Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Off to a Rough Start ❯ Introduction ( Prologue )

Author's Note: Hi all! Okay, here I go with my first fic. It will basically explain a lot of events that will take place in the near future between my character, Kasei, and Piccolo-chan. Or at least hint them. This chapter though, is just the introduction. Not very interesting, just mainly Piccolo thinking to himself and going over where we are in the series. Enjoy the intro, or just skip right on into the first chapter. Arigato! ^_^

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball Z or any other Anime for that matter. Nor do I own or am trying to claim ownership of Piccolo, or any of the other traditional characters of DBZ. The owners of Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, and any products thereof are Akari Toriyama and Funimation. The only character I claim ownership to in any of my fics will be Kasei Tomodatchi. She is my original and only character. So please, don't use her or put her in anything without telling me first. (Not that you would care to…I'm just saying…~_^)

Off to a Rough Start

~Introduction~

(Setting: Piccolo is standing on a rise looking through the trees at Gohan through his open window)

If you ever need me Gohan, I'll be there for you, Piccolo thought as he turned away from his post and disappeared into the woods. I must resume my training…so that I may become stronger…who knows when the next battle may come.

Piccolo slowly floated upward, scanning the horizon looking for the place he was to train. When he got high enough he sighted it far off in the distance. He sped off towards it, opposite of Gohan's home.

While flying about a quarter mile above the earth, he began to think about the chain of events that had occurred just recently and had drawn him away from training. He had been taken; about a year ago it seems, from earth after their battle with Vegeta and Napa. He had died saving Gohan from Napa's deadly blast. And then he was whisked to King-Ki's planet to train for their up-coming battle with Freeza. Piccolo grinned as he recalled how he was somehow suckered into chasing Ki's fool monkey, Bubbles around the planet. King-Ki and his ridiculous methods of training Piccolo thought.

The sudden unexplainable rush after Gohan and Krillen wished him back to Namek that he would have missed if he had blinked. His finding and reluctant fusing with a fellow Namek named Neil, and the stunning power after his fusion that made him over-confident of his abilities. The over-powering feeling of success that he felt when he thought he had defeated Freezia 2nd form only to find defeat when Freezia transformed to 3rd form.

He also remembered Vegita's meager attempts to defeat Freezia and the help from Neil's little friend, Dende. Who; with his powers, had healed them all. But as they would all learn soon, no one could beat Freezia except Goku. As far as Piccolo could remember, their battle was long and hard. But after Goku threw the spirit bomb, which contained energy from every living thing in the galaxy, they thought it was all over and that they had won. But the next thing Piccolo knew was that Freezia was still alive and, wasting no time, he aimed a beam at Goku while his back was turned. The last thing Piccolo could remember was pushing Goku aside to save him. Piccolo's hand shot to his chest at the place where the beam had gone. He glanced down at the star-shaped scar it had left. Wondering about what happened afterwards, because he didn't really know for sure about most of it.

With all of these thoughts and memories flooding through his mind, Piccolo almost missed it. As Piccolo was looking up from his chest he caught the scenery out of the corner of his eye. At last! Here it is he thought, the place I was training Gohan. This place he called home was an area filled with evil, savage, bloodthirsty dinosaurs, ancient ruins, and unknown terrors. Ah! Home sweet home, Piccolo thought as he floated to the ground. ...The one and only place to train...