Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Who would've expected that just a few changes could have such a major impact. Read as Gohan and Kai journey through life and across the universe in this exciting retelling of DBZ, with changes and surprises around every corner. Yamcha x Bulma, Raditz x Android 18, Gohan x Erasa later on. Other pairings undecided at the moment.

5. The World's Strongest, Depart for Namek

By this point the sun was shining over the skies of West City, but everyone was already in the hospital.

Yamcha laid back on his bed and let out a sigh "So yeah the doctor said that Tien is gonna be as good as new in a few days, but I myself will have to stay for about a week because of insane levels of muscle strain from use of the Kaioken, and he wants us both to stay for some observations. Goku is still pretty messed up though after that fight, he still won't even talk to any of us."

"Oh I wouldn't worry about his injuries." Korin waved him off "The next crop of Senzu Beans will be ready in another month or so, all of you guys will be up and about before you even know what hit you. As for him being upset… just give him some time, he'll come to terms with all of this."

"Yeah I hope so. You know aside from that today turned out pretty well, first we saved the entire world and now we've got a chance to bring Krillin and Piccolo and everyone who died in the battle back to life."

"That we do."

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One of them clearly disagreed with Korin's statement.

Upa found Goku sitting on top of the hospital roof, staring out into the horizon "You know everyone else is inside talking about the plans to go to Namek."

Goku nodded and just laid down on his back "Well I'm sure that they'll have a lot of fun with that and Bulma will have a field day with that Saiyan ship."

"And you know that it's not good to hold things in, you want to tell me what's bothering you so much?"

"It's not like it's rocket science Upa, I transformed into a gigantic ape monster at least twice in my life, one of those times ending with me killing my own grandpa. Now I just feel so different and all."

"You say that like different is a bad thing."

"In this case it feels like it, but that's only part of what's bugging me. It's mainly the massive shock that comes with it, not to mention that Bulma, Yamcha, Krillin and Master Roshi kept it a secret from me for all these years. To be honest I'm kind of disappointed in them."

"Goku I might not have much room to talk in this situation but I do know that you won't get anywhere with this unless you actually talk to them."

"Yeah yeah I know Upa, it just feels so weird. Son Goku the gigantic ape guy, I can't wait to find out what other surprises are coming my way."

"Well whatever it is it doubt it will be as bad as the Saiyans. But still Goku, you should just talk to them."

"Hey guys?" that was when a hesitant Bulma showed up on the roof "Hey Upa can you give us a minute?"

"...Yeah sure, take all the minutes that you need." noticing the awkwardness, Upa made his way back inside.

"So we were all gonna go get some lunch before we started working on getting the ship so we can head to Namek, you wanna come?"

"That's okay, I'm not hungry." he started walking away.

Bulma grabbed him by the hand, stopping him "Goku look, I'm sorry. I'm sorry we never told you about your transformation but like I said I was the one who came up with the idea of not telling you, we thought that it was best."

"How Bulma, how would it be best for me not to know that I'm the one who crushed my own grandpa to death? If I had known from the start then I would've had plenty of time to adjust and then maybe learn to control that power, but now I just feel so different."

"Well you're not different Goku, it didn't make us think any differently of you before and it doesn't now. I just wish that we had told you sooner, when you had transformed at the tournament. You're still Son Goku, the same big hearted idiot that we all know and love and nothing will change that."

"...Thanks for that Bulma, it helps I guess, but it's not easy to be able to accept something like this when you know it took away one of the people that I loved more than anything else in the world." and he blasted off into the skies.

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(The hospital room)

"Everyone!" that was when Launch showed up in her blue haired form "Hurry, you have to see this!" she turned on the TV and turned it to the news."

"The mysterious object was found in the remains of the recently devastated Metro East, and although it cannot be confirmed at this time it appears to be some type of alien spaceship. Based on early reports that we have received from the scene, this is one of the two flying objects that landed in the Metro East area mere moments before the city was attacked."

"I don't like the sound of that." Tien muttered "Our only hope and it's locked up in some kind of lab somewhere."

"Yeah well it won't be for long." Kai pulled out the remote "If this remote or whatever thing that I found really works then we can summon the ship right to our front door and then take it for one hell of a joyride, those blowhards won't even know what happened."

"Do you really think that that's a good idea Kai?" asked Gohan.

"Hey I'm the psychopath here so leave the thinking to me."

"That is not helping."

"Well it's the truth, and besides last night me and Bulma studied the thing for hours and hours on end. Just let the master do his thing." Kai pressed a few buttons, which ended up causing the ship to self destruct.

"Uh, Kai?"

"Not. A f*cking. Word."

"So that was the self destruct button instead of any kind of activation and that was the only ship on the planet that was fast enough to get us to Planet Namek while we were still alive. Anyone got any other ideas?"

"How the f*ck am I supposed to know?"

"I might be able to assist you." that was when Mr Popo showed up on his Magic Carpet at the window, thoroughly freaking Bulma out once she was in the doorway "Hi."

"Oh hey creepy genie guy- I mean Lord Popo." Kai actually bowed to him.

"Listen up maggots, because I know of another spaceship if you want to see it."

"So you actually know of a ship that we can use-"

"Shut up maggot."

"Yes my lord!"

"Who is this guy anyway?" asked Bulma.

"That's Mr Popo, he used to live up on the Lookout with Kami before he and Piccolo both croaked like frogs. So anyway my lord you have a ship that we can use."

Mr Popo shrugged "Probably, I just want some other maggots that are worthy of being in my presence to check it out before you start praising me. I'm the only one who knows where it is and the only one with the transportation to get you there. There's room on this carpet for one big one or two of you smaller maggots. So who's up?"

"DIBS!" Kai leapt onto the carpet "I bow to your infinite wisdom Lord Popo."

"I like you already. Anyone else? We've got room for one more."

"I'd better go." Gohan slowly stepped out onto the carpet "Someone has to make sure Kai doesn't end up blowing up the planet, besides I can just beat him into the ground if he tries to right?"

"Oh you and I are gonna get along just fine." and then the three of them disappeared.

"GOHAN!" Chichi tried to force her way out the window and then go after them "GET AWAY FROM THAT PSYCHOPATH AND THE SCARY GENIE THIS INSTANT!" she realized too late that she was about to fall out the window.

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Mr Popo and the others appeared in a mountain range covered by strong winds and he stepped off of the carpets "Alright boys you can get off now."

"You sound kind of different now that we're alone." Gohan pointed out.

"I just do that to keep up appearances and maintain my reputation, truth be told so many centuries can mellow a guy out. Anyway get off, I just had this thing detailed."

"And why is it so cold, where are we anyway?" asked Kai.

"This is the Yunzabit Highlands."

"Say what now? They're across the globe, there's no way that we could've travelled that far so fast." Gohan pointed out "And even if this thing could travel that fast why didn't you let my dad and Yamcha use it to get to the battle yesterday?"

"I was preoccupied making toast."

"Of course you were."

"I believe the ship was this way." Mr Popo just started walking and jumping up to the tops of ledges, with Gohan and Kai following him just by floating, and beyond one of these said cliffs they found what they were looking for "This is the object in question." he gestured to a large ship covered in moss with some visible damage and wear and tear "So is this what the two of you need?"

"I don't have a f*cking clue but I guess we can take a look." so Kai and Gohan checked out the ship in question "Well it's definitely not like any metal I've ever seen before, so what's the deal with this thing anyway?"

"It was about 100 years ago when Kami at last told me the details of his life before he came to train in the Lookout, he told me that when he was very young he lived here in Yunzabit and then I asked him why. It's such a desolate land and so few people ever go there, why would anyone ever want to live in a place like Yunzabit? He said that he didn't, he had no recollection of how he came to be there. He said that he had no memory of either of his parents or anyone else up to that point."

"But he had parents didn't he?" asked Gohan.

"He didn't know, all he had was a letter that told him to wait and that they would come for him as soon as they could."

"But they never came for him did they?"

"When Kami was a boy he waited for his parents who never came, it was in Yunzabit that he had spent his childhood. Throughout his youth he remained certain that his parents would return for him, but his certainty faded with each passing day and then month and then year. He didn't know how long he had waited, whether it be 20 years or 30 years but either way he eventually gave up hope and then he left his home and Yunzabit altogether. He still went back to look in on the place every now and then but nothing ever changes in a place like this. He said that back then he thought he had the most normal home in the world, but it was only years later when he actually came to comprehend how strange a spherical house really was, not to mention its four tiny legs and meditation room or that the door had no knob or lock, and in fact the only way that I could open it was with a specific vocal command."

"You mean like some kind of password?"

"And that word was… Piccolo." this caused the door to open, revealing a floating platform for them "And now we have to stand on this in order to get inside."

"Good enough for me." Kai quickly hopped on, with Gohan and Mr Popo doing the same "So you're saying that Kami used to live in there."

"And the same command closes the door as well. Piccolo." this caused the door to close, taking them into the ship "Kami referred to this as his house but to my eye it seemed that it could be a spaceship."

"Well that makes sense, Kami is from Namek and King Kai told us that Namek was almost wiped out by some severe change in the climate before."

"Yes I heard from King Kai as well and if Kami is not of this world then I thought that surely something had to have brought him here so I came back to have a look at it."

"Well if this thing turns out to be what it looks like and if it fits with what Kami told you about his anime style childhood of loneliness that would make Naruto eat his heart out."

"Yes so with Planet Namek in crisis Kami's parents decided to put their son on this spaceship and then sent him to Earth in order to keep him safe."

"They must've thought that they could come back for him later like the letter promised but they probably died so they were never able to. Besides look at this thing, how the hell could this possibly look like a house? Also is there some kind of training room in here?"

"From what I have seen the closest to that is a meditation room." he pointed to the door on the far side of the room.

"Well either way this is definitely a spaceship, the only question is whether or not we can get this bad boy flying."

"Well the door opened so that means that it has to be pulling power from a source of some kind right?" Gohan pointed out.

"Maybe this here is the main switch- No wait that's not it. Maybe it's voice activated, this has to be some kind of-"

"Voice activated sensor!"

"Yeah it's gotta recognize words like the entrance does."

"So then do we say Piccolo to make it fly?"

"My guess is that's just the word we use to open the door so chances are it will actually do anything else, we'll have to try a more direct approach in some other phrase of the Namekian language."

"Which raises the problem because neither of us know any Namekian. Hey do you remember what Piccolo used to do whenever he meditated?"

"Yeah he kept muttering to himself about stuff but I had no idea that it was some kind of alien language, I just wish that he had paid closer attention to what he said."

"But it was Namekian though?" asked Mr Popo.

"Oh yeah definitely."

"Well if the language that you previously heard Piccolo utter then it might help to know that I happen to speak it as well. I know that the word Piccolo means Other World in the language used by himself and Kami and it just so happens that the word Piccolo also has the meaning of entrance."

"Well why the hell didn't you say so in the first place." Kai and Gohan quickly took the chance to position Mr Popo in front of the controls "So that would mean that the name King Piccolo would translate to something along the lines of King of Another World. Well don't just stand there Black Man, tell this bad boy to fly!"

"But tell it to fly where?"

"Anywhere is fine, but for now let's try something simple like maybe Pluto, at least to see if it's an actual planet."

So Mr Popo spoke into the controls, which prompted the ship to suddenly blast off into space until it was in front of Pluto, which in reality only took about two minutes.

"Oh man it's Jupiter! This isn't just a spaceship it's one hell of an amazing spaceship! Yeah eat your heart out Dora the Explorer, we're the ones who did it not you!" he drew Gohan into a crushing bear hug "This is exactly what we need!"

"I'm so glad." Mr Popo wiped away a few tears "If this works then that means that Kami will be brought back to life as well.

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Soon enough the group was back on Earth, and Kai and Gohan were explaining the details of the ship that they had found "And it's totally perfect, it's fast and it won't take that much work other than a few minor modifications. We could easily be on Namek within a month! We can probably launch within five days if we work fast enough."

Bulma lit up when she heard this "So then we're flying Kami's ship to Namek? This a scientist's dream come true!"

"And it's all thanks to Mr Popo here, too bad he can't join us since he has to take care of things on the Lookout so you and I are gonna have to learn how to speak Namekian."

"...Say what now?"

"Oh come on just think about it, if the ship breaks down then you and I can fix it and maybe you can put in a good word for me with your dad so I can get an internship at Capsule Corp when I'm a little bit older."

"...Alright fine, I guess the trip won't be too bad but I'm not going alone understand? You're coming with me, and so is Yamcha for that matter because I went for a year without a certain something and just two rounds last night was not enough to make up for that."

"What about my dad?" asked Gohan.

"Well…"

"He's still mad at you guys."

"Yeah."

"Alright I understand, and besides someone has to stay behind and keep an eye out here while we're gone. I'll go with you guys too." he glanced over at Chichi climbing in through the window and held up a hand to stop her from screaming "Look mom if you want to yell and scream about Kai turning me into a delinquent because you're so closed off from the reality of this situation then we can do that later, but right now I'm focusing on what has to be done for the sake our friends. None of this is about me and I don't plan to make it about me, this is about all of them. Krillin, Chiaotzu and especially Piccolo all fought hard trying to protect us and Piccolo gave his life to save me from Nappa. It wasn't for nothing, it can't have been for nothing and I won't let it be. And besides, now I have to say what no one else will. Over the past year I've come to understand more about fighting than you ever did. It's not just for thugs and dropouts like your self motivational tapes say, the main reason to fight is to protect the people you love most. That's one of the main reasons why I chose to train with Kai and Piccolo, and that's why I'm going to Namek. Will it be dangerous, yeah it probably will, but that's just another part of life. How can I know what it is for myself and the people that I care about to be safe if I can't understand what it is for them to be in real danger, and to be able to stop it? And mom, to be totally honest, I won't want to be a pediatrician or any kind of doctor. I just don't. I want to be a writer, for my work to inspire others. That's what I want to do with my life, and those are my reasons for wanting to go to Namek." this left everyone taken by surprise.

Kai patted him on the shoulder "Looks like you're getting stronger every day in both body and in mind just like how Piccolo would want, he'd be proud of you ponytail- I mean Gohan."

Mr Popo glanced over at Bulma "Kai said that you would have the ship ready in 5 days, will you be able to learn sufficient Namekian by then?"

Bulma pondered this for a moment "That's a fair point, it will take some time to program a translator so we should probably call it 10 days just to be safe okay? We'll meet at Kame House in 10 days."

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The Tsurumai-Tsuburi mountains were cold, bitter and covered in thick layers of ice that couldn't even be melted by pure Ki energy alone.

Goku found this out the hard way when he tried to blast apart a mountain of ice using a full power Kamehameha, only to not even crack it "Looks like I underestimated how tough this stuff would be, maybe this is gonna be harder than I thought. Even during the fight with Vegeta I could sense some kind of evil energy coming from these mountains, I thought finding it would be easy but it's gonna take a lot more firepower than that to melt this kind of ice. I'm gonna have to use the Kaioken then.'

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At the same time, Gohan and Kai themselves were wandering through the mountains, freezing their butts off as they did so "God I don't think I've ever been this cold before."

"Get a grip already, we can't back out now." Kai told him "We don't have any other choice but to keep on going ahead."

"Why are we in these mountains again?"

"Because I keep feeling some weird Ki signature and I wanna see what it's about. Just tell me that you didn't tell anyone that we're going here, the last thing I need is my uncle cramping the style of the Kai man."

"...There are many many times when I worry about your mental health."

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"Okay, let's do this!" Goku powered up his Kaioken technique, his muscles convulsing from the strain due to him still being injured "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" he fired a Kamehameha at the frozen mountain, shattering the ice and revealing a massive fortress floating in the icy waters where the mountain once stood "Uh… oops."

What Goku had failed to realize was that an old man by the name of Dr Kochin was observing this from afar in nothing but pure glee "Yes! At long last my master Dr Wheelo is free from his icy tomb, after all this time our moment is finally at hand! After spending 50 long years in an icy purgatory we're able to unleash our brilliant plan upon the world! All will bow before our brilliance!"

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Gohan and Kai made their way up to the sight of the evil fortress "Okay I'm pretty sure that building wasn't there before, and you did feel that didn't you Kai?"

"Which that are you referring to?" asked Kai "As in the uncomfortable creepy feeling like we just walked into a sci fi version of The Shining or the super f*cked up dark Ki signature we felt inside?"

"Both of those, how do we get in there?"

"We could just blast a hole through the wall and walk in there, or maybe one of those things back there can answer it." Kai gestured to the Saibamen rejects- I mean Biomen that then proceeded to gang up on the two of them, pummeling them before they had a chance to react, only for their fists to be caught and their attacks to be halted by a certain figure looming over them.

"D-Dad…"

Sure enough, it was Goku looming over the Biomen and looked down at Gohan and Kai, his eyes softening for a brief moment "What are the two of you doing out here? You should be getting ready to go to Namek with Bulma and Yamcha." he proceeded to take out each of the Biomen with one kick.

"Dad… you saved us…" and then Gohan passed out.

"Did we miss some Saibamen because I feel like we missed some Saibamen and I wasn't even there-" Goku whipped around to find three figures looming around him, only to be caught in some sort of energy blast from underground, causing him to cry out in pain.

Gohan and Kai could only feebly watch as they fell through the ice and lost consciousness, leaving Goku alone to his fate.

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Gohan slowly opened his eyes only to find that he and Kai were buried under several feet of snow and ice "Dad, dad where are you? Kai get up, I think my dad might be in some serious trouble!"

"Oh no don't bother checking my pants for chunks of snow and ice. I'm totally fine, thanks for asking." Kai spat out some of the ice in question.

"Well sorry but my dad was screaming pretty loud-"

"Gohan think for a minute, when was the last time you saw a fight where at least one guy didn't scream? That defies the laws of the universe! Now let me tell you how this is gonna go down, we're gonna go home and train before Namek and you're not gonna tell your mom about this little outing, understand?"

"But I-"

"Don't tell your mom about this or I will blast you into the F*ckbox!"

"Alright alright! Why do I have such a strong feeling that I'm going to be hearing that sentence for the rest of my life?"

"Because you are, welcome to life in the real world."

"I don't think I like the real world."

"No one does Gohan, no one does. Now come let's get out of here, I wanna be able to pee somewhere where it won't freeze to my big dragon."

"...What?"

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Chichi glanced over at where Gohan was reading a book "You mean you saw your father and you didn't try to convince him to just come home?"

"I wanted to mom but by the time we came to he was gone." Gohan told her "Whatever happened between him and the others must've really upset him. What did happen anyway?"

"All I know is it was Bulma's fault, which is why I'm not that comfortable with you going to Namek with them."

"And it has nothing to do with the fact that I'll be spending another month alone with someone like Kai?"

"Well that goes without saying, but…" she let out a sigh "I guess I just didn't want you to grow up so fast okay? But you're right, stuff like this can't be avoided. If you want this as badly as you say then I won't stop you."

"Thanks mom."

"But that being said you'd damn well better get strong enough to beat whatever you find out there okay?"

'Why is it that everyone is so comfortable cursing around me even though I'm only 5?'

"But afterwards when all of this is finished and everyone is back to life, the world is safe again and all of this crap is over with I'm expecting some hardcore studying on your part you got that?"

"Yeah I gotcha."

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Nightfall came, and things had calmed down on Mount Paozu.

Gohan woke up and found himself in a black void surrounded by nothing but stars "Where am I?"

"In a neutral spiritual plane." much to Gohan's surprise and joy, Piccolo appeared before him, albeit with a halo over his head "Sort of like the between realm between the living world and Otherworld."

"Mr Piccolo…" Gohan tried to wipe away a few tears.

"Don't go crying on me now, you know I hate that stuff. Look I don't know all of the details of what's going on back on Earth but I do know that I didn't spend a year of my time training you and Kai for you to wimp out against whatever it was that took your dad."

"About that, do you think I'm strong enough to beat these things?"

"As you are now, probably not. That's why I'm gonna give you a little pick me up in the form of some of my own techniques." he placed a hand on Gohan's head, imprinting knowledge of various techniques into Gohan's mind "It's just a rough version of some my own techniques, you'll still have to train in order to master them but they'll get you by for now. I plan to do the same for Kai later on."

"You can do that?"

"Sure, I've just never had a need to. Anyway it's time to get down to the real meat of this situation."

"What do you mean?"

"I mean that Kami is sensing something menacing and powerful coming in the direction of Planet Namek."

"He can sense things from all the way out there?"

"Not normally but being in Otherworld extends the range of his senses, anyway I'm gonna make sure that you're ready for it one way or another."

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A few days went by peacefully, preparations for the trip to Namek being made in earnest, and now the sun was just rising in the skies over Kame House.

When the doorbell rang, Turtle was the one to answer it 'Why do I have to be the one to get the door while Master Roshi is dealing with private stuff upstairs? So can I help you guys stray Saibamen or whatever you are?"

As it turns out, it was three Biomen standing in front of him "We have come in search of the one known as Master Roshi."

"Oh. Okay, yeah he's right inside."

"Bring him to us."

"No need I'm here I'm here!" Master Roshi stepped out of the house hacking and coughing, causing the Biomen to sweatdrop "So are you guys the buyers, cause there's gonna be a little bit of a delay. As it turns out pigs don't know how to cook brownies, so what can I do for all of you?"

"You have been forcefully invited to the laboratory of Dr Wheelo."

"Sorry guys but that name isn't ringing a bell, if that's all then I'm gonna put another batch of brownies in the oven." this prompted the Biomen to get into defense positions "Oh so now we're doing this."

"Dr Wheelo is calling for you, if you do not comply then we will use force." and then they all charged at him.

"Oh man is it a bad time for this." Master Roshi proceeded to take all of them out with one blow each "I am NOT a morning person."

"Excellent, you've exceeded me expectations." Dr Kochin took the chance to reveal himself, applauding the display "Just what I would expect from the great Master Roshi of the Turtle School, your form and power are truly a sight to behold. Now if you would be so kind I have come to bring you to my own master Dr Wheelo, he will be most humbled to have you as his honored guest whether you like it or not."

"Are the bodies not a clear indicator of how this is going to go down?"

"Yes I did anticipate that but here's the thing, strength is only truly relative when a little bit of leverage has been applied." he gestured to where a few Biomen were holding Bulma captive a few feet away, tied up and gagged "Now comply lest I have my creations rip her limb from limb in front of your eyes."

"Dammit and those are some fine limbs too, alright fine let's get this over with."

"I do appreciate your cooperation, Dr Wheelo will be so pleased to at last have you within his clutches." he failed to notice Upa slipping away as he summoned his own ship to take the others back to the mountains.

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Gohan bolted to his feet once he heard the news "They took Master Roshi and Bulma with them?!"

Upa nodded "Yes but is it that much of a concern? Master Roshi is a great martial artist, I'm sure he can handle himself. But the question is, where do you think they took them?"

"...My guess is probably the Tsurumai-Tsuburi Mountains in the North, and that's probably where we'll find my dad too."

"Wait you saw Goku?"

"About two days ago, but then these guys attacked him and when I came too I couldn't find him anywhere. Just stay here and tell my mom what happened, I'm gonna go and see if I can find all of them."

"But what about Kai, shouldn't you tell him?"

"If this is as bad as I think it is then I don't have time to go get him, I can handle this one on my own." and so Gohan took off out the door and then took to the skies.

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Master Roshi stood next to the chained down Bulma in a dark room, no doors or windows or light of any kind in sight "So isn't it about time you tell us exactly what it is that you brought us here for? At least let Bulma go, it's not like you have any use for her anyway?"

Bulma nodded "He's right, I mean what good is a delicate flower like myself to the likes of you anyway? It's not like I'm a fighter or anything, all I have going for me are my beauty and my charming personality."

'Seriously why do they keep bothering to kidnap her? You would think her personality would get to them by now.'

"Thank you for being so cooperative, now let us commence the demonstration." this was followed by Bulma being pulled down a trapdoor.

"Oh come on Bulma, it's not like this is your first kidnapping!" Master Roshi found himself lifted by a moving platform into what looked like some sort of combat zone, with three shadowy figures appearing before him "Okay so what now then?"

"Well Master Roshi if you would be so kind as to allow me to introduce you to the future in the form of my state of the art biotechnical warriors, these three being known as Kishime, Misokatsu and Ebifurya! These are perfect warriors trained in all scores of combat and they're itching to show off just what they have learned."

"Yeah well I bet that I can still teach them a thing or two. Alright I'm ready, tell your boys to come at me and give it their best shot."

"That's what I like to hear, I appreciate your enthusiasm, Now then, it's showtime. Let the demonstration begin!" this prompted all of the Bio Warriors to charge forward.

'They're fast!' despite the realization of their levels of skill, Master Roshi began to take evasive maneuvers, dodging and blocking, as well as weaving his way around almost every attack being thrown at him.

"Well I must say that this is quite impressive, I was sure that he would be no match for the power of my Bio Warriors but he actually does appear to be holding his own."

"Yeah you got that right! Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HA!" Master Roshi unleashed a quick Kamehameha blast, only for Kishime and Ebifurya to dodge the attack and for Misokatsun to use his super flexible body to deflect the blast, giving Ebifurya to chance to catch Master Roshi by surprise and pummel him straight into where Kishime was waiting for him and electrocuted him using Electric Whips, causing Master Roshi to cry out in pain and fall to the ground in a smoking heap "What you didn't teach them any manners, you've gotta respect your elders." and then he lost consciousness.

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Bulma was horrified by what she was seeing from where she was chained in the observation room from behind Dr Kochin "What the hell is your problem, how could do do that to an old man like that?!"

Dr Kochin just ignored her "Well it would seem that I was wrong, he was no match for my creations. And to think I was led to believe that he was supposed to be the strongest fighter the world had to offer, such a shame really. I was looking for a challenge."

"Oh yeah the three hundred year old man, Master Roshi isn't even in the top five anymore which is to say that my boyfriend and at least five of my friends are stronger than he is."

"Is that so, and who pray tell would they be?"

"Yes, tell us. Who is the greatest fighter in the world?"

"We are ever so curious."

Bulma blinked "Okay so who the hell is that, show yourself you coward!"

"How dare you speak to Dr Wheelo like that you insolent wench!"

"Dr… Wheelo?"

"That is correct my dear, you are in the presence of greatness. Dr Wheelo and myself happen to be the foremost authority in biotechnology."

"Wait a second, that must mean that you're Dr Kochin! I studied the two of you back when I was in school, you were the ones responsible for the biotechnical controversial experiments at the beginning of the new millennium!"

"That is correct my dear, I must say that I am quite impressed with your knowledge."

"But how the hell could the two of you possibly still be alive? I read that while the two of you were on a research mission in the Tsurumai-Tsuburi mountains you both fell victim to a tremendous avalanche that buried you both alive in ice, and besides that happened over half of a century ago to begin with! There's no way you can be who you claim that you are, Dr Kochin is already dead."

"Yes that is true, we were buried in that avalanche but I can soundly assure you that we managed to survive thanks to the scientific genius of the magnificent Dr Wheelo!" he flipped a switch, revealing the brain of Dr Wheelo trapped inside of a robotic shell in the corner of the room "We persevered and as a result we are both very much alive and well, and now allow me to formally introduce you to the great Dr Wheelo himself!"

Bulma was horrified by what she was seeing "Is that… a brain?"

"The doctor thought that he had succumbed to frostbite after the avalanche in question but his magnificent brain survived intact, it's quite amazing wouldn't you agree?"

"The only thing amazing is how the two of you could manage to sleep at night after pulling all of the horrible things that you have, you don't deserve to call yourselves human!"

"SILENCE! Do you have any idea what his research means to the human race? We have unlocked the secrets of eternal life!"

"What?"

"Enough Kochin, she does not need to know. Now tell us, who is the strongest fighter in the world?"

"Oh get real!" Bulma let out a scoff "Anyone with half a brain cell would know that Son Goku is the strongest!"

"Son Goku you say?"

"Did I stutter? You don't stand a chance against Goku, I say the two of you should just quit while you're ahead!"

"Where is Son Goku right now?"

"How the hell am I supposed to know? He's been gone for days."

"Not true. He is right here." the lights turned on further, revealing Goku down on one knee in front of Dr Wheelo, a strange vein patterned yellow device covering part of his head, the parts that didn't have hair sticking out in the typical ridiculous fashion.

'Goku…'

"The pain and uncertainty within his heart made subduing him that much easier, now he is ours to command."

Kochin let out a chuckle "Imagine the possibilities with the true greatest fighter in the world under our control and combine his might with the greatest scientific mind the universe has ever known, with all of that power at his command. With all of that power Dr Wheelo will be able to rule the world! All will bow before his might and genius in the same way that Son Goku here does!"

Bulma was mortified "You're… You're insane!"

"You should feel honored my dear, you will be the first witness to the dawn of a new era for this world!"

'No…'

"People never understood my genius, they always thought of me as a mad scientist, a lunatic, a monster. Once I transfer my brain into Son Goku's body, I will at last have my revenge."

"But that's just crazy, it'll never work!"

"Be silent!" Kochin let out a snarl "Only a fool would dare to doubt our power, a few days ago the forests surrounding South City were enveloped in a tremendous flame that turned everything to ash. I'm sure you've heard of this event."

"Wait, you mean that was you?!"

"Guilty as charged my dear, it was reported as a bizarre storm or the result of a Solar Flare or something of the sort, you know how the authorities like to keep these things under wraps like that. No one was able to explain it, they had never seen anything like it before. It was the awesome power of our new device that caused all of that delicious chaos, the Planet Geyser! It is this power that will allow us to get our revenge and what happened there is little more than a small sample of the power that we are capable of! We could wipe all traces of life from this entire planet if we so wish and then turn it into a barren wasteland in the blink of an eye, but after all what good would this incredible power be if we didn't leave anyone around to fear it."

"Wait Kochin! Yes, I can sense it! Another powerful life force is approaching the fortress at high speeds."

"Wait a second someone's coming?" Bulma glanced up at the monitors only to be surprised by who was coming "Is that Gohan?!"

"His power is incredible… Son Gohan, he shall serve as fodder for my new power once I have my new body."

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Gohan continued flying across the skies towards the Tsurumai Tsuburi mountains, his mind and heartbeat racing 'Just hang on everyone, I'll be there as soon as I can!' he glanced down at the fortress "Well this a sci fi style evil lair if I've ever seen one. Maybe I should've brought Kai with me."

"Are you the one known as Gohan?"

"Yep that's me. I am Son Gohan, son of Son Goku, now tell me what you did with the friend and teacher of my father, and my father for that matter."

"They're in here with me, if you wish to reclaim them then try and see if you will be able to find them." and then the doors opened for him "Show us how strong you truly are."

"Fine by me. I hope it's warmer inside.' he cranked his neck to the side and dealt Misokatsu a spin kick to the head without even looking, sending him crashing into the icy waters beneath the two of them

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Gohan soon found out the hard way just how cold it really was 'Oh god it's actually colder inside, how is it colder inside?'

"Attention all Bio Warriors, activate search and destroy protocol!"

"Wait what?" Gohan found himself in a large room occupied by what looked like dozens of large metal balls "Hey cool he has a ball pit." and then metal spikes started protruding out of said metal balls "Oh no he has a ball pit." and then he was forced on the evasive in order to avoid being skewered on the spot, only to quickly get frustrated with it once he noticed Misokatsu arrive on the scene "I don't have time for this!" he fired a quick Masenko, annihilating all of them on the spot "And I thought dad said that he had been to the worst ball pit ever."

Unfortunately that backfired when Misokatsu pounced towards him and slugged him in the face, using the smoke as a cover.

Gohan quickly recovered and dodged the counterattack, and then he attempted to deal him a kick to the torso, only to end up stuck inside of his squishy body, much to his disgust "Oh no oh God ew ew it's moist, why is it moist?!" he quickly retreated back down to the ground in order to get a grip 'It's like I'm fighting some kind of disgustingly moist balloon- That's it! Maybe I have been hanging around Kai too much.' he flared his aura and charged into the waiting balloon that was the body of Misokatsu, stretching almost all the way to the top of the room 'And now to finish the plan!' he fired one of the new techniques that Piccolo gave him, this one being the Explosive Demon Wave, and ended up blowing a hole clear through him, causing Misokatsu to deflate like a wet saggy balloon while Gohan himself burst through the ceiling and into the next artificial battle zone in the fortress "Well that was…. Alright who do I beat the air out of next?" he whipped around to find Ebifurya smirking at him from behind, and then proceeded to quickly elbow him in the face, sending him crashing to the ground "Or beat the frozen snot out of you is more like it?"

That was when Kishime attempted to pounce at Gohan, only to end up using some sort of different version of the Afterimage.

'This guy is definitely no amateur, and coupled with the fact that I can't even trace their Ki signatures this one won't be easy-' and then Gohan's thoughts were rudely interrupted out of the blue when Ebifurya and Kishime started double teaming him before he could react, getting slammed into a nearby wall and then electrocuted by Kishime using his Lightning Flash technique, which allowed Ebifurya to freeze him in place, leaving everything but his face covered in a thick layer of ice "Oh my god oh my god it's like the worst part of getting into a pool a thousand times over! And I can't move, that's bad too."

"Well well well Son Gohan, it would appear that you have discovered the special talents of my creations and now there is no chance for you to escape. Now watch as Ebifurya seals you in your frozen grave! Finish him my creation!"

"Great, now what do I do?"

"You get your ass in gear!" that was when Kai suddenly dropped down onto the scene in front of him, with Upa showing up right next to him "Dammit you know I hate it when you snub me like that, but at least the situation you're in now can be sound proof of why that is." he suddenly blitzed behind Ebifurya and dealt him a quick Explosive Demon Wave, blowing his head clean off.

"So where are Tien and Yamcha?"

"Last I heard training in the Arctic." Upa pulled Goku's Power Pole off of his back and then used it to slam Kishimi into the ground, and then proceeded to cut Gohan free of the ice "We couldn't get into touch with them because a certain someone insisted on coming with them."

"And by someone you mean Kai?"

"Well yeah even I know that's obvious." Kai pointed out.

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Dr Wheelo let out a chuckle as he observed them "So much incredible power. I wonder, should I use one of them instead for my new host? No, Son Goku will be more than suitable for my goals After 50 years locked away in an ice hell my dream will finally be made into a reality, with the power of his body at my command the world will grovel before my unrivaled might."

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Kai was charging down the halls at full speed, with Upa and a semi frozen Gohan following not far behind "Come on guys I can sense the others up ahead."

Gohan on the other hand was still shivering "So cold… still wet… frostbite… so much frostbite…"

"Chill the f out Gohan, the cold never killed anyone."

"Hypothermia would beg to differ, and besides how the heck do you even know that we're heading towards my dad and the others?"

"Because I'm sensing a super sinister Ki signature towards the back of the fortress, now let's move it!" and so the three of them pressed forwards.

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Dr Wheelo waited in anticipation for their arrival from within the shadows "Yes that's right fools, run right into my clutches."

It was only a matter of moments before Kai and the others arrived on the scene "Bulma just hang on!"

"Kai!" Bulma lit up when she saw them, only to cringe when he ran straight into the electrified force field surrounding her "Uh, are you okay?"

"What the f*ck do you think? God I'm gonna have some major nerve damage after that, why the hell didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't know that was gonna happen, I haven't tried to break out!"

"Why not?"

"Why do you think, I'm chained here!"

"First of all that wouldn't have stopped me, second of all that's sexy!"

"I'm pretty sure you mean sexist." Gohan pointed out.

"No I mean sexy."

"And I must agree!" that was when Dr Kochin revealed himself "I must commend the three of you for your efforts, to get this far at all."

"Holy crap it's Pinky and the Brain, but why the hell is the Brain the size of a greyhound?"

"Kai!" Gohan rounded on Dr Kochin "Tell me where my father and Master Roshi are, we wanna know and we wanna know now!"

Dr Kochin let out a chuckle "My my such pushy brats aren't you? Well if you're in that much of a rush then Master Roshi is down in our lab, I'm preparing to transform him into one of my Bio Warriors."

"What?! Oh wow Kai you actually weren't kidding, that brain really is the size of a greyhound bus."

"That's not just any bus sized brain." Bulma told them "It's the brain of Dr Wheelo, he's an evil scientist who's not as smart as me that everyone thought was dead over 50 years ago but now he and the old guy are trying to rip off Pinky and the Brain by trying to take over the world!"

"...Oh. Wow."

"Yeah!"

"SILENCE!" Dr Kochin let out an outright snarl "Don't you dare speak that way about the greatest scientific mind this world has ever known!"

"You're both nuts, you only use your genius for personal gain!"

"This coming from the chick who invented the Dragon Radar." Kai pointed out dryly.

"Shut up Kai! Kochin just take a look at how pathetic your so called master is, clinging to life in that little fishbowl! He should've died a long time ago, the world would be better off if he did die back then to begin with!"

"So what then is he plugged into the wall or something?"

"Such naive minds." Kochin let out a chuckle "Together we can do anything. Some have referred to the technology that we have developed over the years as questionable and morally offensive on numerous levels, but the truest scientists are the ones that are removed from history are the ones looked down on as lunatics by the rest of the world around us! Many times throughout it had taken death itself to allow their works to be taken seriously! The body of Dr Wheelo has long since perished due to frostbite from that avalanche, but his mind lives on thanks to the fruit of our scientific efforts! At long last the time has come in which our work will be taken seriously by the rest of the world, not even the avalanche that buried us in ice and snow could thwart our plans! We will achieve world domination once we combine a human body with the biotechnology at our disposal! And now thanks to the reckless ambitions of one Son Goku we have been given another chance, now we have the potential to realize our dreams!"

"With my genius and the power Son Goku at my command, I will become an unstoppable force."

"I don't think so!" Gohan took on a combat stance, with Kai and Upa both doing the same.

"Guys you had better be careful." Bulma told them "All these guys want to do is take Goku's body for themselves."

"It's a painless procedure, but needless to say he will be quite a bit smarter than he is at the moment." Dr Kochin assured "Doesn't that sound nice for him?"

"I don't care what you want to do to him!" Gohan snarled "I'm going to rescue my father and his friends and finish you guys off once and for all!"

"I think not, you will grovel at my feet just as the rest of the world will!" Dr Wheelo suddenly blasted both Gohan and Kai from underground with a mysterious red imprisonment beam of some kind, binding both of them with chains at their ankles and arms.

"The time has come. Kochin, retrieve our volunteer and prepare for the transfer, and make sure that these two do not intervene."

"Stop this, let them go!" Upa charged towards Dr Wheelo and Dr Kochin, only to find himself face to face with Goku, still being controlled by them "Goku we've been looking everywhere for you, so you've been trying to find these guys this whole time!"

"Oh is that what you choose to believe?" Dr Kochin let out a chuckle.

"No what I choose to believe is this!" Gohan let out a roar and broke free of the tractor beam, then pulled Kai out of his.

"Dammit you little brats!"

"Such remarkable strength, to think that such power will be wasted."

"Yeah yeah whatever lets you sleep at night." Kai glanced over at Goku "Hey Goku how's it going, and what's up with the red eyes, oh crap you didn't find my secret stash of brownies under my bed did you?"

"Kai get a grip on what little sanity you actually have!" Gohan quickly dropped into a combat stance "It's Dr Wheelo, he's controlling my dad somehow!"

"You sure because my brownies have similar results most of the time." Kai received a foot to the face from Goku "Okay mind control it is, Upa go try and free Bulma while Gohan and I deal with this." he blasted Goku in the face with an Explosive Demon Wave, sending him skidding backwards but not really hurting him.

Gohan shot Kai a small smirk "Looks like I'm not the only one Piccolo visited in a dream a few nights ago?"

"Nope, you wanna do a double Special Beam Cannon on his ass?"

"No that would take too long to charge. But that gives me an idea, can you hold off my dad for a few minutes?" he leapt back and placed two fingers to his forehead as he began charging his Ki into his fingertips.

"Oh I get what you're getting at." Kai glanced over at where Goku was recovering from the attack and flared his own aura "Alright you stoner haired brownie stealing son of a mother f*cker, come at me!

"Now do you see you worthless little brats?" Dr Kochin let out a cackle "How could anyone dare to doubt our power when even the mighty Son Goku himself bends to our will and follows our every command?"

"Leave Goku alone!" Upa snarled from where he was trying to get Bulma free from her confinement, only to end up getting shocked again "Ow…"

"It's out of my hands now boy, the mighty Son Goku is now a loyal servant as well as a future vessel for the great Dr Wheelo!"

"We'll see about that! SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" with a mighty roar, Gohan unleashed a full power Special Beam Cannon in the direction of Dr Kochin, the excess energy being released ripping apart all of the laboratory equipment that it passed, this being coupled with an excess boost in power from Gohan's rage.

"That power… is this boy a hybrid of some sort?"

"I'm going to make you pay for what you did to my father and to all of my friends, you won't get away with this!"

"You stinking brat, you should know not to but into business that doesn't have anything to do with you." Dr Kochin snarled.

"Be silent Kochin, stop angering the boy."

"Yes you're right Dr Wheelo, I should just kill the boy now!" Dr Kochin suddenly fired his Madness Wand Ki blast from the tip of his cane.

"You think you can just go around all over the place and do whatever you want, well I won't let you!" Gohan deflected the Ki blast and sent out a shockwave, loosening Dr Wheelo from his place in the wall and destroying the lab even further.

'Dammit that little brat!' Dr Kochin reached for his cane amongst the chaos.

That was when Upa kicked it away "Not so tough without your can are you old man, now release your hold on Goku and let the others go."

"I have a better idea." Dr Kochi held up his hand and revealed a machine gun, which he then proceeded to start firing rapidly, only to find that Upa wasn't even scratched "Uh…"

"BOOYAKASHA!" that was when Master Roshi suddenly dropped down onto the scene and severed the machine gun, knocking Dr Kochin to the ground in the process "And that's for ruining my Sunday."

This also caused the mind control device on Goku's head to shatter, which allowed him to come back to reality, albeit with a visible headache "Okay can someone explain to me what's going on?"

"DODGE!" Kai suddenly kicked him in the face "Sorry, force of habit."

That was when a menacing chuckle filled the air, courtesy of Dr Wheelo "This has proven to be very entertaining, I had never anticipated that you would be able to make it as far as you have." and then with an even more menacing chuckle he ripped himself clear out of the wall, or what was left of it, revealing his brain to be simply housed by the massive form of a mechanical body.

"No, no no no no no! DR WHEELO!" during the chaos of the emergence, Dr Kochin was sent falling into the abyss below, his layer of synthetic skin being ripped off by falling debris, revealing his hidden robot body "Dr Wheelo… help me…" and then he exploded.

Dr Wheelo stood in front of the five warriors as well as Bulma in all of his menacing mechanical glory "Hear me Son Goku, once I have taken control of your body I can at last discard any use for this hideous metal shell. Then and only then will I be able to fulfill my destiny and become the greatest scientist the world has ever known!"

"Oh man his power is incredible, and to think this guy was the one that was controlling me before? Well now it's payback time-" Goku suddenly fell to one knee and started coughing up blood.

"Goku you're too badly hurt, just stay back and let us handle this." Upa charged in at full speed towards Dr Wheelo, only to be backhanded to the ground "Ow…"

"Pathetic is the only word I can use to describe you, it will take far more than that to break this shell!"

"Come on now boys!" Kai flared is aura "Let's Kame and Hame and Send him home to Mommy!" he got into a Kamehameha stance, with Gohan and Goku doing the same "Ka… Me… Ha… Me… HAA!" the three of them fired off a combination Kamehameha, the blasts hitting Dr Wheelo dead on, only to not even scratch him "Dammit Gohan you better not have held back!" and then he got backhanded into a wall.

"Oh come on we BOTH know that it was my dad!" and then Gohan got hit by Dr Wheelo's Madness Cannon.

Goku landed on the ground in a sort of sloppy way "Yeah okay it might have been me. What can I say, old habits die hard."

"And we won't die at all, not today at least." Gohan pulled himself out of the rubble "Alright everyone stand back, I'm gonna try something."

"HEY!" that was when Upa suddenly charged at Dr Wheelo, only to get backhanded into a nearby wall, knocking the Power Pole out of his grip.

Gohan caught the Power Pole and blitzed behind Dr Wheelo "Power Pole extend!" he extended the Power Pole and used it to knock Dr Wheelo off of his feet "Now Kai!"

"As if you had to ask!" Kai hit Dr Wheelo from above with another Explosive Demon Wave, engulfing him in an explosion, only to end up being body slammed straight into the ceiling of the fortress "Ow…"

"Kai!" Gohan rounded on Dr Wheelo in his rage "I'm gonna take you down no matter how long it may take me!" he flared his aura, his rage increasing his power as he put both of his hands together, a yellow Ki sphere charging in between his palms as he blitzed past Dr Wheelo, one solid kick managing to take off one of his arms.

"Damn you you little brat, I will not die as easily as that!" Dr Wheelo attacked Gohan by firing another Madness Cannon.

Gohan barely managed to protect himself using a weak Energy Shield "I… won't… quit! I WON'T LET YOU WIN! LIGHT GRENADE!" using all of the Ki that he had been able to muster, Gohan unleashed the ultimate attack that he learned from Piccolo in the form of the Light Grenade.

"Damn you Son Gohan! DAMN YOU!" Dr Wheelo could only roar in fury and agony as he was blasted into the sun by the Light Grenade, effectively vaporizing him upon contact in its flames.

Gohan on the other hand nearly fell over from exhaustion, and he would've if he hadn't been caught by Kai at the last second "Thanks Kai…"

"Just remember this, the next win is gonna be mine, no complaints." Kai told him with a totally straight face.

"Yeah, sure…" and then they both just burst out laughing, before Gohan held out the Power Pole to Goku "Here dad, I think this belongs to you."

Goku gave him a small smile "Actually I was thinking Gohan, maybe you should hold onto it for a little while. You've more than earned it after the way you fought today. I'm proud of you son, really I am."

"Are you serious? Thanks dad this is amazing!" the two of them hugged.

Master Roshi let out a small cough "You know in regards to that Dr Wheelo there's one thing that I did like about him."

"And what would that be?" asked Kai.

"The fact that he and his lap dog thought that I was the strongest fighter in the world, which I admit is rather flattering."

"That's not to say you haven't got some pretty kickass moves, but no one ever bothered to tell him that you're also a dirty old man." and then everyone started laughing.

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Sunset came, and things had died down for everyone after they had returned to their respective homes.

Goku slowly made his way inside the hut that Grandpa Gohan had used to use, finding it as old, creaky and half broken as ever 'I should really make it a habit of cleaning this place a lot more often than I do.' he made his way over to Grandpa Gohan's old bed with a high shelf and picked up what looked like a box and a note 'He put this way too high for me to reach, he must not have wanted me to see this when I was a kid.' he pulled off the note and then began to read it out loud to himself

Dear Goku,

This is something that I wait for the day that you will get the chance to use. If you're reading this then it means that what I fear has come to pass, that I'm gone and that you have to face a very dangerous foe. You've always meant the world to me ever since I found you in that little ship, I love you dearly and I always will and I know things must be hard without me but I know you have the strength to pull through.

Your gifts as a fighter are both a blessing and a hardship, with these capabilities come a great burden and a great responsibility to use them to do what is right. I didn't tell you this when I was still here because I wanted you to have the best life that I could give you. Someday you'll understand, hopefully you will by the time that you read this. I want you to understand that I did this out of love.

"Yeah I know grandpa, I understand now. I just needed some time to process it."

Enter the code 0416 in that miniature safe that I keep under my bed. It's meant to represent April 16, the day that I found you all those years ago. Inside the box you will find something that just might give you the edge that you need. Remember this if nothing else, its power comes from not just the bonds you share with those around you, but your instinct to protect them. It means a lot to me, almost as much as you do. Look after it, and remember this. I'm proud of you my boy, and I love you more than anything.

Love,

Your Grandpa Gohan

Goku wiped away a few tears as he pulled out the miniature safe, put in the combination and opened it, revealing a long golden colored object "A Power Poll?" he pulled it out of its carrier case, went outside and tried testing it out a little bit, accidentally slicing through both a boulder and the tree behind it "Woah. This is gonna be good."

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3 more days passed in the blink of an eye, and the time to see the four heroes off to Planet Namek had come at long last.

Yamcha, clad in a white martial arts outfit with gray trousers, glanced up at the massive ship on the beach in front of Kame House "Hey Bulma are you sure that this thing is gonna be able to get us all the way to Planet Namek?"

"You know Yamcha that's quite the snazzy outfit." Bulma made her way out of Kame House in an astronaut suit with a new haircut "You realize that it's freezing in space, I had figured that you would take your packing choices a little bit more seriously like I did. Hell I even cut my hair for this trip!" this was followed by Kai stepping out dressed in his typical crimson red martial arts gi.

"I almost did too." that was when Gohan showed up with Goku and Chichi, clad in a little suit and a bow tie that made everyone burst out laughing "I know I know, rub it in."

Chichi let out a sigh "I wanted to style his hair too but he wouldn't let me, and I wanted to give him the cutest little bowl cut too."

"You're welcome." was all that Kai said on that matter.

"Say whatever you will but I still think that he looks like a perfect little gentlemen, he's going to make quite the impression."

"And I think that you're acting like you're on meth, what do you think we're doing auditioning for intergalactic Glee Club?"

"Alright enough of that." that was when Tien and Upa made their way out of Kame House "We're counting on the four of you, if there are Dragon Balls on Namek."

"Yeah we got you." Yamcha and Tien quickly shook on it "Hey maybe when we get back I can teach you how to use the Kaioken."

"Alright enough small talk." Bulma glanced up at the ship "Piccolo." and then the platform opened up and she hopped on, with Yamcha doing the same.

Gohan quickly followed Kai onto the platform as well "Well I guess it's time. See you later everyone, I promise we'll be back really soon."

"Piccolo." and then the ship closed on them, taking the four of them inside the ship, giving them the chance to see it in all of its glory.

Yamcha looked around in awe "You know this is kind of exciting isn't it? Hey Bulma so where should we but our stuff?"

"Don't know, don't care." Bulma strapped herself in "Now sit down, strap in and shut the hell up, and be quick about it."

"...Yeah works for me." and so Yamcha did as she said.

Gohan blinked "Is it just me or is she in a bad mood?"

"Don't worry about that, it's probably just her time of the month." Kai dodged a book being thrown at his head.

Bulma got the controls ready for launch "Alright get ready guys, we launch in five seconds. Our destination: Planet Namek. 4… 3… 2… 1." and then the ship took off.

"Wait Bulma hold on a second, we're not ready yet! Is this payback for the crack about you being on your period?"

Gohan blinked "What are you guys talking about?"

"I'll tell you when you're older!"

"We're the same age!"

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Master Roshi and the others watched from back on Earth "Wow those boys weren't kidding around when they said that the spaceship was fast, they're almost out of sight already."

Goku nodded and just glanced back at the Gold Power Pole strapped to his back 'I'd better get some serious training in with this thing while they're gone, and maybe teach Tien and Upa a thing or two about the Kaioken. If anything else happens like Dr Wheelo then it's just the three of us.'

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Still acting pissed off, Bulma got up and turned back to the others "You guys are free to move around now if you want, things should run more smoothly now that we've left the Earth's atmosphere." she started walking towards the back room.

"Really so soon, hey babe where are you going?" asked Yamcha.

"If you really must know then I'm gonna go and change my clothes." and she made her way into the back room, slamming the door behind her.

"So what into pajamas or something?"

"You don't have to sugarcoat it for us." Kai pointed out "If you wanna say that she brought lingerie then just say so."

"Not every kid your age is as f*cked up as you."

"This is also true."

"Now that I think about it I think I forgot to bring anything to sleep in."

"Just do what I do."

"Not everyone sleeps in their gi."

"Well I like the natural musk. Musk. Musk."

"Stop saying musk."

"Stop eating my brownies from under my bed. Anyway what about you Gohan?"

"Pajamas were the first thing that I packed this morning." Gohan took off his bag and started removing his hideous suit.

"I was wondering how long you were gonna look like a gay stripper."

"I don't understand half of the things that you say but I only kept that on for launch, I have another thing that I could change into later but I didn't want my mom to be able to see it before we left." he pulled something out of his bag and put it on, revealing a gi identical to the one that he had worn in the battle with Vegeta and Nappa.

Yamcha gave a small smile "Looks like you really do have a lot of respect for Piccolo don't you?"

"Oh yeah, almost as much as I do for dad."

"Yeah yeah good for you." that was when Bulma came back out clad in a perfectly fitting black jumpsuit covering her entire body with a yellow tunic over it, as well as orange boots and a red hairband.

"Wow Bulma those are some really funny looking pajamas, they don't really look that comfortable you know."
"These aren't my pajamas you little runt, I was just tired of being the only person on this entire ship who gave enough of a damn to dress appropriately for the mission at hand!" she let out a very menacing sounding chuckle.

"...So guys did we do something to upset her? I'm really confused right now." he received only two simultaneous sighs from Kai and Yamcha.

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With a mighty blast from its engine, the borrowed Namekian spaceship has at last begun its long journey home, taking Gohan, Kai, Yamcha and Bulma on board coming along for the ride. Unfortunately these four are blissfully unaware of the dangers that are lying in wait for them, next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!

A/N:

First off, let me just say that I do not apologize for my references to DBZ Abridged in any way, shape or form.

So now in this story, Gohan, Kai, Bulma and Yamcha will be going to Namek to find their Dragon Balls while Goku, Tien and Upa stay behind for the time being. I was originally going to have Tien go to Namek and Yamcha come with Goku but I decided to switch them around to give Tien some much needed development considering how Dragon Ball Super treats him. Also, in regards to this and adding onto that last little tidbit from the end of the chapter, I'm going to use the month before he goes to Namek to teach Tien and Upa how to use the Kaioken.

Like I mentioned before, Goku is going through a period of processing and grieving in regards to finding out about the Great Ape transformation and killing Grandpa Gohan, hence why he decided to stay back on Earth.

What I'm doing with the human characters is actually part of a system that I'm developing in regards to them all receiving a fair amount of development throughout the story:

Yamcha: had him die and go with Goku to train under King Kai for a year before the Saiyans arrived, which eliminated the iconic pose and gave it to Krillin instead. Also I gave him the Kaioken and currently a power level of over 7,000 in his base form.

Tien: I'm having him stay behind so that he can go to Namek with Goku and train with him during the trip. Like I said he's been treated horribly by Dragon Ball Super.

Krillin: Unfortunately since he's dead in this arc he won't be able to do that much aside from train with King Kai along with Chiaotzu and Piccolo. But he will get his time to shine when the Android threat rolls around.

Upa: I have plans for both him during the Namek Saga, he won't exactly be part of the main action like the battle with Frieza but I can assure you that he'll get some screen time of his own.

In case it wasn't clear, a good chunk of this chapter was based around most of the events of the second movie, The World's Strongest. I decided to have the events take place during the 10 days before they launch for Namek because that seemed like the best place for that to happen.

Gohan, Kai and somewhat Upa are the main heroes in this scenario, with Goku being the one brainwashed by Piccolo to fill the void left behind by Piccolo's death. I cut out Tien and Yamcha from the events from the movie in order.

I always wondered, since Goku was able to basically read Krillin's mind on Planet Namek and Guru was able to awaken hidden powers and see into the past through their minds, was it possible for Namekians to be able to transfer information into the minds of others? Well in this fic it is, this may not be the last time I use this ability, just a heads up.

I know Dr Wheelo was originally killed by Goku's Spirit Bomb, but to add that in now would just turn it into a cheap way of having Goku steal the win from Gohan and Kai, so instead I had Gohan's Light Grenade blast him into the sun.

The idea for a golden Power Poll that Grandpa Gohan used to use powered by the bonds that Goku shares with his friends and family and his desire to protect them is actually an idea that I came up with while watching a few episodes of Fairy Tail, which also might be why I'm making Kai act as insane as everyone in that series typically is. Also, the dialogue in the letter from Grandpa Gohan is based on a scene from the Max Steel 2013 series.

Now then, onto an idea that I want your opinions on. It's not guaranteed to be in this story, it's just a rough idea. What would you guys think of a pairing between Launch and Android 17? See the idea for this came to me because Launch was just shoved out of the series and forgotten, and we never got to see Android 17's family in Dragon Ball Super, both of these things being extremely unfair.

Power levels:

Goku: 10,000

Goku (brainwashed): 14,000

Goku (post brainwashing, wounded): 7,000

Gohan (calm): 5,000

Gohan (full power): 7,500

Gohan (enraged): 20,000

Kai (post training): 4,800

Biomen: 70

Misokatsu: 6,900

Ebifurya: 10,200

Kishime: 9,300

Dr Kochin: 40

Dr Wheelo: 15,000