Dragon Ball © Toriyama Akira, Shuheisha, Inc.


Chapter 4: The Return of Son Goku


The waiting for Goku's arrival became less awkward thanks to Bulma. Though they had softened up for general conversation, the invisible barrier was still there. The distrust was still thick in the air and Tien Shinhan obviously still watched the two teens' movements.

For each of them, the event that had transpired that day was still hard to be processed. Who would've thought that on such a casual day, Frieza would come to the Earth? Then immediately slaughtered by two other Saiyans they never knew existed, and then the news of Goku's arrival.

A small beep that came from the boy's wristwatch alerted them. He rose to his feet and said, "He should arrive any moment now," as he helped his female companion up.

True to his word, a loud whistling noise broke the silence. They turned their heads in the direction where a trail of light penetrated through the atmosphere, carrying a familiar Ki they all recognised—Goku's Ki. Gohan exuberantly announced that it was indeed his father without any doubt. The ground shook as he spoke, mild enough so no one fell from the impact. Together, they raced in the same direction where the spaceship possibly landed.

A small pod landed exactly in the coordinate the teenagers mentioned. Its impact created a large crater around it. They were all tensed the moment the pod's door gaped open; emerging from it was the spiky black-haired man, clad in an unfamiliar set of clothes. Nothing about his physical feature had changed the last time they saw him.

Son Goku looked exactly as if he just left a day before.

Eyes gleamed with excitement, Gohan cheered for his father's return, soon followed by the others. Hiding far behind, the two teenagers were smiling at the sight of Son Goku. The girl clasped her trembling hands together in front of her lips, trying her best to hold her excitement down. Noticing this, the boy slung his arm around her shoulder and lightly massaged it.

On the other hand, Goku was surprised to see them waiting in the exact place of his departure. Floating in the air, he questioningly glanced at them. "What are you guys doing here? How'd you know that I'm gonna be here?"

"It was these kids, this boy and girl over here! They told us where you would be!" Bulma patted the boy on his shoulder.

"Otō-san, you know who they are, right?"

Goku shifted his eyes towards the pair. "No. Who are they?"

"Huh? You don't know them either? But they knew the exact time and place of your arrival," Bulma stated.

Goku shook his head. "I don't know about that. But Frieza should be able to track my ship down. Oh, talking about Frieza, who took him down? I sensed some tremendous energy took him down. Was it Vegeta? Or was it Piccolo?"

"Neither. Those two kids were the ones that defeated Freeza. Along with his father and companions. And they can turn into Super Saiyan, just like you do," Piccolo replied, folding his green arms across his chest.

That was the cue for the boy to step forward and approach Goku. "Actually Son-san … We need to have a word with you. Could you come with us?"

Goku widened his eyes in bewilderment at the request. Their sudden appearance, the fact that they managed to beat Frieza so easily did make him curious. Hoping to find more information about it, Goku decided to comply. Moreover, rather than with the boy, Goku was even more curious about the girl as she looked extremely familiar but he couldn't pinpoint who it was. It seemed that he wasn't the only one as he caught her stealing glances at him once in a while.

"This should be far enough," the boy said as he stop walking.

"I should probably thank both of you… Thank you for defeating Frieza for me. Sure enough, I guess I went too easy on him. I should have finished him for good back on Planet Namek," Goku said.

"You were actually supposed to be the one who defeated Frieza and the others, but there was some discrepancy, time-wise, and for whatever reason, you weren't going to make it …", the girl then continued, "So we didn't have a choice but to intervene. We're sorry about that."

'Supposed' was an interesting choice of word. Goku chuckled and swatted his hand. "Nah, don't think about that. It's true that Frieza's spaceship is even faster than mine. But I picked up a new technique."

"A new technique!?" the pair asked in unison.

"Yeah… It's something called Instant Transmission. The folk on a planet called Yardrat taught me. They're strange people, not very strong, but they knew a lot of weird and useful techniques."

The girl knitted her eyebrows. "No way… how could history change so much?"

"We intentionally just want to meet Son Goku-san, yet we ran into others as well. D-did it affects them?"

Goku widened his eyes. "History…? What do you mean?"

"Before I get into that, Son-san, are you able to freely transform into Super Saiyan at will?"

Goku arched his eyebrow at the boy's sudden request but gave him an affirmative nod. "Yeah, I couldn't do it at first, but I worked hard at it until I was able to control it."

"Could you… become one, right now? For me?" the boy said. female companion creased her forehead, immediately glancing at hi

"Hey, what are y–" The boy put his hand in front of her to stop her.

"I know what I'm doing, trust me," he said. But that didn't convince the girl, though she finally stepped back.

"Please…?" he begged.

"…Okay."

And so Goku did. The pair widened their eyes upon seeing Goku's Super Saiyan form – completely taken aback by the amount of power he emitted.

"I will change too." The boy changed himself as one as well, making the girl whip her head towards him in question. "Please excuse me," he said before grabbing his sword and pointing it towards Goku's direction. His sword stopped exactly an inch before Goku's face but the latter didn't even bat an eye at the sudden ambush.

"W-why did you not move out of the way?" the boy asked.

"Because I didn't sense any malicious intent. I knew you would stop short."

"I see. Well then, this time promise that I won't stop. Ready?"

"Alright."

"Hey, what are you planning to—" Goku assuredly put his hand before the girl before she managed to finish her sentence.

"It's alright. It's normal for us to want to test each other's power. I'm intrigued to see how strong he is as well." Though she didn't seem to like the idea, she nodded and took a few steps back.

Congregating his energy on his index finger, the boy lurched forward to attack him. So easily did Goku block every single sword slash with his finger without even moving and allowing the boy to pierce through his defence. The boy widened his eyes in amazement, smiling as he reverted back to his original form.

"Amazing. The stories I've heard are true. No, you're even better. This is the sword that I used to slice through Frieza, you know," the boy said as he threw his sword skywards, not even spare a glance to let it thrust into the sheath he buckled around his back.

"That's because you weren't trying very hard."

Suddenly the girl kicked the boy on his shanks and slapped his head from behind, dangerously glaring at the boy who was down to his knees because of her surprise attack. "H-hey! I'm sorry, okay?" the boy said as he the spot she slapped.

"Hey, hey! Don't fight you two! I'm okay, see?" Goku instinctively raised both of his palms to calm the girl.

"I am … really sorry for the inconvenience he has caused—" the girl bit her bottom lip for a moment before she sighed and continued, "—Son Goku-san …"

"If you're feeling bad, you can tell me how do you know about the exact time and place of my arrival." Goku winked at them. The teens were glancing one to another, with the boy finally nodding in response.

"Okay, but please keep everything we're about to tell for yourself only," the girl said.

"Alright. Relax and speak freely, I can keep a secret," Goku responded.

"Son Goku-san, this will be hard to believe for someone of your era, but… we came here with a time machine, from roughly twenty years in the future."

It took him a few seconds to allow the information to seep into his brain. Goku blinked in the process. There was a strange pang in his heart that made his brain completely blank. "Twenty years? From the future?"

"Yes," the boy replied. If that was true, it did explain the strange words the two mentioned since the beginning and they didn't seem to lie about it either. "My name is Trunks. The reason I carry Saiyan blood is that… because I am the son of Vegeta-san over there."

That was the moment when he experienced the second pang. "What?! Vegeta's son!? Y-you really are Vegeta's son?!"

"Yes."

"N-Now that you mention it … There is a resemblance between you two." Putting aside the lavender hair feature, the more Goku scrutinised the boy, the more he saw the resemblance that the information was more of a truth than a prank. Even the way the boy scowled was similar to Vegeta.

"I was born two and a half years from now," he added.

"Wow… To think that there's someone out there actually had a kid with Vegeta. I really want to see this someone," Goku said while scratching the side of his face. Both of the teenagers pressed their lips together, squinting their eyes in amusement. "Then what about your lady companion? You are a Saiyan as well, right?" he asked, leaning close to the girl to observe her feature as well. "Honestly, this is the first time I'm seeing a Saiyan girl."

"I…" Goku noticed that despite appearing assertive most of the time, she looked shy around him.

"You know," Goku said while tapping his chin, "I swear you're looking familiar with someone I know and– ah! Yes!" he said while pointing his index finger upwards. "You're looking like—" He immediately paused, eyes widened, and let out a sharp gasp. "Oh no, Chichi! I'm very sorry that it takes me years before going back!" Goku kneeled before her and bowed his head several times. "You look err… prettier than the last time I saw you though. Are you using the Dragon Balls to return your youth?"

The girl chuckled at first, the burst into laughter while Trunks gazed disbelievingly at Goku. He didn't expect the said strongest man in the universe scared of his wife so much, even though he had heard about it before.

"There's no way I'm Okaa-san since I'm a Saiyan, right? Otō-san…" The girl blushed at her last sentence.

Goku, on the other hand, almost froze in his stance. He didn't even realise that his jaw dropped to the ground upon the name Gohan called him with.

"Okā-san? Do you mean Chichi is your mother? T-then you are…" Goku said as he lifted his trembling hand to point himself.

"I'm your daughter, Otō-san," she said with a soft smile on her face.

It was the third one for Goku.


AN: Well, Goku might have heart disease because of the number of shocking news he gets in one single day. XD

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