Endless, Nameless
Hello, hello, here I am again. I submited this chapter yesterday, but something must have went wrong, becuase it wasn't showing up, so I'm submiting it again. curses under breath. Don't expect me to always update this soon, though. This is more of a treat for the nice reviews (and a plea for more), than anything else. Anyways, let me respond to reviews before getting this thing going.
Korrd: Well, I'll consider your case, although it'd have to be a short term thing, and this is why I'm thinking more of the crush idea, because I don't want to break the kid's heart. Anyways, so you see I have a good reason for not including SSJ4, plus that transformation was ugly-ass.
Daffodil8728: Well, it's better than me, who only watched a few minutes of it, and just picked up the rest from the net. Ah well. Anyways, Gohan at the moment has a slight crush on Celipa, since she was the first Saiyajin girl he ever saw, but this is going to change soon, so don't worry.
CW: Yup, that was it, sorry but I'm too lazy to be bothered checking a dictionary. Anyways, about 'hybrids', remember this is a low class team, which, being used to rough treatment on the part of other, higher-ranking Saiyajins, doesn't really engage in much prejudice. As you will see later, half-breeds will still be despised by the elites, but still tolerated. I always thought the idea that some fic writers seem to have that half-breeds were always killed seems a little farfetched. At the very least, they'd use them for cannon fodder. As for the Kamehameha, I still think Gohan could make a Masenko strong enough to outclass it, if he took enough time to charge it. Anyways, the reason Gohan wasn't keen in going super is because he doesn't know how long it will take him to find a way to get back to his timeline, and he doesn't want much attention. And while the mystical power is stronger, it is less…. garish. But don't worry, I'm going to give him some nice scenes with the royal family.
Black and White: Haha, sorry, but no chance. I already have Celipa's romantic involvements planed out, in fact, I'll start unveiling them in this chapter, and it doesn't go there. Plus, Piccolo is asexual. I hope this doesn't stop you from reading on though.
Oh, yes a final note on Gohan's power. In his present maximum power, he's stronger than the fusion of Vegeta and Goku. I know this will seem too strong to you, but remember a couple of things. Gohan's training has been mostly through mind control techniques, which increase power faster than Vegeta's pure workout method. Also, he got the mystical power up on his own, and complete, unlike the series, where the Old Kai didn't finish it because he was lazy. Also, in the series he didn't go to Super Saiyajin in the mystic form because Shin said he wouldn't be able to handle it and would destroy the planet. Well, here he would be able to use the mystic form with Super Saiyajin 3, which would give an even greater boost. In the Hyperbolic Time Chamber there was nothing to destroy anyways, and now that he mastered it, he could unleash it without destroying the place he was in. If anything here contradicts cannon, just blame it on AU.
Anyways, onto the story.
They headed onto the ship Dodoria and his henchmen had come in. It looked a bit like the one Freeza used to go to Namek on the series, except slightly smaller. When they got close, Tomas stopped them. "Wait, there could still be someone there."
"There's no one in that ship." Piccolo grunted. Everyone else except Gohan and Bardock looked in doubt.
"How do you know that, Namek?" Toma barked, angry that he was being contradicted.
Piccolo smirked. "Oh, yes, I forgot you people can't sense ki." He said half to himself. Then he spoke to Toma. "We can read power levels without needing that scouter thing of yours."
Bardock glared at Toma. "I told you it could be done. I don't sense anyone there either, but I could sense al of you when I landed, even after by scouter was blown up while I was still on space."
Toma still grunted. "It must be some Namek technique." But still Gohan overheard him. "No, I can do it too. It's not that hard to learn, I bet I could teach you if you wanted."
Totepo just grunted. "We don't need lessons from half-breed brats." Panboukin punched him in the arm. "Watch it." Gohan just shrugged. They'd get used to him eventually.
They had been walking while having this conversation, so they were now inside the ship. Bardock headed towards the controls, and programmed the ship to head to Vegeta-sei. The ship's doors closed, and it slowly took off. Everyone was a bit shaken by the lift off, but they soon regained normal condition. Soon after, the growl of six Saiyajin stomachs was heard through the ship. Piccolo only sweatdroped
"I wonder if there's any food in here." Bardock wondered as he went into what seemed like a storage closet. His hopes were met, as he found several pre-made dishes. He just heated them, in a microwave like machine, and soon everyone was eating. Well, everyone except Piccolo that is.
The six Saiyajins were inhaling food at what seemed light speed, and Piccolo began to feel a little sick. This was too much eating for he to stand watching. He got up a bit angered.
"You Saiyajin are all the same bottomless pits. You make me sick." He half yelled and then stormed off, leaving the six Saiyajins staring at him.
"Ah, don't mind him, he's just jealous that we can eat this much. He never quite got used to it." Gohan half-joked.
"What a boring race. No food, no mating!" Toma said. All his team mates laughed heartedly. Gohan just smiled slightly, and blushed. He wasn't used to people talking about sex so openly.
Bardock was now getting satisfied, so he started to talk. Well, kid, as they may have told you, my name is Bardock and I'm the captain of this crew. These are my team mates Toma, my second in command, Totepo, Celipa and Panboukin." As he said their names, he pointed each of them with his finger. Gohan blushed a little when Bardock said Celipa's name, but fortunately no one noticed it.
"I'm Gohan, and that pissed off Namek who just stormed out was my sensei Piccolo." Gohan said smiling a little. He was still a bit intimidated by the Saiyajins, even though he knew one of them was his grandfather.
'What kind of a name is Gohan', Bardock thought, but decided to keep silent about it. "So, I understand if you don't want to talk about it, but do you mind me asking who your father was?"
Gohan smiled bitterly. On top of all, he would have to lie. "He never told us his Saiyajin name." 'Well', he though, 'it is kinda true. He never said that, Raditz did.'
"I see. He wanted to cut off the past. I wonder why though." It wasn't something unheard of, but he still would have needed a reason. "Anyways, how did you meet the Namek? Why did he train you? He doesn't seem the friendly type."
Gohan laughed at this. "Well, Piccolo used to be an enemy of my father. He wanted to rule our planet. One day though, someone tried to invade our planet and my father and Piccolo had to join strengths to kill him. However, my father was… injured in the fight, and two of his allies would come soon to get revenge. So Piccolo took me off and trained me."
"So, did you manage to beat the other two?" Toma asked, this time seriously interested.
"Yes, but it wasn't easy. I had to turn into an Oozaru. Of course I was much weaker back then." Gohan didn't remember this, but his friends had told him.
Bardock nodded. "Were those the ones who killed your father?"
"No, my father was killed later by another monster. But I avenged him and killed it." Gohan said, with a tone of sadness in his voice.
Bardock felt a tiny sting of remorse for having brought this topic. "Sorry to talk about that, kid." He still thought 'That means he's stronger than his father. I've never heard of a case where a half-breed managed to be stronger than his Saiyajin parent.'
"What's your other half, kid?" Celipa had asked this. She was also thinking the same as Bardock.
"It'sChikyuujin" Gohan said faintly, looking down so no one would see his cheeks redden. That Saiyajin girl (AN: I don't think Celipa is that old.) managed to embarrass him and turn him shy when she talked to him.
Bardock thought what he'd heard about that race. They looked a lot like Saiyajins, except they were much weaker and had no tails. They in habited planet… At this, Bardock shuddered. "FromChikyuu-sei?"
"Yea, why?"
"I just sent my son Kakarot there to purge it."
Gohan knew there wasn't any reason to worry. From his experience with Mirai Trunks, he knew that events in changed timelines, while they didn't happen exactly how or when they were supposed to, in the end most of the practical results would remain unchanged. Plus, even if it saddened him that he may not have been born in that timeline, he knew that even if his chibi 'father' didn't loose his memory, Muten Roshi, Korrin or Kami could take on him, since he had been very weak at birth. "Don't worry. Muten Roshi Korrin and Kami can take care of the planet while we're away."
Bardock figured out the first two names Gohan had mentioned were powerful Chikyuujin warriors, and the last one was obviously the planet's Kami.
"So? He's MY SON, is that supposed to comfort me?" Bardock was kinda pissed.
"Don't worry, after we deal with this business we can go there and retrieve your son. I'm sure they wouldn't kill him anyways, just render him harmless."
"How can you even do that? To a Saiyajin?" Bardock was a bit offended.
"There are ways." Gohan smiled mysteriously.
Bardock shrugged. 'Better not worry with that now.' Then out loud: "Did you ever have your power level tested?"
"Once, but it was a long time ago. I'm much stronger now." Gohan informed.
Bardock nodded. "Just walk to the front of that device and we'll test you."
"I hope this is not some kind of trick." Gohan frowned.
This time it was Toma who spoke. "What? You saved our lives boy, we owe you big time. It's not easy for me to say this, but we would never have made it if you hadn't killed Dodoria right there. We wouldn't trick you."
Gohan seemed convinced and walked to the front of the testing device. Bardock got to the controls and turned the thing on. The numbers began appearing on the screen. They finally stopped when the device indicated 34000. (AN: Remember he's on his base form, and holding back A LOT). At that everyone in the room gasped. Bardock hadn't much practice at comparing kis yet. He only knew how to spot them correctly, and even that only at a certain range.
"Thirty four thousand? You're more powerful than King Vegeta!" Toma half-yelled. He then muttered under his breath. "How could a half-breed get so powerful?" Only Celipa had heard him say that, and she was looking at Gohan with astonishment.
Even Bardock was dumbfounded. He turned off the contraption while looking at Gohan in shock. He knew Gohan was strong, but that surprised him. King Vegeta would not be happy about that. Bardock smirked. 'Serves him right for being so arrogant.'
Meanwhile, Gohan was thinking. 'How can they be so astonished by this? I'm holding back so much and haven't even transformed. Of course now I can't hold back any further, seeing as they don't know one can hide ki. But how will "King Vegeta" react. Ah well, we'll see when we get there. Besides, if I'm going to kill Frieza, they'd find out anyways.'
"Gohan, can you train us?"
Meanwhile, back on Gohan's time, Dende felt something was wrong in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. He couldn't put his finger on it, but somehow the balance seemed to have been altered. He asked Mr. Popo. "Mr. Popo, is there any way to know how many people are inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber?"
"Yes, follow me." He led Dende into a room, which seemed to be near the hyperbolic time chamber's entrance. Dende looked at the device Mr. Popo was pointing to, and to confirm his fears, it indicated that no one was inside the room at that time. He rushed the Chamber door, and opened it, entering, but still held it open. He could feel neither Gohan's nor Piccolo's ki inside the room. "This is not good." He muttered. "What can I do, what can I do. Oh yes, I'll contact King Kai for advice." He left the chamber entrance, concentrating on his telepathic link with King Kai."
"Lord Frieza, it seems Dodoria is dead." Kiwi was standing in front of the lizard, with a slightly scared look on his face, which he did his best to dissimulate. Frieza was known for sometimes killing the bearers of bad news. This seemed like he was in a good mood though.
"WHAT! How is that possible?"
"We don't know sir. We lost all contact with him and his ship. We ordered one of our supply ships, which was just passing by, to scan planet Meat, where he was supposed to be in, but found it was completely deserted. It seems the monkeys may have been stronger than he thought." He was careful not to mention they had also been stronger than Freeza thought.
"How is that possible? Well, well, I guess someone else will have to take care of this. But right now I'm short of one right hand man. You're the next in strength to Dodoria, it seems only logical that you'll take his place now that he's gone. Zarbon" the lizard motioned to the green man who was standing next to him… "take care of things so that Kiwi gets settled according to his new position. And then go with him to Vegetasei and bring me the little monkey prince." With that Frieza smiled evilly.
"Yes, sir." both Zarbon and Kiwi yelled, leaving the room.
"Gohan, can you train us?" Bardock uttered.
Gohan looked at his grandfather. "Well, I don't know. I never trained anyone, but I guess I could, with Piccolo's help. Besides, you'll need to be strong to fight Freeza's henchmen."
Bardock scowled. Not only didn't he like the perspective of being trained by a non-Saiyajin, he was also worried about something else. 'Even if we can beat Frieza's henchmen, we're never going to be able to beat Frieza himself. Frieza was reported to have a power level of about 250000(AN: This was more or less the power he had when he was fighting Nail, holding back, so I figure it would be the power he regularly sported), and as if that wasn't bad enough, it was rumored he could transform into something even more powerful. But no one knew. No one had seen him transform and lived to tell the tale.
Gohan looked at him and guessed what he was thinking. He smiled. "Don't worry Bardock, we'll beat Frieza. Now is there any training room in this ship? Any place where we can blast things without damaging the structure?"
Bardock wondered how the boy could be so confident, but decided to save his doubts for other time. "Yes, there should be anyways." They all went inside the ship, to find a training room, which was, however, already taken by Piccolo, who was meditating. Gohan smiled and opened the door. "Piccolo, we need to train them for the battle with Frieza's henchmen."
Piccolo used the telepathic abilities he'd learned with Kami to talk to Gohan without being heard.
/Are you sure about this? You're gonna fight Frieza/
/What, you don't think I can win/ Gohan smirked.
Piccolo returned the smirk. /No kid, even I could beat that lizard now. But do you want to meddle with the past/
/It's not our past anymore. It's like when Mirai Trunks came to our timeline. Our arrival created a new timeline. Nothing we do now will interfere with our present./
/I'll trust your judgment on this, Gohan./ Piccolo then opened his mouth to speak. "Sure Gohan. You start coaching them, though. After all, they're your race. If I find any flaw in your teachings, I'll point that out, but I won't actively interfere."
Gohan smiled and nodded, while Bardock smirked. The Namek knew, and he was wisely retreating. It seemed they would be able to get along after all.
Gohan started his introductory speech. "I'll be giving you a slightly different training than what you're used to. I know some of you may be reluctant to be taught by someone so much younger than you." While he said this he was looking at the four subordinates, who were not too happy with the idea, but decided not to question his Captain. "I can only tell you to not underestimate me. I'm much stronger than you, and while I may not have as much fighting experience, I have quite a good deal of it, and I know some techniques you will only benefit in learning." He saw he had gotten them half-convinced, and went on. "Now, this training may be slightly different than what you're used to. In addition to training our body, we also need to train our minds. Most of our strength comes from there. So I will start by teaching you some basic mind control techniques." He sat in a meditation position. "Sit like this."….
Well, this ends chapter 2. This was sort of a filler chapter, but it was neededNext chapter will have the training and the arrival on Vegeta-sei. Till then, review please!