Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Normal Friends from Strange Places ❯ Mistaken Identities and Gadgets ( Chapter 6 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]

Normal Friends From Strange Places
Chapter Five
By Maria Cline

It was dark as Trey finally returned home. "Mom... Dad... I'm home..." Trey called out as he opened the door to see his father doing pushups.

"Hey, Trey." Tien said as he did his thousandth push up. "How was your dinner with Gohan?" Tien asked as he did his pushups again.

"Okay... we talked... we eat... oh..." Trey left the living room and added, "Gohan's formerly dead Saiyan grandfather who could predict the future is now living at Gohan's and Gohan regrew his tail... that's all."

Tien kept on doing his pushups and muttered, "That's nice..." Tien said as he did another pushup before the meaning of the words sank in. He dropped to the ground and cried out, "What?!"

*****

Trey smirked slightly as he drove to school in his car, remembering all that happened last night and his father's reaction. He felt better confronting Chi Chi like that. He wasn't sure why she was so fast to forgive, maybe it was her past dealings with former 'supervillians' that made her that ways. Or maybe it was the fact that he was Gohan's own age and was one of Gohan's friends. Either way, at least he didn't have to worry about being attacked by the former warrior woman. There was something about her that made him fear her.

He parked the car and capsulated it as usual. Trey looked over to see a growing crowd in the middle of the schoolyard. With his sharp ears, he picked up some murmurs and gasps. "Hey! This is not show and tell!" Gohan exclaimed.

"Huh?" Trey's jaw dropped. His fast brain started to think up reasons why Gohan would draw such a big crowd. **Let's see... could be his new outfit... nah! No outfit could draw that big of a crowd. I hope...** Trey paled as he images of Gohan's tail unraveling around his waist. People are already suspicious of him thanks to his connection to the Ox-King and that stupid explorer ranting about how powerful Gohan could be. Of course, there was that small incident with Tao Pai Pai to think about as well. If Videl see the tail, she would freak out and maybe even figure out Gohan's secret.

He dashed to the crowd and managed to make his way through and saw Gohan, in his new outfit with Bardock in a strange loud orange shirt with red triangles all over it, a pair of blue jeans, his red bandana, and his tail wrapped around his waist like a belt. "Bardock?!" Trey exclaimed in shock as Gohan, Bardock, and everyone else glanced at the young triclops.

"Trey!" Gohan exclaimed as he and Bardock quickly walked up to him, managing to get away from the crowd without hurting them.

"What's he doing here?" Trey asked pointing to Bardock stunned. With the disaster of the 'Bring your Grandparent to School Day' still fresh in his mind, Trey wondered how the school could handle a former planet renovator.

"Oh..." Gohan rubbed the back of his head and said, "Well... Mom wanted him out of the house after the little incident with the bathtub..."

Trey turned bright red as he shook his head. "I don't want to know... but why are you here?" Trey asked Bardock directly. **And why were all those people around you?**

"You know Gohan's cousin?" Erasa asked.

"His cousin?" Trey repeated as he glanced at Gohan again.

"Yeah... my cousin, Bardock..." Gohan said, "He's not from around here and he's visiting my family for a while."

"He's so beefy..." Erasa muttered wide eyed. The group of students nodded in agreement. The 'cousin' was more tanned and had larger muscles than Gohan. Along his face was a distinct scar that showed that he could have been in some nasty battle. "Is his grandfather Ox-King too?"

"No... he's from my dad's side of the family." Gohan explained as he looked around. "Where's Videl?"

"I don't know... she must be busy looking for Saiyanman and Trigun." Erasa explained when she sighed, "Trigun... *sigh* I wonder if he's seeing anyone."

Yayoi shook his head. "I don't know... I mean... Saiyanman and Trigun could be _partners_." He winked at Erasa and everyone cringed.

"But they are partners!" Gohan insisted, "They always fight crime!"

"Not that type of partner!" Trey exclaimed, "Yayoi means that Saiyanman and Trigun are _together_." Trey said emphasizing on the 'together' part.

Gohan and Bardock looked confused and Bardock asked, "You mean that Saiyanman and Trigun are mating partners?"

Yayoi and everyone else looked at Bardock and Trey just slapped himself on the third eye. "You don't have to be so blunt, Bardock." Trey muttered just loud enough for Gohan and Bardock to hear.

"Ma... mating partners?!" Gohan exclaimed in shock as he turned white. "Saiyanman's not gay!!!"

"If he's not gay, then why does he wear tights all day and pose like that?" Yayoi asked.

"He is not gay." Trey insisted as he turned red, "Otherwise, he wouldn't like Videl."

At once the group gasped as Gohan looked at Trey. "No he doesn't!" Gohan yelled.

"Yes, he does!" Trey countered.

"No he doesn't!"

"Yes, he does!"

Finally Bardock made his way between the two arguing friends and asked at the top of his lungs, "Who the hell are Saiyanman and Trigun?"

At that moment, everyone, including Gohan and Trey face faulted. Trey got up and explained, "They're superheroes... Trigun uses guns and wears leather and Saiyanman is super powerful."

Bardock stared at Gohan and said, "Super powerful? Like a super saiyan?"

"Yeah, Bardock..." Gohan agreed as he sweat dropped. **Please don't say anything else...** He prayed to some god to help him.

"What's a super saiyan?" Sharpener wondered as this conversation was getting odder and odder.

Before anyone could answer, the five minute bell rang and Trey took the opportunity to grab Bardock and Gohan by the hands. "Better go to class!" Trey exclaimed as he led the two into the building.

The other students followed as Erasa sighed. "Gohan's cousin is so... hunky...weird fuzzy belts though... wonder if it's from Bardock's home town?"

Unseen by all, a figure stood in the shadows. "Great... he's here... these mortals in this world have this tendency of bringing people back to life... makes life hard for my kind... can't let him see me... might recognize me." She muttered as she blended into the shadows, leaving behind a faint chill in the air.

*****

It was quiet as the usual English class had to take their class at the gym, rather than at the English room where there was a wall missing. Maria Cline, the substitute teacher had part of the gym set up like a regular class room.

"Now, class, we will start our lessons again." Maria said as she got out the class roster. "According to Ms. Glish's schedule, today, we are supposed to write about our 'Bring Your Grandparent to School Day'. Oh boy... that will be one interesting paper." Maria looked around and noticed the saiyan sitting next to Gohan. "Mr..." She checked her roster, "Son, may I ask who is this man next to you?"

"Him? He's my cousin from out of town." Gohan explained as he rubbed his head. "Bardock Son."

Bardock growled and whispered, "I do not have a last name."

"Mom ordered you to say that your name is Bardock Son." Gohan insisted, "Don't worry."

"Oh really?" Maria asked as she came up to the saiyan, "Well... did you just move in or are you visiting?"

"I am visiting my... cousin. I'm interested in how this 'high school' functions." Bardock said as everyone stared at him.

"I see... so you never went to school?" Maria asked confused about how much odder can Gohan's family be.

"I trained ever since I was an infant." Bardock insisted as he crossed his arms.

"Trained doing what? Army?" Maria asked as she looked at Bardock's bulging biceps.

"He's a renovator." Trey answered for Bardock who looked at him confused. "He's a demolitions expert for renovation."

"I see... so you demolish certain areas to help create new communities." Maria guessed.

Bardock looked away and then at his son. Before he came to school, Chi Chi kept on grilling him about the importance of not letting anyone know of what he could do. His grandson wanted to keep his true heritage a secret. While he could object to that, he couldn't disobey his daughter-in-law. "You could say that. In fact, I used to head a demolition crew." Bardock sighed as he thought back to when he was an elite commander of space warriors. "Before..." He looked down and tensed, "before they died."

"I'm... sorry." Maria muttered, "Well... you can stay unless you happened to be some super powerful alien who goes around destroying civilizations..."

Bardock glanced at Gohan and Trey who just shook their heads. "I'm not..."

"Good... now, I want everyone here to write about their experiences yesterday." Maria instructed and then looked at Bardock. "Except for you... you can read this." She reached into her bag and gave him a book.

Bardock looked at the book funny and nodded, "Thank you." He opened the book and started reading.

Trey and Gohan started writing their papers. They were one of the first ones finished thanks to their super speed and their mechanical pencils. While Gohan was reading one of this textbooks, Trey looked at Bardock who was staring at his book. **Bardock?**

Bardock looked up at him with a questioning look. **What?**

Trey pointed to the book and said, **You're reading it upside down.**

Bardock scowled at the boy as he quickly turned it over. **I know that, boy.** Bardock thought out as he looked at him and didn't think another word.

Trey just shook his head as he stared out over the bleachers. Why did Bardock have to come? It was hard enough having to cover for Gohan and his superhero antics but now he will have to worry about another alien who happens to be dead for the past thirty years. **Why must this always happen to me?** He thought as he looked up at the ceiling.

"Now... um... I guess that after you are done with your paper, you can go ahead and play with the gym equipment over there. Just don't disturb the others who are still writing."

"Good." Bardock got up and dropped the book back onto the desk. "Maybe this gym has something I can work with." He grumbled as he looked around the vast place.

Trey gulped as he got up and followed the man. Bardock might accidentally destroy another wall and maybe expose his true power. That would not be good for Gohan's reputation as a 'geek'. "Gohan, wanna come?"

Gohan looked up from his textbook confused. On one hand, he wanted to read and study but on the other, he did have a grandpa who had only been alive for a day or so and wasn't used to life on Earth. "Sure." Gohan sighed as he reluctantly put away the textbook.

Gohan and Trey looked up to see Bardock had somehow vanished. "Great... where did he go?" Trey muttered as he try to scan for him.

*****

Bardock couldn't help but marvel at some of the strange primitive equipment that the humans use to train. Most of them involved simple pulleys and weights used to strengthen the body. His sharp hearing led him into this strange underground room that is filled with humans grunting and groaning on these strange machines. Up front, he noticed a tall man instructing a teenager while helping him. He had battle scars of a warrior but his build wasn't. And beside him was... a floating cat. He could've sworn that he saw the two before somewhere, maybe in one of the many visions he had about this strange planet.

Bardock sighed as he looked at a simple weight that was a long bar with disks at the end. Calmly, he picked up the weight and it was incredibly light. "This is heavy to them?" Bardock muttered confused.

One of the groaning teenagers looked up to see a strange man lift a set of 200 lbs weights with ease and exclaimed, "Hey! Check out what that guy did!"

"Huh?" Yamcha muttered as he helped a guy put down a weight and saw a confused man holding the barbell in his hands. The hair was the same, his skin was somewhat tanned but he was the same. "GOKU!!!" Yamcha exclaimed as he rushed up to the man and hugged him.

"Goku?" Puar repeated as she flew through the air and hugged Bardock by the head. "We missed you!"

Bardock groaned as he felt the man squeezing the air out of his lungs. He was powerful and he didn't even notice his pain. Bardock quickly dropped the barbell and it landed with a clang on Yamcha's foot.

"Youch!!!" Yamcha screamed as he held his foot. While he had trained somewhat over the past seven years, having a 200 lbs weight land on his foot hurts.

"Yamcha! Are you okay?!" Puar asked as she let go of Bardock's head and went down to Yamcha.

Bardock quickly punched Yamcha in the face while he was distracted. His warrior self defenses were running high against this man. Yamcha landed on his butt and glared up. Immediately, he noticed that the man's Ki was different and he had a scar on his face. **He's an imposter!** He thought angrily as he jumped up and screamed, "YA!!!" He punched Bardock back and he grabbed the saiyan in a chokehold. Yamcha's adrenaline rushed in his veins as he felt some victory over fighting a saiyan. "Who are you?"

"Yamcha! No!" Gohan pleaded as he took Yamcha's hand. "He's... family!"

**He's Gohan's long lost formerly dead grandfather.** Trey explained mentally as he looked at all of the stunned students. They were all just gawking at the fight that just happened and were terribly impressed.

"Family?" Yamcha repeated as he lowered the saiyan. "Well... there's a resemblance... I just thought..."

"It's okay... I'm not here to destroy your planet." Bardock muttered as he held his throat. "You're strong..."

Yamcha laughed as he rubbed the back of his head. He was used to being called strong by other humans who just haven't had the type of training he had. But, to be called strong by a saiyan is an honor to him. "Well... not really... not compared to the others... like Vegita... Oi! Is he strong!" Yamcha said as he turned red.

Bardock looked down as he thought of the Prince Vegita. He had known him when he was a little boy, killing Sabimen by the groups in just a couple of blasts. He had great potential to be the first super saiyan. But then, he realized that he was by far one of the weaker ones now and Vegita may not even notice him, despite the fact that he's one of the last ones of his species. "I could imagine."

"This is Bardock... my cousin from out of town." Gohan explained weakly to the other students who were just gawking.

"Uhhhh... that was so cool!" One of the bodybuilders exclaimed. "I bet those two can take on Hercule!"

"No way! No one can take on the world's greatest martial artist!"

Bardock glanced at the teenagers. He wasn't sure who this Hercule was but he sounded impressive. "Who's this Hercule?" He asked Gohan.

At once, everyone including Trey and Gohan face faulted. "You don't know the legendary warrior, Hercule Satan? Winner of the Cell Games and savior of the world?" A student asked.

"He's from way out of town." Gohan laughed nervously as he tried to figure out how to explain to his classmates about how his 'cousin' could be ignorant of one of the most popular men in the world.

"He has amnesia." Trey quickly explained as everyone looked at him. "You see... he just had a bump on the head and so everything is a little foggy for him."

"Amnesia?" Bardock repeated almost dumbfounded. Every fiber in his being demanded that he tell the truth but then he thought Chi Chi and how mad she would be. "Yes... I did..." He glanced at Gohan and asked, "Who are you again?"

"See?" Trey said as he grinned and gestured to Gohan. "Gohan... his name is Gohan."

"Of course." Bardock said as he nodded. "Gohan..."

"Okay, class..." Yamcha said as he waved his hands. "Now... why don't we leave these guys alone for a while." He leaned next to Gohan and whispered, "You will tell me everything later right?"

"No problem, Yamcha." Gohan agreed as he winked.

While Yamcha try to get his class settled down, Bardock, Gohan, and Trey left the weight room. Trey looked around and finally commented, "Okay... that's a great way to blend in. While we're at it, why not transform into a giant ape?"

"It's not that bad..." Gohan insisted as he sweat dropped. "At least... no one know about Cell."

"Look, I didn't know that man and the cat would mistake me for Kakarot. And what are these Cell Games?" Bardock demanded.

"Long story..." Gohan insisted, "Let's go and try something else." He looked around to see if there's anything they could use without causing any damage. "Hmmm..."

Trey looked at the equipment and realized that with their strength, if any of the students see them use it and accidentally break it, it would cause a massive ruckus. "Damn..."

Sharpener smirked as he held a rubber ball in his hands. He had been suspicious of Gohan for a long time. Especially after yesterday when it was revealed that Gohan's grandfather was a treasure hoarding warlord and when he caught Trey, Gohan, and a blond chick in the men's restroom for some reason.

The man smirked as he flung the ball right at Gohan's head. **I can't wait to see hear his scream.** He thought excitedly.

Bardock looked up and saw a red ball flew at Gohan. "Gohan! Watch out!" Bardock screamed as he ran in front of the ball and punched it high into the roof and became stuck into the rafters.

"Oh boy." Trey muttered as he looked up. "At least it happened before..."

"Huh?" Sharpener muttered as his jaw dropped. **That man just flung that ball into the rafters! What kind of family does Gohan have?!**

"I'll get it!" Gohan offered as he jumped into the air. Quickly, Trey flew up and tackled Gohan down to the ground. The last thing he needed was someone seeing Gohan fly up to the ceiling.

"Not in front of the school!" Trey hissed as he pinned Gohan down.

"Okay..." Gohan said as Trey let him go. Sharpener stepped forward not knowing whether to ask Gohan's cousin how he did it or just run away.

"H-how did you do it?" Sharpener whimpered at Bardock.

Bardock rose an eyebrow. He had a feeling that this blond haired boy was responsible for tossing the ball at Gohan. "Did you toss that object at my gr-... cousin's head." Bardock demanded as he walked up to Sharpener at a slow but vengeful pace.

"Ummm...I didn't mean to!" Sharpener gulped as he quickly prayed, **Saiyanman, please save me!** He never felt so scared in his life. The man had a foreboding appearance around him that seem to make him feel like that he could kill him with a sneeze.

"It's okay, Bardock!" Gohan insisted as he took Bardock's shoulder, saving his classmate from a trip to the Next Dimension. "I'm sure Sharpener did it by accident."

"Like he did with the baseball?" Trey asked skeptically. Sharpener had always been one of Gohan's bullies. Fortunately, Gohan either didn't notice or didn't care. He looked at Sharpener and thought, **You are so lucky that Gohan forgives easily otherwise you would find yourself checking into the Earth Afterlife Station.**

"Why don't we get going?" Gohan insisted as he looked at his watch. "Class is going to end in a couple of minutes."

"Already?" Trey asked as he look at his own watch. "Great..."

"Where do we go now?" Bardock asked as he crossed his arms.

"I think..." Gohan looked at his schedule. "Science. Good... something nice and normal."

*****

"Good day, class." A geeky looking man with a high pitch voice and glasses said as he got out a box. "Today, I will prove to the world that aliens do exist on this planet!"

Gohan and Trey gulped in unison at the teacher. Professor Tory Yama was an eccentric man who is fascinated by space. Trey know for a fact that Tory constantly look for aliens and didn't find any yet. Bardock just smirked. He was intrigued by the man's intent.

"With my handy dandy alien detector." Professor Yama said as opened the box and there was an odd device with a radar. "This baby here can detect aliens on a fifty mile radius."

"What about alien/human hybrids?" Trey asked as Gohan look for a good place to hide and Bardock look on interested.

"I'm not certain. But, I am positive that there could not be any alien/human hybrids for the DNA difference would make the two species incompatible." The scientist said in an all knowing voice. "That sort of junk is the stuff of science fiction and anime."

Bardock snorted in contempt. "Ha! Your kind have no idea what aliens are! You wouldn't know an alien if he was blasting you to the Next Dimension!"

"Grandpa..." Gohan hissed.

"Let me turn this on and show you." the man said as he turned on the radar. Gohan, Bardock, and Trey tensed. The machine beeped and floated up. It floated next to Gohan and then went out the door. "This way!" He said as he followed the machine.

Gohan, Trey, and Bardock looked confused at each other and Gohan asked Trey, "Did you do something?"

Trey shook his head. "No."

"Alien detector, ha!" Bardock scoffed as they followed the class. The bot zoomed down the hall and finally went out the school. Interested, the class followed until they reached a parking lot where they saw a young woman wearing a yellow dress running up to them.

The machine beeped loudly as it pointed to Chi Chi. The man laughed triumphantly. His alien was in front of him.

"Bardock, you forgot your lunch. You should be lucky that I managed to get a ride up here!" Chi Chi said as she shoved the food to Bardock. She smiled slightly at Bardock.

"Thank you, my lady." Bardock said gratefully as he held the bag in his hands.

"Hold it right there, alien!" Professor Tori Yama boomed as he got out a net and flung it over Chi Chi's head.

Chi Chi's body tensed as she glared at him. "What did you call me?"

"She's not an alien! She's my mom!" Gohan exclaimed as Chi Chi ripped off the net and quickly punched the geek out.

"No one calls me an alien and gets away with it!" Chi Chi boomed as a bright red aura flared over her.

The class quickly looked at Gohan who just laughed. "That's my mom... she has a quick temper."

"How... can a peaceful guy like you... have relatives like that?!" Sharpener exclaimed.

"I got it from my dad!" Gohan quickly explained.

"Well... Chi Chi is the Ox-King's daughter..." Trey said simply as he fought the urge to laugh at his teacher's device.

"Sorry about that, Mom." Gohan said as he got out any traces of net in his mother's hair.

"Oh... that's okay..." Chi Chi said as she brushed her hair back. "I have to get going... and get the stuff for the bake sale, bye sweetie!" Chi Chi ran off again and Gohan waved, "Bye, Mom."

"Farewell, my lady!" Bardock said as he waved as well.

Erasa glanced at Bardock and asked, "Wait a second... why did you call your aunt, 'my lady'."

"Uhhh..." Bardock muttered as he tried to think up a good reason.

"He's very respectful toward Chi Chi." Trey quickly answered saving Bardock from a vast array of confusing questions.

"Definitely." Gohan fully agreed.

"I would be if she could punch out a guy like that." Erasa muttered in awe. "Videl is missing out on so much! I wonder what she is doing right now?"

"Yeah..." Gohan sighed as he thought of the young fighter, **She's pretty determined to find out everything she could about Dad. I wonder how successful she is?** He turned red at the thought of Videl finding out that Goku is his father and that he is Saiyanman.

"She's probably in a library or something..." Trey figured out.

*****

Videl sighed as she sat in the boat and rowed it through the ocean. She couldn't find Chi Chi or Goku Son in any of the phone books or in the internet. Her hope is Master Roshi. Her research showed her that Master Roshi lives on a distant island in the middle of nowhere, a group of monks had been kind enough to give her the address of the island.

She looked up from the map to see a tiny island in the middle of nowhere, with only a pink house and a couple of palm trees. How a small island like that survive all the storms puzzle her. Finally, she landed on the island and capsulated her boat.

"Hey!" A small man said as he came up. He was as tall as her waist and had a bush of black hair and his distinct face had no visible nose and a pair of wide black eyes.

**Where did I see him before?** Videl wondered as she looked down at the man. "Excuse me, but does a 'Master Roshi' live here?"

Krillian looked up at the woman. She was petite but have a strong aura around her for someone who didn't have the training he had. "Oh really?" Krillian asked, "I trained under Master Roshi, he's hard but good." Krillian looked up and down the woman again and said, "You do know that he's a pervert, right?"

"I'm not here to train." Videl said as she blushed, "I'm here to get answers about Goku."

"Goku?!" Krillian repeated as he fell over. "Why?"

Videl looked down at him and said, "None of your business! I just need to find out a few things!" She looked down at the man again. "No offense... but are you really a fighter? You're so..."

"Short?" Krillian finished as Videl reluctantly nodded. Krillian sighed, all his life he had been ridiculed for being a midget. The monks at the Magic Orin Temple, some of his opponents, Piccolo, and several others. "Look here, I may be short but I can take you on any day!" Krillian insisted in defiance. "You don't judge a fighter by how short or skinny he is. You judge it by the power within."

"You sound just like Trey." Videl observed.

"Well... it's true." Krillian said, "A true martial artist don't let appearances fool them." He crossed his arms and then asked, "So... what's your name? I'm Krillian."

"Videl, Videl Satan daughter of Hercule." Videl introduced herself as she crossed her arms as well and waited for the usual 'Wow, you're Hercule's daughter' fan speech.

Instead, Krillian's face went bright red as he covered his mouth. "Hercule's *snort* daughter?!" Krillian snickered as he turned his back.

"Well... look who's here!" Master Roshi exclaimed as he stepped forward. "Hello, Videl."

"Master Roshi." Videl bowed. It was only yesterday that they had fought together against Tao Pai Pai. His elderly appearance didn't show his true strength. "I need some help."

"Here to train?" Master Roshi asked as he tried to look at Videl's chest.

"No... I don't have time." Videl said as she looked over at the ocean. "I'm here to find out all I can about one of your former pupils. His name is Goku. You know," she leaned down and whispered, "Saiyanman."

Master Roshi snorted as he turned his back. "Well... young lady, there's always time for training... especially for a young aspiring martial artist like yourself. You have great potential but you reek of arrogance. I won't answer any of your questions until you prove yourself to have the heart for martial arts."

"But I do!" Videl insisted, "I train every day and fight crime in my spare time!"

"And why do you train? To become as famous as your father?" Master Roshi asked as he looked at her from the corner of his eye.

Videl stood silently as she tried to think up a good answer. She never really thought of why she trained. Before, she trained just so she could win the Tournament and defeat her father. But, if that was true, she may not be a true martial artist. "Now that you mentioned it... I don't know." Videl whispered as she looked down ashamed.

"Don't feel too bad, Videl." Krillian said, "I started training to impress girls."

Videl looked down at the man. While Krillian seemed nice enough, he was very short and was somewhat odd looking. **What kind of nut would be attracted to shorty?**

Master Roshi turned around to face Videl again and said, "Well... you are a teenager and I know for a fact that teenagers don't have a clue about themselves sometimes. Tell you what, if you can pass a little test of mine... I'll answer all the questions you like! Besides, your answers may be closer than you think."

Videl's face brightened as she asked, "Really?!" Then, she frowned skeptically at the man. "What kind of test?"

"Nothing too difficult..." Master Roshi said as he walked into the house. "Wait right there, Videl!"

Videl sighed as she sat on the sandy beach. All day, she had been going around trying to find out more about this mysterious Goku and met up with obstacle after obstacle to find out as much as she could about this fighter. Now, she finally has her first chance to get some answers and she would have to do something hard to get it. **I hope it's nothing perverted.** Videl thought as she shuttered.

"Here you go." Master Roshi said as he dragged a box out of the house. "Krillian! Give your sensei a hand here!"

"Sure thing, Master!" Krillian said as he lifted the box up and easily carried it to Videl. "Here you go, Videl."

Videl frowned as she opened the box to see a bunch of turtle shells. There was a huge turtle shell with four smaller ones. "Turtle shells?"

"Training gear." Master Roshi said as he picked up the largest one. "Put these on."

*****

"Thank goodness, nothing happened today." Gohan said in relief as he, Trey, and Bardock walked out of the school.

"Other than that stupid incident with the gym." Trey commented.

"And speaking of gym, could you give us a clue on what happened?" Yamcha said as he and Puar came up.

"Yamcha! Puar!" Gohan greeted, "Oh!!! Well... what were you guys doing here?"

"I was substituting for a friend." Yamcha replied, "But, what about him?" The warrior pointed to Bardock, "Where did he come from? I thought all the you-know-what are dead except for Vegita."

"It's a long story." Gohan confessed as he looked at his grandfather while rubbing his head.

"I got plenty of time." Yamcha said as he crossed his arms.

"I need something to eat." Bardock confessed as he held his stomach. "Your earth food is delicious but can't keep a Saiyan full!"

"We could go to the ice cream shop..." Gohan said as he licked his lips. "Those Oozaru Catastrophes are delicious!"

"Ice cream shop?" Bardock repeated sounding like his long dead son, Goku, "What is that?"

Yamcha and Puar fought the urge to snicker at Bardock's clueless expression. "It's a type of food... it's delicious!" Gohan explained, "Come on, Grandpa!" Gohan grabbed his grandfather by the hand and dragged him to the ice cream shop.

"Gohan!" Trey growled as he, Yamcha, and Puar followed them. He looked around hoping no one saw Gohan call a man young enough to be his father 'Grandpa'.

*****

After a quick jog to the ice cream store, the group sat at the counter and Empress came up. "Hello, Trey, you keep on making more and more friends!" Empress said as she looked at the group. Her cheeks reddened as she went up to Bardock. He had a observant aura around him. His tanned skin and scars made him look like a warrior. "Hello, sir, I'm Empress Pilaf." She said as she held out her hand. "What's your name and are you single?"

Bardock looked at the woman and the hand and gently shook it. "I am Bardock. And there's only one of me."

Everyone else face faulted including Empress. Yamcha sweat dropped and said, "Bardock, she meant to ask if you are married or have a girlfriend?"

"I see..." Bardock said in understanding. "No... I am not committed to anyone right now. I was in he-" Trey and Yamcha quickly clamped their hands over Bardock's mouth.

"He's from out of town." Yamcha quickly said as he looked at the woman. "Say... are you by any chance related to a Emperor Pilaf?"

The woman groaned as she shook her head. "My kooky father... always obsessed with something called Dragon Balls... I had one once..." The woman sighed, "It was a paperweight until the Cell Games."

"You had a Dragon Ball!" Yamcha exclaimed, "Which one?"

"I don't know..." Empress replied, "I gave it to a tall golden man with green eyes before the Cell Games." She sighed, "He had on a capsule corps jacket and... he seems so nice... I can remember that golden hair and those green eyes... I can stare at those eyes forever..." She glanced at Bardock and Gohan. "You know... you two seem to resemble him."

Gohan turned red when he remembered his father going off to get the Dragon Balls just before the Cell Games, just in case. "Well... he's my father." Gohan replied as he looked down.

"Well... that's interesting... does your father still have my old Dragon Ball?"

Gohan shook his head as he leaned back. "He died... seven years ago."

Empress gently patted Gohan on the back. "I'm sorry... I didn't know."

"That's cool!" Gohan said as he grinned again. "I'm glad to meet someone who met my father!"

"And is he your older brother or uncle?" Empress asked as she gestured to Bardock who was struggling to get out of Trey and Yamcha's tight grip.

"They're cousins." Trey quickly answered and Bardock opened his covered mouth and bit down on one of the hands.

"OH *^&*(&^!!!" Yamcha screamed as he jumped high into the air and landed holding his bleeding hand. "You bit me!"

Bardock smirked as he swallowed Yamcha's blood. "Never mess with a hungry Saiyan!"

"Yamcha! Are you okay?" Puar asked as she looked at the bloody hand.

"Here! Let me get the first aid kit!" Empress offered as she got out a first aid kit and wrapped Yamcha's hand in a gauze. "Are you okay?"

"Just a little bloody... been worst." Yamcha grimaced as he held his hand. "Thanks."

"No problem." Empress replied as she got out her notebook. "Now... what would you like to eat?"

"A low fat cone for me." Yamcha muttered.

"A vanilla milkshake." Puar ordered.

"A chocolate sundae." Trey replied.

"One catastrophe!" Gohan chirped, "And one for my gr- Cousin!"

"Okay..." Empress said as she wrote down the orders, "Is this all separate or together?"

"I'm covering for Puar."

"I'm covering for Bardock."

"I'm covering for no one."

"Okay... it will be a few minutes..." Empress said as she left prepare the food.

"I hope you like ice cream!" Gohan said excited, "It's great!"

"Perhaps..." Bardock nodded as Empress got out the food. "Two catastrophes, a low fat cone, a milkshake, and a sundae."

"Awesome!" Gohan took the huge bowl and began eating furiously.

Bardock slowly picked up a spoon and slowly tasted the ice cream. It was cold, much like eating ice but with much more flavor. "It's cold!" Bardock exclaimed as he breathed deeply to keep his taste buds from freezing.

"That's why they call it 'ice cream'." Yamcha joked as he licked his cone.

Bardock grumbled as he began eating it again. He kept ate and try to warm his mouth at the same time. "Humph!"

"Say, Gohan, I got something for you." Trey said as he got up. "It's at Capsule Corps!"

"A present for me?!" Gohan gushed, "But... but it's not even my birthday!"

"Think of it as a necessity for you." Trey hinted.

"And Bardock could meet Vegita and Bulma!" Gohan realized as he stood up and grinned, "You'll like them!"

"Are you sure that's wise?" Yamcha asked, "If I can take on Bardock, Vegita could kill him with a sneeze!"

"I knew him already since he was a child." Bardock confessed as he took another bite of the ice cream. He smirked and said, "He was a cute little boy..."

"You knew Vegita when he was a kid?!" Gohan exclaimed, "Wow..."

After the group paid their bills, they ran out of the city and flew high into the air. Gohan and Trey flew the fastest and was far ahead Yamcha, Puar, and Bardock were flying behind them.

"Man... those two are fast!" Yamcha exclaimed as he pushed his power harder.

"I know... and I think they are holding back for us!" Bardock muttered. He never felt so frustrated. Children, who don't train like he did are strong enough to kill him, even in his Oozaru mode.

"So... Bardock..." Yamcha said as he flew by the saiyan, "nervous about meeting Vegita again after all this time?"

"Not really." Bardock replied, "He may just ignore me since I am not worthy to train with him. I am interested in meeting his mate." He grinned almost evilly as he looked back at Yamcha. "He had a... unique preference for a female."

"Like what?" Yamcha asked interested in the Saiyan's mysterious past.

"Oh... he wanted someone very unique looking. Blue hair... blue eyes... and... busty." Bardock commented.

Puar and Yamcha nearly face faulted in mid air as they laughed.

"I know... there's saiyan woman, alive or dead like that." Bardock commented as he smirked.

Yamcha and Puar managed to control themselves and Yamcha explained as he chuckled, "No! I mean... you have to see it for yourself!"

"Hey!" Gohan shouted as he and Trey slowed down even more to let the older ones catch up. "Come one! Come on! Man, you guys are slow!"

"Okay! Hold your horses!" Yamcha boomed, "We old people need our rest!"

"Old people?" Bardock repeated confused, "If you must know I'm very much in my prime!"

"It's a joke!" Yamcha insisted as he laughed, "You need a sense of humor."

Bardock rolled his eyes as he, Yamcha, and Puar flew faster to keep up with the teenagers. Finally, after a long trip, they reached the Capsule Corps.

"This is it..." Trey muttered as he tensed. He wasn't entirely sure how Gohan would react to his gift. He loved his new clothes but he get to chose his outfit.

Bardock felt equally nervous. He will get to meet his Prince Vegita again after so long. Did Vegita even remember him after so long? Or would he hate him for failing to save the planet Vegita? Or would he even care? Bardock sighed as he looked around at the place. Like many places on this new world, the earth was green and rich with plant life. There was a huge building with the sign 'Capsule Corps' on it.

"This is it!" Yamcha said as he stared at Bardock. **I wonder how would Bulma react to meeting Goku's long lost father... he looks so much like him, it's creepy!**

"So, where's my present?" Gohan asked excited about getting a gift from Trey.

"Bulma has it." Trey explained as he gestured to the building. "Now... where is she?"

"GOKU!!!" Bulma squealed as she jumped at Bardock from behind and wrapped her arms around his chest.

"Gak!" Bardock gasped as the strange woman cuddled him and yakked excited about Goku being back to life.

"Oh... it's been seven years since you died, Goku! Do you know how hard it was for Vegita?! 'I never got to fight him' this and 'must be stronger than him' that! Honestly..."

Bardock looked at his fellow warriors for aid but they were just staring and laughing at his predicament. He could try to elbow the strange woman and break away but she could be Vegita's mate and would kill him.

"And Trunks had grown up so fast! He's looking more like Miari Trunks every day!" Bulma said as she looked up to see that she was talking to Goku's back. "And could you turn around so I can see your handsome..." Bulma turned Bardock around and gasped as she saw a long scar on the side of his face. His very expression was serious and very unGoku. "Who are you?" Bulma demanded as she stepped back in shock and embarrassed about the mix-up.

"I am Bardock, Kakarot or as you call him Goku's father." Bardock said as he looked down at the woman and just stared at her. His jaw hung slightly as he tried to comprehend this woman. "Are you Vegita's mate?"

"I'd like to say 'wife'." Bulma said as she crossed her arms and studied the man. "Wow... you look just like Goku..."

"It's a saiyan thing." Bardock shrugged.

"Still..." Bulma turned red as she held out her hand, "I'm so sorry about that! I should've notice that you weren't Goku..."

Bardock gently took her hand and bowed slightly, "My lady, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. It is a common mistake among Saiyans before the planet got destroyed."

"Yeah, Bulma, Puar and me mistook Bardock for Goku too!" Yamcha agreed.

"I know..." Bulma said as she blushed slightly at the gallant gesture of this saiyan. For many years, she thought that all Saiyans are brutal and think about nothing but killing and getting stronger. Well... except for Goku but that didn't really count. Now, she met another saiyan who is almost a mirror image of Goku but with more class than Vegita ever showed.

Bardock let go and said, "No apologies are needed, my lady."

Bulma blushed again at the 'my lady' comment. "Oh... that's okay..." **Don't flirt with him. You are a married woman with a kid.** Bulma reminded herself as she glanced at the stares from the other warriors. "So... how much did you invent as a scientist?"

At once, Bardock face faulted and yelled, "I am not a scientist!!!"

"But... Vegita... told Goku and he told me..." Bulma figured, "Oh... Vegita lied to Goku..." She held her head. "Of course... He probably didn't even know you before Planet Vegita went boom." She glanced at Bardock again and asked, "How did you survive Planet Vegita?"

"I didn't... I was dead. Long story." Bardock smirked as Bulma held her head.

"You saiyans are full of surprises." Bulma exclaimed and then decided not to ask any more questions about Bardock. "Okay... Gohan... you want to see the surprise Trey made up?"

Gohan's face lit up like the seven Dragon Balls and replied, "You bet!"

"Great!" Bulma reached into her pocket and got out another watch. "Here, try this on." She said as Gohan took off his watch and traded it with Bulma.

"A... watch?" Yamcha asked as he looked at the two watches. They were both nice looking but identical watches.

"Not just any watch..." Gohan said as he gestured to the watch. "It's... my superhero accessory!" Gohan quickly clicked on the red button and in a flash of light a new figure appeared. He was wearing long black boots with matching gloves with dark blue gi outfit with a bright orange undershirt, with a long white cape that's similar to Piccolo's. His mask was dark blue with a pair of giant red 'eyes' and a distinct 'S' on his forehead. He looked in the nearest mirror and squealed, "All right! This is so cool!" He posed dramatically and pondered, "I wonder if anyone will recognize me in this new outfit!" He turned around and did his Saiyanman poses. "The poses look cooler in this outfit too! Thanks, Trey, you're the best!"

Trey shrugged as Gohan tested his outfit some more. "No problem..."

Bardock, Yamcha, and Puar sweat dropped as the strongest warrior in the world was going around flexing and posing in all sorts of odd ways.

Bardock leaned next to Trey and whispered, "Why is Gohan posing like he's a member of the Ginyu Force?"

"Who knows. That's the way he is." Trey replied as he sighed, "I'm still trying to get him to stop."

Yamcha sweat dropped and wondered if any of the woes and troubles that Gohan had faced in his youth had unhinged his sanity slightly. "Oh boy..."

"This is an improved version of your old Saiyanman outfit." Bulma remarked, "The outfit is repellant to most weapons. The mask has special micro circuitry that will help disguise your voice and sensors to detect weapons, heat... so forth... oh!" Bulma got out a pair of tiny devices and handed them to both Trey and Gohan. "These are micro receivers that you can wear in your ear... it picks up the emergency signal that Videl uses so you will know when Videl is called without having to hear her."

"This will make things easier." Trey confessed as he put it in his ear.

"I wish you would let me make a costume for you." Bulma admitted, "You would look so cool in it."

"No thanks... Trigun is more of an urban hero." Trey replied as he shook his head. "He doesn't wear a costume like Saiyanman."

"Well... I have something for you that you might like." Bulma got out a pair of ray-ban sunglasses and gave it to him. "This is a special pair of sunglasses that has a communicator in the handles so you can talk to Gohan anytime you like. It also have special detection sensors like infrared vision." Bulma explained.

Trey put on the sunglasses and took off the bandana. "Not bad... thanks, Bulma."

"And I have something that could help you out." Bulma said as she got out a red bandana, almost identical to Trey's. "Try this on."

Trey put on the bandana and looked around. The usual disorientation of having his third eye shut wasn't there. "Hey... I can see with this on!" Trey realized.

"A special bandana, you can see out but they can't see in." Bulma explained, "Pretty cool, huh?"

"Definitely!" Trey fully agreed. It was one of the things he hated about having to hide his third eye. He was used to the disorientation of having to see out of only two eyes but now he can see more clearly. "Thanks!"

*****

Little did anyone know, Goten just landed at the Capsule Corps and Trunks was waiting for him. "Hey, Trunks!" Goten gushed as he hopped down from the Nimbus. "I got a new grandpa!"

Trunks rose an eyebrow and repeated, "A new grandpa? How can you get a new grandpa?" The young boy stared at his best friend. While many things are possible, like people that could destroy entire stars with a single shot, and the power to make any wish you needed, having a new grandpa sounded... weird.

"Yeah! He just came back from the dead! His name is Bardock and he looks just like me only much taller!" Goten blurted out while waving his arms excited, "And he could see into the future! And he was a 'planet renovator' whatever that is!"

"I thought he was a scientist like Mom." Trunks muttered now confused. "Where is he?"

Goten closed his eyes and said, "I think they're inside."

"Wait a second... your new grandfather is back and is at my house right now?! I want to see him!" Trunks insisted as he ran off dragging Goten behind him.

Vegita came out of the gravity room and overheard something about 'new grandfather'. He reached out and sensed Gohan, Trey, Yamcha, and the cat, and a strange power that is very weak but much stronger than most of the humans on this planet. "Who is that?" Vegita muttered as he followed the two kids.

*****

"Cool! This costume has a hole for my tail!" Gohan realized as he unwrapped his tail from around his waist and it waved around under his cape and then Bulma, Yamcha, and Puar jumped back as images of a rampaging giant ape ran through their minds.

"Gohan... you have a tail again!" Puar squeaked as she hugged Yamcha closely.

"Yeah... it just came back yesterday." Gohan said as the tail went back around his waist. "I'm surprised that you didn't notice it before."

"Oh... well... we were distracted by your formerly dead saiyan grandfather!" Bulma screeched at the top of her lungs.

"Oh..." Gohan looked at Bardock who was holding his ears in response to the loud scream. "Yeah... I guess that would do it. Sorry."

"Why... why don't you just cut it off?" Yamcha asked as he dread even a remote possibility that the Earth's most strongest warrior transform into a raging beast with ten times his strength and no control over his actions.

"No!" Bardock boomed as he waved his hands. "You can't cut off Gohan's tail at his age! A saiyan tail is needed if Gohan wants a better chance of getting a mate!"

At once, Yamcha, Puar, and Bulma's jaws dropped as they looked at Gohan who's tail started to twitch. "No way..." Bulma muttered, "You mean that your tail is... sensitive?"

"Yeah..." Gohan said as his face turned bright red. "In fact... well... I think I get... excited when someone touches it the right way..." His face went into a deeper shade of red as he remembered how he reacted to Trey's touch.

"Excited?!" Yamcha and Bulma both exclaimed as they grinned slyly at the usually shy demisaiyan.

"Who touched you the first time?" Yamcha asked intrigued by this latest revelation about Saiyans.

"Let's not talk about it right now." Trey suggested as his face turned as red as his new bandana. "Thanks for the stuff, Bulma."

"Hey, no problem..." Bulma waved off and then glanced at Bardock. "Bardock, don't you want to see Vegita? I mean, he is the only other Saiyan in the universe..."

Bardock frowned and looked down. "I don't know... I'm not a super saiyan like Gohan."

"Grandpa, you have to meet Vegita." Gohan said as he patted his grandfather on the back. "I mean... he is the last other saiyan."

"Maybe..." Bardock muttered.

"Grandpa!" Goten gushed as he leapt up and landed on Bardock's back. "Wha'cha doing here?"

Bardock nearly blushed at the boy's excitement and seemingly endless joy. No saiyan child he had ever met was like that. Maybe, this planet had an effect on all Saiyans that he never heard of before. "I was with Gohan when he and Trey wanted to meet Bulma." Bardock replied.

"Cool!" Goten exclaimed as he hopped off and pointed to Trunks. "This is Trunks, he's my best friend in the whole wide world! He's Vegita's son!"

Bardock's eyes widened as he stared at the boy. He wasn't like any saiyan he had ever seen. His hair was bright purple with ice blue eyes that seem to penetrate his soul. His face did seem to resemble Vegita in a distant way. "Oh really?" Bardock said stunned as he bowed to the boy. "It's an honor, young prince."

"Huh?" Trunks muttered as he looked at Goten.

"He's like that. He acts the same way to Mommy." Goten said.

"Bardock!" A familiar voice rasped as everyone turned to see Vegita, standing in his training clothes.

"Lord Vegita!" Bardock gasped as he met the same man he last saw as a boy. Vegita was much taller and had a more mature feeling around him. He had no tail but he was still had that regal look around him.

"Bardock... I thought you were dead." Vegita said in a calm voice.

"I was... Baba brought me back to be her apprentice." Bardock said as he looked down. "I am living with my family for now to adjust to this planet." He gazed upward and said, "It is good to see you again."

Vegita nodded once at the man. It had been a long time since he had been with a fellow saiyan. Bardock looked identical to Kakarot but with a scar and he was much weaker. He was now more pathetic than Yamcha but that would change once he start training. "I see..." Vegita muttered. "Well... you better catch up with the rest of us, and go super saiyan!" Vegita ordered as he left. He turned slightly, "Your son and grandchildren are far stronger than you."

"I know..." Bardock smirked slightly as the prince left.

"Well... that was interesting..." Yamcha commented as he looked at Bardock and the others.

Gohan squeaked as he looked at his watch. "Oh man! I gotta get home!"

"Oh shit..." Bardock muttered as he slapped his forehead. "Ms. Chi Chi will be so mad at me!"

"I might as well go home too." Trey confessed as he put away his sunglasses. "Thanks for the stuff, Bulma."

"Yeah! Thanks, Bulma!" Gohan capsulated his costume and saluted to Bulma. "Later, Trunks!"

"Bye, Trunks!" Goten said as he walked away, "Bye, Bulma!"

"Bye, guys!" Bulma looked at Bardock and said, "Bardock, you an visit any time and use the gravity room for training."

"Gravity room?" Bardock repeated.

"Training in intense gravity." Gohan replied, "Vegita use it all the time... I don't like it. I prefer training in wide open spaces."

Bardock pondered training in a place where gravity is increased. Freeza didn't succeed in creating a gravity room or tiny capsules and yet these primitive humans managed to do that and didn't know that much about Ki. "I see...well... I must get going, thank you for the offer, my lady." Bardock knelt down to Bulma.

Bulma blushed as she fought the urge to giggle like a teenage girl. "Oh... Bardock..."

The group left leaving Yamcha, Puar, Trunks, and Bulma behind. Finally, Yamcha glanced at Bulma and said, "Bardock charmed you, didn't he?"

"No! Bardock is a very nice and polite man... especially for a saiyan and that's it!" Bulma argued as she turned red.

"You were charmed... all saiyans have that effect on you... especially when he worships the ground you walk on!" Yamcha laughed as Bulma growled.

"Oh shut up! You're just jealous!" Bulma argued as she slapped Yamcha on the shoulder.

"I am not!" Yamcha laughed as he walked away, "I'm going home too... nice seeing you again."

"Don't be a stranger..." Bulma waved as the rest left.

As soon as everyone left her alone, Bulma sighed as she slumped into her chair. Gohan and Trey had been great and helped her invent many helpful inventions that should aid the superheroes. The phone rang and Bulma picked it up, "Capsule Corps labs... Bulma Briefs speaking."

"Hello? This is Videl Satan, daughter of Hercule Satan... can you help me?"

To Be Continued...