Chapter 4: Saiyan Saga Revisited/Hail
Author's Note: Sorry about the hiatus, but it took a very boring holiday to encourage me to continue this story. So anyways, we finally come to the story we all know; just with two new characters in them.
Italics – Author speaking/Times.
Bold – Mental/thoughts.
We now come to the beginning of Dragon Ball Z. The skies are blue, the birds are chirping and Goku is sparring with two other Saiyans...wait, what? Oh wait never mind I just remembered that they were there.
Cloud and Edward were equally matched with Goku as they continued to try to match blow for blow. In the last week, Cloud and Edward had managed the advanced forms of martial arts as well as learnt to use ki balls and fly to some extent. This party of 3 full-blooded Saiyans also brought along the interest of Gohan, who managed to get some beginner's practice in and by the end had raised his ki level considerably for his age.
"Hey Edward," started Cloud ducking under 3 punches and attempting a series of kicks and punches only to have them blocked. "Have you considered a new name? I mean, Edward?"
The younger brother ducked under a kick and responded with a butterfly kick to the face of their older opponent, sending him back a few metres. "How about Rain?" asked Edward before being floored in the gut and smacked into the ground. "Too girly," responded Cloud shoulder-tackling Goku off Edward. "I've got it! Hail would be a great name for you."
Edward considered this name, before nodding. Both then returned their attention to Goku who had just finished charging a Kamehameha while they were talking. "Oh crap," muttered both in unison.
5 minutes later...
Two bruised and battered unconscious saiyans were suddenly awakened when a certain older Saiyan decided to step on their tails to wake them up. Despite having spent 1 week being trained by Goku, during their time in the Z Dimension, a total of seventeen screams have been made by the two. Moving along...
"WHY ON EARTH DID YOU DO THAT?" shouted both indiginantly while holding their tails between their legs protectively, as though Goku was going to do it again. "Well, because we're going to Master Roshi's now and I couldn't think of any other way to wake up you guys up from getting hit by my Kamehameha," replied Goku sheepishly while putting on his weighted wristbands, undershirt and boots.
"You could have just doused us with cold water or something," muttered Cloud as the three started taking off for home. A moment of silence passed. "Hey, what does "doused" mean?" asked Goku.
After a 10 minute flight, the trio arrived back at Goku's House. "Chi-Chi, I'm home!" exclaimed Goku happily before CLANG, Goku was down for the count with a bump on his head. "HOW MANY TIMES HAVE I TOLD YOU NOT TO SHOUT INDOORS, GOKU!" shrieked Chi-Chi brandishing her frying pan while all the Saiyans in the vicinity covered their sensitive ears, except for Goku (the ringing in his head blocked out most of the shrieking to a conversational tone). "Sorry Chi-Chi. So where's Gohan? We should be heading off now to Master Roshi's island."
"He's upstairs studying, GOHAN!" shouted Chi-Chi again as all three covered their ears again. The 4 year-old boy in question came into the room clutching his bleeding ears. "Yes mother?" asked the chibi. "Now, I want you to have fun, but make sure you stay away from the old man with a stick and sunglasses," replied Chi-Chi in a commanding tone.
"Yes mother."
"Good, well off you go," said Chi-Chi as Goku decided to put in his 2 cents worth.
"But Chi-Chi, aren't you coming as well?" The response was unnerving at the least.
"I WILL NOT ALLOW MYSELF TO BE OGLED BY THAT PERVERT!" shrieked Chi-Chi as Goku and company quickly bolted out of the house and took off altogether on the Nimbus. "SORRY WE ASKED!" replied Goku loudly as the cloud sailed into the air and off through the sky.
"It's a little cramped on this cloud," muttered Hail. Cramped was an understatement. When there is one grown man, two teenagers and a 5-year old kid sitting on a tiny yellow cloud; added with around a total of 350kg of weighted clothing, it tends to weigh down on the cloud and slow it down. "Ok, I'll fly," muttered Goku jumping off and flying through the air. Immediately after Goku jumped off, the cloud gave a burst of speed and shot past Goku. "I'M NOT THAT HEAVY!" exclaimed Goku indiginantly watching the cloud fly away before increasing his speed to catch up to it. "So where is this island again?" asked Cloud.
"It's near the shore of the Eastern land, it's not too far away from our house. Why do you ask?" questioned Goku. "Because we just flew over it about 5 minutes ago when you jumped off the cloud."
Meanwhile:
"Wasn't that Goku who just flew past about 3 minutes ago?" asked a short, bald monk donning an orange gi.
"And wasn't that three kids standing on his Nimbus?" questioned a taller, long-haired, scarred fighter with long hair.
"And isn't that my underwear?" asked a woman with blue hair gesturing at a pair of pink underwear in the hands of an "old man with a stick". A resounding slap could be heard throughout the seaside.
5 minutes later:
After back-tracking to the island, the greetings began. "Hey everyone! Master Roshi, Bulma, Krillin, Yamcha, Puar, Oolong, Turtle," said Goku to everyone. The old master was the first to greet Goku. "Ah Goku, its been about 5 years now?" questioned Master Roshi as Goku nodded in response. Bulma was the second to greet Goku. "Hey Goku, you haven't changed at all. I mean, your hair is exactly the same as it has been for the last 12 years!" exclaimed the blue-haired scientist.
"No, it simply stays that way because I lose a lot of hair to animals and stuff, it just grows back really fast. I always thought of it that way. But your hair's grown a lot Bulma," commented Goku on Bulma's hair which now reached her lower back. "Hey Goku, who are the pipsqueaks?" asked the bald monk pointing at Cloud, Hail and Gohan who had just gotten off Nimbus. "Oh, hey Krillin. Well, the shortest one Gohan is my son," said Goku. It seemed as though the whole world froze. Then the long-haired warrior was the first to stutter; "You had a son?"
"Oh hi Yamcha, yeh, he's 4." This brought about a series of "WHAT?"s, however, one shapeshifting pig named Oolong seemed to be rolling on the floor laughing. "What on Earth's so funny, porky?" asked Hail causing a bout of laughter from Puar, the shapeshifting cat and Yamcha. "Hey midget, you're pretty funny, that was a good joke!" exclaimed Yamcha convulsing. The air seemed to shift around Hail. "What did you just call me?" asked Hail in a low tone. Yamcha's reply only served to get him in more trouble. "Sorry, but you are a bit small." This caused a spark of electricity to begin to run down Hail's arm. "I'll show you small!" exclaimed Hail while charging a ball of electricity before having it disappear. "Huh?" thought Hail before turning around to see Cloud with a nexus of negatively-charged energy in his hand resulting in a fusion of energy. Cloud shook his head before re-splitting the energies. "How did you do that?" whispered Hail.
"I don't know," replied Cloud softly before Bulma interrupted.
"So who are the other two Goku? Are they yours as well?" asked Bulma.
"Uh no, they're my...cousins," said Goku. However, he was interrupted by a voice.
"That's not possible!" exclaimed a tall, well-built warrior wearing armour covering his shoulders, chest and legs. He had long hair and gloves for his hands and feet. He also had an odd green device on his face. "Who are you?" asked Goku.
"Is that anyway to treat your brother, Kakarot?" asked the warrior in reply. Everyone immediately gasped at this revelation; Goku had a brother. "I don't have a brother, and who's Kakarot?" asked Goku defensively. The warrior seemed surprised by this information. "You mean, you don't remember? Not your family, not your people, nothing?" asked the warrior.
"You haven't truly answered my question, what is your name?" asked Goku. The warrior gaped, before shaking his head. "You really have lost your memory, well, my name is Raditz and I'm your older brother, Kakarot."
"Who on earth is Kakarot?" asked Goku.
"It is your name, your saiyan name."
"What is a saiyan?" Raditz nearly lost it here.
"A SAIYAN IS THE RACE THAT YOU AND I COME FROM, A PROUD WARRIOR RACE!" Now Bulma looked ready to faint. In a short time, they had just discovered that their best friend was an alien from another world. "So, why are you here?" asked Goku.
"I want your help to take over this planet," said Raditz.
"No way, I won't do it. How could you ask me to do such a thing?" asked Goku, horrified at the suggestion. Raditz sighed. "I really didn't want it to come to this, I simply ask you to help me take over this world and you say no, very well." The saiyan then phased out, and phased back in before returning to the same spot with Gohan in his grasp. "I know those two are not your cousins, but I know this one is your son. If you don't provide 100 human bodies here tomorrow, I'll take your son instead," said Raditz holding the now wailing Gohan.
"NO, don't take my son!" shouted Goku charging at Raditz, only to be sent hurtling through Kame House with one blow. "YOU HAVE ONE DAY!" shouted Raditz taking off.
"Oh no you don't," muttered Hail charging up a ki blast before being stopped by Cloud.
"Don't, you could hit Gohan!" exclaimed Cloud as Hail hesitated, before relinquishing his ki blast. Both then ran to the wreckage of the house and dug out Goku. "Oh, that hurt. He's too strong," whispered Goku pounding the ground. "Maybe for you individually, but if we work together, we could beat him?" suggested Hail. Goku contemplated this and stood up slowly while holding his bruised chest. "Yes, it's done. Cloud, Hail and I will go fight Raditz," said Goku. This was immediately met with protest by Krillin and Master Roshi. "I should come too, you could use my help," said Krillin.
"No Krillin, you've already been wished back once remember? If you die during this battle, we can't wish you back again," said Goku as Krillin slowly backed down.
"Ready?" asked Goku as both Cloud and Hail nodded.
"Wait." Everyone turned around and looked up to see none other than Piccolo.
Cliffie, will Piccolo actually help them? Even with 4 of them, will they still be able to beat Raditz? Find out in the next chapter!
Next chapter, The Z-Fighter Quartet
Power Levels:
Cloud (with weights): 180
Hail (with weights): 150
Goku (w/o weights):450
Raditz: 1200
Piccolo (with weights): 320