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Chapter Two: The Gathering
Tien and Chaozu were sparring with each other on Kami’s Lookout to keep in fighting shape. These days, anything could happen so they might as well be in their peak condition. "Mega Blast!" shouted Tien as he released a powerful ki blast from his hands. The blast headed for Chaozu and almost hit him when Chaozu dematerialized and reappeared right behind Tien. "Kamehameha!" screamed Chaozu as he charged up a strong and powerful blast in the cup of his palms and fired the blast towards Tien. Still dazzled from the Mega Blast that he had just shot, Tien was a bit disoriented and didn’t see the Kamehameha coming towards him until it was too late. "Oh no," moaned Tien as he looked up and saw the Kamehameha headed straight for him.
WHAM! The blast hit him with enough force to knock out a small building. But luckily, Tien was tougher than that. However, the impact still sent him flying a mile away. Chaozu took this opportunity into his hands and immediately flew after Tien, preparing to bombard him with a fury of punches and kicks. However, Tien saw Chaozu coming out of the corner of his eyes and prepared to attack. When Chaozu reached Tien and threw the first punch, Tien struck back with full force. This surprised Chaozu because he didn’t expect Tien to recover this quickly but he quickly re-gathered his wits and struck back. Suddenly, Tien and Chaozu disappeared from normal sight as they exchanged blows since they were both going faster than the naked eye could see. Then, Trunks walked in from the entrance of Kami’s Lookout and looked around in puzzlement. "Hmmm. That’s strange. Dende told me that Tien and Chaozu were here. I wonder where they are," commented Trunks softly. Suddenly, Trunks caught a brief glimpse of green and white in the air. "Look out!" cried a voice that seemed to come from right behind Trunks. Trunks instinctively rolled over to his right as a huge tangle of red, white, black and green crash landed on the spot that Trunks was standing just a moment ago. "Oh, hi Tien. Hi Chaozu," greeted Trunks. "How are you?" "Oh, hi Trunks!" replied Chaozu. "We’re just fine." "Huh! Speak for yourself," grumbled Tien. "I’m still recovering from the blast that I took. That Kamehameha of yours packs some punch." "Ha!" chuckled Chaozu. "Well anyway," broke in Trunks. "The reason I came here is to gather up you two because we need to gather up all the Z Fighters again because we have yet a new problem." "What’s the problem?" asked Tien and Chaozu at the same time. "Well," responded Trunks. "A group of space pirates have threatened to take over Earth unless we can beat them. To make this even worse, the group was sent by Ii Shenlong." "Hmmm. This might be tough since we are up against Ii Shenlong’s henchmen but I think that we will win this fight eventually because we always seem to do. Eventually. Well, we better go get whoever is next on your list Trunks," commented Tien. "Right," replied Trunks. "Lets see here, Goku said that I was supposed to get You, Chaozu, and Yamcha. I guess we’re supposed to get Yamcha, but one thing; where is Yamcha?" "Well, duh! Yamcha is at Yamcha’s Plateau!" retorted Tien. "There’s a reason why they call it Yamcha’s Plateau." "Hey, you don’t have to get all harsh on me and stuff. How was I supposed to know? But anyway, let’s go find him." Trunks, Tien, and Chaozu powered up and flew away from Kami’s Lookout in the direction of Yamcha’s Plateau. At the rate they were going, they would arrive there in ten minutes. Then, Dende appeared on the top of his Lookout and looked at Trunks, Tien, and Chaozu flying off into the distance. "Hmmm," sighed Dende. "I hope that they know what they’re doing. I really hope they do."
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"Whohoo!" cried Yamcha as he flew circle stunts in his brand new Capsule Corp aircraft model XTA-77. "All right!" shouted Yamcha as he performed yet another triple loop spiral turn. Yamcha then smoothed out the aircraft balance, leaned back and relaxed. "Knock, knock, knock." Yamcha heard a knocking sound but he ignored it since he was thousands of feet up in the air. "Knock, knock, knock." The knocking sound continued but Yamcha still ignored it.
Yamcha then grew frustrated and opened his eyes only to find Trunks smiling and knocking on his windshield. "Ahhhh!" cried Yamcha, startled at the prospect of another person this close to him up in the air. The Capsule Corp model XTA-77 plunged down towards the ground as Yamcha suddenly lost control of the plane. Approximately 20 meters from the ground, Yamcha regained his wits and pulled up sharply; barely missing hitting the ground.
WHOOSH! The plane came so close to the ground that the grass in that area was blown away by the air pressure created by the plane. Then, slowly, Yamcha began to land between two trees in a small grove. Trunks, Tien, Chaozu landed as well; a few feet away from Yamcha’s plane. Suddenly, the door to Yamcha’s plane blew open and Yamcha practically blasted out of the cockpit. Yamcha stomped angrily towards Trunks and stopped one foot away from him. "What do you think you were doing!" screamed Yamcha. "You scared me right out of my pilot seat when you crept up on me like that!" "Hey, I’m sorry; okay?" apologized Trunks. "I didn’t know that it would shock you that much." "Well, you must’ve had to stop me for a really good reason so I guess I can forgive you that. So?" "What?" "So...what’s the reason why you stopped me?" "Oh, that. Its just because we need to assemble the Z Fighters because there is a great evil about to invade Earth. It’s right now hanging in orbit. It seems to be a Namek space pirate group named the Alpha Squadron. To make that even worse than it already is, this group was sent by Ii Shenlong himself!" "Huh. You’re right; it does make matters worse. So anyway, where are we supposed to assemble?" "Goku said that after I finish rounding up You, Tien, and Chaozu, I’m supposed to take you all to Kami’s Lookout." "But we were just there!" protested Tien and Chaozu. "I know," said Trunks with a smirk. "Hmmm. Well, do you guys want to take a ride a my brand new state-of-the-art XTA-77?" "Sure!" cried all three in unison. "Ok," replied Yamcha. "So, what are we waiting for? Ikisho!" Yamcha, Trunks, Tien, and Choazu then raced toward the plane and hopped right in. Then, the plane swiftly lifted off the ground and flew towards the direction of Kami’s Lookout.
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Vegeta was flying towards the mountains in search of Piccolo. Suddenly, he stopped in mid-air and looked around for any clues that might show where Piccolo was located. "Hmm," mumbled Vegeta. "Now if I were Piccolo, where would I be? Well, I guess I better take the easy way out since the mountains are extremely large." Vegeta closed his eyes and concentrated on Piccolo’s ki energy. Then, in a brief glimpse, he saw Piccolo meditating under the waterfalls. Vegeta opened his eyes again, looked to his west, and flew towards Piccolo.
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Piccolo was meditating under the waterfalls like he did any other day but this time, it was a bit different. He felt a bit edgy ever since yesterday and he felt a great sense of uneasiness hanging in the air. But, as usual, he thought nothing of it. "Bleep! Bleep! Bleep!" sounded an alarm on Piccolo’s wrist. "Hmmm. So its that time again," muttered Piccolo. He then stood up in mid-air and started to stretch for a while. "Snap! Crack!" went the muscles. "Ahhh, much better. Hmm, now it’s time to spar," commented Piccolo. "Alright, here it goes; Bunshin!" Piccolo bent over in pain as something seemed to try and climb up out of him. "Arghhh!" screamed Piccolo as the pain grew worse by the second. Suddenly, a form seemed to rise up out of Piccolo’s back and as it did, tremendous amounts of sweat dripped from the spot it was coming from. The form was Piccolo’s Namek-jin twin, Nail. When Nail fully emerged from Piccolo’s back, he flexed his own muscles and stared at his twin as Piccolo bent over in pure agony. After a minute or so, Nail commented, "So, are you going to stand around all day or what? I thought you pulled me out here to spar with you?" "Oh shut up," gritted Piccolo. "You’re not the one who is releasing a whole entire other person. Wait a second; all right?" "Sure." " Ok, now let’s spar." "Great, I’ll give you the head start." "Ha! Look who’s talking. You’re the one who needs the head start." "Hey, how about we each fly a mile away and then we attack?" "Fine." Nail began to fly a mile away but Piccolo hovered just a few feet away and began charging a ki blast by placing two fingers on his forehead. "Makkankapousou!" yelled Piccolo as he released the blast from his fingertips. A huge spiral cannon blast streaked out and headed straight for Nail. Suddenly, without turning around, Nail dematerialized into thin air. Just as Nail fully dematerialized, the Makkankapousou blast went through the spot where Nail had just been and hit a mountainside further away that blew up almost instantaneously.
BOOM! The blast made a giant crash as hit created a giant ki explosion that left a crater with a two-mile diameter. Dust storms billowed like miniature tornadoes when the blast impacted and the force of the dust was devastating as the trees all around the crater flew out of the ground and crash-landed a few miles away. Piccolo also was blown away and into another dust cloud. When the dust cleared, the first thing that Piccolo saw was Nail charging up a ki blast a couple of feet away from him. "Piccolo, Piccolo," taunted Nail. "don’t you know that I understand you better than yourself? Of course I anticipated your Makkankapousou blast even before you released it. As I always say: know yourself, know your enemies, and you shall win all your battles. Oh, by the way, Bakuriki Demon Blast!" Then, Nail released the Bakuriki Demon Blast and it headed straight towards Piccolo. "Oh shit," muttered Piccolo.
WHAM! The blast hit Piccolo and it exploded upon impact, which threw him a few miles away.
SLAM! Piccolo went flying into a hillside and the impact was so great that it ironically left an imprint of Piccolo’s body in the rock. Nail, took this to his advantage and had immediately flown after Piccolo the moment that the ki blast had hit him. Piccolo, after pulling himself lose from the hillside, looked up and saw Nail charging towards him with his fighting stance ready. "Oh not again," moaned Piccolo bitterly. "Sonic Knuckles!" yelled Nail as he began to attack Piccolo. As Nail screamed out the attack, his punches became harder and faster; thus increasing the damage he made to Piccolo. Piccolo, still dazzled by the Demon Blast that had just hit him, was a bit clumsy and managed to get hit quite a few times until he finally caught on and started blocking all of Nail’s punches. Nail, after a few minutes of fighting, hopped back a few feet from Piccolo in order to begin charging for a Kakusan Yuudou Kikou Ha attack. Piccolo saw Nail charging up and immediately switched from defense to offense. "Oh no you don’t," scolded Piccolo. "now its my turn to attack." Piccolo charged towards Nail to stop his upcoming ki attack. "Sonic Kicks!" shouted Piccolo. Just like Nail’s Sonic Knuckles, his swift kicks begin to accelerate and become more forceful. "Oh no. This is not fair!" protests Nail when he looked up from his charging. Still, hurriedly trying to charge his attack, Nail received plenty of blows when Piccolo reached him.
WHAM! Piccolo’s kicks hit Nail full on his chest and that force knocked out Nail’s concentration on the ki attack. Since his concentration was lost on the attack, the blast zoomed out of Nail’s hands, flew past Piccolo’s shoulder and blasted off into the far off distance.
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Although Vegeta was still flying towards Piccolo, he was only two miles away. Vegeta suddenly stopped and started to check on Piccolo’s current location once again. "What!" shouted Vegeta in disbelief. Vegeta had shouted because he had sensed two ki energies instead of one. To make that even worse, he sensed that Piccolo’s ki was a bit lower than usual. "Huh?" commented Vegeta quizzically. "Well that can’t be right." Other than the two ki energies that he sensed before, Vegeta had suddenly felt a new ki presence that was heading straight for him at an incredible speed. Vegeta then opened his eyes, looked up and saw a large ki blast heading straight for him. It was coming so fast and close that he had no chance of escaping it’s destructive path. "Oh great," he said sarcastically.
POW! The blast caught him full in the chest and blew him back into a large mountainside.
BOOM! Vegeta and the blast hit the mountainside with the force of a large bomb. However, all the impact of the force was unfortunately absorbed by Vegeta himself and that blew him further back into the mountain. "Oh baka. I should’ve seen it coming a mile away." Vegeta half flew half levitated out of the mountainside crater that he had created looking rather dusty and bruised. Vegeta looked down at himself and checked himself all over. "Oh great!" cried out Vegeta sarcastically to no one in particular. "That blast just had to get my brand new uniform dirty didn’t it?! Didn’t it?!" Suddenly Vegeta felt a warm liquid sensation trickling down his cheek. He reached up, touched it and then looked at his glove. It was stained with blood, a small amount though, but stained with blood nonetheless. "Arghhh! That little Demon King is going to pay for this!" declared Vegeta. Raw ki energy instantly burst from his body and blew the mountain behind him to cinders. The ki energy radiated around his body like a large flame and it illuminated the entire scene so much, that all shadows in the area around him was eliminated. Vegeta then flew high in the air and started to fly briskly in the direction of Piccolo and Nail.
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Piccolo and Nail were still going at each other’s throats in mid-air while Vegeta was blown into the mountainside. "Take this!" cried Nail as he punched Piccolo squarely in his jaw. Piccolo coughed up blood as the punch connected directly with his jaw. "Ow. That hurt," commented Piccolo, wiping away the blood with one hand. "Here, taste some of your own medicine." Piccolo then kneed Nail in his stomach and left his knee there instead of taking it out. Piccolo then elbowed Nail on the back and pressed him even more into his knee. Then he removed his knee and elbowed Nail once more, which made Nail plummet down towards the ground. "Oh no you don’t," remarked Piccolo. "You’re not getting away this easily." Piccolo flew down towards Nail and held him as he sped up and thus increased the rate of fall for Nail and himself. Then, when Piccolo and Nail were only meters from the ground Piccolo released his hold and flew away from Nail’s falling body.
WHAM! Nail hit the ground and created a crater and dust field just like the Makkankapousou beam did. Piccolo stopped flying away and viewed the crater that Nail had crash-landed in. "Hmmm," mumbled Piccolo. "I wonder where is he now." Piccolo soon knew the answer because Nail, without warning, dematerialized just behind Piccolo and kicked him in the back. Piccolo hurtled to the ground because of the kick and stopped abruptly approximately two feet from the earth. He hurled himself back up into the skies and charged straight for Nail. Nail did the same and began flying rapidly down towards Piccolo’s charging form. Piccolo cocked back his arm and Nail cocked back his as well and..... "Bleep bleep! Bleep bleep!" sounded the same alarm that started the spar. Piccolo and Nail had stopped instantaneously with each of their fists only two inches from each other’s face. "Hmmm. Time to stop," commented Nail. "Whatever," retorted Piccolo, "just hurry it up and get back in my body; alright?" "Fine." Piccolo and Nail gripped each other’s shoulders started to gather ki energy from all around them. White light glowed from their bodies as the ki started to form. "Fusion Technique!" shouted both simultaneously. White light burst from their bodies and flashed the area with an astounding glow. When the light cleared, only one form stood hovering. That form was Piccolo since he had the dominant personality of the two. "Ha! It’s a thrill every time," commented Piccolo. Unexpectedly, Piccolo sensed another ki energy presence approaching him at an extremely fast rate. "Kuso," muttered Piccolo. "I should’ve sensed it while I was sparring. Hmmm, I wonder who it is. Practically no one every comes out here except for me and Gohan." Piccolo closed his eyes and concentrated on the new ki energy in his mind. His antennas quivered as he picked up the reading of the new presence. "Hmmm, the ki level seems familiar though…" Piccolo squinted his eyes as the figure flew nearer. Suddenly, Piccolo recognized the figure. It was Vegeta. "Oh great," muttered Piccolo sarcastically, "here comes carrot-top. Hmmm, I wonder why he came here." Vegeta flew closer and closer with every second and soon was within ten meters of Piccolo. "Hey Vegeta!" shouted Piccolo. "What brings you all the way out here?" Piccolo didn’t get the answer right away because as soon as Vegeta reached him, he cuffed Piccolo in the stomach. Then, Vegeta dematerialized and reappeared behind Piccolo and kneed him in the back while he held Piccolo in an arm lock. "Hey!" exclaimed Piccolo. "What did you that for?" "Listen up green man, you have no right to question the authority of a full born Saiya-jin Prince! Especially when he was hit by a Kakusan Yuudou Kikou Ha blast!" "Huh! How can you tell what kind of ki blast it is?" "It’s an art really. But that’s beside the point!" "Really? I didn’t know that. Oh, by the way, can you let go of my arms!" "Oh; yeah; right." Vegeta the let go of Piccolo’s arms and flew out in front of him. "So," asked Piccolo. "why did you come way out here?" "Well, a new crisis has arisen. Do you remember Ii Shenlong?" "You mean the seventh evil dragon that almost killed all of our Z Fighters? Yeah, pretty much." "Well, it seems that he has assembled some faithful followers to attack Earth. All we know about the henchman is that they have at least one Namek-jin on board. There could be more. Currently, they are located in Earth’s orbit. Anyway, Goku told me to go find you and Krillin and go to Kami’s Lookout where we will meet up with the other Z Fighters." "Hmmm, pretty bad situation huh?" "Yeah. Oh, I forgot to mention that we have no clue about the power level of the group but if they were hand picked by Ii Shenlong himself, well, they must be pretty damn good." "Hmmm, do you where Krillin is right now?" "Of course. Krillin is at home with his wife and child." "But where is his home?" "I think it is near where Kakarot lives with his mate. I guess we’ll have to search for Krillin’s ki energy when we get near the forest." "Alright. Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go find Krillin." "I’m just waiting for you," commented Vegeta. "Bakayarou," muttered Piccolo under his breath. Piccolo and Vegeta immediately turned towards the direction of Krillin’s home and blasted off at once.
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Krillin was sitting at home with his wife Juuhaichi-gou and his nine-year-old daughter Marron. "Hey! Look Juu-Chan!" exclaimed Krillin as he pointed out an advertisement in the paper to his wife. "Capsule Corp has a new XTA model out! Do you think we have some free time when we could go visit Bulma and test it out?" "Hmmm," murmured Juuhaichi-gou. "I think that we have some time on Thursday but let me check just to make sure." Juuhaichi-gou walked over to the refrigerator and flipped through the calendar that was hung upon it. "As I thought," remarked Juuhaichi-gou as she finished checking the schedule. "we have some time free from clutter. But do you really think that Bulma would let us test it out?" "Of course!" retorted Krillin. "I’ve known her ever since she was seventeen years old! There is no doubt in my mind that she would deny us the right to test it out." "Well, since you’re so sure," replied Juuhaichi-gou thoughtfully. "Hmmm, that’s strange." "What is it Juu-Chan?" "Well, I sense a ki level heading straight for our house. Actually, it’s two ki levels. Both of them aren’t near Goku’s or Gohan’s power level. I wonder who it could be?" "Hmmm, I sense it too. I’m going outside to check it out. You stay here with Marron and protect her if needed. Don’t worry about me." Krillin slowly edged out of the door and headed out towards the oncoming figures. "What’s going on Kaa-san?" inquisitively asked Marron. "Nothing, it’s just that Tou-san is going to see who is coming towards us." "Oh. Is it a bad thing?" "I don’t know Honey, I honestly don’t know."
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Vegeta and Piccolo were still flying towards the forest in search of Krillin’s home. "What was the last reading of Krillin’s power level?" questioned Vegeta. "It was somewhere near three million the last time I saw him," responded Piccolo. "Hmmm, I’m getting a reading of power levels of 3,500,000 and 5,500,000. Krillin must have been sparring lately. The 3,500,000-power level must be Krillin. "Yeah, I’m getting the same reading also." Vegeta and Piccolo sped on and continued to fly closer and closer towards Krillin’s house with every passing second.
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Krillin walked slowly away from his house, like a man ready to participate in a showdown. He looked back at his small, but comfortable home and wondered if that would be the last time he ever saw that house alive. "There’s nothing to worry about," he voiced out loud to no one in particular. "I’ve faced plenty of people before and still lived through it. Well, most of the time." "Then why do I seem so worried?" thought Krillin. He finally reached a little hillside near his house and began to power up and collect ki energy from his surroundings; preparing for the worst to come. Suddenly, he felt his worries fade slowly away. After all, he was one of the strongest men in the world. Why on Earth should he be afraid of something unknown? But then, as he considered all the possibilities, he had so many things to be concerned about. What if the unknown ki levels were the next Frieza or what if it was another powerful alien bent on destroying the Earth? There were infinite possibilities to this question and almost all gave him reason to worry about. But yet, he might as well put up a fight while he was still alive. He continued to gather energy for the possible oncoming battle. "Hmmm," thought Krillin. "Why couldn’t I have just become a shoe salesman just like I wanted to?"
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"That’s strange," remarked Piccolo. "Krillin’s supposed power level went up from 3,500,000 to 3,700,000. I wonder why he is charging up." "Probably because he’s afraid of us. Just like everyone else on this pathetic planet," suggested Vegeta. "Yeah. And he should be afraid. I mean, we’re the top two scariest people on this planet! I mean, there’s a reason why I’m called the Demon King." "The only reason why you’re called the Demon King is because you inherited that name from your dad." "Oh yeah? It’s same for you; Prince Vegeta." "Oh, shut up." "Hey look! There’s Krillin now; standing on that hill. Hmmm, he must have sensed us coming." Krillin was still powering up on the little hillside but he still didn’t recognize Piccolo and Vegeta as the oncoming figures because the sunlight was shining in his eyes. He suddenly focused all of his energy into his palms and started to form the popular attack, the Kamehameha. Vegeta and Piccolo were less than a mile away when they suddenly heard Krillin shout out, "KAMEHAMEHA!" A huge blue tinged ki blast headed straight for the two and came at an incredible speed. "What the…" expressed Piccolo. The blast was on the verge of connecting with Vegeta and Piccolo, but they dodged the unforeseen attack just at the last second. The Kamehameha flew off into the horizon and eventually hit a mountainside that soon burst into pieces. Vegeta and Piccolo, after recovering from shock, rushed at Krillin and attempted to bombard him with furies of fists and kicks. Krillin, still unaware of the figure’s identity and still blinded by the sun’s glare, saw the figures come darting at him and tried to escape their fury by dodging the attacks constantly. However, Krillin proved no match against Piccolo and especially Vegeta and was quickly held in an arm lock from the back by Vegeta. Seeing himself captured, Krillin began to thrash around violently in Vegeta’s grip but was still unable to escape. "Ahhh! Let me go! Let me go!" cried out Krillin. Piccolo suddenly stepped out into the light and revealed to Krillin that he was Piccolo. "Hey Krillin, it’s only me and Vegeta," reassured Piccolo. "Huh?" asked Krillin quizzically. Upon hearing the sound of Piccolo’s voice, Krillin looked up and saw the Namek-jin’s face. "What?" commented Krillin puzically. "In that case, where’s Vegeta?" "He’s holding you from the back," replied Piccolo. Krillin, upon hearing that, instantly looked up and saw Vegeta grinning almost evilly down at him. "Ahhh! Let me go! Let me go!" cried Krillin once again. "Oh for Kami’s sake," muttered Vegeta under his breath. "Vegeta, let Krillin go," said Piccolo exhaustively. Vegeta almost immediately let Krillin go and Krillin instantaneously tried to fly away. However, Krillin was unsuccessful because Piccolo grabbed on to his shoulders and didn’t let go. "Krillin! Calm down!" commanded Piccolo. Krillin immediately struggled less but he was still struggling nonetheless. "Oh well, good enough," grumbled Piccolo. "Now listen up Krillin, there are some aliens hovering in orbit right now and they are trying to take over Earth like many others before them. However, those aliens were sent by Ii Shenlong himself and they are demanding that we give Earth up without a fight. Now, we aren’t going to let them take over Earth right?" "Well, you know…" began Krillin. "Krillin!" roared Piccolo, showing his fangs. "Fine, we won’t," muttered Krillin. "Anyway," continued Piccolo. "Goku told Vegeta to come and get you and me and go to Kami’s Lookout to meet up with the other Z warriors. Now that we’ve gotten you, we just need to fly to Kami’s Lookout. Alright?" "Yeah. So what are we waiting for? Let’s go!" Piccolo, Krillin, and Vegeta rose up in the air and started to fly at a remarkable speed towards Kami’s Lookout. On the way, Krillin flew over his house and called out at his wife. "Bye Juu-Chan! I’m off to Kami’s Lookout with the rest of the Z warriors!" "When are you coming back?!" cried back Juu-Chan. She received no answer because Krillin was too far away to hear her question. Juu-Chan then stared at the horizon where Krillin and the others were flying away. "I hope you come back soon," whispered Juu-Chan into thin air. "I’ll miss you."
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Goten was at home studying his school subjects with his mother, Chi-Chi. Currently, they were working on perfecting Goten’s algebra. "Now Goten, what is the distance formula and what theorem is it based on?" inquired Chi-Chi. "The distance formula is the square root of X two minus X one squared plus Y two minus Y one squared. The formula is based on the Pythagorus theorem," droned Goten. "Good!" cried Chi-Chi as she clapped with delight. "Now can you tell me…" Chi-Chi didn’t get to finish her sentence at that time because she was interrupted by a voice from outside. "Goten! Where are you?" the voice cried out. Goten, immediately recognizing the voice, screamed out, "TOU-SAN!" Goten instantly jumped out of his desk seat and burst out the door towards his father. Goku was waiting for Goten up in the air above the house when Goten practically flew out of the door and flew upwards into his father’s open arms. Goku caught Goten by the arms, gave him a huge bear huge, and ruffled up his hair. While Goku and Goten were playing around with each other, Chi-Chi slowly walked out the door and looked up at her husband. Goten was the first to notice his mother standing outside. "Look Kaa-san! It’s Tou-san!" shouted out Goten. "So I noticed," replied Chi-Chi. "What are you doing home so early Goku? I thought that you were sparring with Vegeta at Capsule Corp." "Well," responded Goku. "A new crisis has arisen and Goten and Gohan are needed. I’ll tell you about it later, after I come back. Bye!" "Bye Kaa-san!" shouted Goten. "But wait!" protested Chi-Chi. But by the time Chi-Chi had finished saying those two words, Goku had already locked on to Gohan’s ki level and teleported himself and Goten there. "Hmmm! He always leaves me like this!" objected Chi-Chi.
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Gohan was at the Orange Star High School and the bell that signaled the end of the school day had just rung. Gohan hastily ran towards his locker in the hall and collected all the books that he needed for that day. Then, he rushed outside hoping that Videl hadn’t left yet. To his luck, Videl was standing in the schoolyard talking with her friends about gossip and the things that only girls talk about. Gohan slicked back his hair and checked his face to see if everything was okay with his physical features. Gohan casually walked down the school steps and pretended to look surprised when he spotted Videl. Videl’s friends soon noticed Gohan walking towards them and one of the girls pointed at him and the rest of the girls giggled. Gohan soon made it all across the yard, despite all of the obstructions, and stood a few feet away from Videl. "Um, Videl," mumbled Gohan nervously. "Can I speak with you for a while?" "Sure Gohan," replied Videl. Gohan motioned for Videl to follow him a couple more feet away from Videl’s friends. Once they were alone together Gohan said, "Uh Videl, are you busy on next Friday night?" "Well, not really," replied Videl. "Why do you ask?" "Um, I was just wondering if you would like to go to the movies with me." "Sure." "Really?" exclaimed Gohan bewilderedly. "I mean, okay. Is the Tenkata Cinema Six a good place for you?" "Yeah." "And is seven a good time that I could pick you up?" continued Gohan. "Yes." "Great!" exclaimed Gohan. "I’ll see you one Friday then. Bye." "Bye." Videl walked away and joined her friends while Gohan exited the yard and headed for home on the sidewalk. Once he was a reasonable distance from the school he suddenly shouted out, "YES!" "Yes what?" asked a voice. "Huh?" exclaimed Gohan. Gohan turned slowly around and looked at the figures that were hovering in the air directly behind him. The two figures were Goku and Goten who had just materialized near Gohan’s ki energy. "TOU-SAN! CHIBII-SAN!" shouted Gohan. "What are you two doing here?" "Well, a new emergency has arisen and I’ll need you along with the other Z Fighters to help take care of it at Kami’s Lookout," responded Goku. "What!" bellowed Gohan. "What kind of emergency! I need specifics!" "Well, um, " uttered Goku. "There are some aliens up in orbit and they are intending to take over Earth." "Well that’s original," commented Gohan as he rolled his eyes sarcastically. "Oh, and one more thing," continued Goku. "Those aliens were sent by Ii Shenlong himself so we better not misjudge their power." "Kuso!" cursed Gohan. "I knew there was a catch." "So will you help us?" inquired Goku. "Of course," answered Gohan. "I have a date next Friday and I don’t want the Earth to be destroyed before I can go out with Videl." "What date?" interrogated Goku suspiciously. "How come I didn’t know of this?" Goku’s question was left unanswered because Goten, once he had processed all the information burst out, "Oniisan and Videl sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G…" "CHIBII-SAN!" roared Gohan. "DAMARE!" "Okay, okay," uttered Goten. However, after a few moments, Goten burst out laughing. "YAMERO!" bellowed Gohan. "Fine, I will. I promise I won’t do it again," muttered Goten. "Hontou ni?" asked Gohan suspiciously. "Hontou," replied Goten. Goku, all the while, was watching the argument between Goten and Gohan with an ashamed and embarrassed look on his face. When the argument was finished, Goku said, "Okay, now that you boys are finished, are you two ready to go to Kami’s Lookout?" "Hai Tou-san," replied Gohan and Goten at the same time. "Okay, good," commented Goku. "Now hold on to my back because I’m going to teleport to Kami’s Lookout." Gohan and Goten walked over and held on to Goku’s backside of his gi. "Ready?" questioned Goku. "Hai Tou-san," replied Gohan and Goten once more. "Good," answered Goku. "Ikisho." Goku locked on to Dende’s ki energy level and completely focused on it. Goku and his two sons soon vanished out of sight and jumped across time and space itself towards Kami’s Lookout.
Chapter One: Tides of Invasion
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