"532.. 533.." Nappa continued to count as he did his one-handed push-ups in 300 times Earth's gravity. There wasn't much else for him to do in this environment since Vegeta had left elsewhere a couple of months ago. He figured some basic exercises would do his old body some good. "And 550. That should do for today." He flipped in the air and landed on his feet, clenching his fist as it felt sore from putting all his weight on it in such extreme conditions. He stepped out of the training room and looked around. "Hey, Briefs! I need those razors again. Beard's getting a little long."

Dr. Briefs stepped out from one of the nearby rooms, dusting off his lab coat. "Again? I should really research if that excessive gravity training is the reason for your rapid facial hair growth. It's amazing you can grow such a beard but not get even a single strand on that head of yours."

Nappa groaned and began to look uncomfortable at the very mention of his bald head. "Look, there's a good reason for that. I just need to trim my beard. Today's the day that we're supposed to meet up and I don't want it getting in my way."

"Right, right." said Dr. Briefs, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a custom razor that he made specifically for the brutish saiyan. It was the only one on Earth that the saiyan could use without breaking into dust when he gripped it too tightly. It could also make for a pretty effective weapon. "Do try to keep my daughter out of harm's way. I tried to convince her not to go but she's as stubborn as always."

"Yeah, yeah." Nappa walked up to the window and tapped a button next to it, turning it into a mirror. I'll never understand the reason for needing this. He then proceeded to shave his beard to the same stubby length it was when he first arrived on Earth. "The only reason I agreed to that request is because she's bringing Vegeta's kid. I appreciate what that woman's done for us, but my duty to Vegeta is first and foremost." He handed the razor back to Dr. Briefs and walked off.

"How did my daughter end up having a child with one of those beastly saiyans? If it was Goku, or even that Raditz fellow, I could understand, but Vegeta? Well, I suppose it's better than Nappa." He then returned into the room he came out of, returning to what he was working on earlier.

Nappa knocked on the door to Bulma's room. He waited patiently till the door opened up. "Are you ready to leave yet? I'd like to get there before anyone else."

Bulma glared at the saiyan, causing him to sweat a bit nervously. "I just calmed Trunks down from a serious crying fit. We can't leave now or he'll start crying again."

"We can calm him down when we get there. It won't take us long to get there, just grab him and let's get out of here." said Nappa, growing increasingly frustrated. He was tempted to leave by himself, but there was something about Bulma that terrified him almost as much as Vegeta.

"Are you crazy?! I barely trust to let you fly me at those crazy speeds, but you also want me to carry Trunks at those speeds?! I might drop him and put him through some tremendous shock!" shouted Bulma, resulting in Trunks starting to cry again. "Ah, Trunks!"

Nappa walked over to the crib that the saiyan child was in, unwrapping his tail from his waist and dangling it above the baby. Trunks looks up at the tail as Nappa swayed it side to side, calming the child down and getting a giggle from the child. Nappa then wrapped his tail around the baby's waist and lifts him up. "There there little guy, you're fine."

Bulma smiled and sighed, taking Trunks from Nappa and rocking him to sleep. "Thanks. For someone so scary, you really know how to deal with kids."

Nappa chuckled, wrapping his tail back around his waist like a belt, looking at the sleeping child. "Well, I'm not proud of it but I was responsible for calming down the children before they were sent to far off planets, least in my adolescence."

Bulma chuckled as well, setting Trunks back in the crib after her baby fell back to sleep. "You know, Vegeta left around a year and a half ago. Considering her told you not to follow to continue your own training, you were free to do what you wanted. Why didn't you go out to find someone and have a kid of your own, like Raditz?"

Nappa sighed and put his hand to the back of his head. "Just because Raditz is an excellent copycat doesn't mean I have to do as he does. Besides, getting stronger to fight these androids takes my priority. Not to mention the fact that I'm actually quite old despite my appearance. I'm roughly the same age as your old man."

"Yeah, I guess that makes sense. Would you mind watching him for a bit? I'm gonna grab some capsules in case we need anything. We'll leave in half an hour, alright?" She didn't even wait for him to answer before walking out of the room.

Nappa watched as Bulma walked out the room before looking back at the sleeping baby. He couldn't help but smile at the sight of the sleeping child. "Kids, huh?"

Meanwhile, Raditz was heading down to his brother's place with his daughter mounted on his shoulder. Nion was roughly 2 and a half years of age and was already a genius for her age. It was likely due to all the times that he left her with Chi-Chi while he was training with the others. He at least wanted to give Chi-Chi some company while she hadn't seen her husband in around 3 years, having only shown up around a week ago.

Nion looked up and saw a bird flying overhead, getting very excited to see such a pretty bird so early in the morning. "Daddy, daddy! Look, a pretty birdie!"

Raditz looked up and saw the bird, chuckling at his daughter's ability to be easily excited. "Yeah, that is one pretty looking bird. Just wait, when you turn 4 I'm gonna teach you how to fight and fly. Then you can see all the birds you want."

"Is that really a good idea?" Launch walked up from behind the two of them, needing to catch up since she spent an unnecessary amount of time getting dressed. Her hair was blonde this morning so her more aggressive motherly instincts were active. "Do you really want our little girl learning all that so young? I swear, if i see even one drop of blood on my little girl's skin, I'll shoot my entire drawer of ammo at you."

"Hey, don't worry about it. Gohan learned to all that when he was 4, so why should my little girl be any different? She's already oozing with saiyan potential, and the tail proves it." said Raditz, not showing any signs of fear at his wife's threat. "Besides, I'll be extra careful with her. I'll just start with the basics is all."

Nion wrapped her tail around her dad's shoulder and fell back, hanging upside-down and looking at her mother. "Don't worry mommy, daddy can't hurt me. I scared him yesterday when I showed him I could break a stick."

Launch looked over at Raditz for confirmation of this since she was out getting groceries yesterday, only getting a response of quiet laughter from her husband. She looked back at her daughter with a smile. "Is that so? Then I guess that makes you the strongest girl in the world."

Raditz and Nion laughed in unison as they approached the Son family residence, knocking on the door. "Come on Nion, pull yourself up. You need to make a good first impression."

The door opened up with Gohan showing up at the door. To the still short saiyan halfling, the only thing he could see was Raditz and Launch. "Ah, uncle Raditz! Dad, uncle Raditz is here!"

Raditz widened his eyes as a shiver went down his spine and tail, dodging his head to the left as Goku appeared in front of him via Instant Transmission and threw a punch, missing due to Raditz's accurate prediction. "Damnit brother, you need to be more careful!"

Goku was taken aback as Raditz had figured out what he was gonna do it before he had even done it, unsure how exactly his brother could do that. "What? It's not like that would have done anything to you. I just wanted to see how ready you were for today."

Raditz grit his teeth in anger, quickly calming down as his brother couldn't have possibly known that he was putting Nion in danger. "Any other time I would have gladly partook in a little sparring, but you really could have hurt her."

Goku blinked a couple times as he only just noticed Launch. "Oh hey, Launch. Long time no see. I don't think we'd have to worry about her, she's far enough to the side to not get hit if you got knocked back."

Launch coughed and pointed to the clearly visible tail wrapped around Raditz's shoulder. "I don't think it's me he's referring to."

Both Goku and Gohan looked at Raditz's shoulder, seeing a couple of small hands appears from behind it and a little girl climb up from behind the saiyan, laughing like there wasn't any danger to begin with. Goku fell on his back in surprise as he couldn't believe what he was seeing while Gohan just stared at the little girl, completely dumbfounded. "R-Raditz, don't tell me that little girl is yours!" said Goku.

Raditz cackled at the extreme response from his brother, already seeing today being a great day. "Yup, this is my daughter, Nion. Nion, this is your uncle Goku and your cousin Gohan."

Nion's eyes lit up with excitement as she hopped off her dad's shoulder and ran up to her uncle, tackling him and giving him a hug that would hurt a normal person. "Uncle, uncle!"

Goku stared for a little bit longer before giving the little girl a hug in return. He lifted her up as he got back to her feet, holding her above her head. "Wow, she's really something. I can already tell she's gonna be strong." He then handed her to Gohan.

"Heh, so I'm not the only half-saiyan anymore huh? Nice to meet you Nion." said Gohan as he gave her a light hug.

Nion giggles as she returned the hug. She wrapped her tail around Gohan's leg and pulled at it, tripping the halfling boy onto his back while she landed on her feet. The girl turned around to see Chi-Chi walk into the room to see what the fuss is about, running over to her. "Auntie, auntie!"

"Ah, Nion!" said Chi-Chi, picking up her niece with excitement and holding her up. "You're getting bigger by the day." She turned her head to look at the group of people by the door and her smile faded upon seeing blonde haired Launch. "Oh, you're here too?"

"Look Chi-Chi, I know you ain't a fan of me but you're gonna have to put up with it today. My husband's going out to fight some robots or something and I need to stay by my daughter to keep me calm." said Launch, walking inside the house.

Chi-Chi sighed and put Nion down. "You think that's bad? My husband's doing the same exact thing, and he's taking my child with him!" Remembering Nion was present, she didn't want to get into this argument at the time. "Why don't I get you your books, okay Nion?" She then left the room to go get the books that she'd been teaching her niece with.

Launch sighed as well, understanding exactly how Chi-Chi was feeling. "You boys are free to go, I can handle everything here." She turned around and walked up to Raditz, giving a quick kiss on the cheek. "You better not die on me, got it?"

Raditz grinned and nodded as he turned around. "Yes, ma'am. I'll be sure to come back home. Wouldn't be able to live with myself in the afterlife if I left Nion fatherless."

Piccolo stepped out from behind a tree, having been there the whole time. "Are we all set to go?"

"Yeah, I think we're all set. You ready Gohan?" Goku asked his son. When he was given a nod in response, all 4 fighters flew off, making their way to the island not far from South City. They met Krillin along the way and when they arrived, Yamcha, Tien, Nappa and Bulma were already present.

"Hey guys, took you long enough to get here. We've been waiting quite a while." said Yamcha, looking quite different with a new haircut, short and spiky rather than long and wild.

"You can blame me for that one, I needed to introduce my daughter to them and we got a bit distracted." said Raditz, chuckling. He then noticed a small child in Bulma's arms and his tail twitched as something seemed familiar about the baby even though it was the first time he's seen it himself. "Cute kid you got there. Must be yours unless you started up a daycare."

Bulma smirked, admiring the saiyan's sense of humor. "Yup, this one's mine all right. Best be careful, he might grow into a charmer and capture your little girl's heart."

Raditz simply laughed at the joking warning. "As if. If he's got half of Vegeta's charm, then I'm sure that there'll be nothing for Nion to worry about."

Bulma looked a bit shocked. "How did you know he was Vegeta's? The only people who know that are my parents and Nappa."

Goku started to sweat a little bit as he worried about the whole situation with the future Trunks might start to slip. "W-Well, if you look closely, Trunks does kinda look like Vegeta."

"How do you know his name? Neither of us have actually said it." said Bulma, looking even more confused.

While Goku was panicking and coming up with a plausible excuse, Raditz was taking a good look at the baby, noticing the small tuft of hair sliding out of his hat. From the way that boy from 3 years ago looked, the similarities were too much to be a coincidence. Add in the fact that Goku is acting all defensive, it didn't take long for the saiyan to piece things together. He didn't act on his newfound information though.

Around 45 minutes go by with everyone waiting for these androids to show up, but nothing seemed to happen. Everyone was had managed to find ways to pass the time but it still irked the likes of Tien and Nappa that the fight that they spent 3 years training for hasn't happened.

Nappa groaned and looked to where Raditz was sitting, meditating right next to the cliffside. He walked over to his fellow saiyan and knelt down next to him. "What exactly are you doing?"

Raditz didn't open his eyes and continued his meditation as he spoke. "I'm meditating, improving my control over my energy. It's an essential part of my training as it helps me pull off the technique I spent so long mastering."

"Right right, that technique that you're so vague about. If you have so much confidence in it, why not use it against these androids?" Nappa grinned, thinking Raditz is bluffing about this technique since he's never seen it used before.

"It's not that simple. It's a last resort technique, only to be used when things are at their worst since it breaks my arm every time I use it." answered Raditz, opening his eye as he noticed someone approaching. "We're about to have company."

A flying car landed on the cliff they were all on and Yajirobe hopped out of the car. "Looks like I made it just in time."

While Yajirobe was handing the senzu beans to Goku, Nappa walked over to Bulma and quietly asked "Who's that guy? He looks pretty friendly with Kakarot but I've never seen him before."

"Oh, that's just Yajirobe. He lives up on Korin's lookout and occasionally comes by with senzu beans when we need them." said Bulma, watching as Yajirobe climbed back into his car and started to fly off.

"Something isn't right. It's already past 10 and we've yet to see any sign of the androids, or any sign of conflict thus far." said Tien, getting fed up with waiting.

"Yeah, it has been naturally peaceful. Maybe that kid was just messing around with us and just wanted to make sure we trained." said Yamcha, sighing as all the hard work he put in the past 3 years has been for nothing. "Besides, if these guys were anywhere near as strong as we were told they were, we'd have been able to sense them regardless of where they are on the planet, right?"

Right after Yamcha finished speaking, Yajirobe's car suddenly blew up, falling down towards the ocean. Piccolo noticed 2 figures in the sky above where Yajirobe's car exploded. "Look, up there!"

Everyone saw the figures in the distance but they flew down into the city before anyone could identify them. "What's going on? I couldn't track them at all."

"I-It must be because they're androids. They don't have life energy for us to track." said Gohan, making an educated guess at this point.

"Raditz, you should be able to track them with your scouter right? It should be easy to pick them out if they're strong." said Nappa, pointing everyone's attention to Raditz.

Raditz was already standing and scanning the whole city with his eyes while his scouter was running. "It's no use. If I had to guess, my scouter can't pick them up unless they're directly using their energy."

"Guess we have no choice. Split up and try to find them with your eyes. If you find them, don't engage and contact the others!" shouted Goku. "Gohan, grab Yajirobe. He isn't dead yet."

After that, everyone split up, trying to find these androids without any idea on that they look like. Nappa started shouting as an act of provocation to lure the androids out but that didn't seem to work. Raditz was unleashing his energy the entire time to see if the androids will hone in on him, though nothing out of the ordinary approached him.

Yamcha heard a scream nearby and ran towards it. When he arrived, there were already a group of corpses but nobody to be seen. "Damnit, where did they go? They couldn't have gotten that far, could they?" He then heard the sounds of footsteps behind him and turned around, seeing an old man and a pale, fat person right behind them. The moment he saw the red ribbon marks on their outfits. "So you're the ones who killed all these people, huh?"

Without even saying a word, the old man lunged forth to grab Yamcha by the face. Yamcha managed to dodge quickly enough, surprising the killer. "That's odd, you shouldn't have been able to dodge that. No matter. 19, grab him."

The fat one addressed as 19 zooms in and tries to attack Yamcha, who is doing everything he can to dodge the android, unable to find an opening to counterattack. The old man snuck up behind Yamcha and grabbed at him.

Yamcha quickly realized that his energy was being drained so he started pushing out all of his power to get the attention of the others. The old man was about to impale him but luckily Raditz was close by and kicked the old man away. Raditz then fired an energy blast the pushed 19 away. "Thanks man, I don't know what I would have done without you."

Raditz glared at the odd duo as they regrouped and stared the saiyan down. "Don't worry about it. But what happened to you, your energy is a weaker than it was a moment ago."

Before Yamcha had time to explain, everyone else arrived and shielded Yamcha from the androids. "Yamcha, go back to Bulma and get the senzu beans. Eat one to recover your strength and group up with us."

Yamcha groaned but left anyway, flying off to Bulma as the rest stayed and stared down the androids, outnumbering them by a lot.

"So, you're the androids we were told about. Gotta say, I'm highly disappointed in terms of appearance." said Nappa as he crossed his arms in dissappointment.

Both the androids looked quite shocked at the fact that they knew exactly who and what they were. "That's quite interesting. Tell me how you knew we were androids and the fact that you anticipated our arrival."

"If you're so curious, why not try to force it out of us. Unless you're too afraid to take us on." said Piccolo.

"Hmph, if you insist." said the old man, which the gang likely surmises to be Android 20.

"Hold on, we can't fight here. We should take this to someplace without any people. Is that alright with you?" asked Goku, hoping the androids would respond.

"Someplace without any people is it? I suppose so, though there's no need to relocate." said Android 20.

Everyone looked a bit worried at why he said that. Suddenly Raditz's scouter acted up the moment Android 20's eyes started to glow. "No, stop!"

It was too late however as the android fired beams from his eyes past the fighters, creating a large explosion. He continued firing energy until the entire town was completely leveled, hardly any survivors remaining. The android only stopped once Goku punched him in his cheek.

"You monster! How could you!" shouted Goku.

"I was under the assumption you wanted a battlefield void of human life, so I erased the human life in the area. It would appear you are not satisfied with my methods." said Android 20.

"Follow me, I'll smash you both to pieces!" Goku yelled, gritting his teeth in anger. Gohan was also acting up from where Bulma is but kept his anger under control.

As everyone started flying up to a new location, Nappa flew next to Raditz. "This isn't the best time, but I did a better and faster job of that the moment I got to Earth."

"You're right, this isn't the best time." said Raditz, trying to use his scouter to measure the androids at this close range but wasn't getting anything.

"Are you just mad that you didn't kill anything in your time here on Earth?" asked Nappa, getting a glare from his fellow saiyan.

"I can't measure their power in the slightest. We may be dealing with something bigger than anything we've ever dealt with and not even know. I think that future kid may have been right." said Raditz.

And that's this chapter. I owe you all a big apology for last chapter, I have no excuse for the bad quality of that ending. I tried to right the whole thing in 4 hours to meet the usual Friday deadline. I hope this chapter makes up for that. I'm gonna take a 2 week break from this story to recollect myself and have the next chapter posted 3 weeks from now. As a bonus, I'm gonna start work on a small side story for all you fans of the History of Trunks special so keep an eye out for that. Not much else to say this time, so tune in 3 weeks for the next chapter of Dragon Ball Z: A Saiyan's Tail.