Reno's Origins
By: Atomic Kokoro
Storyline
Due to an accident, Reno is told he won't ever be able to walk again. It isn't long, though, before he is told by a boy named Gohan that there is a solution to the problem. Unfortunetly, there is bad news to come with it.
Before You Read
Yep. Another day, another...something.
Sorry it took forever for me to update. I had writer's block...ha ha! I am also unsure if this is long or not because I have made my screen resolution smaller. Yay?
On with the story!
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Chapter 5
Sparring Session
Everyone jolted as the door swung open and slammed against the wall. "For the last time, I'm not going to-ARGH!" Abbie winced as the door slammed close again, smacking Reno in the face and sending him flying into the wall behind him. He jumped to his feet and stormed back into the apartment, fuming silently in his head.
He hadn't noticed Abbie until she cleared her throat. He glanced up and saw her. He immeditaly paled. "Abbie..." he said. Gohan suddenly burst in, the door bounding feriously off the wall and smacked him in the face, sending him into the wall behind. Few winced this time.
Reno broke into a smile, regaining what color in his face, and dropped down beside the Princess, drapping an arm over her shoulder. "You wouldn't understand how happy I am to see you right now."
Abbie giggled and hugged Reno. "I'm so glad to see you, too!" she said.
Gohan had obviously recovered just as quickly because he was suddenly beside the couple. "Who's this?"
"I'm Abbie," she giggled.
Gohan raised an eyebrow. "You're dating?" Reno shrugged.
"Took a while to ask," he said with a blush. "But, yeah."
Gohan turned and glanced at Krillin long enough to mouth the word 'fail' and turn back to Reno and Abbie again.
Behind them, Trunks had burst into the room. "I found out who the Saiyan is!" he screamed before the door slammed against the wall and smacked Trunks in the face, sending him into the wall behind him. No one even looked.
Astro, who had entered the room sometime after Abbie arrived with Krillin, walked over to Trunks and let him in. "What's a Saiyan?" he asked.
Trunks rubbed the back of his head, not realizing people other than the Z-Fighters were in the room. "Nothing," he muttered. "I'll explain later."
Reno stood up and wrapped a mock-friendly arm around Gohan's shoulder before slapping him on the back roughly and saying, "Why doesn't Gohan tell us? He did such a fine job of telling me."
This put Gohan on the spot quite abruptedly and he studdered over a few words before finding the correct ones to use. "Well, a Saiyan is an Alien from a planet in outerspace called Planet Vegeta and my dad and Vegeta came to Earth and there are only a handful left and you know them all except,-"Gohan grinned quite largely at the next part."-my pride and joy!"
Everyone paused before Goku filled them in. "Goten, my second son. Seven years."
"Where is he now?" Abbie asked, reversing the way her legs were crossed.
Gohan shrugged. "At home with Trunks and mom," he said. "Safe, where he should be."
A moment of silence passed over the room, the soft ticking of a clock echoing through the room.
"Anyways," Astro began. clearing his throat and breaking the silence. "You were saying something about who the Saiyan was, Trunks?"
Trunks, Gohan, and Rino exchanged glances. Before the two already known Half-Saiyans stared at Reno with intense looks, resulting in a sigh from the semi-redhead. "Okay. I have something to tell you."
"Your a homosexual," chuckled a voice by the door.
Reno hissed, "Does this really require an audience?" Standing in the doorway was a strangely cocky Ken with Alejo and Ambercrombie chuckling behind him. "What's with you anyway?"
"Nothing," Ken insisted. "It just seemed like the perfect time to say that."
Reno glared daggers at Ken before returning to his 'big announcement'. "Don't kill me," he begged before taking a deep breath and quickly going though everything, talking a mile a minute. Then he panted and took a second deep breath. "There, understand?"
"No," Abbie scowled. "You were suddenly Sonic the Hedgehog for a minute."
Ken rolled his eyes. "Slow down, Spiky," he muttered.
With a hiss of fustration, a cluch of his fists, and a stamp of his foot, he tilted his head back and shouted, "I'M NOT HUMAN!"
Everyone froze. "Em, Saiyan," Gohan interjected, much to Reno's dismay.
The room was quiet until Ken broke the silence. "What's a Saiyan?"
...
"This is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad, this is bad," Reno groaned, pacing back and forth. Gohan rolled his eyes, already having enough of Reno's stressed out behavior that seemed to have had no end to it.
"Relax, Reno," he ensured. "I promise everything will be okay."
For a moment, he thought he saw Reno release a bit of tension, but it quickly came back as the doc burst into the room. "This is outrageous!" he shouted, marching over to the boys. "You couldn't possibly be Saiyan. You're nothing like one!"
Reno looked to Gohan for support, but he just shurgged and Doctor O'Sheay began again. "They fight, they're strong, they eat far too much for they're own good! No manners, no compassion, no love-" Gohan cleared his throat. "What?" O'Sheay snapped, however Gohan did not budge.
"I believe I am Saiyan, too, and therefore, I am living proof Saiyans can change. Same for my father, Vegeta, Trunks, and Goten." He counted his fingers (although his eyes were closed) for every name he stated.
O'Sheay blinked. "You're Saiyan, too?" he studdered.
Reno slapped his forehead with embarresment. "This is going to be a long day," he whispered.
...
Far off in the ruins of Megaton, a very large man stood in the center of distruction and mayham. He watched as everything burned and felt to bits. Nothing was left. What he had been looking for was not here.
He tilted his head back and released a mechanically evil scream which quickly changed to a laugh which was almost insane. His moment of insanity reached to an end as quickly as it came and he only had time to mutter one name, one that had not been known by anyone or who would've owned the name.
"Hanayasai..."
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"Okay, goodbye, go home, never to be seen again, never-ever-ever!" Reno shouted pushing Gohan out the door.
"Hey, what! Why?" he questioned, trying desperetly to holdback yet use enough force to keep himself from leaving the door.
Before Reno could reply, Vegeta laughed and trotted out the door himself. "Yes, let's go. A weak Saiyan boy is all he is and he isn't worth training. Now, let's go home so I can train myself."
Gohan whinned. "Vegeta, we have to train him. Who knows. Maybe he'll be as strong as me."
"Gohan's right," a gruff voice clearly belong to Piccolo. "If Reno does prove to be strong, he will become a great addition to the Z-Fighters. If not, his intellect will aid in Human Enhancement."
Reno smiled. "Nice to know I am helpful whether I agree or not. Now, LEAVE!"
"Just one sparring session?" Gohan pleaded. "Please? Just to see if we can make you strong."
The young undefined Saiyan tilted his head to one side, staring at the ceiling in a thoughtful manner. "How about no?"
"Please?"
"No. Now, shut it."
"Abbie!"
"What are you doing?"
"What do you think?"
Just then, the Mayorain girl fluttered down the stairs and stared at the four males arguing three against one. "Reno," she said in a sing-songy tune. "Maybe you could not be stubborn for a minute and just one spar?"
Reno sighed and released Gohan's shoulders. "You had to bring her into this, didn't you?"
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It wasn't long before everyone was gathered in a line just outside Metro City. "Are you ready?" Gohan asked, a giant grin smeared on his face.
"As ready as I'll ever be," Reno replied flatly, waiting for the day to end.
Gohan's grin downgraded to a knowing smirk. "Okay," he chuckled and rushed foreward, cracking his forehead against Reno's. Reno gasped and stumbled backwards, grasping his forehead.
"Damn, that hurt!" he growled, trying to lessen the pain. "Talk about using your head."
The next move Gohan made with a fist to the stomache which sent Reno tumbling backwards into a boulder. The boulder didn't crack, but it caused a yelp from the young teen. His eyes shot open and he had bearly anytime to duck to avoid a punch from Gohan.
Gohan's fist kissed the boulder and Reno flipped to a one-handed hand-stand before flipping back onto his feet, his lab coat floating behind him. He spun around, Gohan slightly frozen in confusion and surprise.
Reno learched foreward, taking advantage of Gohan's distracting thoughts. He threw one punch, but it was easily caught by Gohan who tossed him over his shoulder. Reno felt his elbow bend out of place for a second. He ignored the injury until it popped back into place and he landed chest-first onto the ground.
He pushed himself to his hands and knees, then rolled to the side out of pure instinct to dodge a drop kick. He pressed a hand against the ground and pushed himself onto his shoulder so he could tumble back onto his feet in a crouch. He raised to a stand and assumed a stance.
Gohan stared at Reno for a moment, as if expecting something to happen. Nothing did, however, so he took the first move and rushed Reno, who stood waiting. Gohan threw a right cross, which Reno pushed away, leaving Gohan open for an attack.
Reno took advantage of the opening and brought a knee to Gohan's stomache. Direct hit, Reno chuckled in his head. He blinked and realized his attack hadn't affected Gohan in anyway. Now he was open for an attack.
He cursed. Using Gohan's body and his knee as a support and brought his second foot off the ground and tossed his leg into the side of Gohan's head, which also did no damage. Gohan grasped Reno's foot and spun around, tossing the boy behind him.
Reno screamed as he flew directly into a tree and slid to the ground. He got to his feet and took a step foreward. The step sent a jolt of pain through his whole body and he collasped to his knees. He pulled his pant leg up to revealed a badly bruised sprain. Now what am I going to do?
"C-can we take a break?" he called to Gohan.
Gohan shook his head in surprise. "A break?" he gasped. "A break-are you joking?"
"No," Reno hissed. "I think I sprained my ankel."
Gohan's eyes widened. "Oops, too much power," he muttered and raced over. Reno showed him his ankel. The others were watching from quite a distance. Bulma and Astro ran over to help.
"What happened?" Abbie asked Ken, who was beside her.
Ken shurgged. "Beats me," he muttered, trying to get a better look. It was about five minutes before Gohan slung Reno's arm over his shoulder and helped him begin the walk over to everyone. "I think he's injured."
"Oh, I should've known this was a bad idea," she muttered.
Abbie glanced over at Goku who looked both shocked and ticked off at the same time. Which was true. Shocked because Reno had held off Gohan in his base form for so long and ticked because Gohan lost control of his power during the fight.
He jogged over to his son and the newest Saiyan and swooped Reno off his feet. Reno couldn't help but feel a bit unconfortable about the way he was being held. "I'm not a baby," he groaned. "But thanks anyway."
Goku chuckled in his normal way before turning to Gohan and letting him know (nicely) that they were going to talk later about what happened. Then he turned back and congratulated Reno on a good fight. Although Reno didn't feel it was much of a fight.
Krillin and a few other humans plus Trunks were beaming with excitement. "Dude, that was awesome!" Krillin cheered when Goku gentally placed Reno onto the ground. He immediatly latched onto Gohan for support.
"Thanks," he chuckled with a blush. "It really wasn't all that great."
Krillin scoffed. "You'd be surprised."
Off to the side, Vegeta watched as everyone let Reno in on a few tips for the next spar, which Reno denied was going to happen. "You can feel it, too, don't you, Vegeta?" Vegeta nodded.
"Cauliflower," he scoffed. "Typical. I should've guessed that would be it. Father like Son, just like Kakkarot and his two brats."
Piccolo shifted uncomfortably. "Let's just hope that if we dealt with him once, we won't again."
"I wouldn't bet on it, Namek," Vegeta chuckled. "Saiyans are an unexpectable race."