So umm… hi again everyone.
It has been quite a long while hasn't it? As in, an incredibly long amount time, over a year in fact.
I'm guessing most of you have forgotten about little ole' FriTik and his gang of OCs that vary in amounts of Sueness.
Ironically I allowed the one thing I said i would never do to happen and left this story dead for over a year with quite frankly, no explanation and that is simply because…
I don't have one.
Really I don't have any real excuse for why I basically abandoned this other than lack of motivation and/or interest. Put simply, what happened was when I was working on finishing this up for the update I promised I realized I had accidently marked the wrong day and therefore was already overdue. After that I lost motivation and this kind of just fell off my radar.
I haven't forgotten the characters though. Well not most of them, I did kind of move away from DBZ and onto umm… other anime…
But enough is enough.
Put simply, I'm back bitches and you gotta deal with it.
Continuing, this chapter was almost ready ten months ago, but I'm rewriting most of it, mainly because my writing style has improved dramatically over that time and this is quite frankly, a kinda shit version of the canon. So probably going to go back and do some editing to other chapters too.
And I have so much to tell you all about my adventures this past year! Which I'll do at the bottom note because I've kept you waiting all long enough.
General POV, Kame House...
"Really, it was impressive the first couple of times, but at this points it's just redundant." Bulma was complaining as the set of seven dragonballs flashed in a way that mirrored the anticipation of most of the group.
"Speak for yourself, it's a lot more impressive when you're this short." Oolong muttered shoving his hands in his pockets and kicking the dirt with a pout. It wasn't fair, that midget Goku had shot up like a weed and here he was the same height as ever. And he couldn't fly like Puar unless he change into something like a bat.
Bulma smirked at him, "Everything must be impressive using you as a measuring stick." She teased relentlessly.
"Oh, like you're one to talk." The shapeshifting pig snapped bitterly.
"Quit it!" Master Roshi cut in before the argument could degrade any further. "Let's just summon the dragon and wish Goku back!" The old man walked forward and set down his cane, he dramatically raised his hands over the set of magic orbs and chanted. "Arise might Shenron! Come out and grant our wish!"
The sky went dark across the world, golden lightning flashed as a pillar of light rose from the seven magic balls. Within moments the pillar had taken form in the shape of a great dragon, the beast's head floating a hundred yards above the quartet on the ground.
"I am the eternal dragon, speak your wish and if it is within my power I shall grant it." Shenron announced quite dramatically, even though he had said the same words many times before, you would think he would have time to think of some new material in between summonings.
Before anyone else could say anything, Oolong spoke up. "Hey, eternal dragon, do you think you could maybe destroy the saiyans that are on their way to earth right now."
"Oolong!" Bulma growled threateningly, "What about Goku you dumb pig!"
"We can just bring him back next time, ya know, when the world isn't in danger of ending?" Oolong complained.
Bulma had to accept that was sound logic but was still pretty cross about Oolong just blurting that out. Not to mention they had to wish back Gokan along with Goku. No way was she going to try explaining to ChiChi why her husband and son weren't coming back for another year.
"I cannot grant that wish." The dragon announced regaining the attention of those below. "The strength of those saiyans exceeds that of Kami and therefore my own, thus that wish is beyond my power to grant."
"Oh fine, in that case I wish you would bring Goku back to life." Oolong said with frustration evident in his voice. He was really hoping he could claim to have saved the world twice. At least he had still saved it from that purple midget way back when.
"You idiot!" Bulma had time to shout before the dragon's eyes flashed red and a humming noise shook the air as the magic took effect.
"Your wish has been granted!" The almighty dragon proclaimed.
"No wait!" Bulma shouted in panic, but it was too late.
"Farewell!" Shenron vanished and the dragon balls shot into the sky and flew off in a flash of light.
"What's the problem now?" Oolong complained as the other three inhabitants of the island turned to glare at him.
"We were supposed to wish back Goku and Gokan, with that wish." Puar muttered, glaring down at the pig.
The shapeshifting pig looked confused for a second before realization flashed in his eyes. "Oh yeah, oops, but hey like I said before, there's always next year right?" He chuckled weakly, clearly realizing his mistake but refusing to own up to it.
"Oh certainly." Master Roshi nodded sagely, causing both Puar and Bulma to look at him in confusion. "I'm sure ChiChi will be very understanding of that when you explain it to her!" His glasses flashed dangerously.
Oolong froze as Puar and Bulma giggled at his punishment. "Yeah Oolong, I'm sure ChiChi will be happy to hear why her son is staying dead for another year."
The poor pig remained silent as he contemplated his fate. His only hope now, was that the saiyans would succeed in killing all of them, lest he would be forced to face the wrath of an angry martial arts trained mother.
To be honest, he wasn't sure which he preferred.
Gohan POV, Wasteland Mountains...
"ARGH!" Gojie roared as she pummeled the nearest cliff face with her tiny but extremely poweful fists, chunks falling off with every blow.
Gohan couldn't particularly blame her, but he was keeping a better lid on his anger this time.
Gokan had contacted them mere moments ago and alerted them that due to someone (he didn't say who) wording the wish badly, only their dad was going to be brought back to life for now. Meanwhile, he would have to wait a whole year before he could do the same.
Well that she seems to be taking it pretty well. He heard Gokans "voice" through the link.
Maybe you shouldn't have told her? Gohan sent.
And let her find out when dad shows up without me? Yeah, I think she should work off her anger now, rather than later. His brother sent.
Maybe you should try to talk to her? Gohan asked.
I keep trying but she keeps demanding I tell her who messed up the wish so she can either beat them to a pulp or throw them at the saiyans as a projectile weapon. Among other things… Gokan explained sullenly.
I don't exactly blame her. Gohan admitted.
Oh, me either, in fact I want to do the same thing, unfortunately… His brother trailed off, frustration clearly bleeding through the psychic connection.
I get it. Gohan nodded physically even though Gokan couldn't see him.
Just focus on the bad guys for now! I'll be back before you know it! Gokan announced with false cheer.
Gohan gulped as the link with his dead but not gone brother shut off, he was nervous about this. In fact nervous barely covered what he was feeling right now.
His outfit now looked like Piccolo's did but without the cape and turban. He also had a white headband. Gojie wore a similar outfit but instead of a headband she had a white tie around her hair to make it into a ponytail rather than have it hang it a spiky mess like Gohan's.
He sighed and went to calm down his sister. They had to be ready for what was coming and she couldn't get distracted even if she was angry.
Gohan had managed to calm down Gojie and explained to Piccolo that the saiyans were almost there. Piccolo then used his powers to clean up the siblings.
"Be on your guard." He said looking at them. "This will be tough but this is what we trained for."
"Right" The two said in unison.
Moments passed as they felt the two terrible powers come down onto the planet, dread welling up in Gohan's gut with each passing second but he did his best not to let it show. He had to be strong, for himself, for Gojie for Mr. Piccolo, everyone was counting on him!
And then one of the power level's surged and Gohan felt thousands of smaller power levels vanish in an instant.
"That's them!" Piccolo announced even as they felt the tremors from the massive blast, hundreds of kilometers away..
"What do we do Mr. Piccolo?" Gohan asked his mentor.
"Raise your power levels," He told them. "That way they'll come to us instead of just destroying everything in their path."
"Wait there's another power coming fast!" Gojie said in worry. "I thought there were only going to be two of them!"
Suddenly the power made itself known as it came to a stop nearby. It was a short bald man with six dots on his forehead and an orange martial arts gi.
"Hey Piccolo." The fighter said, looking up at the once demon king, "I see you've gotten stronger."
"So have you." Piccolo noted nodding his approval."But still the fight is out of your league. I suggest you go home before you get hurt."
"Hey I've been training for his" Krillin told Piccolo "and if the saiyans win there will be nowhere to hide. I'd rather go down fighting than cowering."
"Fair enough" Piccolo said. During this exchange Gohan and Gojie had been examining the newcomer.
Gohan's eyes widened in recognition. "Hey I remember you! You were at the reunion."
Krillin smiled and stood proud. "Yep. I trained with your dad when we were kids."
Gojie blinked then snapped her fingers. "I remember! You're Krillin! Dad told us about you. You're the one who trained really hard to make up for being short."
Krillin crossed his arms and narrowed his eyes. "Wait, Goku said what now."
"THEY'RE HERE!" Piccolo suddenly cried out looking into the sky.
Sure enough two figures were hovering in the sky but they quickly descended landing across from the Z-fighters.
"So these are the ones putting out those power levels?" Nappa asked.
"So it would seem" Vegeta told him before he glared at the warriors of earth. "I'll give you this one chance. Tell us where the dragon balls are and we'll make your deaths quick."
"We'd never tell you where they are, even if we knew." Piccolo said to the saiyan prince. "But for the record they won't be usable for the next year anyway. "
"Really?" Vegeta asked. "Well I don't believe you." Then his eyes narrowed. "That voice… You're the one who killed Raditz aren't you?"
"That would be me." Piccolo said narrowing his eyes. "What? You want an apology?"
"A namekian! Well that makes much more sense." Nappa said. "No way these earthlings could take down even a weakling like Raditz."
"Weak?" Krillin asked nervously.
"Yes that would certainly explain the dragon balls too!" Vegeta said. "You must know where they are, tell us!"
"I don't know where they are and I wouldn't tell you if I did." Piccolo regained his composure after the shock of finding out he was also an alien.
"Well we tried the easy way." Vegeta said in mock sorrow then an idea occurred to him. "Hey Nappa we have any Saibamen left? If I'm correct there should be about six left. "
Nappa pulled out a vial from a hidden pouch somewhere on his armor, "Oh, what do you know? We got five of the normal bugges Vegeta and one Copyman!"
"Oh now that makes things even more interesting!" Vegeta smirked in a way that sent shivers down Gohan's spine.
The z-fighters present watched in abject horror as Nappa planted the little seeds in the ground. A few moments later five small little green creatures and a similar one colored black and gray that were vaguely humanoid sprouted out of the ground and began making a variety of animalistic sounds.
Vegeta stood smirking before his scouter beeped and suddenly there were three more fighters on the battlefield. There was a tall scarred bald man with three eyes, a small doll like thing and another man wearing an orange gi with wild hair.
A brief conversation occurred among the earth fighters. Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha had sensed the arrival but were farther away from the spot than Krillin and thus had taken longer to get there.
"I thought we were only facing two saiyans?" Tien said looking at the opposing group.
"Things change" Piccolo stated having earlier removed his cape and turban.
"Well two or a hundred I don't care." Tien said glaring at the enemy.
"Hey Vegeta how come so many of them are bald?" Nappa asked inspecting their opposition.
"Oh I don't know Nappa, how come you're bald?" Vegeta directed at him.
"I just wax." Nappa claimed looking away in what might have been a pout had the man not been so intimidating.
"Pot calling the kettle black." Tien muttered.
"Well then" Vegeta said smirking. "Let's have some fun shall we? You send your strongest fighter, and we'll see how they compare to the Copyman we have here." he gestured at the black and gray creature that started trembling in what Gohan could only imagine was excitement.
"We're not playing your sick game." Piccolo declared angrily clenching his fists.
"Funny, you say that as though you have a choice." Vegeta narrowed his eyes dangerously. "No you either send someone to fight, or I order all of them to attack and kill one of you, and I will repeat this until you are all dead."
"I'll fight." Tien declared stepping forward.
"Are you sure Tien?" Krillin called to the triclops Chiaotzu looked on in concern.
As Tien and Krillin spoke, Piccolo called mentally to Goji and Gohan, Be ready to fight, we have no way of knowing if these saiyans will keep their word here. They might start attacking the rest of us if they decide that they're bored.
Right.Gohan and Gojie nodded physically even as Tien got into the Crane School's fighting stance, and the Copyman hobbled forward to face him, swinging its arms as it walked. A sadistic grin on it's scrunched up face, veins in its head bulging grossly.
For a moment the only sound was the wind as the two faced each other down, neither side making a move.
And then, with a sound like thunder, the battle to decide the fate of the world began.
So, I'm ending it there for now. What did you guys think? Better than the original? Worse? Or if you were never here for the original, how did you enjoy it?
I'm sure many of you are pissed at me and I'm honestly surprised this story still has as many favorites and follows as it does, in fact I got three or four new followers in the past month which certainly got my attention.
As for where I've been? Well, the blame can be placed on me losing more than a little interest in this story, a few of my OCs I had planned for this resembled Super characters more than I liked and there was nothing I could do about it. Also I discovered another fandom called… *ahem*, Naruto.
Yes, I became a Narutard. Hate me if you want, but there is just so much more to work with in that fandom. In DBZ it leaves a lot of things underdeveloped and the amount of inconsistencies are mind boggling. Naruto works differents than that and I could barely stifle the sheer amount of story ideas that flooded my head.
"But," you might say, "you kept updating Gone Ghost and even Lightman Legacy! What about this story?"
I now come to the other problem, going through almost all of canon. I didn't want to do an entire series rewrite but I also didn't want to start a story with characters like Gojie and Gokan (as well as a few others) when I would really start getting into the AU stuff.
I considered doing a spiritual successor to this with Gohan as the main character after the Cell Games, dealing with new threats and coming into his own as the earth's greatest defender. But that never got off the ground, not to mention that idea has been done to death, so I at last managed to force myself to return to this.
And I have to say, I'm feeling it again. I once again believe I can finish this story. Maybe dump a few OCs, a couple plotlines, but I solemnly swear either this will be finished, or I will write a real and (hopefully) original book!
In the case of the latter I won't leave you hanging and will post a chapter explaining everything that never got finished and give you a rough synopsis. If I do write a book though, I might keep writing this too, so either way it's a win-win for you guys!
Well, I have run out of things to talk about and I have decided to hold off on reviews until next chapter as it has been so long, so feel free to review and await a response next time. I have a bunch of stories now so don't expect an update next week but do expect one within a month.
TLDR; Started writing Naruto, lost interest, expect an update within a month.
Until next we meet!
Computer: Hold on what about m-
~FriTik
R&R