Dragon Ball Timelines

Hey look, Gio is making a new chapter and not posting it four months after the previous chapter was put up!

Age 762

"YAMCHA LOOK OUT!"

On the planet Earth, ten individuals would be located in a grassy area surrounded by tall, pointed mountains. Under a lone tree sat none other than the Saiyan Prince, Vegeta with his burly bodyguard Nappa right beside him. Both had evil smirks on their faces as they watched a green, plantlike lifeform with clawed hands and feet, pointed ears, and red eyes leap from their position on the ground and latch onto an unsuspecting male. The victim in question was named Yamcha, who had long black hair, black eyes, a muscular build and several scars on his face. He wore an orange muscle shirt with the turtle school symbol on the right side of the chest and covering most of the back of his shirt Along with matching pants, he wore a blue belt and blue-white shoes.

Yamcha struggled against the grasp of the Saibamen as its' body began to glow, radiating mass amounts of ki. Yamcha was engulfed in light before the Saibamen self destructed, the explosion sending the Z-Fighters skidding back on the ground. All that was left was a giant cloud of dust,

Krillin, a short bald monk with no nose that donned the same gi as Yamcha, ran forward shouting his friend's name while Tien, a shirtless, muscular triclops with green pants, a red belt, and black shoes, Chiaotzu, a short levitating assassin with face makeup, a blue tank top, and black pants that had papery white skin, and Piccolo, a Namekian who was the strongest of the group that bore a purple outfit and simple brown shoes all stared in shock, though Piccolo masked this with a look of annoyance.

"Heh heh.. guess I forgot to tell you that the Saibamen will do anything to get the job done." The burly Saiyan, Nappa, said in a gruff voice.

Krillin shook with rage while Gohan, a small child with long scruffy hair, a white headband, and an outfit resembling Piccolo's stepped back in fear. Gohan was sort of a cowardly child, he had trained with Piccolo for the past year in anticipation of the Saiyans' arrival, however being only five years old he found it hard to muster up enough courage to fight.

As the dust cleared, Yamcha was revealed lying in a small crater, burns littering his lifeless body with his clothes torn up. The explosion had killed him, no doubt about it.

"You..YOU KILLED YAMCHA!" Krillin howled as he rushed at the remaining two Saibamen with blurring speed, kicking one so hard in the temple that he blew its' head off and immediately engaging in combat with the other one.

"Oh my, the baldy has a bit of meat on those bones." Vegeta remarked, unfazed despite the fact that Krillin just knocked the Saibamen into the ground and blasted it into smithereens, effortlessly killing both in his fit of rage. "So it seems you were holding back this entire time."

"You're DAMN right!" Krillin shouted as he landed with the other Z-Fighters. Nappa slowly began walking forwards, his giant frame scaring Gohan and making him inch back. Nappa outstretched his arm, bending it slightly as he kept his other arm at his side, both hands balled into fists as he widened his stance. This was his fighting stance, indicating he would be their next opponent.

Before anyone could take another step, Vegeta's scouter began going off in alarm. Any form of cockiness that was displayed before was wiped away immediately, as Vegeta turned his head to the side.

"The scouter is picking up a large power reading." He said, cocky smirk reappearing on his face. "Looks like Kakarot finally decided to show up."

Meanwhile...

The space pod crashed into the surface of Earth, making a gigantic crater in the ground. The hatch slowly opened itself, and a fully healed Gio stepped out from the ship with his eyes closed. He walked up the crater, feeling the Earth's breeze on his face before he opened his eye, no, eyes! His four years of stasis in the ship healed his eye to the point of opening again. He clicked his scouter for any high reading but only finding a bunch of low power levels ranging from 2 to 7.

"Blast this damn machine." Gio cursed as he set the settings to only allow the scouter to pick up on power levels above 50. It searched for a moment before he found one, a power level of approximately 139 units.

"Hm. There's a start." He said before his aura outlined his frame, blasting off into the air and jetting that way. As he flew, he examined the landscape of the planet with mild interest.

"I'm surprised nobody from the planet trade organization has tried to sell this place out yet.." He said aloud. For a backwater planet, Earth was quite rich with useful rescources for population.

Eventually, he found himself landing upon a small island with a few palm trees. The biggest attraction, however, was the small pink house smack dab in the middle of the island. Gio read the words "Kame House" painted on the front. Touching down, he saw a large brown turtle asleep on the beach, however, according to his scouter, the power level was located inside the house. He knew that if this wasn't Kakarot, it was one of his friends that could point him in the right direction.

"Hello!" Gio called out. He heard scrummaging noises inside the house before the screen door opened, revealing a bald old hermit with sunglasses and a long white beard. He had white, rolled up tissues plugged into his nose that were becoming damp with blood.

"Oh, heh, hey Goku!" Roshi said in his "I-Wasn't-Doing-Anything" voice. "I was just, erm, reading some magazines!"

"Sorry, but I don't know who this Goku is." Gio stated. "My name is Gio and I'm looking for my brother."

"Eh? If you're not Goku, why do you look so much like him? Though that would explain the scar..and the clothes." The old man said. "The name's Master Roshi. Those clothes remind me of this one person that came storming about here a year ago. Ironically, he was looking for his brother too. Long black hair, really rude guy."

"Wait! Long hair...was his name Raditz?" Gio asked.

"Eh, yeah, it was! Do you know him?"

"He's my brother too. I'm searching for Kakarot, the youngest of our family."

"EH? YOU'RE GOKU'S BROTHER?" Roshi screamed in shock. Miraculously, the turtle stayed fast asleep.

"Who is this Goku? I said Kakarot." Gio was not aware of his brother's "Earth" name.

"Hate to tell you, kid, but Goku- erm, Kakarot, isn't here right now. He had some, complications." Roshi said, choosing not to mention him dying and reveal information on the Dragon Balls fully. "He was supposed to return today."

"Excuse me, but were two other men with Raditz?" Gio asked. "A large bald one and a skinnier one with spiked hair?"

"No, he came alone and died in the fight with your brother. But listen! His two stronger comrades are here now, they came after learning of a very important treasure this planet has. I must ask of you.." Roshi paused. He knew this Saiyan wasn't like the others that had come before him. He didn't sense evil in his energy, he only sensed a strong desire for something greatly important to him.

"Hm?" The Saiyan asked, confused, snapping Roshi out of his trance.

"Oh, right! Earth's strongest warriors are off facing those two Saiyans right now. At this time, we could use all the help we can get." Roshi pleaded, knowing this man was trustworthy. "We knew your brother would come back and handle it, but now we're starting to worry that he may not be on time. Just..protect them at least until he arrives."

Gio closed his eyes, thinking for a minute before coming to a conclusion. Though he did not know these people, he would love a chance to show Nappa and Vegeta what he's made of. And he knew his brother wouldn't be too happy to return and find his friends dead. He didn't want to let Kakarot down like that, especially when this is the first time they would be meeting in nearly thirty years.

"Point me to their location." He commanded with dead seriousness. Roshi lifted his index finger and pointed west, an incredibly air surrounding the island now. Gio nodded, making his way west of the island as he pressed the button on his scouter, finding a group of people with high power levels in one spot. That was them.

"Thanks for the information." He called back before his aura outlined his body, blasting off into the air.

With the Z-Fighters.

"You guys feel it too, right?" Krillin said under his breath to the other fighters. "That powerful energy isn't Goku's.."

"Yeah, I feel it. Whoever it is, I hope they're friendly, because I can feel them heading this way!" Tien said in alarm. Nappa and Vegeta's scouters had not picked up on the third oncoming Saiyan yet, so they sat waiting impatiently for "Kakarot".

Gio passed through the landscape like a jet, seeing the mountainous area come up. He raised in the air, landing on the summit of one mountain that looked down on them.

"Guys.." Krillin piped up. "He's here.."

The Z-Fighters all stared up at the figure on the mountain. The sun shone behind the muscular frame of Gio with his arms crossed over his chest. He noticed the Saibamen corpses on the floor along with the dead body of Yamcha. He raised his left arm, using his index finger to tap the button and scan the earthlings' power levels.

"Well, what a disappointment." Vegeta said in a mocking tone. "We had our hopes up for someone who was actually worth our time."

Gio turned his scouter off before jumping, sailing high into the air before dropping down onto the ground near the Z-Fighters who backed away in fear.

"H-Hey..weren't there only supposed to be two Saiyans?" Chiaotzu asked with a shaking voice.

"Y-yeah, and why does he look so much like Goku?" Krillin followed up.

Gio sized them up individually before he dropped his creepy demeanor, a small smile forming on his face.

"Sorry to scare you. My name is Gio, I'm the brother of Kakarot, or who you refer to as Goku. An old man named Roshi sent me."

"Master Roshi sent you?" Krillin remarked.

"Long story short, I heard my brother is supposed to come back from something important today and I want to meet him. I also don't want him to come back to find his friends dead."

Piccolo growled at the word "friend". "Listen here, Saiyan, I'm not a friend of your oh-so noble brother. I'm only fighting with these people so I can make sure these people don't destroy the planet I'm destined to rule!"

"You're the strongest one here." The Saiyan brother remarked. "But you still can't take on that big burly guy over there." He added, pointing to Nappa.

"Why, you little-"

"Hey, wait a minute." Gio said, looking over at Gohan. "Is that..Kakarot's son?"

He pivoted, rotating his body as he slowly started walking towards the boy who cowered back. Krillin jumped in his way, spreading his arms out to block his path.

"Now listen here! Even if-"

Gio leaped over the short bald man, approaching Gohan who fell onto his rear end walking backwards. Gio looked at the kid blankly, crouching down so he was eye level to the kid that looked like he was about to wet himself.

Gio smiled again.

"So you're my little nephew, huh? Nice to meet ya!"

He held out his hand midway between the two. Gohan slowly stood up in slight shock of his uncle's change of attitude, shaking the hand with slight hesitation.

"Sorry about the sudden intrusion, it's a shame we couldn't have met under better circumstances."

Gio treated his brother's friends with politeness. Usually he was not as polite to people but he made a special occasion for it. After all, they might not trust him otherwise.

"Judging by the corpses and the crater, I'm guessing one of the Saibamen blew themselves up on this guy?" He asked, pointing at Yamcha's body.

"Yeah, that's Yamcha. He died not too long before you showed up."

"The Saibamen are sneaky bastards, but they make up for it for being weak. You lot got lucky though, this soil isn't the best. In good enough soil, their power level could climb to twenty five hundred units."

"But no matter. Hey, meathead!" Gio called out to Nappa. "I'll be your opponent."

"Get out of my way." Piccolo growled, shoving Gio aside. "He's mine."

"Didn't I tell you already you're no match? Your power level is five hundred units behind his-"

"TAKE YOUR DAMN FIVE HUNDRED UNITS AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR ASS!" Piccolo roared.

"You're one to talk." Vegeta said in an icy tone. "My scouter only picks up your power level at twenty eight hundred units. It was higher before, but the thing must have been malfunctioning."

"There's absolutely nothing wrong with your scouter." Gio replied in a low voice. "Watch."

A low, wyuuuuu sound could be heard before Gio's aura burst around his body. Vegeta's scouter began beeping as the numbers on it rose with Gio drawing out more power until all of his energy was released.

"What?! Impossible!" Vegeta shouted.

"What is it? What's his power level?" Nappa asked.

"Seven thousand units!" Vegeta said, throwing his scouter on the floor and crushing it with his foot.

"Still want to fight, Namekian?" Gio slightly mocked. Piccolo grumbled but stepped back, his silent way of allowing Gio to continue.

"All right then. You all look tired anyways, take a bit to rest. Excuse me, you, right there in the orange." Gio said to the short monk.

"...my name is Krillin."

"Krillin, mind holding this for me?" He asked, removing the red scouter from his left eye and tossing it to him, the monk catching it in his hands. "With Vegeta's scouter destroyed, that's the only thing I can use to measure Kakarot's power when he gets here."

The palm-haired Saiyan widened his stance, placing his left leg in front of the right so that his body faced the right while his face looked at his bald opponent. He placed his right hand near his left cheek while he outstretched his right arm at shoulder level in front of him with his hands half-way clenched for easy access to blocking or punching if needed.

"All right then, mister outdated mustache." Gio said to Nappa. "How about I knock a couple of dents into that empty head of yours."

First chapter of the Saiyan Arc. I feel like I might have rushed the meet in with Roshi a bit, or maybe didn't do the diologue quite right, and I apologize for that if anyone else feels the same.

Power Levels

Gio (Supressed): 2,800

Gio (After Zenkai from Cui Fight): 7,000

Nappa: 4,000

Vegeta: 18,000

Piccolo: 3,500

Krillin: 1,820

Yamcha: 1,660

Tien: 1,790

Chiaotzu: 1,343

Gohan: 941

Saibamen: 1,200 (Each)