Chapter 16 – To Hell and Back
Goku appears in Hell and tries to find the secret passage to Otherworld.
"Kami damn it, I wish I could remember where it is! It's too long ago…" He knows that the 'back door' is the only way for him to enter Otherworld without being kicked out again.
"Looking for something, monkey boy?" Goku hears a cold chuckle behind him.
"None of your business, Glacier. Get out of here before I kick your ass."
"In your dreams! You can't beat me here, you couldn't even beat me on Chikyuu. And now you're banished from Otherworld… You're really pathetic!"
"That's it. I'll send you into oblivion!" Goku attacks, only to be countered easily by Glacier.
"Weak little monkey. Wanna try again?" Glacier smirks, a horrible combination of Frieza's and Vegeta's face.
Goku keeps attacking, but finds himself beaten and exhausted on the warm ground of Hell.
"And now to finish you off… You forgot, monkey, that you're alive. You're no match for most creatures here in Hell." Glacier lifts his white hands and charges a blast. Goku waits for the blast and sighs in despair. This is not getting him anywhere but in Hell again… and probably for good.
Right before Glacier releases the blast, a Saiyan boot connects to his face. Glacier plummets into a hillside, leaving Goku enough time to look up to a familiar face.
"Radditz?" he asks, his mouth open in surprise. "What the hell…"
"Hush now, little brother, everything will be okay. Let me take care of that scum for you. It's been a while since I've had a good fight."
Goku watches as Radditz flies off towards the hill in which Glacier disappeared.
"Radditz in Hell? And why would he be defending me? I killed him! Well, technically Piccolo killed him, but without me he couldn't have done it. This is weird."
'Trust me, Kakarot, there's no grudge between us,' he hears Radditz's voice inside his head. 'You defended your planet with honor, I can't hold that against you.'
"And now you're trying to sneak into Otherworld to spy on Vegeta, am I right?" says Radditz as he lands in front of Goku with a soft 'thud'.
"I just want to talk to him." Goku buries his face in his hands as Radditz starts to laugh.
"Oh, sure you do! You let yourself be turned into a submissive Saiyan just to talk to him… HAHAHAHA that's such a load of crap and you know it, brother."
"What the hell are you doing here anyway?" Goku asks, getting angry now.
"Relax, I'm just here to supervise the daily business in Hell. They can punish each other, but there are rules to be followed. I see to it that they follow them."
Goku takes a deep breath to relax himself again. After all, Radditz is right. He has no intention whatsoever just to talk to Vegeta. He wants him. Very badly.
"Thanks for saving my ass, Radditz. Never thought you'd be the one to save me though."
"Feels weird huh? I have to admit that I almost hesitated in order to let you experience what you did to me… But you have died a gazillion times already. You must be getting used to it now."
"I never get used to it… Radditz, I need to ask you a favour."
"I know what you're going to ask me, and the answer is no. I can't get you into Otherworld unseen."
"What about the secret passage?"
"They eliminated it years ago, kept giving trouble up there."
"So there's no way to get in touch with Vegeta?"
"'In touch'…" Radditz smirks. "Nope. You will have to wait, dear brother. And trust me," he says, getting up. "He's well worth waiting for."
"Radditz wait!" Goku shouts, but too late. Radditz has already vanished.
"Dad? What are you doing here?" Toorah looks up to Radditz, surprised to see him in Otherworld. He knows he's chosen to be in Hell to supervise.
"I need to talk to Vegeta, son. So get out and give us some privacy, will you?"
"Sure. See you."
They wait until Toorah's gone, never breaking eye contact.
"So… talk, you said?" Vegeta says mockingly. "I don't buy it, Radditz. You came for something else."
"Not entirely true, but if you want to start with dessert, fine." Radditz shrugs and walks up to Vegeta. "But after, remind me I have to talk to you."
"Remind you?"
"You tend to make me forget things…" Radditz smirks as Vegeta slowly gets up and looks at him.
"Get down, you big bastard. Don't look down on your Prince." Vegeta sweeps Radditz off his feet (literally!) and crawls on top of him. Their lips lock in a passionate kiss.
'Kami, how I missed this,' Vegeta thinks.
He hears Radditz chuckle inside his head.
'What's so funny?'
'That's exactly what I want to talk to you about later.'
'Later,' Vegeta growls. His hands are everywhere, ripping Radditz's clothes off as fast as they can.
Radditz moans and Vegeta's world becomes a haze of love and lust.
Back on Chikyuu, a strange change in Goku can be seen. He runs off into the woods and stays there, hiding his ki even from his own sons. After a few days, there's nothing left of the old Goku. The Saiyan living in the woods kills animals with his bare hands, but not to feed himself. He barely eats. His clothes are torn, and there's only one thing on his mind: REVENGE. He'll get back at Vegeta for turning him down, for disgracing him.
Kakarot has returned.
