A Painfully Awkward Name

A white-bearded old man appeared, wearing a vest patterned with yellow circles. It was none other than Grandpa Son Gohan.

"Grandpa Gohan!" Sun Yu waved at him. He wasn't surprised to see Grandpa Gohan at all.

"Sun, my young friend, I didn't expect you to be here too. Where's Miss Lana?" Grandpa Gohan looked around, then his eyes fell on the baby inside the spaceship. Just like Sun Yu, the baby had a long tail. "Sun, my young friend, this little one couldn't be yours and Miss Lana's..."

"Of course not!" Before Sun Yu could explain, Bulma poked her head out from behind him and glared at Grandpa Gohan, puffing out her cheeks. "You shameless old man!"

Sun Yu smiled and patted Bulma's head, then briefly explained the baby's situation to Grandpa Gohan. He didn't reveal that the baby had come to destroy Earth.

"So this child is one of your people, Sun! His parents must have had no choice but to abandon him!" Grandpa Gohan looked at Son Goku fondly and reached out to pick him up.

But Son Goku, who had been crying nonstop, suddenly gave him a cold look, sprang up, and headbutted Grandpa Gohan. Caught off guard, Grandpa Gohan toppled to the ground. Then Son Goku charged toward Bulma on all fours, looking terrifying.

"Whoa, Sun Yu, this baby is scary!" Seeing Son Goku's expression, Bulma hurriedly burrowed into Sun Yu's arms.

Sun Yu looked at Son Goku, who was acting like a little monster, and kicked him hard. "You'd better behave!" But he misjudged his strength and sent Son Goku tumbling down the hillside.

"Sun, why are you getting angry at a child?" Grandpa Gohan ran down the hill in distress. A short while later, he climbed back up carrying Son Goku, whose head was covered in blood.

After cracking his head, Son Goku seemed like a completely different person. He lay quietly in Grandpa Gohan's arms, eyes full of tears, looking so pitiful it hurt to see him.

Oh, right! In the Dragon Ball anime, Goku was a little brat when he was young, but after falling off a cliff and cracking his head, his personality changed completely. How did it turn into me kicking him down a hillside? Sun Yu thought. He was going to fall sooner or later anyway. Does it really make a difference whether he fell on his own or because I kicked him?

Thinking about it that way made Sun Yu feel a lot less guilty.

"Poor child! He's got such a terrible wound on his head. What if something happens to him?" Grandpa Gohan looked deeply worried.

"Grandpa Gohan, don't worry. Saiyans don't die that easily!" Before Grandpa Gohan could react, Sun Yu snatched Son Goku from his arms, took out a Senzu Bean, crushed it, and popped it into Son Goku's mouth. "There, be a good boy. You'll be fine once you swallow it!"

"Gulp..."

Son Goku obediently swallowed the Senzu Bean Sun Yu had given him. The wound on his head healed instantly, and he perked up, looking at Sun Yu and Grandpa Gohan with wide eyes.

"Sun, could that be the Senzu Bean my master told me about?" Grandpa Gohan stared at what had just happened in astonishment.

"That's right. Want one too?" Sun Yu casually pulled out another Senzu Bean and offered it to Grandpa Gohan.

"No, no..." Grandpa Gohan declined. "Such a precious miracle medicine shouldn't be wasted carelessly. I couldn't possibly take it!"

"Don't worry, I've got a few more in reserve. Just a few tens of thousands," Sun Yu said casually.

"Tens of thousands..." Grandpa Gohan's eyes widened in disbelief.

After that, Grandpa Gohan invited Sun Yu and Bulma to visit his little house. Watching him bustle around, taking care of Son Goku, Sun Yu couldn't help feeling wistful. Grandpa Gohan was living in seclusion here, and it must have been rather lonely. Son Goku's arrival had given him a taste of the warmth of home.

Grandpa Gohan somehow conjured up a makeshift crib, diapers, and even a baby bottle right on the spot.

Hey, just how much do you love kids? With skills that polished, you must practice on your own a lot! Sun Yu grumbled to himself.

"Sun, my young friend, may I ask if this child has a name?" Grandpa Gohan asked, holding Son Goku.

Sun Yu shook his head. "Not yet. Why don't you give him one, Grandpa?"

If he let Grandpa Gohan choose, there was no doubt he'd name the baby Son Goku. That was what had happened in the original story, after all. Sun Yu had no doubts about it.

"That's a good idea. I think this child and the two of us are destined to meet. We all have the surname Sun, so let's call him..."

Sun Yu nodded and held Bulma, quietly waiting for that familiar name to be spoken aloud.

"Let's call him Sun Datou!"

"Mm, very good, very good... Wait!" Sun Yu suddenly froze and mechanically turned to ask, "What did you say?"

"Sun Yu, Grandpa Gohan said we should call the baby Sun Datou." Bulma's clear voice rang out.

"No, hold on. What did you say?" Sun Yu looked at Grandpa Gohan in bewilderment. His expression seemed to ask, You've got to be kidding me!

"Sun Datou..." Grandpa Gohan said solemnly. He even lifted Son Goku in his arms and held the baby's head next to his own to compare them. "Look how big this little one's head is. He's sure to be clever!"

Sun Yu slapped a hand over his face, breaking out in a cold sweat. You've got to be kidding me. You absolutely have to be kidding me!

The original story had lied about everything!

"Grandpa Gohan, why don't you consider giving him a more dignified name? Sun Datou sounds pretty tacky!" Sun Yu tried his best to persuade Grandpa Gohan, hoping to stop Son Goku from becoming Sun Datou in all his glory.

"No, no..." Grandpa Gohan immediately waved his hands. He said gravely, "A baby needs a humble name to grow up healthy. It's settled."

Goku! Kakarot! I did my best, brother. It's not my fault you ended up with such an unreliable grandpa! Sun Yu couldn't bear to imagine Son Goku introducing himself as Sun Datou at all kinds of formal events in the future.

"Haha, Datou, give Grandpa a kiss!" Grandpa Gohan picked up Son Goku... No, he should be called Sun Datou now. He wandered around the house with him, delighted.

"Grandpa Gohan, why don't you let me take Sun Go—cough, I mean Sun Datou home and raise him? Lana would be delighted to meet another member of her people." Sun Yu was worried that Son Goku might see the full moon and turn into a Great Ape, accidentally crushing Grandpa Gohan. He also wanted to give Son Goku the best possible training environment. After all, they were all Saiyans.

Hearing Sun Yu's suggestion, Grandpa Gohan looked a little disappointed. He thought for a moment, then said firmly, "Sun, my young friend, although you're one of his people, I must be so bold as to refuse. You and Miss Lana are still too young to know how to care for a child..."

"Sun Yu, I don't want that scary baby coming to live at my house either. I don't like him!" Bulma rarely disagreed with Sun Yu, but this time she did.

(P.S. Sun Goku's nickname was just a joke and won't come up again, so readers don't need to worry. After all, Goku is the author's childhood hero.)