Back at Capsule Corp, Bulma, Chi-Chi, and Dedana all sat in a chair that resided in the kitchen. It was an early morning and the females were each having a cup of tea. "Is it just me or do any of you notice that it's always one thing after another?"

Bulma and Dedana were both thinking about this as Chi-Chi was the one to come out with this question. It didn't take too long for Bulma to answer, though. "Ever since I've met Kakarot, it's been one thing after another."

"Same here," Dedana said, raising her hand.

Chi-Chi snorted. "I can't disagree. But it took longer for me. When I was a girl, I was enamored with Kakarot. Back then I didn't know what type of person he was. I just saw him and thought he was cute. And his personality just made it even worse. After we got married, everything seemed fine. It was like we were going to get to live the perfect life. Though I never liked to fight a lot, I understood. I come from a fighting background myself. When Ox came, it really felt like my fairy tale was coming true."

"But then Raditz came," Bulma said, ending it for Chi-Chi.

Chi-Chi gave a so-so hand gesture. "Something like that. When his alien brother came, Kakarot only told me and Ox that he was going on a business trip."

"Turns out he was on my planet," Dedana said.

"Yeah. But that wasn't when everything started to really go downhill for me. It was when the Red Ribbon Army attacked. And ever since I came back to life, things just haven't felt the same."

Dedana tried to hide away a frown. Once Chi-Chi did come back to life, Dedana was already well acquainted with Kakarot and Ox. And perhaps if Dedana wasn't in their home in the first place, then things could have possibly returned to normal. But she knew with her back, things wouldn't be the same for sure. Was it her fault?

"Everything went bad when they attacked," Bulma said. "So many innocents hurt." In the kitchen, Bulma took a peek out a window that was right over the sink. Outside she could see people passing by on the road, with others walking on the sidewalk like any normal day. "But if not for Kakarot, we wouldn't be thriving the way we are now."

"Have you finally forgave him?" Chi-Chi asked. "I know what happened between you many years ago."

Bulma shrugged her shoulders. "Gohan was a very good man. Even with the little time we spent together, I invested a lot into him. We were really good friends. And Yamcha feels kind of the same way. That's another thing that has kept the two of us close."

"Do you think Kakarot should wish this Gohan back?" Dedana asked. "On Namek, there are Dragon Balls like there are here. So maybe you can ask him that favor. Wish Gohan back to life and have him here where he belongs?"

Bulma looked up to Chi-Chi, who was looking at Dedana. "That's not a bad idea," Chi-Chi said.

Dedana smiled. "I know!"

"We just have to hope everything is going well for them," Bulma said.

"With their training, they should be doing fine," Dedana said. "Kakarot is a beast. And the little guy is very strong, too. Together with a little extra help, they'll all dominate whoever gets in their way."

"I agree with you one hundred percent," Chi-Chi told Dedana. "But even still..." she looked down into her cup of tea. The only very thing going through her mind was her five-year-old boy. He was strong, yet so young. She couldn't imagine anyone or anything trying to beat him to death. Nor did she want to think about it for that matter. "I worry about my little boy."

"Grugh..."

Intense training was transpiring in the big ship that Kakarot and his son were training in. Ox managed to quickly accustom himself to 10 times earth's gravity, yet when Kakarot kicked it up to 20, he simply couldn't deal.

Never having experienced 20 times gravity, Kakarot was having a rather hard time himself. His son was beaten to a near pulp but he was still kicking. Kakarot didn't have many scratches and bruises, but he was nearing exhaustion quicker than normal. Hundreds of drips of sweat remained all around the gravity chamber. It was hot and humid. Seeing how Ox wouldn't be able to go on for much longer, Kakarot went over to turn the gravity back to normal.

Kakarot, as walked towards the control panel, was having a general hard time moving his legs. While laying flat on his stomach, Ox managed to take a glimpse over to his dad. He could see Kakarot was moving at a slow rate, moving his feet forward one step at a time. Once Kakarot made it to the keypad, he pressed a few buttons and managed to return the gravity to normal.

Ox let his face fall right into the floor, releasing heavy breaths. He felt such a heavy burden just be lifted off his shoulders and he had never felt such a relief in his life prior to this very moment. Kakarot managed to stand up all the way, huffing, and puffing.

"A-Are we finally done for the day?" Ox asked.

"The day?" Kakarot stared at the tired out boy. "We have six days until we get to Namek. And before we get there, I want to be able to reach 100 times gravity. And if we go day by day, we will never be able to reach that goal." Looking to his side, Kakarot lied his eyes on the refrigerator they had inside the ship. While food would definitely be nice for him at the moment, he recalled the senzu beans in there. They would not only heal them completely but also fill their stomachs for days at a time. So in being smart, Kakarot took out the sack of senzus that he placed inside a little pouch.

"Here." Kakarot offered Ox a senzu bean from the palm of his hand.

Ox, though bruised and sore all over, managed to get a hold of the bean that his dad was offering him. Placing it in his mouth, he took away at a few bites. As soon as he digested the crushed bean, he felt everything come back to him. It was if he woke up one morning, energized on a full stomach. He got back up on his feet quickly.

"We have enough to last," Kakarot told Ox. "Once we reach 50 times normal gravity, we will simply rest instead of waste the senzu beans. Understood?"

Ox nodded his head in understanding. "Right."

Kakarot went back over to the keypad. He clicked the number 3 and 0. Setting the setting to 30 times earth's normal gravity, he waited until it took effect. And once it hit him, Kakarot nearly fell over flat on his face. He was prepared for this and stay crouched down, his entire body tensed.

Ox fell over on his knees, his other hand on the ground to keep him up. "S-Stay up..." Kakarot said.

And Ox was doing exactly what his father told him. At least the best he possibly could. While it was tough, Ox was well aware that all of this was necessary. The two were practically going through hell with this form of training, but it was going to pay off in the end surely.

Time passed on and on. "Still, no answer. How is it that I am still yet to receive any type of signal coming from Vegeta's scouter?" Freeza had recently just got information on Vegeta's arrival to one of his own planets. And after healing, he simply left. While Freeza wasn't one to really care what his subordinates were up to, Vegeta's current silence worried him a little.

"It's highly likely that he doesn't even have a scouter with him," Zarbon said. "Either that or it is shut off."

Whatever it may be, Freeza simply wasn't buying it anymore. Vegeta had been very quiet for the past year now. Usually, he'd get all types of status updates of Vegeta having a new planet ready for sale. And Freeza knew that being a Saiyan, Vegeta had a desire to pummel something in the ground practically every day. And he knew better than anyone else that Vegeta loved doing so by conquering worlds. And now, Vegeta has been gone all M.I.A. recently. "It can't be just that..." Freeza rubbed his chin.

"Well, sire, we have men tracking down Vegeta's pod right now."

"Is that so?" Freeza asked. "So he is out there somewhere, traveling, correct?"

"Somewhere," Zarbon said. Having gotten a beep from his scouter, Zarbon answered the call. "Yes?" He listened for a little bit. "What could he be heading there for?" He paused once more, listening in.

Freeza was looking at Zarbon, wondering whatever the answer could be. Once Zarbon had cut the reception, Freeza widened his eyes a little bit. "So? What do we have?"

"Turns out that his coordinates are set out for Planet Namek. He has been going in that direction for approximately the past 24 hours now. And it will not be until another five days that he makes his arrival."

"Planet Namek?" Out of all the planets Vegeta could have been going to, he never would have guessed that it'd be that world. "Would you have any idea that he could be attending there for?"

"No," Zarbon said. "Though I do have some news that you may also like to know about." Freeza kept quiet and listened intently, waiting for Zarbon to spill the beans. "While I don't know why we've got the news so late, it turns out that Kiwi's last stop was on Planet Earth. And it just so happens that when he died, Vegeta's pod gave off a signal of him being there as well."

"Aha." Freeza had to hold back some laughter at that. "So that varmint Saiyan taradiddled when I specifically asked him if he knew of the whereabouts of Kiwi. While Kiwi was much an elite warrior like you and Vegeta, he was truly insignificant and did not give off much value to the force anyhow." Freeza then turned around, looking directly through the window of his ship off into space.

"The rivalry between Kiwi and Vegeta is well known. The two could never stand each other the moment you took Vegeta in when he was simply a child. And having them try and work together was a disaster."

"Oh don't remind me," Freeza said. "But now I understand perfectly. Vegeta is on the verge of betraying us."

"While before it would seem far-fetched, I too, am starting to believe it."

"Do you have any idea where Dodoria could be at the moment?"

"I got done talking with him a couple of hours ago. He's on his way to Planet 42. Coming from Planet Busnut."

"Planet Busnut you say?" Freeza paused for a brief moment. "Now if my memory serves me correctly, is that planet not just a few days away from Planet Namek?"

"Ah, you're right! I can contact Dodoria right now and ask him if he could make a u-turn and make way over to Planet Namek to see what Vegeta could possibly be up to."

"Seems like a plan. Do what you have to do."

Zarbon nodded and got right down to it. Getting on his scouter, he went on to reach Dodoria. "...yes? Dodoria? Hm...yes, so you just got done selling the planet. Well listen, I need you to make a change of direction and head over to Planet Namek." Zarbon waited for Dodoria to finish speaking through the scouter. "...based on Lord Freeza's demands of course. Turns out Vegeta has just become a major suspect for subversion. So do you have any idea on how long it will cost you until you are able to reach Planet Namek?" Zarbon nodded his head, adding a few mmm hmm. "Very well." He cut the reception.

"So?" Freeza asked, his back still facing Zarbon.

"Turns out it will take Dodoria 144 hours until he is able to reach arrive at Planet Namek."

"So that means he will be one day later than Vegeta."

"Unfortunately so, sire."

"Hmp. No matter. He is the only person other than us that is closest and most capable of dealing with Vegeta if something were to go south."

"Do you have any ideas why Vegeta could be heading over to Planet Namek?"

"Well, of course for only one thing. I have lived for countless decades Zarbon. And throughout my lifetime, I have heard quite a few rumors about Namek itself. There are some magical elements of the kind or something of that manner that resides there."

"Do you believe it?" Zarbon asked.

"Pfft! Well of course not." Freeza chuckled. "These rumors are just as equal to the Saiyan's legendary Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God. All of it is simply not true, merely a lie made to have a species feel better about themselves. This rumor had set up the entire race to have the Saiyans think something better of them would eventually come up and lead them to glory." Freeza closed his eyes. Chuckling, even more, his shoulders could be seen bouncing up and down. Slowly opening his eyes, he looked over to Zarbon. "...and we know how that ended up."

"...yes."

"Let us hope Dodoria goes smartly about this. I would surely love to know if Vegeta happens to find any neat discoveries, though. If it is good enough, then we might just invade the planet ourselves and sell it off. Tales of the planet has made it somewhat apparent that the world of the Namekians holds a substantial amount of value. If Dodoria could tell us himself, then we shall see about conquering it."

"That sounds like a plan, M'lord."

And now everything was set up. Vegeta thought he would go ahead on Planet Namek, not encountering any types of problems. He, of course, was very secretive about his whereabouts and he truly doubted Freeza cared what he could be up to at the moment. Nor did he even bother to think that the ruler had become even slightly suspicious. The plan was to go to Namek, collect the Dragon Balls and make his wish. It was as simple as that.

Yet he was going to be in for a surprise. And quite a few ones at that.

"So you're telling me that they're all going on some strange world to prevent Vegeta from doing whatever?"

Krillin nodded. But then he kind of backtracked. "No, not really. I don't think Kakarot is actually worried about the people of Namek, but more about Vegeta himself. Twice he has been unable to beat him and he had made it clear that he wants him all to himself. Obviously, for Kakarot, this is the perfect chance to do what he wanted to."

"Hm. That sounds exactly like him," Lazuli said. "This would be the perfect chance for him to do it, huh?"

"Yeah." Krillin rubbed his bald head. "I just feel bad that I'm not able to go, too y'know? I wanna help as well."

Lazuli smacked her lips, rolling her eyes. "Stop being an idiot, Krillin. Even if you went with them, you'd get in their way. All of them, even the boy now is in a different league than you are. That's something you gotta accept."

"Yeah, but I'm so used to working with those guys! Always, you and I were by their sides fighting. Don't you miss that?"

"And don't you think about our kids?" Lazuli asked. "All of them are sleeping in their beds now. Imagine if one of us happened to leave them be and suddenly died. Listen, from now on, we have to set fighting a bit more to the side. It's not just one kid we're worried about, Krillin; but four we have to take care and tend to. Trying to find time to train during a time that they need us the most wouldn't be fair to them."

Krillin nodded his head. He had no way to refute all of his fiance's points, nor was he going to make an attempt at doing so. She was right and they both knew it. "You know, even when I told the guys I was coming to help, Lapis told me to stand down and stay with you and the kids. He was kind of serious, too."

Lazuli just smiled. Placing her hands on Krillin's bald head, she bent over and gave the man a kiss on his cheek. "As you should, Krillin." Turning around, Lazuli started to head up the stairs. "Now come help me with the children, Krillin."

With everything cleared and out of the way, Krillin felt better about this situation. He was sure that Kakarot and the others would handle themselves just fine while on Namek. And while they handled business over there, he would do the same here with his own family. 'So this is exactly what Lapis was telling me when he told me not to go.' Not thinking about it further, Krillin headed up the stairs.

Lapis and Mr. Popo were up and about on the lookout. He looked up at the bright stars shining before him. Every now and then he would catch a bird or two flying up so high in the air. Though it was rare, it was very much a beautiful sight in his eyes.

Looking over to the side, he could see Mr. Popo standing behind him, having just got done with watering his plants. "You're concerned aren't you?"

Mr. Popo was nearing Lapis when he was told that and didn't quite hear him. "Hm?"

"Kami," Lapis said. "You're worried about him, aren't you?"

Mr. Popo's eyes moved down onto all the squares that made a circle on the lookout. "Yes."

"Heh." Lapis continued looking into the sky. "You didn't even need to say it. I could tell. Ever since he left, you've been much more silent than usual. And you carry this face that's of the equivalent of a worried mother that lost her child."

"I just wish for nothing bad to happen to him. With that monster Vegeta heading over to earth, Kami knows what could happen."

And even while Mr. Popo was blatantly fretting over the current situation, Lapis still wasn't all that worried. "Even though it may be totally normal for you to be worried-don't be." Lapis turned around to face the genie. "Do you know why?"

"Why?"

"Let me give you a couple of reasons. For one, Kami himself already knows about Vegeta being on his way to Planet Namek. And he is a smart man and knows to not even bother trying to get in Vegeta's way. In doing that, it will result in death and he won't be able to return back here, his real home to do what he was meant to do. And two, Kakarot and the others are on their way. Yamcha, Tien, and Chaotzu have already proven themselves more than capable enough to take on Vegeta. With their training, they're not going to have any problems at all. Especially with Kakarot by their side."

"T-Thank you." Mr. Popo bowed. "I really appreciate you calming me down."

Lapis smirked. "No worries." Having sensed something, he turned around. "Do me a favor and go inside. It seems we have a visitor."

"Are you sure?" Mr. Popo asked. "It's Piccolo."

"Yeah," Lapis answered. "I'm not Kami, so you don't need to be serving me like you do him. I can handle myself for sure. Just head on inside and I'll be with you in a bit."

"Very well." Mr. Popo walked inside the castle.

Lapis just stood there, waiting for his guest to arrive. Once he saw the same green-skinned man wearing a cloak and turban, Lapis put on a smile. "Nice to see you again, Piccolo. Or should I be calling you Majunior now?"

"Hmp." Piccolo crossed his arms. "Where the hell is Kami and Kakarot? I haven't been sensing a good few of you for a while."

"It's kind of a long story," Lapis said. "But let's just say that Kami is going back home for a little while."

"Back home? What are you talking about?"

"Home. Planet Namek. Kami is going back to his origins, where he came from. It just so happens to be that Vegeta is on his way there to up to something."

"He's actually going there...?" While having never given it much thought, Piccolo would ask himself from time to time about his background. He wondered what the people were like and how they acted. Never did he have the desire to meet them, but he realized that Kami would have the chance to experience something he had never done yet.

"You jealous?" Lapis asked teasingly.

"No," Piccolo said. "I'll just have to wait for Kakarot to come back before I beat him a new one."

Lapis just let out another laugh. "Too bad you're going to get your ass kicked then. Kakarot and the others are preparing themselves. All are going to endure training that goes up to one hundred times earth's normal gravity. When they come back, you'll be an insect compared to them. Just like you were before."

Piccolo growled. "You dare mock me?" The green man was getting steadily frustrated with Lapis' attitude. "Keep in mind that you're not Kami. I have no problems killing you while you're here to take his place."

"We're close in strength," Lapis informed Piccolo. "And I have a few tricks up my sleeve. You wouldn't last a chance." Piccolo snorted. He could tell Lapis wasn't bluffing and he was smarter than to try and test the man. "Besides, I've been keeping an eye on you recently. You seem too soft to just outright go ahead and kill me. I didn't know that a demon's hobby consisted of saving little girls and their daddy."

Piccolo spoke at a lower and calmer tone. "I see. I didn't come here for you anyway." Piccolo walked past Lapis.

"You're smart enough to realize that the Room of Spirit and Time is the only way you'll ever be able to keep up with Kakarot and the others. No matter just how strong you may get, I won't stop you though." Lapis stepped off to the side.

Piccolo wasn't going to entertain Lapis and continued walking. The Namekian was furious inside now. He was just being mocked and looked down upon like an insect. Someday they were going to pay for this. Someday. He didn't know exactly when, but he knew he would.

And so, five days traveling through space fly by as if they were nothing.

"Ah..." Vegeta watched as the pod opened, allowing him to exit. The Saiyan had arrived in the middle of nowhere, only able to sense life forms from afar. This planet was the complete upside-down version of Planet Earth. And that planet only brought back embarrassing memories. He let the cool breeze brush off against his skin. He would definitely have fun in it while slaughtering some people.

Nothing seemed to be able to stop him now. At least, from his perspective.