Goku's homecoming

Disclaimer: I do not own the dbz series ( I wouldn't write a fanfic if I did.

Thank you for your reviews, Honorable Gucci. They mean a lot.

It had been a good six month since the incident. Finally it was time for Goku to go back to the mountain area. Looking down at his disciple, Goku couldn't help but feel proud and accomplished at the same time. This was the first student that Goku took in full – time. Uubu had grown quite a bit in these two years. He didn't need to learn from Goku again. His job was done.

"Remember to keep practicing, Uubu. You never know when this planet will be threatened next. Besides, I want to see you in the next tournament. It should be exciting.

"Yes, Sensei, it should be."

"Ah.. Uubu, don't call me sensei anymore. You're making me feel old"

Poor Uubu sweatdropped. Making him feel old? There's something. Goku was more than forty years old almost fifty some. He couldn't just call him "Goku!" It wouldn't feel right.

"Yes, ah, Goku.."

Goku just laughed at the little one ( well not so little anymore ). He always reminded him of Gohan. Extremely respectful and polite, almost to a fault. Goku frowned. Gohan. He missed being around him 24/7. Despite his being a scholar, Gohan could still take on Goku at the SSJ3 state, which is no small feat. Uubu was not too far behind in power. There's another reason for Vegeta to keep training.

With one last look at Uubu's village, Goku was preparing to teleport back home when Uubu stopped him.

"Goku, um.. would you mind if I came just for a day or so? I'd love to see your family again, it has been a while"

"Sure, kid. Chichi is always happy to see you. She'll definitely cook a feast!"

Another sweatdrop from Uubu. Is that all his master thought about? Food and battle? He was about to voice something when Goku put two fingers to his forehead and let his ki spike.

"Goten! Don't eat those riceballs!" Chichi yelled in frustration

Goten slowly backed away from the stove, wondering where his mother had learned to sense ki. She could always tell where he was before he even did anything in the house. How bothersome. He started to walk away when a very loud whisling noise followed by a loud "WHAM!" and an equally loud shriek. "GOKU! I told you not to startle me like that!" Somehow, Uubu had managed to duck away from the frying pan ( Goten made a note to ask him how he did that ).

"But Chichi! I couldn't help it! I was so anxious to come home, I had to use the instant transmittion.. and look, Uubu has agreed to come visit us for a few days!"

"Oh, Hello, Uubu. It's nice of you to be here. Would you like a plate?"

"But what about me?"

"Goten, don't think for a minute that I didn't see you steal those 40 rice balls!"

Goten sweatdropped, and Uubu laughed good heartedly. He always loved visiting his master's house, since his family was quite unique. He graciously accepted the plate, just as 18 and Marron landed their aircar in the yard. Then everyone was a bit surprised to see Trunks fly in solo. Usually he was with his family when they came to such gatherings. When questioned about his family, he responded that they would be here later, his mother had insisted that Vegeta acts like a father and drives the aircar. Trunks had refused to ride in with him driving, one knows how crazy his father is as a fighter.. imagine as a driver. Ok, don't imagine, I was kidding.. but still! That caused everybody to fall backwards ( anime style ) in perfect synchronism.

Meanwhile, about 200 miles away;

"Vegeta, would you stop slamming the gas?! We'll get there, we're already flying way too fast as it is"

"Woman, with your technology, what you call fast is snail- like! I wanna get there already, why couldn't I fly!"

"Well, excuse me, Mr Sayian. I know your technology WAS advanced, but if you really think my inventions are bad, you should try fixing that gravity chamber once in a while!"

Vegeta growled. Damn, the woman! How did she trick him into driving, anyways. With a sigh, he decided to concentrate on getting to Kakarot's house on time, since he didn't want to miss dinner. Kami knows the Son's are good at emptying the food table.

Less than an hour later, the Son's house was in view. Vegeta decided to steer the car towards the yard so that they would land far enough, since he needed practice with his landing. Something he can do when fighting, but he couldn't do it with this backwards technology car.. darnit!

"VEGETA!! YOU TIPPED THE NOSE TOO LOW!"

"Huh?"

In pure reflex, he pulled the handle towards him and slammed on the gas pedal, causing the car to suddenly pick up speed and loop in the air. Poor Bulma and Bra were squealing and turning from red to white, to green, and finally purple.

"WHAT THE!"

Everybody cleared out as the Capsule Corps air car furiously dashed towards the barbeque area and skidded to a stop... Out came a shaken Bulma and Bra, followed by Vegeta mumbling something about the throttle being stuck.

"AS IF YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL A THROTTLE IS!"

"QUIET, WOMAN! I KNOW I DIDN'T CAUSE THIS! I CAN LAND PERFECTLY"

"TRY DOING THAT WITH THE CAR AND DON'T CONFUSE IT WITH A LAWNMOWER!"

They stopped fighting when they realized that everybody was laughing really hard. Bulma just huffed while Vegeta glared.. with the desired effect. Everybody quieted down. It looked like everything was going to proceed to normal when a strong energy signal swept their senses. Everybody looked up, and those who could not sense energy just went into the house, knowing the look on their loved ones. After a minute or two of waiting, the source of the energy finally showed. "I have felt this before..." Goku thought. Everybody else was just wondering what happened. As the being dropped down, everybody gasped.

"Radditz!?" Yamcha yelped.

Cliffie! Ya, I know, I'm mean. I want to thank Gucci for her reviews, and.. myself.. yea! That makes three reviews! Wohoo! ( insert sarcasm here ) Heheh, I just hope more people get around to reading my story and give me some constructive criticism. I am off to writing the next chappie ( I hope you enjoyed this one