Six days have passed since Bardock departed from Namek, finally at his destination he lands inside of a village near a group of the planet's natives. They turn to look at him with terrified expressions, then disappear, followed by the rest of the energy signatures in the village. "So it's true, these people can teleport, it isn't just super speed or I would've sensed their energy trail," he quietly says to himself. Suddenly the smell of grilled meat fills his nose and his stomach growls louder than ever before. "It's been nearly a week since I've eaten... I'm sure they won't mind if I help myself," Bardock chuckles as he makes his way into one of the houses.
On the other side of the planet a large group appears. The oldest of the group steps towards a throne. "Sire, someone with a large power appeared in our village, we can't tell if he's friend or foe by his energy."
"Hmm..." stated the small pink creature wearing an emerald encrusted ebony crown before going silent for a few seconds. "He doesn't seem to be here to hurt us, and he's eating even more than I can. I'll personally find out what his business here is," he said before disappearing.
Back on the other side of the planet the king appears in front of Bardock, who is washing down a large piece of meat with a mug of ale. "I am King Fresco, why have you come to my planet?"
"M mmph tm mmrmp hm hmmpppprm." Swallowing, Bardock repeats himself, "I want to learn to teleport."
"How did you know my people could teleport before coming to this planet?" inquired King Fresco.
"I saw it in a vision, among other things. It'll be really helpful in my future"
"Very well, I can teach you. However, I need something from you before I will."
"And what would that be?"
"Near my castle lives a terrible monster, a beast that has been tearing up my beautiful view and eating my servants. None of us are powerful enough to stop it, I doubt even with your strength you could, but if you manage to succeed I will teach you Instant Transmission."
"Heh, I could use a work out after eating all that food. Take me to the beast."
"Grab my shoulder." The instant Bardock touched the man they both disappeared, then reappeared just outside a castle. "The beast lives in a cave at the bottom of those mountains. After defeating it bring me proof and your lessons shall commence."
"I'll be back in a few minutes." Bardock stated as he blasted off towards the mountains. Less than a minute later he landed in front of the cave, examining it for any signs of life. Sensing a very faint power he shouted, "Hey freak, I've got some tasty pink midgets for you." Suddenly the power he was sensing skyrocketed and slowly drew nearer.
Out of the cave emerged a 100 foot blue tortoise that had a black shell covered in spikes with one large hole just above its head. The tortoise roared and it's power shot up again.
Bardock fired a ki blast at the creature's head, the energy in the attack was more than double what he sensed from the creature, but as the smoke cleared it was standing there without so much as a scratch on it. "This could actually be interesting," he said as he dashed towards the tortoise. As he got close the beast opened it's mouth and fire shot from it, but wanting to end this quickly Bardock put up a barrier and dashed through it, hitting the creature in the forehead and slightly pushing it back. He then threw a punch, only for his hand to break on impact. "Fuck!" he screamed as he turned into a super saiyan and punched the tortoise with his other fist, only for it too to break. Deciding that fighting OT head on would be fruitless, Bardock flew backwards and allowed his bones to regenerate.
Putting one hand to his side he charged up a Spirit Cannon, but as he fired it a vortex appeared in the hole in the creatures shell. The vortex sucked up the attack and disappeared. The hole began to glow and Bardock felt the energy from his attack increase to nearly triple ots intensity for launching out of the shell. Moving to quickly to dodge, he put his arms in front of his face to block. The attack exploded on impact, and the now bloody Bardock fell to the ground as his energy plummeted. The tortoise moved over to him and swallowed him whole.
"It's as I feared, we'll never be rid of this monster," Fresca thought to himself as he felt Bardock's energy vanish.
inside the belly of the beast, Bardock regained enough strength to move. The monster's stomach acid was like lava, and Bardock used the last of his energy to put up a protective aura to prevent himself from being melted. Bardock began thinking to himself, picturing his friends and family. "Toma... Gine... My sons... I will not fail you!" he screamed as his energy was revitalized and he once again turned into a super saiyan, but his aura continued to grow as blue sparks of plasma began to shoot out of him. "I'll find that bastard Trunks, then I'll get home to slay that bastard Frieza! I swear this on my life!" The sparks of plasma started coming faster and faster as his hair spiked up even further, until only one strand was in front of his face, then his aura exploded, as did the creatures stomach from the pressure.
Flying out of the hole he just created, Bardock flew high into the space out of the reach of the planet's gravity. Collecting energy into his fists Bardock flew down towards the beast, being accelerated by the gravity. He smashed right through the tortise's back, causing it's entire body to explode from the force, killing it instantly. All that remained was it's head, which Bardock grabbed as he flew back to the King's castle.
As he landed the king spoke to him, "Incredible, I didn't think you'd actually pull it off, though I wish there was more of the beast so that we could eat it."
Relaxing his aura Bardock spoke, "A deal is a deal, teach me Instant Transmission, I have somewhere else to be."
"Very well. To use the technique you must concentrate on an energy signature and push all your energy to one spot near there's. You can go as far as you can sense. Observe." Fresco disappeared.
Bardock focused on Frescos energy signature and, partially due to experiencing the technique one and partially from the knowledge given to him by Porunga, he appeared right in front of Fresco.
"No one, not even the most gifted of this planet, have been able to use the technique on their first try. You truly are amazing."
"Thanks. Now my must take my leave, farewell." Bardock said as he flew into space, his destination, Icarion.
Elsewhere, in the Time Nest...
"Trunks!" shouted the Supreme Kai of Time.
"What is it master? I was in the middle of training." Trunks asked, clearly irritated.
"Oh don't you take your anger out on me just because you got your butt whooped!" the Kai yelled. "Whis is here, he agreed to train you in exchange for some of that beer batter chicken you gave me."
"Whis... You mean..."
"Yes, the attendant and mentor of the God of Destruction. I haven't learnt what that dark energy was, but I know I've felt it before. I also found someone who might be able to beat Bardock, I just sent him, but in case he fails you will be our backup. Time to leave for your training."
"Right!" Trunks exclaimed in excitement as he rose his fist in front of himself.
