Eternal Battle: Chapter 2-Memory Loss

Disclaimer in Chapter One.

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Piccolo was trying to understand how it happened. He had been forced somehow in to his previous incarnation-and strangely instead of meeting up with Goku like before-he had met up with Goku, Vegeta, Tien, Yamcha, and Krillen. He was glad he still managed to be able to be "born," but this world was ridiculous.

He had received a small update on everything and was for once a little grateful that Kami was back-even though he was annoying-this little update he had to admit was useful. Plus, Kami had retained all of his memories through his former guardian powers that somehow was restored to him, helping him keep his memories as well.

'So Dende is gone. Gohan is dead. Tien, Bulma, ChiChi, and Ox King lost their memories. Vegeta and Goku are living an alternate life, and Yamcha along with Krillen are on their way here.' Piccolo thought everything in a small summary.

"I have been giving guidance to Krillen ever since I have returned, but now I am unsure of what to do." Kami as he looked at Piccolo from the Lookout's edge.

"Just keep observing and giving me small updates, I'll take care of the others." Piccolo as he saw the two coming up and landing.

"Uh…Piccolo, do you remember us?" Krillen as he hesitatingly walked up to him.

"Yeah I still have my memories but I don't recall how I became my other self, but for now we have bigger fish to handle, like figuring out how the world became this." Piccolo as he looked over the edge. Yamcha and Krillen looked over and saw the world completely different.

/I have some information for you/

"King Kai!" Krillen as the others heard him through his telepathic link.

/I am not sure how it happened, but the Saiyans are in this world. Including: Radditz, Nappa, Bardock, and King Vegeta/

"King Vegeta? You mean Vegeta's father!?" Krillen shouted in surprise, wondering if they had another Frieza and King Cold on their hands.

/The Saiyans aren't the problem. Your planet's history has changed, transforming the present world in to what you see there/

"WHAT!" Everyone shouted but Piccolo and Krillen immediately recovered from their shock.

"Eh…exactly how did this happen?" Krillen asked very nervous about the news of the planet's history changing.

/I don't know. We kais actually have no information on how time works. It was always a mystery even in the very beginning of the cosmos creation/

"Hey! We can summon the dragon-" Yamcha began but was cut off by King Kai.

/If you try changing your own history, you could end up destroying another world! You must not call the Dragon unless you know for sure what is going on in the Past, and specifically change it, if you don't you could end up not only destroying your past, but others as well/

"King Kai what changed Earth?" Kami hoping it was something not too bad.

/I don't know/

"Then what can we do?" Krillen

/Call the dragon to restore the memories of your friends-and only your friends. With Goku and Vegeta back on your side you will have help to change the Past/

"Alright!" Krillen said happily when he paled and felt his gut dropped. "We need the dragon radar, and Bulma won't allow us…"

"Well, I used to be a thief-I could sneak in and get it, then we can go on a hunt and find the dragonballs." Yamcha

"Piccolo! King Vegeta has ordered that Goku and Vegeta take a ship to find out information on a new planet!" Kami as he continued to observe.

"You two gather the dragonballs and bring them here; I'll go and make sure Goku and Vegeta stay on Earth. The last thing we need is for them to leave the planet." Piccolo after seeing them nod flew off towards the location where he sensed Vegeta and Goku's chi.

Seeing them about halfway to the atmosphere aimed his Special Beam Cannon and fired. The spaceship fell a good several thousand feet back towards the airport landing on two ships.

The Two Saiyans were not happy-at all.

"Another one!? This is absurd!" Vegeta exclaimed not feeling like taking care of another Namek, telepathically sent out a message to his guards.

Piccolo got ready as the two Saiyans glared at him, but then was surprised when twelve Saiyans jumped out of nowhere behind him, the last thing he remembered was that he was being overwhelmed.

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Yamcha and Krillen landed in the backyard of Capsule Corp. they then floated towards the building and saw that Bulma was nowhere to be seen, along with her mom and dad-and thankful to Kami-no guards except around the front door. However, looking around after an hour they noticed the only way in was through ironically the front door.

Krillen noticed the guards were all Saiyans, "Well, as long as they aren't Super Saiyans."

"Are you crazy?! No way! Can't you sense how powerful they are!?" Yamcha said as he saw Krillen become really serious.

"We have to it's the only way Yawmcha, besides there isn't anything to be afraid of-they aren't as strong as Goku and Vegeta, right? I'll meet you at the Lookout in about two hours." Krillen said as he gathered his power and flew in front of Capsule Corp.

"HEY! MONKEYS!" Krillen said landing in front of them, and impersonated a gorilla, "Oooh, oooh, LOOK AT ME I'M A SAIYAN!"

Krillen took off faster than Superman since he had twenty very furious guards after him, all threatening him with things Attila the Hun would be proud of. Quickly he turned around and did a Solar Flare, and quickly hid in the city concentrating in controlling his chi, so that they could not find him very easily. He prayed that Yamcha had gotten the dragon radar…but then had a very bad feeling.

In Capsule Corp. Yamcha was running down the hall looking for Bulma's lab, when he suddenly had no idea why he was there.

"Hey! You! Yeah, you! What are you doing here?" A Saiyan guard with his buddy looked at the human, curious if he was alright since he had started to sway in the middle of the corridor.

"I have no idea. I can't remember anything…" Yamcha as he was escorted to the Security Office by the Saiyan Guards.

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"Oh no!" Krillen exclaimed, knowing Yamcha must have run in to trouble, he decided to go inside, however, the place was a much bigger maze then before, and kept running in to dead ends.

"Darn it! Huh, oh Bulma. Better hide but where?" Krillen immediately saw a hall closet and took it as a gift from Kami and hid inside it, but kept it open a little so he could see where Bulma went.

Seeing her go around the corner he followed her straight to a door, he saw her open it and saw a glimpse of a bed and dresser. It was obvious that it was her bedroom.

Gritting his teeth he saw her go inside, and immediately wondered what he should do when he heard his name being called.

"Huh? Dr. Briefs! You remember me?" Krillen as he saw Dr. Briefs nod and take out his cigarette box.

"Of course I do. I was getting worried when I noticed no one had seen the changes going on. Have to admit I was really frightened when I saw my cappuccino machine disappear, but I really do like the new one, adds the amount of whip cream just right. I made a blueprint of it of course and wrote down how to build it, in case it disappears. You know, can't take any chances. By the way do you know why Bulma doesn't remember anything? I found it odd that she didn't remember any of you, except her mom and me." Dr. Briefs as he saw his friend frown.

"I don't know much yet, but I need to borrow the dragon radar to restore everyone's memories. It's the only way to find out what's going on." Krillen said as he saw Dr. Briefs nod, as he lit his cigarette.

"I figured one of you might end up needing it. Here I have it right here. Take good care of it." Dr. Briefs as he took out the dragon radar from his white coat pocket, and gave it to Krillen. "That is the only one we have now, it was a good thing I had to work on it earlier otherwise I think it would have disappeared also."

"I will and thank you! Take care!" Krillen as he opened a window and flew out of it, however he was in real trouble when he noticed he was surrounded by fifty, very angry Saiyans-all looking on the verge of going super.

"I'm so dead!" Krillen when he suddenly saw a white chi blast fall straight down the middle of the group hitting twelve Saiyans rendering them unconscious.

"Go Krillen! I'll take care of them!"

"TRUNKS!" Krillen nodded and flew at top speed; looking back he saw a bunch of Saiyans taking him on-but nobody could land a punch. 'I forgot all about him. Hey, how come he wasn't affected?'

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Trunks took out all of the Saiyans with ease, but then sensing something he decided not to kill them. Recognizing Krillen's path he knew he was going to the Lookout and decided to head there too.

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Piccolo was in shackles and in front of the King, Vegeta's father, as a menace to society.

He wondered if he was going to be able to escape, when he noticed a Goku-look-alike entering the throne room, and knelt before the King in respect.

"Your Majesty, I understand that this Namek has been quite a troublemaker, but I wanted to bring up a bit of information that I have gathered about his race. Apparently, the Nameks were the original creators of the dragonballs and their planet is still intact."

"Thank you Bardock. Well Namek, you may live only if you agree to take a few of my men to your planet to locate the dragonballs." King Vegeta

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Krillen immediately landed and was surprised to see only Kami and Mr. Popo there.

"Hasn't Yamcha returned yet?" Krillen

"He has lost his memories and is now at the hospital." Kami

"Shoot I can't gather the dragonballs by myself-it would take way too much time." Krillen as he began to wonder what to do when he sensed Trunks was flying towards them.

The young Sword Master landed and walked up to them.

"Trunks we need to gather the dragonballs and fast so we can restore all the memories of the others'." Krillen then had a thought, "Trunks were you affected too?"

"No, but I wouldn't be since I am not from this time." Trunks said as he looked at Krillen and saw the radar.

"Oh…right." Krillen then turned on the dragonball radar and began to locate the dragonballs. He looked up at Trunks and noticed he was spaced out. "Trunks, are you ok?"

"I'm fine." Trunks said as he and Krillen took off to begin the hunt for the dragonballs.

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Piccolo growled as he punched Bardock, who caught his fist. He had avoided attacking the King because he knew that EVERY single Saiyan would kill him right then and there, so for amusement purpose only, did he decided to fight Bardock-mainly to buy time.

(Piccolo-Krillen and Trunks are searching for the dragonballs as we speak, Yamcha lost his memories and he is now in the hospital.)

((Fine))

Piccolo continued to fight when he heard someone VERY familiar speak.

"Bardock, let me have a crack at him."

"Goku!" Piccolo as he saw Bardock back off and Goku come walking up to him.

"Looks like this Goku character is quite famous-three of your pitiful human allies came looking for him too. In fact they came looking for help in defeating another ally of yours-Demon King Piccolo." Kakkarot said and then smirked, "Looks like the Little Namek is all alone."

He then punched Piccolo sending him flying up, then flying higher than Piccolo clenched his fists together and brought them down, Piccolo caught his fists, and kicked him in his gut and then threw him down so he could kick him in to the ground, then he sent several large chi blasts down at him.

Goku stood up and knocked them back at Piccolo who dodged them with ease. Then at the same time both fighters flew at each other, punching and kicking rapidly at each other until their fists locked and sent out a huge amount of energy, making the ceiling and walls start to crumble.

King Vegeta was amused, in fact he hadn't seen a Namek fight before and had knowledge that Kakkarot was a good fighter, from seeing him fight his son many times before, and was glad that he could finally see him and a Namek fight.

He turned to a messenger and motioned him over, "Retrieve my son but bring him straight to me."

"Yes Your Majesty." The Messenger then went to do so.

A few minutes later Piccolo immediately noticed that Goku was not as powerful as he should be-in fact he was a lot weaker, so much so that he was wondering if he could even transform in to his Super Saiyan form level one, that was when he noticed Vegeta entering the room and stopped to sit beside his father. In fact Goku's punches were nothing. Piccolo brought his fist back to land a punch of his own, when he noticed the shock on Goku's face, and the others Saiyans gawking at him.

He saw that they were beginning to speak to each other as the room suddenly filled with darkness; all the lights went out. He turned and saw why everyone was so surprised.

(Piccolo they are summoning the dragon!)

((I know Kami I can see it from here.)) The dragon filled the night sky.

Suddenly, he felt pain shriek throughout his body as Piccolo felt Goku's fist make contact with his left cheek.

"Huh? Piccolo! Hey! Where are we?" Goku said looking around then looked at Piccolo and blinked twice as he noticed his friend embedded in the wall. "Uh. Well I'm sorry Piccolo but if you want to train or if that is what we were doing…"

'That power! He's been holding out on us!' "No Goku, we weren't training." Piccolo interrupting Goku who looked around, Piccolo followed his gaze and noticed Vegeta was staring in awe of being next to his father, and then at the Saiyans around him on his throne. "While you and Vegeta were living an alternate life, every one except Kami, Krillen, and Trunks have kept their memories and are trying to figure out what is going on. King Kai contacted us and told us it has something to do with the Past. That is all we know, we just now wished every one of us Z Warriors, to have our memories restored."

Goku nodded, "Alright then let's go." He said using his instant transmission technique.

Goku witnessed Vegeta was staying put and so transported him and Piccolo back to the Lookout. He knew Vegeta would want to stay back and knew better than to try to get him to come with them, besides he could feel Vegeta's happiness all the way from the sky of being able to see his father again.

Landing on the Lookout he saw Krillen was upset, along with Kami, and Mr. Popo.

"What happened you guys?" Goku asked as he and Piccolo witnessed Krillen walking up to them.

"Goku, Trunks disappeared." Krillen started and saw his best friend was surprised.

"Wait, what? What about Trunks? How could he disappear?" Goku asked as Krillen looked at the ground.

"When you and Vegeta disappeared, Gohan ran out saying that Piccolo was different, but by the time we got to him he was just standing looking up at the sky, as if enjoying a breeze, then became…sand. Trunks helped me gather the dragonballs, but when the dragon disappeared he wasn't there." Krillen as he clenched his fists.

Goku was silent, as were the others.

Knock, knock

Everyone looked up as they heard someone knocking on a door.

"Kami it's coming from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber!" Mr. Popo as he ran up to Kami who walked with everyone to the time chamber, they heard it again.

"Never in all my years has this happened before. Mr. Popo, open the door." Kami as he and the others watched as he hesitatingly opened the door.

In a white flash their stood a young boy that barely reached Goku's waist. He had lavender hair and blue eyes that glowed with happiness as he walked up to everyone. He wore a white shirt with blue sleeves, and had gray stretch pants and black boots.

Behind him was a man of his late twenties who looked exactly like Goku, especially since he wore his gi.

"Wow, look at this place. It's amazing." The young boy as he looked around.

"Man it's been so long." The man as he looked at each of them.

"Who…?" Krillen was about to ask when he noticed Goku was gaping at the man before him.

"Gohan?" Goku blinked in surprise, and then turned around and saw the young child running down the steps towards the edge of the Lookout, "Trunks?"

"Yeah we're from ten years in the future we were told to come here by someone named Shin, supposedly the Supreme Kai. He said we would enter an alternate timeline that someone else had already been to." Gohan said as he watched Trunks kneel down and look over the Lookout.

"Hey Gohan are you sure we are in the right time?" Trunks asked from where he was looking.

Gohan walked with his dad and the others back on to the platform, and walked up to Trunks.

"I'm positive Trunks, why do you ask?" Gohan

"Where are the androids?" Trunks

"We defeated them." Goku said smiling at the two very surprised future warriors.

"Wow! Good job you guys!" Gohan as he smiled but then saw his pupil's curious look.

"How did you guys defeat them?" Trunks asked since they were currently still fighting the androids in their world.

"We shouldn't know anything about that Trunks, it might change something." Gohan said silencing the child's curiosity, he saw Trunks cross his arms and look to the left.

"Like it hasn't?" Trunks said as he glanced at his teacher then at Goku, "Goku, right?"

Goku nodded.

Gohan was about to say something when Trunks continued.

"We had been fighting the androids in our world, when they disappeared. On our way home we witnessed our world beginning to catch on fire. Shin transported us on to his world and explained to us that something bad had happened in the past. Something that we needed to stop or else our Time would end up being wiped out completely. Not knowing exactly how to teleport us he used a talisman to transport us through a portal to bring us here." Trunks

"We have no idea what happened or anything else other than that we are to help you out." Gohan said, "Dad, what's happened here? What do you know?"

"We're glad you guys came, we can definitely use the help." Krillen as he smiled, 'Gohan sure looks a lot like Goku, and Trunks sure looks…' He noticed the young boy was observing the Time Chamber and was ignoring the explanation Goku was giving Gohan about their world.

"…something in the past affects the future…something so bad that it could destroy the future….a twist in time, makes a difference, a major event…."

Krillen listened in on Trunks murmuring.

"The SAIYANS are back? Are you kidding me, is Nappa back?" Gohan's voice breaking in to everyone's thoughts just as a yellow jet plane landed on the platform.

"Bulma's here." Krillen said as he and the others saw everyone land/or come out of the plane.

"Gohan." Trunks as he walked up to his teacher unknowingly becoming the center of attention as the others walked up to them.

Gohan turned to him from his position next to his dad, Goku watched as Trunks looked at the ground. He looked to be thinking of a way to explain something.

"Yes Trunks?" Gohan as the others wondered what was going on but grew silent at the two new people.

"I was wondering…well you said that dad, Goku, you, and I were the only Saiyans alive. So I was wondering if there are so many Saiyans here, then does that mean that my dad's planet wasn't destroyed?" Trunks said as he witness Gohan and his dad's look of surprise.

TO BE CONTINUED…