AN- Well, I'm a little disappointed with the feedback I got from my latest chapter of this story (except for you, Sonicwind, thanks for keeping up with the story. Twenty to one says you'll be the first to review this chapter as well. Gotta love having a fan, heh.) After I recieved three reviews in like a minute from the first chapter.... oh well. Here is the next chapter. Enjoy, all who read it!
Tienshinhan's head hung as he approached Goku. Seeing his former rival made him realize how much he had neglected his training. "I'm sorry Goku... With Launch distracting me all the time, I never have a moment to myself to train." Tien and Yamcha had arrived several minutes ago, and the four friends were sitting by the beach, watching the waves. After Tien's comment,the group was silent, each contimplating their thoughts on the past five years.
Now most of you readers at home don't know how it feels to sense the ki of another, so allow me to explain. If the energy is a familiar one, you feel a soothing wave flow through your senses. An evil force makes your senses all stand on end, as if your body was preparing itself for an attack. Your field of perception using ki alters based on your own level of power. Therefore, Goku was the first to feel Raditz's approach. Raditz's power was like nothing he had ever felt in his life. So strong was it, that for a moment, all of Goku's senses overloaded and shut down, leaving the young hero blind and deaf. Light and sound came flooding back into focus as his mind finally understood what it had felt. The power... it's tremendous...
The rest of the warriors felt the power, and right after, the cause landed in front of them. Yamcha jumped up and pointed a trembling finger at the intruder.
"You! What do you think you are doing here?"
Raditz smiled. "Relax, tough guy. I'm here to visit my brother."
Everyone gasped in shock. Brother? Who could this obscenely powerful person be related to? With that thought in mind, everyone turned their head toward Goku. Goku looked around, not fully getting where everyone was going with their train of thought.
'What? You guys don't think..."
Goku looked hard at Raditz. Raditz returned the look with a knowing smile.
"Yes, Kakarot, it is I, your big brother Raditz."
"Kakarot? What's a kakarot? Sounds like a bad tasting vegetable."
"What are you talking about? Kakarot is your name!"
"Me? My name is Goku!"
"But you must be Kakarot... you look exactly like father..."
Goku gave Raditz a confused look. Raditz looked Goku up and down and came to a startling realization.
"Your tail?! What happned to your tail?"
Goku absentmindedly rubbed the spot where his tail had once grown from when he was a child.
"My tail? I lost it.... about seven years ago, I had it removed..."
"You fool! Without your tail, you can't access your full power! You won't be able to transform at the full moon!"
Krillin and Yamcha cringed as they thought back to when Goku had become a giant primate whenever he had seen a full moon as a child. Whenever he did, he would have no control over himself and when everything was said and done, he would have no recollection of what he had done.
"Whatever. That isn't important. Do you remember anything about me, brother?"
Goku shook his head. "I've never seen you before in my life."
Raditz groaned. "You must have bumped your head as a child. You know nothing of your heritage?"
Goku frowned. "No... why? Am i special or something?"
Raditz grinned. "Why yes, dear brother. You are a Sayian! You are a member of one of the most elite fighting races in the universe!"
Goku stared at his newfound brother in shock. "Me? An.... an alien?"
"Yes. And we need your help."
"What's wrong? I thought you guys were a warrior race."
"Indeed we are. But there was a terrible disaster. An evil tyrant named Frieza destroyed our world. All of the Sayains are gone, brother. Including our father. The only ones left are the prince, Vegeta, the commander of the Sayian army, Nappa, you, and myself. Vegeta wishes to band together as the last remaining Sayians and form a fighting force to destroy the evil tyrant. I have been sent to take you and begin training."
Goku looked at the ground. "It sounds so incredible... but for some reason, I believe you. I'll.... I'll go with you."
Tien put his hand on Goku's shoulder. "Don't worry, Goku... we'll come with you."
Raditz scoffed. "These are your allies, Kakarot?... let me read their power levels." He pressed a button on his eyepiece, and numbers began popping up. "Let's see.... the one with three eyes clocks in at 206... the hotshot is 177.... and the small one tops off at 250. And you yourself, Kakarot.... you have 326." Raditz frowned. "Hmmm... not very impressive. Vegeta would not be pleased if I brought him a group of weaklings."
Yamcha growled. "Oh yeah? If you're so tough, what's your power at?"
Raditz grinned, and a slight chuckle escaped his lips. "Me? Gentlemen, I have a power level of 1250."
Krillin shook his head. "No way! His power feels huge, but he can't be that much stronger than us!"
"I'll tell you what, boys. We'll have a friendly match. If you four can take me down, I will allow you all to come. If not, only Kakarot shall accompany me. Fair?"
Yamcha cringed. "Only a friendly match, right? I don't feel like dying."
Raditz nodded. "No killing. Just knock me out, and you win."
Goku grinned. "Don't worry guys, we can take him. There's four of us, and only one of him. He can't take us all on! Tien, Yamcha, I want you to attack from either side. Krillin, jump around behind him. We've got to keep him surrounded!"
Yamcha flew off towards the left, and Tien to the right. Krillin preformed a flying leap over Raditz's head. Goku stood his ground as his allies got itno position. Yamcha and Tien flew at Raditz from both sides in a pincer attack. Right before they hit their mark, Raditz stuck out both of his hands and emited a small portion of energy, stopping both of them in their tracks. He grabbed them each by the foot. He yanked hard, and the two warriors heads collided with a sickening thud. Krillin had landed behind Raditz, and sprung off into a backward spinning kick. Without looking, Raditz tilted his head slightly to the left. Krillin went barreling past , unable to stop his momentum, his kick landing in Goku's face. Goku fell to his knees, clutching his cheek. Krillin turned around just in time to see Raditz's hand engulf his head. Raditz lifted Krillin and slammed him into the turf.
Goku stood up and shook his head. Krillin really has been training... ow. Raditz turned to Goku and grinned. "Is this the best your Earthling friends can do, Kakarot?" Tien stood up slowly, holding his head in his hands. Krillin managed to pull his head out of the ground. Raditz let out a laugh. "Even if you do knock me out, it will only be through the efforts of Kakarot."
Tien growled. "We can beat you without Goku. That was a warm up." Tien turned to Goku. "Goku, stay out of this. We can take him down." Goku nodded and jumped back. Krillin and Tien nodded at each other and dashed forward. Raditz pulled up his arms in time to block the two humans onslaught. As the three exchanged blows, Yamcha sat up, the blood throbbing as it pumped through his head. He shook off his groginess and concentrated all of his energy into his palm. A small orb formed and he smiled. "Let's see how you handle my sokidan!" He preformed a series of complicated motions with his hands, and the power ball shot off towards the melee. Raditz did not slow for a second, and he began to dodge Yamcha's energy attack while avoiding Krillin and Tien's attacks. After several seconds of choas, Krillin managed to landed a kick into Raditz's leg, causing minimal damage but a perfect distraction. Raditz broke his concentration just long enough for Yamcha to connect with his sokidan to the back of his opponent's head. Raditz fell foward into Tien's knee as Krillin charged his Kamehameha. He put his hands to Radtiz's exposed stomach and fired it off at point blank range, sending the Sayian sprawling. No sooner had he crashed to the floor, Tien performed a series of motions with his fingers, finally bringing his two hands together in the shape of a diamond. "Kiko ho!" The energy lifted Raditz off the floor, and the humans rejoiced. It looked like they had done it.
Yamcha relaxed, his shoulders sagging a little bit. He went to turn around when he heard Goku cry, "Yamcha! Look out!" Just as the words reached him, so did Raditz's arm in a clothseline attack. Yamcha's face smashed into the ground, and the force was so great he bounced back up again. Raditz kicked out into his stomach, and Yamcha rolled to a stop near Tien. Yamcha groaned. Is this guy invincible?... wait a mintue... he has a tail... like Goku! Memories flooded back to him, of days when he and Goku were younger. The young boy's only weakness had been his tail. Yamcha decided that was their only chance. He turned to Tien. "Tien, can you distract him? I only need a second."
Tien gave Yamcha a look of doubt, but then nodded. "I can give you five."
"Great. Krillin, be ready to attack on my signal."
"What kind of attack?"
"We need to knock him out. Use your strongest hit. But don't kill him."
Krillin gulped. "I don't think we have to worry about that.."
Yamcha grinned. "Don't worry, I have an idea."
Krillin raised an eyebrow. "What did you have in mind?"
"Think back to the 22nd Budoaki."
Krillin furrowed his brow for a moment, and then the light of recognition went of in his head. His tail! Of course! Krillin simply smiled. "I know what you have in mind. Let's pray it works!"
Raditz chuckled. "Are you three done with your strategy session? Have you decided you need Kakarot after all?"
Tien shook his head. "Nope. We decided to give you a little gift!"
Raditz gave them a suspicious look. "A... gift?!"
Tien put his hands to his head. Krillin and Yamcha covered their eyes. "Tayio-ken!" A bright light flooded the sky, causing Raditz to momentarily lose his sight. "Now!" Yamcha dashed forward, grabbing Raditz's tail as quickly as he could. Once he had it, he squeezed it as tight as possible. Raditz gave a little yelp, and then felt to his knees. Krillin suddenly appeared above him, moving too fast for the eye to see. He charged ki into both of his hands, and then brought them down in an axe handle smash, connecting with the base of Raditz's neck. Raditz sagged a bit, and then hit the floor, out cold.
Yamcha let go of his death grip on the tail and took a deep breath. "We did it, guys!" Goku came over and patted him on the back. "Awesome work!"
The humans celebrated their victory, unaware that someone was watching over them. Piccolo grimaced. He made the same mistake as I.... Apparently, these humans are not ones to be underestimated....
AN- I hope everyone likes how I did the fight scenes. I'm going to try to keep the series away from stupid energy battles, where the one who screams loudest wins. Dragonball was created as a martial arts manga, and I hope to keep it that way. In case anyone is wondering, I took the power levels straight from the manga (Although I did switch Tien and Krillin, as I explained earlier, I am making Krillin stronger earlier in the series. Also, I may have been off on Piccolo and Goku's levels. Maybe. Dunno. As for the sokidan, for those of you who don't know, is Yamcha's "spirt ball attack" and of course, the tayikoen and kikoho are Tien's solar flare and tri beam. I like the japanese move names, which should be obvious from my usage of the "Demon Ray" as opposed to the special beam cannon. That was the most ridiculous name for a move ever.) Anyways, I really would like some feedback, so the quicker you guys respond, the quicker the next chapter comes out. Stay tuned!
