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Computer: "GothicGohan owns the title to DBZ. Don't think that someone else does, because…."
GothicGohan: hits computer "Dumb thing. I thought computers don't lie. Now I'm pissed."
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Good is in the dictionary only to introduce the essence of evil.
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A Cold Place Ch 12: Weight On My Shoulder
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It was noon when Videl woke up. That's what the alarm clock said. Though, it was still entirely dark in the room. Gohan must like everything dark. She looked around for him, but he was no where in sight. She could faintly hear the sound of the GR's hum, so she figured out that he must be training in there at the moment. She desperately wanted to go back to sleep, due to the last night's activities, but she knew that she was to go into the chamber next, and she still had to do her assignment. She had to get up now… now.
Okay, she thought to herself, I'll get up in 3.. 2... Maybe I should start at a higher number. Okay, 10..9...
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15 minutes later
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"17,997," Videl muttered out loud, "17,996.."
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It was two hours later when Videl walked into the kitchen looking extremely tired. She brushed past Goten and Trunks, who were burning breakfast. The two looked at Videl, then shrugged. She opened the refrigerator, grabbing the orange juice. Without even grabbing a glass to pour it in, she opened the glass and chugged its content. She groaned, throwing away the empty container. Time to find Gohan.
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At the Son Residence
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Tien and Krillen paced around as Goku tended to his crying wife. They watched with sad faces as she cried about the conclusion that the warriors had come to. Gohan must be defeated. There was no other way for it to end. The son of Goku was too out of control to be turned back to the side of the righteous.
Tien turned toward Krillen, "Do you think we can do it? Beat him, I mean."
Krillen's eyebrow were knitted at he diddled his thumbs, "I don't know. Nobody is on our side it seems. Vegeta and Bulma have turned against us, and their ki has disappeared, just like Gohan and that girl he was with. I don't get it. Even with the most experienced ki wielder can't make their ki disappear totally. There is always a small amount left. He is tricking us somehow."
Tien frowned, "You know how smart that kid was. He probably made a skill to help him conceal it. Either that or he made a machine to do it. I mean, he told us that he wished Shenron to hide him from Piccolo and Dende. Let's face it, he not coming back. I mean, Piccolo was his best friend. And now do you remember what happened once Gohan got a hold of Piccolo and Goku a few days ago? He almost killed them. We should be lucky that he didn't."
Their conversation was interrupted when Goku walked over to them. He had put Chichi to bed. She was just crying too much. He looked at his two friends and sighed, "Guys, do we really have to do this? This is Gohan we're talking about. He has always helped us in the past. We might be able to same him."
Tien and Krillen both shook their heads. Tien put his hand on Goku's shoulder, "Come on Goku. You know that we have to do this. It was you who decided this in the first place. Gohan is too dangerous to be alive. His chose his path. And that is on the other side of the line of us. He's on the same side of Cell, or Frieza. He may not kill, but he harms the good."
Goku frowned, "I know that! But it doesn't mean that I have to like it! Anyway, I have to go talk to King Kai. He'll know how we will go about this."
The others said goodbye to Goku as he disappeared from view. They looked at each other uneasily, then went back to their homes, each knowing how hard it would be in almost two weeks.
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At King Kai's planet
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Goku reappeared right in front of King Kai's house. Outside, sat the classic car that always had. Flowers were always in bloom, so there were never any dead plants. There was a single tree on the planet, which had Bubbles swinging around in it. Gregory was practicing his speed by running constantly around the planet. To an ordinary person, it would seem that there was a light projecting around the planet at all times, but Gregory's speed was the real reason.
Goku walked into the house just in time to see a purple man and a red man disappear from view. Kink Kai was sitting in front of where they were, as if he was talking to them. Sweat was protruding from the kai's forehead. Some thing was obviously wrong.
Goku walked to the chair opposite King Kai and sat down, "What's the matter King Kai?"
The North Kai hesitated before answering, "Nothing is the matter Goku. You are the weirdest person I have ever met. Why would anything be the matter?"
Goku frowned. There was something REALLY wrong here, "Who were those guys? Why do they have you so worked up?"
Choosing to ignore Goku's question, King Kai changed the topic, "So Goku, what is the news from Earth? Have you guys started your training yet? You should if you haven't already."
As soon as he said that remark, he felt a pinch on his back. King Kai held in his yell. He was trying once again to clue Goku in, just as Supreme Kai had warned against. The superior kai had obviously created a pinch in the King Kai's back.
Goku saw the pained expression on his teacher's face, but let it go for now, "We haven't started our training yet. I'm giving them a week to spend some time with their families first."
King Kai wanted to scream his head off that Gohan had known about their training schedule, and he was training his own team and having them practice in the hyperbolic time chamber before his team got a chance to train his own, but he couldn't. There was no longer a chance. The Legendary Super Saiyan and Gohan were already strong enough to destroy Goku and his own. Vegeta could take care of the lesser with ease. The only chance that Goku had was to wait for his turn in the chamber and give it his all and beyond. Get stronger than everyone. That was the universe's only chance. He felt sadness was over him and he had suddenly felt the urge to rest. He shooed Goku away without the information and Guidance that Goku wanted, then laid down, hoping to get the ease and edge he once had. These days, he just wasn't the was he used to be.
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Gohan's residence
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Videl had already found Gohan. But she didn't like what she got when she did. He brought her and Goten to the GR, then had them start their training. They were to study the techniques of the Morzians. They were a race that excelled in power raising. Like the super saiyan, or the kioken techniques, they made power ups, but they did not cause such a strain as they do. These advancements in power were more natural and were easier to get to. Since Videl was at such a weak power level, then she would be as powerful as a super saiyan if she learned these techniques correctly. Which also meant, since Goten was also learning the techniques, he would become insanely powerful if they worked correctly. More powerful than Gohan maybe. It all depended on if he learned them right. They were working as hard as they could so far, but they had less than a day to learn them. And Videl had only just learned how to control her energy. This task was proving hard to learn.
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Hyperbolic Time Chamber
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Radditz was resting as he watched Aurora train. For the past year and a half, they had given their training their all for the hopes of being able to destroy the coming saiyans plus Goku and his group.
Radditz turned over on the ground.; His mind kept going over the fact that he was going to fight his brother once again. His blood boiled every time he thought about how he was overtaken on their last encounter. He couldn't wait until he saw that damned Namek and Kakkarot. Though Gohan had already taken the spot of fighting his father, there was still the Namek. Fighting with him would suffice. After all, he was the one who had dealt the death blow. The Namek named Piccolo would pay dearly for his past actions. He, Radditz, was going to make Piccolo suffer for all eternity.
Radditz got up, grabbed his sword with little effort, then paced far out into the abyss to train once again. Only half a year remained, so he must train harder than ever before.
Aurora watched her mate train with an intensity, that she knew he had the right motivation this day. She bathed herself in his energy and soaked in his radiance. Since they were the only ones here, then they didn't have their ki concealers on. This allowed them to gage each other's energy patterns. Ever since Radditz had started his training with the Z Sword, he had not gone out of super saiyan 2. Even when he slept, she watched him, wonder how in the hell he was doing that. Whenever she was a super saiyan, she could only maintain the power if she closely watched it. The power was just too much. She loved the control he had.
Over the last few years, she had changed. She only said the occasional yes or no answers, but now she had long conversations with her mate. He had changed her completely. And she only had Gohan to thank. He had trained her, brought her to life, then introduced her to Radditz. She would do anything for her sensei. Her sensei. It made her smile when she thought of him as that. Like Videl, she had called him sensei before. He had pretty much the same reaction. He jumped around calling himself an old man like the Turtle guy. He never brought up his past to anyone as far as she knew, except, of course, to Videl. But she was his mate. She had to know his past. Her own mate, Radditz, had told her his past once. It was colorful, the color of blood mostly. Well, she was distracted, she had to get to training. Bringing herself out of her thoughts, she began her katas, getting ready for her harder training.
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Six Months later…
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Radditz and Aurora turned on their ki concealers, then opened the door to the chamber. They carefully dashed through the lookout and jetted over the sides. They rocketed over the lands, quickly landing in the backyard of Gohan's house. Most of the space had been taken up by Bulma and Vegeta's house. They quietly entered the house, since it was around midnight, and walked to the gravity room, where Gohan, Videl, and Goten were waiting for them to return. Once they walked into the GR, Gohan and the other two greeted them, and set to watch Goten's and Videl's departure. Before they grabbed their things, Radditz handed the Z Sword to Goten. With a kiss goodbye, Gohan opened the portal as he had done before, an Goten and Videl walked inside. The portal closed, leaving the others to wait for them to return.
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End Chapter
Next Chapter: Doing Hard Time
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