Inside the well-built abode of Kakarot, it was empty. Dedana, Ox, and Kakarot all left the house vacant, as it was in the very middle of nowhere. They all went camping to pass the time as Kakarot didn't have much else to do. At first, seeing it as something fun, he was quickly growing tired of it.

Though time went on and Kakarot simply just could not deal anymore.

BOOM!

The very front door of the house was busted through, the hinges being broken. There was Kakarot, who looked like a depraved man on the brink of death. "I can't take it anymore..." The man walked into the house.

Behind him, Dedana and Ox were chasing after him. "DAD!" Ox yelled. "Chill out...!"

Dedana sighed. "Why is he like this?"

Ox had no idea, shaking his head. "I just don't want him to blow up the house."

It was bright in the morning, the sun shining brightly. They were hoping to wake up and carry on with hunting for their breakfast. What they had woke up to was a complete stressed out Kakarot, who just happened to blow up the entire site and rush off home. Neither he or Dedana had any idea why he was acting like a rambunctious child.

Ox and Dedana quickly landed just outside the house. Ox was a bit confused. Why would his father kick the door down when he had the keys on him? Practically every decision his father was making lacked all rationale.

"No time to waste!" Dedana yelled. "Let's go!" She ran into the house, having Ox follow behind.

The two slid right into the middle of the livingroom. Each of them looked around for Kakarot. They didn't have to look long though. Just one turn of the head and both of them could see the Saiyan in the kitchen, raiding through the refrigerator. They couldn't see Kakarot entirely as the door of the refrigerator was covering him.

"Dad!" Ox yelled.

"Hm?" Kakarot removed his face from the fridge, his mouth full of random food and various condiments.

Ox just closed his eyes, sighing. "I can't believe this..." He didn't even need an explanation, seeing why Kakarot was acting so weird.

Dedana, seeing why Kakarot was acting so rowdy, chuckled. "I didn't know saiyans would go so crazy over food! Hahaha!"

Having finally got some of what he wanted, Kakarot realized what he had done. For just a moment, he had blacked out. He gulped down his mouth filled with food, all of the stuff just flushing down his stomach with a total mixture of everything. "Hm?" Kakarot looked around. "How'd we get back all of a sudden?" His eyes narrowed. "Did you two do something to me?"

Both Dedana and Ox were dumbfounded. Just moments later Kakarot had struck the both of them and told them to get out of the way before he took off into the sky. And he had the audacity to ask them if they did anything to him.

Dedana just eventually laughed it off and walked over to Kakarot. "Silly." She politely moved Kakarot out of the way and bent over, looking through the fridge. "Wow...you got up a good bit!"

"Is there still some left for you to cook?" Ox asked.

Dedana stood up and checked the freezer. Upon looking through it, she looked back to the boy and gave him a wink of confirmation. "We got a bunch of meats in here."

Kakarot smiled. "That's good to hear."

"You two chill out for a bit," Dedana told them both. "I'm going to make a big feast. There will plenty for you to chow down on."

Kakarot looked over at his son, who didn't give any signs of objection. He knew that Ox liked to eat, too. But he was well aware he was nothing like himself when it came to gluttony. Ox would only eat like him when he was really hungry. "That's what I like to hear."

Ox turned around and started to make way upstairs. "I'm going to finish off that book I was reading." The boy was quickly moving his way up. "I only have to finish Chapter 29 and I'm done!"

"Halt!" Kakarot raised his voice.

"Eh?" Ox instantly froze before he could get to that last step. Coming back down he looked over to Kakarot, who was making way towards the door. "Yeah?"

Kakarot was making way to the front door he had broken. "Why don't we spar for a little bit, son?"

"Oh!" Ox's tail began to wag. That certainly beats reading at the moment. He hopped from near the bottom of the stairs, landing outside the very last one. "Yeah! Let's go!"

Kakarot grinned. Not only was it just to pass the time until the food was finished, but he needed something, particularly from his son.

It was finally done. Just a few short days of a murderous spree, Vegeta managed to do away with an entire population on a now barren wasteland of a planet. The Saiyan was traveling safe and sound in his round space pod. While not sleeping, he had his eyes closed, meditating on things that constantly ran his mind.

'The moment I get back and report to Freeza...I'm going right for Planet Earth.' While not exponential, Vegeta felt a bit of an increase in his own power. However he was going to do it, he was not going to hold back against Kakarot. His confidence, not being as big as it was his first time headed to earth, was still high.

Just outside, Ox and Kakarot were casually going back and forth with one another. In a really, all-out battle, Kakarot was able to crush his son. But it was a simple spar, more like a light jog for Kakarot. On the other hand, Ox was giving it his all.

The two had just recently split back, having got started with their sparring match. Kakarot nodded, signaling Ox to come at him. Ox was punching as quickly and as hard as he possibly could, although to no avail against his father's far more advanced reflexes. "I'm itching to know something..." Kakarot spoke, continuing to smack away Ox's little fists.

Ox hopped back from Kakarot a few inches. "What is it?" he asked, soon resuming his attack by hopping into the air, mere inches above Kakarot's face.

Even as Kakarot dodged all of Ox's bicycle kicks, he was still finding ways to make conversation. "I need to know about the Red Ribbon Army. Is there anyone you may specifically know that may still be alive?"

Ox hopped back down. "No." He then stopped fighting. "I have no idea, honestly. I think me and Piccolo killed the rest of them all."

Kakarot himself wasn't even too sure. He remembered the conversation he had with Kami a while back many months ago. It would seem as if it was the only information he'd have on the Red Ribbon Army. And this also meant Kakarot didn't have to worry about any type of vengeance. If all of them were gone, he'd simply be wasting his time looking for any surviving members that took part in his wife's death. "Don't worry about it then." Kakarot decided to leave the conversation right there. Seeing his son with many openings, Kakarot rendered Ox a hard one to the stomach.

"WOGH!" Ox fell right over on his knees, clutching his stomach with all his might. "D-Dad...what the hell...!" The kid was groaning in pain.

"Don't let your guard down so easily..." Kakarot advised.

Ox had a little flush of anger rise. Did his father not realize how much stronger he was? Had there been any more pressure, then an organ could have possibly just popped. While he was down and acting as if he was just taking a breather, he was observing his father 'Darn...' he looked down.

Kakarot laughed at his son. "You were looking for an opening." Said man backed away from Ox. "At least you've retained some sense of fighting."

Ox got back on his two feet, still holding his stomach, which was burning. "Alright, dad!" This time he made sure to stay on guard, not wanting to make the same mistake again. "Let's go."

Kakarot nodded and waited for his son to attack.


On King Kai's world, everyone found themselves making hard, but substantial progress. Lapis and Chaotzu both managed to catch the monkey already. They sat down, sweating bullets on the sidelines. Yamcha was to himself, sparring alone.

"Come on!" The scarred fighter insisted. "I've been dying to fight with somebody!" He looked at Lapis and Chaotzu. "One of you must be itching to finally fight, huh? I got a bunch of new skills up my sleeve I just can't wait to show you guys!"

No matter how bad Yamchha wanted to get them to fight, none of them wanted to. Lapis and Chaotzu were with a glass of water in hand. The two were more worried about not having their dripping sweat mixed up in the glasses than going on to train with Yamcha.

"Look," Lapis said. "We'll do it some other time. We're just too tired right now."

Yamcha frowned. He had to think back on when it was his first time being by King Kai's world as well. When he was done chasing Bubbles, he was very drained. Looking at it from his friend's point of view he decided to back off. "Alright, guys. Whenever you feel like you wanna be strong like me, hit me up." Yamcha turned around and went on to train by himself.

Lapis went to drink his water. Once he flushed down a giant gulp, he let out a refreshing sigh immediately after. "The first thing I'll do when I fight him is stab him through the chest..."

Chaotzu didn't really pay any mind to Yamcha nor Lapis' comment. He was watching as Tien was chasing down Bubbles for training. And it wasn't easy. On the outside looking in, Tien looked like a complete fool failing multiple times. "Go on Tien!" Chaotzu encouraged his friend.

Tien looked ahead at the monkey, who continued to mock him by making various silly sounds and movements. Even though he wasn't going at it for a very long time, he was just getting drained far too quickly. 'If it wasn't for this gravity, I would have gotten him by now!' Tien looked over to Chaotzu, who was still cheered him on. "Thanks, buddy!" He looked back to the monkey. A bit of time had passed and Bubbles noticed that Tien wasn't trying to chase him down. So now the chubby monkey stood there, scratching its head and wondering why he wasn't being chased. "If I don't get him down, then I won't be able to train with Chaotzu," Tien smirked. "Let's go, little monkey!"

"Oh hoh aaaaa!" Bubbles rubbed his head quickly before turning around and running as fast as his fat legs could carry him. While a short and heavy set monkey, he sure could run.

King Kai was busy driving his car around on the one and only path that was on his planet, which would take him at the very north and south of his planet. And that was it. Having felt as if he done enough laps, King Kai parked stepped out of his car. Once he exited the car he took a look around to see what his most recent pupils were up to at the current moment. 'So he's still without a sparring partner...' King Kai, having observed Yamcha, then looked over to Chaotzu and Lapis, who were looking over to Tien. Directing his own eyes to where the two were having theirs, King Kai could see Tien doing horribly at trying to catch Bubbles.

King Kai walked over to Chaotzu and Lapis. "So he's still not done yet, huh?"

Chaotzu shook his head. "No, but he's going to get it."

King Kai nodded. "The sooner the better. You will all progress much faster if you happened to train with one another."

"I'll wait it out a couple of hours before I go ahead and train with Yamcha. I need a break."

"Did bringing up that joke bring too much out of you?" King Kai teased.

"Yes," Lapis said dryly, taking another sip of his glass of water.

King Kai just frowned. His attempt at baiting Lapis had failed-miserably. "Yeah, I'll be inside." He wiped his glasses as he went in. "Let me know when he's done."

And so Chaotzu and Lapis resumed to watching Tien struggle dearly.

The time passed and it was to soon revert to night time. The sun was setting down on the beach and the moon was getting ready to show off its glory. Inside Kame House, both Krillin and Lazuli casually sat on the couch closer to one another, watching television.


"It's a boy!" a voice through the t.v. called.

The sounds of a new born's cries could be heard. "Awww..." Lazuli smiled at the baby it showed. "Look how cute."

"Ahuh..." Krillin was getting a bit weirded out by his girlfriend's attitude. For one, he never before saw her blush once and here she was, gasping at babies on television. But that wasn't even the worst part. It was the fact that her mood would change in just a split second, most definitely due to her pregnancy.

Lazuli then looked over to Krillin, rubbing her chin. "What should we name the baby?"

Krillin glanced at Lazuli, then back at the t.v. It was at this very moment that Krillin happened to come to the realization that he had never really thought of names the entire time Lazuli had been bearing their child. Krillin then looked back over to her. "Depends...what if it's a boy or a girl?"

Lazuli then thought about it. For some reason she always considered herself to be having a girl. Raising an eyebrow, she then looked over at Krillin. "What do you want if it's a boy?"

Krillin, figuring that the baby would come soon, decided to put some thought into it now. He, in particular, didn't know any specific type of name, but he figured why not try some that he had heard in the past. "Okay!" Krillin formed a smile, having come up with the perfect name. "Castana..."

Lazuli closed her eyes. In her head, she repeated the words over and over. 'Castana...castana.' She then looked over at Krillin. With her normal expression, her voice suddenly just rose. "No!"

Krillin jumped at her reaction. The bald monk was nearly on the other side of the couch away from Lazuli. "W-why not?"

Lazuli calmed down, having seen that Krillin was somewhat petrified at her sudden reaction. In calming herself, Lazuli was non-verbally telling Krillin that she was at peace and wouldn't jump at him. "Well...it sounds feminine..."

Krillin then thought about it for a while. "Y-yeah...I think you're right, Lazuli. Let me think of another one." This time, Krillin put more thought into it than before coming up with another name. "Hm." He glanced at Lazuli. "What do you think of Castan?"

Lazuli just remained silent. She stood at Krillin, her face lacking emotion. Krillin was assuming that she was thinking of ways to physically hurt him without killing him. Little did he know that Lazuli was just thinking to herself. "Well..." Lazuli started. "It sounds exactly like the last one before, but a little manlier."

"Hm..." Krillin bit his lip. He then raised up his hands. "I can't think of nothin' more! I'm stumped." Krillin sighed. "What would you name a girl?"

While Krillin was busy thinking of some names himself, Lazuli had got more than enough time to figure out some for her own. "What about Sapphire?" She looked at Krillin with wide eyes and slightly reddened cheeks, hoping that Krillin would like the name.

Krillin didn't consider it quite well. "Eh..." He moved his hand from side to side, showing that it was kind of iffy.

"Well, I only have two. So...what do you think about Diamond?"

"Little too cliche if you ask me," Krillin responded truthfully.

Lazuli crossed her arms. "Since you're the name expert, why don't you give me some boy names, huh?"

Krillin then went to think about it, too. "What do you think about Marron?"

Lazuli bounced her head to the idea a couple of times. "Yeah. It sounds cool."

"And you for a boy?" Krillin inquired.

Lazuli shrugged her shoulders. "Spinel?"

Out of all the names Lazuli could come up with, she came up with that. From hearing it at first, it didn't really please his ears. Krillin didn't want to discourage her though, so he just smiled. "Sounds good to me!"

Lazuli smiled at the fact that Krillin accepted the name for what it was. She wrapped her arms around him and looked back to the movie, finally having decided on names. They both had no idea what was going on because they missed quite a bit of it, but neither really cared. The two watched on for the rest of the night until they were laid out on the couch.

High into the near heavens of the very Planet Earth, Kami had stayed out on the Lookout. Mr. Popo, of course, kept him company as he always did. But for the near past 24 hours, neither haven't shared many words together. With the very knowledge that Piccolo was just mere inches away from them in another dimension had them both on edge.

Kami, had his eyes closed while looking down at the end of the lookout. The entire time he was meditating and thinking to himself, in his very own thoughts. But, having felt something sharp and big, Kami's eyes shot dead open.

"A-ah..." Kami turned around, there being Mr. Popo. The black genie was in awe, staring at Piccolo before him. It had been so long since anybody had used it that even he had forgotten just how much it was capable of enhancing one's strength. Piccolo didn't even feel that it could be Piccolo.

Piccolo grinned. The Namekian's attire was completely ripped and ragged. While it looked like that he had to undergo hell inside the Room of Spirit and Time, Piccolo was just all grins. He himself knew that they were cognizant of his substantial increase in power and he took great pride in it.

"Piccolo..." The old Namekian looked at his counterpart. Kami was trying his best to keep composure. He truly had no idea that Piccolo would be able to enhance his strength so much in just one year. But then again, it wasn't the same gravity. Regardless, Kami was still blatantly nervous. If Piccolo really were to try and do something with his power against Kakarot, then they'd have to look out. A few beads of sweat softly went through the wrinkles of his face until they fell to the surface of the lookout.

Mr. Popo just backed up, not wanting to get in Piccolo's way even. "Yes?"

"You don't have to use your power for destruction. I can sense it, you're not just as evil as your father. You've yet to measure up to any truly horrible act that he himself has committed. If you'd stop your ways now, then there wouldn't be such mess and you'd have a true chance at redeeming yourself."

"Hahahaaha!" Piccolo laughed in Kami's face. "You could have told me this years ago! Hell, from the very moment I was born you were more than capable of giving off the same warning!" Piccolo's laughter died down, though he was still smiling evilly from ear to ear. "You are not just terrified of how much stronger I am. You didn't expect such a jump, did you, Kami?" Piccolo continued to laugh. Through Piccolo's obnoxious laughter, both Kami and Mr. Popo were left speechless. "My sadistic nature combined with my increase in power is more than enough to take over this planet right now!" Looking onto Kami, Piccolo calmed down a bit. "...and more than enough to have you worried to near death."

Kami hissed at Piccolo. And that was all he could do, being fully aware of Piccolo's capabilities. Even though it wouldn't be in either of their best interests, Piccolo could easily do away with him on the spot if he wished to. "What about Ox?" Kami asked.

Piccolo snorted. He recalled that short time of training with the hybrid. "Kakarot's child?" He crossed his arms. "I have no qualms about murdering the brat. He makes top 5 on my list of people to kill anyhow.

Kami just shook his head. "You musn't..."

"Don't fret too much, old man!" Piccolo interjected before Kami could go on and on about morals. "I'm not going to kill him now while he's in his sleep. For one, I'm going to have to get accustomed to this new power more and control it correctly. Once it's done, then they're all dead." Piccolo was loving the uneasy expressions on both their faces. "Heh. Fools. Shouldn't have let me obtain such power." With nothing else shared, Piccolo took off to the skies.

As he watched Piccolo leave, and the power he was taking with him, Kami was now starting to regret letting Piccolo enter the chamber. Perhaps it wasn't the best choice after all.

"Why, Kami-Sama? I sincerely mean no disrespect, but why allow him to obtain such power?"

Kami grit his teeth. "I..." Kami closed his eyes. There was no way he wasn't going to hold himself accountable for this. He could have somehow stopped Piccolo some way, but didn't. Instead, he was to tell the truth, forbidding himself of any excuses. "I genuinely thought that with such time to himself in another dimension that Piccolo would come to the realization that carrying out his father's goals is completely pointless. That he would stop and go off to his own path. For that reason, I let him in. I knew he wasn't going to come out ready to help us out with anything, but that he'd just stop chasing such treacherous decisions."

Mr. Popo took a deep breath, seeing things from Kami's point of view. "I understand completely."

"It's a stupid thing, I know..." Kami sighed.

"The best thing we can do now is hope that Kakarot and the others come together and seize Piccolo from doing anything at all. They've all been the same people we've had our hopes in and they've yet to fail us."

Kami nodded, seeing Popo's point. "You're right." Kami looked at the clouds below. "What's happened has happened. We can now surely only hope for the best out of this, no matter how bad it looks..."

Piccolo was breezing through the air like he never was before. With such power also came a great bit of speed. "I'm loving this!" Piccolo then came to a complete stop. Down below he had his eyes on a house, a rather large one." Inside he could sense a familiar ki: Kakarot. "Hmp. I could blast his home up and kill him right now if I wanted to..." Thinking of Kakarot's house blowing up to bits and the flesh of the people in it just evaporating caused Piccolo to smile. "But I won't. I'll kill him in battle and I'll show him who's more powerful...once and for all."

Piccolo then lowered his ki. 'I have to make sure he doesn't sense me...' Piccolo, at a much slower pace, began to fly pass Kakarot's home below.

It was late and everyone inside was sleeping. Kakarot was in his own room, sleep neatly in his soft covers. He lied on his back, face up and soundly asleep. This was the best sleep he had been getting for a while. Too bad he had to be interrupted.

One of his eyes opened immediately. The Saiyan, having sensed something big in his sleep, just felt like he had to wake up and did so. 'What was that...?' Kakarot, half asleep, tried to focus on sensing out the power he had did just moments earlier. But yet, he the very thing that had woke him up was long gone. And he sure as hell did not have the desire to try and sense out for this faint energy.

'Ass...' Kakarot cursed. 'Whatever it was, it just ruined my fantasy land full of wine, feasts, and strong, wild animals.' The Saiyan closed his eyes, shaking his head in disappointment. Whatever the dream was, he was surely never going to get it back no matter how much he tried

And so now, Kakarot had two enemies just waiting to strike him at any time. He knew they were urging to fight him, but Kakarot didn't think it would ever be sooner than what he thought it was to be.


Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, even though it came kind of late. And next chapter is when things start to get real. So stay tuned!