Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Vegetasei's Influence ❯ Chapter 5

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’s Influence chapter 5

Goku had finally made it to Kaio-sama’s. It had taken him six months to get there due to various detours. Goku stepped off Snakeway to find that he couldn’t stand up straight. As he struggled to walk, a monkey walked up to him and stared. “Hey how come you can walk under this gravity?” Goku asked the monkey. “Oh, I get it you must be Kaio-sama.” The monkey just turned around and walked away. “Hey where are you going? Wait up.” Goku was quickly in pursuit.

Gohan fell to the ground exhausted. He was now training with Piccolo. The last six months had been quite the adventure for Gohan. At first things had been terribly hard for him. However, eventually he had gained confidence in himself. After that, survival was nothing but a walk in the woods for him. Then Piccolo came and the real training had begun. It was hard but he could cope with it.

Piccolo looked at the exhausted boy with pride. Gohan was a good student and was making progress fast. Piccolo wouldn’t admit it aloud but the kid had grown on him. “That’s enough for today.” Piccolo said making a fire for them to sit by. Gohan got up and went to get some meat he had prepared earlier. “Want some Mr. Piccolo?” Piccolo shook his head. When Gohan had finished eating, he leaned back and stared up at the star filled sky.

“Raditsu respond. Raditsu respond. Damn it Raditsu wake your ass up and respond.” Nappa growled into the intercom of his ship. Vegeta who was waiting in the background rolled his eyes. “You know he could be too injured to answer you. So why don’t you just tap into his controls and make his ship land here?” Nappa hated it when his prince made him look stupid.

Grumbling Nappa did what was suggested. In 30 minutes, Raditsu’s ship had landed right next to theirs. When the pod opened to reveal an almost fully healed sleeping Raditsu, Nappa reached in and punched him in the face. Raditsu woke with a jolt to find himself face to face with Prince Vegeta and his royal guard. Raditsu immediately got to his feet and gave them the seiyajin salute.

Bulma was with Chichi for the after noon. She had finished gathering all of the Dragonballs a month ago. Now she was busy trying to think of something to make for Gohan. Everything Chichi had suggested was for his education. Bulma didn’t think that’s what Gohan would want. She wanted to make him something that would help him deal with everything that he was now up against. Something that would help cheer him up.

As Bulma looked around Gohan’s room, she spotted a small tape player. She turned it on to see what type of music Gohan listened to. It was classical. Bulma cringed. She listened to classical occasionally but she got the feeling this was the only thing he had to listen to. That’s when an idea hit her. One thing she knew that could cheer anyone up.

The Z-senshi were tired. They had been training day in and day out. They were all resting for the moment and were focusing on their own thoughts. Kuririn was finding that he couldn’t get away from how useless he had been during the fight with Okami. He hated being useless. This time around, he was going to be of some help. He was going to get stronger. No matter what.

Okami’s brothers were about half way from Chikyuusei. The three brothers had been a part of Freezer’s army since they were kids. Being in such an environment isn’t the best place to grow up. These three however strived in it. Each brother had adapted in a different way. Okami had become a sadist. He had enjoyed torturing anyone and anything that he could get his hands on. The twins had found this behavior sickening. Taiteki became obsessed with being the strongest. He was constantly training or fighting someone to prove his superiority. Kyouteki was the sanest out of the three. His specialty was outwitting his opponent. He liked to examine the mentality of everyone around him.

Kaio-sama was in hysterics. He had been watching this grown man imitate Bubbles for about an hour now. When he had finally calmed down Kaio-sama went over to the pair. “What are you doing?” Goku stopped for a moment and looked up at the person who was now talking. “Hi. I’m just following what Kaio-sama is doing.” Goku responded. “No you’re not.” Kaio-sama was a little agitated at being confused with a monkey. “I’m Kaio-sama. That’s Bubbles.” Goku looked from one to the other then laughed sheepishly.

“Raditsu what the hell happened to you?” Nappa questioned. Vegeta remembering Raditsu’s mission then asked, “Where’s your brother?” Raditsu then relayed the events of the battle with Okami. He managed to down cast the parts were he was getting beat. If they wanted more details, they could read the reports.

“Nappa get in your pod.” Vegeta ordered after the tale was finished. “Why Vegeta?” Nappa asked without thinking. Vegeta punched him in the stomach. “First don’t question your prince. Second we’re going with Raditsu.” With that said Vegeta went to his pod. The other two did the same. Nappa got into his angry at being hit in front of Raditsu. Raditsu got into his surprised at his prince’s interest in the whole affair.

Bulma was back in her lab. Her comfort zone. She hadn’t left it for hours. Bulma was busy designing her gift for Gohan. It wasn’t easy going. She had to design it to be able to do everything she wanted it to do. It also had to look nice and be compact. Difficult wasn’t the word. As she tinkered with more designs, she began to think of her other Z-senshi friends. Yamcha to be precise.

The Z-senshi were now sleeping all except for one that is. Yamcha was thinking about Bulma and their relationship. They had just gotten back together before all this had happened. They had been an on again off again couple for years now. Yamcha wondered if they would have any more years left together. He then made the decision to ask Bulma to marry him when this was all over. That would give him the motivation to win this fight and return to Bulma. With thoughts of their life, together Yamcha went to sleep.

Someone was dreaming. In their dream, there was a young boy. He was in an aura of golden light and lightening seemed to spring forth from his body. The dreamer knew in his weird way that this person was unbelievably strong. The boy was ensnarled in a battle to the death with an enemy that the dreamer could not see. The boy let out an agonized and tormented scream. As the dreamer watched, the boy changed. He was an alternate version of himself no longer aware of whom or what he was. As the battle ended, the boy changed once again. He was back to his original self but something was wrong. Bardock turned over in his vision filled sleep and mumbled, “He’s broken.”

Gohan had gotten the hang of ki blasts at last. He could now make them and doge them with efficiency. “Gohan come here.” Piccolo suddenly called. Gohan ran over to him. “It’s time for you to learn some techniques.” Piccolo began to show his young pupil how to form the masenko. After a half hour worth of tries Gohan finally managed to perform it. Piccolo smirked to himself. “Now do it again till it’s second nature.”

Chichi sat in her son’s bedroom. Tears were flowing unchecked from her eyes. She was worried about her son. She had wanted him to be safe. That’s why she hadn’t let him train. She herself was a martial artist. Chichi knew how dangerous it could be. She could still remember the terrors of King Piccolo. When Gohan was born, she had made a promise to herself that he wouldn’t have to be called upon at a young age like Goku was to save the world.

She had failed though. Out of the sky came two men who were the reason why neither her husband nor her son were with her. Now her son, her sweet little Gohan, was in the wilderness some where preparing to participate in a fight that could lead to his death. If Gohan did survive then who knew what witnessing such carnage could do to his young mind. A new stream of tears fell from her eyes as she realized there was nothing she could do for him except pray to Kami-sama that he would be watched over.

Kami-sama heard Chichi’s prayer. He knew Gohan would be watched over. Piccolo wouldn’t let anything happen to the boy. Although Piccolo didn’t show it, Kami-sama knew he cared about Gohan. He smiled. There had to be something special about Gohan to be able to get into Piccolo’s heart.

Vegeta knew the other two did not understand his reasoning. Most would have expected him to send someone else with Raditsu. He didn’t though because he wanted to test his skills against the two brothers. Besides by the time they got reinforcements from Vegetasei it would be too late. Since he and Nappa were already available, they might as well go.

After the whole Bubbles mix up and Goku’s passing of all of Kaio-sama’s tests he was finally in training. Goku was giving it his all. He couldn’t wait until he was back on earth. He missed his wife and his son. He hoped that they would both be well taken care of in his absence. A smile spread across his face as Kaio-sama announced lunch.

The Z-senshi were busy sparing one another. Kuririn was sparing against Yamcha and Tien was sparing against Chaotsu. Chaotsu and Tien were talking as they spared. “Chaotsu are you sure you want to fight? I mean if you die we won’t be able to wish you back with the Dragonballs.” Tien said as he went for a punch to his friend’s side. Chaotsu blocked him. “Yes, I want to fight for Chikyuusei Tien. Besides, I’ll be fine. I won’t do anything reckless. So don’t worry.”

Tien let the subject drop. After that, they continued to spar in silence. Tien was still worried about his friend. He had encountered Chaotsu’s death before and he knew he wouldn’t be able to deal with it again. Chaotsu knew his friend was only concerned. However, nothing was going to stop him from protecting his home.

As the months rolled by all of the warriors continued on their paths. Finally, after six more months it happened. Two space pods came to Chikyuusei. They landed in the center of a city. The doors of the two ships opened and out stepped two alien men. Taiteki and Kyouteki had arrived.

AN: Hey, guys. This was another difficult chapter. However, I managed. I want to thank dfd for the names of Okami’s brothers. Here’s a new chapter so you won’t be bored any more. Hope you enjoy it. Oh, I’ve put up my second fan fiction. Yay, me. Anyway, it’s titled “The Most Dangerous Game”. Read and review so I know what you think. Until next time. Je Ne.