Chapter 2 : A Chance Meeting and a Journey Unfolds


Last time on Dragon Ball ZMX, the saiyans leave their doomed planet,Vegeta, but only a hand full make it to a new planet to repopulate. Meanwhile on earth, Gine lands and meets Gohan and rename baby Kakarot to Goku and begins to live as a happy family.

Thanks again narrator! Anyway... While living on earth Gine enjoys her new life. No longer having to put up with the brutes she used to be surrounded by or being under the thumb of Freeza. She now wears a new gi like outfit. (Imagine the same one she wears in the cover art for masakox's videos.)

Living with Gohan on Mount Paozu, she has help raising little Goku and tells him only small things about his people, mainly that he is what is called a saiyan, and tries to keep the rest a secret until she feels he is ready. Even his real name hasn't been revealed to him yet. Gine has warned Goku that he should be careful about looking at the moon, however one night he becomes curious and looks at it and with that he was turned to a great ape! Thankfully Gine manages to calm him down and reign him in, so grandpa Gohan never got crushed. And if she has trouble in the future she could become a great ape herself, because she has better control over it though not to the extent that Vegeta has.

Age 749, September 1

One day a young girl with blue hair was driving up the mountain. When she came to a stop she got out of her car and pulled a strange device that resembled a pocket watch from the bag on the seat. She clicked the top piece of the device and several dots showed up on it.

"I'm close to one now, just a few more miles." said the girl, as she got back in her car and continued on to her destination

Meanwhile young Goku who had just caught a giant Mount Paozu Tuna for a snack, was walking back home, but then he gets hit by a car and he believes it's a monster attacking him.

Goku picks up the car, throws it and says "Thats what you get for hitting me you big monster, why don't you try again, don't tell me you used up all your power already?!"

"Not quite!" says the girl in the car who then pulls out a gun and shoots Goku in the head, which only makes his head feel sore.

"OW what was that?!" asks Goku.

"How are you still alive, you should be dead?!" screams the girl in confusion.

Just ask Goku was about to retaliate the girl screams, "Wait I'm not a monster! I'm a girl, a human like you!".

Goku stops and asks "You are? I've never seen any girl other then my mom before, but she and my grandpa always told me to be polite if I ever did meet one."

"Well thats good to know, your mom and grandpa must be pretty smart." adds the girl.

"Yeah, they are, also how did you make this monster do what you want?" asked Goku.

"It's not a monster, it's a car." explains the girl.

"Oh, so this is a car! I was told about them, but I've never seen one before." explains Goku.

Looking Goku over the girl notices his tail. "Hey! Why are you wearing a tail? Can you take it off its kinda weird?" asks the girl.

Goku responded by saying, " Oh, I can't take it off it's real, my mom said it's because I'm a saiyan or something but I don't know what that means."

The girl, very confused, tries to brush this statement aside.

Goku picks the fish back up and says, "Why don't you come to my house for lunch and then we can play."

"Excuse me? Don't go getting any ideas!" said the girl.

"What do you mean?" asked Goku.

The girl begins to think. 'I guess his mom and grandpa haven't yet talked to him about that yet, he did say I was the first girl he ever met. It's actually kinda cute how innocent he is...' She then looks at her device and thinks, 'well the dragon ball is up ahead, it may be at his house.'

So Goku leads the girl to his house and announces to Gohan and Gine he has brought a guest. They set up lunch and they all introduce themselves, and the girl says her name is Bulma. Gohan and Gine have questions for Bulma as to why she came up to Mount Paozu. She begins to explain that she is collecting magic orbs, called dragon balls, she explains that when she has collected all seven she can summon a dragon and he will grant one wish. She goes on to explain that she already has two and came for the one she hopes is here. She then peers around the room and notices the dtagon ball on a stand on the mantle across the room. Gohan notices her eyeing the orb.

"So what will you wish for then?" asks Gine.

Bulma responded by saying, "Either a lifetime supply of strawberries or a boyfriend."

"Oh, a dragon sure sounds like a sight to behold! but I'm afraid I'm just to old for an adventure around the world collecting these orbs you speak of." says Gohan. "Oh, maybe you can take Goku with you? I'm sure he would love that! Wouldn't you, Goku?"

"Really?! I get to go on an adventure? Would it ok with you too, mom?" asks Goku excitedly. Gine nods and laughs from seeing how happy her son is.

"Wait so you mean I can take the ball?" asks Bulma.

"Why yes! You can. I don't really have that much of a use for it anyway, so I don't mind." replies Gohan, with a smile on his face, "Goku how about one more spar before you go?" Goku nods and they leave to do some last minute training.

As they leave Bulma asks Gine a question, "Excuse me miss Gine, Goku said that you and him are something called a saiyan, what is that?" Gine is surprised by this question.

'Oh dear, I should have told Kakarot not to tell people that, but I didn't think anyone would come up here to Mount Paozu. After all, its in the middle of nowhere.' Gine thinks to herself. Then she says, "Oh its nothing, Bulma, that's just what Goku and I like to call ourselves." Bulma pretends to except it, but it still bothers her for quite a bit because she knows that's not the truth, but then she remembers she has a job to do. She gets up, grabs the ball and walks outside, only to see an intense battle between Goku and Gohan. Bulma can't believe this is just training, it looks like they're trying to kill each other.

Later on Gine hands Goku a nice little lunch bag and then he and Bulma hop on her motor cycle she has drawn from a capsule. Both Gine and Gohan wave goodbye, Gine having a tear in her eye seeing her son leave, but they both can't wait to hear about his adventures upon his return.

Age 749 September 2 to 9

The story stays mainly the same for the most part. They stop the shapshifting pig Oolong who joins the group, they fight Pilaf and the gang, Goku sends Monster Carrot to the moon (seriously he sends a rabbit to the moon, wtf?), they meet Roshi after helping Mr. Turtle, meeting and facing Yamcha, saving the Ox Kings castle and meeting Chi-chi (and Goku learning the kamehameha wave). Yamcha joins the team (and no, he and Bulma don't get together in this they just stay friends, and Yamaha uses this as a way to help him gain confidence around girls and gain the confidence to become a baseball player). Over the course of the journeys Goku and Bulma become amazed by each other, Goku for Bulma's smarts and ingenuity and Bulma for Goku's strength and care free spirit. They become a little closer, though Bulma is unsure how to feel about it and Goku thinking they must be becoming even better friends. Then we get to them stopping Pilaf.

The eternal dragon Shenron had been summoned, he bursts forth from the dragon balls and says with a booming voice, "I AM THE ETERNAL DRAGON, STATE YOUR WISH AND I SHALL GRANT IT!"

Pilaf is kinda scared and hesitates from making his wish after seeing how big Shenron is. This gives Oolong an opportunity so he runs forward and then says, "I wish for the world's most comfortable pair of panties!"

And so Shenron says, "A SIMPLE TASK!" He starts to growl and his eyes begin to glow, just then a pair of ladies underwear fall from the sky in front of Oolong who proceedes to put then on his head. Finally Shenron says, "YOUR WISH HAS BEEN GRANTED, FAREWELL!" And so Shenron disappears in a flash of light and the dragon balls scatter across the world.

"Wait where did they go?" asked Goku.

Bulma responds by saying, "When you make a wish on the dragon balls, they scatter across the world and become stone and cannot be used for a whole year."

Pilaf is understandably angry that he got robbed of his wish for control over the world because of underwear, so he puts our heroes into a prison that has a glass ceiling that uses sunlight to incinerate the prisoners. Just as all seems lost, Puar (Yamaha's best friend who is a flying, talking, shapeshifting cat by the by) says, "look the moon is full tonight its so pretty."

Goku is surprised by this and says, "The moon? My mom told me never to look at a full moon, she said that if I do, I turn into a giant ape monster!" The gang is either a little shaken by this or they dont believe it, but then Goku has a plan, "My mom said I should never use it for anything unless its really important, I dont know how to control it and I can't seem to remember things I do when I transform. When I do it's like a dream, but it may be our only chance. When I change and get us out of here you need to run!" After he says this he looks at the moon and starts to change. The transformation scares his friends but they are putting all their trust into Goku and knows he won't let them down. Goku smashes throught the castle and the gang start to run for the lives and find a place to hide.

Goku in his Oozaru form smashes Pilaf's castle to pieces but Pilaf, Shu and Mai try to stop him to no avail. By morning the castle is in ruins and the gang find Goku passed out and get him some clothes (where do they have these clothes anyway? Probably in one of Bulma's capsules...) And so when all is said and done, they all go to the West City, save for Goku, who uses the Flying Nimbus he got from Roshi to return home. But before that they all say their goodbyes, and as Goku leaves, Bulma feels a bit more sad to see him go then the rest but doesn't know why.

When he returns home he tells Gohan and Gine about his adventures. Goku feels a little sad since he was told never to look at the moon but he did it anyway, but Gine was proud that he did it to save his friends.

Gohan had asked, "So what did you wish for?"

To which goku replies, "Panties."

"What?" asked Gohan,

"Panties, Oolong wanted panties so he wished for it." replied Goku.

Gohan merely replied by saying, "Oh I see", "*sigh*, its Roshi all over again."

Then Goku remembers, "Oh yeah, after I did the kamehameha the Turtle Hermit said he would train me. So I thought after I rest up a bit here at home, I would go train with him." So he spent a few days with his family and rested, he packed his things, hopped on the flying nimbus, waved goodbye and headed to kame house.

Age 749, September 10 to Age 750, May 7

The events from there are pretty much the same as in the anime. He meets Launch who switches personality when she sneezes (her hair is blue when shes nice and blonde when she is... Well trigger happy I guess), he goes to Roshi to train, he meets Krillin, they start out as rivals but slowly become best friends. They prepare for the the 21st world martial arts tournament also known as the Tenkaichi Budokai (which I believe means strongest under the heavens, if not let me know). Only this time Gine and Gohan show up to watch Goku along with his friends. Bulma also comes and is amazed when she sees how strong he has become and begins to feel something strange in her chest. Goku fights Jackie Chun (aka master Roshi in a wig) in the final round. During the match Goku accidentally looks at the moon and turns into a great ape and Jackie uses the kamehameha wave, and it appears he had killed Goku but then they see him alive on the ground. Jackie had merely destroyed the moon (yeah Roshi is that strong) and the match continues with Goku losing the match and Jackie becomes the world martial arts champion.

Age 750, May 8 to May 12

So the story continues along with Goku traveling and searching for the dragon balls. But this time only for fun, since he doesn't need the four star ball to remember his grandpa by. He runs into the Red Ribbon army and defeats some of the officers with colors for names. He sees Chi-chi and the Ox King again, and Chi-chi wants to get married to Goku, but he thinks marriage is something to eat. He meets Suno at Jingle Village and tears through Muscle Tower to fight General White and meets android 8/eighter and puts an end to Muscle Tower and frees Jingle Village. He meets up with Krillin and Bulma to fix the radar that got damaged along the way, and they went through sunken ships and beat General Blue.

He soon meets Upa and his father who has the four star ball, but then a man named Mercenary Tao comes along and kills Upa's father and nearly kills Goku. But because of his saiyan biology gets a zenkai boost from it (which means he gets stronger from recovering from wounds) and gets back up. He is told to climb the great Sage's tower to meet with the Sage himself. After climbing he meets the great Sage, a cat named Korrin. After some challenges from Korrin he is given a senzu bean (a magic bean that heals all wounds and restores stamina) and goes back down and fights Tao again and wins by hitting a grenade that Tao threw right back at him.

Goku then tears through the Red Ribbon base so he can get the dragon balls so that he can bring Upa's father back, and wrecks the base. When it was revealed that Supreme Commander Red only wants the dragon balls to become taller, Officer Black kills him and takes command but then gets killed by Goku who then takes their dragon balls.

The radar can't find the last dragon ball so Roshi suggests they go to the fortune teller Baba. Goku and his friends Yamcha, Puar, Krillin, Oolong, Bulma and Upa have to go througg a couple of challenges (with one less than in the actual story sence Gohan isn't dead). It turns out Baba is Roshi's sister and has the last ball, so they summon the dragon to bring Upa's father back to says he will be training under master Roshi and that they will all meet up again in the 22nd world martial arts tournament.

Age 753, May 7 to 9

The tournament went the same with Goku losing the Tien Shenhon due to a technically. And as they all go to celebrate, Goku forgot his power pole and Krillin goes to get it. After a few minutes Goku hears Krillin screaming and runs to help him but finds Krillin's his lifeless body. Goku for the first time felt unrelenting rage. His eyes start to change to blue and his hair flashes yellow, he becomes a super saiyan similarly to the Namek saga. Because his power level at this point is 180 and ssj multiplies by 50, his power level should be 9000 (What 9000?!).

Gine sees this and thinks, "I dont believe it, has Kakarot becomes the legendary super saiyan?!"

Unfortunately Goku didn't have the stamina to maintain the form so he ended up passing out (its kinda like how the kaioken was for Goku.) As they take Goku someplace to rest they find a piece if paper with the demon symbol on it but Roshi stays quiet for now. Now Gine, Gohan and Roshi and the other fighters all go to try and find who did this.

Later Goku awakens and gets a zenkai boost from it. He does his own search for the culprit. He flies off, learning how to do so after seeing Tien do it in the final match, leaving everyone startled.

"He can fly?!" asks Launch, which is followed by Bulma fainting.

In his search he met a man named Yajirobe and they both bond over their love of food. But then the demon Symbol shows up but then is quickly is killed by Yajirobe with his sword and gets ready to cook him. Later on Symbol's brother Tambourine, the murderer of Krillin arives and is ready for a fight. Goku goes gets mad and goes super saiyan and kills Tambourine but his body still isn't ready for super saiyan and can't move his so he asks Yajirobe to take him to Korrin's tower, so that they can get senzu beans.

As they get to the top of the tower Roshi explains about the Demon King Piccolo, the mafuba and that he had been released and has been attacking fighters from the tournament. Gine realizes that she has to fight to protect the world she has come to love and they go to fight King Piccolo. They find him and an epic battle begins with Piccolo holding his own even in his aged state. Gine manages to put up a good fight with her power level being 500 and nearly beats him but she is not used to fighting and power level alone cannot beat Piccolo's long experience of fighting, (something Freeza and his men can't seem to understand) Roshi tries to use the mafuba but misses and is weakened.

As Goku eats a senzu bean he can sense that his mother, grandfather, master and friends are fighting the one behind all this and remembers that before Tambourine died he told Goku about Piccolo. Goku flies off and gets ready to fight him and then he can ressurect Krillin.

When Goku gets to the fight he sees Piccolo, charges at him and says, "This is for Krillin you monster!"

Piccolo gets over whelmed and then Goku goes super saiyan and begins charging his energy.

"KA ME HA ME HAAAAAAAA!" shouts Goku as he fires the kamehameha wave.

Piccolo fires his own wave but it gets completely overwhelmed. "No! This cant be! How can I the demon king Piccolo, lose to some child?! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

Piccolo gets completely and utterly obliterated and there is nothing left to lay the egg and make the Piccolo we all know and love. As the gang go into Piccolo's ship they see that the dragon balls have turned to stone and don't know why, so they head to Korrin hoping he has the answers.

When they arrive at the tower Korrin explains, "Piccolo and the creator of the dragon balls, Kami the guardian of earth, were once one being, killing one kills the other and the dragon balls with them."

Age 753 to Age 756

Goku is really bumbed by that and wishes things went differently, but then Korrin suggests heading to the lookout to meet Mr. Popo (he has been the assistant to Kami and many other guardians) and maybe even train under him. Goku asks his mom to come with him, she feels a bit hesitant but remembers how much of a threat Piccolo was and knows that the earth needs protecting. Before they leave Goku snatches Korrin's sacred water and drinks it and unlocks his true potential, and after that they both go and spend time between now and the next tournament training with Mr. Popo. While thats happening Tien and Chiatzu (Tien's best friend and definitely not a pokemon) become Roshi's students and the gang all train for the tournament for three years.

Age 756, May 7 to 8

Three years have past sence the defeat of Piccolo. Goku and his mom Gine have been training with Mr. Popo so Goku can learn to control his ssj form. It is the time for the 23rd world martial arts tournament and a long overdue reunion.

It's raining and Bulma, Launch, Oolong, Puar, Roshi and Gohan are all waiting for their friends Yamcha, Tien and Chiaotzu, but then Roshi tries to be pervert and grab Bulma's rear, which ends in an elbow to his head.

Roshi shakes it off and asks "I thought Yamcha was going to be coming with you?"

"*snicker* Not now not ever you old pervert." replies Bulma.

Bulma sees a girl trying to get her balloon out of a tree so Bulma tries to help but she can't reach, but then a man in a blue gi and a turban grabs the balloon and hands it to Bulma.

"Here you go, Bulma." said the stranger, "Hey master Roshi and Grandpa Gohan, everyone its good to see all of you again."

The rain begins to stop and Bulma was super confused but then she saw Gine behind the man and noticed he had a tail and then she realized...

"No way! Is it really you Goku?!" inquires Bulma.

"Huh? Yeah, of course it's me! Youu probably don't recognise me with this thing on my head." says Goku as he takes the turban show his iconic hair. (And yes Goku still has his tail because Gine told Popo who is acting guardian until they find a new one, that he would be weakened without his tail and that she would teach him to be careful when there is a full moon.) Everyone was surprised to see how tall Goku had gotten in only three years but when he starts to talk - yeah, it's Goku. Seeing how handsome Goku had gotten makes Bulma's heart skip a beat, she can be kinda shallow but seeing Goku grow into such a handsome man, she begins to blush.

Tien, Chiaotzu and Yamcha all show up and Puar is happy to see Yamcha again. They are all happy to see Goku. They sign up for the tournament and then head for the hotel to grab something to eat and get ready for tomorrow. Gine however doesn't participate because she only wishes to fight if she has to, so she will just watch.

The next day Goku chats with Tien, Chiatzu and Yamcha but then a woman in blue comes over and she knows Goku's name. Goku asks her if he knows her but that makes her mad and she has an outburst and storms off.

Yamcha asks "Goku who was that girl?"

"I really have no idea, if I knew I'd tell you." replies Goku.

The announcer does his thing, and Yajirobe with a mask on his face sneaks around a bit. They place is packed and Roshi gets knocked into a woman's chest and gets slapped (*sigh* classic Roshi.) Chiatzu rigs the draw so the gang don't have to fight each other. It looks like Hercule is here because Krillin, Kami using Hiro's body and Piccolo Jr. couldn't join (it makes sense given he is stronger then a normal human.) Yamcha has been paying close attention to the girl in blue for quite a while.

After a few fights it's Chiaotzu's fight, but he gets beaten and is in very bad shape. Tien runs over and is ready to kill the man that did this, he looks up and is horrified at what he sees.

"No! How is this possible? Yoi're supposed to be dead?!"

The figure he sees is a cyborg mercenary, Tao. He gives some long winded spiel about how he was found in pieces and his brother, the crane hermit master Shen, (Tien and Chiatzu's old teacher before they left and joined Roshi's school) and payed a handsome price to have him rebuilt. As Chiatzu gets brought to the infirmary, Tao says he wants revenge against Goku and Tien, and that what he did to Chiatzu was only a taste of what is to come. The only reason he didn't kill him was because didn't want to be disqualified.

Shen walks up to Roshi to gloat about Chiatzu's defeat, but Roshi says he is proud of the people his students have become and that he is no longer their teacher, they only wear the gi to respect him. Shen grumbles off and hopes his brother makes Roshi's "students" scream.

In the back a man with an afro looks at Tao and thinks to himself "So thats the bastard. Nothing is going to stop me, Hercule Satan, from avenging my master." (Yeah remember that part of Mr. Satan's backstory.) He doesn't get discouraged from seeing what Toa did to Chiatzu and just thinks he was a kid way over his head, and because Kami isn't in the tournament Yajirobe makes it in.

The line up for the characters is as follows.

Goku vs. The woman in blue

Tien vs. Yajirobe

Yamcha vs. Tao

Hercule vs. King Chappa (The former champion until Goku beat him as a kid)

First up Goku against the woman with the blue clothes.

She asks "So do you remember me now Goku?"

"I'm sorry but no, should I?" asks Goku.

"You agreed to marry me. Does that jog any memories?" the woman asks.

This shocks everyone and makes Bulma feel kinda sad.

But Goku replies saying "No, I'm sorry but it doesn't.", Goku is starting to get a little annoyed.

"I'm Chi-chi, the daughter of the Ox King!"

"Oh right! But that was ages ago, I'm sorry, but I kinda like someone else." says Goku, who then points to Bulma who begins to blush really hard. Chi-chi isnt deterred and tries to kiss him to make him realize how foolish he is being, but ends up not working. She then tries to attack him but ends up falling out of the ring with a tear in her eye.

"I'm sorry, but I'm sure you'll find someone who's right for you some day." says Goku who helps her up. As she leaves the fighting area, Yamcha runs over to her and tries to comfort her.

"Love is a load of crap." mutters blonde Launch. (No, she and Tien aren't together, they got together when she was tending his wounds from fighting Piccolo and since that didn't happen, they didn't get together)

Yajirobe manages to put up a good fight against Tien, but a lucky shot to the head makes Tien the Victor.

Tao in his fight, starts really kicking the shit out of Yamcha (its like a metaphor for something) and so Yamcha loses that match and almost his life. He ends up having to be carried on a stretcher and Chi-chi runs over to him with concern on her face and follows him to the infirmary.

Bulma keeps thinking to herself about how she can't believe how all this time the right guy as been underneath her nose, and how she is starting to realize what all her feelings towards Goku really meant.

Mr. Satan easily beats king Chappa and is ready for Tao, unfortunately it doesn't happen because Tao sees an opportunity and tries to attack Goku and Tien now, but Tien stops him. Sadly they are both disqualified for fighting outside the ring.

So the final match starts with Goku fighting Hercule. Hercule knows who Goku is, as the kid that made it to the finals twice and is pretty strong, but doesn't know about super saiyan. Even so, Hercule is a little worried. But then Goku encourages Hercule, who has always been unsure about himself, this helps build his confidence and will help Hercule become a better man.

Goku treats this like a training match and gives Mr. Satan a few pointers, but in the end Goku does win and says this "I don't think I've ever fought someone who is as naturaly strong as you. Keep at it and you'll only get stronger! Don't give up just because you lost, and push forward." (Yeah knowing Goku, this is something he would do.) These words are genuine and strike Hercule hard and he remembers them from that day forward.

Roshi, Gine, and Gohan are all proud of Goku and happy to see how far he has come.

Goku had become the world martial arts champion and then walks over to Bulma and she start to blush.

"Goku..." says a blushing Bulma.

Goku smiles, picks her up and kisses her on the lips. They fly off into the distance and wave goodbye.

Age 757

Goku and Bulma go on some dates and eventually get married and move into Capsule Corps HQ, (he probably thinks he made the right choice after seeing the size of her kitchen). Their marriage is pretty stable and she doesn't mind Goku training a lot. They have a kid who they name after Goku's grandpa, (he has purple hair and blue eyes, just like trunks in the anime. And from now on I will be calling the other one Grandpa Gohan so its not confusing). They often visit Grandpa Gohan and Gine out on Mount Paozu, and Grandpa his happy to play with his great grandson. Gohan is smart, yes, but he also tries to train because his mom is smart and his dad is strong and he wants to be like them. (He is also like a combination of Gohan and kid Trunks from the anime, so he is both kind but also a little spoiled, given his mother comes from the riches family in the world).

Yamcha achieves his dream of becoming a professional baseball player and becomes the star player for the Taitans. Not too long after Goku and Bulma get married, Chi-chi asks Yamcha to marry her, (she probably didn't want to lose to Bulma in the whole getting married thing, it does seem like something she would do) and they have a happy life together and Chi-chi is happy that Yamcha has a functioning job. They also end up having a kid, a daughter named Tousa.

Tien and Chiatzu do what they usually do in the series, and Yajirobe is living with Koriin like in the series.

Years later, and the world has known peace. But somewhere in a castle, a small blue man is plotting something. And in space an object has is hurtling in the direction of earth. It seems a new story is about to begin. Will Goku be able to fight these new threats or will the world fall into chaos? Find out next time on Dragon Ball ZMX. Chapter 3: A Spicy Revenge and a Family Reunion.


Afterthought: Thanks narrator we'll send your check in the mail.. . Anyways...

Hey guys, Lazerwolf1 here and this was the second part of my story, and I thought I would rap up dragon ball in one go to make way for dbz since not too much would be different.

Also I understand that the last chapter was a bit short, I thought I would finish pre dragon ball in a single chapter. I'm also sorry if it seemed rushed, I thought Bardock leaving with the saiyans and Gine leaving with Goku should be at the same time.

Thanks goes to prayagraj976 and Ultimate Savior for bringing this to my attention! I promise that I will try to do better in the future, as this is the first time I've ever written a story. Hope to see you next time, and as a hin,t the next chapter will start with one of the movies, though quite a bit different.

Oh, and for those wondering, Bardock will return eventually, just not for a while so be patient and you will see!