An End and A Beginning
The terrifying battle between the warriors of Earth and the warriors from space was finally over. After taking the lives of thousands of innocent civilians and killing 3 Z-Fighters, the two might Saiyans were defeated. One died at the hands of Gohan, the half-Saiyan 5-year-old boy, while the other was taken captive by Goku and the others. Despite the stunning victory against the terrifying Saiyans, none of the Z-Fighters were celebrating as they silently mourned for their fallen comrades. Goku had especially been hit hard by the death of his wife at the hands of Vegeta and remained silent as everyone waited for Bulma and the others to arrive.
Bulma's hover copter landed at the destroyed downtown Metro East area. It landed next to the Z-Fighters, who had placed the bodies of the deceased Z-Fighters next to them. As soon as the copter landed, Master Roshi, Korin, and Bulma rushed out to greet the warriors that had defended Earth.
"Goku! Yamcha! Gohan! You're all alive!" Bulma cried as she rushed towards the fighters and hugged them. As she loosened her hug, she spotted the three dead bodies on the ground. "Oh no... Chi-Chi. Chaozu. Krillin. They're dead."
Piccolo crossed his arms and watched the reunion from a distance. "The monk and the little white one have already been revived with the Dragon Balls before. They can't be revived again."
Tenshinhan punched the ground in frustration. "I forgot that the Dragon Balls can't be used to revive people twice. Chaozu sacrificed his life for me and now I'll never see him again."
"Krillin..." Goku muttered as he looked down at his dead friend.
"However, that doesn't mean we can't revive them." Piccolo mused. "I am an alien from the planet Namek. Since Kami is a Namekian also and can create Dragon Balls, perhaps the people from my planet have Dragon Balls that they created."
"He's right. The Namekians might have Dragon Balls that we can use to revive the ones that died! If they're really the original creators of the Dragon Balls, their Dragon Balls might be more powerful than the ones on Earth!" Gohan excitedly said. "Wait, can't we use the Dragon Balls we have right now to revive the ones that died today and save mom too?"
His mentor shook his head. "The Dragon Balls have scattered all over Earth now and they can not be used for another year. Even if we did get all the Dragon Balls right now, we would need to wait a year to fix all the damage."
Gohan let out a string of curses as he glared at the unconscious form of his mother's murderer on his shoulder, but dropped his gaze when his father looked at him. Goku, despite his weakened status, limped toward his son and took Vegeta off his shoulder. "I know you're still angry about your mother's death, but we can still save her. If we go the Planet Namek, we might be able to revive her earlier."
"I understand dad." But in reality, Gohan didn't. He was still angry and hated the prince of Saiyans with his entire heart. Piccolo had told him that his father was also a Saiyan and so, he was also half-Saiyan. Vegeta was the very opposite of Goku, showing no mercy and killing anyone he wanted in cold blood. Why was this man the prince of his father's people while his father was considered a low-class warrior? The very idea that all Saiyans except his father acted like Vegeta sickened him to the core.
Bulma cleared her throat to catch the attention of the 5 living Z-Fighters. "I'll do everything I can to help you all get to the planet Namek, but there's a huge problem. We don't know where Namek is."
"I have a friend that help us with that," Goku said as he shifted the body he was carrying on his shoulder. "King Kai should know."
Yamcha looked at the Earth's protector with a puzzled expression. "Who is King Kai?"
I am King Kai. I trained Goku when he died. A voice appeared in everyone's head as all the people present began to look around in confusion except Goku, Piccolo, and Gohan.
"King Kai, where is Namek? My friends and I need to travel over there in order to use the Namekian Dragon Balls." Goku asked out loud to the supreme being.
Ah, Namek. Yes. Let me look through my book, I'll find the address of the planet. The sound of pages being flipped rang through everyone's head before finally stopping. Here it is. Take direction SU83, then 9045 YX. Though it seems like the majority of the planet's population died out due to some planet-wide storm, something that humans would call "Armaggedon." However, let me see if there are any survivors.
Gohan looked at the corpses of his ally as he silently prayed for a miracle. "Let's hope that some of them survived so they can help us."
The others nodded in agreement, though Piccolo gave his student an annoyed look. "They're my people. There is no way a simple storm killed all of them." Gohan's mentor said this confidently but had a dark expression on his face.
It seems your green friend is right. There are more than a hundred survivors living on the planet as of now, but their population is stable and growing. They seem much weaker and much more subtle in nature than your friend there on Earth, so you shouldn't have a huge problem of asking to use the Dragon Balls. King Kai claimed.
"So we can bring back Chaozu and Krillin!" Goku said happily as he accidentally struck his fist into Vegeta's unconscious face. The prince didn't even stir as he limply went back on Goku's shoulder.
"Easier said than done. It's going to take a very long time for us to travel to Namek using Earth technology. I calculated that it'll take over 4000 years for us to get to Namek if we used some of my papa's spaceships." Bulma declared as she stuck a calculator out for everyone to see the numbers, making everyone gape in shock. "But, with the spaceships that the Saiyans left behind, we might be able to shorten the trip. I have no guarantees, though so don't get your hopes up just yet. Thankfully, I already told some workers to take the two ships away and store in back at Capsule Corporations."
Gohan let out a sigh of relief as he heard this. "I hope it doesn't take too long. I don't want to be an old man by the time I go there and back."
Despite the situation, everyone let out a laugh as the tension died down. They finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
Using Bulma's hover copter, the battered Z-Fighters were quickly airlifted to Capsule Corporations instead of the hospital. Bulma insisted that the technology at Capsule Corporations could fix them up faster than a hospital and that none of them were injured too badly. The occupants of the flying machine stared at the giant dome with the words "Capsule Corp" plastered on the front as the machine passed the dome and several other buildings before landing towards the back of the place Bulma called her home.
The group climbed out of their ride and entered the large building with Bulma at the helm. She guided the warriors to the basement level of the Capsule Corps building, where all the most advanced inventions made by the corporation was stored. The first room the group entered was a chamber filled with various large tanks with a strange blue liquid in them.
"These are Rejuvenation Tanks. They're in the prototype stage, but they should still work for basic injuries. They also replenish your ki, so all of you will be feeling better in no time," Bulma announced to the group as he motioned for Yamcha to come forward.
Nervously, the scarred bandit obeyed. The blue haired scientist placed a mask onto Yamcha's mouth and pushed the man into the tank. The surprised fighter struggled for a few moments in the liquid before going slack. "That's supposed to happen. The liquid has regeneration properties, but they also put you in an unconscious state so that you don't break the tanks from the inside. If a person goes into the tank and breaks something in the inside, it might prevent them from coming out or, even worse, blow up the tank and kill the person."
Bulma looked at the timer on the tank. "He should be done in about an hour. There are two more tanks, so Goku and Tenshinhan should go into the tanks since they seem to have more injuries than Piccolo and Gohan."
"What about Vegeta? He might wake up any second and he might try to destroy us and the entire building." Gohan asked as he stopped his father, who was walking towards the tank with the Saiyan prince still hanging from his shoulders.
"We have some empty tanks, so I'll fill one of them up with some of the medical liquid and a lot of sedatives to keep him asleep. Just drop him that empty tank over there and I'll get to him right away." Bulma said as she pointed to one of the empty tanks in the corner.
The conscious Saiyan dumped his compatriot into the empty tank and then walked back to Bulma. Goku finally entered one of the tanks and became unconscious as he floated in the blue liquid. Tenshinhan immediately followed and began to recover within the confines of the tank. After the three warriors were safely within the tanks, Bulma turned to the remaining student and teacher duo. "You can use the tanks after them if you want."
"I think I'll be fine. The Senzu bean from earlier helped me recover my strength. I'll probably just need some rest and food in order to recover fully," Gohan said as he politely refused the offer.
Piccolo crossed his arms as he stiffly looked at the other warriors within the tanks. "I don't need any healing."
"Alright then. I'll take you all to the lounge area while we wait for the others to recover." Bulma said with a wink as she dragged the two out of the basement and onto the ground level. The trio entered a spacious room with several couches, a table with chairs, a massive TV, and a small kitchen. "There's some snacks in the pantry and drinks in the refrigerator. I'll come back after I deal with the other Saiyan and cook all of you an actual meal."
After Bulma closed the door and left the room, Gohan turned to his mentor as Piccolo looked at his student with a knowing expression. "All the things that have happened in the past few months is frying my brain."
"You mean, the Dragon Balls, aliens, and everything else?" Piccolo asked the young boy with a small smirk on his face.
"On my old Earth, none of these things existed and now, I come to this Earth and find things that shouldn't be possible. Magic balls that can grant any wishes, aliens that try to destroy Earth, and people using superpowers. It's like a really cheesy science fiction movie." Gohan said as he walked up to the kitchen. He took out several energy bars and feasted upon his findings. Even though he was a completely different person on the inside, his body was still that of a half-Saiyan boy with extremely high metabolism.
The Namek looked at his student with interest as Gohan gulped down entire bars whole. "You mean Dragon Balls and the such didn't exist in your world?"
Gohan shrugged. "They might have existed, but I have no idea if they actually did. I've never heard of the Dragon Balls before I came to this world and our world had never had any encounters with aliens."
"None of the people on this Earth have encountered aliens either except you, your father, and your friends. I'm sure if they did encounter aliens, they would try to create spaceships to travel instead of dwelling on this planet." Piccolo responded. His student gave a small respectful nod before he opened the refrigerator and drank several bottles of water in succession. "Just how much can you eat and drink?"
"No idea, but that fight with Nappa and Vegeta definitely has made me hungry and thirsty." The half-Saiyan said as he drained another bottle.
Suddenly, Bulma rushed into the room and grabbed both Piccolo and Gohan in the arm. "Come with me! There's an emergency!"
Piccolo escaped the grip of the blue haired woman and instantly rushed for the door. "Has Vegeta escaped? Damn that Goku! I told him that we should have killed the blood-thirsty Saiyan!"
"That's not it!" Bulma shouted impatiently. "The emergency is at our front door! A bunch of soldiers and police officers are at the gates of Capsule Corp! I don't know what's happening, but it doesn't seem too good."
The green alien stared at Bulma with annoyance. "That isn't a problem. It's more of a nuisance. None of the humans out there could even hurt us."
Bulma fumed at the Namek. "Still! Come with me outside so you can back me up if there's a problem."
Gohan and Piccolo reluctantly followed the woman out the front door and towards the front main gates of the large building. True to Bulma's words, there were hundreds of soldiers and police officers amassed outside the gate. There were several helicopters flying around and a tank was positioned behind the troops as if there was great danger within the Capsule Corp.
The daughter of the Capsule Corp president marched out the gate, with the two warriors directly behind her. None of the police or soldiers present fired at the people that came out of the Capsule Corp building, but everyone began to murmur between themselves when they saw the Demon King Piccolo calmly follow the Capsule Corp heir.
"Why are there soldiers and police officers in front of my house?!" Bulma screamed at one of the officers.
Her screaming made several of the soldiers flinch as an officer came to the blue haired girl and greeted her. "I'm sorry, Ms. Briefs, but this is all a security precaution after today's attack at Metro East. An important guest is coming to greet you personally and we have to make sure that the people that destroyed Metro East don't kill the guest."
Bulma glared at the officer, giving an annoyed look at the man. "Who is this guest?"
"I'm sorry, Ms. Briefs, but that information is classified. You'll know who he is once he arrives." The officer replied with an apologetic look.
The young half-Saiyan looked at both Bulma and Piccolo with a curious look, but neither of them seemed to have an idea who the "guest" could be. Bulma caught his glance and turned to him. "If papa was home, I could understand. Papa is quite rich and famous and often has important people over at our house, but papa isn't home right now. He's attending some inventor's fair with mama."
After several long minutes with Bulma impatiently gazing at the soldiers in front of her house, a motorcade consisting of several limousines and police motorcycles streamed through the awaiting soldiers and police officers. The lead car stopped halted before the trio and several men in suits and sunglasses swiftly exited the vehicle and stood guard around the limo. One of the bodyguards opened the back door to let out the important guest that everyone had been waiting for.
Gohan inspected the guest that stepped out of the car. The guest wasn't human like the young boy had expected, but was instead a dog that was barely taller than him. He had on a black tuxedo, complete with a red tie and blue vest. The dog also had a small pair of spectacles on his nose and his nose sniffed the air as he stepped out of the car. He doesn't look that important... Gohan silently thought as he crossed his arms like his mentor, looking completely unimpressed and uninterested at the sight before him.
However, Bulma had a completely different reaction than Gohan and Piccolo. She quickly went up to the dog and bowed. "King Furry! It is an honor to meet you, your highness!"
That dog is a king? Gohan gaped as he bowed towards the dog. Then again, nothing should surprise me in this world. Magic balls, dragons, aliens. A dog king seems quite normal compared to everything else.
"Please, Ms. Briefs. No need to be so formal towards me. Your father and I are close friends." King Furry stated as he returned the bow with one of his own. "I hate to intrude on anything you're doing, but may I enter your home? I believe I have some important things to discuss with your parents."
"Papa isn't here right now. He's attending an inventor's fair downtown right now." The blue haired girl replied. Gohan had a sinking feeling on why the dog king was here, but he prayed that he was wrong.
King Furry's eyebrows furrowed as he leaned in towards the daughter of the genius inventor and lowered his voice. "Then do you possibly have any connections with the spaceships and aliens that landed in Metro East today? Some of the surviving soldiers from the battle at Metro East claimed that they saw a Capsule Corp copter land in the city and whisk off the small spaceships, along with a dozen strange men that included one of the aliens that they claimed destroyed the downtown area."
Bulma looked surprised at the king's remarks and her face flushed as she answered. "Ah, well..." She looked at Gohan and Piccolo for assistance, to no avail. "I guess I can explain it inside. But please, do not bring any of your bodyguards or the such. It's a very important and private matter."
"That won't be a problem, but are you sure I will be safe?" King Furry nervously said as he gave a quick look to Piccolo. "If the reports are correct, you have aliens within your house and the Demon King himself is right next to me."
Piccolo let out a small growl and the king back up a few steps, to the Namek's amusement. "I will not hurt you if you don't do anything stupid."
Bulma gave the green alien a dirty look and smiled at the king. "You'll be completely safe. Don't worry."
Despite some doubts in his eyes, King Furry nodded. "Then let us enter."
The group entered the lounge area and Bulma served the king some tea as they went straight down to business. For a good half an hour, Bulma explained everything to the king: from the Dragon Balls to the Saiyans arriving in Metro East to conquer Earth and use the Dragon Balls. Strangely, the king of Earth seemed rather unfazed by Bulma's tale. He calmly took in the information and occasionally asked a few questions to clarify some events and facts. When the young scientists finished, King Furry seemed to have a newfound respect towards Piccolo and Gohan that sat on the side as they remained quiet throughout the entire affair. "So the Demon King and this little boy defeated the alien that destroyed an entire army and a city?"
"He wasn't as impressive as you might think. In terms of human strength, he is invincible, but my student is not exactly human and he is powerful." Piccolo said flatly as he looked at the leader of Earth distastefully.
King Furry's enthusiasm deflated a bit as he looked at Piccolo with a nervous look. "But still. You and your friends should be properly awarded for your actions! You saved all of Earth from an alien invasion and prevented them from attaining unimaginable power! I'll have an awards ceremony arranged right away so that all of Earth knows of what you did today!"
"I'm sorry to burst your bubble, King Furry, but I don't think we exactly have the time for that. You see, Goku and his friends need to go to the planet Namek to revive the ones that died today. The Dragon Balls can't revive people that have died twice already, so we're planning to visit the original creators of the Dragon Balls to see if we can use theirs to revive our friends." Bulma explained cautiously.
"I see." King Furry said as he calmed down a bit. "After listening to your story, I have something to offer to the warriors that defended Earth today. It has become evidently clear after today that there are threats to Earth that I or my military can not stop, such as the Demon King and aliens. If Earth is attacked by aliens or other creatures, I have no means to stop them without the help of you warriors. So I intend to make your group officially a part of the Earth's military if you choose to accept."
Gohan looked intrigued at the king's words as he leaned forward. "You want us to become part of your military and heed all your commands?"
The king waved his hand at the remark. "No no no! Your group will be a completely autonomous group from the regular army and the such. However, if you choose to accept, I intend to allow your group to have full control over whatever you do, but with certain benefits."
"Such as?" Piccolo grumbled, clearly not convinced of the king's words.
"All of Earth's resources at your disposal, a very high pay, and my personal guarantee that you will remain anonymous. You'll be free from any media attention and the public while being able to fight the threats that are too powerful for our own military to deal with. A type of special forces, if you will." King Furry offered.
Sorta like the Justice League... Except all of us pretty much have the same powers. "I think we should discuss this with the others after they recover from their injuries." Gohan liked the idea but didn't want to leave out the opinions of the others who also played huge parts in the battle against the Saiyans.
"Speak of the others, I think they're done with their time in the Rejuvenation Chamber. I'll go get them to see if they agree with your proposal, King Furry." Bulma waltzed out of the room and headed towards the basement, leaving the two warriors and the king awkwardly by themselves in the room.
King Furry's face clearly showed that he had many questions in mind, yet he kept on giving small, quick glances towards Piccolo. Gohan rolled his eyes and spoke to the uncomfortable king. The young Saiyan knew why the king was nervous, because Piccolo had told him about his past, and was amused looking at King Furry's reaction. "You can ask me any questions. I know my mentor is intimidating and tried to take over the Earth, but he's changed quite a lot since then."
"Mentor?" King Furry said as he shot a funny look at the impassive Namek.
The half-Saiyan nodded. "Piccolo is my mentor, he taught me everything that I know about fighting. He might act tough and powerful, but he's a good-hearted individual deep inside."
Piccolo snorted. "You make me sound soft brat."
The king loosened up slightly as he gave his full attention to Gohan. "Do you think there are beings out there that desire to take over Earth like the Saiyans you fought today?"
Gohan looked up thoughtfully and answered. "Quite possibly. I don't think Vegeta is alone out there in the universe. And since we now know that there's another planet filled with aliens, it's quite possible that there are powerful aliens out there that can invade Earth."
"I was hoping you wouldn't say that, but I guess I shouldn't be too surprised." King Furry muttered as he took a long sip of his tea. "But to think that you, a boy no older than six, defeated an alien that decimated my military. It makes sense since you're the son of Goku."
At hearing Goku's name, Piccolo looked slightly annoyed, but Gohan gave a small smile towards the king. "Thank you, King Furry."
Just then, the other warriors walked in, looking much fresher than before. All the visible cuts and bruises were gone and the fighters looked the same as they did before they went off to battle, except with a few changes of clothing. Tenshinhan wore a green shirt and joggers, while Yamcha wore a baseball shirt with the number 5 on the back and a pair of jeans. The only person that hadn't changed was Goku, who was still wearing his battered orange gi. Goku went up to the king and smiled. "It's good to see you again!"
"Good to see you again, Goku." King Furry answered as he furiously shook the man's hand. "Did Bulma explain the proposal that I gave to all of you while you were coming here?"
"Yep! I think it's a good idea, what do you think guys?" Goku asked as he turned to the others.
Tenshinhan was silent for a moment before answering. "I have no objections. It'll be the same as before, except with the backing of the king and the government. I see no reason why we shouldn't take this offer."
"If Tien agrees, so do I. Though we better have some cool uniforms." Yamcha continued with a grin.
All eyes turned to Piccolo, who merely closed his eyes as if he was trying to erase everyone in the room from existence. "Do what you want, but I will not join this foolish group. I am not bound by anyone or anything, I am the Demon King Piccolo!"
Gohan sniggered at Piccolo's statement. "He'll accept sooner or later, King Furry. Don't mind him."
His teacher glared at him but remained silent as King Furry nodded enthusiastically. "Fantastic! Then I officially authorize the creation of the "Earth Special Forces." You will be called in times of need, though you'll probably spot any threats to Earth before I or anyone else can spot them. I'll have everything settled in order after you return from your visit to the other alien planet."
With that, the president was escorted out of the house by Bulma and within minutes, the amassed forces in front of Capsule Corps were cleared.
"Well, that was unexpected. I did not expect the king of Earth to visit," Bulma said as she went back into the lounge area and sank to the floor.
"Um, Bulma... What about the spaceships?" Gohan casually mentioned.
Bulma immediately shot up from the floor. "Right! The spaceships! I'll take a look at it and my dad should be able to build something bigger and better out of it!"
After Bulma left, the fighters all looked at each other silently. Amidst the silence, large growls began to echo throughout the room as everyone looked at the small kitchen in the corner. The same thought ran through nearly every single fighter except Piccolo as they approached the kitchen and tore it apart.
A day later...
The members of the Earth Special Forces stayed in the Capsule Corps dome overnight, awaiting for Bulma and her father to make progress on the spaceships that were recovered from the battle. There were plenty of extra guest rooms in the huge building, so all of the fighters had their own room for the night. Most of the Z-Fighters passed out fairly quickly, with the exception of Piccolo and Gohan, who meditated and sparred most of the night.
When everyone woke up, mainly by Bulma's yelling, they all gathered in one of the private garages that the Briefs used for inventions and experiments that they wanted to hide from the public's eye. Inside the garage, they found a strange looking object, along with the more familiar Saiyan spaceships, parked on the garage side to side. Bulma's father, Dr. Briefs, was already dissecting one of the Saiyan spaceships and analyzing them while his pet cat Scratch played with some of the tools on one of the work tables.
"Is that thing a spaceship, Bulma?" Gohan asked the blue haired girl who greeted her father with a hug.
Bulma nodded enthusiastically. "Yep! You see, one of Kami's attendant that looks like a genie named Mr. Popo said that he might have found a spaceship. Apparently, it's Piccolo's old house and it happened to actually be a spaceship. King Kai mentioned that there was a huge disaster on Namek, so it's possible that Piccolo managed to escape the destruction by riding on that spaceship and coming to Earth. It needs to be modified a bit since the ship's computer can only understand Namekian and it doesn't have any of the necessary equipment needed for the trip. But, we can get to Namek in just 3 weeks with this spaceship!"
Dr. Briefs, who had been busy working on the spaceships and barely acknowledged the Z-Fighters, also spoke without looking up from his work. "The Saiyan spaceships are quite interesting also. I believe I can replicate something similar to these ships and place them on the main ship as some sort of escape pods back to Earth if something goes wrong on Namek. "
"How long will it take for the ship to be ready?" Goku asked the old inventor as a spark flew out of the circuit he was working on.
"Hmm... I plan to install a Gravity Room to assist with your training, along with a lounge area, a proper kitchen, and a very nice stereo. Along with the escape pods I'm making, the ship should be ready in about two weeks."
"Two weeks should be plenty for us to get ready and train a bit more." Gohan piped up because he saw his father about to make a complaint, and he did not want the inventor to be irritated or angered.
Goku was about to object despite his son's interjection, but Bulma quickly pulled his ears, making him squirm with pain. "Thanks, papa. I'll come back in a little while to help you."
"No problem. I find this all very exciting. My life has been a bit dull recently, I could use a bit more excitement." Dr. Briefs went inside the ship and disappeared.
The others stepped out of the garage and went back into the main building to discuss the plans for the upcoming voyage to Namek. Gohan was quite excited at the prospect of journeying to an alien planet and immediately volunteered when the group discussed who to send to Namek. "I'm definitely going to go."
Piccolo slowly raised his hand right after Gohan's outburst. "I will be going regardless of what all of you say. This is my home planet you are visiting, and I have every right to go back to my home world. Plus, the brat will need someone to keep on teaching him."
"Hey, I'm going too! I can teach Gohan!" Goku complained as he stepped forward. "You taught him well while I was gone, but now that I'm here, I can personally teach him everything like the Kamehameha!"
"You may be powerful, but you're definitely not qualified to be a teacher. What Gohan needs is proper mentorship by a warrior that can both fight and strategize, not a fighter that recklessly charges into each battle and has no teaching experience at all."
The son of Goku and the student of Piccolo stepped in between the two that were staring each other down. "I can train with both of you. Dad, you might be a strong fighter, but Piccolo is also right. He's really powerful and he's taught me a lot of things. We can make a schedule and work this out without fighting."
Both of them didn't look satisfied but backed down for the time being. Bulma, Tenshinhan, and Yamcha looked at this exchange with amusement and when asked if they would be going to Namek, all of them shook their head.
"If the journey takes longer than expected, then we'll need someone to stay behind on Earth and revive the people that died at Metro East and Chi-Chi." Bulma reasoned.
Yamcha sheepishly grinned and scratched the back of his neck. "I'll stay behind with Bulma, in case something goes wrong or some other aliens decide to attack."
"As will I. I'll be assisting Bulma and Yamcha here on Earth. You three can go ahead and journey to Namek. It shouldn't be a problem with all three of you since you're the strongest fighters on Earth." Tenshinhan stoically said.
Bulma cleared her throat as the attention focused on her. "About that... You might want to take one more person with you."
All of them looked confused as Goku asked the looming question. "Who?"
"The Saiyan that's currently being kept in the basement," The blue haired girl said with a worried expression on her face. "He's being sedated right now, but Saiyans apparently have insane recovery rates. At this rate, I'll have to fill the entire tank up with sedatives, and even that won't keep him drugged for long. I'll give it about a week, tops, before he finally wakes up and attempts to destroy Earth again."
Goku didn't share the same worry as Dr. Brief's doctor and merely pounded his fists. "Maybe I can fight him again before we leave."
Gohan sighed as he shook his head. "That's probably not a good idea. He might be angry at losing the fight and attempt to destroy everything in his path. Even if we manage to stop him, he might blow up half of this city before we manage to beat him. It's probably better for us to prepare for the worst and try to talk to him in coming with us to Namek. He's a powerful fighter and he seems to know more about the Namekians and Namek than we do, so it's better for us to have him as an ally than an enemy."
"We can't keep him on Earth since we will be gone and we have no idea what the Saiyan might pull off. So I agree with the brat's idea, even though I find the idea of having him as an ally... distasteful." Piccolo crossed his arms and glanced downwards as if he could see the Saiyan prince through the floor. "However, we will still need to prepare to fight him if he gets overly aggressive when he is released. Goku, Gohan, and I can take him down if we worked together, but we'll need to train harder to be able to take him on individually if things get out of hand. The problem is, we only have a week to prepare."
The strongest fighter on Earth slammed his fist into the palm of his hand. "I think I know just the place that we might be able to train at! There's this place at Kami's Lookout called the Hyperbolic Time Chamber where a single day here is a year in the chamber. We can train in there as long as we need to and we'll be much stronger by the time we come out. The gravity, temperature, and air pressure are all a lot different in the chamber, so we should be able to train for anything that's coming at us."
Piccolo looked interested in Goku's every word as his usually passive face was warped into a one of excitement. "Excellent. That will definitely be useful to us. Finally, a good suggestion by Goku."
"Hey! I'm very smart! Look at Gohan, he's really smart and he's my son!" Goku cried as he gave a soft pat to his son's head.
"It seems like he took all the smart genes from your family." Piccolo snickered as he silenced the Earth's protector. "Now, we should visit this chamber before we argue all day."
The trio flew towards the Kami's Lookout in order to use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. When they arrived, they were greeted by Kami and Mr. Popo, as if they were expecting the warriors to come to them. "Welcome, all three of you. I assume that you've come for the chamber?"
"Yep! We need to train so that all three of us are stronger than Vegeta! Since we only have two weeks, we decided to come here and use the chamber." Goku cheerfully said as he flashed a grin towards the God of Earth.
Kami nodded and gestured to Mr. Popo. "I see. Well then, Mr. Popo will guide you to the chamber and you may use it as long as you want. But do remember that you can only enter twice and the maximum amount of time you can stay in the chamber in a row is two years, or you'll be forever trapped within the chamber. Try not to destroy the entrance either, or you'll be stuck in there."
"I remember the rules. Thanks, Kami!" Goku said with a wave as he and the others followed Mr. Popo to the chamber. The entrance of the entrance to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber was quite impressive as if it was a miniature palace. Before they could enter, however, the black genie stopped them. "Only two can enter at a time. There are only enough provisions for two people inside."
"It will not be a problem." Piccolo insisted as he pushed Mr. Popo aside. "I do not need to eat and I can create any clothes or equipment that I may need. Now let us enter through the doors."
Mr. Popo simply nodded as he opened the doors of the chamber for them. The three fighters entered and disappeared out of sight.
Reviews:
XIX-Phantom: I've fixed that part. Thank you for pointing that out (completely forgot).
Alpha Shenron: A little bit of both. Gohan was a much stronger than the Canon Gohan by the time he fought against Nappa and Vegeta. During the fight, he was beaten up and drained (his attack on Vegeta only managed to hit because his power level increased dramatically for a short amount of time due to his overflowing anger), but he defeated Nappa in the end because of the whole "beaten up, recover, get stronger" Saiyan thing. Let's not forget the fact that in most battles, Gohan had the help of Piccolo, who is also slightly stronger than Canon at this point.
Trunkssan766: The power level for Nappa on arriving Earth is 4,000, according to the Dragonball Wiki. In the canon, Gohan's power level is around 2,800 when he's angry. However, due to the improved training early on, Piccolo's assistance, the Saiyan thing mentioned above, and Nappa being weakened due to his earlier fights (power level dropped to around 2,500), Gohan was easily able to match up against Nappa and overwhelm him.
Lazymanjones96: Thank you! I'm putting quite a lot of effort into this story. Hopefully, it reaches the followers well :)
Here's a basic breakdown of everyone's power levels after the battle:
Goku (Without Kaioken): 25,000
Gohan: 10,000
Gohan (Enraged): 20,000
Piccolo: 18,000
Vegeta: 22,000
As always, feel free to comment and criticize in the review section.