Roughly 10 minutes since Vegeta left the planet, Goku sensed the energies of Bulma, Master Roshi, Chi-Chi and Korin, all coming towards his direction. He turned his head to look in the direction of where they were coming from and saw a ship undoubtedly owned by Bulma.
The moment the ship landed and the hatch of the ship opened, Chi-Chi leapt out of the ship and sprinted straight for Gohan. "Gohan! Gohan, are you okay? Please wake up, Gohan!"
The other 3 on the ship got out of the ship and went straight for Goku. "Are you okay Goku? You look pretty banged up." asked Bulma, noticing Krillin resting nearby, as well as Tien and Piccolo unconscious further away.
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just took a rough hit after being healed." said Goku. He moved his hand to his chest where his ribs were pretty damaged. "If I wasn't using Kaio-Ken during then, I'd probably be worse off."
"Sadly, both the saiyans ended up escaping with their lives." Krillin looked down in shame as he wasn't able to keep the peace long lasting on Earth.
"You shouldn't feel bad about it. Scaring them off is quite the impressive feat." said Korin as he walked over to Piccolo. You've sure changed. Hopefully this change is long-term.
Master Roshi patted Krillin on the shoulder gently, seeing how beaten up his former student is. "He's right you know. Surviving the saiyans with all your lives is amazing."
Both Goku and Krillin stiffened up and their expressions changed to look even more down. "Not all of us survived. Raditz didn't quite make it."
"Raditz? Wait, you don't mean that saiyan from a year ago do you?!" asked Bulma, looking a little freaked that he was still alive the entire time.
"Yeah. I don't know the specifics, but he protected us. It's thanks to him that we survived against the other saiyan." explained Krillin. He brought himself to his feet and walked over to Tien. "We should get going. We may be alive but we're still pretty banged up."
Korin started walking to the ship. "He's right. We don't have anymore senzu beans, so we should get everyone to the hospital."
"Hey! Wait for me!"
Everyone turned to look at who was yelling, only to see Yajirobe. "Oh, I completely forgot he was out here." said Korin.
"We don't have time for this. Grab Piccolo and get on the ship." demanded Bulma, who climbed into the ship after Korin.
After everyone loaded up onto the ship, they started making their way to the nearest town. Roshi noticed Goku still looking down. "What's the matter Goku? Sad that your beautiful wife is paying more attention to your kid than you?"
Goku shakes his head. "No, I'm just disappointed about something else."
"What could you possibly be disappointed about? You stopped the saiyans and can take them on yourself now." said Yajirobe, not quite understanding the situation.
"I'm disappointed because my brother died." Goku groaned as the pain from his wounds finally caught up to him.
"You're brother? Isn't he the reason you died and caused that monster Piccolo to kidnap our baby boy?" asked Chi-Chi.
"I mean, can you blame me? He was pretty strong. Just seems like a waste to let a guy like that just stay in Hell." explained Goku, now staring at the ceiling of the ship.
"Well, don't worry about it Goku. We'll use the dragon balls to bring him back to life if it upsets you that much." said Bulma, who was flying the ship.
"You'll never make in time." Everyone turned their head to the back to see Piccolo had woken up. "The dragon balls were used only a few days ago. They cant bring someone back if they've been dead for over a year. I was worried you'd cut it close with Son Goku."
"Wait, so you're saying that once the dragon balls are active, we only have 2 days to find them?" asked Roshi, sweat forming from his forehead.
Krillin stood up after hearing all this. "Actually, I might have an idea." Everyone's attention went straight to Krillin. "Piccolo, you remember what they called you right?"
Piccolo looked a little uncomfortable and nodded. "Yes, they called me an alien. Something called a namekian."
"Right. Vegeta said that the namekians had high power levels but that they could also use mysterious abilities like create wish granting orbs." continued Krillin with his explanation.
Everyone looked stunned at this new information. During the commotion, Gohan had woken up and was briefly told about what was going on and why he was on a ship.
Piccolo smiled as the earthling had a solid plan, but frowned as he remembered something. I hate to be the barer of bad news, but before the weaker saiyan left, the one called Vegeta said that they'd head to Namek to get their dragon balls after dealing with us."
"Then we have to go there quickly and use them before they have the chance!" shouted Gohan. Chi-Chi tried to hold her son still but the boy was too energetic. Piccolo smiled as he saw the boy had gained quite the spirit from training with Raditz.
"Sorry guys, but I don't think it's gonna be that easy." said Bulma. "We don't even know where this planet Namek is. Unless you know something Piccolo."
Everyone turned their heads towards Piccolo who simply grunted and looked away. "Sorry but I can't help you. The being Kami and my father were have no memory of anything outside of out lives on Earth."
"Guess I'll just have to ask King Kai." said Goku, getting some confused stares from the others. "Hey, King Kai! Did you get all that?"
There was a brief pause of silence before everyone in the ship heard a voice in their heads. "Of course I know where Namek is. They don't call me a kai for nothing."
"Incredible, we all hear him. So this is the power of King Kai." said a surprised Roshi.
"We all hear you King Kai. Go ahead." said Goku.
"First of all, allow me to congratulate you on your victory. I was certain you were finished after all those hits from the saiyan after he transformed." said King Kai, secretly proud that his techniques really paid off.
"Yeah, I would have been a goner if everyone hadn't shown up and gave me that senzu bean. Heck, I probably wouldn't have been able to throw the spirit bomb if I hadn't used the Kaio-Ken when he hit me after the senzu bean." Goku chuckled before groaning in pain.
"I highly underestimated the saiyans' power. It's a real miracle you're all in one piece." said King Kai, as he grabbed a book to look for the location of Namek.
"Ah, speaking of which, what happened to Yamcha and Chiaotzu?" asked Bulma, only now noticing that those 2 are missing.
"I told them all to take Raditz's body and get to Kame House. They must have actually went." Goku explained.
Meanwhile at Kame House, Yamcha and Chiaotzu were bandaging each other's wounds. Despite it not doing much good, they bandaged up Raditz's chest wound as well. Since the 2 of them had never spent much time together before, there had been little to no talking since they split from the others.
Yamcha decided to break the ice by speaking first. "So, what do you think happened out there? The saiyan left the planet but everyone's still alive."
Chiaotzu winced as Yamcha had wrapped his arm a little too tight in bandages. "I don't know, but I'm worried about Tien. I sensed he used the multiform technique, so if he got hit, it would hurt a lot."
"Yeah, but if I know Tien, he's a tough guy. I'm sure he'll make it." Yamcha noticed he tightened the bandages too tight and loosened them up.
As the silence returned, Kami suddenly appeared inside Kame House in an instant, surprising the 2 martial artists.
"Kami?! What are you-" Yamcha was cut off when Kami raised his hand and walked over to Raditz's body.
He kneeled down and put his hand on the corpse, inspecting it. "Hmm, you 2 did me a favor and kept the wound from worsening. I'll take care of this. You should go to your friends."
"But what are you gonna do to him?" asked Chiaotzu.
"You shouldn't worry about that right now. Your friends have something important to catch you up on. Plus, it would be good to have a doctor take a look at your wounds."
As fast as he was to show up, Kami completely vanished along with Raditz, leaving the 2 fighters utterly shocked at Kami's speed.
Kami reappeared back on the lookout, nearly collapsing the moment he returned to his home. Mr. Popo rushed up and helped support Kami.
"You really must be more careful, Lord Kami." said Mr. Popo as he lets go of Kami. "Moving instantaneously 4 times in a day is not healthy for someone of your age. Especially with the stress you've been put through."
"Thank you, Mr. Popo. I suppose you're right." Kami grasped firmly to his staff as he started to walk to the inside of the lookout. "I shall rest for a short while. Can I trust you to properly heal the body?"
"Of course. I'll make sure it's in 100% condition by the time you're done resting." Mr. Popo knelt down and picked the body up. He was about to walk away but Kami spoke up again.
"Actually, I have another favor to ask of you Mr. Popo. Something that could prove important and useful to Goku and his allies." said Kami as he turned around.
Mr. Popo also turned around, smiling as he almost always done. "What is it?"
Kami couldn't help but smile as well as he turned his head to look in a specific location. "Do you recall when I told you about my childhood long ago?"
A day later, all the Z-Warriors were sitting in a room inside a hospital in West City. Yamcha and Chiaotzu had arrived the day before after Kami left. The 2 of them were caught up on the plan to revive Raditz and everyone else was told about Kami taking Raditz's body. Piccolo wasn't present though as he had chosen to leave the day before. He wasn't far however, only sitting atop the hospital roof meditating and letting his wounds recover.
"They said I'll be in here for about a month." said Goku, as he had a cast on his right arm and bandages all around his chest. "It should be shorter but they insisted that I stay here."
"Well that's gotta bite, all of us were told we'd be out in 3 days. Well, except Tien." said Yamcha. Him and Chiaotzu were admitted into the hospital by request of Bulma, and the 2 of them had no reason to argue.
"Yeah, I'll be in here for about a whole week. And even then, I'll still be in pain." said Tien as his torso was wrapped around his chest and stomach from the hits he took during the multiform technique.
"Well in any case, I'm proud of all of you. You did well to protect the planet." said the Ox King, who was only there to pay for Goku and Gohan's medical bill but decided to stay.
"But who knows how long that'll last." said Korin, who never really left. "If you all remember, we don't have a way to get to Namek. That means we can't stop the saiyans from using their dragon balls. And after they do that, where do you think their sights will be?"
"Ah, what about Raditz's ship? He had to have gotten to this planet in one right?" asked Roshi.
Bulma shook her head as she looked down. "I wish we could, but if you remember, the top half was completely smashed up when we got to Goku."
"Well perhaps I could be of assistance."
Bulma screamed in surprise as a voice spoke directly behind her. Everyone looked to see Mr. Popo standing right outside the window.
Krillin ran up to the window with a wide smile on his face. "Mr. Popo! What're you doing here?"
"One of you, come with me." demanded Mr. Popo, his smile ever so present. "I may have found a spaceship for you to use."
"Really? You found us a spaceship?" asked Krillin, with Bulma standing directly behind him.
"Well, I'm not entirely sure, that's why one of you must come with me." said Mr. Popo.
Krillin turned around at astonishing speeds. "Bulma!"
Bulma jumped back in surprise and bumped into the Ox King. "What?! Why me?!"
"Well, you're the one who'd know best if what he's talking about is a spaceship." Most of everyone in the room nodded in agreement to the idea. Though one was certainly against it.
"Hold on now!" shouted Yamcha as he stood up. "What if there's something dangerous out there? We can't just let Bulma go alone!"
"You don't have to worry about Bulma. She's going with Mr. Popo." said Goku. "He may not be the strongest, but he did train all of us. He's plenty strong enough to protect her."
Yamcha opened his mouth to retort, but Tien placed his arm on Yamcha's shoulder and shook his head. Yamcha drooped his head and nodded as he understood.
Bulma climbed out of the hospital window and onto the magic carpet that Mr. Popo was standing on the whole time. "Be careful. I'm more delicate than they are."
"All right, we're off." Mr. Popo and Bulma immediately vanished, the others unable to sense their energy anymore.
The both of them reappeared in a new location. The first response Bulma had was to shiver as it was freezing cold.
"Where the heck are we? And why is it so cold?" complained Bulma.
"We're in the Yunzabit Highlands of course." answered Mr. Popo as he leapt down from the carpet.
"Yunzabit?! That's on the opposite side of the planet! Are you saying we traveled half the globe in an instant?!" Bulma asked as she climbed down from the carpet, completely freaked out.
Mr. Popo didn't really answer that question and started walking, Bulma following behind him. After about a minute of walking, he stopped and smiled. "There it is."
Bulma looked over Mr. Popo and saw an unnatural structure just standing in the middle of an opening. Both Bulma and Mr. Popo leapt down from the ledge they were on and walked up to the structure.
"So, is it a spaceship?" asked Mr. Popo.
"I can't be sure. We'll have to have a closer look." said Bulma. She walked over and tapped on one of the structure's spikes. "Well, it isn't made of metal, that's for sure. Okay, what exactly is this thing?"
"About 100 years ago, Kami told me about his past and how he lived here as a small child. He didn't know why he lived here, but this here was his house." He said as he looked up at the structure. "However, the information that he's an alien has made him believe that this may have been a ship from the planet Namek."
"A spaceship belonging to Kami? But if that's the case, why isn't he here to look at it?" Bulma continued to inspect the outer layer of the ship, wiping away some of the moss.
"He does not have a clear memory about whether this is a ship or not, so he wouldn't know how to work it very well." said Mr. Popo. "Besides, he's elsewhere performing negotiations."
"Negotiations? What would the literal god of the Earth need to negotiate, and to who?"
Off in Otherworld, Kami trembled in nervousness as King Yemma slammed his fist against his desk in frustration. "So let me get this straight, you want me to pull a guy out of Hell, give him his real body back, and let him go train with King Kai? Do you have any idea how utterly ridiculous that sounds?!"
Kami swallowed as he looked up at King Yemma. "I know it's an outrageous request for me to ask, but I believe it to be for the greater good. He may have been a cold-blooded warrior a year ago, but he's changed to be an honorable fighter."
King Yemma sighed as he pulls out a sheet of paper that regards Raditz. "Look, even if I was willing to give him a second chance, I'm not sure he would be. When he arrived, he accepted his fate and walked through those doors before I was even done filling out his paperwork."
Kami stared down at the ground as he understood what Raditz was thinking as he made that choice. He then lifted his head back up to Yemma. "Then as Earth's guardian, I am willing to put my title on the line to take responsibility if anything bad comes out of this decision. Besides, regardless of his choice, Goku and his friends plan to use the dragon balls to bring him back to life anyway."
Yemma growled and leaned his head back. "Those cursed dragon balls. They're a true nightmare when it comes to paperwork. Alright fine, I'll accept your request. But I'm keeping you to your word." He pulled out a stamp and slammed it down on the piece of paper.
5 minutes later, the doors to Hell opened up and the figure of the saiyan, Raditz, stepped out, a halo above his head. "What's going on here, ogre? I thought I told you to leave me in peace down in hell."
Yemma cleared his throat and points his hand down to Kami. "If you have any complaints, this is who you want to be talking to."
Raditz looked at Kami and widened his eyes. For a moment, he thought it was Piccolo, but after taking a better look, noticed the figure to be much more older. Seeing the resemblance between the 2 of them, he could only assume this was Kami. "What do you want with me, old man?"
Kami chuckled as he walked over to the saiyan. "Hello Raditz, I've no doubt that you know who I am. And what I want from you," He smiled and held out his hand. "Is to give you another second chance at living."
And that's chapter 7 done. Now, I'm gonna be straight with you. A week after the last chapter, I originally wrote this chapter in 1 night. But because this site doesn't give you a message to keep you from immediately going to another page, I lost everything because of a misclick. So I fell into a slump that kept me from writing for a while. Once I got back up from said slump, I took my time with this chapter, making it longer and adding a lot more detail than originally. Only 2 chapters away till the real start to the Namek saga and I gotta say, I'm nervous. So many expectations to meet. But we'll see how everything goes. Anyway, that's it for me. Feel free to leave a review telling me how you liked this chapter, what I could do to improve, what you'd like to see happen or any other general thoughts. Tune in next time for the next exciting installment of Dragon Ball Z: A Saiyan's Tail.