U.A's Saiyan Heroes-23
"What the… Kaen? What's Goku's cousin doing here?" Krillin questioned, seeing the Quirky Saiyan in his monstrous form, glaring at Frieza, Dodoria, and Zarbon who just tried to kill the Namekian children.
"Now who might you be stranger?" Frieza asked, noticing the scouter he was wearing. "That scouter you're wearing doesn't seem to be a standard issued Frieza Force scouter. Might I inquire where you go it from?"
Kaen just glared at Frieza, before he undid his Nomu transformation, returning back to his normal form.
"No, you may not." Kaen growled.
"What in the world is he thinking? He's gonna get himself killed." Krillin exclaimed.
"No look, he's not scared, in fact, he feels more powerful than he was before." Gohan stated.
"KRILLIN, GOHAN. GRAB THE NAMEKIAN CHILDREN AND GET THEM TO SAFETY." Kaen shouted out.
"At least he didn't give away our positions." Krillin said, as he and Gohan jumped from the ledge and jumped behind Kaen, grabbing the two Namek children. "What about you Kaen?"
"I'll handle things here." Kaen stated, cracking his knuckles. "Mina, and Jiro should be nearing Bulma's location by now. Get going."
"Right." Gohan said, as they took off with the Namekian children in their arms.
"Oh no you don't. Get back here you brats." Dodoria shouted as he went to chase after them, only to be stopped, when his ankle was grabbed by Kaen, and he was thrown back to the ground below, where the impact caused a crater.
"You're not going anywhere." Kaen said, opening his hand, and four black tentacles came out of his palm, and grabbed the four Dragon Balls, forcefully taking two of them out of Zarbon's clutches, before they were sucked into the hole in his palm just before it sealed up, without a trace of it ever being there. "I'll be keeping these out of your hands Frieza."
"Why you insolent little brat. Just who the hell do you think you are?" Frieza questioned, gripping the side of his hover craft tightly, causing it to crack.
"His name is Kaen."
Frieza and Zarbon turned around, to see Carmine standing there, dressed in her hero costume. Frieza realized that both the newcomers' costumes matched, and had a feeling there was more to this than just a random encounter. Then he saw her tail, and recognized her as a former member of the Frieza Force.
"Good to see you again Zarbon, what's it been since you last tormented me, and called me an ugly monkey? Three, six months?" Carmine asked.
"About four years actually. But you don't seem to have, aged a day since then you ugly monkey." Zarbon exclaimed.
"Benefits of living within the time zone of Earth Alpha's Solar System." Carmine smirked. "An' if you're thinking insulting me is a good idea, I'd say my husband has something to say about that."
Zarbon turned around just as Kaen's fist, came and slammed into his face, sending him flying from Frieza's side, and into one of the buildings that Namekians lived in, all the while, Moori was starring on in shock.
"Carmine, come back to beg me for your old position in my ranks, my General?" Frieza asked.
"Nope, I'm actually here helping my husband with something." Carmine smiled.
"An' what would that be?" Frieza questioned.
"Frieza…" Kaen said, drawing the Galactic Tyrant's attention to him, before the Changeling was hit with a kick to the face by Kaen, and sent flying and slammed into the stone wall of the Cliffside Krillin and Gohan had been hiding above on, before thousands of pounds of rubble landed on top of him. "Your ex-wife says hi."
Kaen instantly bent backwards avoiding a strike from Dodoria as the fat pink spike ball, tried to strike him with a flying kick, but was stopped when Kaen kneed him mid kick, in the spine, and slammed him into the ground with an elbow strike to the stomach.
"You'll pay for laying an ill intent strike on Lord Frieza. An' for punching my beautiful face." Zarbon practically shouted, trying to jump him from behind, but Kaen twisted his torso back around, slamming his elbow into Zarbon's stomach, before he gripped the green haired man by his neck, and shoulder threw him, right on top of Frieza's hover craft, causing a small explosion, killing Zarbon from the shrapnel flying from the explosion.
Dodoria picked himself up, and turned to Carmine, as she took a fighting stance, about ready to strike him down.
"Looks like your husband met his end when fighting Zarbon." Dodoria chuckled.
"I wouldn't be so sure." Carmine smirked.
"What are you talking about?" Dodoria asked.
"Surprise motherfucker." Kaen said, performing a leg sweep on the big pink alien, causing him to fall on his back, milliseconds before Kaen slammed his elbow into his chest.
Dodoria forced himself to look up, to see half of Kaen's body charred to a crisp, but the burnt skin and flesh kept falling off as his Hyper Regeneration Quirk was taking effect. But to Dodoria, the sight of Kaen's body being charred to a crisp, was enough to cause him nightmares, if he were to live that long.
"W-who are you?" Dodoria asked in horror, before Kaen kicked him in the side of the head, decapitating him instantly, as his head went and slammed into Frieza as he picked himself up.
"I'm the King of the Saiyans." Kaen growled.
~Mina and Jiro~
"Glad to see, you finally mastered the flying technique Jiro." Mina said.
"I can't believe we snagged the five star, without getting noticed." Jiro said, holding the five star Dragon Ball in her arms.
"Speaking of which, hand it over. I'll put it in my storage area." Mina stated.
"I still can't believe Kaen copied that Quirk from someone just to give it to the three of us." Jiro said as Mina took the Dragon Ball, and pressed it to her chest, before it disappeared in her cleavage.
"Well, I actually begged him to give it to me as well as the both of you, since I knew it would be useful for long road trips, and it could save us a ton on travel expenses." Mina smiled. "Cleavage Storage. So far, there's no limit to what, or how much I can store within the pocket space of my chest."
"Good thing you have it, don't know what we'd do if we would be stuck carrying that Dragon Ball everywhere." Jiro exclaimed. "Oh wait, I have it to."
"Still, I feel kinda bad we had to just fly past the situation going on in that village." Mina stated.
"I know what you mean, but Kaen was very specific on our roles. Once we find Bulma, one of us stays with her, while the other goes to where the remaining Dragon Balls are, and grabs them before Frieza's men can find them, while he dealt with Frieza himself." Jiro stated.
"Bet you anything that the last Dragon Ball, is with the Namek who made them." Mina exclaimed. "I'll stay with Bulma, you go out and find the other remaining two Dragon Balls."
"Sounds like a plan." Jiro said.
"HEY."
Mina and Jiro stopped, and turned to see Krillin and Gohan flying towards them, with two Namekian children with them.
"Are you two Jiro and Mina?" Krillin asked.
"That's us." Mina exclaimed.
"Good, for a second there, I was concerned we had run into more of the enemy. My name's Krillin. Nice to meet ya." Krillin said, before noticing something. "So uh… are all of Kaen's friends dressed in the same style of clothing?" Krillin inquired, noticing they were dressed in the same type of outfit as Carmine, when he caught a glimpse of her as he looked back when flying off.
"Nah, only his wives." Mina smirked. "Jiro and I are his main wives, he's got a few more at home."
"Geeze, how many wives does he have?" Krillin asked.
"Mmm, about thirteen, give or take a couple." Jiro smiled, turning to Gohan. "So you must be the little Gohan Kaen told us about. You're a real cutie pie." Jiro said, playfully pinching his cheek.
"Oh, um thanks…" Gohan said, blushing at her compliment when she let go of his cheek.
"Aw, look at that, he's blushing." Mina gushed. "That is just so adorable."
"We can talk more freely later, right now we need to get to the base." Krillin stated.
"Right. I'll head out and search for the remaining Dragon Balls, Mina you follow Krillin and Gohan back to base." Jiro said tapping a few buttons on the control device on her wrist.
"Right." Mina said.
"Okay, follow me Mina. You be safe Jiro." Krillin exclaimed.
"Back at ya." Jiro said, before flying off, with Mina flying beside Krillin and Gohan, taking the Namekian child out of Gohan's arms to give him a break from carrying him.
"So, are you a student at U.A, as well?" Gohan asked. "Kaen told us quite a bit about it, while he was visiting the last time."
"Yeah, he and I are in the hero course together. In fact, I used to be human, before he turned me into a Saiyan with his Genetic Reprogramming Quirk." Mina smiled.
"He turned you into a Saiyan? Did you have a say in it?" Krillin asked.
"Did I have a say? I was the one who requested he turn me into a Saiyan. I want to help him rebuild his people, and no offense to you Gohan, but I can't do that with hybrid children." Mina stated.
"It's okay, I understand." Gohan smiled.
"Heads up you two, looks like we've got company coming." Krillin said.
"My scouter is sensing someone approaching. Gohan, take the kid and go hide somewhere with Krillin and the other Namekian, while I draw them away from this location." Mina said.
"Right." Gohan said, as he and Krillin went to hide somewhere.
Mina continued to just float there in the air, before the radar on her scouter alerted her that whoever was close, was actually right behind her.
"Well, what do we have here? A member of Dodoria's race?"
Mina turned around, and looked at her insulter. Judging from his looks, and the description Kaen gave of one of the opponents he fought on Earth Beta, she knew exactly who he was.
"Not exactly, Vegeta." Mina said. "My name's Mina Ashido, I'm a Saiyan of Earth Alpha."
Vegeta's smile turned into a scowl when he heard that.
"I see, so what is it you're doing so far from home?" Vegeta questioned.
"Nothing much. Kaen's just fulfilling his end of a promise he made to the Guardian of Earth Alpha, and that required us to come to Planet Namek." Mina stated.
"An' what promise would that be exactly?" Vegeta questioned.
"To destroy Frieza."
Vegeta looked at her as if she were insane, before he began laughing his ass off.
"Really, you think you can defeat Frieza?"
"Not me, no I wouldn't stand a ghost of a chance against him." Mina snickered. "But my husband on the other hand, he isn't someone Frieza should underestimate."
"An' who exactly is your husband?"
"Kaen." Mina said, smiling as Vegeta instantly stopped laughing. "An' since the last time you two met, he's upgraded his power considerably. In fact, he's reached the legendary form of the Super Saiyan."
"Please, I'm a Super Saiyan not him." Vegeta exclaimed.
"Hmm, does your hair change color to golden blonde, or your eyes to sky blue?" Mina asked.
"No, why would that matter?"
"Because those are the signs that the Super Saiyan form has actually been achieved." Mina stated. "An' Kaen, right now I believe is kicking Frieza's ass all over this planet."
"Oh really? An' just how would you know this?" Vegeta questioned.
"Call it, a wife's intuition." Mina smiled. "Oh, and BTW, I'd recommend treating Kaen with a little more respect. He has usurped you of the Saiyan Throne."
"WHAT?" Vegeta asked. "That cannot be. That could only happen if… another child of the royal bloodline married, before me." Vegeta said, putting it together.
"Yep, I'm not the only one Kaen is married to. Your sister just so happens to be his wife as well." Mina smirked. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to complete my part of the mission we're here to complete."
~Village of the Four Star Dragon Ball~
"Okay, so… scouter says the energy signature for the Dragon Ball is coming from this village. I hope I can convince them to give it to me." Jiro said, before she descended from the sky and landed on the ground, with a soft, gentle thump, alerting the villagers to her presence, putting them on high alert. "Whoa, easy. I'm not here to fight. I'm a friend, not a foe."
"Who are you stranger?" The Namekian Elder asked.
"My name's Kyoka Jiro. I'm a Saiyan from Earth Alpha." She exclaimed.
"What do you want on our planet?"
"I'm wanting to prevent something disastrous from happening to your people and planet." Jiro said. "Five other villagers have already been attacked and slaughtered, by Frieza, because he's looking for the Dragon Balls. I'm wanting to keep that from happening to you and your village."
"An' how do we know we can trust your words?" The elder asked.
Jiro sighed, before reaching for the thin chain around her neck, and pulled up a locket. Removing the necklace from her person, Jiro opened the locket, and stepped towards the Village Elder showing him the image inside.
"Because I have loved ones I want to protect from Frieza just like you." Jiro said. The image inside the locket was the same image that Kaen had in his guitar case, of the three of them from the first time she and Mina got Kaen in bed with them in the motel room, while Kaen slept, and Mina and Jiro cuddled up to him while taking the picture. "If Frieza gets his hands on all seven Dragon Balls, then there's nothing that can stop him from coming to Earth Alpha and destroying my planet, and everyone I love."
The elder looked at the picture, then back up to Jiro, and saw her eyes held no deception, or ulterior motive.
"Wait right here child." The elder said.
"Elder, no you can't." One of the Namekians said.
"It's all right. I sense no deceit in her words, and I can tell her heart is pure. So from that alone, she has earned my trust with the Dragon Ball." The elder said, before heading for one of the buildings, and coming out a second later with the four star Dragon Ball in his hands. "Here you go child. Take it, and keep the Dragon Ball safe."
"I will. I promise you I'll keep it safe." Jiro smiled, pressing the Dragon Ball into her chest, before it disappeared into her cleavage. "There we go nice and safely tucked away. Thank you for your help. But I do have to warn you to leave the village, so you don't end up like the others."
"Thank you. We will be sure to evacuate to a safe haven." The elder smiled, seemingly unaffected by Jiro shoving something into her cleavage.
'Oh duh, the Namekian's don't have a specific gender. They're A-sexual breeders who lay eggs from their mouths. I really have to thank Morgo for informing all of us about Nameks and their biology, otherwise it would have been awkward.' Jiro thought. "Again, thank you and safe travels."
"It's our pleasure to help put a stop to Frieza's plans. I'd recommend you go and get the one star Dragon Ball now. It's safely guarded by Guru, our oldest and wisest elder Namek." The elder said pointing in a specific direction. "Just head that way until you reach a tall pillar with a building on it. There you'll meet a Namekian named Nail."
"I will, and thank you. This is sure to keep Frieza from fulfilling his dastardly purposes." Jiro smiled, before flying off. "Again, safe travels." She called as she flew out of sight.
"She is such a nice girl." The elder smiled, before the ground began to shake. "An' Earthquake?"
~Frieza and Kaen a bit ago~
"You insolent little monkey. You'll pay for interfering with my plans." Frieza growled.
"I'm shaking in my boots Frieza." Kaen said mockingly.
"Don't you mock me you monkey, I'll admit I was caught off guard with that strike. But savor that victory while you can, because it'll be your last." Frieza exclaimed his angry demeanor changing to a bemused look. "Still I must admit, I thought all the Saiyans minus Raditz, Napa, Vegeta, his sister and one more Saiyan survived the planet's destruction by that meteor."
"Cut the crap Frieza." Kaen stated firmly. "I know you're the one who destroyed Planet Vegeta. But your killing spree ends here."
"I must admit, you do seem powerful, but nowhere near my power level, at least my true power in my final form." Frieza exclaimed.
"I know all about your power and your other forms. But you don't scare me." Kaen said growled. "As I said before, your Ex-Wife says hello."
"Ah yes, my beautiful wife. I've missed her so. How is she? Where might I find her to give her what she deserves?" Frieza questioned.
"Like I'm gonna tell you." Kaen said. "I'm here to fulfill a promise to her I made."
"Which is?"
"To end you." Kaen said.
"Oh, how do you plan on doing that exactly?" Frieza smirked.
Kaen didn't answer with his words to this question, instead he entered his Super Saiyan form, taking Frieza by surprise a bit.
"By using the power of a Super Saiyan." Kaen growled.
"I will admit your power has increased drastically, but I highly doubt it's Super Saiyan Level. That's nothing but a myth. Though you've proven you're a Saiyan through your actions alone, that doesn't explain what you were able to do with regenerating your arm, changing your appearance like you had before, or how you were able to absorb the Dragon Balls like you had." Frieza exclaimed.
"Oh trust me Frieza, I am a Super Saiyan, and I'm not telling you anything involving my power." Kaen growled.
"So be it, then I shall just have to torture you until you talk." Frieza said, raising his hand, and firing what he thought, would be an energy blast that would be enough to mortally wound him.
The instant it was within reach however, Kaen grabbed the energy blast, and it was absorbed into his hand, as if it had been water absorbed by a sponge.
"That's for the boost in power." Kaen glared. "But don't think that you'll be able to take me down that easily."
"You insolent little monkey, I'll teach you to respect me, even if it's the last thing I do." Frieza exclaimed.
"Carmine, find the others, and keep a watch on the Namekian children." Kaen said. "You'd best go with her Elder, this could get dangerous."
"Of course my love." Carmine smiled.
"R-right." Moori said, before taking flight with Carmine leading the way.
"Now then Frieza…" Kaen said. "I think it's time I showed you, what a hero looks like." He growled taking a martial arts stance.
Frieza glared at Kaen before he went dashing towards him, leaving a trail of dust and broken earth beneath his feet before he vanished from sight.
"Nice try Frieza." Kaen said, moving his head to the side, just as Frieza's arm appeared, having tried to strike him in the face, with a shocked expression on Frieza's face seeing how Kaen dodged him so easily. "But I'm not like any of your other opponents. I can actually keep up." Kaen glared, before slamming his knee into the tyrant's stomach as hard as he could with 25% of One-for-All flowing through him, causing Frieza to bend over and spit up a purple liquid.
'How is this possible? With one strike, he's made me bleed, and it was a knee to the stomach.' Frieza thought, before Kaen spun upwards, around the tyrant, and kicked him in the back of the head with a midair spin kick.
'As a Super Saiyan, my limit for safely channeling One-for-All, increases up to fifty percent. That's twice the amount of damage I can dish out. But just in case, I did snag a copy of Yang's Quirk before Whis brought us to Namek.' Kaen thought. 'I just hope I can defeat Frieza before he can enter any other forms. I trust Kami's words, and if she says my current power limit as a Super Saiyan is the same as Frieza's in his base form, which is this one, which means I've got to make sure to end this before he can transform.'
"So, get the picture yet Frieza?" Kaen questioned landing on the ground in front of the tyrant. "I'm just as strong as you are, maybe even stronger. I'm not gonna give up without a fight, and you can bet, I'm gonna give it everything I've got."
"I'm impressed monkey. You've actually managed to cause me pain. No one but my loving parents has been able to do that." Frieza said, picking himself up. "So now you've earned a reward. You get to see my second form."
'Shit, not good. I should have used that pause between my strikes to blast his heart with a Ki attack instead of kicking him to the ground, and taunting him.' Kaen thought.
"Judging from the reaction on your face, I'd say it's painfully obvious, you know your strength is only equivalent to mine, when I'm in this form. Oh well, such a shame. I really could have used someone like you in the Frieza Force to replace Raditz and Vegeta." Frieza exclaimed.
'Damn it, he knows I'm well aware of my limits.' Kaen thought.
"So let's get down to business shall we?" Frieza questioned, as the ground around them began to shake, and his body began to change form. "I wouldn't want to deprive you of your prize, now would I?"
"You might have figured that out Frieza, but like I told you, I'm not going down without a fight." Kaen growled.
"We'll just see about that." Frieza smirked, before his face was completely consumed by the light of his transformation.
'Not good. Not good, not good, not good, not good.' Kaen thought.
~Cave Hideout~
"What was that quaking?" Mina asked.
"If I had to wager a guess, I'd say Frieza." Krillin said as they landed in front of the cave Bulma had set up their base of operations in.
"I think you might be right." Gohan exclaimed as they walked into the cave with the Namekian children beside them.
"Anyways, that was some smart thinking there Mina. Sending Vegeta off on a wild goose chase like that." Krillin smiled. "Even that bluff about Kaen being a Super Saiyan freaked him out."
"I wasn't bluffing about that." Mina said. "Kaen really has become a Super Saiyan."
"What?" Krillin questioned as they got to the house inside the cave.
"Uh… how did Bulma build a house inside a cave?" Mina asked.
"Oh, right you don't know. Bulma's family specializes in a product known as Capsules. They're tiny storage devices that can be used for pretty much anything, you can even transport an entire house in your pocket if you wanted to. The Anti-Gravity tech in them is what keeps someone from feeling the weight of the items within the capsules." Krillin stated.
"That's so cool, our friend Midoriya actually developed something similar, but it's still in the beta testing phase, and it hasn't gone any further since he's been a little preoccupied." Mina said, before the door opened.
"There you are Krillin, Gohan… Oh, who are they?" Bulma questioned looking to Mina and the Namekian children.
"Hi there. My name's Mina Ashido, I'm a Saiyan from Earth Alpha, I'm actually Kaen's wife." Mina greeted her.
"Oh, how very nice to meet you Mina." Bulma smiled. "All right everyone come in I've got some great news."
"Really what's that?" Gohan asked.
"My dad called and said Goku's on his way here. He'll be at planet Namek in about five days or less." Bulma smiled.
"Can't Goku use Instant Transmission?" Mina asked.
"Instant what?" Gohan asked.
"It's the trick Kaen uses to get from Point-A to Point-B instantly. He used it to win the obstacle course race of the sports festival at our school." Mina explained.
"Wow, that's so cool." Bulma smiled. "But unfortunately, Goku is unable to use Instant Transmission. He's coming here by ship." She explained as they all took a seat around the table. "So, where's Kaen right now?"
"Fighting Frieza." Mina exclaimed.
"Isn't he supposed to be a real tyrant?" Bulma asked, putting down five bento boxes.
"Yeah, but so long as he stays in his base form, Kaen stands more than a big enough chance to defeat him." Mina explained as she began to dig in. "Oh Bulma, you made a mistake."
"I did?" The bluenet asked.
"Yeah, instead of bringing out five bento boxes, you should have only brought out three and five glasses of water. Namekians can survive on water alone. In fact that's all they eat, or rather drink." Mina exclaimed.
"But… how do you know this about our kind?" The bigger of the two Namekian children questioned.
"Hmm, the assistant to our earth's Kami is a Namekian named Morgo." Mina smiled. "For the past few days before we made our journey here to Namek, he's been teaching us about Namekian physiology and biology. Even taught us some of the language."
"Not possible." The smaller of the two exclaimed.
"Irra Pokabo." Mina smiled, showing she could speak the native tongue of the Nameks.
"What did you say?" Gohan asked.
"I simply said, possible." Mina giggled, seeing the stupefied looks on their faces.
"Wow that's amazing." Bulma smiled.
"Waste of time if you ask me."
The six of them turned to the open door, to see Carmine standing there with a smile on her face.
"Though I will admit, she's quite the fast learner when it comes to alien languages." Carmine chuckled.
"Who are you?" Bulma asked, sounding a little panicked.
"Easy Bulma, she's one of us. She's a good person." Krillin said.
"Hi, name's Carmine. I'm one of Kaen's wives."
"Wives? As in multiple?"
"Polygamy is legal within the Saiyan Culture." Mina exclaimed.
"I also happen to be Vegeta's little sister." Carmine said. "An' since Kaen is married to me, before Vegeta found a life mate…"
"It means he's usurped Vegeta of his birthright to the throne, and has now claimed the title of Saiyan King, for himself." Krillin stated. "We ran into your brother on the way here, and we overheard Mina tell him everything."
"Oh, then I guess you already know he's a Super Saiyan?" Carmine asked.
"Yeah about that, I thought the Super Saiyan Legend was all that, a legend? What gives?" Krillin inquired.
"Well, Kaen was only able to unlock it when he witnessed his best friend Midoriya die, and saw his body get blown to ashes after hearing the villain who had been attacking the I-Island Expo, had killed his cousin Melissa." Mina explained. "Or at least that's what he told us. But we were able to wish them all back with the Dragon Wrath, from Earth Alpha's Dragon Balls."
"What's the I-Island Expo?" Gohan questioned.
"It's an annual event for scientists on the island, and off the island, to show their inventions, and to swap ideas and even have a fancy party." Carmine explained. "In fact, I-Island itself is a manmade artificial island that travels the seas with all the scientists inhabiting it. The only downside, unless the scientists fill out mountains of paperwork, they and their families, are unable to leave the island, due to the risk of top secret information being leaked."
"Sounds more like a prison than an island home to me." Krillin said.
"Wait, your world has Dragon Balls?" Bulma asked.
"Yep… In fact, hold on." Mina smiled, putting a hand into her cleavage, causing Gohan and Krillin to look away blushing, while Bulma just looked confused with a blush of her own. "Here he is." Mina smiled, pulling the little Dragon Wrath from her cleavage. "Ever since Kaen gave me the Quirk, Cleavage Storage, this little guy somehow keeps finding his way into there."
"Wait, that's your wishing dragon? But what about your Earth's Dragon Balls?" Bulma asked.
"Oh, Kaen wished for Wrath's freedom, so the amount of wishes he can grant have doubled, and instead of waiting a full year when all the wishes are used up, the wait time has been reduced to thirty days." Carmine explained.
"Are you kidding me; that was an option?" Bulma asked.
"So he can grant two wishes?" Krillin asked.
"Six actually. His original number was three, but since he's been freed, it's doubled. But he currently has four remaining, as one of the wishes was used to bring back everyone that had been killed by the villain Wolfram." Mina exclaimed.
"Wait, we can just use Wrath to wish our friends back." Gohan smiled.
"I cannot grant your wishes." Wrath's middle head stated.
"What? Why not?" Krillin questioned. "You're a wishing dragon aren't ya?"
"I can only grant wishes from others, if I see my master giving his approval." Wrath's right head exclaimed.
"His master?" Krillin questioned.
"He means Kaen." Carmine stated. "When Kaen freed him of his chains, keeping him imprisoned within the Dragon Balls, Wrath swore undying allegiance and loyalty to Kaen, only granting wishes, that his master saw fit to have granted." Carmine came and picked up Wrath, allowing the dragon to rest on her shoulder, with his tail, gently wrapped around her neck.
"Well that's just great, and here we left him to fight against Frieza." Krillin stated.
"So, why is he here to fight Frieza?" Bulma asked.
"Oh, the Kami of our world, is Frieza's ex-wife. She's not like most changelings. She's actually a diamond in the rough, you could say. She's pure of heart, but only got with Frieza through her, bad boys, phase." Mina explained. "She's wanting Kaen to kill Frieza, because she doesn't want him to rule the universe like he plans on doing."
"That's very interesting." Bulma smiled.
"So…" One of the Namekian children began. "Where's Moori?"
"The elder? He chose to head for Guru's place instead of following me here." Carmine said.
"So, it feels like we've been here for days, but it doesn't look like the sun has gone down any since we got here." Krillin stated.
"Oh, right that's because Namek has three suns." The other Namekian child said.
"Three, wow our planet only has one, and we can barely survive the scorching hot summer days." Krillin joked.
"So, Ms. Carmine…"
"You're Gohan right?" Carmine smiled, answering him. "Just call me Carmine, we are family after all."
"Right, being married to my second cousin. So anyway, what's with your scouters, they seem very similar to the ones Frieza's men were wearing." Gohan exclaimed.
"Oh these? They were made by Mei, one of Kaen's wives. She based them off the one I had from my days as a bounty hunter." Carmine smiled.
"To be honest, they look rather like Bluetooth ear pieces with a lens on them." Krillin said.
"But they are kinda cool." Bulma smiled. "So, is anyone else curious about what that rumbling from earlier was?"
"It was Frieza, entering his second form." Carmine stated.
"How could you tell?" Bulma asked.
"Before I was a bounty hunter, I was a general in his armada. I'd been part of the Frieza Force since I was a newborn, as I was sent off Planet Vegeta on a mission, before it was destroyed by Frieza himself. Vegeta is a member of his forces as well." Carmine said, taking a seat. "I've only seen Frieza take on his second form, only once, but I'd recognize that surge of power anywhere. With the power Kaen has now, he doesn't stand a chance."
"But… he's a Super Saiyan isn't he?" Krillin asked.
"He is, but that doesn't mean anything. Kaen's power might have increased, but as a Super Saiyan, his power is only on par with Frieza's base form, with a power level of 500,000." Carmine exclaimed.
"So, what are we going to do now?"
"Right now, Frieza doesn't have any of the Namekian Dragon Balls. An' with Jiro having gotten the four star from another village, there's only one left to collect, and she's heading to its location as we speak." Carmine exclaimed. "So long as the Dragon Balls aren't in his position, he's gonna keep Kaen alive, long enough to extract that information out of him, or so he thinks."
"What do you mean?" Krillin asked.
"We Saiyans grow stronger with every beating we take. The instant Frieza is done beating on Kaen, he's gonna use Instant Transmission to get to our location, and once he's here, I'll give him a senzu bean to recover faster." Carmine said.
"Zenkai's are a very powerful boost in a Saiyan's strength. Even coming back from the dead makes us stronger. Take Kaen for instance, he got way stronger from being dead, and now he's able to go Super Saiyan." Mina exclaimed.
"There's just one flaw in that plan of yours." Krillin said.
"Vegeta." Mina agreed.
"What about my brother?" Carmine asked.
"He's gotten stronger. He's able to detect power levels without a scouter now." Mina stated.
"That's not good." Carmine said. "If he finds out I'm on Namek, he'll try to take back his birthright to the throne."
"How would he go about doing that?" Gohan asked.
"By cutting Kaen's only tie to it." Carmine said. "In order for him to return to inheriting the throne, Vegeta would have to kill me, to regain his place in line for the throne. Thus putting an end to my marriage with Kaen."
"Not good, not good at all." Bulma said.
"I'm not gonna let that happen." Krillin said. "I don't care how tough he is. I'm not gonna let him kill you."
"Say uh, what are the chances of Frieza taking Kaen's scouter, and using it to find the remaining Dragon Balls?" Gohan asked.
"Pretty low. In fact, even if he did get it, he wouldn't be able to use it without this to go with it." Mina said, tapping the device on her wrist. "The scouters we're wearing are wirelessly connected to the devices on our wrists. Each scouter, comes with one of them as a match set. An' even if Frieza were to get his hands on both of them, he still wouldn't be able to use it, as they've been keyed in to our specific DNA sequences. A nifty little add on to them that Mei thought of."
"That's so cool." Bulma said.
"By the way Gohan…" Carmine began.
"Yeah?" Gohan questioned.
"There's someone on Earth Alpha who's wanting very much, to meet you, and to see you and Goku." Carmine smiled.
"You mean my grandma?" Gohan asked.
"Oh, I forgot about that. You should have seen her face. She was so excited at the prospect of being able to meet you, and seeing her son again." Mina smiled.
"She was a little upset when she heard Raditz had been killed though. She'd wanted to see him again, and have as much of a family reunion as possible." Carmine said. "But she understood, he died a death, worthy of a Saiyan Warrior."
"What is my grandma like?" Gohan asked.
"She's very sweet, but strong as well. She's also our teacher at school." Mina explained.
"So Carmine." Krillin said, talking to her while Mina told Gohan about Gine. "You're seeming awfully calm for someone who's in danger of being killed by her brother."
"Kaen won't allow Vegeta to kill me. These scouters will send off a signal that tells the others that they're in trouble, and will go off when…"
As if on cue, the scouters Mina and Carmine wore, went off with a small alarm, signalling that one of their own was in danger.
"Is it Jiro?" Mina questioned.
"No it's not Kyoka it's…"
Before Carmine could finish, Kaen appeared in the house, in front of all of them, but there was a problem with him. His body was mangled, and bloody, with his right arm, and both his legs missing with multiple puncture wounds in his torso, with both his eyes gouged out.
"KAEN." Mina shouted, hopping over the table.
"C'mon kids, this isn't something you should to see." Bulma said, blocking the view of the Namekian children, and escorting them out of the house, keeping their view blocked.
"Why isn't his Hyper Regeneration activating?" Krillin asked.
"Quirks are physical extensions of our bodies, they have limits." Mina stated.
"He's already pushed himself to his limits when he healed himself from his fight with Zarbon and getting caught up in an explosion." Carmine said.
"Can't you give him a Senzu Bean?" Gohan asked.
"If I give him one now, the wounds of his missing limbs and eyes will seal themselves shut, and he won't be able to regenerate them." Carmine stated.
"Wait, hold on." Krillin said searching through the cupboards as Bulma came back in.
"What are you searching for Krillin?" Bulma questioned.
"Bulma, do you remember what I asked you to bring in case of worst case scenarios?" Krillin asked.
"What? You mean the Preservation Capsules that I used for you, Roshi and Chiaotzu after the fight against King Piccolo, when you all died?" Bulma asked. "We've only got two left, the others were used for Yamcha, Tien and Piccolo."
"Yes, I need one of them. If we can get Kaen into one, then we can slow down his bleeding, and give his body a chance to recover enough of his stamina to regenerate his missing limbs." Krillin stated.
"What? Regenerate, like a Namekian?" Bulma asked, looking to Kaen as he was lying on the ground, blood pooling around him.
"Basically." Krillin said, before finding one of the capsules. "Bingo."
"Krillin, that's mean for corpses, not a living person." Bulma said. "Won't a Senzu Bean do the trick?"
"Not unless you want him to go the rest of his life blind and missing three of his limbs." Mina said. "Carmine, you think you can pick him up?"
"I know I can." She said taking Kaen and following Krillin out of the house to the cave where it was more spacious. Bulma went ahead of them to make sure the Namekian children weren't there to see the gruesome sight.
"All right. Let's get him stable." Krillin said, pressing the capsule top, and tossing it to the ground, before a large pod with a glass lid, appeared in a light puff of smoke.
Opening the lid for Carmine, Krillin made sure that the inside had enough space to hold Kaen as Carmine gently laid him in there, his breathing shallow, and his consciousness gone.
"Hold strong buddy. You're too tough for something like this to take you down." Krillin stated as he closed the pod and pressed the button that turned the pod back into a capsule. Picking it up, Krillin handed it to Mina. "One of you should keep an eye on this, keep him safe as he heals up."
"Right." Mina said. "I'll guard him with my life if I have to."
"But that also leaves the problem of Carmines brother coming to kill her." Bulma stated.
"Don't worry." Mina exclaimed. "I've got a way to stop him. Kaen gave each of us a few extra Quirks before we arrived on planet Namek."