A/N: Made it this far, let's go further. Chapter 4, Baba's Tournament, her 5 best against Goku and his friends... minus Vegeta, Vegeta would destroy everything including Baba. At the beginning of this chapter Goku will have found 6 dragon balls and the last one is in Baba's old mitts. Chi-chi will make another appearance, but she'll be slightly more afraid of Goku than she should be, because well he killed an entire army and enjoyed it because of his whole Saiyan heritage thing. That is where his bloodlust began in the last chapter. I dont intend anyone else to have Bloodlust until Gohan arrives, long story short, it'll be Gohan, but he'll actually go past stage 3 and he'll become an Oozaru. That's my plan, also like I said in chapter 2, Androids 17 and 18 have names now so I will do a chapter where they are like kidnapped and turned into Androids. Future of this story is secure. I will talk about the end of chapter 3 at the end of this chapter, mainly concerning Android 9 taking Raditz's place as Goku's killer.
Chapter 4: Battling the Dead: Baba's Tournament
Goku had just collected the 6th dragon ball and was on his way to get the 7th so he could wish that native family at the base of Korin's Tower back to life. He clicked the top of the radar and noticed something odd. "There is supposed to be a 7th dot, where is the 7th dot?" Goku asked himself as he rode the nimbus. "Better take it to Bulma, it's clearly broken." Goku said flatly as he rode nimbus to West City.
When he arrived he saw Vegeta training hard, 'Great, how am I supposed to catch up to him if he's always training?' Goku thought as he walked past the Prince and walked inside to find Bulma staring out at Vegeta. "Hey Bulma!" Goku greeted surprising the blue haired woman. "Goku?! Don't sneak up on me like that!" Bulma shrieked as Goku stood there dumbfounded. "I walked RIGHT past Vegeta, and the way you were staring at him, you had to have notice me." Goku said confused before he thought for a second. Flatly he said, "You were staring at a SPECIFIC part of him weren't you?"
Bulma just blushed and quickly changed the subject. "Why you here Goku?" Bulma asked as she noticed it worked. "I have 6 Dragon Balls, and I attempted to collect the 7th, but when I click the button on the radar, it doesn't show up." He said as he clicked the top and showed it to Bulma. "Huh? that is weird." Bulma said as she took it and began tinkering. "While you do that, I'll go hangout with Vegeta." Goku said as he walked outside and almost up to Vegeta, but was stopped by an overwhelming fatigue.
"What's happening?" Goku asked as he attempted to stand. "The best training technology I could get on this pathetic planet. Bulma's father built a 10 x 10 foot gravity pad. It only goes up to 5 times Earth's gravity, which doesn't work well for me, but it's the best I can get." Vegeta said as he turned it off. Goku just looked at the floor and noticed it was clearly a different color than the ground around the area. "That's pretty cool. Can I train on it for a bit?" Goku asked as he stood up.
Vegeta smirked, "Yeah but since 5 times gravity is too much for you, we'll do an easy 2 times gravity." Vegeta said as he turned on the pad and turned it on to 2 times Earth's gravity. At first Goku had trouble but after some time he began walking around. "How about a spar?" Goku asked as he got used to the gravity. Vegeta agreed and they began sparring with ease, giving Goku a lot more trouble than just walking around.
Meanwhile, Bulma was tinkering with her Dragon Radar. She worked on it for several hours, when suddenly a pink ghost like being came out of nowhere. "Sorry to disturb you, I work for Fortuneteller Baba. She has invited Son Goku to her tournament, could you please pass this message on. He needs a team of himself and 4 others or else he cannot detect the dragon ball, which is top prize." The ghost like being said with a high pitched voice, and without a word, it simply disappeared. After Bulma informed Goku of the incident, Goku was excited.
"A tournament!? Amazing, but I need 4 friends huh? Well the obvious ones are Yamcha and Krillin. I'll go get them I guess." Goku said as he called Nimbus and flew off to Kame House.
When he arrived at the little island house he found the 2 warriors sparring while Roshi sat on a chair admiring a magazine. 'Pervert, but he did beat me at the last tournament, perhaps he could fight.' Goku thought as he walked up to the sparring warriors. "Hey guys! you want to fight in a tournament?" Goku asked quite bluntly. Yamcha and Krillin simply turned to the saiyan child and shrugged and said "What the hell?" simultaneously. Goku reluctantly walked over to the turtle hermit and pulled the chair out from under him. "Sorry for that Master Roshi, but I need some help. Fortuneteller Baba is holding a tournament and I need 4 team mates to enter." Goku said as the old man stood.
Roshi just glared, "Is my sister still holding that silly annual tournament? My god that woman is crazy, clearly you and Vegeta can wipe the floor with her fighters." Roshi said as he fixed his chair and sat back down. "I'm sure we could, but technically, I am your student, wouldn't you want to rub it in her face when YOUR fighter beats her fighters?" Goku asked playing the old man like a violin. Roshi got a devious smirk, "Yes I would, I won't even have to fight!" Roshi said as they all got on a means of transportation and flew back to West City. But instead of landing, Goku simply flared his ki to get Vegeta to follow them.
As Vegeta caught up to the Nimbus with ease, he looked to Goku and nodded, silently agreeing to be the fifth, unnecessary fighter, Goku progressed quite rapidly under 2 times Earth's gravity. Vegeta pulled out the dragon radar which was now indicating where the 7th dragon ball was. They followed the signal to the desert and found a giant castle with several tournament areas. Suddenly the pink Ghost like thing appeared once again. "Ah good, you're here, and you brought 5 fighters, come on in to meet with my boss. Fortuneteller Baba." The ghost said as it began floating down several halls and finally arrived in an overcompensating throne room.
Sitting on a giant crystal ball was a tiny witch like woman with pink hair. With a raspy voice she spoke, "Really, you chose HIM as one of your five fighters?" she said annoyed as she pointed at Roshi as her crystal ball shrank and she floated over to the team of five. "You didnt specify I couldn't." Goku said simply as Baba snorted. "Fine whatever, I will bring out my five." She said as 5 fighters appeared behind her.
Spike the Devil Man, Fangs the Vampire, Bandages the Mummy, and 2 unidentifiable men, wearing masks, one short with a poofball hat and one tall with a ski mask on. (Special surprise in mind)
"These are my fighters, and you ALL must fight at least one." Baba said as she eyed Goku's group. "My order will be the same throughout, no substitutes. You win if you knock your enemy out or if they fall out of the ring. Once you win, your next fighter will be sent out along with mine." Baba explained as she sent her first fighter. "This is Fangs, the vampire, he's your first opponent." Baba said as Krillin jumped in. "I'll fight first, and I'll win!" Krillin exclaimed happily.
Fangs and Krillin quickly got into it, fighting very fast paced, but to 3 particular people, very slowly. "Kakarot. You'll fight the man in the bunny mask. I want the tall one in the ski mask." Vegeta said eyeing him carefully, noticing several odd things about the masked fighters. 'The short one in the bunny mask is obviously Gohan, It doesn't take a genius to figure that one out. The other one though. He's wearing a long cape as well and every now and then the cape opens from the wind and clearly Saiyan armor.' Vegeta said watching his opponent's moves carefully.
He was watching his opponent, but not the battle, because if he was, he'd see the hard bald head of Krillin coming to smack him right in the face. "ARGH DAMMIT BALDY!" Vegeta shouted as His nose bled slightly. Krillin ran behind Roshi as Vegeta shouted angrily. "Well that's 1 to 0, home point." Baba said as her next fighter stepped in. "Please welcome Bandages, the mummy, his size will overpower your skill." Baba said as Yamcha walked cautiously into the ring. "He's big, but I can take him." Yamcha said as he got closer to the silly looking mummy.
The fight began and Yamcha was speeding around the large mummy, sending hits every now and then. "Yamcha! it's not working, you need to hit him hard and fast, youre pulling your punches." Goku shouted as Yamcha jumped up to dodge a clumsy swing. Yamcha decided to go for a signature move. He jumped on top of the mummy's head and used it to propel himself into the air as high as possible. He used this speed for momentum for a wolf fang fist. He crashed onto the mummy and when the dust settled it was Yamcha standing victoriously.
Baba growled frustrated and sent in Spikes the Devil Man. "1-1 even, Meet Spikes the Devil Man." she said annoyed as Goku told Roshi to go for it. Roshi stepped in and watched carefully. "I forfeit, I would win if he doesn't use his Devilmite Beam, but if he suspects he's losing, he'll use it and I'm too old to handle that attack." Roshi said as he stepped out of the ring, having seen the Devilmite Beam in use before.
Baba laughed at her brother before he said that she wouldn't withstand the attack either, and that she would be losing against the next to competitors. "Next is my first anonymous fighter. The score is 2-1 home." Baba said as the short man in bunny mask stepped in with Goku, who was eager to test his small training session with Vegeta.
"Just a warning, I won't be holding back just because you're my grandpa." Goku said as he used his now superior speed to swipe the mask from the old man. "Well very astute young man. Whatever Vegeta did, worked, you're not the naive little boy I raised. So since I didn't raise YOU, Neither will I." Gohan said as he went to grab Goku's tail, which dodged his grasp by wrapping around Goku's waist. Over on the sidelines, the robed fighter watched his teammate fight a battle with a saiyan as opposed to an earthling raised, clueless idiot that Gohan raised, his own words not Gohan's. "Attaboy." the robed man smirked under his mask.
"This will be awhile, I suggest we talk before we fight." Vegeta said from behind as the robed figure watched the fight carefully. "As you wish. I wanted to fight you on the Bigger Stage anyway." Robes said as they walked to the other side of the castle in silence. When they reached the large stadium they sat down in a cross legged position.
Vegeta eyed the fighter and smirked. "Working for a short little fortuneteller huh? A bit foolish, but I suppose you made a deal with her for this. Didn't you?" Vegeta asked as he watched the fighter. "Yes, If I fight, regardless of win or lose, I get my life back. But I will live on Earth as I was meant to, was it hard to figure out who I am?" the fighter asked carefully. Vegeta scoffed, "Please, as if it was a challenge. The wind wasn't blowing your robe open, you were opening it yourself with your tail." Vegeta said as he looked at the man.
The fighter sat in silence, they waited for their battle to begin. "Can you tell who is winning?" the fighter asked as Vegeta was slowly dozing off, Vegeta yawned. "Kakarot won against the old man. In fact theyre all looking for us." Vegeta said as he stood up and flared his ki for Roshi to follow. When everyone else appeared Baba began talking. "It's up to you young man, you have to win for us, it's 2-2." Baba said grimly watching as her best fighter stood up.
"If you don't mind, I'd like to fight, uninhibited by these ugly robes." The man said taking off the robe and pulling off his mask to reveal saiyan armor in a shade of green and a familiar hair style. "Vegeta, I have been waiting for a good fight. Don't disappoint." The fighter said with a smirk as he dropped into a stance. "Bardock, I couldn't have said it better." Vegeta said as he flew at the saiyan warrior across from him. On the sidelines Roshi's, Yamcha's and Krillin's mouths were agape. "Goku. . . Do you know that guy?" Krillin asked at the young saiyan who just smirked as he attempted to follow the movements.
Goku looked over, "That's my Father, Bardock." Goku said before watching with pride in his eyes. "He hasn't lost an ounce of skill with him being dead and all." Goku whispered as he watched. "That may be Goku, But Vegeta is much more skilled." Roshi said as Vegeta pounded Bardock several times. Bardock, smiling with a face full of blood nodded and Vegeta dropped him before slamming him into the ground below.
Bardock landed flat on his back, on the ground, outside the stage. "I may have failed, but at the same time, I've succeeded." Bardock said as his clothes mended themselves and his face was cleaned of all injuries and blood. The Halo floating over his head disappeared. He stood up and walked up to Vegeta. "Thank You Vegeta, you may have beat the shit out of me, but I got my life back." Bardock said as he walked over to his son. "I'm proud of you Son. I have some things to deal with, but once I have, I'll come see you." He said as he flew away.
Baba, although annoyed, went through with her word. "Here! It's the last dragon ball. You can use it to do what you will." Baba said as Goku took it and went to a clear area. He placed them down and summoned the Dragon.
"I am the Eternal Dragon, Why have you summoned me?" Shenron's voice boomed as his eyes glowed red.
"Shenron, I wish that the native people at the base of Korin's tower were alive once again, the ones killed by Mercenary Tao." Goku wished as Shenron's eyes glowed a brighter red.
"It has been done. I will return to my slumber." Shenron said as he turned back into a bright golden light that launched into the sky and scattered in 7 different directions.
Vegeta just nodded towards Goku and took off. Goku nodded back and offered to take Krillin and Yamcha back to Kame House considering Roshi is too impure of heart to ride Nimbus. "Goku, perhaps as a form of training, you don't use Nimbus anymore until the next tournament. Run everywhere if you can." Roshi suggested as Goku thought about it and agreed it to be a good idea.
Meanwhile in the Sacred Land of Korin, a family woke up from their deathly slumber. "What happened?" the boy asked as he stood before being knocked down by dizziness from standing too quickly. "I don't know Upa. But something tells me it had something to do with a dragon." the muscular Native said as he got up slowly and put his son on his shoulder. Then there was a rustling in the bushes and out popped a young girl in a training gi similar to the Turtle School.
"Stop there young lady! What are you doing here?" Bora, the muscular Indian asked pulling out a tomahawk from a holster on his outer thigh. The girl screamed out of shock, hurting the Native's ears. "Oh! I'm sorry, I'm here to climb the tower and train under Korin, or at least try." the girl said as she walked up to Bora.
Bora was surprised to hear this young girl was going to attempt something he was never able to do. "And what is your name young lady?" Bora asked the little girl. "I'm the Ox-Princess Chi-Chi Mao. I was hoping to train to be as strong as my fiance Son Goku." She said as if everyone knew the little boy. "A princess? what makes you think you're strong enough to climb the tower?" Bora asked, not exactly knowing of the Ox-King and the rumors surrounding him.
Before Chi-Chi could answer, Goku burst through the bushes and smiled a big dumbguy smile. "It worked, you guys are alive again!" Goku laughed as he ran forwards to meet the 2 Natives formally. "What do you mean little boy?" Bora asked before remembering the man in the pink gi coming to his village and killing his son and then him. "Nevermind, I remember now. But it doesn't make sense, how are we alive?" Bora asked.
After Goku explained what happened Bora and Upa thanked him. That's when Goku noticed Chi-Chi standing behind a tree a little ways away. Goku began to walk over to talk to her but she attempted to run, still afraid of his brutal massacre in her village. "Chi-Chi? what's wrong?" Goku asked innocently, no indepth memory of what happened there.
Chi-chi poked her head around the tree. "Are you Alright?" she asked, her voice quivering in fear. "I'm fine, Chi Chi, are you alright?" he asked with a concerned voice. Chi Chi walked out from behind the tree and saw the concern on her Fiancee's face. "You aren't going to kill anymore people are you?" she asked scared he'd get mad about the question. 'Oh my goodness! she must have been there when I started Bloodlust.' Goku thought.
"Chi-chi I promise, I won't kill anyone ever again." Goku said taking her hand, and giving her a confident smile. Before he knew what he was doing, he leaned in and kissed her lightly on the lips, surprising her, and himself. All he knew for sure was that he liked it, and she was happy. Goku let go of her hand and smiled. "I have to go train for the next World Martial Arts Tournament. If I win, I'll be back to marry you." Goku said as he ran off, leaving a happy Chi-chi sinking to her knees blushing.
King Kai looked grim. 'Sorry Goku, but you'll be quite busy once you finish with the Tournament.' He said as he frowned watching the little boy hop through the trees in the thick forest. "Hey Northy, I want you to meet my new Trainee. He unfortunately just died in the west galaxy. His name is Pikkon." West Kai said as King Kai watched Goku. "Yes that's nice, but I'm watching my future student." King Kai said as he looked into the future a little.
King Piccolo. Demon King who is intent on ruling Planet Earth. Goku training to beat him and then training with Kami and Vegeta to beat the reincarnate of Piccolo. No time to have a wedding when that stuff happens. I'm sorry Goku, but with Vegeta and Kami training you, you will no doubt win.
'He'll win, but it won't be pretty' King Kai thought as he watched the future battles over and over again.
"Those foolish children, destroying the Red Ribbon Army. Killing my son, well, with this design, Goku and Vegeta will die!" Gero exclaimed as he drew up the plans for the 16th Android. "I will have Vengeance, if it's the last thing I do." He said with a sinister smirk.
That's chapter 4.
First things first. Goku will not be killed by Android 9, but he will be invited to train under King Kai. He will become stronger than Vegeta there on King Kai's star, believe it or not. When Goku returns Vegeta will test his training, thinking it was insufficient and get beat badly. After Vegeta is healed, Bardock will return to Earth, in Goku's old pod battered and on the brink of Death. That is what he meant by unfinished business, he went to find and challenge Frieza, AGAIN. He fails, almost dies but escapes. That's all for now.
Second thing, Gero based Android 16 on his dead son who was a soldier in the Red Ribbon Army and was killed in Goku's Bloodlust at Muscle Tower.
Vegeta won't help much with Goku's training on Kami's lookout, and after Goku's win against Piccolo, Vegeta disappears from Goku's eyesight, not to be seen again until after he returns. Piccolo does help Goku against Android 9.
Next Chapter: TienShinhan and his Pokemon Friend(TFS reference lol)