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Chapter 36

Bardock sat in his bedroom meditating quietly. It had been nearly a week since the fight with Frieza and things had returned to normal, or as normal as things could be with three Saiyans and a few hundred Namekians living at Capsule Corp. Bulma had decided it would be best for all the aliens to stay with them until they could return to their home planet. Fortunately, it would only be a few months until that time. The Namekian Dragonballs had followed Guru to Earth when the wish had been made. Since the Namekian Year was only about three months, the Dragonballs would be active in that short time. Then they could wish Krillin back and use the other wish to send the Namekians home.

The three Saiyans, on the other hand, didn't have a planet to go back to so they planned to remain on Earth. Vegeta had originally wanted to go and take Frieza's place as ruler of the galaxy, but Raditz had told him that that wouldn't be tolerated with a bit of force involved. Since then the Prince had been training non-stop, obsessed with becoming the strongest again. Raditz had been training to keep that from happening.

Bardock's eyes snapped open as someone approached his room. "Why so serious?" Bulma asked her son.

"Just meditating," Bardock said his tone somber.

"Don't worry kiddo," Bulma said, "your dad will be home soon."

"Have you heard from him?" Bardock asked.

"He sent a message before he left Namek but I haven't heard much since."

-Dbz-

Kakarot finished his thousandth push-up in 100x Earth's gravity. The workout was just a light warm-up since his power had risen so much in the past week but it was still good to train. It passed the endless hours in space. He needed something to keep his mind off his battle with Frieza. He knew from talking to Bulma before leaving Namek, that Bardock had been wished back successfully, but he was still filled with rage every time he thought of how his son had been killed by the changeling. At the moment, getting angry wasn't the best thing for him. His thoughts once again drifted back to that fateful battle.

Seconds later Kakarot fell over his power rising uncontrollably. His hair flashed golden, his eyes turned turquoise, and his golden aura flared outward. This was about the tenth time he had spontaneously transformed into a Super Saiyan. He hadn't yet managed to control the transformation enough to keep from transforming when it was inconvenient or to learn to transform at will. The ship began to shake under the power Kakarot was putting off. "Frieza," Kakarot yelled rage filling his voice. The Super Saiyan pounded a fist into the floor leaving a massive dent in the gravity chamber floor and causing the ship to shudder once again.

"Warning," the ships computer chimed. "Ship's course disturbed. Collision with planet imminent."

The ship's warning shook Kakarot from his anger and caused his Super Saiyan transformation to drop. He rushed from the gravity room to the ship's control panel. A planet was rising on the view screen and growing larger by the second.

"Activating emergency braking," the ship's computer said. "Crash imminent." The ship slowed rapidly and a few minutes later, it collided with the planet's surface leaving a massive crater. Luckily, the ship had been designed similar to a Saiyan space pod and was made of a material strong enough to survive such a collision with minimal damage.

Kakarot looked at the diagnostics scrolling across the screen. It looked like the ship had sustained a little damage but nothing that couldn't be repaired easily with a few repair parts. He just hoped he could find the parts he needed on this planet. He queried the ship's computer on information about the planet. It didn't have much information on the planet but from the decent, the computer could tell that the planet was populated and was technically advanced enough to have a spaceport.

Several minutes later, Kakarot exited the ship dressed in a new fighting uniform in his normal green with a black undershirt. The Saiyan surveyed his surroundings. It looked like his ship had crashed well outside of one of the planet's cities. That was good, he didn't really want to be responsible for killing innocent people. He turned toward where he could sense power levels in the distance and flew off into the distance.

-Dbz-

Vegeta threw a punch at the air inside the gravity room Bulma had let him use to train. He had been training non-stop since he'd heard that Kakarot had become a Super Saiyan before him. It was an insult that a low class Saiyan would rise to the legendary level before the Prince of all Saiyans. Vegeta threw an energy blast across the confined space. He phased out of sight and appeared ahead of the blast swatting it aside. A spit second later he phased out of sight again swatting the energy aside once again. Seconds later, he appeared in front of the blast and crossed his arms, protecting his face from the blast that was heading right at him. The blast hit the prince full force and sent him sliding back across the floor of the gravity room. Vegeta's legs shook and seconds later the prince collapsed to his knees his energy drained from the beating he'd been giving himself. He tried to rise to his feet but collapsed back to the floor too weak for the moment to move.

-Dbz-

Raditz dodged his head to the side as Nappa threw a punch at his head. The two Saiyans were training in 50 times earth's gravity. The bald Saiyan was still having a little bit of trouble adjusting to higher gravity but he was catching on quickly. "You'll have to move faster than that if you want to hit me," Raditz said.

"Kaioken x10" Nappa shouted as his aura erupted in red. He shot at the younger Saiyan with renewed power and threw a flurry of kicks and punches at his opponent. Raditz tried to dodge most of the attacks but Nappa was faster than he was and a punch connected with his chin sending him flying back into the wall. Raditz quickly stopped himself and charged back at the other Saiyan throwing some kicks and punches of his own at the bald Saiyan. Nappa blocked the attack and shot a knee up into Raditz's stomach knocking the breath out of the taller Saiyan. Raditz lunged forward from the attack and Nappa capitalized on his momentary loss of guard. Nappa brought both fists down on Raditz's head sending the taller Saiyan crashing to the ground.

A few seconds later Raditz rose to his feet and rubbed his head a little. "Not bad," he said. "You're getting stronger that's for sure, but you can't win." Raditz's aura erupted in red as he used a Kaioken to double his power. He shot at Nappa again and slammed his fist into the older Saiyan's face sending him stumbling back. Raditz didn't let up for a second and pounded the older Saiyan with blow after blow. Nappa did his best to block but he was no match for the other Saiyan. Raditz phased out of sight as Nappa threw a wild punch at his stomach and appeared behind the bald warrior. He gathered energy in his palm and slammed it into Nappa's back. The room shook from the force of the explosion and when the smoke cleared, Nappa lay on the ground breathing heavily.

Raditz reached a hand out for the other warrior to grab. "I think we've done enough for now," he said.

-Dbz-

King Kai watched as Krillin attacked the air with furious kicks and punches, his red aura blazing. He'd been training non-stop since he'd arrived at his planet nearly a week ago. The bald warrior had improved dramatically since he'd last been on his planet and his control of the Kaioken was the best he'd seen ever. The little man also had a new fire that burned in his eyes. I guess dying twice because you weren't strong enough would do something like that to you, King Kai thought.

-Dbz-

Kakarot saw smoke rising as he approached the city. What's going on here? he thought. Soon his unspoken question was answered as he saw what looked like a few humanoid warriors attacking the city. Some little pink warriors with big heads seemed to be defending the city as best as they could from the invaders but they were outclassed. One of the invaders shot a blast at one of the pink warriors and Kakarot moved to intercept. Before he could even get there the pink warrior disappeared from sight. How'd he move that fast? Kakarot thought. The pink warrior appeared behind the invader and drove a fist into his back. The human looking warrior turned and blocked the blow just in time grabbing the pink warrior's wrist. "Ready to die?" he said laughing.

Before the punch could land, a hand caught the warrior's fist. "What's going on here?" Kakarot asked gripping the invader's fist.

"Beat it," the warrior said. "Or you'll suffer the wrath of Lord Frieza."

"Frieza huh," Kakarot said. "I don't think anyone will be suffering his wrath anytime soon." Kakarot backhand the warrior to the side, knocking him out instantly. In an instant, he phased out of sight blocking another blast aimed at one of the little pink warriors. Soon the attackers all turned their attention to the Saiyan warrior. Unfortunately for them, they were no match for their master's killer. Kakarot finished up with the warriors in a matter of seconds leaving them all on the ground unconscious.

"Thank you," one of the pink aliens said coming up to Kakarot.

"You're welcome," Kakarot said. "What happened here?"

"Frieza has taken an interest in our planet and sent these warriors to wipe us out," one of the aliens said.

"I don't think you'll have to worry too much about them anymore," Kakarot said looking at the unconscious warriors.

"I just hope that Frieza doesn't send more," one of the warriors said.

"Frieza's dead," Kakarot said. "He won't give you any more trouble."

"How can we thank you?" one of the warriors asked.

"My ship crashed landed here," Kakarot replied. "I need a few parts to repair it."

"That shouldn't be a problem," The spokesman replied. "We have much technology on our planet. If we cannot repair your ship, we can give you another to get you where you need to go. It's the least we could do for someone who saved our planet."

"Thank you," Kakarot said, "but it was really no trouble."

"Those men killed ten of our best warriors," the spokesman said.

"I'm sorry to hear that," Kakarot said.

"We will move on and rebuild," the warrior said. "But in the meantime come and let Yardrat offer you our hospitality."

"Thank you," Kakarot replied. "I do have one question though."

"What is that?" the spokesman asked.

"Well, earlier I saw one of your warriors fighting off the invaders and he moved out of the way of a blast faster than even I could follow. I was wondering how he did that."

"You must be referring to the Instant Transmission technique," the spokesman said. "It's a technique that allows the user to instantly move from one location to another as long as they can sense a nearby energy signature."

"Wow," Kakarot said. "That technique sounds awesome."

"It is," the spokesman said. "We are not very strong as a species but we have learned a good number of techniques."

"Can you teach this technique?" Kakarot asked.

"We would be happy to."

-Dbz-

Bulma relaxed in a hot bath after a long day. It wasn't long before the phone rang interrupting her relaxation. "Hello," she said.

"Hey babe, it's me," Kakarot's voice came from the other side of the line.

"Hey," Bulma said. "What's up? I figured you'd be home in the next day or so."

"Well," Kakarot said. "I ran into a bit of a snag. The ship got damaged and crashed landed."

"That's terrible," Bulma said. "Are you alright?"

"I'm fine and the natives say they can fix it but it may be a while before I get back."

"That's too bad," Bulma said. "I was looking forward to giving you your congratulation for beating Frieza present."

Kakarot's voice crackled a bit at the mention of Frieza's name. "That would be great," he said.

"What's wrong?" Bulma said.

"I may not be coming back right away even when the ship is repaired," he said.

"Why?" Bulma asked.

"Well," Kakarot said. "I didn't tell you how the ship got damaged. When I was training, I transformed into a Super Saiyan when I thought of Frieza. I can't control when it happens. I don't want to place you or the Earth in danger if I lose control."

"So when will you be able to come back?" Bulma asked.

"Well I'll need to at least be able to stop the spontaneous transformations before I can be around," Kakarot said.

"I understand," Bulma said. "Try and come back as soon as you can. I'll have a special surprise waiting for you when you get back."

Bulma could hear the smile in Kakarot's voice. "I look forward to that my love."

Power levels

Bardock:
2 million (after being revived)

Vegeta:
2.5 million

Raditz:
4 million (after being healed on Earth)
8 million (Kaioken x2)

Kakarot:
4.25 million (after a little training at 100g)
212 million (Super Saiyan)

Nappa:
500,000 (after King Kai training)
5 million (Kaioken x10)
Krillin:
4 million (Kaioken x25)

Yardrat Warriors:
500 each

Frieza's henchmen:
2500 each