Disclaimer: I don't own these chars, and I probably never will. Though one
can fream, right? I also think this chapter could've used some work, but I
wanted to have a transition period before Bardock met everyone in GT, and
so I started small. And some characters may seem OC. I can't help how
this stuff turns out sometimes.
CHAPTER ONE - Pan Vs. Bardock
Bardock looked around Orange Star City.
.and 'hmmphed.'
It wasn't that it wasn't impressive. Kami, no, the place was like a paradise compared to Hell. It just..lacked something Bardock couldn't describe.
With a shrug, he put the bag he was given over his shoulders and started walking.
About two hours later, he was lost.
'Damn, damn, damn!' he thought to himself as he looked around, confused. He understood some Japanese, but the place was so BIG when you were on the ground that you didn't know which way to turn before you gout lost.
Then he smiled as the idea came. On the GROUND, he was lost. But in the AIR, he'd be fine.
With that, he floated up into the air, leaving a lot of startled people below.
'Heh, I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner,' he thought, self- satisfied. He flew over Orange Star and looked around. 'Yep, definitely a big place,' He concluded with a small grin. 'And this is only ONE city; there's a whole world here to explore, and I'll be kami-damned if I miss out on this!'
So, he took the time to fly over the city, and memorize the landmarks so he wouldn't get lost on a second trip there.
Some miles away from where Bardock was flying about, a young girl wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and a large backpack was heading from the Orange Star School towards the Mt. Paozu area, where her family made its home, when she felt an odd ki signature.
"Huh?" Pan came to a halt, looking around. Some distance away, she spotted a figure, but she couldn't pick out any details. She moved up higher, so as not to be seen. Which was a good idea in, because Bardock came roaring past mere seconds later. The young girl blinked in shock, thinking that she had just seen.
"GRANDPA!!" she cried out loudly, which made Bardock slam to a halt. He turned around and glared at her, making her wince.
"What is it, pest?" he snarled, getting annoyed because he had been lost in his memories. So lost that he forgot normal humans can't fly.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Pan was beginning to get teary, not used to this kind of verbal abuse.
"I'm NOT your Grandpa!" Bardock lost it, and yelled at the little demi- saiyajin. "Now get lost, or you'll be sorry, brat!"
Pan felt tears start to run down her face; all of her life, her grandpa supported her and loved her. And now (to her, anyway) he was calling her names and shouting at her. She clenched her fists and, tears still running down her face, flew at Bardock as fast as she could.
.Which was faster than he could react, even with the two second warning.
Her fist slammed into his stomach, and he let out a "WAGH!" as spittle flew from his lips. She followed up with a kick to the face that sent him careening down, down, down.
He slammed to a halt again, this time mere inches from the water. His carry bag was still over his shoulder, but it wouldn't be for much longer.
Good thing it was water-proofed AND buoyant.
Bardock tossed the bag away, and heard the small sound of it splashing down.
"I don't know who you are, little girl, but NOW you've gone TOO far!" he growled as he flew up to meet Pan headlong. Their fists collided with each other, and a loud CRACK sound issued. They began hitting each other in a back and forth fight, neither one gaining the advantage.
Soon, though, Bardock found himself imbedded in a mountain side.
"OW." He said loudly as he looked around. "How did I end up here?" he asked himself, before Pan socked him in his jaw. "Blugh!" he groaned as he smashed through the mountain and ended up in a nice, large crater.
"Okay! TIME OUT!!" he cried out as Pan zoomed back in. She slowed down and looked at Bardock, who was coughing up blood. She immediately went white and fell to her knees.
"Oh, Grandpa, I'm sorry!" she cried out, on the verge of tears again.
"Oh, for - I'm NOT your Grandpa! I don't even know who you are, much less who your Grandpa is!" he yelled at her, holding his side. "I shouldn't've went easy on you." he moaned a bit as he nursed a broken rib or three.
"But..Grandpa Goku." she said, really confused now. Bardock's went wide when he heard that.
"You mean you're Kakarot's GRANDAUGHTER?!" he burst, staring. Then he burst into laughter, and he fell back in the crater. "No wonder you got confused..or busted my ribs," he gasped when his laughing fit, which had lasted several minutes, was over.
Pan just stared at him, then finally noticed the scar on his face. "Hey, Grandpa didn't have that."
Bardock burst back into laughter again. "That's.that's because I'm your GREAT-Grandpa!!" he rolled around, ignoring the pain running up his side. Pan stared at him with wide eyes and a slack jaw.
"My.Great-Grandpa." she stared at him, obviously caught up in his resemblance to his son. "Are you serious?" she asked, giving him her own glare.
"Yes, I am," he stopped laughing, as he pointed at his tail. "I'm Bardock..and YOU have one mean punch there, kid." He groaned again, holding his side. "Give me a hand, huh?" he reached out, and Pan took it, pulling him out.
"WHOOO!" he breathed, looking down at her. "Man, that was some fight. You nailed me before I could even transform! Hah!" he laughed and ruffled her short dark hair.
Pan was still a bit confused. "So..you're not my Grandpa?" she repeated.
"Well, it's not that hard to believe; I know a bit about my family, and I know that Kaka-sorry, GOKU'S second son looked just like him. It's a weird family trait we have. I mean, Radditz tended to look more like his mother than me." Bardock stroked his chin thoughtfully, then slapped his forehead.
"Oh, no! I lost the bag King Enma gave me!" he facepalmed as he looked at Pan out of the corner of one eye. "Think you can help me find it?" he asked her, a slight blush tinting his cheeks.
About three hours later, they found the bag, and shook off the water. Bardock sighed, and saw that the Sun was setting.
"Oh, no! I'm late for dinner!" Pan moaned, before taking flight. She wasn't very far before she remembered Bardock. She looked back at him, hesistant. "Uhm..Grandpa Bardock?" she asked, a bit nervous; after all, she DID break three of his ribs.
"Yea, kid?" he asked, slinging the bag over his shoulder.
"Do you.do you." she tapped one foot against the other, now feeling a bit ashamed to be on the spot like this.
Bardock rolled his black eyes and looked at her. "Come on, spit it out; I haven't got all night you know," he smiled a bit, thinking what it would have been like if he had raised his children, instead of dying at Freeza's hands like his planet.
Pan just wrenched her eyes shut tight and asked rather loudly, "DO YOU HAVE ANY PLACE TO STAY TONIGHT?"
Bardock winced, and stuck a finger in one ear while making a face. "A bit louder; I don't think they heard you in France."
Pan made a face at him and crossed her arms over her chest. "FINE! Be a jerk!" she huffed, turning her back on him.
This is when Bardock learned the most important thing about children; you can't win against them.
"I'm not being a jerk!" he protested, waving his arms over his head in a futile attempt at regaining control over the conversation.
"Yes, you are! I was being nice, and you made fun of me!" Pan turned to him again, her eyes welling up with tears. Bardock groaned, and his head fell.
"Fine, whatever; you win, I was a jerk. Whatever makes you happy," he muttered, looking down at the water below. "And no, I don't have anywhere to go. At all. Apparently that's not much of a consideration for resurrections."
Pan grinned at him. "Then you're coming home with me!" That being said, she grabbed Bardock's hand and dragged him back to the Son residence in Mt. Paozu.
All the trip over, Bardock felt like the girl was manipulating him into doing this; he knew that it had only been a year since his son had vanished, and he felt like he was going to become some sort of substitute for the real thing.
They landed outside a strange-looking house. He then remembered being told these were Capsule houses, meant as a moveable living arrangement. Apparently this one had been added onto quite a few times.
'Probably a big family,' Bardock thought as he looked down at his great- grandaughter, who was trying to drag him inside.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked her, unsure. "They could think I'm Goku.or worse, that scum Taurus. Yeech," Bardock hated thinking about that saiyajin, whose behaviour had been completely pathetic both alive and dead.
It was Pan's turn to roll her eyes at him. "They're not THAT stupid," she replied, as she finally pulled him inside.
Right then Chichi was up in her face. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOUNG LADY?!" she demanded, startling Pan and sending Bardock falling on his rear.
"I was on my way home from school, and I got in a fight." the girl began. Her father and mother appeared then, looking concerned as always. Goten was just there, talking n the phone with his current girlfriend.
"With WHO?!" Chichi demanded, still glaring at Pan. The preteen girl pointed to Bardock, who was muttering about crazy women.
"With Grandpa Bardock," she answered. The three adults blinked, then looked at the angry saiyajin, who was now off of the floor and rubbing his bruised posterior. Chichi's eyes went wide and she fainted dead away. Gohan just gaped at his grandfather, not knowing what to say, and Videl tried to wake her mother-in-law up.
"He looks.just like.Dad," Gohan said, a bit confused. Then he looked back at a picture of Goku, Gohan and Goten when Goten was little, and he smiled a bit. "I see; apparently the looks are what we have in common, hai?"
Bardock nodded, though still confused by Chichi's fainting spell. Until he saw the picture of her and Goku in their wedding clothes. Bardock was startled by the physical resemblance between his son and himself; even though Bardock was slightly taller, and more tanned, they were almost twins.
Gohan stood up, and watched his grandfather curiously. "So.how did you get here?" he asked lamely, unable to form the right questions.
"I..ah, was brought back to life by Enma.as a favor to your father," he answered, still looking at the picture and himself in the faint reflection of the glass. Gohan, though surprised by the answer, nodded.
"That.sounds like Dad," he answered slowly, as Chichi woke up. Before sh could freal out again, he said, "Mom, it's not a ghost or anything; it's Dad's father, Bardock. The one Uncle Radditz mentioned years ago."
Bardock could've laughed when he heard that name. "Radditz.he was such a headstrong boy. Didn't help that I didn't really raise him like a father should, but still.." He trailed off, looking around the house. "Nice place you got here."
"Thank you," Chichi smiled thinly as Bardock poked around a bit. "Are you.staying for dinner?"
Bardock nodded. "Yea; that granddaughter of yours won't take 'no' for an answer." Chichi laughed.
"Yes, she gets THAT from her mother," the older woman smiled at Videl, who went a bit red. Bardock grinned, and looked at another picture. This one of Goku as a child..but with his adult sons. He blinked, confused, and pointed at it.
"Uh.what's with this one?" he asked. Gohan looked at it, and shook his head, a small smile on his face.
"Long story; I'll tell you over dinner. Hey Goten! We're eating!" he called over to his brother, who waved his hand at him. "Him and girls...not a good combination," the teacher smiled knowingly at his grandfather, who let out a soft, yet knowing laugh.
"I can tell; I mean, he has MY looks after," Bardock smirked a bit, before nearly getting whacked with a frying pan. "Hey!"
"Sorry; that was meant for Goten. I must've misjudged," Chichi smiled sweetly at him, but Bardock had his doubts on that point.
Soon the Son family were all eating together, enjoying the mountain food. That's when they learned the other thing Bardock and Goku had in common.
Their appetites.
"Could I get some more please?" Bardock said inbetween helpings of fried toad. "This stuff is FANTASTIC!!"
Chichi smiled. "I'm glad of that."
"Who WOULDN'T love this stuff?" Bardock continued stuffing his face before noticing the stares. ".Whoops. Sorry."
Gohan grinned at him, along with the others. "You looked just like Dad then; stuffing your face until there's nothing left."
The Son family felt a bit more at ease, now that they found another missing family member, even though he wasn't the one they had hoped for.
But, he was still loved as much as Goku was, with time.
TBC
So, what did you think? I know it got a bit awkward at times, but this is my first GT fanfic, and my first Bardock one, all in one. You gotta admit, that's not something easy to write. Still, I enjoyed writing it. And in the next part, we have a Pan/Bardock rematch. And a few surprises. Let me know what you all think, okay?
CHAPTER ONE - Pan Vs. Bardock
Bardock looked around Orange Star City.
.and 'hmmphed.'
It wasn't that it wasn't impressive. Kami, no, the place was like a paradise compared to Hell. It just..lacked something Bardock couldn't describe.
With a shrug, he put the bag he was given over his shoulders and started walking.
About two hours later, he was lost.
'Damn, damn, damn!' he thought to himself as he looked around, confused. He understood some Japanese, but the place was so BIG when you were on the ground that you didn't know which way to turn before you gout lost.
Then he smiled as the idea came. On the GROUND, he was lost. But in the AIR, he'd be fine.
With that, he floated up into the air, leaving a lot of startled people below.
'Heh, I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner,' he thought, self- satisfied. He flew over Orange Star and looked around. 'Yep, definitely a big place,' He concluded with a small grin. 'And this is only ONE city; there's a whole world here to explore, and I'll be kami-damned if I miss out on this!'
So, he took the time to fly over the city, and memorize the landmarks so he wouldn't get lost on a second trip there.
Some miles away from where Bardock was flying about, a young girl wearing a red t-shirt, blue jeans, and a large backpack was heading from the Orange Star School towards the Mt. Paozu area, where her family made its home, when she felt an odd ki signature.
"Huh?" Pan came to a halt, looking around. Some distance away, she spotted a figure, but she couldn't pick out any details. She moved up higher, so as not to be seen. Which was a good idea in, because Bardock came roaring past mere seconds later. The young girl blinked in shock, thinking that she had just seen.
"GRANDPA!!" she cried out loudly, which made Bardock slam to a halt. He turned around and glared at her, making her wince.
"What is it, pest?" he snarled, getting annoyed because he had been lost in his memories. So lost that he forgot normal humans can't fly.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?" Pan was beginning to get teary, not used to this kind of verbal abuse.
"I'm NOT your Grandpa!" Bardock lost it, and yelled at the little demi- saiyajin. "Now get lost, or you'll be sorry, brat!"
Pan felt tears start to run down her face; all of her life, her grandpa supported her and loved her. And now (to her, anyway) he was calling her names and shouting at her. She clenched her fists and, tears still running down her face, flew at Bardock as fast as she could.
.Which was faster than he could react, even with the two second warning.
Her fist slammed into his stomach, and he let out a "WAGH!" as spittle flew from his lips. She followed up with a kick to the face that sent him careening down, down, down.
He slammed to a halt again, this time mere inches from the water. His carry bag was still over his shoulder, but it wouldn't be for much longer.
Good thing it was water-proofed AND buoyant.
Bardock tossed the bag away, and heard the small sound of it splashing down.
"I don't know who you are, little girl, but NOW you've gone TOO far!" he growled as he flew up to meet Pan headlong. Their fists collided with each other, and a loud CRACK sound issued. They began hitting each other in a back and forth fight, neither one gaining the advantage.
Soon, though, Bardock found himself imbedded in a mountain side.
"OW." He said loudly as he looked around. "How did I end up here?" he asked himself, before Pan socked him in his jaw. "Blugh!" he groaned as he smashed through the mountain and ended up in a nice, large crater.
"Okay! TIME OUT!!" he cried out as Pan zoomed back in. She slowed down and looked at Bardock, who was coughing up blood. She immediately went white and fell to her knees.
"Oh, Grandpa, I'm sorry!" she cried out, on the verge of tears again.
"Oh, for - I'm NOT your Grandpa! I don't even know who you are, much less who your Grandpa is!" he yelled at her, holding his side. "I shouldn't've went easy on you." he moaned a bit as he nursed a broken rib or three.
"But..Grandpa Goku." she said, really confused now. Bardock's went wide when he heard that.
"You mean you're Kakarot's GRANDAUGHTER?!" he burst, staring. Then he burst into laughter, and he fell back in the crater. "No wonder you got confused..or busted my ribs," he gasped when his laughing fit, which had lasted several minutes, was over.
Pan just stared at him, then finally noticed the scar on his face. "Hey, Grandpa didn't have that."
Bardock burst back into laughter again. "That's.that's because I'm your GREAT-Grandpa!!" he rolled around, ignoring the pain running up his side. Pan stared at him with wide eyes and a slack jaw.
"My.Great-Grandpa." she stared at him, obviously caught up in his resemblance to his son. "Are you serious?" she asked, giving him her own glare.
"Yes, I am," he stopped laughing, as he pointed at his tail. "I'm Bardock..and YOU have one mean punch there, kid." He groaned again, holding his side. "Give me a hand, huh?" he reached out, and Pan took it, pulling him out.
"WHOOO!" he breathed, looking down at her. "Man, that was some fight. You nailed me before I could even transform! Hah!" he laughed and ruffled her short dark hair.
Pan was still a bit confused. "So..you're not my Grandpa?" she repeated.
"Well, it's not that hard to believe; I know a bit about my family, and I know that Kaka-sorry, GOKU'S second son looked just like him. It's a weird family trait we have. I mean, Radditz tended to look more like his mother than me." Bardock stroked his chin thoughtfully, then slapped his forehead.
"Oh, no! I lost the bag King Enma gave me!" he facepalmed as he looked at Pan out of the corner of one eye. "Think you can help me find it?" he asked her, a slight blush tinting his cheeks.
About three hours later, they found the bag, and shook off the water. Bardock sighed, and saw that the Sun was setting.
"Oh, no! I'm late for dinner!" Pan moaned, before taking flight. She wasn't very far before she remembered Bardock. She looked back at him, hesistant. "Uhm..Grandpa Bardock?" she asked, a bit nervous; after all, she DID break three of his ribs.
"Yea, kid?" he asked, slinging the bag over his shoulder.
"Do you.do you." she tapped one foot against the other, now feeling a bit ashamed to be on the spot like this.
Bardock rolled his black eyes and looked at her. "Come on, spit it out; I haven't got all night you know," he smiled a bit, thinking what it would have been like if he had raised his children, instead of dying at Freeza's hands like his planet.
Pan just wrenched her eyes shut tight and asked rather loudly, "DO YOU HAVE ANY PLACE TO STAY TONIGHT?"
Bardock winced, and stuck a finger in one ear while making a face. "A bit louder; I don't think they heard you in France."
Pan made a face at him and crossed her arms over her chest. "FINE! Be a jerk!" she huffed, turning her back on him.
This is when Bardock learned the most important thing about children; you can't win against them.
"I'm not being a jerk!" he protested, waving his arms over his head in a futile attempt at regaining control over the conversation.
"Yes, you are! I was being nice, and you made fun of me!" Pan turned to him again, her eyes welling up with tears. Bardock groaned, and his head fell.
"Fine, whatever; you win, I was a jerk. Whatever makes you happy," he muttered, looking down at the water below. "And no, I don't have anywhere to go. At all. Apparently that's not much of a consideration for resurrections."
Pan grinned at him. "Then you're coming home with me!" That being said, she grabbed Bardock's hand and dragged him back to the Son residence in Mt. Paozu.
All the trip over, Bardock felt like the girl was manipulating him into doing this; he knew that it had only been a year since his son had vanished, and he felt like he was going to become some sort of substitute for the real thing.
They landed outside a strange-looking house. He then remembered being told these were Capsule houses, meant as a moveable living arrangement. Apparently this one had been added onto quite a few times.
'Probably a big family,' Bardock thought as he looked down at his great- grandaughter, who was trying to drag him inside.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" he asked her, unsure. "They could think I'm Goku.or worse, that scum Taurus. Yeech," Bardock hated thinking about that saiyajin, whose behaviour had been completely pathetic both alive and dead.
It was Pan's turn to roll her eyes at him. "They're not THAT stupid," she replied, as she finally pulled him inside.
Right then Chichi was up in her face. "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN YOUNG LADY?!" she demanded, startling Pan and sending Bardock falling on his rear.
"I was on my way home from school, and I got in a fight." the girl began. Her father and mother appeared then, looking concerned as always. Goten was just there, talking n the phone with his current girlfriend.
"With WHO?!" Chichi demanded, still glaring at Pan. The preteen girl pointed to Bardock, who was muttering about crazy women.
"With Grandpa Bardock," she answered. The three adults blinked, then looked at the angry saiyajin, who was now off of the floor and rubbing his bruised posterior. Chichi's eyes went wide and she fainted dead away. Gohan just gaped at his grandfather, not knowing what to say, and Videl tried to wake her mother-in-law up.
"He looks.just like.Dad," Gohan said, a bit confused. Then he looked back at a picture of Goku, Gohan and Goten when Goten was little, and he smiled a bit. "I see; apparently the looks are what we have in common, hai?"
Bardock nodded, though still confused by Chichi's fainting spell. Until he saw the picture of her and Goku in their wedding clothes. Bardock was startled by the physical resemblance between his son and himself; even though Bardock was slightly taller, and more tanned, they were almost twins.
Gohan stood up, and watched his grandfather curiously. "So.how did you get here?" he asked lamely, unable to form the right questions.
"I..ah, was brought back to life by Enma.as a favor to your father," he answered, still looking at the picture and himself in the faint reflection of the glass. Gohan, though surprised by the answer, nodded.
"That.sounds like Dad," he answered slowly, as Chichi woke up. Before sh could freal out again, he said, "Mom, it's not a ghost or anything; it's Dad's father, Bardock. The one Uncle Radditz mentioned years ago."
Bardock could've laughed when he heard that name. "Radditz.he was such a headstrong boy. Didn't help that I didn't really raise him like a father should, but still.." He trailed off, looking around the house. "Nice place you got here."
"Thank you," Chichi smiled thinly as Bardock poked around a bit. "Are you.staying for dinner?"
Bardock nodded. "Yea; that granddaughter of yours won't take 'no' for an answer." Chichi laughed.
"Yes, she gets THAT from her mother," the older woman smiled at Videl, who went a bit red. Bardock grinned, and looked at another picture. This one of Goku as a child..but with his adult sons. He blinked, confused, and pointed at it.
"Uh.what's with this one?" he asked. Gohan looked at it, and shook his head, a small smile on his face.
"Long story; I'll tell you over dinner. Hey Goten! We're eating!" he called over to his brother, who waved his hand at him. "Him and girls...not a good combination," the teacher smiled knowingly at his grandfather, who let out a soft, yet knowing laugh.
"I can tell; I mean, he has MY looks after," Bardock smirked a bit, before nearly getting whacked with a frying pan. "Hey!"
"Sorry; that was meant for Goten. I must've misjudged," Chichi smiled sweetly at him, but Bardock had his doubts on that point.
Soon the Son family were all eating together, enjoying the mountain food. That's when they learned the other thing Bardock and Goku had in common.
Their appetites.
"Could I get some more please?" Bardock said inbetween helpings of fried toad. "This stuff is FANTASTIC!!"
Chichi smiled. "I'm glad of that."
"Who WOULDN'T love this stuff?" Bardock continued stuffing his face before noticing the stares. ".Whoops. Sorry."
Gohan grinned at him, along with the others. "You looked just like Dad then; stuffing your face until there's nothing left."
The Son family felt a bit more at ease, now that they found another missing family member, even though he wasn't the one they had hoped for.
But, he was still loved as much as Goku was, with time.
TBC
So, what did you think? I know it got a bit awkward at times, but this is my first GT fanfic, and my first Bardock one, all in one. You gotta admit, that's not something easy to write. Still, I enjoyed writing it. And in the next part, we have a Pan/Bardock rematch. And a few surprises. Let me know what you all think, okay?