"Do not ignore me, Kakarot!" Raditz demanded. "You have a lot to answer for! This planet should have been left a without a speck of life on it and instead I find you standing around chatting away with these low-level cretins! Calling them family over ME! You should be helping me slaughter them all, not chatting away about how they are your family! I am your family and you have a duty to the Saiyan race!"
Goku merely narrowed his eyes at that. "I don't know who you are and why you think you can just show up and begin screaming at me but I'm not going t put up with it!"
"You truly have no idea, do you?" the other Saiyan said before letting out a laugh. "You don't, do you! There is not even a single inkling in that head of yours who you are, what you are." Raditz cackled at that. "Perhaps you can be forgiven for your failure, little brother, as well as your attitude… so long as you have a decent enough excuse for the loss of your memories." He jabbed a finger at Goku. "You are a member of the Saiyan Race, the greatest warriors in all the universe. With the destruction of our home, the Planet Vegeta, only four of us remain but even then we remain some of the most feared beings in all the Galaxy. I came here to seek out your help, for there is a planet that needs to be wiped clean of all life that is proving bothersome. Yet you can't even get this world cleared out of the filth that calls it home?" He frowned. "Instead you actually LIVE among them? Where is your pride, Kakarot!?"
"I have plenty of pride," Goku told him, eyes narrowed in determination. "It's that pride that keeps me from just mindlessly destroying everything just because I could. Anyone can destroy… it takes a powerful person to understand their power and not let it control them. And I don't like you talking that way about my friends… no. Talking about my FAMILY that way. So unless you want to apologize then I'm going to MAKE you."
That made the Saiyan Warrior laugh. "Finally! I was afraid being sent to this pathetic planet had made you utterly weak!" He tensed, readying for battle. "I will make sure you understand your place. You will fall in line and then you will help me ensure that every pathetic being on this planet knows their doom came to them at the hands of Raditz! So prepare yourself because that little scuffle we just had wasn't even a warmup for me!"
"Goku?" I called out before the two could launch themselves at each other. "Maybe you want to move this someplace you can stretch your legs?" I looked back towards Kame House, thankful that Roshi had managed to keep Gohan inside and away from Raditz's line of sight. "You know, allow you to go all out. The island isn't really suited for a true brawl."
"Right!" Goku said, rising in the air. "Come on Raditz… you want a fight? I know where were to go to have one. There is a grass plain 60 miles from here… we can fight there."
"Lead on, brother, lead on. I'll enjoy putting you in your place!" He looked right back at me. "Enjoy this brief reprieve, human. Because when we return my brother will get to watch as I destroy you all!"
With that Goku and Raditz rocketed off, leaving us behind.
"Krillin, can you find your friends and get them to where Goku is going?" I asked. "I have a feeling he's going to need all the help he can get."
"Yeah, I think you're right!" Krillin declared. "I know Goku is strong but what I sensed from that Raditz guy…" He shook his head and I completely got it; even being a human with a power level most likely in the single digits I had felt Raditz's strength. It was the same ancient instinct that had allowed my primal ancestors know there was a predator nearby. "Hopefully Tien and Yamcha are close enough by…" He took off without saying another word, leaving the rest of us behind without a second glance. Not that I blamed him, all things considered.
"Do you think that strange man could be Goku's brother?" Bulma asked as Roshi came out, holding a sniffling Gohan's hand. The boy rubbed his nose with his sleeve, worrying his lip with his teeth. "I mean… he can't, right?"
"Its possible," Roshi stated. "Goku's grandpa stated that he found Goku in a strange pod-like device. He wasn't sure what it was but perhaps it came from wherever that strange warrior came from. I assumed that it was just an egg and that Goku was from a weird race of monkey people… but perhaps he truly is an alien."
"Does it matter, though?" I asked.
"Of course it doesn't!" Bulma yelled at me and I quickly threw up my hands to defend myself. "Sorry," she said, instantly deflated. "I get it… just asking questions. That's what I paid you to do. Its just-"
"You're worried, I get that."
"Daddy?" Gohan whimpered. "Where did my daddy go?" He looked about rapidly, tears gathering in his eyes.
"Oh… oh sweetie," Bulma knelt down so she could look Gohan in the eye. "He had to go take care of that bad man but he'll be back soon, I promise. Until then you are safe with us."
"He… he said… you were his sister?" Gohan frowned, mulling over that new word. "What does that mean?"
"It means she's your aunt," I chimed in. "They look after kids if their mom and dad are busy."
"Aunt?" the little boy said, staring at Bulma.
"Yeah!" she declared, perking up. "I'm Aunt Bulma! And me and Uncle Roshi are going to make sure you are safe until your dad returns."
As Bulma comforted Gohan I walked over to Roshi, Isco following after. "Goku is in trouble, isn't he?" I whispered, low enough that Gohan couldn't hear. "I can't do a tenth of what Bulma says you guys can do but Raditz…"
"Yes," Roshi said softly, all his earlier guffing and joking gone in the face of this new threat. "Raditz… he is beyond anything Goku has ever faced. While it is impressive that Goku has remained as strong as he has, after getting married and having a son, he hasn't grown in strength like he did back when he was fully dedicated to his training. He has leveled off and I am worried that will make him unable to overcome Raditz. And what he is after…" The old man gripped his walking stick. "With Piccolo he wanted to take over the world. Raditz just wants to destroy it!"
"I suppose," Isco stated, "that it is too much to hope that much like his hair Raditz was embellishing his abilities to compensate for something?"
"Heh," Roshi laughed but it was weak and forced. "We can only hope…"
I frowned as I looked at the ocean. 'The smart thing would be to stay here and hope that things work out like they did last time. Maybe even better, if Krillin is with Goku. They could meet up with Piccolo and convince him to fight with them…' I glanced over at Gohan and Bulma and set my jaw. 'Or things could get far worse.'
A curse flew past my lips before I was moving towards Bulma's ship.
"Kayos?" she called out, carrying Gohan with her. "What are you doing?"
"Helping," I said, shaking my head. "Lord knows I have no idea WHAT I'll be able to do but I have to try."
"You can't fight Raditz!" Roshi cried out in a panic. "You'd be slaughtered!"
"Yeah," I muttered because I'd found myself in Dragon Ball Z as a normal human. No special moves. No magic. Nothing.
Just my brains.
"But… I have some theories," I said as I began to puzzle over what I could do to help. Ideas began to race through my head, growing like acorns, taking roots so that, hopefully, when I did end up at the battle field, I would have a mighty oak in their place.
"Well don't take the car!" Bulma protested. "I just got it waxed. Here!" She ran over to the side and pulled out a capsule box, selecting one and clicking it to allow for a flying motorcycle-like vehicle to appear, complete with a helmet.
"Thanks," I said as I grabbed the helmet and slipped it on. I looked over at Bulma and another thought struck me. "Can I have some capsules? Doesn't matter what you give me…"
"Yeah, that might be a good idea. Do you know anything about healing?"
"I do." It was sports medicine but it was better than anything.
"Then take this," she said, handing me one small traveling case of capsules. "And these two." She passed me another two cases which I secured to the bike. "One has food, which Goku is going to want after his fight. The other… well, I'm not for sure-"
"Hopefully I won't need them but if I do… well, anything is better than nothing," I said as I hopped onto the bike . "Isco, staying here or coming?"
"I am out of a job if you die, sir," Isco said, using his arms to lock himself onto the bike.
"Then let's go."
"Kayos!" Bulma called out. "…be careful."
I gave a nod, knowing I was about to do anything BUT.
And with that we rose in the air, Bulma and Roshi waving goodbye before I rocketed off towards the dumbest thing I'd ever done.