Chapter 2

Piccolo looked at the scene before him. On the ground lay his arch rival, Goku, coughing up blood and crying out in pain. Farther on, there were two bodies lying still on the ground. One of those bodies was that of his recent ally, Tien, and the other was the one of their opponent, the evil saiyan Raditz. As Piccolo walked towards the two bodies, he noticed that neither of them had quite passed on to the next dimension yet. Piccolo walked up to the long haired saiyan, who was now muttering to himself about how weaklings had beaten him.

"Loser," gasped Raditz as he struggled to speak because of the hole in his chest. "How could he? Now he's a goner." Raditz coughed up some blood as he slowly died.

Piccolo heard the long haired saiyan and laughed. "Don't lose your long sleep over it. I bet Tien will be back here in a week."

Raditz was shocked by the green man's declaration. "What? That's impossible. Tell me how."

Piccolo chuckled at the dying saiyan. "Gladly. On this planet we have something that we call Dragonballs. Who ever brings all seven Dragonballs together gets any one wish granted. Tien's friends will use the balls to wish him back to life in no time. It's Tien who will have the last laugh."

Raditz grinned evilly. "No, I'm afraid your wrong green man." Piccolo looked down at the long haired saiyan with a look of confusion on his face. "This device on my face is also a transmitter. Fool, my comrades in space heard every word." Piccolo just stared at the saiyan in horror as he heard the terrible news. "And they'll come. I know they will, they'll want to make a wish."

"When?" Piccolo and Raditz looked over to Goku who they had almost forgotten about. "When will they be here?" Goku was barely able to ask his question because of the extreme pain he was in. All of his ribs were broken and both of his legs were also broken.

"One year." stated the amused saiyan. "And the funny thing is, Ha-ha, their much stronger than me."

Piccolo trembled in fear. "One year, stronger, ah man."

Raditz laughed at the green warrior. "What's wrong, geeh you look so depressed all of a sudden green man. Don't be so glum, we can't all have the last laugh. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA."

Piccolo was trembling in anger; he couldn't take the long haired saiyans laughter anymore. Piccolo raised his remaining arm up into the air and with a yell brought his hand down and ended the demented saiyan.

After finishing the long haired saiyan, Piccolo heard the roar of jet engines and looked up to see Goku and Tien's friends arriving in their aircraft. Once the plane landed, three people piled out of it. There was the bald midget, and then the old man, and then the young attractive blue haired female. Piccolo went over to walk towards Tien, seeing as how the three from the plane went straight for Goku.

Idiots, they don't even realize that he's dying over here do they. As Piccolo neared the three eyed fighter, he could see that he was still alive. Tien's body shuttered every time he tried to draw breath. Piccolo just stood over his ally in silence.

"No go over to Tien, he might not make it." Piccolo turned his head to see that Goku had told his friend's of Tien's situation. He turned back around to look at the three eyed warrior. None of Tien's eyes were open and he was struggling to breath. Finally, the three eyed warrior's body shuttered one last time and then was still.

Piccolo heard the voices behind him silence as they realized they were too late. As they began to weep, Piccolo noticed that Tien's body was beginning to fade away. All of the members of the small group began to shout out in confusion as Tien's body vanished.

"Were did his body go!" screamed the blue haired woman. Her high pitched voice hurt Piccolo's sensitive ears. Piccolo looked over at Goku, who was now being held up on the old man's shoulders. After seeing that Goku had no idea what had just happened Piccolo decided to speak up.

"I know, it was Kami." Everyone looked up at Piccolo in confusion except for Goku.

"You mean Kami as Guardian of the Earth Kami, right?" Goku asked.

Piccolo shook his head. "What other Kami do you know Goku? Anyways, yes this is his work. No doubt he has some special purpose worked out for Tien."

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Tien eyes shot open. He looked around in confusion and saw that he was standing in a massive line of what looked like small clouds. Tien shook his head in confusion. "Where am I?" he asked out loud.

"You're at the check-in station." answered a calming voice from behind Tien. Tien jumped up and turned around in midair. He had been frightened by the voice and was now ready for a fight.

"Kami?" Tien stood up from his fighting stance. The green Guardian of the Earth just chuckled at Tien's reaction.

"Yes it's me Tien. It's good to see you again, even though I wish it was on more pleasant circumstances."

Tien nodded. "Where am I Kami? The last thing I remember is fighting that saiyan and then lying on the ground after Piccolo's attack."

Kami nodded. "Yes, unfortunately you did not survive Piccolo's attack and now you are in the Otherworld."

Tien gulped. "So I'm dead." Kami nodded again. Tien looked up and saw that he had a halo over his bald head. Tien then looked down at the ground. What was he going to do now that he was dead? What would become of Chiaotzu? He had always been there to take care of his best friend but now that he was gone his little friend would have no one to look out for him.

"Anyway to answer your original question, you are at the Check-in station like I said earlier. It is the home of King Yemma, who is the one who judges everyone's souls to decide whether they go to heaven or hell."

Tien looked back up from the ground and looked up to the old guardian. "What are these cloud things sir? I've never seen anything like them."

Kami looked at one of the small clouds. "They are the souls of people who have recently died."

Tien's face changed to one of confusion. "Wait why am I not a cloud then? I mean I just died so shouldn't I be just like these people."

"Because I asked King Yemma if you could keep your body so you could try and get to King Kai's for training. Also you would have had your body anyway since people who have done many heroic deeds are allowed to keep their bodies. Because you have helped defend the Earth several times, King Yemma decided to let you keep your body so he could decide whether to let you try to get to King Kai's for training."

"Who is this King Kai, and why do I need to go to him for training. I mean, I want to train but there's no point. I'm dead and Goku will just wish me back with the Dragonballs in no time, so I can continue my training with Chiaotzu."

Kami just shook his head. "No I'm afraid you can't go back just yet. You see Raditz revealed something right before he died. Two more saiyans are heading to Earth, and they are both even stronger than Raditz."

Tien stared at the old green man in horror. "More saiyans! And they're stronger! This isn't good."

Kami nodded. "Right and King Kai is a master of martial arts. If you can get to him, then he'll be able to train you. If you can receive King Kai's training, then you may be strong enough to beat the saiyans that are heading to Earth right now. What do you say Tien, are you willing to try and go to King Kai's and train to beat these saiyans even though it will mean you won't be able to see your friends until the saiyans arrive."

Tien thought about it for awhile. If he stayed in the Otherworld, then he could train with this King Kai and become far stronger than he probably could by himself back on Earth. But if he did stay, then he wouldn't be able to be with his friends for over a year! So much could happen while he'd be gone, and if anything happened to Chiaotzu while he was here training he would never be able to forgive himself.

"Why can't I just train with you like Goku did? When he trained with you before the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament he became much stronger than I ever thought he could become in such a short period of time."

Kami just shook his head. "While it is true that I will be training the remaining warriors that are left on Earth, King Kai is far stronger than I am and he could train you to be much stronger than my training could ever possibly make you."

Tien continued to struggle with the choice. Finally he made his choice. "Fine I'll go to this King Kai's. If I don't then none of us may be strong enough to beat these saiyans, and if I don't do everything I can to become strong enough to beat them and my friends die because of that then I would never be able to forgive myself."

Kami nodded. "I think your making the right choice Tien. Now we are about to see King Yemma. He is a bit impatient and can be a bit temperamental so just be as respectful as possible." Tien nodded. "Okay Tien, here we go."

Kami led the three eyed warrior into a large room were several man sized blue ogres with one horn on the top of their heads and tiger striped pants stood on guard. Tien looked around the room to see some very lavish decorations around the room, but the center of the room was what really got his attention. There was a large mahogany desk that was over three times as tall as Tien and was at least a 50 feet wide. Behind the desk was a huge light purple ogre in a plum suit. He wore a helmet that had two horns attached to each side and his head was leaning on one of his hands and he looked to be completely bored. While Tien stood their staring at the colossal ogre, Kami had been explaining the situation to King Yemma.

"So that's were we stand great King Yemma. The other two saiyans are on their way to Earth right now. For this reason, we humbly ask you to allow Tien to seek training from King Kai himself, with your permission of course. If Tien does not receive King Kai's training there is no hope for our planet."

King Yemma looked through a large book. "Hum Tien huh. Well you certainly have a service record that merits you to attempt to get to King Kai's but are you prepared to face the hardships of Snake Way along the way."

Kami prepared to speak again but Tien answered the giant ogre. "Yes sir. I'm ready to take on any challenge to get this training."

"Well, Tien you can try and get to King Kai's if you really want to. I'll send for a guide, now go wait outside."

"Yes sir. Thank you again for the opportunity sir." King Yemma was taken a back by the three eyed fighter's impressive manners.

"Kami, I'm surprised, you usually only bring me blundering idiots that usually cause you to make a fool out of yourself." Kami just laughed nervously. "Oh and Tien, be careful not to fall off of Snake Way because if you do there is no coming back."

"Tien," Tien looked over to the old guardian. "Keep to it now. Don't let Snake Way wear on your mind."

Tien nodded. "Thanks for the advice you two and Kami I'll try my best to get to King Kai's and be prepared for the saiyans. See you in one year Kami." Tien saluted to the Guardian of the Earth and then walked outside to meet the guide King Yemma had sent for him.

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While Krillin and Bulma were getting the scouter from the dead saiyans body, Piccolo was concentrating on his arm. The green fighter's body began to shake as he focused his entire mind on the missing limb the saiyan had blasted off earlier.

"Well Piccolo I guess we'll be seeing you," said Master Roshi as the gang prepared to take the beaten and battered Goku and his son back to Kame house. Every member of the gang yelled out in terror as they saw Piccolo shaking, afraid he was about to attack them. With a yell, a new arm burst out of Piccolo's shoulder as he regenerated his lost limb.

Piccolo flexed his new arm and then picked up his cloak and turban. He put them back on quickly and then looked back over to the group who were still looking at him in horror. He then looked at Goku.

"Before you leave, I have a request I'd like to make. It may seem strange, but try and put your emotions aside Goku. I want your son to come with me for some special training." The protests came as soon as Piccolo said his last word.

"Ha, special training my foot! You just want him so you can gobble him up!" exclaimed Krillin.

"Are you nuts!" yelled Piccolo.

"But why a boy?" asked Bulma weakly.

"Earlier today that boy showed signs that he might be the most powerful person on this planet. I think I can teach him to control his power to help us fight the other saiyans when they arrive here. Also if I let Goku keep the boy then he won't be pushed the way he should be to reach his full potential because Goku would go soft on him because he's his son. It's a long shot though; he might just be too young."

All of Goku's friends began to make excuses why Piccolo couldn't take the boy, but Goku, who hadn't said a word so far spoke up.

"Go ahead and take him Piccolo." All of Goku's friends turned to Goku confused. "He's right, I wouldn't push him to his full potential and I would go too easy on him. Also Chi-Chi wouldn't let me train him even if it could save the world. Go ahead Piccolo, it's for the best."

Piccolo smiled. So Goku wasn't a complete idiot after all. "Thanks Goku, I knew you would agree. And don't worry, your son's in good hands." Piccolo used his telekinesis to bring the boy over to him and then he put the young child underneath his arm. "Oh and Goku, once you've recover from your injuries I want you to come and find me. We would be able to make even greater strides in our training if we are constantly pushing each other.

Goku smiled weakly, it hurt to even smile because of his injuries. "Okay Piccolo, you got yourself a training partner." Piccolo just gave his new ally a small smile and raised his hand as a small wave of good-bye. He then slowly drifted into the air and then took off and speeded towards the wastelands where he had been training for the past few years, his new pupil wrapped securely in his arm.

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Tien sat in the back of a car as a blue ogre drove him to the start of this mysterious Snake Way. As his driver babbled away, Tien thought about his upcoming journey. From what he had heard so far, it was safe to assume that the trip was going to be dangerous. It wouldn't be just a simple walk along some path. Then again nothing was ever easy when it came to getting stronger.

"Well, this is it were here." Tien opened up all three of his eyes and stepped out of the car. He saw a giant snake head at the beginning of a long winding path. Tien just began to stretch as his guide began to babble again about Snake Way.

"How long is it?" bluntly asked Tien.

"No one knows for sure, but everyone says it's over 10,000 miles." Tien looked at the blue ogre in shock. The blue ogre just chuckled. "Yes it's quite long. In fact only one person has ever made the trip before and that was King Yemma. But that was centuries ago."

Tien just looked back over at the snake head again. He didn't care how long this path was, he was going to make it to King Kai.

"Well I guess I'm going to be the second. Thanks for the ride again."

"Oh no problem, it was really my pleasure." Tien just jumped up and began flying over the path. He just kept all three of his eyes locked straight ahead as he flew as fast as he could.

Here I come King Kai. I'll do whatever it takes to beat these saiyans, even travel over 10,000 miles!"

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it. Also I'm thinking about having another human fighter that will train with the other Z fighters at Kami's lookout. So I'm open to any ideas or characters you have to suggest to me. If I don't get any character suggestions then I will just look through Dragonball and see if I can find any fighters I think would be worthy. Hopefully though I will get some ideas from you guys. However I have to warn you, this person will probably not be a major character, but if I fall in love with the character I'll see what I can do. Thanks for reading again and please review.