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Second Life	By : AnonymityGranted Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1587 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 14
Confrontation
Bardock let a fierce yell before destroying the bolder in front of him. All his anger, his frustration was being poured into his training right now. He hated being so weak. He had stood at Raditz’s bedside rather than help with the fight against Cell, he knew he would only be in the way. He stood there while his youngest son and only grandson risked their lives, he stood there, helplessly, while his youngest son lost his life.
One son isolated and injured, the other son dead. His second chance was shaping up a lot like his first and he was running out of boulders to take it out on.
“Grandfather!” called Gohan. He snapped out of his thoughts to see the boy land. Gohan had been strong in the wake of his father’s death, his own victory against Cell, or the fact that he was the most powerful warrior on the planet had not seemed to phase his humble nature. He was dedicating himself to his studies but he was still going to help Bardock train.
“Come to join me?” asked Bardock, plastering a small smile on his face. He was trying not to express the rage he still felt coursing through his body, especially not to Gohan. He was already off to bad start as a father, he didn’t want to be a moody grandfather as well.
Gohan shook his head, “Uncle Raditz is awake,” he said before taking off into the sky again. He didn’t have to look behind him to know Bardock was following. They flew in silence letting the isolated plains fade into first the forest and then to the city.
When they arrived at Capsule Corp Bardock could see little had changed. All of Goku’s friends were gathered there, they seemed to be collectively mourning. Well, except Vegeta, Vegeta was training in his gravity chamber. They had already said goodbye to Big Trunks, who it turned out was Little Trunks from the future. Having been bought back to life Bardock shouldn’t have found that odd but he did, time travel was a difficult concept to wrap his head around.
They went straight to the room Raditz was waiting in. He was alone and seemed to be staring off into space, but Bardock was relieved to see he looked much better then when he’d been bought here. He hadn’t shared all the details of Raditz’s injures, he didn’t think Raditz would appreciate the entire group knowing about his assault. He could only hope that the half a senzu bean Raditz had been given had taken care of any…internal injuries.
“Gohan, why don’t you find your mother? I want to speak to Raditz alone,” he said as they reached Raditz’s door. He heard Gohan mummer an ok before he padded off somewhere. took a deep breath and stepped into the room.
Raditz was alone, he sat on the bed staring off into space, “Raditz?” he called out softly. Raditz glanced at him, and then quickly to the other side of the room. His gaze remained there with some visible effort. He said nothing and the silence hung between them heavily.
“Are you feeling better?” he asked
“I’m fine,” muttered Raditz tonelessly. He paused and then took a breath to continue. “I…I guess you’ve figured it out, what I was hiding,” said Raditz. He chanced a brief glance at Bardock’s face, finding it devoid of any conclusive expression. He didn’t want to say too much, but it seemed he’d been out for a while and who knew what Bardock might have dragged out Vegeta.
“Yes, I asked Vegeta for confirmation when we got back. He is the only one who really knows what happened to you. The rest just think Brolly attempted to beat the life from you,” said Bardock.
“And so what will happen now?” asked Raditz, the question seemed weighted in a way Bardock could not understand. Then it dawned on him, the role of breeders on the old Planet Vegeta, needed but reviled. A breeder’s discovery led to disownment from friends and family, and eventually to a life led locked away forced to have child after child in the service of the king.
Bardock had never given this cruel system much thought, most didn’t until they or a loved one was involved in it, and now thirty years after the destruction of Planet Vegeta and the majority of her people, he was in its wake.
“I’m not going to disown you, you are my son and this is just a part of you. Nothing has to change, well, except the running off and brooding, we can be done with that now, right?” said Bardock.
“I make no promises,” responded Raditz with a small smile. Bardock sat on the bed beside him and ruffle his hair in a way he had not done since Raditz was a little boy.
“Well, as long as were talking about a future, I’m thinking we don’t want to be sleeping on the living room floor of your brother’s house forever,” said Bardock, carefully looping an arm around Raditz shoulders. Raditz’s reaction on New Vegeta at the dinner table still weighed on him but one step at a time.
“No we don’t,” agreed Raditz, his shoulders tensed but he didn’t pull away, and they relaxed after a few seconds.
“I first thought about cutting down all those trees and building something-” said Bardock frowning as he was interrupted by Raditz disbelieving snort, “But Earthlings apparently have houses that can just spring into being from little capsules, and Bulma is willing to give us one,”
“I’m sure Chi-Chi will be happy to have us out of her hair,” said Raditz.
“Well, we won’t be going far, I’m planning on cutting down those trees anyway, we’re moving in next door,” said Bardock with a laugh.
“You haven’t told her that part yet have you?” said Raditz with a knowing smile.
“Nope, but she’ll be absolutely thrilled,” said Bardock with a sadistic smile.
In the end they decided the best way to tell Chi-Chi was to let her walk into the situation. When she woke up one morning a few days later and walked outside to the morning air, she glanced to her left and where there had once been trees and foliage was a capsule house.
He mouth dropped open.
“BARDOCK!” she screeched
“What, you didn’t think you were getting rid of us that easily did you?” said Bardock from her right. She jumped and whirled on him, he standing right beside her, where he hadn’t been a few seconds ago. “I want to be close to my family,” Bardock finished serenely.
“Oh, well that’s sweet of you,” responded Chi-Chi with a bright smile. Bardock returned it and turned away. He strode away about four steps before he said, “That and who else is going to cook for us,”
Chi-Chi produced her Frying Pan of Doom from nowhere, chucked it with deadly aim at Bardock’s head and hit him dead on. She spent the rest of the day glaring darkly at her father-in-law, even mumbling moodily that she finally saw where Goku got his inconsiderate behavior from. Despite that, she did in fact cook a hearty meal for everyone.
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