Goku is lifting, with his one arm only, the huge body of Nappa, the Saiyan warrior he's just defeated.
Everyone is amazed, not by his lifting feat of course (all of his comrades can carry that amount of weight),
but by him beating an elite Saiyan with one single blow. Goku throws the enormous alien, who lands right
in front of Vegeta.
-''Take him and leave'' Goku advices the Saiyan prince.
Nappa looks at his comrade. Mustering all the strength he's left, he raises his arm towards him.
-''Vegeta, please, help me'' he says, even though he knows it's hopeless. In Saiyans' society, there's no such
thing as mercy. Loss means death. However, this is the first time Nappa faces his own potential death. This
is the first time he views life from the position of his victims. Under these conditions, he can't help asking
for what he knows full well he won't get.
Then, to his surprise, Vegeta holds his hand and smiles. Nappa smiles back. Under different circumstances,
he'd feel disgust to see a Saiyan showing compassion. But now, now that he's so injured for the first time
in his life, he's glad that Vegeta decided to spare him. For a fraction of a moment, he catches himself
doubting about the ways he's lived up to now. Can the Saiyans be wrong?
-''Thank you'' Nappa says to his superior.
Then, he realizes in horror Vegeta's smile was just an ironic one. No, he hoped too much. Next moment,
he finds himself several meters above the ground.
-''What use are you of if you can't fight?'' Vegeta yells, while firing a blast, without using his limbs. ''NONE''.
Seeing the blast coming towards him, unable to do anything, Nappa's mind is flooded by thoughts. In his
last moments, he wondered whether there is a speck of truth in all those preaches about respect of the
value of life. Too bad he won't live long enough to ponder those things. Too bad he won't live long enough
to find his answers. Nappa gets blinded by the blast, which has almost made contact with him.
Next moment, he finds himself lying on the ground. Is he dead? Is he in the afterlife? No, he's still on the
same desert. Goku's standing next to him. He's just been saved by that Kakarrot guy, the Saiyan traitor!
Nappa can't believe this is real. In all his space travels, he's never met a person who would save someone
who has just killed his friends. And it's not like Kakarrot knows his friends can come back; he wasn't here
when the Namek dragonballs were mentioned. The others (Krillin, Gohan, Vegeta) can't hide their shock
either.
-''Goku, what were you thinking ?'' Krillin yells. ''If that blast had hit you, it'd have hurt you badly, and that
would have cost you dearly in the fight with the other Saiyan that is to come. You risked so much to save
that meatbag...''
-''It doesn't matter who he is'' Goku interrupts. ''Look at the condition he is at, he can't even move. Yet, the
other scum would kill him. Nobody deserves to die like that''.
Vegeta bursts into laughter.
-''Kakarrot, when you spared that Raditz trash, i understood you're a disgrace for the Saiyans'' he says.
''But, now, i feel even the word disgrace is too little to describe you. Maybe you're not even a full Saiyan,
maybe your mother was a slut who slept with an alien of a pathetic race''.
-''That's enough, you bastard'' Goku yells, more angry than ever. He turns to Krillin and Gohan.
-''Take that guy and leave'' he says. (referring to Nappa)
-''WHAT?'' Krillin cries. ''Goku, don't tell me you want us to treat the one who was ready to...''
-''Do as i said'' Goku yells, making Krillin gulp. The monk realizes it's hopeless to try to change Goku's mind.
-''Okay'' he sighs. ''But, do me a favor. Go fight somewhere else. I don't want our friends' bodies to get
incinerated''.
-''But, why?'' a baffled Goku asks. ''I thought nobody's coming back to life...''
-''I'll explain later, if we're still alive ourselves'' Krillin answers.
With a smile of new hope, Goku tells Vegeta that they go and fight somewhere else. Meanwhile, Krillin lifts
Nappa and, along with Gohan, flies away.
-''You monster'' Krillin whispers to his load. ''If it wasn't for Goku, i would tear out your ugly heart right
now''.
Nappa is lost in his thoughts.
Krillin and Gohan are silently flying. No one is in a mood for a conversation. Especially Nappa. Suddenly, they
stop, having sensed Vegeta's already huge aura skyrocketing. Nappa, who can't sense chi, is wondering what
happened.
-''Gohan, did you feel that?'' a terrified Krillin says. ''A moon appeared on the sky. And, then... that bastard's
chi exploded''.
-''Oh, no, my daddy's going to die'' cries Gohan.
Nappa is shocked. Why did Vegeta transform? Was it necessary to beat Kakarrot? During his fight with him,
Kakarrot pulled some strange stunt during the fight's last moments and defeated him in one blow. But, even
that power Kakarrot showed for one moment only isn't enough to scare Vegeta. So, why? Could it be that
Kakarrot had even more power in reserve after all? Could a low class Saiyan, like him, surpass the elite of
the elites?
-''Listen, we have to get back there'' Nappa interrupts them in agony. ''Vegeta did the Saiyans' transformation
and he's going to kill your friend, no joke. I'm the only one who can save him''.
-''Do you take us for fools?'' Krillin yells angrily. ''You want to go there, see the moon and transform into an
ape as well, so that you can help your comrade''.
-''Do you think i'd help someone who was about to kill me?'' Nappa asks. Krillin is now troubled. Nappa's
expression doesn't remind at all of the Nappa he'd fought; that huge baby beast that was playing with its
food. He now sounds serious and mature. Nappa speaks again and interrupts his thoughts.
-''Listen, if we don't go there, your friend will die, i guarantee. You have nothing to lose. You have to trust
me. Only if i go ape and join the fight, might we have some chance to beat the greatest Saiyan warrior ever
lived''.
Krillin turns to Gohan.
-''What do you think we must do?'' he asks, feeling stupid for asking for the opinion of a 5 year old.
-''I feel we must go'' Gohan answers, sounding like an adult, as always.
-''Sigh, we're going'' Krillin says.
When they arrive at the battlefield, they see a giant floating ape wearing a uniform and rubbing its eyes.
-''Wow, how did his clothes not get torn off?'' Krillin wonders.
-''Place me on the ground in a position i can look at the moon'' Nappa asks.
After a final moment of hesitation, Krillin does so, along with Gohan. Soon, Nappa is in his ape form. He
seems perfectly fine, as if his wounds are healed. He stands up and flies.
-''Yes, i gathered the energy'' Goku thinks and is about to launch the spirit bomb. Vegeta, however, will
outspeed him, with a mouth blast. Or not? Suddenly, the ape in the blue uniform feels something on his
back. It turns its head and sees another ape, which only wears pants and boots, having just fired its own
mouth blast, which is what hit Vegeta's back. This moment of distraction was enough. Goku fires the spirit
bomb. Vegeta realizes the blindingly bright ball is coming towards him. The giant monkey leaves an eerie
scream, but it's too late. The giant ball is pushing him towards the ground. An explosion follows, which
forms a huge crater. And, then... Vegeta's no more.