A/N: This is my first Fanfic. I used to think writing them was stupid, but after seeing there are a few good ones out there, I had been wanting to write one myself for a while now, so I thought, what the hell. This is my first story…like ever, so constructive criticism is appreciated, but regular shit criticism is good to ;)
Summary: This is a "What if Goku never hit his head", BUT!…he decides to be good anyway. In this story, the Saiyans will not be destroyed by Frieza (yet), but they leave 'Kakarrot' on Earth (which will be explained in story), and I will include/mesh noncanon story lines to try to make them fit into a single comprehensible timeline (that doesn't mean I'm going to include every movie under the sun, just the ones I feel like [no video games though]). An example of this is how in this first chapter, I'm going to try to mesh together aspects of Bardock: Father of Goku and DB Minus. This story is planned to go from OG DB all the way to DBS (no GT). I am trying to catch up with OG DB, so if new chapters don't come out for a while, its either because life is in the way or I haven't caught up to the episode I need to write about. That's the sum up, hope you enjoy.
Chapter 1
Changes Set In Motion
It was a dark night with the full moon, high in the sky, having provided the only light. On the distant Planet Kanassa, the blue, icthyoid natives fought for the survival of their species as they were attacked by great, ape-like monsters wearing strange battle armor. The Kanassans fired ki blasts at the giants, but to no effect. The apes responded by firing ki blasts of their own from their mouths, obliterating the platoon of soldiers. The remaining army tried to flee, but ran in vain as they were desolated along with their city. The invaders rampaged, destroying buildings and citizens alike with their strength. A lone warrior managed to pierce the skin of one of the beasts, leaving a scratch on its face cheek. The fighter's pride was short lived, though, as the ape fired a mouth blast at its attacker. The war slowly waged on as the planet grew silent.
The star that Kanassa orbited slowly appeared over the horizon, revealing the destruction that was left in wake. Smoke rose from burning towers and corpses scattered the landscape. In a large crater, a group of humanoid creatures with tails sat around in a circle at its center and celebrated their current victory. "That was some crazy party last night, huh guys" said Toma, the ponytailed male.
"If you say so, I don't remember anything, though.", replied Selypa, the female. Toma then looked at Selypa. "Ha, just like a true ape, Selypa". She scowled at him for his little comment.
Toteppo, the large, hair reseeding male said, "I agree Selypa, it's like waking up from a dream where you remember only parts of it".
"I don't remember much either, but I do remember the little bastard that gave me this!", replied Panbukin, the hefty, mustached male who then pointed to the burn wound on his cheek.
Selypa replied with a tone of irritation. "Ah shut up, I don't know how you guys remember anything when we transform, especially Bardock, he says he remembers everything".
Toma scoffed at this. "Haha, he may remember his battles, but he can't be bothered to remember his social life; watch this." He turned to his troop's commander, who was lying down on the ground, arms behind his head and a straw in his mouth. "Hey Bardock, how mold is your second kid"?
Bardock replied, "I don't know…like one?". Selypa snidely remarked with a smirk. "He is not you lazy asshole, he turned three last month. You should probably go pay him a visit, it'd be good for him. I'm sure you'll have time to go see Gine too." Bardock lightly blushed at the sound of his mate's name. "Why should I? They'll probably just send him away before I can see the little brat. Besides, my old man didn't bother with me and look how I turned out."
"That's exactly my point Bardock" said Selypa with a blank but sarcastic expression. Bardock then sat up to face Selypa. "Whatever, I'll think about it on our way back to Planet Vegeta."
Panbukin then broke the silence by shifting the conversation to a new topic. "Hey guys, why did Frieza want us to fight for this dump anyways? Has he finally lost his marbles, hehe?"
Bardock sat up next to Toma and Toteppo. "Yeah, but not in this case. I heard this planet has special properties or something like that." Toma added "Yeah I heard that too, specifically psychic ones like the power to read minds, see the future, and other weird shit like that".
Bardock added with an agitated tone "Frieza is so damn paranoid, he'd jump at the second he could gain an ability like mind reading". Toteppo agreed with an slightly anxious voice. "Geez, imagine if Frieza could read minds, then noone.."
Toteppo was suddenly interrupted as a Kanassan survivor appeared out of a pile of rubble. "It's too bad you baboons can't read minds, then maybe you could have heard the cries of my people as you slaughtered them!" The native caught the group by surprise and then rushed towards Bardock. As Bardock got ready to block the offender's attack, he vanished behind Bardock, flipped in the air, and struck him in the neck, causing Bardock to fall to the ground. As the Kanassan landed, Panbukin dashed forward with a knee strike to his back, sending the warrior flying into the side of the crater. Toma then fired a white fire ball that consumed the Kanassan, but was not strong enough to instantly kill him. The Kanassa stood before the group encased in silver flames.
"What the hell?!", ached Bardock. "You will all soon die, just as my fallen comrades did.", said the native. Bardock angrily replied, "I wouldn't be so sure of that". As he charged a ki blast, the native stopped him in his tracks with a question.
"WAIT!...You came here for psychic powers, have you not? Well now you have them, Bardock." "How did you..you can read minds?!", shouted a shocked Bardock. "Yes, and now you can as well. I have given you the gift of future vision, the gift that Frieza desired so desperately! Now you can see as I did!" "Huh, see what!?", replied Bardock.
The Kanassan spoke for a final time before he was engulfed by the flames "See the demise of your race, just as I had too! You Saiyans will finally get what you deserve, HAHAHAHHHHHHH!" The native cackled for a final time before getting on Bardock's nerves, making him charge up a ki blast. "Shut the hell up!", was all Bardock could muster as he threw the ball at the Kanassan, completely vaporizing him.
As the remains of the piscean warrior disintegrated, Pabukin cracked a joke. "Mmm, love me some fried fish, don't you Bardock?...Bardock?" He looked to his commander who stood with a blank expression. Toma tried calling out to his ally. "Hey Bardock, you alright"? As he said this, his commander and best friend fell to the ground with a thud, eyes blank. The troop feared the worst and rushed him to his pod. As soon as they got him in, put in the coordinates to Planet Vegeta, and saw his pod fly off in its direction, they entered their own pods and followed in pursuit, hoping their leader would make it to the medical base in time.
Back on one of Frieza's bases, a young saiyan warrior with flame-like hair was training. This was no average saiyan, though. It was nonother than Vegeta, the Prince of All Saiyans! In the training chamber, the young prince was surrounded by small, green, artificially created creatures called Saibamen. As the saibamen closed in, Vegeta showed no signs of distress. One by one, the saibamen tried to land hits on the prince, but he dodged each of them with ease. The tiny biowarriors looked around, dumbfounded that the young warrior evaded them with such agility. As a last-ditch attempt, the saibamen attacked simultaneously and tried to dogpile onto the prince, but Vegeta smirked before letting out a yell that exploded a wave of energy around him. The saibamen got blasted into the wall, to which Vegeta smiled as he let out single ki blasts from his fingertips at each saibamen, vaporizing them instantly.
The observers of the fight gawked in awe at the strength of this small child. Technician one was extra baffled, "Unbelivable"!
"I told you he was strong for his age" replied technician two, amused at the expression of the first. "My God, what's he going to be like when he's older!?", said the first technician with a shaky voice.
A tall muscular saiyan with a single tuft of hair on his head, better known as General Nappa of the Saiyan Army and body guard to the prince, leaned against the wall with his mars crossed and chuckled at the technician's remark. "Hard to tell right now, but I can tell you he'll be one hell of a warrior, so it'd be best to stay on his good side, hehe." "You can say that again!" replied the technician with a scared tone.
"Open up the door, I'm done in here!" yelled the prince. "Ah sorry sir, right away!" The technician followed the orders and pushed a button that slid the training center door open. As Vegeta walked out, Nappa greeted him, "That was very impressive your Highness". "Stop being a kiss-ass, Nappa!", chided the prince.
The two saiyans rode along a moving sidewalk to go speak with their quote-unquote boss. As they moved along, Vegeta began his usual gripping. "I'm bored of this place, I want another combat mission cause I'm sick of being assigned these drills. One of these days, we won't be taking orders from him anymore, just you wait and see." "You think so, Prince?" asked Nappa. "I know so.", replied Vegeta. "Haha, that sounds great!", said Nappa ecstatically.
In a room stood two creatures, one fat and pink with spikes on his head, and the other a slim but muscular cyan skinned man with luscious green hair. In the middle of these two sat a throne hosting a smaller pink and white creature, with a large purple orb as its cranium and two black horns protruding out from it. The cyan man stepped forward to inform the seated creature of a recent status report.
"Lord Frieza, a status report has just come in regarding Planet Kanassa". "Go on, Zarbon", replied the smaller creature with a blank expression, not even bothering to face his addressor. "The planet was conquered last night, sire", responded Zarbon. The other man in the room replied with a slightly shocked expression.
"What? Who was able to occupy the planet in a single night. The Kanassans were so strong I thought you and I would have to go and take care of it?!" "Dodoria…". The fat, pink man known as Dodoria faced Frieza with a bead of sweat running down his forehead. "My apologies Lord Freiza, please excuse me for my sudden outburst", said Dodoria with slight bow and a nervous look on his face. "Hmph", scoffed Frieza.
Frieza once again addressed Zarbon. "By whom?", was all that Frieza said. "By a troop of Saiyans, My Lord". Frieza, without turning to face Zarbon, shifted his gaze in his direction with a look of concern.
Dodoria responded with an unsurprised tone. "Saiyans huh? They are pretty strong, and it seems their upper levels are starting to catch up to our elites".
"Actually, it was a troop of low class warriors that took Kanassa.", rebutted Zarbon. Dodoria spoke in outburst once again, "Wha? Low class!? These Saiyans are quickly become quite efficient fighters, huh Zarbon?"
A banter between the two then began. "Agreed, they've grown in strength as a species and a small group of them can be quite formidable, especially when under a full moon." "Ha, are you scared of them now, Zarbon"? "Certainly not. All I'm saying is that we need to keep a close eye on them. How would you like to go up against a troop like the one that lead the attack on Kanassa during a full moon, Dodoria? Take into the fact that they as a race are growing more powerful and that their offspring are doing the same at an even faster rate, like the young prince. It could be cause for an uprising".
Frieza then interrupted the two men's conversation. "Hmph! Only a fool would allow circumstances such as those to arise." Just as Frieza finished his sentence, Prince Vegeta walked into the room.
The two men faced the tiny warrior. "What are you doing here unannounced, Prince Vegeta?", asked Zarbon. "Frieza didn't send for you, so squirm before you have to pay the consequences kid.", said Dodoria.
The young prince ignored them and addressed Frieza in an aggravated manner. "I'm bored with the training hall, so I've come to ask for an assignment."
"You'd best watch you tone, young prince, or else I'll have to 'discipline' you.", stated Zarbon. The prince scoffed at him with a 'hpmh'. Unexpectedly, Freiza verbally interfered. "Let the boy be, Zarbon, he's simply enthusiastic."
"M..My Lord!" said Zarbon with a shocked expression as he turned to face his master. Frieza continued, "If the prince wishes to display his strength and ability, then I see no reason to deny him such. Give him the hardest assignment we have."
Vegeta looked at Zarbon with a smirk. Zarbon leered at the prince quickly and then turned to face his master again. "Yes, sire", said Zarbon with a tone of irritation and defeat. "And Vegeta…" continued Frieza who turned his head partially towards the young boy with a coy smile. Vegeta, in turn, looked at Frieza. "…do come back alive, and with better manners I hope." "Yes, Lord Frieza, thank you for the assignment. I will not fail you.", said Vegeta with a slight bow.
"I should hope so, and to ensure this, I would like you to bring your general Nappa along and an extra accomplice, you may choose whomever you wish as the extra." Vegeta, who was still in a bow, secretly scowled at being ordered to bring others along on his mission. "As you wish, Lord Frieza." He then exited the room with a leer in his eyes. One day, Frieza, I won't be taking orders from you anymore! Just you wait! As Vegeta walked out, a devilish grin formed on Frieza's face.
Back on Planet Vegeta, Bardock was floating in one of the medical pods filled with biofluid. Two doctors were watching over Bardock's progress. Malaka, a reptilian being with green skin and a tuft of orange feathers on his head, was tending to the machine that Bardock was in.
"Geez, at this rate Bardock is going to surpass even King Vegeta." The other medical scientist, a bald, elven man with a gray beard, Planthor, simply stared at the Saiyan floating in the pod.
"No kidding. The man returns from every mission half dead." Malaka turned to Bardock in the pod. "I don't know what compelled him to think he could take a planet like Kanassa with only his small troop of low classes."
"That's a saiyan for you. They never learn their limits.", replied Planthor, "Let's run a few more tests on him to make sure he's recovering correctly, something seems to be off".
Toma then walked into the room and stared at his friend and commander as he sat in the pod. "How is he Malaka?"
The reptilian replied as he looked at some data on the monitor. "Physically he's fine, it's his mental state that we're worried about. His normal brainwave pattern has changed." "Brainwaves huh?" What did that fish face do to you Bardock? Could he have really given you psychic powers? As Toma pondered this, the rest of the troop walked in and Panbukin broke his train of thought.
"That doesn't sound too good. Maybe we should just leave Bardock to recover, I'm sure we can handle Planet Meat on our own."
"Yeah OK.", was Toma's simple reply. Get better old friend. The troop flew out of the medical bay and dashed towards their pods to start their next mission, except for Toteppo, who stopped for a quick snack break, but eventually caught up with the rest of his troop.
About an hour after his troop left, Bardock began to stress as his brainwaves spiked! The doctors were shocked and tried to stabilize him, but to no avail. Bardock convulsed in his medical pod as images flashed before him in his mind. What the…?! What's going on?! Is that..my troop? Wait, No! They're being killed! D..Dodoria? I'LL KILL THAT BASTARD! Guh, What now!?... F..Frieza? What's he doing at Planet Vegeta? No..no he can't be doing what I think he's doing….. 'BOOM! Ahahahaha', DAMMIIIIIIITT! THAT PIECE OF SHIT, HOW DARE HE BETRAY US LIKE THAT, I'LL KILL HIM TOO!...I'm fading to black! What's going on?!...Huh, who is that baby...K..kaka..Kakarrot? What's he..what's he doing with those aliens? WHY AM I SEEING THIS?! WHAT'S HAPPENING TO ME?! As the vision ended, his eyes shot open as he was being carried out of the pod by Planthor and Malaka.
Planthor faced the nude man with a worried look. "My goodness Bardock, are you alright, you looked like you were having a heart attack!", asked Planthor with a look of concern? The look on Bardock's face was one of worry and fear, and it showed in his voice as well.
"I..don't know. I was having a bad dream I guess". Planthor gave a sigh of relief. "Well, I'm just glad to see that you're alright now, I recommend you rest for a while though. It isn't wise to over-stress yourself."
As Bardock was getting dressed and putting his scouter back on, he gave Planthor a sarcastic tone. "Well I'm not known for being wise." Planthor chuckled at that. "Hmhm, I disagree Bardock. How else would you be able to return alive from all the missions you take on?" Bardock smirked at that reply, "Wisdom has nothing to do with it, Planthor. Don't need wisdom to be a good fighter."
Malaka decided to chime in with a response of his own. "Nevertheless, you really should consider taking a break Bardock, you're going to end up getting killed if you don't take time to recover". Suddenly Bardock remembered the vision about his troop. "Ah, my troop, where are they?"
"Oh, they just left for a mission on Planet Meat, assigned by Lord Frieza himself.", said Planthor. Bardock was surprised by this. At first, he was concerned because of the visions he saw, but he brushed them off as hallucinations. Now, he was excited to 'meat' (I'm sorry, I had too) up with his crew and start and new mission, though, he was slightly annoyed that they left without him.
"From Frieza?! Haha, we're finally getting the recognition we deserve!". And with that, he sprinted out of the med bay straight towards his pod.
Planthor yelled at him from the opposite end of the hall. "Bardock wait, you are not well enough to go to Planet Meat! Bardock!" "Ah, let him go Planthor, there's no stopping a saiyan when it comes fighting.", replied Malaka as he was still looking at the data on screen.
Bardock raced down the hall with his head full of rambling thoughts. Hehe, those bastards though they'd get a head start on me, huh? I'd better hurry if I want to have any action left when I get there. As he was running, he stopped abruptly as more visions clouded his mind. He began to stress once more, as visions of Planet Vegeta being destroyed filled his psyche. A new image then popped up, it was his newborn son and mate being caught in the explosion of Planet Vegeta's destruction; a terrified look on Gine's face as she clutched Kakarrot. When the vision was over, Bardock was clutching his heart and gasping, with sweat beading down his forehead. He then remembered what Selypa had said to him back on Kanassa. 'You should probably go pay him a visit, it'd be good for him. I'm sure you'll have time to go see Gine too.' He then grunted at remembering her words and that he felt compelled to go check on them, specifically 'her'. Even though he cared for his mate deeply, he didn't like to express it out in the open. Fine, I'll go check on her just to make sure she's OK; might as well see the little tyke while I'm there too. While he didn't spend much time at his home since he was always on missions, he did enjoy the times when he got to stay there and 'visit' his mate. With that, he darted towards the hut that he and Gine shared, and hopefully for a brief moment, so he could head out for his mission as soon as possible.
Well that's the end of Chapter 1, hope you enjoyed it. I'm going to be making Chapter 2 soon, so keep your eyes out for that. I like the way this came out but I feel like I had troubling establishing dialogue changes sometimes and my grammar/punctuation seemed off at times. Any tips would be greatly appreciated. In the next chapter is where we are going to get the ball rolling with this fanfic and where we'll see the major changes in the timeline take place. I'll be finishing up the origin of this fanfic and beginning the actually story of how Goku ends up being a good guy, even though he remembers his saiyan heritage. If you've got any suggestions, feel free to leave them in the form of a review, but do not suggest OC inserts as I will not be doing that with this fic. Get ready for the next chapter in 'Going Against Nature'.