The Saiyan Heritage and the Loneliness of the Warrior [Piccolo x OC]

Chapter 06

I wasn't going to post this chapter today, but I had to, because today, 8th of March 2024, was a day that shook the entire Dragon Ball fandom: we lost Akira Toriyama.

This was my favorite chapter to write so far, and I think you'll see why when you read it.

For this, I prepared a different bonus. Today, you will have a musical experience. I kindly ask you to play the song "Dreammaker" by composer Thomas Bergersen while you read this chapter. You can leave it on loop.

Akira, thank you for creating such a beautiful story full of teachings. I hope that, one day, we will meet again there in Eternal Glory and, who knows, you can read this fanfiction that I am writing with so much love ♥

PICCOLO

People say our limits are tested when we step out of our comfort zone.

Well... Being in the presence of Lettie and Gohan was not comfortable for me at all. That's why I meditated so much. To deal with the anxiety they caused me.

We started, or rather, restarted the Training the day after Gohan's transformation, and I think it's safe to say that, from that night on when I took them to the Camp after Lettie's insistence, I was the one who suffered the biggest transformation.

I can't say for sure how this transformation came about; whether it was something sudden or gradual that I didn't notice changing within me.

But it came. In such a way that it was impossible to contain it; relentlessly consuming me from inside out, with a force I could not control.

However, I was obstinate and stubborn, and, for a long time, I fought against it.

It was ridiculous; I was Piccolo Junior, the strongest man on Earth, son of the powerful Piccolo Daimaoh, future Conqueror and Dominator of the World, and now, I was subjugated by something that I didn't even know where it was coming from.