Ch. 6 Training! And L*unch

Raditz makes it to the changing room and gets into the new clothes.

And once he put the weighted clothes on he understood why Kakarot and the green man wore them. The strain on his body was great and he could feel his energy get sapped just trying to put them on. And standing up was even difficult.

He exits the changing room and slowly makes his way back to Popo.

Raditz sees Gochi running with only his pants on. He unconsciously wants to also only be wearing pants, but his pride denies him. He shall grow strong enough to move around even easier than Karakrot with his weighted clothes on.

Without turning around Popo directs Raditz. "Now put the blindfold on"

Radits takes out the blindfold and puts it on.

"I shall explain something to you quickly" Mr. Popo begins while watching Gochi start another lap. "Ki. Every living thing in this universe has it to varying degrees. And it's what helps being grow stronger. A person isn't born with a set amount of ki until they die. A person may train and increase their own ki and find various ways to manipulate it. Such as energy attacks or flying"

"Ok. And?" Raditz stretches his body as he tries to get used to the added weight. Even with Earths lowered gravity this is insane.

"And…. You can eventually learn to sense this ki, without the need for the, scouter, as you called it. And you can even train to control the output of your ki so you do not needlessly burn through it" Popo then turns to Raditz but his face is serious, this is vastly different from his usual smiling face. "Now about your tail"

Raditz points at Popo. "You are not going to touch it! You took Kakarot's and Gochi's tail but you will not take mine!"

"But you having your tail is a potential threat. How can you defend Earth when you have such a monster caged up?" Popo calmly asks.

"I have defeated that monster and I do not lose myself to my instincts when I transform anymore! Only a fool loses control when they transform into their Oozaru form! I've conquered mine long ago, before I even became an adult" Raditz proclaims.

Mr. Popo nods. "If that is the case that is good. I am merely making sure. How strong would you be in that form?"

Radits thinks for a minute. "10 times stronger than I am right now. So if I'm stronger than I was previously… I'd guess around 15,000 transformed and maybe 1,500 untransformed"

Popo looks at Raditz as he points at a tree in the wrong direction. Assuming that Raditz meant to point at Popo himself. "Well Raditz. I'm afraid that even transformed, Gochi at his strongest is still stronger than you if he takes his bracers off. I'm only spitballing here since this is the first time I am using numbers to quantify ki. But when he was a child, he was about 4 times as strong as you are without your weighted clothes on. And he's only gotten stronger over the years. If he hadn't come here, Goku would have brought him back here soon enough to update his bracers to process his excessive amount of ki" He states flatly.

Raditz is stunned. His mouth drops open. "Are you saying that he was born with a power level of 6,000?! How can that be?! Vegeta was deemed a prodigy and potentially the strongest Saiyan at a power level of 500 when he was born! You expect me to believe you?!" Raditz composes himself. "But why would you lie… Even if you are just guessing the rough numbers. Anything above 250 would be outstanding….. And this would explain how he hurts himself whenever he uses his strength. His body wouldn't be able to contain that much ki…"

"Correct Raditz. Gochi's body was destroying itself as it tried to contain the vast amount of ki. And so Goku rushed here. Gochi's ki was fluctuating from such a high number to a significantly low power level. It was very worrisome and even more troublesome to find a way to fix this problem… this cycle of Gochi's body destroying itself and then it trying to repair itself. Luckily Kami was able to make the bracers that Gochi wears. They draw out his extra and excessive ki and disperses it into the air. And as you've noticed, it's undetectable once it reaches the air. That's intentional. It would be like a beacon for Piccolo to go and kill him as an infant to kill a potential threat. And not just Piccolo, any other enemy in the future that can detect ki"

Popo begins to walk back and forward. "Basically. The bracers convert Gochi's excessive ki into that of natural ki in the air. This also must be done because Gochi's ki is so volatile and unstable. But that's settled slightly over time. But it's at such a slow rate that it would bot be volatile when Gochi reaches adulthood. And that's also a guess. It may be sooner, or it may never happen"

Popo sighs. "We decided to not let Gochi train since it would risk his life. But now it's not like we have much of a choice. And his body seems to be adapting to the large amount of ki within him. As you've noticed he is already stronger"

Raditz nods. "Yes. Maybe his Zenkai boost wasn't a Zenkai boost at all and was just his body adapting to his ki"

"And if that's the case, we must train him" Popo adds. "And that's why Korin trained him. Gochi is beginning to be able to use his vast amount of ki at a much younger age than we expected. And if we are right. He might be out saving grace against the incoming Saiyans besides you and Goku"

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On Snake Way.

Goku is running and running.

"I can't believe how strong Gohan and Gochi are! They were amazing, a chip off the old block….ehehehehehehe" He laughs to himself.

Goku stops and looks at the winding path in front of him. "Man! Why does it feel like I'm not getting anywhere?"

Goku then leaps forward over the path and the yellow clouds beneath the path. "I may not be able to fly, but I can still jump!" He shouts.

Goku continues to jump forwards as he cuts down on his time consuming running speed.

He keeps jumping until he nearly falls down through the clouds. And as Goku falls beneath the Snake Way the clouds open up to reveal a vortex where shadow hands come out and try to grab Goku.

"Gah! Get off!" Goku swats the hands away before firing a ki blast towards them that blasts him back up and onto Snake Way.

"Phew!" Goku sits down. He looks at the seemingly never ending path. "Guess I still have a long way to go"

Goku gets up and begins his running again.

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Raditz can't believe his ears. "So you're telling me-"

"Yep" Popo cuts the Saiyan off. "That's it"

Raditz points towards where he hears the jingling of a bell. "You expect me to catch a cat?!"

There is an orange cat with short fur. A bell attached to its collar.

"Blindfolded" Popo smiles. "And I would get to it"

Raditz glares at where he thinks Popo is but turns around and faces the jingling of the bell. He can somewhat tell where the cat is. But it's faint and he doesn't know exactly where it is.

He begins his attempts to catch the cat and it doesn't go well. His weighted clothes combined with the blindfold makes this task seem impossible.

But Raditz is stubborn. Even more so after Popo told him that Goku did this while he was a teenager.

For the next few days Raditz tries to catch this damned cat that always evades him.

And Gochi continues doing various exercises around the lookout to strengthen his body. He is given weighted clothes to also burden his body. This is in hopes for Gochi to use some of his ki to strengthen his body and get it used to the amount of ki he produces.

Raditz and Gochi decided to just let their bodies naturally heal and not rely on the Senzu beans for obvious reasons. They mostly recover the next morning after a big humongous dinner prepared and cooked by Mr. Popo. They still haven't met Kami. And are told that Gokus friends are training down at Korin Tower. Gochi wanted to go say hi to them. But was denied by Raditz and told that he can go down there once he learned how to fly. This motivated Gochi immensely. Not only would he be able to fly. But he can go see his dads friends. He might even be allowed to visit his mom or brother. But he kept that to himself. He was also told that his dad would be revived right before the Saiyans arrive. And instead of being sad, he got excited to show his dad how strong he will be when he finally meets him again.

While training, Raditz also began using weights on his tail to eliminate his greatest weakness.

Little red ribbons were tied to it that weighed certain amounts. At first it was pure torture. He had trouble walking even without his weighted clothes. But he has slowly adjusted and added more ribbons to it over time.

After the first month, Gochi started sparring against Mr. Popo and Raditz. And boy was Raditz surprised that Gochi matched him in strength. He still had the upper hand due to his fighting experience. But Gochi was catching up quickly with his fighting instincts. It was surreal. Popo would try and teach Gochi technique, but it felt unnatural to the young boy. So Gochi just made his own style. It was even more barbaric than Raditz's own fighting style.

Which Raditz had conflicting feelings on. On one hand he was proud that Gochi was acting like a true Saiyan. But on the other hand he felt concerned for Gochi's future as a fighter. Mainly because having a teacher makes the initial steps easier. Even Saiyans taught their young. At least the stronger ones.

Within this first month he had also gained ki sense. Even more impressively, he did it on his own without needing to chase a cat around blindfolded. He did need to meditate though. And he hated every second of it.

Raditz taught him some of his signature moves, which Gochi soaked up like a sponge. Although, he preferred using his own techniques based off of Raditz's moves.

And their weighted clothes somehow always seemed to be just as heavy as they were the previous day. But Raditz and Gochi felt themselves getting stronger by the day.

And so time continues to pass. Training, bonding, more training, good rest, lots and lots of food, and more training.

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"Mr. Popo!" Gochi shouts as he runs towards the Diety.

Mr. Popo stops watering a plant and turns around with a smile.

Gochi is wearing what Raditz wears. The Saiyan armor chest piece, weighted shirt underneath, and gi pants like his dad. He gets combat gloves to put over his bracers and his shoes are also like his father's that are weighted like the combat gloves.

"Good morning Gochi" Popo greets.

Gochi stops in front of him. "My clothes feel lighter today!"

Popo continues smiling. "That's good" Mr. Popo has finally stopped updating the weights for now.

"And Raditz said it was ok if I go down to the bottom of Korin Tower…!" Gochi jumps into the air in excitement. "…. As long as you say it's ok!" Gochi stops jumping and bows to Mr. Popo. "May I please go to the bottom of the tower?!"

Mr. Popo thinks about it for a second. "I suppose it should be alright. But make sure to get back when the others arrive up here. You have at most a half-hour"

"Yes!" Gochi does a backflip and lands with his hands in the air.

The boy then dashed to the edge of the Lookout. He turns and waves at Mr. Popo. "Thank you! See you in half an hour!"

Mr. Popo sends back the wave goodbye and watches as Gochi jumps of the Lookout after doing a front slip.

For the brief two months together, Mr. Popo has come to like Gochi. It makes the Lookout significantly less…. lonely. Mr. Popo wonder how lonely it will be after everyone leaves after training and Kami dies….. He goes back to watering the plants with a slight frown.

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"Hahahahaha!" Gochi laughs, very similar to Raditz as he flips through the air as he descends.

He passes by Korin's place, but he was going a little too fast and only sent a wave as he flew past it.

The people on Korin's tower had no idea what had just bulleted past them. But it had the same energy as the biggest energy at the Lookout above them. They could sense it from all the way up there.

Gochi sees the ground rapidly approaching so he flips himself so his feet are pointing at the ground.

His descent begins to slow until he softly lands on the ground beneath Korin's tower.

"Hahahaha! That was so fun!" Gochi says to himself as he looks around the area. He sees a tent and a building. "Hey, doesn't that have Bulma's logo on it?"

He walks up to the building. "Right! It's the Capsule Corp. logo! I nearly forgot…. Mom is going to be pissed…"

Gochi walks up to the door and knocks. "Bulma! It's me! Gochi! My daddy's son!" Gochi shakes his head. "I mean…. Kakarot's son!" He shakes his head and even taps his forehead a few times. "I mean Goku's son!"

He doesn't hear anything from the building.

"Huh. Maybe she left?" He looks to the side and sees a tp tent.

"Oh!" Gochi puts his hands on his hips. "How could I forget!"

Gochi closes his eyes for a second and quickly opens them.

"Nobody is here…." He sadly says. He just sensed for anybody's ki nearby but doesn't sense anyone.

Then he suddenly sense's a rapidly approaching ki signature. But it's very weak. He missed it until it began moving closer. It's maybe around 15…. no. As it gets near the tree line Gochi gets in a fighting stance. The power level is 18.

Just 18. But he had learned to not underestimate any foe even if they might seem weak.

Gochi is the prime example of this rule since he can control how much ki he uses. It's not very good and he has to rely on his bracers mostly. But he's learning and trying his best.

*vvvvvvrrrrrrrrrooooooooommmmmm*

Gochi hears a vehicle's engine.

A second later he sees a motorcycle burst from the tree line. A woman with long blond hair is riding the motorcycle with a duffel bag on her back and under her right arm.

Mystery lady rides up to Gochi and stops 15 feet away. The dirt and dust she kicks up makes a smoke screen that obstructs their view of each other.

"What do ya want ya brat!" The lady shouts.

"Hey, that's what Raditz asks, although. He asks much nicer. Maybe" Gochi says under his breath to himself. stays in his stance with his fists raised and his weight on the balls of his feet with his left foot forward and his feet slightly wider than his shoulder width.

"You don't sound like Bulma!" Gochi shouts. "Who are you and what are you doing here?"

"Bulma? Nah, I ain't her. She ditched me here a while back. Said she had business to take care of and huffed off. I think she just had her panties in a twist because Yamcha blew her off to train. Just like that dickbag Tien!" The woman shouts as the engine dies and the smoke screen dissipates.

From the smoke screen appears a thin figured woman. She has small green eyes and long blond hair that looks very poofy. She's wearing a green tank top and yellow shirt shorts.

"Hey lady, aren't you cold? Why don't you have more clothes on?" Gochi asks in an inquisitive tone but doesn't drop his guard. He's just curious.

"Huh?" The lady looks down at him. "It's like, over 80 degrees out kid. If anything I would burn up if I didn't ride my bike here. The wind felt great" She points at her bike.

"Hmm. Good point. Uncle Raditz does take his shirt off after training. And so do I. We get all sweaty and icky. But we take a cold bath and feel much better!" Gochi lowers his guard slightly.

"Did you say Raditz? And Uncle?" The woman walks up to him.

Gochi brings his guard back up and gets ready.

"Relax kid. I'm not gonna fuckin hurt ya" She reaches out towards his hair and moves the spiky hair around a bit.

She takes a step back and sees the kid glaring at her. But he looks like young Goku. "You wouldn't happen to be Son Goku but got shrank right?"

"You know daddy? Are you one of his friends?" Gochi asks as he rearranged his hair. He doesn't like when people mess with it.

"Friends?" She thinks. "Kid, I only have enemies, acquaintances, and Tien" She looks at the kid. "So you're one of Goku's brats. I heard he had twins. One went with his uncle and the other went with Piccolo. Good luck to the latter"

"I'm the one that went with Uncle Raditz! My names Gochi!" He proudly states.

"God kid. Do your parents hate you or something? What were Goku and Chi-Chi thinking? You're definitely going to get bullied with a name like Gochi. How old are you? Like 3?" She asks.

"Hey! If someone tells you their name it's polite to answer with your own" Gochi points at the woman. "And I'm 4! Nearly 5 in a few months"

The woman raises her right eyebrow. "The names Launch kid. Now scram outta here-" She pauses and looks up at the tower.

"Say. You train up at the top right? Can you take me up there with you so I can give Tien a new asshole? So I can-" She pauses and looks at the young boy. "So I can spank him for being mean and ditching me down here"

Gochi turns his head. "Why don't you ask Bulma to fly you up there?"

"Because Bulma fuckin ditched me! I olready told ya! You got a few screws loose like you're father don't ya" Launch sets the duffle bags down next to the house. "And this is my house, not Bulma's. She didn't even give me this. Had tah frickin steal it"

"Stealing is bad" Gochi states.

Launch shrugs. "Whatever kid. Just don't ask what's in the bags then"

"What's in the bags?" Gochi immediately asks.

"I warned ya" Launch brings a bag over to the kid. She opens it. "MON-EY!" She exclaims.

Gochi looks at the stacks of cash. "Woah~. There's so much!" He looks up at Launch. "How did you get this much?"

Launch smirks and leans down. She cups her left hand around her mouth like she will whisper and motions for Gochi to come closer.

Gochi leans his ear closer. If he can get this much, mom would be so happy.

"I stole it~" Launch whispers.

Gochi immediately turns towards Launch as she stands back up. "Stealing?! That's bad!"

"Who gives a flying fuck kid" Launch closes the bag and goes back to the other bag and opens the door to the house. "It's mine now"

Launch tosses the bags inside and turns the house back into a capsule.

"You aren't very nice are you?" Gochi asks.

"Kid, I'll be a saint if you take me to Tien" She straight out lies to the young kid.

"Promise?" Gochi looks at her eyes.

"Promise" Launch turns the motorcycle into a capsule and puts the house and bike capsules in a case that she slides into her bra.

"Okay… But don't forget our promise" Gochi looks up at towards the Lookout. "I should probably get going anyways. Don't want to make Mr. Popo mad…. Has he ever been mad? He doesn't even get mad with Raditz….."

"Let's get going kid" Launch impatiently says.

"Can you fly?" Gochi asks.

"Hell no. Shit! Can't you call your uncle or something?" Launch curses her luck. Of course the kid can't take her up there. He's just a kid.

"I can fly" Gochi floats a few feet off the ground and look into Launch's eyes at her height.

"Well I'll be damned" Launch says to herself.

"You will be of you keep up that potty mouth" Gochi jokes. Raditz swears all the time. And Mr. Popo told him that someone doesn't get sent to hell for swearing.

"Funny, I'm already going there anyway" Launch crosses her arms under her chest.

"So how do I carry you?" Gochi asks.

"Whichever way you won't drop me" Launch says.

"Hmmmm" Gochi thinks as he rotates clockwise until he stops upside down. "I know!"

He goes abover her. "Give me you hands"

"Can't I just lock my arms around your neck and jump on your back?" Launch says unamused.

"No! Raditz says I choke him when I do that! We would both end up falling if you make me pass out" Gochi denies.

"Good point" Launch thinks for a minute before holding her hands up. "Don't fucking drop me kid or I'll haunt you"

"I won't! And I can catch you before you go splat" Gochi grabs her hands and takes off into the sky like a rocket.

Launch can't even scream. She's too scared and focusing all her attention on her grip on Gochi's forearms that are stupidly dense. Her screams get stuck in her throat as they ascend to Korin's tower.

Gochi looks and only finds Korin. "Hi Mr. Korin! Where is everyone?"

The white cat walks to the edge of his tower. "So that was you that dropped. And they're already up there" He points at Launch. "Who's that?"

Launch is panting as she catches her breath.

"This is Launch. She wants to meet Tien again" Gochi smiles. Then he frowns. "You said they're already up there?"

Korin nods. "Yes"

Gochi begins panicking. "Oh no! Bye Mr. Korin I have to go"

"Bye Gochi" The cat man waves his paw.

"W-wait!" Launch shouts. "C….can't you…. go slower?" She pleads.

Gochi looks down at her as he flies straight up. "No can do. I'm late. AND I'm being weighed down so I gotta go as fast as I can before I get tired"

"Hey! I'm not fat!" Launch shouts as she wiggles a bit as she wants to take her uzi out and shoot this damned kid.

Gochi looks at her. "I meant that I'm wearing weighted clothes"

"Didnt Goku do that for training?" Launch gets distracted.

"He still does… If he were still alive I mean…" Gochi says sadly before feeling the strain of the weight he is flying with. "Ok, maybe you do weigh more than I anticipated"

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Will Gochi survive the wrath of Launch? Will he relearn the pecking order the hard way? Did I miss announcing the last chapter? Yes. How will Tien react to Goshi bringing Launch? How will Kami and Mr. Popo? Will I miss announcing other chapters? Probably, but it won't be on purpose. How are Gohan and Goku doing? What about Chi-Chi? What about the Saiyans?

Find out! In the next chapter!