It has been one year since the Saiyan, Son Goku had defeated the space warlord Freeza on Planet Namek. Goku promised through Porunga to his friends and family that he would return in one year when they attempted to wish him back to life with the Namekian Dragonballs. Goku would be returning any day now and his friends eagerly await his arrival. However, Earth's special forces sensed a tremendous power level nearing Planet Earth, and it was not that of their long missed friend.
The sun was shining on a beautiful summer day on Mount Paozu. The water of the rivers were crystal clear, a cool breeze blew through the mountain, and the animals were gathering their food throughout the forest. There was only one house in these woods, and it is owned by Goku and his family. Like every other day Chi-Chi was doing housework while Gohan studied to become a scholar. The Ox King was also chopping fire wood for his daughter with a smile on his care free face.
However, the peace of the nice spring day would be disrupted by the ringing of the phone.
"Err, Hello?" Gohan said timidly as he answered the phone.
"Gohan it's me Krillin. Do you feel a tremendous power coming towards the Earth?" Krillin questioned.
"Well now that I think about it, I do sense a large power level. Do you think it could be my dad?" Gohan said with a slight level of excitement in his voice.
"I hate to give you bad news, but it's definitely not Goku's power level Gohan. It just feels much different than your dad. In fact it feels evil like Freeza," Krillin explained with a hard gulp in his throat. Then Krillin said, "I'm going to call Bulma's house and see if Yamcha is there. The power feels like it might land somewhere in the desert by East City. We might have another battle on our hands, and we're definitely going to need you Gohan."
"Don't worry you can count on me Krillin. I'll be there, I just have to get away from my mom in the meantime." Gohan explained to Krillin before hanging up the phone.
Gohan walked back to his room and took a box out from under his bed. The box contained his familiar fighting gi modeled after the one Piccolo wore. With his fighting clothes on Gohan felt like he did the previous year when he was fighting incredibly strong enemies on Earth and in outer space. Knowing he was ready, Gohan jumped out of his window and started to fly away towards the East City desert.
Meanwhile, back at Capsule Corporation, a spaceship modeled after Goku's was quickly approaching the compound. The spaceship crashed into the ground and the stairs slowly unfolded as a familiar presence emerged from the ship. The person in the ship was none other than Vegeta! The Saiyan Prince was heavily scarred and visibly exhausted from his intense training. The attractive daughter of Dr. Briefs named Bulma was accompanied by her boyfriend Yamcha, a former bandit of the desert, to welcome Vegeta from his spaceship.
"Vegeta, what are you doing back on Earth? I thought we were rid of you forever when you stole that spaceship." Yamcha angrily yelled at Vegeta while pointing his finger towards the prince.
"If you want to keep that finger, I suggest you get it out of my face you worthless peon!" Vegeta roared back at Yamcha. "Not that it's any of your business but I sensed an extremely large power approaching this dump of a planet. I figured it was Kakarot, so I came back so he can tell me the secret to becoming a Super Saiyan." Vegeta explained to Bulma and Yamcha.
"Weeellll Vegeta, Krillin just called here a few minutes ago and thinks the power belongs to somebody evil. He even said it could be Freeza's power, and he is gathering the rest of the gang to fly out to the desert to investigate." Bulma stated as Vegeta's arrogant smirk faded and a worried look took over his face. "If you want, I can lend you some clothes while my mom washes your armor. Also, Vegeta you stink. It's almost as if you haven't bathed in days. Off to the shower you go!" Bulma yelled and began to push Vegeta towards the closest bathroom.
After about twenty minutes, Vegeta was clean and in a fresh set of clothes. He took exception to the choice of shirts Bulma had brought for him. No Saiyan prince would be caught dead wearing a pink shirt, but with no other alternatives, Vegeta accepted the clothes with an obvious look of displeasure. Yamcha told Bulma to stay at Capsule Corporation for her own safety in case an evil power level was indeed approaching Earth. Vegeta and Yamcha looked at each other, gave a nod and they were on their way to meet Krillin and Gohan in the desert.
Gohan and Krillin were not the first warriors to arrive on the scene. Tien and Piccolo were already waiting for them in the mountains adjacent to the desert. The two warriors preferred to train in the wilderness, so they naturally sensed the power before the other warriors. Soon after Krillin and Gohan got there, Yamcha and Vegeta joined them.
"Alright, everybody listen up," Piccolo declared as he began to address the Z Warriors. "The power that is coming our way is dangerous and not going to be by themselves. In fact, there are two enormous powers that will be arriving very shortly. I don't know who they are, but if we work as a team we can probably hold them off long enough for Goku to get home. I sense his power in the far off distance, the other two will definitely be here before him." Piccolo stated grimly but truthfully.
Suddenly, everyone looked to the sky to see an enormous ship appearing to land close to the desert. Piccolo looked at the warriors as if it were a sign to lay down on the ground and suppress their energy to avoid being discovered. The ship was an exact duplicate of the model Freeza used to travel to Namek. The warriors fears were confirmed in that moment. They were in fact alone staring down the possibility of having to fight Freeza a second time without Goku and his power.
The ship landed on the opposite side of the desert and the Z warriors took that moment to take a breath. On the other side of the desert, the two powers emerged from their ship. One was a warrior about as tall as Freeza, but with a different skin tone. This warrior had a purple skin color and resembled Freeza's final form. The second warrior was considerably taller and had a body type that was reminiscent of Freeza's second transformation. While neither of them were Freeza himself, they were definitely relatives of the warlord.
"So this is Earth…" the taller figure known as King Cold said to his son Cooler. "This is a quaint little planet, I don't understand how any fighter with a power like Freeza's could live here," King Cold wondered aloud.
"If you ask me this planet is a dump. We are here to get revenge for Freeza's death at the hands of a filthy Saiyan. No more, no less father," Cooler coldly stated while clenching his fist.
The two warriors came alone and were about to comb the desert when another mysterious figure landed in front of the two aliens.
"Sorry but I couldn't help but overhear your conversation. And I'm afraid I'm going to have to disagree with you two. Goku isn't here right now. You passed his ship when you were racing to get here for your revenge. If either of you could sense ki, you would have easily realized that. That was mistake number one, your second mistake was thinking you would be seeing Goku. That honor is reserved for me," The mysterious warrior stated flatly.
"You impudent fool! You don't know who we are," roared King Cold towards the teen. "I think this calls for a demonstration of our power. Cooler get rid of him so we can destroy this planet," King Cold ordered.
Cooler followed his father's order and raised his right index finger while charging a purple energy wave. As his finger pointed at the teen's chest the ki wave was shot at an incredibly fast rate. The fighter with white hair, and a blue Capsule Corporation jacket sensed the attack and quickly dodged the attack and countered with a punch that landed square on Cooler's jaw before Cooler's attack created an explosion off in the distance. Cooler grunted as he was knocked back a few yards by the warrior.
"You definitely have an above average power level. But you are no match for us," Cooler bragged as he grabbed the boy by his arm and slammed him into the ground fiercely.
The attack barely seemed to phase the mysterious warrior as he got up with only slight scratches to his body. Cooler and King Cold were amazed that someone of the warrior's age could stand evenly with one of their race. Cooler and the boy then lunged at each other getting into a full blown battle with both warriors landing strong hits on each other. Once the unnamed warrior appeared to be losing the battle Cooler came at him twice as hard to keep the pressure on him. King Cold watching on the sidelines had a pleased look on his face that his son was winning the battle so far.
Hearing the rumbles from across the desert, the Z warriors started to get closer to the battle area to help whoever was fighting who they thought to be Freeza. The warriors were all slightly confused too because they had no idea who could be fighting with Freeza as all of the Z warriors besides Goku were already there. Unless Goku had landed on Earth without them noticing nobody knew who could be engaged in such a fierce battle.
The battle between Cooler and the stranger stopped for a second so Cooler could boast that he was the strongest being in the universe. However, the real reason for the brief intermission was so he could regain his breath. The stranger took the time to recover as well as remove his blue jean jacket. This revealed a black tank top shirt with no sleeves to go along with the warrior's grey pants and yellow boots.
"You are a lot more powerful than I thought Freeza," The warrior complimented who he thought to be Freeza.
King Cold and Cooler looked at each other for a moment and began to laugh hysterically. Cooler then said to the young man, "I'm not Freeza, he was killed by a filthy Saiyan on Planet Namek. My name is Cooler, and I'm his older brother. Standing over there is my father, we are here for vengeance."
The fighter began thinking to himself about this shocking turn of events, "This is interesting, the stories I've heard from my mom said Freeza and his father came to Earth one year after Goku defeated him on Namek. Could it be that my coming here has already begun to alter the events of the past? Well it doesn't matter who they are, I'm gonna need to bring out all of my power to quickly dispose of them," the warrior from the future thought to himself.
"I'm going to let the both of you in on a secret of mine. You're about to fight a real Super Saiyan, and I'm not talking about Goku," the mysterious Saiyan declared to the two aliens. They began to laugh at the Saiyan who did nothing but smile as he began to focus all of his energy on powering up to his Super Saiyan form. Cooler and King Cold immediately stopped laughing as they began to realize the magnitude of the power in front of them. The Z Warriors were incredibly surprised to be sensing such a level of power being emitted from the distance. As they all began to worry, Vegeta began to race towards the massive power levels with the rest of the warriors following.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH," the Saiyan screamed while gathering his energy and proceeding to shake the desert.
"What is he?" King Cold questioned aloud to his son. Cooler stood in complete awe and shock at the image standing before him. A warrior with golden hair, and green eyes with a massive supply of power. The description fit the legend that Cooler's ancestor Chilled had described on his deathbed after his encounter with the Super Saiyan of legend. His shock turning to anger, Cooler began to raise his power as well ready to begin round two of his battle.
"I will show you the depths of my energy you worthless Saiyan! Now die!" Cooler roared as he concentrated a more powerful ki blast at the young warrior who seemed ready for the attack. The blast hit the warrior and created a massive explosion. Emerging from the rubble was the unfazed warrior who walked slowly towards Cooler and delivered a massive punch to the warlord's stomach.
"Now it's my turn to take control of this fight. Prepare for your end Cooler," The mysterious youth declared as he kicked the hunched over Cooler in the face. The two combination strike sent Cooler flying into some rubble a good ten feet away and brought complete shock to King Cold.
