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Since the fateful battle with Piccolo and the rest of Gero's "army", three years have past and other than Gero, with his newest member, Goku, destroying the majority of urban life, not much as happened on Earth. Very few challengers have stepped up to the army, but all have failed.
Chi Chi and Gohan always see stuff about Gero, Piccolo, Tien, Goku, and Yamcha on the TV and while it makes Chi Chi sick and crying for at least a few hours, it has driven Gohan's demeanor of a pacifist of one who wants to avenge the people of the Earth, return his father to normal, and to never see his mother like that. Since he was old enough to think, Gohan has had a deep seated hatred for Gero, although he feels pity for the others, even at such a young age. It is clear that even compared to his father's early days, Gohan is nowhere near as naïve as his father although he is at least as independent as his father once was.
Though, the most important thing that was going to happen was coming in the form of Raditz. Unbeknownst to anyone on Earth, the Saiyan warrior was on a crash course to Earth. Anything can happen in this volatile time, that's for sure...
Gohan's breathing was heavy as he sprinted from the forest, to avoid the robbers that he tried to stop. In this post-apocalyptic world, things like this were common and common people were turned into thugs and bandits to survive. Gohan was one of the few pure hearted people left it seemed. As Gohan enter the grassy plains that separated the forest and his house, he called for his mother, "mommy, help m!"
Like a protective hawk, Chi Chi was out of the house in an instant, not willing to lose her son like she had lost her husband. In the past 3 years, Chi Chi had changed drastically. After hearing the news of Goku, she had begun training to defend herself again and in doing so it caused her to look much older than she was as well as physically more fit and toned.
As the burglars entered the plains behind Gohan, they smiled seeing the secluded house as well as Chi Chi. However as they stopped about 40 to 50 yards from Gohan, they laughed, "really? Little baby is gonna bring his mommy out on us?" They both pulled out sharp daggers from their pockets, "we're so scared!" They said as they erupted with laughter.
Chi Chi was in no mood as she simply strode past Gohan, nearing the thugs. The thugs continued even as she came within striking distance of them. "You better leave now!" She commanded as she pointed to the forest, "go back from wherever you crawled out from, I am in no mood for this today or any day for that matter!"
The taller and more muscular of the thugs waved his dagger right in Chi Chi's face, "lady, I really don't think you are in any position to be giving out orders. In fact, I think you should just-" the thug was cut off by him screaming in agony as Chi Chi dislodged the dagger from his grip and in the process breaking his wrist. Whimpering the man staggered backward, holding his wrist. He looked to his buddy and motioned for him to get her, "don't just stand there idiot, kill her!"
The other thug nodded as he grunted and lunged in at Chi Chi. Chi Chi sidestepped him and as he came through, she stuck her foot out and tripped him. As he hit the ground, he lost the grip on his dagger and the dagger went flying. Chi Chi drove a knee into the man's back, causing him to scream in agony. Just as Chi Chi was about to make sure the man could not walk, she was knocked off by the tall thug.
With one arm, the thug mounted Chi Chi but was easily shoved off as she got in a few quick jabs that knocked the man senseless. In a daze, the man got up and staggered back into the wilderness, back to where he came from. The other man crawled away as fast as he could with Chi Chi bellowing, "just be lucky, that I'm filling this merciful!"
As she turned back to Gohan, she smile slightly, seemingly unshaken by the previous events, "Gohan, I guess I'm going to have to train you so you can fend for yourself!" She said as she put her hand on Gohan's back and they slowly walked back to their house. That's what Goku always wanted, that's what my Goku always wanted. What happened to the man that I loved? The caring and gentle man that would sacrifice himself for the others. She thought as tears fell from her face and she ushered Gohan into the house so he could put clothes on that were suited for training.
In one of the few remaining cities on the planet, the new Red Ribbon Army was having a blast, no pun intended. "This never gets old!" Goku shouted as he sent an energy blast at one of the skyscrapers and he almost died of laughter after hearing the screams of the people that were destroyed by the rubble. Goku continued to laugh as he lowered himself to the ground and walked around the city, looking for any unfortunate pedestrians.
As he walked, he saw four men in white karate like gis. They were all heavily muscular and had solemn expressions on their faces. "Stop there, fiend!" the front most one shouted in a heroic and boisterous voice.
Goku chuckled as he strolled forward, "wanna go ahead and make me," he said, "sir," he finished in a mocking tone. The three behind him tried lunging at Goku but they were all held back by the leader's arms.
"No, he'll destroy you. Just look at what he has done to the city. We need to be more diplomatic about this," he said in a cool voice. His blonde wavy hair waved in the breeze and his icy, light blue eyes contrasted with has pale skin. As Goku got a better look at him, he realized that he was the least muscular of the four but he sensed the most power emanating from him, although it was far far far below any of Gero's men, it was still much higher than any average humans; all of their powers were. This intrigued Goku.
"Who are you?" He asked as he shoved his hands in his pockets arrogantly, "you guys seem much more powerful than the average human, not that it matters though, I'll still exterminate you all!"
The leader raised his hand, as if saluting something, as did the other man, "we are apart of the Global Royal Army!"
Goku almost fell over from laughter, "you bums are in this so-called "Royal Army," what a joke," as Goku quit laughing he looked straight at the man, "well time for you to die, but before you do, I have to ask what your name is. Oddly enough, I think you'll be the most powerful one of all the people I have killed, that's pretty pathetic when you think about it."
"My name is Colton Blue, the son of General Blue of the Red Ribbon Army," he replied as he looked down, clearly embarrassed by what his father had done with his life before he died.
Goku raised his eyebrows, "I remember him, that's funny considering that you are now fighting against your father, isn't it?"
Colton took another step forward, "my father never was the one to raise me, so although he is my father, I don't associate with him, other than the family name. And speaking of the family name, I am setting out to replenish the good name of Blue that my father tarnished - by taking down the most evil Army in the history of the world!"
Goku stepped forward, nodding, "not a bad plan, but..." Goku slashed behind Colton and easily killed the three men standing behind him, causing Colton to take a step back, "did you plan on actually defeating us?"
Colton stumbled backwards, "y-y-yes," unconvincingly, as Goku smirked at him.
Goku spat on the ground right on one of Blue's men, "though, I do have to say that even at your young age, you are powerful like your father, though. Too bad this just isn't your day!" Goku said as he raised his open palm.
The man sidestepped the blast much to Goku's shock and Goku felt the man's power rise to its maximum as he chopped at Goku, Goku laughed as he avoided the chops and punched Colton in the stomach causing him to keel over from the pain, "wow, you've got spunk, I'll give you that," Goku said and he stamped Colton's head to the pavement with his boot, "but time to die!" Goku said but before he could give the death blow, he was halted by a deep, booming voice.
"Stop there, your time is over!" The voice boomed and as Goku looked over, he saw a huge aircraft lowering itself to the ground. He sensed several large powers emanating from the aircraft. He noticed emblazone with bright blue colors on the black aircraft the words: ROYAL ARMY.
Goku took his foot off of Blue's head as he looked upon the ship more closely, "friends of yours?" Goku asked, beginning to chuckle, "I guess since King Piccolo, they have beefed up the world security a little bit, haven't they?"
Goku was still laughing as the aircraft opened and a wad of soldiers filed out, with guns pointed. Goku noticed that some of the stronger ones were unarmed, realizing that they thought that they could defeat Gero and his army with their bare hands, he scoffed at them, "really? Are you the warriors in this 'Royal Army'?" Goku asked, mockingly as he began to stroll towards the numerous soldiers and warriors.
"Stop!" One soldier yelled as he signaled for his troops to open fire, but Goku was fast enough to avoid all of the bullets, much to the shock and horror of the soldiers.
"You'd think that in 3 years they could produce stronger fighters than you!" Goku shouted as he rushed into the soldiers like a bowling ball. And much like a pro bowler would, Goku knocked down almost all of the soldiers with ease. As the soldiers screamed in agony as Goku bounced on them like trampolines, he laughed.
From a distance Blue crawled towards him, trying to stop him, "p-please, stop!" He sputtered, causing Goku to wheel around and look at him. Goku sneered as he looked at the pitiful soldier.
"Boy, I'll finish what I started with you after this, just give me a min-" he was cut off as one of the bare-handed warriors had driven his fist into Goku's face. Goku hit the ground but was up in an instant, irate at the warrior. "That wasn't very nice!" He shouted as he blasted the man to smithereens without a second thought.
From behind him, Blue watched in horror, this guy is nut! He thought, no, he's sadistic! We were fools to think that we could reason with him or even defeat him in any way. Blue sat up, feeling the futility of the situation, but as he was beginning to accept his fate, he was pulled up to his feet by strong hands, turning around Blue saw that it was Commander F, the sixth commander of the Royal Army.
Blue was about to greet him with solace but the man's solemn face, told him to listen to him, "listen, Blue, nobody else knows it but I do," he said, "you have that special something about you, you have potential to be our greatest hero. However," he said as he looked to Goku who was having fun knocking around the other warriors, "nobody in our ranks can mentor you in that regard, no. I only know of one man that can do that. If anyone can find your hidden potential, it'll be him. He's one of the greatest teachers that I have ever seen and one of the finest warriors too," F said and his aged face gleamed in the sun.
Blue looked down, "thank you, sir, but how do I find this 'master'?" He asked, unconvinced that he could ever stop someone such as Goku or the other members of Gero's army.
The man pulled out a piece of paper, but before he could give it to Blue, Goku had appeared next to them, "so whatcha talkin' about?" He smirked as the Commander and Blue gasped in horror. Quickly, F shoved the paper into Blue's hands and mouthed the word 'Go!" before he squared up with Goku, he grunted as he sprinted after Goku, who merely smirked at the Commander.
Several minutes later, Goku met up with Gero and the others, "where in the hell were you?" Gero asked angrily as he waddled towards Goku.
Goku smiled and looked at the sun, his eyes gleaming, "just meeting some tourists that's all," he said in an ambiguous nature.
Gero clearly wasn't having any of that as he replied, "what the hell does that even mean?!"
Goku laughed, "it means that we have some things to do," and after that, Goku told the rest of them of the Royal Army and that they were after them. While the warriors themselves scoffed at this, Gero took the threat seriously.
"Let's go back to the lab," he said as they lifted off of the ground, himself in his own single person flying machine, "even if they are weaker than us, don't underestimate the power of the human scientific brain," he said as he latched the roof onto the cockpit and they began flying back to Gero's lab.
I hope that all of you enjoyed that chapter, especially because that was probably my favorite one to write, it allowed for me to be more creative and more psychological ino how Gero's world takeover as played on people's mental state - Chi Chi for example. Anyway stay tuned for another chapter in Dragon Ball: A New Era!