Hey guys, so Dragon Ball Kai started airing again to show us the Buu Saga. And because of that I am all over the place with Dragon Ball stuff. Since I liked the Battle of Gods movie so much, I decided to make a fanfic about it.
It is, of course, the God of Destruction Saga that we want to see so much. Now I don't know if we'll actually get the continuation to Battle of Gods or if they are going to leave that to our imagination, but since we'll probably not hear anything about it for the next year or so, I decided to step forward and write a fanfic about it.
Please note that I am going off the Japanese dub here, so if you see people saying "Son Goku" that's exactly because they say that. If you see honorifics, it's the same story. I'm just gonna warn you that Bulma is probably the strangest case here, she calls Goku "Son-kun" which is his family name, and a honorific to go with it. If you've watched Battle of Gods (which you should or you won't understand this fic), you must've heard these terms being thrown around. Unless you watched a dubbed version of it (in Spanish and whatnot) then I you should just get used to it, I guess.
Also note that some characters have different names from their English dub ones. I'll be putting the English name in brackets the first time that person appears so you know who it is. I am doing all this because I want the story to stay as close to the original as possible.
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Things canon to this story:
- Dragon Ball Minus (Unfortunately this isn't compatible with Bardock: The Father of Goku, but we can use that as a basis to bridge the gap between this and Episode of Bardock)
- Episode of Bardock
- The Dragon Ball manga
- The History of Trunks
- Yo! Son Goku and his Friends Return!
- Battle of Gods
Since Dragon Ball Minus isn't compatible with Bardock: The Father of Goku, I am doing this "prequel" chapter in order to bridge the gap between Minus and Episode of Bardock, which is "canon" to my fanfic.
This will be loosely based off Bardock: The Father of Goku.
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Just in case you don't know what happens in Dragon Ball Minus (it was just released as of the writing of this chapter), here's a brief summary of it:
- Bardock is off somewhere battling, when he receives an order for all Saiyans to return to Planet Vegeta.
- Arriving at the planet, he is told that Frieza's henchmen were talking about the Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God from the legends. Then he meets Gine, his "wife", and checks up on Kakarot, who has been in the incubator for 3 years after being born.
- Vegeta and Raditz (and probably Nappa) are off in a distant Planet, they ignore Frieza's order.
- Somehow sensing eminent danger, Bardock decides to send Kakarot off into space in order to save him. He decides against saving himself and Gine because they would be detected through the Scouters.
- Frieza decides to eradicate the Saiyan Race within a month's time.
Because Akira Toriyama wrote this special chapter himself, that makes it irrefutable canon to the Dragon Ball universe. Since Battle of Gods ties in to this story, that becomes irrefutable canon too. Since Battle of Gods ties in to Yo! Son Goku and his Friends Return!, it also becomes irrefutable canon. Or at least that's how I see it. Anyway this story is regarding the mentioned installments as "canon".
Anyway, enjoy the prequel chapter.
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He looked outside the circular window into the night sky. He knew the end was nigh. Somehow… He never really understood why he could sense the danger when he sent off his son to the emptiness of space. And now, he could sense that danger was higher than ever before. It had been around a month since he sent off his son to a planet called Earth, it seemed he had made the right call.
"Can't sleep?" he heard.
"Yeah…" he replied "Raditz didn't come back yet, right?"
"No, he didn't."
"Good… That's good…" he said.
"Bardock, you've been talking about eminent death and destruction this whole month." she said "Can't you please stop worrying so much?"
"No can do… I don't know what's happening to me…" Bardock said "Ever since that mission on Kanassa- wait…"
"What?"
"That's it. I was attacked by a Kanassan warrior back then!" Bardock said "Ever since that point, I've been having these strange senses!"
"You mean that Kanassan somehow gave you the ability to predict the future?"
"He attacked me with an energy attack." Bardock said "His Ki must've mixed with mine. Kanassans are warriors able to predict the future, so a part of his abilities passed on to me." He explained "How did I never think of that?"
"Does it matter?"
"Well, no…" Bardock replied "Anyway, I'm going for a walk. See if I clear my head."
"Don't be long."
"I won't be." Bardock said as he left the house "See you, Gine."
He walked through the city at night, there was no sound, and the only lights were the lamps lighting up the streets. The humidity in the air made it terribly cold. But he didn't care for any of that. Just as he reached the overpass, he could see the shape of his friend standing there, as if he had been waiting for him all along.
"So you couldn't sleep either, Toma (Tora)." Bardock said.
"With you spending this whole month spewing crap about the Armageddon, I guess I grew uneasy myself." Toma said.
"It's not like that. I'm just telling you that I have a bad feeling." Bardock said.
"Isn't it the same thing? We've been to countless battles and nearly died so many times… So for it to be a bad feeling it must be something pretty big." Toma said.
"What kind of logic is that?" Bardock said "Just for your information, I started having these bad feelings since I got attacked by the Kanassan."
"Kanassan? You mean the one was hiding while we trashed that planet and then tried to sneak attack us?"
"Yes. He used an energy attack, didn't he?"
Toma thought about it "So you're saying that he gave you his powers?"
"Just a part, it was probably accidental." Bardock said "I don't have visions like they do. It's just a really bad feeling."
"I suppose your Ki and his could've mixed in the attack." Toma said "But for it to actually give you powers, that's gotta be rare."
"Rare, but not impossible." Bardock said.
"So what you gonna do about this fe-" Toma was interrupted as an explosion went off in the horizon "What?"
"That's where Selipa (Fasha) is, right?" Bardock said.
"Damn, you're right!" Toma said as he took off "Let's go!"
"Yes!" Bardock took off along with Toma.
The explosion had wiped out a whole section of the city. Looking at the streets below, Bardock could see hundreds of Saiyans running away from the explosion site.
"We gotta hurry!" Bardock said, as he and Toma sped up.
Arriving at the site, they immediately started looking through the debris to see if they could find Selipa.
"Oh, hoho…" they heard someone say "We have two survivors here!"
"Who are you!" Bardock shouted.
"It's not me who you've got to worry about." the creature said "It's him!" he pointed to the middle of the giant crater, Dodoria was there looking around.
"That is… one of the Elite members of Frieza's personal squad…!" Bardock said "What is the meaning of this?"
"It means you'll-" the guy was blasted away by a Ki beam from Toma.
"Toma!"
"There's no need to talk." Toma said "They're very clearly trying to wipe some of us out. Maybe that's the bad feeling you've been having this time."
"Maybe…" Bardock said "Let's go. We need to know why they are doing this." he ran down the crater to meet up with Dodoria.
"Bardock!" Toma shouted, but he wasn't heard "Damn it." he went down after Bardock.
"You!" Bardock shouted at Dodoria, who looked at him.
"Hm? There were survivors?"
"What is the meaning of this?" Bardock said.
"Oh… this… You could say there was a rising chance of a threat." Dodoria said "Frieza-sama told us to wipe it out."
"What? He would just blow a city up?" Bardock said "What about all the Saiyans caught in the blast?"
"We had no time to worry about them." Dodoria said.
"Don't… don't believe what he says…" Bardock heard a faint voice. From the debris, a Saiyan woman emerged. With a bleeding arm and weak walk, she approached Bardock and Dodoria "Bardock… I heard him talking to his subordinates…"
"Selipa… He did this to you?" Bardock asked.
"Frieza-sama… ordered this attack…" Selipa said.
"What? Is this true?" he turned to Dodoria.
Dodoria smirked "Yes! It is! You Saiyans are becoming too powerful. The rumors about the Super Saiyan and the Super Saiyan God are getting too loud. Frieza-sama needs to keep his position of power."
"You… piece of sh-" Bardock received a punch to his gut, immobilizing him immediately. Dodoria then kicked Bardock, sending him flying.
"Bardock!" Selipa saw Bardock flying, she turned to Dodoria "I'll kill you!" she charged an energy beam onto her good hand "Haaaah!" she fired it at Dodoria, who simply took the attack.
Dodoria emerged unscatched from the attack, smirking at the weak Saiyan "That all?" he prepared to make an attack of his own
"Haah!" Toma arrived and kicked Dodoria right in the head, sending him staggering behind "That's not all!" Toma punched Dodoria's gut and then unleashed an uppercut on him, leaving him open for another attack "Take this!" Toma fired an energy beam right at Dodoria, sending him flying across the crater.
Dodoria stopped himself in mid-air and looked down at his opponents "I don't see how Frieza-sama decided that you scum are threats."
"What?" Toma said "It had no effect?"
"Say your prayer!" Dodoria extended his hands and charged up.
"Stop!" Bardock shouted as he came flying at Dodoria.
"Out of the way!" Dodoria kicked the incoming Bardock away without stopping the power up, then he focused on Toma and Selipa "Bye bye!" he fired the devastating beam of energy, vaporizing everything in front of him.
"No!" Bardock shouted as he came to attack Dodoria once again.
"You Saiyans are really annoying." Dodoria said "Disappear!" he fired a beam from his mouth straight to Bardock's gut. Bardock fell in defeat onto the middle of the crater.
"You…" Bardock tried to muster the strength to lift his arm, but he couldn't do it.
Dodoria landed beside Bardock "You're still alive? Well, I suppose it doesn't matter either way."
"What… do you mean?"
"You will see soon enough." Dodoria said "I'll let you live so you can see the spectacle." He smirked before flying up into the sky.
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Bardock limped his way across the crater. He started shifting rocks around to see if he found any of his friends. Then suddenly, a hand rose from the debris, calling Bardock's attention. He immediately went to it and took some rocks away, revealing a barely alive Toma.
"Toma! You're alive! Wait a minute, I'll get you out of here." Bardock said.
"Forget it." Toma said "I'm done for… anyway…"
"But…"
"Listen to me… Bardock…" Toma said "Frieza has… betrayed us… He is going to destroy us…"
"I know… But I…"
"Your bad feeling was right…" Toma said "You have to gather as many Saiyans as possible… And beat Frieza…"
"Toma!"
"Here…" Toma weakly took off his armband and handed it to Bardock "You need to… live…" and with that he stopped.
Bardock took the armband from Toma, and used it to wipe off the blood from Toma's face. Then he stood up, taking a minute to give a silent goodbye to his best friend. He looked around some of the other rocks and found Selipa's dead body, he did the same to her as he did to Toma.
Bardock looked at the armband he was given, it was more red than white now that he had used it to clean the faces of his fallen comrades. He put it around his head, using it as a headband. The blood that hadn't dried yet spilled from the band and made its way down Bardock's face.
Literally covered in the blood of his closest friends, Bardock decided to make Frieza pay for his losses. The next step would be gathering up an army of Saiyans to fight his way through Frieza's personal squad. No one would get in his way.
"Ordering us to come to Planet Vegeta… Forbidding us from leaving the planet… It was all a plan… They were planning our extermination from the start…! They will pay… I'll make them pay!"
And then another giant explosion ensued kilometres behind Bardock. He turned back to see the blast, it came from the section where his house was.
"Gine…" Bardock set off to the distance.
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"Check the surroundings." Zarbon said as he commanded the small team "If there are any survivors, eliminate them."
"Yes sir!" the soldiers said as they scattered around the crater to search for any survivors.
"Wraahhh!" a voice was heard, and suddenly three of the soldiers fell to the ground.
"What?" Zarbon said as he looked around "An attacker?" he looked above him to see Bardock ready to punch him down to the ground, he blocked the punch and grabbed Bardock's wrist.
Bardock tried to pull away with all his might, but to no avail.
"Dodoria told me that a little group of Saiyans caused some commotion where he was." Zarbon said "Are you one of them?"
"What if I am?" Bardock replied.
"It doesn't matter. You should be dead regardless." Zarbon said as he threw Bardock onto the ground "Kill him!"
Bardock got up to see himself surrounded by soldiers. They all charged at him. He dodged some punches and then grabbed one of them by his arm and twisted it until it broke.
"Aaah!" the soldier cried in pain. Bardock then punched another soldier to the ground and stomped on his leg, breaking it. Finding pleasure in the cries of pain, Bardock continued breaking through the whole squad until there was only one left. Bardock walked at the soldier.
"No! Please!" the soldier said, as he tripped over and fell. Silent, Bardock picked the soldier up by his neck and strengthened the grip until he broke his neck. He threw the soldier aside and looked up at Zarbon.
Zarbon gracefully landed on the ground and faced Bardock "It appears Frieza-sama might be right. You Saiyans might just become a nuisance. Eliminating you will be the best course of action." he said as he used his scouter to check the surroundings for alive Saiyans.
"I know everything." Bardock replied "You trapped us here so you could wipe us out all at once. But you'll fail."
"Is that so?" Zarbon said, as he started walking around.
"There are Saiyans out there who are not in this planet." Bardock said.
"Yes, quite so." Zarbon said "Prince Vegeta and his two subordinates have yet to return to this planet. But that will have little impact. With so little Saiyans left, it won't make a difference in the future."
"Oh, is that so?" Bardock smirked "You seem a bit too confident about that, no?"
"If there are any others…" Zarbon crouched down and pulled a body from the debris. It was Gine.
"Gine!" Bardock involuntarily shouted.
"You know her?" Zarbon said as he pulled the unconscious woman up in front of him "You're planning to overthrow Frieza-sama, aren't you? Then let this be an example for you."
"Let her go!" Bardock ordered.
"Know your place, monkey." Zarbon replied "I am your superior officer! All those who oppose Frieza-sama will…" he readied his hand.
"Stop!" Bardock shouted as he saw Zarbon's hand pierce through Gine's body, splattering blood everywhere, forming a little pool on the ground.
"Die…" Zarbon said as he threw Gine's body aside "Let this be a lesson for-"
Zarbon couldn't finish his sentence, as Bardock had already punched him in the face and sent him flying.
"What?" Zarbon said to himself as he set the scouter to measure Bardock's power level "This… is impossible!" the scouter exploded before it could complete the readings. Zarbon took the trashed scouter off and looked at Bardock. He was surrounded by a golden aura, his eyes had lost their pupils, and his hair stuck upwards as him something was pushing it up.
"I…" Bardock muttered.
Zarbon readied himself for the next attack.
"I'll never forgive you!" Bardock screamed, as his golden aura exploded, before he charged at Zarbon with an unmatchable speed. He punched the Frieza henchman up into the air, before delivering a devastating punch to his gut that broke off his armor.
"What are you?" Zarbon said.
Bardock didn't respond and threw another punch at Zarbon, who this time managed to block it.
"This power is unparalleled. The highest power among the Saiyans…" Zarbon said as he struggled to keep Bardock's fist blocked "Don't tell me you're…"
Bardock used his free hand to throw another punch, but that one was blocked as well.
"I won't let you interfere any further." Zarbon said "Let's see if you're truly a Super Saiyan. If you can't beat me then you won't be able to beat Frieza-sama!" he said as his body started getting larger and more muscular "Let's see if you can defeat a monster!"
Zarbon finished transforming and threw Bardock into the nearby rocks. Then he picked the Saiyan up and started squeezing him to death. Resisting Zarbon's strength, Bardock broke free and punched the monster square in the face, leaving him with a bloody nose.
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Frieza stayed in his pod as he looked out of the spaceship's window to see Planet Vegeta. Dodoria-san had already returned from his little mission and submitted his report, but for some reason Zarbon-san was taking longer than expected. Could it be that the Super Saiyan truly existed? No… That could not be it… Or even if it was, these monkeys shouldn't have known of his attack.
Suddenly, the door in Frieza's room exploded open, and an unconscious Dodoria landed right beside Frieza. Frieza turned around to see his 'partner in crime'.
"What is the meaning of this, King Vegeta?" Frieza said.
"Don't play games with me, Frieza!" King Vegeta said "You trapped all of the Saiyans in this planet so you would be able to wipe us out!"
"Rest assured, Kind of Saiyans." Frieza said "The Prince is safe, far off in a mission."
"Because he straight-up disobeyed you! Not because you wanted to spare him!" King Vegeta said "Now tell me. What is the reason for this madness?"
"Madness? I call it precaution." Frieza said.
"Precaution?"
"You do know how the tale of the Super Saiyan started, don't you?" Frieza said.
"Yes… It started with your ancestor…" King Vegeta said "He invaded this very same planet, but he was met by a Saiyan warrior with golden hair, who defeated him. We Saiyans have taken to call that Golden Saiyan warrior the Super Saiyan."
"Exactly. It was against my ancestor that the Super Saiyan rose." Frieza said "Which means that a Super Saiyan is able to defeat those of the Cold family."
"Are you afraid that some of use might overthrow you?"
"Recently, the power level of many Saiyans has been rising." Frieza said "It might very well be that he is around somewhere. There might even be several of them. Do you know what happens when six of them gather, King Vegeta?"
"The Super Saiyan God? That is a baseless legend. It's just a myth!" King Vegeta replied "There's only one person with the potential to become a Super Saiyan, and he isn't on the planet right now!"
"You think too highly of your son." Frieza said "Before the Super Saiyan rises, I'll destroy all of the Saiyans."
"And you think I'll just accept that?"
"You are no exception, King Vegeta." Frieza said.
"So, you're really betraying me and our alliance…" Kind Vegeta said "There's no need for you to break it. Consider us mortal enemies!" he charged at Frieza and punched his pod, sending it crashing through the window of the spaceship. Frieza came out of the pod and slowly came back to the ship.
"Prepare to die, monkey." Frieza said, now looking at King Vegeta seriously.
"Ha!" King Vegeta charged at Frieza again and threw a punch at him, which was blocked. Frieza grabbed King Vegeta's wrist, keeping him open for an attack, and then punched his left side, sending him flying through the spaceship, smashing walls and breaking floors.
Frieza followed King Vegeta's path, which stopped in a large room. He walked inside, and then King Vegeta appeared behind him and put him in a headlock.
"It's over, Frieza." King Vegeta said.
"You never learn." Frieza said as he used his tail to slap him away and then he grabbed the Saiyan King's tail.
"That will not work." King Vegeta said as he pulled his tail and broke free of Frieza's grasp "I've overcome that weakness a long time ago!" he said as he charged an energy attack and fired it at point-blank range.
Frieza emerged completely unharmed by the attack "Pitiful."
"What?" King Vegeta said, as Frieza quickly punched him in the jaw and used his tail to smash him to the ground. Frieza then used his foot to keep King Vegeta glued on the ground.
"You are pitiful, King Vegeta." Frieza said "I made an alliance with you because it fit my interests at the time. You should've seen this coming. The Super Saiyan legend has been passed down my family too. My only intent was to obliterate your entire species."
"You… monster…!" King Vegeta said as Frieza kept his foot pressing down on his chest.
"Goodbye, King Vegeta." Frieza pointed a finger at his opponent and fired a Death Beam through his head, killing him instantly. He took his foot off of the dead King's body "Rest assured though. I will not kill your son anytime soon. He is way too interesting to just be killed off this soon. I'll destroy him when the time is appropriate."
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"What a waste." Zarbon said as he reverted to his 'beautiful' form "And here I thought you were the Super Saiyan of the legend." he threw the unconscious Saiyan into the pool of blood he had formed when killing the Saiyan woman.
The band on Bardock's head untied itself and submerged in the blood.
"Time to report to Frieza-sama." Zarbon said as he flew off into the sky.
Slowly, Bardock regained his consciousness. He got up and noticed half his face was covered in blood, which he wiped off with his arms. His battle armour was completely trashed, it would provide no protection now. He fell to his knees, feeling incredibly tired. He looked at the pool of blood in front of him. The pool of Gine's blood. He noticed Toma's armband had fallen into the pool, he took it out.
The band was already mostly red, but now it was completely red, soaked in Gine's blood to the brim. He held the armband in his hand as it slowly started raining. He looked up at the dark night sky, it was filled with clouds. It was as if the skies had decided to give him something now that he had lost everything. He had nothing, no one to be with him, and no will to do what he had set out to do. Because even if he did succeed, that wouldn't reverse the damage…
But even then, amidst all this darkness and despair, he was somehow getting a good feeling. A feeling that things might just end up alright. A tiny little strand of hope… He didn't know who or what gave him that hope, but it was there. A hope set in the far future he would never reach.
Bardock closed his eyes, and let the rain wash away the mixed blood of his own and the person who mattered most to him. In time, he eventually got up and put the headband on.
With the blood of his trusted friends and family pressed onto his forehead, Bardock reached for the strand of hope. He had nothing to lose now. Even if his fate was sealed, it wouldn't make a difference either way. If he wasn't the man who defeated Frieza, he would be the one to start his downfall! Bardock powered up and charged straight up towards Frieza's spaceship.
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"Hm…" Frieza had just heard Zarbon's report "So that wasn't it?"
"I don't believe so, Frieza-sama." Zarbon said "If he truly were the Super Saiyan, he would've defeated me with ease. However…"
"You are worried that these Saiyans might truly become something else someday." Frieza said "Fret not, Zarbon-san. This was my intention all along. Prepare my pod, it is time to see some fireworks."
"Yes sir." Zarbon said, as he signalled a couple of servants to bring in a new pod.
"Frieza-sama, we are detecting a high power source coming towards the ship!" one of the scientists said "It appears to be a Saiyan!"
"Send the army." Frieza ordered "I am afraid we cannot be interrupted."
"Yes sir!" the scientist said.
A couple of servants brought a new pod, where Frieza sat in. Feeling comfortable on his personal portable chair, Frieza started going towards the main hatch on top of the spaceship "Zarbon-san, go get Dodoria-san. I want him to see this."
"Yes sir." Zarbon said as he walked away from the room.
"Now, let's see how that one Saiyan is doing." Frieza said to himself as he emerged on top of the spaceship. He looked down to see a Saiyan beating down the army he had sent to stop him "Today sure is full of rebellious Saiyans…"
"Ha!" Bardock grabbed one of Frieza's soldiers by his leg and threw him against another one. Then he jumped out of the way of an energy blast and grabbed another by the head, and then buried his knee in it. Another horde of soldiers made their way onto him, but he swiftly dodged all of their attacks and blasted them away with an energy blast. He looked up at the spaceship and saw the tyrant standing over it "Frieza!" he charged straight at him, but was slowed down as the remaining soldiers grabbed onto him to stop him from advancing. Because of this, he could not go any further, and stood right in front of Frieza, facing him.
Frieza looked at Bardock as Dodoria and Zarbon emerged from the spaceship.
"You!" Bardock shouted as he saw Frieza's henchmen, he unleashed a small explosive wave, knocking all of the soldiers holding him in place out. He started panting, the fatigue of his consecutive battles was getting to him "Damn it…"
Frieza didn't make a sound.
"This is my last bit…" Bardock said, as he charged Ki onto his right hand "This is where your fate will change, Frieza…!"
Frieza's response was raising a finger.
"Even if it is just a little bit…" Bardock said "You will definitely die, Frieza!"
Bardock threw the Ki blast at Frieza with everything he had. But an energy ball started growing from Frieza's finger, the big orange Ki ball blocked Bardock's attack with ease.
"What?" Bardock looked on as Frieza's energy ball got bigger and bigger "Impossible!"
Frieza started smiling, before throwing the giant blast at Planet Vegeta with the flick of a finger.
As Bardock was being engulfed by Frieza's planet buster attack, his mind started going away. It saw Frieza, facing another being. That's when Bardock found out, the hope came from Kakarot. His son would be the one to defeat Frieza. With that, he smiled, knowing that in the future, things would indeed end up alright.
"Kakarot…" he whispered as his body started being consumed "KAKAROT!"
As the planet exploded beneath them, Frieza started laughing like a maniac "Hahahaha! Look at these beautiful fireworks! Zarbon-san, Dodoria-san! Look!"
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He gasped as he suddenly opened his eyes. He was in a room. It wasn't his room. He got up, not understanding how he was there, not understanding how he could even be.
(Cue Episode of Bardock)
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And that was it!
In case you didn't notice, Bardock didn't turn into Super Saiyan against Zarbon, it was a middle step, like Goku's False Super Saiyan against Slug. I think I had to do something since Gine had to die in order to bring more strength to the story, but having Bardock just having an attack out of anger and that being it wouldn't be believable. Since I wanted this story to tie in to Episode of Bardock, I decided to use a similar idea to the False Super Saiyan as a sort of foreshadowing to his actual transformation against Chilled.
Anyway, this was just the prequel chapter to the story, or rather, something I decided to do in order to connect the dots that Dragon Ball Minus didn't connect. This way, Bardock can still be the first Super Saiyan. As for how he got transferred back in time, I have no idea. It's not even explained in the special itself. If I had to guess, it probably had something to do with that Kanassan's ability to see the future. Because f*ck it, it's the only thing I can come up with.
Decided to extend the King Vegeta VS Frieza battle, because dying after getting punched in the jaw is way too lame. Of course I also added more to Frieza's paranoia over the Super Saiyan legend, using Episode of Bardock as a basis for that.
I also decided to give King Vegeta the knowledge of the Super Saiyan God legend, because it was known by Frieza in Dragon Ball Minus, he had to have heard of that one from someone, right? The Super Saiyan legend was passed down Frieza's family because his ancestor (Chilled) was defeated by one. However, the Super Saiyan God was created to defeat evil Saiyans. So the only ones who would know about it are Saiyans. To cover Vegeta's lack of knowledge on the subject, I had King Vegeta disregard that legend of the Super Saiyan God as a baseless myth, so he didn't tell that legend to his son. It's not a perfect explanation but it will do.
The story will truly start with the next chapter. So see you then!
