DBZ Alternate

Chapter 3: The Battle, Power and Training

Celipa glared at Raditz as she spoke, “Where are our children?”

The question was calm, venomous, and said slowly. The tone sent shivers down Raditz’s spine. He wasted no time and attacked. Raditz struck at the two bald men first, punching them both in the head. Tien and Krillen fell to the ground unconscious. Goku, Piccolo and Celipa quickly powered up as they struck back. Raditz heard them and dodged by flying up. Goku and Piccolo each had a fist out stretched while Celipa had swung a kick. The three looked up and saw their quarry.

Celipa went left, Piccolo right and Goku up the middle. They had Raditz surrounded. Raditz got into a defensive stance as the others became offensive. Then Raditz struck. He launched a ki blast from each hand at Celipa and Piccolo. He then charged at Goku. The two began to exchange punches and the occasional kick. It only lasted a few seconds before Celipa and Piccolo joined in. Raditz was able to dodge the Namek and female Saiya-jin’s attacks. He retaliated by jamming his elbows into their backs.

While Celipa and Piccolo occupied Raditz, Goku took his chance. He flew back several feet and charged an attack at his side. Goku chanted as he prepared his attack, “Ka. . . Me. . . Ha. . . Me. . .” With that chant he thrust his cupped hands forward with a loud “HA”. The blast hurtled toward Raditz as Piccolo and Celipa backed off. Raditz had little time to block or dodge. The blue beam struck hard with an explosion.

Raditz was surprised at their cunning. The two weaker ones distracted him as his brother Kakorotto charged a powerful attack. He was able to block it in time. It hurt, but did not stop him. As the smoke cleared he saw that his three opponents were surprised at his survival. Raditz smirked at them. He charged the Namek Piccolo and ripped his left arm off. Piccolo screamed out in pain as his arm was torn from his body.

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Gohan and Videl watched from inside the pod. Krillen and Tien were still knocked out. Piccolo was on his knees, clutching the stump that ended above his elbow. Celipa was now being attacked ruthlessly by Raditz. Videl and Gohan were calling out to their parents and the others. Their anger was starting to build, as was their power. Their aura’s burst from their bodies. The auras were white, but now the edges of both auras were distinctly gold. The two shot through the pod door, destroying the pod in the process.

Everyone that was conscious turned to look at the kids. Anger seethed from their eyes. Goku could not believe their power, it could not gauge their strength. Piccolo was in fear. The chilchildren possessed so much power that nothing he knew of could stop them. Celipa was both shocked and proud. The kids possessed unbelievable power.

Raditz was genuinely afraid. His scouter scanned their new power. When he arrived Goku had a power of 1,500; Celipa was at 1,000; the Namek, 1,200; the two humans, 900 and the kids were both at 3,300. Now the brats were at 200,000 and rising! How could two half-breeds have such power?! It is not possible, Raditz thought. Their power jumped yet again, now to 1,000,000!

Gohan and Videl both began to glow brightly. Their hair and tail fur were flashing from their normal color to gold and back as it was being blow up. Their eyes were flashing teal and black. With one final howl, both transformed. Hair and tail a pale gold, eyes teal and filled with furry while their auras were a deep gold through and through. Finally, their power settled at 115,000,000.

Raditz could not understand it. The two children had become super sai-jins! He then spoke in fear, “How can this be!? Two disgraceful half breeds have become the first Super Sai-jins in several millennia. Vegeta, I know you are monitoring this, how can this be?!”

The others were shocked. Raditz scouter was also an interstellar communicator. A crackling was heard along with another voice, “They can’t be Super Saiya-jins, they are children and half-breeds! Wait – I’m getting their power levels on MY scouter! 115 million?! That can’t be! We are coming to you!”

Gohan and Videl struck then, both firing a massive ki blast. The blasts engulfed Raditz. After a few seconds, the two let up their attack. There was nothing left but a black trail of ash and smoldering dirt where the blasts carved into the ground, including where Raditz once stood.

Both children calmed down, but did not release their transformation. They looked at Goku, Celipa and Piccolo. The three adults were in awe of the power that the two chibis held. Piccolo was still clutching the stump that used to be his left arm. He growled in pain. That growl got the others to look at him. Piccolo closed his eyes and concentrated. In seconds his arm fully regenerated.

Piccolo opened his eyes and saw the four Saiya-jins looking at him. He turned to fly off and recover when Gohan phased in front of the Namek. Piccolo looked down at the boy. Gohan looked up at Piccolo innocently and asked a question, “Piccolo, help us train, please.”

Celipa saere ere this was headed spokspoke up, “Though you may not like it, we will need you help to stop those that will be coming. I bet that they will be here in a year. The one Raditz was talking to was Vegeta, the Saiya-jin no Ouji. He is strong, but Gohan and Videl are stronger. I just don’t know if they will be willing to fight.”

Piccolo saw the truth in this. He thought deeply while Tien and Krillen were helped and filled in what happened. The entire time neither Gohan nor Videl powered down. They liked what they had become. They were trying out their power, flying around, throwing ki blasts at the mountains and sparring. After several minutes they all were ready to go back to Kame Island.

Gohan and Videl continued to dance around Piccolo, Goku, Celipa, Tien and Krillen on the way back. Though they had just killed for the first time in their lives, neither seamed effected by it. Celipa did not know what to think. First the demi-Saiya-jin children were scared, now they were happy after their first kill. Yes they had become Super Saiya-jins, but they were still children.

Piccolo could not believe pow power that Gohan and Videl held now. If he tried to take over the world, they could easily stop him. He could not try to corrupt either of them, they are able to keep their innocence. The brats could easily run around him hundreds of times before Piccolo could throw a punch. He would just have to give up on conquering Earth.

Goku was brimming with pride and envy for the two children. They were stronger than he thought possible. Yet it was scary at the same time. Gohan and Videl possessed so much power and were still too young to comprehend the responsibility. They would need to learn some serious humility, control and more.

Krillen and Tien were both happy and disappointed about missing the battle. Raditz probably would have killed them. The transformations of Gohan and Videl definitely would have scared them senseless. Then they would have to deal with the sight of the kids’ attack. They were both glad and sorry indeed.

After an hour of flight, they returned to the island. Gohan and Videl were both force to power down. The Super Saiya-jin form was a drain on their bodies after a time. When every one landed the others swarmed them. Chi-chi at at her son and gave him a rib-crushing hug. She was crying and talking about how ‘he was safe’, ‘he was home’, ‘mommy was here’ and so forth.

Goku was about to go join his wife when she struck at him. “WHY DIDN’T YOU STOP THAT MAN FROM TAKING MY BABY,” Chi-chi roared. Her eyes were wide, fire danced around her body, her teeth like fangs. Goku reeled back in fear.

Gohan took that opportunity to speak up for his dad. “Kaa-san, tou-san didn’t do anything wrong. ouldouldn’t have stopped Raditz from taking me or Videl.”

Chi-chi looked at her 4 year old son. He must be delusional! “It’s ok Gohan. You probably hit your head. Of course Goku could have kept Raditz from taking you!”

Piccolo spoke up at that time, the woman obviously crazy. “The only option either Goku or Celipa had, other than letting the children get abducted, was to kill 100 humans each. Would you like them to kill innocents. Not even I am that low. Raditz was. Goku and Celipa were better than that.”

Piccolo’s words struck a cord in Chi-chi. She struck at the Namek with her frying pan. He was hit directly on the top of the head. Chi-chi then began to scream, “DON’T TELL ME THAT GOKU IS A MURDERER!!”

“So, if you didn’t want Goku or myself to kill innocents, then Raditz WOULD have taken the kids,” Celipa said.

Chi-chi looked at the woman and frowned before yelling again, “HE STILL COULD HAVE STOPPED RADITZ!!”

Videl then tried her hand at beating some sense into the bi-polar woman, “How could Goku or my mommy stop Raditz? He was stronger than any of us at the time. Not even Gohan or I could have stopped him.”

Chi-chi looked at the girl, she still could not believe what every body was telling her. Goku was not strong enough?! Then how did they come back? “Then how did you get away from Raditz, hmm,” Chi-chi asked with a blazing glare.

Videl responded with a smile as she transformed and spoke, “Gohan and I became stronger!”

Chi-chi fell back, she forgot about the seemingly natural strength of these two chibis. Then she realized something, “Does that mean that you and my baby killed Raditz?!”

Videl looked solemn for a second before answering, “Yes, we did. But neither of us wanted to, we had to.” Videl said the last part with tears in her eyes. Gohan had started to cry as well and walked over to Videl. Once he was next to her, he gave her a comforting hug as she powered down.

Celipa watched what the two children did and smiled. They were indeed bonding. She smiled sympathetically as she walked over too them. There she knelt down next to them. They looked to her and embraced Celipa as well. Chi-chi fallowed Celipa’s example. Gohan went to Chi-chi once she was close enough. The children cried on their mothers’ shoulders while their tails stayed intertwined.

As they four pulled apart, Gohan and Videl linked their hands together. They stood next to each other as the adults discussed what to do. Gohan sat down next to Videl. They did not pay attention to the conversation as they began to meditate.

Goku was thinking hard about what to do. Gohan and Videl may not want to fight, but they may have to. The Earth would have a year before the other Sai-jins reached the Earth.

Piccolo was having similar thoughts. Only his were based around everyone training to defend the earth. Who knows how many Sai-jins are coming, two, half a dozen, 100?

Krillen, Tien and Yamcha had decided to start to train. Every little bit will help.

Roshi was off thinking on his own as well. He was considering how they could get stronger at a faster rate without injuring the trainees too badly. He also had to consider how many of these Saiya-jins were coming, along with their possible strength.

After an hour of talking and thinking, everyone decided one a course of action. Everyone would train: Goku, Celipa, Krillen, Tien, Yamcha, Gohan and Videl. Chi-chi was furious that her ‘baby’ was going to become a ‘ruffian’. Yet both Gohan and Videl would be needed.

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Vegeta was in emotional and psychological turmoil. The half-breed brats of two ‘3rd class bakas’ achieved the status of ‘Super Saiya-jin’. Vegeta, the Sai-jin no Ouji was supposed to become a Super Sai-jin before anyone else! He had been disgraced! Two little half-breed CHILDREN each had a maximum power of 115,000,000! He could not hope to defeat them. Only his master could.

Vegeta scowled at the thought. Freiza was the only one capable of fighting such a power. But he could only fight one of them at a time. If both of these brats fought Freiza at the same time, the tyrant would be dead! Vegeta smiled, he had an idea. First Vegeta would kill the others, they would be no problem. Then he would take the children and use their power to kill Freiza. But he would need to move quickly. Freiza’s science teams were almost guaranteed to have detected the brats’ ascension.

With that in mind he led his right-hand-man and body guard, Nappa, to the pods. Nappa was a Sai-jin Elite, ane see second strongest to Vegeta. Other than Raditz, Kakorotto and Celipa, they were the only survivors of the Saiya-jin race. Nappa was at least 7 feet tall. His build was very bulky, but all muscle. Nappa’s head was shaved so that it was bald. He kept a mustache that was bushy, yet neat. Nappa wore the typical armor that was made by Freiza’s empire. The only difference from Raditz’s armor was the color. It was brown, but with white and black trimmings. Finally was Nappa’s tail. It was brown and wrapped around his waist.

Vegeta stood at about 5 feet tall and hair that stood up like a flame. His fore-head was large and had a very sharp widow’s peak. Vegeta’s eyes were his most striking feature. Slanted inward and holding nothing but hate for those they looked at. His armor was in the same fashion of Nappa’s with only a few exceptions. Vegeta had a blue body suit and his armor lacked the hip and crotch covers. His brown tail was securely around his waist. Over all, both gave off auras of strength and superiority.

As they approached the hangar that held the individual pods, both Vegeta and Nappa put their scouters back on. They removed them after Raditz’s transmission was cut. Both had their scouters on the right side of their faces. The scouters were white for the ear cover and had red display lenses. Though scouters had just one button, they had audio receivers dedicated to verbal orders. The user would give a command and then press the button to initiate the action. Freiza had a personalized scouter that had a neural detector. It could read Freiza’s conscious thoughts and carry out actions that were ordered by thought.

Vegeta and Nappa entered the hangar. They looked around for the pods that were assigned to them. The pods were in a far corner but near one of the launch tubes. Vegeta led Nappa to the pods. As they approached, both pulled out their pod remote controls and pressed the button to open the hatches. Both pods opened at the same time. Nappa entered his pod first. Then Vegeta entered his own. With in a minute the doors closed and they were off.

As the pods left the atmosphere the stasis systems were activated. Vegeta and Nappa fell into a deep sleep while the pods hurtled off at faster than light travel. Their destination was Earth. But it would take about a year to arrive.

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Gohan, Videl, Goku, Chi-chi and Celipa were flying back to the Son home in the 439 Mountain Area. Chi-chi was being held bridal style in Goku’s arms. Her face was set in a very angry scowl. She always wanted her baby to become a scholar, not a hooligan! Now both Gohan and Videl would be training for a year! Neither would study, just fight!

Celipa was thinking over what to tell her mate. Hercule would never believe that Gohan and Videl were kidnapped by Gohan’s alien uncle. Their daughter and son-in-law had achieved legendary status. Not only that, but the fact that both children killed for the first time in their lives. Then throw in that a wave of multiple aliens will be coming to Earth. Oh Hercule was going to laugh at this!

Gohan and Videl were conversing through their bond during the flight. :Ok Gohan, how are we going to train?: Videl asked.

:Well, I don’t know,: Gohan responded.

:Sparring for sure. But I don’t want to kill anyone again.:

Gohan felt the same way about having to kill. Both children were too young to have to kill, yet they had. He then replied to Videl, :We definitely need to train in a special way.:

Before they were half way to the Son home, everyone began to hear a squeaky voice. ‘Goku! I think I can help you.’

Gohan, Videl, Goku, and Celipa stopped. Chi-chi held onto her mate as they stopped and listened. Goku spoke up, “Uh, who are you?”

‘I’m King Kai. I’m a Kami from Other World. I can give you special training. But it would require you to come to Other World. That means you would have to die.’

Everyone was deeply shocked at this. Goku choosing to die just to train was unthinkable! Gohan, Videl, Celipa and Chi-chi looked at Goku for his decision. He looked up with a smile and hollered out a single phrase, “THE DRAGON BALLS!”

They then heard King Kai laugh nasally as he spoke, ‘You can die, have me train you then come back with the Dragon Balls. The only questions are: Will you accept my offer and if you accept, how are you going to die?’

Goku shook his head and spoke quietly, “I don’t know.” The others understood. Who would willingly be killed? Even so, it would be considered ‘assisted suicide’, a mortal sin. When one has a mortal sin on their soul and they die, they will burn in hell.

Gohan thought before he got an idea. “Couldn’t you just use the dragon balls to wish you to where King Kai is and then back when you are ready?”

King Kai spoke up when he understood what Gohan was saying, ‘Gather the dragon balls and make this wish: send me to King Kai’s planet and once the sai-jin known as Vegeta lands on Earth, send me back to Earth.’

Goku smiled, he would get some good training this way. “Ok King Kai,” Goku said.

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Goku, Gohan, Chi-chi, Videl, Celipa, Bulma, Krillen, Tien and Yamcha were gathered to call the dragon. It only took a few hours to gather the dragon balls. Apparently the speed of a ‘Super Saiya-jin’ easily exceeds light, as Gohan was the one to gather the balls. Now, the balls were gathered just out side of the Son home.

Goku stepped forward and approached the gathered dragon balls. “Eternal Dragon, by your name, I summon you, Shenlong,” Goku called out.

The magical spheres began to glow a bright yellow. The sky darkened to pure black. Lightning began to flash, arc and strike the ground. After several seconds the balls emitted their own lightning into the air. The bolt stayed and began to change shape. The bolt twisted and turned as it’s silhouette grew two arms and two legs. A head began to appear. It was like that of a crocodile with its eyes out front and two horns on the head. The light faded to display the dragon’s body in its full glory. The claws were black, the teeth white, green scales and finally, eyes that were pure red.

The dragon spoke, “Who has summoned me? Speak your wish now!” The voice was deep, booming and Celipa noticed it to be in every language she knew.

“I wish to be transported to King Kai’s planet, then transported back to Earth when the Saiya-jin called ‘Vegeta’, arrives on this planet,” Goku hollered out.

The dragon’s eye’s glowed bright as Goku’s body began to dematerialize. Once Goku was completely gone, Shenlong spoke again, “It is done. Goku is alive and on King Kai’s planet. He will return when the sai-jin, Vegeta, arrives on Earth. I bid you fare well.” With that said, Shenlong became pure light and retracted into a sphere that burst into the dragon balls. The balls went in separate, equidistant paths. The wish was made successfully. Now everyone had to train and wait for the arrival of the coming invaders.