Season 2: Ch 2- 947; 384 - 542, 334 - 416 vs 1200

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Chemistry-Deaf: Can you guess what the numbers mean?

"Saxophone!" Launch and Krillin shouted.

"And Piccolo!" Goku and Bluma cried.

"Who?" Raditz asked, confused. "I remember seeing him though." He pointed to Piccolo. "So, this is what you were doing. Running off to get your partner?" Piccolo responded with a growl.

"When did you get here?" Master Roshi asked.

- Flashback -

Piccolo arrived to the waterfall and didn't have to search for Saxophone. He waited to be noticed while catching his breath. "Piccolo? Back so soon?" Saxophone asked as he faced him.

"Not my intention, Father. Someone confronted me and he's not from this planet. He's looking for Kaka-person and very powerful. I don't know what else, but he felt dangerous," Piccolo told him.

"Is he dangerous enough for me to take off my weights?"

"Yes."

"Give me a minute to get rid of them. No, actually, you go on ahead. I'll catch up."

"Ok, Father." Piccolo located the monstrous power and flew stealthily after him. Piccolo arrived when Master Roshi was telling Goku his pre-injury history. Saxophone arrived just before the stranger introduced himself. They quietly and without their notice flew down to the roof and waited for a good opportunity to call their attention.

- End Flashback -

"A good while," Saxophone responded as he got up. "Seems like we didn't get introduced, isn't that right Piccolo?"

"Nice of him to tell them who he is, sure, Saxophone, but not to us?" Piccolo replied.

"Since we got sidetracked," Saxophone added as he went down with Piccolo following shortly after, "I was going to make fun of the fact that you Saiyans are poor teachers."

"What!" Raditz shouted, feeling insulted by such a weakling that somehow escaped his scouter.

"Didn't it occur to you so called warrior class to teach them things before sending them off? You guys must be quite neglectful."

"How dare you, a weakling, to challenge a mighty Saiyan, Raditz!" Saxophone took off the stealth mode and watch Raditz expression change. The machine beeped and made a fast whir sound before stopping."9-947!"

"Another thing I failed to mention," Piccolo said. "He somehow could use that to read our power level."

"Really? What's yours?" Saxophone asked Piccolo.

"384."

"Wow! You got a lot of catching up to do!"

"Shut up!"

Launch, Krillin, and Goku were used to Saxophone's parental teasing to Piccolo. The remainder of the group that didn't visit or never met them were not as sure how to respond.

"Enough!" Raditz shouted. "I will not stand this stupidity any longer! None of you can hope to match up to me, least of all you!" He directed the last bit to Saxophone who looked mildly irritated rather than insulted. "So, I make the demands! Kakarrot, you have two choices. I noticed your son behind you. I will be taking him, so listen carefully! You have a full Earth day to think about this. You can leave your son with me or join me. To prove your-" He was walking towards Gohan who Goku stood in front of ready to fight. He was about to make good of his demand before hitting Goku to prove his point when he got interrupted.

"You're not taking anyone," Saxophone told him.

Raditz was shocked. He couldn't believe someone would stand up to him like that! His temper was starting to rise more and more with him here. "This is none of your business!"

"It is our business if your work involve wiping out races on certain planets. You're just trying to force Goku in killing for his son."

"Again, none of your-"

Saxophone didn't bother with a verbal response and figured a physical one would get him to rethink things. What he did was grab Raditz's mouth shut and leaped in the air with him in his hand. It was so fast that those who were human thought they vanished. Those with better eyes barely saw Saxophone grabbing Raditz and leaving the island.

"I know he's fast, but that's just ridiculous!" Krillin exclaimed what the rest thought.

"He did maxed out with weight training. I managed to reach roughly 550 pounds and working on controlling it," Piccolo told him.

"What do you mean maxed out?" Goku asked.

"The maximum weight he could use while being able to move well. Those weights constrict our movement and too much can be less helpful."

"I didn't notice earlier, but you felt more powerful!" Krillin told him.

"I haven't upgraded my regular clothes, so that's probably why. The weight I'm carrying right now is 300 lbs."

"How was the apple-raspberry crisp I made for you two?" Launch asked.

"Those are good, and thanks for remembering not to put too much sugar in it." Piccolo turned to Goku. "So, Goku, are you going to stand there like a slack-jawed idiot you are, or are you going to help us out?"

"Huh? Oh, yeah. Nimbus!"

"You have to ride that weird cloud?!"

"I do!"

"Ugh, whatever, let's go."

The Nimbus arrived in front of Goku who was quick to jump on. Bluma was holding onto Gohan during the confrontation of Raditz and Goku and lost her grip on the wiggling boy. Her sort voice of exclamation when she lost hold of the child was ignored by Goku and Piccolo. She tried to reclaim Gohan but missed. Krillin also saw the child and made an attempt to get him, but he miscalculated. Piccolo already took air and was waiting for Goku to catch up. Gohan managed to grab Goku's leg before he got on the Nimbus. He held on to his father's leg for dear life.

Those that remained on the island stared after them. "So, uh, are we going after them?" Krillin asked the rest.

"How are we going to do that, Krillin?!" Master Roshi yelled.

"Oh! Gohan have the Dragon Ball on his hat! I have my Dragon Radar with me!"Bluma said as she searched for it on her.

"Good thinking Bluma!" Krillin told her.

"Give me a minute! I should have lunch packed for the trip," Launch called as she ran inside. The rest sweat-dropped and wondered if they needed to bring lunch.

Piccolo flew ahead of Goku since he knew Saxophone's signature very well. Goku managed to keep up and they discuss about fighting strategies against Raditz.

"Now remember, Saiyan's weakness is the tail. I remember how mine was grabbed, it hurts so bad that I couldn't move!" Goku told Piccolo.

"Like whistling affect us or grabbing our antennae too roughly," Piccolo muttered to himself.

"What's that Piccolo?"

"Just saying it to myself," Piccolo called back. He heard whimpering sounds and would have ignored it if it weren't right where Goku was.

"D-dad-dy! Th-this is to-oo fast!" Shock laced the two warriors. Gohan had chosen this time to bring attention to himself.

"You brought your kid?!" Piccolo shouted at Goku as he looked back.

"Not my fault! He must have jumped on!"

Piccolo slowed down until he was next to them and matched speed. "...awfully attached isn't he?" he said with his arms crossed as he watched Goku fumble with Gohan and sitting down.

"Daddy? Who's he?" Gohan asked once he got settled and was peeking shyly at Piccolo.

"Oh, right, you two never met. Gohan, this is Piccolo. Piccolo, this is Gohan."

"Your son, yes. Did your wife rant on how horrible I must be to prevent you from bringing him earlier?" Piccolo asked.

"Not exactly. She said something about cutting my food if I tried to bring Gohan along. Though, she did make up a story of you more of a villain than you really are to Gohan."

"Nice to know I got one child with nightmares."

"It didn't give me nightmares!" Gohan told Piccolo which brought them face to face. Piccolo raised a brow-line but didn't comment. "But, you're prettier than I imagine." Piccolo would have dropped out of flight but regained himself with some difficulty.

"I'm not pretty!" Piccolo shouted at him. Gohan jumped and snuggled back into Goku's arms in fear. Piccolo ignored his whimpers and Goku's warning glance.

They flew in silence until Gohan had the courage to ask another question. "Who's the other green man, Daddy?"

"Mm? Oh, you mean Saxophone. He's Piccolo's-"

"-Father," Piccolo cut in before Goku could say "mentor". "He's my father."

"Oh, who's your mother?" Gohan asked curiously.

"... Don't have one."

"What! What do you mean? Did she-?" Gohan ended up thinking the worst he could think of among several other possibilities.

"I'm not explaining it to you, brat! I really don't have a mother like you have!" Gohan yelped and dived in his safe comfort zone from Piccolo's glare. Despite being yelled at, he was still confused and getting too curious for his own good.

"Explain what, Piccolo?" Goku asked.

Piccolo was astounded and muttered something foreign which Goku guessed to be swear words. "Why your species have mothers and ours don't."

"Oh yeah, I wondered how King Piccolo managed to create all of his children."

"I still won't tell you two!"

Saxophone was headed to a close area where no one would disturb them. Raditz managed to get over his shock and started to struggle. He first tried to get the hand off, but Saxophone's grip was not relenting its hold. His next attack was to punch him, but his aim was terrible and Saxophone either dodged or had a guard up. He then started to charge a ki ball. By this time, Saxophone had reached the open space wilderness where plains of wild grass grows.

Saxophone managed to slam Raditz into the ground before he could fire a ki ball at him. He pushed off and flipped himself around in the air before landing in front of the slowly rising Raditz. "Is it now my business, or should I show you how wrong that thing read my power level?" Saxophone asked. Raditz adjusted his bruised mouth and spat.

"You definitely made an enemy of me. I'm sure the scouter is pathetic, but what else could I use? Now, you have attacked the pride of a Saiyan warrior. Let me show you how a true Saiyan warrior does his battle!" Raditz told him as he stood up in full height.

"Well, come on then. Don't bore me." Saxophone got himself in a fighting stance.

Raditz growled. "I should be the one to say that!"

"If you want to fight, bring it on. Talking about the battle that hadn't happen bore me."

"Miserable weakling!" Raditz charged at him and seemingly vanished. He reappeared right behind Saxophone, but to his surprise, he was ready and blocked his blow. Saxophone followed the attack with a strong punch in his exposed guts. Raditz had experienced many punches and expected this to be no different. What he didn't expect to feel that punch right through the stomach like he put his hand right through it! Distracted by the unexpected pain, Saxophone grabbed his head with his sharp nails digging deep in his scalp and forehead. Saxophone sidestepped around Raditz and swung him by the head. He ended with the head eating dirt. Raditz retaliated by grabbing Saxophone's wrist and yank him downward. Raditz then headbutted Saxophone and kicked him away.

Raditz wasted no time in waiting for him to get up. He arrived by his side and kicked him again. Saxophone used his mystic attack while airborne. His hand managed to grabbed an arm and retract his arm. His other hand connected to Raditz's head. As Raditz was distracted, Saxophone twisted his arm in his grip to Raditz's back. He used his dark ki to manipulate the arm guard to connect to the armor on his back. Raditz was confused when Saxophone released him and he couldn't free his hand. Saxophone jumped back and send a good half dozen air blast at Raditz. Raditz flew up to avoid more and used his ki to break the arm guard.

"Seems like you're not as weak as I expected. Might actually give me a challenging fight!" Raditz said as he started to smile.

"How weak were you expecting a 947 to be?" Saxophone snarled.

Raditz flew down as he answered, "Was your number 947? Guess I forgot when I got too angry. That tends to happen. Still no match for me."

"So you say."

Raditz was about to say something else when Saxophone attacked. Unlike Raditz who attacked behind, Saxophone went down and elbowed the Saiyan in the chest. He followed it up with an uppercut. Raditz seemed to remember he could fly and stopped his projection and kicked Saxophone in the chest. Saxophone allowed himself to soar a few meters before flipping himself till he was horizontal to the ground and jumped at Raditz using the air step. Raditz was prepared to fire a ki blast but miscalculated the speed Saxophone was going. Raditz had enough sense to fly higher and allow Saxophone to fly passed him. He then fired another ki blast that got Saxophone's leg. This caused him to make a crash landing. "You should really let other people finish what they wanted to say."

"In a normal conversation, I might. This is a fight, so talking isn't required."

"For me it is! So, shut up! I am very fed up with your retorts!"

Saxophone growled but remained silent.

"That's better. While you may be no match for me, but on the off chance, there are two more Saiyans that are stronger than me."

"Are you trying to install fear in me on the possibility of them coming for your ass?"

"What? No! To avenge my death!"

"You expected Earth to be your deathbed? Should I do the honors?"

"Enough! Stop mocking me!"

"To me or did that machine does more than read power levels?"

Raditz was at lost for words. It was difficult to discern for Saxophone at Kame House, but here he could hear voices coming from the earpiece. He took the lack of a response as a "yes" and made a point to destroy it. It was foolish to try to get up with half a leg missing before regenerating and he wanted to hold that off. Instead he used air blast to knock off the earpiece and fire a ki from his finger to destroy it. Raditz quickly realized what the attack was for when his earpiece came off and tried to get it. He reacted too late and watched the destroyed earpiece fall.

"NO! My scouter!"

"Oh, so that's what it was called. Too bad." Saxophone grinned as Raditz glowered at him. "And, I'm sure your scouter might have warned you of three people coming."

"What?" Saxophone pointed to the sky and Raditz looked over. He watched Piccolo, Goku, and Gohan arrive to the scene.

"Nice of you three to drop by. I would love to meet your son, Goku, but right now is bad timing,"Saxophone told them.

"Yeah, sorry about that. Chi-Chi didn't want him to meet you two," Goku replied in classic Son's pose.

"Are you hurt?" Piccolo asked.

"Not too bad. Have to replace my leg though," Saxophone replied.

"Good! We need you to watch over Gohan," Goku told him. "We can take him from here." He walked over to him who managed to get into a sitting position. He gave Gohan to Saxophone. Gohan reluctantly let go of Goku and sat on Saxophone's lap. It brought Piccolo memories when he was around Gohan's size and would occasionally sat there during medication or comfort.

Piccolo and Goku stood in front of Raditz who doesn't look too worse for wear. Raditz wasn't pleased with the turn of events. Piccolo got rid of his cape and turban as Goku got his weighted clothing off.

As they were waiting, Gohan looked up at Saxophone who caught the movement and looked down. "You're pretty too," Gohan said.

"What?"

"I told Piccolo he's prettier than I expected and he yelled at me."

"Is that true Piccolo?" Saxophone called out.

Piccolo had heard the conversation and responded. "Yes, Sax." Saxophone laughed while Piccolo glared at him.

"Hey, is he strong?" Gohan asked.

"Yes, he is. I trained him." Saxophone was smiling with pride, and Gohan wondered about it before looking back.

"So, the disgraceful Saiyan brother of mine decided to show up with a friend," Raditz said to his new opponents. "I'm in a bad mood right now. I'm going to enjoy killing both of you before I kill that annoyance." Piccolo and Goku was quick to take their stances as Raditz attacked. He unexpectedly showed up behind them and attempted to elbowed them. Goku was hit but managed to recover. Piccolo was an afterimage. The real one kicked Raditz's head. Raditz was quick in grabbing Piccolo's leg and threw him. Piccolo recovered.

Goku took this opportunity to attack while Raditz blocked. Piccolo attacked the side and found his being blocked as well. Goku phased out and tried to attack from behind. Piccolo was punched right before Goku tried to attack behind Raditz. Raditz kicked Goku and took flight. Piccolo recovered and tried to lunged at the airborne Raditz. Raditz took notice of him and flew upwards. Piccolo sent an air blast to his way. Goku jumped after Raditz around the time Piccolo send an air blast.

Raditz had stood up just before the air blast went past him and fired a strong ki blast from each hand towards his opponent. Goku barely dodged the blast while Piccolo wasn't expecting it and lost an arm as a result. Goku made the mistake of looking up for Raditz after landing and got kicked from behind. He was thrown near Piccolo who was debating. "I'm starting to feel better already," Raditz smirked.

Saxophone had to restrain Gohan from running to Goku. His explanation was falling on deaf ears. He also notice Gohan's ki level was steadily rising and worried how long he could keep him from joining the battle.

Goku and Piccolo used this time to develop a better plan than just charging blindly. Goku suggested the Dark Elf, but Piccolo refused to use it and had another idea. The problem was the time it required to build up the ki before firing. The upside was that it was made to kill or severely damage the opponent, and he can fire it with one arm. Goku decided to distract Raditz as long as possible for him to fire.

Raditz was content on using Goku as a personal punching bag. Once Goku got the idea that rushing head on won't work, he created some distance in the sky and build up a kame hame wave. Due to the loss of his scouter, Raditz didn't know how powerful the wave was going to be till it hit him. He came out of the smoke in minor burns and a section of the armor was blown off. He was displeased. His response was a quick ki blast that shocked Goku out of the air. He followed it up with a devastating punch on Goku's ribs.

Gohan snapped.

Saxophone knew he couldn't hold the child down without using his full strength. "GET AWAY FROM MY DADDY!" Gohan yelled as his ki pushed Saxophone away from him. Raditz barely turned from the child's yelling when Gohan's head hit him squarely on the chest. Piccolo saw what happened and paused his charging.

"Sax! Are you alright?!" Piccolo called.

I'm fine! Saxophone told him through a mind message. Keep charging that attack!

Yes, father. Piccolo obeyed and returned to charging up the remaining ki.

Goku! Don't bother looking around. I plan on kicking your brother to you. You have to get up, so you can catch him! Saxophone ordered.

Like a full nelson? Goku asked as he struggled to get up.

Yeah, something like that!

Gohan had managed to push Raditz a meter or so from Goku. He fell to the ground; clutching his head. After the shock of being headbutted by a child, Raditz was looking more pissed off. He slowly made his advancement on the child, ready to hear him squeal in pain. Saxophone had by this time regenerated his missing leg and appeared next to Raditz. Raditz glimpsed a clothed leg smashing against him. Gohan had looked up in time to see Raditz flying into Goku's arms. Saxophone quickly picked up Gohan and covered his eyes. Gohan fussed and tried to remove his hand, but Saxophone held firm.

"Whenever you're ready, Piccolo!" Goku shouted.

"What?! Don't you get it, Kakarrot?! If that blasts hit me, you'll die too!" Raditz shouted, hoping to escape.

"I'm willing to make the sacrifice!"

"Are you insane?!"

Piccolo chose this moment to fire before Raditz decide to do something to escape. "Demon Drill Laser!" The two beam attack with the one spiraling around the other hit Raditz roughly the same area Gohan hit his head. The beam went right through Raditz and a second later, Goku. Saxophone could feel tears under his hand as Gohan understood what happened.

A/N: Before anyone get confused or the wrong idea, Gohan was saying that Piccolo was different from his imagination and he's been isolated without contact to most people that he have no idea what considered pretty or not. Plus, Piccolo looked different and he's more curious as to why that is.

As for Saxophone's teasing, he's somewhat trying to make Piccolo easier to talk to rather than stand outside of the conversation. It's probably not helping though. Regardless, Saxophone does not wish to leave Piccolo friendless when he does go back to his own timeline.