Yeah, this week's update schedule has been ruined by me posting the last chapter early. Here, have the Radish POV. Also Early. Because I have demolished my self-control.
thewittywhy: I will not tell a direct lie, in the Authors' Notes. Like, I'm sure as I write, some things may change, but I won't actively tell a lie
And of course, many thanks ^.^
BlindAsABat95: Yeah...yeah he probably could have
guestyperson: many thanks ^.^
And yeah, it's fairly likely
Going to Earth was supposed to be simple. He'd go in, grab his brother, and get out. That way there'd be another Sayain in the group. That way he wouldn't be the weakest one.
(That way, Nappa and Vegeta would have someone else to pick on)
As it turned out, going to earth was anything but simple. Kakarot utterly failed in his mission to eliminate the sentient life on the planet. Made worse *by the fact that the highest average Power Level he could find was around 5. Instead, he found not only a thriving populace, but his brother had instead befriended a group of them.
(As opposed to killing them all and living alone for over 20 years?)
Kakarot proved to have a power level of just over 300. Disappointing even by his standards.
His group of friends were even worse off. The bald one was the strongest of the three, the old man barely broke three digits, and the woman wasn't even worth mentioning. And the kid, had a pitiful power level of three.
The child on the island was obviously Kakarot's, the tail was proof enough of that. It was utterly unremarkable. It curled in on itself and allowed the woman to cower away with it, curling over it defensively, as if that'd form any kind of protection.
Kakarot referred to him as Gohan, and son.
(He had a nephew?)
Kakarot was utterly useless. He was too weak and too sentimental to truly join the Frieza Force. It'd have been better off if he had never come here. But nonetheless, he was here now, and Vegeta would be expecting something to come of it.
He swiped the child, giving Kakarot an ultimatum in getting him back. Even in the worst case scenario, at least this way he'd have something to show Vegeta, even if it was a halfbreed brat, it was Sayain enough in that he had a tail. Unlike Kakarot who didn't have one and didn't even seem to know the significance of it.
(His friends seemed to though.)
(Not that that mattered)
(Was it normal for children to know what the word monologue meant?)
Of course not even that could work out properly. Kakarot and another person the one he had run into initially referred to as Piccolo, showed up. This should not have been an issue. They had power levels of just over 300 each.
(He didn't look like an Earthling. Skin color and features didn't match. Probably some other planet's species. Namekian perhaps? A far distance to have traveled for somewhere so unimportant.)
Then their power levels both doubled.
Fundamentally impossible, but whatever, fine. He could still deal with them, easily in fact.
Then that brat activated the self-destruct sequence in his space pod.
He acted quickly, but not quick enough in that as soon as he dealt with the brat and got to his ship, it still blew up and destroyed parts of his armor.
To make matters worse, in his distraction, Kakarot had gotten hold of his goddamn tail.
He cursed that stupid weakness as he talked Kakarot down from his threat, earning back his freedom.
In the end though, he lost that day. Kakarot gave his own life to kill him? His own brother! How could he! Doesn't he understand? He just cut what remains of the Sayain race left in half because of his idiocy!
To die for someone else…how could anyone be that stupid?
But then the, probably Namekian, talked about the Dragon Balls, magical orbs that could grant wishes, including bringing people back to life.
It sounded impossible, but it was all he needed to guarantee Nappa and Vegeta come here.
That must have been why he did it. That's why Kakarot sacrificed his life. He knew his friends would just bring him back.
Surely, if they existed, Nappa and Vegeta would bring him back, right? Sure, he was the weakest one, but if for nothing else than he was a Sayain…that, had to be enough right? There were so few of us left, they had to-
He didn't want to die. He didn't want to stay dead. He didn't want to stop. There was so much he could do- he didn't know what- but there had to be-
(He was scared)
Hell was, well, hell. Honestly, he expected worse. He had no way to tell time, all he could do was wait. Wait and eventually, eventually an Earth year would pass and those two would get to earth, avenge him, and bring him back.
They had to.
Time passed. An earth year was a long time, they probably just didn't get there yet.
More time passed. How long was an earth year anyway? They should be getting there soon. Right?
Even more time passed. Maybe, they just didn't know how to find these "dragon balls." Maybe they didn't know how they worked.
Even more time- maybe time passed slower in hell. That had to be it. Maybe a year hadn't even passed yet. Maybe they were just getting to earth and would bring him back-
They had to.
They had to…
Right…?
(They left you)
More time pas-
Suddenly he was standing on dirt.
He blinked, adjusting to the new surroundings. The first face he saw was Nappa.
Nappa! He knew he would-
The next face he saw was the brat's. Well, he assumed it to be the brat because of the tail but he appeared at least a couple of years older.
Fine, ok, so Nappa and Vegeta came to earth and kept the kid because there are so few Sayains left, that makes enough sense.
Where is Vegeta? He glanced to the side, Nappa as here so it didn't make much sense that he wouldn't- the Namek?
The Namek who killed him was visible in the distance, stoic and unmoving. Glaring, as if ready to kill him again.
Why-
Why was he here?
Why wasn't he dead?
Surely Nappa and Vegeta would have killed him by now?
Nappa wasn't surprised yet his presence, it'd surely be picked up on his scouter- why wasn't Nappa wearing his scouter? Did the Namek just sneak up on him then?
That didn't answer why he wasn't dead.
The brat noticed the Namek there. He looked up at him, a neutral expression on his face. The same as when he'd arrived.
No matter how many times he cycled through it, he just couldn't make sense of it. Any of it.
The explanation, more of a story, did not help. At all. It only created many many more questions.
Kakarot beating, Nappa, Vegeta, The Ginyu Force? Frieza? None of it made sense.
If Frieza was dead…where was he supposed to go? What was he supposed to do?
He was sure that if the Prince ever actually managed to kill Frieza, he'd just, continue following him.
But Vegeta wasn't here. Off in a power fantasy-fueled quest to find Kakarot. And Nappa was here. Just- what was he doing? Nothing?
(It's not like you liked working for Frieza)
None of it made any sense.
Including the brat. Supposedly it was the brat who brought him back to life. Not even Nappa. He couldn't imagine why. There was absolutely no reason, not a single positive interaction between them prior.
And the brat didn't even seem to care. One way or the other. He just sat passively on the side as Nappa explained what had happened in the over two years he'd been dead, only speaking up to correct when Nappa got something wrong.
It's not even just that the brat didn't care, it's that he didn't react to him at all. It didn't matter that the brat was stronger than him now, there still should have been something. Some hesitation. Some kind of fear. Some- something.
(You kidnapped him. Killed his father. He has no reason to care for you.)
He was led back to wherever Nappa was staying. Was told he'd have a space there too.
Nappa wasn't acting, like Nappa. He acted to their standards, the humans, rather than the Sayain Pride he had raised himself and Vegeta on. Being adaptable was one thing, but it's not like they had power over him. He had no reason to completely change course.
(Maybe Nappa doesn't know what to do either)
It turned out to be that woman's home. The one that was previously of no note. She felt the need to remind him of what he's done, as if he had any need to regret it.
What was he even doing here? There wasn't anything for him to do. There was no purpose to being here. He was just, sitting idle, waiting for something to happen.
And worst yet that brat kept bothering him.
The brat refused to even acknowledge his name properly. He knows he knows it, Nappa has said his name many times in his presence. Vegeta used to do the same thing. It was annoying, and frustrating.
(Someone younger who's much stronger than you? Can't say it isn't familiar.)
He avoided interacting with anybody. The brat was annoying. The woman was, something. Not intimidating. Obviously. He was stronger than she was, there's no way she could be intimating. And Nappa was, acting wrong. Not like Nappa.
It was all too different.
"Why hello there young man," his internal monologue was interrupted by a new voice. He hadn't bothered to meet anyone after all.
He turned to see an older man standing there. He had far too friendly a face.
"I don't believe I've quite caught your name."
The man was the woman's father, Raditz thought. Nappa mentioned him before. A scientist? Or was the woman the scientist? Maybe both.
His- the room he was staying in, was too far away to avoid him properly, and it'd be, inconvenient, for the man who assumably owned the establishment to dislike him.
It's not like there was any harm in sharing his name anyway.
Unfortunately, the conversation did not end with introductions, as it then led into meaningless small talk.
At least the questions were about his Scouter. He could answer those with no issue.
Then the man, Dr. Breif, requested to take the conversation off to his lab.
He probably could have used that as an opportunity to leave. Make some excuse. But, anything he could come up with sounded cheap and made it far too obvious he was just trying to leave.
He followed.
Dr. Brief explained how his machine worked. Luckily he didn't have to speak as much now as the man was plenty distracted with his own work and explaining it.
He listened, not, because it was interesting or anything, just, because it was something to take up time.
(Liar)
The brat was here again. He didn't bother him this time. He was just playing some game with the, smaller Namek.
There was something wrong with that brat. This was probably the first time he acted like a child since he was- since he came back.
The brat noticed him. Raditz left.
He, might have continued to visit Dr. Brief. Just, just because it took up time. That was the only reason.
Of course, the brat decided to bother him there too.
Whatever. If he ignored him, he'd probably just go away.
It did not. It insisted on trivial small talk.
"And of course, any minor inconvenience will be exaggerated for someone who acts like a petulant teenager."
That, is not a normal sentence for a child.
Nope. Not. Looking into it. Not questioning it. He was probably just fishing to be questioned on it. Yep, it was bait. Bait for a response that he was not going to bite.
The brat just didn't leave. Which, fine, he was waiting for something to be fixed, but he should at least go bother the smaller Namek.
Instead, Raditz was forced into hearing about some derivated children's show. Apparently, that was just integral information for him to know.
Whatever. The brat wasn't going to stop bothering him it seemed, and if ignoring him was just going to end up in inane cartoon speeches, well, best to avoid that.
So, if he tolerated the brat's presence from then on, it was just so that he didn't end up in that position again.
Nappa mentioned "feeling" or whatever that Vegeta was gonna show up.
Whatever, he was probably just imagining-
A ship landed on one of the many lawns in Capsule Corp.
Nope. Nope. Not dealing with that today. Out. Leaving. Now.
He didn't really have a direction planned out, just figured out in the mountains was far enough that he wouldn't have to deal with Vegeta for a while. He'd probably end up going back to Capsule Corp eventually, but by then things with Vegeta would have probably settled.
(He didn't want to bring you back)
Just, so long as he didn't have to deal with Vegeta. Yet. Maybe ever. That'd be nice.
"Sup?"
He stumbled backwards and looked up to see that Goddamned brat floating over him.
The brat at least seemed surprised to hear Vegeta was back. Guess that sensing whatever isn't worth everything.
The brat then got distracted mid-conversation to stare off into the distance.
What? The stupid sensing thing again? Skeptical, Raditz turned to the direction the kid was looking, reaching up to his scouter and-
"Don't do that unless you want to lose it." The brat interrupted him, saying that it'd overload his scouter.
Which, that didn't make any sense. The scouter could read up to two million at this point thanks to hi- Bulma's upgrades.
He'd learned her name for convenience. That's all. It'd be annoying to only ever refer to her as "the woman."
And no, of course it wasn't him working on the Scouter. Bulma just asked for a few translations and clarification on what some of the buttons did before she messed with them.
Sure, he helped in the most literal of senses, but that wasn't really-
The brat said it was Frieza he was "sensing."
Raditz's response was immediate, panic, obviously. Frieza was here? He was supposed to be dead! That's what they said! If Frieza was here then everyone here was dead! There wasn't even a guarantee he'd bother to land! He could just blow up the planet from space!
Isn't that just perfect? Get brought back. Forced to deal with- this- nonsense. And then get blown into space dust and get right back to hell. Maybe he never left and this is some elaborate punishment.
Maybe, if Frieza does land, maybe he could ask to rejoin his force instead of dying?
(Coward)
He knew that! But it was better than just dying again wasn't it?
It probably wouldn't work anyway. If Frieza saw him with Kakarot's Friends he'd obviously assume he was allied with them. How would he even get close enough to ask.? And what would he do if Frieza asks where he'd been the past two years? Kakarot's friends probably weren't as merciful as his foolish brother either. At the very least the Namek wouldn't hesitate.
No. No, it'd be better if he just ran. Odds are that Frieza was going to clear this planet to sell. He could steal one of Bulma's ships while they were all distracted. At the very least there was the one Vegeta just came back in and Bulma said it should have a few months of fuel left- that should be plenty to find an outpost and then, assuming his old codes still worked, he should be able to-
The brat was looking at him with those same blank eyes from the day he brought him back here. The same blank eyes that no child should possess.
Was it just due to what the kid had been through in the past two years? The kid never acted out or flinched or- whatever at any other time. Didn't even blink when Raditz was yelling at him.
No there must have been something else there but he couldn't read anything from it. Goddamn enigma of a brat.
Then he just turned and started flying in the direction he was looking. Towards, supposedly, Frieza.
He snapped back to reality.
"Why the hell are you going towards it- him! If it is Frieza-"
The brat looked back, with those same goddamn blank eyes.
"If it is Frieza either I go there and see what's up, possibly die. Or I stay here, and possibly die anyway when Frieza inevitably blows up the planet. Not like it'll change the outcome if we're there or not."
"We- oh no! Like hell I'm going to-"
"Oh sure. Go ahead, stay here while the seven-year-old goes to investigate. It's fine."
There was now a twinge of amusement in those eyes. Objectively it was better than blank, but more annoying too.
He was being played. He knew that. He knew the brat was poking at his pride and that it was all just a ploy to get him to go along. But now if he left it would be all the more running away.
(It already was)
Hell, if Vegeta ever finds out- well Vegeta will be dead soon so what does that matter? Would he even be able to get off the planet in time? Surely it would take time to learn the controls of a new ship, and the last thing he needs is to break something out in space.
No the last thing he needed was to die on an exploding planet,
But even then, then what? Say he gets to an outpost and his old codes do still work. Then Frieza will have a trace and will know he's not dead and will be able to find him that way.
This was all too annoying. It sounds like he dies either way. But which is more important? Living a few extra weeks or not looking like a coward in front of the infant?
Apparently, despite all his best efforts. He chose the latter.
The flight was annoying, like anything else involving the brat. It was obvious he was holding back his speed to keep pace with Raditz, if only by the moments when he would stray too far ahead and then cut his speed.
The brat wasn't acting right, even for him. He seemed serious enough when announcing Frieza was here but now there was an, excited (?) glint in his eye, and it almost looked like he was holding back a grin at times.
(Guess the halfbreed is better at being a Sayain than you. Getting excited about a fight.)
The brat kept looking back at him. Maybe to keep track of the speed, but probably just to make sure he didn't run away.
(You were going to)
Raditz decided to glare at just about anything else he could see.
This was stupid. Why was he even going-
Shit, Vegeta was going to be there. Even more of a reason he shouldn't be- was it too late to change his mind? The brat was the only witness he was ever here he could probably just-
Kakarot's little bald friend showed up. Well, there goes that plan.
(This one is also stronger than you. Why don't you check the scouter? Prove it correct.)
Whatever, this creates an opportunity! This one can also do that weird sensing thing. Surely he can prove that the brat was just being paranoid or making things up or just isn't that experienced in the weird sensing thing and made a mistake-
The bald man confirmed it felt like Frieza. And claimed that the brat was a better sensor than him.
And he was heading that way anyway.
Everyone on this stupid planet was a goddamn idiot.
Apparently getting to their destination the brat and the bald man landed. Far too late to change his mind now, Raditz followed.
Most of the people here Raditz didn't know. That was fine. They wouldn't interact with him, and he wouldn't interact with them.
Unfortunately, Vegeta, was, in fact, here. And he noticed Raditz almost immediately.
"…well who wasted a wish to bring the Runt back to life?"
And Raditz didn't know how to react to that. He knew, that Vegeta didn't want to bring him back. That he wouldn't go out of his way to do so. But to consider it a waste entirely?
He wasn't given much time to dwell on this however since apparently, the brat wanted to get himself killed, "Who wasted nine months just to give birth to you?"
"well I'd love to introduce you, but unfortunately she's dead."
Ok? If Vegeta was snipping back he probably wasn't likely to-
"Just, like your planet."
Alright, forget getting himself killed, obviously, the brat was trying to get both of them killed. And everyone else in range.
The brat, of course, was not taking it seriously at all, and looked entirely unbothered by the danger in his actions.
Of course.
Luckily enough then that one of Kakarot's friends derailed the conversation.
Unluckily, it was right back to Frieza, or rather if Kakarot was back to fight Frieza.
The brat's denial seemed to discourage their group. Well, except for the Prince would tisked, but didn't otherwise react. Even Nappa looked almost concerned for a moment before going back to as close to Nappa-like as he acted nowadays.
At least he didn't have to worry about the Brat getting them all killed by Vegeta since he got distracted by the Namek brat quickly enough.
Raditz flinched when the Namek loudly announced Frieza's arrival and holy shit they weren't kidding that is actually one of Frieza's ships approaching they were all going to die.
Was it too late to turn and run? Of course it was there were too many people here. Maybe he could sneak off when everyone had their backs turned? No, they'd noticed with their sensing whatever. Great. What a mess he's gotten himself into.
Should have bolted and found somewhere else to go the second he was brought back to this awful planet. At least then he could die without knowing it was coming first.
The brat was acting weirder than normal. He was rushing to the front and barely restraining, whatever energy was causing him to fidget so much.
The idea of running ran through his head again. The brat was the most likely to notice his escape, and he was clearly distracted. At that exact moment, Nappa glanced back and he begrudgingly continued to follow.
Something changed in the reactions of everybody else there. It was annoying to be blind to whatever was going on while everyone else could tell.
Whatever it was the brat wasn't concerned, "Why are you stopping?" He demanded, almost looking like an actual child with an impatient scowl.
He would have been concerned about Vegeta and the brat arguing again if his brain didn't short circuit at Vegeta's claim that whatever was holding them back was a new person who was stronger than Frieza.
Which, was impossible. It was one thing to hear Frieza lost a fight, there were many ways to lose a fight. He was stronger than Kakarot and the Namek when he lost after all. But for someone to be physically stronger than Frieza?
By the time he tuned back in, the rest were already on their way again and like hell he was going to be left behind at this point.
If hearing that someone was stronger than Frieza was absurd, actually seeing him get cut in half with a simple sword was mind-numbing.
He didn't pay much attention to what came after, it didn't matter. King Cold wasn't as strong as Frieza. He wasn't going to win.
"He…made that look easy," Kakarot's small bald friend said.
The brat practically had stars in his eyes as he very poorly tried to hide his smile.
Vegeta shot up into the air, and everyone else in the group followed, which meant he had to too.
Then something bizarre happened.
The boy, the one who just killed Frieza, had his hair turned from yellow to purple.
At least he wasn't the only one confused by this since when one of Kakarot's friends questioned it, there were no answers to be had.
The now purple-haired boy wanted to talk.
Nobody moved.
Then the brat demanded otherwise. And he wasn't wrong in saying that killing Frieza was a good thing, but also, Vegeta wasn't wrong in, what the hell?
Who the hell was this kid and where did he come from? Did this stupid planet just have absurdly strong secret powerhouses hidden underground or something?
He looked like an Earthling. Dodged questions about as much as one too.
The brat was apparently the one making decisions now since when he descended everybody else followed.
The purple kid shared some absurd story about Kakarot showing up soon, despite then saying that he's never met him and providing no source for his claim.
Apparently, Bulma had the final say around here since the debate about staying ended with her word.
He couldn't tell if it was a blessing or a curse when she decided to drag him away to steal Frieza's stuff. At least he could avoid the rest of the group. Unfortunately, the weakest of their group, who was still stronger than him, decided to follow anyway.
Bulma seemed wowed by most of the tech. It all seemed mundane to him, especially when she had those Capsule devices. Those are far more impressive.
(He wondered how they worked.)
He ended up mostly just moving or lifting whatever Bulma could not while she shoved various devices into those Capsules.
But eventually, she was satisfied with her meddling and wanted to go back. Which meant he had to go back too. To the group that he was out of place no matter where he stood.
It's not like he believed what the purple kid said anyway. There's was no way Kakarot would be showing. Even if he did, there was no reason for him to stay here. He didn't want to come here in the first place.
Unfortunately, Nappa noticed and he missed his opportunity to leave. Again. Even if he didn't Nappa was physically dragging him to go now.
He never should have come in the first place.
The purple kid lead them to some dessert and offered the group some drinks. Only Bulma, the small bald one, and the Brat accepted. The brat also took waters for the two Nameks. Only the child actually opened it.
There wasn't much to do for the hour or so they were left to wait till there than to watch. There wasn't much to watch since everyone decided to stand around awkwardly.
The brat was sitting on the opposite side as the Namek, occasionally glancing over at the purple kid. It wouldn't have been noteworthy if it weren't for it being the brat and how he'd been acting for the past- since Frieza showed up actually. He'd expect the brat to either try to talk with the kid or act as despondent as when he was brought back to life.
The brat picked another fight with Vegeta, which was less terrifying this time since he was not in range of attack. But before it could escalate, the purple kid interrupted. Apparently, even Vegeta isn't going to pick a fight with him. At least not yet.
Regardless, the brat now seemed plenty content to just ignore Vegeta in favor of talking with the purple kid.
The way the brat was talking though was different from he knew the brat to act. It was faster, and more bumbling.
And then he all but ran away from the purple kid.
Interesting…
The brat was now all but hiding behind the Namek from the purple kid.
It was all completely out of character for the brat.
And the primary cause of that change being the purple kid.
"Do you have a crush?" Raditz hazard to get closer to the Namek in order to ask. The brat reeling away from him was worth it.
The brat's vehement denial only fueled his theory.
The fact that he had normal child emotions might be the biggest shock here.
Raditz stood off in the back when Kakarot actually showed up.
Kakarot was just as confused by the purple kid as the rest of the group it seemed.
Unfortunately, it didn't take long until Kakarot noticed him there too.
He barely blinked at the explanation, and the conversation refocused on the purple kid.
Raditz felt a twinge of annoyance over being treated as a footnote.
(But didn't you not want to be in the spotlight?)
The purple kid wanted to talk to Kakarot alone and Raditz immediately turned up the volume sensitivity on his scouter. Like hell he was going to miss out on whatever was going on with the kid.
The kid started talking about changing things and not interfering, which was, odd.
He demanded Kakarot's confidence before revealing he was from the future.
Which was utterly ridiculous, but of course, Kakarot took it at face value.
The kid stated that he was Bulma's kid which was, interesting. Didn't take her for the mother type.
Then he claimed that Vegeta was his father. Raditz nearly choked on air.
He could nearly believe his future claim now because nobody would ever be stupid enough to make up such a ridiculous claim.
Kakarot was just as surprised by the reveal. He was so, loud, and excitable.
Then the purple kid started explaining the real reason he was here.
Apparently, some Androids show up and kill all of them.
How perfect. He's brought back to life, Has to deal with a world of nonsense, only to immediately die again. Brilliant. Maybe he never left hell at all.
Even better, Kakarot doesn't even live long enough to fight them. He just does from a pathetic virus. Perfect. Great. Fantastic. This was all just-
The purple kid gave him some medicine, which, fine. Ok. Solves one problem.
Then the purple kid flew back over and handed the brat a capsule.
Because that wasn't suspicious at all.
Then Kakarot genuinely surprised him. He had the foresight to actually ask about the blonde hair.
The goddamn Super Saiyan.
Bullshit. Utter bullshit.
Raditz was all but ready to toss out the entire story, because in no goddamn world would his little brother and some random half-breed time-traveling kid be able to achieve the legend.
(He did kill Frieza)
Can't believe he was starting to believe that story in the first place. Time travel? Please.
Either way, the kid left and his ridiculous story went with him. Of course Kakarot, being an idiot, took it at face value.
Apparently, the Namek also believed the kid's warning.
Raditz pondered what to do next.
Technically with Frieza actually dead, he'd be safer to just, leave. Sure he wasn't exactly the strongest in Frieza's forces, but he was still stronger than most of the galaxy. As long as he kept to the more distant planets he'd be fine.
He could just go and figure out a direction later.
The brat made a comment and despite his planning, Raditz could help but make an addition, "Well, of course, the brat's got to agree with his crush."
It was, oddly amusing, to see the brat so flustered after months of the brat just, not acting how children should act.
At Vegeta's demand, Kakarot explained how he got off Namek. Oh, and also he can teleport now. Through that sensing bullshit that little group loves so much. Great.
How much would that impact his ability to leave?
From what he's seen, he couldn't imagine Kakarot really caring if he left, but if the brat complained-
Still, how far could that sensing whatever really go? As long as he got out of the solar system or so he couldn't imagine-
"You can come too you know."
Raditz snapped back to focus to see Kakarot looking in his direction.
He glanced around. No, no Kakarot was obviously talking to him. He must have heard wrong then.
No, no, he said what he had heard.
Which only left one question really.
"…what the hell is wrong with you?"
Unsurprisingly, Kakarot seemed to have no idea what he was talking about, and any logic he tried to instill had no effect.
Whatever it's not like he was going to actually go with him anyway. Of course now if he left it'd look like he was running away, but whatever he could just continue at Capsule Corp for a while, and then-
"You know…now that Vegeta's back, he'll probably end up spending a lot of time around Capsule Corp, you know, by default," the brat decided to mention.
…
Goddamn it.
All right. You know what. Fine, he'll go. Just to take advantage and get stronger, since obviously, Kakarot was doing something right if he's gotten so much stronger despite having started weaker than even him.
Yeah. He'll just wait out Vegeta, and then…decide what he'll do then.
It'll probably be fine.