The Piccolo Daimao Series
Inside the restaurant, Son Gokou looks strange and then rushes
off towards the Budoukai site (as if he
had felt something was happening). Inside, Krillin was lying
on the ground... dead. Gokou rushes after
Krillin's killer while Oolong finds a sheet with the kanji
"Ma" drawn in it () (Kamesennin quickly
realizes that it means the Demon King Piccolo is back). Later,
Gokou meets with Tamborine, the
monster who had killed Krillin, and fights him. But he's
weak from the Budoukai and he loses
(Tamborine thinks Gokou is finished and leaves. Also note
that Kintoun was destroyed during the fight).
While Kamesennin, Tenshin and Chauza look for the other dragonballs,
Gokou wakes up in the middle
of a forest. After recovering his strength, he meets Yajirobee
(who accuses Gokou of eating his fish).
Then Cymbol shows up and, after a brief fight, Yajirobee
kills Cymbol. Piccolo feels Cymbol's death
and orders Tamborine to kill the one who killed Cymbol. When
Tamborine finds them, Gokou realises
that he's the one who killed Krillin and demands to kill
Tamborine by himself (Yajirobee agrees). After
some fighting, Tamborine realises that he'll lose and tries
to run away. But Gokou won't just let him flee.
He uses his bo to gain height and then uses Kamehameha to
carbonize Tamborine (Yajirobee complaints
that Gokou left nothing for him to eat :) ). Later, they
spot a plane over them and they hear a female
voice telling that they had reached their destination (in
the middle of the phrase, a "Piccolo" is thrown in,
which makes Yajirobee remember something).
Then Yajirobee remembers who Piccolo actually is and gives
his #1 ball to Gokou before hiding. Piccolo
shows up and demands to know if it was Son Gokou the one
who killed his servants. Gokou demands
to know if it was Piccolo who killed Krillin and stole his
#4 ball. Piccolo acknowledges and Gokou
attacks. Piccolo takes a beating and falls. Everyone is impressed.
But Piccolo won't die with so little. He
gets up and, after some "chatting", he attacks full out.
Gokou takes a pounding during the combat. When
he realises that he's outmatched, he tries his last trumph.
He fires an all out Kamehameha and hits Piccolo
directly. But his Kamehameha has no effect. Piccolo is still
standing with no visible damage. Then Piccolo
attacks. Gokou evades the first attack, but when he tries
to counter-attack , Piccolo fires again. This
time Gokou can't evade and gets killed. Piccolo gets the
#1 ball and flies back to the plane (which then
leaves). Yajirobee closes and decides to bury Gokou, but
then he realises that the boy isn't dead (don't
know how... his heart had stopped, hadn't it?). Gokou asks
for Yajirobee to take him to Karin Tower
and Yajirobee agrees (after Gokou promises to get him a meal
on the tower).
While Gokou is taken to Karin Tower, Tenshin-han, Kamesennin
and Chauza found 5 dragonballs and
are preparing to ambush Piccolo and take the other two remaining
balls (they know that they can't defeat
Piccolo, so they want Shenlong to do it for them). Piccolo's
plane shows up, but he guesses
Kamesennin's plans and swallows his two balls. Kamesennin
then realises that there is only one way to
win... by using Mafuu-ba (Demon Seal). Kamesennin comes out
of his hiding place (he immobilizes
Tenshin first) and challenges Piccolo. He reveals the location
of the 5 remaining balls and says that
Piccolo has to kill him to get the dragon balls. Piccolo
attacks but Kamesennin doesn't react. Then
Kamesennin throws out a Denshi Jar capsule and Piccolo panicks.
Kamesennin tries Mafuu-ba but... he
misses. Kamesennin dies (a drawback of using that attack).
Piccolo get all balls and summons Shenlong.
Chauza tries to ask his wish to Shenlong, but is killed before
he completes it. Then Piccolo asks for his
youth, which he gets. When the dragon is about to leave,
Piccolo kills it, and the balls (now transformed
into rocks) fall to the ground. Piccolo goes back to the
plane and leaves for the King's castle (he
discards Pilaf, Mai and Shuu on the way). Piccolo takes over
the world. Meanwhile, Yajirobee is
climbing Karin Tower with Gokou on his back ( Gokou falls
asleep ) and Tenshin is telling Kame house
what happened and then goes away to train mafuu-ba.
When Gokou reaches the top of the tower, Karin gives him
a senzu seed and he recovers his strength
(Yajirobee doesn't like the idea that his meal is a senzu
seed and tries to eat lots of them). Gokou asks
Karin to train him like in the past but he can't help Gokou.
He's already stronger and faster than Karin.
Then he tells Gokou that he'll never be able to kill Piccolo
and also tells that Kamesennin had tried... and
failed. Then Gokou gets mad and decides to fight to avenge
both Krillin and Kamesennin. Karin tries to
stop him, but his mind is made up... he'll fight. Then Karin
tells Gokou about the Choushin water and
states that he's got some of that water on the tower (the
Choushin water is a magic water that will
develop any unnatural power of any person who does not fear
death. The penalty for failure is death).
Son Gokou eventually drinks it (despite the warnings from
Yajirobee, who takes a small taste from it and
almost gets killed) and, after a few hours, Gokou recovers
and feels the power of the Choushin water
flowing through him (Karin is stunned with such power). Gokou
receives a new cloud from Karin and
then leaves.
Meanwhile, Tenshin-han has mastered mafuu-ba and is on the
way to defeat Piccolo. Tenshin-han arrives
first and challenges Piccolo. Piccolo accepts and they prepare
to fight.Then Tenshin notices that the
Denshi jar is damaged, so he decides to proceed without mafuu-ba.
Tenshin-han gets nearer, but then
Piccolo decides that the new emperor should not get his hands
dirty and spits another egg. Drum gets
out of the egg and fights Tenshin-han. Despite Tenshin's
efforts, Drum is too fast and strong for him, so he
gets wasted. Just when Drum is about to kill Tenshin-han,
Gokou shows up and saves Tenshin (Piccolo is
surprised to know that Gokou IS still alive). Gokou kills
Drum and fights Piccolo. After some fighting,
Piccolo hurts Gokou on his right leg but even with just one
leg, Gokou hits Piccolo (he uses his bo).
Piccolo powers up and fires finger blasts. He manages to
knock away the bo and then fires a BIG blast
called Masenkou at Gokou. There's a big explosion and a huge
section of the city is destroyed (the old
king escaped in a plane). When the blast clears out, Piccolo
thinks he has won. Then he notices a flash
of power, but he can't believe that Gokou might have resisted
that blast, until he hears a laugher above
him.
He looks up and notices Tenshin-han holding Gokou (Piccolo
is really pissed off). Tenshin lands, but he's
exhausted and won't be able to do it again. Piccolo starts
another attack and Gokou tries to stop him,
but fails. Piccolo fires and Gokou can't evade. After the
second blast clears out, Tenshin-han is (or
seems) uncounscious and there's a big hole where Gokou was
supposed to be. Piccolo thinks that
Gokou is finished for good, but then he hears Gokou calling
for kintoun (Piccolo then panicks). Kintoun
shows up and gets Son Gokou out of the hole. Piccolo is exhausted
and Gokou is in "good" shape
(enough to beat Piccolo). Piccolo, realising that he'll lose
in a fist fight, decides to use a dirty trick. He
grabs Tenshin and threatens to kill him if Gokou moves. Son
Gokou reluctantly agrees. Piccolo throws
rocks to immobilize Gokou (takes out Gokou's left arm and
his good leg). and gains height for the kill.
But when he dives on Gokou, he realizes that he forgot one
of Gokou's arms. Son Gokou uses
Kamehameha to propel himself to Piccolo and uses his remaining
energy on a last resort attack. Gokou
kills Piccolo but, before dying, Piccolo expels an egg, from
which his son will be born. Yajirobee saves
Gokou from falling on the ground and takes him to Karin Tower
(Tenshin-han refused Yajirobee's help).
When Yajirobee reaches the top of the tower, Gokou is healed
and tells Karin that Shenlong is dead and
so Piccolo. Karin can't believe that Piccolo actually killed
Shenlong and states that now no-one can be
brought back to life. Then he remembers that there's a solution.
If Gokou asks the creator of the dragon
balls to restore the dragon, he'll be able to wish his friends
back to life (Yajirobee wants to know if
someone actually created the dragonballs). Then Gokou asks
who created them. Karin replies
"Kami-sama". After some explanations (and jokes from Yajirobee)
(and Gokou recovering his bo,
which would be absolutely necessary to reach Kami-sama),
Gokou heads to Kami-sama's Palace, right
above Karin Tower. When he reaches the palace, he sees Mr.
Popo and asks him if he's Kami-sama.
Popo tells Gokou who he is and asks Gokou to prove that he's
been sent by Karin-sama. Gokou shows
him the bell Karin gave him and Popo tells that before Gokou
can see Kami-sama, he'll have to fight him
(Gokou likes the idea). They fight, but Popo is much faster
than Gokou and resists his Kamehameha (by
swallowing it :) ). Mr. Popo says that it's pointless to
continue the fight and declares himself the winner.
Gokou acknowledges, but he won't give up yet. He starts training
on Kami-sama's place to get stronger
(Mr. Popo gives some advices).
Gokou's determination finally pays back. Kami-sama agrees
to meet Son Gokou after all (Popo states
that the boy got lucky). Kami-sama shows up (looks like Piccolo)and
Gokou, thinking that it's Piccolo
again, attacks. Kami-sama protects himself with an energy
shield and Mr. Popo grabs Gokou on the
rebound. Gokou gets explained some facts about Piccolo and
Kami-sama (Piccolo is Kami-sama's evil
self) and agrees to train with Kami-sama until the next Tenkaichi
Budoukai, where Piccolo's son will
show up. Kami-sama revives the dragon and the dragon balls
(at Kame House) recover their original
shape. Realising it, the people at Kame House quickly call
for Shenlong and ask for everyone killed by
Piccolo to be brought back to life. Meanwhile, Gokou is training
in Kami-sama's palace.
Another three years pass. Kamesennin and Ranchi are at the
tournament site, waiting for everyone to
arrive. After Oolong, Puat and Bulma, it's Gokou's turn.
No-one recognises him (Ranchi seems to have
an idea of who it might be :) ) at first. They soon find
out he's Son Gokou (he grew up a LOT). He signs
up and waits for the others. Later, Yamcha, Chauza, Krillin
and Tenshin-han show up and sign up at the
Tenkaichi Budoukai. They join Kamesennin and the gang and,
when they see Gokou... they are amazed
at how much Gokou grew up. They go back to the hotel and
get some sleep (note: Piccolo signed up
with the name Ma Jr.). The next day, the Tenkaichi Budoukai
starts. Everyone goes to the stadium and
the fighters enter the building where the eliminatories are
to take place. Yamcha and Krillin notice that
Gokou's tail is missing and Gokou can't really explain why
was it removed. Then he notices Ma Jr.
entering the building. No-one, except for Gokou and Tenshin-han
(who had fought Piccolo) recognised
him as Piccolo's son (good thing). Then the eliminatories
start.
All our heroes (except for Chauza, defeated by Tao Pai Pai)
go to the finals. Tao Pai Pai, Ma Jr., Shen
and Chichi also go to the finals (note that , at first, no-one
knows that she's Chichi, not even Gokou, who
had promised to marry her). The first combat pits Tenshin-han
against Tao Pai Pai. Tao Pai Pai gets
beaten, despite using illegal weapons (at first, a sword,
and then, an energy cannon). The second combat
pits Chichi against Gokou (he still doesn't recognize her
and she had requested to be referred to as
Tokumei Kibou (the Mysterious Girl) ). The combat starts
and her attacks have no effect (Gokou keeps
evading or blocking her attacks). But she keeps trying to
make Gokou remember her and his promess of
marrying her (everyone is shocked). Then she tells Gokou
that she will reveal her name IF Gokou wins
the combat. Son Gokou attacks and throws her out of the ring.
She tells him that she's Chichi and then
he remembers everything. He then agrees to marry her. Third
combat opposes Krillin and Ma Jr. . The
fight starts and the initial Krillins' attack works well.
But Ma Jr. is just too strong for Krillin to handle
and he loses.
Fourth combat pits Yamcha against Shen (the nerd). After
some silly moves (Yamcha gets hit stupidly
and, when he attacks, he gets his balls smashed) Yamcha states
that he'll play for real now and tells Shen
to do the same. Shen agrees and attacks Yamcha so fast that
he has no time to react (everyone is
impressed). The fight continues and Yamcha fails to beat
Shen. Not even his Souki-Dan attack gives him
the victory. Eventually, Shen wins. Gokou wonders who Shen
might be and then realises that Shen is
actually Kami-sama in disguise.
The fifth combat opposes Gokou and Tenshin-han. When the
fight starts, the fight seems to be quite even,
until Tenshin starts fighting full-out (he then surpasses
Gokou in matter of speed). Son Gokou takes some
pounding and almost falls out of the ring. Gokou then decides
to take off his heavy clothes (surprise!),
which weighted around 100Kg. Gokou warms up and Kamesennin
can't believe Gokou really fought
that well with those clothes on, while Tenshin tries to figure
out a way to win the combat. The combat
starts again and Tenshin can't believe that Gokou was fast
enough to grab his belt without him noticing!
Then he decides to use Me no 12. Gokou is surprised to see
that he now has four enemies, instead of
one (Tenshin created 3 extra copies of himself). The fight
goes on and Tenshin seems to have the upper
hand, until Gokou effectively counters Tenshin's attack.
Then Tenshin-han tries to hit Gokou with an
energy attack (Gokou evades at the last second) and, when
he spots Gokou in the air, he fires again (this
time he barely hits Gokou) and Gokou falls. Gokou recovers
and tells Tenshin that it was a good trick
(Tenshin can't believe that he recovered so quickly). Then
Tenshin fires again. Gokou evades it and,
when he fires again, Gokou uses Taiyou Ken to blind all four
Tenshin-hans. He then attacks and throws
all Tenshin-hans outside the ring. Gokou wins.
Sixth combat opposes Shen and Ma Jr. The fight starts and
they seem to be even (everyone is
impressed). The fight continues and Piccolo can't figure
out why he can't control Shen. Then he realises
that Shen is Kami-sama (he laughs). They speak (and threaten)
to each other (in namekian) and Shen
takes a bottle from his pocket. The announcer can't understand
what he is doing, but Piccolo does. Shen
uses mafuu-ba against Piccolo. But Piccolo had foreseen the
possibility of being attacked with
mafuu-ba... and uses mafuu-ba rebound to trap Shen inside
the bottle. Everyone is shocked, but only
Kamesennin and the gang understood what happened (everyone
else thought that Shen was thrown
uncounscious to the ground, because Kami-sama's host was
lying on the ground). Ma Jr. asks what
Gokou wants and he replies that he wants the bottle. Ma Jr.
swallows the bottle and comments that, for
Gokou to get it, he'll have to kill him. But, if it happens,
Kami-sama dies as well. Ma Jr. leaves and
Kamesennin arrives. He wants Gokou to explain what's going
on. Gokou hesitates, but he finally explains
everything. Ma Jr. shows up again and claims that Gokou will
not stand a chance. The 10 minute break
between both fights ends and they go to the ring.
The fight opposes Ma Jr. and Son Gokou. The fight starts
and no-one is really winning. The fight goes
on and Piccolo (alas Ma Jr. if you don't know) decides to
use the same attack his father had used
against Gokou. Gokou jumps up for the blast not to hit the
ground and then avoids the blast at the last
second. Piccolo gloats at his abilities and Gokou prepares
to use Chou Kamehameha (stands for
"Ultimate Kamehameha"... very powerful). But Kamesennin reminds
Gokou that, if he kills Ma Jr. he'll
also kill Kami-sama. Then Ma Jr. begins powering up to use
the attack his father used to kill Shenlong 3
years before. Then Krillin reminds Gokou that Kami-sama can
be brought back with the dragonballs
and Gokou starts his Chou Kamehameha once more. Both fighters
fire their blasts, but Gokou
suceeds in hitting Ma Jr. Unfortunately, Ma took little damage
himself (except his clothes, which were
badly damaged). Then the announcer notices that, without
the turbant, Ma looks like Piccolo Daimao,
who had been killed 3 years before. Ma tells everyone that
he IS Piccolo and, not much later, the area
(probably the island) is deserted. Only our heroes remained
(with the announcer).
The fight continues and Piccolo grows high. Some time later,
Ma gets some kicking and decides to grow
even more. Now he is BIG. But that was his mistake. Gokou
jumped and projected himself into
Piccolo's mouth. In there, he searched for Kami-sama's bottle,
grabbed it and went back outside. He
then throws the bottle to Tenshin-han, who opens it and releases
Kami-sama (thus weakening Piccolo's
power). Piccolo reverts to normal and they continue fighting.
Later, Gokou gets "zapped" by a blast fired
from Piccolo's "antennas" and, when Piccolo is about to kill
Gokou, Kami-sama blocks the punch.
Gokou reminds Kami-sama that they are still in the Budoukai
and have to abide by the rules. Kami-sama
leaves and Piccolo fires a guided projectile. Gokou initially
evades, but he soon finds that it's guided.
Gokou uses Kamehameha to propel himself away from the blast
and then waits for the blast. When the
blast is about to hit him, Gokou runs in Piccolo's direction
and disappears at the last moment. Piccolo is
hit and gets hurt in his left arm. He refuses Gokou's request
for him to surrender and regenerates a new
arm (Gokou is impressed). Then Ma starts yet another attack.
Gokou yells for everyone to leave the island. But there's
not enough time, so Tenshin opens a pit for
everyone to hide in. Piccolo completes his attack and blows
the whole island (well... he flattens it). But
Gokou survived, for everyone's surprise, and Gokou retaliates
with Kamehameha. Piccolo takes a lot of
damage this time and seems as he's finished. When the announcer
goes to nine, Gokou lowers his guard
and then Piccolo fires a mouth blast, whick punches a hole
through Gokou's chest. Everyone panicks.
But Gokou won't give up. He keeps fighting, but he gets his
two legs broken and his good arm badly
wounded. Ma Jr. gains height while Gokou refuses help and
begs Tenshin not to kill Kami-sama, who
had requested Tenshin to kill him to save Gokou. Then Piccolo
fires a big blast against Gokou.
It apparently kills Gokou. Piccolo claims that he's number
one and gets ready to kill the others. Then
Krillin notices Gokou heading to Piccolo on a flat trajectory
and realises that Gokou had learned
Bukuujutsu (the technique used to fly around). Gokou hits
Piccolo and throws him out of the ring. Gokou
is declared to be the winner of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai.
He's healed (Yajirobee gave him a senzu
seed) and jumps high yelling "I won!". Then he notices that
Kami-sama is about to kill Piccolo. He stops
him and reminds that the dragonballs will lose its power
if Kami-sama dies, which means Kami-sama
can't be brought back if he, or Piccolo, dies. He asks for
a senzu seed from Yajirobee and he gives
Gokou one.Gokou gives the senzu to Piccolo, which quickly
recovers, says that Gokou will regret that
one day and flies away. Kami-sama asks Gokou to be the new
Kami-sama but Gokou refuses and flies
away with Chichi. The TV Dragon Ball series ends at this
point, but the manga continues!