FAN: Dragon Ball Z

For this FAN, I cover my version of Dragon Ball Z.

To start, Goku won’t be a full-blooded Saiyan as it’s too much for him to be completely alien and it’s too much like Superman. Instead he’ll be descendant of a Saiyan, the one who was originally sent to eradicate this world, and thus he is both alien and earthling/human as he always believed. Raditz won’t be his brother, but simply a surviving Saiyan warrior as being Goku’s brother served no real purpose to the story. Everything else in the Saiyan Saga happens the same, as does the Frieza Saga.

Now in the Android Saga, small changes will be made. First, no one reaches SSJ, as Goku finds he can’t maintain it due to the immense power. Instead he goes FSSJ (False Super Saiyan AKA a Golden Aura and the hair spikes with the same base color) and even that is only in short bursts. The same warning happens with Trunks (but without him taking out Frieza and fighting Goku in a short burst of FSSJ), and training happens. During that training:

Vegeta = FSSJ in short bursts. Big strong, charged attacks, condensed to hurt more, etc.

Piccolo = his stretching arms, using giant arms for giant blasts and to smash and punch, using dismembered body parts to shoot ki/blasts, using clothes beam cleverly to trap and weigh down or even set up opponents, using his giant form (he’ll get super strength, super durability, but slower speed) to smash, get eyebeams and mouth beams, step on people, swat them with his hand, etc.

Krillin = diversifying his Kienzan and other like moves (multiple Kienzan, using it with multi-form, splitting other attacks like solar flare into many flashing lights, a giant Kienzan that splits into many smaller ones, a three way split kamehameha, etc.)

Chiaotzu = psychic powers (both TK and TP, illusions, using TK to freeze, TK to work on just one body part, TK to throw projectiles like Guldo did, stopping and throwing back ki blast, dispersing ki blasts, funneling ki blasts back at the opponent for more power, using TK to hurt specific limbs, crush people, Darth Vader people, etc.)

Yajirobe = placing his ki on his sword so that it can cut energy, eventually reflect it, can stab anything, cut anything, etc. He’ll have a super quick draw that’s nearly faster than anyone, long range sword slashes via air pressure mixed in with sometimes ki.

Tien = solar flare from third eye, gathering energy from his third eye (that he can fire as piercing beam or use for large kikoho), learn to fire Dodonpa with all fingers, develop a four then six then eight then ten then twelve arm Kikoho (that gets stronger/more focused with each arm), and so on.

Gohan = becomes a smart fighter, using angles, anatomy knowledge (organs and muscles/tendons), ki that burns (burns hotter with his rage and anger), breaking down styles from studying them, using and modifying techniques from others (humans and saiyans alike), etc.

Yamcha = back to his bandit roots and fights dirty and use pressure points, uses his ki ball discretely to hit opponent from behind, become a distraction fighter, and greatly improve his stealth to sneak up on far more powerful opponents. .

This gives everyone their own style and levels of usefulness, no matter the power of the opponent and will lessen the focus on the Saiyans.

Android 19 and 20 are mostly the same, except Piccolo will escape #20’s grip by growing giant, reestablishing that as a useful power. #20 will escape nonetheless and activate #18 and #17 and be killed by them, just like in actual DBZ. The Androids however won’t be so overpowered, and instead FSSJ will be nearly equal to the Androids with a slight edge, but a stamina limit that causes them to lose to the longevity of the Androids. With Cell, everything goes the same except Cell’s not from the future, but from the main timeline as the future thing got a little…dumb.

Piccolo will still fuse with Kami, but this will reset his powers, causing him to relearn them. This explains why he’s close with Cell and #17, even though he’s actually stronger than both. The fluctuation of powers will be hindering him.

FSSJ Vegeta will be equal with Semi-Perfect Cell, and Super Vegeta will be that same Vegeta but with his hair occasionally flashing into SSJ Mode. Of course, he will dominate Cell as usual and let him absorb #18 and the remote will be made by Bulma, but Krillin will be too late to press it. He won’t crush it like before, but a moment of hesitation WILL cost him.

The group will train in the RoSaT for the Cell Games, and it will allow FSSJ to be maintained permanently. Brief flashes of SSJ will be added on but it will drain the FSSJ time limit. Goku and Perfect Cell will fight and Goku will go full Super Saiyan, but will eventually run out of energy. He’ll say Gohan can win and Gohan will fight, going Super Saiyan as well, and will have an advantage against Cell in power, but his inexperience will allow Cell to hang in there. Cell will make the Cell Juniors, and Gohan will waste time trying to stop them, giving Cell openings that he can’t afford. Vegeta, Trunks, and Piccolo do eventually handle them however, and let Gohan know that they have it under control so he can fight.

The #16 situation will happen an Gohan will be stunned in disbelief. Cell thinks he needs more motivation and will death beam Piccolo, causing Gohan to snap and go full on Super Saiyan+his Rage boosts (like he did against Frieza but with more power) and he’ll destroy Cell.

I wouldn’t do a Buu Saga, but if I had to, then I’d keep Gohan as the protector from that day on, honing his skills and his smarts. It’d start in the Buu Saga with him as a Super Hero (and Goten and Trunks as both attempted villains and sidekicks), saving others (verdict’s out on if Great Saiyaman will remain the same or not). The Videl subplot can remain and throughout the saga, there will be flashbacks of Gohan cleaning up the RR army problems, and fighting others like Bojack or just a general concept of a space pirate.

Instead of Buu, I’d have Broly be the villain and he’d be more of a gladiator, looking for the best fight. He’d lack his hate for Goku and that back story, but would still come to Earth looking for Goku as he heard he was a Super Saiyan and defeated Frieza. Gohan would be a full on Super Saiyan by this time, holding the form easily and working on an Ascended Super Saiyan form. He’d fight Broly and lose, only getting real offense in when he goes Ascended for a few seconds, and Broly would tear through the rest of the Z Fighters with some pit stops on the way, with either Chiaotzu or Yamcha saving everyone’s lives with their powers.

Broly would destroy the planet due to not finding a challenge and the Z-Fighters would exist only in a protective bubble in Kami’s Lookout. Videl and Mr. Satan would be saved along with the Z Fighters’ families and they’d obviously be confused and out of place. Broly would be far stronger than any foe before him and he’d not even remember Earth favorably, referring to the planet and it’s fighters as ‘pathetic.’ He’d continue his journey, looking for a good fight, and in the meantime the Z-Fighters would be nursing Gohan to health and coming up with a strategy.

They’d ultimately come up with nothing, but once Gohan awoke, he’d formulate a plan and train on maintaining the Ascended form. It’d be almost a year (the time limit of the Dragon Balls) before they’re ready, and then they’d seek out Broly, and execute said plan. In the mean time, Broly would tear his way to the afterlife and fight their best, the legendary Super Saiyan: Goku, and others, and demolish them all. He wouldn’t even bother to kill them again.

When the fight came against the Z-Fighters, it’d be a tough bout with sacrifices from Chiaotzu and Yamcha (as Broly recognizes what they did), and everyone would get demolished as usual with the difference of a last second distraction from Goten and Trunks and then Videl and Mr. Satan (literal distractions, not hurting Broly at all) allowing them to get the win after Gohan Ascends and rages on Broly, letting out all of his energy at once. Broly would be blasted into the sun, surviving unbeknownst to everyone, but he’d be out of commission for a while. The Earth would be wished back afterwards, as well as all of its people and Gohan would get with Videl and continue life at school, while continuing to train. Goku would be sent down for one fight and him and Gohan would spar one last time as Goku acknowledges his growth.

That’d end DBZ.