A/N: It is time for the next part of the story, which I named:

-Invasion Part 4-

I'm creative...


Ch 12 Invasion IV


"Looks like our surprise party failed, sir." The red alien asked. "Should we go in?"

"No" The short answer came. His captain was the only one who was wearing a scouter. "They bee lined halfway across space to this spot, way out in the frontiers. And I want to know why."

"Does it matter?" He raised his eyebrows.

"Yes, it matters. First, our surprise attack failed disastrously. Second, there are stronger warriors on this planet than we anticipated. Thirdly, there were these weird ratings before the scouters went out." He was interrupted when a minion walked up to them.

"Captain Ginyu, the results are in." it announced.

"Good, what do you have?" he asked in a rather demanding tone.

"Before they left for this planet, someone searched trough these files. Launch entrees from around Vegeta's destruction to be precise."

"What, what would anyone hope to find there?"

"There was also a specific file downloaded. According to it, a Saiyan baby had been sent to this planet. And that baby just so happened to be Raditz's younger brother. I think his name was Kakarot."

"Kakarot. Yes, that does make sense. No wonder Raditz was in such a hurry to get here." Ginyu mumbled to himself, clearly audible.

"Another Saiyan?" Recoome spit on the ground. "Recoome can deal with whatever he has."

"You may leave." Ginyu ignored Recoome. The alien bowed and left the room.

"Jeice." He said when the door closed.

"Yes captain." He shot up.

"What do you know about Saiyans?" He was asked suddenly.

"Well, they are a near extinct race, and used by Frieza to wipe out planets, sir." He He answered, feeling like he was stating something rather obvious.

"I meant the species itself." He captain clarified.

"Oh, right." and now he just felt stupid. "Saiyans are warrior race, and thrive in the heat of battle. They are capable of transforming under the full moon. They also have a very large appetite."

"Indeed, Saiyans have a very large appetite." Ginyu repeated. "In fact, it's this appetite that makes Saiyans so dangerous. Saiyans heal relatively fast, and their high metabolism grants them a large stamina. Even low level Saiyans can fight for hours at a time. Their attacks are relentless, and they can take a lot of punishment before going down. Not to mention their tenancy to grow stronger when injured." He turned to his men. "Do you know what that means?"

"No sir." Jeice answered for them.

"It means those two could take on all but me at once and still win." He turned his back on them. "There is a reason I have not engaged them directly. These two Saiyans are much more dangerous than their power level would suggest. You know one of them can create an artificial moon, and the other is, when transformed, is strong enough to harm me." He turned back. "I was planning on tiring them out, but now they have another Saiyan on their side. And judging by these ratings were getting, he could be a Super Saiyan for all we know!"

The men paled at these words.

"Err… sir?" Jeice regained his voice.

"What!" The captain snapped at him.

"Maybe he is not that powerful?" He suggested meekly.

"And why would he not be?" It was more of a argument than a question.

"Well, I was thinking, he is Raditz's brother after all." Jeice started, unsure of himself.

"Yes…" Ginyu didn't see where he was going with this. "Probably."

"Maybe he also knows the moon technique?" Jeice continued, gaining some confidence. "If he and his brother split up, Raditz could have transformed himself, and his brother transformed Nappa. That would explain why there were two of them."

"Yes…" Ginyu was thinking about it. "Yes, you're right."

"And we still have Zarbon to deal with." Jeice continued. "You know he has been training for the last few years. I'd be surprised if he had not increased at all."

"Why don't we just stick together, and pick them apart one by one?" Burter suggested.

"Good idea." Ginyu agreed.

"Then we attack them?" Jeice asked.

"Yes. They have not yet joined together. If we move quickly, we can take out one group before the other arrives. I want Raditz and his brother to be killed first. They are not the strongest, but they can make it a turn for the worst. After them it's Nappa and Zarbon."

"Yes sir." Three voices said.


Vegeta was standing on top of the ship, flying towards the island. He rubbed over the scouter that decorated his face. Raditz had insisted he had one, so they could talk to each other. It was a strange feeling after all this time. He could hardly believe he once left his life in the care of such a fragile device.

He didn't feel anyone pursuing him any more. The plan had worked.

But he was not happy. He had noticed a threat in the sky. Not unlike he felt before the invasion, but this one was more concentrated, and remained in the air. It grew, slowly, as if it was weary of them.

He turned his attention to the island. Kakarot had arrived already, with one of the three humans, while the other two were flying the globe. Gathering the dragon balls no doubt.

He was on his way as well, with Raditz trying to do some repairs while they flew.

Zarbon and Nappa had withdrawn themselves into their rooms. Apparently, their humiliating defeat did not settle well.

It didn't matter to him. Soldiers with a mindset like that would be more of a threat to them then they would be to the enemy. But he did feel a small pang of regret. Once, he had not been so different. At one time, he too relished in the bloodshed. He was well unto his way of becoming like those two, had a certain boy not changed his fate. He bowed his head, and looked at his open hand. Raditz was right, he had changed. He clenched his hand to a fist, while a grim expression grabbed hold of his face.

His head jerked up. He could feel the energy above the earth moving. Now he could feel it clearly. It was four different people. Three about the same level, and one twice as strong. He reached up to his scouter, and contacted Raditz.

"Raditz, hold up. We have company." He announced.

"What do you mean, we have company?" Raditz protested. Vegeta frowned. Can't the bastards listen just once?

"Raditz." The voice he came to identify as Enno sounded through his scouter. "There is a large power approaching the planet."

"Told you." Vegeta commented, taking off. He placed himself above the moving ship, to get a better look. But it was too far away. He could feel them land near Kame House.

"Zarbon, Nappa. Come in." He called them.

"What!" Nappa's voice came. Vegeta ignored it; he expected them to still be cross with him.

"Get up here, there is work to be done." He said.

"You don't mean were going that way, are you?" Raditz asked him.

"Yes, Kakarot is going to need help. The four of us will go ahead, the ship can wait here." Vegeta said, as he took off.


The plates had been cleaned, the dishes done and Goku and Gohan were once more sitting on the floor. Yamcha had returened from Korin Tower and was watching them along with Chichi. Roshi and Shen were sitting in the corner talking about something while Bulma was working on some device.

Gohan tried to bring out his energy once more, but nothing happened.

"You can't bring it out if you are all tense." Goku corrected him. "Reach inwards, I know you have it. You just have to pull it out."

"Goku, I don't think this is a good idea. He is way too young to be training." Chichi complained.

"I'm not going to train him yet." Goku reassured her. "But you saw that little outburst. It was not the first one. If he does that inside again I will have to rebuild the house a third time."

"Wow, wow, wow, he destroyed the house before?" Yamcha asked surprised.

"Blew it up actually." Goku scratched the nape of his neck. "I never thought he'd have that much power in him."

"Bet that was an unpleasant surprise." Yamcha chuckled.

"Trust me, it was." Goku smiled. He felt a small hand grip around his tail. He turned, and saw little Trunks.

"Oh, sorry Goku." Bulma got up to get the boy.

"It's ok; Gohan does it all the time." Goku replied.

"Wait, it doesn't hurt anymore?" She asked surprised. She picked the boy up, who was still clutching Goku's tail.

"No, Vegeta and I have been strengthening our tails ever since we met." He removed his tail from the boys grasp. Then he stood up. Yamcha shot up as well, the two old masters stopped talking, and Bulma looked up at the sudden silence. Chichi was looking worried.

"You feel that?" Yamcha asked as he grabbed the brown bag of beans.

"Yes." Goku stood up, and walked outside. He wrapped his tail around his waist. "Stay inside Gohan." He said, before he and Yamcha walked out.

"I'd love to help, but I'm afraid I'm outclassed here." Roshi said to their backs.

"They're early." Yamcha commented. "I hope we can stall them long enough for the others to arrive."

Goku focused on his energy senses.

"Vegeta and the others are near. Tien, Chiaotzu and Krillin are headed this way as well." He infored the former bandit.

"They don't have scouters; maybe they're not headed for us." Yamcha tried to be optimistic.

"No, they're right above us. But they don't know we have reinforcements coming in. We just have to stall them long enough." Goku lifted himself up, just above the house.

"I knew you were going to say that." Yamcha followed him. And there they flew, in silence, waiting.

"You know?" Yamcha tried to break the heavy silence. "If you had told me four hours ago that we would be facing an alien invasion, I would have thought you mad. And here we are now."

Goku simply nodded.

They waited. The seconds ticked by dreadfully slow, as if time was trying to stretch itself. The power approaching them was immense, but they had no choice but to wait for it to arrive.

Finely, five lights lit up the sky. Soon five pods came crashing down into the water. Goku was taken by surprise. The power of the fifth one was so small next to the others that he had not even noticed it.

The pods came up again, levitating above the water. Then they opened, and their occupants came out. They landed in the sand. Goku and Yamcha lowered themselves to the ground as well. They made sure not to have the house behind them.

Five aliens. One large and purple, wearing black armour and the only one with a scouter. Two black horns stuck out of his head, and his power was the highest, twice that of his companions.

One small and green, with four eyes. His power was the lowest.

One large, with red, fuzzy hair. He could have been a human, was he not wearing that armour.

One larger and blue skinned, with red eyes.

And one red skinned, with white hair. His power was on par with the other two.

"So." The purple one put his hands one his hips. "I take it that the two of you are natives to this planet?"

"Actually, no." Goku said back. "He is, but I am… a visitor."

"Really, and what…" Ginyu's eye fell on the brown furry tail around Goku's hips. "You're Saiyan, aren't you? Kakarot, was it?"

"Some friends call me that, but you're no friend." Goku answered. Then he tried for time. "Besides, you have not introduced yourselves yet."

"Of course, how rude of me." He turned to the others. "Shall we?"

The human looking alien struck a pose, with one leg stretched, the other bent, one arm over his stomach and the other stretched out. "RECOOME!" He yelled.

The blue one mirrored Recoome. "BURTER!"

The red one lowered himself to one knee, arms up and hands pointing down. "JEICE!"

The green little mirrored his red companion. "GULDO!"

Their leader turned, and bent over, looking from between his legs. "CAPTAIN GINYU!"

Then they yelled together, while changing poses. "WE ARE THE GINYU FORCE!"

Goku and Yamcha stood as if frozen in place. Neither of them even blinked.

"You had to ask." Yamcha finely opened his mouth.

"Well, I didn't expect that." Goku returned.

"Nobody expects the Ginyu Force." Ginyu said smugly. He let his scouter calculate Goku's power. "Four and a half thousand." He told the others.

"Is that all?" Recoome made fun of him "Is this the big bad Super Saiyan we feared so much."

Goku raised his eyebrows. "Super Saiyan?"

"Your brother didn't tell you?" Ginyu asked him.

"I don't think so." Goku let his tail wave gently behind him. "We first met only a few hours ago." He felt the energy of Chichi, Gohan, Bulma, Roshi and Shen slowly retreating from the island. He hoped his and Yamcha's energy would overshadow them. He also noticed Vegeta's energy rapidly approaching, alone. He could be here in a minute.

"I see." Ginyu replied.

"Before we fight, I'd like a question answered." Goku tried.

"If it's a short one, we still have many people to kill today." Ginyu said casually.

"Where did you get a working scouter? I thought we got them all." Goku gestured with his head to the others face.

"So it was you." Ginyu confirmed. "There were a few spares who survived." He eyed Goku carefully. "But enough talking, time to die."

Jeice and Burter charged simultaneously. Yamcha threw a blast down, covering them in a cloud of sand. The two aliens flew right in.

"Hiding, are you?" Ginyu said humoured. "It makes no…" The sand was blown away; Jeice and Burter were standing in a deadlock with Goku, who caught either of their fists. Yamcha was standing behind him.

Burter backed off, while Jeice aimed a high right kick to Goku's head. Goku ducked, and swooped his left leg low, hitting his opponents left. Then he lifted himself up slightly, turned and struck out his other foot in a straight line. It hit Jeice dead centre, and the red alien was blown away over the water, bouncing twice, and came to a rest.

Burter saw his friend being kicked away, and charged Goku. He struck out with his right fist, but Goku moved to his left. Burter spun midair and struck out with his knee. Goku lowered himself and the knee flew over his head, skimming trough his hair.

Burter stopped and turned, swinging a right high kick to Goku's head in the process. Goku blocked it with his left, and fired a blast from his right. Burter bended backwards, letting the blast fly over him, and put his hands on the ground. Then he swung his legs up and over, landing on his feet, facing Goku.

"You're pretty agile for such a large guy." Goku complemented him.

"Well, I am the fastest guy in the universe." Burter boosted, ready to strike again. But then he was hit in the back of the head by a blast, launching him face first into the beach.

A white boot hit the sand just behind Goku.

"Hey Vegeta, nice of you to drop by." Goku said without turning.

"I can't let you have all the fun." Vegeta said back.

Burter had dug himself out, and flew backwards towards his captain. Jeice had also gathered himself up, still dripping wet.

"So, you know anything about these guys?" Yamcha asked Vegeta.

"They're Frieza's elite soldiers. Each of them has a power of about forty thousand, while Ginyu has one of a hundred and twenty." Vegeta explained. Then his eyebrows shot up. "Something doesn't add up. If he really is that strong, he should be more than twice that of the others."

His train of thought was interrupted by Jeice.

"Look at what we have here." The red man said to Ginyu. "A brave native."

"Don't be fools." The captain reprimanded them. "Don't you recognize Vegeta, Prince of all three Saiyans?" he said the last part with some jesting in his voice.

"You're right captain, it is Vegeta." The green man said as Vegeta stepped forward.

"Guldo, you're on the Ginyu force?" Vegeta asked with a tome of humour in his voice.

"Why yes, I am." Guldo said smugly. "Surprised?"

"Wow." Vegeta feigned impression. "Frieza must really be scraping the bottom of the barrel."

Both the human like and the blue one got wide grins, and Guldo shook with anger.

"Hey Vegeta, what happened to your precious Saiyan power?" Guldo tried to get him back. "Dropped to a mere seven thousand, haven't you?"

"Yes, looks like someone has been taking it easy." The red man added, amused.

"Then how did I make little Burter eat sand?" Vegeta said back, smirking.

"You attacked me from behind, that doesn't count." The blue man defended himself.

"That was a warning shot." The prince declared, not without amusement.

"In the back of his head?" Jeice said back. "Maybe you just don't have the power to kill him."

"Oh I didn't try to." Vegeta tried to lure them out. "He was not even worth killing."

"You're bluffing!" Jeice declared.

"Oh no." Ginyu contradicted them. "Just then he had no presence at all, and now he has a lower one then he used to have."

It took all of Vegeta's self control not to show his shock. Ginyu was far to calm about this.

"And the other one had both of you on the ropes with a power of only four thousand." The purple man continued.

"Captain?" The red man asked.

"You see Jeice." Ginyu continued amused. "You are looking at a rare kind of warier. Or rather, a warier with the rare ability to mask his power. Looks like he has learned a few things in his time away." He looked at Vegeta.

"Hide his power?" Jeice didn't understand. "Why would anyone do that?"

"There are a number of reasons. The look on your faces being one of them." Ginyu said. He was right, if the situation had not been so dire, Vegeta would have found their current expressions amusing. But now his life hung in the balance, and he had little eye for anything else.

"Another is to surprise an enemy." Ginyu continued. "When he believes he has the advantage, you show him your true power, and defeat him before he has a chance."

"Or to sneak up on us and pick us apart when no one is looking." Jeice added.

"Now you're getting it." Ginyu praised him.

"But how strong is he really?" Jeice eyed the two Saiyans with interest. He figured he could get a decent fight against Vegeta.

"Warriors like that tend to be very dangerous. Judging by how casually he stopped the both of you, I daresay he has reached at least forty thousand."

"Forty thousand?" Jeice exclaimed. "But that is as high as our powers. He can't have taken both of us with that."

"He caught you off guard. But it is nothing I cannot handle."

"Is that so?" Vegeta regained his confidence. He felt it. Kakarot spiked his power trice, too fast for the scouter to even register, but Vegeta caught it.

"Just because I said you were a rare kind, does not mean you are superior to me." Ginyu smiled when he said it. "There is a reason I know." With these words, Ginyu's power increased. He rose until he added half his power.

"How do you like my full power?" He said, smiling arrogantly.

"You have no idea." Vegeta clenched his teeth. This had been a bad surprise. He had believed two thirds of Ginyu's power to be a hundred and twenty thousand. Now he knew how mistaken he was. The gap between them was too great to risk an attack. Unless Ginyu was a terrible fighter, which he doubted, he was going to need help.

The five aliens were hovering together above the sand. Obviously getting orders on what to do next.

"What's the plan?" Yamcha asked from behind.

"Try not to die." Vegeta answered.

"Thanks, I figured that. Anything useful to know?"

"The blue one deals in speed. Nothing else really. He usually teams up with the red one. He has no strengths, but no weaknesses either. He has a few techniques, but nothing special. The brown one specializes in strength; he'll be hard to take down. And that little green blob over there is supposed to be psychic."

"Could you tell the others to hurry up?" Goku asked. Vegeta nodded and reached up, but suddenly the red glass in front of his eye disappeared, and his finger found no metal.

"Looking for this?" Guldo asked, holding Vegeta's scouter. He passed it to his captain.

"Nice work Guldo." Ginyu complemented him. "Well then boys, let's get to killing." Ginyu loudly proposed. Goku was struck by the sheer coldness of the invaders.

"Yes captain!" Four voices cried, taking identical poses, and punching upwards.

"This is easily the second weirdest thing I've ever seen." Yamcha commented.

Burter opened fire, throwing sever blasts into their direction. Vegeta deflected them, but they turned out to be a cover for Jeice, who was now charging him. Jeice's charge was broken before he reached Vegeta, duo to Goku drop kicking him with both legs from above, causing him to be blown into the sand.

Yamcha saw his chance, and made some distance. These soldiers were too strong for him to fight one on one, so he little choice but to wait for Tien and Krillin to arrive. He made a mental note to train harder.

Vegeta charged in, and met Burter midway, theirs fists connecting. Recoome leaped from behind Burter and tried to punch Vegeta in the face. The fist was redirected by Goku, who grabbed it. The he fired a blast into Recoome's face, covering him with smoke.

Jeice had dug himself out and was raving mad. He attacked Vegeta from behind, landing a heavy kick into the lower back. Vegeta bended backwards in shock and pain, and was promptly punched in the face by Burter. Recoome made a clumsy kick aimed at Goku, but nearly hit Vegeta instead.

Goku ducked beneath the kick and grabbed Burter, and threw him up. Then he followed, separating the both of them from the others.

Vegeta blasted at Jeice, but the red warrior ha seen it coming and dodged. Recoome attacked Vegeta from behind with a low kick. The Saiyan jumped up, taking for the sky, and the two invaders followed. Then he stopped, dropping down. Jeice was taken by surprise as Vegeta planted his right elbow firmly in his face. He crashed down into the sand again.

Vegeta turned his attention to the large brute. He parried a punch, letting it scrape close past his face, before pushing it away from him. He used the opening he just made in Recoome's defence to kick him in the chest. But there was not enough power behind the kick, as Recoome shrugged it off, and grabbed Vegeta's head with both hands. Before Vegeta could react, Recoome delivered a devastating head butt, sending Vegeta crashing down, half consciousness.

Above him, Goku was battling it out with Burter. The fast alien was firing one flurry of punches after another, aimed at the Saiyan warrior. But Goku was faster. He dodged or blocked every single one of them. When Burter struck out with a particularly wide right punch, Goku took his chance and landed a dropping heel kick on top of the alien's head. The blue man came crashing down. Before he could reach the ground, Goku had caught up with him, and delivered a kick into his side, causing him to be blown away once more.

Vegeta tried to clear his head by shaking it. He noticed Goku landing behind him.

"Looks like backup is here." The Saiyan commented.

Jeice, who had dug himself out once again, was charging towards the pair once more, but a blue fist connected with his face. Blood spurt from his nose as his head was thrown backwards. He stopped the motion, and looked at his new adversary. It had green hair and yellow eyes. The light blue skin was covered in scales, fangs glared from between the lips and large muscles rippled over his arms.

"Long time no see." The monster commented, before grabbing Jeice, throwing him down into the water and following him.

"Was that… Zarbon?" Goku asked, dumbstruck.

"It was his energy." Vegeta replied, not really caring. He had his eye on a different prey. "One on one it is. Don't raise your power to high, or we'll lose the surprise. We still have Ginyu to tend to."

Goku nodded once, and took his regular stance.

Burter charged, and was once again deadlocked by Vegeta, but Recoome flew overhead, over the house. Towards the retreating energy of the others.

Without a seconds thought, Goku charged after him.

He did not have to fly far; the others had not gone far yet.

He saw the large man plummeting towards the ship in the water. He dived, drop-kicking him in the back before the man reached the boat.

Apparently, everyone had noticed the battle overhead. All eyes were set on the two in the sky. No one spoke, no one moved. Everyone was listening. Everyone was aware of what was at stake. Even Gohan.

"You can still walk away." Goku's unnaturally calm voice rose above the sound of the waves.

The both of them were floating a few meters above the boat.

"I could, but I won't." His opponent replied. "Ginyu was right; you do care about these natives."

Goku realized he had been set up. The Ginyu force had successfully separated everyone. Except they were separated themselves as well. A bad example of divide and conquer.

The alien grinned as he crunched his knuckles.

"And now you will feel the power of RECOOME!"

With that, he threw himself upon Goku, lashing out with his right fist. Goku dodged it casually. Recoome swung a second time, Goku dodged again. His opponent released a large purple aura. Goku drew back, gaining a little distance. The energy focused around the mouth, and Recoome fired it.

"RECOOME ERASER GUN!"

The beam flew towards Goku, who dodged it so close it singed his clothes. The beam flew over the ocean, creating two large walls of water.

"Wow, that guy wasn't kidding when he named it his eraser gun." Goku commented, watching the thing go. Then he dropped, and a kick flew over his head. He moved sideways, and another kick passed him. Goku flew backwards.

"STAND STILL!" Recoome screamed while flying after him.

"Ok." Goku stopped midair, and Recoome flew face first into an outstretched fist. He clutched his now broken nose.

"Well, you said stop." Goku said smiling.

"RECOOME WILL DRAG OUT YOUR INSIDES!" The large man charged again. Instead of dodging, Goku flew forward, ducked beneath the outstretched arms and placed his knee just beneath the man's armpit. In human biology, that is where the ribs are at their thinnest and most fragile, and judging from the satisfying crunch beneath the knee, Recoome's race was not that differed.

Recoome doubled over, and promptly fell down, into the water. Goku remained in the air, waiting for his opponent to resurface.

Recoome flew up from the water, gasping for air, and clutching his chest. He heaved up blood.

"You will pay for that." He grimaced through bloody teeth.

"Give up, your ribs are broken." Goku stated, but the large alien did not yield. Instead he flew up again, concentrating his energy into his mouth again.

"RECOOME ERASER…" he didn't finish the technique, for Goku had swung down, and delivered a devastating roundhouse kick to the neck. Recoome gasped a little, then he fell back down into the ocean.


To be continued.


And what will I call the next chapter.

Invasion V, of course, no surprises here.

If you're curious on why these chapters have the same names, but with numbers, it is because I wrote the entire invasion as one piece, chopping it up where I could.

In fact, all chapters with roman numbers in their names are just parts of a single large piece, which I had to chop down to size.

Making chapters around the same size without sacrificing story telling has turned out a little hard.