Storytime

Goku tried staying still while Raditz and him waited for their grandpa and their father to come out of the house. He had been excited ever since his grandpa had told them they were going to start learning more advanced moves in their training.

He looked to the side of him, and seen Raditz laying down on the grass with his hands tucked behind his head, cushioning him. Raditz was always like that though. He was always calm and cool about everything. His grandpa said that's why Raditz was so good at fighting.

Goku couldn't believe he wasn't excited about something like this though. Grandpa Gohan had only been teaching them basic fighting moves that were starting to get boring. Goku had wanted to learn some new stuff already.

So when Grandpa Gohan had told them they were finally going to learn something new today, he had been full of excitement.

Even their father was going to help out in today's lesson, which he hardly did since he was usually busy working. Goku hoped he would get his chance to show off to his father in today's lesson. If it was another sparring match against Raditz again though he would probably end up losing like usual.

Either way, he just really wished the grown-ups would hurry up already. Why did grandpa Gohan tell them to wait outside while he talked to his mom and dad anyways? If anyone would know, it'd most likely be Raditz. He usually knows everything.

"Why are grandpa and dad taking so long?" He asked his older brother in confusion. Nothing came to mind when he tried to figure it out himself.

Raditz continued to keep his eyes closed, but answered him anyways, "They're probably talking with mom. They're discussing how dangerous today's training is, and if we should even learn this new thing. You know how mom gets when it comes to our training. I just hope dad wins this argument this time, so we can learn some tougher things. I doubt it though."

"What do you think we're going to learn about Raditz!" Goku asked eagerly. He moved closer to Raditz not wanting to miss his answer.

Raditz's eyebrow twitched. "I… well we- most likely it'll be about..." He suddenly got up fast making Goku quickly lean back to avoid being hit. "Hey look its dad and grandpa!"

Goku followed Raditz's line of sight, and seen his father and grandpa were indeed making there way over to them. Yes! It was finally the time!

"Okay boys, we talked it over with your mother, and we've decided… we're going to teach you everything about this new technique in fighting." Bardock announced with a smirk.

"Really!" Raditz yelled in excitement. Then he seem to realize what he was doing, and sat back down with a cough. "I mean, that's pretty cool."

Goku couldn't contain himself no longer and shot up in the air. "Yes!" He shouted while running around in circles.

Gohan chuckled. "Goku, calm down. We haven't even told you what it is yet."

Goku stopped his cheering and looked back at them. "Oh yeah, what are we learning grandpa?"

Gohan smiled knowingly. "I guess there's no point in holding it back any longer. What you two are learning today, is how to control your ki!"

"Ki? What's that?" Goku question in curiosity.

Meanwhile, Raditz looked skeptically at the grown-ups in front of him. "I don't understand. That's all fairy tale. Mom used to tell me stories about that when I was younger, and she still tells them to Kakarot even now."

Goku's eyes lit up as he realized what he was talking about. "You mean we're going to be the same as the hero's in the stories! We're going to learn how to fly too!"

"Kakarot, open your eyes! Those are all make-believe! There's no way those stories could be true. Grandpa and dad are just trying to trick us." Raditz said.

"Raditz, stop your pouting." Bardock scolded with a slight grin. "What your grandpa tells you is true. Your mom's stories are not make-believe. They are all stories that have been passed down from generations to generations. They're all real stories about our ancient Saiyan ancestors."

Raditz looked at them in suspicion. "Prove it then."

Bardock and Gohan looked at each other. Both of them began to float with a grin. "Still don't believe us?" Bardock asked.

"Cool!" Goku shouted. "Teach me how to do it too!"

Bardock landed back on the ground. "First we need to talk to you about a couple of things. Want to start off first Gohan?"

"Sure." Gohan said with a nod. "Well as you two know, you're not full blooded Saiyan like your father and me here. I married your grandma, who is full earthling. Making your guy's mother only half-Saiyan. Since your father is full blooded Saiyan though that makes you guys three-quarter Saiyans."

"Right, which means you two are still very powerful in your own rights, but you guys don't have the same abilities that me, or your grandfather have." Bardock explained. "You guys don't even have the same abilities as your mother does, and to be frank, none of us have ever really seen a three-quarter saiyan in battle before, so we're not sure how far the extent of your potential goes."

"Not to say you guys are weaker than us." Gohan added. "When your mother was in her prime, and pissed off, she had quite the destructive power. I think being half earthling made her a little more sensitive than a normal full-blooded Saiyan woman, so it made her more emotional. Saiyans naturally get stronger the more emotional they get, so it worked in her favor most of the time."

"The thing is it took her longer to control her ki than a normal Saiyan," he continued. "We naturally learned by the time we could walk, all of the basic ki moves. Your mother, however, did not learn until she was in her teen years. Not only that, but she was also a slower healer, and she got hurt easier."

"Knowing that," Bardock said. "We are at a lost on how exactly it works with you guys. In theory, you should be naturally tougher than your mom, but- uh, lets say, less indestructible than us."

Raditz gave his father a deadpan look. "You mean we're weaker than you guys."

"No! That would be like calling your mother weaker than us, and weak is not a word I would use to describe Gine." Bardock mumbled the last part.

"What your father means is, naturally, yes you are weaker, but if you train hard, you can even be stronger than us." Gohan said.

Bardock cleared his throat. "That's right. Now with that explained, I think we can start on your training for today."

"Yay!" Goku shouted in happiness. Even Raditz couldn't help, but let out a little smirk.

"Now boys, meditation is key to this." Gohan said. "So we'll first start off with that, but after, me and your father will show you how…."

-LINE BREAK-

Goku rubbed his eyes. It was the middle of the night, and he couldn't see anything even though his eyes were opened. He had been woken up because he was having a nightmare, and some woman's scream woke him up.

Raditz was next to him, still completely knocked out. He was even snoring a little. He thought about waking him up, but remembered the last time he had woken Raditz up because of a nightmare he had, he ended up with a bump on his head.

Slipping out of their bed, he made his way to the hallway. Opening his parents room, he was greeted by the same darkness that filled the house. "Mommy?" He tried. "Daddy?"

Not hearing an answer back, he climbed onto their bed. His eyebrows wrinkled in confusion when he felt no bodies. Feeling around the bed, he still felt no one.

Getting off their bed, he tried his grandpa's room. "Grandpa?" he whispered in the darkness. Hearing no reply, he went on his bed, but got the same results as before.

Getting worried….and maybe a little scared, he walked back out into the hallway. He kept bumping into little stuff around, but eventually made his way to the living room. "Mom? Dad?" He called out. "Grandpa Goha-"

He stopped when he heard a faint sound within the darkness. It was like a slight hissing sound. Then it was once again silent.

Goku's heart started to beat fast as he got a bad feeling. Was there someone else in the dark room with him, or was he still in the middle of his nightmare?

He jumped, when he heard a cold chuckle that sent chills up his spine. "Poor little Goku…. All alone…. Where is mommy?" Another eerie chuckle.

Tears welled up in his eyes, but he bit his lips to keep them from falling. There was definitely someone else in the room with him, but he didn't recognize their voice. "W-Who are you?" He bravely asked.

No one answered him back though. It was just completely silent again. He was starting to freak out again. Whoever was in the room with him, could easily make his way to him without him knowing.

He tried his very best to listen for any kind of noise. Suddenly an idea popped into his head. His grandpa had luckily taught him and Raditz how to sense someone's ki. Closing his eyes, he tried to concentrate.

For awhile, he felt nothing, but then he could faintly feel something. He quickly opened his eyes again when he realized the signal was coming from behind him. Turning around, he tried to make out something in the dark.

He could hear footsteps coming closer to him. He screwed his eyes shut in fear, waiting for something, in suspense. "Ahh!" He yelled when he felt a hand touch him. In the dark he tried fighting the mysterious person.

"Ow! Kakarot stop it!" Raditz commanded. "What is the matter with you!"

Raditz moved away from him to turn on the light only to see his brother's bottom lip shaking. "Don't you start Kakarot." He warned.

Goku couldn't help, but unleash the tears that had built up. "Mom, dad, or grandpa weren't in their rooms!" He got out in between hiccups.

Raditz eyebrows creased. "Slow down Kakarot. You said they weren't in their rooms?"

Goku shook his head.

"Wait here. I'll go check it out."

-LINE BREAK-

Goku sniffed again. "Raditz, what are we going to do now?" They were standing in front of three graves.

Raditz pulled Goku in for a side hug. "Its okay. We're going to be okay. I promise you, Goku."

Goku covered his face on Raditz's shoulder, and sobbed.

-LINE BREAK-

Goku felt all his muscles giving up on him one by one, until he collapse to the ground. He couldn't even cushion his fall with his hands. His face laid in dirt, not that it mattered much since his face already had a mixture of sweat and dirt.

"Get back up Kakarot." A strict voice yelled to him.

"I can't." Goku said into the dirt. "You're not even sure if this is the type of training we're suppose to be doing."

He was only 12 years old dammit! He shouldn't have to go through such tough training. Not even his grandpa Gohan had ever put him through training like this.

It had been almost 5 years since his parents and grandfather had died, leaving only him and Raditz. They had both survived by hunting for the animals in the woods. They had lived far away from anyone, deep in the mountains; So no one came to collect them when their parents and grandpa had died, leaving them to fend for themselves. It was tough sometimes, but they survived it.

Besides that, they had also kept up with their normal training. Since grandpa Gohan and their father had only taught them for one day, they only knew very little in controlling their ki, so they focused mostly on their regular training.

At least Goku had. Raditz woke up early in the morning to do some training by himself. For awhile, Goku had no idea what kind of training he was doing alone, but then Raditz revealed it to him one day.

He had been trying to learn how to control his ki. He was working mostly on what grandpa and father had taught him that day they introduced the subject. Since it was so little though he had barely advance on his ki training.

He had been stumped the whole time, until he remembered something. The stories his mother had told him and his brother when they were younger. She had told them all of the ways the hero in the story had to train in order to tap into his power.

Although a little doubtful, Raditz tried it anyways. Apparently, he had been successful in his ways.

"I told you, it worked for me, so I'm sure it'll work for you too." Raditz replied with a deep set frown on his face.

In a lot of ways, Raditz had reminded him of his father. Since it became just them two, Raditz had become more and more like him. No. He had become even more strict, then his father ever was. Raditz no longer laughed or joked around. He was all focused on training himself, and training Goku.

Even if Goku had tried to make him laugh by telling him a joke, or playing a prank on him. It would either end up with Raditz telling him to be quiet, or with a bump on his head.

Goku felt a spike of energy fire up within him from his anger. "That's just it!" He shouted as he picked himself off the ground, and marched up to his older brother. "You're not a hundred percent sure because you don't know what kind of training grandpa and dad would have taught us! And its not like you can ask them because they're dead, Raditz."

He's voice was aching from all the sudden yelling. He was breathing a lot harder as he stared at Raditz. He hadn't meant to yell at him, or remind him about their dead loved ones, but he had become frustrated from bottling everything up.

Raditz remained with the same emotionless face as usual. "Now that your up, do 6 more."

"Ugh!" Goku yelled out in annoyance. "Can I at least take off these weights?" He asked, referring to his weighted clothing.

"No."

Goku grumbled, but otherwise got back to his training. He was holding himself back from unleashing every curse he knew. After all, he would probably just get hit because of it.

Also, he knew deep down, Raditz did not deserve it. Raditz had basically taken care of him since he was his age. He knew how difficult it must have been to not only raise himself, but him as well.

"By the way," Raditz spoke up. "You'll be starting up middle school soon."

Goku almost fell back on his face from the sudden announcement. He looked at his brother to make sure he was joking. Even if Raditz had no trace of a sense of humor left within him, Goku could not believe Raditz was being serious right now.

He had always figured since Raditz never went to school, he wouldn't have to either. "Is that why you've been flying off to the city the pass few days?"

Raditz slowly nodded. "That among other things."

Goku suspiciously looked back at his brother. "What do you mean by that?"

"Since you will be going to school from now on, I've made preparation for me to be busy with things too. I will be working at a job now." He said.

"A job?" Goku questioned. "Why a job? We don't need money, we have everything we need here."

"Goku, we can't keep wearing grandpa, and dad's clothes. They're too baggy on us. Besides that, it'll be nice not always having too hunt for our food all of the time." Raditz explained.

"That's the fun part though!" Goku protested.

"I also need money to buy you school supplies." Raditz stated. "This will be a good thing for you Goku. I don't want to hear about this anymore, continue your training."

Goku frowned, but listen to him anyways. He wished he didn't have to go to a stupid school. It would have been better if he went to work like Raditz.

-LINE BREAK-

"Another lap around. I want more movement this time. You should be able to exercise all the weights you have on you." Raditz barked out.

Even in his exhausted condition, Goku's face heated up in embarrassment. "Sorry guys, my brother is kind of strict when it comes to this stuff."

He had no real reason to apologize since Goku wasn't the one doing anything, but he felt the need to apologize to his new friends for his brother's actions.

"That is the kind of instructor we need for this kind of stuff Kakarot." Vegeta replied. "My father was even impressed with your brother's training. Which means he is the real deal."

"Yeah," Krillin agreed, even though he was in no shape for talking. "I've really bulked up just from these few days of training alone!"

Goku smiled, feeling a puff of pride for his brother. Feeling a bit more pumped up, he ran ahead of his two friends.

"Damn you Kakarot!" Vegeta shouted as he picked up his speed.

"I-I'll catch up to you guys soon!" Krillin lied. He was content with running in the same pace he was in now. He just hoped he didn't get yelled at again.

-LINE BREAK-

Goku anxiously waited as he finished his story. Lady Anonymous had kept a solid poker face throughout his whole story, so he wasn't sure how she had took it, or if she even believed him at all.

"You… can fly?" was the first thing to come out of her mouth.

Surprise lightly filled his features, "Uh-huh." He just hadn't expect that to be the first hing she asked about.

Chi-Chi seem to start to wrap her head around this new information a little more. "And, you can shot lasers out of your hands too. Like 17 and 18?"

"Well, those moves aren't exactly lasers, well I guess some of them can be…." He trained off. "But yeah. There are different forms energy attacks can take. The Kamehameha, you just saw, was one of the stronger ones. It takes more energy. The ones 17 and 18 have been using are mostly basic ones."

The young heroine tried to absorb everything she just heard. "And… can you do other things too? With your ki I mean."

Goku's eyes flickered upwards, "I guess. I can use it as a sort of shield for my body, so that hits don't hurt me as much, but my body's usually tough on its own anyways. There's other things too, like I can increase my speed with it, and stuff, but its basic uses are energy attacks and flying."

"I see." Lady Anonymous replied. "And your two other friends you're always with, they can do this too?"

Goku nodded to her. He was hoping she wouldn't have asked him that directly, but there was really no use in him keeping it a secret anymore.

Chi-Chi stayed quiet for a while, before she hesitantly asked her next question. "And... your other friend, Bulma Briefs, is she aware of the powers you three possess as well?"

"Well… no." he answered. "The only people who know besides us, is my brother, and Vegeta's parents. Since we practice mostly at my house, up in the mountains, no one really knows about this."

Chi-Chi remained quiet as she wrestled with a decision in her mind. If she decided to go with her decision, there was a chance that her own secret would come out. If she decided against it though she wouldn't be fulfilling her rightful duties as a hero.

If she wanted to protect the people in the city, and her loved ones though there was really no decision to make in the end.

Standing up, she walked over to Goku, who leaned back just a little. "Goku, I need to ask you for an important favor."

"What is it?" He asked warily.

She put her hand on his shoulder, and made sure she had his full attention on her. She made sure to keep her injured one on her side though. "See, its a really big favor, and it'll probably need for you to make a few sacrifices along the road. I know its a lot to ask of you, but I am really desperate here."

Goku gave her a serious look, to show that he was taking her seriously. "What is it?" It must have been something big if she was dancing around the issue.

"See, these androids are powerful." She swallowed hard for the next part. "Unfortunately too much for me to handle too. I barely survived this fight, and that's mostly because you were around to save me."

He frowned at her words. "You were handling them just fine without my help."

Chi-Chi shook her head. "We both know how that fight would have ended if you hadn't jumped in. Look, my point is, I can't do this by myself." She stubbornly did not want to admit that out loud, but she forced herself to continue. "Goku… I need your help. This city needs your help."

A puzzled expression reached his features. He had a clue of what she was asking of him, but he needed more of a clearer answer to make sure. "What do you mean."

She sighed, and looked down, but remembered her resolve, and looked back up at him. "I mean, I need your strength in this battle. Will you consider, maybe, fighting along side with me? As my partner?"

"Sure." Goku replied not even having to think it over. He had already been helping her out every time he met her, and she needed help, anyways.

Chi-Chi smiled at him as relief flooded within her. "Thank you Goku, I appreciate this," she thanked. "I guess, from now on we should meet up when I am doing my patrols around the city."

"You do those?" Goku questioned. He had always assumed that she had a sure way of knowing when there was danger around somewhere.

She nodded at him. "Every day. We can start tomorrow, bright in early. It's Saturday tomorrow, so it I usually patrol for a lot longer than the usual busy weekdays."

"Sure." Goku replied back. He usually slept in on Saturday's since his brother was usually at work all day anyways.

Suddenly Chi-Chi remembered something. "Oh, we still have to decide on something before that though." She said with a large grin.

Goku saw the look in her eyes, and got a bad feeling about what she was talking about. "What is it?"

"Well, I'm sure you don't want to let everyone in the whole city know your the one fighting with Lady Anonymous. You'll never have any privacy that way." Chi-Chi started.

"Right..." Goku agreed.

"Which means you need a hero outfit, and a hero name, buddy!" She informed him.

He didn't want to say it out loud, but the idea of running around in a costume sounded a little ridiculous to him. How could he tell her that though? That was like calling her ridiculous.

"I wouldn't even know where to get an outfit like that." He told her as his hands waved in front of him. "I can't just go to any store and find something like that on the racks."

Chi-Chi smugly smiled. "Heh, no need to worry about that. Who do you think made my costume? I will have yours prepared for you by tomorrow!"

"T-Thanks." Goku replied unsure of how to reply to that exactly. "So then, what about my name? Will it have to be something like Mister Anonymous?"

Chi-Chi placed a finger on her chin. "Hm, that doesn't really fit… It can be something like mine if you want, or you can do something else new all together. You don't have to think about it right now. Just make sure you have it before the reporters start asking about you."

Goku nodded at her. At least he still had time to think of something for that.

"So, do we have a partnership then?" She asked him as she put her hand out.

Goku smiled confidently. He reached out to shake her hand. "Partners."

"Great. Now that we're officially partners, is there any other secret you need to tell me?"

Goku sunk back a little. He tensed up as he thought about something. "No." He lied. "How about you?"

Chi-Chi felt a fake smile come to her. "No." She said. "Guess that's it then. Don't forget, we start tomorrow. 6 a.m sharp, no later than that."

Goku inwardly cringed. She was at strict as he's brother was when it came to scheduling stuff. "Right. See you tomorrow then."

Here is the early chapter! Haha some people are going to either hate, or love the fact that I made Goku and Raditz three-quarter Saiyan T^T I did it because I wanted to spice things up a little ;] This should explain why he was injured by the bullet a few chapters back. Only one secret is revealed so far, but we still have a lot more of them left to get through haha. I've figured out Goku's outfit, (some of you might like it, might not :c) but I still haven't figured out his name. If anyone wants to toss a suggestion out there, I'll take it into consideration oo:

I'm sure there's more I wanted to clear up for this chapter, but I can't remember anything else right now. If you guys have any questions or concerns about this chapter, please tell me about them in a review, so I can reply back to you! :D

Rinfantasy: Hehe not exactly. At least not yet ;] I wonder if that is truly over with yet? Perhaps for some people. Haha yeah she does. Although now that she has a partner, maybe he could pick up the slack?

Anonymous: Thank you. Yes, and now she, and you guys, know some of Goku's background too! Haha did you get a hint of it in this chapter on why he would react that way? Yup, had to bring their canon strength down some for my story, so certain things could work out B) Aw, hope you liked it!

Generala: Yes! I love when readers don't know how to respond towards a chapter cx Hoped you like this one too!

SuperSaiyanKnight: Haha I know, kind of sadistic, but I loved writing that scene for some reason? Haha I had actually forgot she did that, so I'm glad my android 18 is similar to the true one :P Hm... maybe? They still have an important role in the story, but I think they'll be gone for awhile. I am not watching Super, but I definitely heard about him. I was actually thinking of using Black's outfit for Goku's superhero one, but I went with another design ;]

hayabusa girl: Why thank you! Hehe not a long wait for this one! I hoped you like it. Yeah, I should be updating my other story with this extra time I've made for myself. Macaroni? I really LOVE the boxed one, but the homemade ones, or restaurant ones I hate. I wonder if that's weird? What about you?

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