Disclaimer: I do not own Dragonball Z, Ranma ½, or Harry Potter. Don't
ask why not because the answer is far too painful. T_T
Author's Notes: I think I'm going to take out the dinosaurs from DBZ mainly because they are not in Ranma ½ or Harry Potter. There will be dragons instead. Before I begin, I would like to ask the reader's to think about and vote an answer to the following questions.
Should I include "Ranko" into the story? Yes/No
Whom should I pair with whom? (I will only accept answers listed for the specific characters.)
Ranma: Akane, Nabiki, Hermione, Kim (Original Character)
Harry: Hermione, Ginny, Cho, Videl
Gohan: Videl, Hermione, Shampoo, Hikari (OC)
That's all, thank you. I will take out people from the list as I think
about the pros and cons from using them. Like I said, no other votes
will be accepted. If you don't know who Hikari or Kim are, look in
'Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance' and Magical Destiny respectively.
'Thoughts'
Three Young Heroes Chapter 2
"Geez! This is so long! When do you think we'll reach the end?"
Raditz just snorted at his younger brother. "We'll get there when we get there. It's only been four months."
Raditz then fell silent, as his brother gave him a hurt side look. Raditz sighed, "Why did you ask me to come with you anyway?"
Goku looked forward. "The guy who adopted me died when I was twelve, yet I always wondered about my family. When Chichi conned me into marrying her, I got used to a real family with her and Gohan and tried not to think about it anymore. Besides, Gohan was always a real handful, always crying. Then you came along, and well, I didn't before, but I want some answers to that question of who is my family."
"You also seemed repentant to what you did, and I think you deserve a second chance with the woman you fell in love with and your son. I'd also like to get to know you better, and show you my life. There is life outside of battle. I want to show you that."
Raditz was silent for a moment, trying to calm his warring emotions. "Thank you," he said softly, finding new respect for his seemingly brain dead younger brother. 'Maybe he isn't so brain dead after all.'
Goku just grinned at Raditz, and kept running, trying to make conversation on the way.
****On Piccolo's Remote Island****
"C'mon Gohan, we're not gonna get any better if you keep whining about not having a real bed. I'll show you where the softest leaves to make a bed with are."
"But what about warmth?! Where are we going to find blankets?!" Gohan whined again.
Ranma sighed, 'This is gonna take a lot of work to convince him that we're not gonna starve. Oh well. I had better get started. I'll make him an outdoors kid if it kills me.'
"Look, all we have to do is survive for six months right? Then we get to train, face the bad guys that your dad will probably show up in time to fight them off, and then we go home and see our moms. Think about it. We've got each other to depend on so it's not like we're completely alone. I'm your cousin."
Gohan nodded, and got up from his position on the ground, drying his tears. Ranma gave a relieved sigh, and turned, "Now come on, we've got work to do. I'm really hungry."
Gohan's face brightened at the mention of food, "Yay! Let's go!"
Ranma grinned at his cousin's eager face, and led the way to a tree he had seen earlier that appeared to have some delicious fruits. Ranma and Gohan got ambushed by a dragon on the way there, and both frightened children ran as quickly as they could for the trees. Gohan tripped, and Ranma ran back to help him, trying to get Gohan up and away as the Dragon's jaws descended toward them.
Fear overcame them both and they blacked out, only to find themselves atop a high mesa. "How d-did we get up here?" Ranma stuttered.
Gohan's eyes were wide as he stared down the sheer face of the mesa's edge. Gohan then started to shake, Ranma growing concerned for his new found cousin. "You ok Gohan?"
Gohan sniffed, and turned to Ranma, slowly nodding. "I- it's just so high."
Ranma couldn't help it, he started to laugh, "Yeah well, looks like we'll be roughing it a bit more than we thought. Come on, we'll figure it out. We've got each other to depend on."
Gohan brightened a bit but then looked down, "What are we going to do about food though?"
Ranma looked at the setting sun, "We'll think of that tomorrow. Even as hungry as I am, I don't think we'll be getting off of here any time tonight."
Gohan nodded, and searched for a comfortable looking spot in which to lay down. "It is getting rather late. It's going to get cold up here though."
Ranma sighed, realizing that Gohan was right. "We'll have to keep each other warm. G'night Gohan."
"G'night Ranma," Gohan sleepily replied.
Ranma sighed as Gohan went to sleep and looked out over the night sky, not yet noticing the full moon behind him.
*In England*
It was late afternoon, and Harry was cleaning in the attic. He picked up a box that fell open at his feet. 'Oh no!' Harry thought, 'I need to pick this up right away! Before Aunt Petunia comes up!'
He quickly set to fixing the box and started to pick up the objects that had fallen out. Looking down, he found himself holding an old photo album. Curiosity peaking, he opened it, and found himself staring at pictures of three young girls, sometimes playing together, and sometimes posing separately.
'That one must be Aunt Petunia,' Harry thought, looking at a picture of a blond girl with a rather snooty smile on her face, 'And that has to be mom, but who is the older one?'
Harry pulled a fading picture out of the sleeve of the album and turned it over, hoping to find some sort of clue. On the back was an inscription, Rose, Age 12, Beautiful Ballerina.
Harry put the picture back and kept turning the pages, watching as the three grew up. Eventually he pulled out a picture of the three of them smiling together with dresses on. Turning it over, he found another inscription, Rose, Petunia, and Lily, three sisters posing before Rose's fight.
Harry kept looking through the album and saw Rose disappear from the photographs and Lily's and Petunia's smiles grew less and less.
'I wonder.....'
CRASH!!!!
Harry's thoughts were interrupted by a bucket dropping. Turning around, Harry saw Petunia staring at the album he held in his hands. The last photo on the page was of Rose, Petunia, and Lily, standing in a triangle, hands in the center, like they were making some sort of pact.
"Where did you find that?" Harry's aunt asked dangerously.
Harry gulped, "It fell out of a box, and opened on its own."
'I hope she buys that, it did fall out on it's own but I opened it.'
Petunia stalked up to Harry, snatching the photo album from his hands.
Harry decided to venture a question and prayed he wouldn't get pounded for it later, "Who was Rose?"
Petunia clutched the photo album to her chest, a pained look on her face. "My sister, your other Aunt, you should know by now if you've read that far through the album."
"Is she alive?" Harry asked, still curious as to why she was answering his questions.
Petunia looked down, "I don't know, she had a fight with father when I was fifteen and ran away. I haven't heard from her since. She was Lily's... and my... connection... when we started having our differences."
Harry stopped asking questions then, afraid that if he asked more then he wouldn't get dinner that night. He silently got up off the floor and finished everything he could do for a four year old. A sudden sense of overwhelming anger not his own reached him, and then dissipated as dinner time neared.
Petunia gave him odd looks as he struggled with the emotion and finished helping her with the attic. Petunia stopped him as he started to go down the ladder from the attic. As he wearily watched her, she hesitated a moment, studying him, and then handed him the photo album.
"Keep this hidden if you don't want it taken and burned. Happy Birthday," she said, pursing her lips.
Harry looked at the photo album and back down to Petunia's retreating back. Smiling, he quickly checked for Vernon and raced to his bedroom in the cupboard under the stairs, hiding his new treasure.
*One Year Later, In Japan*
Piccolo stared as Gohan and Ranma sparred against each other once more before the saiyans came. 'How do their tails keep coming back?! This will be the tenth time I've removed them.'
Piccolo then studied his pupils once again, and decided to let the tails be. 'I destroyed the moon anyway. They won't pose much trouble.'
He was suddenly two timed by his errant students, and smirked as they nearly overwhelmed him. 'They will be warriors yet.'
Two large kis suddenly descended towards the planet, and the three of them stopped their sparring to ready themselves for the upcoming battle. Krillan, Yamcha, Tien, and Chaozu soon arrived.
"Has Goku or Raditz arrived yet?" Krillan asked, "Goku had us wish both of them back."
Piccolo snorted, "He would. He's too soft. He should have let the evil thing stay dead."
Ranma looked down at his feet. Piccolo had told him about what Raditz had come to do, yet still couldn't believe his father was all evil. Piccolo saw his student's discomfort at his words and softened a bit. He hated to admit it, but the boys had grown on him. Gohan with his need of a parent and Ranma's independent fighting spirit had woken up part of his heart.
Ranma sighed, 'He didn't kill me. He had the chance but he stopped and took a good look at me instead. He can't be all evil. I have to show him to mom! She could clarify it. He has to come back, I don't care what Piccolo says.'
Gohan looked over at Ranma and patted his shoulder. "I don't think he'll destroy the world this time around Ranma."
Ranma grinned at Gohan, and another voice ran through the clearing, "He may not but we will."
Everyone turned to see a short man with flame like hair, and a giant bald one. Both had evil smirks on their faces, signifying exactly what they were here for.
"Dragonballs....." the shorter one growled, "NOW!!!!"
Gohan gulped, while Krillan smirked, showing that he knew something. "They were used earlier today to wish back Goku. They can't be found or used for another year."
The larger one gave a confused scowl, while the younger looked on in anger. "What is that supposed to mean?" the smaller one demanded.
Piccolo gave them his general scowl and replied, "The dragon balls can only be used once a year. Once they have been used, they gather power again until they are easily seen. Until then, they are stone."
The giant turned to his companion. "What do you think Vegeta?"
Vegeta scowled. "They must be telling the truth. In any case, I'm guessing the Namekian made them, meaning all we have to do is go to Namek for the originals."
Vegeta then noticed the surprised look on Piccolo's face. "Well, well Nappa, looks like the Namekian doesn't know where he's from."
Nappa smirked, "So the green man doesn't realize that he's from another planet."
Gohan and Ranma looked from Piccolo to the saiyans and then at each other. "Cool!" they shouted, tails unraveling from their waists.
Vegeta snorted, looking at their tails, and scanned them. Nappa looked curiously at Vegeta and Vegeta shook his head at the large man, frowning. "Remember Nappa, they can change their power level at will. Don't rely on your scouter."
Nappa nodded, throwing his scouter to the ground. "So who's first?" he asked, a nasty grin on his face.
Vegeta looked thoughtful as the other fighters looked among themselves. "Wait Nappa, do we have any of those saibamen left?"
Nappa reached into the breastplate of his armor and pulled out a small bottle. He frowned, "There are only five left."
"Perfect," Vegeta smirked, "There's one for each of the warriors. We'll take care of the little brats and the traitor."
Gohan and Ranma looked at each other and shrugged, not fully understanding what was going on. The looked back to the older saiyans, waiting to see what would happen. Piccolo stepped slightly in front of them, trying not to be obvious about protecting them.
Nappa proceeded to poke holes in the ground and planted the five seeds that were in the small bottle. Then he pulled out a gourd of water and poured it over the planted seeds. Not long after the water was poured, five small green men jumped out of the ground, grinning madly.
Ranma peeked around Piccolo, curious as to what they were. He then stepped in front of Piccolo, trying to get a better look, and drawing the saibamen's attention.
As the saibamen studied Ranma, one cackled wildly and lunged for the boy before anyone could react. Ranma, seeing the attack, quickly jumped over it, twisting and throwing a powerful ki blast, effectively destroying the little green man. Ranma landed looking shocked, and quickly ran back to his place behind Piccolo, trying not to draw attention to himself again.
"You ok Ranma?" Gohan asked.
Ranma wrinkled his nose and nodded as Tien stepped up smirking. "I'll take on the next one."
Nappa still looked stunned at the boy's success as the saibamen sized Tien up and Vegeta started his own smirk. Tien's fight was quick as he delivered a swift, chi powered kick to the attacking saibaman and effectively destroying it.
Yamcha stepped up, looking confident. "I'll go next. It doesn't look like you even need to use blasts against them."
Yamcha waited until one of the saibamen stepped up and then he attacked. The saibaman appeared to fall quickly, landing motionless on the ground. As Yamcha walked up to finish it off, the thing quickly jumped up, latching onto him, and detonating like a bomb.
The Z fighters watched in anticipation of Yamcha coming victorious out of the smoke, yet the smoke cleared, and there was still no Yamcha. Krillan ran to where Yamcha fell, and checked for life signs.
Growing angry, Krillan turned and glared at the two saiyans with hatred. "You killed him," Krillan growled, powering up.
In anger, Krillan threw a massive ki blast, destroying the last saibamen and nailing the saiyans.
"Did they survive?" Chaozu asked, hoping this was over.
Piccolo reached out with his senses, and found the answer not very pleasing. "No," he said, "They're still running strong."
Ranma and Gohan came forward to stand next to Piccolo. Ranma was ready for and Gohan afraid of the coming fight.
The dust cleared, and there stood Vegeta and Nappa, not even a scratch on their armor.
Gohan gulped as Nappa stepped forward. "I guess it's my turn to do some damage," the large man growled, eyeing Tien and Krillan.
Krillan echoed Gohan while Tien gave Nappa a hard look. "I'll face him," he said quietly.
Chaozu looked stunned, "But Tien!"
Tien smiled at his miniature partner, "Don't worry Chaozu. Everything will be fine. We have to wait for Goku to show up."
Chaozu nodded, and watched as his friend rushed the giant, signaling the beginning of the fight.
Nappa waited until Tien got read to throw a powerful punch to most and got a hit in before they could blink, taking Tien's arm off.
"Whoops!" Nappa said, feigning remorse, "I forgot how fragile these humans are."
Chaozu got angry and went after the giant, while Tien was on the ground screaming. He started fighting the monster but soon found himself barely dodging each of the monster's strikes. Realizing that he was tiring, Chaozu tried to find a way behind the monster, and get his last attack in that way.
Nappa was slightly confused at the clown like child, and soon let his guard up, thinking he wasn't much of a challenge. Chaozu took that chance and attached himself to the giant's back. Gathering power, Chaozu said goodbye to his friends.
Realizing what Chaozu was doing, Tien and Krillan cried out, realizing that they couldn't stop him, and that this may be the only way to get rid of the saiyans. Nappa realized what the little thing was doing and started trying to kill it before it exploded, not knowing how much power it would have.
Chaozu soon built up all the energy he could store, and exploded. The rest of the Z fighters held their breath, hoping that it worked. As the dust cleared, Krillan groaned seeing the dark shape of Nappa still standing.
Nappa snorted as the dust finished clearing, "Well that was pointless, wasting all that energy."
Tien stared dumbfounded; growing angry at that his friend's sacrifice was wasted. Powering up to his max, Tien charged the giant once more with a yell. Nappa was taken by surprise and took in a few hits before beginning to block the one armed man's punches and kicks. After the initial punches, Tien could not land any more on the giant and soon found himself on the receiving end.
Gohan watched in dismay as Nappa beat up and killed another opponent. Ranma watched wordlessly, praying that his father and his uncle would get there soon to save them. 'I just hope dad doesn't join them,' Ranma thought, 'I really don't want to fight him too.'
Raditz and Goku were hurrying along snake way, hoping they would get there before Nappa and Vegeta killed everyone. They saw the end of the road and put on a few extra bursts of speed. Raditz noticed that Goku looked like he was about to use a new technique. "Save your energy," Raditz said, "We'll make it. But if you're tired you can't fight."
Goku nodded. The two had trained at King Kai's and had their strength grow by leaps and bounds. Goku, however, had surprised both King Kai and Raditz by becoming stronger than Raditz. The only thing Raditz had going for him now was battle experience.
"I'm not sure how close to them we are in power. Hopefully we'll be able to beat them," Raditz said, running through the gate to King Yemma's palace.
Goku grinned, "Don't be such a pessimist!" Soon both were back to Kami's palace in the sky, and on their way to the battle field.
Gohan and Ranma looked up when they felt the kis of their fathers. "They're nearly here!" Ranma shouted, completely forgetting that Vegeta and Nappa weren't to know about Raditz.
Nappa grinned stupidly, "I can't wait to face that traitor Kakarrot."
Vegeta just looked stunned at the boy, picking up on the 'they're.' 'What does the boy mean by that? Who is Kakarrot bringing with him?'
"Nappa, back off. We'll wait for them to get here," Vegeta ordered.
Nappa glowered at the shorter man, "But Vegeta."
Vegeta growled, "Stand down Nappa!"
Nappa complied, drifting down to stand slightly behind and too the right of Vegeta. Vegeta turned to the remaining four Z fighters. "We'll give them half an hour. If they're not here by then, you will die."
Krillan paled, "Oh Goku, I hope you get here soon."
Ranma frowned at Krillan and looked over to Gohan, who looked nervous as well. 'Do they think dad will turn on them or something?' Ranma thought, 'They go on as if he didn't exist, or he wouldn't fight for earth, or me.'
Ranma thought back to the startled look on the tall man's face when he realized that Ranma was his son. 'There has to be something to that,' Ranma thought.
After about twenty minutes, Ranma could feel the two kis approaching quickly and decided to egg on the agitated giant. Ranma ran around Piccolo and stuck his tongue out at the giant, and then started leaping around the canyon rocks close to Piccolo.
"Ranma, get back here now!" Piccolo barked, trying to keep his errant student alive.
Ranma paid no heed, and soon the giant was angry enough to attack, while Vegeta looked on in amusement. 'To bad the boy's only half saiyan,' Vegeta thought, 'He would make a great warrior for our race.'
"Don't let him annoy you Nappa. I will not tolerate you not following orders," Vegeta said, the warning clear in his voice.
Nappa snarled and watched the boy from the corner of his eye. After about five minutes, Ranma was still bounding off the cliff walls around Piccolo, Gohan and Krillan, and had started going faster. That's when Nappa cracked.
"That's it!!!" Nappa roared, charging the boy. Ranma smirked a bit and dodged the giant's attacks, landing a few of his own when he could. Nappa found himself on the losing end of the battle, amazed that the small kid was coming up with unusual but effective attacks and dodging all of his own. 'The kid's adapting to my style quite easily. Just like Raditz!' Nappa thought.
Nappa stopped fighting and landed next to a very pissed off Vegeta. Ranma stood up from his fighter's crouch and frowned. Vegeta stared at Nappa, "Why did you disobey orders?"
Nappa just continued to stare at the boy. "He's exactly like Raditz when Raditz doesn't have a scouter to rely on. He adapts fighting styles quickly. Not only that, he knew things I didn't think about before in fighting."
Vegeta snorted, "So you noticed? That's definitely Raditz's child."
"So you figured it out huh?" a voice said from behind, "I would appreciate it if you didn't kill him."
Vegeta's eyes widened and he whirled around to find Raditz floating behind him. "Raditz!" he snarled, "Don't tell me that you're going to fight for the puny inhabitants of this planet also!"
Raditz smirked, "So you figured that out too. There's something you should know about that though."
Vegeta stared at Raditz, waiting for the smirking man to continue, "What would that be?"
"Any children born of a human and a saiyan are full blooded saiyan. We have a stronger gene for strength and they have the genes for different hair and eye color, but all in all, any offspring would be saiyan."
Vegeta stared at him, "You really expect me to believe that?"
Raditz nodded, "If you were to compare the differences in the DNA, you would find little difference."
Ranma stared at his father as he talked casually to the other two saiyans. 'What does he mean full blooded?'
Ranma fought the urge to run up and jump on the floating man as he stood there waiting for him to decide on his side. 'C'mon dad, come fight with us. I- I don't want to fight you.'
Piccolo swore and walked up to Ranma, picking the boy up by the back of his gi and walking back to where Krillan and Gohan stood. Before he got there he found Goku standing in front of him. "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't choke my nephew like that."
Piccolo rolled his eyes, "He's going to get hurt standing there like that."
"Am not," Ranma whined, "I want to know what's going on. Is there a fight or what?"
"Dad! You're back!" Gohan yelled, attracting Goku's attention.
Krillan also had a big grin on his face as he saw that Goku had indeed returned. "Now we stand a better chance."
Goku nodded, and then looked around, "Where are Tien, Chaozu and Yamcha?"
Krillan looked at the ground, "They're dead Goku."
Goku looked stunned, and then turned, glaring at the two saiyans that had just finished talking to Raditz. Raditz flew over and stood next to his brother. Piccolo moved Ranma behind them and stood on Goku's other side.
"Your choice," Raditz said.
Nappa snarled, "YOU TRAITOR RADITZ!!"
Nappa turned and rushed the trio before Vegeta could say anything and attacked. Raditz moved in and efficiently and quickly took Nappa down. He did not kill him, but broke his back.
Raditz then tossed Nappa back towards Vegeta. Nappa reached up a hand to Vegeta, obviously begging for something from the prince. Vegeta just gave him an evil sneer and grasped the hand, throwing him into the air and blasting him to pieces. "What kind of monster is he?" Ranma wondered, watching as the bald giant died.
"One who has seen so much pain under the rule of a stronger tyrant," Raditz answered, not looking at his son.
Vegeta turned back to the group. "I'm sure Frieza heard Nappa and I through the scouters. He will be on his way to Planet Namek now. Once he has his wish, he will come here. I would fight with you now, but I will need your help to take down Frieza. Not to mention a decent training partner," he said, directing the last comment to Raditz.
"Maybe Bulma can come up with some sort of training room while we're in space!" Goku said. Raditz raised an eyebrow, "That would probably take a long time though. Time is something we're short of."
Krillan chuckled, "You underestimate her. She's like some sort of super genius. She shouldn't even be real."
Vegeta snorted, "So let's see this Bulma about getting a space ship we can train in. That would be infinitely better than being asleep the whole trip."
"We'd probably need the engine from your space ship though," Krillan said, "Otherwise we won't get there fast enough."
Vegeta snorted once more and nodded, wondering why he was going along with all this. 'Raditz may not have been the strongest warrior, but he was one of the craftiest, like his father. It does well to listen to that kind of warrior.'
Ranma and Gohan looked at each other, "So there's not going to be a fight?"
Goku shook his head, "Not here and not now. There are stronger things to worry about now."
Ranma tugged on his father's armor, "I wanna come to Namek too. I can help."
Raditz raised an eyebrow and Vegeta suppressed a chuckle. "He was winning against Nappa. He can help."
Raditz raised an eyebrow at his prince. "I didn't think you cared about anything but getting stronger."
Vegeta snorted, "The saiyan race should not have fallen like that. We may have deserved it, but not the way we went."
"Freiza," Raditz growled, "has much to answer for."
With that, they all flew off to the Turtle Hermit's Island, where they new they would find Bulma. Ranma and Gohan started a game flying around Piccolo, who sighed, and just kept going. Goku grinned at them, and started catching up on what he missed with Krillan. Vegeta and Raditz flew side by side silently, each with their own thoughts.
Author's Notes: I think I'm going to take out the dinosaurs from DBZ mainly because they are not in Ranma ½ or Harry Potter. There will be dragons instead. Before I begin, I would like to ask the reader's to think about and vote an answer to the following questions.
Should I include "Ranko" into the story? Yes/No
Whom should I pair with whom? (I will only accept answers listed for the specific characters.)
Ranma: Akane, Nabiki, Hermione, Kim (Original Character)
Harry: Hermione, Ginny, Cho, Videl
Gohan: Videl, Hermione, Shampoo, Hikari (OC)
That's all, thank you. I will take out people from the list as I think
about the pros and cons from using them. Like I said, no other votes
will be accepted. If you don't know who Hikari or Kim are, look in
'Soul's Destiny, Blood's Inheritance' and Magical Destiny respectively.
'Thoughts'
Three Young Heroes Chapter 2
"Geez! This is so long! When do you think we'll reach the end?"
Raditz just snorted at his younger brother. "We'll get there when we get there. It's only been four months."
Raditz then fell silent, as his brother gave him a hurt side look. Raditz sighed, "Why did you ask me to come with you anyway?"
Goku looked forward. "The guy who adopted me died when I was twelve, yet I always wondered about my family. When Chichi conned me into marrying her, I got used to a real family with her and Gohan and tried not to think about it anymore. Besides, Gohan was always a real handful, always crying. Then you came along, and well, I didn't before, but I want some answers to that question of who is my family."
"You also seemed repentant to what you did, and I think you deserve a second chance with the woman you fell in love with and your son. I'd also like to get to know you better, and show you my life. There is life outside of battle. I want to show you that."
Raditz was silent for a moment, trying to calm his warring emotions. "Thank you," he said softly, finding new respect for his seemingly brain dead younger brother. 'Maybe he isn't so brain dead after all.'
Goku just grinned at Raditz, and kept running, trying to make conversation on the way.
****On Piccolo's Remote Island****
"C'mon Gohan, we're not gonna get any better if you keep whining about not having a real bed. I'll show you where the softest leaves to make a bed with are."
"But what about warmth?! Where are we going to find blankets?!" Gohan whined again.
Ranma sighed, 'This is gonna take a lot of work to convince him that we're not gonna starve. Oh well. I had better get started. I'll make him an outdoors kid if it kills me.'
"Look, all we have to do is survive for six months right? Then we get to train, face the bad guys that your dad will probably show up in time to fight them off, and then we go home and see our moms. Think about it. We've got each other to depend on so it's not like we're completely alone. I'm your cousin."
Gohan nodded, and got up from his position on the ground, drying his tears. Ranma gave a relieved sigh, and turned, "Now come on, we've got work to do. I'm really hungry."
Gohan's face brightened at the mention of food, "Yay! Let's go!"
Ranma grinned at his cousin's eager face, and led the way to a tree he had seen earlier that appeared to have some delicious fruits. Ranma and Gohan got ambushed by a dragon on the way there, and both frightened children ran as quickly as they could for the trees. Gohan tripped, and Ranma ran back to help him, trying to get Gohan up and away as the Dragon's jaws descended toward them.
Fear overcame them both and they blacked out, only to find themselves atop a high mesa. "How d-did we get up here?" Ranma stuttered.
Gohan's eyes were wide as he stared down the sheer face of the mesa's edge. Gohan then started to shake, Ranma growing concerned for his new found cousin. "You ok Gohan?"
Gohan sniffed, and turned to Ranma, slowly nodding. "I- it's just so high."
Ranma couldn't help it, he started to laugh, "Yeah well, looks like we'll be roughing it a bit more than we thought. Come on, we'll figure it out. We've got each other to depend on."
Gohan brightened a bit but then looked down, "What are we going to do about food though?"
Ranma looked at the setting sun, "We'll think of that tomorrow. Even as hungry as I am, I don't think we'll be getting off of here any time tonight."
Gohan nodded, and searched for a comfortable looking spot in which to lay down. "It is getting rather late. It's going to get cold up here though."
Ranma sighed, realizing that Gohan was right. "We'll have to keep each other warm. G'night Gohan."
"G'night Ranma," Gohan sleepily replied.
Ranma sighed as Gohan went to sleep and looked out over the night sky, not yet noticing the full moon behind him.
*In England*
It was late afternoon, and Harry was cleaning in the attic. He picked up a box that fell open at his feet. 'Oh no!' Harry thought, 'I need to pick this up right away! Before Aunt Petunia comes up!'
He quickly set to fixing the box and started to pick up the objects that had fallen out. Looking down, he found himself holding an old photo album. Curiosity peaking, he opened it, and found himself staring at pictures of three young girls, sometimes playing together, and sometimes posing separately.
'That one must be Aunt Petunia,' Harry thought, looking at a picture of a blond girl with a rather snooty smile on her face, 'And that has to be mom, but who is the older one?'
Harry pulled a fading picture out of the sleeve of the album and turned it over, hoping to find some sort of clue. On the back was an inscription, Rose, Age 12, Beautiful Ballerina.
Harry put the picture back and kept turning the pages, watching as the three grew up. Eventually he pulled out a picture of the three of them smiling together with dresses on. Turning it over, he found another inscription, Rose, Petunia, and Lily, three sisters posing before Rose's fight.
Harry kept looking through the album and saw Rose disappear from the photographs and Lily's and Petunia's smiles grew less and less.
'I wonder.....'
CRASH!!!!
Harry's thoughts were interrupted by a bucket dropping. Turning around, Harry saw Petunia staring at the album he held in his hands. The last photo on the page was of Rose, Petunia, and Lily, standing in a triangle, hands in the center, like they were making some sort of pact.
"Where did you find that?" Harry's aunt asked dangerously.
Harry gulped, "It fell out of a box, and opened on its own."
'I hope she buys that, it did fall out on it's own but I opened it.'
Petunia stalked up to Harry, snatching the photo album from his hands.
Harry decided to venture a question and prayed he wouldn't get pounded for it later, "Who was Rose?"
Petunia clutched the photo album to her chest, a pained look on her face. "My sister, your other Aunt, you should know by now if you've read that far through the album."
"Is she alive?" Harry asked, still curious as to why she was answering his questions.
Petunia looked down, "I don't know, she had a fight with father when I was fifteen and ran away. I haven't heard from her since. She was Lily's... and my... connection... when we started having our differences."
Harry stopped asking questions then, afraid that if he asked more then he wouldn't get dinner that night. He silently got up off the floor and finished everything he could do for a four year old. A sudden sense of overwhelming anger not his own reached him, and then dissipated as dinner time neared.
Petunia gave him odd looks as he struggled with the emotion and finished helping her with the attic. Petunia stopped him as he started to go down the ladder from the attic. As he wearily watched her, she hesitated a moment, studying him, and then handed him the photo album.
"Keep this hidden if you don't want it taken and burned. Happy Birthday," she said, pursing her lips.
Harry looked at the photo album and back down to Petunia's retreating back. Smiling, he quickly checked for Vernon and raced to his bedroom in the cupboard under the stairs, hiding his new treasure.
*One Year Later, In Japan*
Piccolo stared as Gohan and Ranma sparred against each other once more before the saiyans came. 'How do their tails keep coming back?! This will be the tenth time I've removed them.'
Piccolo then studied his pupils once again, and decided to let the tails be. 'I destroyed the moon anyway. They won't pose much trouble.'
He was suddenly two timed by his errant students, and smirked as they nearly overwhelmed him. 'They will be warriors yet.'
Two large kis suddenly descended towards the planet, and the three of them stopped their sparring to ready themselves for the upcoming battle. Krillan, Yamcha, Tien, and Chaozu soon arrived.
"Has Goku or Raditz arrived yet?" Krillan asked, "Goku had us wish both of them back."
Piccolo snorted, "He would. He's too soft. He should have let the evil thing stay dead."
Ranma looked down at his feet. Piccolo had told him about what Raditz had come to do, yet still couldn't believe his father was all evil. Piccolo saw his student's discomfort at his words and softened a bit. He hated to admit it, but the boys had grown on him. Gohan with his need of a parent and Ranma's independent fighting spirit had woken up part of his heart.
Ranma sighed, 'He didn't kill me. He had the chance but he stopped and took a good look at me instead. He can't be all evil. I have to show him to mom! She could clarify it. He has to come back, I don't care what Piccolo says.'
Gohan looked over at Ranma and patted his shoulder. "I don't think he'll destroy the world this time around Ranma."
Ranma grinned at Gohan, and another voice ran through the clearing, "He may not but we will."
Everyone turned to see a short man with flame like hair, and a giant bald one. Both had evil smirks on their faces, signifying exactly what they were here for.
"Dragonballs....." the shorter one growled, "NOW!!!!"
Gohan gulped, while Krillan smirked, showing that he knew something. "They were used earlier today to wish back Goku. They can't be found or used for another year."
The larger one gave a confused scowl, while the younger looked on in anger. "What is that supposed to mean?" the smaller one demanded.
Piccolo gave them his general scowl and replied, "The dragon balls can only be used once a year. Once they have been used, they gather power again until they are easily seen. Until then, they are stone."
The giant turned to his companion. "What do you think Vegeta?"
Vegeta scowled. "They must be telling the truth. In any case, I'm guessing the Namekian made them, meaning all we have to do is go to Namek for the originals."
Vegeta then noticed the surprised look on Piccolo's face. "Well, well Nappa, looks like the Namekian doesn't know where he's from."
Nappa smirked, "So the green man doesn't realize that he's from another planet."
Gohan and Ranma looked from Piccolo to the saiyans and then at each other. "Cool!" they shouted, tails unraveling from their waists.
Vegeta snorted, looking at their tails, and scanned them. Nappa looked curiously at Vegeta and Vegeta shook his head at the large man, frowning. "Remember Nappa, they can change their power level at will. Don't rely on your scouter."
Nappa nodded, throwing his scouter to the ground. "So who's first?" he asked, a nasty grin on his face.
Vegeta looked thoughtful as the other fighters looked among themselves. "Wait Nappa, do we have any of those saibamen left?"
Nappa reached into the breastplate of his armor and pulled out a small bottle. He frowned, "There are only five left."
"Perfect," Vegeta smirked, "There's one for each of the warriors. We'll take care of the little brats and the traitor."
Gohan and Ranma looked at each other and shrugged, not fully understanding what was going on. The looked back to the older saiyans, waiting to see what would happen. Piccolo stepped slightly in front of them, trying not to be obvious about protecting them.
Nappa proceeded to poke holes in the ground and planted the five seeds that were in the small bottle. Then he pulled out a gourd of water and poured it over the planted seeds. Not long after the water was poured, five small green men jumped out of the ground, grinning madly.
Ranma peeked around Piccolo, curious as to what they were. He then stepped in front of Piccolo, trying to get a better look, and drawing the saibamen's attention.
As the saibamen studied Ranma, one cackled wildly and lunged for the boy before anyone could react. Ranma, seeing the attack, quickly jumped over it, twisting and throwing a powerful ki blast, effectively destroying the little green man. Ranma landed looking shocked, and quickly ran back to his place behind Piccolo, trying not to draw attention to himself again.
"You ok Ranma?" Gohan asked.
Ranma wrinkled his nose and nodded as Tien stepped up smirking. "I'll take on the next one."
Nappa still looked stunned at the boy's success as the saibamen sized Tien up and Vegeta started his own smirk. Tien's fight was quick as he delivered a swift, chi powered kick to the attacking saibaman and effectively destroying it.
Yamcha stepped up, looking confident. "I'll go next. It doesn't look like you even need to use blasts against them."
Yamcha waited until one of the saibamen stepped up and then he attacked. The saibaman appeared to fall quickly, landing motionless on the ground. As Yamcha walked up to finish it off, the thing quickly jumped up, latching onto him, and detonating like a bomb.
The Z fighters watched in anticipation of Yamcha coming victorious out of the smoke, yet the smoke cleared, and there was still no Yamcha. Krillan ran to where Yamcha fell, and checked for life signs.
Growing angry, Krillan turned and glared at the two saiyans with hatred. "You killed him," Krillan growled, powering up.
In anger, Krillan threw a massive ki blast, destroying the last saibamen and nailing the saiyans.
"Did they survive?" Chaozu asked, hoping this was over.
Piccolo reached out with his senses, and found the answer not very pleasing. "No," he said, "They're still running strong."
Ranma and Gohan came forward to stand next to Piccolo. Ranma was ready for and Gohan afraid of the coming fight.
The dust cleared, and there stood Vegeta and Nappa, not even a scratch on their armor.
Gohan gulped as Nappa stepped forward. "I guess it's my turn to do some damage," the large man growled, eyeing Tien and Krillan.
Krillan echoed Gohan while Tien gave Nappa a hard look. "I'll face him," he said quietly.
Chaozu looked stunned, "But Tien!"
Tien smiled at his miniature partner, "Don't worry Chaozu. Everything will be fine. We have to wait for Goku to show up."
Chaozu nodded, and watched as his friend rushed the giant, signaling the beginning of the fight.
Nappa waited until Tien got read to throw a powerful punch to most and got a hit in before they could blink, taking Tien's arm off.
"Whoops!" Nappa said, feigning remorse, "I forgot how fragile these humans are."
Chaozu got angry and went after the giant, while Tien was on the ground screaming. He started fighting the monster but soon found himself barely dodging each of the monster's strikes. Realizing that he was tiring, Chaozu tried to find a way behind the monster, and get his last attack in that way.
Nappa was slightly confused at the clown like child, and soon let his guard up, thinking he wasn't much of a challenge. Chaozu took that chance and attached himself to the giant's back. Gathering power, Chaozu said goodbye to his friends.
Realizing what Chaozu was doing, Tien and Krillan cried out, realizing that they couldn't stop him, and that this may be the only way to get rid of the saiyans. Nappa realized what the little thing was doing and started trying to kill it before it exploded, not knowing how much power it would have.
Chaozu soon built up all the energy he could store, and exploded. The rest of the Z fighters held their breath, hoping that it worked. As the dust cleared, Krillan groaned seeing the dark shape of Nappa still standing.
Nappa snorted as the dust finished clearing, "Well that was pointless, wasting all that energy."
Tien stared dumbfounded; growing angry at that his friend's sacrifice was wasted. Powering up to his max, Tien charged the giant once more with a yell. Nappa was taken by surprise and took in a few hits before beginning to block the one armed man's punches and kicks. After the initial punches, Tien could not land any more on the giant and soon found himself on the receiving end.
Gohan watched in dismay as Nappa beat up and killed another opponent. Ranma watched wordlessly, praying that his father and his uncle would get there soon to save them. 'I just hope dad doesn't join them,' Ranma thought, 'I really don't want to fight him too.'
Raditz and Goku were hurrying along snake way, hoping they would get there before Nappa and Vegeta killed everyone. They saw the end of the road and put on a few extra bursts of speed. Raditz noticed that Goku looked like he was about to use a new technique. "Save your energy," Raditz said, "We'll make it. But if you're tired you can't fight."
Goku nodded. The two had trained at King Kai's and had their strength grow by leaps and bounds. Goku, however, had surprised both King Kai and Raditz by becoming stronger than Raditz. The only thing Raditz had going for him now was battle experience.
"I'm not sure how close to them we are in power. Hopefully we'll be able to beat them," Raditz said, running through the gate to King Yemma's palace.
Goku grinned, "Don't be such a pessimist!" Soon both were back to Kami's palace in the sky, and on their way to the battle field.
Gohan and Ranma looked up when they felt the kis of their fathers. "They're nearly here!" Ranma shouted, completely forgetting that Vegeta and Nappa weren't to know about Raditz.
Nappa grinned stupidly, "I can't wait to face that traitor Kakarrot."
Vegeta just looked stunned at the boy, picking up on the 'they're.' 'What does the boy mean by that? Who is Kakarrot bringing with him?'
"Nappa, back off. We'll wait for them to get here," Vegeta ordered.
Nappa glowered at the shorter man, "But Vegeta."
Vegeta growled, "Stand down Nappa!"
Nappa complied, drifting down to stand slightly behind and too the right of Vegeta. Vegeta turned to the remaining four Z fighters. "We'll give them half an hour. If they're not here by then, you will die."
Krillan paled, "Oh Goku, I hope you get here soon."
Ranma frowned at Krillan and looked over to Gohan, who looked nervous as well. 'Do they think dad will turn on them or something?' Ranma thought, 'They go on as if he didn't exist, or he wouldn't fight for earth, or me.'
Ranma thought back to the startled look on the tall man's face when he realized that Ranma was his son. 'There has to be something to that,' Ranma thought.
After about twenty minutes, Ranma could feel the two kis approaching quickly and decided to egg on the agitated giant. Ranma ran around Piccolo and stuck his tongue out at the giant, and then started leaping around the canyon rocks close to Piccolo.
"Ranma, get back here now!" Piccolo barked, trying to keep his errant student alive.
Ranma paid no heed, and soon the giant was angry enough to attack, while Vegeta looked on in amusement. 'To bad the boy's only half saiyan,' Vegeta thought, 'He would make a great warrior for our race.'
"Don't let him annoy you Nappa. I will not tolerate you not following orders," Vegeta said, the warning clear in his voice.
Nappa snarled and watched the boy from the corner of his eye. After about five minutes, Ranma was still bounding off the cliff walls around Piccolo, Gohan and Krillan, and had started going faster. That's when Nappa cracked.
"That's it!!!" Nappa roared, charging the boy. Ranma smirked a bit and dodged the giant's attacks, landing a few of his own when he could. Nappa found himself on the losing end of the battle, amazed that the small kid was coming up with unusual but effective attacks and dodging all of his own. 'The kid's adapting to my style quite easily. Just like Raditz!' Nappa thought.
Nappa stopped fighting and landed next to a very pissed off Vegeta. Ranma stood up from his fighter's crouch and frowned. Vegeta stared at Nappa, "Why did you disobey orders?"
Nappa just continued to stare at the boy. "He's exactly like Raditz when Raditz doesn't have a scouter to rely on. He adapts fighting styles quickly. Not only that, he knew things I didn't think about before in fighting."
Vegeta snorted, "So you noticed? That's definitely Raditz's child."
"So you figured it out huh?" a voice said from behind, "I would appreciate it if you didn't kill him."
Vegeta's eyes widened and he whirled around to find Raditz floating behind him. "Raditz!" he snarled, "Don't tell me that you're going to fight for the puny inhabitants of this planet also!"
Raditz smirked, "So you figured that out too. There's something you should know about that though."
Vegeta stared at Raditz, waiting for the smirking man to continue, "What would that be?"
"Any children born of a human and a saiyan are full blooded saiyan. We have a stronger gene for strength and they have the genes for different hair and eye color, but all in all, any offspring would be saiyan."
Vegeta stared at him, "You really expect me to believe that?"
Raditz nodded, "If you were to compare the differences in the DNA, you would find little difference."
Ranma stared at his father as he talked casually to the other two saiyans. 'What does he mean full blooded?'
Ranma fought the urge to run up and jump on the floating man as he stood there waiting for him to decide on his side. 'C'mon dad, come fight with us. I- I don't want to fight you.'
Piccolo swore and walked up to Ranma, picking the boy up by the back of his gi and walking back to where Krillan and Gohan stood. Before he got there he found Goku standing in front of him. "I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't choke my nephew like that."
Piccolo rolled his eyes, "He's going to get hurt standing there like that."
"Am not," Ranma whined, "I want to know what's going on. Is there a fight or what?"
"Dad! You're back!" Gohan yelled, attracting Goku's attention.
Krillan also had a big grin on his face as he saw that Goku had indeed returned. "Now we stand a better chance."
Goku nodded, and then looked around, "Where are Tien, Chaozu and Yamcha?"
Krillan looked at the ground, "They're dead Goku."
Goku looked stunned, and then turned, glaring at the two saiyans that had just finished talking to Raditz. Raditz flew over and stood next to his brother. Piccolo moved Ranma behind them and stood on Goku's other side.
"Your choice," Raditz said.
Nappa snarled, "YOU TRAITOR RADITZ!!"
Nappa turned and rushed the trio before Vegeta could say anything and attacked. Raditz moved in and efficiently and quickly took Nappa down. He did not kill him, but broke his back.
Raditz then tossed Nappa back towards Vegeta. Nappa reached up a hand to Vegeta, obviously begging for something from the prince. Vegeta just gave him an evil sneer and grasped the hand, throwing him into the air and blasting him to pieces. "What kind of monster is he?" Ranma wondered, watching as the bald giant died.
"One who has seen so much pain under the rule of a stronger tyrant," Raditz answered, not looking at his son.
Vegeta turned back to the group. "I'm sure Frieza heard Nappa and I through the scouters. He will be on his way to Planet Namek now. Once he has his wish, he will come here. I would fight with you now, but I will need your help to take down Frieza. Not to mention a decent training partner," he said, directing the last comment to Raditz.
"Maybe Bulma can come up with some sort of training room while we're in space!" Goku said. Raditz raised an eyebrow, "That would probably take a long time though. Time is something we're short of."
Krillan chuckled, "You underestimate her. She's like some sort of super genius. She shouldn't even be real."
Vegeta snorted, "So let's see this Bulma about getting a space ship we can train in. That would be infinitely better than being asleep the whole trip."
"We'd probably need the engine from your space ship though," Krillan said, "Otherwise we won't get there fast enough."
Vegeta snorted once more and nodded, wondering why he was going along with all this. 'Raditz may not have been the strongest warrior, but he was one of the craftiest, like his father. It does well to listen to that kind of warrior.'
Ranma and Gohan looked at each other, "So there's not going to be a fight?"
Goku shook his head, "Not here and not now. There are stronger things to worry about now."
Ranma tugged on his father's armor, "I wanna come to Namek too. I can help."
Raditz raised an eyebrow and Vegeta suppressed a chuckle. "He was winning against Nappa. He can help."
Raditz raised an eyebrow at his prince. "I didn't think you cared about anything but getting stronger."
Vegeta snorted, "The saiyan race should not have fallen like that. We may have deserved it, but not the way we went."
"Freiza," Raditz growled, "has much to answer for."
With that, they all flew off to the Turtle Hermit's Island, where they new they would find Bulma. Ranma and Gohan started a game flying around Piccolo, who sighed, and just kept going. Goku grinned at them, and started catching up on what he missed with Krillan. Vegeta and Raditz flew side by side silently, each with their own thoughts.