Chapter 5: Finally the Story ~-.-~Dragon Ball Saga

That was horrible. Yamcha thought, as he poured the rest of his glass of water all over his hand into the sink.

With the little energy he had left, Making a Ki blast was close to impossible. With a power level only slightly higher than 2 average people, making and Ki powerful enough to make the car shake from a distance was impossible. So he had to use his mastery of Ki to fake it all, make it look real when it actually wasn't.

The first problem with what he did is that this body wasn't used to manipulating Ki. Just forming the ball light basically destroyed his hand, holding it there while it was charging was also damaging. The energy, like it always was, was burning hot and burned the top of his hand. The cold water Oolong got will help cool that burn. It's just one thing after another, isn't it? First over exerting myself, then doing things that I would tell everyone else is impossible. I'm going to kill myself before I can save anyone.

The Ki blast didn't explode far from the truck. It never had too. All Yamcha did was stop it from going far past the window, then smoothly condense the ball so it looked like it was moving farther and farther away. Release the pressure of a tightly compacted sphere of energy in only one direction (back at the car) and the shockwave is amplified like light going through a magnified glass. At the time, he prayed to Kami and hoped it was enough of a shockwave to rock the vehicle.

It was, and it got the respect of the pig. Even if it didn't get that, it got one of his emotions. Maybe they can still be friends. They both did enjoy those nights at Roshi's; the nights hanging with everyone at Kame House, where Roshi would get those PayPerVeiw channels that no child should watch, were all in good company, even if Yamcha didn't enjoy what he saw on the TV in his later years.

Yamcha got up, refilled his glass of water, drank it, and washed his hands. It would be enough trouble healing as it is, he could do without any infection that decided to worm itself throughout his injuries. Then he passed out onto the floor with the water still pouring out of the faucet.

The night passed by with Goku and Bulma in a drugged sleep. Yamcha passed out on the floor of the kitchen. Oolong who was fast asleep in the bathroom's bathtub snugging the now emptied pitcher of drugged lemonaid. And finally, last and definitely not least, the unconscious and scraped up Pu'ar who was the only one in a place where people should be at night. In the upstairs bedroom, on the soft bed. The warm covers covering everything except for his head and his left hand, and a fluffy pillow under his his little fluffy head.

And little did anyone know but up at the lookout late this night, stood an over-ripe Namekian who was hesitant to take flight, looking down at the anomaly with great awe and great fright, he whispered to all "Have good dreams and sleep tight, for I know for a fact that everything is not right."

Waking up the next day was painful for all. Bulma had something she would later know well as a 'hangover'. Goku had no such thing due to his fast Saiyan regeneration skills, but as he woke up, he hit his head on the floor. Not a strong enough blow to change his memory like when he was a kid, but it left a nice sized bump.

Oolong came downstairs, rubbing his eyes while still holding the pitcher of lemonade. Bulma almost put two and two together and understand what happened the night before, but Yamcha distracted her by asking for help with the breakfast. Pu'ar woke up and stayed in the room as long as he could. He missed dinner the night before, and healing took a lot out of him. Not to mention also throwing a punch with all his might, and rushing out of the car with all his might before he passed out. He was HUNGRY, and just broke. He was floating towards the door when it opened up, the edges missing him by an inch or 2. Yamcha stood there smiling, with Pu'ar's favorite breakfast dish in his hands

"Sorry about that, but by the time I felt you where up, I couldn't move fast enough to catch you still in bed"

Yamcha had the worst time waking up. He was up hours before Goku was. The sun was just coming over the horizon, and he was really hungry. He remembered that he didn't have any dinner besides some water. Pulling himself off the floor with his good hand, he moved very carefully to the fridge. From there, he reached out with his bad hand and grabbed the door handle.

"Ouch!" he pulled his hand back, finally felt subtle burning on top of the pain he just gave himself. He looked over towards the faucet. It was in the "On" position, but no water was coming out. That's right, It was left on as I passed out… this is not good. Especially with Fry-Pan Mountain up ahead. The heat that comes from it will alone make us sweat more than necessary, even not counting the dessert we still have to cross. Unless we have some water reserved, I might have killed us before we even got there.

He wouldn't mention it until he had to, but he knew he had to mention it just in case the others had other water supply. I'm taking this way too fast. I don't even know if there is water in the fridge.

Using his good hand this time, he opened the door to see the fridge only half full. I guess Goku ate a lot last night. Who else would make a dent this big in food? Well, at least he should be at full strength when he meets the Ox King. He might need it.

The first time this happened there was no fight, but Goku is known for his love of sparing stronger opponents. Any little change in the course of time can completely alter this new reality. … But is that really so bad? Wont Goku only get stronger from fighting him? Some changes must work out for the better, or else all my knowledge of the alternate timeline, the one trunks came from years ago, is all wrong.

Maybe, but the risks are also great. If the chain of events didn't work out the way they were supposed to, then they might never be allowed to even get to Kami's place, where Goku's intense training takes place that allows him to be somewhat of a bother to his older brother.

No, I shouldn't change events, only make them more challenging. That was his plan as of now. It just came together.
What could he do first? After the mountain comes the rest of the dragon balls, then Emperor Pilaf, then… Training with Roshi! I'm going to try go with them. I know I can't be together with Bulma, so I won't even try this time. However, Training with them early and all of us pushing each other would be great for not only mine and Goku's stregnth, but also Krillin's!

With the cereal poured into bowls, and some extra food into the microwave for the always hungry Saiyan, he sat down and concentrated his energy for his demonstration for later. He needed to do something, preferably with energy. A simple energy ball wouldn't impress Oolong, he already saw it once. He never mastered the Kaioken, he never needed to. By the time he got serious with his training, the Z fighters were friends with someone who specialized in magic, and was able to enhance his control greatly. Kaioken times 25 was never pulled off by anyone but Goku, and was made almost fully accessible to Yamcha by the Magician. Trying to do a regular one now would not only rip his body into pieces, but he wouldn't be surprised if his aura showed at all. And without that, a Kaioken just looks like you're flexing all of your muscles.

A Kamehameha requires too much energy. Same for any other high level energy attack. Is there really anything else he could do?

Feeling that he built up enough energy for now, he went over to the fridge to get some milk for his cereal. Opening the fridge with his good hand, he reached in with his other one and grabbed the milk handle.

OUCH! For some reason it did not occur to him that grabing any object, even if it was only a cold carten of milk, would hurt. He jolted his hand back and almost made a sound that would have woke the people in the car. Almost… that was too close. If only he could heal it…
… Heal it? YES, I know what I'm going to do now!

In a better mood now, he went to the fridge to get some eggs and Orange Juice. He was going to make everyone a nice good old fashion continental breakfast. It is going to be a good day.

After everyone was awake, and Pu'ar finished eating, Yamcha tapped Bulma on the shoulder and told her to stop the car, then he told everyone to gather around the table so he could explain everything. And explain he did.

"I am going to monologue a bit here, so please no talking until I am finished. First of all, there are two things I need to say to start it off. The first is, as hard as it is to believe, I have done this all before. As in everything that has happened so far, and will happen, I have experienced. How this happened will be briefly explained by the second thing I need to say. Somehow, when I was about to die a natural death at a ripe old age, I got teleported back in time to my teenage body. Any questions?"

Bulma didn't take him seriously at first. She was shocked, but then she started to laugh a bit. A second look at the bandit told her that he was serious. But that's ridiculous! Time travel isn't possible, I should know! I am a genius after all!

Pu'ar took it just as bad, if not worse. His fear from yesterday started to return. Seeing the reaction, Yamcha put his hand on the cat's shoulder and told him "Don't be scared. I'm the same Yamcha you know, only a couple decades older and wiser", then he flashed his now patented *older and wiser* smile that the floating one could now see holds no pity. This seemed to put him a bit more at ease, but he was still cautious.

Oolong at least knew of his power, but was still taken aback a bit by the shock of the statement. The future? I guess that is how he knew about my house car capsule. He accepted it, all signs of what happened the previous day were pointing that way. But still, the thing Yamaha said sounded highly impossible, so it was only natural to be a bit weary of the thief.

But the one who found it the easiest to believe was Goku, who after relaxing in a comfortable position for a couple seconds said one word. "Okay."

This floored everyone but Yamcha. Literally, they all fell forward or backwards, falling on their face or their behind. Bulma got up first and shouted at him "Nothing about this seems suspicious to you!?"

Oolong, while he was getting up, asking the saiyan "The first and maybe only time traveler there will ever be shows up in front of you, and you don't question his motives or impossible odds?

"Na." The Saiyan kid was entirely relaxed. "I believe him. He hasn't lied to me or done anything bad yet."

"He said he was going to kill us and then he beat you up!" spouted the pig, wanting for Goku to at least remember that detail.

"Yah, but he didn't. He even offered to train me!"

"Heh, classic Goku" Yamcha said out loud, who was quite pleased that his friend was exactly like he remembered him. "Anyways, I have a technique to prove that I'm from the future. It's a simple concept that takes a great long while to master, so I don't see anyone in this room besides me to be able to use it. Let me start with the basics.

"There is an energy flowing throughout our bodies that I refer to as 'Ki'. People sometimes call it 'chakra', 'power', or simply just 'energy', but it is all the same thing. This 'Ki' is produced from splitting nothing into 2 things. One is 'Ki', and the other is 'Anti-Ki'. We store the 'Anti-Ki' in our cells, which will process and release it from the body at a steady rate. The stronger we are, the faster it is processed and released. 'Ki' is movable, such that we can use it for many things. Yesterday, I showed Oolong an energy ball and used it to create an explosion. This is Ki in a simple form, usually used for destruction and fighting. However, not all ki is like this. There is another form of energy flowing through us. Life energy. If this energy stops, you die. You can use it, as it regenerates over time, but to use it is to get weaker, and if you accidentally use too much, you can easily die. The trade off is that this energy is so much more powerful than regular energy.

"This technique I will use doesn't cause destruction, but it heals. It's a simple concept, turning regular energy that is usually used to destroy into life energy. The life energy is then concentrated in one spot, and greatly promotes healing. The most I have ever done with it is to bring back the top parts of all of my fingers after they were once burned off completely by an enemy attack. I had to battle for another couple minutes before someone else came to help and I was able to sit out and heal my fingers back. I could probably have healed more, but I would hate to get that damaged in the first place."

He got some weird looks from the people in the car, like they did not understand what he was talking about. "Well, at this point, it might just be a bit easier to show you. Now look over here at my right hand. I burnt it yesterday when I was showing Oolong the simple Ki ball. This body has never used energy like this before, so the top layer of skin got severely burned while trying to hold the ball and power it up."

It was part of the truth. He couldn't admit out loud to himself that he also has some inlaying soft tissue damage from all the Ki moving through his hand. But if he healed it now, no one would be all the wiser. "So in this technique, my good hand will start to glow while energy is being built up. Then, it will condense into a very bright blue. Like the color of the sky. Like hope."

He hoped it would work. He took the energy from all over his body that he stored and built it up in his hand. Oolong looked at it in amazement It looks almost the same size from yesterday, just a bit bigger. But yet, it is starting to become so much brighter… and so warm.

The white ball instantly shrunk into a bright blue ball, and suddenly all the heat was gone. Oolong was one of the first ones to notice this, only 2nd to Goku and his amazing senses. The ball spread out and flattened, still barely floating on top of his good hand. He then put his left hand and the energy on top of his right one, palms facing each other. When the small blue disk reached the damaged skin, the skin miraculously healed. The ball couldn't have been bigger than 4 inches, and only shrunk as the healing continued. Everyone looked on with awe, except for Yamcha himself who looked determined and wearied. This was taking so much more out of him then he expected.

But it was working.
He finished, and everyone took a good long look at his hand. His fingers still had slight burns on them, but besides that, his hand almost looked as good as new!

"And there we go" The bandit/miracle worker said, panting and completely out of breath. "That should prove that I'm from the future." He looked like he was about to faint. "And if that isn't enough, then I'll tell you about yourselves."

Looking Bulma straight in the eye, he said "Bulma Brief, age, about 16, lives in west city, house number WST 3338926 K. You want to wish for the perfect boyfriend."

Next, Oolong "Oolong, or Oolong the Terrible. Age 13. No current home besides this one. You can only transform for 5 minutes at a time before you need to change back.

"Goku… Your grandfather is Gohan. There isn't much more I can say about you without revealing too much."

"And Pu'ar. Parent-less when you were 5. You haven't opened up to me yet, it took many years, but you finally did. I'm sorry about it all, and I will always be with you. Just remember that.

"And, um, Goku? Once I pass out, do you think you can take me into the bed upstairs?"

Goku, a bit surprised that he was being asked a favor took a second to answer. He never did finish his "Sure!", because halfway through, Yamcha fell unconscious and slouched over, falling onto Bulma's lap.

Bulma jumped a bit from shock, but then looked down and started to rustle his hair with her hands A powerful, and smart, warrior from the future? Who else would be a better boyfriend? and she smiled.
Sure, she was scared of him, but she was much more amazed at all he was. While not only being stronger then Goku, the strongest person she has seen to date, and knowing these weird techniques that are a level that Kami would use, he seemed chivalrous and nice to be with. That and combined with what she saw when his pants fell down… He will be mine, I just know it!

Goku came over to take him upstairs, but Bulma told him to "Wait a while; he is too exhausted to be moved now."

Looking at Oolong now, she said "Hey, why don't you start driving to Mount Fry-Pan?"

He looked at Bulma, then Yamcha, then Goku, then Pu'ar, and finally at the controls. He sighed. "Sure, why not?" He said, as he went to man the controls.

The engines started, and then they lurched forward. Yamcha and his amazing mane of hair moved a bit under Bulma's hand. But she didn't mind. She loved the fact that a strong warrior was in her arms. Right then, that's all that mattered for her. She didn't need the dragon balls any more.

~ - . LAD . - ~

And that was chapter 5!
A quick note right here, I am surprised that no one has 'hated' on the way I said energy works. To split into Ki, which is usable, and anti-ki, the part that determines how much ki you can make, has only gotten me praise so far as a "new and interesting idea".
So thanks for supporting me, and leave a review! Namely, I would like to know what you think of this explanation for what ki is and how it is used.

~-.Q AND A.-~

Q - Alright, I'm really looking forward to the next chapter! Also to answer, you're question from earlier, the reason why it didn't list the story in the Yamcha category is only lists the first two characters in the description for some reason.

A – Well that's good to know. I think I fixed it now.

Q - Tee-hee! This is so awesome! PS. I just hope Yamcha has the sense to keep his big mouth shut when it comes to the Z-fighters' families.

A – I'm glad a lot of people like what I am doing! And I hope so too. I don't know how Cell would be beaten if Gohan was never born, or if it just ends with the androids because there isn't a Trunks to go back in time!

Q- Getting exciting, I want to see the next part!

Q- Nice story. Looking forward to part 5.

A - Thanks to both of you for reviewing! And it's here is the new and improved version, so come and re-read it!

~ - . POWER LEVELS . - ~

Bulma – 8

Yamcha (Power gathered for healing) – 38

Yamcha (After Healing) - 7

Oolong – 5

Goku (Full) – 43

Pu'ar – 7