Dragon Ball Saiyan Redemption

Episode 2: The Light At The End Of The Tunnel

"How did you know I was coming here Babidi?" Goku asked with enraged fury in the tone of his voice.

"Well Goku, in order to answer that question, I will have to share with you a fairly long story," Babidi said calmly.

"I'm willing to listen," Goku said slowly relaxing.

"This area you see behind me," Babidi explained, "is Lighter Hell. This place was said to house the worst villains in the universe. Many people who wandered off to this area were never seen again. The ogres here tried to keep this legend up by lying to us. They said that that was exactly what was going on. Usually, the people who come here tried to sacrifice their lives. The actual truth was that they saw the error of their ways, and could not live with themselves. You understand so far?"

"Yes. I do. I follow you so far," Goku answered.

"So anyway, I realized the error of my ways when all of the villains you previously faced turned against my creation. I snuck away to throw away my life. I went to be slaughtered by the worst of the worst. When I came here, I understood that the road to make myself better did not involve throwing away my life. I embraced life and wished to start again. I decided to stay here to further better myself. Do you understand this?"

"Yes. I understand this part of your story."

"Well, occasionally I loose sight of my goal and I need motivation. I use my Mental Infiltration technique to probe your mind. Luckily for you, I only probe the memories that show the advantages of being good. I still have five hundred million years left on my sentence."

"Sentence?"

"Yes. Each person who goes to Hell has to serve a designated period of time here. Now people, who see the light, can spend the rest of their sentence in a place that resembles an empty area where all you can see is white. Anyway, here is where I answer your question. Today I temporarily lost my motivation and used my Mental Infiltration technique and for some strange reason, I could not seem to get past this one thought running through your head. The thing most prevalent in your mind at the time was the thought of resurrecting the Saiyan race. Now I know where 99.99 percent of the Saiyan race resides. I implanted a thought in your head to tell you where to go. How do you think you knew to go to this border between Dark Hell and Lighter Hell?"

"So that's what that strange tugging feeling in my mind was."

"Yes. That was I. Now do you understand everything I have just told you?"

"Yes. Everything you said makes sense so far."

"Good. Now, would you like to see your Saiyan brethren in Lighter Hell?"

"Yes. That is what I came here for."

"Then follow me."

Babidi walked into the darkness that concealed Lighter Hell. The darkness engulfed him as he went through. Goku followed close behind. Goku closed his eyes as he crossed the Dark Hell/ Lighter Hell border. The darkness engulfed him as well. As soon as he thought he was on the other side he opened up his eyes. All around him, there was white. Other than the other people who resided there, there was no color at all except white. Goku was blinded by this sudden burst of brightness.

"Ahh! That hurts! Babidi, you should have told me it was this bright! Dear Kami!"

"I did tell you Goku. Honestly, how you managed to save the world time and time again and act like a child at the same time, it just baffles me."

"Heh, heh, heh. I only act serious when I need to," Goku said as he scratched the back of his head while a bead of sweat fell down his forehead.

"Well like I said, this is Lighter Hell. I would give you a tour but this is about it. I will, however, show you the people who reside her."

"Thank you Babidi. For the very first time, I respect you."

"Now stop that Goku. You're making me blush."

"Sorry Babidi."

"Well, let's begin. Over there, we have the alien race known as the Spatulas. They were sent to Hell after they destroyed a moon of a planet," Babidi pointed to aliens that resembled hairless chimps except they were seven feet tall and had flat faces that sloped upwards. From the side, their heads resembled triangles.

"What's so bad about that? The moon on Earth was destroyed many times. Usually, after we Saiyans transformed into our Oozaru forms."

"The moon was so big that the resulting tides that ensued from the sudden absence of the moon killed and drowned millions of people."

"Oh. That is bad."

"The next people who came here came in together. Zaacro and Raiti. You might not have known this but they tried to eat your two best friends and your first son. They also tried to kill and devour anyone who treaded on their planet's land," Babidi pointed to the two aliens that Bulma, Krillin, and Gohan met up with while trying to go to planet Namek.

"So that is who tried to digest my son."

"Oh. So you do know them. Well, we can move on from here," Babidi said as he walked on.

"Oh no. It's Goku," a small, blue, impish creature said.

"Goku!" a tall woman responded.

"Yes. It is Goku sire," said a small fox-like creature.

"Oh! It's Emperor Pilaf and his two friends. Hey! How ya doin'?"

"Even in death he follows me. Get out of my site you castle-destroying, dream-crushing, plan-ruining, dirty, foul, monkey." Emperor Pilaf said.

"Oh, yeah. Sorry about that," Goku said innocently.

"Goku! Keep up!" Babidi said.

"Sorry Babidi," Goku said running to keep up.

"Those are the Hammerins. They destroyed many a planet. Many of them contained more biodiversity than Earth. After they talked to the victims of their attacks, they honorably took their sentences and wanted to go to Lighter Hell to supposedly throw their lives away. Instead of being destroyed by the most horrible creatures in the universe, they received redemption. They are much more happy now but till carry the memories of their deadly attacks as to not forget why they are there." Babidi said as he pointed to thing that looked like giants. Not like the one on Dragon Ball GT: The Lost Episodes.

"So I guess all the villains of the universe are not that horrible after all."

"No. They are not. I mean, if you want an example of a success story, look no further than me. I created the most loathed creature in the universe and in five hundred million years, I will be free to go to upper world with you. Well, here we are. This is the reason why you came here. In the back of Lighter Hell, that is where almost the entire Saiyan race lives. The only one who has not seen the light yet is Nappa. But here we are."

"Hey Bardock, you said you were going to train with us today. Come on over here," a large Saiyan warrior yelled to Goku.

"Yeah. Hey, wait a minute. Where'd you get those new clothes?" a small Saiyan warrior noticed.

"Yeah. And what happened to the scar on your cheek? It's gone," the large Saiyan warrior said.

Suddenly, a third Saiyan warrior entered the conversation. This one had his back turned to Babidi and Goku. Goku suddenly noticed that this Saiyan warrior had the same hair as he did.

"Bega, Ruda. I did promise you I would train with you today but not now. And what do you mean by new clothes and my scar. I have the same clothes on that I had on 240 years ago. As for my scar, it is still here," The third Saiyan warrior said as he pointed to a scar on the left side of his face.

"Bardock, why are there two of you?" Bega, the large Saiyan warrior asked.

"There isn't two of me," Bardock said.

"Err, look behind you," Ruda, the smaller Saiyan said as he pointed to Goku.

Bardock turned his head as he spotted his son for the first time in 240 years.

"That's no second me," Bardock said with utter amazement, shock, and surprise in his voice, "that is the Saiyan who Frieza's death is associated with. That is my son. That's Kakarot."

Next Episode:

Reunited At Last.