Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Clouded Eyes ❯ Holding back ( Chapter 3 )

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Clouded Eyes Chapter 3 Holding back I don't own DBZ .oOo. Hybrid found it easy to get up that morning. He was excited to see Goku's fighting style. He was unsure of how powerful Goku actually was, and Vegeta too. They had both hid their power level while he was with them yesterday. He got up and patted his hair down. He went to get his clothes, and decided to wear the dark blue Gi for his first day of training. Hybrid got his shoes on and walked to his door and opened it. He was a little skittish at first. He poked his head out, and looked both ways. He then slowly turned around and closed the door slowly and quietly. He tip toed to the bathroom where he planned on getting the rest of the way ready. Chichi had bought them several items, not just clothes. Tooth brush, their own shampoos and body washes. Slippers and a robe, hair brush and stuff to put under his arms to make him not smell so bad. Apparently he did not smell good at all, because if the other stuff was not enough she bought him some 'cologne'. He was not going to lie, all the stuff sounded a little feminine. He left the bathroom and almost ran into Dende. He grinned, "I hope you have not been waiting long." Hybrid said. Dende smiled, "Nope, I have been too busy thinking about how nervous I am. Last time I remember, Goku was very strong. If not the strongest man in the universe." Dende said. "Really? He seems so goofy!" Hybrid asked. "Yup, they say that he has grown to be very kind hearted, and does not kill unless it is needed." Dende said. "Wow... I had no idea." Hybrid said. "Anyways, I gotta get ready or I will be behind! You were just up early to make sure you got the bathroom first!" Dende said. Hybrid nodded and chuckled. "How'd you guess?" He asked. Hybrid walked back to the room and he looked at the clock. He recalled Goku coming up and telling them that breakfast was served at 5:00 in the morning and they would train after breakfast. They said they would stop for lunch which was about 11:00 and then dinner was at 5:30. They would train after each meal and then take showers after and get ready for bed, or at least that was the generic plan. The weekend was when they would settle down a little and Hybrid and Dende would meet more friends of Goku's and then Chichi would teach them about human history. After two weeks of that He would go train with Vegeta every other day or so. Chichi would not allow any sooner because of the new addition to the family. He loved the thrill of training so much, it was what he knew and what he had become good at. In his spare time he would read the books in the room and hopefully impress himself and Chichi. He took pride in the fact that he was a quick learner. Hybrid looked at the clock and sighed, It was 4:55 so he decided to get up and go down to the kitchen. He then heard a knock on the door. He opened it, he was already almost near the door anyways. He opened the door wide and saw Dende who was also dressed in his purple training clothes. "You ready?" Dende asked. Hybrid nodded and they both left the room to go down stairs. .oOo. Goku and Chichi were already in the kitchen when they boys walked in. Chichi was at the oven and she turned around with two huge plates of their breakfast. They both sat down and Chichi brought them both the plates. "Thank you!" They both said at the same time. "I'm not done with you yet Hybrid." Chichi Laughed. She brought two more plates in front of him. Then she went back and got two more for Goku. "I know you will need more, but you see we don't have a large enough table." Chichi said. Hybrid looked at the plates in front of him. They had stacks of pancakes so high he wondered how she was able to carry them in one hand without dropping them all. A half a plate of scrambled eggs and on the other side was four biscuits and gravy. The other plate had a ton of potatoes, bacon and sausage. It was all piled high as far as it could go. It had been a long time since he had meals that were delicious and big like the ones Chichi made. It made him wonder what life would be like if he had never been abducted. He frowned and took the last bite of bacon, 'I would have been either lazy or more of a nerd than I am now.' Hybrid thought. Goku looked at the boys, "Are you two ready?" He asked. Both of the boys nodded and got up from their seats. They followed Goku out the front door and walked out into the woods, far away from the house. Then they started to run. They followed Goku as he ran. "I am going to make sure that you guys have a equal training experience. So Piccolo is going to help too!" Goku said. Hybrid and Dende nodded in response. "That sounds great! Piccolo is a strong Namek, I would like to fight him if that is okay!" Dende said. Goku smiled and turned to look at Dende, "Of course!" Goku said. They reached a huge meadow, it was all flat in the clearing, mountains and trees surrounded all around the perimeter. It was beautiful. The river was near by, the sound of flowing water echoed clearly. "Are you guys ready?" Goku asked. Without an answer he threw a punch towards Hybrid. Hybrid just about got hit in the gut but he dodged and retaliated with a quick punch to the chest. Goku was too fast though, hybrid did not finish through with the punch. They jumped into the air, and flew around trying to dodge one another. They were throwing furious punches, faster than the normal eye could see. Hybrid shot back and threw his hands to each of his sides, palms were up and mass amounts of energy flowed through his palms. He then threw it all towards Goku. Goku flicked his wrist and hit the energy ball away from him. As he did that he looked back to were Hybrid was. He was gone. But his power was coming from the same spot he was at. Goku looked around, confused. He had never seen anything like that before. Behind him Hybrid kicked into his back. Goku fell from the sky and hit the ground. But he was not on the ground too long, he jumped from the hole he made and and flew up fast. He threw some energy balls at Hybrid. He dodged them all except the last one. He was shocked for a minute. It was very powerful. Once he regained his thoughts, he felt Goku coming from above him. He looked up and grabbed Goku's punch, and kneed his stomach. Goku gasped in pain, but he continued to dodge Hybrid's attacks though. Hybrid sent a combination of kicks and punches Goku's way, and dodged the ones Goku was returning. This went on for sometime. Goku kicked Hybrid hard to the gut, and Hybrid fell just as hard to the ground. He looked up at Goku and growled a little. That one hurt pretty bad. He created some energy balls and started shooting them towards Goku. Goku dodged each one. While continuing to shoot energy at Goku he flew up fast into the sky near Goku and a blast blew into Goku's face. Hybrid had caught Goku off guard and elbowed his shoulder hard. Goku began to fall from the sky once again but he stopped himself before he hit the ground. He quickly put his hands together and and got into his familiar stance. He called out as a mass amount of energy formed in his hands and let loose. "Kamehameha!" Hybrid tried to dodge the attack, but it did not work this time. As large as it was, it was also very quick. He then set his hands straight out in from of him and tried to push it back at Goku. He stopped it and then sent energy to his hands and pushed. It started to go back towards Goku. Goku pushed harder, and it crashed back in Hybrid's face. Hybrid fell from the sky. He hit the ground, and he did not get up. Goku flew down and walked over to the boy. He was shocked to see how powerful he actually was. Goku was debating on going super saiyan for the last minute before he used his signature attack. The rubble of Earth around the fall spot began to move and Hybrid forced himself up, his power was flowing around him and it was starting to turn, like a twister. Shocks of electricity hit around the surrounding areas. Goku looked at Hybrid to see if he had gone super saiyan. He was shocked to see that he had not, he held such enormous power in the twister that he was sure he had gone super. Hybrid smirked and grew energy balls in his hands he threw them into the twister around him. All of a sudden he crossed his arms and then chopped them out with energy balls on the palms throwing the balls of energy and the twister towards Goku. Goku gawked at the twister with shock at first. He had never seen an attack like it. It hit him and he felt cuts form over his whole body. Goku felt himself begin to weaken, he was attempting to dodge whatever was hitting him. That did not work, so he tried to fly out. That was also a huge fail. Goku closed his eyes and calmed his mind, he looked for a weak point. At the end of the twister was a place where he almost thought he could grab. So he tried, and it worked he swung himself and made the twister fly around him, he then aimed the twister back at Hybrid. Hybrid was the one who was shocked now. He got caught in his own twister of energy. The same thing happened to him, he felt the cuts all over his body and then he powered his Ki out, the twister began to stop. But he did not expect his own energy balls to crash into him. He made the balls strong to do some damage, Goku seemed to have dodged those, Hybrid was not so lucky. He felt like a fool for letting himself get caught in his own attack. The twister stopped and Hybrid fell to the ground with a loud thud. He immediately regretted making the energy balls at all. He tried to get up but all he could manage for the moment was getting to his knees. He saw Goku walk over to him slowly. He knew that he had not used the last of his energy to stop his own attack. He did not want to show Goku his true powers though, something inside him was telling him not to. Even though he wanted to continue, to prove to the man in front of him that he was not weak, he chose to stay on the ground in defeat. It was a hard feeling to explain but he did not wish to continue. He knew one thing for sure, he was scared to show anyone. He got to his right knee and saw Goku was standing right next to him now. He was finished, he lowered his head to stare at the ground to show his defeat. Goku held out his hand near Hybrid. Hybrid looked up slowly. He was not sure what Goku wanted to do. "You know, You are stronger than you look, and you look like a strong kid!" Goku smiled at Hybrid and laughed. Hybrid smiled back, "Thanks... You are stronger than you look too, way stronger." He replied. "I know, now don't be a sore loser, take my hand, I'll help you to the tree." Goku said. Hybrid nodded and took his hand. He left go of Goku's hand and he helped himself to the tree, he could be very stubborn at times. "Were did you learn that attack you used on me Goku?" Hybrid asked. "Master Roshi. He helped train me when I was a boy." Goku said. He looked at the boy as he sat down at the trunk of the tree, his new fighting clothes ripped and torn, blood trickled down his lip and down many deep cuts on his body. "I'll have to pass it down and teach you it." Goku said. Hybrid looked at Goku, "Really?" He smirked, he was excited because that attack held so much power, and Goku was not even tired after he used it. In the back of his thoughts he found himself wondering why Goku wanted to teach him such a powerful attack. It confused him a little. "Of course. I'm sure you will learn it easy." Goku said, "Now what about that twister attack? That almost scared me for a minute! Where on Earth did you learn that?" Goku did not realize the expression he used was an Earth saying. "No where near Earth I assure you that." Hybrid chuckled, "I learned it from Tritechians, they are a race that focused on the bond between energy and the land. I can create fire sparks, use water, wind and as you could see electricity as well." Hybrid said. "They are not a particularly strong race but they have some attacks that could really damage someone if they had enough energy to do so." Hybrid said. "That was right before you came to Namek, right?" Dende asked, "I remember you were practicing them all the time." Hybrid smiled at his friend and nodded, he felt comfortable talking about fighting, he enjoyed the feeling after sparing, and the thrill of a fight. He was truly calm after sparing. "That was pretty spectacular." Piccolo said looking at the group from the trees. "Hey Piccolo! I did not see you there!" Goku said. "Well everyone who can since any amounts of energy noticed you two sparing, that is for sure." Piccolo said. "I'm surprised everyone is not running here to see if the androids have come early." Goku laughed loudly. "Yea, we were having some fun weren't we?" Hybrid smiled at his fighting spirit. He could feel how much he truly loved to fight. "Yea, says the one who won!" Hybrid smirked. Goku laughed again. "Your right, that might be why." "Now what about that attack that had your energy in one spot and you in a different?" Goku asked. "I learned it from a female who helped take care of me when I was taken. I honestly have no idea what she race was." Hybrid said. "Traveling around so much does have it's benefits." "Wow! You are going to have to teach us that one! How about it, you teach me that, and I will teach you the Kamehameha wave and my instant transmission." Goku said. Hybrid nodded, "Yea... that sounds good to me." Hybrid had never taught anyone anything before. Goku looked at Dende and Piccolo. "You guys wanna have a go at it while we take a break?" Goku asked Piccolo. Both Dende and Piccolo nodded and began to spar. Hybrid was sitting under a tree and he leaned back. He noticed a huge hole in the tree, an unnatural hole than was to the right side and went all the way through. Goku sat next to Hybrid and noticed what he was looking at. "I have lived here with Chichi since we got married. I did not know what she meant by 'married' when it happened, but it has been one of the best decision of my life. We have a lot of memories here." Goku said. Hybrid looked at him, wondering where he was going with it. "I see you noticed that hole." Goku pointed up. Hybrid nodded. "Well that is one of my memories." Goku said. Hybrid looked interested so he continued. "You see, I was never really a good father, I was young and I did not know a thing, even less than I do now!" Goku and Hybrid chuckled. "I was pushing my son Gohan in his stroller when I accidently let go, I did not think it would get away from me and pick up speed. I was a lot slower then than I am now. So I chased after it. I was so scared when I saw the stroller hit a log and my son was flung out of the stroller." Goku paused. Hybrid's eyes were wide and an awkward thought popped into his head, 'I thought he said his son was kidnapped...' "Well... He ended up doing this crazy power thing and he busted right through the tree, without a scratch, just scared as hell." Goku laughed. Hybrid's jaw literally dropped. "Wow! How old was he?" Hybrid asked. "He was almost two." Goku said, "At that point I knew even though he was only part saiyan that he may be the strongest man in the world one day." Hybrid looked down, he felt bad. He knew how it felt to loose someone. "You know he could be out there... He might be looking for you." Hybrid said. Goku looked up at the tree once again. "I have searched all over for him. But you know, your right. I have never met any other saiyans or those one things you were talking about earlier!" Goku smiled, "I normally go look around this time, but Chichi needs me, and so does my planet. How is he supposed to come home if it gets destroyed while he is gone?" Goku laughed. Hybrid could see his pain behind his kind eyes though. He almost went out and put his hand on his shoulder, but he was rather distant when it came to physical contact. "When I leave here I will look for him too." Hybrid said, it was the only kind words he could offer Goku. Goku looked at the boy next to him and smiled. "I might come with you for a little while, if you wouldn't mind. You could show me a little bit about the worlds out there. I'll help save planets, and look for your mother with you." Goku laughed. Hybrid almost smiled, but he knew that Goku had his own issues on Earth that may prevent that from actually occurring. It was a nice gesture though, Hybrid had never had a father figure he could remember before, and Goku was slowly turning into a man that he felt like he could look up to. "That sounds great Goku." Hybrid said without a smile, but he held a hint of happiness in his eyes. Piccolo and Dende came and sat next to the two saiyans breathing heavily, they had some scratches on them as well. "I think I could get used to this!" Dende said as he laid back on the grass. He looked at Goku and Hybrid. "So... I was wondering, why did Bulma's baby Trunks have a tail? None of the saiyans I have met have had a tail." Dende said. Goku smiled at him, "Mine got cut off." Goku laughed, "So I did have one! You see they turn us into a... a well... a big monkey!" Goku explained. Dende looked at Goku liked he was crazy. "Really?" Goku laughed again, "Yup, in my case anyways I was a huge, out of control monkey." "How did you lose your tail?" Hybrid asked. "Well a namek named Kami removed it! But I had it grown back a time or two. From what I know that does not happen very often. Vegeta lost his and it never grew back. So it might depend on the saiyan, I truly have no answers for that though." Goku looked at Hybrid, "I don't see your tail, how did you lose yours?" Goku asked. Hybrid's face turned grim. "It was a long time ago, I am not sure if I remember." A lie, that is what that statement was. Hybrid remembered the loss of his tail like it had happened yesterday. Hybrid did not like going to that memory at all, he may have been young but it was a painful memory that he couldn't escape from. The first time he transformed was a year after he was kidnapped by Raditz. Frieza had beat on him everyday. If it was not him, he had someone else do it for him. Hybrid quickly learned to fight back, but most of the time he would always end up in the regeneration tank. He was out on his first planet, and Frieza was beating on him, he was telling him to listen to him and to kill all the people. It was a warrior planet, so the planet purging was taking longer than it normally would have. Hybrid refused no matter how badly he was bleeding and how much it hurt. That's when the full moon of the planet came out. Frieza had noticed him beginning his transformation when he threw him out into a brawl of fighters. He did not remember anything after that, at least not of the killing. He woke up without a tail, and covered in blood that was not his own. He was naked, and he could hear people crying. Frieza's men cheered as they began to kill of the rest of the planet. Hybrid did not see any male warriors anymore. Only unrecognizable corpses swimming in blood on the ground around him. Hybrid became lost in his memories... He heard Frieza's cold laugh and he turned towards it. He was in front of two soldiers holding onto a female soldier from his own army. "Now now Yui, that was not very nice, was it?" Frieza said. Yui tried to struggle, she was beaten so badly that she could barley open her eyes. She looked pathetic as she struggled to break free of the two other soldiers. "He does not need to be out here killing. He is too kind." She spit at Frieza. Frieza was irritated now, he took two fingers and wiped off the spit. "No need to keep the traitor alive. I will teach him to be ruthless without his tail." Frieza said. Hybrid watched as Frieza used his hand and ripped through her stomach. Her scream ran through Hybrid's mind. He watched as he slowly drew his hand back from her body, her blood gushing from the wound and down his arm. He smirked as he looked at his now bloody hand. "I rather enjoyed that." He said and then turned away. "Kill her and take the boy back to the ship. Make sure he does not do anything stupid." He told the soldiers. He then turned to Hybrid before he got into his ship, "Good job, Hybrid." Hybrid broke down and cried as he watched them kill Yui with a swift knife to the throat. She was the woman who had taken care of him when Frieza beat him down. She was there to save him several times, and he couldn't find the power to get up, all he could do was cry because she was already dead. The memory was abruptly stopped when he felt a strong hand rest upon his shoulder. He looked into the eyes of Goku, he was smiling. "Don't think yourself into a coma, I don't even remember how it was while I was the ape, I just remember what people told me!" Goku said. Hybrid pushed his sad memory aside for now, he nodded. "Your right, so what now?" Hybrid asked. Goku and Hybrid's stomach simultaneously growled loudly. "I think that answers that question!" Dende said. They all got up and began to run back towards Goku's house. They dodged trees as they ran, Hybrid was trying to keep up with Goku. He was a fast man, Hybrid's mind began to wander off a bit. He knew now that Goku was strong, he now believed that it was Goku who had fought Frieza. He wished he could have been there. He would have made sure that he was dead. He would have ripped off his head and smashed it in his bare hands. He wouldn't have ever shown mercy to that monster. That's when it hit him, not a thought- but a tree. Hybrid watched as the tree crashed down. He looked around and saw Dende and Goku laughing. Piccolo only had a smile on his face, but he could tell that he thought it was just as hilarious. He blushed a deep shade of red. It did not hurt at all, but his pride was bruised. It was not in his character to get caught in thought so easily. He sighed, "I- uh... Didn't see it there..." Hybrid said and he put his hand behind his head. "What? Did it just pop out in front of you Hybrid?" Dende asked laughing harder. "I think I am going to have Chichi check your eyes out. Trees aren't exactly small. " Goku was holding his stomach from laughing so hard. Hybrid looked down and after a moment he smiled. He laughed, it was a true laugh. He threw his head back slightly and smiled at the group. .oOo. Goku and the others were running and just before they got through the woods to the clearing to Goku's house, Goku laughed. "Piccolo, you were right. Looks like the whole gang is here now." Goku smiled. "I knew I would be." Piccolo said. "Looks like you guys will see the gang before the weekend." Goku said. Hybrid and Dende looked at one another. 'This is going to be interesting.' Hybrid thought. They got to the clearing and saw a ship near Goku's house. Near the ship a handful of people surrounded Chichi. "Looks like you guys drew a little attention!" Chichi hollered to them. Goku waved to everyone with a big smiled. They walked over to the group and Goku pushed the two boys in front of him. "Some of you may remember Dende from Namek!" Goku pointed at Dende. The group of people all nodded. "Hey Dende!" Krillin smiled. "Hello Krillin, it is nice to see you again." Dende smiled backed. Everyone looked over at the other boy. Goku saw this and pointed at Hybrid. "And this little guy is Hybrid, the one I was sparing with earlier." Goku said. Everyone gasped. "Him? All that from you and a boy?" A tall bald man asked. He had a white shirt on and green pants. In the middle of his forehead was a large third eye. Next to him was what looked like a little clown. He was small and white, and had large eyes and red cheeks. He wore a green and yellow long sleeved shirt. "Yup!" Goku smiled. "That's impressive!" the man said, "My name is Tien, and this little guy here is Chiaotzu." Chiaotzu smiled and bowed to the young man. "N-nice to meet you." Hybrid stuttered, he was feeling shy from the amount of people staring at him. "I'm Yamcha!" A man with short black hair and had two scars on his face. One over his left eye and another on his right cheek. "You are one strong kid." Hybrid nodded a little. "Don't be shy, we are friends of Goku!" Yamcha said. Hybrid just nodded, his own way of saying he understood, but did not really know how to respond. 'I think my signature move is nodding my head.' Hybrid sighed to himself. "So I know this is fun and all, but the food is done... I made enough for everyone." Chichi said. Everyone looked at her, and Goku laughed. She was a smart woman, she probably knew that this was going to happen. Chichi was always prepared. Everyone sat and ate, they made it more of a get together than anything. Before they knew it they were all sparing lightly in front of Goku's house. "Come on kid, lets do some hand to hand." Yamcha said getting into his fighting stance. Hybrid nodded, he was sure that he was holding back his power level too. Hybrid prepared himself for Yamcha's attack. Yamcha launched for him. Hybrid saw his every move. It was slow. He wondered if that was his plan to try to catch him off guard. Hybrid dodged each of his punches and kicks. His face emotionless the whole time. He punched Yamcha once in the gut. Yamcha fell to the ground. Hybrid looked at him in shock. "Wow kid. It did not even look like you punched me as hard as you did." Yamcha said. "I- I didn't punch hard..." Hybrid said. Everyone laughed. Goku helped Yamcha up, "Hybrid is a saiyan. Did I forget to mention that?" Goku asked. Everyone's eyes widened. "Really?" Tien asked. Hybrid noticed how they kept saying saiyan. Hybrid then remembered he never told him he was only half saiyan. "Um... no." Hybrid said. Goku and Chichi looked at him strangely. "I am not an actual full saiyan. I am only half saiyan." Hybrid said. Chichi and Goku were surprised too now. "Oh wow." Goku said dumbfounded. "There is nothing wrong with that." Goku smiled. "Are you sure that this mysterious boy is not your... son?" Tien asked. Hybrid stepped up, "No, he is not." Hybrid always had a thought in his head, he would know when he found his family, and he liked these people but he did not get that feeling that he always knew he would get. Goku closed his eyes and laughed, "Not every half saiyan than comes to the planet has to be my son." Everyone stared at Goku. Goku opened his eyes and realized non of them were there yesterday. "Hybrid has found other saiyans during his traveling." Goku clarified. Everyone decided it was just too much to ask questions. They believed him, with everything that has happened with Goku they knew that anything was possible. Everyone left right before dinner, and Goku promised he would be by to see everyone soon. Chichi, Goku, Dende and Hybrid all sat down for dinner. It was not a productive day when it came to training, but it was kind of fun for the boys. They got to know a couple people, and they got to eat Chichi's food. "It's nice having everyone around." Chichi said. Goku nodded his head while he swallowed a mouth full of noodles. "Did you have fun training today?" Chichi asked the boys. "I fought Piccolo, he very strong and quick. I could not predict his moves at all." Dende said. "Piccolo is a great teacher too, you might learn a lot from him. What about you Hybrid?" Chichi asked. "He almost kicked my ass!" Goku said. Hybrid blushed. "No! I lost..." Hybrid said. "This boy has a lot of crazy attacks hidden up his sleeve." Goku said. Hybrid laughed nervously and shrugged. "Don't say that, you might be surprised when I beat you next time." Hybrid drank his soup. Goku laughed, "Is that a challenge for tomorrow?" Hybrid smiled and nodded. "Yup." "Challenge accepted." Goku said as he ate the last of his biscuit. He touched his belly and smiled, "I'm full now!' Goku smiled. The boys excused themselves from the table and went to take showers and get ready for bed. Hybrid sat in the room at the desk and told himself he was going to study. He couldn't help but notice that there was a full moon tonight. He sighed as he stared out the window. During the night he always remembered all the memories he tried to push away. He remembered the look on Yui's face as the life left her body. Hybrid may have never had a father figure, but she was a figure he thought of as something more than just a friend, a mother. He remembered her smile and told himself that he would never forget her as he got into the bed and laid down. .oOo. A/N: I decided I wanted to get introductions for the most part out of the way. I hope meeting people that everyone already knows was not too boring, but I feel like it was necessary! There is going to be a little more on Yui in the upcoming chapters. Also, I'm not sure about the fight scene. I hoped that it sounds okay, let me know what you think of it. :) Any feed back is helpful to me! Also, I have decided to only do Authors notes at the bottom. So you don't have to read if you don't want to! :P The next chapter is going to do some summing up the week type thing. I know that reading sparing over the week and dinner conversations are boring to read, and they are boring to write too! :) Thank you for reading, I would love to hear input, so review... especially if you liked it! ;)