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Jason9000: Hello all! Here we are with yet another chapter. This time we're gonna have Piccolo talk with someone who knows the Demon King better than anyone. Well let's get started!*

Two days after the party Piccolo found himself back at his favorite waterfall. It was early morning so most of the animals hadn't awakened yet. This was good since he had enough time to do what he planned to do. The level of meditation Piccolo planned on doing took a lot of time and effort. Usually it takes a whole day to even try and attempt what he was going to do. Piccolo only used this when he was sure nothing was going to happen that could endanger the Earth which in itself was very rare considering what's happened over time.

Years ago right after Cell was defeated Piccolo discovered something unique. He could actually enter into his subconscious. At first he was confused as to what this meant since he hadn't tried to meditate this deep till one day he got this strange urge to do so. When he entered he found himself on the Lookout. He was confused since he didn't remember being at the Lookout when he was meditating. He turned towards the entrance of the Lookout and out came Kami.

The old Namek wanted to speak with him personally and the only way he could do that properly was to have Piccolo go into his subconscious where both he and Nail were.

When both of the Namekians fused with Piccolo their minds entered Piccolo's subconscious where they have resided since. Sometimes Piccolo allowed one of them to "overshadow" his body for a little bit such as when Nail taunted Frieza on Namek when Piccolo was fighting him in his second form on Planet Namek.

When Kami first contacted him he wanted to congratulate him on the defeat of Cell and how proud he was of helping the other Z warriors to the best of his abilities. They talked for a bit before Piccolo "flew off" more into his subconscious and found himself on Planet Namek where he found Nail coming out of a tall mountain with a building of Namekian design on top. Nail explained to him that this was where he resided in since their merging. All of Planet Namek could be seen before it's destruction at the hands of the tyrant Frieza.

Finally Piccolo asked Nail to spar with him wanting to know 'who was the strongest Namek was'. Piccolo thought it would be an easy fight since his skills have improved to mountainous heights since Namek, but to his amazement he found that Nail was just as strong as he was. Even though the battle took place in his subconscious every technique felt real. Finally Piccolo bade him farewell and decided he needed to get back to the real world. When he finally came to he saw that it was the dead of night when he meditated in the late morning. He decided to not do this new form too much since anything could happen at any given moment and do this sparingly.

Piccolo however, realized that both Nail and Kami must've became stronger as part of the training Piccolo did daily. Nail's fighting prowess increased immensely while Kami's wisdom and knowledge grew as Piccolo learned about new techniques and about other people. Sometimes Kami offered advice how to not lose so much ki during an attack or how to solve a problem that Piccolo couldn't figure out himself.

So here was Piccolo attempting to do this meditation again wanting answers as to why he was having these visions. And who better to ask than the guy who created the Demon King?

Soon Piccolo found himself drifting away till he found himself back at the "Lookout". It was calm as always. Nothing really changed since he was last here. He walked towards the entrance looking for Kami.

He found Kami walking out towards him with Nail behind him. Nail normally never left the part of Piccolo's mind that he took up. Seeing him with the old Namek must mean that whatever was happening had been more serious than he thought.

"Piccolo it's good to see you again," Kami greeted him as they approached him.

"Likewise Kami, hello Nail," Piccolo greeted back nodding towards Nail.

"I'm guessing you both know why I'm here?" Piccolo asked them both.

"Yes I've been expecting you ever since these visions started. Nail arrived a bit before you did since we felt you coming. I want you both here so you can understand what I'm about to tell you. Please come inside," Kami said walking back indoors.

Piccolo followed with Nail behind him. They walked back inside the palace and towards the throne room that Kami sat in when he was the Guardian of Earth. Two other chairs similar to the throne but smaller were circled around it with a table with three glasses of water.

Piccolo looked at this with a questioning look.

"I know you really can't taste the water, but I thought it'd be best since we may be here a while," Kami said sitting down with Nail sitting diagonally to his left and motioning towards the chair diagonally to his right.

Piccolo sat down and faced Kami, whom had his eyes closed in deep thought till he opened them addressing Piccolo.

"As you know I came to the Lookout to apply for the position as the Guardian of Earth many years after I traveled the Earth looking for my parents. When I arrived and politely asked for the position of apprenticeship the current Guardian turned me away because he saw the darkness in my heart. At the time I was too proud to admit that the lure of power wasn't a reason why I wanted the job since the intentions of becoming the next Guardian need to be pure and for the welfare of the planet," Kami said beginning his story.

"I was discouraged and was about to challenge him to prove myself to him, but I then thought how that would just make my case look worse than it did. So I asked if I promised to rid the evil in my heart would he reconsider. He told me he may do it but he also had someone else applying for the job," Kami said.

"Garlic," Piccolo responded.

"Indeed. When I saw him I knew that his intentions were wicked. I saw that he wanted to rule the Earth not just watch peacefully from above and perhaps give someone a gentle thought to make a decision. I realized that Garlic was what I may become if I took the job immediately. So for years I tried to isolate the evil that entered my heart and soul from going around the Earth and witnessing the wars, crimes, and other evil deeds I had seen during my travels," Kami told the two younger Nameks.

"I nearly failed for I was running out of time since I was only given so much to try and rid myself of the evil that I could feel taunting me in my head. I almost gave up hope when I had a vision of a world surrounded by death and darkness with Garlic leading it. I couldn't bear the thought of the world I loved and cherished come to ruin under a cruel tyrant's hand. That was the final push I needed and accomplished my goal. I literally became 'pure good' at first while the other side of me became 'pure evil'."

Kami paused for a moment closing his eyes again in pain.

"That is the single thing I regret most. Had I known the horrors your father would have caused I would have forgotten about the role of Guardianship and defended the world from Garlic to the best of my abilities. When I achieved my goal I felt greatly weakened and relieved. At first I thought it was because of the amount of effort I put into and not the amount of power I had lost. My work was before me in a black cloud staring down at me just looking at me at a sneer. Suddenly it attacked me. I was caught off guard for I did not expect it to attack me immediately after its creation so I was stunned. It fled taking shape similar to that of myself only its face was more angled and its nose was more hooked than my own."

Kami paused again to take a drink of the water before him. When he finished he continued.

"I meant to give chase to this monster but the current Guardian stopped me. He told me that I had completed my training by banishing the evil from within me and that I was going to be his successor. Garlic was furious when he found out he wasn't going to be the next one so he attacked the Guardian mortally wounding him. Mr. Popo was able to hold Garlic off for a moment while I took the current Guardian to safety within the palace. I tried my best to quickly tend to his injuries but in the middle of it he transferred his role of Guardian to me and passed away to the Otherworld. My power increased by a small amount and I left to face Garlic. The fight we had nearly tore the Lookout asunder, but in the end I won and banished him to the realm of Darkness. I then fell into a deep sleep since my mind and body were weakened from not just the attacks from Garlic and King Piccolo, but also because my body was adjusting to this role of power." The old Namek explained further while the younger two Nameks sat still and patiently listened.

"When I came to, some weeks had already passed since my fight with Garlic. I asked Mr. Popo of the situation with my evil twin. He informed me that he had gone into hiding and wasn't causing trouble. I then made my mind to give chase to this monster I created and intended to destroy it but Mr. Popo stopped me and explained to me that I was not the first Guardian that split himself in two. Other Guardians had done what I did to achieve the role I took up. He told me that if I were indeed to destroy this thing I would suffer the same fate. By splitting myself in two I split my soul between the two bodies and both shared a balance. If half of my soul died then the other half would go with it since a body cannot remain in the mortal realm for long with half of its soul dead. I believe your fight with the Saiyan Nappa showed us how I only stayed alive for a moment longer than you after you died."

Piccolo nodded remembering the fight and how Kami didn't show up in Otherworld for about a minute after Piccolo himself had died.

"After thinking for a long time I decided not to take action against King Piccolo since I knew in the end we would both die even if I was a bit stronger than him. Goku can testify to that with how easily he handled himself against King Piccolo yet couldn't land a hand on me barely a day after your father's demise." Kami said taking another drink of water that had miraculously refilled itself.

"For nearly one hundred years I couldn't see or sense your father. He had disappeared without a trace. Suddenly he made his move with his army of demon children that he had spawned over the years and attacked the cities one by one. As much as I wanted to go down and face him I didn't. I was at the time too afraid of the prospect of dying from killing King Piccolo. So I only watched as the people I cherished slaughtered like common swine. After five years of his tyrannical reign I put my fear aside and was about to go down and face him when I saw that he was sealed away all thanks to Master Mutaito. I didn't catch the technique I just saw him throwing King Piccolo in the rice cookie jar. I was shocked that a mere human could do what I could not. I watched how Mutaito died in his efforts and his student who I later discovered was Master Roshi, threw him into the ocean hoping to forever rid the world of this evil but as we both know that was not the case," Kami said finally finishing his story.

Both Piccolo and Nail were silent. Despite what Kami told them both that still did not explain why Piccolo was having visions of his past.

"Why these memories are resurfacing I cannot say. Most likely it is because you have suppressed them for so long that your mind is forcing you to go through them more thoroughly than when you did those three years after you were born," Kami said.

"Wait you grew into your adult body within three Earth years? How is that even possible?" Nail asked Piccolo surprised.

"I actually forced myself to better stand a chance against Goku at the tournament. It was a very painful process for me to go through having to condense so much growing in mind and body in such a short amount of time. It was probably one of the most painful experiences I've ever had the displeasure of going through," Piccolo responded back grimacing a bit.

"Well Piccolo if you don't have any more questions I suggest you be off. You have been in here for quite some time I think," Kami said standing up.

Piccolo nodded getting up and walking towards the door.

"If something does come up I'll most likely be back to discuss this further with the both of you," Piccolo said walking out.

Piccolo took off from the fake Lookout inside his mind. He was focusing on returning to the outside world when for a moment he felt something else in his head.

He stopped flying for a minute and looked around using all of his senses trying to pinpoint exactly what just happened. He couldn't see or feel nothing wrong. Perhaps he had stayed in here too long and his body was just telling him to hurry up and return.

Piccolo refocused again on leaving and found himself back at his waterfall. He looked around and found that it was late evening.

He got up and flew off to Goku's house hoping that by the time he got there it wouldn't be too late for a spar with him or Gohan.

*Jason9000: Well that was one of my favorites to write. I had to watch the entire King Piccolo arc again before writing any of this story since I haven't seen it in like 10 to 12 years and I think I got most of the facts straight. Next chapter we get to go to a very boring place where the occupants are just wishing they could leave.

Author's Note: I was reading all of your reviews which I am most grateful for but one caught my eye the most and I would like to address it. This is a review from Henry who said "I really hope you manage portray the relationship between father and son correctly... I dislike people who simplely think that they hate eachother, because that isn't the case!" You need to remember that this takes after the end of Dragon Ball Z so Piccolo has had time to go over what his father wanted him to do and what he wants to do for himself. Piccolo clearly rejects the path he was forced to follow after fighting the Saiyans when he dies saving Gohan. Now I don't think he hates his father it's probably more like he dislikes him for what he represents and the ideas King Piccolo had of world domination. If they were to have met in cannon Piccolo probably would have told the Demon King that he wants nothing more to do with him. In the game Dragon Ball Super Sonic Warriors there is a cut scene where they do meet but Piccolo seems to speak with him in his usual monotone and doesn't come across shouting at the Demon King with hatred and contempt. Like I said above he most likely dislikes him and not hate him. Thank you again for your review. If you all want I'll address your reviews here if you have any questions.*