Author's Note: Updating old chapters because they were pretty bad. Not changing anything in the plot, just making them slightly longer and better.

Spoiler alert – Dragon Ball belongs to Akira Toriyama-sensei! I'm just a big fan (like all of you) who's borrowing the characters and the plot for a fan story.

Saiyan Saga

Chapter 1: Kakarrot

It was the 12th of October and a farmer was working in his fields like any other day. He has finished most of his work, and was currently putting a stack of hay into his truck, when he heard a strange noise.

"Huh, what was that?" He looked up and saw a meteorite. It was reaching the Earth's surface at a very fast speed. It crashed in his fields, but luckily it was a significant distance away from him, so the farmer wasn't harmed.

"Why me?" He said as he got inside his truck and started the engine. "Now soon the government people will be here, or those scientists. I can't seem to catch a break." He was complaining while driving to the crater but no one else was there to listen to him. When he reached there, he got off his truck and looked inside the crater. He was surprised to see that the thing was not a meteorite at all.

"It's a steel ball of some sort," The farmer marveled. "Is that you Superman?"

He was nervous on seeing something that looked like a strange ball. He went near his truck and picked up the gun that was resting on the passenger seat.

He had the gun pointed at the ball but he didn't have to wait for long. The metal ball was actually a ship, it opened up and a man stepped out of it, he wasted no time in floating out of the crater.

The farmer loaded his gun and pointed it on the alien who strangely enough looked exactly like a human and was wearing some kind of chest armour.

"You're on-on my property. It'll be better for you if you go away." The farmer warned him nervously.

"So, the creatures on this planet are still alive. Kakarrot has failed us." The mysterious invader said. He paid no attention to the farmer's words and pressed a button of the device on his left eye, it started showing some alien symbols.

"Ha. The scouter says his power level is five." The alien said and started walking towards the farmer.

"Don't you come any closer! Or I'll use this thing!" When his words had no affect the farmer pulled the trigger in the spur of the moment.

The alien easily grabbed the bullet in his hand, surprising the farmer even more.

"Here, you can take it back," He said and he flicked the bullet back at the farmer.

The poor man wasn't even able to scream before the bullet went through his head, killing him instantly.

"What a fragile creature," The alien said and laughed heartlessly.

"Now I should search for Kakarrot." He pressed a different button on his scouter and the device started scanning the power levels on the planet. It picked up a high power level.

"Someone with a power level of 322 on this planet? That must be him." He said and blasted off in its direction.

"I'm coming, Kakarrot!"

"But Chi-Chi, why don't you let me train Gohan? He saved all of us from Garlic Jr," Goku said with a cheerful smile. "He might not know about his powers yet, but when he becomes aware of his true strength he will be one o' the strongest fighters!"

"I am telling you this for the last time, Goku," Chi-Chi said with a scowl. "My son will not become a monster!"

"We live in the mountains it will also help him in protecting himself from the wild animals."

Chi-Chi thought for a moment before yelling, "Stop making up excuses Son Goku!"

"Ah, calm down, 'Chi, put your frying pan down, will ya'? I will only train Gohan for 2-3 hours daily."

"No!"

"Please. It'll be good for both his body and mind." Goku begged with the sweetest face he could make.

"Fine," Chi-Chi caved in after thinking for a few minutes, "But only after he completes his homework, and if you promise me that my son won't get hurt." She said while pushing Goku towards their room. "Now go and change. You have to go visit your friends at Master Roshi's too, remember?"

"What's wrong with these clothes 'Chi? Just bring Gohan and we will leave now," Goku said and Chi-Chi rolled her eyes at her husband's clothing sense as she went to Gohan's room.

"Come here, Flying Nimbus!" Goku called for the magical cloud that he has received as a gift from Master Roshi when he was a little boy.

At the same time, in a place far away from Master Roshi's house, Piccolo was mediating on a cliff. He turned around when he felt a huge power level. Piccolo saw a bulky man in the sky who was coming towards him.

"Excuse me for dropping in. I am trying to find a man named Kakarrot. I thought you were him," The man said as he landed, and pressed the scanning button of his scouter.

"You are excused," said Piccolo. "But you should get glasses for both of your eyes."

"You're very funny, green man."

"I am most certainly not Kakarrot. Now be off."

"You would like that, huh?" The intruder said. "Your power level is 322. It's more than I expected here but still you're no match for me."

"Now, listen to me. You came here. I have no intention of starting a fight."

"But I do." The alien said with a smirk on his face.

"If that's the way you want it… Hyaah!" Piccolo yelled and attacked the insolent man in front of him with an energy blast of enough power to disintegrate even some of the strongest fighter by Earth's standard. He smirked this time, thinking the man was dead, but Piccolo wasn't aware that the person he was messing with wasn't from Earth.

"Fine displays of dust, if such were your intentions…" The alien said, smiling. When the smoke cleared there was not even a single scratch on his body. "You actually managed to singe some of my leg hair. May I show you some real power now? Keep your eye on the birdie."

He lifted one of his hand up and was about to do a deadly attack when his scouter showed another reading. "A big power level and it's the strongest on this planet, besides mine. It must be him! This time I'm sure." with that, he flew towards the source of the high power level.

"I don't believe it," Piccolo said to himself, he was panting. "I don't believe it. I hit him full force and he didn't even flinch. This guy could be a problem." Piccolo started hovering above the cliff and then, after making up his mind, he started following the alien.

"Is anyone's at home?" Goku yelled as he jumped down from the Flying Nimbus with his son in his arms. They've reached Kame House. It was a small house on a small island in the middle of a sea. The house belonged to Master Roshi. He was the second martial arts teacher of Goku and also the person who had trained him the most.

"It's Goku!" Krillin said cheerfully after hearing his best friend's voice.

"Yes, Krillin, it's him," Bulma said as she opened the door. She had arrived there some minutes before Goku. "Hello, Goku!" Bulma said cheerily upon seeing her best friend.

"Hi, Goku!" Krillin said. "And hey, Gohan is here too!"

"Master Roshi, Bulma, meet Gohan. He's my son." Goku introduced his son to his master and the first friend he had ever made. "Gohan, say hi."

"Hello, everybody," The young boy said as he bowed down.

"Oh Goku, he's adorable," Bulma said.

"Gohan? Hmm," Master Roshi muttered. "I see you named him after your grandpa."

"Hi, Gohan," Bulma said, kneeling down beside him. "You are a strong guy like your father, aren't you? Do you want to become a great warrior, just like him?"

"Mom wants me to study, but Dad wants to train me." Gohan said shyly. "I enjoy both."

"So little guy, are you training, huh?" asked Master Roshi.

"Yeah, I do a little bit of training every morning, but from tomorrow Dad is going to start my serious training." Gohan said, grinning.

"Hey, isn't that a Dragon Ball on his hat, Goku?" Bulma asked while picking Gohan up in her arms. "Wow, Gohan, you are pretty heavy for your age. How old are you?"

"I am four years old." Gohan answered.

"It sure has been a long time, hasn't it?" Bulma asked, letting Gohan go down. "Not only Goku has a son but he's already four years old."

"Yes Bulma, that's my Grandpa's Dragon Ball. Gohan wanted to see the dragon but isn't willing to give his," Goku said. "He wears weights and heavy clothes, that's why he feels a little heavy."

"Weighted clothes, eh? Just like my turtle shells." Master Roshi said.

"Yep, that's right." Goku replied. "So, why is Yamcha not here, Bulma?"

"That idiot!" Bulma shouted. "He is playing baseball for one of the pro-teams in the city. He made me so mad that I didn't tell him that we were going to have a reunion here today."

"Gee, what has happened between you two?" Krillin questioned.

"I've broken up with him!" Bulma yelled again. "He took someone else out."

"Break ups are hard, but can you at least stop shouting?" Roshi complained as he removed his hands from his ears.

"I wouldn't know if it's hard," Krillin sadly mumbled. His best friend was married and had a four year old kid, while Krillin never had a girlfriend in his life.

Gohan, who was feeling left out in their conversation, has decided to ride Master Roshi's pet turtle, and Turtle was more than happy when someone had paid him attention too.

"Is that a tail?" Bulma questioned when she looked towards Gohan and saw the brown, fuzzy thing.

"Yeah, he was born with it just like me."

"Goku, has anything strange ever happened to Gohan at night?" Bulma questioned nervously.

"What do you mean?" Goku asked. He wasn't able to understand why his friends were looking at him with fear all of a sudden.

"She means… Has Gohan ever looked at the moon when it was full?" Master Roshi questioned this time.

"I don't think so. No. We all go to bed pretty early." Goku replied calmly. "Why?"

"'Why?' you say? Haha." Krillin laughed remembering the time when Goku has transformed into a giant monkey in the middle of the World Martial Arts Tournament.

Goku paid him no attention. He was anxiously looking here and there up in the sky.

"Do you feel that, Krillin?"

"Now that you mention it, Goku, I can feel something evil coming this way. Could it be Piccolo?"

"What are you guys talking about? I can't feel anything." Bulma asked.

"It certainly isn't Piccolo." Goku said when the person came in his field of vision.

"At last we meet again." The alien said as he landed down on the island.

"Who are you?" Goku demanded; his stare weary and his body tense. "I don't remember ever meeting you before."

"Have you forgotten your pride, Kakarrot?" The uninvited guest to their reunion questioned. "We are Saiyans, the mightiest warriors in the universe. I can still remember the day that we sent you to this planet as an infant. We had high hopes for you then, Kakarrot. Why have you not carried out your mission?"

"What are you talking about?"

"Tell me one thing. Did you ever hit your head as a kid?" The alien asked. "Answer me, Kakarrot. Did you ever suffer a serious blow to the head when you were young?"

"Yes. I don't remember it very well but I did hit my head as a child," Goku answered. "I still have a scar where it happened."

"You fool, you forgot. Let me tell you everything," The alien said. "My name is Raditz and I am your older brother."

"Brother! Goku has a big brother?" Krillin yelled, surprised by hearing this just like everyone else.

"You see, you were born on planet Vegeta, you are a Saiyan warrior, just like me. You were sent on this planet as a child with the mission to eliminate all the species. We planned to sell this planet in the intergalactic market." Raditz said.

"Sending kids to planets so they can destroy lives and then selling those planets! This man is a sick space pirate!" Bulma exclaimed.

"I don't believe anything that you are saying," Goku said. "You must be confusing me for someone else."

"Goku," everyone turned in the direction of the voice that belonged to Master Roshi. "There is something your grandfather told me that I think you should know. Your grandfather Gohan found you in a metallic sphere in a forest, inside a crater. He took you to his home, but you were very violent and strong for someone your age. One day you fell off a high cliff. Your grandfather was scared, but surprisingly you were alive. Your head got badly hurt in that accident. After that day you became a kind hearted peaceful kid. What this guy is saying is true, you are not from Earth."

"I'm from outer space?!" Goku was surprised to hear the words of his teacher. He still couldn't believe it.

"Well, that would explain a lot." Bulma said thinking about all the ways Goku was different than a normal person. A boy with a monkey-like tail. Why she never thought about the possibilities of Goku being an alien before?

"With the help of a full moon you could have destroyed them all in a few years if you only remembered!" Raditz roared.

"What has a full moon got to do with it?" Goku questioned.

"Ah! What?" Raditz was surprised to hear this. He looked towards Goku's waist. "Where is your tail?"

"My tail? It was removed for good a long time ago." Goku replied.

"Fool, a Saiyan's tail is a Saiyan's pride. Your true power is gone now! You've lost your ability to transform at the full moon! No wonder you live with these weaklings instead of killing them."

"The Earth is my home now, and these people are my friends. I have a son and a wife. So it doesn't matter who you say I am." Goku said. "I am not Kakarrot. My name is Goku, and I live here. Now leave us alone!"

"So baby brother wants to be left alone," Raditz said mockingly. "You have failed us already, Kakarrot, but you've one chance of redeeming yourself. I have come here to take you with me for a mission that needs more muscle power. You see because of an unfortunate accident planet Vegeta is no more. The Saiyan race is dead; there are only four of us now. You are one of the last four."

"I am not going anywhere or helping you with any sick mission of yours."

Raditz growled with anger but something else caught his attention.

"Interesting, a tail," Raditz said looking towards Gohan. "There is a true Saiyan. That must be your son, Kakarrot. If you don't want to come I will take the boy instead. Come here nephew, it's time to play with your uncle."

Goku jumped in front of Bulma and Gohan and took his fighting stance. "Leave him outta this."

Raditz moved quickly, he was too fast and Goku wasn't able to follow his movements. Raditz punched his brother in the gut and Goku doubled over in pain.

Gohan had come running towards his injured father and Raditz easily grabbed him with one hand.

"Daddy, help!"

"Leave him, now!" Krillin said and charged towards Raditz, but the Saiyan was too strong and fast for him. When Krillin tried to kick Raditz, Raditz grabbed his leg with his free hand and swung the bald human towards Master Roshi's house. Krillin collided with the wall and went flying inside his mentor's house breaking through it.

"Now then, if you ever want to see your son again, reconsider my offer," Raditz said calmly and then his voice became sinister. "When you decide to join us, there's something I want you to do…prove to me that you mean it. Kill hundreds of these pathetic Earthlings and stack them on this beach. I'll be back tomorrow for a head count."

With this Raditz flew away from them at a speed none of them have ever witnessed before.

"Gohan!" Goku screamed at the top of his lungs. He stood up and screamed again "Flying Nimbus!"

"Goku wait," Master Roshi said grabbing Goku's wrist.

"Let me go, Master Roshi, I have to save Gohan."

"You are not strong enough to fight him." Roshi said.

"But ―"

"We should use our heads in this situation."

"Hey, Goku, I will go with you, and I think Master Roshi will like to join us too." Krillin said trying to sound optimistic in front of his friend.

"It's no use."

"Piccolo!" everyone screamed together in surprise when they turned towards the source of the voice.

"I have no time to deal with you, Piccolo." Goku hollered.

"I am here to help you take down that guy."

"Why should I trust you? You always wanted to kill me."

"I still want to, but I can't let someone else take over this planet. Once we finish him our little team is broken."

"I don't know why you want to rule over this planet. If you think I will let you, you are wrong. If you think you can beat me, you are wrong. But you are right about us forming a team again."

"How will we find him?" Piccolo asked.

"Good question," Goku said while thinking.

"Hey, Goku, you can use the Dragon Radar to track down the Dragon Ball on Gohan's hat."

"Great idea, Bulma!" Goku exclaimed. "Let's go and quickly get the radar!"

"No, wait. I have the Dragon Radar right here with me." Bulma said. Taking the Dragon Radar out of her pocket she threw it towards Goku. "Here, catch."

"Thanks, Bulma," Goku said as he grabbed the radar and jumped on his magical cloud. Nimbus has arrived when Goku had called for it. "Think you can keep up with me?" He asked Piccolo. "Gohan's Dragon Ball is moving south from here."

"I would be embarrassed if this thing can catch up with me." Piccolo said and started flying towards their destination with Goku right behind him.

"Put me down!" Gohan was struggling to get out of Raditz's arms.

Raditz threw Gohan down and kicked him, sending the little boy flying away. "As you wish, brat."

Gohan stood up, grabbing his side and gritting his teeth together in pain. "You bully, my dad will beat you!" with that Gohan ran towards Raditz with hands balled into fists.

"Well, well, little nephew is trying to hurt his uncle." Raditz said mockingly as Gohan threw his fists towards him. Raditz easily dodged Gohan's punch. He hit Gohan on the back of head, using his tail as a whip, and Gohan fell down on the ground, unconscious. "I should put him in the space pod before I go and find something to eat."

Raditz had killed few animals he was able to find nearby, and has eaten them raw.

"Those animals were tasty. Next time I will cook the meat." He said, patting his stomach as he started walking towards his pod. When he reached near his space pod he noticed that Gohan was standing inside.

"Oh, he is awake now. Let me check his pathetic power level." Raditz pressed a button of his scouter and the device started showing readings in some alien language.

"A power level of 900!" Raditz was shocked by his discovery.

He looked again at the angry little boy. "Now it's at 1,000! This thing must be broken. It is impossible for a kid to have such an amazing power level. The last one with such power level was Broly but he was born with a power level of 10,000. Good thing that he was killed." Raditz said to himself.

His scouter started showing readings again "A power level of 656. No, it's two of them. That greeny had a power level of 322, the other must be Kakarrot, but there is no way they can find me here. This thing must really be broken." With that he switched his scouter off.

"Where is Gohan?" Goku demanded as he jumped off the Flying Nimbus. Piccolo landed beside him with his arms folded in front of his chest.

"What? Both of them are here. That means the Scouter is not broken." Raditz mumbled. He was surprised and looked in the direction of the pod. That means the kid really got a high power level!