Surprisingly, Master Roshi and Master Uub were already waiting for them at Capsule Corp. along with Vegeta and Trunks. They landed and saw that everyone was looking somewhat morbid.
"It's happened, hasn't it?" asked Vegeta.
"Uh…What's happened?" asked Goshin.
"The Eight Star Dragonball…it's merged with your body hasn't it, Goshin?" asked Uub.
"Eight Star Dragonball?" asked Goshin. Then he remembered the Dragonball that he'd caught during the battle. What had happened to that Dragonball? He'd caught and then Sprout hit him with the attack…and the ball disappeared. Where had it gone? Maybe it had merged with his body. But what did that mean? "I saw a Dragonball fall from the sky and I caught it…but it disappeared after Sprout attacked me."
"Can we determine whether or not it has merged with him now?" asked Uub.
"No. According to what Goku told me, we'll only know after he releases the Dragonball's powers in battle." said Vegeta.
"Then we'll know sooner or later." said Trunks.
"Ummmm…what does 'merge' mean?" asked Goshin. Trunks smiled and put his hand on his head.
"It means it became a part of you…he became a part of you." said Trunks.
"He?" asked Goshin.
"You'll understand in time, Goshin." said Vegeta. "But for now, you boys should probably go rest."
"But we wanna train!" said Goshin and VJ simultaneously.
"Very well, go train. But you get some rest after you're done." said Uub.
"Yes, Master Uub." said the boys.
They ran into the building and made their way to the training chamber. Trunks closed his eyes solemnly and Vegeta crossed his arms.
"My question is…why now? Why didn't the Dragonball activate when Goshin was born?" asked Uub.
"Because Goku's powers didn't begin to manifest until about the same age." said Master Roshi. "The Dragonball was set to seek out those powers. It could only be activated by Goshin's full power, which could only be activated in battle."
"So now Goshin's life is on Goku's schedule?" asked Uub.
"Not necessarily, but his powers will likely manifest in the same way that Goku's did." said Master Roshi. "Though even that's not definitely for sure, it really all depends on what Goku's plans were for the Dragonball in the first place."
"And since Goku can't hold a connection with this dimension long enough to tell what he had planned, we just have to wait and see." said Trunks.
"Exactly." said Vegeta. "Which means we can't make any decisions until we know if the ball has even merged with him."
"Even then, Vegeta, the best decision may be no decision at all." said Goten, who had just walked out of the building. "We may be better off just letting Goshin run his own course."
"Goku had no choice but to run his own course," said Master Roshi, "so Goten may be on the right track."
"He is my son, after all…" said Goten.
"Very well, we'll let the boy live his life…but the first sign of Kakorott's childish blunders and it's off to boot camp!" said Vegeta.
"Childish blunders, Vegeta?" asked Master Roshi. "As I seem to remember it was you who caused some of the hardships of battle just as much as it was Goku."
Vegeta gave an insulted scowl and then just closed his eyes angrily. Everyone around him laughed out loud and Vegeta couldn't help but join in.
Meanwhile, in the training room, Goshin and VJ were conversing as they traded punches.
"So what do you think their talking about out there?" asked VJ.
"I dunno…maybe about that Dragonball…" said Goshin.
"Why are they so interested in that?" asked VJ.
"I dunno…but I think it has something to do with my grandpa…" said Goshin
"What does your grandpa have to do with anything that's going on now? He's dead." said VJ.
"I know, but it sounds like he made the Dragonball that they think is inside me." said Goshin.
"That's weird. I thought only Namekians could make Dragonballs." said VJ.
"My mom told me the story once…" said Goshin. "She said it was my grandpa, a Namek named Piccolo, and a human named Krillin."
"And your grandpa put his powers into the ball when they were killed by Trifecta." said VJ.
"Yea, something like that."
"So why now? Why didn't this happen when you were born?"
"I think that's what Master Uub and the others are trying to figure out."
"They said the ball was supposed to be a source of power. I wonder what that means."
"I dunno, but I have my own source of power…myself."
"Yea, but now you have another source of power, too, Goshin."
"Yea I guess…"
Goshin wasn't sure he liked that aspect of it. He felt like he was being spoon fed his abilities, and he didn't want that. He decided he wasn't going to use the Dragonball's unless he had no other choice and he would make up his own attacks so the ball wouldn't be triggered by the Kame Hame Ha. When VJ left to go wash up and rest, Goshin began working the first of those attacks…The Gravity Bomb.
As time passed, Goshin's new attack grew more and more powerful. Goshin used his mind to draw energy from the Earth's center of gravity and use it in his attack. He never used it in training with VJ because when it hit things like trees, it tore them apart with the gravitons it was made from. Vegeta couldn't help but admire the attack.
"It's amazing. He doesn't even know how it works, he just knows that he can draw energy from Earth magnetic field and core and use it as an attack." he said.
"That's quite devastating attack for such a young fighter." said Trunks.
"That's why he never uses it against VJ." said Vegeta. "He's seen what it does to trees and rocks imagine what it would do to his opponent."
"Not to mention, over use of such an attack would certainly have adverse affect on the planet he's drawing energy from." said Trunks.
"At this stage I don't think that's an issue." said Vegeta. "But later in the game, Goshin will most assuredly need to learn how to control the attack at greater strengths. For now, let's just let him experiment."
As time went on, Goshin found he could draw energy from anywhere, even the Sun. He used this knowledge to develop and even more powerful attacks. The most powerful of these was his Snapdragon Wave. It was his version of the Kame Hame Ha, but it drew on the power of moon light. On the full moon, Goshin could destroy an entire city with the attack. It was only attack that also let correspond with the Eight Star Dragonball. He when it activated, the ball would boost his powers, and if he could still use his mind when it activated, he could use the ball to bring the attack to its zenith.
"Com'on, Goshin, lemme see this great attack of yours!" said VJ one day. "I bet I can block it!"
Goshin and VJ had proven to be evenly matched in most things. This helped because they were challenge for each other and a power house together. The minor missions they had gone on, braking up gang fights and that sort of thing, had gone very quickly. Once Goshin and VJ showed their fighting abilities, most gangs didn't even put up a fight, and those that did learned very quickly why it was a bad idea.
"I'm waiting, Mr. Dragonball!" said VJ.
"Ok here goes, VJ!" said Goshin.
"Bring it on!" VJ yelled. Goshin hiked up into a Kame Hame Ha stance, except that his hands were facing opposite directions. VJ watched as a vortex of energy began swirling into Goshin's hands.
"Sunappudoragon Kougeki!" he yelled. "HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"
He launched the attack as hard as he could and VJ barely blocked it, getting knocked backwards in the attempt. VJ lay motionless on the ground when the energy cleared. Goshin ran over to see what was wrong.
"VJ! Are you ok!" he asked.
"I'm fine…just shocked." said VJ.
"Shocked?" asked Goshin.
"Shocked that that much power could come from such a small body." said VJ. "Everything my grandpa's taught me about ki energy tells me an attack that powerful shouldn't be possible from you."
"That's our job as Guardians of Earth, VJ, is to do the impossible." came his brother, Nappa's, voice. "If you can't do the impossible you don't belong on the battle field."
"I can do more than the impossible!" VJ snapped.
"Prove it, little brother." said Nappa.
"Chill out, Nappa." said Raditz, Goshin's brother. "Our job is to teach, not to patronize."
"I am teaching, by patronizing." said Nappa with a chuckle.
"You're such a jerk, Nappa!" VJ yelled.
"So do something about it, you little shit!" Nappa snarled.
"Nappa! Grow up or go home!" said Raditz. "Part of doing the impossible is setting aside the petty and the pointless!"
"Teacher's pet." Nappa grumbled. Raditz and the boys gave him a dirty scowl.
No one could understand why Nappa had become so violent, especially towards VJ. It was as if he had been jealous of the boys because they were both stronger then he was. The problem was he wouldn't even admit it to Raditz, his best friend. Whatever the reason, Nappa had begun treating everyone around him like they weren't worth the oxygen they needed.