I don't own Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z or Dragon Ball GT; this is just a fan fiction.
The spaceship hurtled towards the green and blue sphere known as Earth. Inside was a powerful Saiyan warrior with hair as spiky as a porcupine; he had just one thing on his mind:
"Kakarrot." Raditz whispered, "I need to get you for our war against Frieza."
The spaceship hit Earth with the force of a meteorite, creating an impact crater around two feet deep and out from it stepped the tall, long-haired Saiyan, on his right eye, he wore what looked like one half of some green, technical glasses, created by the Tuffles to read power levels. As he was scanning, he came across quite a high reading.
"408?" Raditz asked, "Kakarrot?" he then flew of in the direction of the power level and encountered a certain green-skinned individual garbed with a turban and weighted clothes.
Piccolo smirked, it was an evil smirk that annoyingly reminded Raditz of Frieza "You seem strong," he smiled while cracking his knuckles and throwing off his weights, "Do you mind being my warm up for Goku?"
Piccolo grumbled, "Oh what does it matter!" Piccolo suddenly cheered up, "no one in the world is stronger than me and after I've dealt with you, I can do the same to Goku!"
The Demon King fired one of his signature attacks at the spiky-haired, armoured stranger: the Explosive Demon Wave, but Raditz came out of the attack completely unaffected and with the same evil smirk he had told Piccolo about.
"So," Raditz grinned, "you want to fight? Because it's your funeral, I guess I could warm up a little before finding Kakarrot."
Then, at faster speeds than Piccolo could fathom, Raditz drove his elbow into the evil Namekian's stomach, causing Piccolo to cry in pain and cough up green blood.
"He's so fast!" Piccolo thought, "if only I could take advantage of his pride. Hang on, that's it!"
"Oh, so have you run out of power already, Piccolo." Raditz said confidently to his foe, "that's a shame, I'd hoped you could entertain me more." He started walking forward to finish off the Namekian, but before he could, Piccolo gave a proposition
"Wait," Piccolo yelled desperately, "if you're so confident in yourself, take one of my attacks without dodging!"
The longhaired Saiyan smirked "I've already done that with your Explosive Demon Wave, why would I need to do that with any of your other attacks to prove my superiority?"
Raditz then kicked Piccolo in the face, enjoying the pain the Namekian was in.
Kame House
The former Dragon Ball Gang were in a joyful reunion when their most powerful member sensed two formidable kis battling it out for supremacy, this fighter had crazily spiked hair that jutted out from all directions and an orange gi that had the Japanese symbol for turtle on it.
Noticing his best friend's alert face, Krillin, a short, bald monk with six dots on his forehead spoke up.
"What is it Goku?" Krillin asked
Sweat dropped from Goku's forehead as he detected the two opponent's ki signatures. One was definitely Piccolo, but the other was something much more powerful, Goku could feel Piccolo's ki draining away by the minute.
"I feel something really powerful, more powerful than anything I've faced before," the tailless Saiyan remarked, "whoever he is, he's fighting Piccolo and he's tearing him apart."
Krillin rolled his eyes "So, shouldn't we let them?" he questioned, already knowing the answer "I mean, Piccolo is our enemy after all."
Goku glared at Krillin "If we do," he replied "Piccolo could be killed and if Piccolo dies, so will Kami and then the Dragon Balls will cease to exist which means that if this newcomer is an enemy and he starts killing people, we won't be able to wish them back. For once, I guess I'm teaming up with Piccolo."
Krillin grinned happily; it had been a while since he had been fighting someone "Alright buddy," he grinned, "whatever you're doing, I guess Roshi and I are in."
"No Krillin," Goku said seriously, "this power is far beyond you, to be honest, it's even beyond Piccolo and I. At least if I die, the Dragon Balls will be able to wish me back. However, you and Roshi have already been wished back and since Shenron can't wish people back twice, if you or Roshi die, you're gone for good this time."
"I see," Krillin sighed and frowned as his best friend called down his Flying Nimbus, the magical yellow cloud that was a testament to the Saiyan's purity of heart "good luck, old friend!"
"Thanks!" Goku smiled "take care of Gohan for me Krillin!"
Once Goku flew off, Krillin was joined outside by an old man with sunglasses with a surprising amount of martial arts under his belt who was Goku and Krillin's former mentor: Master Roshi, a blue-haired scientist who was one of Goku's closest friends in his searches for the Dragon Balls: Bulma and a four-year old child who showed the same potential as Goku once had: Son Gohan.
"Where'd Goku go?" Bulma asked while cradling Gohan in her arms.
Krillin smirked "What he's always been doing, Bulma," he said "fighting."
"Wow," Bulma said sarcastically "just leave Gohan here, Goku, you aren't going to be that great a father. Maybe you will be at protecting them, but not for actually being there for them."
As soon as Bulma spoke, the traditionally garbed toddler began to cry loudly.
Back in the mountainous areas
Piccolo stood panting and bleeding, helpless before the powerful Saiyan in front of him. He couldn't believe that the being in front of him could be this powerful. His arm and both of his antennas had been torn off.
"Guess this is it,"Piccolo thought as the last of his pride was shattered "I'll never be able to kill Goku and avenge you. Father, I'm sorry."
Raditz began to slowly walk towards him, ready for the finishing blow when suddenly, his scouter beeped.
"416?" Raditz asked himself "Kakarrot?"
Piccolo tried to take advantage of the opportunity to begin to gather up yellowish ki in his hand for his new, most powerful attack: The Special Beam Cannon. This ki attack wasn't like the Kamehameha or the Explosive Demon Wave; it didn't blow things to pieces but instead pierced through the opponent with a thin beam of ki
"It's too bad," The Namek thought "I was hoping to use this to kill Goku."
However, before he could fully charge the attack, Raditz flew forward and punched Piccolo in the gut, interrupting his focus and dispersing his ki.
"As much as I'd like to stay around and play with you, Piccolo," Raditz grinned "I have other things to do. He then flew off towards Goku's ki signature.
Raditz was quite annoyed, to say the least, even for a low class Saiyan such as Kakarrot; the human race should have been destroyed within a few days and the fact that he could see children laughing and playing around annoyed him greatly.
"God damn it Kakarrot!" Raditz yelled in frustration, "all you had to do was exterminate the planet! Even for a low-class, it should be easy! Even a low-class doesn't have a power level of 416. Why, you're barely even stronger than that demon king or so he says!"
Raditz continued his rant until he flew right into a stranger riding a yellow cloud in the sky. However, this particular stranger looked very familiar. His spiky hairstyle was a dead giveaway. However, that was the only thing he had in common with Raditz's father, he was wearing an orange gi with some sort of oriental symbol on it and his eyes were full of light and purity. Part of Raditz wanted to call Kakarrot an idiot, but the other part wanted to hug him, to be reunited with him. Suppressing this pathetic emotion, there was a deep silence between the two before Raditz spoke up.
"Kakarrot!" he yelled, "Why haven't you carried out the orders of the Saiyans? Why have you chosen to spare Earth?"
Goku was confused, to say the least "Kakarrot? Saiyan?" He said in confusion "look, I don't know who you're talking about buddy but I think you've got the wrong person so why don't you just settle down peacefully." Goku knew that the armoured stranger was beyond his own strength so he tried a diplomatic approach.
However, Raditz actually laughed "Ha," he smirked "you can drop the naïve act now, Kakarrot, I know it's you."
Goku sighed "Alright, I don't understand a thing you're saying so why don't you just tell me about your life and I'll tell you about mine."
Raditz gasped, "Are you serious, Kakarrot?" he said in disbelief, "you can't possibly have forgotten who you are, you are a Saiyan, the most powerful warrior in the universe! Saiyans kill millions of people and sell their planets to the Galactic Trade Organisation, I'm your older brother, Kakarrot and my name is Raditz!"
Goku thought for a bit, he used to have a tail, just like Raditz did now and remembered hitting his head very hard when he was a baby. He remembered that he didn't remember his life before a certain age so he accepted that this 'Saiyan' as Raditz called it were even worse than Piccolo and on thinking of what he could have become, he became enraged "I guess you've come to finish the job since I haven't then," he said bitterly "well, these people are my friends and I won't let you hurt them! Solar Flare!"
The noble warrior closed his eyes and blasted a short burst of ki forward from him, temporarily blinding Raditz and allowing Goku to grab his tail, leaving him paralysed.
"Damn it, Kakarrot!" Raditz yelled, "How did you know that a Saiyan's tail is his weakness?"
"Because I had the same weakness once." Goku replied, "the only reason I've accepted that I'm one of these Saiyans is because of unusual things that set me apart from humans, I used to have a tail, I love battling strong opponents and no one in the world can eat more than me. Are those traits usual in Saiyans?"
Raditz nodded "Yes, now that you mention it," he smiled "but how did you forget your mission?"
Goku thought, "I think, the first thing in life I can remember is having my head on stone, I was in a lot of pain, but then this really nice man came and looked after me, his name was Grandpa Gohan and he loved me like a father but then…" he looked downtrodden "he met a monster on the night of a full moon and he died."
Raditz wanted to speak up, but he avoided pressing the point further. After all, he didn't want his brother to know that he had been the one responsible for his foster grandfather's death so he decided to get to the point.
"Kakarrot," he said with seriousness "the Saiyans have been driven to the point of extinction by an evil tyrant called Frieza, the reason I came here was not to destroy your world since you have failed in your mission, but to recruit you to help kill him. I understand that you don't trust me because of what us Saiyans have done in the past, but it was Frieza who made us do all these things and after we served him like puppies, he destroyed our home. Our father died trying to kill Frieza."
Goku was saddened due to his father failing to kill Frieza, but he made up his mind.
"OK," the pure Saiyan nodded "I'll help you."
Raditz shook his head "Sorry Kakarrot," he said solemnly, "but Frieza is far beyond your or my level of power and that's just in his first form. I've heard rumours that he can conceal his power by transforming."
Goku wasn't bothered "OK!" he smiled, "then I'll just have to get even stronger than I am now!"
Raditz sighed "Don't bother, Kakarrot," he sighed "your power is pitiful, even for a low-class Saiyan and that's how it will be for the rest of your life."
Goku was enraged "Hey!" he yelled, "there are other things you need besides power, you know. Even if I was weak before, if there's one thing I've learned on Earth, it's that even the weakest fighter can surpass the elite if they work hard enough!"
Raditz sighed, "I'm sorry Kakarrot, but the earthlings are wrong, just look at what happened when your father tried to fight Frieza, he's too strong for you to fight and that's never going to change."
"Then why did you come here in the first place!" Goku yelled angrily.
"I just wanted to see you again, brother," Raditz smiled "our father said that no matter what you did with this planet, he would always be proud of you."
Goku smiled a traditional Son smile, after all of his adventures; his brother had admitted he was proud of him.
"Thanks Raditz,," Goku smiled at his brother "now, do you want to-"
"Special Beam Cannon!"
Raditz barely had time to blink before the yellow, piercing beam drilled through Goku's heart and he fell to the ground, releasing his hold on Raditz's tail.
"Kakarrot!" Raditz yelled in sorrow.
"Don't feel sorry for him," Piccolo grinned, "after all, you'll be joining him soon!"
"Why you ruthless, heartless, cowardly B*****D!" Raditz screamed, showing the same loyalty to his brother that his father showed to his friends.
Raditz began to charge up his ki and Piccolo knew he was heavily outmatched; the evil Namekian had taken away his Raditz's brother when he had just met him. He would make him pay with his life!
