Chi Chi let out a flurry of strikes aimed at Piccolo's head, who dodged each one deftly. She was already sick of not being able to land a single blow on the green man. Of all the Dragon Warriors, nobody had taken to training quite like Chi Chi. When they'd started four months ago, she could barely keep up. Now, she trained almost entirely with Piccolo, as none of the others could match her speed or ferocity. She still had yet to master Ki manipulation, but that didn't stop her from tearing into whoever she sparred with. Now, the others were too terrified of her to even try, even if she wasn't quite at the level of Tien or Piccolo.

Gohan gawked at his mother sparring with Piccolo; she got closer and closer to landing on him every time. Suddenly, he was struck on the head with a staff.

"You need to pay attention, boy," Master Roshi commanded, "Remember, we've got to be tough, and always keep our attention on the task at hand."

"Yes, Master Roshi," Gohan sniffed.

"Now, do it again. And this time, keep your mind on what's in front of you."

Roshi started the pattern again; Gohan was making leaps and bounds with his training, too. He'd already surpassed where his father had been when he first trained under Master Roshi, and was quickly starting to catch up with the others.

"Gohan, did you finish your assignment?" Chi Chi called out. Gohan looked to his mother again.

"Eyes on me boy!" Roshi reminded him. Gohan ducked the staff this time, if only just.

"Yes, mom!" Gohan called out.

"Focus less on the boy and more on me!" Piccolo shouted, and he swung a punch at her. Chi Chi caught it with her arm, and came down on Piccolo's wrist with her elbow. He put her on the ground with a sweep of his leg.

"Mom!" Gohan started to rush towards his mother. Roshi swung his staff at Gohan again, but this time, Gohan caught the staff, broke it in two, and rushed Piccolo.

"Stop! Hurting! My! Mommy!" Gohan started to trade blows with Piccolo, who was caught by surprise by the boy's sudden attack and ferocity. When Gohan had pushed Piccolo to the edge of the Lookout, the Namekian struck out, punting Gohan to his mother.

"Just as I suspected. The boy's far more powerful than we've been giving him credit for. It's time for his training to go to the next level," Piccolo declared, "This isn't enough."

"We can only push him so far," Roshi said, "He's a child. We can-"

"Do nothing!" Piccolo snarled, "That's what you're doing! He's not even at the level we were at when we fought Raditz. We need to go further!"

"If we push him too hard, we could lose him!" Roshi insisted.

"If we don't, we could lose everything! Gohan's potential is our best bet!" Piccolo said.

"Gohan is my son and he will train as I see fit! There's nothing you can do about it, Piccolo!" Chi Chi declared.

"Oh yeah? You think so? I can do more for myself and the boy with the time we've got left on our own, and you wouldn't be able to stop me! You can't land a single punch on me!" Piccolo reminded her.

Chi Chi charged up and landed a punch square in Piccolo's face, sending him to the ground.

"You sure about that, green man?" Chi Chi spat. Piccolo wiped blood from his nose.

"Now hold on," Tien called out, stepping between the three of them, "I think we're getting ahead of ourselves, and we're not thinking this through."

Piccolo glared at Tien. Chi Chi held Gohan and tended to his hair. Roshi picked at the splinters of his staff.

"Piccolo's right in a lot of ways. Gohan's got more potential than we're tapping into. But I don't think sending him off to who knows where alone with Piccolo is the right call. We're here to teach each other. Not just Gohan, or Piccolo, or Chi Chi."

"You're right, Tien. We're all here to be teachers and students in one," Roshi admitted.

"I don't want my baby fighting," Chi Chi reiterated.

"But if it comes down to it, he might have to. So we should prepare him for anything, and everything. So here's what I suggest: We each take a turn teaching Gohan something. By the time the Saiyans arrive, Gohan will understand enough and have enough variety, that he might surpass all of us. Let me teach him something first. Then, each of us takes a turn teaching each other something the other doesn't know," Tien offered.

"You're all pathetic and weak," Piccolo insisted, "There's nothing you can teach me worth knowing."

"If I didn't put Raditz down with the Tri-Beam, he'd have killed all of us. What do you think you might be able to do with a technique like that? And I know I could do something with that Special Beam Cannon of yours," Tien said.

Roshi nodded, "I think I know something that could help you understand your Ki better, Chi Chi. Tien, I think this is a wonderful idea."

Piccolo crossed his arms, "Fine, I'll play along. But I'm warning you, I won't hold back, and my training won't be easy."

"Please, you think I've shown you all my tricks, Piccolo? I've still got a few up my sleeve that could have put your old man down if I'd perfected them back in the day," Roshi said with a sniff, "Now's as good of a time to see them through as any."

"Fine. You! Bald one! You're with me!" Piccolo pointed to Krillin.

"What? Me? Huh?" Krillin stammered. Piccolo was already upon him.

"I'm going to teach you the meaning of power, and you'll teach me something, or I'll leave you in the middle of the desert, got it?"

"Yah-huh…" Krillin nodded.

Just as Piccolo turned to leave the Lookout, a flier appeared, and then landed on the lookout.

"Huh? Oh, it's Bulma!" Chi Chi waved to her. Bulma waved back, but her smile was brief.

"Hey babe!" Yamcha came up to her, offering a kiss, but she walked past him, "What's wrong?"

"Hmm? Oh, hi Yamcha, I'm sorry," she shot him a quick smile, "Guys, you're all going to want to come over here."

The Dragon Warriors assembled around her; she was holding a device that showed the Earth and the various satellites around it.

"So, I set up a tracking system to predict when the Saiyans might get here, and two objects just showed up in orbit around the Earth. They're not moving like ordinary meteors. I think this is it…"

Chi Chi swallowed the lump in her throat, and nodded.

"I guess it's now or never, then...Bulma, do you know where they're going to land? Maybe we can intercept them," Krillin asked.

"Yeah, unless they change course, it should be just outside of Orange Star City."

"I know we had a hard time last time, but we've come a long way since then. We can do this. We're more in-synch, and we understand our limitations better. Let's protect our world," Tien said.

"We'll follow your lead, Tien," Yamcha said, with Krillin and Roshi nodding in agreement.

"Piccolo?" Roshi asked. Piccolo scoffed.

"Fine. But if it starts to go sideways, I'm doing my own thing," Piccolo warned.

"That's fair. Let's go this," Tien said, leading them off into the sky.

XXX

Brussa stepped out of her pod, and looked up to the sky; Meys' pod was right behind. It landed on the other side of the field. She floated up, taking a look around the area. There was a city only a few moment's flight away, and a road that curled up into the mountains. She checked her Scouter; she could go to the place where Raditz had been murdered within a few minutes. First, though, she was going to make these Earthlings suffer.

"So this is Earth, huh?" Meys stepped out of his pod, "I'm surprised Kakarot didn't take this place in his sleep when he was a boy."

"Don't say that name," Brussa said, "He betrayed all of us by fighting my brother. He was a weakling and a traitor."

Meys sighed, "Brussa, I want you to think about this. I know there's two of us, but the Earthlings were able to defeat Raditz. If we get separated, they might be able to pull the same stunt twice, so whatever we do, let's do it together."

Brussa heard her mother's voice when Meys emphasized the word 'together.' He was right; even without Kakarot, the Earthlings might pose a threat.

"Well, I'm sick of being cooped up. I'm looking to stretch my tail and get something to eat. What do you think?"

Meys smirked, "Yeah, I could eat. Let's test the local cuisine."

Together, they flew towards the city.

XXX

"Bulma was right," Roshi said, floating down to the field, "Those weird pods are here, just like Raditz's. And there's two of them, just like she said."

"And there's two powerful beings in the city," Krillin added, "Who knows what havoc they're causing."

XXX

"Aaaaand what's this one here?" Meys asked, pointing to the menu.

"That's a pizza with ham and pineapple," the waitress said.

"What's pizza?" Brussa asked.

"What's...Pizza?" the waitress blinked.

"That's what I said, are you deaf? What is pizza?" Brussa growled.

"Um...Well, it's…"

XXX

"We'd better hurry," Tien said, flying into the city towards the powers they could sense. It wasn't hard to find them, even without the ability to feel their presence. Tien couldn't help but groan when he found out where they were. A small group of people were looking through the window of a pizza parlor. Dressed in their battle armor and wearing scouters was a man and a young girl around the height Goku had been when Tien had first met him. They were sitting at a table with bowls of pasta, chunks of meat, and several pizzas on their table. The two Saiyans were chowing down at speed.

"The Hawaiian pizza is delicious, Meys! Try it!"

"I did, I don't care for it."

"Oh, okay, that's all right. More for me, then!" the girl said, stuffing almost a quarter of a pizza into her mouth. The Dragon team basically joined the crowd in gawking at the Saiyans eat.

"Okay, well, I was expecting Goku's mother, but I'd have to say they're definitely related," Roshi commented.

"Should, uh...We let them finish? I never felt dumb enough to get between Goku and a meal, and if these two are anything like Raditz, I doubt they're half as nice as Goku," Yamcha wondered. Chi Chi answered the question by barging into the pizza parlor. Their Scouters beeped, and they looked to her, still stuffing food in their mouths.

"Are you the Saiyans?" Chi Chi asked.

"Three fifty," Meys muttered, "Not much, but more than what Raditz reported for most of the Earthlings."

"Yeah, we are," Brussa said, her mouth full, "What's it to you, Earthling?"

Chi Chi took a deep breath, "My name is Chi Chi. Son Goku was my husband."

"Who's Goku?" Brussa asked.

"That's what the Earthlings called Kakarot," Meys said.

"Oh. Well, he's dead now so you should get over it. He was weak and needed to resort to stupid tricks, and it got him killed," Brussa said. Chi Chi's jaw clenched.

"I am here...To ask you to leave," Chi Chi said. Meys and Brussa gawked at her for a moment, before bursting into laughter.

"I'm serious!" Chi Chi shouted, "Your people have caused enough trouble, so I'm giving you the chance to leave us alone before anyone else gets hurt! If your 'Raditz' had just listened, none of this could have happened! I would still have my husband, and you would still have your friend."

Meys stood up walking over to Chi Chi, "Listen, lady, that's not how any of this works. When Saiyans arrive, you do one of two things: You surrender, and hope you don't get culled by Lord Frieza, or you fight, and everyone dies. There's really no 'leaving' until the job's done. And our job?"

He leaned in towards Chi Chi's face, "Raditz was my squad leader. He was my friend. And you people killed him. Which means before we're done here, a lot of Earthlings are gonna die, because I'm really pissed off."

"You said you were Kakarot's mate?" Brussa asked, lost in thought and staring into space.

"That's right. We even have a son together. I don't understand why he insisted on being so cruel to his own nephew," Chi Chi said, shaking her head, "It doesn't have to be this way."

"Yes it does," Brussa said, looking up at her, "Kakarot was weak. We can't afford weak. We don't have time for weak. My brother knew he had to-"

Something caught her gaze out the window, and Brussa's eyes locked onto their target.

"It's him!" Brussa suddenly snarled. Meys followed her gaze.

"The Namekian is here," Meys hissed. Brussa hopped off her chair, stuffing a few mozzarella sticks into her mouth as she did, leading Meys out of the pizza parlor.

"Excuse me, you still have to pay your bill!" the waitress called after them. Chi Chi sighed.

"They aren't going to pay. You might want to hide under something," Chi Chi warned her, following the Saiyans out of the restaurant, leaving the waitress and cooks dumbfounded.

"Namekian!" Brussa held up a finger to Piccolo, "You killed my brothers."

"Brothers?" Krillin muttered.

"Goku has a sister, too?" Yamcha gawked.

"It was the only way. He would have destroyed all of us if we hadn't stood in his way," Piccolo told her, walking towards the middle of the street.

"I'm going to destroy all of you anyway for what you've done!" Brussa said.

"You're not even fully grown, kid. You don't know what you're getting into. I recommend you get back in your pods, and go back where you came from before I have to hurt you," Piccolo said, taking a few steps back. Brussa clenched her fists, and started gathering Ki.

"I am a Saiyan warrior! You will show me the respect I am owed!"

"You're a Saiyan runt," Piccolo said, still walking away from her, "Come back when you've gained a few feet."

"Please!" Chi Chi called out to her, "You don't have to do this!"

Brussa let out a yell, and charged at Piccolo, "Die, you coward!"

Piccolo spun about, taking her punches on the forearms, which launched him back down the street. Brussa continued her onslaught, striking Piccolo on the arms and driving him away with each blow. Meys let out a groan; she'd completely forgotten his instruction to stick together. Just like her to run off without thinking...

"Well, I guess it's up to me to kill the rest of you," Meys said, tossing a fried mushroom into his mouth, "Who's up first? It's been a long while since I had a real fight worth my while."

"I'll stop the girl!" Chi Chi called out, flying off towards Piccolo and Brussa.

"My name is Tienshinhan. I am a defender of this world, and I am giving you this chance to walk away from this fight," Tien warned.

"My name is Meys, and I would like to thank you for volunteering to be the first to die," Meys gave a mocking bow, which turned into a fighting stance as he launched himself at Tien. Tien was ready for the strike, but the blow Meys landed on Tien's shoulder was definitely going to leave a mark. The Saiyan followed up with a kick that sent Tien into the building across the street. Yamcha came at him with a punch, but Meys hopped up into the air and landed on top of Yamcha, launching the fighter at Krillin by pushing off him.

Instead of Yamcha becoming a projectile to knock around Krillin, though, Yamcha allowed himself to be flung, and Krillin deflected his friend with his hands around, so that Yamcha landed on his feet. Both warriors leaped after them, leaving a stunned crowd around them.

"Do you think this is an exposition match or something?!" Roshi yelled at them, "Run! You're in real danger! Before someone gets hurt."

The crowd stared at him. Roshi grumbled, aimed his hand to the ground, and fired a Ki blast. The very real explosion startled the people, and they booked it in the different directions. Roshi turned towards the battle, took a breath, and ran towards the action.

Meys struck Tien in the chest again with his charge, but Yamcha and Krillin were on him, grabbing his legs and throwing him back onto the street. Meys stopped himself from a hard landing by flying, only to catch Tien's fist to the jaw.

"All right, you Earthlings might have more fight in you than I thought," Meys admitted.

I knew I should have insisted Shive come with us! Damn you, Brussa, what have you gotten us into? He thought to himself.

"We've been practicing since Raditz showed up," Tien said, "Back down. We have you outnumbered and overpowered. We don't have to do this."

"Really? I'm just getting warmed up, though!" Meys floated up, "I know what it's like to fight as a squad. When you're missing one, it's just not the same!"

There was a flash of yellow light, and a wave of Ki came straight towards Yamcha, who held up his arms to block the blast. It was still more than enough to send him back and leave him smoking where he landed. The blast, meanwhile, vaulted Meys down the street towards where Brussa was fighting. Roshi came to Yamcha's aid, and checked his breathing.

"He's still alive! I'll get Yamcha up, you go after him!"

Krillin and Tien flew after Meys, who kept blast-jumping his ways down the street, laughing as he left carnage in his wake.

"Are we really ready for this?" Krillin wondered, "He just took out Yamcha."

"And it took everything he had to do it," Tien said, "He's taunting us, but it's a bluff. He's running out of power. He's trying to get under our skin by causing destruction. Remember what he said? 'When you're missing one, it's just not the same.'"

"He's used to working as part of a team! He's trying to get to the girl!"

"We've got to stop him before then," Tien pushed himself faster, with Krillin on his heel.

"Whoop! Looks like you're mad!" Meys shouted to them, bouncing into the air with another blast. When he was nearly to the peak of his arc, he aimed the next attack at them, launching him faster down the street. The shot was sloppily aimed, but would distract them for a quick moment. He turned over in the air, and flew towards where Brussa was still pushing Piccolo to the city limits.

He looked down at the two of them; the Namekian hadn't swung at her at all, near as Meys could tell, while Brussa was pushing herself to her limits, trying to land a hit. Meys looked around at the city beneath him; while their fight had caused a bit of damage, Meys had caused almost all of the destruction.

Oh no! Meys realized what was happening, "Brussa! He's toying with you! He's letting you drive him back!"

The girl Saiyan didn't listen; her attention was entirely on the Namekian. Meys was going to have to break her out of the situation, but taking out the Earthling and causing damage had taken a lot out of Meys. It was a risk, but keeping them off-balance was how he would survive this. But Brussa...She was wearing herself out, while the Namekian still had reserves, not to mention Kakarot's mate was still there, and catching up to them fast.

Meys reached out, and started blasting the area behind the Namekian, threatening devastation in front of their path. Piccolo was forced to charge forward and start deflecting the attacks, giving Brussa the window she needed to finally start landing blows that her enemy couldn't afford to block. Chi Chi launched herself from the ground at Meys; he fired a few blasts at her, too, though she blocked the sloppy shots away from the city.

"Why are you doing this?" Chi Chi demanded.

"Survival," Meys said, and they exchanged blows in the air, until she disengaged, allowing Tien to take her place. While Chi Chi had speed, Tien had much more power, and he landed a Ki-charged punch on Meys, flinging him outside the borders of the city.

"There...Now he won't be able to hurt anyone else," Tien remarked.

"Piccolo is getting hurt," Chi Chi pointed; after stopping some of Meys's blasts, Brussa now had the upper hand, and was pummelling the Namekian.

"Stop her. Krillin, on me!" Tien ordered, and he flew towards where Meys was about to land.

As Chi Chi caught up to Brussa and Piccolo, she reached out and snatched Brussa's tail.

"WHAT!" she snarled, "You...You dare...Grab me like...a...child…"

Brussa's head rolled around on her shoulders, and her eyes rolled around, "I will...Destroy you...Destroy all of you…"

"That's a handy trick," Piccolo said, "Good to know. Wish we'd used that on Raditz."

"I wasn't sure if it would work," Chi Chi admitted, "But now that I have her, what do I do?"

"Let...Me go…" Brussa commanded.

"I wouldn't follow her advice," Piccolo said, "I do have one idea. Can you bring her to Capsule Corp?"

"That's a ways away, but I think I can do that," Chi Chi said.

"I'll help the others with the second Saiyan."

"All right."

"And Chi Chi?"

"Hmm?"

"Good work," Piccolo said, flying off to help the others. Chi Chi smiled, and then flew up with Brussa in her arms, the Saiyan girl lazily trying to push Chi Chi away.