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He was on the run, he couldn't do anything else but to avoid all the punches that were coming at him. It wouldn't be like this if he wasn't injured before they even started to battle. As he avoided the right punch and backed away from his once temporary ally, he glanced at the one responsible for causing all this commotion. The long-haired man had a satisfied smirk on his face as he looked directly at him, the saiyan was obviously enjoying this, but he wasn't about to roll over and die. Maybe he could reach out to his ally and open his eyes, it wasn't like he wanted to do that, but he needed him if he desired to survive. It was worth to try, the younger saiyan was known to be too naive, which he could use to his advantage, but to do so he needed to escape from Goku's attack. The other half of Kami managed to somehow block or dodge few punches from Goku, but he couldn't keep up like this for any longer. When he blocked Goku's right fist and when he saw that the young saiyan was about to use his left leg, Piccolo quickly opened his mouth and fired a blast. This caught the saiyan off guard and was hit by the sudden blast which created a wall of smoke around Goku. Piccolo immediately jumped away to put some distance between the saiyan and himself, but as soon as he landed Goku pierced through the wall of smoke and dashed towards Piccolo
"Goku wait for a mo.." The green man was cut off before he could even say what he wanted when a fist slammed right into his gut. The force behind the punch was so strong that it forced the green man to spit blood. The taller man glared at his former ally with anger but only to meet with a knee which sent him flying to the other side of the field. The man groans in pain as he hit the ground with his back and cursed the younger saiyan. If only he didn't have a hole in his shoulder which caused him to barely or even not use his other hand. With a hard panting, he slowly stood up from the ground and glared at the saiyan. The green man cleared the blood from his mouth and spoke "Open your eyes, Goku! Don't you see how he's messing with your head!? Think about it, those humans you call friends aren't capable of doing something like that!" Yelled Piccolo who's words caused the younger saiyan to stop from walking. Piccolo carefully observed the saiyan for two seconds after which he allowed a small smirk to appear on his face. He took those few seconds to catch his breathing and recover a bit while Goku stood in the middle of the field not moving at all. The reincarnation of the demon king Piccolo was about to speak, but he decided to hold back the words from escaping his mouth when he heard some mumbling that was coming from the young saiyan
"Not capable? Then why lie to me? Why hiding the truth about the full moon, why hiding the real reason why my tail was cut off!?" Murmured Goku as he tightened his fists while the words he said reached the ears of Piccolo and the older saiyan
"Goku, I don't know why, but you mus..."
"Shut up!" Growled Goku who dashed towards Piccolo with such speed that the taller man wasn't even able to see him move before he was in front of him and punched in the face "I was lied my whole life! Lied to who and what I really am, I fought the hardest battles for them and even helped them collect all the dragon balls! I was used!... The one I admired so much and thought only great for him was the one who forced me to forget all about what I really was before arriving here!" The young saiyan was out of control, Goku unleashed all his rage on Piccolo who couldn't do anything even if he tried to block all the punches and kicks. As the hits went on, so did Goku's speech "The ones I called my friends are liars and deceivers! They were afraid of me, yes I saw their scared faces not only today but before as well! I also heard them calling me names every time I was excited to fight or even when I was eating, and I remained quiet but... no more! I'm finally able to see it all!" With a final shout, Goku delivered a powerful kick to Piccolo's abdomen which made the same man fall on his knees. While Piccolo was on his knees and with a painful expression on his face holding his abdomen, Goku who was standing above him tried to calm down. He never felt like this, he never thought that he would be able to feel so good after such anger, it made him afraid for a little bit until he heard a voice from behind
"Very good, little brother! Now finish him before he regains the little energy that he has left" Spoke Raditz who could see on his scouter that Piccolo's energy was low enough for his brother to deliver a final blow. The long haired saiyan was very pleased by what occurred here today, it wasn't that hard to bring his brother back as he thought at first which was something that made him, glad? The older saiyan shook the feeling away and glanced back at his brother and waited for him to finish the green man, but something was wrong...
Goku heard his brother loud and clear, but he just couldn't move. He felt angry and wanted to punish all of them, but killing even Piccolo didn't seem right. The young saiyan didn't know what to do, his hands started to shake as he thought more and more about what to do. He placed his right hand on his head, just at the same place where the scar from his fall as a baby was. He killed before, he killed his enemies when he was younger so why, why was he hesitating to kill Piccolo? Goku's hesitation wasn't unnoticed, Raditz was able to see through his younger brother and just scowled
"Stop fooling around, Kakarrot! Just like you said before, he's your enemy who was already plotting to kill you when this was done and take over this world! Don't let those idiotic human emotions cloud your judgement even for a moment, otherwise, you'll be killed!" Shouted Raditz as he uncrossed his strong bulky arms and took a step forward. It seemed like he thought too soon and that he still needed to get over his younger brother. "You killed before, right? When you were younger you killed your enemies, but somewhere along the line they made you think that it was wrong, and you let them! Your whole life on this planet is a lie!" Concluded the long haired saiyan who was by now few meters away from his brother who glanced at him with his eyes wide open. His older brother was right, he killed before and he never felt... bad about it. Goku could feel his anger once again raising from within his core as he thought of humans, but just as he was about to raise his hand above Piccolo's head and finish his enemy once and for all, he remembered something
"But if I kill him the dragon balls will turn into stones and never be able to use" Said the younger saiyan as he once again glanced back to Raditz who didn't understand what was his brother talking about
"What are you talking about? Dragon balls? What is that?" Asked Raditz who didn't know nor understood what his younger brother was talking about, but he was a bit curious to know what those 'dragon balls' really are and what you could do with them
"The dragon balls are able to grant you any wish you desire, but if I kill Piccolo, his other good half will die with him and so will the dragon balls which are connected with hi... Argghaaa!" Goku was about to finish what he wanted to say to his brother but suddenly, he released a loud and painful yell. He looked down where he saw two small holes from which the blood coming out. The young saiyan quickly placed his two hands on his stomach while he grunted in pain and glared at Piccolo's glowing eyes
"Kakarrot, watch out!" Yelled Raditz who saw what was coming at his brother and tried to warn him, but it was too late. Goku received a punch in the jaw which made him disoriented for a moment, but he soon found himself on the ground when Piccolo kicked him in his shaking legs. Goku was lying on the grass while Piccolo stood above him with a serious expression on his face
"You're a fool, Goku. You thought that since I was badly injured you could lower your guard, you're just too naive" Commented Piccolo who raised his left leg and said, "I'm going to pay you back for what you did to me five years ago and today!" Yelled the reincarnation of the demon king Piccolo and slammed his leg into Goku's wounded stomach. The saiyan shouted in pain while Piccolo rubbed his leg on Goku's wound "You know I'm not as soft as him and you know I will not hesitate to kill you!" Piccolo yelled once again as he raised his leg and slammed it into Goku's stomach. As Piccolo continued doing that to Goku, meters away from them Raditz was boiling with anger
"Damnit Kakarrot! I warned you about this, but you didn't listen! This is all because you let them manipulate you, I really hope you understand that now!" Growled Raditz in anger towards his younger brother who's only response was a painful yell. "Seems like I will need to dirty my hands after all" Thought the saiyan as he took two steps forward, but only to stop when he heard a warning from his scouter "Huh? What's this reading..." The long haired saiyan tapped on his scouter to see what was going on, but suddenly he heard a very loud bang. Both he and Piccolo looked towards the place from where the loud noise came, but only to see broken pieces of the space pod in the air along with Gohan who safely landed at the tip of the crater. "Kakarrot's brat? I-Imposible, his power level is at... 1307!" Raditz was sweating in shock as he observed the little boy with his eyes wide open. The small Gohan searched for his father which painful cries made him want to help at any cause. The young Gohan turned towards Piccolo who was surprised to see the brat up here while he had his right foot on Goku's body
"Y-You... stop hurting my daddy!" Exclaimed Gohan when in the exact moment a white aura exploded around his small body. Everyone watched in shock as the little boy dashed towards the man who was hurting his dad. Before Piccolo could even speak or do something the boy slammed right into the green man chest
"Aaahhhhhhhhhgr!" Piccolo yelled. He could feel his bones cracking and his entire body dying out. He was slowly falling down on the ground, but as he was falling down everything in front of his eyes went black
"Ow, my head hurts!" Cried Gohan who was sitting on the ground, very close to Piccolo. The small boy quickly noticed how much close he was to the man and immediately moved away in fear, but as he moved away he bumped into someone else. The young boy turned his head and saw his father "D-Daddy? Daddy, are you ok!?" Gohan called his father, but nothing. The young half-saiyan started to cry when he suddenly felt a hand on his left cheek
"G-Gohan... don't worry I'm alright" Spoke Goku on which the young Gohan immediately stopped crying and hugged his father. Even tho he was badly injured, Goku just knew this wasn't going to finish him, but he was shocked when he saw and felt his son power "Y-You saved me Gohan, you're really strong... Raditz was right after all" Smiled Goku on which Gohan looked at his father with a confused look, but then he saw a shadow over him and when he glanced up, he was scared
"Kakarrot, you're an idiot! I told you to kill him, but you hesitated and this is exactly what you deserve!" Raditz scolded his younger brother who quietly nodded. He somehow agreed with Raditz, Piccolo was his enemy and he needed to finish him off. "But you're lucky that your son saved you. I must admit that I'm impressed by what he has done" Said the long haired saiyan who glanced at the boy who squeaked and grabbed a firm hold on his father body causing the older saiyan to snicker as he walked away
"D-Don't be afraid of him, son. He might look scary, but he is our family and we will soon leave with him" Spoke Goku as he grunted in pain while Raditz walked towards Piccolo. Gohan looked at his father with a confused look on his young face. He thought that the long-haired man was the bad guy, was he wrong? Maybe he was wrong since it wasn't the long-haired guy who hurt his daddy, but Piccolo
While Gohan remained close to his wounded father, Raditz was standing near the lying Piccolo and observed him for a moment. It seemed to him that the green man was still somehow alive, unconscious but alive. The long haired saiyan glanced back at his brother and nephew and couldn't but be impressed by the boy's power. He never imagined that a child and a half saiyan to that could possess such a power level, but now that he checked the scouter the boy's power level was only 5. It didn't make sense, but it was something to figure out later, now he was going to deliver a final blow to the green man.
"Observe Kakarrot, this is how you finish off your opponents!" Spoke Raditz out loud so his younger brother could hear him. Goku raised his head a bit and watched his older brother raise his left hand which started to glow purple "Next time, my little brother you will kill your target by yourself. This is the only time I'm cleaning your mess... Farewell, green bean!" The tall saiyan was about to finish off Piccolo, but he stopped his hand just before making contact with the body. Goku looked confused when he saw Raditz stop, but then both he and Gohan heard someone else voice. The voice was coming from Raditz's device which Goku and Gohan didn't understand, it was in another language. They waited for one minute when Raditz turned towards Goku and the voice disappeared. The taller saiyan sighed as he walked back to his brother and nephew who had many questions for him
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to kill him?" Asked Goku who even tho he was injured tried to stand up, but he was just forced back on the ground because of the wound
"Hmph, a change in plans. I just received orders to spare the green bean and wait here" Responded Raditz who was annoyed by the given order. He didn't want to waste his time on this mudball, but then again it wasn't like he had a choice, in fact, there were two reasons for him to stay now.
"Orders? From who?" Goku asked once again, he was curious to know who was that could give orders to his brother, who to him was the strongest person he ever encountered
"From prince Ve..." Raditz was just to answer his younger brother question when his scouter detected something. While Goku waited for his older brother response, Raditz glanced in the sky and grunted before speaking to his younger brother "I will tell you later, it seems we have company. I'm positive that the humans who brainwashed you want to know what happened to their puppet and if he managed to save them, again" The long haired saiyan glanced at his brother who's surprised expression quickly turned into ominous one which caused Raditz to chuckle
"I-I'm not their puppet! Not anymore, I will pay them back for what they did to me!" The young saiyan spoke with a low and dangerous voice while he angrily tightened the grass with his hands which scared the little Gohan. The small boy never heard his father speak like that and he didn't understand what was going on
"D-Daddy, what is going on? Is there going to be another fight?" The little half saiyan looked at his father who's expression immediately changed and placed his hand on his son's shoulder
"Don't worry about a thing, Gohan. I just need to... huh?" While he talked to his son, Goku noticed his brother lower down and to his shock deliver a chop to the back of Gohan's neck. The boy immediately fell unconscious in Raditz's arms "H-Hey! Why did you do that to him!?" Goku shouted in anger while Raditz remained calm and held his nephew
"Don't throw an unnecessary fit, little brother. I just knock him out so he wouldn't interfere, remember the boy doesn't know anything yet" Stated Raditz who's words make sense to Goku now, but still, he didn't like how he did that without consulting him. The two of them stared at each others until they heard a noise from above. The two saiyans glanced up and saw a yellow hover car heading their way. While Goku's expression once again changed, Raditz began to think of something when he suddenly smirked "Listen here, Kakarot... this is what we are going to do, let's have a little fun with them" Goku stared at his brother with confused look, but when his brother started to explain his plan, Goku couldn't but grin
Above the battlefield, inside the yellow hover car, Krillin and master Roshi were in the back seats while Bulma piloted the vehicle. They were finally here, it took them some time to find them and because they decided to take a detour, but nevertheless they were finally here. The three of them glanced down in hope to see their friend victorious but because of the height they weren't able to see it clearly. Wanting to know how her friend was doing, Bulma lowered down enough for them to see what was going on
"Can any of you see what's going on?" Asked the blue haired girl as she focused more on piloting the hover car while Roshi and Krillin remained silent for few seconds until the small man gasped in shock
"W-What!? I can see the saiyan standing and Goku lying on the ground beneath him!" Krillin yelled in fright which terrified the blue haired scientist while Roshi remained quiet but nervously sweated. This wasn't good, if both Goku and Piccolo who were Earth strongest lost, what could they do? The old man quickly threw away that negative thought and tried to think of something in worst case scenario
"B-But it can't be... w-what about P-Piccolo?" Bulma asked another question with a cracking voice. She couldn't imagine Goku lose, no he couldn't he was Goku, the one always making the impossible come true
"We can't rush before we see clearly what is going on" Spoke the old martial artist as he strongly held his staff and continued "Land us down, Bulma. No matter what happens we need to help Goku and Gohan, but if something bad is about to occur, I want you to leave immediately Bulma" Declared Master Roshi on which Bulma just nodded and began with the landing process
The two saiyans watched the yellow hover car descend and ultimately land. It took only ten seconds for the vehicle to open its hatch and when it did the one to first jump out of it was Krillin. The small fighter remained standing on the same spot as he tried to figure out what was going on. As he did that the old master landed near him while Bulma remained inside and peeked over. Both Krillin and Roshi remained quiet for few seconds, trying to figure out what was going on and just when Krillin was to call his best friend, it was him who called him first
"K-Krillin, is that you?" Goku spoke with a weak voice which scared the small fighter. Krillin took few steps forward, scared that his best friend was deadly wounded
"Goku! Hang in there, buddy! It took us some time, but we visited Korin and he gave us few senzu beans!" Exclaimed Krillin who ran towards his wounded friend, but when he realized who was standing near Goku he immediately stopped. He began to shake, the look of the tall saiyan scared him beyond anything else
"Krillin, we need to help Goku. He's in need of senzu beans, you give it to him while I distract the saiyan" The old master Roshi was prepared for anything, even if he ended up dead he wanted to help Goku. Krillin nodded while he sweated, but tried to act tough. Master Roshi was about to ran towards the saiyan when their attention was caught by Goku
"G-Guys wait! T-There is no need to fight anymore, even Raditz realized that" The words that left Goku's mouth surprised both Roshi and Krillin, but Bulma as well who was still hiding in the hovercar
"W-What!? Are you telling me that he doesn't want to exterminate all the people on Earth, anymore?" Yelled Krillin with surprise while Roshi who was near him remained quiet. He was just as surprised to hear that, the moment he faced the saiyan for the first time on his island he knew the man was evil, but now this? It seemed strange for the old man, but if Goku said so than it was probably true
"Y-Yes, Krillin... after some time reasoning with him, he decided to abandon his evil ways and join us... arhgg!" The young saiyan finished his sentence with a loud and painful cry. To everyone's surprise, the tall saiyan rushed to his brother side with his nephew in arms
"Kakarrot are you alright!?" Shouted Raditz who with a worried look on his face caught his younger brother head and raised it a bit. Krillin and Roshi stared in surprise until they snapped out of it when Raditz yelled: "Come here and help him!"
"O-Oh right!" Krillin threw away all his thoughts about the taller saiyan and quickly approached his best friend. The long haired saiyan moved away and let the bald human do the job. He carefully observed the human who pulled out a small brown bag from his gi and took out a small green bean. The saiyan continued to observe when the old man walked by
"I don't know exactly what happened here, Piccolo is on the ground barely alive and Goku is heavily injured while you're without any scratch, so, could you tell me what went on here?" Master Roshi was standing behind the tall saiyan and waited for his answer. He stared at the saiyan back and patiently waited for an answer which almost immediately arrived
"We fought, both I and Kakarrot along with the green man, but somewhere along the way I realized I don't want to kill my own flesh and blood... and... he was right, but as I figured that the green man attacked Kakkarot because of some old grudge" Raditz answered the old man's question without looking back at the man. The tall saiyan's eyes went wide open when he saw that after his brother swallowed a bean his wounds were healed. He couldn't believe that this backwater planet had something like that.
"I see, that does make sense, Piccolo always wanted to get revenge for what Goku did to his father" Mumbled Roshi who even tho what the saiyan said seemed true, he couldn't but feel something bad was about to happen. While the old martial artist stood behind Raditz, Krillin smiled when he saw that his best friends wounds were completely healed
"There you go, all healed up. Thanks Korin for this magic beans, right Goku?" Laughed Krillin as he tapped Goku on his left shoulder while the saiyan slowly started to raise from the ground. The young saiyan remained quiet, without any words to say which Krillin found strange "Hey Goku, is everything alright?"
"Yes, I'm feeling great now that I can... kill you all!" Exclaimed Goku with a wide grin on his face as he punched Krillin in the face which sent the small human fly all the way to the hovercar. While Bulma shrieked in fear, Roshi gasped in shock at what occurred in front of his eyes
"Goku! What are you doing!?" The old man yelled at his pupil who with a chuckle glanced at his former master who never imagined that Goku could have such an expression
"What I'm doing you ask? It's simple, I'm doing what I was supposed to do from the start! I'm going to punish you all for lying to me this whole time!" Goku's initial calm voice quickly turned into angry one as he shouted at the old man who couldn't believe what he was hearing
"G-Goku you can't mean that! What has gotten into you!?" Yelled Krillin from the other side while Bulma tried to help the bald man. This wasn't happening, it must have been a dream an illusion. The Goku he knew would never say nor do such things
"Krillin is right, Goku! I'm sure that guy is forcing you to do this!" Bulma shouted as she pointed at Raditz who's the only reaction was a smirk. The taller saiyan remained quiet and eyed his younger brother who just grinned and looked back at the humans
"The one who is wrong is you, all of you! I'm not forced nor controlled by any of you anymore and I will do whatever I want from this day on!" Declared Goku as he raised his closed fist in the air and glared at the humans who couldn't process what was going on
"Goku you were never controlled! We are your friends, we would never do such a horrible thing to you" Argued the old man as he swung around with his staff, but what he said only irritated the young saiyan even more
"Shut up! I was lied all my life! And I'm sure that you, old man Gohan and Kami tried to kill me or put under control! All of this ends now!" Growled Goku who opened his hand and an energy orb appeared. Raditz quickly moved away which allowed Goku to fire the blast. Roshi's eyes were wide open in horror as he watched the blast heading his way. The old man raised his arms to protect himself, but the blast never came, in fact, it exploded before it reached him. He raised his head in confusion, but only to hear Goku's voice "Piccolo!"
"Piccolo? So he's still alive!" Krillin yelled in surprise. He could never say this nor did he ever imagine thinking this but, he was glad that Piccolo saved master Roshi
"D-Don't get the wrong idea... b-but I saved you only because... I-I will need a use of you" Piccolo was barely able to stand let alone speak, but his will was strong and he wasn't about to die. He hated to admit, but if he wished to beat the two saiyans and take over the world, he needed the help from humans
"Why you... I will kill you for what you did before!" Shouted Goku who moved into his stance and was about to prepare one Kamehameha, but to his surprise, he was stopped
"Calm down, little brother. Remember we can't kill the green man, so he's out of your reach, for now" Spoke Raditz who walked towards his younger brother who wasn't happy with this, but it didn't sound like he wouldn't have a chance some day. Raditz was standing near his brother when he glanced at humans and continued "Let them take care of him for now, this could work in our favor. We keep the green bean alive and while we wait for our other two comrades to arrive we can... have some fun with the humans. What you say, torturing them months for what they did to you, Kakarrot?" Raditz chuckled at the terrified expression on the humans faces and glanced back at his younger brother. Goku didn't say a thing for few seconds until he looked up and grinned
"Sounds fine to me" Goku was somehow excited by what his brother suggested him. A small part of him was still scared, but the other part of him wanted nothing but pay them back and enjoy the hunt. Goku looked at his former friends and spoke: "Take Piccolo and train hard because you never know when we will show up, right Raditz?"
"I couldn't say it better myself, Kakarrot" Raditz laughed and even felt a bit of pride at his brother's behavior. It seemed that his saiyan side was finally out and freed itself from the chains that the humans created. The older saiyan started to slowly hover in the air with Goku following him "Let's go, Kakarrot, it's about time you learn what is like to be a real saiyan" Goku nodded with a smile on his face and followed his brother who with great speed flew away from the battlefield, leaving the humans and Piccolo to think about the upcoming surely not peaceful, days
"Goku wait for a mo.." The green man was cut off before he could even say what he wanted when a fist slammed right into his gut. The force behind the punch was so strong that it forced the green man to spit blood. The taller man glared at his former ally with anger but only to meet with a knee which sent him flying to the other side of the field. The man groans in pain as he hit the ground with his back and cursed the younger saiyan. If only he didn't have a hole in his shoulder which caused him to barely or even not use his other hand. With a hard panting, he slowly stood up from the ground and glared at the saiyan. The green man cleared the blood from his mouth and spoke "Open your eyes, Goku! Don't you see how he's messing with your head!? Think about it, those humans you call friends aren't capable of doing something like that!" Yelled Piccolo who's words caused the younger saiyan to stop from walking. Piccolo carefully observed the saiyan for two seconds after which he allowed a small smirk to appear on his face. He took those few seconds to catch his breathing and recover a bit while Goku stood in the middle of the field not moving at all. The reincarnation of the demon king Piccolo was about to speak, but he decided to hold back the words from escaping his mouth when he heard some mumbling that was coming from the young saiyan
"Not capable? Then why lie to me? Why hiding the truth about the full moon, why hiding the real reason why my tail was cut off!?" Murmured Goku as he tightened his fists while the words he said reached the ears of Piccolo and the older saiyan
"Goku, I don't know why, but you mus..."
"Shut up!" Growled Goku who dashed towards Piccolo with such speed that the taller man wasn't even able to see him move before he was in front of him and punched in the face "I was lied my whole life! Lied to who and what I really am, I fought the hardest battles for them and even helped them collect all the dragon balls! I was used!... The one I admired so much and thought only great for him was the one who forced me to forget all about what I really was before arriving here!" The young saiyan was out of control, Goku unleashed all his rage on Piccolo who couldn't do anything even if he tried to block all the punches and kicks. As the hits went on, so did Goku's speech "The ones I called my friends are liars and deceivers! They were afraid of me, yes I saw their scared faces not only today but before as well! I also heard them calling me names every time I was excited to fight or even when I was eating, and I remained quiet but... no more! I'm finally able to see it all!" With a final shout, Goku delivered a powerful kick to Piccolo's abdomen which made the same man fall on his knees. While Piccolo was on his knees and with a painful expression on his face holding his abdomen, Goku who was standing above him tried to calm down. He never felt like this, he never thought that he would be able to feel so good after such anger, it made him afraid for a little bit until he heard a voice from behind
"Very good, little brother! Now finish him before he regains the little energy that he has left" Spoke Raditz who could see on his scouter that Piccolo's energy was low enough for his brother to deliver a final blow. The long haired saiyan was very pleased by what occurred here today, it wasn't that hard to bring his brother back as he thought at first which was something that made him, glad? The older saiyan shook the feeling away and glanced back at his brother and waited for him to finish the green man, but something was wrong...
Goku heard his brother loud and clear, but he just couldn't move. He felt angry and wanted to punish all of them, but killing even Piccolo didn't seem right. The young saiyan didn't know what to do, his hands started to shake as he thought more and more about what to do. He placed his right hand on his head, just at the same place where the scar from his fall as a baby was. He killed before, he killed his enemies when he was younger so why, why was he hesitating to kill Piccolo? Goku's hesitation wasn't unnoticed, Raditz was able to see through his younger brother and just scowled
"Stop fooling around, Kakarrot! Just like you said before, he's your enemy who was already plotting to kill you when this was done and take over this world! Don't let those idiotic human emotions cloud your judgement even for a moment, otherwise, you'll be killed!" Shouted Raditz as he uncrossed his strong bulky arms and took a step forward. It seemed like he thought too soon and that he still needed to get over his younger brother. "You killed before, right? When you were younger you killed your enemies, but somewhere along the line they made you think that it was wrong, and you let them! Your whole life on this planet is a lie!" Concluded the long haired saiyan who was by now few meters away from his brother who glanced at him with his eyes wide open. His older brother was right, he killed before and he never felt... bad about it. Goku could feel his anger once again raising from within his core as he thought of humans, but just as he was about to raise his hand above Piccolo's head and finish his enemy once and for all, he remembered something
"But if I kill him the dragon balls will turn into stones and never be able to use" Said the younger saiyan as he once again glanced back to Raditz who didn't understand what was his brother talking about
"What are you talking about? Dragon balls? What is that?" Asked Raditz who didn't know nor understood what his younger brother was talking about, but he was a bit curious to know what those 'dragon balls' really are and what you could do with them
"The dragon balls are able to grant you any wish you desire, but if I kill Piccolo, his other good half will die with him and so will the dragon balls which are connected with hi... Argghaaa!" Goku was about to finish what he wanted to say to his brother but suddenly, he released a loud and painful yell. He looked down where he saw two small holes from which the blood coming out. The young saiyan quickly placed his two hands on his stomach while he grunted in pain and glared at Piccolo's glowing eyes
"Kakarrot, watch out!" Yelled Raditz who saw what was coming at his brother and tried to warn him, but it was too late. Goku received a punch in the jaw which made him disoriented for a moment, but he soon found himself on the ground when Piccolo kicked him in his shaking legs. Goku was lying on the grass while Piccolo stood above him with a serious expression on his face
"You're a fool, Goku. You thought that since I was badly injured you could lower your guard, you're just too naive" Commented Piccolo who raised his left leg and said, "I'm going to pay you back for what you did to me five years ago and today!" Yelled the reincarnation of the demon king Piccolo and slammed his leg into Goku's wounded stomach. The saiyan shouted in pain while Piccolo rubbed his leg on Goku's wound "You know I'm not as soft as him and you know I will not hesitate to kill you!" Piccolo yelled once again as he raised his leg and slammed it into Goku's stomach. As Piccolo continued doing that to Goku, meters away from them Raditz was boiling with anger
"Damnit Kakarrot! I warned you about this, but you didn't listen! This is all because you let them manipulate you, I really hope you understand that now!" Growled Raditz in anger towards his younger brother who's only response was a painful yell. "Seems like I will need to dirty my hands after all" Thought the saiyan as he took two steps forward, but only to stop when he heard a warning from his scouter "Huh? What's this reading..." The long haired saiyan tapped on his scouter to see what was going on, but suddenly he heard a very loud bang. Both he and Piccolo looked towards the place from where the loud noise came, but only to see broken pieces of the space pod in the air along with Gohan who safely landed at the tip of the crater. "Kakarrot's brat? I-Imposible, his power level is at... 1307!" Raditz was sweating in shock as he observed the little boy with his eyes wide open. The small Gohan searched for his father which painful cries made him want to help at any cause. The young Gohan turned towards Piccolo who was surprised to see the brat up here while he had his right foot on Goku's body
"Y-You... stop hurting my daddy!" Exclaimed Gohan when in the exact moment a white aura exploded around his small body. Everyone watched in shock as the little boy dashed towards the man who was hurting his dad. Before Piccolo could even speak or do something the boy slammed right into the green man chest
"Aaahhhhhhhhhgr!" Piccolo yelled. He could feel his bones cracking and his entire body dying out. He was slowly falling down on the ground, but as he was falling down everything in front of his eyes went black
"Ow, my head hurts!" Cried Gohan who was sitting on the ground, very close to Piccolo. The small boy quickly noticed how much close he was to the man and immediately moved away in fear, but as he moved away he bumped into someone else. The young boy turned his head and saw his father "D-Daddy? Daddy, are you ok!?" Gohan called his father, but nothing. The young half-saiyan started to cry when he suddenly felt a hand on his left cheek
"G-Gohan... don't worry I'm alright" Spoke Goku on which the young Gohan immediately stopped crying and hugged his father. Even tho he was badly injured, Goku just knew this wasn't going to finish him, but he was shocked when he saw and felt his son power "Y-You saved me Gohan, you're really strong... Raditz was right after all" Smiled Goku on which Gohan looked at his father with a confused look, but then he saw a shadow over him and when he glanced up, he was scared
"Kakarrot, you're an idiot! I told you to kill him, but you hesitated and this is exactly what you deserve!" Raditz scolded his younger brother who quietly nodded. He somehow agreed with Raditz, Piccolo was his enemy and he needed to finish him off. "But you're lucky that your son saved you. I must admit that I'm impressed by what he has done" Said the long haired saiyan who glanced at the boy who squeaked and grabbed a firm hold on his father body causing the older saiyan to snicker as he walked away
"D-Don't be afraid of him, son. He might look scary, but he is our family and we will soon leave with him" Spoke Goku as he grunted in pain while Raditz walked towards Piccolo. Gohan looked at his father with a confused look on his young face. He thought that the long-haired man was the bad guy, was he wrong? Maybe he was wrong since it wasn't the long-haired guy who hurt his daddy, but Piccolo
While Gohan remained close to his wounded father, Raditz was standing near the lying Piccolo and observed him for a moment. It seemed to him that the green man was still somehow alive, unconscious but alive. The long haired saiyan glanced back at his brother and nephew and couldn't but be impressed by the boy's power. He never imagined that a child and a half saiyan to that could possess such a power level, but now that he checked the scouter the boy's power level was only 5. It didn't make sense, but it was something to figure out later, now he was going to deliver a final blow to the green man.
"Observe Kakarrot, this is how you finish off your opponents!" Spoke Raditz out loud so his younger brother could hear him. Goku raised his head a bit and watched his older brother raise his left hand which started to glow purple "Next time, my little brother you will kill your target by yourself. This is the only time I'm cleaning your mess... Farewell, green bean!" The tall saiyan was about to finish off Piccolo, but he stopped his hand just before making contact with the body. Goku looked confused when he saw Raditz stop, but then both he and Gohan heard someone else voice. The voice was coming from Raditz's device which Goku and Gohan didn't understand, it was in another language. They waited for one minute when Raditz turned towards Goku and the voice disappeared. The taller saiyan sighed as he walked back to his brother and nephew who had many questions for him
"What's wrong? Aren't you going to kill him?" Asked Goku who even tho he was injured tried to stand up, but he was just forced back on the ground because of the wound
"Hmph, a change in plans. I just received orders to spare the green bean and wait here" Responded Raditz who was annoyed by the given order. He didn't want to waste his time on this mudball, but then again it wasn't like he had a choice, in fact, there were two reasons for him to stay now.
"Orders? From who?" Goku asked once again, he was curious to know who was that could give orders to his brother, who to him was the strongest person he ever encountered
"From prince Ve..." Raditz was just to answer his younger brother question when his scouter detected something. While Goku waited for his older brother response, Raditz glanced in the sky and grunted before speaking to his younger brother "I will tell you later, it seems we have company. I'm positive that the humans who brainwashed you want to know what happened to their puppet and if he managed to save them, again" The long haired saiyan glanced at his brother who's surprised expression quickly turned into ominous one which caused Raditz to chuckle
"I-I'm not their puppet! Not anymore, I will pay them back for what they did to me!" The young saiyan spoke with a low and dangerous voice while he angrily tightened the grass with his hands which scared the little Gohan. The small boy never heard his father speak like that and he didn't understand what was going on
"D-Daddy, what is going on? Is there going to be another fight?" The little half saiyan looked at his father who's expression immediately changed and placed his hand on his son's shoulder
"Don't worry about a thing, Gohan. I just need to... huh?" While he talked to his son, Goku noticed his brother lower down and to his shock deliver a chop to the back of Gohan's neck. The boy immediately fell unconscious in Raditz's arms "H-Hey! Why did you do that to him!?" Goku shouted in anger while Raditz remained calm and held his nephew
"Don't throw an unnecessary fit, little brother. I just knock him out so he wouldn't interfere, remember the boy doesn't know anything yet" Stated Raditz who's words make sense to Goku now, but still, he didn't like how he did that without consulting him. The two of them stared at each others until they heard a noise from above. The two saiyans glanced up and saw a yellow hover car heading their way. While Goku's expression once again changed, Raditz began to think of something when he suddenly smirked "Listen here, Kakarot... this is what we are going to do, let's have a little fun with them" Goku stared at his brother with confused look, but when his brother started to explain his plan, Goku couldn't but grin
Above the battlefield, inside the yellow hover car, Krillin and master Roshi were in the back seats while Bulma piloted the vehicle. They were finally here, it took them some time to find them and because they decided to take a detour, but nevertheless they were finally here. The three of them glanced down in hope to see their friend victorious but because of the height they weren't able to see it clearly. Wanting to know how her friend was doing, Bulma lowered down enough for them to see what was going on
"Can any of you see what's going on?" Asked the blue haired girl as she focused more on piloting the hover car while Roshi and Krillin remained silent for few seconds until the small man gasped in shock
"W-What!? I can see the saiyan standing and Goku lying on the ground beneath him!" Krillin yelled in fright which terrified the blue haired scientist while Roshi remained quiet but nervously sweated. This wasn't good, if both Goku and Piccolo who were Earth strongest lost, what could they do? The old man quickly threw away that negative thought and tried to think of something in worst case scenario
"B-But it can't be... w-what about P-Piccolo?" Bulma asked another question with a cracking voice. She couldn't imagine Goku lose, no he couldn't he was Goku, the one always making the impossible come true
"We can't rush before we see clearly what is going on" Spoke the old martial artist as he strongly held his staff and continued "Land us down, Bulma. No matter what happens we need to help Goku and Gohan, but if something bad is about to occur, I want you to leave immediately Bulma" Declared Master Roshi on which Bulma just nodded and began with the landing process
The two saiyans watched the yellow hover car descend and ultimately land. It took only ten seconds for the vehicle to open its hatch and when it did the one to first jump out of it was Krillin. The small fighter remained standing on the same spot as he tried to figure out what was going on. As he did that the old master landed near him while Bulma remained inside and peeked over. Both Krillin and Roshi remained quiet for few seconds, trying to figure out what was going on and just when Krillin was to call his best friend, it was him who called him first
"K-Krillin, is that you?" Goku spoke with a weak voice which scared the small fighter. Krillin took few steps forward, scared that his best friend was deadly wounded
"Goku! Hang in there, buddy! It took us some time, but we visited Korin and he gave us few senzu beans!" Exclaimed Krillin who ran towards his wounded friend, but when he realized who was standing near Goku he immediately stopped. He began to shake, the look of the tall saiyan scared him beyond anything else
"Krillin, we need to help Goku. He's in need of senzu beans, you give it to him while I distract the saiyan" The old master Roshi was prepared for anything, even if he ended up dead he wanted to help Goku. Krillin nodded while he sweated, but tried to act tough. Master Roshi was about to ran towards the saiyan when their attention was caught by Goku
"G-Guys wait! T-There is no need to fight anymore, even Raditz realized that" The words that left Goku's mouth surprised both Roshi and Krillin, but Bulma as well who was still hiding in the hovercar
"W-What!? Are you telling me that he doesn't want to exterminate all the people on Earth, anymore?" Yelled Krillin with surprise while Roshi who was near him remained quiet. He was just as surprised to hear that, the moment he faced the saiyan for the first time on his island he knew the man was evil, but now this? It seemed strange for the old man, but if Goku said so than it was probably true
"Y-Yes, Krillin... after some time reasoning with him, he decided to abandon his evil ways and join us... arhgg!" The young saiyan finished his sentence with a loud and painful cry. To everyone's surprise, the tall saiyan rushed to his brother side with his nephew in arms
"Kakarrot are you alright!?" Shouted Raditz who with a worried look on his face caught his younger brother head and raised it a bit. Krillin and Roshi stared in surprise until they snapped out of it when Raditz yelled: "Come here and help him!"
"O-Oh right!" Krillin threw away all his thoughts about the taller saiyan and quickly approached his best friend. The long haired saiyan moved away and let the bald human do the job. He carefully observed the human who pulled out a small brown bag from his gi and took out a small green bean. The saiyan continued to observe when the old man walked by
"I don't know exactly what happened here, Piccolo is on the ground barely alive and Goku is heavily injured while you're without any scratch, so, could you tell me what went on here?" Master Roshi was standing behind the tall saiyan and waited for his answer. He stared at the saiyan back and patiently waited for an answer which almost immediately arrived
"We fought, both I and Kakarrot along with the green man, but somewhere along the way I realized I don't want to kill my own flesh and blood... and... he was right, but as I figured that the green man attacked Kakkarot because of some old grudge" Raditz answered the old man's question without looking back at the man. The tall saiyan's eyes went wide open when he saw that after his brother swallowed a bean his wounds were healed. He couldn't believe that this backwater planet had something like that.
"I see, that does make sense, Piccolo always wanted to get revenge for what Goku did to his father" Mumbled Roshi who even tho what the saiyan said seemed true, he couldn't but feel something bad was about to happen. While the old martial artist stood behind Raditz, Krillin smiled when he saw that his best friends wounds were completely healed
"There you go, all healed up. Thanks Korin for this magic beans, right Goku?" Laughed Krillin as he tapped Goku on his left shoulder while the saiyan slowly started to raise from the ground. The young saiyan remained quiet, without any words to say which Krillin found strange "Hey Goku, is everything alright?"
"Yes, I'm feeling great now that I can... kill you all!" Exclaimed Goku with a wide grin on his face as he punched Krillin in the face which sent the small human fly all the way to the hovercar. While Bulma shrieked in fear, Roshi gasped in shock at what occurred in front of his eyes
"Goku! What are you doing!?" The old man yelled at his pupil who with a chuckle glanced at his former master who never imagined that Goku could have such an expression
"What I'm doing you ask? It's simple, I'm doing what I was supposed to do from the start! I'm going to punish you all for lying to me this whole time!" Goku's initial calm voice quickly turned into angry one as he shouted at the old man who couldn't believe what he was hearing
"G-Goku you can't mean that! What has gotten into you!?" Yelled Krillin from the other side while Bulma tried to help the bald man. This wasn't happening, it must have been a dream an illusion. The Goku he knew would never say nor do such things
"Krillin is right, Goku! I'm sure that guy is forcing you to do this!" Bulma shouted as she pointed at Raditz who's the only reaction was a smirk. The taller saiyan remained quiet and eyed his younger brother who just grinned and looked back at the humans
"The one who is wrong is you, all of you! I'm not forced nor controlled by any of you anymore and I will do whatever I want from this day on!" Declared Goku as he raised his closed fist in the air and glared at the humans who couldn't process what was going on
"Goku you were never controlled! We are your friends, we would never do such a horrible thing to you" Argued the old man as he swung around with his staff, but what he said only irritated the young saiyan even more
"Shut up! I was lied all my life! And I'm sure that you, old man Gohan and Kami tried to kill me or put under control! All of this ends now!" Growled Goku who opened his hand and an energy orb appeared. Raditz quickly moved away which allowed Goku to fire the blast. Roshi's eyes were wide open in horror as he watched the blast heading his way. The old man raised his arms to protect himself, but the blast never came, in fact, it exploded before it reached him. He raised his head in confusion, but only to hear Goku's voice "Piccolo!"
"Piccolo? So he's still alive!" Krillin yelled in surprise. He could never say this nor did he ever imagine thinking this but, he was glad that Piccolo saved master Roshi
"D-Don't get the wrong idea... b-but I saved you only because... I-I will need a use of you" Piccolo was barely able to stand let alone speak, but his will was strong and he wasn't about to die. He hated to admit, but if he wished to beat the two saiyans and take over the world, he needed the help from humans
"Why you... I will kill you for what you did before!" Shouted Goku who moved into his stance and was about to prepare one Kamehameha, but to his surprise, he was stopped
"Calm down, little brother. Remember we can't kill the green man, so he's out of your reach, for now" Spoke Raditz who walked towards his younger brother who wasn't happy with this, but it didn't sound like he wouldn't have a chance some day. Raditz was standing near his brother when he glanced at humans and continued "Let them take care of him for now, this could work in our favor. We keep the green bean alive and while we wait for our other two comrades to arrive we can... have some fun with the humans. What you say, torturing them months for what they did to you, Kakarrot?" Raditz chuckled at the terrified expression on the humans faces and glanced back at his younger brother. Goku didn't say a thing for few seconds until he looked up and grinned
"Sounds fine to me" Goku was somehow excited by what his brother suggested him. A small part of him was still scared, but the other part of him wanted nothing but pay them back and enjoy the hunt. Goku looked at his former friends and spoke: "Take Piccolo and train hard because you never know when we will show up, right Raditz?"
"I couldn't say it better myself, Kakarrot" Raditz laughed and even felt a bit of pride at his brother's behavior. It seemed that his saiyan side was finally out and freed itself from the chains that the humans created. The older saiyan started to slowly hover in the air with Goku following him "Let's go, Kakarrot, it's about time you learn what is like to be a real saiyan" Goku nodded with a smile on his face and followed his brother who with great speed flew away from the battlefield, leaving the humans and Piccolo to think about the upcoming surely not peaceful, days
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