(3 weeks later)
"G...an..."
"Wa.....up..."
"Go..han...."
"Gohan wake up!"
"What?.."
Gohan slowly opened his drowsy eyes to see two green people looking down right at him. He quickly looked around his surroundings and remembered where he was as he was back on the lookout. More specifically, his room.
Gohan rubbed his eyes and looked back at the two green people as he regained focus. Quickly realizing that it was none other than his masters "Kami? Piccolo? What are you two doing here? I thought today was a rest day?"
Both Kami and Piccolo looked at each other before Kami spoke up. Deciding that he would be the one to speak "We'll we were going to let you rest for the day, there is a little problem that we believe requires your attention"
"It involves your uncle Raditz"
Hearing his uncle's name, A frown appeared on his face "And just like that, my day is ruined. What did Raditz do now?"
Piccolo stepped up as he finally spoke "Instead of telling you, it's best that you see the situation for yourself"
Gohan looked at Piccolo before eventually sighing while Getting off his bed "Fine. If it involves my uncle, it means that the situation might turn bad really quickly. He's my uncle so I'll be the one to deal with it"
As Gohan was about to head outside, he looked down to see that he was practically naked. Only wearing a shirt and underwear. He looked back at the duo with slight embarrassment "Ugh.....Do you two mind if you two leave the room? I need to get dressed. I'll see you guys outside"
"There's no time" Piccolo commented as he raised one of his fingers and shot a beam straight a Gohan. Hitting him head-on as a blinding light flashed through the room.
As Gohan opened his eyes, he felt that he was wearing something as he looked down to see that he was wearing a familiar outfit. He was wearing a purple gi with a red sash and armbands, bronze grass shoes, and a white collar around his neck. It was very similar to the outfit that Piccolo was wearing.
Piccolo smirked seeing Gohan's new outfit. Purple suited him "You were always wearing that old Gi that your father handed you down. But since I'm your teacher, You need an outfit that resembles your master"
Gohan slightly smiled as he got used to his new outfit. He was constantly wearing the Gi that his father passed him down so he kinda got used to it. But now that he was wearing a new outfit, he liked it. It also helped that his second favorite color besides blue was purple "Thank you, Mr.Piccolo"
Seeing that Gohan's wardrobe malfunction was dealt with, Kami spoke up "Ahem. Now that we dealt with this situation has been dealt with, We should start dealing with the situation outside. If we delay any longer, the situation will get way worse"
Hearing this, Gohan and Piccolo nodded their head and without saying anything else, The trio proceeded to walk outside. With Gohan in the back following the both of them.
As Gohan thought to himself, His mind replayed the moment when Piccolo fired off his clothes beam. Showing off a bit of his magical abilities.
"Magic huh..."
"I need to keep that in mind"
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As Gohan proceeded to get closer to the outside of the lookout, he began to hear voices arguing with each other. The voices only proceeded to get louder and louder.
As he made the final turn leading outside, he immediately saw a group of men arguing among themselves. There were five men in total. One was bald with dots on his forehead, Another one was bald as well but a three eyes, one had scars on his face, one had extremely pale white skin with red cheeks, and the final one had extremely long spiky hair with a tail wrapped around his waist.
The bald man with dots on his head had an angry look on his face as he argued with the man with long spiky hair. Everybody else stood behind the bald man with dots as they looked at the man with Spiky hair with an annoyed look.
"What did you say!? We may not be as strong as Goku, but we're strong in our right!"
"Strong in your own right!? You humans are one of the weakest races I've ever seen! None of your power levels even exceed the 300 mark! That brat of a nephew who is way younger than all of you, had a power level of 400 when I first saw him!"
Krillin didn't say anything as he couldn't rebut Radit's claim. Even though he found it embarrassing, he couldn't deny that the 4-year-old child was in fact stronger than him.
Raditz smirked seeing Krillin's reaction "Do you finally understand how pathetic you humans truly are!? It must be sad for you to realize that a young brat surpassed all of you who had decades to train! You may have some tricks under your sleeves but it won't help you against the overwhelming strength that is the Saiyans! You'll only get in the way of people that truly matter in this fight!"
"And you humans are not them!"
"SO WHAT!?"
A voice appeared behind Krillin shouting a Raditz. Krillin turned around to see none other than Tien Shinhan speaking out as he walked in front of him. standing face to face with Raditz.
Tien looked on at Raditz as anger filled his face "Who gave you the right to judge us!? We may not be as strong as Goku and even his kid but that doesn't give you the right to treat us as trash! Earth is our planet! Our home! And it's our responsibility to defend it from basterds like you!"
Tein power up! Releasing his aura as he went full power "I don't why you're here, but I'm giving you 5 seconds to get out of here and never return!"
"Or I'll put you down right here! Right now!"
Raditz couldn't help but laugh "Haha.....HAHAHAHAH! You got guts I give you that! But was anything I said not true? You humans are nothing special compared to other races of this universe! You're all weak and pathetic and will always be weak and pathetic! Besides...."
Raditz smirked as he released his aura! flooding the lookout with his overwhelming pressure "I like to see you try"
Nobody said a word as they watched Tien and Raditz standing there. At this point, a fight was bound to happen.
As Tien looked at Raditz, he felt a hand being placed on his shoulder. He turned around to see Yamcha looking right at him "Tien, bro, I know how you feel but you need to calm down. Even though he's a bastard, he's not someone we can mess with"
Seeing Yamcha trying to calm down his friend, Raditz spoke up "Even though he's numb-looking, your friend is right. this isn't a fight you can't win. But if you want though, I'll be happy to oblige"
Tien took a final long look at Raditz before looking back a Yamcha "Yeah you're right. It's no use in getting mad at somebody like him. He's not worth the effort"
Seeing that his friend made the right decision, they both walked back toward the others. But before they made distance Raditz spoke up "I'm glad you made the right decision. It would have been a shame to paint such a beautiful place with your blood. Word of advice though.."
"Next time, learn your place, Earthling"
As soon as he said that, Tien stopped moving and looked back at Raditz with anger all over his face. he turned around and pulled back as he fist as he procced to dash right at Raditz! All the while Raditz stood there smirking. At that moment, he didn't care if Raditz was stronger than him. He was going to beat him up.
As Tien appeared right in front of Raditz, he proceeded to launch the strongest punch he could muster. Putting everything he had into that one attack. But before he could land the blow, a voice appeared out of nowhere. Stopping him in his tracks "What's going on here?"
Everybody looked in the direction the sound was coming from and they immediately saw three people walking out of the building. Two green people and one little boy with a tail wrapped around his waist.
Gohan, who was behind Piccolo and Kami, walked past them and towards his "Uncle" "Raditz, I would appreciate it if you stopped causing trouble for others"
Krillin, who was off on the sidelines, smiled. Happy to see his friend's son again "Gohan!"
"So that's Gohan...." Tien muttered to himself as he observed the kid. Even though this was his first time meeting him, there was no doubt in his mind that the kid was Goku's son. Not only did he inherit his father's looks, but he also had his father's strength. As even though he didn't show it, he could tell that he was strong. Probably in the same league as Goku and Piccolo.
"Goku really did have a son. I can't believe that boy finally turned into a man" Yamcha commented as he looked at Gohan. He couldn't help but smile and reminisce about all the adventures that he had with Goku. He was happy to see that little odd boy finally take that big step into adulthood.
Gohan simply ignored all the stares that were aimed right at him as he walked up to the three-eyed man "You must be Tien Shinhan right? I heard a lot about you. My father spoke highly of you"
Tien looked at Gohan with a hint of surprise on his face. "He told you about me? what exactly did he say?"
Gohan smiled "I remember my dad talking about the time he fought you back at the 23 world martial arts tournament. He told me you were a great and honorable warrior"
Gohan took a glance at Raditz before looking back at Tien "I would like to talk to you more but do you mind if I take it from here? Even though I don't like it, Raditz is part of the family. So I need to take accountably for his actions"
Taking a solid second to look at Raditz, Tien nodded back to the boy before walking back toward the other earthlings. As much as didn't want to admit it, he would lose in a straight-up fight with Raditz. Hopefully, Gohan could knock some sense into him. He's the son of Goku after all and seemed very mature for his young age.
Seeing that Tien was walking away, Gohan shifted his gaze to Raditz. An annoyed look appeared on his face "We told you, didn't we? Piccolo and I told you to not cause trouble when the rest arrive. Yet here you are causing trouble the first chance you get"
Raditz smirked as he looked at his nephew "I didn't cause any trouble. I just said some empty words and they were the ones who took it to heart. Hell, that three-eye freak was going to hit me if you didn't interfere at the last minute. I would have no choice but to defend myself if he did"
Then he looked back at the earthlings "But do we truly need in our fight with the Saiyans? From what I'm seeing, all of them are a lost cause. They'll only slow us down. The only way I see them being useful is if we used them as meat shields"
"In our fight with the Saiyans? Kami, explain. What did he mean by that?" Krillin commented as he looked at Kami with a confused look. It seems there was something they didn't about. Everybody stayed silent as they looked back at the god of the earth. Waiting for him for him to say something.
Kami stayed silent before taking a deep breath and looking at the human Z-fighters. Explaining everything "Due to the invading Saiyans that will arrive in a year's time, We decided for the meantime to form an "alliance" with Raditz. Who on his end, decided to assist us due to personal reasons"
"WHAT!?" The Z human fighters shouted in unison as they this revolutionary news. Teaming up with Raditz of all people!? It's true that they were desperate but not desperate! They absolutely refuse to team up with the likes of him.
"I refuse to cooperate with the likes of him! if I have to stick around this basted, I rather train by myself and wait for the Saiyans to arrive" Tien shouted. Making his words first to be known.
Quickly after, all the Z fighters teamed up and shouted in defiance at the thought of teaming up with Raditz. Why would they want to team up with a bastard who would kidnap an innocent child and threaten to kill everybody else in the world?
Suddenly everybody on the lookout started to hear the sound of laughter echoing throughout the lookout. They all turned to see Raditz who was laughing extremely loud. So much that he was clenching his stomach in laughter.
Seeing this, Tien lashed out "What's so funny!?"
Raditz laughed a bit more before wiping the tears from his eyes "Hahahah...It's just seeing you humans complain so much is funny"
Raditz then began walking towards them " Nobody is forcing you to cooperate. It's not like you were going to make an impact anyway. So it might be better for all of you to leave right now and don't look back. At least that way, you won't cause us any problems"
As he got closer though, Gohan stepped right in front of him. Stopping him from getting any closer "Raditz that's enough. If you can't cooperate with the people who are on your side, then you might as well leave now. There's no use keeping someone around who just going to cause trouble any chance he gets"
Raditz finally got annoyed as he looked down at his nephew. Raising his voice in anger "You're seriously choosing them over me!? Your very own blood!? Why? They aren't even strong enough to provide help! Even if they spend the rest of their time training every waking moment, they wouldn't even be able to keep up with you or me!"
An annoyed look appeared on Gohan's face. He felt himself getting angry the longer he kept on talking to Raditz "Last time I checked, my own blood kidnapped me and tried to kill my father. Besides, I prefer their company over you, to be honest. At least I don't have to worry about them stabbing me in the back"
Raditz didn't say anything for a second as he looked at his nephew. Anger slowly filled his face "Oh, what is that supposed to mean exactly?"
At this point, Gohan decided to lay out all his cards. Revealing his true thoughts about his favorite "uncle". At this point, he didn't care that this situation was getting hostile You don't think we know that you were going try to kill us after dealing with the other Saiyans? It's so obvious. You're nothing more of a manipulative bastard. You go on being arrogant in your strength despite the fact you're supposedly the weakest in your group. So weak in fact that you lost your "weak and pathetic" brother. Now that's embarrassing"
"But I guess that's expected of you. After all, you nothing more than a path-"
But before he could say anymore, he suddenly felt pain coming from the left side of his face as Raditz punched Gohan across his face! Shocking everybody who was watching!
"WHO THE HELL YOU THINK YOU ARE TALKING TO ME LIKE THAT!? YOU'RE THE SON OF A PATHETIC LOW-CLASS WARRIOR WHO WAS ABANDONED ON SOME DESOLATE ROCK! WHO ARE YOU TO JUDGE ME!?" Raditz yelled. Screaming right in Gohan's face! He took all that shit from Vegeta and Nappa. And he was not going to take it from a prepubescent child!
"HEY!" Krillin shouted as he, Tien, and even Yamcha were about to rush Raditz for punching their friend's kid. But before they could get closer, they immediately stopped as Gohan stretched his hand toward them. signifying them to stop.
Gohan looked back at his uncle with an angry look on his face. Blood dripping from his mouth "You started this"
Without saying anything else, Gohan placed his right arm in front of Raditz's chest before firing off a massive ki blast! Sending him flying off the lookout and into the distance with Gohan following right behind him as he dashed off!
Seeing this, Tien was the first to act as he turned around to Krillin and Yamcha "We can't let Gohan fight this battle by himself! Come on!"
Both Krillin and Yamcha nodded their head in agreement as a serious look appeared on their face. But as they were about to take off and follow Gohan, Piccolo stepped up right in front of them. Stopping them from going any further
Seeing this, Krillin spoke up "Piccolo get out of the way! We need to help Gohan!"
Piccolo shook his head "No can do. Gohan himself said that he would take care of Raditz and that's what he doing right now. I won't allow you to interfere in this"
Hearing this, Yamcha spoke up in protest "So you're just going to watch as an innocent boy fight that monster all by himself!? You're insane!"
A slight look of annoyance appeared on Piccolo's face "Gohan isn't so weak that he would die instantly. He's stronger than all of you remember? So have faith in him. besides.."
He turned around and looked into the distance where Gohan and Raditz were fighting "If something were to happen, I'll be the one to step in. So just sit back and watch"
The trio wanted to say something back but couldn't. Even if they were to intervene in this battle, they would just be holding back the boy as he was stronger than all of them. So for now, they decided to stand back and watch the battle unfold.
They just hoped that Gohan would come out unscathed.
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As Raditz stopped himself from flying off, he looked back into the direction he came from, only for pain to wash through his face as Gohan appeared out and kicked him in the face! Only for him to follow it up with a scissor kick! Knocking Raditz back as he recoiled from the pain!
As Raditz spit the blood out of his mouth and looked back to see Gohan in front of him, a look of rage and confusion mixed together quickly filled his face "I don't get it!"
He quickly released his aura. Flooding the area with his pressure "Why!? Why are surrounding yourselves with them!? Saiyan blood flows through both your veins! So why do you and your father tolerate living with these pathetic humans!? Did he get hit in the head or something!?"
Gohan also released his aura. Also flooding the area with his pressure as he talked "My father and you may be Sayians but that's where the similarities end. My father is pure and kind. He would never hurt an innocent! Unlike you, who would plunder and kill people for profit. The people of this planet took him and raised him as their own. Hell, my name comes from the man who raised him as his own child. And sure, he met a few nasty people, but this planet has been nothing but kind to him"
"He is a Saiyan with the pride of a human! And I inherited that pride!
"So as long we have breath in our bodies, we will fight and protect our home! you either accept that and work with us or get off this planet!"
Raditz stayed silent for a moment before busting out in laughter "Hahahahah.....HAHAHAH! I guess your truly are Kakarot's son! Because you're both idiots!"
Raditz's face once again filled with anger. Preparing to fight "Pride of an earthling!? how stupid is that! I'm going to shatter that pride of yours! That's the price of angering me! And while I'm doing that...
"I'm going to beat you down to an inch of your life!
Gohan ignored his uncle's glare as he got into his combat stance. This fight was destined to happen sooner or later. "At least you're finally showing your true collars uncle"
Without saying another word, the two Saiyans rushed at each other as they began their clash! Throwing out multiple flurry of punches and kicks as they fought!
As Raditz tried to land a powerful blow to Gohan's face, his punch suddenly felt empty as Gohan's body suddenly disappeared! Quickly realizing that it was an afterimage, He turned around only to receive an uppercut to the face as was right behind him! Using this moment of opportunity, Gohan quickly grasped his hands together. Forming it like a hammer as he hit his uncle on top of his head! Spiking Raditz down towards the earth!
Seeing that he was falling down towards the ground, Raditz quickly regained his balance as he looked up towards his nephew as he proceeded to send some of his energy to his hands before firing a valley of Ki blasts towards him!
Gohan quickly put himself on the defensive as he narrowly dodged all of the ki blasts that were heading his way! That's when he felt a massive spike of energy right behind him! He quickly turned around to see Raditz firing a powerful double Sunday right at him!
Not wanting to get blasted into pits, Gohan in the last second dashed up into the air! Dodging the life-threatening beam! And in retaliation, he quickly cupped his hands together as a blue ball of energy formed! Firing of a Kamehameha! Seeing this technique once again as it was heading his way, Raditz proceeded to dodge out of the way!
"Oh no you don't!" Gohan yelled out as he took a page out of his father's book as he proceeded to bend the Kamehameha towards Raditz!
"Again!?" Radtiz yelled out as he watched the blue beam heading his way before it hit him dead on! Resulting in a blinding explosion as dust clouded Gohan's vision!
As Gohan stood there watching the dust slowly dissipate, he quickly recognized his Uncle's figure as Raditz floated there with a smirk on his face. There were a few marks and bruises on his body but for the most part, he looked comply undamaged from the attack.
"So this pride of an Earthling that you talked about? I'm not impressed in the slightest. You may have gotten stronger since last time boy but you can't beat what I am now" Raditz commented. Brushing off some dust that was on his armor.
"What the hell!? That attack did nothing!" Gohan complained under his breath as he watched his uncle floating there with a smirk on his face. He put in all of his power into that blast and yet, he tanked it like it was nothing.
He trained extremely hard in these past few weeks. Pushing himself harder than he ever did in order to combat the new powered-up Raditz. Hell, he was confident in his newfound strength that he could probably beat Raditz when he came to earth. But now he here is struggling against slightly more powerful Raditz.
Did that Zenkai power him up that much?
Gohan eyes widened in surprise and horror as Raditz suddenly appeared right in front of him! he tired moving at the last second but it was too late as he felt excruciating pain as Raditz landed a powerful knee to Gohan's stomach! knocking the wind out of him completely!
Raditz didn't stop there however as he grabbed the boy by his hair and proceeded to give him the smackdown of his life! Punching him over and over as Gohan was completely defenseless!
He launched one final punch before looking at the boy's face. Which was completely bruised up and blood. Seeing that victory was practically his, he wanted to savor it as he firmly placed both hands on Gohan's neck. Before proceeding to strangle the life out of him!
As Gohan struggled to get loose of Raditz's hold, he slowly opened his eyes to see his uncle with a wicked smile on his face "Go on! struggle! struggle like the pathetic worm you are!"
As Gohan continued to struggle with all his might. He used all his strength to punch Radtiz anywhere he could but he just tanked it. As Raditz continued to strangle the boy, Gohan slowly felt his body fail him as coldness crept through his body while his vision began to become blurry.
Feeling that Gohan's resistance was beginning to waver, Raditz pushed on as he further tightened his grip on the boy's neck. Ever more smiling seeing his nephew's life slowly slip away from his eyes.
As his vision began to fade away bit by bit, the only thing that he could see was his uncle's face. And just thinking that the last thing he was going to see before he died was Radtiz's ugly, stupid face...
And the thought of it made it angry!
Gohan's aura immediately exploded! sending out a shockwave that sent Radit'z immediately flying! As Raditz stopped himself from flying off, he looked back to see Gohan staring right at him with rage in his eyes while his hand was soothing his sore neck "You bastard! You almost actually killed me!"
Raditz smirked hearing this "If you actually died from something small like that, then you have nobody else but yourself to bla-"
But before he could say anything else, he felt pain washing through his face as Gohan instantly appeared in front of him as he kneed Raditz right in the chin! knocking him back!
Raditz titled his head back as he looked back at his nephew with blood dripping from his mouth "You!...."
"You don't have the right to get angry! That doesn't even begin to pay back what you did to me!" Gohan yelled as he released more of his aura. Sending out a shockwave that even Raditz had to block.
"What is this aura!?" Raditz commented as his scouter began to go haywire. beeping loudly repeatedly over and over. Seeing this, Raditz pressed the side button on the scouter as it began to read his opponent's power level.
"I-impossible!" Raditz yelled out loudly as he read the number that the scouter was showing him.
The number that it was showing...
It was 2,700!
"2,700!? How is this possible!? How are you stronger than me even after my Zenkai!? This doesn't make any sense" Raditz yelled in furry seeing Gohan's new power level! It was just the same as last time! How the hell does he gain such strength!?
Gohan ignored his rambling as he proceeded to cusp his hands together. Putting all of his power as a blue ball started to form "I'm going to end this here. With this one final attack"
"Do you think I'll let you do that!?" Raditz yelled as he fired off a Ki blast in Gohan's direction. Only for him to dodge out of the way as he suddenly escaped Radtiz's field of view. Suddenly felt himself surrounded as he turned to see countless afterimages of Gohan surrounded in a circular formation.
"Which one is the real one?" All the Gohans commented in unison as the ball of blue energy began to get bigger by the second.
"Kame....."
Seeing that he was on a timer, Raditz began to frantically look around. Trying to find out which Gohan is the real one.
"Ha...."
Not caring anymore, Raditz proceeded to fire off a volley of Ki blasts in random directions. Yet none of them actually landed as that Gohans they hit weren't the real one,
"Me....."
"Where the hell are you!?" Raditz roared as fired off ki blasts in all directions. Hoping to hit the boy before he could launch his attack. Yet none of them hit.
"HAAAAAA!" Gohan roared as he fired off massive Kamehameha! Putting everything he had into and more in order to beat his uncle"
"There you are!" Raditz screamed out as he turned around and fired off a double Sunday! Also putting everything he had into this final attack.
As soon as they were launched, both beams immediately began to class. As both beams were trying to dominate the other. With the Kamehameha having the advantage as it slowly overpowered the double Sunday.
Seeing that he was losing, Raditz tried to muster everything he could within his body. Trying to pour out every single drop of power that he could into this blast. Even if it was a little bit of power.
"Damn it!" But it was no use as there was nothing left to pour into his beam. So he watched on as his double Sunday got completely devoured as the Kamehameha went straight toward him before eventually hitting him straight on!
Gohan clenched his chest in pain as he watched his Kamehameha hit his uncle straight on. He was completely out of gas. If that attack didn't deal enough damage, then...
As the dust began to dissipate, Gohan could see his uncle's silhouette through the dust until he was fully revealed. Blood dripped from his mouth and arms as ever other parts of his body were completely bruised up.
"How...dare you...do this to this" Raditz commented as he held his right arm in pain. Fury filled his eyes as he glared at his nephew.
Suddenly, his aura started to flair up a bit as he started to float back a bit "I'll be back.....Just you watch!"
"You will pay for humiliating me!"
And with that, Gohan watched on as his uncle flew off into the distance. Mostly likely to recover his wounds and regain some pride that he had left. Gohan smirked as he watched his uncle leave. Seeing him get so angry, filled him with joy "Serves...you right...you bastard"
Suddenly he felt his entire body shut down on him as felt himself starting to fall down toward the Earth. And except for trying to save himself from the impact, all he did was close his and braced himself for the impact. At this point, he was too exhausted to even care about the fall.
But before he could make distance towards the ground, he felt something grab his gi by the back. He felt himself being pulled back and once he turned to take a look at who it was, it was none other than Piccolo. Who was looking at him with a smirk on his face "I have to admit, you almost had me at the end there. But you managed to clutch in the end. Color me impressed kid"
Hearing this, Gohan couldn't help himself but chuckle as his eyes slowly started to feel heavy.
And the moment he closed his eyes, everything became silent.