Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Now is the time for Family ❯ Goku's Decision ( Prologue )

Now Is the Time for Family

Goku looked at the orange orbs, known to a few as the mystical Dragon Balls of Earth, wondering if what he was about to do was the correct thing to do. He wondered if his brother and father, as well as Vegeta's father, deserved another chance at all given their past deeds. He began thinking back to what he knew of them:

Raditz? Well Raditz had seemed willing enough to capture his own nephew to get his own brother to kill 100 of the humans he had sworn to protect, but was he just following orders? Was he afraid of Freeza as Vegeta was?

Raditz, he thought, should be given another chance at life, Goku reasoned, for the shear reason that it could do no harm to anyone… Raditz was a third class saiyan, and, although Goku was said to be as well, Raditz lived up to the third class status, having the power equivalent to that of the green plant like beings that the Earth's Special Forces destroyed over 20 years ago. They had all improved since then and, if his brother could not be trusted to try a new life, they could easily destroy him.

Bardock? His own father whom he had never met? From Freeza's ramblings about his father while on Namek, Goku understood that his father had been willing to sacrifice his own life to try to stop Freeza from destroying his planet. Goku knew nothing of his father's hand in destroying life on other planets.

Bardock did not have the weakness factor that Raditz had, after all even Freeza had commented that his father wielded great strength for a "monkey." But, Goku thought, his father could become a powerful saiyan warrior, a rival for both him and Vegeta if he was wished back. This brought up the question of whether his father would wield his power for good or evil. This time his logic failed but his heart did not. He had to try with his father. Maybe it was the saiyan thinking for him, the thought of a good challenge in his father, or maybe it was a longing to know his father.

King Vegeta? He also had stood up to Freeza and had parished. Goku knew nothing of the King's past but for Vegeta's sake, he had to bring him back. Maybe it was a deeply rooted desire he shared with Vegeta to rekindle their almost extinct race. The King also had the potential to become an elite super saiyan but it was a risk he had to take especially if he was going to bring hie own father back as well. His mind was made up.

"Arise Shenron and hear my wish!" Goku cried into the night. Lightening struck. The sky darkened even more than the blackness of night, the moon and stars overshadowed by the awesome might of the dragonballs. Shenron appeared in all his glory!

"Who disturbs my slumber and what are thy two wishes?"

"Shenron please bring my father and brother as well as the one known as Vegeta's father who were killed by Freeza to the Earth's check in station!" Goku yelled to the dragon.

Shenron's eyes glowed as the wish was granted.

"Give me your second wish!"

"Please bring the relatives I have mentioned back to life so that they may have another chance at life!"

"Know this," the dragon warned, "the ones you wish to restore to life have evil histories of death and destruction!"

"Yes I know dragon but I must give them a chance at life in peaceful times!"

"Very well your wish will be granted!"

The dragon's eyes glowed red once again as the wish was granted. The sky began to lighten with stars and the moon as the dragon disappeared to slumber once again.

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