I died... and I'm green now?!

Piccolo was in a crater in the forest. He has landed and flexed his aura out. Destroying a good 100 meter diameter of forest all around himself.

He panted hard and began to try to control the images that flashed through his mind.

His betraying friend. Ki crackles.

His stepdad that tore his family apart. His roar echoes throughout the forest.

His dead sister. Who was covered in the mans despicable seed. His ki shoots up to the heavens.

His arrival in this world and a shit at a second chance. His mind calms down and thinks it through.

He manages to pant hard while his body finally relaxed and winds down his crackling aura as he notices the sun is setting. He was lost in his own mind and grief for the better part of 3 hours.

He shakes his head and leans up against a non destroyed tree to meditate and try to get a handle on his trauma triggers.

He goes inside his mind. Sees the memories. Begins to relegate then back to the corners of his mind he had trapped them inside before. And did his best to avoid thinking of them.

He then began to approach them to see what triggers them and try to understand them and make them not an issue. Just as Kami had taught him in his meditation lessons with his other half.

But just as he began to approach the trauma of abuse and bullying in the form of his stepdad. He was awoken from hearing someone call out.

"Green sir! Are you there?! I heard a loud scream and crash from here! Please be okay! I need to talk to you!"

Piccolo heard Suno looking for him.

With a sigh he gets up from his meditation and begins to walk towards her energy signature.

Suno was busy looking around. She had her tree marker and a pistol in a holster for any animals she could find for the village out here. But her main objective was to find her savior and thank him for his help.

She can't believe how far he had flown off as it had taken her nearly 4 hours to reach here.

Including breaks that is.

But she was fit from her time living in these mountains and woods and the nearly perpetual winter her village dealt with year after year. With only one month of spring, a month of summer, then 2 of fall. They never seemed to last long and the chill and snow would return within those 4 months.

She turned and marked another tree with a big red X. As she finished it she put away the marker and turned.

Right into someone's broad chest and whacked her nose into something so solid she would swear it was a tree she just walked into.

She looks up at who she ran into and finds the man who saved her. Looking at her with a curious scowl on his face.

She goes to greet him, thank him, and apologize at the same time and it all comes out as a jumbled mess. "Helthanorryfoyusavme!"

She bit her tongue at the end and whispered in pain a bit. With a chuckle Piccolo pats her head making her snap her eyes up at him and he lists on his fingers, "You're welcome for the save, no worries about the bump, and help to you too. What else can I do for you?"

She is now smiling gently at her and her accident but that makes her all the more happy that he seems to be a kind and understanding soul. She bows her head and asks, "I was wondering what you name is? And would you be up for me thanking you with a meal at my village? We didn't really get to thank you for saving us from the Red Ribbon soldiers."

Piccolo hums and then nods to that making Suno squeal a bit in happiness and begin to pull him along back to her village using the markers she made ont he trees.

She asks, "You remind me of a friend of mine who came here a while ago. His name was Goku."

Piccolo smirks in a teasing way that Suno missed as she was keeping her eyes peeled for a mark and for animals to hunt. He goes, "Goku? Hmmm orange Gi? Red staff? Black spiky hair? Tail?"

Suno whips around with a wide smile, "You do know him!"

Piccolo makes a show of slumping down and going, "Nope sorry ma'am. Don't know the guy."

Suno stared at him with a 'not buying it's look for 10 seconds before Piccolo chuckles and nods to her, "Yeah I know him. He's my rival in martial arts. We recently fought and he beat me. So I came out here to train and travel the world. Hoping to make some friends."

Suno nods in understandjng and then says, "Well. I could be your first friend if you want? I don't have many out here due to how isolated the village is and most adults my age have moved away to cities to earn money to send back here. This we are lacking in people for our militia against animals and evil people."

Piccolo nods and thinks it over as he realizes he might have landed here for a reason besides training.

And he met a character he was sad to not see more of in the anime from home.

Who knows? It could lead to something more. Plus she was cute, an average fit, country girl feel with long straight red hair with a face that is super cute. He was blushing a bit which Suno noticed and asked him about. He waves it off as him being cold.

And as they closed in on the village Piccolo sensed something about 200 meters away and said, "Tell you what. You go get some things set up for a dinner I'll be right back. I need to check on a few things first."

Suno turns to ask what things he had to check on but Piccolo was already gone.

She shrugs and heads to her house to see a recovered Eighter resting on the couch by the fire place smiling at her as she joins her mom to make some dinner. She also says the man who saved her and Eighters lives will be joining them.

They set out an extra plate and begin to cook.

Unaware of a platoon of 50 men approaching their village on snow mobiles. They yell out, "General Lavender! You sure we should come all the way away from base? They could just be having radio troubles!"

The now named General in lead scoffs and says, "I know we may not have been able to recover much from the destroyed HQ but we did get food gear and weapons. And we need every able bodies man and woman who have rejoined the cause to make sure our army revives properly! Besides I have been training harder than that weakling General Blue and have unlocked a hidden strength not many people know about! With me leading us? We will rule the world!"

They all cheer as they suddenly hear, "Yeah my father has been there and done that. Not all it's cracked dup to be honestly."

They all look around as they stop to process that sudden voice. Then look up as one soldiers noticed a pair of floating brown shoes in mid air.

With yells of shock the soldiers all notice a green man looking very familiar to them floating in the air.

The General pulls out a pair of shock combat gauntlets and yells out, "Better be careful green man! I'm the great General Lavender! The last commander of the Red Ribbon army! I've become more powerful than even Taopaipai! Come down here and breath your last!"

Piccolo completely ignores the generals challenge and looks at the fifty odd men and women here. He sighs as he senses all of them average around 25-35. Definitely well trained soldiers. But no challenge to him.

He does perk up a bit at noticing their General has broken 200 power or so. But it's still nothing to compared to him.

Deciding to nip this problem in the bud he lands and they all level their guns at him. He smirks and goes, "Alright... Quick question. How good is your life insurance?"

They all fire.

The bullets stop in midair as Piccolo gets an evil grin, "Apparently... IT'S GREAT!!"

And rushes the troops.