I don't think I clarified this earlier but Goku arrives on this planet a few months after Namek's explosion. Just so that no one gets confused about this plot later on.


The scenery in front of him was simply beautiful. Vast swaths of grassland with pockets of trees surrounded on every side by mountains, creating the perfect enclosure for the metal city that was behind him. The entire landscape was shined upon by the moon, which was currently covered by the clouds. Goku walked with no particular destination in mind but to soak in the sights before him. It had been a long time since he was able to do just that and it was refreshing to be able to do it once more.

All of the animals had either gone to sleep or were silently in the shadows of the trees, calculating their next move to earn their daily snack. Some of which had their eyes on Goku, but he didn't care to look at them. After all, his entire childhood was spent with this kind of contact. It was nothing new to him and it actually put him at some levels of ease.

Eventually the plants and animals were behind him and only the mountain was left to trek. There was something about walking alone that put him in a contemplative mood. He could think about whatever he wanted and his urge to fight was usually put at ease. He thought about all of his friends and family back on his home world, and how they were doing.

Loud chirping pointed his gaze at a strange looking bird was trying to wrestle with a rodent to get a lone worm that was wedged between two rocks. The bird pecked at the rodent but the rodent then nibbled at the bird's feet. They continued their brawl but at the sight of the Saiyan they immediately stopped and stepped aside, letting him walk through without interruptions.

The Saiyan moved past their brawl and continued forward. The mountain was getting steeper with every step he took. He turned left at a path that looked like it was carved out by someone. It looked like it would lead straight to the summit, which was close, so that was what he did. The snow capped peak was now under him as he looked over at the horizon. The clouds had now cleared so the full moon now blanketed everything in its light. It was a good thing that he didn't have his tail anymore or else this entire planet might be gone before the sun could rise.

It was still unbelievable that he was capable of such a transformation. No one ever told him about it and apparently it had happened so many times in his childhood. The full moon was still such a beautiful sight to him, but it now had become a sort of reminder of what had become of his loving grandfather because of him.

It was a little fuzzy but he could remember a time when his grandpa ended their training early because of the 'horrible monster' that came out at night.

'Hey Grandpa, look at me!', a young Goku said, filled with energy. He had carried two heavy rocks all the way from their humble hut to the summit of Mt. Paozu. Not that it was easy, it took the entire day for him to cross the various paths that were part of the mountain but at last he made it. Grandpa would be so proud of him!

A short elderly, but by no means weak, man caught up to him a few moments later. He was wearing traditional clothing that was orange in color with rings scattered all over it. The old man, named Gohan, smiled at Goku. Ruffling his hair, he took the two stones off the boy's shoulders, turned the other way and threw each of them down the mountain.

Goku eagerly grabbed Gohan's arm and jumped up and down in excitement. 'Did ya see that Grandpa? Did ya? I told ya I could do it!' The elderly man smiled, beaming with pride at his grandson's achievement. He tucked his hands inside the sleeves of his robe.

'Well done my boy! Though, you definitely took your time coming up here,' the martial arts master teased. The young Goku childishly pouted for a brief moment, before smiling again, filled with determination.

'Then I'll just have to do better next time! You'll see Grandpa! I'll get so strong that I'll-uh, Grandpa?' He saw that his guardian was not looking at his direction anymore but rather towards the sky. He tried to turn what he was looking at but two hands were put on his shoulder before he could.

Gohan looked shocked for a second before a serious look crossed his features. 'Come now Goku. It's a full moon tonight so you know what that means,' he said in a hurry.

Goku gasped. 'Is it that big bad monster you always talk about?' No response was received. With haste he led the child through the path of trees and stones and reached the end where their secluded hut was located. Hurriedly, he scooted Goku inside and closed the door. Letting a small sigh out, he relaxed himself.

His grandson was confused however. He always heard stories about this monster but his grandpa never told him what this guy looked like. He was sure if he and his grandpa worked together they could take him down. That monster would never know what hit him! Before he could relay his thoughts, his grandfather spoke. "It's time to go to bed now, my boy. Just remember not to go outside at all, understand?" Goku looked at him blankly before nodding, only because he assumed grandpa knew what he was doing.

This kind of routine went on a few more times over the next few years until the last time Goku would ever see a living Gohan, for the next day after the 'monster' came out, he found his grandpa crushed underneath a giant footprint.

He almost never thought about his grandfather after so much time. There was just so much for him to take care of, such as the Saiyans and their attack on Earth, getting healed after their invasion, training for the enemies on Namek, and of course Freeza himself. The next time he saw his grandpa, the Earth-raised Saiyan vowed to make it up to the old man. That would only happen if he was to make back to his Earth.

Thinking back to today's events, he thought that after wandering around a little bit on this world, he would leave the planet with no worries. With the new revelation that Freeza was still alive, that all changed. Now he knew that he definitely needed to get back to his planet before Freeza would even think of going there.

Goku wondered if he could ever make it back safe to where he belonged. Just as that thought entered, it left right away when Goku shook his head. There was no point in thinking about what if or when. The only thing that mattered was getting off this planet before he involves himself in anything. This world had its own people that would keep it safe, why bother interfering in situations that were under their control?

Coincidentally, the sound an explosion entered his ears and he whipped around to see if anyone tried to sneak one behind him. To his surprise, there was no sign that there was even anything going on. He was alone at the top of the mountain and all of the metal cities were encased in their...well, metal.

Another explosion. This time instead of using his physical senses, he used his spiritual senses. Extending his energy out, he found several signatures that were distressed and seemed like they were under attack. He shifted his eyes to where he sensed them and surely enough, they were inside the giant metal city. What sounded like a wailing siren went off and with that he knew something was definitely wrong.


Zaofu was the safest city in the world, she boasted. Everyone was safe here, she proclaimed. Apparently, today had just proved her wrong. Korra was now under hostage by one of the most dangerous groups in the world, led by none other than Zaheer. How this cretin infiltrated her fortified city was something she was definitely going to find out after all this was over. An explosion brought her back to the real world and she covered her head by instinct.

She heard Bolin fretting on her right as he clenched his fists. "Oh man, how are we supposed to win against these guys?!" He was promptly quieted down by his more mature sibling.

"Bolin, calm down! We'll think of some way to beat them, but first we need to see if they let their guard down," Mako said impatiently. The matriarch shared the younger man's sentiments. They could barely hold off the four criminals, even with all of her metalbenders around to assist them. The most they have been able to do is trap their gang into a small enclosure, but with Korra in there unfortunately. This was before their earthbender revealed he had damn lavabending up his sleeve.

Right now, they needed a miracle to win this.

A combustion blast suddenly made contact with the metal shield they were up against and sent it crashing to a pillar, destroying it in the process. The Avatar's allies were also hit by the shield and they were also sent crashing on to the ground some several feet away.

Mako was back up on his feet quickly, but not without letting out a painful groan. He quickly evaded a tentacle of water sent his way and fired a blast of his own which the waterbender parried in succession. A rock smashed against her head before she could do anything and fell to the ground, courtesy of Lin. "Thanks Lin. I owe you one," he said in gratitude. She merely nodded so he turned his attention back to the main threat.

"Ming-Hua!" Zaheer yelled out. Her lack of response told the criminal that she was unconscious. Growling, he turned to the others. "You guys hold them off! I'll create some cover for us!" Spinning his staff like a fan around his head, the dust around them collected around it and started to obscure them from view.

All of a sudden, a metal cord wrapped around his hand and staff, halting him from completing his goal. The airbender was hauled out of the island surrounded by lava and was forced to contend with the metal bending guards. Jerking his way out of their grasp, he quickly sent an air torrent towards the guards. Unable to dodge it at such close range, it sent them on a collision course with the wall of a building, knocking them out.

Thinking he was done with them, Zaheer scoffed and used his airbending to quickly propel himself towards his comrades. A rock pillar appeared in front of him, making him barrel right into it. Dazed, he got up and saw three more guards ready to take him down. "Stand down," one of them yelled out, "You are outnumbered and outmatched!" Scowling, the rogue airbender swung his staff and a giant gust of air followed suit.


An explosion. A boulder being hurled at high speeds. A powerful gust of air. It went on and on like this with neither side seemingly gaining the upper hand. To say that Mako was frustrated was an understatement. Not only did these bastards take Korra, it didn't look like they were getting any headway in getting her out of their clutches either.

"Mako," Asami called out from under the shield.

"What?" He questioned. The firebender dodged a boulder hurled towards him, sent a fireblast towards the earthbender, then ducked so he could hear what the she had to say. They all closed their eyes in instinct when another explosion violently shook the metal shield.

Suyin opened her eyes. "Look, I'm sure you know this by now, but this isn't getting us anywhere. We need another plan on how we're gonna get Korra out of there," she explained.

Lin spoke up. "We would if that combustion freak didn't send blasts at us every time we lifted our heads," she commented offhandedly.

Asami didn't look so sure. "But how? There's no way we can cross that lava moat," she said. Suyin couldn't argue with that. The moment they would try to cross it, they would either be blasted out of the air by the combustionbender or have the lava sent upwards by the earthbender, both ending in certain death.

"Hey! You guys have a plan yet?!" Bolin yelled out from above as he continued to fight. He bent a rock out of the ground and hurled it towards the firebender. It was knocked out of the way when the earthbender punched it, smashing it into pieces.

Suyin switched her gaze up to him. "No we still have to-," she was about to say more when she looked past him and saw the ceiling of the city. There was a small opening up there where they could...yes.


Latching the harness to herself, she nodded towards her sister. "Open the hatch," she ordered her sons. They did as they were told to do and opened it to see a clear view of their target: a handicapped Korra in small space surrounded by lava.

It was now or never. There would be no later on.

But before the two women could jump down, a familiar voice made itself known behind them.

"Hey what's going on here?" Suyin, her two sons, and Lin both whipped their heads around to see Goku himself standing behind scratching his head, with a confused expression painted on his face.

The matriarchs eyes lit up, but exasperated at the same time. "Where in blazes were you? I thought of finding you first but I didn't know where in that walk of your you went and-...I'm getting ahead of myself," she composed herself. "Long story short, Korra down there," she pointed down at the hatch in front of her with Goku turning his head towards where she was pointing, "has been kidnapped by a band of criminals who, most likely, want to take her life." She turned around to face him again, only to see...

He was already gone.


Zaheer made his way across the lava moat and back with his comrades, after disposing of those pathetic guards. Ghazan glanced back at him and then took a few steps back, his breathing slightly labored. "Hey Zaheer, you find any ways to get around these people yet?" The lavabender punched a rock headed his way and responded in kind.

The airbender didn't respond to that. Instead, he noticed that someone was missing among those behind the metal shield the Avatar's friends had hidden behind. His eyes widened. 'Are they trying to...?! NO!'. He whipped his head around him so he could find out where they could have gone. At the same time, he went to put the unconscious Avatar over his right shoulder, wanting to get the point across that if he goes down, so will she. Not that he wanted his endgame to be that; he had much bigger plans than to just do away with the Avatar so easily.

A boulder whipped past his head, bringing him back down to reality. Zaheer gritted his teeth and swung his staff towards the enemy side, making the earthbender there lose his balance and fall backward. He glanced over to P'Li, the love of his life, shooting her combustion towards the enemy. She looked back to him as well and gave a concerned look. "Zaheer, we have to end this now. Ming Hua's unconscious," she voiced her worry as she pointed to the fallen waterbender, "and we're getting tired too."

Zaheer ducked from a fire blast and readjusted the Avatar slumped over his shoulder. He nodded to her. "Yea I know. Don't worry, she's already in our grasp. I'll give us some cover while we escape."

"I don't think that's a good idea."

A new voice right behind him made all of them whip their heads back to the source. And he looked like he meant business. A spiky-haired man with a green tank-top and dark pants stood tall before them, and it was pretty easy to guess why he was here.

Ghazan was the first to break out of his momentary shock. "And just who the hell do you think you are?" he asked as they all took a defensive stance against him. Even the guards and the Avatar's friends had stopped their advances as they too watched what was transpiring.

Goku raised an eyebrow and crossed his arms. "My name is Goku. Listen, I don't know what you guys want with her, but you should stop all this," he said in a serious tone. The three conscious criminals made no move, but it was clear to them that they would stand their ground.

In a moments flash, two rock cuffs sprouted from the ground and gripped Goku's feet. His eyes widened in surprise as he turned his gaze to the ground, not expecting that to occur. "What the-" he said, clearly at a loss. Not wasting any time, Ghazan lifted both of his arms in a linear manner and soon the Saiyan was enclosed within a pyramid of solid rock, with only his head exposed.

The earthbender jumped back and snapped his head to P'Li. "Do it now!" Seeming to understand what he meant, she tensed her face before shooting a blast of combustion out of her third eye, crackling with concentrated fire as it traveled to Goku and met its target.

*BOOM*

The explosion was nearly blinding, as it forced Zaheer and Ghazan back a few steps to not be seared by the heat. Everyone was shocked at the event that just occurred in front of them. They couldn't believe that the man had just died a gruesome death.

Mako was the first to act as he kicked the air and created an arc of fire that sped towards the band of criminals. P'Li crossed her arms and spread them out horizontally, dispersing the incoming flame.

The detective gritted his teeth. "You heartless bastards! How could you just kill him like that?!" He shot two fireballs once more, only for Zaheer to blow a gust of air at them, dispersing his attack. It then reached Mako himself and made him stumble backwards to the ground. P'Li then went on the offensive as well, as she sent another combustion beam of heat right at him.

Asami gasped and called out for him. "Mako, look out!" Fortunately, she saw Bolin tackle him off to the side and prevented the attack from incinerating him.

The blast exploded on the ground where he once was. Bolin looked to him in concern. "Hey, that was a close one. You alright?" The detective nodded at him and turned his attention back to the main enemy. Bolin helped Mako back up to his as they readied themselves for another standoff against Korra's captors. Zaheer stood across from them, the only thing separating the two groups being the lava moat.

He made a quick reach for his staff. "You should know that isn't the main thing you should be focused on. Your well-being is what you should be worried about. He put himself in our way and he paid the price. That's just how it is," he said coldly.

"Just how what is?"

Hearing the same voice again, he turned around quickly only for him to gasp in surprise at what he was seeing. "What?! But how?" he exclaimed. That man who called himself 'Goku' was standing behind a wall of flames, and it appeared -no looked- like he was completely unharmed with his arms still crossed.

The Saiyan then turned his eyes to P'Li. "You know, you should really work on your aim and coordination," he told her, catching her off guard.

She took a defensive pose as she was still coming to terms with how he was still alive. "You're telling me I missed when I clearly saw that blast hit you head on? Don't make me laugh," she tried to say with a superior tone, but failing miserably. Goku didn't say anything back as he took his attention off of her and to the unconscious Avatar that was hoisted on Zaheer's shoulder.

The airbender, immediately knowing what he was about to do, grabbed his staff, ready to blow him into the lava and end him for sure. But, in words he could not muster up in thought or speech to describe his speed, Goku was immediately in front of him and grabbed his staff mid-swing. Zaheer grunted, trying to pull the staff from the other man's grip, but to no avail.

Quickly deciding that would not work, he let go of the staff and swung a fist with compressed air at his faster opponent, thinking that he could not dodge at this close range. He was proven wrong when the only thing Goku did was grab his fist in an enclosed palm, creating a sonic boom that resonated through the area as the ground rumbled slightly.

Goku was about to make his move when he felt a presence behind him ready to attack. He made the decision to let go of Zaheer's fist and ducked, and saw that his intuition was right as a boulder smashed into Zaheer's face. He stumbled backwards, almost losing his grip on the Avatar. "Gah!" he yelled out in pain as he became slightly dazed.

Everyone else outside the island surrounded by lava was amazed out how well that one man was faring against the infamous criminals whereas they struggled to even fend for themselves. Mako and Bolin in particular watched in awe as Goku expertly handled them without being overwhelmed. Though, that didn't stop them from worrying about the possibility of that happening, of course. Bolin looked towards his brother. "I'm not sure about you, but don't you think we should help out?"

Mako looked uncertain, not usually an expression that he would think his brother would show him. Bolin then put a hand on his shoulder. "Come on, we can't just stand around here doing nothing. Our friend is still in Zaheer's hands. If it was the other way around, she would do anything to get us back so we should do the same." Bolin exclaimed, trying to steel his brother into putting on his game face.

The short speech was apparently enough to convince Mako and met Bolin's gaze. "You know what Bolin...you're right." Bolin then smirked, which Mako kindly returned. He then looked ahead at the battle waging on in front of them. "Alright Bo, let's do this," he said. Bolin nodded and looked ahead as well.

Mako first made a series of arm motions, resulting in arcs of electricity being created. He then extended his arm and aimed it at the third-eyed woman. The lightning that resulted ripped through the air and almost made its target. P'Li gasped and dived for the ground, escaping the lightning's wrath. Without wasting any time, she got up immediately, dodged a boulder that was sent her way, courtesy of the earthbender, and fired a combustion blast at them.

Meanwhile, Zaheer and Ghazan were still struggling with the Saiyan, who either kept blocking or dodging their attack, all without breaking a sweat this entire time. Ghazan clenched his fists and extended his arms inwards. Rocks that were inside the moat were ripped from the ground, squeezed into pebbles, and shot right at Goku from all directions. The Saiyan watched the rocks shoot towards him but did not pay attention to them. Instead, he turned his gaze up and smiled.

What happened next left Ghazan gawking: Goku...phased out of sight completely. Ghazan still kept his guard up, in case this was all a trick. "Hey where did he-" the earth bender did not get to finish his sentence as he felt a small, but powerful chop to his neck. He lost consciousness immediately and fell to the ground face-first, defeated.

Zaheer stepped forward and saw his comrade on the ground. "Ghazan!" he yelled out. No response meant he was unconscious. That was two of the four he had assembled to infiltrate this place and now the second of his friends. He could not believe this was happening. Never had he imagined that someone as formidable as this 'Goku' even existed and never took anyone like him into account. His plan was beginning to fall apart and he was beginning to lose his composure. Looking back at Goku, he now seethed in rage but the Saiyan was still not intimidated at all.

Goku then however, smiled. "Heh, just in time." The airbender paid no heed to that and charged at Goku. "Damn you!" The impatient airbender swung his feet in an arc, sending a wave of air towards him. At least, that was what he was intending to do.

Zaheer was then tripped over Goku's foot as he charged him and fell to the ground, letting Korra go in the process. He immediately tried to reach for her before Goku could get to her but out of nowhere, the matriarch of Zaofu and Lin swooped in from above to grab her off the ground. Suyin gave one nod to Goku. "Thank you," she said as he gave her a thumbs up. She looked over to Lin who motioned for them to leave right away. They were both then pulled up by the metal lines at the top of the metal encasing of the city, taking the Avatar along with them.

The rogue airbender was now panicking. "No! I won't let you!" He flipped backward to right himself, grabbed his staff and blew a gust of air at the escaping newcomers. But it was all for naught. They were already too far away for the gust to have any real impact.

Glancing back at his lover, Zaheer could see she was at the end of her rope as well. P'Li was visibly sweating and panting. Overall, she struggled to handle the full force of Mako, Bolin, and the metalbending guards of Zaofu. Mako sent a stream of fire her way, which she was able to counter with her own, but had to dodge or duck from the incoming storm of rocks being pelted her way.

Well, almost all. As she prepared to fire one more combustion blast, a stray rock managed to slip past her defense and struck her third eye. The explosion caused her to fly off to the other side of the closed space, nearly touching the lava. Zaheer was shell-shocked. "P'Li!" he tried to reach out, but it was clear she was down for the count as well, leaving him as the sole member who could still fight.

"You should give up now while you still have a chance," Goku said to him. Zaheer brought his attention back to Goku and yelled out in rage. He swung both of his arms to the left, creating a strong current of air that blew towards Goku, which ruffled his hair wildly, but it flowed past him as if it were a nice summer breeze. Zaheer clenched his fists and prepared to strike again before stopping.

Not on his own accord, but because of the excruciating pain that was now swelling in his gut. Goku had instantaneously appeared in front of him and landed a mean left hook straight to his gut when he was wide open. No scream came out from him, not that he could have anyway, but just a whisper of what it could of been. Stars of all shapes were the last thing he saw as he fell to the ground, unconscious and defeated.

There was a tense silence in the area, as everyone came to register their victory over the intruders. It was still a mystery to them as to how they were able to breach their security, but that was only in the back of their minds.

Goku looked down at Zaheer and scratched the back of his head. "Well, what now? What happens to these guys?" He looked around him at the guards and the Avatar's friends but no response was given.

Because in the moment not even they knew what would happen now.


Yep..I'm alive.

Sorry for the long wait, I got majorly sidetracked by a bunch of things, like writers block and new animes I began watching, like Dragon Ball Super and My Hero Academia. That Tournament of Power kept me focused on that and not my stories, so I apologize.

I have to tell you guys now, but from this chapter on, the Avatar world and the series of events will completely diverge from the canon because of Goku's interference. Just so the story doesn't become predictable.

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