Risk
Chapter 3
Neither Goku nor Chi-chi was ready when they reached Namek. The training that they had managed to do within six days seemed enough to prepare them for the battle that had taken place upon Namek. Chi-chi felt a familiar sensation prior to the ship landing on the planet and nearly had taken off towards the diminishing powers she felt when Goku grabbed her wrist. Almost though she was being denied the chance to battle and seek vengeance for her son, she glared at him.
"Goku! I need to save our son!" Chi-chi yelled at the Earth-raised Saiya-jin and tugged at her caught wrist with all of her strength. Sadly, she was fighting a losing battle with her husband whose fighting experience outweighed her own. If the villain were to take Gohan or Krillin hostage, he would have no choice but to give into their demands to ensure that they were safe. This being the alternate choice, he hoped that wouldn't be the case in this battle.
"There's no use rushing into battle when they're injured," Goku warned.
He had long since hid his tail to protect it so that no one would exploit his weakness during battle. He had no idea what he was up against and the last thing he wanted was to transform into one of the beasts like Vegeta had back on Earth. He did not even tell Chi-chi of it; fearing she might have a negative reaction to him having it. Had he been awake after the training incident, he would have realized that she knew what he had been hiding.
"Besides, they could easily use them against us if we go in there worried."
"I can barely feel him though." Chi-chi bit her lip. She hated worrying about her son's predicament and felt even worse when he left with the others before Goku recovered. This was a boy she never wanted to follow his father's footsteps; however, was forced to due to the threats that wanted to destroy the very world they called home.
"He's still alive, but just barely. We'll be better off if we use the art of surprise on our side rather than rush in and blindly attack our opponent. Give Krillin and Gohan the Senzu Beans while I make sure there are no causalities."
"Yo-you're right…" Chi-chi admitted. Last thing she wanted was her son to be held hostage by the ones that could easily take advantage of the situation.
Gently, he eased the pressure on her wrist and flew forward at a blinding pace. Chi-chi, not prepared for this, clung to him with her eyes closed until he stopped and was once again on the ground. When her eyes opened, the sight of Gohan's limp and ragged body nearly made the Earthen woman faint on sight.
She knew that he was in horrible shape, but she never knew that he was at the point where he could die within minutes by suffocation due to a crushed neck. She barely felt Goku release her wrist and heard only a murmur of words meshed together. She could not understand what Goku or anyone else was saying next due to her state of shock. Not once could she even respond due to the worry overwhelming her heart and conscious mind.
"Chi-chi!" Goku yelled suddenly to snap her wife out of the state of numbing shock she had been in a mere moment ago. The Earthen female instantly jerked her gaze from Gohan to her husband. His voice was almost like that when he discovered her on the ship. Instantly, she felt guilty for not paying any heed to his command the first time it was given. "Give Gohan the Senzu Bean. I'll take care of these guys."
"R-right!" Chi-chi stuttered; almost unsure now that this will save her son. Kneeling down, she pulled the pale green bean out of the bag and gently placed it within the boy's mouth. Forcing his teeth to grind together, she made the bean go down with some difficulty. Tense moments passed before the empty eyes suddenly were filled with life again along with tears.
"M-mommy?" Gohan questioned. Relief flooded Chi-chi's body when she heard and felt her son's warm hands on her wrist. "How did you get here?"
"Uh… well, I came here with your daddy to help him fight the bad guys." Chi-chi explained. It was some what true despite what Goku's wishes were with the female warrior fighting along side him. That was probably the last thing Goku wanted for the woman he loved and cherished to be doing with him.
"Oh. I see." Gohan stood up on his feet. "We should give Krillin a Senzu Bean."
"Agreed." Chi-chi followed suit and walked over towards the fallen monk.
"Wow! I didn't think you wanted to come to Namek!" Krillin said in amazement.
"Actually, Goku was against the whole idea. I came along to make sure both him and Gohan were safe." Chi-chi admitted while administering the Senzu Bean to Krillin. Seconds later, Krillin was back on his feet grinning.
"Wow! That's Goku? Amazing!" Krillin looked past Chi-chi towards her husband and by the way they were acting, she had to see it for herself.
Goku easily blocked or dodged Recoome's blows like it was wasted effort. The tall warrior attempted every which way to slam the Earth-raised Saiya-jin into the ground; however, it seemed he possessed far more speed. The other two members of the supposed Ginyu Force were completely stumped and were uttering how Goku's power level did not even exceed five thousand. At any time, Goku could end this game and yet, he was not going to until he felt like it.
"That's it! Now you're going to get it you little run! Recoo-!" The famous phrase that Recoome was well known for was completely caught in his throat by a barrage of punches that Goku immediately threw into the larger man's gut. Seconds later, he was curled up in a fetal position on the ground staring wide-eyed in shock at the Earth-raised Saiya-jin that defeated him with little effort.
"I'm through with you. Now you two take him away or I will handle you next!" Goku warned the remaining members of the Ginyu Force.
"Like that would scare us!" Jeice exclaimed. "Let's tell this bloke who we are." Burter flew off the cliff in front of the Saiya-jin while the white-haired warrior remained on the cliff. He did a series of poses before yelling his name. "JEICE!"
The blue-skinned warrior circulated his arms and ended with rather weird pose, exclaimed, "BURTER!"
"WE ARE THE GINYU FORCE!" They exclaimed at the same time; almost though they were attempting to intimidate Goku with their horrible posing style. If anything, it made them look even more ridiculous than they already looked.
"So what?" Goku was not fazed by these men's moves; thus making them seem like they were fools for putting on such silly poses. Both of these aliens face vaulted from this and assumed that this man was just scared speechless.
"You think you can take on the fastest guys on the Ginyu Force?" Jeice boasted while Burter landed next to him annoyed that Goku was not taking them the least bit seriously. "You have no distinction on what real speed is mate."
"Let's show him what real speed is Jeice." Burter yelled.
Both combatants flew off the cliff and zoomed past and around Goku annoyingly. At any time, they could have sworn that they could have hit the Earth-raised Saiya-jin; however, not even they could prove that fact since he looked like he was standing still. Not that neither one could see the faint footsteps in the grass where Goku was at anyway.
Goku, who fought the urge to clothesline the two annoying warriors, stood there wondering what the hell he had managed to get himself into. He wondered when these warriors would give him a decent fight.
Burter eventually went through the effort to throw a blast at the warrior and even that proved not to hit the Saiya-jin as it flew off and hit the landscape behind him. Almost following the blue-skinned warrior's lead, Jeice started firing multiple blasts at Goku in an attempt to take the warrior down to no avail. Just like Burter's blast, it went straight through the warrior. The blasts went straight towards the other warriors who had to move out of the way just to avoid the blasts. Was Goku being utterly reckless or was he just showing off?
"You think you can avoid this?" Jeice yelled and powered up a blast in a pose where he looked like he was playing volleyball. Smacking the blast, it flew towards Goku and the Saiya-jin made no move in order to defend or intercept the blast.
"This should end it once and for all," Burter replied with a smug look on his face. Goku still did not move as it grew closer. "He must be suicidal if he isn't going to do anything to stop your blast."
Almost at the last second, Goku finally reacted and threw the blast off with a single arm with hardly any effort. At this point, Burter flew at Goku in an attempt to show the warrior what speed really was and started throwing a series of punches and kicks. Goku had managed to dodge them all and Jeice was forced to join the battle.
Chi-chi, who had watched all of this from where she stood, was beside herself while watching her husband fought against the two with his agility and sheer strength. Eventually, all of their effort went to waste when Goku easily defeated Burter with little to no effort. After catching the warrior, Goku threw him to the ground and looked back up to the white-haired warrior.
"You're next." Goku vowed with a clenched fist.
"Uh… I think I'm going to go while I'm still in one piece," Jeice stuttered before retreating from battle. Goku made no effort to chase after the cowardly Jeice and looked back towards where the others stood.
"You're a fool for letting him go Kakarrot!" Vegeta yelled, still injured from battle. Chi-chi had not given the warrior a Senzu Bean since she knew not to trust him.
"Wow! That was amazing Goku! I didn't know you could do that!" Krillin exclaimed happily.
"Yeah. Mind filling me in on what happened?" Goku questioned before placing his hand on the monk's head.
"Huh? What are you doing?" Krillin questioned; however, Goku did not say a word. What felt like a half hour was less than a minute and Goku retracted his hand from his head with a grin on his face.
"I understand now. Chi-chi, can I have the Senzu Bean?"
"Yes, but you're not hurt…" Chi-chi started to say while handing the last Senzu Bean to her husband. Immediately, Goku threw it to Vegeta; much to the other's shock. The Saiya-jin Prince immediately caught it and looked over the bean with disgust.
"Are you insane? Why the world did you give Vegeta the last Senzu Bean?" Krillin exclaimed.
"I wish to battle him later." Goku replied.
"You're a fool for sparing him Kakarrot!" Vegeta yelled at the Earth-raised Saiya-jin. "Not to mention that the dragon balls are in Frieza's possession! He could have summoned the dragon by now!"
"Actually, the skies haven't darkened…" Krillin noted.
"Then that means he doesn't know the password!" Goku grinned. There was still hope.
"Password?" Vegeta repeated the word.
"Yeah, you need a password to summon the dragon. Otherwise, the balls are worthless."
It seemed like a great plan; however, soon, Jeice had returned with a purple-skinned male that made them modify their plans.
"Then Chi-chi, go with Gohan and Krillin and fetch the dragon radar. Vegeta, I want you to help me fight these guys." Goku commanded.
"But…" Chi-chi started. Goku gave her a look that indicated that he didn't want to send her; however, he felt she would be safer if she were not to get directly involved in this. "Alright, remember what we said."
Chi-chi leaned up against him and kissed him on the lips; earning a look of disgust from Vegeta and surprise from both Gohan and Krillin like she had lost her mind. Backing away, she joined Gohan and Krillin and flew off with them towards the place Bulma had been hiding. Before they even crossed the horizon, Chi-chi looked back only to see Vegeta desert him.
'Why did he…?' Chi-chi almost turned back; however, she remembered how she knew if she did, Goku would have yelled at her. For the moment, she had to comply with his orders and pray for the best.
To Be Continued…