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Chapter Two: The Son

"So, Kakarot, any word from that planet you visited?" Vegeta and Kakrot were walking along the hallways of Frieza's ship. Kakarot shook his head, his palm-tree like hair swinging in every direction. Vegeta scoffed and looked away. He had on his preferred armour - blue spandex suit, with yellow and white armor. Kakarot was wearing his usual armor - and it bothered Vegeta for some reason. Vegeta was bothered by everything today, it seemed. Kakarot was now eyeing the Saiyna Prince carefully - Vegeta was angry almost all the time, but it still meant trouble. Kakarot and Vegeta were on equal terms - and it bothered both to no extent. Kakarot was much better at hiding his true feelings, while Vegeta was like an open book.

"I will send Raditz to the planet to check if the woman conceived." Kakarot explained. Vegeta raised an eyebrow at this. "I may have a son or daughter at this point. Remember the experiments conducted several years ago? Where they had some of the Saiyans produce with another species? The offspring were often quite powerful, or had a hidden power that rivalled their father's of mother's." Vegeta nodded, recalling the experiments. Frieza was morbidly curious about half Saiyan children. Frieza, for entertainment, mechanically grew get offspring until they were four. Then, he had Kakarot fight each of the children. Kakarot proved that most of the offspring were oddly powerful, but the truly powerful ones were the ones who had a hidden power beyond their comprehension.

"Now imagine if the child inherited my natural strength, plus a hidden power." Kakarot said, nonchalant. Vegeta froze as he thought of this. There were thirty hybrids in the experiment, and one of them had been naturally powerful as well as possessing a hidden strength. Kakarot had spent a whole day in the rejuvenation chamber after that fight. Kakarot said no more as he opened the doors to the room in which the other two Saiyans were. Raditz and Nappa. Both were mere underlings to the two powerful warriors, Nappa being Vegeta's underling and Raditz being Kakarot's. Nappa was much more powerful than Raditz, but Vegeta was the Pricne, so naturally, he got first pick. It had irritated Kakarot for as long as he could remember.

"Raditz, I have a mission for you." Kakarot said. His underling stood and nodded, awaiting instruction. "On the planet Earth, I bedded with a woman." There was no hint of shame in Kakarot's voice. He was always serious, his voice always like steel. "I believe she may have conceived a child. I want you to go to Earth as soon as I finish the orders. You are locate the woman, find out if she did indeed conceive a child. If so, bring both back to the ship. I would also like you to assess the value of Earth. If it had a high market price, bring the information back with you and I will advise Lord Frieza." Kakarot said, his eyes narrowing slightly. "If you cannot find the woman within three days of landing on Earth, you will be punished. Do you understand, weakling?" Kakarot said, a slight hint of aggressiveness in his tone. Raditz nodded.

"Good. Now go." Kakarot, Vegeta, and Nappa watched as Raditz sulked out of the chamber and began plotting a course to Earth.

"Perhaps you should have told him what the woman looks like." Vegeta remarked snidely. Kakarot shook his head in response.

"No. The Saiyan child should have a significant enough power level that it will be simple to find him or her." Kakarot explained. "The child will have to tell who the mother is – I'm sure Raditz will be able to beat the child around before he or she gets out of hand. It is all under control, Vegeta. Raditz will be arriving on Earth in one hour. He then has three days to find the child. If he can't handle such a simple mission, then he is not worth my time." Kakarot did not play mind games with people. He never lied. He always told you the straight-up truth. He didn't like tormenting people, it was too much effort. This gave him the reputation of never going back on his word, which was great when he was threatening to kill an annoying person. The person almost always shut up, knowing Kakarot would lose no sleep over it.

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Raditz had just loaded his spaceship, and was heading towards Earth. He was ticked, to say the least. Kakarot was his younger brother. Kakarot should have looked up to Raditz and aspired to be like him. But Kakarot had inherited the cold demeanour of their father, Bardock. Kakarot was a baby that did not cry. And when he was a toddler, he was a warrior and despised Raditz. He was cold, emotionless, and never have anything away... or ever gave up. Bardock was always proud of his youngest son and shunned Raditz. Gine, their mother, was there to comfort Raditz when Kakarot reminded him of his weakness yet again. Raditz had always been a slave under Kakarot, he just hadn't realized it until Kakarot forced into a duel with consequences - if Kakarot won, Raditz would have to be his slave. If Raditz won, Raditz could kill Kakarot. Obviously, the younger brother triumphed over the older, and Raditz was mocked for years afterwards. Kakarot was twelve, and Raditz had been seventeen at the time.

Raditz continued thinking for the rest of the hour. He looked up as the computer beeped, and gaped at the planet. It was exceptionally beautiful. Raditz had been to many planets before, but none that looked like this. There was no other planet that was filled with so, so, so much water. And the land was green. It complimented the water quite nicely, this little swirl of green, blue, and grey. He assumed that it was a resource planet. Small, but beautiful and full of things to use. No wonder Kakarot had decided to stop there. If the people were as nice as the planet, it made even more sense as to why Kakarot would choose this planet to find a mate, as opposed to their own planet. As pretty as they were, Saiyan women had he reputation of being incredibly vicious. That's why Frieza picked on the males, and not the females.

Raditz looked out the window at the strange buildings, his pod descending to the ground in a matter of mere moments. He waited until the dust had settle before grasping the edge of his pod and climbing out, he door opening for him. Raditz stood on the ground of the planet, looking at the colours of the ground. Planet Vegeta had almost a pink coloured dirt. This planet had a deep, rich brown, with some green grass growing on it. The ground on Planet Vegeta reminded him of Kakarot. But this ground here? It reminded Raditz of strength. He shook those petty feelings away and clicked his scouter, searching for powerful warriors. There were three a little ways away, and they were the most powerful on the planet. Raditz lifted up into the air and shot off in the direction of the power levels.

He landed in some sort of village. There were pitiful humans running around, screaming, while the three he was tracking stayed, two glaring at him with venom in their eyes. The third was a small child. Raditz guessed that he would be about four years old. Raditz barely acknowledged the other two as he walked closer. They tensed, and the boy grabbed onto the woman's pant leg. Raditz looked over at the two adults - one was a woman, with lovely features and long black hair. The other was a short, bald man in an orange cloth fighting suit. They were both ready to attack him. The child, however, seemed nervous because his mother was nervous. However, he had small sparks of curiosity in his eyes. Raditz watched as the child balanced on one leg, using his tail as support.

His tail.

That boy was Kakarot's son! Raditz leaned down by the child and ignored the mother's frantic gasp. She grew increasingly anxious and Raditz and his nephew locked eyes. Raditz was an uncle, Kakarot had a son, and this boy was Raditz's nephew. Raditz couldn't believe it. The boy flicked his tail towards Raditz, testing what he would do. Raditz's own tail unwrapped from around his waist and gently brushed it against the boy's. The boy seemed to perk up, curious now. All fear was gone. The boy stepped forwards, letting go of his mother's coat. He dodged her attempt to push him back, jumping over her forearm. He trotted up to Raditz, his hands behind his back. The boy was wearing some sort of yellow coat with a symbol on it. He also had a red hat on, with some sort of yellow ball on the top. He was smiling shyly at Raditz, his tail flicking back and forth. His dark hair was like Raditz's - just shorter. For a moment, Raditz allowed himself a sense of triumphing over Kakarot. The boy had dark onyx eyes, so much like his father's, but the boy's eyes were full of freedom and happiness.

"I'm Gohan!" the boy stuck out his hand to Raditz, still hiding the other one. Raditz wasn't sure what to do, so he stuck out his own hand. Gohan shook his hand, then released, took a deep breath... and started with questions. "So, mister, my name is Gohan! What's your name? What's your favourite food? I like rice. Are you like me? You have a tail too! Your tail is very fluffy, mister! Do you know my Daddy? He had a tail like me too, but I've never met him. If you know him, then what's his name? What's he like? Is he nice?" the boy stood straight, awaiting an answer. Raditz took his own deep breath.

"Raditz, any sort of meat, yes, I am like you, we are Saiyans. Your tail is very fluffy as well. I do know your father, he's my brother. His name is Kakarot, and no, he isn't very nice. He's quite quiet and very mean." Raditz raised an eyebrow at his nephew, expecting to see a surge of disappointment in the boy's face. Instead, he just smiled.

"Oh, that's okay." Gohan said. "Mister Piccolo used to be super mean but now he's nice! Maybe we can get Daddy to be nice too! Ooh, you're my Uncle! Uncle Radish! Uncle Radish!" the boy hugged Raditz, catching the older Saiyan off guard. Gohan wrapped his arms around Raditz's neck, sitting on Raditz's shoulder. The woman and the bald man's jaws were dropped, heir mouths open to stare at the two.

"You have to come and meet your Daddy." Raditz said quietly, holding Gohan at arm's length away from him. "Your Daddy wants to meet you, and he sent me here to find you and bring you to your real home."

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