So I want to say there was a reason it's been a while since I uploaded, and I COULD blame it on moving house... But to be honest, I've just been lazy. Here, have a chapter :D

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Chapter 18

Training Begins

Bardock flew back as a punch missed his face by millimetres, before another one followed after him. The seven human fighters attacked in unison as Beet and Rose watched in awe as Bardock easily blocked every punch and kick aimed at him. Kris was the first to lose his composure as yet another kick sailed over the Saiyan's head.

"Damn it, we're getting nowhere!" He pulled back as he watched his group fail to land a single hit, "Screw this, I'm going all out." With that he started to power up to his maximum. Gooseberry noticed the young male powering up and smirked as he pushed a button on his scouter.

"Well," He chuckled as the boys power stopped and displayed on his screen, "Seems this ones taking it serious. His power's jumped up to one hundred and twenty six." Beet and Rose turned back to the fight as Kris flew straight through his team and began trading blows with Bardock, the other six humans pulling back a moment as they watched their comrade go all out on the Saiyan, who continued to dodge with ease, even folding his arms in mock boredom.

"Come on," Bardock smirked, "If this is all you guys have got then we may as well end this here." In an instant the other members growled and powered up to their maximums before launching themselves towards Bardock and started attacking once more.

"Come on students, we can beat this guy!" Akira shouted as he powered up a wave of energy, "Dragoanimi!" He screamed as he launched a wave of green ki towards Bardock who just laughed before sending a ping pong ball sized blast back at it, cancelling it out in an instant. Akira frowned before launching himself forward, fist pulled back. As the teacher reached Bardock, Bardock easily dodged the fist aimed at him and smacked him away with his tail, knocking the leader unconscious.

"Sensei!" The students cried out before attacking Bardock once more. The Saiyan's eyes narrowed before he went on the offensive, punching Yami in the stomach, watching her drop to the floor unconscious. Before any of the others could react, Bardock phased out a karate chopped both Dante and Luke, sending them out of the fight as well!

Lao, Kris and Harry flew back and landed next to one another as they tried to formulate a plan to beat the Saiyan. "What's with this guy? He's beating all of us easily!" Harry growled.

"We need to work together, if we combine all our power into one attack, we can win this!" Kris growled before getting into a stance. Harry landed next to him and did the same. Lao just looked on, a frown on his face.

"I don't know if that will work, he took out the others in one hit."

"Lao, NOW!" Kris screamed, anger evident in his voice. Lao gulped but landed between the two as they all powered up an energy blast.

"Droganoha!" They screamed in unison as they formed three purple blasts that formed into one before launching at the Saiyan. Bardock watched as it came towards him before sticking his right hand out.

"This spar is over!" He taunted before firing a thin blue wave of energy back, which met the blast head on. Both sides struggled for control as the trio of humans began to sweat hard not noticing that Bardock wasn't even trying yet.

"Come on," Kris growled, "Give it everything!" With that the trio poured all of their energy into the attack and sent it back towards Bardock, "It's over!" Kris laughed as the energy was all but on Bardock now. A deep laugh caught his attention.

"Not really, I wouldn't say it's over," Bardock chuckled, "A Saiyan infant is stronger than this." With that Bardock poured more energy into the attack and sent it straight back at the trio. Kris noticed last second and barely dodged it as it flew at them, knocking both Harry and Lao out. Bardock smiled before relaxing and turning away and smiling at his friends. Kris smirked seeing this and flew into Bardock fist first, swinging the Saiyan's head to the side.

"Yeah!" Kris smirked, "You couldn't handle my power at all!" Kris laughed but stopped, eyes widened, when Bardock turned his head back towards the young male with a bloodthirsty scowl on his face. Before Kris could react, Bardock threw a punch into the males stomach faster than Kris could see, causing him to drop to the floor in agony.

"That'll teach you for hitting an opponent when they are facing away." Kris tried to frown at Bardock but dropped his head again and throwing up. "Pathetic." Bardock frowned, just as Akira regained consciousness. Akira looked horrified at the sight of his pupil in pain.

"What did you do?" He growled, a frown on his face. Bardock sighed before responding.

"This young brat decided it would be a good idea to catch me when my back was turned. I merely showed him that it was dishonourable and that there were consequences to his actions." Akira stared in disbelief but shook his head and walked over to his pupil.

"Well let's get him back to the camp, we'll need to heal him up soon before he gets worse." Bardock frowned back at the man but relaxed himself and nodded before helping the Takahashi school leader carry back the pupils. Beet, Rose and Gooseberry meanwhile went around and lifted the others as they walked back into the forest, quickly finding the camp site.

On arrival, they were met by two others. A slim female with long curly blonde hair walked out of a tent with a young girl with short black hair and gasped in horror at the sight of the group. She stomped over to Akira to give him a piece of her mind.

"What the hell happened to these kids?" She screamed, causing the master to flinch slightly, "How the hell did they end up this badly beaten!? I thought you only went out for some light training!" Akira laughed slightly but sighed.

"I'm sorry, we just sparred and got beaten by a better opponent. And besides, most of them are just unconscious. It's only Kris here who needs medical attention."

"And who were you sparring with, hey?" The female frowned, hands on her hips.

"Dina, relax. None of them are in danger." This didn't help at all and Dina continued to frown, "It was this man here, Bardock. We all took him on and lost... Badly." Dina's eyes widened slightly but her hateful gaze turned to the Saiyan.

"And you! How dare you just beat up all of these children, what did they do to you! I have every right to attack you right now." Bardock scowled back at the woman before a growl originated in his throat.

"We were just sparring, and if they weren't so weak, they wouldn't be in this situation, now would they?" Bardock then turned to Akira, "Get this woman out of my sight before she ends up needing medical attention." Akira and Dina frowned before Gooseberry stepped forward.

"Woah guys, calm down. Let's all relax and just chill out."

"SHUT UP!" The trio cried in unison before starting to laugh slightly, still on edge with one another.

"Come on," Akira chuckled, "Let's help Kris before he's in serious trouble." Bardock nodded and the trio walked towards another tent, Gooseberry following closely. The students had meanwhile woken up and headed off into their own tents, all of them rubbing their injuries and bruises from their one sided spar with a Saiyan warrior. This left just Rose, Beet and the little girl. This tension could be cut with a knife as they stood their awkwardly before Rose decided to speak up.

"Hey, what's your name?" Rose said softly as she walked up to the girl and bent down, smiling at her.

"N-Noto maam." Noto stuttered, scared. Rose smiled at her and stuck out her right hand.

"Noto, hey? That's a nice name my name's Rose." The girl looked up at her finally before looking down at her hand and smiling before shaking it.

"It's nice to meet you Rose." She then turned and noticed Beet standing silently behind Rose. "And who's that?" Rose turned and smirked at her brothers shyness before speaking.

"His name is Beet, he's my little brother." Noto looked at him for a second before turning back to Rose.

"Oh," She stated sadly, "I've never had a little brother before." Rose smiled at her and stood up.

"Well you're welcome to have mine," Rose's innocent meaning sentence caused a slight blush on both of the children's faces but she didn't notice, "And just how old are you Noto?"

"I'm six." She smiled at the female.

"Six hey, well Beet here is seven, aren't you kiddo." A frown from her little brother and a mumble about stupid girls caused the teenager to laugh. "Well how about I leave you guys to get acquainted." With that Rose ran off laughing, leaving the two children alone. Both Beet and Noto said nothing to one another as the wind blew, the rustling of the trees the only sound noticeable. That is, until Beet finally spoke up.

"So do you fight as well?" He asked, before Noto smiled at him.

"Yeah, all the others act like I'm weak though because I'm six." She pouted before Beet grinned at her.

"Do you want to spar? I mean I'm really strong, I think Mister Bardock said my pal level or something was really high for my age." Noto started grinning back.

"If you think you can handle me." She spoke with confidence before launching herself straight at Beet who hadn't expected the attack and was punched across the face, sending him flying to the floor. Noto chuckled as Beet slid across the ground before standing up and looking at her with a determined look.

"Oh it's on!" He laughed as the two started trading blows. Neither were aware that two people, the last of the Arcadian's and a Saiyan Warrior were watching them.

"Awwh, they're getting on already. It's adorable." Dina swooned as she watched the two youngsters trade blows as Noto landed a heavy punch to Beet's midsection. Akira nodded, a small smirk on his face. Gooseberry meanwhile stood with a blank look on his face as he looked on whilst Bardock stepped forward.

"You know," The Saiyan started, catching the three's attention, "This is considered flirting on my home planet, or at least it was." The others eyes widened slightly as Beet took off into the air whilst Noto looked up at him.

"Hey! No fair, I can't fly." She pouted as Beet chuckled.

"Well maybe I'll just come back down to your level." With that Beet launched himself straight at her, and hit her across the face, knocking her out instantly. "Whoops." Beet gulped as he finally noticed the four watching him. Akira and Dina were staring in disbelief, as they hadn't even seen the move, whilst Bardock had a frown on his face.

'They seem so strong for humans, and at such a young age...' Bardock thought to himself as he continued to stare at Beet, 'Maybe they could... No, it's a stupid idea.' Bardock then turned to look at Gooseberry and saw the cannon on his right arm. 'But maybe? Yes. Of course.' Bardock then walked up to Akira and pushed him, knocking him to the floor.

"Hey, what are you-" Bardock put his hand up, stopping the teachers speech in an instant. Bardock's frown finally turned into a smile and helped him up.

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to help you to become stronger." Akira, Dina and Gooseberry looked at the Saiyan in shock, before Bardock turned to Gooseberry as well, "All of you."

"But why?" Akira asked.

"Because Earth needs someone to defend it. And one day a great man will step up to assume that role, but he is a baby right now and someone will need to defend it until he is old enough to do it himself." Bardock folded his arms across his chest, "And considering I'm only here on the planet for a few more months, I can't do it myself."

"What do you mean here for a few more months?" Akira asked, "I don't think we can train that fast if people like you are out there." Bardock just smirked.

"Don't worry about that, I know for a fact that nobody will be anywhere near as strong as me on this planet for many years yet, in fact the kid there," He pointed to Beet, "Is probably just as strong as that Mutant Roadkill fellow."

"You mean the great master Muten Roshi?" Harry asked as he walked into appearance, having been leaning on a tree to the side. Bardock nodded, "There is no way."

"Take him on for yourself, the kid can easily handle you."

"As much as it pains me to say this, I know he's stronger, I can tell already. I couldn't even see attack on Noto," The girl finally regained consciousness and grumbled as she rubbed her head, "It's just... as strong as him?" Bardock walked up to him and smiled.

"You can all become as strong as him, if not stronger. Just let me show you how."

-oxo-

Far above the surface of the Earth, an old Namekian was watching the encounter with a smile on his face. "Mister Popo, it seems that our friend is finally starting to change. That evil I sensed in his heart is slowly starting to fade." Mister Popo looked at him wide eyed.

'If anyone can train a team to defend this planet as well as me, it is you Bardock. You're not as evil as you'd like to think.' Kami then thought back to a time in the Hyperbolic time chamber when he had seen who Bardock really was. The Saiyan had over exerted himself during training and had spent the next three days unconscious. Kami had used this time to sense the Saiyan's past and saw a fate far worse than King Piccolo and even saw the deaths of his crew, and the only thing that kept Bardock going, the thought of seeing his mate and friends again. Although the evil was still there, he could change. He could become a good person.

He could become like his son.

Yes, Kami had even seen a premonition that Bardock was having at the time. One of his son, Kakarot or Goku he recalled, and his time training with Kami himself. He had been shocked at the likeliness of father and son, and vowed to train his son as a gift to Bardock.

'Yes, this planet has many battles in the future, and yet with your aid, we will win them all.' Kami smiled as he continued to watch his friend from the lookout.

So I've got this story planned for at least another TEN Sagas, before we even get into Dragon Ball Z. I can promise you now that by the Frieza arc, it will be VERY different :D

Anyway, thank you for baring with me and my laziness. I will produce more content soon, I'm just trying to get massively ahead and with coordinating Christmas bookings at work etc, it's going to be quite hard to find lots of spare time.

Thanks for reading and please review my work,

Tomaka167