Dragon Ball EM

by ThatOneBlackGuy

Of course, an altered version of Dragon Ball Z, with new plots, new goals, and new ideas. Technically my first fanfic, please read and review, and I will be eternally grateful.

1. Ain't No Sunshine

DragonBall Z: EM

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT, or any spin off products. They are all owned by FUNimation, Toei Animation, Bird Studios, and Akira Toriyama. Anything I write in no way affects the series on a literal level, only in the mind of bored teenagers. Please support the official release, and maybe even find the time to read this. Thank you.

Chapter I: Ain't No Sunshine

Pleasant was not a word that one might use to describe the setting of this story's beginning. Silent, dark, and eerie would be better adjectives. Above the ruby red planet known as Vegeta, a large ship loomed. All cold lifeless colors illustrated the ship, save the amethyst colored glass dome on the front. Inside the vessel, a malicious, violent, heartless and downright evil creature sat in a throne, a malevolent grin plastered on its face. "The time has come to destroy those provoking worms. Though they've been quite useful, they are growing too powerful."

One of his millions of grunts approached him, bowing nervously. "Freeza-sama, we have reports that a small squad of Saiya-jin are planning to assassinate you. They may already be off of the planet, what should we do?"

The grin on Freeza's face only grew wider. "Allow them to continue their little mascerade, I keep only my finest troops aboard my vessel, and even if they do manage to get past them, Dodoria and Zarbon can end their farce."

The grunt nodded. "Very well milord. I'll go inform the troops." The grunt jumped to his feet and saluted, but as he turned, Freeza's tail wrapped around his leg, stopping him. He turned in confusion, and saw the warlord shaking his head. "No, don't tell them. I do love entertainment. I will allow them to believe that they will succeed, but then crush them, and make them watch as all hope slips from their grasp."

Meanwhile, five, lone Saiya-jin slowly reached the tallest point on the entire planet, with a direct view of Freeza's ship. The largest of the Saiya-jin, tall, muscle-bound and balding, he sported a goatee, and wore a common model of Saiya-jin armor, but in blue and yellow. He also had blue wristbands, and a blue scouter. His name was Nappa. Next to him stood a somewhat shorter Saiya-jin, but with incredibly long, spiky hair. His armor was modeled the same, but in black and brown, and his scouter was green. He was named Raditz. Hanging in the back of the group, stood a member who had wild and spiky hair, the same armor design as the other two, but in light and dark blue, as well as black, and had a red scouter. His allies called him Turles. The sole female member of the group wore a pink, armless and legless jumpsuit, a somewhat different styled armor, with no shoulder guards, but instead a strap on the left side, as well as a yellow legwarmer over half of her thigh, her knee, and half of her calf. Named Celipa, she wore a green scouter and a golden triangle-shaped earring on her right ear. The final member, with wild spiky hair identical to Turles, wore green and dark blue armor, with green straps holding it up and blue pants, he had red wristbands that went up most of his forearm, and a literally blood red headband. With a green scouter and a scar on his cheek, his name was Bardock.

Turles took a long, deep breath, and then a maniacal grin found its way to his face. "All right then, let's begin our mission! Death to Freeza!" He shouted, blasting into the air. "Wait up you idiot!" Bardock yelled, following him. "Don't leave me, Father!" Raditz exclaimed, flying into the air as well. Nappa simply grinned, pouncing after them. "Ooh, I feel like a Saibaman in a garden, with all the plants to eat or fornicate with!" Celipa sighed, pursuing. "Men..."

"All right! Charge up your energy, and blast the hell out of that ship! Blow it to smithereens!" Turles exclaimed, generating a large purple sphere of energy in his hand. Everyone followed suit, Bardock with a blue sphere, Celipa with a pink one, Nappa with a yellow one, and Raditz a purple one surrounded in electricity. "And.....FIRE!!!" All five shot their blasts at Freeza's ship, only for a massive horde of guards to appear and attempt to shield it. Hundreds of them were instantly vaporized, and dozens more slowly cooked. The Saiya-jin continued their assault, charging into the blockade and pummeling their way through. Effortlessly taking down soldiers one by one, the team broke one sweat each. Watching from inside the ship, Zarbon and Dodoria each raised an eyebrow, rather surprised by the enemies' power. "I'm amazed. I didn't think they'd tear through the guards so easily. It seems we'll have to step out soon." Zarbon commented.

"Let me check their power levels." Dodoria said, pushing a button on his green scouter. "Hmm...the one with the long hair has 7,000. The girl has 15,000. The big guy has 17,000. The leader has 20,000, better watch out for him. And the guy with the headband has...no, this must be wrong."

"What?" Zarbon inquired. Dodoria pushed the button again, frowning. "The blasted thing read his power level as 25,000. That's impossible. That's more than both of us!"

Zarbon furrowed his brow. "Well, then we combine forces and attack him together. But don't forget, I do have my trump card."

Dodoria grinned. "Right, your transformation. We should go, there're only a couple dozen troops left." Zarbon nodded.

Turles jammed his fist into the last soldier's chest, causing his rib cage to crush his heart and lungs. "Well, that's the last of them. Now for the real big fish." He began to float up towards the entrance of Freeza's ship, but Bardock outstretched his arm to stop him. "Wait. They obviously know we're here now. If you go inside, you're going to walk into a trap. Let them come to us."

Turles clenched his teeth, and then sighed. "Very well. But don't forget who the leader is." He warned, pointing towards his red scouter.

They waited nearly five minutes, and suddenly felt an odd presence behind them. Turning, they all saw a purple blast and a pale green blast heading straight for them. The group scattered, allowing the blasts to shoot off into the endless expanse of space. The group split up, Bardock and Nappa taking on Dodoria, and Turles, Celipa and Raditz attacking Zarbon.

Bardock charged energy, and fired a ki blast, but Dodoria swatted it aside, swinging his fist at Bardock. The Saiya-jin blocked, but was pushed backwards. He reached to grab Dodoria, but the pink alien sidestepped him, punching and kicking him a multitude of times, until finally slamming his head into the warrior's chest, knocking him back several dozen yards. As Bardock flew backwards, he was hit with ki blasts, but finally deflecting one, he shot his own, engulfing Dodoria in a cloud of smoke. Charging more energy, he deflected a blast Dodoria shot at him. However, in an instant, Dodoria appeared in front of him, and kicked him in the chest. Bardock threw a punch, but Dodoria dodged, again kicking the proud warrior in the chest.

"What's wrong with you Bardock? If you can't take 'im, I'll step in!" Nappa yelled. Wiping the blood off of his mouth, Bardock grimaced. "Shut the hell up, Nappa! I'm still warming up!"

Generating a blue sphere of ki in his hand, he fired a blast at Dodoria, exclaiming "Rouzekiyariha!" Caught off guard, Dodoria took the full brunt of the attack, and the front of his armor was slightly charred. Following up with a flurry of ki blasts, Bardock again engulfed Dodoria in smoke, and then charged at full speed. The two began to wildly throw punches and kicks at each other, dodging, blocking, hitting, and scraping. It went on until Bardock bounced off of Dodoria's fat to get some distance. Dodoria quickly gave chase and threw a punch, but Bardock effortlessly dodged, kicking the glutton in the crotch nearly four times, and then punching him in the face. With some distance between them, they began charging up ki, and then flew at each other. Again they battled with lightning-fast punches and kicks. Opening his mouth, Dodoria shot a yellow beam of ki at Bardock, but at the last second, Bardock vanished, reappearing next to the blast. Raising his fist and flying at Dodoria he threw a punch, but the spike-headed alien dodged, floating behind the Saiya-jin. He attempted to attack, but Bardock dodged each strike, and then pummeled Dodoria with a wild barrage of punches, until ending it with a solid kick to the chest as revenge. Continuing with the physical assault, Bardock bruised Dodoria, giving him a black eye and could also hear a demonic-sounding scream nearby, but not from him, Dodoria or Nappa. He began to volley him around Freeza's ship, much to Nappa's entertainment. Bardock kicked Dodoria in the stomach, then punched him, wrapped his arms around his neck and began to choke him while kneeing him in the back. With each strike he said a word. "I. Am. Going. To. Kill. You!" He finally let him go, only to slam his foot on the creature's head, sending him careening through space.

Nappa began to shake, his eye twitched, and he bit his lip. "Oh, I can't take it anymore! My turn!" He shouted pushing Bardock aside. "Hello there, Mr. Pink-man. I am Nappa of the Mountain!"

Bardock raised his eyebrows in confusion, but then lowered them in anger. "No you're not!"

Ignoring Bardock, Nappa continued. "And this is my partner, Bardock. His mate di-"

"Shut the hell up and fight, Damn it!" Bardock shouted.

"But Bardock, I'm talking, it's very rude to interrupt someone when they're ta-" Dodoria suddenly head butted Nappa in the chest, knocking him backward. Nappa's head began to shake in disapproval. "I JUST said, it's rude to interrupt someone when they're talking!" Napa shouted, punching Dodoria in the face and stomach. He then clasped his hands together, slamming them on Dodoria's back, cracking his armor. "Now we can begin." Nappa mumbled.

Bardock stared in disbelief at Nappa. "How does Vegeta deal with you?"

Dodoria abruptly punched Nappa upwards, then slammed his palms into his chest, and kicked him down. "Oh god!" Nappa shouted. "Nappa angry!" He threw a punch at Dodoria, but the alien grabbed his wrist, and then swatted him to the side. His cheek bruised, Nappa charged at his opponent, kicking him into the air, and then slamming his forearm into his stomach. However, Dodoria grabbed Nappa's head, and began to punch him. "You're much weaker than the last guy.

Nappa's face stiffened, and he no longer felt the punches. "What?"

"I said: you're much wea-"

"I'm going to crush you!" Nappa shouted, dodging Dodoria's next punch. Appearing behind Freeza's henchman, he placed his hand on his back, and then fired a massive blast, completely incinerating Dodoria. "Bardock, did you see me kill the pink guy?"

"Yeah, now let's go, the others look like they're having trouble with Zarbon." Bardock replied.

Meanwhile, at the same time as Bardock and Nappa fought Dodoria, Turles, Celipa and Raditz attacked Zarbon. "Come and get it!" Turles shouted, shooting a blast at the green creature. The elite warrior effortlessly deflected the blast, and began kicking the Saiya-jin, then sidestepping his opponent's attacks. Attacking from behind, he struck several times, but as he swept his leg near Turles', the proud warrior vanished, reappearing a yard away from Zarbon, shooting a handful of ki blasts and then kicking him in the shoulder. Raising his arm, Zarbon generated a yellow sphere of ki, and shot five blasts from it, shouting "Shooting Star Arrow!"

Turles was hit at point-blank range, engulfing him in a cloud of smoke. Charging out at Zarbon, he threw a punch at the green-haired alien, but his adversary blocked, jumping behind him. As Zarbon struck, the Saiya-jin warrior blocked as well, vanishing and then reappearing behind him. Swinging his leg up, Turles kicked Zarbon into the air. After stopping, Zarbon glared at the Saiya-jin, and Turles glared right back. Without wasting a second, Turles attacked, punching the caped villain in the chest multiple times, and then jamming his fist into his stomach. Zarbon quickly countered however, kicking Turles upwards, then appearing above him and knocking him down. He gave chase to strike again, but Turles swayed his body to the side to dodge, slamming his head into Zarbon's chest. With some distance between them, Turles shoot a barrage of ki blasts, all of which were easily dodged. Zarbon shot his own flurry, which Turles dodged as well. The two engaged in a fistfight, until Turles ducked down to dodge a punch, and grabbed his enemy's leg. Swinging him around, he threw his with all of his might, sending him careening through the endless expanse of space. With an opportunity, he reached into his armor, pulling out a small, spiked fruit. I was hoping I wouldn't have to resort to this. I'll only eat half now. Save the other half for the fight with Freeza.

Biting the fruit, he chewed and swallowed half, placing the other half back in his armor. Instantly he could feel power surging through his body, and a smirk found its way to his face. Facing his palms toward each other, he generated a ring of ki between them. As he spread his hands farther apart, the ring grew in size and power. "Take this Mr. Beautiful! Kill Driver!" Thrusting his hands forward, the ring flew at Zarbon, but the alien grabbed the ring itself, and flung it back at the Saiya-jin. In surprise, Turles leaned backwards, the tip of his shoulder armor getting seared. Ignoring how close he came to serious injury, the arrogant warrior flew at Zarbon, punching him in the back as hard as he could, smashing that part of his armor, and sending him careening through space. Instantly appearing in front of him, Turles spun around, slamming his forearm into the hip of the man with the pony-tail. He continued his physical battering, and fired another Kill Driver, this one hitting at close range. The two exchanged strikes, not at extraordinarily fast speeds, but each took damage. It went on for minutes, with Celipa and Raditz watching in utter boredom. Zarbon finally punched Turles in the eyes, momentarily rendering him defenseless. Grasping his right arm with his left hand, Zarbon generated ki in his right hand, a malicious smirk on his face. "Elegant Blaster!"

Unable to see, Turles took the full force of the attack without shielding himself in anyway, getting completely enveloped in the blast. Before any more damage could be done, Celipa jumped into the fray, driving her boot into Zarbon's face. The attack ended, and Zarbon's cheek was badly bruised and bleeding. Zarbon swung his fist at her, but she dodged, punching him in the neck. She attempted to kick him, but he dodged, only to be caught by her other assault of physical attacks. Finally dodging again, he moved to her side, kicking her in the stomach, and then in the back of the neck. Heavily panting, Zarbon grinned. "That last fight...really wore me down...I guess...I'm left with...no choice...I will show you...Horror!"

A dark aura surrounded Zarbon, and his body underwent drastic changes. His body mass drastically increased, His head widened, and his nose grew. His teeth became fangs, and his face was mottled with rough and bumpy scale-like patches. Celipa watched in utter disgust, literally frightened by his sight. "You're downright repulsive!"

"You're finished!" He shouted in a much deeper voice. Celipa threw punches and kicks at him, landing direct hits on his body, but to no avail, as he wasn't even fazed. Floating back, she pulled back both of her hands, generating a pink sphere of energy. Thrusting her hands forward, she sent a beam of pink energy at Zarbon, shouting, "Taikouha!"

The attack hit him directly, creating a large cloud of smoke. She sighed, believing she had won. However, and the smoke cleared, she saw that all she had down was damaged his armor. Zarbon laughed maniacally, relishing in her despair, the battle not even close to over. Once again, he straightened his right arm, and fired the same blast he used to defeat Turles, right at Celipa. She dodged, generating another sphere of energy in her hand. She threw it at Zarbon, but it was swatted aside. However, unbeknownst to him, it simply floated behind him, and shot six blasts from it. Each one hit him, releasing a muffled wheeze from the monster. However, within seconds he was in front of her, swinging his fists down. With no time to react, Celipa put her arms in the cross position to defend herself, still getting pushed back. He reached out to grab her, but she jumped back, shooting him with a reasonably powerful ki blast. She jabbed her leg out at him, but he grabbed it, and began to punch her with his other hand, until finally bringing his elbow down on her head. She flew away to get some distance, shooting ki blasts at him the whole way. However, before she could even catch her breath, he was hot on her trail, shooting blasts until he was close enough to bodily strike her. He slammed his knee into her stomach twice, smacked her twice, grabbed her head, and banged his head onto hers three times. Her eyes widened, and her head throbbed in pain. He let her go, and her somewhat limp body simply floated. Not one for sympathy, he kicked her in the back, sending her soaring through the air. He flew next to her to attack again, but Raditz grabbed his wrist, throwing him as far as he could.

"That's enough. I'm sick of watching. I am your opponent now!" He shouted. Zarbon grinned. "Very well, puny man."

Zarbon punched Raditz in the chest with both hands, clasped his hands together, slamming them on Raditz's head, and then used the Elegant Blaster once again. Raditz's armor had already been damaged, and the fight hadn't lasted ten seconds. "Why are you so much stronger than me?" Raditz demanded.

"Do the math! Your power level is a measly 7,000, while mine currently pushes 30,000!" Zarbon replied, flying at Raditz full speed. Charging ki in his hand, Raditz grinned, throwing it forward and shouting "Enjoy! Saturday Crush!"

Not expect it, Zarbon took the full force of the attack, get slightly charred and electrocuted in a small explosion. Not wanting to lose his advantage, Raditz attacked, landing punches and kicks on his opponent, over and over again, until the alien monster grabbed Raditz's hair and threw him. Raditz quickly went on the offensive again though, but all of his attacks missed, including another Saturday Crush. The two engaged in close combat for a few moments, until Zarbon shot another Elegant Blast, which Raditz narrowly dodged. However, the vulgar creature swiftly resumed pummeling the Saiya-jin. For every attack Raditz made, Zarbon made three. Raditz slowly began to realize he was fighting a losing battle. Finally pushing Zarbon away, Raditz accumulated as much ki as he possibly could, reaching his full power. Freeza's most elite soldier jumped in front of Raditz, but was kicked in the chin, then elbowed in the throat. Barely affected, the two began rapidly exchanging attacks, but Zarbon gained the upper hand, elbowing Raditz in the eye. As Bardock and Nappa arrived on the scene, Raditz generated a sphere in each hand, pulling his arms back. "That does it. I will defeat you!" Thrusting his hands forward, he fired a huge blast at Zarbon, shouting "Double Sunday!"

Zarbon smugly watched, not particularly alarmed by the blast, but as the number his scouter read climbed, his face filled with worry, and he fired his own blast. However, it missed Raditz's attack, and instead headed for Raditz. Bardock gasped, going wide-eyed. "Raditz! Look out!" The blast hit him though, doing enough damage to make him simply float in space, with no strength left. Raditz's attack however hit Zarbon, causing a large explosion. As the smoke cleared, Bardock and Nappa could see that the left side of Zarbon's body had been completely destroyed, and the rest was severely scorched. Blood poured out of his body, and he screamed at the top of his lungs, writhing in pain. Bardock cracked his knuckles. "Put 'im out of his misery Nappa. I'll check on the others."

Nappa smiled from ear to ear as Bardock left. "Yay!"

Bardock floated over to Turles' unconscious body, bruised, bloodied and beaten. "You did good brother..."

(LET ME INTERRUPT FOR A MOMENT TO STATE THAT I AM WELL ARWARE THAT NOT ONLY IS TURLES A NON-CANNON CHARACTER, BUT ALSO NOT IN ANY WAY RELATED TO BARDOCK. HOWEVER, THIS IS A FANFICTION, AND SO I CAN DECIDE THE RULES OF THIS STORY. ENJOY THE REST.)

Lifting his brother over his shoulder, Bardock flew over to Celipa. "Are you alive?" Her face held a blank expression; it looked as if there wasn't even a soul in her body. Her eyes lacked color, and her mouth hung open. Feeling a pulse, Bardock held her up on his other shoulder, floating over to Raditz. On the way, he could hear the screams of Zarbon as Nappa ruthlessly tortured him, laughing like an infant before it fills its diaper. "You still breathing, son?"

Raditz weakly nodded, causing a sigh of relief to escape Bardock's lips. "Good. My hands are full, so grab my leg." He floated over to Nappa who had finished killing Zarbon, and handed them to him. "You hold onto them. If things get out of hand with Freeza, you need to get them out of here fast."

"But what about the fight? I wanna fight the midget with horns!" Nappa protested. Bardock glared at Nappa, unwilling to let Nappa decide, even though with Turles incapacitated, Nappa was technically second-in-command. "Their lives are more important than you fighting Freeza! Besides, you would be killed by him anyway! Now, we must inform King Vegeta that the path to Freeza has been cleared..." Bardock pushed a button on his scouter, clearing his throat.

Inside his vessel, Freeza sat all alone in his throne, the grin that formerly decorated his face long gone. "Well, it seems my most reliable of soldiers have failed me. Now I must personally squash these fools, and their precious planet." Standing, he wiggled his tail, beginning to step towards the exit. "And so it begins."

Power Levels

Protagonists

Bardock - 25,000

Celipa - 15,000

Raditz - 7,000

Turles - 20,000

Nappa - 17,000

Antagonists

Dodoria - 20,000

Zarbon - 22,000

Zarbon (Transformed) 30,000

Freeza (Form 1) - 530,000

All right, that brings us to the end of my first chapter. I deeply hope that this becomes popular enough to garner some attention and loyal fans, as it is technically my first fanfic, so I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I did writing it, so please review, give me your opinions, questions, comments, concerns, etcetera. I'll continue writing and the second chapter will be up soon. All I really have left to say is g'night everybody, and may the forces of evil become confused on the way to your house!

ThatOneBlackGuy