Bulma and her dad were currently scoping through the numerous sheets of paper detailing the blueprints that make up Android 17. Raditz was currently leaning on a piece of equipment with Nion currently sitting on his shoulder. "So you really want us to use these blueprints to find some kind of weakness in the androids?" asked Bulma as she picked up one of the sheets.

"It's truly amazing what Dr. Gero was capable of." said Mr. Briefs as he examined one of the sheets. "There's a lot of these things here that even I can barely understand."

"According to these blueprints, the androids were entirely human to start off with, but just about everything was enhanced with bio-organic components." said Bulma, turning her head from the sheet in her hand to the ones still on the table.

Raditz held his arm out with Nion hanging from it by her tail, keeping his daughter entertained while keeping focused on the conversation. "So in theory, he could even do the same with a saiyan?"

Both Bulma and her father looked at each other before looking at Raditz. "Yes, I believe that would be possible. Though with how unruly you mentioned those other androids to be, even Dr. Gero would know better than to try that with a saiyan. Why do you ask?"

"Just a thought I had while reading those blueprints myself." Raditz watched Nion slip from his arm and quickly caught her with his tail, wrapping it around her waist. "Considering what he had planned with Cell, who knows what other projects he might have had in mind."

"Speaking of which, Cell's supposed to exist in our current time but not finished right?" asked Bulma, setting down the blueprint sheet. "You made sure to take care of it, right?"

After setting Nion down, Raditz walked over to the table, slamming his hand on it with a grin on his face. "Yeah, I took care of it. Also made sure blow the underground lab to high hell. Also, think we could talk in private tomorrow?"

"Hmm? Oh yeah, I should be able make time for that, if you don't mind helping me read through these." said Bulma. Upon hearing baby Trunks starting to cry, she immediately ran over to go calm him down.

Nion ran over to the crib and watched Bulma cradle Trunks in her arms. "He's so little."

Bulma smiled at Nion as she rocked Trunks back and forth in her arms. "You were this little when you were his age too."

Nion smiled and put her hands to her hips, doing a prideful pose that she's seen her dad do a few times at home. "Well I'll be really big when I grow up."

Raditz chuckled as he walked over to them, leaving Dr. Briefs to examine the blueprints alone. "That'll be a while. Saiyans tend to reach their growth spurts pretty late, though it's a significant growth. Meanwhile, Vegeta's short regardless." He then looked directly at Trunks. "Lucky him that he'll grow up taller than Vegeta thanks to being only half Vegeta."

Nion lowered her head as her dad told her that it'd be a while before she was big like him. In her state of sadness, she felt Raditz's tail wrap around her. She immediately smiled and hugged him.

Raditz sighed with a smile as he picked up his daughter and started to walk away. "I'll see you tomorrow then." He flew back to Kame House with Nion in his arms, careful not to let go of her.

When the father and daughter arrived at the small island, none of the others were currently there, all out to find Cell. He noticed Master Roshi currently lying down in his lawn chair reading a magazine, choosing to hurry and and take Nion inside before she saw just what was on the magazine. Inside, Launch was currently sleeping on the couch while Chi-Chi was busy cooking in the kitchen. Nion ran upstairs to see how well Goku was doing.

Raditz walked back outside and looked at his spaceship. Tomorrow is when my long term plan begins. Let's hope things work out well. He stepped into his ship and activated the gravity chamber, forcing himself to float in the air and into a meditative position he'd learned while training with Piccolo. His goal was to master controlling his energy even in extreme conditions. If I can pull this off, it might be possible to do that.

About 10 minutes go by before Raditz was forced to yield to the intense gravity, shutting it down. He took several deep breaths before standing back on his feet, grunting at how much his body ached. Damn, I know my brother mastered 100 times Earth's gravity in 4 days, but it's obvious he took no shortcuts in doing so. I need more time, but who knows how long it'll take for the androids to look for us here, or how long we have until Cell becomes too strong for us to deal with. He walked out of the gravity chamber and looked down at a door he had locked up for personal reasons. He made his way back inside the house and leaned against the couch Launch was sleeping, closing his eyes to fall asleep. Today had been a very stressful day.

Meanwhile, Nappa had been training with Vegeta and Trunks the entire time all that had been going on. He had to make up a lie to cover his sudden outburst from earlier, though it was easier to convince the 2 of them since they'd prefer to get back to training. At the current moment, Nappa was testing the limits of his new barrier technique by constantly taking both physical attacks and energy blasts from the father-son duo. By constantly pooling more and more power into it, it was holding up surprisingly well, even against Vegeta's Big Bang Attack. Nappa dropped his barrier and fell to his knees as it became clearly night, the other saiyans exhausted as well.

Vegeta leaned back against a rock and looked at his hand, clenching it into a fist. "Damnit, my attacks aren't producing as much power as I need them to. If this 'Cell' can regenerate the same as the namekian and is made up of Freeza's cells, that could present a problem. Not to mention its saiyan cells could likely increase its power if we allow it to regenerate from a devastating hit."

"So what are you suggesting Vegeta? You saying we ought to find a way to wipe it out in one blast? Seems like an easy job if we just wanna end up destroying the planet." said Nappa, taking a bite out of some meat that he'd initially packed when they were waiting for the androids to appear in South City.

Trunks just sat there quietly, sweating a little at the mention of either his father or Nappa considering to blow up the planet.

Vegeta also took a bite out of some meat and stared at the sky. "Yes, that would solve many problems, now wouldn't it? Unfortunately without immediate access to a spaceship, we'd just suffocate in the vacuum of space anyway."

"Perhaps we could save blowing up the planet as a last resort? Besides, who's to say the androids won't be killed by an explosion like that?" asked Trunks, trying to convince the full-blooded saiyans away from the idea of destroying the Earth.

Nappa turned his gaze to Trunks and recalled one of the things Raditz had told him over the scouter earlier. "Listen kid, I think you've been holding something back against us. You didn't even know me and Raditz were when you met us, did you?"

Both Trunks and Vegeta perked their head up. Vegeta looked at Trunks and noticed his son from the future was starting to sweat. "Spit it out, there's no point in trying to hide it. It won't alter your history after all."

Trunks groaned in discomfort as he lowered his head. "Yeah, I didn't know who you were. I'm sure if I asked my mom about you guys, she might have known something, but you definitely weren't among those who died against the androids."

Nappa crossed his arms as he soaked in that little bit of information. "Guess that explains why you didn't come here with a future version of Raditz's little runt. Though I'd imagine with two of you, you might have stood a better chance against the androids."

"It's pathetic that he'd even need help against them." said Vegeta, looking off in the distance with his fist clenched. A time without Nappa to help me. I can't even imagine how I'd have gotten this far without him.

"The androids are more of a threat than you realize. I could hold my ground against them, but their teamwork is too much for anyone to take on by themselves. That's how.." Trunks grits his teeth and crushed a rock in his hand. "That's how they ended up killing Gohan."

Nappa and Vegeta looked at each other and sighed in unison. "Don't beat yourself up kid. Despite how he acts about it, he's not entirely opposed to working together. That's how we managed to survive on Namek. At least against Freeza. You should have seen it, all 4 of us saiyans working together to take down the one who destroyed our planet."

Vegeta gave a slight chuckle before looking away. "As much as it pained me to work alongside Kakarot, it was greatly satisfying to see Freeza breaking down from being defeated by saiyans, as well as witnessing the birth of 2 Super Saiyans at once."

As the saiyans went back and forth about the moments they personally enjoyed back on Namek, Trunks listened intently and gave a slight smile. I know he isn't the same dad from our timeline, but he's not quite the same man you described to me mom. There's a part of him that does care for something other than himself.

The next day, Raditz went over to Bulma's place. He requested to have his scouter repaired as well as drop off some equipment that he'd taken from Gero's lab. He spent the rest of the training in the gravity chamber, pushing himself to the breaking point and healing himself inside one of the healing tanks, spending the entire day repeating that process. The next day, he joined the others in chasing down Cell, having no luck in tracking the android down. The day after that, they learned on the news that Cell's in the south. Deciding to change up tactics, they decided to use Raditz's ship to fly to where Cell was while hiding their power levels.

Upon arriving to the city, Raditz flew out of the ship, turned Super Saiyan, and started firing down at the city down below, holding nothing back as he was reducing the entire city into a smoldering crater to either draw Cell out of hiding or kill the android. Seeing the benefits of Raditz's tactic, they started working on the surrounding area, making sure Cell couldn't escape so easily. After the city was thoroughly wiped off the map and there wasn't a single sign of retaliation from the android, they knew it was all in vain. As everyone stepped back inside the ship, Raditz growled and swung his fist to hit the side of the ship, only to barely miss Goku who'd just used Instant Transmission to get himself inside.

"Whoa, geez Raditz! I know everything with Cell has got you all frustrated but there's no need to take it out on me!" shouted Goku, wiping his forehead as he wasn't in full fighting shape after recovering from the heart virus.

Everyone went wide-eyed as they saw Goku just pop in with no warning. Raditz backed up a bit as he'd almost knocked his brother back into unconsciousness. "What are you doing here? I thought you were still recovering from the heart virus."

"Looks like I recovered faster than I expected, though I could have gotten a bit to eat before coming here." Goku looked at Piccolo and stared at the namekian for a few moments before smiling. "How's it going Kami-ccolo?"

Piccolo stiffened a bit and growled at the saiyan. "Don't go merging our names together, Piccolo's good enough. Seeing that you mentioned Cell without anyone giving you that name, I'm guessing you're already up to speed."

Goku nodded, his smile weakening as he became more serious. "I hate to say it, but from what it sounds like, I don't think I can take on these new androids or Cell, especially if Vegeta wasn't able to take one of them on himself. That's why I'm here to take Gohan and Raditz with me to get a full year's worth of training done in a day."

Raditz's tail flicked as what his brother had just said interested him greatly. Meanwhile, Piccolo looked genuinely surprised at Goku's suggestion. "So, you plan to make use of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber? Are you sure you'll be alright in there? I know it's been a while since you used it yourself, but you could barely last a whole month in there."

"Let's hope that we're able to do it, otherwise things might end up bad. I'll also be taking Vegeta, Nappa and Trunks with me. With any luck, at least one pair will be able to handle being inside the chamber." Goku turned to his brother, having no doubt that Raditz would pass on this opportunity.

"Wait, so only a 2 people can go in at a time?" Once he got a nod from Goku, Raditz turned to looked at the others. "Think the rest of you guys can fly back to the Roshi's place? I'd like to have my ship to train while waiting for my turn."

Krillin, Tien, Yamcha and Piccolo looked at each other before nodding, making their way for the exit of the ship. Krillin turned back to look at Goku one last time. "Before we go, I gotta know one thing. With all these guys way stronger than even Freeza, does that scare you or excite you?"

Goku chuckled a bit as he put his fingers to his forehead as he prepared to use his Instant Transmission again. "A little bit of both actually." With nothing else to say, he and Gohan completely vanished in thin air.

Once everyone had left the ship, Raditz made his way to the controls, focusing on the concentration of energy emitted by every other saiyan, besides Nion, being in one place. Once he'd got that confirmation, he started flying his ship to Kami's Lookout.

Trunks and Nappa were in the midst of training when Goku and Gohan appeared out of nowhere, warranting enough reason to stop the training session. "Well well, look who finally decided to join us in this critical time." said Nappa as he made his way over to Vegeta, who was just staring off the edge of a cliff. "Kakarot's here. Got anything to say?"

Vegeta took one look at Goku before looking away, not saying anything loud enough for his rival to hear. "I've no reason to go speak to that bumbling idiot. Send him away."

Nappa sighed and scratched the back of his head as he made his way back to the others. "Listen Kakarot, Vegeta's would prefer if you went elsewhere with your training. So can you, your son and Raditz leave? Wait, where is Raditz?"

"He's already headed up to Kami's Lookout. That's why I'm here actually. There's a way to get a year's worth of training in a day up there, so I thought you guys would want to give it a shot, though only 2 people can go in at a time." said Goku.

Both Trunks and Nappa looked absolutely shocked and confused to hear this, too much so for Nappa to stop Goku from flying over to Vegeta. Trunks smiled and turned to Nappa. "I don't know if what Goku said was true, but if it is then you and father could could go beyond Super Saiyan in no time at all!"

Nappa put his hand to his chin as he had to think for a moment, turning his eyes to Trunks. "Actually, maybe you should go in with him. After all, you have a future to save, don't you?"

While Gohan and Trunks were astonished by Nappa's choice not to train with Vegeta, Goku and Vegeta were walking back from the cliff. "Alright, looks like we're all set. It's been decided Vegeta will go first. Now everyone, grab onto me, I'll use Instant Transmission to take us there faster."

Everyone did as suggested and put their hands on Goku. Moments later, they were atop Kami's Lookout, Mr. Popo and Raditz standing not to far away from them.

"Ah, you're all here. Raditz has already informed me of the situation. Follow me." Mr. Popo started walking, prompting everyone to follow with everyone other than Goku and Raditz internally questioning what Mr. Popo is. "The time chamber has bath, bed, toilet and plenty of food. In other words, you'll have all the resources you'll need to train without issue." He stops in front of a door and turns around, eyeing all 6 of the saiyans. "Now, who'll be going first?"

As Goku was about to answer, Nappa cut in. "That would be Vegeta and Trunks."

As Mr. Popo nodded and started to open the door, Vegeta walked over to Nappa. "What the hell are you doing? You'd make a much better training partner than the boy."

"Look, back when we were on our way to Earth for the first time, we both realized that human-saiyan hybrids hold an incredible amount of potential. He may not be the ideal training partner right now, but he could be if you train him right." said Nappa, putting his hand on Vegeta's shoulder as he says one more thing. "After all, he is your son." The larger saiyan then walked over to Raditz.

Vegeta watched as his ally walked over to Raditz, processing the words given to him. "Alright Trunks, we're going in. We'll see you all tomorrow." He then follows Trunks inside the chamber, Mr. Popo shutting the door behind them.

"So dad," said Gohan, not having much time to really talk throughout this entire thing. "what exactly is the downside to training in there? You were barely able to last a month in there, right? How come?"

Goku started to sweat as he remembered his experience in there. "Well, to put it simply, the environment in there's incredibly hard to deal with. It's incredibly hot, the air's thin, and the gravity's several times heavier than Earth's. Not to mention a completely white void that looks like it goes on forever."

Chills ran down Raditz's spine as he tries to imagine his brother as a kid inside a place like that. "So, what's your plan exactly? You brought Gohan here so I'd imagine your plan is to get him Super Saiyan to increase our chances against the androids?"

Goku looked at his son and smiled, pressing his hand though his son's hair. "Something like that I suppose."

"Well, I don't know about you 3, but I'm not planning to stand around waiting for my turn." He reaches into his armor and pulls out a capsule. Clicking it and tossing it into the air, it pops open to take the form of his ship. "If any of you want to join me, you're free to do so."

"How about it dad?" asked Gohan, looking at Goku. "Think I could do with some gravity training before we go in there?"

Goku shook his head, surprising the others. "If we all started to train together with everything going on, the androids or Cell could get suspicious."

"Good call Kakarot, best to keep it to a minimum. Sorry Raditz, looks like you'll be training by yourself." said Nappa, giving a thumbs up to the saiyan.

Raditz sighed as he was forced to train by himself, flying up to his ship as it was pointless to say anything else. If only Nion were old enough to start her training.

Almost an entire day passes after that moment. Goku and Gohan have been sitting outside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's door the entire time while Nappa sat at the edge of the lookout, trying to create a mental image in his mind of what Raditz has been doing whenever he feels the saiyan's energy go wild from training. Raditz hadn't slept even a wink, rotating between training in immense gravity and healing in the pods, spending less and less time healing each time as he was becoming impatient of his own weakness.

Piccolo was currently watching the news in Kame House while the others slept, growling in frustration whenever Cell showed up on the news. "Damnit Cell, just how many people are you going to absorb before you're satisfied?!"

Nion, who was already awake despite the namekian's protests, opened the door to go outside. She stopped as what she saw out there confused her. "Mr. Green? There are people outside that I don't know."

"A kid huh? She looks kind of like that guy who was smart enough to not fight us."

Piccolo stiffened as he ran over to the window, starting to sweat as he saw all 3 of the androids right outside the window.

The androids immediately took notice of Piccolo and 17 smiled. "Hey there, is Goku here?"

Piccolo growled as things weren't looking good. "Nion, get away from the door, right now!"

Nion gasped as the namekian warned her to move away from the door, taking one more look at the androids before running back inside. Despite looking as emotionless as ever, Android 17 was a little upset that the kid just ran away.

Android 16 stared up at the house and frowned, more than usual anyway. "My readings are saying that Son Goku isn't here."

Piccolo turned to everyone else sleeping on the floor. "All of you, get up! We've got company that needs dealt with." He then stepped out of the house while everyone else woke up, quickly running out behind him. "Leave here, Son Goku isn't here so there's no point in staying."

"Well, I wouldn't say that." said 17, putting his hands to his hips. "Since I'm in a relatively good mood, I'll give you 2 options. You can either tell us where Goku is or you could bring his brother out. I've been curious if he puts up as much of a fight as the others saiyans. He is here, isn't he? That kid looked just a lot like him so I can only assume it's his."

Yamcha and Krillin looked a bit surprised that they'd want Raditz as a secondary target despite having no reason to go after him. Piccolo crossed his arms as he stared down the punk android. "Sorry, but Raditz isn't here either. And even if I knew where either of them were, do you really think we would tell you?"

"Actually yes. If you didn't comply, I would be forced to beat the information out of you. And I really don't want to do that in front of a kid." said 17, noticing Nion poking her head through the window.

"If you're worried about that, then let's just change locations." said Piccolo, pointing across the ocean. "There's an uninhabited island over there that'll we could let loose."

Android 17 sighed as he put his hands to his hips. "Sure, that works for me. Though I might have knocked you into the ground too hard if you didn't learn from last time."

Piccolo then turned to the others. "The rest of you stay here. There's no chance of you being any help out there." The namekian then started to rise into the air and flew off in the direction of the island, the androids following close behind.

Nion watched from the window as Piccolo and the androids started to fly away. Her tail was twitching a little as she was getting a very bad feeling about what's going to happen. Please come home daddy. I'm scared.

I am so sorry that this chapter is a couple days late. I have nobody to blame but myself this time around. I was just having a lazy week and wasn't keeping up with my usual quota. Now that excuses are out of the way, let's briefly talk about the chapter. I think I'm getting a little too obsessed with writing for Nion, it's a good way to reduce the tension of the situation while getting a little insight on the situation through the eyes of a child with no sense of fighting yet. Another thing I wanted to touch on was having Raditz completely vaporize the city. For a while, it's bothered my why Piccolo never thought to do it in the canon. He did it in the first city, why not repeat the process if it meant reducing any place Cell could hide to ash. Also skipped over the conversation between Raditz and Bulma since I didn't know how to write the dialogue for that scene without really spoiling any plans I have. That's about all I have for this chapter, tune in next time for the next fight packed chapter of Dragon Ball Z: A Saiyan's Tail.