Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ The Chosen One ❯ Chapter Eight ( Chapter 8 )

Chapter Eight

"Okay," King Kai told Gohan. "This is your last day of training under me." King Kai took a brick and launched it at an extremely high speed. Gohan focused on the energy, with his eyes shut and his hands in the air. Soon, white energy flowed and pulsed around his body.

"Now, remember," King Kai said, "focus the energy into your hand and form it into a ball . . ." Gohan let his left arm down and held out his right arm. Pretty soon the energy gathered itself around Gohan's hand. Gohan pulled his hand back and then launched the energy at the brick. The Spirit Bomb hit the brick dead on and blew it up. Gohan managed to do all of this without even breaking a sweat or becoming winded.

"Excellent!" King Kai exclaimed. "You were able to handle the Spirit Bomb very well! I guess it's true what they say: Like father, like son!"

"Well, I guess it's time for me to go," Gohan said. "The others are waiting for me, and I can only hope that Vegeta, Piccolo, and Android 17 haven't killed each other yet." Gohan said his goodbyes to everyone and disappeared.

"Gohan . . . good luck," Goku said to himself.

Gohan reappeared on the bridge of the spaceship. Bulma was taking a nap, Piccolo was meditating, Android 18 was reading a fashion magazine, and Android 16 was resting. He could hear Vegeta and Raditz sparring. Krillin walked into the bridge, yawning. When he saw Gohan, his eyes widened and his jaw actually closed. "Gohan!" he exclaimed, startling Android 18 and waking Android 16 and Bulma. "You're back! How'd it go?"

Piccolo emerged from his meditation. "Yeah, I'd also like to know how you managed with that old coot."

"Actually, Piccolo, I learned two new techniques," Gohan said. "I learned the Kaio-Ken and the Spirit Bomb from King Kai."

"So, how's your dad doing?" Bulma asked.

"I guess he's okay," Gohan said. "I wish he'd come back, though."

Bulma grabbed the microphone from the instrument panel. "Ladies and gentlemen, please come to the bridge and prepare for takeoff. That includes you, Vegeta, and Raditz!"

Gohan could not sleep that night. It seemed that the insomnia was kicking in again. Feeling that trying any further to go to sleep was futile, he got up and left his room. Interestingly enough, he saw that Raditz had his door open and his light on, for he was still awake.

Raditz looked up from his thoughts. "What are you doing up?" he asked his nephew. "You should be asleep."

"I could say the same to you," Gohan responded. "When did you start caring about my well-being?"

"Since you learned of your destiny to save the universe," Raditz answered. "Besides, Kakarot had me promise to take care of you, and a Saiyan will never break a formal promise. The 'promise' I gave to your father when we fought on Earth was not a formal Saiyan promise, so I had no qualms about breaking it."

"Formal or informal, you should always keep your promises," Gohan said. "Why are you up so late?"

"I was thinking," Raditz answered.

"About what?" Gohan asked.

"Here, there's a chair in here. You might as well sit down," Raditz said.

(Author's Note: The rest of this chapter will be told in Raditz's POV.)

One day, the Ginyu Force dropped in, quite literally. They fell in the Bloody Pond and caused a big commotion. Goz and Mez were completely distracted by the Ginyu Force, so I used the opportunity and escaped. I knew of a secret passage because I had overheard Mez telling Kakarot about it. I sneaked up the staircase, and to my surprise, I found myself in a drawer at King Yemma's desk! Somehow, though, I lucked out. King Yemma was busy and didn't notice my appearance, so I managed to escape. Eventually, I found my way to a long winding route called Snake Way. I began flying over it. I don't know why I did, but I think I had this gut feeling. After about a week of flying, I came across a castle. I went up to the front, and the entrance turned into a giant snake's head and sucked me in! I landed in a lobby in front of a teal-skinned lady. She called Princess Snake into the room, and she became infatuated with me, just like she had with my brother! She managed to trick me into staying with her food. Apparently it was filled with some sleep-inducing ingredient and I collapsed right at the table.

When I came to, I found myself in a bed next to a sleeping Princess Snake, and I didn't have any clothes on! I panicked, but I found myself chained to the bed. I ended up becoming her "pet" for almost seven years. However, I kept "misbehaving," and Princess Snake got so fed up with me that she decided to eat me!

I found myself in a snake's stomach. I managed to fly out through her mouth. Princess Snake, in her snake form, gave chase, spitting fire. I tried to blast her, but it merely bounced off of her skin. Unfortunately, she was gaining on me, but all of a sudden, she stopped, for who should show up but my own brother! Kakarot stopped right in front of her and told her that she would have to go through him to get to me! Princess Snake merely laughed, but then Kakarot began powering up. Suddenly, his hair turned gold and stood up, and his eyes turned green. I was shocked! What had happened to Kakarot? Then, I found out when he told Princess Snake: He was a Super Saiyan! Suddenly, Kakarot was next to me with his left hand on my wrist and his index and middle fingers on his forehead. The next thing I knew, I was floating above a tiny planet. Kakarot brought me down to the surface and I met King Kai. That was when we made contact with you. While I waited to be wished back, I had to catch King Kai's pet monkey and hit his grasshopper friend in the head with a sledgehammer. Finally, you wished me back to life.