As expected, Kami is unable to seal Piccolo during their fight, resulting in the first major deviation to the story, Piccolo shall face off against me.
After eating a Senzu bean, I was back in fighting shape, Goku ended up refusing his, instead sitting in the stands with the other Z-Fighters.
Entering the arena, Piccolo and I share a glare.
Me and you aren't so different, the issue is, I'm stronger, I thought to myself with a chuckle.
"What's so funny," Piccolo asks.
Stifling my chuckle, I respond, "Don't mind me, I'm gonna have a good time with this, I've been looking for a life or death fight."
A bit confused, Piccolo quickly shakes away his confusion.
The announcer gives a thunderous start to the start of the final, "Let the final match of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament begin!"
Leaping into the air, Piccolo raises his hand up, energy crackling around his fingers, soon he points his hand toward me, and fires a powerful beam of ki toward the arena.
Yeah, I expected as much, he tried this damn well instantly with Goku, I thought to myself.
Pulling my arm back, I create a ball of ki in my hand, charging it up I hurl it towards the beam, the collision creating a giant explosion that rocks the nearby land. Damaging his clothes, Piccolo's appearance sends fear into the audience, causing them to flee the tournament, only a select few remain to witness the proceedings.
Glancing around I see the announcer narrating from a distance.
Whoa, I didn't expect him to stay around, man I wish I polished up my knowledge of dragon ball before dying, at least I know more about Z, I thought to myself.
Dropping to the ground Piccolo begins to grow in size, becoming four times his original size, stomping toward me he laughs.
"I'll squash you like a bug!" Piccolo yells as he brings his giant foot down on top of me.
Putting my arms up I catch it, an oddly reminiscent feeling of when I first started down this path struck me. Pushing him away, he grows further in size, now standing even taller than before.
Frustrated, Piccolo shouts at me, "Wipe that look off your face!"
Oh yeah, I gotta get Kami out of his stomach, luckily I didn't make the mistake of rushing ahead, I thought to myself.
Flying toward Piccolo's stomach I charge myself with ki, smashing into him, and forcing him to his knees.
Coughing, Piccolo fights the urge to vomit, but soon I drop to the ground, running forward I strike him in the stomach with my palm, pushing him over the edge of his control, and soon he vomits up a putrid green bile.
Spotting the jar that holds Kami, I vanish from where I stand, appearing next to it, kicking it over to Tien, "Catch!"
Jumping up to grab it, Tien swiftly pulls the cork off, and Kami is unleashed once more.
Yelling to Kami, I say firmly, "Don't interrupt this fight, sit back and enjoy yourself."
Turning to face Piccolo, he quickly begins to shrink, soon reaching his normal size once again.
"I'll kill you, you bastard!" Piccolo fumes as he holds his stomach.
Suddenly, a bolt of electricity jolts from Piccolo's antenna, striking me in the chest before the electricity flows throughout my body.
Piccolo runs forward to attack, throwing a gut punch at me, but I quickly grab his fist, stopping it in his tracks.
"At this point, I've trained longer than you've been alive Piccolo, with the past three of those years being with Goku," I say calmly.
Pushing his fist away, Piccolo leaps backward, gaining a considerable distance, I continue to speak, "You can sense ki, so why didn't you run, surely you knew you were outmatched."
"Shut up damn it!" Piccolo yells in frustration.
Man, I'm happy to be here, what a great feeling, I thought to myself with bliss.
Bracing one of his arms, Piccolo yells as he charges up an attack,
"Die!" Piccolo yells as whiteish energy explodes into existence from his hand, surging toward me at a considerable speed.
Techniques are stronger than the user pretty frequently, a good example is the Kamehameha wave if I recall, its multiplier is estimated to be two times the user's power, if I remember correctly at least, I thought to myself.
Pulling my arm back, I charge energy in the palm of my hand, a blueish sphere forming in my hand.
Countering a technique when on even footing requires a technique of your own, however, I'll dial back the power on this to avoid killing him, seeing as I'm a fan of his, I thought to myself.
Throwing my arm forward a beam of blueish-white energy rockets toward Piccolo,
I made this one myself, hope you enjoy my True Cannon technique, I thought to myself.
Smashing together the energy from the collision causes a violent torrent of wind to billow out from the point of contact, blowing down the walls of the tournament building.
What a terrifying attack, I dialed the strength back by a bit, but I expected his attack to be weaker, nice one Piccolo, I thought to myself.
"Sorry Piccolo, I can't go losing, I have dreams to fulfill, let's fight again sometime!" I yell to Piccolo.
Powering up, I send my power through my attack, which rapidly overtakes his attack, smashing into Piccolo and forcing him to the ground like a meteorite.
Pulling my arm back, steam funnels out from both the crater left behind, as well as the palm of my hand.
Leaping toward the crater, Piccolo is unconscious, lying flat on his back, loudly I yell for Yajirobe, "Pass me a Senzu bean."
Everyone quickly runs over, looking in awe at Piccolo, Yajirobe tosses me a Senzu bean, and promptly I respond, "'Preciate it Yajirobe."
Kneeling down to Piccolo I place a Senzu bean in his mouth, much to almost everyone's shock, soon after Krillin shouts at me, "What are you doing!"
Before I have a chance to respond, an exhausted Goku steps forward, putting his arm in front of Krillin, "Hold on Krillin," after which Krillin instantly stopped in place.
Kami approaches me, saying, "His existence is my fault, the havoc he has caused, I am longer worthy of life, even less so to be Earth's Guardian."
"That's exactly why you should stay alive," I retort.
Kami is taken aback, staring at me in search of an explanation, I continue, "If you truly feel that way, then live every day with the goal of atoning for your mistake, if you do that, you're destined to become an even greater guardian than your predecessor."
Staring on in shock, Kami stands silently, and soon Piccolo brings himself to his feet.
Confused, Piccolo asks, "Why am I alive?"
"I saved you, you're welcome," I turned to face Piccolo, teasing him.
Powering up, Piccolo looked on angrily, "Why would you do something so idiotic!"
As everyone looks on in fear, assuming their best battle stances, I calmly point at him, "We both know how that goes, how about this, we'll have a rematch in the future, train up until then."
Hesitantly, Piccolo slowly backs away, looking at all the Z-fighters, before finally flying away at tremendous speed.
That ended better than I expected, I thought to myself.
Letting out a big puff of air, I announce, "Alright, I'm off you guys."
Goku looks at me, saying, "Heading back to the lookout Adder?"
"Nah, I've gotta prepare for future threats, never know when another Piccolo will come along," I retort.
Yeah right, I know exactly how Z starts, and it's not pretty, I thought to myself.
Kami approaches me, "I must thank you for getting involved with my other half, I'll never forget your kind deed."
Floating up above the ground, I say to the Z-fighters, "Don't stop training, we need to stay in top shape."
As everyone waves their goodbyes, Goku yells up to me, "See ya' soon Adder!"
I can probably do it now, I thought to myself.
Nodding my head with a smile, I fly north in search of a certain scientist, in the pursuit of greater strength.
***
After a few hours of searching, I find the familiar location, landing at the opening my suspicions are confirmed, Dr.Gero has already begun his work.
Knocking on the door, machine guns appear promptly, and fire at me. Swatting the bullets away, I knock once more but receive no answer.
"If you don't open the door Gero I'm gonna break it down," I taunt.
Suddenly a voice erupts over an intercom near the door, "Wait, don't break it!"
"People don't like being shot at," I say aloud.
"Who are you!" Dr.Gero says anxiously from the intercom.
"An ally or an enemy, you choose," I speak into the intercom.
The door opens with a loud creek, out from the door steps an old man with white hair, sweat on his forehead.
Yeah, that's Doctor Gero alright, I thought to myself.
Nervously, Dr.Gero speaks, "So… Who are you?"
"Your androids will prove to be of great use to my ambition, I'd like to partner up," I say in response.
Shocked to hear this, Dr.Gero clears his throat, responding, "How did you find out about my androids?"
Man, this dude is concerned, granted I pose a risk to the security of his revenge, I'll butter him up a bit, I thought to myself.
"You hate Goku, as do I, I'll help you polish up the power of your androids, and in return, you'll create androids for me to battle, then later you can have the androids kill Goku," I explain.
A little calmer, Dr.Gero doesn't relent, asking, "How did you find this place, if you can find me, so can Goku and his friends."
Sitting in a chair, I lean back in it, relaxing, "It's gonna take them years to find you, don't worry, even if they do I can probably explain it to them."
"Why would they listen to you?" Dr.Gero asks.
"I've hung out with them for a few years now, and I've spent the last six training with Kami, so in terms of power I'm the strongest in the world, on top of being their friends," I responded.
Confused, Dr.Gero continues, "Why do you want to kill Goku if he's your friend."
God this guy's annoying, just a bit more and I got him though, I thought to myself.
"I have my reasons just as you have yours, in the end, we both want Goku dead," leaning forward I hop up out of the chair, stretching my hand forward I motion to shake his hand, "So, how about it?"
Hesitant at first, Dr.Gero slowly calms down, before shaking my hand, "Fine, this better prove to be worthwhile."
"Don't worry… It will," I respond.
With an agreement finally at hand over the next five years Dr.Gero created countless training androids to give me the fights I seek.
Spending time with Dr.Gero is quite odd, at first, he was exceptionally quiet, simply keeping to himself. As the first few training androids were rolled out he began to speak more to me, initially out of necessity to better understand the shortcomings of his androids, but eventually, he would speak to me on more regular terms, outside of fighting and revenge.
Despite what the show had shown of him, he possessed a surprisingly deep character, with his driving motivation being immense I even garnered a bit of respect for him.
On a day like any other, he finally arrived.
Smashing through an android's chest, I rip my arm out of it, tossing it to the side, before noticing an approaching power level from space, muttering to myself, "Raditz."