Author's Note: Last-minute update on Chapters 4 and 6. Instead of Tom Kenny, I'd pick Johnny Yong Bosch (Adam Park in Power Rangers, Ichigo Kurosaki in Bleach, and Lelouch vi Britannia in Code Geass) as the voice of Arnie/Igochi. I think his sounding like Lelouch is better. Also, I added in the author's note in Chapter 6 that I'd pick Michelle Ruff (Euphemia li Britannia and Young Lelouch in Code Geass and Luna in the VIZ dub of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon) as the voice of Puppy Arnie. Anyway, beginning the events of Dragon Ball Super episode "Change! An Unexpected Return! His Name is Ginyu!" (barring the Captain Ginyu subplot), here's Chapter 10.


Chapter 10 - Tagoma and Dylan


Gohan was quickly on his feet again, yet still gasping for air after Piccolo had revived him. Many of the Frieza Force soldiers lay slain at the hands of our heroes. Tagoma, still gathering energy, gazed at the battlefield and chuckled.

"You feel that?" Piccolo asked his comrades, still eying Tagoma. "He's a strong one."

"Compared to the rest of these guys," Krillin added in horror, "he's a monster."

"Yeah," Gohan agreed. "I'd say his energy level is the same as mine, back when I was at the top of my game."

"What?" Tien replied, surprised.

"Dammit," Piccolo growled.

The Griffins and the Flannigans, too, were horrified.

"So," Peter began, "what's the deal with the fighters in front of us, Vinny? And who's the horned guy in the hover chair?"

"The horned guy in the hover chair," Vinny replied, "is called Frieza. He's a Planet Trader, and one of the most ruthless tyrants. They say he's the emperor of the universe."

"Emperor?" Brian repeated. "You mean like a king?"

"Technically," Vinny began, "he's still a prince. His father, King Cold, used to be the leader of that group, before a Human-Saiyan hybrid named Trunks murdered him." He turned his attention to Gohan's team. "That group in front of us," he continued, "are fighting to protect this planet from Frieza."

"I get it, Vinny," Brian understood, "but how do you know all these things?"

"The Dragon Ball manga," Barbara answered her mate, getting his attention. "Stewie must have used one of his inventions to bring this volume of it to life."

"You're right, Barbara," Stewie agreed, in his mother's arms, surprising her. "Vinny requested me to use that invention, only I intended to have it transport us into the book. Instead, I unknowingly set the machine to reverse so the book's events would become real."

"Oh, my God," Lois gasped. "You can talk?"

"Of course, Mother," Stewie replied. "I may have neuralyzed this information out of you, but I've had a vendetta on killing you one day."

"You what?"

"But that's not important." Stewie then turned his attention to the scene. "What is important is the survival of our planet. If this Frieza guy destroys it, we're all dead."

"Yeah," Vinny agreed as Sheridan ran to him. "Unless the hero, Son Goku, stops him."

"Son Goku?" Sheridan repeated. "Isn't that a Chinese or Japanese name?"

"Mmm-hmm," Vinny nodded. "From Chinese to English, his name translates into 'monkey king'. At the moment, he and his rival, Prince Vegeta, are training in the world of the God of Destruction, Beerus the Destroyer."

"Beerus?" Brian repeated.

"Yeah," Vinny replied. "Even though he's a cat, you don't want to mess with him. He can disintegrate you."

"And why is he called a Destroyer God?"

"If he ain't pleased with a planet's delicacy, like a chocolate parfait or pudding, he destroys that planet."

"Dear God," Brian gulped. "Well, it's a good thing we're dogs, since we can't eat chocolate."


"Well then," Tagoma began, powering down, "guess I should get on with the carnage already."

He then turned his attention to a grunting Commander Sorbet.

"Relax, Sorbet," he assured. "Once Lord Freiza makes me commander, I won't kick you off the Force. You can have guard duty on some remote backwoods planet."

Tagoma then descended to the battlefield with a cackle.

"He stabs me in the back," Sorbet growled, "and twists the blade. After all that I've done to bring him up in the rank? Arrogant traitor!"

"You should feel honored to be crushed by the hands of a future legend," Tagoma said to the group as soon as he descended. "Who's going first?"

Vinny backed away.

"Not me!" he shuddered.

"Me, neither," Brian added in agreement.

"Well, if neither one of you two dogs," Tagoma began, "then maybe I can deal with these clowns. Or if you want to die quick, I can take you all at once."

"I'll fight you," Piccolo stepped in.

"You're a lightweight. I can kill you in under three minutes."

With that, he held up three fingers.

"Don't be so sure," Piccolo disagreed.

Piccolo then powered up and charged at him. He punched Tagoma in the face, but he didn't even flinch.

"What?!"

Pause.

"Yeah, that's about what I thought," Tagoma growled, grabbing Piccolo's wrist.

The pointy-eared green guy groaned in pain as Tagoma squeezed. Tagoma then ripped off the wrist.

"Holy crap!" Peter panicked. "That alien ripped the green guy's wrist off!"

"Don't worry, Peter," Vinny assured. "Piccolo's a Namekian. And Namekians can regenerate themselves."

Tagoma then punched Piccolo mercilessly and laughed maniacally.

"Leave him alone!" Gohan shouted, charging at him.

Gohan fired an energy sphere from his hand, which then exploded on Tagoma.

Piccolo raised his wristless arm, and regenerated a new wrist and hand.

The Griffins and Flannigans were astonished. But Vinny didn't look scared.

"Told you so," he informed.

Piccolo, however, was panting for air.

"Piccolo-san," Gohan began, "take a Senzu Bean."

As the Namekian ate the bean, Tagoma still stood amidst the clouds of smoke. He chuckled.

"Uh-oh," Vinny feared. "That attack Gohan gave Tagoma didn't even phase him."

Tagoma laughed intensely.

"Serving as Lord Frieza's training partner," he began, "meant I was basically a punching bag for one of the most powerful warriors in the universe. I was beaten to a pulp for four months straight, and each time the machine put me back together, I got stronger! How it's like my skin's made out of steel and your dainty attacks won't even scratch me."

Again, Tagoma laughed intensely. Then, out of nowhere, a two-toned voice called.

"Dun-dun-dun-dun!" It was a young boy, glowing with golden hair and a fighting robe. "Enemies beware! Super Gotenks is here!"

Gotenks charged at Tagoma, and rammed him in the groin. Tagoma writhed in pain.

"I bet he won't call that attack 'dainty'," Vinny grinned.

"Hey, that was my line!" Master Roshi shouted.

Gotenks landed and struck a peace sign to our group, as Tagoma grabbed his groin when he landed.

"Oh, yeah!"

"The boys are here," Krillin sweatdropped.

"Yeah," Gohan agreed, "I noticed."

"Boys?" Brian repeated, confused. "But I only see just one."

"Don't be so sure, big brother," Vinny replied. "That's the end result of a Metamoran technique called Fusion."

"Fusion?" Brian repeated.

"Mmm-hmm," Vinny nodded. "You and I should try it sometime. It has advantages."

"You boys aren't supposed to be here," Bulma addressed Gotenks angrilly. "What are you doing?"

"Did you really think we wouldn't find out?" Gotenks replied. "We came as soon as we sensed that dweeb's power. You can't leave us out of all the fun-it's super unfair!"

Bulma shouted back, "It's not unfair, it's being a good mom! You're too young to fight aliens! Now go home!"

"Sorry, no can do," Gotenks disagreed, shaking an index finger. "Who cares how old we are? Our strength is all that matters, and Super Gotenks is invincible!" He turned his attention to Frieza. "You're the boss of these dudes, right, Flying-Chair-Boy?" He then pointed a finger at him. "Well then get ready! 'Cause we're taking you on and we won't go easy..."

As soon as he finished, he split into two young boys, one with black hair like Gohan, and one with fuchsia-colored hair. These were Goten and Trunks. The two boys realized that their technique wore off and stood scared, still pointing.

"Okay," Trunks began, "this is bad."

Brian and Vinny sweatdropped.

"I thought you said this Fusion technique had advantages," Brian repeated Vinny.

"I did," Vinny replied, "but it has dis-advantages, too, including a time limit."

"Oh," Frieza was surprised. "So, you younglings learned Fusion?"

He then recognized a then-scared Goten.

"That face," he thought. He's a spitting image of Goku, poor thing. He's clearly that monkey's offspring." He turned his attention to Trunks. And that one looks familiar too, somehow. I've seen him before, but where?" Frieza then gasped in realization. "The other! He looks like the other! That second, cursed Super Saiyan who cut me in half!"

It was then that he remembered being cut into pieces and blown into oblivion by Trunks' future self. Only he didn't know it was Trunks' future self.

"If he's the son of that swordsman," he continued, "that would mean he's at least part Saiyan, too. I leave this world for a while, and those filthy creatures start protecting left and right! It's a damaged spring time for monkeys!"

"It looks like we made him really angry," Goten feared.

"I'm not scared," Trunks added, "but I think we should run."

"Not us!" Jenny shouted.

The two Saiyan-hybrid children turned their heads in confusion. They saw the five puppies charge at Tagoma, then landed punches and kicks after punches and kicks on him, until he was really bruised up.

Frieza was not amused at this.

"Just for that, Tagoma..."

As soon as he said this, he pointed a finger.

The puppies still punched and kicked Tagoma repeatedly, but only stopped when he started floating.

"What the...?" Ollie asked in confusion.

"Holy crap!" Vinny realized in fear. "Frieza's using his Death Psycho Bomb technique on him!"

"Death Psycho What?" Brian asked.

"It's a special devastation technique that members of his race can use!" Vinny answered. Watching what Frieza was doing, he continued, "First, they catch their victim with a small invisible energy sphere shot from the index finger, then, raises the victim upward, controlling the victim with the user's arm and pulling the victim high in the air! Finally, the user clenches their hand into a fist, detonating their victim's energy, causing the victim to explode!"

As Vinny described, Frieza clenched his hand into a fist.

"LORD FRIEZAAAAAA...!"

No sooner did Tagoma shout these last two words, he exploded.

Brian gasped in horror.

"No! That monster!" Brian turned his attention to Frieza. "How could you do such a thing to one of your own soldiers, you ruthless, heartless son of a bitch?!"

"Careful, doggy," Frieza chuckled. "Or you're next."

Brian shuddered in fear at Frieza's threat.

"You shouldn't have made him mad, big brother," Vinny informed him.

"Reptilian bastard!" Gohan shouted, getting the two dogs' attention. "He was your soldier, and you murdered him in cold blood!"

At this moment, Gohan began to power up, and his hair began to glow gold.

"You're going to pay for this!"

No sooner did Gohan shout these words, he was shot in the shoulder by a finger beam.

"Gohan!" Krillin gasped, horrified.

Frieza shot at Gohan again, this time, in the left leg.

"If you're entertaining any hope of survival," Frieza growled, "then you had better run."

Gohan tried to, but he got shot again, this time, on one of his sides.

"Gohan!" Bulma shouted.

"Does that hurt, child?" Frieza asked his target. "Are you suffering now? No? How about this?"

He shot him in the other leg. Each time he was shot, Gohan groaned.

"Go on. Try to escape. I enjoy a moving target!"

Two more shots, both to the shoulders. His golden hair gave way back into black.

"Oh, drat," Frieza continued, "now I've done it. You can't even stand."

Gohan fell to the ground, writhing.

"Once you can't move anymore," Frieza continued, "you're supposed to beg for mercy. Say you'll do anything if I spare your life. Let's hear it, boy! Cry for me! Scream! Soak your face in tears and rend your clothes!"

Gohan grunted on these words. Frieza then cackled while Dylan ran to the scene.

"Dylan, no!" Brian shouted.

"Not that I would let you go," Frieza continued, "but it's all part of the experience for me."

Gohan still writhed, and Dylan kept running.

"Dylan!" Tracy shouted.

"No, mercy would be impossible," Frieza continued. "I've waited for this too long."

"Step-brother!" Ollie, Jenny and Marcus shouted.

"Don't do this!" Janet and Jonathan added.

"Your death will balance the scales," Frieza continued as Dylan kept running. "It's what you get for being a Saiyan." His finger charged. "And it's what you deserve for being Goku's son. Now die!"

With that word, his finger fired.

"Gohan!" Krillin shouted.

"Brother!" Goten cried.

Gohan feared the worst before a shadow stepped in front of him.

The Griffns, Tracy and the dogs, including Briana (who was still on the ship), gasped in horror.

Dylan had taken the blast for Gohan, in the heart, and paid a hefty price.

Gohan gasped as Dylan fell. Brian caught him before he could hit the ground.

"Dylan!" Brian cried. "Dylan!"

The human son slowly opened his eyes.

"Dad," he grunted. "I...I love you."

After he breathed these final words, Dylan closed his eyes and went lifeless.

"No," Brian thought as he wept. "I died nearly a year ago, then Barbara, then the first litter. And now, Dylan."

The Griffins and Tracy ran to Brian cradling Dylan's lifeless body.

"Oh, my God," Stewie shuddered. "He's...?"

"Yes, Stewie," Brian cried. "I'm afraid..." he sniffled. "I'm afraid that Dylan is dead." Brian eyed his deceased son, and the wound he was shot at. "Why would he do that... for Gohan?"

Tracy wept, too, as Dylan was also her son.

Piccolo shuddered.

"Frieza," he thought, "that bastard."


Inside the ship, Briana sniffled. She had watched her human step-brother die at the hands of Frieza.

"No," she thought. "Not only has Frieza invaded Earth, but he even...killed my brother."

Igochi, still in the machine with his eyes closed, had sensed it.

"Briana was right," he thought as his eyes squinted. "I can sense the true nature of Lord Frieza. He not only took my partner. He also killed a human. And that human...was Briana's step-brother."


Author's note: And so ends the events of "Change! An Unexpected Return! His Name Is Ginyu!" Next chapter, Goku and Vegeta arrive, and the epic battle begins.