Chapter VII – It's not easy being green

Space – Space
A white ship moved at ludicrous speed across the cosmos with deliberation as it passed stars and planets alike. Onboard, the three Earthlings were preparing themselves for an adventure like nothing they'd ever experienced before.
Well, two of them were. Bulma was sleeping like a log, with a snore that sounded like one falling over.
"Good Kami, know I know why she and Yamcha didn't last." Krillen said, taking a break from their intensive mental training. Tien had been teaching Krillen the fundamentals of Kaioken so that he could be more of an asset in battle.
In theory, Krillen could now triple his strength, though he had yet to practice the technique out of fear of damaging their precious ship, the only think between them and the endless void of space.
"Yes well, sit back down, I want to practice another hundred Kata with you before we rest." Tien said, sitting in the lotus position.
"Alright, I'm coming, ya slave driver." Krillen said, sitting down opposite the three eyed man whom he could never read. But as soon as his but touched the floor, a load beeping noise sounded out, alongside a strange voice with a German accent.
"Vee are approaching the Planet Namek now! Vould all passengers please seat zemselves." The computer said. Instantly Bulma woke up, flailing.

"Oh gosh, are we here already?" The woman said. It was surprising how fast an untrained human woman can move when she's in a rush and within seconds, she was thoroughly dressed and buckled up in the flyer's seat, ready to guide the spaceship down to the surface of the green planet below.
Krillen and Tien followed her lead and belted themselves to the chairs quickly, to make sure that they would be safe.
The large, house sized ship rocketed through the atmosphere of the planet at high speed, such that flames seared the side of the ship.
The three Earthlings watched the flames through the windows with amazement before the ship impacted hard against the surface of the planet.

It took several seconds for the blue haired scientist to shake off the shock of the landing.

"O-okay, I need to do Oxygen tests and... and make sure..." Just as she said this, she saw the two bald warriors standing outside the spaceship. Her eyes bugged out slightly and she pinched the bridge of her nose. Why did it have to be her dealing with these two? She jumped off of the ship and walked up to the two idiots. With an expression that would have stopped a Saiyan in his tracks, Bulma slapped the two round the back of their heads.

"Ouch, what was that for?" Krillen asked, rubbing the mark.
"Just shut up." She said, pulling a Dragon radar out of her pocket. With a few quick movements, she turned the thing on and zoomed out to show all seven blinking orange lights. Four of the lights were really close together, right next to each other in fact.

"Wow, lucky, this is amazing, we'll have everyone back as soon as possible." Bulma cheered. Krillen laughed with her, stroking the back of his head, even Tien managed to crack a smile, it was short lived however.
"Krillen, do you sense that?" He said looking up to the sky.
"No... It can't be..." Krillen stuttered as an all too familiar attack pod pierced the sky.

Vegeta had returned, and he was stronger than ever.


"I swear Berrai, if this is another lost cause then I will murder you." A strange looking alien with reptilian features said to his comrade.

"Yeah, as if your weak ass could touch me, besides, I know my scouter picked something up around this way. Rye, you know how pleased Lord Frieza will be if we find something of worth." Another alien said. This one was blue skinned with shaggy white hair all over his face. Both were wearing armour akin to what the Saiyans had worn on earth.

The pawns of Frieza continued their argument so heavily that when they turned a corner and the humans were right there next to a Namekian looking structure that was most likely a space ship.
"Yeah you are right, she was a total slu- Hey! Look over there, those aren't Namekians and they most certainly aren't with us." Berrai said, smiling maliciously.
"Oh yeah, must be tourists, poor sots, oh well. Orders are orders, if they ain't Namekian, we're meant to kill first, then ask questions." Rye laughed. While they talked, they noticed that they had been seen by the so-called tourists, a tall man with three eyes and a hairless head, a female with blue hair and soft features and a tiny bald man, perhaps the child of the other two? Who cared, there little family would soon be dust and ashes.

"First, we have to make sure they don't GACK-" The alien's speech was suddenly interrupted as the three eyed man appeared in front of them both, grabbing them by the necks. Their scouters went crazy as the man let out a yell and an aura burst up around him.

Tien for his part hadn't meant to kill the two but he had overestimated their strength, expecting them to be on par with the Saiyans on Earth.
They had not been and their fragile bones had turned to dust in his grip. With slight disdain, Tien landed back down, throwing the bodies aside.
"We'd better move. Bulma, can this ship be put into a capsule?" Tien asked sharply, wiping the alien blood off of his hands.

"Oh, r-right." The blue haired woman stammered in shock, capuslising the Namekian ship. While she did this, Krillen took to the skies, looking for a place they could hide. Once the ship was in its capsule, Krillen waved them over.

"Alright guys, follow me, I've found us a place to get under cover, so to speak." Krillen said, landing and walking toward a dark cave where they could lay low.

As they approached the cave, however, Tien felt something coming.
"Everyone! In the cave! Now!" Tien shouted, running in beside them. The need to run and hide soon became very obvious as several powerful figures rushed past at ridiculous speeds. Their powers ranged from high to low, but every single one of them could slaughter the entire human race excluding the Z gang. The stronger ones were easily as strong as the new and improved Vegeta they had just sensed and the one at the front, his power felt like it was a hundred times more potent than Vegeta's with an aura of evil so thick that made the Saiyan's bloodthirsty aura seem like a gust of wind.

For several minutes, the three were silent, then Krillen spoke up.
"Bulma... Look at the Dragon radar. Those four balls that were next to each other, have they moved?" He said slowly, praying his theory was wrong.

Bulma's eyes widened as she realised what the bald man was implying. She grabbed the radar and turned it on.
"You're right, they're moving. They... They have four of the balls and they're heading right for a fifth one." Bulma said, her voice choking up a little in fear of her life. She didn't want to die before she'd found her dream prince and married him.
"Alright, plan CD, as in certain death." Krillen said shakily.
"Bulma will set up base here and contact her father, Roshi, anyone on earth who can get in touch with Goku, then force them to come as back-up. Tien and I will find a way to snatch the Dragon Balls away from them." Krillen said, taking a tone he'd never used before. Such was his determination that neither Bulma nor Tien argued with him. Neither had a better idea anyway.

With a quick nod to the blue haired scientist, they took off into the green skies of planet Namek.


Vegeta smiled as he watched the skies. Fresh air, the ground beneath his feet, the pulse of newfound power in his muscles and his tail bound tightly around his waist. He felt like a God.

The battle on earth had ended badly, sure, but he had gained much from it.

The ability to sense power levels was just one of the neat little tricks that he'd picked up. That sense kicked in as he sensed a power liken to his before the escapade on Earth. Cui, that frog like bastard. He must have followed him from the medical planet to settle some kind of score.

"Vegeta, I should have known that I'd find you on Namek." The amphibian bastard spoke from behind him.

"Disappointing as always, Cui. What took you so long?" Vegeta said, keeping his voice steady.
"Oh this and that, you dirty little monkey. All you should care about is that I've come to take you in." Cui laughed.

A vein popped up in Vegeta's head.
"Check your scouter Cui, what's my power level again?" He asked through gritted teeth. A few electronic bleeps later and the flat faced freak laughed.

"18,000, exactly the same as always, right beneath me." Cui said with a smirk.
"Oh, really? How about... NOOOOOOW?!" He screamed, his purple aura bursting to life with explosive force as the ground shook and broke apart.

The smirk on Cui's face was slowly wiped off.

"20,000... 25,000... How did you get this strong? I... I didn't mean it, I..."
"SILENCE FOOL. I will have no more of your pitiful grovelling. I'm ending you, right here, right now. GALICK BLAST." Vegeta screamed, letting loose a blast of energy that tore a hole straight through Cui's chest, killing him instantly. An explosion relieved the Saiyans wrath and he smiled, tuning his senses, looking for a gathering of small power levels where he might find more out about the Dragon Balls. Immortality was almost his.


"And that, oh honourable Namekian elder, is what will become of every one of your beloved villagers if you do not give me the information that I require" A strange alien with a white exoskeleton and purple bio-gems embedded into his body spoke, gesturing to the many elder Namekians that lay smoking in the dirt.
Tien and Krillen had arrived, just as the killing had begun and had no choice but to lay low on the cliff overlooking the village. Already they had spotted the four dragon balls but had no plan yet as to how to retrieve them.
All they could do was watch as the malicious space pirates killed to get what they wanted. Soon, a trio of Namekian warriors had appeared and wiped out all of the foot soldiers. While this happened, the elder, in a stroke of genius, had taken to the skies and destroyed all the scouters so that they would no longer be able to find the villagers. In response to this, the fat pink alien had wiped out the three Namekian Warriors then laughed maliciously, turning on the old man and his two children. The old man, wishing not to get his children killed, brought out the Dragon Ball and handed it over.
But that did not satiate their desire for bloodshed and the horned alien sent the fat pink one forth again so he might kill the Namekian and the two children.
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Tien screamed "KAIOKEN SIX FOLD" A crimson aura burst up around him, his voice carrying far as the cliff crumbled apart beneath him.

With a blast of Ki, the three eyed warrior lifted off, slamming straight into the pink alien. There was a crack of bone as Tien brought his power to bear on the warrior.

Dodoria was alive for just long enough to see the face of his assailant before a blast of Ki sent him straight to Hell.

Krillen landed beside him, facing an intrigued looking Frieza and a scowling Zarbon.

"Krillen, get the old man and the kids out of here." Tien said, taking a stance in front of the old Namekian.
"No, take my children but leave me behind, I have one last use here." The old Namekian spoke resolutely. Krillen stood still, thunderstruck for a second but then came back to his senses and grabbed the two children, flying off with them.

"Come on, it isn't safe here." He yelled as they flew off into the sky of Namek.

The old Namekian stood up beside the bald warrior.
"If you face these men now, you'll most certainly die." The Namekian elder said, keeping his eyes on the small effeminate alien.

"I know." He said simply.
"Why Zarbon, you're just stood there, could you not, oh I don't know, GO AFTER THEM?!" Frieza shouted at the pretty boy beside him.

"On it, my lord." Zarbon said, blasting off after the monk.
"No you don't!" Tien tried. However, a thin beam of purple Ki sliced past his cheek, splitting the skin and letting the human's blood run free.

"Oh dear, no we can't have you interrupting Zarbon's fun now can we?" The one named Frieza said. He acted amicable, just as he had when coercing the Namekians, however the aura of evil and menace that surrounded him told the true story.
"I'm afraid that I'll just have to sort you out myself. You should feel lucky." Frieza said with a sadistic smirk.
"Listen, I don't know, or care who or what you are, but I'm going to find some way to take you down." Tien said, taking his crane stance.
"You don't know who I am? Well, well, it has been a long time since I heard that one. Very well, I am Lord Frieza, Emperor of over a hundred planets in this galaxy alone. I am the strongest being in the universe. Why, to prove it to you, I'll let you power up all you want, and I won't even need to get out of my transport to deal with you." He said with a confident smirk. Tien growled and tensed into a Ki channelling stance, however the Namekian elder put his hand on the warrior's shoulder.

"You have a righteous heart. If you truly wish to fight this evil force then I have a gift for you. Please, save my people." He said, taking a long breath out. A light blue Ki was brought out on his breath and entered Tien's body.
Tien felt a slight power enter his body, but something more, much more. Like he was housing something altogether different. Then, the old Namekian fell backwards, a smile on his face as the pupils went from his eyes, all trace of life leaving his body.

Whatever he had done had killed him.

Frieza raised an eyebrow at this spectacle, at the horrified face of his victim... sorry, opponent.
Tien turned glaring at Frieza, his face full of fury.
"You're a murderer. These men are far from the first are they? And that's just today. Humph, I can sense your power, and I'm just a bug to you, but I'm going to make sure, that this bug pisses you right the hell off." Tien said, focusing his power into a Kaioken much beyond the power that his body could handle. He knew that by going above his thresholds, he would die, but it was the only way he'd stand a ghost of a chance. He would die no matter what happened here.
"KAIOKEN TIMES TWENTY FIVE!" Tien roared as an inferno of power and pain welled up inside him, bursting out of him, tearing him apart as it went.

Frieza's smile turned into an intrigued frown at the willingness of this dog to die just to even try to stand up against him.
Tien stared at Frieza, his appearance demonic as blood rained from his eyes under the stress of the Kaioken. He reached out his arms and formed a triangle with his palms, his muscles and sinew burning, literally. One could smell the scent of human flesh cooking.
"You think you are the strongest in the universe? Then take this! KIKOHOOOO!" The warrior let out a scream as the fearful blast of Ki seared from his outstretched arms, encompassing Frieza in his entirety.
As the world was frown into a disorienting blast of noise and light, Tien fell to his knees and hands, breathing hard, his body still tinted red, but not with the power of Kaioken, with his own blood.

Frieza floated in the air, looking through the cloud of dust, surprised to his very core. That attack had turned his armour and transport to ashes and had left him with nasty burn marks all over his white and pink body.

His face twisted in rage at the thought of being hurt so much by a lowly warrio and he flew straight out of the dust cloud towards the dying warrior.
He picked the triclops up by his throat and spat in his face.
"You failed, weakling." He growled violently.
"No, I pissed you off, just like I said I would." Tien said, grinning masochistically.
Frieza screamed and threw the man up, blasting the bastard with an explosive Kiai that send him flying into the rock below. Then, with a single motion, Frieza threw a death beam at the rock, destroying it with a powerful explosion.

With a few angry gasps, Frieza landed, the ground splitting beneath his feat in his rage. This s*** was why he needed to stop going around in his suppressed form.

No, he had to calm down. He had five of the seven Dragon Balls. He would soon be immortal, a God to creatures such as this.

That thought cooled him right down and he smiled. A little down time with some wine back at the ship would be just what he needed.

With a flick of his fingers, the Dragon Balls lifted up and followed him.
Now if only he could remember where he parked the damn ship.


Earth – That one hospital
"H-how much longer do I have to stay here?" Goku said, looking at a tray of needles fearfully.

"I'm sure the Senzus will be ready soon daddy, please stop worrying." Gohan said, trying to calm his father. A nurse tried to approach the two but a doctor who had watched them there entire stay shook his head to say 'don't even try.'
"Knock knock." A deep voiced white cat said from the window. One look at this made the nurse faint.

"Korin! I hope you've got good news, master Roshi just left, he told me Bulma and the gang really need back up, and bad." Goku smiled brightly.
"Hi cat-man." Gohan smiled brightly.

"Hello Gohan, and yes, I have the Senzu beans." He said, passing Goku a brown bag full of beans.
"By the way, have you seen Yajirobe? He's been missing since he set off to help you fight the Saiyans." Korin asked.
"I'm afraid not, as far as I can tell, he wasn't present on the battleground." Goku said, popping one of the beans into his mouth.
"Ah, you can almost taste the healing."

"That sounds silly, daddy."

Goku laughed and ripped off his bandages before hurriedly changing into his weighted training clothes.

"Oh Kami finally. This feels so nice." Goku smiled, tightening his belt.
"Let's go, Gohan, to Bulma's place." He said, pointing out of the window.
The young half Saiyan was already in his turtle school gi and half way out of the window as Goku said this.

Goku laughed and chased after his son, as free as a bird. They laughed, chasing each other out into the wild blue sky.

The doctor stepped forward to address Korin and with his face completely straight, he said;
"What the actual F***?!" Before fainting.

The white cat shook his head and disappeared out of the window to continue his search for the obese samurai.


Capsule Corporation – Briefs' compound

Goku and Gohan landed against the soft grass as the matriarch of the Briefs' family threw her watering can up in the air in surprise of the two warriors landing.

"Hello Mrs. Briefs." Gohan said, bowing to the ageless wife of the world famous doctor.
"Oh hello darling, and Goku, I haven't seen you in so long. How are you too?" She asked, smiling, her eyes appearing closed as always. Despite her ditzy demeanour, Panchy Briefs was too a world renowned doctor, earning awards in the fields of animal biology and animal behavioural psychology, as well as agriculture.

"Mrs. Briefs, is your husband finished building that spaceship like we asked?" Goku said. He hadn't meant to sound rude but he was in a rush and his words came out quite badly.

"Oh good heavens no, not even close. But you can have a look if you like." She said, smiling constantly.

"Please show us." Gohan asked excitably.
"Oh, right this way then." She smiled, leading them to the ship. To Goku, it looked completely fine and finished. It was a round contraption with several legs that came out from different sides.
Goku and Gohan walked inside and found the good Doctor standing there, smoking a cigar and stroking his black cat, Scratch.
"Ah, Goku and Gohan. Come for a tour, I suppose?" He said tonelessly.
"Well, I'm going to show you anyway, since you're here." He said, giving the two no chance to talk.
"She's fully functional, with Planet Namek's co-ordinates already punched in so she can follow them. Plus, I've already stuffed the fridge full with enough food to feed an army for a month." He began, showing them the control panel with a clearly marked 'start button' and another which seemed to have a picture of a muffin on? The Doctor could be eccentric at times.
"Then there's the gravity controls. I can't remember the exact reason but the gravity goes up to exactly that of one hundred times normal gravity." He said.
"All working as it should." He said.
"But Mrs. Briefs said it wasn't finished." Goku said frantically.
"Oh no, it's far from being done, I still haven't installed the cappuccino machine, or the stereo." The Doctor said simply.

"Wh-What?! I don't even drink coffee?! Can't we just go now?" Goku asked.
"Well you could but then you'd wake up one morning and want coffee and you wouldn't have any." The Doctor said as if this would be the biggest tragedy ever to befall a traveller. Gohan pinched the bridge of his nose but then a light bulb appeared over his head.

"Mister Briefs, sir? Your wife is calling for you." He said, pointing out of the ship's door.
"Oh? I best go see what that woman needs." The Doctor said, walking out of the ship. As soon as he was safely out, Gohan pressed the button next to the door, closing it quite quickly.
Then, as fast as lightning, the boy ran over to the controls of the ship and slammed his finger on the start button.
The good Doctor and his wife watched in shock as the capsule ship set off into the sky, its legs retracting as it sped off towards Namek.
"Gohan, that was naughty." Goku said, chiding his son with a slight frown. Then the warrior burst out in a bright smile.
"Aw heck, I'd have tried something similar if he'd gone on about that for much longer, now come on, we best not waste any time. Let's get training." Goku said, laughing.
"Why don't we use the gravity machine that he was talking about? King Kai's planet was ten times more than Earth's and that made me lot's stronger. How about twenty times first?" He smiled happily.
"I was just thinking the same thing. You should teach me what you learned up there too." Goku said, smiling at his son.
"Will do, daddy." Gohan laughed, finally, he would get to show his daddy, the strongest man ever, what he could do.

"Are you ready?"
"I always will be, dad."

With a hum of energy, the gravity increased and an eerie light shone from the windows of the spaceship as it bolted through the deep, empty cosmos.


Namek – The middle of the air
Krillen screwed his eyes up tight as he flew. He had felt it. Tien was gone.

To make matters worse, he could sense that the one surviving soldier was coming after them.
It would just have to be the second strongest power on this planet that survived, wouldn't it?

"Mister Albino? Where are you taking us?" The elder of the two young Namekians asked Krillen.

"Keep it down, kid, we're being followed, and they're gaining fast. Listen, can you fly?" He asked the two.
"Yes, we are taught when we are young." The younger Namekian said.
"Good, when I let go, you have to fly as fast as you can and hide. I know a way to buy us some time." Krillen said as a bright light appeared on the horizon behind them.
"Gah, here he comes. Okay kids, go hide." Krillen said, turning around midair, letting the two Namekians fly off. He kept his senses tuned to them and waited for the powerful being to catch up to him. The powerful being was rather... different looking. At least for an elite soldier of a genocide army. He was, well, pretty, with flowing hair that ended in a pony-tail and smooth features.
But Ki sense does not lie and Zarbon's aura was one of evil. Like Vegeta's, it paled in comparison to Frieza, but even on his own, the alien soldier felt horrible to stand around.

"Hmm, finally you stop running, you little worm. I was getting worried I'd have to chase you the whole world around. Still, lord Frieza demands that you be killed and I will most certainly not be disappointing him." The flamboyant alien said, his voice matching his looks.
"Well prepare to disappoint. Hard." Krillen shouted, bringing his hands up to the sides of his eyes with the fingers splayed out.
'Oh Kami was that the best I could come up with?' He thought for a brief second.

"SOLAR FLARE!"
A blinding flash filled the air, burning the eyes of Zarbon, giving the warrior from Earth time to fly down with to the two Namekians. Before the flash had even subsided, Krillen had picked the Namekian duo up by the scruff of their necks and flown off towards Bulma's cave, a completely different direction than before.
When he thought they were safely far away, Krillen landed to take a breather.
"Now that... That was scary." He laughed, scratching his head as he panted.
"Are you okay sir?" The younger child asked.
"Call me Krillen. Say, what are your names?" he asked with a slightly tired smile.
"I'm Cargo, he's Dende, Mr. Albino." The elder one known as cargo said.

"Mr. Albino? My name is Krillen. Anyway, I'm taking you to our little hideout so be good." He said, leading them towards the cave where the most fearsome beast know to man lay. Bulma Briefs.


Namek – Way up high, higher than Mr. Popo on a Sunday
"Damnit, the little bastard got away." Zarbon growled as he floated in the sky, rubbing his eyes. He was seething in anger. An anger that only got worse when a certain snide voice sounded out.

"Well, well, it must be spring because I can see a pansy." Vegeta said, grinning widely.

"Oh Vegeta, you actually had the balls to come here. I have to say, Frieza's not best pleased with you." Zarbon smirked, crossing his arms.
"Oh cut the act, Zarbon, without Frieza and Dodoria at your side, you're nothing."

"You think I hide behind the power of others? Why that rather sounds like you at times, Vegeta."

"Who cares? I'm going to rip you apart."
"Now, now Vegeta, a Saiyan like yourself must want their opponent to be at their best, no? Well I don't normally show this side of me but I'm not in the best of moods."
"Bring it pretty boy." Vegeta laughed, crossing his arms. He was stronger than ever. No amount of power that this clown could pull out of his ass would be enough to take him down now.
"I was hoping that you'd say something like that." Zarbon laughed, stretching his arms out. He let out a low growl as power built up inside him.

With a sudden pop, every one of his muscles expanded outwards as he grew in size, his face swelling slightly until he looked monstrous.
Vegeta could feel it, the alien's power had risen beyond expectation and now dwarfed him in size.
"What the f-?" Vegeta managed to get out before Zarbon slammed into him.

Faster than ever, Zarbon beat Vegeta down, not letting the small prince get even a word in edgewise as he laid blow after blow into his gut, shattering bone after bone.
Zarbon let out a laugh as he vented his fury onto the prince who could do nothing but try his best to block.

It wasn't enough. Vegeta received another blow to his gut, then with a powerful blow to the head, was knocked out instantly, falling to the rock below.
The moment Zarbon realised that the prince wasn't coming back up, he let go of his monstrous form. He really wished that he could access his full power without resorting to that.

"So much bravado, all for nothing. Look at you. I think I'll take you back to Frieza and let him... punish you." Zarbon smiled, sadistically as he picked the unconscious prince from the dirt and flew off towards the ship.


Meanwhile, in a crater near a ruined Namekian village, three eyes fluttered open.
"I'm... Alive?"


Author's notey type end sorta thing;
That's it for now. As always, I've enjoyed writing this for all of you amazing people. Please favourite and review and all of that good stuff so that I can do my best to make this fanfiction one that everyone can enjoy.

Stop, power (level) time;

Goku (Healed) – 15,782

Gohan – 15,090

Tien – 9,899
Tien (Moori's sacrifice) - 10,078
Tien (Kaioken * 6) – 59,394
Tien (Kaioken * 25) – 251,950
Tien (Kikoho * 25) – 299,846

Frieza (Form one, suppressed, in clown car) – 387,637
Frieza (Form one) – 500,000

Krillen - 3,782

Vegeta – 25,923

Zarbon (Angry) – 22,014
Zarbon (Beast-mode) – 28,300

Dodoria – 20,150

Frieza's men – 1,000 to 2,000

Namekian warriors – 3000 each

Dende -12

Cargo – 54

With that out of the way, I don't think I ought to do these for much longer, since scouters become obsolete past this point and the powers begin to enter the millions.
Anyway, see y'all next time for another chapter of 'A Son's tale.'
~Hadessonjames