King Piccolo had sent Piano into Bardocks house to search for the dragon ball, he didn't need have time to waste doing a servants job. No, he had come to realize that the best way to move forward was to kill Bardock before he made the wish, since if he didn't then Bardock could try and prevent him from making a wish.

He had found Bardock irritating near to his house; he was currently in the back garden and appeared to be meditating. Piccolo slowly approached him from behind, intending to defeat him with one blow so that he wouldn't risk any further issues.

"Piccolo, attacking an opponent from behind, how cowardly" Bardock said evenly without sitting up, freezing Piccolo in his tracks, he couldn't t understand how he had been detected, he was the only one to be able to sense energy the last time he was on earth… he though.

"Bardock, it's not cowardly it's just saving time… after all there's no way you can win this fight anyway" Piccolo gloated while trying to get a reading of Bardocks energy signature, for some reason he was finding it very low… too low to have beaten his son.

"Humph" Bardock grunted as he stood up and sank into his signature Saiyan stance with a look in his eyes that showed he fully intended to kill Piccolo. Piccolo gave a slight nob before sinking into his own stance.

There was a long silence as the two warriors sized each other up, neither one seemed very intimidated, but neither was going to take any risks either. They both knew what the other was capable of; the only difference is that compared to an evil Bardock had once known this monster wasn't much of a threat.

Piccolo then lunged forward with a devastating upper cut to the face, knocking the unprepared Bardock into the air. He then shot a quick Masenko and turning around to find Piano and gain his eternal youth.

Of course he wasn't prepared for what happened next; from out of nowhere he heard loud mocking laughter. He looked up and was horrified to see Bardock, floating in the now cleared smoke, without a single scratch on him.

Piccolo didn't know how this was possible; that blast should have been enough to kill him. He wasn't as strong as Tambourine and that blast had more energy in it than Tambourine had in his whole body.

Then he felt it, Bardocks energy had doubled, raising it to unbelievable levels. Raising it above his level, he knew this wasn't going to work but tried anyway. He shot into Bardock with a powerful kick that he blocked with his forearm, then a punch that was caught and thrown aside with ease, leaving him open for a devastating knee to the stomach that threw him back some distance.

Piano hurry up and gather the balls, make the wish without me. Just make the wish right, the demon king telepathically instructed his son. He then received a message back informing him that he had the dragon ball and the wish would be made soon.

Piccolo then shot forward full speed, hoping to win this without restoring his youth but accepting the possible need for it as well. He sent out a lot of fast jabs, not really trying to cause any damage but at least trying to wear him out. After all once the wish was made he would be stronger than ever.

Bardock dodged and parried all the attacks with ease, smirking at the 'great evil' in front of him. Piccolo grew frustrated but still kept calm, he knew that there was no point in letting his rage over take him, it would just make him get sloppy, and once he saw that the sky was now completely black he knew there was no reason to worry.

Piccolo knowing he would soon have his wish picked up his attack speed even more and managed to finally get a hit in. Soon Bardock was force to start blocking the attacks with his hands in his face just to prevent damage but still kept his focus on Piccolo, he didn't trust him not to try any tricks.

Bardock noticed this too but didn't know why it had happened, he was briefly distracted trying to work out what was going on allowing Piccolo to phase out and reappear above him axe-kicking him to the ground.

Bardock recovered quickly however and soon decided he should end this fight rather than risk others being hurt. He began charging his Final Spirit Cannon and was soon satisfied it was enough to kill Piccolo.

However when Piccolo was suddenly bathed in bright light he lost his certainty. He acted quickly despite this throwing the attack at the villain, who ignoring him now glowing appearance made a Masenko to return the attack.

Bardock watched as his ball pushed into the beam, the beam couldn't do anything to move and was slowly moving back from the force of the Final Spirit Cannon. He smirked preparing to see the great demons last moments… then the light around Piccolo faded.

Revealing him to now be much larger, much paled green ad not old looking in general any more. But worse off, his power suddenly doubled, rising far higher than Bardocks. He pushed his energy into the Masenko making the yellow beam instantly obliterate the blue ball like it was nothing.

Piccolo laughed like a mad man as the beam quickly rushed through the air before smashing into Bardock who could only raise his hands to try and stop it. The beam engulfed him completely not even slowed down by his attempt to deflect t with his Ki.

The beam collided with the ground creating a massive explosion, which this time when the bust cleared revealed nothing but a large crater. Upon closer observation however one could notice that in the centre of the crater, lay a body. A burnt mangled and severely damaged body, Bardocks body; it lay there completely limp as Piccolo felt the life energy slowly leave it.

Piccolo had done it; he had defeated the most powerful thing on this planet, now all that was left was to take care of the ones who dared kill his family.

A/N

So the special surprise is Bardock dies…

I won't use power levels as they are complete bull crap, ask TFS

So relative powers are, a relative power is who would win if they were fighting at their best using all techniques available and without any consideration for factor like luck.

Stamina isn't taken into their maximum either but is still relevant in a fight obviously.

Bardock=2

Old Piccolo=1.5

Eternal youth Piccolo=4

Tambourine= 0.9