"Y-You really think I'd fall for such a bluff? Even with the both of you, there's no way you could have taken down Dodoria." said Zarbon, knowing full well that the saiyans before him would be capable of the task. Damn, this could be really bad. As much as it disgusts me, I may have to transform.

"You really think we would bluff about something like this?" asked Nappa, grinning as he prepared to fight.

"If you think that sounds like a bluff, then you'll dread to hear that we didn't even break a sweat to do it. Well, at least I didn't." said Vegeta, looking at his partner, who just shrugs off the comment.

Zarbon shook a bit as he stared the saiyans down. "Why have you 2 turned on Lord Freeza? What could you possibly hope to gain from this?"

"Hmph, Nappa. Care to fill him in?" Vegeta asked his underling.

Nappa cleared his throat before speaking. "It's quite simple Zarbon. We've always hated Freeza, even before he destroyed our planet. The upper class like us being treated like dogs to you doesn't quite promote trust. We've only done as you asked because we were no match you before. But now that our power has jumped up considerably and the chance at immortality has arisen, we have no reason to listen to you anymore."

Zarbon narrowed his eyes as he understands completely. "You know what happened to your planet? That means you really did Dodoria in. And you're here for the dragon balls it seems."

"We were after them first, I'll be damned if I let that bastard get his hands on them and attain immortality for himself." said Vegeta, clenching his fists in anger. "Once we're immortal, we'll be sure to slaughter that bastard Freeza once and for all."

Zarbon stares at the saiyans and simply chuckles. "Do you really think immortality is all you'll need to beat Lord Freeza? Lord Freeza possesses power you couldn't even dream of."

"Do you really think we'll buy that crap?! Dodoria told us that Freeza fears the potential of saiyans! Allow us to show you just how far that potential has brought us!" shouted Vegeta, pushing out his power, causing Zarbon to stagger a bit before regaining composure.

"Is that what Dodoria told you?" Zarbon smiled as he looked at Nappa, preparing to go after the weaker saiyan to decrease the traitors' numbers. "Freeza was afraid of a large-scale revolt. The 2 of you are insignificant, hardly worth anything to fear.

Nappa glared at Zarbon and grinned. "You're about to regret saying that."

Vegeta seemingly vanished in a burst of speed, though Zarbon was able to keep track of where Vegeta went. He turned to his left and threw a punch to where Vegeta reappeared, though Vegeta was able to catch the punch. He then threw Zarbon upwards with great strength.

Zarbon stopped himself and prepared to fire one of his signature attacks when he noticed a light getting brighter and closer from below. He looked down to see one of Nappa's energy blasts coming his way and was forced to dodge out of the way, only to be assaulted by Vegeta, crashing into a lake. A few seconds pass before he rises out of the water, gasping for breath as he underestimated the saiyans. "This is unexpected. You 2 have never been known to work together in this fashion."

Vegeta scoffed as he and Nappa started flying downward to meet Zarbon eye-to-eye."Don't read to much into it. He may have gotten stronger, but he's not quite able to take you on himself. He hasn't been in a good mood after Earth so I decided to throw him a bone."

"Awe come on Vegeta, don't go making me sound pathetic now. Not when we're so close to immortality." shouted Nappa before firing a surprise beam attack at Zarbon, catching the alien off guard and dealing a decent blow.

Zarbon growled as he was easily being cornered by the saiyans. I don't understand. I could possibly see this kind of growth from Vegeta, but Nappa's just as strong as Vegeta was before, if not more. I have no choice. "You filthy saiyans think you're so powerful, but I'm afraid you've underestimated me as well. You've forced me to unleash this power of mine that I've kept locked away for so long.

Vegeta simply chuckled as he heard the words come from Zarbon's mouth. "We underestimated you? What nonsense, nothing but empty bluffs. You just plan to run back to Freeza, just like Cui and Dodoria did."

"I see no reason to keep quiet about it when neither of you will be leaving here alive. You see, I'm capable of transformation that can increase my power level. However, it is rather unsightly so I choose not to use it. Though I suppose I'd rather choose to give up my beauty in exchange for my life." said Zarbon.

This time it was Nappa who laughs, more so than Vegeta. "Capable of transformation to increase your power? How utterly convenient considering that's exactly what saiyans are capable of!"

"Well, my transformation doesn't make me absolutely enormous like you saiyans do, but the power boost it gives me is nothing to laugh at." Zarbon chuckles this time, hoping the saiyans would take the bait.

"Very well, if you're so insistent in showing off this 'transformation', then let's see it. Consider it your final gift." said Vegeta, crossing his arms.

Zarbon grinned as he had gotten what he wanted. "You're gonna regret saying that." mocked Zarbon. In a mere instant, his face turned into that of a monster, his body expanding in size and each of his fingers gaining claws. Without a moment's hesitation, he rushed toward Vegeta and grabbed the saiyan's head before he could dodge, ramming his head against Vegeta's.

Nappa watched in horror and knew he couldn't stand by. He rushed forth to go help his superior, but Zarbon used Vegeta as a weapon and slammed the prince into the saiyan elite, sending Nappa flying into a cliffside.

Zarbon then threw Vegeta up into the air. Vegeta stopped himself and immediately charged at Zarbon in a blind rage. Zarbon flew up to the saiyan and both of them slugged each other in the face, creating a shockwave that caused a couple of rock formation to crumble apart. Each of them flew backwards and stopped themselves. Zarbon barely looked more damaged than he was when he initially transformed, but Vegeta was having trouble breathing and his forehead was still bleeding from the blow earlier.

Vegeta quivered in pain as he stared down the monster in front of him, almost not noticing Nappa flying up to his side. This is impossible. I don't understand, how could we be losing to Zarbon of all people? If only Nappa wasn't so weak, then we could- Wait, that's it!

"This is a new one. The great prince Vegeta is quivering in his boots." said Zarbon, his voice deeper and more gravely than before his transformation. "Since you're gonna die anyway, I may as well tell you now that lord Freeza is also capable of transforming."

Both of the saiyans stiffened when they heard that news. Vegeta growled as he held his hand up and created a small orb of energy. "Well we saiyans are also capable of transformation!" He chucked the sphere into the sky, planning on having Nappa transform into a great ape.

Zarbon went wide-eyed and understood exactly what Vegeta's plan is. "I don't think so!" He aimed his palm at the power ball and fired a beam right at it, destroying the ball and causing Vegeta to gasp in horror as his back-up plan had gone to waste. "Phew, that could have been bad for me."

Nappa managed to understand what was going on as well and took the opportunity to fire his strongest beam from his mouth at Zarbon. The monstrous alien managed to dodge it easily though. "Vegeta, we need to get out of here right now!"

Vegeta grunted and grit his teeth, turning around to face his underling. "You dare suggest we run away? And you dare call yourself a saiyan elite?! You're too weak." He place both his hands against Nappa's chest. "Which means I no longer have any use for you!" Vegeta then fired a rather large beam that fired off into the distance. And when it faded, there was no trace of Nappa left.

Before Vegeta could turn back around, Zarbon grabbed Vegeta by the throat. "I can't tell if you're completely noble or completely foolish. You killed your only ally. Though you did save him the fate of what'll happen to you!" Zarbon aimed Vegeta down to the ground and let go of the prince, only to immediately fire a beam that sends Vegeta crashing into a lake with a large explosion following.

After a couple minutes of silence, Zarbon stared at the water. "I suppose this is for the best. Lord Freeza may have wanted him alive for questioning and/or torture, but perhaps the information of the saiyans' deaths will suffice." Zarbon then transformed back into his usual self and let out a deep breath. "And if Vegeta did survive, there's no chance he'll attempt to fight me again after witnessing my true power." Zarbon then flew off in the approximate direction that Freeza's ship was in.

Soon after Zarbon was gone, Vegeta's hand burst up from the water and pulled the rest of him out, the prince coughing up a water stained with his blood, growling as he gets onto the shore. "Don't you dare underestimate the saiyans! You may think you've won, but I'll come back stronger then ever, and there won't be anything left of you!"

A few hours pass by the time Zarbon makes his way back to the ship. He makes his way to the door leading into Freeza's quarters. "Lord Freeza, it's me."

"Come in, Zarbon."

Zarbon entered the room to see Freeza just floating in the air, staring out the window, the dragon balls just bunched up together in the side of the room. As Zarbon walks in, Freeza turns around and drops to the ground.

"I take it you found another village?" asked Freeza.

"No, I was unable to find another village. I can report that both of the saiyans have been properly taken care of." answered Zarbon.

"Oh my, that means you've transformed for the first time in a long time. I knew those saiyans were a troublesome bunch but to push you that far." Freeza shook his head to get a certain thought out of his mind. "Then I'm to assume you killed them."

"Well, I cannot say that I killed Nappa. Vegeta had gotten quite furious after the damage I dealt to him so he erased his fellow rebel himself." answered Zarbon.

"Vegeta killed his subordinate? With the stakes so high, that's possibly the worst decision a person could make." Freeza thought aloud. He then cleared his throat as he began to speak again. "And what about Vegeta? Don't tell me he offed himself as well."

"No, I made sure to deal with him myself. I gave him a taste of my strongest blast. I couldn't quite locate his body, but even if he's still alive, he'll barely be as his wounds would be incredibly serious." responded Zarbon.

Freeza raised his head as he took in that information. "You didn't confirm his death?"

Zarbon felt himself sweat a little as he recognized that look. "W-Well his body was completely submerged in water. I made sure to wait see if he'd come up but he didn't so I assumed he'd drowned."

Before Freeza could retort in clear irritation, the door to the room opened up and one of the soldiers ran inside. "Lord Freeza! I just found a village that had already been destroyed!"

Both Freeza and Zarbon turned to face the soldier with a look of shock on their faces. "This must be the saiyans' doing. I didn't see either of them with a dragon ball, they must have hid it somewhere."

Freeza narrowed his eyes in anger, making Zarbon quiver. "Zarbon, you are to go retrieve Vegeta. And for your sake, you better hope he's in one piece. With Nappa dead, we are left without any other option." He then turned his focus back to the soldier. "Appule, contact the Ginyu Force and have them bring our replacement scouters. I demand them to be here in no less than 5 days."

The soldier named Appule nodded his head and left the room in a hurry. Zarbon turned around to face Freeza once again, a worried look on his face. "L-Lord Freeza, I mean no disrespect, but I see no reason to call in the Ginyu Force. The namekians pose no threat to us and the saiyans have been properly dealt with."

Freeza turned around to face the window once again. "An ominous feeling has been in the back of my mind for quite some time. The fact that a saiyan capable of becoming a problem for me may one day arise. I'd assumed the prince of the rotten species was the best candidate, but now I'm not so certain anymore."

"Are you certain of this? After all, with both Raditz and Nappa dead, that just leaves that saiyan on Earth and his son. And even then, they were reported to be even weaker than Vegeta." asked Zarbon, not thinking about the consequences of questioning Freeza.

Freeza turned his head to look at Zarbon with quite the terrifying stare. "Are you dare questioning me? I suggest you go find Vegeta. I better not see you again unless it's with a saiyan in hand."

Zarbon shook and immediately bolted out of the ship, flying back in the direction in which he'd fought the saiyans. Once he'd returned, he noticed a body not far from the water in which he'd blasted Vegeta. He landed by the body and sure enough found Vegeta there. "Well well, looks like it's my lucky day. It's lucky that you saiyans are a resilient bunch. Or at least you are, can't quite say the same for your fellow traitor. Now, let's get you patched up. Lord Freeza would like a word with you."

After about a day, Krillin and Dende finally made their way to the Grand Elder's place. Once they landed, the door opened up and a namekian that looked a lot like Piccolo stepped out. "Ah, Nail! You're alive and well!" shouted Dende.

"It's great to see you are alive as well, Dende. And you've brought one of the visitors. Come on in, the Grand Elder is already aware of what's been happening." answered Nail, making his way to turn around and guide them inside.

While Dende and Nail were conversing on why the Grand Elder has decided not to move from this place, Krillin was thinking in his head about how much stronger this namekian is compared to Piccolo, and any other namekian for that matter.

Once the 3 of them went inside, they flew up into a second floor of the building. Dende bowed in a certain direction and when Krillin looked, he saw a giant and and incredibly old looking namekian sitting in a chair with a dragon ball perched on top of it. "Greetings traveler. I congratulate you for making your way here, and to thank you deeply for saving one of my kin."

Krillin chuckles nervously as he's thanked by the enormous namekian. "D-Don't mention it. It wasn't just me who saved him."

The Grand Elder nodded slightly and looked up. "I am still grateful that one of my children could be saved. I've already felt that many of my children have been slain by invaders seeking the wish orbs."

Wish orbs? Is that what they call the dragon balls here? Krillin wondered before taking a step closer to the Grand Elder. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but I was hoping you could give me that dragon ball above you. If I can hide it away, then they won't be able to make their wish."

"I'd like to vouch for his idea. On our way here, he said that if we're patient enough, they'll use their dragon balls back on Earth to bring back all the namekians who died." said Dende.

The Grand Elder went a bit wide-eyed at this development. Or at least he would have if his eyes could open. "What?! If I've been listening correctly, the invaders were calling our wish orbs dragon balls. But for Earth to have such would mean there's a namekian inhabiting your world!"

"That's right. We learned about the great calamity that befell your planet. But apparently a child namekian escaped and made his way to Earth." Krillin explained, wondering if he should explain the situation between Kami and Piccolo.

"Young man. Step closer so that I may get a better understanding of your situation." requested the Grand Elder. When Krillin stepped closer, the elder placed his hand on top of Krillin's head and read the earthling's past. "I see. So the son of Katats split himself from his own evil. Such a shame to split his prodigious potential. If he were whole again, he may have been able to stop those saiyans that attacked your planet."

Krillin just looked dumbfounded at the Grand Elder understanding the situation clearly. Did.. Did he just read my mind? "What do you mean by whole again?"

The Grand Elder seemed to completely ignore the question and reached up, grabbing the dragon ball and handing it to Krillin. "You've proved to be a good person worthy of taking the dragon ball. Though I don't think you'll be able to have that wish of yours fulfilled."

Krillin took the dragon ball and looked up at the Grand Elder. "Why not?"

The Grand Elder returned to his comfortable position. "My time in this life is coming to an end sometime soon. I know not when, but it is rather short. It may be impossible for you to retrieve the other dragon balls from the clutches of the invaders in such a small time frame. And once I die, the dragon balls shall revert to simple stone."

Krillin looked a little shook after hearing that but understood the situation regardless. "I understand. I mean, coming here was kind of the objective anyway, so I'll protect this dragon ball with my life. All of my friends will too."

The Grand Elder smiled at the courage and determination of the young man and figured it would be opportune to help him out. "I must say, you have quite the ordeal of power for an Earthling. I can sense so much of it lying dormant. Allow me to help you tap into it."

Krillin chuckled from being called quite strong for his kind. "Dormant power? You're overestimating me. I've trained intensely my whole life. I've probably reached the peak of my potential."

While Krillin had been busy talking, the Grand Elder had put his hand atop the earthling's head. Once placed, Krillin's power raised up immensely, surprising the earthling. "With this strength, I pray that you'll be able to protect the dragon ball and the hopes of my people." said the Grand Elder.

Krillin couldn't contain his excitement at his newfound power, leaping in the air for joy. "Wow! This is awesome! I feel like a whole new person!" A thought occured to Krillin and turned back to the Grand Elder. "Hey, are you able to tap into anyone's untapped power? Even a small child?"

"Hmm? Why yes. I just provide the trigger to open up the well of untapped power in a person. If the dormant energy is there, I can open it up for anyone." answered the Grand Elder.

"Alright, I'll be back with a couple of my friends. They're all bound to have a crazy amount of untapped power." said Krillin. He then turned to Dende. "You should stay here Dende. I'll be back with everyone else." He then flew out of the the namekian house and straight back to the others at top speed, overwhelmed with excitement at his newfound power and speed.

Elsewhere on Planet Namek, in the middle of a destroyed village, a saiyan wakes up in pain. He grunts as he struggles to sit up. "Damn it Vegeta. I don't know if you were trying to kill me or just knock me away, but you could have killed me anyway." He growled and got back to his feet and looked around. "Wait, this is the village we attacked. Why'd he shoot me this far away?"

Nappa got an odd feeling all of a sudden and felt like something was coming his way. He didn't know if he was delirious from the pain or if someone was coming, but he didn't want to take his chances and hid inside one of the buildings, too damaged to take any chances. As he peaked out, he went wide-eyed as he noticed Kakarot's son just floating in the air.

Gohan stared at the destroyed village and the countless dead bodies. He gripped his shirt tightly and tried to take deep breaths as his anger was starting to well up inside him again."Just calm down. I need to find the dragon ball that the saiyans weren't able to find." He looked down to check the dragon radar when he noticed that there was a living energy nearby. "Hello? Are you a namekian survivor? There's no need to be afraid, I won't hurt ya."

Nappa held his breath as Gohan clearly knew he was there. This is bad. I'm in no shape to go fighting Kakarot's son. I have no choice but to hope the runt is forgiving. "Alright, I'm coming out." Nappa stumbled out of the building and stared down at the half-saiyan, who looked shocked and a bit scared. "Relax weakling, I'm in no shape to go fighting you right now."

Gohan could feel his heart pounding in his chest, his anger acting up more as he sees the saiyan in front of him. "Why should I believe that you won't attack me when I turn around. You didn't spare these namekians here, why should I believe you'll give me mercy?!"

Nappa grunted as the pain from his wounds caused him to drop to one knee. "Do I look like I'm in any sort of condition to attack you right now? Besides, I have bigger problems to worry about right now."

"So do I." Gohan turned his back to the saiyan and dived down into the water. He used the dragon radar to pick up on the dragon ball's location and swims to where the ball is. Once he finds it, he realizes he'll need to find a way for the saiyan not to see him. He fires 2 separate energy blasts towards the center of the water and then grabs the ball. When to 2 blasts collide, they create a large splash that provides as cover for Gohan to fly with the dragon ball, leaving Nappa unaware that he'd made off with the dragon ball. Or at least that's what he thought.

The moment Gohan had splashed into the water where Vegeta had tossed the dragon ball, Nappa was suspicious to what the runt was doing. Once Gohan had created the giant splash and flew out of the short range in which Nappa could newfoundly sense energy, he immediately knew what was going on. "You little bastard! Get back here with our dragon ball!" He attempted to fly off after the brat but fell back to his knee in pain. "Damnit. This is bad. If these wounds don't kill me, Vegeta will. If he made it out alive against Zarbon."

Meanwhile, Bulma, Tien and Yamcha were waiting patiently for either Krillin or Gohan to return. Bulma just sat on a rock and was reading a book while Tien and Yamcha were sparring. In the middle of their spar, they sensed 3 energies getting close, incredibly strong ones.

"Bulma, get inside! Now!" shouted Yamcha as he got into a fighting stance, Tien following suit as they saw Krillin in the distance, flying towards him.

"What power. Is that really Krillin?" Tien shook those thoughts off as he focusses on what's really important: the 2 monstrous energies following behind Krillin. "Did he lose his senses?! How can he not feel that?!"

Bulma knew better than to stay outside when these experienced fighters were both in a panic. She grabbed her book and the scouters that she'd been working on earlier and ran inside the cave.

Krillin finally landed and looked at the others, kind of confused as to why they're giving him such angry looks. Didn't take him long to realize as he feels a deadly presence closing in on them right from where he came from. "N-No way! The saiyans?! I was too blinded by my new strength to notice them!"

Vegeta landed on the ground and took in the view of 3 familiar faces as well as the dragon ball. "Now isn't this a nice reunion. I honestly didn't think a weak species like yours to have the technology necessary to get you here in such a short amount of time. I don't know what you could possibly want with the namekian dragon balls when you have a set on Earth, but it doesn't really matter to me since I'll be taking that ball from you."

The earthlings just stood there in fear as they could all tell just how powerful Vegeta is now compared to their fight on Earth. Tien was about to attempt to perform a Solar Flare when he remembered Vegeta would catch up to them anyway as well as they'd need to grab Bulma.

Vegeta turned his eyes away from the earthlings to address the power coming their way. "But I'll give you the honor of holding onto it for me. There's something I need to take care of." He turned around just in time to watch Zarbon land.

Zarbon shook his head to throw his ponytail behind him as he stared down the saiyan. "I must say Vegeta, you've really angered Freeza this time. I can't remember the last time I saw him so furious." Zarbon looked behind him and saw the earthlings, recognizing 2 of them. "I see, so those pathetic creatures that got the drop on us before were working with you, right?"

Vegeta wasn't quite sure what he was referring to, but played it off regardless. "As if, why would I need help from such useless weaklings like them?"

Zarbon chuckled a bit. "You're right. After all, you did kill Nappa even in such a desperate situation. Either way, what I really want is for you to tell me where you put the dragon balls you stole. You can either tell me willingly, or I can beat it out of you along with your blood."

Vegeta smirked as he could already tell Zarbon was getting overconfident. "Why don't we see if you can?"

Zarbon clenched his fists as Vegeta had chosen to be stubborn. "We'll see just how long that bravado lasts." Once again, Zarbon transforms into his monstrous form. Seeing this sight caused the earthlings to freak out as they not only saw the alien transform, but also his energy went up dramatically.

"W-Whoa! You guys feel that too?! What kind of monster is this guy?!" shouted Yamcha as he backed up in fear. The other 2 remained silent as nothing else needed to be said about how terrifying this situation was.

Zarbon let out a mighty roar as he charged at Vegeta, attempting to hit the saiyan with a swipe of his massive arm, only for the saiyan to drop to the ground immediately. After he missed the swing, Zarbon used his other arm to throw a powerful punch against the ground, creating a small crater as the saiyan had once again dodged and flew into the air.

Once Zarbon finds where Vegeta had run off to, he chased after the prince. Vegeta let go of some dirt that he'd grabbed when he was on the ground, watching as it lands in Zarbon's eyes and blinds the alien. The saiyan then gets behind Zarbon and throw a devastating punch against the alien's back, creating a sizable whole in the armor and sending Freeza's henchman flying. Vegeta didn't let up however as he flies after Zarbon and then slams him across the head, launching Zarbon into the water, creating a very large splash. Even then, he didn't let up as he fired a barrage of energy at where he submerged Zarbon.

The earthlings figured this would be a good time to get out of here. They figured Bulma would be safe if they got away from the cave and started trying to fly off. Vegeta, however, was quick to notice the earthlings trying to escape and sent a couple of warning shots in front of the earthlings before returning his aim at Zarbon.

While Vegeta had momentarily taken focus off of Zarbon, the alien took the chance to fly out of the water after Vegeta, dodging the blasts of energy coming at him. Vegeta didn't stay still as Zarbon approached and flew off to the ground, Zarbon right behind him. Once the both of them landed, everyone could see just how damaged Zarbon was. "You are going to pay for this Vegeta!"

"You truly are a fool Zarbon. Aren't you supposed to be a specialist on saiyans?" asked Vegeta, grinning as Zarbon was on the verge of death. "We saiyans get quite stronger when we recover from the verge of death. Healing me was probably the biggest mistake you've made. And letting me send Nappa away was another mistake."

Zarbon went wide-eyed as he's reminded of that trait about saiyans. He was also shocked to hear that Nappa was still alive, meaning that he would also get a power boost once he recovers. "Y-You're bluffing! You've always hated the weak! You would never spare even your partner as long as they're weak!" He then made a foolish rush at the saiyan prince in an attempt for a preemptive strike.

"You overestimate the value and power of a saiyan! The warrior race is superior to any of you!" Vegeta then started trading several rapid attack with Zarbon before eventually penetrating Zarbon's stomach and grinning as he could feel the alien's blood spilling out.

Zarbon coughed up blood as he could barely move, staring down at Vegeta's fist inside his body. "V-Vegeta. I-I was only following Freeza's orders. L-Let me team up with you and Nappa. If we.. Work together, we can defeat Freeza."

Vegeta scoffed at this pathetic excuse of a life form was begging for his life. "Tell you what? I'll give you the honor to greet Freeza when I send him to Hell!" He then fired a short range blast, killing Zarbon instantly and shooting the body into the water. He then turned around to face the earthlings. "Now, where were we?"

And that's another chapter done. I could have made this chapter longer, but the part with Vegeta escaping the ship would have literally no chance whatsoever, plus I'd like to give Nappa just a bit of personal spotlight since he is one of the main focuses in this story. Also, I know it's been a bit longer than usual for me to upload this chapter than usual. I've been job hunting at the moment so that's been taking a good chunk of my time. But to be fair, I did give you a warning at the start of this story that I can't make any promises on updates for this chapter. Regardless, hope you liked this chapter, even if it wasn't one of my personal favorites. That's all from me. Tune in next time for the next chapter.