Chapter 2: Teamwork

Goku couldn't believe his eyes, not only could he not follow his brothers movement with his eyes but he also couldn't sense the movements of this over whelming power. What could he do? Goku lowered his arms and bowed his head.
"I guess I have no choice. I'm sorry it had to come to this." Goku said and then suddenly he ripped off his shirt, dropped his wrist guards, and kicked off his boots. "Even if I die trying I will protect this earth from you."
"Oh wow, you actually plan on going through with this." Raditz mocked "To bad, I can see the fire in your eyes brother and you would have made a great Saiyan." Then Raditz launched at his brother planning to finish him the same way he had that green man he had mistaken for Kakarrot earlier, by punching a whole straight through his stomach. However he was surprised by the increase in speed his brother had obtained.
"Not bad Kakarrot you were a little quicker that time."
"Yeah the last time I had my weighted clothing on now I'm twice as fast as before." Goku said confidently.
"Oh I find it amusing how you think that little speed increase will make the slightest bit of difference." Raditz said as he disappeared and reappeared behind Goku elbowing him in the back of his head. Goku went flying through the air but he rebounded and landed on his feet.
"You know I fought a little green man right before I came here and he used the same exact trick. You know what I did to him?… I killed him, rather easily I might add."
"You killed Piccolo?" Goku asked shocked.
"Sure if that's what his name was." Raditz answered chuckling. "Was he a friend of yours?"
'No' Goku thought 'if Piccolo is gone then that means that Kami is dead and the dragon balls are gone.'
"Guys we have to be careful if Piccolo is really gone then we can't use the dragon balls anymore." Goku shouted.
"Right" everyone agreed.
"Well enough with the idle chit chat. This reunion has been fun little brother but it looks like your time in this realm is over. I'll see you in hell!" Raditz screamed as he and Goku began to charge each other but before they reached each other Raditz caught a knee to the side of his face courtesy of the three eyed warrior, Tien. The hit didn't do any damage but distracted him just enough for Goku to land a frenzy of furious attacks. It took Raditz a second to recover and land a hit on Goku but as just as Goku was thrown away Krillin and Yamacha both landed successful kicks to the invaders back sending him flying through the air. Raditz managed to stop himself and retaliated by shooting two different energy waves flying towards those pest but they were expecting it and had already moved out of the way.
'That should take care of those pest' Raditz thought to himself only to hear the combined shouts of Tien and Chiaotzu.
"Dodon wave" Raditz heard as he saw two yellow energy waves come flying toward him. Being confident of his superior strength he decided to block the beams directly only to be taken aback by the force and the pain he felt from the hit.
'How can these weaklings produce such attacks. According to my scouter the only one who could possibly cause me any harm is Kakarrot and that would be if he caught me off guard. I had better keep my scouter on from this point on in order to evaluate whats going on.' Raditz thought to himself.
"Multi Form!" Tien shouted as he split into 4 people and charged Raditz with all of his counter parts throwing a barrage of punches and kicks at their overwhelmingly powerful opponent. Krillin, Yamacha, and Chiaotzu all joined in and Raditz was finding himself slightly overwhelmed by the ferocity of their attacks.
'This is my chance' Goku thought as he cupped his hands together and sent a telepathic message to his friends 'When I give you guys the signal get out of the way.'
"KA….ME….HA….ME" A brilliant glow of blue energy began to form in Goku's hands. Raditz noticed a growing power on scouter skyrocketing. 'Where is this energy coming from?! Its over 900 and growing!' That's when he noticed the energy forming in his brother's hands but he couldn't do anything about it because of the barrage of attacks from all of Kakarrot's friends.
"Enough!" Raditz yelled angrily unleashing a field of Ki sending his attackers flying in all directions.
"HAAAAAAAAA" Goku screamed unleashing the most powerful Kamehameha he had ever produced but it was just one second to late as his brother got out of the way just in the knick of time.
"No" Goku said to himself breathing heavily "now what are we going to do?"

'That was a close one' Raditz thought to himself 'if I had noticed that even a second later I would have been done for. I had better end this before they get a chance like that again.'

"That was pretty good little brother, but, not good enough." Raditz said as he began to power up "Well it has been fun but its time to end this little game now."
'Damn-it' Goku thought 'I put too much energy into that attack I don't know if I can keep going on' All of a sudden his brother was right in his face.
"Good-bye brother!" Raditz said right as he started throwing a number of fast punches and kicks. Tien was the first to come to Goku's aid but Raditz's scouter picked up on it and he threw a punch that launched Tien into Kame house.
"Tien no!" Chiaotzu screamed as he shoot off another dodon ray but the wave didn't even phase Raditz as he continued his assault on the world's greatest hero. His scouter alerted him that two of them were coming up behind him. He hit Goku with a kick to the stomach that launched him to the edge of the island. As he turned around he hit the one with a scar on his face with a punch so hard that it knocked him out cold and smacked the short bald one with his tail sending him through the house with the other bald one.
"That's it!" Tien shouted powering up to his absolute maximum. "This ends now" and the three eyed warrior shot into the air. Raditz's scouter alerted him that he should be alarmed.
'This weakling's power level is somehow skyrocketing just like Kakarrot's did earlier' Raditz couldn't understand how they did it but now was the time to move not to think. However just as he was about to get out of the way he got smashed in between three different kamehameha's; one sent by Krillin, one sent by Goku and the third sent from Master Roshi. The beams, however insignificant they were, offered just enough of a distraction to let Tien launch his attack.
"TRI BEAM HAAAAA" The wave of energy hit the Saiyan directly creating a huge hole on Kame island. Tien was breathing heavily as he started falling down to the ground
'I did it' he thought to himself before his very life left him and his body fell limp to the ground.
"Tien!" everyone screamed as they ran over to check on their fallen comrade.
"Is he ok" Chiaotzu asked sadly. Master Roshi put his fingers on Tien's neck.
"I'm sorry Chiaotzu but he's dead" Master Roshi said with a sad look in his eye.
"No" Chiaotzu said as tears started rolling down his face.
"I know that this is sad news but there is no time for tears right now" Master Roshi stated "we must honor Tien Shinhan's noble sacrifice by confirming that our opponent has actually been defeated. Though we cannot feel his life force anymore." The rest of the fighters jumped down into the huge crater created by Tien's attack. There laying right in the middle was the Saiyan who just moments ago seemed unstoppable. At first they thought he was dead but when they got closer they were shocked to see he was still alive but relieved when they realized that he was no longer in any shape to fight. Tien's blast had crushed and mutilated the Saiyan. Goku stared down at his brother and felt a strong conflict forming in his mind; on one hand he had shown mercy on Piccolo so why not his own brother, but on the other hand he knew that this threat was nothing like Piccolo and that he was to dangerous to keep alive. Master Roshi could sense the disturbance in his old pupils mind.
"Goku you know what you have to do. I know its not like you to take a life but sometimes there are things more important than values." Roshi said sympathetically. All of a sudden Raditz opened his eyes.
"Go ahead and…" Raditz coughed a couple times "finish it. You know I always expected great things from you Kakarrot, ever since I first saw you as a baby. The scientist said that you would amount to nothing more than a lower third class warrior but I always defended you. Even when Prince Vegeta mocked me when I brought up your name saying that a lower class clown like Kakarrot couldn't offer any useful help, I defended you. But if you're not even strong enough to finish me off right now knowing how much of a threat I am to this planet then I guess I was wrong, it's a shame really. Oh well I guess I was just blind." If Goku wasn't torn before he was now. Maybe it was just himself looking for a reason to not have to kill his own brother but he thought that he could feel the smallest amount of sadness in his brothers voice.
"Goku" Master Roshi said more sternly this time.
"Could you please just do me a favor Master?" Goku asked
"What is it Goku" Master Roshi asked fearing he already knew what it was going to be.
"Could you please read his mind for me and tell me what his last thoughts are?" Goku pleaded. After a few moments of contemplating Master Roshi finally said,
"Very well Goku but please understand that you are still going to have to finish him."