~Memoir's of a Survivor~

Chapter 3 – A Warrior Beyond all Others

"Hey! What's the big idea! Leaving me all by myself on the side of a mounta-...hey, what are you all looking at?"

Tears started to run down Gohan's face as he lifted his hand to point towards the man who had suddenly appeared behind Frieza out of thin air. "Dad..."

Both Frieza and his father jumped away from the man that had suddenly appeared behind them. Both of their eyes were wide. A tint of fear weaved its way into Frieza's words as the monster talked. "You! But how? You were still at least two hours away in space! Where's your pod?"

Goku, his black spiky hair slightly bending in the wind, glared at his foe with killing intent in his eyes. He was currently dressed in baggy red gi pants, some sort of blueish armor with golden trim along with only one shoulder guard over a white long sleeve tunic with golden wrist bands at the end. "Frieza... I let you live so you could learn. I was hoping you could change. I guess I was only kidding myself. You coming here, preparing to kill my family and friends...my planet. Even I can only forgive so much. I suggest you guard yourself. I'm not going to hold back any more, you damn monster."

To add emphasis on what he was saying, his white energy started to swirling around him. His eyes focused harder as they glared at Frieza, the white energy shifting to gold. Goku's eyes changed to a greenish teal as well, sending chills up the cyborgs spine. Finally, the wild spikes of Goku's hair rose up, meeting at a single point above his head. With a flash of energy, his hair too shifted to gold, only three spikes of hair hanging down in front of his face.

The sudden burst of energy pushed Frieza and his father back, their three toes trying desperately to dig into the ground at their feet while their hands tried to guard their faces. The Z-fighters were also taken back from this display of power. They fell to the ground, clinging to the rock hard ground as they tried to make sure they didn't fly away. As the wind subsided, they all looked up, their mouths gaping at the amount of power they could feel radiating from Goku.

The super saiyan took a step forward, bringing the two aliens back to earth. Frieza was thrown into shock, his body shaking at the all to familiar display of energy before him. His father however wasn't so scared. How could he know what was standing before him? He could not sense energy, and this was his first time seeing a super saiyan. Frieza knew all to well from experience though. This one transformation was not to be taken lightly. Balling his fist so hard that it started to bleed, Frieza grit his teeth together as red sparks of lightning dancing over his new additions.

"No matter! I'm stronger now! Due to my new body, you don't stand a chance in hell at defeating me, you damn monkey!"

Goku simply looked discussed. "Look at you. How can you even look at yourself in a mirror anymore. At least on Namek you had some pride. Now your just a shell, just a machine. Not even worth my time."

Gohan looked up, seeing this new version of his father for the second time. It honestly scared him. His father was caring, a protector. But this super saiyan transformation seemed to change him. Gohan could now see the anger bubbling through the cracks of his father. It was as if he had no control over himself or his anger. The amount of killing intent that Goku was giving off right now was intense, and Gohan was beginning to wonder if it was safe being this close.

A cold sweat was covering Frieza. Those eyes. Damn those eyes. It was as if the monkey was looking right through him, looking down at him and it made him feel weak and small. It tore at what little pride Frieza had left, and he hated Goku all the more for it. In a blinding fit of rage, the monster thrust his fist forwards, a beam of energy shooting right at the saiyan whom was just a few yards away. Frieza's father jumped up and away, amazed that his son was all ready fighting with almost all of his newly acquired power.

Goku just stood their and took the attack. The beam collided with his chest, exploding in a blinding flash of light. The Z-fighters shielded their eyes, now impressed with the attack that the monster had just unleashed. Could someone even survive that at point blank range?

"What are you thinking Frieza? Are you trying to blow up our ship and strand us on this forsaken piece of rock?" His father landed further back behind his son, and it surprised him when Frieza didn't retort back. His son was shaking, but for what for?

As the smoke cleared, a body came into view. Goku stood unfazed, his clothes even still intact. His energy aura had been enough to protect himself from an attack of that magnitude. Frieza's father was surprised to say the least, and Frieza started to shake all the more.

Goku simply took another step forward.

Frieza cried out as he quickly ascended into the sky. Goku simply watched as the monster fled, his glare never letting up for a moment. Frieza held up a single finger pointed up at the blue sky, a small red ball of energy forming in his hands. Black lighting started to dance around the ball while red danced around his arm. He was seriously going to try and blow up the planet, again.

"F-Frieza! What are you doing? You'll kill us all!" Frieza's father couldn't fathom it. His son, the strongest being in the known universe was being thrown into a panic by one measly golden saiyan.

The ball grew in size, become roughly that of a large bus. The Z-fighter's could only watch helplessly as the attack formed. There was no way that kind of attack could be blocked. The planet wouldn't be able to survive a blast like that. There just...was no way that was real. Goku simply watched from his spot on the ground, his killing intent only intensifying.

Frieza started to cackle, his eyes growing wide and a crooked smile crossed his lips. "Ahhhahahaha! What will you do now, monkey! With this, you-... and everyone else will die while I survive yet again! It's all over for you, I win!"

Frieza brought his hand down as he leaned forward, throwing the ball, but in an instant Goku had fazed in front of the monster. Their fazes were inches away from one another. Goku's face was yet to change, it still scrunched up in a face of pure anger. Frieza's face was one of surprise however. The saiyan was holding one hand up above him, and had literally stopped the ball of energy from moving even though Frieza had told it to do otherwise. Frieza once again started to tremble, realizing what Goku had just done.

His ace in the hole was now completely useless.

While keeping his left hand held up towards the mass of energy above the planet, Goku brought his knee up into Frieza's stomach. He never even bothered trying to block, the attack implanting itself into his metal stomach as it left a dent in it. Frieza bent over, saliva flowing from his mouth as he slowly wrapped around the knee. An instant later Goku spun around like a top, smashing the back of his heal into Frieza.

Frieza free fell from the sky, unable to right himself before he crashed into the ground far below. Goku turned his attention to the ball of energy above him. With a thrust from his arm, the ball started to fly away, starting to leave the planets atmosphere. A golden ball formed in his free hand, and with a simple toss it few after the much larger ball of energy. The smaller orb quickly caught up and crashed into the larger one. Goku turned to face the ground below just as the two balls created a massive explosion behind him which lit up the area, casting shadows over the saiyans face.

Now Frieza's father was starting to tremble. How could someone so easily eliminate his son's strongest attack? How had he moved so fast? Just who was this person?

Frieza himself slowly picked himself off the ground, the sound of rocks sliding past one another as rubble fell off his body. With just two attacks, the super saiyan had taken the wind out of him. How, even on Namek he hadn't been this strong. What the hell had that monkey been doing these past few years?

Goku took a familiar stance that the Z-fighters new vary well. But that couldn't be it. Goku wouldn't risk firing a kamehameha at Frieza with the planet behind the monster. If he missed, and maybe even if he hit, the planet would be at risk at exploding itself! There'd be no way Goku would do something that risky.

"Kame-"

Uh...all right. Gohan thought to himself, what on earth was his father trying to pull? Was he tried to scare Frieza into running away and never coming back? Ya, maybe that was it.

Frieza looked up as he stood with awe as well. Surely that monkey wouldn't be that foolish. All he would have to do would be dodge and the effects on the planet would be the same as if his attack had hit.

"Hame..."

A blue orb now formed in between Goku's cupped hands. Its power already was enough to take the planet, and yet he was focusing more power into it. Gohan looked up with wide eyes at his father. Maybe what Vegeta had said still held some meaning. The last super saiyan had lost his mind and taken the planet he was on with him thousands of years ago. And now his dad had fallen to the same fate. No, no that couldn't be it. His father was invincible. He wouldn't lost his mind to something like this.

And then, all of a sudden, Goku vanished. Everyone blinked, making sure they had really seen what had happened. It was not like he had moved at super speeds that they couldn't see. He literally vanished.

The Z-fighters felt it first, before anyone could feel it. Goku was no longer high in the sky, holding the fate of the planet in his arms. Instead he was on the ground. They all lowered their heads, trying to find where he had moved too. Frieza suddenly felt a presence right in front of him. Slowly he lowered his head, his eyes growing wider every moment that they figured out what was now standing a few feet before him.

"HA!"

Frieza could only open his mouth in an attempt to scream. Goku thrust his hands forwards, a blue beam of energy consuming its target before it ever got a chance to make a noise. The blast roared over the landscape, slowly arching up until it broke from the earth's atmosphere and faded into space.

How the hell?

Frieza's father literally faltered backwards in shock and tripped over his own cape, causing him to fall back onto his backside. Goku slowly stood up, turning his attention to the fallen alien. The Z-fighters slowly stood up. Gohan just watched in silence, his mouth slightly parted in amazement. How? How had his father just did that? One moment he was up in the sky, and the next he was square infront of Frieza? His energy had disappeared for a second before he could sense it again. How? Krillin was the only one who could remember how to use his tong. "Did...uh...did Goku just win?"

Goku took a single step towards Frieza's father, which was enough to bring the alien back to the real world. "W-wait! Please spare me! W-what is it that you want? Everyone has something they wish to have! Do you want my son's spot as ruler of the universe? It's yours! All the riches you can imagine? Done! The galaxies themselves would be mere bobbles for your amusement!"

Goku's eyes winced, his killing intent never faltering as he took a step forward. "You're just like your son, I can see it in your eyes. You've killed just because you could. Never sparing defenseless man, woman, or child. I can see it in your eyes. If I let you leave here, you wouldn't change. No, your too much like Frieza, and I can't let you leave this place. Forgive me for not giving you a second chance, but in your eyes I can tell it would be wasted on you."

Goku held up his right hand, palm facing towards the target. Frieza's father started to back up, shaking nearly violently as he tried to make his way back to his ship. "N-no! Please, please spare me! I swear I'll change. I wasn't like my son- he was to consumed by evil, but I'm different! Please!"

"Sorry, but I don't believe a single word rolling off that forked tong of yours."

"Why you... you listen here you little bastar-"

A golden beam of light shot from Goku's palm, racing towards the caped alien. The father of Frieza never had a chance to react, the beam consuming him completely. The beam once again faded as it arched up towards the sky, leaving nothing in its wake.

Goku let his arm fall to his side, a moment of silence passing before his hair fell to its normal state and color.

Vegeta charged an energy ball in his hand, and then unleashed it at the space ship that Frieza had come in. The explosion rocked the area, but Goku simply looked up with a mild level of confusion on his face. The Z-fighters followed as Vegeta lifted off and floated down towards Goku. Gohan broke from the pack, racing towards his father as he clung to his chest in a strong hug.

Goku smiled, ruffling his son's hair. "Heya Gohan. Sorry you had to see that."

Gohan tilted his head up to meet his father's gaze. "It's all right dad. You saved earth! Again! You're so strong!"

One hand shot behind his forehead, scratching at it as if he were shy while the other continued to hold his child to him. "Aww, I'm not that strong."

"Are you kidding? That was amazing!" Goku and Gohan turned as the rest of the team touched down, Yamcha acting as taxi for Bulma. Krillin has pretty much summed up the thoughts of the rest of the fighters there.

"Ya Goku. That was really something. How'd you do that teleportation trick thing?" spoke Tien.

Vegeta also was quite curious, though he sounded more annoyed at it than anything. "Yes Kakarrot. Tell us, how in the hell did you move from one spot to another faster than I could sense? It felt as if your energy had vanished for a split second!"

Goku pried off Gohan with his one had, placing his son on his shoulder. Turning his attention back to the group, he smiled as if it were nothing. "Oh that? I call it Instantaneous Transmission, or instant transmission for short. It's a technique I learned from a group of people that rescued me after I crash landed onto their planet. They called themselves... ah right, the planet I landed on was called Yardrat … so I guess they'd be called Yardratians?"

"Never mind what they're called, how does it work?" Vegeta's eyes narrowed as he asked that question. Seeing Goku once again steal the show and make short work of Frieza was slowly but surely grinding way at his mood.

"Well, basically I lock onto someone with a high power level, and picture myself there. Then its as simple as moving my energy there and my body goes with. More or less. It's actually pretty complected, traveling at the speed of light. I still don't really understand the details, the converting your body to pure energy and then building your matter back together...it all kinda went over my head. But the point is that I can do it!" Goku finished off his monologue with a big smile. Even as the others felt sweat drop from their foreheads at Goku's explanation, especially Bulma who had more of a handle on the physics of such a feat, they still didn't doubt that Goku could do it. After all, it was that move mixed with a Kamehameha that had finished Frieza himself.

"So lets see a close up example then Goku." Yamcha said. "Maybe if we could see the attack, we'd understand what you're trying to say."

Goku snapped his fingers, an idea forming into his mind. "That's it, I'll show you! All right everyone, grab a hold of one another!"

Gohan blinked along with everyone else, watching as they took a hold of each other's hand. Vegeta hesitated at first, Gohan figuring that he was asking if he really wanted to bother. But finally, the Prince put his hand on Bulma's shoulder to which he got a glance from the blue haired woman. One a glare mind you, just a glance... one that Yamcha noticed as well as Gohan. All though Gohan's thought process stopped much sooner than Yamcha's, figuring that he had just surprised Bulma.

Goku smiled happily, locking onto someone far away from them that had enough power to easily find. "All right everyone! Please keep your hands and legs-"

"Blast it all Kakarrot! Just do it all ready!"

"Alright, alright! Three! Two! One!"

-MS-

Master Roshi had just turned on the television. His favorite show was on, the one with the young ladies running a yoga course for those watching at home to follow. The old man sat down, not very far away from the tube, but just far back enough to give some unexpected visitors ample room to suddenly appear out of thing air.

The poor man nearly had a heart attack.

Everyone broke apart from one another, looking around in amazement as they suddenly found themselves at Master Roshi's house. The master himself had scooted back completely against the opposite wall, his eyes wide behind his shakes.

"What on earth! Who? What? How? … Goku?"

"Hiya master Roshi!" Goku smiled, waving at his old master while Gohan did the same.

"B-b-b-b-but how!"

Seemingly ignoring the mans questions, the group turned to face one another leaving Roshi in his confused state. Goku smiled as he waved to the others. "Well, I should get going. It's been sooooo long since I've had some of Chi-Chi's cooking! I can hardly wait!"

The group said their goodbyes, even to Roshi as his heart still threatened to burst from its cage. And with a smile, Goku and Gohan fazed out of view, their energy reappearing just outside the Son household.

-MS-

Goku placed Gohan onto the ground and both started to walk towards their home. The Ox-Kings car was now missing, cluing Gohan in on that he must have left sense he had flown out to face Frieza. And even though all the doors and windows seemed to be closed, they could hear the booming voice of Chi-Chi through it all.

"IF THAT BOY THINGS HE'S GETTING FOOD AFTER THIS, HE HAS ANOTHER THING COMING!"

Both of the Son's visibly winced, turning to each other. With weak smiles, they continued on their path for the front door. Goku took the handle and opened the door for Gohan to lead the way, closing it after he came in.

"GOHAN? IS THAT YOU! YOU BETTER HAVE A GOOD REAS-...a good...reason...for..." Chi-Chi had clearly been on a war path sense left. She had noticed the poor chibi first, but then she noticed the pair of legs behind her son. Following them up, he found Goku smiling happily at her which caused her voice to falter.

Gohan smiled ear to ear as the expression on his mother's face changed, her eyes starting to water up. Goku stepped past his son, but Chi-Chi meet him half way and consumed her husband in a hug that would have tackled any other man. Gohan watched as his mother buried her face into his father's new outfit, clearly whimpering into her long lost husbands harms. Gohan floated up and wiggled his way into the middle, his parents making room for the third party to join. Even Gohan couldn't completely control himself as he listened to his mother cry, and he could feel his throat choke up, forcing him to whimper as well.

Goku just held his two family members tightly to him, for who knows how long. After a while, the crying quieted. Chi-Chi looked up to her husbands eyes, here puffy read eyes contrasting the large smile she had on her face. "I'm..sniff...I-I have to go put some more rice on the table..."

Goku smiled softly. "Don't worry. I'll help ya finish... Besides, I'm a super saiyan now! How hard can cooking be?"

-MS-

The night was quickly falling for Orange Star City. One chibi seven year old Videl had just been dropped off by her father and mother at her friends house. The small girl happily ran up to Erasa's room, following the way she knew by heart now as her pig tails jumped up and down happily. As she pushed the partially opened door the rest of the way with her small hands, she could all ready hear the high pitched squeal of the blond coming.

"EHHH! Videl! You made it!"

"Well of course I did silly. I wouldn't miss our sleepover." Videl said, rather sarcastic. The blond just wrinkled her nose and pointed at the window that hung over her small bed.

"Ya don't need to be a smarty pants, ya know. Hey look, that's the window I was telling you about! You can see lots of falling stars from there! Its really cool, I make a wish every night!"

"Really?" The mini Videl couldn't help but show how exited she was to see them. The light near the outskirts of town where Erasa lived didn't have the light pollution that the area around the Satan household had, mainly cause it was closer towards the center of town. The idea of seeing lots of shooting stars was exciting, and both girls hopped up onto the bed and looked out the window.

It was then that an abnormally large ball of light started to descend from space. First it looked normal, but slowly it seemed to get bigger for some reason. It didn't fade away after a second like most shooting stars either, this one lingered. Both girls watched silently with wide eyes as the shooting star, really the Ginyu force's space pod, came down to earth and crashed over the horrison, beyond their view. Erasa was the first to break both little girls amazed silence.

"That one was really big! It's probably big enough for lots of wishes! Come on, lets both make a wish on it!"

"Ok!" Videl shut her eyes tight, a childish wave of excitement rushing over her. Silently, she wished that the falling start would grant her two things. One, for her father to win the upcoming world tournament, the first one of its kind in a long time she was told. Her other one was that when she got older, she wanted to be just like how she saw her father. Strong and brave.

-MS-

It was night, and Gohan was just about to get ready for bed when he noticed his note book still opened on his desk. A strange feeling of wanting to finish it took over him, so he figured he would quickly write something down before bed. He walked over and turned the lamp on, lighting up his desk. Picking up his pencil, he started writing down what came to mind first.

-Memoir Chapter 2-

I cant believe what I saw! The scribble on the page before was from me sensing Frieza coming to earth, but that wasn't even the half of it! Dad showed up right before we started fighting! It was amazing to watch! The way he looks when he goes super saiyan is so cool, even if it is a little scary. Maybe someday I'll even be able to do that! That way there would be no one that could beat us! Me and my dad could protect everyone from anything that came our way, and that way he wouldn't have to leave again for so long.

I'd like that.

-Chapter End-

Gohan turned the lamp off after closing his notebook. The chibi saiyan boy changed into his pajamas, and was about to get into bed when another idea crept into his mind. Quickly he opened his door and rushed down to his parents room. It was still open, so he glanced in to find them both getting in to bed as well. He jumped up, and onto the foot of the bed, catching both of the parents off guard. Gohan gave a toothy smile, causing both Goku and Chi-Chi to melt into his hands.

For the first time in so long, longer than Gohan could even remember, he could sleep safely between his father and mother.

Author's Annotation:

Heh, I guess I lied about Videl not coming in till later. To be honest with all of you, I was looking over the rough draft for the story out line and I noticed a rather sizable flaw in the works. After smacking myself on the head a few times, I did some rewriting with this and some of the following chapters to help poor Videl's character grow enough for things later on to make sense. Nothing for you readers to worry about of course, just keeping you filled in on my own tiny adventures of trying to be a good fanfic writer. Please remember to review, and thanks for the ones I have gotten all ready!