's trailing shadow.

"Daddyyyyyyy!" He had tears flowing from his eyes while he ran as fast as he could.

Piccolo, for a second, winced as if in pain, but kept on flying.

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TTTT Snakeway TTTT

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"And here ith the trail to the legendary King Kai!" The blue skinned ogre explained with a bit of a lisp. He pointed with a skinny hand to a large snake head made of stone.

"Wow!" Goku exclaimed. "It's actually a giant snake."

"Oh heaventh no, thilly mortal!" The ogre threw a giggle at the end. "Hee hee, it's just the remainth of the demon Naga. Pikhan defeated him a few thouthand years ago and hith body was turned to stone."

"Pikhan-?" Goku started, but was interrupted by the strange person.

"I am exthplaining!" The ogre wagged a finger at the Saiyan. "And thince we couldn't juth leave a giant thnake in the Underworld, we dethided to make it a pathway to the Kai who ith vithited the mosth. King Kai ath you know him."

"Uh, gee thanks," Goku had decided that no information was worth getting from this source. "I guess I'll just go now."

"Make abstholutely thure not to fall, elth you'll find yourthelf in the underworld," The glasses adorned ogre got huffy as Goku took off through the air. "Hmph! Cheater!"


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