Chapter 5: Angry Spirits (Redone)
Goku glared at Bardock as he got into his own signature fighting stance. To his suprise, Bardock actually smirked and charged a powerful energy blast in his hand.
"Let's see how strong you really are!" Bardock said, then threw the energy blast at Goku. Goku smiled and easily caught it, throwing it at the wall of the cave. "Impossible! N-Nobody has ever destroyed that energy blast!" Bardock gasped.
"We all know that's a bold claim." Vegeta said, stepping forward. The whole group turned to look at him, confused.
"Frieza destroyed it, along with the Supernova that destroyed Planet Vegeta. Bardock tried to stop the blast, but he got sucked into the Supernova. He shouldhave been disintegrated, but he somehow is still alive, standing right in front of us apl. You need to be careful, Goku, if he can survive that Supernova, he's more powerful than we originally thought." Vegeta said sternly, eyeing Bardock.
"Oh, dream on! I did not survive the Supernova." Bardock said, snorting.
"Then how are you still alive?" Vegeta responded, stepping forward threateningly.
Bardock smirked and pulled out the 6 star Dragon Ball. "I was revived by these magical balls. The Dragon Balls, I believe?" He said with a laughing tone.
"Who brought you back?" Vegeta questioned angrily.
"I did," a female voice said. The whole group turned to see the source of the voice. She was a Saiyan female with short brown hair and black eyes.
"I am the one who revived Bardock."
"Who are you?" Goku asked, innocently.
"My name is Gine. Why do you look exactly like Bardock?" She asked, looking up at him curiously with a cocked head.
"Gine, this is our little Kakarot," Bardock said simply.
"Kakarot?" Gine breathed, a hopeful smile growing on her face.
"Uh...yep, that's my name?" Goku said. This is just getting weirder and weirder! Goku thought, shaking his head.
"How do you know my name?"
"I'm your... mother." Gine said softly, walking up to Goku. Tears formed in her warm eyes. Goku backed away, not sure if he could trust her.
"Is it really you? Are you a Saiyan?" She said, just as wary herself.
"Yes. So is Vegeta over there," Goku said, pointing.
Vegeta, who had been calmly leaning on the wall, snapped to attention, anger burning in his eyes.
"Leave me out of this!" He spat.
"Prince Vegeta?" Gine asked in suprise.
"Yes," Goku said. "Anyway, weren't we fighting, Bardock?"
Bardock snorted and got back into his fighting stance. A smirk appeared on his face and he began to slowly circle Goku. Goku instantly got on the defensive. Bardock threw a strong punch, sending Goku flying into the wall of the cave.
The wall of the cave came crashing down, crushing Goku underneath it. The last thing they heard from Goku was the beginning of a Kamehameha wave.
"Ha - Me - Ha!" Goku shouted, from underneath the rubble.
"No!" Bardock gasped. Goku hit his father head on, causing him fall to his knees and cough out blood. "Nice hit. That was very strong, Kakarot."
Goku watched in shock as Bardock recovered and began to walk towards him, threateningly. Goku backed against the wall. Bardock smirked and fired a powerful energy blast at Goku.
"GAHHHHH!" Goku cried out, in pain.
"Kakarot!" Gine screamed, getting in front of her son.
"Gine?!" Bardock gasped, pulling back the energy blast that he was preparing.
"Enough. This has gone far enough!" Gine shouted, causing Goku to look to her in shock.
"Gine," Bardock whispered.
The entire cave fell silent. Suddenly, the large wolf spirit came into the cave, followed by the other beasts they had defeated.
"How dare you disturb this sacred cave with your useless battles?" The beast with the spear-like tail hissed.
"We are here to defend this cave from people like you. We hate having to do this, but we will ask you nicely. Please leave this cave, or you will die," the beast with the whip-like tail snarled.
"Tell us, who are you?" Goku called.
"I am the Spirit of the Fallen, Udana," The wolf spirit said, his tail lashing.
"I am the Guardian of Hope, Spina," The beast with the spear-like tail resonated.
"And I am the Spirit of Time, Pila," the beast with the whip-like tail said.
"Great spirits, why did you attack me?" Tien asked, respectfully.
"We attacked all of you. For some reason, these two knuckleheads decided to attack you first." Udana replied.
"You were the first person I smelled. I did not know that there would be more of you." Spina said, simply.
"You looked like a good meal. All of you, not just him," Pila said.
The whole group looked at him in horror. Spina slapped Pila with her tail. Pila growled and stomped off, his tail waving in the air. Udana angrily looked at Pila, and the dark look in his eyes was not kind.
"How dare you, Pila?! We are Guardians of this cave, we do not hunt, we only eat the rocks of the cave!" Udana growled, swiping his claws across Pila's face.
Pila whimpered and scattered back across he cave. Spina glared after Pila reprimandingly. Goku listened to the guardians in shock. They're acting sort of like a family. Are they one big family? Goku thought.
"What are we going to do to this cave, Mother?" Pila asked.
"I don't know. Father?" Spina questions.
"We will destroy it. Along with anyone else in it." Udana declared.
Goku's eyes stretched wide and he yelled, "Run!"
But, the group had already started running.
Bardock led Gine out of the cave.
"I think I know a way for us to escape!"
"Tell me," Gine panted.
"This way!" Bardock urged, shoving Gine into a dark hole.
"It's how I got into the cave. Somehow, Udana managed to find me, but he let us pass with...a warning not to fight anyone. Gine, I need to find the spirits, go on without me!"
"No! Bardock, don't go! I don't want to lose you too! I already lost Kakarot and Raditz. Please don't leave me," Gine cried out.
"You haven't lost Kakarot, he is strong, he will push through this," Bardock said, with reassurance.
"Who was that woman? Who was that child?" Gine asked, desperately.
"They were Kakarot's wife and son." Bardock replied.
"He's married?" Gine whispered.
Bardock took the opportunity to run back towards the spirits. The last thing he heard before the rocks closed his connection to her, was her shouting his name desperately. Bardock fought back the tears trying to rise within his eyes. He was Bardock, a Saiyan warrior, who would do anything to defend his family...at any cost.
Shards of rock hit his arm, causing streams of blood to leak down it. Bardock forced back the hiss of pain rising in his throat. The pain was minor, compared to tain he had endured before. He would never forget the searing pain of Frieza's Supernova. The urge to get out of there while he still could. Why did he have to be such a hero? Why couldn't he be like most other Saiyans?
He did not want to be special. At least, he thought he wasn't, not until his little Kakarot came around. He always knew that he would be a great warrior. He turned the corner and ran into Vegeta, the Namekian, the three eyed person, and a teenager that he just noticed, as well as Chi Chi, Goten, and Kakarot. They immediately got into offensive positions when they saw him. Bardock tried to push past them, focusing on the mission at hand.
"What are you doing?" Kakarot asked.
"Trying to stop the spirits!" Bardock replied.
"You're insane," Vegeta whispered.
"Always have been, Your Highness." Bardock said, beginning to run towards the spirits.
"Oh, great Guardians of Time, Hope and the Fallen, please forgive us and stop destroying this cave!"
He tried not to get embarrassed as the guardians looked at him.
"CAN WE TRUST YOU TO LEAVE IN PEACE?" All the spirit's voices boomed.
"Yes, O Mighty Spirits," Bardock said.
"VERY WELL, JUST DON'T FIGHT ON THE WAY OUT. DON'T COME BACK," The spirits boomed back.
"Thank you, your kindness is deeply appreciated," Bardock said.
"LEAVE, BEFORE WE CHANGE OUR MINDS!" The spirits hissed.
"Of course," Bardock replied, then ran as fast as he could to get to the others.
"I changed their minds for now. Let's get out of here while we still can!"
"Right," Kakarot replied, a serious expression on his face.
"How do we know you aren't lying?" Vegeta questioned.
"Why would I lie to you?" Bardock asked.
"Just saying, I mean a second ago, we were nearly locked in battle," Vegeta said.
"Reasonable." Bardock said.
"Oh, so you're admitting that you were lying?" Vegeta asked.
"You're a fool, you know? Now, let's get out of here. Those spirits are pissed." Bardock said, grimacing.
"We know that they're pissed, but how do we know you aren't just trying to get us out of the way?" Vegeta said, cautiously.
"This is going to be a long day... Well, let's just go," Bardock said, sighing, then left the area, not looking behind him.
Thank you RoyalBlueRoses for helping me with this.