Chapter 6: Preparations (3 months of training)
Italics – Author speaking/Times.
Bold – Mental/thoughts.
Cloud gasped in pain before looking down to see a fist-sized hole through his chest, before falling backwards and falling to the ground, dead. The much more powerful Raditz however, despite having been punctured through the chest, was still managing to cling onto life, though probably only for another minute or two.
Goku and Edward stared in shock at Cloud's dead body before the latter ran for his brother and grabbed his dead body by the shoulders.
"You can't be dead, big brother. You're meant to be the strong one. Get up. GET UP!" screamed Hail bursting into tears before he felt a large hand on his shoulder. Hail looked up to see Goku, his own eyes brimming with unshed tears. Hail nodded before getting up, but not before seeing Piccolo, still smiling at having taken Raditz down.
"YOU KILLED MY BROTHER, SO I'LL KILL YOU!" roared Hail running at Piccolo before being grabbed by Goku.
"Cloud is not gone Hail, we can wish him back with the dragonballs. He will come back." Hail stopped running and turned around to face Goku.
"He's really going to be able to come back?" asked Hail. Goku nodded in response. Hail sniffed before smiling and nodding. However, the moment was interrupted by a cackling Raditz, despite the frequent coughs of choking on his blood.
"You idiots. This device on my eye also serves as a listening device. Now you've just told my partners some very valuable information," said Raditz weakly, taking a gasp of air before continuing, "they're even stronger than I am! And they will kill you and avenge my death, you accursed mother f..." cackled Raditz before being disintegrated by Piccolo with a ki blast. "Stupid fool was annoying me with his ranting," muttered Piccolo darkly.
"Hey, where's Gohan?" asked Goku before realising that his son was still in the spaceship. He quickly ran over to the pod and pushed all the buttons on the side, which somehow let the door open (which was lucky because 1 wrong order and he would've triggered the self-destruct). "DADDY!" cried Gohan in joy as he jumped into Goku's arms. "Daddy's here, Gohan. Daddy's here."
10 minutes later...
"We should preserve Cloud's body so he won't decay," said Goku after Gohan had fallen asleep.
"Alright," said Hail turning around to only see a bloodstain, "hey, where's his body?" asked Hail. Both Goku and Piccolo turned around to find nothing but the same bloodstain that Hail was looking at.
"I took his body to the Otherworld so he could be trained," said an ethereal voice that Piccolo immediately recognised. "Old man, what do you want!" growled Piccolo at the heavens.
"These new Saiyans are especially powerful. I can sense their energy even from here. They are indeed far stronger than this...Raditz. I suggest you train as hard as possible for the ensuing fight," continued the voice. "Thanks Kami!" said Goku as the voice fell silent.
"Well, looks like we have one year," said the saiyan as Hail nodded.
"I'll be there," said Piccolo flying off before slowing down.
"Oh and Son, I'm still going to kill you when this is all over," finished the warrior before flying off. Goku simply continued to smile. "I wouldn't think any less of you Piccolo."
Meanwhile, in the Otherworld...
"What am I doing here, and what happened to that gigantic hole in my body?" said Cloud to no-one in particular, feeling his chest for the hole that was meant to be there. "Am I dead? Or did I somehow come back to life?" thought Cloud as he looked around, seeing nothing but fluffy white clouds. "Oh no, you're dead alright." Cloud turned around to see what looked like a blue man with glasses and two horns coming out of his head. He was also wearing a white shirt with a black tie and brown pants. In short, Cloud thought the guy looked like a nerd. "So, wait, if I'm dead, then that means...OH CRAP, RADITZ!" exclaimed Cloud in shock, feeling the evil saiyan's energy before flying towards the source of it, which appeared to be in a gigantic palace-style building.
Once inside however, Cloud made an interesting discovery. There was a gigantic red man with horns hiding behind a colossal desk, rapidly pushing a red button, while Raditz was easily subdued by a green warrior that reminded Cloud of Piccolo, before both promptly disappeared. Cloud hopped up onto the desk and looked down at the red person. "Uh, Raditz is gone," said Cloud to the red guy as he promptly sat up and gazed in fright at Cloud. "You won't tell anyone that I can't handle the evil guys who come up here right?" asked the red monster in fright. Cloud nodded in confusion as the red guy continued. "If anyone knew that King Yemma, the Lord of the souls wasn't able to handle half the evil souls who came up here, I'd lose my job for sure!" Cloud simply stared in confusion. This guy was the lord of souls? Cloud recomposed himself as King Yemma whispered to him once more. "Thanks for keeping my secret, here, take this fruit," said King Yemma handing the saiyan a golden apple. "It will double your strength and keep you full for 3 months," said King Yemma, who stopped once he saw that Cloud, being the typical Saiyan had already devoured the apple in one go. "Did you say 3 months?" asked Cloud before he immediately felt full and his power jumped dramatically. "Yes, now, you may not have heard, but there are Saiyans more powerful than Raditz coming to Earth within a year," said King Yemma as Cloud turned around.
"WHAT? Stronger than Raditz?" asked Cloud in shock before a third voice interjected.
"Indeed, they will arrive after 1 year," said Kami, who had just appeared. Cloud turned around, only to see what appeared to be an old, wrinkled version of Piccolo. "You're God?" asked Cloud as the green guardian nodded in reply.
"Now...Cloud, I'm sending you to be trained under King Kai, the overseer of your section of the universe. It's a long trip, simply follow that snake until you reach the end," said King Yemma pointing to the exit to his right. Cloud turned left and promptly choked. There was a flowing path as far as the eye could see. "Uh, how long is this path?" asked Cloud.
"I believe it's around half a million kilometres long," said King Yemma. Cloud simply gaped in shock before slowly starting to speak. "I...guess I better get started then," said Cloud as King Yemma nodded. "I'll tell the others on Earth to wish you back a day before the Saiyans arrive," said Kami. Cloud nodded before powering up and blasting off down the trail of Snake Way, leaving a faint aura trail behind. "Wow, I didn't expect the fruit to give me that much of a boost," exclaimed Cloud, giving a further burst of energy and flying down the path of Snake Way.
Back on Earth...
"Well, looks like us 3 are going to be training for the next year together," said Goku cheerfully outside his house, putting one hand on Hail and Gohan's shoulders respectively. "Alright, here's what we're going to do. Hail, I want you to train on your own for 3 months while I teach Gohan the basics and fundamentals. Then, we'll train together for the next 9 months, leaving the last week as a break," said Goku. Hail nodded before immediately flying off to find a nearby clearing to train in.
"Well son, let's get started with the basics. First, I want you to..."started Goku before Hail flew back.
"What's wrong Hail?" asked Goku.
"Did you tell anyone else about the fact that more Saiyans were coming?" asked Hail. Goku simply stared blankly before slapping his hand to his head. "I'll go tell them, you teach Gohan the basics," said Goku immediately powering up and flying off towards Master Roshi's island. Hail watched Goku fly off before returning his attention to Gohan. "Alright Gohan, now I want you to make a fist..."
Goku was hurriedly flying towards Master Roshi's house, and managed to get there in about half an hour before landing. He was immediately greeted by Krillin and Yamcha. "Hey Goku, you're back! So you beat Raditz?" asked Krillin.
"Yeah, but listen, it took me, Piccolo, Hail and Cl..." started Goku before swallowing a sob and continuing, "oud to stop him. We just found out that there are 2 more saiyans coming, both of them stronger than Raditz was." Krillin and Yamcha were astonished to say the least. Krillin simply looked dumbfounded while Yamcha's expression was akin to that of a fish out of water. "Stronger than Raditz?" said Krillin in astonishment.
"Hey guys!" said a tiny voice as all of them looked up to see none other than Tien and Chaotzu.
The three-eyed monk was the first to land. "We heard the news, Goku. Bulma called us." Chaotzu hovered next to Tien and nodded. "Hey, you guys!" said another voice. All of them turned around to see Yajirobe, a fat swordsman. "Kami wants all of you, except you Goku, since you've already done the training. Anyways, Kami wants to train you at the Lookout," said Yajirobe before getting back in his speedboat and driving back. "Wow, we actually get trained by God himself!" said Yamcha in astonishment.
"Finally, my chance to beat you Goku," said Tien clenching his fist. Goku simply smiled in response.
"Well, we better start training, bye Goku!" said Tien and Chaotzu lifting off the ground before flying towards the Lookout, situated in the West.
"Yeah, we better go too," said Krillin and Yamcha. Goku nodded as the two lifted off similarly and blasted off towards the Lookout. "The message is delivered, and now the training begins," said Goku to himself, thinking of the battle ahead.
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Power Levels:
Krillin: 206
Tien: 250
Yamcha: 177
Chaotzu: 150
Goku (after rest): 460
Cloud (power boost due to death): 280
Cloud (after eating fruit): 560
Hail (after rest): 210