Previously on Dragonball AS:
Neris and Krillin finally arrived at Elder Gurus place! WIll Guru give the the final 0ne-star ball? Find out now!
"Those terrible monsters have slain nearly all the Namekians.. The grief of their murders weighs heavy on my heart and it seems...that what they seek.. Is the Dragonballs.." Guru said sounding depressed as he watched Krillin, Neris and Nail from his throne seeing Krillin just barely over his big belly, "I never once ever dreamed that those spheres of our hope, the proof of wisdom and the strength of our children of Namek would have ever lead to such horrors."
"Um… Mr. Guru sir, Please forgive me for getting straight to the point but we need that dragonball above your head I swear on my life we'll never give it up to those monsters!" Krillin said clenching his fists looking up into Guru's eyes.
"Please Grandpa? If these Ee-arth people triumph they'll also regain their dragonballs on their planet too and if they get their wish the Namek on their planet would be reincarnated as well!" Neris also replied.
"What?! There are also Dragonballs on Earth? Then, that must mean a Namekian….?" Guru said as his mouth dropped and he flinched at the news.
"Yes, sir. A long time ago about 24 years ago during the time of the great drought that hit your planet, a Namekian got on a spaceship and escaped to Earth."
"Oh yes, I remember now.. It must have been that child of Katatz! He was always doing such weird things...making weird spaceships and talking about destroying life I am surprised however that such a infant could have travelled so far and safely. Why I remember when he grabbed Neris here and-"
Nail glared at Guru to keep quiet and he changed the subject noticing Nails glare.
"Er, anyways..that boy was a scion of the Dragon clan.. And a descendant of those capable of making dragonballs. Why Dende and Cargo are also descendants of that clan in fact! But anyways, the one called Krillin.. Why do you speak as though that child died? Was he killed in battle?"
"He was killed. Well, technically..he split himself in half and the evil version of him was murdered by a Saiyan named the Good side of him died when Piccolo was killed but… yeah." Krillin explained still looking directly at Guru's face. Neris was in the background still clinging to Nail like she hadn't seen him in ages even though it was literally about 8 hours ago when she left his side, saved Cargo and met Krillin and Gohan.
"Grandpa...Papa? Why didn;t either of you ever tell me I was a saiyan?" Neris asked.
"Actually, I have been meaning to ask that myself. Why is there a saiyan here? I mean...I heard from this guy named Raditz Saiyans are sent to other planets to conquer and kill the inhabitants of the planet to sell them for profit. Maybe Neris was sent here the same way?" Krilin asked as well turning towards Nail, "I saw that look you gave Guru when he mentioned Neris.. Did the Namekian that left here to go to Earth do something to her? Perhaps hit her head or something o she lost her memory? The same thing happened to Goku as well when he came to Earth. He's Gohans 'papa'" He explained seeing the inquisitive look on Neris face.
"...Yes..The Namekian named Kamicollo did hit her head..it happened the same day she arrived her in that weird space ship…" Nail looked sad suddenly and looked down at the floor.
"Huh?" Neris asked surprised. Her bright blue eyes sparkling with wonder.
"You were crying and I asked Elder Guru what to do with you. Guru suggested we asked Porunga and...he also offered, knowing you were a saiyan that I take you in as my child and raise you to be a great warrior and help me protect Namek because he knew you were a saiyan and they were also a warrior race, just like I was the only warrior on Namek. Anyways, when we brought Porunga out to ask why you were crying he said that you were hungry, that was the first wish we asked him, for the second I asked what was food and what you needed since you were now my responsibility..And for the third and final wish I asked for bottles, since you were so young Porunga said you needed milk and couldn't eat 'solids'"
"Wait, you can get 3 whole wishes here!? HOLY SHIT! YOUR DRAGONS WAY COOLER THAN THE ONE ON EARTH!"
"What's the name of your dragon?" Neris asked.
"Shenron." Krillin replied.
"Shenron?" Neris asked, wondering if he's also as buff and big looking as Porunga.
"Anyways, so after finding that out, I took the bottles and borrowed the spaceship Kamicollo was building and took it to find Neris some "milk" to give her. Though of course I had no clue how to drive the thing so I ended up damaging it a little on some asteroids but I made it to a planet somewhat nearby with space cows."
"Where was I when you went out? Was I with you papa?"
"I asked Clarinet to watch over you while I went out. When I returned Kamicollo wasn't too happy with the spaceship being damaged, in his rage he took you from my arms and smashed your head into a big rock. I suppose that was what altered your memory…"
Neris pouted covering her head with both hands. "Kamicollo sounds like a big meanie…So that's why sometimes I feel a little bump here and a scar…"
"That's right…" Nail said looking also sad and blaming himself for her getting hurt back then.
"I wonder if that Saiyan that killed him could have been a Super Saiyan..?" Guru interrupted.
"What's a super saiyan? The heck?" Krillin asked confused.
"The one they call Krillin. Come here by my side please." Guru says pointing to the ground just to the right of his chair.
"Huh? Uuuh….okay?" Krilin said, shrugging one shoulder and walking over not breaking eye contact with Guru.
"I need to confirm everything you've said so far and probe your past."
"Wh- my past?" Krilin asked as Guru placed his overly large hand on his bald head. Guru sees all that had happened back in OG Dragonball and when Piccolo had killed him and then the news Kami and Piccolo had split himself into two people, and that the current Piccolo was the son of Piccolo Daimao.
"HMPH! So he did split himself into two. Once Evil had seeped further into him.. The fool, by splitting himself into two he halved his power! If he were still one being he could have easily killed those saiyans!"
"O-One..?"
"Well.." Guru says ignoring Krillin, "It does seem as though your intentions are of pure heart and your courage is very admirable and so I shall entrust you with this dragonball." Guru says lifting his free hand to pick up the ball just behind his head off its resting spot on the hole of the back of his chair, "You should already know that however, while the villains have the other 6 dragonballs you may not be able to get your wish.."
"No duh but I mean if we get them all…?" Krillin asks reaching up to retrieve the one-star from Gurus hand.
"My life, unfortunately will probably last only a few more days...maybe 3 days at the most, so if you want your wish granted you have to make post-haste to gather the rest of the dragonballs from those monsters clutches at all costs..Though..it may be almost impossible, when I die the dragonballs will also disappear…"
"Y-You can't Grandpa!" Neris pleaded teary-eyed.
"I see...Don't worry Elder Guru, even if we can't get our wish, I'll at least make sure to protect this one with my life. I mean, anything's better than letting those guys get immortality!" Krillin said raising his fist as clenching it. "You have my word!"
"Please do so, I cannot move from this spot..If the one called Frieza should ever come by here, I doubt that even Nail here could protect me…"
"I'll protect you Grandpa! I've got a bajillion times stronger since I met Krillin and the others! I won't let those meanie faces hurt you!" Neris pouted more.
Guru smiled at her,"I know you will my child but perhaps... your protection is needed elsewhere, I want you to stay and help these earthlings protect that dragonball and do whatever you can to help them do you understand?"
"But-" Neris stuck out her bottom lip almost pleading.
"Please Neris.. I have your papa to stay and keep me company. These Earthlings have none, they need your help much more than I my child."
"Okay Grandpa…" Neris sulked resigned.
"By the way Krillin, you have extraordinary strength yet untapped. I could awaken your hidden potential for you if you so wish." Guru smiled for the first time at Krillin.
"What? Inner strength? I didn't think I could get any stronger anymore. After all that training I did with Gohan…"
Guru smiled again placing his hand once more on Krillin's scalp. Just then, Krillin felt a surge of hot energy rush through his body in an instant filling him with power.
"There, it is complete. I hope you will be able to escape their clutches earthling."
"H-Holy crap this power…. Th-this is...this is…! THIS IS AWESOOOOOOME! I'VE NEVER FELT THIS POWERFUL BEFORE!" Krillin shouted overjoyed, lifting the dragonball over his head excitedly, "I-I feel like I've been reborn! Thank you Elder Guru!"
Neris and Nail both smiled at him.
"Haha I felt that same exact way when Guru awakened mine too, many years ago." Nail stated.
"And mine!" Neris grinned flexing her arm.
"Thats awesome Oh! By the way, could you do this as well with a friend of mine? His names' Gohan and he's a saiyan like Neris here! Well he's half saiyan but…. I mean to say, does this like, shorten your life or anything I mean?" Krillin asks quickly turning to Guru and nearly dropping the ball he was carrying.
"Don't worry, this does not endanger my life. I only awoken what was your power to begin with. If there is a power sleeping within, I can awaken it even inside children."
"AWESOME! Then, is it okay I come back here with him? I'm sure he has way more power than I do!"
"Bring him here then. We could use all the help we could get!"
"Thank you Guru, sir! Um, what should I do with this dragonball?"
"Take it with you. The future of Planet Namek rests on your shoulders.."
"Alright! Neris let's go grab Gohan!" Krillin says turning to her.
"Okay! Love you Papa! Love you Grandpa!" Neris says quickly embracing Nail tightly and flying up to kiss Guru on the cheek. "See you soon!"
"Stay safe Neris, alright?" Nail tells her.
"I will!" Neris flies out the door with Krillin far ahead of her.
"WOOHOO! AT THIS RATE NERIS, WE'LL PROBABLY REACH GOHAN IN PROBABLY HALF THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET HERE!"
"Yeah!" Neris grinned. "Hey, I'll race you?"
"Oh, you're ON!" Krillin laughed as Neris also began to sped up to full an she and Krillin were side by side racing each other to the island they left Gohan and Bulma at.
-Meanwhile-
Gohan stood outside the cave entrance shadow training as he practiced his punches and kicks to pass the time. As Bulma messed with the dragon radar and watching Gohan train she noticed a reading on the radar. "Huh? Hey Gohan come take a look at this!"
"Wha?" Gohan asks stopping his high-kick in mid air and turning to go over to Bulma's side.
"See? Look, it looks like this dragonball has began to move. The one super far away! And it's heading right to us!"
"Maybe that's Neris and Krillin coming back?" Gohan suggested getting on his tiptoes and extending his arms just slightly to the sides like he's ready to take flight.
"Maybe so but then..what about this one? There's another reading with another dragonball all alone not even that far from here!"
"Oh, yeah! It was...that way right?" Gohan asks pointing in the direction where Vegeta had destroyed a village before.
"AAAAAAAAAUGH!" Bulma screamed in terror.
"Vegeta's not there anymore...maybe he didn't see the dragonball and just left?"
"Oh..!" Bulma calmed down punching her open palm, "That must be it! Maybe one of the Namekians was able to hide the ball while Vegeta was destroying that village! So he never found the thing! And then he must have left it, thinking it was no longer there!"
"Hey Bulma! Can I borrow the dragon radar then? I'll go grab that dragonball! You stay here and wait for Krillin and Neris to come back!" Gohan extends his hand for the dragonball as he gets ready to fly.
"YES! LUCK IS FINALLY TURNING OUR WAY!" Bulma yells excitedly handing the dragon radar over to him.
"Woohoo! I don't feel any evil chi nearby!" Gohan says holding the radar right in front of him as he flies in the direction of the lone dragonball.
-Elsewhere again-
Zarbon finally finds Vegeta's unconscious body and grabbing him by the wrist and drags him off to Frieza's ship, getting there in about 30 minutes and puts him into a healing tank. An hour passes and Vegeta's wounds begin to heal and he's about ready to be taken out.
"Heh… It's so ironic how things work out huh Grape? I never once thought we'd be forced to heal the wounds of a traitor. How long until we make him talk anyways?"
"He's suffered a great deal of damage. I'd guess maybe another half hour until he regains consciousness." Grape replied.
"Very good, I shall report this to Lord Frieza then."
"Mm-hm." Grape says walking over to Vegetas healing tank as Zarbon walks out the door and down the hall to Friezas quarters.
"Hehehe… So even Vegeta will tell us where he hid his dragonball once Frieza gets involved and interrogates him. Bet your really regretting betraying us now huh?"
Just then, Vegetas eyes shot wide open surprising Grape as he melts the glass holding him captive inside the healing tank and ripping the oxygen from his mouth as he fires a ki blast at Grape reducing him to dust. "Thanks so much Grape for healing me. WHAT A PITY YOU ALL UNDERESTIMATED MY RECUPERATIVE ABILITIES HAHAHAHA!"
Zarbon had just finished reporting to Frieza when the two of them heard a loud explosion coming from the healing room and a scream when they quickly ran to the hall, and down the corridor to the healing room and saw a big hole in the side of the wall and Vegeta no longer in the room.
Vegeta smirked as he hid in a nearby corner just outside the room. 'Haha good.. Zarbon took Frieza with him!' Vegeta thought to himself planning his next move.
"ZARBON! YOU BETTER FIND HIM RIGHT NOW OR ELSE!"
"Y-Yesmy Lord! At once!"
Vegeta smirked as he made a beeline for where Friezas chambers was opening the double doors to find the remaining 5 dragonballs they had already collected waiting for him. 'Hahaha! There they are! The dragonballs! Frieza, your plan has backfired on you so dearly!'
-Back to Gohan-
Gohan flew over the island where the destroyed ruins of the village was and immediately glanced over the radar in his hands double checking he was in the right area. "Yup, I am at the right place..!" Gohan told himself as he floated himself down to the ground and landed."This...This is awful! The whole village was destroyed..That jerk Vegeta…! I better hurry and find that dragonball...too bad there's no time to bury all these people..Hm, let's see...Huh? The water?" Gohan walks directly to the lake nearby the village and dives down retrieving the 4 star ball. Gohan flew back up into the air carrying the dragonball. "Hurray! I found it!"
-Back to Friezas ship-
"D-Damnit! Vegeta where are you?!" Zarbon asks searching around while cursing they have no scouters to find his power level. "Oh, if I don't find him soon Frieza's going to have my head!"
"Have you not found him yet Zarbon!? If Vegeta escaped I'll kill you and hold YOU responsible!"
Vegeta smirked watching Zarbon outside the the glass dome above the room where he was in. "That idiot, he's wasting his time..! Though that's perfect for me! I have all 5 dragonballs right in front of me, perfect! Not only did they so graciously heal me but they also practically handed me every single one of their balls as well! Too bad I can't carry them all at the same time and escape I'll need a diversion. So now...While Zarbons looking around on that side…" Vegeta smirked as he walked over to the door."HEY! DUMBASSES! I'M STILL INSIDE THE SHIP! GO FUCK YOURSELVES!"
"WHAT?!" Frieza and Zarbon turn in shock.
Vegeta grinned gathering all his energy into his palm and blasting at a random room in the complete opposite direction where he was to draw everyone to that direction then when Zarbon flew back inside the check to the damage, Vegeta ran back inside the room where the dragonballs were and blasts the glass and begins grabbing each dragonball one by one and chucking them out the hole in the ceiling.
Frieza ran to join Zarbon seeing the training center where they trained new recruits into the force completely destroyed. "Wh-Where is he?! No don't tell me he's going after my dragonballs!?"
Vegeta smirks as he chucks the final ball out and flies out after them all and hides below the ship when he senses Zarbon and Frieza run into the room he was just in mere seconds ago and dived into the water.
"WHY YOU DAMN LITTLE-!" Zarbon screams flying out of the space ship searching desperately for Vegetas body or for any sign of him as Vegeta swam away towards where he thought the dragonballs had landed and saw all 5 sitting haphazardly together in the same spot.
"Hehehe..! HAHAHAHA! SERVES YOU RIGHT FRIEZA FOR DESTROYING MY PLANET!" Vegeta laughed triumphantly then began picking 2 at a time and bringing them over to a crack in a nearby mountain to hide them in. "All I need now is to retrieve the dragonball I ditched back at the village, then find that last one and I'll have my wish!" Vegeta laughed bringing the final one he stole from Frieza to his crevice when he suddenly also sensed the energy of Krillin and Neris passing by him.
"WOOHOO! I'M TOTALLY BEATING YOU NERIS! HAHAHA"
"NO WAY! YOU'RE BARELY EVEN AHEAD OF ME!" Neris yells literally at neck and neck with Krillin as they race through the skies to get to where they left Bulma.
Vegeta was in shock seeing the two pass by him without even a single glance back or even attempting to hide their ki like they barely noticed that he was nearby. "Th-That bald one! He was one of my opponents I fought back on Namek! And- And that GIRL next to him! She looked like a saiyan! Were they carrying a dragonball?! What's a female saiyan doing here on earth!?" Vegeta smirked, "Luck has really come my way!" Vegeta grinned giving chase to the two.
"WOOHOO! YOU BETTER CATCH UP NERIS!"
"NOOO YOU!" Neris pouted still literally neck and neck with Krillin barely noticing Vegeta was right on their tail.
"Damnit! Vegeta where did you go! Argh, if only I had a scouter to trach wi-" Zarbon saw 3 streams of light just pass his peripheral vision, turning, he saw the silhouettes of Neris, Krillin and Vegeta tailing behind."WAIT A MINUTE THAT'S THE GUY AND FEMALE WHO SAVED THOSE NAMEKIAN BRATS AND THEY'RE CARRYING A DRAGONBALL WITH THEM! AND VEGETAS THERE TOO!" Zarbon cried giving chase to vegeta, who was giving chase to both Krillin and Neris simultaneously.
"Hm?" Vegeta turns his head seeing Zarbon behind him. "Psh, feh what a nuisance.. Of course Zarbon noticed us! Oh well, least now I can get my revenge on him for that beating he gave me earlier! Hahahaha!" Vegeta smirked viciously, "He'll come at me off-guard of course thinking he can just beat me again!"
Krillin and Neris both land simultaneously in front of Bulma scaring her so much she falls off the boulder she was sitting on. "EEEEEEEEEEK! HOW ABOUT YOU TWO WARN ME NEXT TIME?! ARE YOU TRYING TO GIVE ME A HEART ATTACK?!"
"S-Sorry Bulma.. Didn't mean to scare ya like that. By the way I totally won that."
"Noo I did! Bulma, Krillins being mean! I got here first!"
"No I did!"
Bulma got up and saw the one-star in Krillins hands."Huh? Whoa! They really make those big on their homeworld huh?"
"Wha-Oh, yeah the Great Elder here was really understanding! Oh yeah! Is Gohan here somewhere? I need to get him to Gurus' to get his power awoken!"
"Well actually he found another dragonball! On the radar! Where Vegeta attacked that village!"
"Huh? What village?" Neris asked.
Before Krillin could ask also, he suddenly felt the energy of Vegeta getting closer.
"Whats wrong Krillin?"
"There's a chi coming closer! And its heading our way!"
"Maybe Gohans coming back?" Neris asked helpfully."
"N-No it's too evil to be Gohans!" Krillin yells looking up at the sky and sees Vegeta in the air right above him as he goes for a landing.
"V-VEGETAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"" Krillin and Bulma shout in shock.
'S-Stupid! That was stupid! I was so happy getting my power up and having fun racing Neris I didn't even notice him behind us!'
"Th-Thats Vegeta?" Neris ask and sees his tail wiggling. Neris gets angry remembering what Krllin said about him destroying another village and charges at him. "YOU. WILL. PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Neris roared swinging a punch at him.
Vegeta smirks grabbing her fist easily like she didn't even do anything. "Well hello here, Saiyan. What a pleasant surprise to see another one still alive. Hm?" Vegeta raised and lowered a brow as he pulled Neris in for a closer look as her face seemed to recall another saiyan from deep in the recesses of his memories. "Ah! You must be Matoto's daughter! You do look an awful lot like her and you even inherited your fathers odd blue eyes."
Neris gritted her teeth not even knowing what the heck he was talking about as she tried to throw her other fist at him only for that to be stopped as well. Vegeta then starts clenching his fist squeezing her hand and nearly crushing the bones as she winces in pain. "Yes, Yes! There's no denying it. You're Argula aren't you!? I remember your mother making such a big deal at my father to spare your life, even making a bet against him you could wipe out this worthless planet!"
"Wh-What're you….!?" Neris winced some more as he continued to squeeze.
"What? You don't remember? The day you're given a mission it gets etched into your memory.. Let me guess, you also must have lost your memory exactly the same as that Kakarot did when he failed to destroy the Earth. Hmph, what a pity." Vegeta smirked releasing one of her hands, then he punches her in the stomach before lifting her up, still holding onto her other fist and flung her above his head and behind so she crashed into the mountain. He didn't even bother to look back as he heard the slam and the slow slide down to the ground as he caught sight of the dragonball in Krillins hand."I'll cut to the chase. From the way you're clutching that dragonball I'd say you and I have the same agenda.."
"Ergh…!" Krillin growled trembling in fear as he watched how easily he beat Neris, as Bulma was also shaking behind Krillin.
"O..Ow…!" Neris winced as she got to her knees and cradled her hands in pain.
"Hmph, I didn't think your civilization had the technology to reach another planet! You earthlings sure are something!" Vegeta gloated turning his eyes just slightly to the right. "Anyways, before I take that ball from you I have to do something else in the meantime. And don't either of you DARE plan to try and run away with it! I'll kill you, that saiyan, that girl AND the two Namekian brats hiding in that cave if you do!"
Dende and Cargo freaked as they hid from behind the cave wall, waking from their nap to see what's going on.
"Grr…! I won't...let you…!" Neris hissed standing up and getting back onto her feet. Just then, she and Krillin felt that of another chi heading towards them as Zarbon landed a few feet in front of Vegeta.
"O-OUR PRINCE CHARMING HAS ARRIVED! 3" Bulma shouted sounding hopeful and she closed her hands together and cartoon hearts replaced what was once her eyes. "I-I mean I suppose he's come here to save us all...right?"
"You suppose right…" Krillin said making a face of disgust at Bulmas comment.
"Hmhmhm, you've made a fool of me for the last time Vegeta. Thanks to you, the master has lost his faith in me!"
"Oh, boohoo. Do you want a tissue to cry in Zarbon? How about a grave for me to dig for you so Frieza doesn't have to?"
"Hmph, keep gloating Vegeta. It seems you've forgotten what happened last time you and I fought. I see you're hanging out with that shrimp carrying the dragonball and that saiyan from earlier. It seems you're both in on this together…"
"HAH YOU WISH!" Vegeta raised his fist.
"Well whatever. All I care about is retrieving the dragonballs you stole from us Vegeta, and the one the bald one is hiding.. And whatever other ones you may be hiding." Zarbon said neatly tying his braid back again, "And this time you absolutely will tell me where they are,but I hope you'll only do it after I've beaten you to within an inch of your life…!"
"Just try it Zarbon. Go ahead and transform again! Let's see what you got!"
"Hehehe...You never learn do you Vegeta?"
Zarbon transforms again into that really big muscly form once more and his power increases. Neris, Krillin, Bulma, Dende and Cargos eyes widen at the sudden change of appearance.
"KILL IT WITH FIRE!" Bulma cried.
"BULMA SHUT. UP! Th..This guys' a monster! His chi just went...through the roof!"
"H-He's definitely not a good guy…..!"
Zarbon laughs as he charges at Vegeta taking a swipe at him.
'Off his guard indeed…!' Vegeta smirks diving onto the ground, and dodging another of Zarbons attacks, grabbing some dirt and taking to the drops the dirt, blinding Zarbons eyes as he closes them trying to wipe the dirt and dust out Vegeta afterimages to behind Zarbon and punches him so hard his armor shatters on impact.
"AAUGH!" Zarbon cried in pain, as he is sent flying. Vegeta catching up and hits him back down to the ground with both fists then starts spamming a barrage of ki blasts at Zarbon as he crashes into the ground.
"EEEEEEEEEEEP!" Bulma shouted in shock watching the barrage of explosons coming from the battle ahead.
"B-Bulma! Let's go while they're distracted! You too Neris!" Krillin cried reaching to grab Bulmas hand.
"H-Huh? B-But he said he'll kill us if we run-"
"AND HE'LL KILL US TOO IF WE DON'T ANYWAYS!" Krillin shouted grabbing Bulma and pulling her as he starts to fly. Neris pouts as she rushes to grab Dende and Cargo and follows after them.
"What?!" Vegeta turned his head just as Krillin and Neris got to within 10 feet away from the island that Vegeta sends a barrage of warning blasts in front of them to stop them running away, "Oh no you don't!"
"!" Krillin stops abruptly nearly flinging Bulma into the water as Neris and the kids nearly crash into him.
"Heh!" Vegeta smirked still barraging Zarbon with ki blasts.
"N-Now what!?"Bulma asks as Krillin puts her down on the island again.
"This guy never lets his guard down even a second!" Krillin cursed clenching his fist in irritation.
Zarbon flies up to Vegeta, his clothing in tatters catching Vegeta by surprise as he stops shooting ki blasts and narrowly dodges Zarbons attack flying right back to the island again as they both land.
"GRRR! DAMN…..YOU!" Zarbon shouted furiously in anger veins popping out of his forehead and upper arms, "YOU'LL PAY FOR THIS!"
"Heh! I guess that preemptive strike really was effective! Aren't you getting tired yet Zarbon? Do you hear Death knocking on your front door yet?!"
"What're you?! HAHAHA! Don't make me laugh! I'm stronger than you are!"
"Oh Zarbon, Zarbon, Zarbon. I thought you knew all about Saiyans? After being Friezas lackey for so many years and spending time with me, Nappa, Raditz, Yama and Kaale and bossing us all around I thought you knew we Saiyans increase our battle strength every single time we come back from the brink of death? You must be really regretting having taken such good care of me when I was nearly dead...Don't you agree?"
"Wha-?" Neris said surprised. 'Is that way I suddenly got so strong when that blue guy and that other guy nearly killed me and I got shot at by that other guys beam?' Neris wondered clutching the two Namekians tightly against herself.
"Thats right…! That was the same thing with how Goku got so much stronger every time he survived a fierce battle! It's no wonder Vegeta feels much stronger than he did on earth!" Krillin exclaimed watching the battle behind a boulder with Bulma in tow."A-And did he just say there's MORE Saiyans out there?!"
"Grrr! NO MATTER HOW GREAT YOUR BATTLE STRENGTH BECOMES, THERE'S NO WAY YOU'RE STRONGER THAN ME!" Zarbon screamed charging at Vegeta once again
"WE SAIYANS ARE A WARRIOR RACE! WE WILL NOT LOSE TO YOU!" Vegeta screamed back punching Zarbon and impaling his stomach.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Bulma screamed covering her eyes from the bloody hole.
"! V-Vegeta…! Uuuh…." Zarbon groaned in agony grabbing his head with both hands for support as he felt blood drip from his wound and onto the blue grass."V..Vegeta...I….I was...only...following..orders...f-from Lord Frieza…! P-Please...spare me…! I..I can..help…!"
"Hmph! After you worked me like a slave after all these years?! Don't make me laugh!"
"W...We..can work..together…! T..Together..we..we can..defeat Frieza.."
Vegeta in reply opens his palm and sends a ki blast through Zarbons body destroying him and sending him flying into the Namekian waters.
"As if Frieza would ever be defeated just by teaming up with you. How pathetic! That wouldn't be Frieza!" Vegeta glared shaking his hand and cleaning the blood off his white glove. Slowly, he turned back to Krillin, Bulma and the others. "Now then, I will be taking that dragonball from you."
"L...Look…! I know...its really pointless to ask anyways b...but.. But will you just go and leave us alone once I give this to you?"
Neris turned to him in shock and anger. "WHAT?! KRILLIN YOU CAN'T! YOU PROMISED GRANDPA YOU'D-!"
"Grrr…! What choice is there?! He's going to kill us and take it anyways!"
"B-But…!"
Krillin turned to her and gave her a look in her eyes as if trying to talk to her telepathically that Gohan still had one more dragonball and that it didn't matter if Vegeta took this one. Neris seemed to have understood as she stopped trying to argue.
Vegeta seemed to have not noticed this as he crossed his arms over his chest, "Hmph a promise? Oh, fine. As long as I get the dragonball I could care less what happened to all five of you anyways!"
"D-Do you swear it!?"
"Don't make me repeat myself. Or I may just change my mind. Now, hand me that dragonball.."
Krillin frowned as he rolled the dragonball over to Vegeta and he picks it up.
"Hehehe.. You guys are lucky today. Having this final dragonball has put me in a VERY good mood today! Nothing in the whole wide world could make me quite as happy as having in one's grasp eternal life.. And mastery of the Universe! HAHAHAHA!" Vegeta laughed as he took off into the skies carrying the one-star.
"Krillin…" Neris asked still not sure about this.
Krillin didn't seem to hear her as he continued to watch Vegeta dissappear from sight. 'Please Gohan! Please don't let Vegeta catch you! You have to see to it Vegeta doesn't get his wish!'
Next time on Dragonball AS:
Will Gohan make it back to the others before Vegeta sees him? Or will Vegeta finally attain the last ball and get his wish?! Find out in the next chapter of Dragonball AS!