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Chapter 3: Destiny's Collision

Goku and Raditz stood on the green and grassy comforting feeling of King Kai's planet in anticipation. Goku looked toward Raditz with a grin.

"How are you feeling? Think you're ready?" Raditz glanced back with a smirk of his own.

"After the training you've put me through Kakarot, I'm more than ready. I'm going to pulverize them." Goku chuckled hearing that as he turned to King Kai who nodded with approval. Goku stepped toward him a soft and casual calm presence looming over him. He placed a hand on top of King Kai's shoulder, a soft smile on his face.

"Thank you for everything old friend. Although we're going to be repeating what has happened before, I'm still going to make sure we still have more memories to make." The Kai snorted with laughter.

"Yes, but I don't agree with this time travel business. I can understand why you did it, yet that won't be able to explain the consequences. You know they'll be coming for you right?" The blue Kai's face became a stonewall once he mentioned time travel. Goku knew that he wasn't supposed to, that he would have to repay for breaking universal law, yet he didn't care. He was determined to be around the people he cared for once again, and nothing will get in the way of that.

He sighed, "I know, I've thought about that. Still, my mind's been made up." He saw King Kai's face change to a look of concern. He laughed and patted his shoulder.

"Hey I'll be fine! Don't give me such a long face King Kai. It doesn't suit you. Well actually.. you've always been like that haven't you?" Goku's grin was infectious as the Kai sighed mirroring it.

"No matter how much you change you still stay the same don't you? Be careful out there Goku." Goku handed out a firm nod as he looked to Raditz.

"Well, let's go shall we?" Raditz nodded and was about to grasp Goku's shoulder right before he thought of something but with an added sigh to it. He sauntered over to the blue Kai and nodded.

"Thank you for helping with the training. Bug man." King Kai nodded with a smirk.

"Just make sure you don't get your butt kicked dumb-dumb. That'll be the thanks you give me." Raditz gifted him with a smirk as well as he paced back to Goku. Goku grinned and gave a peace sign to his old friend right before using those two fingers to teleport.

Son Residence

"Before we meet up with the others I felt I was going to at least check up on my wife first. It won't be too long kay?" Raditz nodded while folding his arms.

"Just make it quick will you. You sniveling fool of a brother." Radigz smirked as Goku laughed sheepishly.

Goku opened the door and greeted his wife who was in the kitchen. She was packing stuff in brown lunch bags it seemed.

"Hey Chichi! What's going on?" Chichi turned to him with a smile walking up to him and kissing him passionately.

"What's going on' is that I'm packing everybody a little lunch before you fight those Saiyan hooligans. Bulma finally got the sensu bean formula into my special meatloaf so she wanted me to test them out today. And I got you and Gohan two servings, knowing how you both eat." She smiled sweetly as she handed Goku two bags of food with his and Gohan's names on them.

Goku smiled at her with that loving look that made her heart flutter.

"Well you've been busy. But you didn't have to do this alone, you could've just called and I would've helped you out." Goku said with a guilty look. Chichi simply shook her head a small upwards tug on her lips following suit.

"No way Jose. I wanted you and your dearest brother to relax so that you can give it your best today in those fights. But in the future you can definitely help me out with something more.. special." She looked downward toward what was in between Goku's legs and he smirked.

"Next time honey. But thank you. I really appreciate this, and I mean that." Chichi simply kissed him again, this one soft and sweet as she fluttered those beautiful eyelashes of her's.

"You're welcome, anything for my hero." She purred and Goku's spine chilled with excitement.

"Let's continue this when I get back. I love you Chichi." She smiled at that, already eager.

"I love you too." He gave her a quick peck and stuffed all of the lunch bags into a giant bag that he materialized. She flinched back in surprise but giggled knowingly. Goku exited the house with one last look toward his wife and smiled. Chichi changed a lot in the past year.

In the beginning she didn't approve of himself and Gohan training to fight off the Saiyans. But, he persuaded her with some words and.. a night of passion, one that she wouldn't forget. Then after a few weeks she warmed up to it in no time, and she and Goku continued to bond as they cooked, cleaned, and just did everything together. He would take her to see Gohan and they would chat. But that was only after Gohan learned to mature. After all he needed to learn to be independent, and Piccolo was a great teacher when it came to that.

Overall in his humble opinion, he did so much better with his life now than he did in his previous turn at it. He wasn't as hungry for a good fight than he was before, he wasn't as naive, although his appetite would never change and that's what he liked about himself in all honesty.

Food always makes him happy.

Hence why he was able to help Chichi cook in the first place, in his recent years he learned how to cook, and he could make a mean dish at that. He also read and read and he learned and learned. Goku was proud of himself for that.

Also during the past year he found Launch who was robbing a bank of all things. She was blonde while doing so and Goku did some research about split personality disorders and effectively helped with making the blue and blonde side of Launch into one. It took time and some dedication but with a little manipulation of ki and some imagination he helped her come into her own. Although at first it wasn't pretty.

9 Months Before

"Chichi is gonna love what I'm gonna make her tonight. She's been working hard around the house lately and I felt that I should do something for her since she's being a lovely wife and all. Wanna help me pick out some stuff Piccolo?" Piccolo looked disgruntled while walking beside the onyx haired Saiyan. How repulsive, going to a pharmacy of all places.

"No I don't want to help pick out stuff you idiot! I don't even know why you dragged me out here in the first place. Don't you have other Earthlings to bother." Piccolo spat giving Goku a heated glare who shrugged.

"I wanted some company. Besides, you were the only person around while I went to check up on Gohan's training. How's that going by the way?" Goku asked while picking out some fruit. It seemed pears, pineapples, and strawberries were in his line of sight for collection.

Piccolo simply gave a toothy smirk at the question.

"Not as pitiful as before at least. He can now hunt without crying about it." Goku smiled softly at that. Piccolo was warming up to him, even if one couldn't tell at first glance. The slight difference in the way he spoke and the fact that he came with Goku to shop of all things says a lot.

"That's good progress. Now can you get the whipped cream over there for me? I'm still gathering fruit." Goku asked while taking a container full of strawberries and placing them in the shopping cart. Piccolo's jaw dropped at the question. Who did this man think he is? Asking him the almighty Demon King Piccolo to get 'whipped cream' so that he can make his wife fruit salad. Fruit salad!

What was that anyways? Because putting fruit with lettuce and other vegetables sounded disgusting. He thought as he begrudgingly walked over to the refrigeration in the store getting a circular container full of whipped cream. He glanced down at the object he held in his green hands and scoffed. Life really lead up to this moment. Grocery shopping with his arch enemy. How downhill conquering the Earth went.

Piccolo returned with the container and placed it in the shopping cart looking displeased as he did so. Goku grinned at him as he continued to gather fruit.

"Thanks Piccolo! You were a great help. You got the one in the container too, that'll work great!" Goku complimented while pushing the shopping cart to a different area. Piccolo grunted as he walked alongside him annoyed at the compliment.

They strolled down the aisles until a familiar brown came into view.

"Hey Raditz did you find the chicken yet?" Goku hollered with a grin. Raditz turned around with a firm nod holding out raw packages full of chicken.

"I did. Thighs and drumsticks right in my grasp." The long haired Saiyan confirmed. Although Piccolo had beads of sweat drip down his green skin at the mention of that. These two idiots.

"Okay can you put it in the cart? I'm gonna grab some flower." Goku said while Raditz nodded walking into step next to the duo. The trio kept on walking until they veered around a corner of an aisle so that they could search for what Goku needed.

During the whole time they attained some odd pointed looks from other customers in the store. How could they not after all?

One of them was a Saiyan with black spiky long hair that touched the back of his knees, and the other had spikier black hair with silver eyes, and also, the third member of the group was 7"5 in height and was green.

Yup, they were definitely an interesting batch.

The three of them went into one of the stalls as Goku lead them down it, right until he found a white bag full of flower. He placed it into the cart and grinned. He turned to his two companions with a smile.

"Well, we have what we need so we should be off! The rest of the ingredients are at home so we'll pay for these and I'll teleport us back." The two nodded as they went to the cash register with seemingly no one in line for it. There was a middle aged brunette with a disinterested look on her face that screamed that she didn't want to be there.

"Hello. How can I help you." She slowly turns her head in exasperation. She looked absolutely drained.

"Here to buy these." "Goku answered as Piccolo and Raditz place the groceries onto the counter. The lady nodded and scanned the tags placed on the items and sighed.

"That would be 17 Zeni." Her tone was slow and droll. Goku nodded and handed her 20 Zeni and she took it, putting it in the cash register.

"You can keep the change." He said and the lady nodded giving him the receipt.

"Have a nice day." She boredly dismisses while turning to the next customer. Goku nodded as the trio exited the store. Piccolo turned to Goku with a grunt.

"Filthy human. Her effort to serve us could've been better than that couldn't it." Goku just rubbed the bridge of his nose in exasperation.

"She must've had a long day. Didn't mean anything by it I'm guessing." Goku tried to explain, although Piccolo just scoffed and turned away. Raditz didn't say anything but thought the same as Piccolo. She wasn't very customer friendly. He knew that if someone acted that way to Vegeta or Nappa they would have gotten blasted away on the spot. That lady was lucky it was Goku who lead them this time.

The trio stood in front of the store as Goku grinned as he was taking the groceries out of the cart.

"Well time to go home! Grab onto me." Goku told them and they both did so. Goku was just about to teleport right as eight cop cars pulled over in front of a bank that was across the street. Their tires screeched in a hurry as every officer stopped their vehicle and got out of it to take cover behind whatever they could use.

"Release the hostages and no one will get hurt! So come out of the bank and place your hands behind your head!" His order was heard from a speaker attached to his car. Although his order was firmly said all they received in response was gunfire.

"Take cover!" Immediately the police officers ducked behind their cars to shield themselves from the rain of bullets.

"We can't do anything with that kind of firepower! Where's the S.W.A.T at?!" Another officer yelled out as the bullets continued to pelt them.

Goku saw this and immediately dropped the groceries back into the shopping cart. He looked over at his two companions and frowned.

"Wait here, I'll be back soon." The duo nodded as Goku disappeared without a trace.

'So fast.' Their face told what they were thinking as both of their eyes widened in astonishment.

In an instant Goku was inside of the bank, the world seeming as if it was in slow motion. When in reality, Goku was so fast that everyone couldn't keep up. Goku had ample time to analyze the area while also catching bullets to protect the police. All of this done in attoseconds to the human eye, whereas to Goku's it was a precious few minutes.

Goku walked around the bank knocking out the bank robbers with swift chops to the back of the neck as well as saving the hostages by flying them out of the bank. They wouldn't know what had happened due to his speed but they'll be safe anyways. Goku looked around for more hostiles and was about to knock out the last bank robber right until he saw her face, a familiar creamy skin with a head full of blonde hair.

"Launch?!" Goku asked in surprise. Although this shocked Launch as in her point of view it looked like Goku just appeared out of thin air. Then she heard the bullets stop firing and the bodies start dropping all around her and people disappearing out of nowhere. The events seemed to happen all at once.

"Goku what are you doing here?!/ Launch why are you robbing a bank!?" They both asked simultaneously while pointing at each other with a deft finger. Launch just huffed while placing her hands on her shapely hips in irritation.

"Well I was robbing a bank until you showed up and knocked out all of my crew! Of course it had to be you of all people too." She sighed placing her fingers on the bridge of her nose. Goku's jaw dropped at hearing that. He never knew Launch partook in stuff like this even in his previous life. Well then again, that would explain why she disappeared for all of those years. Goku then sighed also.

"I was just grocery shopping before all of a sudden these cop cars appeared and started shouting out demands. Sheesh, right when I was gonna return home and do something nice for Chichi too." Goku sighed feeling a headache coming along. Meanwhile Launch was perturbed, now what was she going to do? She was robbing a bank, and now the cops surrounded her with a bunch of knocked out bank robbers at their feet. But wait, the police didn't see her face, and the security cameras were taken out prior to the heist so that wasn't a problem either. She had an idea.

"Okay so since this is your fault Goku, I'm going to have to have you bust me out of here." Launch said shocking the man.

"What? You're the one who decided to rob a bank. Probably would have gotten away with it too if I hadn't been here." Launch frowned at Goku's reasoning. He wasn't like that before, what's changed? He seemed, wiser, more mature. She had to catch up with him sometime.

"Come on Goku! Just bust me out of here and I promise I won't do stuff like this anymore!" Goku sighed with a nod at hearing that. He just wanted this to be an easy day, just shopping with his brother and the slowly turning to the good side Namekian. But no, he had to stop his friend from robbing a bank. He didn't have to deal with these shenanigans before he discovered time travel. What a pain.

Goku sighed for the umpteenth time that day as he rubbed his steely locks of hair.

"Fine. How do you want to escape?" Launch clenched her eyebrows in thought, she was honestly surprised the police haven't come through to take them out yet. They must have not noticed that her crew was knocked out. She had an idea though.

Immediately she leapt into Goku's arms and wrapped her arms around his neck. Goku's reflexes held her in bridal style in response. Luckily it was him that she suddenly did that to, otherwise if it were anyone else she would have just flopped like a pancake onto the floor.

"Okay, we're just going to step outside and act like you saved me from these guys. I'm a girl so they'll understand. I'm going to pretend that I was knocked out by one of them. You'll have to do the talking." Launch said as she closed her eyes and breathed heavily, Goku raised an eyebrow at that.

She was good.

Goku sighed once again before walking out of the bank with Launch in his arms. The police looked toward him and breathed an air of relief.

"Sir! Are you okay? What happened to the woman in your arms?" The police officer asked as his speaker amplified his voice for the surrounding officers to hear.

"She was knocked out by one of them. I was in there when it happened, I'm a martial artist so right when the bank robbers turned their backs on me and the hostages, I made sure to knock them out before they noticed. The rest of the hostages exited through the back once I got the bank robbers' attention.

This woman right here she's a close friend of mine and I'm gonna take her home. She'll need the rest." Launch almost smirked at Goku's answer. He was more conniving than she thought, he deserved some credit. If she wasn't in the predicament that she was in, she would have believed him in a heartbeat. The surrounding officers were dumbfounded by what the Saiyan said.

This one man took down all of those bank robbers? That's astounding. But they had to make sure. So they were going to send in a crew to check the place out. The officer that had spoken to Goku grinned at him.

"Well I'll be, you did a good thing today son. What's your name? We need to know the man who stopped these criminals" He asked as Goku got closer. Goku smiled at him and shook his head.

"I'd rather not say. I don't usually like the publicity, and knowing what would happen if I told you I would be reading about myself in the newspapers. My family wouldn't like that. But I'm sure you'll be able to make up something." Goku said while walking toward Raditz and Piccolo.

The duo looked toward Goku and raised their eyebrows. He worked fast that was for sure.

"How did it go Kakarot?" Raditz asked as he eyed the woman in his arms. Who was she? A victim from the bank robbery perhaps?

Piccolo nodded as well his arms folded meanwhile.

"I would like to know what all of the commotion was about too." He said also eyeing Launch who seemed to open her eyes at the voice. In an instant she hopped out of Goku's arms and glared at Piccolo.

"Goku you have some explaining to do. Better make it fast otherwise I'll shoot his head off." She growled as Goku nodded teleporting everyone to the front of his house.

Once they were in front of the Son Residence, Launch pulled out a missile launcher from nowhere and aimed it at Piccolo. The green humanoid merely scoffed while Goku stood in front of Launch. Launch turned her glare toward Goku who took the full brunt of it.

"As much as it may despise you right now Launch, I'm sorry to say but we need Piccolo's help right now. There's bigger threats out there and we can't defeat them without him." Goku reasoned while Launch's glare softened a tiny bit before she hardened them further.

"Fine. I can be reasonable. Just don't expect me to joke around and talk about past life decisions with him." Piccolo scoffed again and folded his arms.

"As if a weakling like you would be deserving to know about my life. You would be lucky just to get a handle of your own." Piccolo ridiculed while Launch made to move toward him. Although Goku placed his hand on her shoulder to calm her, and it worked for now.

"Launch it's okay. Trust me, this will be good for all of us despite what it may seem now." Goku reasoned which Launch just huffed before putting the rocket launcher away before crossing her arms.

"Fine. But only because it's you Goku. If it were up to me I would've blasted him all to hell by now." Launch growled as Goku chuckled. Right before he remembered something.

"Oh wait Launch. Do you mind if I do something really quick? This has been bothering me for a while now." Goku admitted which caused Launch to raise a blonde eyebrow.

"Depends. What do you want to do? It's nothing perverted is it?" Goku simply shook his head and placed a calm but intentional palm on her blonde head.

"It's nothing that could hurt you, but maybe help you. I know that when you sneeze you experience a split change in personality. One being calm and shy, the other being aggressive and kinda ruthless. I wanted to fix that by using my ki to make your personalities merge." Goku explained which made the blonde's jaw drop.

When did Goku become so knowledgeable? That was unexpected. But besides that it would seem that this could help her out. After all she didn't want to be vulnerable on one side of herself all of the time, and she didn't want to outright murder someone also. So merging would be a good idea.

Launch nodded to him giving him the go ahead. Goku smiled softly before a green glow shimmered to life from his palm the energy sinking into her brain.

Thats when the change happened.

Launch immediately started to have a physical change, her hair turned blue with blonde streaks and her eyes became a dangerous but serene glow to it. The color of a dark teal overcame them and it looked absolutely stunning that Raditz and Piccolo had to take a second glance.

Goku simply smiled at the transgression looking down at Launch with a twinkle in his eyes.

"So, how do you feel Launch? Say something." He said and Launch nodded slowly.

"I have to say, you did some good work Goku. I've felt like a weight has been lifted, now I can kick some major ass with no repercussions from dust or something to make me sneeze." Her voice was high pitched but intense sounding. Befitting of her womanly change.

Goku smiled wider this time. Not bad for something he experimented on. He figured it was going to be a 50/50 for it to work. And luckily it did, now Launch could be free.

From her sneezes that is.

"Okay, well I'll drop you off at Master Roshi's while we go and prep for this new threat alright Launch?" Launch simply smirked while hopping into Goku's arms making him raise his eyebrows in curiosity when he held her.

"Alright. But if he touches me I'm definitely going to teach him a lesson or two." Goku simply chuckled while preparing to teleport before he looked to his other companions.

"Hey can you guys bring in the groceries? Chichi isn't home right now because she's out visiting her dad. I'll be back so I can help out with the cooking." Raditz nodded and took a bag right before Piccolo sighed and took the other. He still couldn't get over the fact that he's helping his rival cook food for his human wife. Absurd. While Raditz raised his eyebrows. Going grocery shopping with his brother..

That wasn't half bad. It was kinda fun actually.

Present Day

Goku hefted the giant bag full of food over his shoulder making Raditz raise an eyebrow at the odd spectacle.

"What's in the bag Kakarot?" Goku laughed sheepishly at the question, placing two fingers to his forehead while doing so.

"My wife made food for everyone, she wants us to be nice and full before we take on the Saiyans." Goku explained and Raditz nodded, grasping onto his shoulders.

Goku searched for his friends' ki signatures and found them. Prior to a few months ago Goku told the Z-Warriors to meet at a certain spot to fight the Saiyans, so that no civilians could get in harm's way. Also knowing that Vegeta and Nappa couldn't sense ki, they would just use their scouters to track for the highest battle power. Once they did so they would fly over to them. Then the fight would begin.

Goku teleported and was greeted by 5 individuals. Those individuals were, Tien, Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, and Gohan. It was a good thing too, they all seemed stronger now than in the old timeline. Those ki absorbant weights he gave them worked wonders. So there were 5 of them plus him and Raditz. But wait, that couldn't be right. Where's Krillin?

Goku stepped toward them with confusion written on his face.

"Um, hey guys! Where's Krillin?" He asked and Tien frowned with his arms crossed.

"He had other businesses to attend to he won't make it this time. He's going on a journey of enlightenment." Tien sighed the news bringing down the atmosphere considerably. Yamcha simply gave off a cheery laugh.

"Oh come on guys! We can handle these freaks on our own. I'm sure that wherever Krillin is it will help him out. It's not like him to miss out on something like this without good reason right?" Yamcha said getting nods from all of them. Meanwhile Gohan was grinning ear to ear at being given the opportunity to fight alongside his dad. He looked to Piccolo who huffed as he shoved Gohan to move toward him. He walked alongside him as he gave a smirk to his rival.

"Well, here's your weakling of an offspring. He may be rough around the edges but even he won't mess this up against the Saiyans. Go ahead runt." Piccolo ordered with a grunt as Gohan hugged Goku who gave off a giggle.

"Daddy! It's great to see you again! It's been a few months but I know I'm going to impress you against these guys I swear!" Yeah it had been a while. Goku didn't see Gohan for 3 months after his last stop to check in on him and his training. Sure it was cruel but Gohan knew the stakes, he's a smart kid. Someone to be proud of for sure.

Goku patted Gohan on the head and smiled.

"I know you will buddy. The fact that you're standing here makes me more proud by the second. We'll show these Saiyans what we're made of." Goku assured the child as he looked to Piccolo.

"At least you didn't slack either. You seem plenty strong. But will it be enough?" Goku challenged and the Namekian howled with laughter.

"It won't take a sweat." Goku smirked and took out his bags of food from his bag.

"Whatcha got there Goku?" It was Yamcha who asked the question.

"It's food. My wife's special meatloaf. She said she wanted us to be prepared for the Saiyans. At least hunger wise." Goku said handing everyone a lunch bag. It contained water and a plastic plate with plastic forks. What was on the plate was meatloaf, mashed potatoes and gravy spread all over it.

Piccolo tried to decline but Goku insisted which made the Namek grunt with displeasure. Then they ate, and chatted about what's been going on in their lives.

"Yeah, Bulma's been distant with me. I have no idea why, I think she's losing interest in me guys." Goku chuckled at that. It was pretty early in this timeline for Bulma to lose her love for Yamcha. He wondered what brought that on.

"Sorry to hear that. But I'm sure a lady would no doubt love you. Maybe even more so than she does." It was Tien who gave his input and Goku tried not to die from laughter or from choking on his food.

"Pfft. Humans. So easy to break. Just not returning ones 'love' is enough to make even a mighty man weak. Pitiful." Piccolo grunted shoving down a piece of meatloaf down his throat.

"Hmm. I wonder, do you think an earthling would like to go out with a nice Saiyan man perhaps Kakarot?" Raditz pondered while taking some mashed potatoes and sticking it in his mouth, savoring its flavor.

That's when Goku lost it and burst into hysterics.

This was so absurd! His rivals and his enemies from before were talking about love and romance. Goku changed the timeline more than he thought. If only Krillin were here, he would enjoy this too, get a big laugh out of the scrutiny of this scene. Speaking of Krillin, Goku had tried sensing his ki for the upteemth time that hour. Sending random pulses of energy to search for him. But there was no trace and that worried Goku because no matter how good Krillin or anyone was at hiding their ki, they couldn't make their ki nonexistent. So it shouldn't have been so difficult for Goku of all people to sense him. Goku was overcome with worry.

Soon after 3 Hours had passed everyone tensed in unison.

The Saiyans landed on planet Earth and they were heading straight toward them.

"Do you guys sense that power? It's them." Tien acknowledged with a clench of his eyebrows.

"Hmph, more powerful than I thought, we could all take out the weaker of the duo pretty easily, but the one with most power? That's a job for Goku. As much as it pains me to admit." Piccolo said with a grunt and everyone nodded. Goku's weights did wonders but they couldn't match up to Vegeta yet.

"Hold it guys! They're heading toward us and fast!" Everyone soon tensed at Yamcha's call as two people landed in front of them.

One of them was tall, burly, and muscular. He was bald with a large mustache that splits into two sections. He donned yellow and black armor with a blue scouter over his left eye. His tail was also wrapped around his midsection almost looking like a belt to an unknowing eye. The person next to him didn't look it but was definitely more formiddable.

He was shorter than the tall imposing figure, his hair was spiky and his widow's peak prominent as he also had on a red scouter over his left eye and was wearing yellow and white armor, with white gloves and white boots to match. He also had his tail wrapped around his torso like a belt. But whereas Nappa had his skin exposed under the armor, Vegeta had a blue layer of clothes underneath.

Nappa turned to Vegeta with a chuckle.

"Well, look at that Vegeta. All of them are here." Nappa noticed as Vegeta smirked.

"Yes Nappa, they are. It seems they were waiting for us as if they were gift-wrapped like presents." Vegeta scanned over the area to look at Goku and Raditz straight in the eye.

"Hmph you both are pitiful. Look at you Raditz, settling down and conforming with that low class fiddle. Even right down to your clothes." Vegeta spat as he examined Raditz who was wearing a copy of the turtle hermit gi just the color of brown as he also donned red armbands and red leg bands with his signature boots and gauntlets.

It turned out that Raditz during his time training with Goku got used to wearing the gi and found comfort in fighting in it.

"You wouldn't know of it Vegeta but being in this side has more benefits than being Frieza's slave. This is your last chance to join us." Raditz said as Goku walked up. Vegeta simply chuckled.

"Well, you may do as you please. But you won't have the same attitude once you've been dealt with, you'll be down on the ground begging for mercy like the trash you are." Vegeta and Nappa noticed the onyx haired Saiyan and laughed.

"Look at him Vegeta. His hair makes him look like as if he just got out of bed. What is that gel Kakarot?" Nappa laughed as Vegeta chuckles.

"Yes, it seems the Earthlings have influenced him more than we thought. Even right down to that ridiculous style. What hair salon did you get your hair done Kakarot? Such a disgrace."

"They don't even have tails either! Oh man, what a treat." Nappa bellowed with laughter as Vegeta smirked.

"And here I thought trash couldn't have stooped to be this foul. I don't even want to look at you two. Otherwise I might be blinded or infected by your disease myself. No wonder you both were such trash warriors, you both threw your Saiyan pride to the side." Vegeta ridiculed a look of disgust plastered to his face. Nappa nodded in agreement.

"Why don't we put them out of their misery?"

"Yes Nappa that sounds like a great idea." While the two Saiyans taunted, Goku simply stood there with a smirk on his face.

"I'm afraid you both won't be able to do such a thing as of now. Because even on my worst day, the likes of you two wouldn't be able to lay a breath on me. I've achieved a status that you will never know." Goku stated causing the two to raise an eyebrow in amusement. Nappa chuckled and tapped on his scouter to read Goku's energy only to draw out a blank.

"Huh? That's never happened before. It's as if his power level is nonexistent Vegeta." Nappa frowned as Vegeta chuckled.

"Well I'll be. They can hide their battle power. What a cute little trick they learned. Take off that scouter Nappa, it won't be useful in this fight. But that is interesting. Even if Kakarot hid his power level, it shouldn't have registered as absolute zero. This may be more interesting than we thought. Nappa plant the saibamen." Vegeta ordered and Nappa nodded, taking out a cylinder of green seeds and a bottle of green liquid.

"Oh this'll be fun. It seems we have 30 of these Saibamen Vegeta. And the soil looks fresh so they should be pretty strong." Vegeta smirked and looked toward the Z-fighters.

"This is your last chance for survival. Tell us where the dragon balls are located and we'll spare you, and yes, even you Namekian." Vegeta said looking toward the green individual who widened his eyes in shock.

"Oh yeah, he does look like he's from Planet Namek. Wonder what a Namekian's doing here." Nappa wondered as he planted the seeds into the ground, right before pouring the green liquid onto them. Meanwhile Piccolo was still dealing with the unexpected revelation.

He was from a planet called Namek? There was more like him? How did he not know before? How bizarre. But he couldn't focus on that right now. He had to focus.

"Get ready guys! Things are about to get funky around here!" Yamcha warned as the ground crumbled and emerged 30 little green monsters. The monsters started fidgeting almost as if they couldn't stay still. Their voices were making 'crickety' noises like they didn't drink water for days, and something was stuck in their throat during that duration.

"Stay still, or you all die." Vegeta threatened getting the fidgeting little monsters to lighten their movements. He looked at the Z-fighters and smirked.

"So what'll it be? Give us what we want? Or die trying to fight a losing battle? The choice is your's but I promise you, the latter will not be painless nor with mercy." Vegeta promised while crossing his arms.

"No one is dying today. We re going to beat you until you can barely stand, and when that's over, you'll find out what it means to know defeat by someone you believe is below you on the food chain." Goku said walking up to the pair as Raditz followed. Nappa raised an eyebrow as Vegeta howled with laughter.

"Oh that's rich. This is going to be more fun than we thought Nappa. A Saiyan on Saiyan bout. Now go Saibamen. Wreak havoc." Vegeta ordered and that's when the Saibamen pounced. Everyone leapt back as Piccolo shouted.

"Everyone spread out! There's 30 of them so take 6 for each of us!" Everyone nodded as they attracted the Saibamen to their position.

"First one to eliminate their share is the winner! You guys ready?" Yamcha shouted decking a Saibamen in the face. Using a kamehameha to blast it into oblivion. Yamcha smiled and was about to move onto the next Saibamen right before one snuck up behind him and held him in place. Yamcha shook his head at the amateur move as he utilized his back to fire a ki blast straight through the Saibamen's chest. He laughed gleefully as he seeked out his next target.

"You have a funny way of timing a contest like that old friend. But I accept!" Tien shouted chopping a Saibamen's head clean off, quickly moving on to the next one who dared challenge him and quickly vaporized them with a tri-beam.

Chiaotzu simply smiled as he used his telekinetic powers to form stalagmites out of rocks as he impaled a Saibamen. The serene smile he had never left his face as he continued to battle.

"That sounds like fun!" Gohan agreed as he placed his hands together and axe handled a Saibamen into the Earth, vaporizing it with a clean yellow ki blast. Gohan saw the next Saibamen try to sneak up on him and kicked it in the face moving onto the next of its copies.

While everyone else was fighting Piccolo overheard them and scoffed. At the moment he was holding a Saibamen by its throat as he choked the life out of it. He gave a maniacal grin as he stared straight into the Saibamen's eyes. He focused his ki into his retinas and formed two twin lasers straight out of his eyes. He burned straight into the Saibamen's retinas and melted his brain. The Saibamen went slack against Piccolo's hold after the look of fear left its eyes. Piccolo laughed as he chucked the Saibamen into his brethren.

"I'd rather die than lose to you Earthlings! I'm going to win this little contest." Piccolo chuckled as he dived into the fray.

Meanwhile the Saiyans observed with interest at how the Saibamens were getting demolished by the 5 Z-warriors.

"It seems we did underestimate them Vegeta." Nappa said as Vegeta chuckled.

"Well, it wouldn't have been as much fun if they were weak enough to die by those green idiots. But we have other things to attend to. Like the trash in front of us." Vegeta said as he stared at Goku and Raditz.

"How about we stop talking and start fighting? Or are you both too scared to start?" Raditz taunted as Nappa howled with laughter.

"Us scared of you chumps? I've seen dirt with more battle power than you both combined." Nappa declared as he stood in his ready stance. Raditz did also as he looked to his brother.

"Kakarot, I'll take care of this buffoon. You handle Vegeta alright?" Goku nodded and Nappa smirked.

"Alright let's get on with it. I'd rather not waste anymore time with you. So I'll make this quick." Right when Nappa finished his taunt the duo disappeared. Once they left Goku and Vegeta alone the two Saiyans looked at each other examining one another.

"You know, you could just join us. Let all of the Saiyans reunite and overthrow Frieza. Even if you're trash, you're still a Saiyan. Although barely acceptable for one anyways." Vegeta said with a smirk. Goku simply chuckled.

"Vegeta. You wouldn't know what this trash could dish out. You won't be able to touch me." Goku stated matter of factly getting a raised eyebrow from the prince.

"Oh really? Then how about we find out?" Once finished with the pre-battle banter both Saiyans disappeared out of sight.

With Raditz

Nappa chuckled as he sent punches toward Raditz who kept blocking them.

"You know for low level trash you're not half bad!" Nappa taunted as he sent out a kick that narrowly missed the other Saiyan.

Raditz simply smirked as he kept dodging the tall and muscular Saiyan. Raditz was way out of his league and the big oaf didn't even know it.

"I think it's time I stop playing around." Raditz said as he appeared behind Nappa and ripped his tail right out of him. It elicited a scream and an opportunity as Raditz roundhouse kicked Nappa into the grass. Nappa landed on his face as it dragged into the ground, leaving a trail by him.

Nappa growled as he picked himself off of the ground searching for Raditz as he stood up.

"Where are you, you little-" Nappa couldn't finish that sentence as Raditz came out of nowhere with a fist to the gut. It made Nappa breathless as Raditz kept decking him in the torso. After a few dozen punches landed Nappa had had enough of being a personal punching bag. He tried to headbutt the long haired Saiyan after he saw an opening only for Raditz to dodge and appear right behind him. Nappa widened his eyes as Raditz swept his feet right from under him and delivered a heel drop to his chest.

Nappa howled with pain as the heel connected and he growled from where he layed.

"Hmph. And you're supposed to be the elite general of the Saiyan army? I should've done this a long time ago." Raditz said as he shook his head closing his eyes to take it all in. Meanwhile Nappa breathed in a deep breath and quickly stood up before the Saiyan could open his eyes. Nappa grasped Raditz into a bear hug and powered up. His aura flaring a yellow hue. It was blinking like a strobe light as Nappa kept powering up.

"If I can't defeat you then I'll make sure you can't defeat me either! I'm not going to lose to some low-level trash!" Nappa growled out as he was overloading his body with power. Raditz shook his head again as he used a finger to blast Nappa in the leg.

Nappa collapsed to a knee as he held his leg in pain. Raditz axe handled the bald man into the ground his body making an imprint into the Earth. Nappa looked up with a heavy head as he saw Raditz glare down at him like some bug he could step on at a moment's notice.

"You must be wondering how I became so strong in a year. How I a low-level could stand up to a general. To you. Well it's simple. I trained. Trained harder than I thought was possible. I gave it my all while Kakarot put me through a killer regime. He's ruthless you know, he knows how to make anyone tap into their potential. He's a genius even if he was at a power level of one when he was a baby.

There's no one in this world who can beat him. I don't think even Frieza could, and that's frightening. Yet we're trash, but here you are on the ground while I stand victorious. You say we're a disgrace but we're on the winning side. You could be too, only if you and Vegeta joined us. I'll let you think about that after you wake up." Nappa widened his eyes at the statement.

"What do you mean you piece of-" Raditz quickly dealt a chop to the back of Nappa's neck as he became unconscious. Raditz stared for a few moments to think about what he had just done.

He beat Nappa. A general in the Saiyan army. An elite. He almost couldn't believe it. Yet here Nappa was, unconscious due to Raditz defeating him. He looked over to Kakarot and smiled as he and Vegeta were still fighting. He noticed that everyone else has dealt with the Saibamen and with no casualties either. Today was a good day for their side. But what will they do in the future? A valid question indeed.

Earlier with Goku

Goku felt nostalgia as he dodged Vegeta's very first punch. The Saiyan prince wasn't going quite all out yet. But Goku would make him do so soon enough.

Vegeta was the first on the offensive as he threw various combinations of punches and kicks. Goku saw every single move and couldn't help but admire the level of skill Vegeta had. Even if Vegeta wasn't as good as he was in the future it still surprised him at how skilled of a fighter he was now.

Vegeta smirked as he watched Goku dodge with ease. He was stronger than he lead on it seemed.

"I've noticed that you can handle me at 25% of my power. I wasn't sure that it would be too much for trash like you. But maybe I'll have to step up my game after all." Vegeta said as Goku smirked from the taunt. Vegeta stepped his power up to half of his full potential and Goku simply caught the punches launched at him.

"How about you quit stalling? We're both busy people, we have things to do don't we?" Goku said as Vegeta chuckled.

"I'm sure that after this you're going to have to schedule a raincheck. Because you won't be around for whatever you have planned Kakarot." Goku smirked at the taunt.

"You're right about one thing. I will have to make a change to my schedule. I'm going to win faster than I thought!" Goku smirked as he kneed Vegeta twice in the chin making the prince grunt as he kicked him away with his black boot.

Vegeta landed in a heap into a boulder and chuckled as he stepped out of his imprint.

"I guess I'll go full-power now. You'll witness why they call me the Saiyan prince. You'll understand why the royal bloodline is to be feared!" Vegeta shouted as he powered up screaming as he did so. A purple aura formed around him as it grew more visible and larger by the second. Goku stood unimpressed as Vegeta finally finished up. His aura was flaring in and out as if it had a mind of its own and started blinking.

"Well now. Don't look so intimidated. I haven't even begun yet." Vegeta laughed as he appeared behind Goku. He aimed a punch to his lower back but Goku simply backflipped and kicked Vegeta in the back of the head while midair. Vegeta stumbled forward but held his ground as he spun in a 180 to deliver a backhand that didn't connect.

Goku limboed under the fist as he stood back up and delivered an uppercut to the Saiyan elite. Vegeta took the blow to the face and was sent soaring into the air. Goku appeared right above him and delivered a knee to his abdomen.

Vegeta coughed up blood from the attack as Goku spun in the air like a ball. Doing continuous front flips until he delivered a double axe-handle to the prince. The blow sent him sailing down back to the ground. Luckily Vegeta stopped himself in time to land safely on the ground. He huffed and puffed for air. But his insides felt like someone mashed them to bits. It was getting harder to breathe.

"This can't be! I will not take this! I am a Saiyan elite! You should be beneath me! You should be begging on your knees for mercy! How are you so powerful! I demand an answer! NOW!" Vegeta roared right before he felt Goku deal a blow to his lower back. It made him arch, giving Goku the opportunity to cut off his tail, all the way from the stem. Before Vegeta could howl in pain he was muffled by a kick to the side of the head.

Vegeta tumbled across the dirt as he struggled to stop himself. Once he did, he could only gasp as Goku's foot landed on his chest, keeping him placed on the ground.

"Wanna know something funny? It doesn't matter what kind of blood you were born with, or what you were believing your destiny to be. What matters is what you do with it. You can be something special, something that future generations would tell stories about. But no. You decide to live a life in despair and enslaved to another only because you believed you had no other choice. Well everyone always has a choice and I know you know that. Yet you do things for someone else's purpose and take pride in it.

You call yourself a prince? You call yourself a Saiyan? If you were really either of those things you would stand up to Frieza and all of his men. You would fight tooth and nail for what you believed in. But instead you groveled before him like a dog that's been trained to.

You don't have to do that anymore Vegeta. I can help you and Nappa become strong. To defeat Frieza and his army without breaking a sweat. I can teach you to become powerful like me and my friends. All you have to do is defy Frieza and help me. Then and only then will I give you the chance to become powerful. To conquer what you've only known and go beyond your potential. You can be your own person, and I will grant you the freedom to do so. But only if you and Nappa join our side." Goku extended a hand to Vegeta who scoffed blood from his lips.

"Get off of me you trash heap. What makes you think just because you can ramble on with your fancy words that I would consider joining you? I am a Saiyan prince and my pride has more weight than any empty promise that you spout!" Vegeta said spitting on Goku's fighting shoe with a glare.

Goku sighed as he stepped off of Vegeta. Once he did so everyone who finished their fight gathered around the two Saiyans. Raditz dragged an unconscious Nappa right next to Vegeta as he grunted. Nappa regained consciousness after Raditz nudged him with his foot. Nappa woke up with a startle and was about to attack right before he felt a gloved hand on his shoulder.

"Nappa don't even think about it. We're outmatched." Vegeta grunted as Nappa blinked in shock. He looked around and saw that everyone who they were facing were as fresh as they started, with zero wounds and still a lot of power.

"What do we do now Vegeta?" Nappa asked as he eyed two peculiar Saiyans. Vegeta simply shook his head.

"We listen." Vegeta glared as Goku sighed.

"I'm going to give you two a chance. You both can join us. You can train so that you can get strong enough to fight Frieza and-"

"Fight Frieza?! Are you insane! Even if you defeated us, there's no way trash like you can-"

"Nappa shut your mouth you blubbering fool! That attitude isn't befitting of someone worth your position and you know that. So shut up and listen to him damn it!" Vegeta Roared silencing the bald Saiyan who grunted in dissatisfaction. Everyone blinked at the interaction before turning to Goku.

"Okay. As I was saying. You both can train under my guidance and I can help you reach your full potential." Nappa huffed at the declaration before listening in more.

"I guess words won't convince you so I'll just have to show you." Goku sighed as everyone perked up at his words. What did he mean? Was there something that he was hiding from them?

"Now I know that three of you are going to be in for a surprise once I reveal this to you. Moreso than my friends here anyways." Goku said as his power seemed to skyrocket.

Everyone looked on with widened eyes as Goku's power heightened to incomprehensible degrees. The Earth itself began to shake as Goku powered up to magnifying heights. His hair flared and his eyes flared. His whole body seemed to glow as he completed his transformation.

Blonde spiky hair and teal eyes greeted them as Goku chuckled.

"It's been a while since I've done this but I want you all to say hello, to the first Super Saiyan in a thousand generations." Goku smirked with a slightly deeper voice and everyone was sweating. His power was unbelievable! It was like nothing they've ever felt before and it was scary that their friend had so much potential in him all along. Where did this power even come from? And why show it to them now? When did he unlock it? So many questions but no answers.

Piccolo's eyes widened and he chuckled. Figured that his arch enemy would have something up his sleeve. He would've actually been disappointed if he didn't.

Gohan eyes gleamed with hope. His dad was the strongest in the world! He hoped he could become that strong someday.

Tien simply stood rock still as he smiled at the revelation. His friend had always found a way to break his boundaries.

Yamcha hollered with approval as he cheered on Goku. It was a shocker but a pleasant one at that.

Chiaotzu mouthed a 'woah' before smiling ear to ear.

Meanwhile, Raditz, Nappa, and Vegeta were damn near foaming at the mouth as they became shocked still with their mouths open. What the hell?

"K-kakarot.. this can't be! You're a Super Saiyan! H-how did you.." Raditz was at a loss for words as he tried to question Goku's gravity defying power. Meanwhile Nappa couldn't speak at all, as this was nothing like he ever encountered. While Vegeta was shocked he was also angery. He clenched his fists as he witnessed a lower class warrior achieve a divine status that was meant for him and him alone! He had to know how to achieve that form if it was the last thing he could do.

"So? How about it? Now that you've seen what I can do, I know that I could teach you to do it too. You guys in?" Nappa could only nod as Vegeta begrudgingly grunted in affirmation. Goku grinned at them as he reverted back to base form and placed his hands upon their bodies. His hand glowed a vibrant blue as he healed them. Once done the two Saiyans inspected their bodies in surprise before standing with a blank look on their face.

"Alright Kakarot we're in. Now what do you plan for us to do?" Vegeta questioned with a frown as Goku clapped.

"Well that's an easy question to answer. It's pretty simple really. We train."

The looks on everyone's faces at that moment was simply put, priceless.

A:N (Whew! That took sometime and inspiration but I'm back with another update! Please review and tell me how I did so I can improve and I would also like your suggestions too! Otherwise see you next time! Ja ne!)

Power Levels:

Saibamen: 2,000 (strong Earth roots)

King Kai: 4,000 (without Kaioken)

Chiaotzu: 4,500

Gohan: 5,000

Yamcha: 7,000

Tien: 8,000

Piccolo: 10,000

Nappa: 4,000 (during fight with Raditz) 8,000 (After Zenkai)

Raditz: 18,000 (full power) 8,000 (fighting Nappa)

Vegeta: 20,000 (fight with Goku) 40,000 (After Zenkai)

Goku: Incalculable (30,000 while fighting Vegeta)

Krillin: Unknown

I made them stronger than their canon counterparts since Goku changed the timeline, it also changed their growth. Especially for the Z-fighters since Goku gave them those ki absorbant weights.

Also if you're wondering about why I gave Nappa and Vegeta those Zenkais let me explain my reasoning. They say that when near death you get a Zenkais boost. Well, you question that Vegeta and Nappa wasn't near death so why give them a Zenkai? It's simple. When you get hurt your body registers the pain and gets closer to death no matter how little. So after they took a beating they got more powerful because their body is registering that they were getting closer to death. Hoped that explanation cleared the air. Later, and I hope you review please!