Chapter 1: The Long Awaited Reunion

A young boy with a tail smiled and laughed as the wind brushed past his face. He was flying with his father on a magical cloud over the ocean to a place his dad had called Kame Island. The boy's name was Gohan and his father was Goku. The boy admired his father for he was a legendary martial artist who had saved the world on more than one occasion. In fact he had already been saved by his father from the sadistic and ruthless Garlic Jr.. He couldn't remember how his father had defeated him all he could remember was waking up in his father's arms knowing that it was all over. Ever since then all Gohan could ever think about was becoming a legendary hero like his father and carrying on his legacy. Unbeknownst to him that legacy had already been determined and today was the start of the great prophecy made long ago.

Off on a tiny island a group of old friends celebrated a long overdue reunion. There where sounds of clinging glasses, laughter, and even a little gun fire as the wise but perverted Master Roshi fondled Launch's overwhelmingly nice ass at the same exact time she sneezed into her more violent persona. Of course being the master martial artist he was, he caught all bullets out of the air while chuckling the goofy way he always had, only to have Bulma, the blue haired beauty, come up and smack him across the back of the head.

"Owwwww, what the hell was that for?!" Roshi complained. "For being a creepy old man!" Bulma screeched irritably. Everyone one else in the room just laughed, this was an all to familiar sight. "Hey guys I'm here" cried a voice from just outside. Instantly everyone ran outside, "Goku" everyone yelled. Goku had the biggest grin on his face, it had been years since he had seen his friends, there was Bulma, Launch, Master Roshi, Yamacha, Tien, Chiaotzu, and of coarse Krillin. "Its great to see you all again" Goku said still with a huge grin. "You to buddy," Krillin said and then he asked the obvious question "but Goku what's with the kid, are you babysitting or something?" "What? Oh no, everyone this is Gohan, he's my son. Gohan say hello to everyone." said Goku invitingly, he could tell Gohan was nervous. Everyone's jaw dropped. When had their beloved innocent friend become a father, to them Goku was like a big kid but now he was raising one. "Er…hello everyone it is a pleasure to meet you all" Gohan said politely while taking a bow. "Hi" everyone responded simultaneously, still dumbfounded by this most startling news. Master Roshi was deep in thought. 'So Goku you've managed to raise a family and yet I can sense that you are even stronger than you were against Piccolo, impressive.' Bulma was the first to regain her composure. "So how old are you little guy" Bulma asked cheerfully. Gohan started counting on his fingers. "I am 4" Gohan said lifting up four fingers. "Wow! That's cool little man" Bulma started "well my name is Bulma and I am Goku's ooooooldest friend. In fact I've known him since he was just a little older than you. Oh we've been through so much together like this one time we…." Bulma started ranting on about the first time they collected the dragon balls and went head to head with Pilaf.

"Congratulations Goku" Tien Shinhan said shaking hands with his long time friend and rival "you have a fine boy, so has he started training yet or are you waiting until he's older" "Yeah" Krillin said "what has the son of the great Goku have to offer to the martial arts world." "Actually Chi Chi doesn't want me to teach him martial arts." Goku explained "She says she wants her son to be a successful scholar, not a renegade mad man fighting every time the opportunity comes about." "Mad man?!" Krillin exclaimed "But you two got engaged during the World Martial Arts tournament right after your match, fighting is in his blood" "It's a shame" Tien said "he would have probably made a great warrior." "Not probably Tien, definitely." Goku said as he started explaining the events that happened between Garlic Jr, Piccolo, Gohan and himself. "So he was able to protect you from being sucked into and at the same time push Garlic into the dead zone, that's astonishing." Tien said rather shocked at the kind of power it would take to accomplish something like that without any training. "Yeah I told Chi…" Goku was cut off by and approaching power level. All at once the Z fighters fell into a defensive stance as they felt the enormous power descend upon the island. "Ah Kakarrott I have finally found you."

"So Kakarrot would you mind explaining what you are doing with these Earthlings?" The unknown warrior asked demandingly. Everyone just stared, except for Gohan who was cowering behind his father, they had no idea who this Kakarrot guy was or why this person seemed to be directing his question to Goku but they knew one thing and that was that this guy was scary. None of them had ever felt a power level like the one right in front of them all they could hope for was for him to realize that they didn't know this Kakarrot and leave them in peace. Master Roshi had no illusions of such a scenario, he could feel that this man that stood before them was evil and several times stronger than even Goku. He opened his mouth to speak but Goku beat him to the punch.

"I don't know who this Kaka whatever guy is or who you are but I must ask you are you a friend or foe?" "Friend or foe? Friend or foe?! What the hell are you talking about Kakarrot it's me Raditz." The man said rather angrily. "Kakarrot?" Goku said dumbfounded "My name is Goku why are you calling me Kakarott?" "Because Kakarrot that is your name. What the hell is wrong with you?" Raditz couldn't understand it. Why could he not remember and why was this planet still inhabited. And that's when Krillin noticed it, wrapped around the man waist was a tail. "Goku look he's got a tail just like you use to." the monk said in shock. Goku saw it, what does this mean he thought. "Ok who are you and why are you here?" Goku demanded. Raditz couldn't believe his ears, he really didn't know. "Alright you've lost your memory somehow so I'll make things clear for you. Your name is Kakarrot. You are from a planet named Vegeta and part of a proud warrior race called the Saiyans." Everyone was shocked when they heard this but the alien continued. "However the planet was destroyed many years ago and only a few of us remain. Besides you and myself there are only two others alive. The only reason you survived the destruction was because as a baby you where sent to this planet in order to terminate its population, which you have failed miserably at I must say." This was all to much for Goku to take in, he was being overwhelmed with mixture of emotion, on one hand he didn't want to believe it but on the other hand he knew it was true. He had always felt that there was something different about himself from the rest of his friends but he could never put his finger on it. Either way he knew this was not the time or place to get emotional. "You still haven't answered my questions, who are you and why are you here?" Goku asked more sternly than before. "Of coarse how very rude of me" Raditz said rather shrewdly "I am here because I require your assistance, little brother."

Everyone just stared at him in disbelief how could it be that their beloved Goku was related to this ruthless alien that seemed bent on destroying the world. Krillin thought back to all those days training at Master Roshi, how could he have never picked up on it. They were together all the time for that first year and he felt that him and Goku had learned everything about each other while going through the hell of Master Roshi's training. So how was it that he had never picked up on the fact that Goku wasn't from this planet. Bulma thought of all the times they hunted for the dragon balls and all the times she was amazed by the boys ability and yet not even once had it crossed her mind that he wasn't a human, even knowing that he had tail. Master Roshi just stared deep in thought "You're lying" Goku screamed "I'm not like you I don't enjoy harming others and I would never exterminate the people on this planet." "No Goku" Master Roshi said "this man is telling the truth. You see there is something I have never told any of you and that is that long ago Gohan had told me that he found a young boy in the woods who was in some strange sphere contraption that he was sure was not of this Earth. Goku I'm am sorry to tell you this but even the most painful of truths is better than the sweetest of lies." Not even Roshi's sunglasses could hide the pain in his face as the words left his mouth but he knew that now was the time to tell him. From the look on Goku's face Raditz could tell that he was finally convinced of the truth. "Ah, very good old man you saved me the trouble from needing to convince Kakarrot any further. So little brother are you ready?" "Ready for what?" Goku asked "You are already several times stronger than I am so what could you possibly need my help for?" Raditz chuckled a little and then stated "Well you see little brother we Saiyans are part of a planet trading organization. We conquer planets of great value and then sell them to the highest bidders. That is why we sent you to Earth so many years ago. Recently we came across a planet of great value but the inhabitants are to powerful for the three of us to handle but lucky for us I remembered you. So what I need from you Kakarrot is to first help rid me of the worthless maggots on this planet and then come with me to meet up with Prince Vegeta and Nappa so we can conquer this new planet. Does that sound good to you?" Raditz asked sarcastically. "As a matter of fact that is not ok with me," Goku stated angrily "Now leave this planet and never return otherwise I'll have no choice but to fight you." "Fight me? Fight me! You wouldn't last 2 minutes against me you power level is only 330" Raditz laughed hysterically. "Yeah well he won't be alone" Tien said walking up next to Goku and falling into stance. "Yeah, we've got you back" Yamacha said as he, Krillin, and Chiaotzu all followed suit. Raditz turned on his scouter and then began to laugh even louder. "HA HA AHHH HA HA! Even all of you combined are still not as powerful as me" Raditz then dropped his smile and got real serious "Now Kakarrot think this through carefully. Join me or be terminated with the rest of this worthless planet." Goku suddenly launched at Raditz only to have him disappear and reappear right behind him. "This is your last chance." Raditz said demonically.

Hello everyone, first and foremost if you are reading this I thank you for your time. I would love to hear a reply (good or bad) to let me know what you think. Second I know there is some inconsistency with the Garlic Jr. story that I want to explain. The way that story played out in my story is the same except Krillin never showed up and it was about a year before this point in time. So the backbone of this story, though I am still deciding how to go about it, is the rise of Goku's entire family into the greatest hero's the universe has ever seen. That is all I am going to say about it for now. Once I get a few more chapters wrote I will try to have a regular release schedule. Again thank you for taking time to read this and I promise this story will pick up really fast.