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A/N: It's been brought to my attention that I have been copying bits and pieces from the saiyan saga! Oh my! Hmm... Well, I think I should clarify before anyone else accuses me plagarism. Yes, it is true, I have been using the DBZ graphic novels as reference to the parts that are in the novels so that it closely resembles the comic. So, I will be using the books as reference until I get to the part that I want to get to when I can finally write without having to stop and look in the book. The same person who brought this to my attention also told me that it wasn't creative of me to do this. I respectfully disagree. I think being able to take pictures from a comic book and make those pictures come to life using words is pretty creative, but then again, I am the one writing this story, so of course I'm going to back myself up. So for those of you who are still willing to read this, I promise you that in two more chapter it will be all orignal work. The next to chapters will be Freeza and Trunks. The chapter after that will have everything original, no reference, just ideas coming from my own imagination.

Chapter 3

Namekian Clouds

With their combined efforts, Krillin, Gohan, Yajirobe, and Goku were able to defeat Vegeta. Krillin was going to finish Vegeta with Yajirobe's sword, but Goku stopped Krillin before he was able to end Vegeta's life. Goku told Krillin he wanted to fight Vegeta again, after Goku got stronger, but the saiyan raised on earth was hiding his real reasons for letting Vegeta go. Goku wanted to beat Vegeta for hurting his friends, for sicking his partner on them, having him kill them mercilessly. Goku hoped that Krillin didn't sense that Goku was hiding that honest truth.

Bulma and everyone came, even Chi-Chi came, though she was more concerned with her son that her husband. Bulma was one of the ones to run up to Goku and examine his wounds, and she and Roshi were the ones that brought him into the large plane. Bulma was extremely upset that Yamcha had died, because they had made up before he went off to train with Kami, but Krillin had an idea; he suggested that they go to Namek to get their dragon balls, because he remembered Vegeta and Nappa talking about them. Bulma was skeptical at first, especially after King Kai gave them the coordinates of the planet, for Bulma did the math and told them it would take thousands of years to get there, even on one of Capsule Corp.'s fastest ships. Luckily, Krillin had picked up Vegeta's spacepod remote, so now they could use that, but, the next day, Bulma brought the remote to the hospital where Goku, Krillin, and Gohan were at and told them that the government was holding a news briefing at the site where they kept the spacecraft. Bulma pressed a button and the craft on the TV began to shudder, then, without warning, it exploded, leaving everyone in the room in despair, but Mr. Popo came on his magic carpet, telling someone to come and that there was a spaceship that he knew of. They elected Bulma to go with him, for she was the genius of the group. She went with Popo, and they both discovered that the craft was, in fact, a spaceship.

Bulma, her father, and a group of assistants worked on the craft to make it more suitable for human travel. Gohan and Krillin agreed to go with her, just in case anything bad was to happen. Goku desperately wanted to go, but it would take a month for his wounds to heal, and without senzu, he had to wait to be released from the hospital by his doctor.

A moth went by and Bulma, Gohan and Krillin landed on Namek, only to find that a tyrant named Freeza and his army were attacking the planet, also looking for the dragon balls, and even worse, Vegeta was there too, but he could now detect energy without a scouter. With their spaceship broken, Bulma, Krillin and Gohan must survive until Goku arrives, which, from what they heard, would take six days.

On the sixth day, the Ginyu force arrived, summoned by Freeza, forcing Vegeta to team up with Krillin and Gohan so that they might grant Vegeta immortality so that the saiyan could defeat Freeza, but they were too slow…

A beaten Gohan lay on the blue namekian grass, his neck broken and struggling for air. Krillin, also on the ground after having been beaten by Reacoome, lowered his gaze, no longer able to look at his best friend's son's suffering. They had been through hell on this planet. They thought gathering the dragon balls was going to be an easy task, but when they got there they found out that Freeza, and Vegeta were also looking for the dragon balls. They were making great progress until they ran into Vegeta, but, eventually, the saiyan prince joined them in the search for the balls, realizing that Freeza had called the Ginyu force. Now, Freeza had all seven dragon balls and worse, Goku wasn't there yet. Krillin became enraged at his helplessness. He looked to Vegeta, but the saiyan, too, was immobilized.

Reacoome, a large muscle of a man, stood tall over his fallen enemies. He laughed and prepared for a final attack that would rid of the saiyan prince and tiny allies. He stopped when he noticed something falling from the sky in the distance. It looked like a spherical vessel of some sort, but the large man couldn't be sure. He watched as the vessel slammed into the ground many miles from his position.

Krillin also saw the object falling from the sky and knew immediately that it was Goku. Relief flooded through his body, but he was still a little uneasy, for even Goku might not be a match for the Ginyu force.

Goku stepped onto the ramp of his Capsule Corp. branded spaceship that had been made from his spaceship that he had come to earth on over twenty years ago. He looked out at the blue and green landscape of Namek and let his senses search for his friends. He first felt a large chi power that could be no one else but Freeza. He then felt a cluster of chi and felt Krillin and Gohan's energy. Goku was relieved that were still alive, but he noticed his son's chi was steadily decreasing. Goku also felt Vegeta's energy near Gohan and Krillin's, but it was weak, meaning that the other chi in that area had overpowered Gohan and Krillin.

"Gohan, daddy's on his way," Goku said aloud and flew off at amazing speeds.

Reacoome began his attack over again, having been interrupted by the falling object in the sky, but he was interrupted again when a strange man appeared. The man had wild black hair and he wore an orange gi with a blue undershirt. The man had a stern look on his face as he looked around.

"Goku," Krillin shouted happily.

"Hey Krillin," Goku said as he walked over to his fallen son. He knelt down and produced a senzu bean from a bag on his belt. He told Gohan to eat it, but noticed that his son's neck was twisted awkwardly. "No good," Goku said, "His neck is broken. Gohan, try to swallow, I'm gonna feed it to you."

Gohan swallowed finally and his neck healed instantly and the son of Goku took in a huge gasp of air.

"Dad!" Gohan shouted, "You're here! These guys are really strong! They even beat up Vegeta."

Goku nodded and went to Krillin, giving his friend a senzu bean. Krillin went to tell Goku what happened but Goku shook his head and placed his palm on Krillin's head.

"So, you got most of the dragon balls and Vegeta teamed up with you and then some Ginyu guy took the dragon balls to Freeza."

"H-how'd you know all that?" Krillin asked, amazed.

"I don't know, but I had a feeling that that'd work."

Goku reached into the bag of senzu and took out the last bean. He hollered to Vegeta and tossed the bean to him. Krillin gasped in horror.

"Goku, I understand that you want him to fight alongside us, but he's still evil!"

Goku didn't listen; he just nodded at Vegeta and told the saiyan to eat it. Vegeta put the bean in his mouth and swallowed it. His eyes widened when the pain he felt suddenly disappeared. He stood up and looked at Goku with his eyes narrowed.

"You're pretty big for a midget," Reacoome finally said to Goku, using his "midget" insult that he had used on Krillin and Gohan.

Goku turned and looked at the large man, unimpressed, "So you're the one who beat up my friends, huh?"

Soon, a battle ensued, but Goku does not attack, but when Reacoome decides to use his ultimate attack, he did an array of poses and the final pose leaves him wide open for an attack. Goku, lightening fast, rushed forward, slamming his elbow into the large man's gut. Reacoome groaned in pain and fell forward onto the ground.

Jheese and Butta tried to avenge their fallen comrade by using a trick attack. Jheese used his signature move to try and get Goku to dodge so that Butta could attack the saiyan, but Goku repelled Jheese's crusher ball with energy alone. The two members of the Ginyu force became enraged and began to attack Goku recklessly, but the saiyan just dodged everything.

"You want to see that I'm not just fast?" Goku asked them rhetorically, because no matter their answer, he was going to show them anyway.

Goku kicked Butta in the chin, sending the monstrous, blue alien up into the sky. Goku used his Kaio-Ken to rocket upwards and slam Butta downward. Still in Kaio-Ken form, Goku rocketed downward, past Butta descending body, and ultimately he landed on the ground with his arm up, catching Butta roughly, knocking the air from the alien.

Goku told Jheese to take Reacoome and Butta away, but the red skinned alien flew in fright to fetch Captain Ginyu.

Vegeta, disgusted that Goku refused to Butta and Reacoome, rushed through the air and slammed his knee down on Butta's neck, finishing the alien off. He then jumped up and sent a large blast of energy at Reacoome, destroying him. Goku was disgusted, but he ignored Vegeta listening to Krillin.

Krillin exclaimed that Freeza probably didn't get his wish because the sky didn't darken yet. So he and Gohan flew off to Bulma's location to get the dragon radar.

Goku found himself wishing he could go with them, but Ginyu and Jheese showed up shortly after.

Ginyu looked at Goku curiously, pressing a button on his scouter. Ginyu snorted, "His power is only five-thousand!"

"I know!" Jheese said, "That's what's so crazy!"

"Idiot," Ginyu scolded, "Don't you know you can't always rely on these things? He's probably able to increase his power instantaneously!"

"No wonder," Jheese breathed.

"I estimate his true power to be…sixty-thousand!"

Goku looked to Vegeta, "You take the red guy, I'll take on Ginyu."

Vegeta snickered and shot into the air, "Goodbye, Kakarrot!"

Goku looked up above him, watching as Vegeta fled, but then he felt a terrible pain on his cheek as Ginyu slammed an elbow into it, taking advantage of the opening.

Goku got up and rubbed his cheek. Vegeta had left, probably to follow Krillin and Gohan until they found the dragon balls, kill them, and get his own wish. Goku couldn't let that happen!

"Look," Goku said, stretching, "My friends are in trouble, so I'm gonna have to end this quick!"

Ginyu snickered, "End it quick', he says."

Ginyu then began his power up, smiling at Goku the whole time.

Bulma was asleep inside the crevice of two rocks. She had been there for hours, but she desperately needed rest, so she slept, but it was to end soon.

Krillin and Gohan landed just outside the crevice and entered it, screaming for Bulma.

Bulma opened her eyes slightly and saw her two companions, suddenly anger filled her body and she jumped up, glaring at the two.

"What have you been doing? First you came to get the dragon ball – with Vegeta in tow! What's idea? Leaving a girl like me all alone in a place like this!"

"We need the dragon radar, Bulma!" Krillin pleaded.

"What?" Bulma shouted, "You mean you still haven't gotten your wish, what are you playing around for?"

"Playing around?" Krillin asked incredulously. Hadn't he almost been killed fighting for his life not just minutes ago? He did expect to get that message to Bulma and he didn't plan to, he just needed the radar.

"I see them," Gohan shouted, having picked up the radar. He pointed to the northeast, "That way!"

Gohan and Krillin shot into the air, but Bulma stopped them, "What's going on?"

"I don't have time right now; we're in a hurry," Gohan explained, he went to turn but then turned back to Bulma with a smile on his face, "Oh yeah, dad's here!"

Bulma's eyes lit up and a hopeful smile spread on her lips, "Goku's here, did he got stronger?"

Gohan gave her the thumbs up and followed Krillin to the spot where the dragon balls were.

Bulma stepped out of the crevice and looked to the sky.

"Little Son Goku," she said softly, hand on her chin as if thinking, "Who would have thought he'd become the world's ultimate power?"

She watched as a cloud went by that was in the shape of Goku's head and imagined his face from when first they met; the face of an innocent child. She remembered those days as if they had happened yesterday. She imagined Goku from the present day; the adult Goku that was here now to save them.

She snickered to herself, "Who would have thought he'd become so handsome?" she jested, but knew there was more truth to the words, and in her drowsy state, she let the thought continue, "And here I am, always fighting with Yamcha. Who's supposed to be my boyfriend?" She thought back to the twenty-third Tenkaichi Budokai tournament, when she had strong feelings for Goku. She remembered talking to Lunch about Goku and the way she felt about him. She remembered Lunch telling her to talk to Goku. Bulma remembered making a horrible mistake: waiting to tell Goku the next day. She remembered never telling Goku how she felt, because Chi-Chi had gotten to him first. She remembered how jealous she was. She remembered letting him go to get married to woman he didn't even know. She remembered feeling depressed for months after that moment.

Bulma sighed, "Did I blow it?" she whispered into the wind.

A/N: I have truly suprised myself. I said that this chapter would be coming late because of my reading of "The Ghost King", but the book was so juicy good that I couldnt put it down and I have finished within two days! Also, I remembered that I had already written some things for this chapter beforehand, so I used that. The italicized stuff at the beginning is all stuff I added to the already written chapter, and the scene where Ginyu and Jheese arrive on is stuff I added to the already written chapter. I had to do a little revision to the stuff already written because some of it was written as if it were a documentary of the scene that was taking place, so I do so apologize if this chapter isn't as good as you would have expected. But please do not be discouraged from reading the rest of the story, for the next chapter gets good and two chapters after that will get even better! So, yay!

BTW, something extremely sad happened to the characters in "The Ghost King" so I'm going to need time to heal. Some words of comfort would be nice, lol. J/k.