Chapter 37: Undying Hatred


Somehwere deep in Space...

++Target: The Saiyans++

++Location: Error++

++Cold Dynasty Currently Nonexistent++

++New Information: New Dynasty Taken Over By Prince Vegeta++

++Error++Error++Error++Planet Vegeta Destroyed++

++New Information: Saiyans Located++Saiyans Located++

++Status: Five Saiyans Located in Milky Way++Sector: 3205098y++

++One Saiyan Located in Dormideus Sector++

++More Information: Five Saiyans Located on Planet Earth++The One Saiyan Located on Planet Mint++

++Query: Three Saiyans Deceased Three Years Ago++

++New Information: "Super" Saiyan?++

++Departure: 10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1++

++Objective: Annihilate The Saiyans++

"Yes," Started a blue skinned alien elder with blood red eyes and wrinkles. "The Extinction of the Saiyans is near. I just know it."

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A Month later...

In the heat of day, Goku and Gohan faced off in a breeze. For company, they had Goten and Trunks to watch and hang out whilst the two stronger Saiyans spar.

"Goten, Trunks. This is the intensity of a spar between Super Saiyans, pay close attention. One day you'll be in battles like these and you'll have to be ready." Goku informed, getting into his own turtle fighting stance. "Whenever you're ready, Gohan."

The first hybrid got into his own stance, a stance between the turtle and demon styles. "Dad's right. This is an example of a real battle, except we aren't fighting to the death. However, in a fight with enemies, it's 99% of the time a life or death battle. You understand?"

Trunks nodded eagerly, while Goten shook his head. "What's example mean?"

Gohan shook his head while Trunks snorted. "You dolt, it means to say or do something that relates to another thing."

"Okay!" Goten chirped cheerfully. "Now whatz attention mean?"

"Goten, it means to look at us and our motion while we spar," Gohan stated lightly, trying not to confuse his younger brother. However, he thought Goten was being forced to study like was from his mother. Perhaps she gave into Goku's will and decided Goten should become a warrior? That didn't matter though, the toddler at least needed a basic understanding of vocabulary and math. Gohan then decided he was going to teach his younger brother a few things so he won't be totally clueless. It appeared that Trunks inherited his parents tactical brilliance and Goten inherited his fathers naivety.

"Okay. I wanna see action, punch, kick, smash!" Goten said, iterating his words in the sky with his own motion.

"Goten, after this, ya wanna play with my toys?"

"Sure, you have lots of cool ones, like your firetruck, race car, airp-" The second child of Goku was cut off by his father.

"Ehem. Oh yeah and just a warning, you might wanna back up at least 20 yards just to be safe. Now without further ado, lets go!" Goku shouted, anticipating his sons first move of the spar.

Gohan sped towards Goku and sent a fist out at his fathers face. The lowclass easily blocked the blow and sent one of his own at his first born. Gohan used his warping technique to quickly get out of the way of the blow and appeared behind the Earth raised Saiyan with an elbow to his back.

Goku recovered quickly, using his ki to stop any momentum from the blow. In an instant he sent his fist flying forward into Gohans face, catching the first hybrid off guard.

The father charged again, but his son saw it coming. The teenager vanished out of sight and appeared behind Goku. He drove an elbow down into Goku's head sending the Saiyan crashing into the ground, making a three meter diameter crater.

"Woah, I didn't know daddy and big brother were that strong." Goten commented.

"Yeah no kidding. I thought my daddy was the strongest, cuz how much he train everyday. But I dunno anymore." Trunks responded, equally immersed in the spar.

Gohan blocked his elders jab and sent a kick his fathers way. However, the older Saiyan vanished at the last second via Instant Transmission before appearing in front of the other Saiyan. The teenager brought his forearms up to block his fathers harsh strike.

The Son of Bardock elbowed the teen in the gut, sending him flying through the air at sound rippling speeds. Goku shot after him at blistering speeds. The older Saiyan rammed into the younger Saiyan's shoulder, making Gohan stagger in the air. The first hybrid back flipped away, gaining some space in between the two combatants.

"Wow, even though I don't particularly enjoy fighting nor violence, I'll admit this has been fun. You're really strong dad, the training you've had must have been effective." Gohan stated while wiping stray blood flowing down his cheek.

"Your not so bad yourself, you aren't to far off from me. You've certainly kept up with your training like I hoped you would. I guess that Broly incident was the inspiration you needed, eh?" Goku remarked.

"Part of the reason. Hey what do you say we turn this up."

"I was waiting for you to ask, Gohan."

Both Saiyans flashed Super Saiyan, eager to engage once more.

The younger Saiyan charged back at him only to be intercepted by a light ki blast from the low class. Goku took the window of opportunity to hook Gohan in the jaw before following up with two knees to the stomach.

The younger Saiyan spat up some blood, before wiping his mouth clean. The adult flipped upwards, intent of downwards kicking his opponent to the ground. The teen flanked Goku to the side and caught him with a swift but powerful uppercut to the jaw.

The orange clad Saiyan went flying in the sky at the speed of sound, but he recovered quickly and vanished. The hybrid felt his father behind him, and swung around in a flash. The pure blood smiled, and vanished back to in front of Gohan, kicking him three times consecutively before tripping him.

While the halfling descended to the ground, the pure-hearted Saiyan attempted to clobber him with a hay maker. Gohan used his warp technique, appearing behind his father, kicking him two times before landing a strong blow. When the teenager proceeded to assault his father, Goku whipped around, grabbing his son's left arm and right leg, twirling him in the air. The adult released a kiai wave, flinging his son a couple feet away from himself. The demi-Saiyan skidded his across the ground, his feet digging in the ground. He raised his arms to block when Goku charged once more.

Goku slammed his fist through his sons defenses, sending a fist right into the hybrids face. Wasting no time he used Instant Transmission to get out of the way of Gohans return blow and landed another blow right into the other Saiyan's stomach doubling him over. A hammer blow to the back soon sent the teenager careening into the ground.

The pure blood suddenly phased behind Gohan to deliver a blow to the shorter Saiyan. But unfortunately for him, Gohan recovered and easily parried the blow. He sent a small ball of ki behind him into the low classes stomach.

The energy attack knocked the wind out of the Saiyan and Gohan never let up for a second. He began to assault his father with blow after blow before the combatant could even begin to block.

"Hey, how about we go a level further beyond?"

"Whatever you want dad."

"Great!"

"HAAAAAAAAAH!" Father and Son alike shouted, leaving electricity crackling around both of them as their power soared.

"Masenko HAAH!" Gohan manifested golden ki into his hands before firing off his signature attack.

''KAMEHAMEHAAAA!'' Goku shot his own signature move at his rival in retaliation.

The two blasts met in a stalemate, with neither gaining ground on the other. Slowly, Goku's beam began over powering Gohan's, whom pushed more power into his attack. The two beams eventually canceled out, forming a enormous explosion that shook the ground for miles on end.

The taller Saiyan barely had time to get out of the way of the blast before it expanded its radius. Unfortunately for him, his son was already behind him with a fist to the face, sending him into the remnants of the blast. The Saiyan hybrid followed up on his attack with a series of ki blasts that Goku had no chance of dodging.

Goku saw the blasts coming and did the only thing he could, he crossed his arms in front of him and braced himself against the attack the best he could.

Finally Goku used the Instant Transmission Technique to disappear away from the blasts and appear behind Gohan with an attack ready. Unfortunately for him, he was met by Gohan's elbow to the jaw. "You're kinda predictable, dad," the teenager informed as he brought his knee up into Goku's stomach before ax handing him to the ground.

"So you want me to start getting creative? Okay, I can do that. Super Kaioken!"

Goku shot off in a crimson inferno, slamming into Gohan then flying around him in a red trail. The hybrid felt a strong boot impact his back, knocking him to the ground. The adult let go of his temporary boost, regaining his breath. The blows gave Gohan pure agony, rattling his nerves. The hybrid used his fathers temporary break to right himself, getting into his stance again.

"Nice maneuver dad, I didn't see you coming."

"Thank you, now lets continue."

"Right!"

In a flash, both fighters were at each other's throats throwing kicks and punches much faster and harder.

Goku's fist collided with Gohan's face, sending the younger Saiyan back a few feet, but seconds later said Saiyans foot shot out and caught Goku in the head paying the Saiyan raised on Earth back for the blow.

The hybrid tried to go in for another blow, but Goku moved out of his path. He intercepted his son with a hard knee to the chest. The younger Saiyan rolled to the left and coughed a bit. The teenager then hopped back up, his aura blazing as he wiped out the blood coming down his mouth.

"Hey dad, what do you say we come to a conclusion."

''Already? Oh well, lets do it!''

The duo Super Saiyan Two's collided against one another. It seems that though Goku held the slight edge in strength, Gohan made up for it in tactical brilliance, and tenacity, not being reserved and assaulting his father whenever he got the chance. The blows were traded at maximum power and speed, ripping the sky with beyond hypersonic booms. At very close to light speed, the two Saiyans appeared to be golden flashes zipping through the sky.

The blurs zipped across the sky in a show of lightning and golden flashes along with clashes. The impact waves flattened the terrain for miles, making winds that are powerful enough to blow trees off their roots.

Gohan punched Goku in the face which caught Goku off guard. The former went in for another blow, but the latter vanished behind him to kick him across the sky at light speeds.

BAMMM!

BADAMMM!

CLACCKKK!

CLACAMMM!

BOOM!

The two warriors collided in fierce clashes that shook the planet to the core. Elbow to elbow and knee to knee met in another bout that was covered in Golden illuminating light the warriors were emitting. However, Gohan began to wear down where as Goku was still going strong. The hybrid knew he was going to have to finish the spar quickly or he would lose in the end.

Gohan grinned as he dodged or blocked a flurry of attacks his father threw. Just then, to his shock, Goku raised his hands and blasted his son in the chest, knocking the breath out of him.

Just then, he doubled around kicking his father in the chest, sending him flying down towards the ground. He smashed into it, creating a crater, but he simply stood up, dusted himself off, and then shot back into combat against his son, shock waves blasting off from this epic struggle.

The two started moving faster than Goten and Trunks could follow, the shock waves and flicker of gold being the only evidence of the battle being raged in the skies, along with an occasional cry of pain or battle cry.

It was as if a floodgate had broken wide open. Hundreds of energy blasts streaked across the sky, the two hurling everything they had at one another. Most of the time, the streaks passed directly by the other competitor. A few collided with opposing blasts mid-air, creating small explosions. The fighters managed to dodge those that would have hit them, laughing at the closest calls.

Finally, the double barrages ceased, the two fighters panting for breath, still grinning. Both knew the end of the fight was near. They could feel it. Gohan raised his hands over his head, one behind the other.

"Super Masenko-HA!" shouted the half-Saiyan, sending the attack directly at his father. Goku raised his hands to his side.

"Super KamehameHA!" he shouted, sending a cobalt beam of energy at Gohan's violet-orange beam. The two beams collided, neither managing to gain any sort of appreciable ground on the other before they were pushed back to an impasse.

"Oh, wow!" said Trunks, watching the beams move one way, then the next. "Who's gonna win this? They're both so strong!"

"Yeah!" Goten said, looking in awe. "I wanna learn to do that."

Slowly, the beams began to slowly and surely gain a general drift in one direction. Gohan was pushing more power into the beams, and Goku felt his control slipping. Suddenly, he did the last thing Gohan expected him to do as it was his own maneuver in clutch situations.

He smiled, dropping his beam entirely. In a flash, he'd raised two fingers to his forehead, and he vanished, reappearing behind his son. The Kamehameha Wave, the Masenko still being pushed in front of it, passed harmlessly into space at light speed into the sun in a minute.

"I didn't see that one coming," said Gohan, understanding exactly what had happened. "You knew that that kind of struggle would just drain both of us. So you deliberately let me win it, tiring me out. that was a brilliant tactic dad. Though you kind of ripped off my move from our first beam clash."

"I saw the effectiveness and pulled it off. You told me to be creative," said the pure-blooded Saiyan, his smile getting a bit bigger. Gohan's did as well.

"Sorry Gohan, but I'm gonna win this spar. Take this as inspiration to get even stronger!"

"Yeah," agreed Gohan. That risky maneuver had given his father the clear power advantage. They both knew Gohan had put a bit too much of his power into that failed attack that he thought was going to end it all.

Goku shot forward, on the offensive. His son managed to keep up with him for a small amount of time, dodging and blocking, but finally his guard slipped slightly and his fathers attacks began hitting his body, doing damage. Finally, Goku landed a devastating kick, his teenage son reeling from the blow.

Gohan raised his arms to block Goku's next blow, and launched a kick. However, the older Saiyan reacted in time, zipping behind Gohan to give him a precise kick to the back, launching him to the ground.

"Hey dad, I'm beat," Gohan exclaimed, dropping Super Saiyan 2 and Super Saiyan in general. "I could go on longer, but I think we got the point across to Goten and Trunks."

Goku landed and pulled some dirt off of his son, pulling him up. "I'm really proud of you, Gohan. You're developing into quite the warrior." He dropped his own transformations, his hair turning black.

"Thanks dad," said the half-Saiyan before turning back to his younger hybrid compatriots.

"Did you get a glimpse of it?" Gohan inquired, already suspecting Trunks did due to his father.

Both nodded, though Trunks looked aghast and Goten expressed excitement.

"That's how it is in the real harsh world, except even more intense. There are no breaks, its fight for your life or to achieve an objective." Gohan explained, already expecting Goten to have questions. To his surprise, his younger brother had none.

"Hey Gohan. I'm gonna go train in Other World, what about you?"

"Um..I think I'll go to Capsule Corp to help out Bulma in her latest project or something along those lines."

"Sounds like a plan. I'll be back in a few hours," Goku stated, then vanishing in a flash.

"Okay well that leaves us. Grab hold of me, I'll take us all back to Capsule Corp." Gohan instructed. The children did as told, clenching his toned arms. "Alright, lets go."

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++Activating Protocol Alpha++

++Subject: Saiyans. Action: Terminate++

++Hatchiyack and Defectron Deployed++

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It stood easily twice the smaller Saiyan's height or more, an organic-looking machine sporting red panels and casings on its torso, head and limbs, a more pinkish colour beneath. Blue-Green gem-like objects gleamed on its forehead, chest, forearms and knuckles. Then came the other AI in a Katchin body with golden eyes and a golden mouth on the inside. On the outside it was dark grey Katchin, with two large spikes protruding from its elbows. Its role was the maniacal mind of the operation, while Hatchiyack was the brawn of the whole thing.

++Scanning++

++ID match: Saiyan++

The machine's gaze swept from the natives to the small Saiyan in the middle of them.

++Unknown++

++Relation: King Vegeta++

++Annihilate++

Hatchiyack glared with its eyes and obliterated everyone but the Saiyan.

"This Saiyan appears to not be a threat. Hatchiyack, neutralize him." Spoke the AI of hatred in a Katchin body. "However, don't eradicate him. We need him as bait to attract the other Saiyans to us. Then they shall be annihilated for good."

++Affirmative++

Tarble walked confidently up to it, folding his arms. "What do you want? Why'd you attack my people, and what's your intention here?" It carried on walking, stopping inches away and staring down at him blankly. "Wonder how strong this thing is..."

The Saiyan clicked his scouter, not picking up anything. "Hm...it appears he has no power level."

At some silent signal, the gems began to glow with an angry, burning emerald light. Tarble gasped, staggering back as if dealt a physical blow when his scouter exploded, as its power core flared to life. "Woah! I take it back. This scouter could measure up to 200,000,000 and it broke in just a second! I gotta get out of here."

Tarble turned tail and flew the other direction. However, Defectron appeared before him. "Where do you think you're going, Saiyan."

Tarble turned the other way, frightened. He could barely make out Hatchiyack's figure. With speed he couldn't follow, its fist lashed out, catching him on the head and knocking him out instantly. Defectron snatched Tarble up, and took him back to his creator, Dr. Raichi's Ghost form.

Afterwards, the two mechanisms of pure hatred strolled through the planet, making it the first start of their conquest to take back what Saiyans took from them. The Saiyans took over their planet and now the Tuffles will get revenge.

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In about a week, Planet Mint was taken over. Either they bowed to Tuffle will, or they were terminated by standing with their previous leader, Tarble. They thereby renamed the planet Plant I. Now that the first planet had been taken over, their next destination was where Saiyans were most present, The Earth.

++New Destination: Earth++

"Correct, initiate the ship."

++Affirmative++

With that, the Tuffles set a course for Earth. They should arrive in about two weeks in any case.

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A few hours later...

"Hey Bulma, are you alright? You look rather exhausted, like you've seen better days." Gohan remarked while sitting in the Capsule Corporation lobby. Bulma looked up at him and nodded her head.

"What you said is quite correct. You see, Vegeta hasn't been associating with me or Trunks. All his head is wrapped around is training and surpassing you and you know who. I've grown restless and took to intoxicants to relieve stress." Bulma vented, sounding hoarse in the process.

This caused Gohan to snarl, his eyes flashing turquoise, though his hair remained black. "That's not right. He shouldn't do this to his own royal family! But you shouldn't be doing intoxicants as Saiyan physiology is even more at bay to drugs then humans. It'll ruin Trunks." Gohan said expertly.

Bulma sighed, throwing her beer bottles in the trash next to her chair. "You're right. But I don't know what I'll do with Vegeta, he's turned into train addict even more than he was before. I can't get through to him."

"Don't worry, I'll try talking some sense into him. If I can't, well I'm gonna have to beat the sense into him, though I may have a tough time with that." Gohan inquired, getting up and storming off towards the Prince of all Saiyans in the Gravity Room. "Oh, and do you need any help with anything. Like a big project or something along those lines or something?" Gohan called, not looking at Bulma.

"Hmmm...yeah, I do. We've partnered with Orange Star city, which is now dubbed 'Satan' City. You could work with Krillin on developing that city up, as he recently got a construction job under me over there. Everything else is going smoothly," Bulma stated, getting back into business mode.

"Thanks Bulma," Gohan said. Then the navy clad Demi-Saiyan vanished without a trace.

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Gohan appeared in the Gravity Room where Vegeta was throwing punches in 400x Gravity, and hunched over a bit.

The prince sensed his presence and sneered in his direction. "What brings you here brat? Don't tell me you came because Bulma ratted me out."

"That's exactly why I'm here. Why would you do this to her and Trunks? Just to surpass me and dad? You could do that while being there for your family in the process!" Gohan explained, his power rising exponentially.

"They would only slow me down, stay out of my business, my ideals. If you didn't come for a fight, then get the hell out of here," Vegeta growled, growing impatient with Gohan. Though he knew those words were palpable to describe the situation, Gohan didn't know the whole story.

"So words won't get through to you then. How about actions," Gohan exclaimed, alluding to a fight.

"Fine by me," said Vegeta. "If you want to be embarrassed that quickly, don't let me stop you." Finally, a true test of my abilities, he thought. Now I'll see where I stand between the brat and Kakarot.

Gohan braced himself as he faced Vegeta. Gritting his teeth, he focused his energy, raising it. A bright, shining light surrounded him with lightning crackling around him. When it finally cleared, Gohan had bulked up slightly, and his hair was now pointing straight up except for one lock dangling over his forehead. His aura was still flaring around him, now accompanied by blue bolts of electricity.

"Now, Vegeta," he said. "Let's see what you've managed to pull off in these past three years since Broly."

Vegeta spread his own legs. With a flash, he transformed into Super Saiyan, then kept going. A bright, blinding light now came from him, revealing his Super Saiyan 2 form as well. Vegeta's hair got slightly more defined, and his own muscles swelled slightly.

"Not bad," said Gohan. "You've mastered the form as well."

"Now do you see?" asked Vegeta. "I'm finally ready to take my place as the strongest fighter in the universe."

"Well," said Gohan, "considering that my dad can also ascend and is stronger than either of us, you've got your work cut out for yourself. But this should be interesting. Hopefully I can get through to you from this fight."

Gohan and Vegeta both stared off against each other. Finally, Vegeta darted forwards, Gohan going on the defensive and blocking the punch the Saiyan Prince threw at him. Vegeta flew over the kick, and launched one of his own, which Gohan ducked under.

Vegeta launched a flurry of punches at Gohan, who blocked the punches, changing their momentum just enough that he had time to get out of the way. Finally, he sensed Vegeta's guard was down, and kicked the Saiyan Prince in the gut, sending Vegeta flying further into the air in 400x Gravity.

Vegeta, however, didn't waste a second, turning around and raising his hands towards Gohan. He sent an energy blast at the half-Saiyan, who phased out of the way just in time. The blast continued on, landing on the walls of the room.

"Careful, Vegeta," said Gohan. "We don't want to obliterate the room."

Gohan went on the offensive against Vegeta, who blocked the flurry of attacks that the half-Saiyan sent his way. "You really have been training hard, haven't you?" asked Vegeta, pleased. "You're a true warrior, just like your Saiyan ancestors."

"Thanks, I think," said Gohan, punching Vegeta in the stomach. Vegeta responded with an uppercut to Gohan's jaw, sending the half-Saiyan reeling backwards. Both fighters panted, catching their breath. Smirks curled both their lips. They were enjoying this immensely though they were fighting for completely different reasons.

"Masenko-HA!" shouted Gohan, sending the energy wave at Vegeta, who was unable to change direction fast enough to evade the beam. He raised his hands.

"Galick Gun, FIRE!" he screamed, sending his own energy wave smashing into Gohan's. The two struggled to push the waves at their opponent. Slowly, the beams began to move towards Gohan. The hybrid smirked, it was the same move his father did to him.

Just then, Gohan lost control of the beams, and Vegeta's Galick Gun smashed into him, knocking him to the wall.

Gohan shot out of the hole, a grin on his face, heading directly towards Vegeta. Vegeta hadn't been expecting Gohan to recover from the attack so quickly, and was unable to defend himself against the half-Saiyan's furious punch to the face.

Finally, Gohan hovered in mid-air while Vegeta crashed into the rooms surface. They got the first look at the damage that had been done to him. His gi was slightly torn, he had a few burns, scratches, and scrapes, but otherwise he was in perfect fighting shape.

Just then, Vegeta shot out of the rubble, heading directly at Gohan. Gohan barely managed to block the blow, and the fight was on once again.

"Well, brat," said Vegeta as the two drew back for a second. "Is that the best you've got? You're seeming to wear down some. Maybe you haven't been training as hard as you said you have been."

Gohan warped above Vegeta, then raised his hands and smashed Vegeta towards the ground. Vegeta managed to catch himself, but Gohan hadn't counted on taking Vegeta out like that. He started to power up, replenishing his energy supply.

Vegeta finally regained his eyesight and shot at Gohan, furious. Gohan merely moved to the side, kicked Vegeta in the stomach, and raised his hands, hitting Vegeta with an energy blast directly in the gut.

Vegeta doubled over in pain, and Gohan took the opportunity to fly over him, then drop-kicked the Saiyan Prince down. Vegeta landed on the floor and shot back, landing two strikes to the gut and a kick to the jaw. Gohan grimaced as he felt his power slipping. I've got to do something, he thought. He cupped his hands to his sides, charging cobalt ki into them.

"I thought you said you didn't want to destroy the Gravity Room." Vegeta snidely remarked, spreading his arms out.

"FINAL FLASH!" screamed Vegeta, locking his arms together. The massive energy wave headed straight at Gohan.

"Super KamehameHA!" shouted Gohan, unleashing his own blast.


A/N: Now the Saga progresses, though slowly. We have internal conflicts between Z-fighters, and we have another threat in the galaxy. The threat that's helping out Hatchiyack in Tuffle goals is an idea I got from a fanfiction author named SiverSaiyan44. If you haven't already, I suggest you check out his DBZ story called Revenge of The Saiyans. Anyways how will the Z-fighters cope with these threats and intrusions? Find out in the next Chapter of Beyond Infinite.

Review Section:

C: Great job with the chapter and Gohan and Videl finally going out. Now Vegeta needs to get off his high horse.

R: Thanks as always, and something in this Saga will get Vegeta to get off his high horse.

C: Poor Trunks and Bulma...I can only guess how Trunks will be effected...I wonder how big Goten's influence will be...

R: Goten's influence is as great as ever. Trunks didn't get enough intoxicants to be truly affected, but they would've had he had more exposure.

C: Great chapter, as always. I really enjoy your characterizations of all of the characters, especially the whole concept you have going that, "change is not always good", Goku's revival lead to a much happier life for the Son family, but the Briefs family fell apart as Vegeta grew obsessed with training, poor Trunks. One question though, shouldn't Gohan realize Bulma is destroying her life since he works in CC? Also, why did you make it so that Bulma needs a man, she is an independent woman who was able to live through the fact that Yamcha cheated on her multiple times, so could you explain how Vegeta broke her so easily? I love Gohan's teenage awkwardness, it's great. How come Trunks and Goten don't hang out at all? B/c irl with some family friends, I have literally known them my entire life, so why wouldn't Bulma and ChiChi have Goten and Trunks hang out? Also I am super excited to see your OC villain, good luck and I can't wait. Don't get the wrong idea from the review, this chapter was great but I am merely curious about your thought process in some of the things you did, that's all.

R: I'll be honest, I didn't think that through. I should've had Goku or Gohan check up on them during the three years, my fault on that. Bulma doesn't need a man, and she didn't break. She just needed to relieve stress, that's all. As you can see, Gohan is now trying to set things straight, but will he succeed? And Vegeta only crushed her spirit because he's also not taking care of Kid Trunks, leaving Bulma with a rambunctious scamp of a kid, work, dealings, projects and pure stress. Trunks and Goten do hang out, just not every single day. Besides, during the first two years, they couldn't hang out because Trunks was a child, three years old while Goten was only a oen year old, so Trunks might've hurt Goten due to him training prior to Gotens birth and when Vegeta stopped caring. Thanks for the inspirational review as always.

C: Great chapter. Really liked the potrayal of what everyone's been doing. So goku's getting special grand kai training at god knows where, gohan trains regularly as well as other Z fighters while vegeta has turned into a completely psychotic idiot and caused bulma to resort to drugs. I feel so so sorry for trunks, the poor little guy neither is treated well by vegeta, neither by bulma. Though I would have thought goku would visit bulma, vegeta and trunks during these 3 years maybe could have talked(beaten) some sense in vegeta and if failed to make him see reason then at least dissuade bulma. Anyways so gohan saw the enemy before they arrived, and supppsedly many z fighters die. Wonder who they are. Update soon

R: As I said before, my fault on that. I didn't think about having Goku visit the Briefs. That's just some of my inconsistencies as a writer. Now Gohan is trying to beat some sense into Vegeta and straighten things out for his boss. Gohan's already succeeded in dissuading Bulma. And that was indeed a vision in Gohan's dream. And I hope this chapter gave you a huge clue on who they were.

C: It seems that this story started off shaky at first, with all the grammar issues and things but the more I read on the better it got. I wonder who the new villains are, but I have a strong hunch that one of them is Hatchiyack and the other is some unknown Tuffle. However, knwing that three SSJ2's are staring them down, are you going to expand on the Tuffle idea and bring in some GT elements?

R: Shut the hell up ;). You're guessing too good. I won't spoil it though some of that comment is correct. Thanks for the review.

C: Nice job with the story, I'm likin what I see.

R: Thanks for the review, I appreciate.

C: Cool story, I like what I see. This tells DBZ in a way that it was never explained in the way you put things together was true mastery. I await the next chapter eagerly.

R: Thanks for the compliment, though I wouldn't consider this mastery.

Thanks for reading and stay tuned for the next chapter. Chapter 38: Dilemmas and Situations. Until then stay safe and Deuces.