Freeza looked on in utter shock, not only at the sight of Raditz, but also that the saiyan survived an attack in his final form. "This is an honest surprise. I can understand Nappa hiding out, but I know for a fact that Vegeta killed you. Or was that just another ruse?"

Raditz chuckled, crossing his arms as he looked upon the emperor without fear. "That's a good question, isn't it? Though you should really stop asking questions you have no interest in listening to. You'll ruin your reputation."

Freeza looked upon Raditz in shock that he was retort to him in such a matter. He then began to laugh a bit. "I must say, you always had a bit of charm that the other saiyans seemed to lack. It's because of that charm and the surprising fact that you survived my attack that I'll leave you for last. Now, step aside so that I may kill that namekian behind you."

Raditz shook his head, staring confidently at the tyrant whom he used to take orders from. "I'm afraid I don't take orders from you anymore. Or for anyone for that matter." He quickly looked at Vegeta, then back to Freeza.

Freeza lost his smile at the refusal of the saiyan. "Typical saiyan. Even when I allow you a chance to live longer, you refuse to do as I ask. Very well then, I suppose you'll die first." He lifted his hand up to the saiyan and fired a beam from his finger.

Raditz narrowed his eyes and prepared for it, suddenly raising his power for a split second to strike the beam away, sending it to destroy a distant mountain. His hand twitched a little but wasn't badly injured.

Freeza widened his eyes as the supposedly weakest saiyan had just deflected one of his attacks, with little injury for that matter. "How did you do that? Something happened just then, tell me."

The saiyan smirked as he knelt down a little, as if he were preparing to attack. "If it really means that much to you, I suppose I can give you a taste. Kaio-Ken times 5!" His body became engulfed in a red aura as he launched himself at Freeza with surprising speed, landing a kick to the alien ruler and knocking him back a good distance. After the kick, the saiyan powered back down.

Freeza stopped himself and grunted. He brushed off the area that had gotten hit and smiled. "Well that was surprising. I might have misjudged you. Though for that, I will make you suffer." He turned his eyes to the group of people apposing him, locking his eyes on Gohan. "Perhaps killing that son of yours would be a good start."

Raditz tilted his head a little in confusion and looked over at Gohan. "Gohan? Sorry Freeza, but I'm afraid you've got it wrong. That brat right there isn't my son, but my nephew."

Freeza narrowed his eyes, curious about that. That would suggest that he has a sibling who had a child. But that brat is too young to be from when I destroyed planet Vegeta. Could that mean that there are saiyans out there who escaped my watch? That doesn't bode well. "Well then, if it's your nephew, then I'm sure the results will be the same!" He fired yet another energy beam, this time directed at Gohan.

Nappa moved in the way and lunged his hand forward to counter the beam with a Bomber DX attack. It didn't necessarily stop the beam but did weaken it enough to let the saiyan elite last against it. "I don't think so. You got beef with the saiyans, you deal with us first."

Vegeta looked at Nappa and felt just a bit proud of his underling standing up to Freeza. While he does have mixed emotions about Raditz in the current situation, right now he was just glad to have a capable fighter able to keep up with Freeza's final form. "That's right Freeza. You've held your grip on us for too long. Zarbon told me you feared a revolt of the saiyans, and now your worst nightmares will be realized. Especially now that I've become a Super Saiyan!"

Freeza simply laughed at the saiyan prince's words. "You saiyans say the most ridiculous things. It's honestly sad really. You've grown this powerful and you refuse to take part in my army any longer. Oh well, I never planned for you saiyans to live forever anyway." He then vanished with a burst of speed, showing up behind Vegeta.

The saiyan prince turned his head as he was one of the few actually capable of keeping track of Freeza at this point. He dodged a kick to the head from the tyrant, throwing his own punch at Freeza, only to be easily dodged. Nappa tried using his Blast Geyser technique on Freeza, but wasn't actually able to land the hit. The saiyan duo then rushed at Freeza and constantly tried to hit him, neither of them landing a single blow.

Raditz watched as his former companions couldn't land a hit on Freeza. He turned to everyone else. "All of you, get to a safe spot but don't leave our sight!" He then boosted his power with the Kaio-Ken and rushed at Freeza, just barely missing a punch.

Freeza narrowed his eyes at the saiyan as he threw a punch at the long haired saiyan, a bit surprised to see that it didn't do as much damage as expected, despite launch the saiyan pretty high up into the air.

Raditz grunted and looked at his hands. I gotta hand it to that King Kai. This technique is perfect. Sure, I gotta time it right, but using it to strengthen up, speed up or raise my defenses to withstand his attacks is terrific. "Alright Freeza, how about this! Double Sunday!" He collected the energy into his hands and and fired down at Freeza. As he saw Freeza disappear, he didn't hesitate to put on a new spin to this attack that he'd been working on. He activated the Kaio-Ken and started spinning rapidly, raising his arms up so that the attack hit just about every direction, catching even Freeza by surprise and grazing the emperor. Raditz panted as he'd never used the trick while alive, or on normal gravity so he was feeling a bit dizzy.

Freeza glared at the mark that Raditz's attack had left. He raised his hand up to fire an energy beam at the vulnerable saiyan, only to stop and swipe his tail at Nappa. Nappa took the hit from the tail and grabbed hold of it. "What's this? Did you really think my tail would have the same vulnerability that yours do?"

Nappa chuckles as her tightens his grip, tempted to use the trick that he used against Recoome on Freeza's tail, but needed him to be calm. "Well, not really. But it does help to make this work."

Freeza looked puzzled by the saiyan's words, then realized he hadn't seen Vegeta with him. He turned his head up to see the saiyan prince fire a Galick Gun down towards him. He kicked the larger saiyan away and held his hands up to stop the beam attack. He then heard Nappa scream and saw that the saiyan threw his hand up. He recognized this attack and started using his psychic powers to restrain the blast from bursting out below him.

Raditz grunted as he saw Freeza fending off the attacks of the 2 other saiyans. He looked at his right arm and grunted. I haven't been able to perfect this technique yet, but the point where I've gotten it to should be enough! "Kaio-Ken times 10!" His body was engulfed in an even large red aura than before. He took a deep breath and started focussing. The red aura started to shift and move towards his right arm, surrounding only it in the red aura. He groaned in pain at how damaged his arm was already getting so he had to act fast. He flew at Freeza as fast as he could.

Freeza saw the saiyan incoming and attempted to slam his tail against the saiyan's neck. He landed his mark and it seemed to deal a heavy hit against the saiyan. However, Raditz did manage to land the punch he was going for, striking it against Freeza's stomach. The emperor widened his eyes in pain at the surprisingly powerful attack and buckled over, that moment of pain enough to drop his guard and no longer hold back the 2 attacks, getting caught in a large explosion that launched the saiyan back.

Nappa caught Raditz as he was about to fly past. "I got ya." He went wide-eyed to see that Raditz's right arm was jacked up to hell. What the hell did he just do? He hit Freeza once and his arm's that messed up? Vegeta flew down and looked to the other saiyans, just as shocked to see the low class saiyan's arm broken beyond belief.

Freeza emerged from the smoke created by the explosion. He wiped his mouth and saw that some blood had been drawn. He became outright furious that a saiyan like Raditz had been able to harm him so much in his final form, even if he was holding back. "You saiyans are a very bothersome lot. Super Saiyan or not, you've become the nightmare that I very much despise."

Raditz stiffened and began to chuckle. "Well I hate to break it to ya Freeza, but that nightmares about to get a lot worse." Mere moments after speaking, both Nappa and Vegeta realized what he was talking, feeling a large power level moving towards them at great speeds. In seconds after sensing it, a familiar sight of orange and blue showed up between the saiyans and Freeza.

Goku turned his head to look at the saiyans behind him. Concerned with why Raditz's arm is messed up, though doesn't have the time to worry about that right now. He turned his head back to Freeza. "So you're Freeza, huh? Listen, these guys owe me a fight, you'll just have to wait your turn if you want to fight them."

Freeza looked stunned. Not did this mysterious stranger looked ominously familiar, but he had the gall to tell him to stop fighting. "And just who are you to tell me, Lord Freeza, what to do?"

Raditz grunted as the pain in his arm only worsened as time progressed. Damnit. I really need to strengthen my body if I'm gonna perfect that technique. Wait, what am I thinking?! Now is not the time! "Kakarot, it's good to see you again."

Freeza's eyes nearly bulged out of his head in surprise. "Kakarot? Isn't that a saiyan name? That's it, now I know why he looks familiar. He looks just like that saiyan who rebelled against me before planet Vegeta's destruction. What was his name, Bardock?"

Raditz gasped as he heard Freeza's little revelation. Every fiber of his being ran cold, than to a brimming boil. "Did you just say Bardock?"

Freeza stared passed Goku and at Raditz. "Yes, he was a rather disturbing fellow. A fool to take try and take me and my entire army on all by himself. To think his foolish blood has been passed down to another fool who dares to stand before me."

Raditz grit his teeth, his power unexpectedly rising with his fury. "Bardock.. Bardock was a great man! A proud saiyan warrior who showed the best qualities of the lower class! My father was not a fool, but a the greatest saiyan to ever live!" He raised his left arm and unleashed the Kaio-Ken times 10, firing a devastating Saturday Crush at the tyrant.

Freeza looked honestly shocked to hear that Raditz say that he was the son of the saiyan who opposed him first. It only fueled his anger enough to not hold back, swatting the giant sphere of energy into the sky and shooting it with a beam, forcing it to detonate. "I will say, I'm surprised to learn that man was your father. Had I known, I would have killed you on the spot."

Goku glared upon the tyrant. "You won't be killing anyone else, Freeza. If you want to get to them, you have take me on first."

Freeza sighed. "The son of a fool is a fool as well. That fact seems to be proven by the both of you. I'll just end this quickly." He launched himself Goku, attempting to land a ferocious kick, only for the saiyan to duck and kick Freeza in the head. Freeza caught himself and looked stunned. What was that? He raised his hand and fired multiple beams at Goku, who deflected all of them. "What?! How did you do that?!"

Nappa watched in awe as Kakarot was completely holding his own. "Vegeta, I think it would be best to fall back." he said, whispering so that Freeza couldn't hear. "If Freeza fights Kakarot like this, we might be able to beat him once he's tired himself out."

Vegeta grit his teeth. The thought of backing out of this fight angered him, but his comrade had the right idea. "As much as I hate the idea, you're right. No point getting caught in the crossfire." He then flew off to where the earthlings and namekians are.

Raditz grunted as he wasn't able to fly due to the pain in his arm. Nappa offered to take him and the low class warrior nodded. "Kakarot, don't show him any mercy, none whatsoever." He was then carried off to the others.

Everyone surrounded Raditz as they saw the shape he was in. Dende ran up and started healing the saiyan. "Hmm, my healing seems a bit slow on this injury, but it'll heal up properly."

Raditz looked at the namekian child with a scary stare. He raised his uninjured arm above the child, making the kid think he was about to be killed. Raditz gently placed his hand on the namekian's head. "Consider this making us even for earlier."

Dende laughed and continued healing. Meanwhile, Vegeta was watching the fight between Freeza and Kakarot commence. Vegeta felt his pride shake at the sight of Kakarot holding his own against Freeza better than all 3 of the other saiyans did when working together, though it did please him to see someone finally giving Freeza what he deserves.

Nappa walked up from behind and watched with Vegeta. "So what do you think, Vegeta? Think Kakarot still has a chance?"

"That remains to be seen. Then again, there's no guarantee that even we could take him on after he's killed Kakarot." answered Vegeta, crossing his arms, looking down and turning his head, his eyes widening as he realized Nappa's tail. "Perhaps we do." He turned around and looked at Raditz. "Hey, you still have your tail, right?"

Raditz blinked in surprise as the prince addressed him directly, not even adding an insult. He then raised his tail up for confirmation. "Yeah, I do. Don't you?"

Vegeta grumbled. "I lost it in the fight on Earth, but that's not what matters. If that namekian can get you and Nappa back into fighting strength, then we can pummel Freeza once and for all!"

Nappa widened his eyes and grinned. "That's right! That trick may not have worked on Zarbon, but with someone like Kakarot on our side, we'll have the time we need to pull it off!"

Piccolo narrowed his eyes. "Count me in too. I may not be as strong as Freeza in that form, but if these 4 pass their energy to me, I might be able to help in some regard. Besides, I have my own beef with him."

Vegeta scoffed and returned to watching the fight. "Very well, though don't complain from the afterlife if you get killed in the process."

Krillin put his hand up in front of Piccolo. "I don't think that's a good idea. The namekians already lost their way of using the dragon balls, there's no need for us to lose ours."

Raditz grunted as he got back to his feet, stretching his arm out now that it's back to fighting shape. "He's right you know. If any of this goes wrong, we'll need the Earth's dragon balls to bring everyone back. Besides, I think I got a plan to even the odds."

Everyone continued to watch the fight between Goku and Freeza, fluctuating between excitement and despair as Goku often seemed like was getting the upper hand, only for Freeza to prove them wrong by showing more of his power. Eventually, Goku unleashed a Kamehameha against Freeza using the Kaio-Ken times 20, though even that wasn't enough to take Freeza down or tire him. Raditz was about to jump in to help his brother when he witnessed Goku raise his hands to the sky, immediately recognizing that technique as King Kai had described it to him.

Krillin immediately recognized the attack as he remembered Goku using it on Vegeta back on Earth, and then had the saiyan explain it to him while they were in the hospital. "He's preparing the Spirit Bomb!"

Everyone turned their head to look at the earthling, unaware of what he was going on about. It then occurred to Vegeta that he recognized that position, though Kakarot had tried to hide away while preparing it. He then turned to look at the fighters, seeing Freeza just staring at the saiyan. "So that's what he's got up his sleeve, huh? He's got some nerve, holding that back the whole time."

This was Nappa's first time experience the technique so he was a little out of the loop. "I don't get it though. I don't sense any energy building up inside Kakarot. Besides, he doesn't have that much energy to begin with, does he?"

The saiyan's question was answered as they all sensed a powerful growth of energy overhead. They looked up and everyone went wide-eyed as they saw a massive blue ball of energy in the sky. Vegeta quivered as he remembered fighting Kakarot and the ball wasn't anywhere near that size. J-Just how powerful an attack does he plan to hit Freeza with?! He grit his teeth and looked at the other saiyans. "This is it! Don't you dare mess this up!" He created a power ball in his hand and chucked it into the sky, forcing the ball to explode and mix with the atmosphere.

Nappa and Raditz stared at each other and chuckled, slamming their fists together. "Don't go losing control now, you hear?" said Nappa before staring into the sky, triggering the slow transformation into a Great Ape.

Raditz cackled as he saw his saiyan partner start to grow in size. "I haven't had that weakness since before I went to Earth. I've learned a great deal of control since then." He turned his head towards Dende. "You need to hide somewhere not too far away. We might need you to heal us once this is all said and done, and we don't want Freeza remembering you're here. The rest of you, get to a safer distance. If you're scared to get caught in the crossfire, head to Kakarot's ship. The earth woman is there as well."

Dende nodded nervously and flew off, staying close to the ground, heading back to where the dragon balls were. Everyone else flew to a safer distance, save for Vegeta, who refused to back away. "Don't screw this up Raditz. This is an important day for the saiyans, I'd like to see Freeza's death written into our history."

Raditz chuckled and nodded. He looked up at the ball of light in the sky, tensing up as his tail reacted to it, forcing him to start growing in size and hair. Once he and Nappa finished transforming, they looked at each other and nodded. Raditz flew off past Kakarot and Freeza while Nappa went straight for the emperor, using his tail to prevent hitting Kakarot.

Freeza was caught off guard from wondering why the saiyan before him was just raising his hands to the sky, vulnerable to the attack from the transformed saiyan. He turned his attention to what sent him flying and a vein in his head started to show as his anger only grew, seeing the Great Ape Nappa. "Filthy saiy- Agh!" He was cut off as Raditz punched Freeza into the ground.

Raditz picked Freeza up and tried to crush him in his hands, very much like how Vegeta tried to crush Kakarot on Earth. When the tyrant started forcing the grip open, Raditz performed that energy-hand trick he used on Nappa to better restrain the saiyan. Once he saw that Nappa was beginning to do the same, he realized what they should do.

The 2 saiyans held their open palms to each other, creating a ball of energy with electricity crackling around it, Freeza in the middle and entombed inside it. Freeza grunted as he'd never imagined that he'd be struggling against the power of a transformed saiyan, though the fact that it took 2 of them did ease him a little. "Filthy bastards! Do you really think I, Lord Freeza, would be done in by the likes of saiyan scum?!" He then slowly started to pull out of the attack.

Raditz growled as he knew he had to end this fast, otherwise he might catch on to the Spirit Bomb. "Maybe not us, but you will be killed by a saiyan. And history will not remember him by his saiyan name, but as the name he was raised with: Son Goku! Kaio-Ken times 3!" His massive body was surrounded in the red aura of the Kaio-Ken as he slams his free hand against Freeza, punching him into several mountains. Raditz then panted as the aura subsided.

Nappa looked impressed by that heavy hit. He looked up to check on the Spirit Bomb and saw that it had gotten bigger. "By the way, that Kaio whatever technique, didn't you use it up to times 10 before? Why didn't you do that, or at least times 5?"

Raditz groaned as he kept an eye out for Freeza. "The Kaio-Ken requires a great deal of control and even more so the more power you pull from it. In the Great Ape form, which already multiplies our power by a factor of 10, times 3 is the most I can get out of this." His eyes widened as he watched Freeza start to rise up, looking like he was finally done with all of this.

"You know, I think I've had enough with this. Between not getting my wish for immortality and you saiyans just coming out of the woodwork, I've just about had it with this planet. It's time I end it all!" He raised his hand, creating a ball of energy capable of destroying the planet, unaware that above him, the Spirit Bomb had finally finished charging up.

Raditz went wide-eyed as he sensed the the Spirit Bomb was ready to go, and that things could always go better for this situation. "Hey, Freeza! Take a look above you!" Once Freeza growled and looked up, his eyes went wide with shock at the massive ball of energy that he was too close to dodge. "Nappa, raise your hands up and give your power to the bomb!"

Nappa nodded in agreement as he raised his hands to the sky along with Raditz, both of them giving the massive amount of energy in their Great Ape bodies to the Spirit Bomb, making it grow a great deal bigger. Goku then hurled the bomb down at Freeza, pushing the tyrant down with ease. Freeza screamed while he futilely tried to push the bomb back, finding no such in doing so before the bomb crashed beneath the surface of water, creating a massive explosion that could be seen from a spacial view of the planet. Both the saiyans had managed to avoid getting caught in the blast. Raditz waded around and eventually found Goku, reaching down and pulling him out of the water.

Vegeta smiled, filled with joy as the man who had used him like a puppet all his life was finally dead, even if it wasn't by his own hands. He destroyed the power moon and forced the other saiyans back into their original forms. He then flew off to the saiyans to congratulate his subordinate, the earthlings all following behind him.

Gohan ran up to his dad and uncle, giving them both a big hug, harming Goku considering how bad he'd gotten beaten up. Tien and Yamcha couldn't help but laugh at the painful hug that their former rival had to deal with. Krillin helped Goku stand up. Vegeta gave Nappa proud smile, the latter smiling back in their achievements today. Piccolo looked at Raditz, and the both gave each other a rather manly handshake.

"I don't know about you guys, but I think we should head back home. Luckily, the ship I came on should get us back home in only 5 days. Though I'm not sure there's enough food for all of us. Especially considering.." Goku turned his head to Vegeta and Nappa. "Hey, you guys want to ride with us back to Earth? I'm sure we could find someplace for you to stay until we can get you off planet. Remember Vegeta, you promised me a fight."

Vegeta groaned at the idea of staying on that rock, though it wasn't the worst offer in the world. After all, he didn't have a place to take refuge anymore now that he's turned his back on what is left of Freeza's army. He turned his head to look at his partner for his thoughts on the matter, who looked fine with the idea. "Very well. We'll come back to Earth with you, though we'll be taking our pods back. I don't trust any of you to not attempt to kill us in our sleep."

Nappa chuckled as he turned to look at Raditz, who was engaged in a conversation with Piccolo. Well, not all of them anyway. He then turned his head and his blood went cold, turning pale as he looked beyond the others and saw a shocking sight, something that nobody seemed to have sensed because of the residue energy left behind by the Spirit Bomb. "F-Freeza!"

And that is the 18th chapter of this story. Hoo boy, did I get a kick out of this one. I'd been waiting for so long to write that part with Raditz using the Kaio-Ken as a Great Ape, even though it was just one time. I had originally planned to make that part a bit longer but it just would have been a situation like with the Kid Buu fight, Goku would have had the bomb ready but he couldn't use it because of someone on his side being in the way. Regardless, I really loved writing this chapter because it was all about the saiyans and laid the groundwork for the rest of the story. Also, I wanted your feedback on me actually writing the names of Nappa and Raditz's attack now, even though in canon they weren't named. I just wanted to see if you liked it so I could start giving names to these new techniques that I've been giving them, like the 'Blast Geyser' attack. Leave a review to let me know. That's it for this time, tune in next week for the next chapter. I plan on doing something big that you wouldn't have seen coming, ooh the secrecy makes me feel evil and I like it. That's all for now, tune in next time for the next great chapter of Dragon Ball Z: A Saiyan's Tail.