Despite the way VJ's brother treated everyone else, VJ himself tried to remain as good a person as he could be. But as the years passed, he became somewhat distant from even Goshin. When Nappa joined Trifecta at the age of 18, VJ completely disowned him as a brother. It was at this time that VJ began viewing Goshin more as a rival then a friend.
This left Goshin zero friends strong, until one day he met two people who would not only get him his friend back, become his and greatest assets while VJ went through his phase. One was a Namek orphan who'd never known better then the streets, and a young Human girl, about his age, who lived in the strangle hold of over protective parents.
The day started like any other; VJ had been relentless in training and wouldn't let Goshin talk to him, school had been worse because Goshin was treated like an outcast for being a Saiyan, but all in all, Goshin lived through it. He was actually unsure why felt so particularly depressed that day. He was walking home from school when he saw a young girl feeding a small Namekian some of her sack lunch. He stopped and watched and then walked up to them.
"Uhhh…what are you doing?" he asked.
"I'm feeding him, stupid!" said the girl. "What does it look like? I don't see you doing anything to help this poor boy."
"Why does he need help?" asked Goshin.
"I've never know anything but the streets." said the Namek. "I was raised by beggars."
"Most of my life has been in the wilderness…" said Goshin. "Is that like living on the streets?"
"Not even close…" said the Namek.
"Who do you think you are anyway!" barked the girl. "Can't you see you're making things worse for him!"
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to hurt anyone! I was just curious!" Goshin bleated apologetically.
"You should be sorry!" said the girl.
"Let it go, Jarelle." said the Namek. "He's not a bad person…just not very well acquainted with the world…kinda like you."
Goshin looked around the alley way at the despair. There was a stray dog chewing on an old pizza crust. An old couple huddled in the corner for warmth. A small boy had started a fire and eyed the dog hungrily.
"This is what has become of Earth and the other Origin Systems because of Trifecta." said the Namek. "Anyone who's not on the streets that was, is lucky…"
"Why is that?" asked Goshin.
"Their probably dead." said the Namek.
Goshin couldn't help but be choked up. All of this because of Trifecta's greed for power. Goshin caught himself clenching his teeth and fists.
"This is wrong!" he snarled. "This all wrong!"
"No shit, kid, but what are you gonna be able to do about it?" asked the Namek.
"I'm going to destroy Trifecta!" said Goshin in a heroic tone. His muscles began bulging outward as he watched the scene in the alley way.
"What are you doing!" Jarelle yelped.
"I'M NOT GONNA LET TRIFECTA GET AWAY WITH THIS!" Goshin screamed as his ki flame burst outward in a brilliant gold.
He stood over the girl and the Namek, his hair suddenly standing on end and turned to a deep golden blonde. His once deep blue eyes were now a deadly jade green and the stars of the Eight Star Dragonball shown on his forehead. They disappeared with his ki flame and his body returned to normal. Without even realizing it, Goshin had almost become a Super Saiyan.
"Yo-you're a…you're a Saiyan!" Jarelle stammered. The Namek turned to look. Goshin was suddenly dawning a long, brown monkey tail.
"He's not just a Saiyan…I think he's the Legend." said the Namek.
"Nail, that's ridiculous, the Legend talks about a Saiyan much older then this kid." said Jarelle.
"Where does it say that?" asked Nail. "It only says that they must be a descendent of Goku."
"Uhhh…Goku was my grandpa." said Goshin. Jarelle and Nail fell to the ground in shock.
"No one ever thought that the Legend would be fulfilled so soon!" said Nail as he got up.
This was one aspect of life that Goshin knew all too well and had no desire to hear again.
"So how do you guys know I'm a Saiyan?" asked Goshin, who hadn't seen that he'd suddenly grown a tail.
"You're not exactly trying to hide it, are you?" asked Jarelle.
Goshin turned his head and saw the tail. He panicked and fell forward.
"But…but my parents had my tail removed when I was born!" he stammered.
"Then it is true…because the Legend states that the descendant regains his tail…" said Nail. "Well, so I've heard…it's not actually in the Legend."
Goshin stared at the tail that had grown there. I t did say that he was supposed to retain his tail. So why did his parents have it taken off? It was the first time Goshin ever questioned anything about the Legend. He ran it through his head constantly, but everything his parents set him up for opposed what the Legend said he was supposed to become. Not just the tail, but the fact that they attempted to hid the fact that he was a Saiyan at all. His father even opposed his going to Kame Island to train as a young boy.
"By the way," said Jarelle, "I don't think we caught your name."
"Huh? Oh…I'm Goshin." said Goshin. "G-O-S-H-I-N."
"Nice to meet you, Goshin." said Jarelle. "I'm Jarelle."
"The name's Nail." said Nail.
"Nice to meet you guys, too." said Goshin. Then he noticed for the first time that Jarelle wasn't dressed like everyone else. Her clothes were brand new where as everyone else was in rags. "Jarelle…your not an outcast."
"No…just an over protected girl trying to find anyway I can to get away from my parents." said Jarelle.
"And as you might have noticed, I haven't actually touched the food she gave me." said Nail. "I leave it for everyone else, who need it more then I do."
"You're training yourself." said Goshin.
"Yes, but she refuses to believe me…" said Nail. "…either that or she just refuses to leave me alone."
"It's not right to starve yourself just to train yourself." said Jarelle.
"In the wilderness, it's eat or be eaten…" said Nail. "You learn to deal with starvation."
"Well, if you want, you guys can come with me." said Goshin. "My friends and family can train you in other ways."
"You mean…teach us how to fight?" asked Jarelle.
"No…teach us how to use ki energy." said Nail. Goshin nodded at Nail and smiled.
"You can do that?" asked Jarelle.
"Sure…it's really not hard." said Goshin.
At that instant, as Nail and Jarelle were about to accept his offer, a laser blast blew the corner of the building behind Goshin away. Goshin was knocked forward and had to do a hand-spring to correct himself. He jumped up into the air and floated there to see who had attacked him.
Two Trifecta soldiers had just killed one of the beggars. Goshin was suddenly livid.
"HEY!" he yelled at the soldiers. "WHAT DID HE DO TO DESERVE THAT!"
The two grunts just laughed at Goshin.
"He had the nerve to beg US for food." said the one who shot the old man. "So I put him out of his misery."
"YOU HAVE NO RIGHT!" Goshin bellowed as his ki flame burst outward in a brilliant display.
"Holy shit!" yelled the second soldier. "That's the kid that attacked Master Sprout!"
"BLAST HIM!" yelled the first one.
The two grunts fired into the air as Goshin launched himself at them. He grabbed the first grunt around the throat with his tail and swung him around so that he smashed the other one in the face, sending them both flying.
Several more laser blasts missed Goshin by a hair as three more grunts advanced on him. Goshin ran up, grabbed Nail and Jarelle, and flew off at breakneck speed. The Trifecta grunts had no way to keep up.
Goshin took them to his home in a forest just outside the city. It was equipped with everything the Capsule Corp. building had to offer, but it wasn't under Trifecta's tyrannical rule. VJ and the others were already there and were very surprised to see Goshin walk in with his new friends.
"Who are these misfits?" VJ asked disgruntled.
"This is Jarelle and Nail," said Goshin, "I met them in shelter that was being harassed by Trifecta."
"And probably still is since we ran off." said Nail.
"Don't worry, we're going back." said Goshin. "But, VJ, we need your help."
"Fine, I'll help," said VJ, "but I'm going because I want to see Trifecta destroyed, NOT because I have any desire to help a bunch of hobos."
Goshin and the others nodded and then Goshin turned to Jarelle and Nail.
"I don't suppose either of you knows how to fly?" he asked. "I didn't really give you a chance to show that ability before."
"I know how." said Nail.
"Ummm…I'm still learning…" said Jarelle. "My parents don't really…believe in Ki Users."
"Her mother thinks they're all devil worshipers…" said Nail.
"But ki use isn't even a religion." said Goshin.
"Humans are idiots, Goshin, haven't you figured that out yet?" asked VJ.
"So what crawled up your butt and died?" asked Nail. VJ slammed him up against a wall.
"LISTEN, YOU WALKING PICKLE!" he bellowed. "MY LIFE IS NONE OF YOUR FUCKING BUSINESS!"
Goshin looked somewhat shocked. He'd never heard VJ scream like that, especially at a total stranger. VJ let go of Nail and stormed out of the room. Nail brushed himself and grimaced at the door.
"What's his problem?" asked Jarelle.
"I dunno…" said Goshin. "He never talks to anyone any more. Everyone thinks it's cause his brother left."
"Where'd he go?" asked Nail.
"He joined Trifecta…" said Goshin.
"Oh wow," said Jarelle, "that's harsh."
"Especially on VJ, who must have looked up to him." said Nail.
"More then anyone seemed to realize." said Goshin.
Half an hour later, Goshin, VJ, Nail, and Jarelle were flying just over the alley way where the refugees were being harassed by Trifecta. The four young fighters landed on the ground and stood valiantly as the soldiers turned to see who was crashing the party.
"Hey! It's that little punk from before!" yelled one of the soldiers.
"Leave those people alone, you jerks!" yelled Jarelle.
"You guys are through hurting innocent people!" said Goshin.
"Prepare to feel the wrath of the Saiyan race!" VJ barked.
"You grunts couldn't fight your way out of a wet paper!" said Nail.
"Get 'em!" yelled a second soldier.
The Trifecta grunts attacked the four warriors, who spilt up and began pummeling them mercilessly. Goshin began kicking several grunts in the face, doing back flips and high jumps to avoid who grabbed and dove at him. Within minutes, however, the four found themselves surrounded by the thugs. VJ was getting angry with the situation.
"THIS IS REDICULOUS!" he yelled. He jumped into the air.
"Follow him!" said Goshin, knowing what he was about to do.
"Double Sunday!" yelled VJ.
"Gravity Bomb!" Goshin bellowed.
"Super Special Beam Cannon!" Nail growled.
"Two Ton Fist!" Jarelle screamed.
She shot off higher into the air as the boys fired their attacks into the crowd of soldiers. She dove at the ground between the attacks and punched into the asphalt as the blasts hit their targets. The soldiers were sent flying in all directions and out of sight by the explosion.
Jarelle rejoined the boys in the air smiling cutely. Goshin couldn't help but smile back while Nail gave her a thumb up and VJ just floated there. The four fighters powered up and blasted off towards Goshin's home.