Somewhere over Mt. Pouzu...
"Oh great Kakarot you show up just like the goody two shoes you are," the older Saiyan growled eyeing his floating brother." Why must you always ruin my fun?" he complained looking towards the downed Launch.
"You should be ashamed of yourself," Goku yelled his aura flaring around him." Long time no see Launch. How has it been? Did he hurt you?" the Earth's greatest fighter tried to change the context of their conversation.
"No, I don't think he hurt me," Launch remarked looking over herself purple-blue hair moving in loose curls." And life well you know chaotic," the blue haired human started with the police exiting the vehicle handguns raised." For some reason these policemen are always chasing me," Launch smiled calmly.
"Men open fire on the floating one!" the captain said from behind his bulletproof shield.
"Yes sir!" the troopers fired their guns.
Goku focused calmly taking the rounds in stride. The martial artist's hands moved at lightning fast speeds the lead rounds being plucked from the air like grapes from the vine. The palm-haired Saiyan closed his hand the rounds turned into small plates of metal.
"You should get out of here. You'll be in danger," Goku butted in turning to the officers while dropping the metal to the ground
"Fools thinking, they can interrupt," the space warrior barked his brother eyeing him shocked. A sphere of light formed in his hands as the officer's pulled back." Die!" he shouted with anger.
"Raditz we don't have time for another sibling fight if you want we'll fight at Bulma's," Goku shouted flying in the path of the energy attack sending the force away from himself in a flash of white, his arms showing signs of singe.
"Damn it Kakarot they assaulted you why did you protect them? I am giving them a merciful death and you let them live until they face the Saiyans!" he snapped angrily while his brother uncrossed his arms.
"You're still on the Saiyans winning Raditz, I'm not. Come with me to Bulma's and you'll see why we have nothing to worry about."
"I'll follow you, but remember if you get in my way again you'll be dead," the Saiyan lifted next to his younger brother.
"See ya Launch stay out of trouble," Goku smiled as he flew off.' Glad that was avoided.'
Capsule Corps...
"You want what now?" Bulma gasped toward her old friend.
"A gravity chamber you said that you'd have one done," the naïve warrior complained.
"Did you ever think that I have a life?" she was furious." It is practically a prototype and I can't say that it'll hold together."
"Sorry for asking Bulma. I guess I forgot you have other stuff to do," Goku smiled scratching the back of his neck.
"Great. As I thought your woman couldn't produce," Raditz frowned purple energy gathering in his right hand.
"I'll show you mister!" Bulma's left hand came close to slapping him, but it was grabbed and nearly crushed." Goku tell y-your br-brother here to let go and I'll get you the prototype machine," she gulped as the orange clad Saiyan grabbed his brother's wrist.
"What is it with your worthless women on this planet trying to slap me? It will never work," Raditz jabbed verbally while releasing the hand of the genius.
"I'll have it right for you Goku," Bulma gulped trying not to freak out as she dug through a drawer for the prototype.
"Thanks a lot Bulma, I owe you one," Goku spoke with a broad smile. The palm haired Saiyan humbly accepted the capsule from Bulma's shaking hand.
"Please get him out of my lab Goku," the turquoise haired genius sighed with shake as the space warrior knocked a metal bit off of her desk.
"Alright," the palm-haired warrior started to lead his stunned brother out of the Capsule Corps HQ." Jesh Bulma he's not that bad," Goku smiled as he continued to exit.
Raditz had shrugged of the reaction he had received from Bulma and quickly looked at the capsule within his brother's palm. Just as he went to say something the naïve warrior pressed the black button on the top of the capsule. Throwing it, Raditz watched as a plume of smoke popped out with an accompanying 'bom' sound.
The smoke cleared quickly revealing a dome shaped structure. The door had the words Gravity Room etched on in black letters. The glass windows were red tinted warping the view of the interior that was a cold metallic form. A ramp came down from beneath the door clicking against the courtyards ground.
"Raditz you head in first I'll follow in a second," Goku said doing some stretches.
"Fine by me," Raditz barked turning the oddly wheel-like handle that hissed as compressed air escaped. His booted feet touched down on the hard alloy with a click the gravity already set at two times Earth's. To the Saiyan however it felt like nothing having grown up on the planet named Vegeta. The panel in the center had dots on it, a dial recognizing the gravity threshold.
"What is the gravity in here? I don't feel too different," Goku asked as he entered his boots making a loud clanks as he moved.
"Two times Earth's," the burly warrior informed." Oh changing the subject are we don't think for a second that what you did back on the mountain is appreciated," Raditz growled dropping to a fighting stance.
"Alright let's crank the gravity up!" Goku walked over turning the dial up to five times Earth's gravity." And I've told you that what you did isn't right no matter how you were treated," the orange clad warrior strained suddenly.
The air grew thick almost instantly as the artificially enhanced gravity filled the dome-like structure. The door hissed as it shut preventing the five times gravity from warping the environment around it.
"Ha you're straining and it is only half of our home planet's gravity," the long-haired Saiyan laughed in a dark tone.
"We'll see," Goku taunted through gritted teeth as he tried to crouch in defense.
'Zip' Raditz vanished. A large right fist rocked his brother's chin but the Saiyan wasn't moving as it faded into nothing. Perplexed Raditz turned around his face hit with a powerful kick. The long almost maned Saiyan skidded across the confined space landing his boot against one of the curved walls.
Goku's blue wristband whizzed past Raditz's head being grabbed by a quickly raised right hand. The left handed palm strike that came next was powerful sending the defender back against one of the other curved walls. Shaking off the fuzzy feeling Goku was sent tumbling around once more smashing to the ground pinned by the gravity.
"Fool you die today!" Raditz's hand sparked with purple energy as he aimed at his brother's skull.
"Kamehameha!" seemingly from his feet the tested Goku fired the blast. The long haired warrior was blasted against the quadruple coated alloy his armor cracking in places as the force of the attack struck him. When Goku stopped, Raditz fell to the ground bouncing off the metal floor pain welling in his chest.
"Clever but not enough," the older Saiyan laughed reaching his feet first. Raditz shook his head a few time before focusing back on his well-trained brother.
"Well Raditz looks like I lose this round but the next is about to begin," Goku chuckled. His white aura wrapped around him flooding his muscles with ki. He managed to reach his feet, all of his trained muscles bracing and straining against the five times gravity.
"No one ever said you were weak but in an environment I spent my life training in you don't stand a chance," Raditz vanished his speed leaving an afterimage. The counter punch was caught as was his kick." What how?" the maned fighter questioned.
"I've said this before but you didn't listen I can sense energy and one as high as yours is like a beacon," Goku let go connecting hard with a back spin kick. The scouter bearing fighter stumbled before charging forward however Raditz was struck with a powerful forearm." Raditz you need to learn how to defend and sense energy you can't block against something you couldn't feel," Goku stood firm his aura calmly flowing around him.
Just as the more toned Saiyan got his feet under himself a blue boot smashed into his hardened. The armored Saiyan's chin then was sent upward a forearm cracking against his chest. Gasping Raditz was rocked with a powerful barrage of backhands and swift knee kicks. The palm-tree haired Saiyan was checked with a knee to his stomach doubling him over in pain.
The messy-haired warrior wavered forward then back. Goku was tired but he had to attack and finish the battle for the day at least. With every ounce his body could give the younger Saiyan bolted forward his speed maddening. His right backhanded strike sent Raditz bouncing off of the wall and to the floor unconscious. Goku lumbered over to the panel turning the dial back to normal gravity.
The naïve Saiyan's vision blurred and after a moment it went black as he passed out. His breathing slowed as his body tried to regain composure. The hatch opened revealing the sight.
Bulma stumbled upon the scene in her courtyard. Her eyes widened seeing her best friend bruised and battered laying against the panel. The genius's eyes darted around the room itself looking for any structural damage but luckily for her there was not any.
Quickly the heiress helped her friend out of the machine first leading him to the medical wing of the huge dome-shaped building. Not long after Bulma led the tired and unconscious Raditz to the same medical area to treat his wounds and build up his strength.
An hour passed...
Goku was awake now his eyes cloudy from sleep. The alien rubbed his eyes a few times clearing the spots and crust from his vision. Turning his head to the left Son Goku saw his brother still lying unconscious on a bed covered in a white sheet. The Earth raised fighter turned off of the bed his shoeless feet gracing the cold steel flooring of the health station.
The hero stood up his messy hair rustling with the sudden sensation of motion. His legs wobbled as the Saiyan took his first step post five times gravity. Both toned arms tightened as their bearer and user stretched. Turning the Saiyan warrior headed for the door but it opened before he could even try for the handle.
"Oh hey Goku," Bulma smiled to her old friend noting he was looking a lot better.
"Hey Bulma can I go and train some more in the gravity room?" the naïve Son Goku asked politely ready to train.
"Goku you are unbelievable but I know I can't stop you. Just be careful okay?" the turquoise haired heiress warned.
"I will I promise," the Saiyan raised on Earth took to the hallway making his way shoeless to the gravity chamber.
Just as the warrior reached the courtyard the hum of a familiar hover car caught his attention. Goku turned his head the furious eyes of his wife burning in the distance.
"WHERE WERE YOU MISTER?!" the furious, raven haired woman screamed stomping toward her husband.
"I was training why did I miss something?" the Earth-raised man asked tilting his head.
"You left a five o'clock in the morning I was worried sick!" Chi-Chi screamed ready to slap her husband.
"Oh I'm sorry," the stunned husband rubbed the back of his neck with a humorous laugh." I'll pack up the chamber and head home," the jolly Saiyan clicked the black button on the side of the chamber. It suddenly popped returning to a pill-like shape.
"What about that no good brother of yours?" she asked furiously.
"He's going to help me train Gohan in a few days when we finish," Goku laughed, though the pit of his stomach was still uncomfortable from the event earlier that morning.
"No you're not. Oh no he's becoming a scholar and you know it," Chi-Chi barked furiously a vein twitching on her forehead.
"What the Hell woman can't a warrior get some sleep!" Raditz barked as he came from the door of Capsule Corps a frying pan wrapped around his head." You go to the wrong bathroom for the first time and you get assaulted, damn earthlings," the long-haired fighter said the light gleaming off of his armor.
"So your brother is a worthless pervert like Master Roshi?" Chi-Chi barked again toward both.
"Woman you do realize I well above your level do not talk to me like that," he growled back." No I'm not a pervert like that fool that lives on the blasted island. I'm a Saiyan warrior and proud to be so," Raditz walked straight up to Chi-Chi an aggravated expression crossing his face.
"Calm down you can blow off that anger when we train later on today," Goku intervened his bare feet squishing in the wet soil." Let's head home," the brothers took to the sky.
"Don't ignore me Goku you are not training Gohan!" Chi-Chi pumped her fist into the sky watching as the Saiyans vanished in the distance.
Mount Pouzu...
"Hey Daddy," Gohan cheered before quickly receding back when Raditz arrived.
"Don't worry runt Kakarot will be here to make sure I don't harm you," the prideful Saiyan crossed his arms.' No matter how annoying you are,' he mumbled inwardly.
"Come on Gohan try and hit me," Goku laughed calmly. The warrior removed his weighted bands as well as his blue undershirt.
'Rah!' his son charged. The boy even at four had basic skills in fighting his speed was high, far greater than that of the average human. His fist struck against Goku's forearm shaking the child's entire body causing his teeth to chatter. Pivoting the son of Son Goku turned a kick that was slammed against his father's battle tested chest. Nothing affecting him.
"Good Gohan keep going," Goku cheered avoiding a powerful boot. The boy's right shoe was grabbed and twisted resulting in Gohan screaming in pain." Focus Gohan hit me with your hardest punch focus all your anger and frustration," the father said as his son charged. Gohan's fist struck him like a truck knocking the well-trained warrior back several yards and causing him to lose balance.
"That's it daddy I don't have any energy left," Gohan panted falling to the ground unconscious.
"Kakarot did you sense that?" Raditz exclaimed the readings on his scouter dying down.
"Yes his power spiked so much when he went to hit me with that punch. Awesome," the messy-haired Saiyan smiled softly.
"If we can hone that he'll be unbeatable," the long haired uncle smiled his eyes widening.' Maybe he'll be able to defeat Nappa on his own,' Raditz grinned inwardly the boy had a huge amount of potential.
"So you ready for an afternoon spar?" Goku chuckled.
"Always this time I'll win," the older sibling roared.
"GOKU!" the angry howl of his wife shut down the thick atmosphere." YOU LISTEN HERE MISTER DON'T BELIEVE FOR A SECOND THAT you can..train..Gohan!" she started screaming but when she saw her only son laying back on the ground panting her mind went into protection mode. She frowned toward her husband and headed into the house carrying her son.
"Sheesh how do you deal with that woman?" Raditz asked comically a grin on his face.
"Huh oh Chi-Chi isn't that bad you just have to live with that," the younger of the two men stated crouching to his turtle school defense.
"She wouldn't last a second out in space but I guess on this mudball women can do as they please," the long haired warrior growled his aura shooting out around him." I'm not going to go easy on you!" the warrior charged his fist ducked. Taking the new swing of momentum Raditz planted his right foot in the back of his younger brother's skull knocking Goku forward dazed." Now you feel true pain!" the Saiyan warrior barked flipping in front of Goku and firing an energy sphere that exploded at point blank.
"Hey that wasn't very nice," Goku joked from above his arms crossed. Tuning his scouter, the warrior charged again. Raditz's right fist swung wide even though the scouter picked up his brother's ki right at that spot. The right side of his face was kicked powerfully by Goku shattering the scouter upon making contact a rush of blood coming from his nose.
"Damn you," he wiped the blood from his nose and stood defensive without his scouter he could not do much anything. He closed his eyes trying to focus on that huge ki that was his own brother's but he just could not.' Damn it why is it so hard to focus on his energy,' Raditz was talking inwardly.
"Ka!" the words were echoing around in his mind." Me!" they continued to echo and a blue aura appeared from nowhere behind the elder Saiyan's eyelids. He smiled physically as both ears heard the next incantation of the powerful attack." Hame!" the maned Saiyan braced himself the energy coming from his right side beginning to glow the most." Ha!" the beam was fired. Moving his left hand like a fast gunslinger Raditz batted away the attack sending it towards the sky to detonate.
"Wow you picked up energy sensing in a day that's amazing," the happy Son Goku clapped as his brother approached.
"Saturday Crash!" Raditz threw the energy wave forward watching as his brother leapt into the air. Cutting Goku off Raditz spun a kick that connected right with the younger of the two brother's abdomen causing a satisfying gasp of pain. Continuing the low-class Saiyan struck again with a double ax fist that shook Son Goku to the very core. Out of nowhere Raditz's left leg smashed against his brother's kidney causing Goku to cry in pain." Yes, Kakarot cry, bow down before your superior brother!" Raditz slammed Goku to the ground with a left elbow to the small of his back.
Raditz descended landing on his feet above his fallen brother. Raditz's mind felt like it had been hit with a hammer as several rather high energy levels raced toward them. The former Planet Trader tried to focus in but all he found was the Namekian Piccolo's and a cloud of human-like energy. Of course he did not know what that cloud could be because of his newness with the useful technique.
'Come on fools I'll be right here waiting,' Goku's brother planted his booted foot firmly across the vertebrae of Son Goku. The Saiyan low-class focused to the west the lowest of the group seemingly head from the that area. He quickly refocused on the northwest travelers due to their closeness to him in power.
"So you're Goku's brother?" a lean man donning the same gi as Goku asked.
"Yes I am Kakarot's brother who is asking?" the maned warrior cracked his neck a hint of anger in his voice.
"That be me Yamcha," the human fighter elaborated." And I'm here because of Goku's ki dropping. Did you do that?!"
"So my senses weren't wrong you are the weakest of that group," the scintillating warrior pried." Don't worry I know how it feels like but you are pathetically weak," Raditz continued to try and break down the human's resolve or 'take him down a peg or two.'
"Hey I'm not weak I'll have you know I was a quarter-finalist at the past two World Martial Arts Tournaments," the human shot back furious." Wait I've seen you once today you were at Capsule Corps messing around with Bulma. Back off dude she's mine," he crouched into a defensive stance, fury burning in his eyes.
'Ah how wonderful maybe he'll give a fight after all,' the alien warrior laughed inwardly doubting the warrior's abilities." Have her, no one can put up with that whiny woman anyway," Raditz began to grin again.
"Take that b-" the scar-faced bandit was interrupted by Piccolo's ki drawing overhead.
"Why hello green bean. I do believe we have met before," the long-haired Saiyan chuckled again.
"Haha Raditz very funny. Let's see how funny it is when I kill you!" the angry Namekian roared at him obviously having no love lost between them.
"You kill me? You do see who I'm standing over." Raditz backed up to get a better look of the despair that was going to cross the Earth's Special Forces collective faces." It is Kakarot, your planet's greatest hero. Now give me a hint of challenge and I'll let you live a little longer," the Saiyan began to power up.
"Well Goku over there was the one who gave us the message to come here," Yamcha explained as Tien Shinhan and Krillin landed." You know you need us to stop the Saiyans that are coming so if you kill us you leave yourself for dead," Yamcha proudly flaunted.
"Ah so my façade did not get past my brother. Oh well you are right I need your aid to kill those Saiyan bastards but after that I have no reason to spare you fools," Raditz explained." Now shall we start?"
"Yes," the humans answered.