5 Chapter 5: Flight

I anxiously piloted the space pod up onto Kami's lookout expecting a worst case scenario to happen at any moment looking for any signs of that villain Mr.Popo.

When I parked it behind the main building of the palace without a hitch I let out a sigh of relief and pocketed a few senzu beans before departing.

I was still upset that my Arm Blaster and Scouter were destroyed, two valuable assets both taken from me by the same tyrant in only one day!

Even though it had been years ago from my perspective.

I still clearly remembered everything like it had happened only yesterday.

On one hand not being able to properly control my emotions is bad as I would be unable to function in a normal society or properly socialize with others.

But as a Saiyan who derives power through emotions it undoubtedly help's me become stronger as it pushes me beyond my limits and turns into a lust like need to fight.

I remembered the moment when my attack's were finally beginning to show damage on Mr.Popo it was like something sparked inside of me and forced my body to push itself beyond it's limits to win.

Maybe if I was lucky enough these emotions of hate and anger will allow me to reach the legendary Super Saiyan form.

Afterall Goku first achieved Super Saiyan by watching Krillin die at the hands of Frieza,

But I don't know if I can get angrier then I already am.

I'm missing something...

As I was walking through the Lookout in contemplation it dawned on me what it was!

But what about Vegeta, he became a Super Saiyan after Goku through jealousy, humiliation and, malice.

The Super Saiyan form is derived from strong emotions, not counting that infamous "Tingly feeling on my back" moment in Super.

So it shouldn't be impossible for me to reach it as I am now right?

I couldn't think of any shortcuts to becoming a Super Saiyan.

Their is not anyone in this world who is truly emotionally significant to me.

Sure I might cry if I ever saw Goku, Vegeta or any of the main cast die.

But in the end that's just my Fan Boner talking.

I still had five Saibamen left and a shit load of Senzu beans, that reminds me I should probably go apologize to Korin for waterboarding him for like three hours…

Hmmm Nah i'm sure he'll get over it.

I playfully bounced the Saibamen seeds up and down on my palm.

These guys would only peak with a power level between 500-600.

I'm not sure what my exact power level is.,

But given my years of harsh training and all the Zenkai Boost's I've gotten so far.

I should be stronger than or at least equal to them in terms of power level by now.

But despite my excellent combat capability I still couldn't fly or shoot ki lasers, so if they used self destruct I'd probably end up like Yamcha…

A mental image of me in Yamcha's position after he was killed by the saibamen appeared in my head and I shuddered at the thought.

My top priority right now is learning how to use ki, if I cant at least do that much.

Then I won't be able to do shit!

Man how lame I thought I was gonna have the time of my life here and go on a bunch of awesome adventures.

But this is really hard and scary.

I looked up to the sky and remembered all those times I day dreamed about being in the Dragon Ball World.

This was a dream come true but so far its been nothing but a nightmare.

I feel like an idiot for thinking it would all be easy...

I looked over at my space pod I still couldn't get over how cool it was that I actually had one.

It was even better then having my own car but just as I was admiring my space pod something really weird happened...

A nagging feeling in the back of my head was telling me something was wrong.

Am I being paranoid again?

Or did I really forget something?

My heart start's to race and an uneasy feeling sets in as I try my hardest to remember what it could be.

This wave of doubt struck me when I looked over at my space pod.

What was I forgetting?

I was really bothered by my apparent memory loss I was forgetting things I had memorised by heart recently.

What's worse was that I was never a forgetful person to begin with.

So this only made my worry grow more than it really should have.

Normally when people forget things they just ignore it, until it comes back to them eventually.

But is that really okay for me to do?

Space Pod, Space Pod, Space Pod

I began reciting the target of interest in my head over and over again.

Space Pod, Space Pod, Space Pod

I was hoping this would help me jog my memory.

Space Pod, Space Pod, Space Pod

I was trying so hard that I didn't even notice Kami slowly walk up to me.

Kami : " Young one, what is that you are doing? "

Vocado: "Wha-?"

Kami: " I could sense that you had left yesterday but I could not understand your actions for dropping into the middle of the ocean? "

GODDAMMIT OLD MAN!! I lost my train of thought!

Wait why is he asking me that?

Does he not know Mr.Popo is a sadistic asshole?

Or is he playing dumb and teasing me?

Judging from what happened yesterday it appears he's hiding it from him…

But why?

Pfft, sense a great evil My Ass!

You've been living with one for the past Three Hundred Years!

And he thinks im Evil?! Stupid Senile Old Slug! Go Fuck Yourself!

I screamed at him internally still maintaining a calm and fake smile around him.

I really needed him to train me until I could master ki.

Vocado: "Meh Nothing special , Just felt like going for a late night dip anyways I learned how to sense Ki any advice?"

Kami looked at me strangely judging from his reaction he didn't believe me.

Mr.Popo didn't tell him?

Something is definitely wrong here what is that fiend planning!?

I pointed my finger at a direction in the palace where Mr.Popo was and told him Mr.Popo was there.

He seemed surprised at first and convinced that I was telling the truth,

But instead of being happy with my results he looked more bothered by this development.

For the first time since I got here he asked for my name.

Vocado: " I'm Vocado but you can call me Cado for short. "

Kami : "Vocado is it, hmmm I am unsure as to why or how you managed to develop ki sensing as for advice I cannot teach you in good faith without having a pure heart."

He poked at my chest where my heart was with his gnarled wooden staff.

This again come on when is this Old Slug gonna train me?

That was the only reason I came to Earth in the first place, instead of Yardrat or Namek.

Vocado : "If I were to remove this supposed evil side of me would it not develop into its own evil entity like King Piccolo?"

Kami : "What! Who told you that!?"

Aww shit. I said too much, maybe I can smooth talk my way out of this.

Vocado : " Is he not? "

Making a fake surprised reaction I continued talking.

Vocado : " I mean I was only just guessing but it's not exactly hard to figure out."

Kami : "...."

Vocado: " I mean he's the only other Namekian on Earth and you guys look and sound identical it was either that or he was your evil twin brother. "

Kami : " I've been wondering young one how do you know of King Piccolo you've been on the Lookout since your arrival. "

Kami: " Why do you say he looks and sounds identical to me when and where did you have the chance to learn this."

Kami had such a serious expression on his face.

I screwed up,

But I can still salvage the situation.

Vocado : " Well about that while I was orbiting the Earth I used my Space Pod to find the strongest inhabitants on planet Earth. That is how I found you and him and monitored the two of you. "

Kami couldn't argue or poke holes at this story.

But he still gave a doubtful look at the Space Pod being an Alien himself he knew the technology wasn't impossible.

But Kami being the wise Gaurdian of Earth was able to sense something was fishy and had a gut feeling that the boy was lying.

Kami: "Come here boy."

Did he say boy?

That doesn't sound good I don't think he bought my lie.

Shit he's gonna know my story was bull shit.

I walked up to him and he placed his hand over my head.

I knew what was coming but I still had to act dumb so I forced a curious look on my face as I looked up to him.

Kami : " Are you lying to me boy. "

Vocado : " I-I-I ."

Kami suspicion of me grew at the hesitant reply and squeezed his hand over my head to force an answer out of me.

Vocado: "YES! FUCK!"

Kami's eyes flared up with hostility and before he could throw me off the Lookout I blurted something out.

Vocado: "MY TRAINING WITH MR.POPO WAS HORRIBLE HE PHYSCIALLY AND MENTALLY ABUSED ME FOR THE ENTIRE SIX YEARS! AND MADE MY LIFE A LIVING HELL!"

Kami: "Huh!?"

Vocado: "THE ONLY REASON I LIED TO YOU WAS BECAUSE MR.POPO WAS WATCHING WHEN YOU ASKED ME HOW THE TRAINING WENT AND I WAS SCARED HE MIGHT KILL ME!"

I spoke without thinking to save my ass and gave him an honest excuse.

In all honesty everything I said was just dumb luck.

I could have easily revealed crucial information about who I really am and the future of Dragon ball.

Kami used his powers to look through my memories and I intentionally showed him the time I spent training in the Hyperbolic Time chamber with Mr.Popo.

After witnessing my cruel and unusual training Kami looked hesitant and finally sighed with a disheartened look on his face.

Kami: "This is..."

Vocado : " I'M REALLY SORRY I LIED BUT I WAS REALLY SCARED OF MR.POPO! "

Kami released his hand from my head not wanting to see any more of my memories.

He was in shock of learning of his old friend Mr.Popo's true nature.

So much so that he even disregarded me of any doubt and even started to feel sympathetic towards me over the inhumane training I went through.

I dodged a bullet but in doing so I ended up in the path of a nuclear missile.

I doubt Mr.Popo will take kindly to me using him as a scapegoat

Kami : " I.... I am deeply sorry for the actions of Mr.Popo Vocado I hope you will find it in your heart to forgive Mr.Popo.

Kami had a troubled look on his face it was clear that the news of Mr.Popo was depressing for him.

Vocado : " I can try..."

Vocado : " But can you please train me first I need to hurry and get stronger to defeat Frieza! "

Kami : " Vocado although I can tell that your heart is in the right place, the fact remains your heart is still tainted by evil and as Guardian of the Earth I cannot in full confidence train you until your heart is pure."

Kami : " I must go now... "

Uuuugh i'm getting so sick of hearing pure of heart this and, pure of heart that, what even is a pure heart!

Goku was a deadbeat dad who put the entire Earth in danger countless time's.

Even Vegeta who committed mass planetary genocide throughout the universe get's considered pure of heart later on in the series.

Which makes his reasoning all the more frustrating.

Given what I've had to go through to get this far, even if I still cant fully control my Saiyan impulses.

I don tthink my actions so far can even light a candle to the things Goku let alone Vegeta does.

Like that time he spared Vegeta in their first encounter ( Even though I'm happy Goku didn't kill him ).

Vegeta slaughters a village of Namekians to attain the dragon balls and goes on planetary raids throughout space in seaerch of Goku.

Not to mention the collateral damage he caused during his fight with the androids and letting Cell reach his final form or the people he killed when attaining the Majin mark on his forehead.

As for Goku sparing Frieza and even giving that genocidal space racist some power to survive and continue living despite fully knowing what kinda person Frieza was just because he wanted another fight.

Or giving cell a senzu bean during his fight with Gohan.

Or what about that time he put entire universes at stake by provoking Zeno into starting the universal tournament just to get off on having a fun fight.

I honestly doubt my ability to cause as much death and devastation given how high the bar was set by those two even if I tried.

What's worse the fucking Saibamen are considered pure of heart and im Not!? Bullshit!! I need to find an alternative I would ask Mr.Popo but the last time I did he ripped off my tail.

Going to Master Roshi is too risky given how much that could affect the overall story...

Think! Think! Think!

My answer came in the form of Videl!

How did she learn how to fly by Gohan's training.

Maybe if I can mimic their training it would help me learn how to use my ki properly.

My biggest problem was that the this entity inside my body still feels completely foreign to me.

Even though I can feel ki vaguely now.

The concept of ki is still alien and I have no starting point or direction to learn more.

Before Kami could leave I decided to test my luck and push him again maybe

this was the most ideal time to convince him to train me.

He was still shocked at learning the true nature of Mr. Popo and his pity for me will help me guilt trip him into training me... hopefully.

Vocado : " Mr Kami if you dont train me then at least teach me how to use the MAFUBA. "

Vocado : " Mr.Popo told me about this move and if can use it against Frieza then I can stop him from taking over the universe and destroying any more innocent lives!"

Kami : "...."

Vocado : " Please teach me how to use Ki Mr. Kami I think I'm already more than strong enough to beat King Piccolo.

Kami : "You already know my answer Vocado".

Vocado: "But the longer we take the more lives are put in danger by Frieza!"

Kami : "...."

Kami looked surprise at first but his face looked to be stuck in contemplation.

I gave him a desperate heartfelt plea for help which was more like begging at this point.

I was careful not to make it sound like a demand or a request and gave him an ultimatum you can train me but if you don't then I will still go off to confront Frieza on my own.

I needed to play the role of a tragic hero.

If I cant persuade him through normal means then maybe I can appeal to him emotionally slowly buttering the old green geezer until he caved in and trains me.

I anxiously waited for his response.

Kami may still be a dick in this point of the story.

But Kami is still a good person deep down and will learn to eventually trust me like he did with Goku one day, if I play my cards right.

Kami : "(*sigh) Fine I will begin your training Vocado."

Kami : " But only after your purification process is complete I will see to it personally that it is done soon and only once we have sealed away your evil half, I will show you what I know."

Yes! Finally!

Although getting myself split into two sounds a bit much I could honestly care less the sooner I learn how to use Ki the sooner my adventure can begin.

Kami : " But first I must speak with Mr.Popo. "

I had managed to dodge a bullet but only to run into another one. Shit!

Mr. Popo is definitely not gonna take this well and knowing that i'm the only person Kami could have learned his secret from he would undoubtedly take action against me.

I felt fear begin to spread in my body I was unsure if Mr.Popo would make an attempt on my life because of this.

I walked over to the trees and plants of Kami's lookout and planted all five Saibamen there as a Fail Safe if things went wrong.

I wouldn't grow them until I had to but this will save me not only preparation time but also prevent him from discovering how the Saibamen work.

To Mr.Popo it will just look like five Little Green's had popped out randomly from the tree's of Kami's lookout.

I didn't want to be here when Kami confronted Mr.Popo so I quickly walked back to my pod.

Who knows how that freak will react but I'd rather not be here to find out.

Just as I had arrived near my space pod and was getting ready to leave.

I suddenly felt a strong Life Force appear behind me.

Making my ki sense go nuts.

I nearly stumbled back at how sudden it was to have such a huge and ominous life force explode behind me.

I diddnt even have to turn back to know it was... Mr.Popo

Vocado : "Aww Shit."

I turned back to see him standing their with his usual smile.

Mr: Popo : " Maggot do you remember the Pecking Order?"

I already knew that replying meant getting hit again so I just nodded my head nervously.

Despite my training the difference in power and speed between us was too vast to overcome which made me wonder why Kami hadn't sent Mr.Popo to deal with King Piccolo.

The only explanation I could think of was that Kami was unaware of Mr.Popo's true power and for whatever reason he was hiding it from him.

I didn't want to get turned into a living punching bag again.

So I tried my best to not do anything that could offend this evil monster.

He seemed normal and unaware of my interaction with Kami.

But then again this guy had no real middle ground for being normal to begin with.

Mr. Popo : "That's funny because Mr. Popo remembers telling you not to touch Mr. Popo's food."

Food?

What the hell is he on about?

All I've had to eat these past years were senzu beans and the only other substance if it can even be called that is his healing splooge, that's it.

Mr. Popo : " listen up Maggot, Mr. Popo's is about to remind you of the pecking order"

Mr. Popo : "it goes You"

Mr. Popo : "The Dirt"

Mr. Popo : "The worms inside of the Dirt"

Mr. Popo : "Mr. Popo's Stool!"

Mr. Popo : "Kami"

Mr. Popo : "Then Mr. Popo."

Mr.Popo : "Any questions?"

Vocado : "Um Yeah Wh… (*BAM), Blargh!"

Goddammit!

He kicked me in the dick!

I couldn't even scream that was a low blow even for him my balls were crushed!

I started puking again.

Vocado : "Blargh! F-u-c-k W-h-y?"

I wanted to ask about the Food what Food!?

I began tearing up I crawled into the fetal position my voice was high pitched as I squeaked out.

Vocado : 'W-h-a-t F-o-o-d…"

Mr.Popo : "Those seeds you planted in the garden were in Mr.Popo's food."

I stared at him dumbstruck did he eat my Saibamen!?

I didn't know wether to laugh or cry.

I ate a senzu bean got up and wiped my tears away.

I was going to say something else when he spat.

("ptew")

The saliva covered seeds he spat out slowly slid down my face.

That was so fucking gross and humiliating that my face turned red with rage while a vein popped out in my forehead,

Vocado : "YOU MOTHER FUCKER! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!"

I lost control of myself and charged at him swinging and kicking with all my might in a rampaging fury of attack's.

He avoided each one not wanting to block my attacks and take the damage Mr.Popo waited by stepping back far enough to just barely avoid the range of my kicks and swings.

Until he was able to grab my leg in the middle of a kick and spun around quickly building enough momentum to throw me off the Lookout.

Mr.Popo : "Ta Ta."

Vocado: " I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU! Aaaiiieee!"

I was seething with rage but I forced myself to calm down and focus.

I was falling fast and I couldn't think of a way to get out of this mess!

Calling out for help was a no go and in my mind I was busy internally screaming profanities that would make a sailor blush at Mr.Popo.

I pulled at my hair for not being able to come up with anything.

It was Fly or Die!

Shit! Okay, okay just calm down and try to focus.

Just fly that's all, no biggie.

If birds can do it than so can I!

Probably...

Just as I was beginning to see the floor below a cold sweat covered my body.

I was not only afraid but had already gone beyond my mental capacity and was exhausted from trying use the foreign entity inside of my body too fly

In a desperate act I tried one more time.

When I was human I use to sing to myself in the shower I don't know why but that always seemed to clear my mind of any stress so I tried it.

Vocado : "I believe I can fly I believe I can touch the-".

Mr. Popo : "What up Bitch."

Appearing beside me was Mr.Popo sitting in his magical carpet.

I immediately glared at the familiar voice and for a split second my hair and eyes had flashed an iconic color.

The foreign entity inside my body shrunk down and then exploded out of me.

It had expanded encompassing not only my entire body but the area of space around me in a golden flashing light before returning to my body and vanishing.

Vocado : "You Mother Fucker!"

Without even realizing it the foreign entity had become apart of me.

Without thinking about it I directed it to the core of my body feeling a pull the more I pushed turning my free fall into a float.

I wanted to kill him and rip him apart with my bare hands!

But as I reached out to grab him he vanished.

That was when I noticed what I had just done.

I was floating!

Not only that but for a brief moment something else happened.

Did I just go super Saiyan!?

Wait a minute did he know what he was doing?

Did Mr. Popo just help me?

No Fuck That ! Snap out of it!

That Guy is a Deranged Lunatic what the hell am I thinking!

I violently shook my head.

That evil bastard was probably just fucking with me again.

I swear I'm going to get that fat genie one day and shove his stupid carpet up his Ass!

I couldn't tell for sure if Mr. Popo's ulterior motives were to actually help me or if he had none whatsoever and simply enjoyed fucking with me for the sake of some sick joke.

And without rhyme or reason suddenly Mr.Popo had appeared beside me riding his Magic carpet smiling his usual smile.

Well, well, well Speak of the Fucking Devil Himself!

I was ready to cuss this Asshole out a new one when that feeling of doubt crept back in and I hesitated.

Vocado : "Hey As-s um… Mr.Popo."

Mr. Popo : "Well how was it?"

Vocado : "...."

Mr.Popo : "What's wrong cat got your tongue maggot?".

Vocado : "I'll Kill You!"

Mr. Popo : "Byyye".

Vocado : "(*Grrr!) He vanished again! Dammit!"

As I gently floated down.

I was thinking about how far I had come since dying I looked at my hands and how much they had changed over these past six years.

I went from being someone who had never fought before in his entire life to a real power house who had surpassed the limits of humanity in his old world.

Twenty four hours a day training every second of every day for six years straight alone with that evil genie.

Was it worth having to go through that hellish training?

I started to feel regret maybe I should have gone to train with Master Roshi instead...

When I finally landed I was going to eat a senzu bean to recover and practice flying when I noticed my Senzu Beans were missing!

(Meanwhile at the Lookout)

Mr.Popo was standing by the ledge of the lookout holding a stash of Senzu beans in his hand playfully tossing them around giggling to himself.

Mr. Popo : "Well enjoy the climb back up BITCH!".

Mr.Popo let out a soft chuckle as he amused himself.

While Kami quietly stood behind him.

Kami : " Mr.Popo we need to talk…"