Author's note: I have to clarify to my readers that the use of the name Khami instead of Kami was intentional. This was so because the japanese word Kami translates to God.
And I don't believe in likening any image or form to God. God is beyond our imagination.
Saiyans' Cup of Coffee
Khami stood thinking with Mr Popo at his side. The old green man was weighing the pros and cons of allowing Goku to undertake the 'special' training.
Goku sat in wait.
Meanwhie, the other earth's fighters were having a hard time completing the task assigned to them by Mr Popo.
"Oh man," said Tien, literally crawling on the ground now. "Just a little more..." he said, agonizingly close to completing his ten rounds. "There!" he exclaimed as he touched the starting point with his fingers.
Krillin, Yamcha, Yajirobe and Chiaotzu were still much behind. The four had stopped moving and were lying flat on the ground, exhausted.
Khami turned towards Goku, having finally made his decision. "After discussing the matter thoroughly with Mr Popo I have decided to allow you to visit the legendary martial arts master, King Gai," he said.
Goku looked ecstacic. "Thanks, Khami!" he exclaimed.
Khami gave a smile to his former pupil. "Mr Popo," Khami said. "You may as well let Goku have a look at my spaceship."
"As you say," Mr Popo replied.
"Woah!" exclaimed Goku. "I didn't know you had a spaceship, Khami!"
First time in space!..This was going to be so exciting.
The cry of a rooster woke up Gohan early in the morning. He rubbed his eyes. "Where am I?" he wondered before the events of the previous day came flashing back in his mind. He groaned and sat up.
The boy walked outside the cave to urinate.
He felt slightly strange to walk, finding it difficult to keep his balance. He looked behind him and found out that his tail had gone. 'Oh well,' he thought. 'It will grow back.'
When he walked back inside the cave he found, to his surprise, a stack of clothes there.
There were two shirts and two pants. One pair was an orange gi like his dad and the other was a purple gi.
Beside the stack of clothes there was a carrying bag and a sheathed long object.
"Woah," Gohan said as he held the long object and unsheathed it. "A sword!" The blade of the weapon shone brightly.
...
Piccolo stood on a cliff. 'I am feeling more generous than I have felt in my whole life,' he thought. 'Atleast the kid can't say I never gave him anything.'
Khami's place
Krillin, Tien, Yamcha, Chiaotzu and Yajirobe slept soundly. The group lay on mattresses on the floor of the store room.
RING! RING!
Krillin raised his hand and turned off the alarm clock. He turned to his side, preparing to go back to sleep when...
The door of the store room creaked open. Krillin could make out the outline of... 'Mr Popo?' he thought.
.
BAM!
Krillin came rushing outside, holding his head.
BAM!
Yamcha followed.
BAM!
BAM!
BAM!
Tien, Chiaotzu and Yajirobe were literally thrown out.
Tien stood up, angry, holding his face. "Why you?" he growled.
A furious Mr Popo walked out of the store room with a cane in his hand. "Didn't I tell you the first rule of Popo's training?" he asked.
Krillin nodded. "Y-yes sir... Early to bed and early to rise makes a man more efficient in fight."
Mr Popo smiled. "Good, Krillin," he said. "You will get two extra steaks in lunch."
Yajirobe's jaw dropped open.
Two months later...
Space
Goku stood with his wife Chichi, staring out of the window in Khami's spaceship. Mr Popo had put the ship on auto-pilot for King Gai's planet. He had also given them an instruction manual on how to operate the ship.
Goku had brought the heaviest weights available on Khami's place with him. He had trained every single day. He had to, since it would take him one more month to get to King Gai's planet.
He had brought Chichi with him, not wanting to leave her alone without her husband and son.
The spaceship moved on...
Splash!
Gohan rose from the water with a huge flailing fish in his arms. "Gotcha!" he exclaimed.
...
Gohan dragged the fish with him. The boy stopped near a tree and took out his sword.
"HYA!"
In the span of a few seconds, there lay a stack of chopped wood, thanks to his sword strikes.
The boy then used a couple of stones to ignite some wood and began to cook his meal.
Piccolo exchanged punches with his sparring partner who was none other than... Piccolo himself.
"Rah!" Piccolo finally got a punch through. His clone was pushed back.
"Destructive wave!" The clone shouted and threw an energy wave at him.
Piccolo crossed his arms in front of his face as the blast collided with him.
Smoke cleared but it showed that Piccolo was unharmed. Both the Piccolos grinned at each other.
Khami stood watching over the group of Earth's fighters as they worked out with their weighted clothings on.
"Seventy one! Seventy two! S-seventy three!" said Yamcha, struggling to reach to the hundred push-ups assigned to him.
Yajirobe bathed in sweat, shaking with effort. He had lost many kilos in the past two months but still the training didn't seem to get any easier. He had been assigned pull-ups of all exercises.
Krillin was currently sparring with Mr Popo. He didn't know if it was the weighted clothing or Mr Popo was actually this fast as he struggled to even touch Mr Popo.
"Too slow," Mr Popo remarked, hopping above a sweeping kick from Krillin. He than kicked Krillin on the face. Krillin fell backwards, exhausted from his efforts.
Tien was lifting weights while Chiaotzu counted. Chiaotzu had been assigned counting so as to improve his mental skills. He had often been paralysed mid-fight by a mathematical problem posed to him in the past!
On a distant planet...
Two pods landed with a huge sound. Vegeta and Nappa walked out a minute later.
Nappa pressed a button on his scouter. "Looks like a city is nearby," he said.
Vegeta smirked coldly.
...
Hordes of customers sat chatting when the door of the cafe opened and in walked a couple of strange looking guys.
The two strangers went and sat around a table.
"Hey, waiter!" the big bald guy yelled. "Bring us two cups of coffee and a plate of every dish you got here."
...
Vegeta and Nappa stood up, having ate to their heart's content. The two began to walk towards the exit.
"Hey, wait!" yelled the cafe manager. "You haven't paid the bill yet."
Vegeta smirked. "Oh, we are so sorry," he said. He than raised a finger and pointed at the manager.
BANG!
Blood spew from the manager's forehead. He fell to the ground, lifeless.
Immediately the security surrounded the two Saiyans. All of them pointed their guns at them.
Nappa chuckled. "Worms," he said. The bald man collected energy around his hand and then raised two of his fingers.
DHISHOOOOM!
Nothing but flames surrounded the two as Nappa chuckled at his handiwork.
Vegeta didn't look so pleased. "Oh come on, Nappa. Why would you have to blow up the place? You know we don't get to eat this good very often."
Nappa looked down. "Sorry, Vegeta."
Vegeta chuckled.
The two started to walk. Suddenly the sounds of helicopters could be heard.
RATTATATAT!
A spray of bullets showered upon the two but Vegeta and Nappa stood unfazed, the bullets merely bouncing off their bodies.
Vegeta smirked. "Looks like their military has arrived."
Nappa growled, shaking with anger. He was irritated by this. "I AM GONNA KILL YOU!" He jumped up and tore through the nearest helicopter like it was made of paper. It exploded with a huge sound. A second helicopter suffered the same fate.
The rest of the flying vehicles now began to move away. The airforce was realising how futile their efforts were and were now focused on saving themselves.
But there was no escape.
Nappa was too fast. The bald Saiyan followed them and made sure to rip every helicopter apart.
Smoke filled the air as debris of the destroyed vehicles showered down.
Vegeta stood with his arms crossed, his face expressionless.
A man fell to the ground in front of him. He grabbed Vegeta's foot, weeping with pain. "Help me," he pleaded, looking into Vegeta's cold eyes.
Vegeta raised his finger and pointed at the man.
SPLACK!
The man's head exploded in a gorey mess, bits of his brain staining Vegeta's boots..
Nappa landed beside Vegeta.
The bald Saiyan rotated his arm. "Feels good to have some exercize," he said. "Hey, Vegeta. Why don't we have some practice before we get to planet Earth?"
Vegeta grinned up at him. "Sure. Go ahead."
DISHOOOM!
BAM!
KRAAAAKHG!
Multiple explosions shook the land.
Vegeta and Nappa walked towards their spacepods. The two had succeeded in killing all the people of the planet. Men, women, children... no one was spared.
Nappa had clicked multiple photos of the planet and noted its address. They would sell it later after their return from Earth.
With a huge sound both the spacepods took off into space.
One month later... (Three months post Raditz)
Goku's spaceship approached a green planet. The planet looked puny! Soon the spaceship landed.
"You stay here while I go and check out this place," Goku said to his wife. "If anything happens to me don't hesitate to go back to Earth. Here, take this instruction manual."
With that, Goku opened the spaceship's door and jumped outside. The door shut behind him.
Goku was feeling slightly different. He felt... heavy?
"OH MAN!" Goku could no longer control himself as he plummeted downwards and crashed facefirst into the ground. "What is this place?" he asked to himself.
To be continued...