Authors Notes: So busy.. Work is so, so busy.. But I managed to find time
to write some how. I'm going just as fast as I can, but work sucks, users
suck, and they know nothing. And they all call me :'(. That's why I like to
call them L'users :-D
Again, I continue the dialog; I should cover everything up to the end of the Freiza saga. I'd like to apologize for any inconsistencies or errors in the story, when it comes to the story line of DBZ. Keep in mind it's been over a year since I have seen some of these episodes. And I'm going bitch slap the next person that corrects me on the spelling of Sajin. I spell it Sajin, and I'm not doing it any other way. Also, I'm planning skipping some of the lesser events of Namek, including just about anything that happened on the way there. Half out of the fact it's not a necessity, and half because I cant remember all of it.
Lastly, should there be any extended gap between chapters, I have not forgotten the story. I am just very busy.
Chapter 10
I sat back down. Videl was still giving me a strange look, but ignored it for the time being. I'm sure she was just surprised by the suddenness of my . . . 'Demonstration'
"So your father showed up to save you?"
"Yes, once again he had to come to my rescue. It seems as though there is never a time I don't need his help . . . " I said, sadly and bitterly at the same time."
I didn't give her time to interject before I continued
"He fought with Napa, easily defeating him, and even humiliating him till the point where Napa was ready to attack Krilin and I to stop my father. He did just that, he charged at us, readying a blast that would have killed us. But my father used an attack he had learned in the other world. It is called the Kaio-Ken attack"
"The other world?"
"Do you believe in heaven Videl?"
"Yes and no."
"Well, to a point, it exists, and is known as the other world. In reality, it is the next dimension after this one. And it has two levels. Hell, or as they call it, the 'Home For Infinite Losers.' The other is supposed to be the ideal form of 'Heaven.' However, more often than not, you lose your body, and your soul sort of just wanders free."
"Alright, I think I get it. One question, who would 'they' be?"
"Well, the best description of 'them' would be the governmental structure of the other world."
"Oh, I get it."
"You can retain your body by performing honorable deeds in your lifetime. My father did many, and thus was allowed to keep his body. With it, he traveled the great distance down Snake Way, who only one other person had ever managed to journey before."
"And what's at the end of this snake way?"
"King Kai. He trained my father for a few months, making him strong enough to defeat the Sajin's that would arrive."
"Ok, so what's Kaio-Ken?"
"Think of it as a brief power up, it increases all your strengths several times over. Speed, vision, agility, power . . . all of them."
"If such an attack exists, it would be incredible. But as I have come to understand, these things usually have draw backs."
"Your exactly right Videl. It has two real draw backs, It last temporarily, and depending how strong you are, it can create a tremendous strain on your body physically."
"I see . . . Your father defeated Napa with it?"
"Yes, and much to are surprise, Vegeta, having been disgusted with his performance as a Sajin, killed him as punishment."
"He killed his own?"
"Yes . . . Sajin's take their strength and skill with an abundant amount of pride and honor."
"So that left just Krilin, you, your father, and Vegeta on the battle field?"
"Yes, and at this time, my father sent both me and Krilin away from the battle, so that the may fight Vegeta without worry over are safety. We eventually left, and my father lead Vegeta further away from anyone to reduce any damage or casualties the battle would cause."
"So they fought?"
"Yes, they fought, and fought, till they were at a draw. Then Vegeta did something my father could not make up for, even with his strongest Kaio- Ken. He created a strange ball of energy, one that simulated moonlight . . ."
I saw a note of realization hit Videl's eyes.
"You mean he used that Ozzaru thing?"
"Yes. And even after my father had blinded him I none eye with an energy attack, he continued to mercilessly beat my dad. Krilin and I had soon returned, un-able to abandon my father."
"So what did you do?"
"When Vegeta had my father cupped into his hands, crushing him . . . I flew out to distract him, while Krilin prepared his Destructo disk attack, which we planned to sever His tail from his body with. When the attack was complete, he threw it. Unfortunately, it missed, Vegeta heard it coming, for we Sajin's have enhanced hearing, even more so in are Ozzaru forms. Before dissipating, the attack sliced through the very rock formation I had been standing on."
"Well, you guys must have been pretty screwed?"
"We were, but right as Vegeta was finishing my dad, Yajirobi decided to make his presence know to us, by leaping out from behind a rock face, and slicing off Vegeta's tail."
"Wait, who is Yajirobi?"
"Actually, I don't know much about him my self, except that he lives with Korin; Korin provides us with the Senzu beans, and that he isn't all that powerful, but sometimes plays key roles in are battles."
"Ohh, ok. So what did Vegeta do after he lost his tail?"
"He went nuts. He chased after Krilin and I. I managed to gain his attention mostly though. But while chasing me, my dad called over Krilin, and gave him the energy he had saved. He had made a Spirit Bomb."
"A Spirit Bomb? Is that another attack your father learned in the afterlife?"
"Yes, it was, and it is fiercely strong, yet it will only attack those with evil in there hearts. The one problem is it takes a tremendously long time to create, because it barrows some energy from all living things that are summoned."
"That's incredible . . . and now Krilin was controlling it so to speak?" "Yeah, he was standing on a rock pillar, while Vegeta had me pinned against a different rock face. When he felt the moment to be right, he through it at Vegeta."
"Did it hit?"
"Yup, me. Vegeta jumped over it, and it landed right into me. Luckily, last second my father spoke to me telepathically. I still don't know how. He said I could bounce it back at Vegeta if there was no evil in my heart. I guess there was none, because the ball of energy hit me, and rebounded right into a very surprised Vegeta."
"Wow, what happened now, was he defeated?"
"Not quite, the attack knocked him into the sky, away from where we could see. But eventually he came back."
"Ill bet he was looking for blood."
"Yeah, he sure was. He took out Krilin, and the started after me. At some point, I was knocked onto a rock, flat on my back, and when I looked up, what did I see?"
"I don't know Gohan, enlighten me . . ." She said a little grumpily
"Well, looking up, I saw the energy Vegeta had used before, the simulated moonlight. I hadn't noticed till then, but at some point my tail had grown back, so . . . "
"So you transformed?"
"Yes, and went crazy chasing after Vegeta."
"Did you get him?"
"Nope, we both ended up in the air, and he shot my tail off."
"So you changed back?"
"Yeah, and came crashing down to the ground as I did. Fortunately for me, I was still rather large as I fell through the air. Vegeta couldn't get around me in time, and I took him with me, crushing him into the ground."
"So he was done now?"
"Pretty much, and so was I, I passed out at this point. What I know happened next is that Vegeta called his space pod, and crawled to it. Krilin had found a way to get to his feet, and fallowed after Vegeta, Yajirobi's sword in hand. They both met up at his pod, and before Krilin could finish him, my father stopped him, and asked him to spare Vegeta."
"What, why?"
"I don't know, maybe because he was the only other Sajin left, or maybe it is because my father has such a big heart. Hell, it could just be that my father has always, and will always believe that people can change if given the chance. Whatever the reason, we spared him that day."
"I see . . . So after he left, what did you guys do?"
"Well, we were all pretty banged up, and couldn't do anything but sit and wait. Luckily, not to much later, Bulma came in with an airship, and we all took a lovely trip to the hospital."
"My father had almost every bone in his body broken by Vegeta when he was an Ozzaru. Krilin and I weren't in nearly as bad shape. So a few weeks later, it was decided we would travel to Namek."
"You mean where Piccolo was from?"
"Yes. We were given, by the caretaker of the Guardian of Earth, Mr. Popo, a ship. It was the ship that Kami, the other half of Piccolo, and at the time, the Guardian of Earth, had used to Travel to earth from Namek."
"So you at five years old, you went space exploring?"
"Basically."
"That's incredible."
"Well, I guess it could seem that way."
"So, you went to a far away planet, what happened when you got there?"
"Well, that in its self, is a truly long story, and in fact, I will probably leave out some of it, not that I mean too, it is just that so much happened. I will try to tell the most important parts though."
"Ok, fair enough."
"It took us two months to reach Namek, and once there, we soon found out that we weren't the only ones there to search for the Dragon Balls. The members of the planet traders, and there leader, Freiza, as well as Vegeta, had shown up. All looking for the Dragon Balls so they may wish for immortality."
"So, you, Krilin, and Bulma, all were stuck in the middle of this hunt?"
"Yes, and right away, Krilin and I set out for the balls, we came across the first one in a small Namekian village, but we were to late, Freiza had show up there, and was already 'persuading' the Namek's to hand over the ball."
"So what did you do?"
"Nothing . . . Until they were threatening a small Namekian child"
"You intervened?"
"Yes, and exposed are existence to the enemy for the firs time . . . I Attacked the pink blob named Dodoria. In fact, I crashed him through the wall of a Namek house. I grabbed the child, and Krilin and I took off, Dodoria chasing behind."
"Did you escape?"
"Yes, we did, thanks to the Solar Flare technique. It's a flash of very bright light, which if used correctly, can blind a person for 10 or so seconds. It was more than we needed to get away."
"So you guys ran?"
"And hid. We had later found out that Vegeta finished off Dodoria. Bulma had brought a large supply of capsules, so we turned a cave we found, into a base of sorts. We found out that the little Namek child's name was Dende. And just for you information, Dende is the current Guardian of Earth. He replaced Kami, once he and piccolo rejoined."
"Oh, so that what you mean when you say Piccolo isn't the same person he used to be."
"Yes, there is also one more person he joined with, but I will get to that later."
"Oh, ok."
"Krilin and I went in search of the dragon balls, I ended running up to Vegeta after I had stolen the ball he had found. Krilin, found the leader of the Namek's, Guru. I managed to get away from Vegeta unharmed, and brought the ball back with me. Krilin, had his power greatly increased by Guru, and later, I was also brought back to him, to have min unleashed as well."
"So he made you stronger?"
"Yes, though keep in mind, I am infinitely stronger, smarter . . . and wiser, than I was when I was younger. I made many mistakes in my youth . . ."
"Don't we all?"
"Yes, but I think mine go above and beyond the norm." I said sadly
"Oh . . . umm. so, you now had one ball, and were stronger then before?"
"Yes. But we didn't know the challenge that was coming. Vegeta had at some point taken all the balls from Freiza, which Freiza had gathered. So, Freiza summoned his elite fighting squad, the Ginyu Force."
"By the time we knew they were here, Vegeta had already killed Zarbon, Freiza's second in command, and found us in are safe house of sorts."
"They had come for the dragon ball. We quickly made the decision to deystroy it, but the creature, Guldo, made that imposibble. You see, he had a power, an incredible mental ability, which would let him stop time for all but himself. The one draw back, was that he couldn't breath with time stopped. Thus he had a time limit to how long he could stop it."
"That's amazing. How did you save the ball?"
"we didn't, they took it, and there leader went to return all the balls to Freiza. He also left the other four members of the force destroy us."
"So you all fought?"
"yes, and might I add, after a long display of stupidity as they used "Rock- Paper-Scissor" to decide who would get to have "fun" killing us."
"So who did you fight?"
"Krilin and I faced off against Guldo. We had been suppressing are power this whole time, so we surprised the creature. We took the upper hand, but he eventually caught us in some sort of mental attack. Krilin and I were both paralyzed, unable to move."
"So how did you beat him?"
"We didn't . . . Vegeta of all people, saved us. He killed Guldo, and took on the biggest of the three left, Racoom."
"Vegeta won?"
"No, none of us did, Vegeta fought hard with all his strength, as well as us. No one could stop him. In the end, He nearly killed Vegeta, but I intervened to save him, after all, he had saved me. For this action, Racoom set his sights on me. Krilin tried to save me, but was defeated as well. Eventually I fell as well, in so much pain I couldn't move, all of my energy spent."
"That's horrible, and you were just five for all of this?"
"Yes. Now it seemed as though the three of us were sure to have died, but then something happened, the same thing that always does, when we need help. . ."
"What, what happened Gohan?"
"My father. . . "
A/N: Once again, this is a good place to stop. I'm trying hard not to make the dialog, or story seem rushed, or forget anything either, but this is more tedious then I thought. So I'm anxious to continue with the real part of the story.
Again, I'd like to thank my reviewers, once again; this came out because of you guys. I don't wan leave you people hanging on the story, so I intend to finish it. And as always, special thanks to Mira-san, she is probably my main driving force for finishing this story.
Oh, I almost forgot, I need to give Mira-san more thanks than usual, she sent me an email with a picture she drew based one of my older stories, "All I want for Christmas." Thank you very much, I was genuinely touched, and it brought a true smile to my day.
Again, I continue the dialog; I should cover everything up to the end of the Freiza saga. I'd like to apologize for any inconsistencies or errors in the story, when it comes to the story line of DBZ. Keep in mind it's been over a year since I have seen some of these episodes. And I'm going bitch slap the next person that corrects me on the spelling of Sajin. I spell it Sajin, and I'm not doing it any other way. Also, I'm planning skipping some of the lesser events of Namek, including just about anything that happened on the way there. Half out of the fact it's not a necessity, and half because I cant remember all of it.
Lastly, should there be any extended gap between chapters, I have not forgotten the story. I am just very busy.
Chapter 10
I sat back down. Videl was still giving me a strange look, but ignored it for the time being. I'm sure she was just surprised by the suddenness of my . . . 'Demonstration'
"So your father showed up to save you?"
"Yes, once again he had to come to my rescue. It seems as though there is never a time I don't need his help . . . " I said, sadly and bitterly at the same time."
I didn't give her time to interject before I continued
"He fought with Napa, easily defeating him, and even humiliating him till the point where Napa was ready to attack Krilin and I to stop my father. He did just that, he charged at us, readying a blast that would have killed us. But my father used an attack he had learned in the other world. It is called the Kaio-Ken attack"
"The other world?"
"Do you believe in heaven Videl?"
"Yes and no."
"Well, to a point, it exists, and is known as the other world. In reality, it is the next dimension after this one. And it has two levels. Hell, or as they call it, the 'Home For Infinite Losers.' The other is supposed to be the ideal form of 'Heaven.' However, more often than not, you lose your body, and your soul sort of just wanders free."
"Alright, I think I get it. One question, who would 'they' be?"
"Well, the best description of 'them' would be the governmental structure of the other world."
"Oh, I get it."
"You can retain your body by performing honorable deeds in your lifetime. My father did many, and thus was allowed to keep his body. With it, he traveled the great distance down Snake Way, who only one other person had ever managed to journey before."
"And what's at the end of this snake way?"
"King Kai. He trained my father for a few months, making him strong enough to defeat the Sajin's that would arrive."
"Ok, so what's Kaio-Ken?"
"Think of it as a brief power up, it increases all your strengths several times over. Speed, vision, agility, power . . . all of them."
"If such an attack exists, it would be incredible. But as I have come to understand, these things usually have draw backs."
"Your exactly right Videl. It has two real draw backs, It last temporarily, and depending how strong you are, it can create a tremendous strain on your body physically."
"I see . . . Your father defeated Napa with it?"
"Yes, and much to are surprise, Vegeta, having been disgusted with his performance as a Sajin, killed him as punishment."
"He killed his own?"
"Yes . . . Sajin's take their strength and skill with an abundant amount of pride and honor."
"So that left just Krilin, you, your father, and Vegeta on the battle field?"
"Yes, and at this time, my father sent both me and Krilin away from the battle, so that the may fight Vegeta without worry over are safety. We eventually left, and my father lead Vegeta further away from anyone to reduce any damage or casualties the battle would cause."
"So they fought?"
"Yes, they fought, and fought, till they were at a draw. Then Vegeta did something my father could not make up for, even with his strongest Kaio- Ken. He created a strange ball of energy, one that simulated moonlight . . ."
I saw a note of realization hit Videl's eyes.
"You mean he used that Ozzaru thing?"
"Yes. And even after my father had blinded him I none eye with an energy attack, he continued to mercilessly beat my dad. Krilin and I had soon returned, un-able to abandon my father."
"So what did you do?"
"When Vegeta had my father cupped into his hands, crushing him . . . I flew out to distract him, while Krilin prepared his Destructo disk attack, which we planned to sever His tail from his body with. When the attack was complete, he threw it. Unfortunately, it missed, Vegeta heard it coming, for we Sajin's have enhanced hearing, even more so in are Ozzaru forms. Before dissipating, the attack sliced through the very rock formation I had been standing on."
"Well, you guys must have been pretty screwed?"
"We were, but right as Vegeta was finishing my dad, Yajirobi decided to make his presence know to us, by leaping out from behind a rock face, and slicing off Vegeta's tail."
"Wait, who is Yajirobi?"
"Actually, I don't know much about him my self, except that he lives with Korin; Korin provides us with the Senzu beans, and that he isn't all that powerful, but sometimes plays key roles in are battles."
"Ohh, ok. So what did Vegeta do after he lost his tail?"
"He went nuts. He chased after Krilin and I. I managed to gain his attention mostly though. But while chasing me, my dad called over Krilin, and gave him the energy he had saved. He had made a Spirit Bomb."
"A Spirit Bomb? Is that another attack your father learned in the afterlife?"
"Yes, it was, and it is fiercely strong, yet it will only attack those with evil in there hearts. The one problem is it takes a tremendously long time to create, because it barrows some energy from all living things that are summoned."
"That's incredible . . . and now Krilin was controlling it so to speak?" "Yeah, he was standing on a rock pillar, while Vegeta had me pinned against a different rock face. When he felt the moment to be right, he through it at Vegeta."
"Did it hit?"
"Yup, me. Vegeta jumped over it, and it landed right into me. Luckily, last second my father spoke to me telepathically. I still don't know how. He said I could bounce it back at Vegeta if there was no evil in my heart. I guess there was none, because the ball of energy hit me, and rebounded right into a very surprised Vegeta."
"Wow, what happened now, was he defeated?"
"Not quite, the attack knocked him into the sky, away from where we could see. But eventually he came back."
"Ill bet he was looking for blood."
"Yeah, he sure was. He took out Krilin, and the started after me. At some point, I was knocked onto a rock, flat on my back, and when I looked up, what did I see?"
"I don't know Gohan, enlighten me . . ." She said a little grumpily
"Well, looking up, I saw the energy Vegeta had used before, the simulated moonlight. I hadn't noticed till then, but at some point my tail had grown back, so . . . "
"So you transformed?"
"Yes, and went crazy chasing after Vegeta."
"Did you get him?"
"Nope, we both ended up in the air, and he shot my tail off."
"So you changed back?"
"Yeah, and came crashing down to the ground as I did. Fortunately for me, I was still rather large as I fell through the air. Vegeta couldn't get around me in time, and I took him with me, crushing him into the ground."
"So he was done now?"
"Pretty much, and so was I, I passed out at this point. What I know happened next is that Vegeta called his space pod, and crawled to it. Krilin had found a way to get to his feet, and fallowed after Vegeta, Yajirobi's sword in hand. They both met up at his pod, and before Krilin could finish him, my father stopped him, and asked him to spare Vegeta."
"What, why?"
"I don't know, maybe because he was the only other Sajin left, or maybe it is because my father has such a big heart. Hell, it could just be that my father has always, and will always believe that people can change if given the chance. Whatever the reason, we spared him that day."
"I see . . . So after he left, what did you guys do?"
"Well, we were all pretty banged up, and couldn't do anything but sit and wait. Luckily, not to much later, Bulma came in with an airship, and we all took a lovely trip to the hospital."
"My father had almost every bone in his body broken by Vegeta when he was an Ozzaru. Krilin and I weren't in nearly as bad shape. So a few weeks later, it was decided we would travel to Namek."
"You mean where Piccolo was from?"
"Yes. We were given, by the caretaker of the Guardian of Earth, Mr. Popo, a ship. It was the ship that Kami, the other half of Piccolo, and at the time, the Guardian of Earth, had used to Travel to earth from Namek."
"So you at five years old, you went space exploring?"
"Basically."
"That's incredible."
"Well, I guess it could seem that way."
"So, you went to a far away planet, what happened when you got there?"
"Well, that in its self, is a truly long story, and in fact, I will probably leave out some of it, not that I mean too, it is just that so much happened. I will try to tell the most important parts though."
"Ok, fair enough."
"It took us two months to reach Namek, and once there, we soon found out that we weren't the only ones there to search for the Dragon Balls. The members of the planet traders, and there leader, Freiza, as well as Vegeta, had shown up. All looking for the Dragon Balls so they may wish for immortality."
"So, you, Krilin, and Bulma, all were stuck in the middle of this hunt?"
"Yes, and right away, Krilin and I set out for the balls, we came across the first one in a small Namekian village, but we were to late, Freiza had show up there, and was already 'persuading' the Namek's to hand over the ball."
"So what did you do?"
"Nothing . . . Until they were threatening a small Namekian child"
"You intervened?"
"Yes, and exposed are existence to the enemy for the firs time . . . I Attacked the pink blob named Dodoria. In fact, I crashed him through the wall of a Namek house. I grabbed the child, and Krilin and I took off, Dodoria chasing behind."
"Did you escape?"
"Yes, we did, thanks to the Solar Flare technique. It's a flash of very bright light, which if used correctly, can blind a person for 10 or so seconds. It was more than we needed to get away."
"So you guys ran?"
"And hid. We had later found out that Vegeta finished off Dodoria. Bulma had brought a large supply of capsules, so we turned a cave we found, into a base of sorts. We found out that the little Namek child's name was Dende. And just for you information, Dende is the current Guardian of Earth. He replaced Kami, once he and piccolo rejoined."
"Oh, so that what you mean when you say Piccolo isn't the same person he used to be."
"Yes, there is also one more person he joined with, but I will get to that later."
"Oh, ok."
"Krilin and I went in search of the dragon balls, I ended running up to Vegeta after I had stolen the ball he had found. Krilin, found the leader of the Namek's, Guru. I managed to get away from Vegeta unharmed, and brought the ball back with me. Krilin, had his power greatly increased by Guru, and later, I was also brought back to him, to have min unleashed as well."
"So he made you stronger?"
"Yes, though keep in mind, I am infinitely stronger, smarter . . . and wiser, than I was when I was younger. I made many mistakes in my youth . . ."
"Don't we all?"
"Yes, but I think mine go above and beyond the norm." I said sadly
"Oh . . . umm. so, you now had one ball, and were stronger then before?"
"Yes. But we didn't know the challenge that was coming. Vegeta had at some point taken all the balls from Freiza, which Freiza had gathered. So, Freiza summoned his elite fighting squad, the Ginyu Force."
"By the time we knew they were here, Vegeta had already killed Zarbon, Freiza's second in command, and found us in are safe house of sorts."
"They had come for the dragon ball. We quickly made the decision to deystroy it, but the creature, Guldo, made that imposibble. You see, he had a power, an incredible mental ability, which would let him stop time for all but himself. The one draw back, was that he couldn't breath with time stopped. Thus he had a time limit to how long he could stop it."
"That's amazing. How did you save the ball?"
"we didn't, they took it, and there leader went to return all the balls to Freiza. He also left the other four members of the force destroy us."
"So you all fought?"
"yes, and might I add, after a long display of stupidity as they used "Rock- Paper-Scissor" to decide who would get to have "fun" killing us."
"So who did you fight?"
"Krilin and I faced off against Guldo. We had been suppressing are power this whole time, so we surprised the creature. We took the upper hand, but he eventually caught us in some sort of mental attack. Krilin and I were both paralyzed, unable to move."
"So how did you beat him?"
"We didn't . . . Vegeta of all people, saved us. He killed Guldo, and took on the biggest of the three left, Racoom."
"Vegeta won?"
"No, none of us did, Vegeta fought hard with all his strength, as well as us. No one could stop him. In the end, He nearly killed Vegeta, but I intervened to save him, after all, he had saved me. For this action, Racoom set his sights on me. Krilin tried to save me, but was defeated as well. Eventually I fell as well, in so much pain I couldn't move, all of my energy spent."
"That's horrible, and you were just five for all of this?"
"Yes. Now it seemed as though the three of us were sure to have died, but then something happened, the same thing that always does, when we need help. . ."
"What, what happened Gohan?"
"My father. . . "
A/N: Once again, this is a good place to stop. I'm trying hard not to make the dialog, or story seem rushed, or forget anything either, but this is more tedious then I thought. So I'm anxious to continue with the real part of the story.
Again, I'd like to thank my reviewers, once again; this came out because of you guys. I don't wan leave you people hanging on the story, so I intend to finish it. And as always, special thanks to Mira-san, she is probably my main driving force for finishing this story.
Oh, I almost forgot, I need to give Mira-san more thanks than usual, she sent me an email with a picture she drew based one of my older stories, "All I want for Christmas." Thank you very much, I was genuinely touched, and it brought a true smile to my day.