V: Hey, if you can, you can imagine some of the sentences I write, not dialouge, but in the voice of the Dragon Ball narrator, Doc Morgan, like the last sentence in this first segement of the chapter. I think it actually suits it well.
W: Bro, we got people telling us to do other fanfics.
Hamza: I told you, we're stuck on the Gohan story, and my other main focus is your own story! Be grateful.
W: Whatever, hey, if you were a girl, I would call that old fucker Roshi and tell him where you live, so he can-
*slap*
W: OW! JESUS CHRIST!
Hamza: And now, back to the story. Sorry that you had to see this. And also, Kakarot/Goku are the same person. Soon, it'll just be Goku, and yes, the human Z-Fighters are all stronger than their canon counterparts, because they never had Goku to aid them here.
Disclaimer: I own nothing. If I did, I wouldn't be here. I would be surrounded by a bunch of beautiful girls!
Chapter 17: D-Day
Frieza's own personal room on the main Frieza Force ship, consisted nothing. Just a very large window to watch over the universe, and in that circular room, were five aliens, with two being Saiyans, and the other three, Frieza and his two right hand men, Dodoria and Zarbon.
"For a child born with a very low power level, you're certainly quite a rare breed. One might even say, exceptional," Frieza spoke to both Bardock and a very young Kakarot who were both kneeling down. Although Bardock loathed Frieza, a trait that hasn't been passed on to his second born yet, they both had to show respect, just so no problems would occur between him and the king.
"Now, if I am correct, you Bardock, a low-class Saiyan, are just like your son, a rare breed. Your power is almost on par to your very own King Vegeta, a most impressive feat. And as for your son, Kakarot, his power has also risen, to the point where he has become one of the strongest Saiyan children to live to this day."
The two palm-tree haired fighters felt no praise from Frieza's congratulations.
"Now, Kakarot, unfortunately, and by chance, we already have another soldier with the same given name, so your monkey kind can call you whatever you please, but as long as you work here, you will be approached differently."
Kakarot frowned deeper. Who was he to change his name? Bardock could already tell his son wasn't liking this one bit, and he didn't blame him. Truth was, he couldn't think of any Saiyan that likes Frieza.
"So, as long as you work in the force, you will be dubbed as... Goku. It certainly fits you, and it means emptiness, and empty means nothing, which is what you Saiyan monkeys are. Nothing..."
Both he and his two men chuckled, as Kakarot stepped up to the alien in his floating chair, worrying Bardock.
"Hey, you're not my mom or my dad, so you don't get to-"
Without even lifting a finger, Frieza sent Kakarot flying to the wall, and crashing into it. Bardock gasped, and growled in complete anger, and pure unadulterated rage, as Frieza once again chuckled, while Kakarot heaved himself out, with the help of his father.
"You see monkey, you have no say in the matter, whether I am your father or not, you answer to me. I trust you've etched that into your little skull."
Kakarot snarled. It was at this moment, just like his father, he grew to loathe Frieza.
"Kakarot."
.
"Kakarot!" The spiky-haired Saiyan opened his eyes, slowly. He had that stupid dream again, a memory that he just couldn't get rid off. He rubbed his eyes before talking to his partner via his scouter.
"What do you want, Nappa?" he grumbled.
"We're here," his partner replied, as both Saiyans got a good look at the blue and green planet in front of them.
Kakarot no longer felt drowsy, as he smiled deviously. After four long months of being cramped in a pod, he was finally ready to get himself moving again, and get his wish.
Immortality, here we come.
Even as Chris and Izzy began their return to Earth along the million mile Snake Way, Goku and Nappa's four month long journey across the galaxy was nearing it's end. Because that very day, at 11:43 AM, terror descended upon the Earth.
In East City, it was just a normal morning in the booming metropolis all of the townspeople were enjoying their daily lives, as everyone casually strolled past one another and into the city, walking down the many streets, each on their own agenda. A little girl spoke to her father, as they were both carrying bags after coming back from a shopping mall to get ready for a vacation they would take to see the rest of their family members who lived far away from the country. "Daddy, when's lunchtime?"
The father then looked at his watch to check the time, which indeed say it was 11:43 in the morning. "It looks like it's noon, so I guess we can go eat later."
"But why not now? At school, we have lunch at noon," the daughter complained.
"Now Stacy, that's school. Besides, your mother's cooking for us today, but I forgot what it was, so give me a minute to remember." Something had ruined his train of thought. Both he and his black-haired daughter looked up, as they thought they heard something, and sure enough, something came into view. Perhaps it was a jet leaving an airport that was at a low altitude, or a helicopter flying by, but that was unlikely. Everyone turned up to identify just what was in the clear sky.
"What in the world is that?!" one of the several onlookers shouted as two circular objects began to descend from the sky. They were moving too fast to be a plane.
"Are those blimps?"
"They're too small to be planes."
"Are we being invaded?!"
"It's headed straight towards us!"
"We have to run!"
By then panic had completely washed over the crowd as the two objects crashed through a building. Grabbing his daughter's hand, the father began a mad dash away across the sidewalk, hopefully away from where he predicted those things would land at. Whatever was coming would be there in seconds.
But before the two could even get a yard away from the commercial neighborhood, a large tremor knocked them off their feet. The objects had finally landed. Every car alarm was brought to life as an aftershock rattled the streets. With a pair of painful groans, the two rose to stand with the father helping her daughter.
"Well, at least we weren't hurt," he relented as he dusted himself and his daughter off, but they were both scared as they turned to face growing crowd surrounding two gigantic craters. Miraculously nothing had been damaged, save the now ruined road.
"What do you think it is?"
"Is it from outer-space?
"I bet they're aliens!"
"Aliens?"
"No, they can't be aliens. This is probably some kind of government experiment gone wrong."
"A government experiment that just happened to land here? I doubt it."
"There's another pod over here!"
The chattering of the onlookers halted immediately as the door to one of the pods opened. Steam from the hatch leaked out, briefly obscuring the sky as it's occupant finally stepped out. A spiky haired man quickly ascended from the hatch, along with his giant of a partner. They all made their presence, as the Z-Fighters, Piccolo and the kids paused what they were doing, and noticed the two monstrous power levels.
"So, the Saiyans are here," Piccolo grimaced as the others looked along with him. "And they're a lot stronger than we are, aren't they?" Gwen wondered.
"Tien?" Chiaotzu squeaked, nervous, unlike Tien, who was ready for this. "Well, here they are. Right on schedule."
Krillin shuddered just from feeling their energy, and he wasn't even near them. "Come on, pull yourself together. Remember everything you've done to prepare for this," he spoke, trying to calm himself down.
Yamcha, was also trembling from the humongous power levels. "Damn, I knew they were strong, but that's just... that's just crazy!"
"Pitiful," Kakarot spat in disgust as he viewed the calculations from his scouter. Even the weakest of Saiyan children would have been able to slaughter the pathetic crowd gawking before them, in sheer amazement of how they floated out of the craters, and their giant size.
"There's no way these are the weaklings who killed Raditz," Nappa said as he scanned the power levels of the Earthlings, and all of them were below the reading of 20.
"They had better not be, Nappa. It would only further showcase what an imbecile my big brother was, dying on a backwater planet like this. I'm surprised this planet never showed up on the Frieza Force's radar to be cleansed of all life here."
"Don't worry Kakarot, we'll locate them and destroy them, and maybe we can even get one of those new Saiyans to work with us," Nappa quickly reassured. The trip here had been fruitful, it's duration alone demanded something of value in return.
"Halt where you are!"
Confused eyebrows rose as the Saiyans were confronted by the police, and a military convoy rolling down the street, with two tanks along with them. Quickly pushing past the civilian onlookers, the squadron of soldiers and officers made their way to approach the unwelcome visitors. A protective barricade was set up as the military attempted to distance themselves from the public, urging all non-combatants to leave the area immediately.
"Alright, whoever you are, we can do this either the easy way, or the hard way. Surrender peacefully and come with us, or we will fire!" the chief of police spoke through a megaphone, as neither of the two budged. All Kakarot did was chuckle.
"Well, look at that Nappa, they even made a welcoming committee. I know you've been wanting to have some fun for a while, so why don't you let loose on these mongrels," Kakarot offered, as Nappa stood up to the plate. "With pleasure."
(Dragon Ball Z Kai OST: Anxiety and Unease Plays)
With each step Nappa took, they all fired more bullets, as all of the tanks, SMG's and assault rifles went off, and had little to no effect on the giant. It was as if he was invincible. Now they kicked it into overdrive, with the intention to kill, as the squadron of soldiers began to fire off photon cannons. They also began to amp their guns to maximum levels as the troops unleashed everything they had. Salvaging lives was not part of the directive here. Seething light irradiated their vision momentarily as they poured volley over volley of bullets onto the invaders.
"HALT!" the chief of police ordered as he gave them brief reprise to observe their handiwork. His jaw dropped as Nappa was completely unscathed.
"Wow, what astounding weakness. No wonder you guys have such low power levels, you use toys to fight!" Nappa taunted. "And I can tell, without your weapons, you're all vulnerable!" Nappa then proceeded to materialize right in front of them, shocking the Earthlings with his speed, and effortlessly crushing their guns, folding them as if they were all pretzels.
They all continued to fire at the Saiyan, but to no avail as every bullet harmlessly bounced off his armor. Eventually, Nappa grew tired of their annoyance and sped off to collect their weapons as well. A hazy blur was all that was seen as Nappa snatched and crushed all of the guns.
A look of clear annoyance was planted on the giant's face, even though he wasn't hurt, he was getting tired of the futile resistance the military put up.
"I've grown tired of this annoyance. Goodbye." Slowly lifting his hand into the air, Nappa outstretched two fingers, with both pointing down. Seeing that very familiar position his partner was taking, Kakarot knew full well what he was about to proceed through as he slowly ascended into the air.
What the hell is that guy doing? the chief of police wondered, as a malicious grin was the last thing he and his men all saw as Nappa raised his hand with his two fingers pointing up.
(OST Ends)
BOOOOOM!
BOOOOOM!
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu could both see the explosion from very far away, as they both had to shield their eyes from the binding light the shape of a semicircle, and so the incoming dust being blown towards them wouldn't get in their eyes.
"H-how the hell!?" Tien exclaimed. Their power was awe-inspiring. Master Shen's former students had trained to the best of their abilities, but that little display was beyond what either of them had ever fathomed.
Stirring from his thoughts, Tien turned to his best friend. "Chiaotzu, no matter what happens we'll get through it together. I promise," he finished with a thumbs up for reassurance.
Chiaotzu smiled in response. "Don't worry Tien, I've got your back!" he replied, mirroring his friend's thumbs up.
"Good. Let's go then, we have some Saiyans to deal with!"
BOOOOOM!
Yamcha could also see the explosion from where he stood, and the strong winds even reached to him. "I-it's unreal!" Yamcha stuttered, blocking his eyes from the dust. As soon as everything calmed down, Yamcha dropped to his knees, feeling the amazing power. For him, leveling a city was no small feat, but he knew for the Saiyans, it was lightwork as he knew they used just the bare minimum of their strength.
Jumping to his feet the former bandit sparked his energy as he prepared to take off. He couldn't allow any more lives to be unnecessarily taken.
We'll show those bastards just what us Earthlings can do!
BOOOOOM!
Not even Krillin was safe as he had to grab onto a large boulder so he could prevent the strong winds from blowing him away.
Krillin hands shook uncontrollably. He felt it. Every single life that was taken, he felt it. The sheer power radiating from Metro East was terrifying. The whole city was illuminated by that... power! The sense of dread Krillin felt increased as he unearthed a startling fact; the Saiyan who generated the blast was the weaker of the two. The chances for Earth's survival were already looking slim.
"No!" Krillin shouted as he slumped to the ground. "No... there's no way! The whole city... gone!" Tears escaped Krillin's eyes as he lamented over the destruction. Sadness quickly changed into calm, hidden age. Gripping his hands he silently swore to seek out justice. "Those Saiyans are gonna pay."
BOOOOOM!
"Did you see that?"
The Namekian simply nodded from Dora's questions as he broke his meditation. Rising to his feet, he frowned as he sensed, and saw the level of destruction that had just taken place. Right now, they were a bit far away from the wasteland where Piccolo left them for the first two months, but not too far.
"It's gone! Completely gone!" the astonished child gawked as she turned to face her teacher.
"The Saiyans just wiped out a whole city." Piccolo's fists balled as he felt the immediate drop in energy across the planet. "They did it with such ease too." Due to being a reincarnated version of his father King Piccolo, he acquired many memories of his father's last reign. One memory that stood out was his father destroying a city jam-packed with civilians, and feeling all of the humans in East City annihilated, reminded him of that.
Neither he, Dora, Ben, Gwen nor Jake had sensed a noticeable buildup of ki. One second everything had been fine, and the next everything had been blown to smithereens.
"All of you," Piccolo began in an unusually concerned tone. "Your training is complete. Your powers will finally be put to the test."
Ben paused as he gazed at his hands. He and his friends had been training all of these months for this very moment. He was sure of his abilities and skills, he had fought aliens before, and this was no different. But he couldn't remember the last time he engaged in a fight on this scale, maybe Vilgax, but they leveled a whole city without effort. They truly were as every bit as evil as Raditz had described.
"If you're afraid you'd better suck it up. The battlefield has no place for cowards." Piccolo was never once to mince words. This was a battle for survival.
"We won't let you down Piccolo, we promise," Jake confidently admitted. He couldn't afford to. This was for all of his friends. If they couldn't defeat Raditz, these two would surely settle.
Nappa had reduced Metro East to rubble, as well as wiping out everybody who was in it. The dust was also kicked up thanks to Nappa's Volcano Explosion. A light breeze fluttered by his face as he marveled at the destruction he caused. The pitiful city they landed in had been reduced to smoldering bits, but the pods were still intact somehow.
Kakarot scowled. "You're a fool, your thoughtless actions could have cost us dearly." Nappa paled at his superior's calm, yet menacing tone. "We came here for the Dragon Balls, correct? Now what would you say if one of them was in this very city you just obliterated?"
Nappa blinked incredulously, now just realizing his mistake, and lowered his head slowly and slightly. "S-sorry, guess I really wasn't thinking straight. It won't happen again."
"Never mind, what's done is done. For now, let's just focus on locating the highest power level on this pathetic mudball. Finding the one who killed Raditz should be as simple as that," Kakarot said as he clicked the red button on his scouter. Mimicking his partner's actions, Nappa activated his own, and the portable computer ticked as it scanned for the greatest energy signal, and after a few seconds, multiple of them were located and pointed at their direction. "There they are, five of them all together."
"Good, let's get moving," Kakarot commanded. "They won't know what's about to hit them."
"The cause behind the large scale earthquake is still unknown to authorities at this time. Reports are flooding in that attempts to contact Metro East, which was in the epicenter, have been unsuccessful, causing grave concern for those within the city." The news channel was playing at Thorndyke Mansion living room, with a portion of the gang, horrified after hearing about the destruction of the metropolis. Dora's friends and family were most concerned for said family member, who was soon going to have to put up a fight against the monsters who caused this very event to transpire.
Cubby was also most worried for Jake and Izzy, and the same was said for Chris' friends, Mr. Tanaka, and the others who lived in the mansion, who was worried about their orange-haired friend.
Whirring was heard, as a helicopter landed within the perimeter of Thorndyke Mansion. Bulma, Master Roshi, Oolong and Puar were in it, along with Peter Pan standing on top of it, and even Fortuneteller Baba was there as well, even though this wasn't the original plan.
Everyone in the Thorndyke Mansion had come outside to see the commotion, Max, Cubby, Mr. Tanaka, Frances and Danny. Helen stayed inside since she was on her wheelchair. Patiently, she waited, tapping her fingers on the wheelchair, just thinking about everything. The adult Saiyans that just arrived were a band of space pirates, coming here to cleanse all life, and avenge Raditz, who was ultimately defeated. But, it wouldn't make sense. If these Saiyans were as ruthless as the long-haired warrior described, she doubt they would care over the death of their comrade.
She was pulled out of her thoughts once she saw her friends coming back, along with five unfamiliar figures, and some were arguing.
"Did you not hear what just happened?! There's no way I'm going with you!" a masculine voice hollered, as a feminine one argued. "Oh, be quiet! For once, can you be brave, Oolong?! Besides, if these Saiyans are as great as I've heard, I wanna see them for myself!" Bulma argued.
"It's as if you wanna go on a suicide mission! Sure, I'll go because I've had enough of life!" Oolong joked terribly, with his voice obviously showing how annoyed he was at Bulma.
"Sooo, who are these guys?" Helen wondered as Chuck begun to explain everything, including the truth about Chris and Izzy.
Piccolo and the others arrived on mountainous, prairie land. It was almost identical to the place they had called home for the past few weeks. Landing softly, the five fighters began to prepare themselves for the upcoming battle. Piccolo took the lead, removing his weighted clothing, with the others stretching and cracking any stiff bones. As they began stretching they suddenly sensed four large power levels converging towards their location.
"This can't be correct, there can't be two extra Saiyans!" Piccolo grew very worried all of a sudden, but as the energy signature grew closer, he quickly realized who it was. "Krillin… I don't know why I'm not surprised."
"Hey, Piccolo!" Krillin smiled as he rushed to greet his temporary ally. "Wow, you've haven't been slacking off." The Namekian simply scoffed as the former monk turned his gaze towards him. He hadn't seen him since the last World Martial Arts Tournament. For all of their sakes, he hoped Krillin had been training.
"I hope you're prepared Krillin. I know you felt the energy radiating from those Saiyans. I won't be there to save your sorry behind if you're not up to the task."
Krillin scowled at Kami's evil half as he then grinned, flexing his muscles. "Of course, I am. Can't you feel the energy surging from me?" Piccolo's eyebrow rose as he examined the former monk. It was true; his power level had grown considerably since the 24th World Martial Arts Tournament. The bald man was at least somewhere near the power level of Raditz.
"I guess you have been training. Just don't get in the way of the real fighters." A smug grin crossed Piccolo's face. "These kids and I have been intensely training these past months. I don't expect anyone, except those adult Saiyans to match us."
"I guess we'll really find out when the Saiyans get here." Krillin simply paid him no mind. Piccolo was as much of a prick as he remembered. Not much, outside his power level, had changed. Deciding to change the topic, he got a good look at the kids, but one just ran up to him with sparkling eyes.
"YOU'RE KRILLIN FROM THE WORLD MARTIAL ARTS TOURNAMENT! I saw how you went up against Piccolo! It was so awesome and-" Ben immediately went into some sort of fanboy mode, as the bald martial artist sweat dropped awkwardly, and Piccolo clobbered him on the head. "Will you get a grip?!"
Ben rubbed his head in annoyance. "Sorry, it's just that I've heard of these tournaments, and I remember how Krillin beat you badly! He was so awesome!" Apparently, Ben had actually watched the recordings of the WMAT's that had taken place years ago.
Krillin awkwardly laughed. He thought everyone had forgotten about those tournaments, but it seemed he was wrong. "Well, I mean, he was trying to kill me. So..." Krillin soon got a good look at Ben, and then realized who he was.
"Wait a second, are you that-" Ben immediately covered his mouth, and whispered into his ear. Ben still hadn't told Dora and Jake about what he really was, even though they had no recollection of him, nor ever heard of him in the first place.
"Oh, sorry. Well, you and your cousin are still crazy strong, so I'm pretty sure we're gonna win this!" Krillin had now just found out Gwen was Ben's cousin, not that he knew earlier, but he had seen them together a couple of times when he watched TV at the Kame House. "Now we just have to wait for the Saiyans to come so we can kick their butts!" Ben agreed.
"What if I told you we were already here?" a cold, sinister voice said, driving fear into all of the children.
Hesitating for a brief moment, the longhaired boy slowly turned around and noticed two armored men floating above them, each grinning evilly. One had a distinct widows peak along with black hair that stood up straight with four spikes in the front and three bangs in the back, seemingly defying the laws of gravity, and the other was a giant bald man who looked like he spent his free time destroying things. These were the Saiyans that they had spent so long training for.
An eerie silence filled the battlefield. For the Saiyan invaders, a sense of excitement rushed through them as a fight was about to start. For the Saiyan children, the feeling that ran through them was one of fear and partly excitement as well. Like Piccolo had pointed out before to all of them, they would soon enough learn if their training was enough.
"So… you must be the Saiyans that we've heard so much about," Gwen said, breaking the silence.
"And you must be those children that were hit by the Saiyan Rays," Kakarot replied, as he and Nappa descended to the ground, slowly. Piccolo paid no heed to their short conversation as he stepped in. "I'll say this once, forget whatever business you have here and leave this planet. This is your first and last chance to get out of this alive."
"That voice..." Kakarot interrupted. "I see, you must be the lucky one that killed Raditz and started our little chat."
Piccolo's stoic face immediately changed to a grin. "Heh, you're damn right I did, and I won't hesitate to do the same to you!"
Unexpectedly, Kakarot started clapping, mockingly. "Well done of ridding this world of my big brother. He was only getting in the way, and his death was greatly deserved."
The four kids clearly had never known about this and it was obvious by the look of their faces. "But... he's your brother? Don't you care about him?!" Jake exclaimed, shocked at how uncaring these Saiyans were.
"I cared little for that weak fool, he was always and annoyance, and if you all could stand up to him, then that means he was more of an idiot than he was before." Jake was absolutely stunned, and rage started to boil within him. He knew they were cold-hearted, but their value for the sacredness of life was practically nonexistent. If they treated one of their own with such disregard, how badly would they view humanity?
Just now, Nappa had noticed something about Piccolo, and spoke to his partner. "Hey Kakarot, I think the green one's a Namekian."
"Indeed, Nappa. There's no doubt about it, it almost makes sense in a way that Raditz would have a difficult time with the likes of him," Kakarot replied.
"Okay, so what's a Namekian?" Piccolo asked, obviously confused. The former Demon King have never been referred to such a term before.
"You really don't know? Not only are they known to have above average power levels, Namekians are said to have mysterious, hidden abilities as well."
So, I'm one of these... Namekians? Piccolo thought in wonder as Kakarot continued. "I also heard that a chosen few are capable of performing tricks, almost like some sort of magician. So my hunch is, you must be the one who created the Dragon Balls. Aren't you?"
The kids looked at the growling and shaking warrior in awe, while Krillin had the courage to speak up to the invaders. "Wait, you guys know about the Dragon Balls?!"
"We not only know about them, it's also the main reason we're here. Now just hand them over nice and easy. Your friend here may be Namekain, but you're all bugs to us, and you're gonna be crushed by our Saiyan power," Nappa boasted, as Piccolo regained his calm demeanor.
"Heh, is that right? I guess I should start by thanking you for teaching me about my origins and ancestry. But, you're wrong about two things. Firstly, I had no hand in making the Dragon Balls. As you can see, I'm more of a warrior than just a simple magician, and you're wrong if you think you're Saiyan power will save you from me!"
(Dragon Ball Z Kai OST: A Power That Cannot Be Defied Plays)
Up above, Kami and Mr. Popo were listening to the whole conversation, and they were most intrigued and surprised.
"Oh, Kami..." Mr. Popo stuttered.
"I... I had no idea. For the first time in my life, I had heard about my origin. Now I know why I have always possessed special powers. Yes, it's true I was the one who created the Dragon Balls, a very long time ago. It all makes sense now, I attempted to create the Dragon Balls, and answer to a deep yearning. When I finally succeeded, I felt as if I made it home, or rather, as if a peace of home had found it's way to me."
Back down below, Nappa was checking each of their individual power levels through his blue scouter. Piccolo received a reading of 1220, Krillin's was 1083, Jake's was 1052, Ben's 1103, Gwen's was 1102, and Dora's was 981. Nappa then began to taunt them of how they could actually succeed with their puny power levels, until Kakarot removed his own device from his ear.
"Hey, Nappa, take off your scouter," Kakarot demanded, much to Nappa's confusion as his eyebrows furrowed. "Let's try not to forget they all have the ability to concentrate their energy, and raise and lower their power levels in response to their opponent. So these figure are pretty much useless to us now."
Nappa fully understood as he commenced the action. "Yeah, good thinking Kakarot. Now I remember, that's how your weakling of a big brother got himself killed. He saw that their power readings were low and he lowered his guard." He finally dropped the scouter right in front of his giant feet, but made a mental note not to crush it.
"Wait, Raditz? Wasn't he the Saiyan that you all fought, and were just barely able to beat him? They're calling him weak!?" Krillin wondered in partial shock. He knew Raditz gave them a tough time, but surely he wasn't that much of a weakling. Piccolo only growled in response.
(OST Ends)
"Alright, enough talk, let's see how these pests handle themselves in action. Nappa, get the Saibamen ready, we should have six of them left," Kakarot ordered as Nappa chuckled. "Ah, you and your twisted sense of humor."
"S-Saibamen?" Krillin stuttered a bit.
"What are those?" Dora wondered, tilting their head a little bit as Nappa took out what seemed to be some sort of tiny jar, containing small green orbs. "Actually, there's still eight of them left."
"Good, maybe they can persuade them to tell us the whereabouts of these Dragon Balls," Kakarot predicted as Nappa immediately got to work, by poking small holes in the ground, and planting the eight green balls in them, and dropping what seemed to be some sort of green liquid. "Oh, I think that can be arranged."
"Uhh, what are they doing?" Ben wondered, as Gwen rolled her eyes. "Obviously they're planting something, idiot."
"Yeah, but what ARE they planting?"
"How should I know?" Gwen retorted, but right before Ben was about to sprout out an argument, Piccolo held his hands out, with his ki fluctuating, as a warning to stop their chatter.
Soon after, where the seeds were planted, cracks started to appear in the ground, and eight green abominations came crashing out of it. These were the fearsome Saibamen.
"Wow, they're gross. But at least they're shorter than I am," Krillin noted as all of the Saibamen turned to their masters. All they did was nod, and that was the sign that allowed them to immediately attack the defenders of the Earth.
Now, the battle began as one Saibamen went for each fighter. First, Piccolo elbow smashed on one of them, but it blocked his attack, then attempted to punch the Namekian's face, but he blocked it as well. Krillin tested his strength against one of other Saibamen in lock mode, while Jake threw a punch at one of them, but it blocked his punch with his arms. Not far away, another attempted to kick Ben in the ribs, but the young alien hero blocked it with his arms.
Meanwhile, Gwen went behind the two she was engaging in combat, and attempted to uppercut the back of the first one she was fighting, but it disappeared and the second got behind Gwen, and it tried to do the same like Gwen did, but she then dodged by heading up the air, with both of the abominations following her.
All while this was occuring, Dora was standing at the same spot she was in, completely stiff frozen. As previously noted, she was never much of a fighter, and this wasn't like the battle with Raditz, this was the first time a battle had real stakes. All of them were all over the place, Dora just couldn't keep track of their whereabouts, since they were all moving too fast for her.
Then, one of them came out of nowhere, and landed directly behind her. Nervously, she slowly turned around, and chuckled, like a very timid mouse, and decided to try to be friendly with it, by slowly waving her hand.
"Hola," she greeted, and the Saibamen did the same with his claws. Dora thought this was a good sign and it was actually friendly, but all hope had been dissipated as the bio-weapon terror lunged at Dora, and elbowed her in the face, sending her a few feet back. And another one came into the fray as they both charged, but Piccolo got in their way, much to their annoyance.
"Dora, do not lose your nerve," Piccolo advised, as Dora slowly got back on her two feet. Now, all of the Saibamen were together, and the defenders of Earth were on their own side of the battlefield. "I believe it's time we go on the offensive."
"Hey, Krillin!" a voice was heard in the distance, much to the invaders annoyance, and they all saw both Tien and Chiaotzu landing.
(Dragon Ball Z Kai OST: Destiny Plays)
"Tien and Chiaotzu, you're here!" Krillin cheered, as the kids looked on in confusion, as they haven't seen Tien in their lives either, except for Ben and Gwen as they've seen him in a recording of the 23rd and 24th World Martial Arts Tournaments.
"I was under the impression there were only two Saiyans," Tien said with a scowl, looking at the Saibamen, as they still had their smirks planted on their faces as he, Kakarot and Nappa watched the conversation play out, with no one having the intention of intervening.
"Well, a lot's happened, now we have the advantage in numbers," Krillin stated, but it didn't matter. "Numbers make no difference to me." Tien then turned his gaze to the Saiyan children. "So these are the kids, huh?"
"Yup," Krillin nodded. "Piccolo's been training all of them real good." Tien grinned for a second, before sending a scowl to Kakarot who simply sent one back. Suddenly, another warrior joined the fray, and it was a certain baseball player for the Taitans.
"What's up? Sorry I'm a bit late." he greeted.
Just how many fighters are there? Kakarot pondered to himself.
"Hey, Yamcha!" Krillin cheered, as the palm-tree haired Saiyan counted all of the fighters. "1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 6... 7... 8 and 9. Interesting, that's almost the exact same number of Saibamen we have. Why don't we have a little game, eight of you can take turns in fighting one of our Saibamen one by one. I'm sure that'll provide some form of entertainment for us," Kakarot proposed.
A vein grew in Piccolo's forehead as he growled fiercely. "We're not here to play your stupid little games, and we're not going to fight on your terms! WE'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON AT ONCE!"
"Why don't you calm down a bit, Piccolo?" Gwen advised. "Besides, maybe it's not such a bad idea after all, and we do need to buy some time for Chris and Izzy to get here anyway."
Ben agreed as he stepped up, ready to go first, cracking his fingers. "I'm up for it. These little creeps don't scare me, and I could use a good warmup to take you guys down."
"Haha, that's the spirit! Fresh meat for the grinder! But give it a minute, you won't be so cocky when you see what these little creeps can do!" Nappa laughed, trying to intimidate the others, as the games were about to initiate, and unknown to them, they were being recorded live.
(OST Ends)
Kakarot gave a look to one of the Saibamen, and started to give out his orders. "You'll be going first. Hit him as hard as you can, and don't hold anything back. Got it?"
The green abomination nodded, as it also took a step forward, and everyone simply waited for the first move. Kakarot didn't see anything special about Ben, besides the fact Prince Vegeta was the soul that inhabited him, but once he got a good look at his arm, he spotted a watch that he had heard of from Raditz, when he listened to everything just a few months ago.
That watch... it's the Omnitrix, isn't it? No wonder Raditz was easily defeated. If I had to guess, he used it to turn into a To'kustar to easily gain the upper hand.
Immediately, the bio-weapon lunged forward, but was unable to hit it's target as Ben created a sonic boom, sending it back. He didn't give it any time to catch it's breath as he kicked it into the air, and charged his energy, flying straight towards it. While he was on the side of good, he certainly acquired the ruthlessness of Vegeta.
The Saibaman, seeing Ben heading straight towards him, split the top of his head and shot out acid, which was shooting down, headed straight for the bystanders, as the dodged immediately, with the portion of the surface melted because of the acid. This meant the plan unfortunately backfired for the small green alien as Ben punched it straight in it's gut, and sent it back down with a double axe handle, which managed to put it down momentarily.
"You did it!" Jake cheered, as the human Z-Fighters were more than impressed with Ben's strength and speed. "That'll show them!'
"Increíble..." Dora muttered, in awe of just how all of this serious fighting worked as Nappa stared at the injured Saibamen, infuriated that it would lose to a brat. "Hey, what gives!? Saibamen all have power levels of 1200! Every one of these guys is supposed to be about as strong as Raditz was!"
"All that means is the boy here is stronger, and it just confirms my hypothesis that they were all suppressing their power," Kakarot stated.
"But... but I..." Nappa was lost for words as Kakarot didn't seem to be infuriated, frustrated or anything of the sort, he was actually grinning. "A simple miscalculation is what it is, nothing to fret over."
"But the data said..."
"Our data was no longer useful anyways, Nappa. Besides, if anything this should make our game even more entertaining." And without mercy, Kakarot destroyed the green henchman by firing an invisible blast from his left index and middle fingers, which ultimately shocked everyone but the Namekian. Even the other Saibamen were flabbergasted at the course of action taken. All that was left of it was it's remains, including it's splattered insides, hands and it's head.
"K-Kakarot… what was, that for?" Nappa stuttered. These were the only Saibamen they had, they couldn't afford to throw them away, but his partner didn't seem to care at all. "He made the grave mistake of underestimating his opponent, and I believe I specifically told him no holding back. Did I not?"
"Man, that guys a creep," Krillin said in his own opinion, and he wasn't the only one, as Gwen had the exact same thoughts. "I agree with you completely."
He's ruthless. If this is the way he treats his allies, I don't expect him to be showing any mercy to his enemies, Piccolo thought, as something like this did not affect him in the slightest.
"Now, who's going to be next?" Kakarot questioned, as Krillin stepped up to the plate and took a step forward. "Yeah, I'm ready for ya!"
"Hold on, Krillin," Yamcha interrupted, which stopped the bald-headed monk in his tracks. "Let me have a crack at 'em. I think it's time I showed these thugs that no one comes to Earth and pushes us around."
"But Yamcha, I'm just as capable of-"
"You've already been wished back with the Dragon Balls before. I haven't, so if anything bad does happen at least we know that I can be revived, right? Let me take care of this one. I'm gonna wipe out all seven of them at once."
Yamcha indeed prove a well thought out point. Now, Krillin was in no position to argue as Nappa mocked them. "Ah, look at the friends, how precious." He looked at one of the Saibamen and gave it the order to go. "Well, what are you waiting for?"
"Alright, let's get this over with, come on!" Yamcha challenged as the next fight was about to start.
Hamza: Once again, over seven thousand words. And also, in the same week. Now remember, there is no schedule for my updates, so we apologize in advance.
W: I'm sure you do.
Hamza: Well, gotta make sure they aren't kept waiting, you know what I mean?
W: Sure... you just keep being-
Hamza: Just stop talking for now. So, hope you guys all have a good day, good night and good luck during the pandemic out there.
