Chapter 16: Whats the plan?

After the huge battle with the Saiyans everyone was now in a hover craft on their way to the hospital. Bulma was flying while the others were talking. It was a very emotional atmosphere. Chiku wouldn't leave Gohans side and Chi Chi was trying to look over him to see his injuries. Chiku tried to help her father at first, but even just touching him made him feel pain. Goku told her it would be best if she tried to help Gohan.

Gohan turned to Yajirobe. "Hey can you hand me the rest of the senzu bean?"

Yajirobe dug into his pocket and handed the bean back to Gohan.

Gohan popped the bean in his mouth and was healed from his injuries. He started stretching his muscles. "That feels a lot better."

"Uhh Gohan. Don't you think it would've been better to give it to Goku?" Krillin asked.

"Mom is already mad at him krillin. If he took a senzu bean in front of her while his child is sitting here with injuries, he would be worse off than he is now." Gohan replied.

Goku laughed nervously. "Yeah I'm in enough hot water as it is now. Plus Gohans health comes before my own. "

"You're darn right it does. Shame on you Krillin for suggesting such an idea!" Chi Chi yelled causing Gohan to snicker.

Krillin waved his hands defensively while he tried to babble a coherent response.

"It didn't matter anyway Krillin. I don't think half of a bean would've done much to help him anyway." Gohan said. His face then turned into a frown. "So how much of that broadcast did you guys see? When did it cut out?"

Roshi sighed. "We saw enough. The camera went out when right after Piccolo died. We saw you stand and power up and poof! The camera was out. I could sense your power all the way at my house. It was astounding. Any way my sister Baba came by with her crystal ball soon after and the first thing we saw was Goku fighting the smaller saiyan. You two fighting it out as giant apes is the last thing we saw. All of that power must of been too much for her crystal ball."

Gohan nodded. " So you saw what happened with Chioutzu and Yamcha too huh?"

Bulma started crying again so Roshi took the wheel.

Gohan smiled slightly though. "There is a way we can wish everyone back though."

Everyone looked at Gohan waiting for him to continue. "You see Piccolo is from a planet called Namek. They must be the original creators of the dragonballs. If we can get to their planet I'm sure we can convince them to let us use their dragonballs."

"So we can wish everyone back!" Krillin said excitedly.

"Woah everyone calm down. We don't even have the coordinates to that planet." Bulma said.

Gohan smirked. "Dad can just get them from King Kai. Right dad?"

"Well I can try. Hey king Kai are you listening? If you are we really need the coordinates to planet Namek.

"Yes I'm listening and while I have you let me congratulate you guys on a battle well fought. I was most impressed with your son Goku. His power was incredible." King kai responded. "Now about those Coordinates..."

King Kai gave the coordinates while Bulma punched them in a calculator.

The others started cheering, until Bulma brought down the mood again.

"You guys don't get it do you! Nothings changed. So what if we have the coordinates! How do we get there!"

"Is that a trick question? With a space ship of course." Krillin answered.

"Oh its that easy? Well I just did the math and with Capsule corps fastest space ship it will take us approximately 4,399 years to reach Namek."

"Who said we had to take a capsule corps space ship?" Gohan asked.

"What other space ship are we going to use genius?" Bulma replied which got her a glare from Chi Chi.

"What I meant was why don't we use the saiyan ship. Nappa's ship is still here. Its a one seater, but I'm sure you can make something work from it. I took the remote to control it from Vegeta when he dropped it." Gohan said as he handed it to Bulma.

Bulma grinned. "Guys we're going to planet Namek!"

At the Hospital.

Goku was in a full body cast while Tien and Krillin were wearing slings and bandaged up a bit. Bulma left with Mr. Popo to find another ship after she blew up Nappas ship on accident. Everyone was just sitting around in Goku's room talking when Gohan jumped out of his seat and started stretching. He walked over to Chi Chi and patted her leg. "Mom can we look for a vending machine? I'm a little thirsty."

Chi Chi picked Chiku up from off of her lap and carried her in her arms as she stood. "Sure sweety. There's one not to far from here."

They walked out the room in search for a vending machine. Chiku started squirming so Chi Chi placed her on the ground. She ran up beside Gohan and grabbed his hand making him and Chi Chi smile.

"Mom I have something I have to tell you."

"What is it sweety?"

"I want to go to namek."

Chi Chi stopped walking. "Gohan-

"I need to go Mom." Gohan said as he stopped walking as well. "I need to redeem myself. Piccolo died protecting me. I think its only fair that I try my hardest to wish him back to life."

"Gohan you just got out of a life and death battle. You need to rest. I don't want you out there again."

Gohan turned to face her as he released his sisters hand. "I'm sorry mom. I know how hard that most of been for you and Chiku to watch. I know I'm being selfish here. I know how much you hate seeing me in possible danger. I know that you would rather me stay at home and be safe. I know if you could switch places with me then you would do it in a heart beat. You're only looking out for me and being a loving parent. I know all of this, but yet I still hurt you. I hurt you by continuing to ask you to allow me to put myself in danger. The last thing I want to do is hurt you mom. It kills me to ask you this and to put pressure on you like this."

Tears were falling down Gohans eyes at this point. "I'm sorry mom, but please allow me to do this." Gohan said with a bow. "This is the only way to atone for letting Piccolo die and I would never be able to live with myself if I didn't try to get him back."

Chi Chi sighed. "I am against this whole-heartedly Gohan. You're only five years old. You shouldn't be visiting other planets and fighting threats. You should be playing and being a kid. You should leave this to the adults, but I've seen you fight and handle yourself. You're more than capable. You'll be in good hands too with Tien, Krillin and Bulma."

Gohan ran up and hugged his mother. "Thank you so much for understanding."

Chi Chi knelt down and wrapped her son up in her arms. "Make sure you stay safe and be careful."

Gohan nodded. "I will mom."

Chiku tilted her head to the side. "Is Gohan going away again?"

Chi Chi released her first born as they all continued walking. "I'm afraid so."

"Can I go? Please!" Chiku begged.

"Absolutely not!" Gohan and Chi Chi simultaneously said causing Chiku to lower her head.

Gohan grabbed her hand in his own. "Don't worry Chiku. I'll only be gone for a little while. A week at the most. I'll bring you something cool back. I promise."

"But you promised to play with me after your first trip."

"You're right and I'll honor that promise when I come back from Namek. On top of that I promise to bring you back something cool from namek. Until I leave I'll do anything you want to. If you wanna play house we'll play house. If you wanna play tag or fish or anything. I won't say no."

Chiku gave a huge grin. "Okay Han!"

Gohan smiled as they finally made it to the vending machine. 'It feels like I'm forgetting something important.'

-Cave-

Raditz started to stir as he finally opened his eyes. "What the hell happened?!"

-2 hrs later-

"I said I was sorry! Its not like I just left you here on purpose. It just slipped my mind."

Raditz crossed his arms. "Oh yeah I'm just overreacting here. Its not like you drugged me, threw me in a cave and forgot about me. Oh wait..."

Gohan sighed. "It was the only thing I could think of at the time to keep your power level down. I was gonna just knock you out, but you probably would've woken up under an hour."

"Oh yes I see now. That makes perfect sense. Drugging me was the only possible solution in this scenario."

"Well if you knew how to hide your power level we wouldn't be in this predicament." Gohan muttered.

"Oh yes blame me for being weak. I haven't heard that enough in my life yet." Raditz responded with a icy glare.

"Its not that you're weak, you just haven't trained your body to its full potential yet. You'll be as strong if not stronger than the ginyu force come this time next week."

Raditz dropped his glare and stared baffled at his nephew. "How do you know the Ginyu force? And what do you mean train to my full potential. I've done rigorous training to get to the level I am now. What can your kind of training do for me?"

"I have my sources when it comes to Frieza and his men so don't worry too much about it. As for your training. Lets just say gravity will be your best friend. Now come on I need to introduce you to my family. Put on your best face and be ready to apologize to my dad."

"I will not apologize. Kakarot is the reason I died!"

"Hey he died too you know. Its not all about you. Plus you started this whole thing. Now man up and apologize or I'll tell Vegeta you're still alive and fled like a coward."

Raditz face turned pale. "I thought you guys killed Vegeta and Nappa."

"Well Nappa is dead, but Vegeta is still alive. He's going to recuperate."

Raditz shook his head. "You should've just killed him. He'll come back for revenge."

Gohan smirked. "And we'll send him packing again just like today. Now lets go!"

Raditz sighed. 'This kids gonna drive me insane!'

-At the hospital.-

Everyone was still crowded in Goku's room talking about the spaceship that Bulma found with Mr. Popo.

Gohan walked in the room and everyone turned to face him. "Every one I have some news for you!"

"Whats up Gohan?" Krillin asked.

Gohan put on a huge smile. "Well we have a nice ship we can take to Namek!"

Bulma looked at him with a puzzled look. "What do you mean? We found one already kid. Mr. Popo showed me to one thats pretty fast."

Gohan scratched the back of his head while giving a sheepish grin. "Sorry, but that wasn't needed. I already had a ship built from the ship that dads brother showed up in.

"Wait you did what? How is that possible?" Bulma asked starting to freak out.

"Please hold all questions until the end. It'll be easier that way. Anyway I have a ship that's already built. It should be a lot faster and more comfortable than the ship you found with Mr. Popo. No offense. As for how I got that to happen I called in a favor from your sister Ms. Bulma."

"Tights? How do you know her?"

Gohan sighed. "I met her on a random island while I was under Piccolos training."

"How did you..."

"Bulma please stop asking questions so he can get through this." Krillin said earning a glare from her.

"Any way I got Ms. Tights to get her father to build a ship from other parts. It has a training facility and everything. It should be spacious enough to fit the five of us."

Chi Chi smiled. "Leave it to my Gohan to have everything figured out."

"Wait whose the five of us? Tien and I agreed to go along with Bulma and from the looks of it so did you. That's only four of us. Who is the fifth?" Krillin asked as everyone started wondering the same thing.

Gohan looked towards the door. "That's your cue!"

Everyone gasped when Raditz walked in the room. Krillin jumped out of his seat and into a stance as Goku and Roshi glared. Bulma backed up and tried to hide.

"Easy everyone. Just calmed down. He's not going to attack us or anything. I struck a deal with him."

"How is he even here? He's suppose to be dead." Goku stated.

"I wished him back along with you dad."

"And why did you do that Gohan?" Goku asked in curiosity.

"When he took me we had a conversation. I realized that he never really got a chance to live his own life. He deserves a second chance and I thought I would be the one to give it to him. You gave Piccolo a second chance and you just gave Vegeta one. Is it really wrong for me to give uncle Raditz one?"

Goku smiled. "Not at all son."

Gohan smiled back. He stomped on Raditz foot causing him to grab it in pain. He glared down at his nephew, but Gohan just smiled innocently at him. "Isn't there something you want to say uncle Raditz?"

Raditz growled but he walked over to the bed his brother occupied. "Listen well Kakarot I will only say this once. I...I...I apologize."

Everyone's mouth was wide as their jaws dropped.

"You apologize for what?" Gohan egged on.

Raditz clenched his teeth together. "I apologize for trying to kill you and harm your stupid planet.

Gohan sighed. "Good enough."

Goku chuckled. "Its okay. I forgive you."

Raditz nodded. "Good. You look like hell little brother. I assume Vegeta or Nappa did this too you?"

"Yeah Vegeta was pretty tough. We were pretty much even until he transformed."

Raditz raised an eyebrow. "You mean he transformed to defeat you? You must of really had him on the ropes. The look in your eyes when you were fighting me and the ability to get so strong even though you're a third class saiyan. You're just like our old man."

"Old man?" Goku asked confused.

"Our father. I was surprised to see that you look like a carbon copy of him. Its kind of unnerving if you ask me."

"I don't remember a single thing about my parents." Goku said. "What were they like."

"Well our father was off on missions a lot, so I can't tell you too much about him. I know he was headstrong, fearless and an excellent fighter. He was probably as strong as the king back then. He had a knack for growing stronger and improving his fighting ability even though he was a third class warrior. Our mother bandaged us up whenever we were wounded. She cleaned and cooked mainly. She was too weak to be a fighter. She was probably the most gentle and kindest saiyan on planet Vegeta. You remind me of her in that aspect. You bear traits from both of our parent Kakarot. Remember that and be proud."

Goku nodded with a small smile. "I kind of wish I could've met them. So what do you plan to do now with your second chance? Where will you live?"

"I was promised the ship your son has after his trip to Namek. I made a promise to him to not harm anyone and I will keep my word. I'll go to a planet that barely has any conflict and start my life over. Who knows maybe I'll start a family like you."

"That'll be something. So are you going to Namek too?"

"Well someone has to look over your little brat."

Gohan chuckled. "Its not like you have much of a choice anyway."

"Yeah yeah." Raditz waved off.

"Okay so for those who don't know this is dads older brother Raditz. Raditz these are all friends and family." Gohan continued to introduce him to each person.

"Wheres the green bug man. I half expected him to attack me by now." Raditz asked.

Gohan lowered his head. "Piccolo didn't make it through the last battle."

Just then the door opened and everyone turned to see Chiku walk in with the Ox King. "Yay Hans back!" She ran up to Gohan and wrapped him in a hug. She looked up at Raditz. "Who's this?" She walked over to him and pulled on his hair.

"Chiku come here sweety." Chi chi said as Raditz shot her a grateful glance. "This here is your uncle Raditz." Chi Chi stood up and walked over to him. She held out her hand. "I am Goku's wife Chi Chi. Its very nice to meet you Raditz."

"Like wise. " Raditz said as he grabbed her hand and shook it only to feel pain. He looked down at his hand in shock to see that Chi Chi's grip was actually hurting him. He looked back at her face and flinched when he looked into her eyes.

"I hope we won't have any issues Raditz. Especially when it comes to my children."

Raditz started sweating nervously. "Of course we won't have issues. I'll treat them as if they were my own kids. Actually I'll treat them better."

Chi Chi smiled as she finally released her grip. "I'm glad to hear it." She turned to Gohan. "So did you plan for him to stay somewhere?"

Gohan scratched the back of his head nervously. "I was kind of thinking he could stay with us until we leave for Namek."

"Out of the question. We're staying at a nearby hotel for a week so I can keep a watchful eye on your father."

Raditz waved her off. "Don't worry. I have no problem roughing it in the wilderness. I'm use to it."

Gohan put a hand on his chin in thought."Well I guess you can stay in the ship. I mean it is done. We can get a head start on training."

Raditz rolled his eyes. "Sounds like a blast." came his sarcastic reply.

A/N: Chapter end. Thanks for the Reviews, favs, and follows. Next chapter will be coming in near the end of the month. I'm going to aim for at least 1 chapter a month for this story.