disclaimer : i dont own anything related to db, everything db , dbz , dbgt , dbs , the movies and certain dialogues and scripts are are the property of akira toriyama , toei animation and Funnimation , I only own the plot and new characters.
NOTE : this is based on the dragon ball z , gt and super elements BUT can differ radically in both power levels and character development
what if Raditz was given a second chance and trained with goku on king kais planet? what if Raditz had changed his ways? What if he wasn't so bad to begin with ? what if he was there to help with the z fighters against the saiyan invasion ?
NOTE : Dialogue is written in italic text with " " from start to end
Thoughts are written in bold and start and end with * *
telepathy is written in [ ]
" arrrgg KAKAROT you have to let me go! you don't understand ! i did all of this so that you dont get eliminated by my partners, if you think i am ruthless then wait till you meet them! i told you to kill 100 people, do you know why? because i want to save your skin and prove to them that you are not useless!"
at this goku thinks... his grip starting to loose a bit.
"GOKU DONT BE AN IDIOT!"
shouted piccolo charging his special beam canon while Goku had Raditz in his hold.
"he is only trying to fool you like before! are you really going to believe that after the first time he fooled you!? "
at this Goku thought hard and decided not to let go , willing to sacrifice his life to save the ones he loved.
raditz was panicking, saying everything he had to, to reason with his baby brother, but as time passed, the namek's energy kept growing and death seemed near by the second
"power level.. 1480...! KAKAROT you idiot if that hits we are finished! finished you hear me!? you wont survive this either! dont you understand?! "
at this goku simply smiled and said
"i know, if it means saving my friends and family then its worth it , besides..."
raditz cut in.
"you maniac i was trying to save your skin! while risking mine with my Superiors!"
and then the green warrior Raditz had called a namek.. said
"its over for you saiyan"
all Raditz saw at this time was tunnel vision, as if everything else had slowed down , memories of him hugging his mother started to flash , memories of him holding kakarot and not wanting his infant brother to go away , memories of his father getting upset at him for showing emotions.. reflecting on all that and the fact he was about to die, it didn't matter if he said a few things now that went against the saiyan way, and as the beam got within inches of them he let out something that took goku by surprise.
"i wish i spent more time with you brother"
before goku could make sense of it the beam first pierced Raditz and then Goku , as soon as it started, it was over. The two Saiyan warriors, the two out of the last four full blooded saiyans lay there breathing their final breaths.
"kararot you idiot , now you have done it, who will save your planet from my two partners now with you dead? not that you had any chance anyways.."
piccolo laughed at this.
"you lost here saiyan, goku will be revived back in a years time using the dragon balls, but you didn't know that did you? "
"what!?" Raditz exclaimed
praying his partners had not heard this little detail.
"you pathetic morons , im shocked idiots like you beat me, giving away your secrets like that not knowing who might be listening , hahahaha well i might just be revived instead then , one year ,thats how long it will take them to arrive, not one but two saiyans, each several times stronger than me , and one of them the prince of our entire ancient race !"
piccolo was visibly scared at this notion, something the namekian rarely showed if at all. goku was in too much pain to think about it at the moment, the only thing on his mind was what his brother said before they were both fatally struck... realization dawning upon him that his brother might have been telling the truth, the tone of his brothers voice was genuine in those last seconds..
"raditz what you said before the beam hit.. why? "
Raditz visibly disturbed at this brushed it off
"shut up you fool! your planet is done for , there is no power on earth that can stop those two now, die happy knowing you did not have to face the terrifying wrath of those two"
as Raditz was talking his energy was being zapped away , he was now internally thinking if his father used to be right.. if he was too emotional to be a saiyan warrior, if it was the reason he stayed so weak.
Goku realized something , maybe his brother did everything that he could to help him, his way of doing things were extreme because he is a saiyan, born and raised to fight and conquer entire civilizations , he would not have just expressed his feelings , instead he tried things to the best of his abilities but in his own twisted yet good willed way in the end, his brother was trying to save him from certain death from the hands of his comrades if they deemed him useless , Of course he would not admit that even in death.. this so called saiyan pride of his wouldn't let him.
and with that Goku felt darkness take over and so did Raditz, two warriors of the once mighty saiyan race now lay dead.. wind passing over them, moving their hair, brushing against their dead bodies.
piccolo stood there looking at nothing in particular but thinking about the two saiyans Raditz warned about , and then his eyes gazed upon gohan and he realized something , before goku is revived the best chance they have against the new threat is Gohan , while only 5 the boy unleashed energy that rivaled Raditz at one point...
"it seems you are our last and best hope boy, i will make sure of that , i will make sure in the next year you become a great warrior, if that's the last thing i do."
Else where , deep in space two saiyans on a distant distant planet , a huge hulking saiyan 7'2 feet tall , bald and muscular and a much shorter flame haired saiyan sit alone in the darkness, eating what seemed to be remains of a life form they had just killed.
"hey vegeta, did you hear that commotion about the dragonball thingies?"
"yes nappa, i did"
"so.. i think we should head back avenge and revive Raditz... "
"dont be stupid nappa, who cares about that weakling.. imagine what we could wish for... like immortality , continue fighting for ever. grow stronger and rise up to you know who"
"but vegeta he was our comrade and one of the last saiyans left! "
"shut it nappa , i dont expect you to understand , just follow my lead"
"if you say so prince... "
internally nappa understood everything, even tho he was the former saiyan general of the entire saiyan army , and things like petty emotions were useless to him, 20 years changes a person allot and in Nappa's case at least somewhat.
he took charge of caring for prince vegeta when he was only 5 years old , and after the destruction of the saiyan race and planet , he became a father figure to vegeta, even tho Vegeta never showed that respect.
he saw Vegeta grow stronger than him as soon as he hit adolescence , and his respect for nappa dropped just as fast. But that did not dishearten him , he kept serving and protecting his prince loyally.
the case was true for Raditz too, he was the same age as Vegeta, except much weaker, needing extra protection and was somewhat... emotional and soft for a saiyan, probably got it from his mother nappa thought , Nappa practically raised both Vegeta and Raditz, Raditz how ever showed nappa immense respect, not because he was stronger or older but because nappa did things with him that his own father Bardock never did . The way now Vegeta brushed aside Raditz disturbed Nappa allot even tho he wouldn't say it out, after all he is a saiyan...
*Ah bardock nappa thought the most popular low class saiyan... as much as it boiled nappa's blood thinking about it, that saiyan was probably the second strongest at one point, Nappa distinctly remembering seeing Bardock's power level being 12,000 days before planet Vegeta's fateful destruction a mere 3000 away from the king's 15,000.. and nappa being a super elite was just 7000 at his peak comparatively , the general of the entire saiyan army , the supposed second strongest , or so he used to be . Bardock never rubbed it in anyone's face , always respectful towards his superiors and deciding to stay as a lower class warrior going on planet expeditions because thats what he loved.*
Vegeta soon cutt Nappa from his thoughts.
"get your fat ass up nappa, we are heading to earth right now"
"what ever you say Vegeta , you are the boss "
the hulking saiyan and the saiyan prince hopped into their saiyan space pods and started their year long journey to earth.
On earth people stand over the bodies of the two saiyans, Raditz and Goku, the people being Yamcha, Tien, master Roshi and krillin
"damn you Goku! "
Krillin said out loud not Believing his friend died protecting everyone
"i should have faught with you, maybe we could have made a difference! "
at this Tien cut in
"hey don't be like that Krillin , there is nothing neither you me or yamcha could have done , as much as i hate to admit it, we are to goku and piccolo as they were to that saiyan"
Yamcha was quiet all this time , feeling insignificant, weak, useless , but grieving in his own way.
Master Roshi was emotionless or so it seemed , under those glasses tears were forming , tears seeing his favorite student laying dead and lifeless, without his signature smile.
power levels
Raditz : 1500
Goku : 334 , w/o weights 416 , kamehameha 924
Piccolo : 322 , w/o weights 408 , sbc 1480
Gohan : 1 , enraged 1307
krillin : 210
Yamcha : 210
Tien : 265
ok this is the end of chapter 1 : beginnings
now keep in mind a few things
1: This is my first story
2: I am not a native English speaker so forgive me if my grammar is not perfect at times.
3 Reviews pointing out mistakes, suggestions and constructive criticism are welcome.
4: This will follow the dbz plot but loosely, so dont be surprised if a few things differ radically.
5: I am open to using the films and dbgt
6: ultimately this is for the readers so reader input will be important and ill host polls to determine some times :)
