This is my first story and the story I will be focusing the hardest on. I've always wanted Bardock to be one of the main characters. I've also wondered how much the story would change if Bardock had never gotten the power to see the future. Because if this happened, then Bardock would have foughten alongside Tora and Fasha in the battle on Planet Meat against Frieza's soldiers instead of arriving on Planet Meat and finding his friends dead.
Well anyways, I hope you enjoy it!
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The Rise of a Prince
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Prologue Part 1: Before the Beginning
Far away, in the depths of space, Bardock and his crew were on their way to Planet Meat to extinguish the inhabitants of the planet. The orders were from Lord Frieza.
I can't believe Frieza gave us the orders himself. He is finally giving us the recognition we deserve.
Their previous mission on Planet Kanassa had been a quick and simple victory with the help of the full moon.
These missions are getting much too easy in the Oozaru form. The closest we got to any real fighting was when that alien tried to attack me. It's a good thing Tora blasted him before he could lay a hand on me or that alien could have caused something freaky to happen to me. I wonder what he meant when he said he would give me the power to see the future.
"You have now landed on Planet Meat," said the computerized voice of the Saiyan spaceship.
Bardock cleared his mind of thought. "Finally. The real fighting can begin."
The door to the spaceship opened and Bardock stepped out. Outside of the spaceship was nothing but ruins and dead bodies.
"What happened here?" asked Fasha, walking out of her spaceship at the same time as the rest of the Saiyans. "I thought Meat was supposed to be populated by strong warriors. Who could have killed them all?"
Just then, a blast came down and knocked one of Bardock's partners out. He lay lifeless on the ground in front of Tora.
"Who are you?! Show yourself you coward!" yelled Bardock.
The murderer showed himself with a kick to the face of another one of Bardock's partners. Bardock's partner stood there for a moment then he fell to the ground .The bone in his neck had been shattered. He was dead.
The killer was quickly recognized by Bardock as Dodoria, one of Frieza's strongest henchmen.
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Vegeta's spaceship landed on the planet in which he had been assigned to take over. Although he was just a toddler, Vegeta had a power level close to some of the strongest Saiyans on Planet Vegeta.
He stepped out of his spaceship and pushed the button on his scouter. "The people on this planet aren't all that powerful. The strongest fighter here only has a power level of 425. Pathetic."
The Saiyan held his hand in front of him and shot a powerful blast towards a city. The blast struck home and the city was replaced by an enormous crater.
An alarm was sounded and Vegeta was soon surrounded by thousands of alien warriors.
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"What is wrong with you Dodoria?!" yelled Bardock. "Why are you attacking us?"
"Frieza is impressed with your service records, too impressed."
"Huh?"
"It seems he wants you dead"
"What!? Why!? Tell me!"
"I don't want to flatter you but Frieza thought that you were getting too strong."
Three more of Frieza's henchman flew down beside Dodoria.
"Cool, huh? You should consider this a promotion," said one of them.
"It's not fair!" yelled Tora. "Everything that we've done was for him! How could he do this!?"
"You fool!" said Dodoria. "It's not what you've done. It's what you could have done in the future."
"Then no one is safe from Frieza!" yelled Fasha. "Not even you!"
"Is that so?"
Dodoria swiftly flew over to Fasha and threw a punch. Fasha blocked it with her knee and countered with a kick but she was too slow. Dodoria grabbed her foot with both hands, swung her into the air and then shot a mouth blast at her. Fasha's body fell to the ground. She was defeated.
"NOOO!!" Bardock dashed over to Fasha, knelt and put her head in his arms. She had no energy left. She had passed away.
How can they just kill us after all we have done for them, thought Bardock.
Bardock was breathing heavy. "AAARGH!! Tora, let's get them!"
"Right."
Tora and Bardock dashed towards Dodoria. Dodoria dashed backwards behind the three henchmen and Bardock followed. Tora was cut off by one of the henchmen.
"Not so fast, Tora."
Tora threw a powerful punch at his foe and sent him soaring towards the ground at a great speed. Tora sent a blast containing almost all of his energy down towards the henchman. The blast hit its target, the henchmen was knocked out and Tora began to fight the other two.
Bardock caught up to Dodoria and let out a series punches and kicks. Dodoria blocked or dodged all of Bardock's attacks and then knocked Bardock back.
Tora knocked back the henchmen and dashed towards Bardock.
"This is getting boring so I'm going to finish you now," said Dodoria. He backed up and let out a mouth blast at Bardock. Tora jumped in front of him and took the blast head on, saving Bardock from some of the damage. Tora was killed, but Bardock lived.
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Outside of Planet Vegeta, Dodoria told Frieza of his victory on Planet Meat.
"Are your sure they are all dead?"
"Well, not exactly, my lord."
"What do you mean 'not exactly'?"
"Well I am quite sure they are all dead, Lord Frieza."
"Go wait outside Dodoria."
"What? Why?"
"Do not question me. And it is because if you are wrong then you can blast them when their spaceships pass by here looking for Planet Vegeta."
"As you wish, sire."
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"Prince Vegeta?" said a voice on Vegeta's scouter. "Do you copy, sir?"
"I'm here," replied Vegeta.
"Sir, unfortunate news from Lord Frieza. Planet Vegeta was struck by a large asteroid today and… it was destroyed."
The news hurt Vegeta, but he refused to show his shock.
"And, you're sure?"
"Affirmative sir. Lord Frieza sends his sympathies and regrets. As of now, you are the only known survivor."
"Oh. Really."
"Would you like to send a reply?"
"No. No reply."
"Very well, sir. Over and out."
Vegeta got up and headed towards his spaceship.
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What happened? How am I still alive?, thought Bardock. Then he remembered Tora dieing for him. Tora, thank you.
He got up and limped over towards his spaceship. It was still intact. He got into the spaceship and set the coordinates for planet Vegeta.
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Almost at the ship, thought Vegeta as he looked out the window to see Frieza's enormous ship.
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Dodoria watched as the Saiyan spaceship got closer and closer to the spaceship in which he was on. So one of those monkeys did survive. Well that's nothing an energy blast can't handle. Dodoria gathered up some energy in the palm of his hand and shot a blast at the spaceship. The blast just barely hit the spaceship but it was still strong enough to knock Vegeta's ship off course.
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To be continued…