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. I'm in the mood for writting Reno's Origins and I almost want to draw a scene from Reno vs Gohan. I think it would be cool.

Also, in the last chapter, I wrote Rino instead of Reno because that's actually how you spell his name. But I spell it Reno because it's just looks cool.

Anyways, on with the story!

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Chapter 6

Story Exchange

"Told you it was a bad idea," Reno muttered, leaning back on his chair.

Gohan rolled his eyes. "Just be glad I had a whole bag of Senzu's and not just one."

At first, Abbie wouldn't let Gohan near Reno until she bandaged up his leg. Reno let her play doctor for a while until Vegeta told her off and shoved a Senzu Bean down Reno's throat. Abbie and Vegeta were on bad terms ever since then.

Vegeta insisted that he would be the one to train Reno, which was quite odd since he wanted to leave so quickly.

"I think it would be best if I trained him," Gohan said.

At this, Goku laughed. "Gohan, you've never trained anyone other than your brother. Besides, you might be the one to use far too much power during training if you broke his leg. Maybe me and Piccolo should. After all, we did train Gohan and we have an idea of how to train Reno."

Reno felt a little weird about people fighting over who should train him. They treated it like it was an everyday thing, and not just a one time adventure like the first time Abbie came and brought Zade with her. Almost made him wonder where he was now...

"Look, look, look," Reno chuckled, pushing his hands foreward in a sign of them slowing down. "How about we don't train and you guys can go on your merry way knowing that I'm not a threat, hm?"

"How about we do and say we didn't," Gohan comprimised.

Reno squinted in confusion. "That doesn't even make sense."

"You don't make sense!"

Goku sighed. "Why not think about this, Reno? If you train and become stronger, you can protect your friends."

Reno laughed and pulled his robotic friend (Astro) to his side. "That's what Astro's for."

"Huh?"

"Obviously your methods aren't working," Vegeta laughed as Astro continued his conversation with the rest of his friends. "How about this. If you let Kakkarot and the Namek train you, I'll take you to see your father."

Everyone gasped. "You knew my father?" Reno exclaimed.

Vegeta's smirk grew. "Of course. Gohan's met him."

Gohan blinked in confusion. Reno grabbed Gohan by the shoulders and shook him, demanding, "Who's my father?"

Once Gohan regained his senses, he stared Reno in the eyes with a painful compassion. "Vegeta said I've met him. But I don't know who he is."

"Yes, and even if I took you and you didn't train," Vegeta continue. "your father would be very disappointed to see your weaker than baldy over there."

Krillin growled. "Hey! No bald jokes!"

Reno looked to the ground the same way he always did with a pained expression. He wandered to the window, lost in thought. If I train, I might have to leave everyone...again. He looked over his shoulder at Abbie, who was having a insult compitition with Ambercrombie. Everyone else was watching with laughter. And I don't want to have to leave.

He looked at the clouds which were becoming dark due to the night and the heavy rainfall soon to come. He heeded no attention to Gohan who was standing beside him until he spoke. "You don't want to leave here, do you?" Reno shook his head. "I can understand." Gohan patted Reno on the shoulder lightly and tried to look into his eyes, failing miserably, however. "Why don't we go for a walk?"

...

There was silence for the first ten minutes of the walk, in which they had left the city and ventured to where they had their sparring session. It hadn't begun to rain, but the thunder and lightening threatened a storm.

They continued passed a treeline and came to a small docking area. "Follow me," Reno said, leading Gohan down to the dock. Reno pushed open a door where a large pool was. Inside the pool was a dolphin of a color Gohan had never seen before.

The dolphin was sleeping quietly in it's waters. When Gohan got a closer look, he realized that the dolphin wasn't a living creature like he presumed, but a robotic one. Reno quietly explained about Kokoro, which made Astro who he was, too.

Reno lead Gohan down a concrete strip. Gohan tried to think of what it could've been possibly used for. Reno saw it as a place to think. It was the same place he went to when he been fustrated with Gideon for beening scared. Gideon was the dolphin they had seen in the pool.

Reno sat the edge of the concrete strip, his feet just dangling above the waters. Gohan followed suit. There was a long silence, and only the sounds of the waves crashing against the walls and the winds picking up power. It whipped the boys hair around, but they ignored it.

"When I four," Gohan began, breaking the silence. "my uncle had come to take my father away." Reno sat quietly, listening. "My father refused, because my uncle, Raditz was his name, wanted my dad to help purge planets and sell them for high prices. Angry with this, my uncle took me away. Kidnapped me.

"However, my dad had agreed to a temporary truce with Piccolo-san, who was dad's nemisis at the time, and they both came to save me. Dad was...killed, I suppose, and Piccolo took me to train. At four years old.

"For one year, I had to survive in the wildness on my own, which made me...less cowardly. He trained me because there were Saiyans, Vegeta and Nappa, coming to get Dad. We used the Dragonballs to wish Dad back to life, but we had to hold off Vegeta and Nappa until Dad arrived.

"Certain circumstances I wish to avoid brought me, Krillin, and Bulma to travel to Namek. On my way there I had to train. While I was there, I had to fight. Dad disappeared and, in the three years it took him to come back, I had to train. He came back, he learned some evil people were coming in two years. So, I trained for two years.

"I fought again. Then trained for a year. Then fought again. Most of my life was fighting and training. I understand you don't want to have that life either. And I promise you won't. But I made a mistake. I didn't train hard enough. Terrible things happened. I was the only one who could stop him. But I couldn't."

Reno stared at the sea, thinking about Gohan's story. "What happened?" he asked quietly.

Gohan only replied, "I don't want to talk about it."

Silence took over again. Thunder cracked and lightening flashed. Rain began to drizzle lightly. "Someone died, isn't it?"

Gohan remained silent.

"Isn't it?" Reno snapped. Gohan flinched, shutting his eyes closed. "That's why you want to train me. You want to train me so I don't make the same mistake, so someone else doesn't die. Right? You're thoughts are clearer than water!"

"I'm training you because I know you're importent! Otherwise Flute wouldn't have come to say anything!"

"How am I importent? I'm a Scientist, not a fighter like you!"

Gohan shook his head visiously. "I'm not a fighter either! I never asked to be one! I'm just doing this to make my father proud!"

Reno withdrew from the arguement with the words. He turned back to the horizon. "I'm sorry," he said.

"Don't be," Gohan muttered. "You had nothing to do with it." A moment passed before Gohan's eye fell apon Reno again. "I had experienced pain all my life. What about you?"

Reno was silent for a moment and Gohan assumed he didn't hear him. The assumption disappeared when Reno spoke. "Hate," he replied. Gohan turned to him. "Yes, I have been loved. But far more people have hated me."

Gohan blinked, his usual innocence coming to him and knocking him from a depressing state into a curious, compassionate one. "Hate? Why?"

"If Astro hasn't told you this, I grew up in the Robot Circus. I had to pretend to be one. If I didn't, I would've remained an orphan. The circus performers were my family. They loved me dearly, as I loved them. But if I ever had contact with another human, they hated me. Because I was dressed as a robot. They assumed I was a robot.

"If I ever left as a human, many people would wonder where my parents were. So I rarely left as a human." Reno smirked and pulled back his sleeve revealing a few scars. "However, I learned to take care of myself. I taught myself how to throw a punch so I could defend myself."

He pulled his sleeve back down. "I never understood why I almost always won when I first learned how to defend myself. I suppose the fact I am Saiyan would lead to why."

Gohan suddenly placed some peices together. "That you knew how to defend yourself...was what you used when you sparred against me. That was why you didn't make the first move when we were at a stand off. You only taught yourself how to defend." Reno nodded.

Gohan looked to the sky. Moments passed and the rain grew stronger. "We can stay here," he finally said.

"What?"

Gohan looked at Reno. "We can stay here to train. You don't have to leave your friends. I know what it's like to be away from family and friends. It's not a fine feeling."

Reno stared at Gohan, looking as though someone had just shown him his first nice gesture. Then, he smiled. "I was just about to say yes to going back with you," he chuckled. "But I would love to stay here. Thanks."

Gohan shurgged. "Least I could do," he said.

"The others won't mind?"

"I'm sure they'll figure something out. Now," Gohan got to his feet and offered a hand to Reno. "Let's go back inside before we catch a cold."

Reno took his hand and stood and the two walked back to the Ministry.

...

"Are you sure?" Goku asked, his face stern. "It seems a little far fetched."

"But think about it, Goku," Trunks said. "When the NMC's attacked, he had this moment. Where he was just not himself. Like Gohan back when."

Goku thought about and just shook his head. "I still don't believe it. A man like that having a son like him. They don't even look alike! It's just seems...weird."

"It's true, Kakkarot. And you know it. You can feel it. We all can. Gohan's too naive to notice."

Krillin sighed and rested his chin on the table. "This is crazy. This is too crazy. If we train him, he might become more dangerous than we originally thought."

"Krillin has a point," Goku agreed. "If we train Reno to be as strong as Gohan, and he has that moment you described, Trunks, than we would have a major problem on our hands."

Piccolo scoffed. "We've already offered to train him. We can't take that offer back, especially since he's agreed."

"How can you tell?"

"I can hear them talking outside about what Gohan will teach him first. Which will be Ki Sensing."

Goku sighed. "Maybe it won't be as bad as it seems." Saiyans could hope, too, right?