Chapter 5: Shades of the Past

Hey everyone, and welcome to the next chapter of Dragon Ball JL. Sorry for the wait, I had a big writer's block. And before we start I want to get a few things out of the way. Again:

1. Aquaman was able to knock Goku out because Goku didn't see it coming. If Goku is caught off guard he can be easily beaten.

2. Goku didn't fight 100% during the battle with Doomsday, reasons will be revealed in this chapter.

With that out of the way let's begin. Disclaimer is in the first chapter.

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Metropolis

Three armed men with masks have just robbed a bank. They got to a large black van, and trew the bags with the money in the back. One robber got into the back to watch the money, and the other two got to the front.

"That felt good!" The first robber said.

"Yeah. They were all like 'Oh no, please don't shoot us'. And we were like 'Then put the money in the bags.'" The second robber laughed. The first one then started the engine, but when he pressed the pedal nothing happened. "Hey what's going on?" He asked angrily. All robbers got out to see their van's tiers are gone.

"What the heck?" The third criminal asked. Then they saw someone in the alley.

"Lost something?" He asked them. It was Goku, or Lightning as the news dubbed him. He had four tiers wrapped around his arms, before dropping them on the ground.

"Hey I know you. You're that new guy, Lightning."

"I still haven't thought of a name, don't call me Lightning."

"Okay, whatever you're name is, give us the tiers back and we won't..." He couldn't finish his sentence when he found himself tied up with his comrades in front of the police department. A police officer then walked out. He picked up a note that was sticked to one of their chests. It read 'A little present from Lightning.'

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Goku was now at the Hall of Justice. He got into the room where the League put him in and layed on his bed. He closed his eyes ready to fall asleep. Then somebody turned on the lights. It was Superman and Flash.

"Turn off the lights." Goku said, half-asleep already.

"We need to talk." Superman told him, ignoring his comment.

"About what exactly?" Goku asked them.

"About you." Flash began. "You've been living here, doing solo superheroing for two weeks now."

Goku didn't seem to catch on. "Yeah? So?"

"We are supposed to help you." Superman told him. "That's what being a part of the team means. We help each other, you don't have to do everything alone."

Goku was about to say something, but before he could an alarm sounded.

"What is it this time?" Goku asked, he got used to the sound by now. Flash then turned on a computer there and got the visual. Instead of seeming worried he seemed rather annoyed.

"It's them again." Flash said in the most annoyed tone possible.

"And who exactly are they?" Goku asked.

"They call themselves the Society." Superman began. "They were once a big assembly of super-villains. Now they mostly dissasembled, only four of them stuck together." The computer then showed a picture of a bulky white-skinned man with white hair, wearing all black clothes. "Cyrus Gold aka Solomon Grundy. He was once a Gotham City mobster, before he was betrayed by his gang and murdered in the Slaughter Swamp. He came back as a zombie." Computer then showed the picture of a leopard-woman. "Barbara Ann Minerva aka Cheetah. A former anthropologist, she got turned into Cheetah by a tribe in the African Jungle." Then it showed a picture of a man with sharp teeth, yellow snake-like eyes and an orange cobra costume. "Copperhead aka unknown. Not much is known about his past, exept that he was a contortionist and esceape artist." It then showed the final picture of a man with pale white skin, black glasses and a black suit with a top hat. "Richard Swift aka Shade. He is an englishman turned immortal with the power to manipulate shadows."

"Okay let's go show them who's boss." Goku said, punching his right fist into his left palm.

"Maybe we should first make a battle plan." Superman began. "They can be dangerous if given the oppoturnity. Maybe..."

"Clark." Flash interrupted.

"Yeah?"

"He already left." Flash pointed out Goku wasn't in the room.

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Millitary base

The Society was picking up crates and putting them into a jet they had, sorrounded by unconcious bodies of millitary personnel.

"Grundy still not get why we need this." Grundy said, while his allies all sighed.

"Because it's all part of the plan, Grundy." Shade told him.

"Oh yeah. What's the plan again?" Grundy asked, and everyone else face-palmed.

"When Doomsday destroyed the city the police was left disoriented, and a lot of people in shelters." Cheetah began.

"And a lot of people means a lot of hostages." Copperhead told him

"And when we have hostages we can blow up all the bridges leading to Metropolis. That keeps the ground forces away, water mines take boats down, anti-air missles knock airplanes down, and the with the hostages superheroes won't get close." Shade said

"Nice plan." A voice told them from behind. They turned around to see Goku, in his armor as a Super Saiyan. "Wich you stole from Bane."

"You're that new guy Lightning." Cheetah said.

"Yeah, and you're about to..."

"Lightning!" A voice called out, interupting Goku. It was Superman, who just flew over along with Flash, who super sped there.

"Superman, I have them covered." Goku told him.

"I told you to wait." Superman told him." Superman told him. "You can't take them alone."

"You don't know what I can and can't do!" Goku told him, rather harshly. "I don't need your help."

While they were arguing about this, Flash was fighting the villains. He kicked Copperhead in the stomach knocking him down, but he was then shot with a shadow blast from Shade. While he was dizzy, he was kicked in the stomach by Cheetah. He was then caught by Grundy and thrown into some crates. The Society made there escape. When the Scarlett Speedster got up he saw his two friends are still arguing.

"When you're a part of a team, that means working with that team!" Superman told Goku.

"Maybe, I don't want the team's help." Goku shouted at the Man of Steel.

"Guys!" Flash screamed.

"What?!" They both shouted.

"They left." He pointed out. Goku immideatly started walking out.

"We're not done talking." Superman shouted.

"I don't have time for this." Goku was about to leave before Flash super sped in front of him.

"That was a super-sonic jet. Since we can't find it for half an hour the most, I say you have plenty of time." Goku then sat on a crate. "Why are you like this. This isn't the same guy I heard stories about, weeks ago."

"We can't help you if you don't tell us what happened. And something did." Superman told him.

Goku gave in and decided to tell them. This isn't something he likes talking about, but now he has to. "You remember when I told you about Hirudegarn, right." They both nodded in agreement. "There' something I haven't told you about that." He then takes a deep breath. "When he died something happened. The barrier between the world of the living and the dead got broken. Again. Me and my friends fought our ressurected enemies and tried to get them back to Hell. But then we ran into him."

"Into who?" Flash asked, now he and Superman are interested.

"Frieza." Goku continued, a scowl forming on his face. "I didn't take him seriously. That cost me." His face now had a sad look. "During our fight, I knocked him down, and turned my back on him. That was a mistake. He got up and tried to shoot me in the back. My wife, Chi Chi, pushed me out of the way, took the blast herself. She survived it, but I didn't know. I was so angry, I didn't control myself. I beat him to a pulp, and then I shot a Ki blast at him. It didn't only kill him, it obliterated the city we were fighting in, and everyone inside it." Flash and Superman now had their eyes widen. "We revived them with the Dragon Balls later. But that isn't the wrost part. Turns out Frieza's Ki is radioactive. Chi Chi got sick and died. It was a natural death, so we couldn't revive her." The two heroes now had looks of shock and disbelief on their faces. "Not long after that I got here. I held back my power ever since. I could have killed Doomsday easily. And I didn't let anyone join me fighting. Even though they did. Well now you know. Happy?"

"We're sorry." Flash said genuenly. "But pushing everyone away won't ease the pain. Trust me I know."

"He's right, Goku." Superman began. "What happened wasn't your fault. And if you don't want to repeat it, you need to let people help you." He finished, as he put a hand on Goku's shoulder.

Just then, Flash's earpiece beeped. He pressed it to communicate to whoever was helping them. "Yeah? They're in a crib, 15 kilometers away from Metropolis." Flash and Superman both looked at Goku.

"What do I need to do?"

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Shade, Grundy, Cheetah, and Copperhead were hiding away in the crib with all the weapons caches they stole.

"I smell somebody outside." Cheetah said. "Are you sure you hid the jet?"

"Yes, we did. Relax we lost them." Copperhead said in a laydback tone.

Just then Goku, still in his Super Saiyan form, kicked the door open. "No, you didn't."

Then, Grundy smashed him into the floor of the crib. The zombie then picked him up and held him down. The other villains then surrounded them.

"Did you really think you could sneak up on us?" Shade asked.

"I didn't. That's why I was the distraction." Shade then realised what was happening. He turned around and saw all the weapons gone. Goku then punched Grundy in the stomach, and threw him out of the house, leaving a hole in it. The zombie landed in front of a pair of feet. He looked up to see Superman.

"Hey Grundy." Superman said in a cheerish tone. And Grundy, surprisingly waved at him.

Goku was left alone to fight the three remaning villains. Cheetah lunged at him claws first. Goku caught her by the wrists and kicked her in the stomach so hard she got knocked out. He then threw her unconcious body away, and got ready to fight Copperhead.

Copperhead tried to bite Goku but his teeth broke on impact, causing him to hold his mouth in pain. "Ow. That looked like it hurt." Goku joked as he punched Copperhead in the face knocking him out too.

He then turned to Shade, who just smirked and thump his staff into the ground, surrounding the crib in shadow.

"You beat them. But can you beat me." Shade walked around the blinded Goku who just smirked.

"Solar Flare!" Goku screamed as a large stream of light cleared the shadow. Shade held his eyes in pain.

"My eyes! What have you done!" However instead of an answer he got a punch to the chin, knocking him out. Superman then walked over carrying Grundy over his shoulder.

"See. Told you. Teamwork makes the miracles work." Superman joked.

"Thanks."

"For what?"

"For helping me out. And sorry for being a jerk." Goku apologised. There was a few seconds of awkvard silence, before Goku broke it. "So now I go back to the Hall of Justice. To sleep on that small bead. And eat on the floor. And go to the small bathroom." He continued, before Superman interrupted him.

"You can stay with me and Lois."

"What? No, no. I can't. You two are already full and..." He couldn't continue, before he was interrupted again.

"It's really no problem. We have a spare room, and that's the least I can do for you."

Goku was silent for a few seconds before he spoke up. "Okay, I'll come. Maybe I'll get a chance to meet new people." Two men both smiled before Goku realised something. "Whose crib is this?" Superman just gave an 'I don't know' shrug.

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Tomorrow

Goku and Superman (as Clark Kent) met outside an apartment building. Goku was wearing a black sleev-less shirt and blue pants and Clark was wearing a red jacket with a blue shirt underneath with blue pants. They walked in together, and entered Clark's apartment.

"This is my place." Clark said just as a black-haired woman in a red shirt and black pants entered.

"'Our' place." She said, making Clark smile.

Clark walked over to her side. "Goku this is my wife, Lois. Lois, this is Goku. The guy I told you about."

"You mean the self-rigteous, arrogant guy who likes to be alone." She joked as Clark made hand gestures that said 'please don't'. Goku and Lois both laughed before shaking hands. "Nice to meet you."

"You too." Before any conversation could be started an explosion was heard not too far away. Goku and Clark both shared knowing looks, before speeding away to save the day.

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Elswhere

Frieza was overlooking his ship getting prepared for travel as one of his soldiers approached him.

"Excuse me sir. But, why is it nescessary toti go to this planet again?" The soldier asked.

"You're new here aren't you, soldier?" The evil emperor asked, to wich the soldier nodded. "Well I will explain it to you. Some time ago I fought an old enemy of mine. During the fight I hurt one of his friends, and he was so angered that he blasted me here. As you can see, I didn't esceape quite unharmed." He said waving his metal hand in front of him. "After I was fixed up by medics that found me. And I amassed this new army. So that now, after 10 years, I can exact my revenge. Is that a good enough reason." The soldier nodded, scared incredibly. "Good. Then get back to whatever you were doing." As soon as the soldier left, Frieza was left to enact his plan alone. "Goku isn't the only one that came through. How fortunate. Now I don't have to wait for too much longer to enact my master plan." He told himself before he started laughing evily.

Done.

Once again, sorry for the long wait, I really didn't know what to write.