2 Years Ago…
Ace arrived at Snake Way and took a good look at the road. "So I see why it's called Snake Way," he said to the ogre escorting him. He picked up the monkey. "Let's go, Bubbles."
As Ace walks, he hums Bink's Brew. The monkey attempts to sing along, causing Ace to laugh. Ace walks for about an hour before randomly falling asleep. Bubbles wakes him up, and they keep walking. Overall, nothing too special happens along the way.
He eventually sees King Kai's planet, and flies up there. King Kai looks up. "Huh. I thought they were sending a monkey," he says.
"I brought the monkey," Ace tells him, setting Bubbles down. Bubbles runs into the house and begins raiding the fruit basket.
"My fruit! I just grew that!"
Chapter 4: Arrival on Planet VegetaIt was a brightly lit night on the Sabaody Archipelago. Joji was laying down star gazing. "What is space anyway?"
"That," Franky pointed to the sky.
"It's beautiful. Can I really see it up close?"
"Just as soon as we figure out where we're going," Franky replies.
"How about the moon?" Luffy suggested.
"Nah! Too generic," Franky says.
"The other moon?"
"No."
"The other, other moon?"
"No."
"The-"
"Cut that out!"," everyone said at once.
"I want to go to Planet Vegeta. Trunks says Frieza's gonna blow that up, so I'm hoping to stop it. After all, what good is being an almost-queen if I don't have any subjects!?"
"By almost-queen, do you mean princess?" Nami asks.
"No! Never call me something so girly! If I must have a title, it would be High Supreme Eschalot. At least, until I become queen," Eschalot says.
"How does inheriting the monarchy on Planet Vegeta work?" Trunks asks out of curiosity.
"The children of the previous king fight in a free-for-all until there's only one left standing," Eschalot says simply. "How does it work here?"
"Generally, the eldest child inherits it," Robin explains.
"So their only qualification is that they're the oldest?" Eschalot asks, aghast.
"That's how it used to work on Earth, but ever since the Revolution, the king is elected," Trunks says.
"Elected?" Eschalot asks, unsure of the word's meaning.
"It means that everyone votes," Trunks explains. "Generally, people are nominated and the candidates' names are put on the ballots, and people choose from the nominees, then the ballots are turned in and counted. After that, the king serves for life."
"Huh. You're weird." Eschlot says. She sits down on the deck and looks up. "How many moons does this planet have?"
"Six," answers Nami. "Why?"
"Oh," Eschalot says. "Then that means that Oozaru will be extremely easy to achieve." She scanned the sky. "I see two right now. Neither of them are full."
"There's a full moon every five days," Nami tells her.
"Oh, no," Trunks says. "I can't control Oozaru…"
"HA!" Eschalot laughs. "What, was your dad too dead to teach you?"
"Dude," says Trunks.
"You can't say too soon," Eschalot says. "He died when you were a baby."
"I never even knew him, so I don't really care, to be honest," Trunks says, shrugging. "It's just kind of insensitive."
"Anywho, when is the next full moon?"
"Three days," Nami answers.
"So the only suggestion we have so far is Planet Vegeta," Trunks says. "Which happens to be on the way to my suggestion, Planet Namek."
"What's Namek?" asks Usopp. After Trunks explains, everyone is excited.
Franky suggests a wish first. "We can wish back Tom!"
"Or Ace!" Luffy says.
"Or my mom!" Nami shouts.
"The library of Ohara!"
"We could wish Kuina back," Zoro suggests.
"It grants one wish every four months," Trunks says. "So we could easily wish back all of them in between adventures."
"Ace first!" Luffy shouts.
"Alright, but on the way we gotta stop by Planet Vegeta," Eschalot says. "After all, you guys wouldn't stand for an entire race of people being wiped out, would you?"
"No, we wouldn't. That, and I could meet my dad!" Trunks says.
"Oh, boy, I can't wait!" Eschalot says. "This'll be hilarious!"
"Alright, we've decided where we're going!" Franky declares. "Everybody get ready! Thousand Sunny Space Mode… ACTIVATE!" Franky presses a button on the steering wheel and the Sunny's figure head changes into a cartoon eagle. Its anchors retract and swap out for talons. The soldier dock swaps to channel five and wings come out. Tail feathers emerge above the Coup de Burst hole, which shoots out a bubble of coating. Finally a control deck pops out around the steering wheel. "SO COOL!" Luffy, Usopp, Yamato, and Chopper all shout with stars in their eyes.
"Eagles don't go into space!" shouts the rest of the crew.
"Whatever! It's take-off time!"
The Thousand Sunny launches off into the atmosphere, knocking the Straw Hats off balance and giving them a close up view of the sky. Everyone is amazed as the blue fades out and is replaced by darkness and stars. Their eyes are glued to the sky. Unfortunately this includes the Saiyans. Eschalot and Trunks both begin to grow to titanic sizes. "Raah!" screamed Trunks, he lashed out and attacked his shipmates. They leap out of the way but the ship takes damage in the process. "This is bad! He'll wreck the ship!"
"We get 10 times as powerful when we're like this!" Eschalot says. Trunks begins to shrink at that moment due to his head popping out of the bubble.
"He's not the only one who can increase his strength," Joji puts on a pair of seastone bracelets and punches Trunks in the face. He shrinks down to his normal size.
"Ew, he's naked," Eschalot says, still giant.
"He was going unconscious from lack of oxygen anyway!" shouts Chopper.
"Dude," groans Trunks. "Ow."
"Sorry," Joji says, walking over. "Here's your jacket by the way. It got knocked off during the launch, so it's fine."
"I'm gonna need a new scabbard for the Brave Sword, though," Trunks says. "Wait… no one can see me, right?"
"You're more muscular than I thought you would be," Joji answers absentmindedly. Trunks' face heats up.
"No one else can see, though, right?" Trunks asks desperately. Eschalot laughs maniacally. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"Oh, I'm giant so I can see you no matter where you are," Eschalot tells him.
"I fell below deck. No one look," Trunks says.
"I'll help you!" Luffy says as he grabs Trunks and pulls him up, having not heard the previous comment. Trunks screams.
Nami gets a nosebleed.
Several days pass, and the crew is nearing Planet Vegeta. Trunks still hasn't forgotten the incident, and is more than a little mad at Luffy.
"I can see my home!" shouts Eschalot.
"Are we ready for landing, Franky?" Nami asks.
"About that…"
"Did you not put in landing gear?" Nami asks.
"I did," Trunks says. "Unfortunately…"
"What?" Nami asks, snapping at the two.
"Well, um, Luffy… Luffy's stuck in the landing gear. Not, like, in the compartment. He's stuck in the gears. Zoro is in the engine. At least, as far as I can sense."
"Oh my god."
Suddenly, the ship crashes, scattering the Straw Hats across the planet. Robin, Brook, Yamato, Sanji, Joji, and Jinbe land in a mountain range. They look around, seeing nothing for miles. "Well, it looks like we're hiking," Robin says. "Luckily, I have Luffy's vivre card." The group sighs and begins the long trudge down the mountain.
Elsewhere, Luffy, Zoro, and Hancock are getting their bearings. "I finally got out!" Luffy yelled. Hancock smiles at her Luffy happily. Zoro's head is stuck in the snow. It appears they landed in some sort of alpine area.
"A winter area," Zoro notes. "Good place to train."
"There appears to be a nearby settlement," Hancock points out.
"Let's see if they can point us in Freezer's direction so we can kick his butt!"
Meanwhile, Nami and Chopper crash unconscious in the capital, in a poorer neighborhood. "What's going on out there?" asks a Saiyan woman.
"Seems like a girl crashed here," replies a Saiyan man. He presses a button on his scouter. "Power Level of 0. She's probably dead. It seems like she has a pet. Cook it." The man walked inside his home carrying Chopper. The woman walks over to Nami and checks her pulse.
"She's alive, actually," the woman tells him.
"Huh, maybe she can be Kakarot's first kill."
"Bardock!" Gine shouts.
"You're right. He can't even walk yet."
"I'm going to see if I can help her. She probably has some good recipes."
"Whatever, I'm throwing the pet in the sink."
Nami groans as Gine picks her up and takes her to her makeshift medbay. Kakarot giggles at the newcomer. A few hours later Nami wakes up. "Where am I?"
"Oh, you're awake!" Gine walks over to Nami. "You're in Eschalot City. On Planet Vegeta."
"Eschalot City?" Nami asks, horrified. "Like after the princess?"
"No, after the queen," Gine tells her.
"Oh, ok. So the princess has no control over this place?"
"Not really. She's on a mission right now. She was sent to a large planet so she isn't going to be back for a while. You sounded worried when you heard her name, but you don't know about the queen. Were you trying to escape from the planet she was on?"
"Um… that's… complicated, to say the least? I had a small furry thing with me. Do you know where he is?"
"Oh he's in my kitchen sink. I was about to cook him. I suppose you want him back?"
"Yes!" Nami cries. Meanwhile, in the kitchen, Chopper is trying to fight Bardock.
"I'm not food!"
"Slippery little beast!"
"Ack!"
"Bardock stop!" shouts Gine. "It talks, it's not food!"
"It's clearly food! Look at it!"
"I'm a doctor! Not a food source!"
"What's it matter what you do?"
"Bardock! We don't eat sapient creatures!"
"Ugh, fine."
"Give him to me," Gine commanded.
Bardock stopped trying to eat Chopper and handed him over to Gine.
"Thank you," said Chopper.
"Don't mention it!" replies Gine cheerfully. "I didn't know that you were sapient when I was about to cook you." She put him down next to Nami. "You two play nice now."
"Wait! Do you know where the rest of our crew might be?" Nami asks. "Or where I could get a map?"
"A map?" Bardock asks. "Oh, those come on scouters. I have a spare one if you want."
"Scouters? That's what Eschalot called her face-screen-power-measuring-thingy!" Chopper recalls.
"Eschalot?" Gine asks. "You know the princess?"
"She said not to call her a princess," Chopper says. "She'd rather be called High Supreme Eschalot. Seems ridiculous if you ask me."
"I have no idea how to respond to that," Bardock says honestly.
"Okay, but how do you know her?" Gine asks again.
"She crashed into the ocean and almost got eaten by a Sea King. We saved her and took her onto our ship," Nami explains. "And she was basically stranded."
"How come she hasn't killed you all?"
"She can't," Chopper says. "Luffy and the others are just too tough!"
"The princess has a power level of 4,000!"
"Luffy's power level is three hundred million, if I remember correctly."
"That's impossible!" Bardock cries. "That's higher than Frieza!"
"Frieza's the lizard, right?" Chopper asks.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?" A voice shouts through the scouter.
"Oops," says Chopper.
Just then, there's a knock on the door. Bardock is too busy trying to relocate his family to notice, but Gine, ever one for manners, opens it. Standing there is Trunks, the necklace carrying the Saiyan royal crest glimmering in the light of the sunset. Nami runs up to him.
"Franky's repairing the ship while Usopp, Eschalot, and I are out trying to find you guys. Of course, Eschalot isn't doing what she was told and went off to harass my father instead."
Gine looks between the necklace, Trunks' tail, and his hair. "Are you some kind of half-Tuffle or something?"
"No. What's a Tuffle?" Trunks asks. He notices Bardock and Chopper packing things up in the background frantically.
"We're gonna die!" shouts Chopper.
"I won't let that happen," Trunks assured them. "Also, that baby… wouldn't happen to be Kakarot?"
"How do you know my son's name?!" Gine demands.
"Uh… time travel? Since I'm killing Frieza and messing up the timeline anyway, I guess it doesn't hurt for you to know…"
"What?" Bardock and Gine both scream in terror.
As Gine and Bardock are clued into the insanity Luffy's group is constantly surrounded with, that group Hancock, Luffy, and Zoro reach the settlement. "Huff Huff," Hancock gasped.
"What's the matter Hancock?" Luffy asked.
"I'm just not used to the cold weather."
"Well we're here," Zoro said. "Now let's ask them where that lizard is."
"I see one!" Luffy rushed over to the Saiyan. "Do you know where Freezer is?"
"Who the hell is Freezer?" asked the irritated man.
"The big lizard," Zoro chimes in.
"You mean Frieza?"
"That guy!"
"He's floating around the planet right now. I have no idea why."
"Thanks!" Luffy grabbed onto the tallest building he could find, grabbed Zoro and Hancock and then released. "Gomu Gomu no Rocket!" Luffy flew high into the air and then began to fall.
"Damnit Luffy!" Zoro yelled as the trio fell into the snow.
"You idiots," said the saiyan.
"Shi-shi-shi!" Luffy burst out laughing. "That was fun!" Zoro pushed himself deeper into the snow attempting to get out. Hancock grabbed him by the leg and lifted him, dumping him back on the ground.
"Seriously, Luffy?!" Zoro shouts.
"What? I can't fly! But that would be so cool."
"Get Trunks to teach you then! Quit rocketing me!"
"But it's fun, right?" Luffy asks. Hancock glares at Zoro, but Zoro does not care.
"NO!" Zoro shouts. Hancock kicks him.
"Oof!"
"Wait-a-minute! I can fly! Gear 4th!" Luffy expanded into his boundman form. "I sure am glad Chopper made that medicine so I can keep doing this! Come on guys!" Luffy grabbed Hancock and Zoro and flew towards the sky. He was unable to fly into outer space before his time limit. They all begin to fall.
"DANG IT LUFFY!" Zoro shouts. They planted into the snow a 3rd time. "Let's just take a spaceship!"
"How are we going to attack then?" Luffy asked.
"I don't know."
Back with most of the Straw Hats, they've finally reached the bottom of the mountain. Unfortunately, they're being chased by tanuki dogs. "Why are they chasing us?" screamed Usopp. "What did I do to you?"
"GROWL!"
"Yamato! Use conqueror's!" Usopp begged.
"I tried! They're very strong willed!"
"Robin, stop them!"
"They remind me too much of Chopper."
"FRANKY!" Usopp was buried under them. And they began to lick him. "Huh?"
"They just want cuddles," Robin says.
"Thank whatever space gods exist," Usopp says. Meanwhile, with Bardock and Gine's group, Frieza is approaching. Trunks is standing guard outside the house, ready to fight Frieza and giving the others a chance to escape to the ship. He knows Nami will be able to guide them there, even without the scouters, which would give their locations away if these guys know the first things about tracking.
Frieza begins to descend in his chair, and seeing this, Trunks prepares for battle. "WHO CALLED ME A LIZARD? HOW DARE YOU INSULT THE MIGHTY FRIEZA!"
"Mighty?" Trunks asks, raising an eyebrow.
"What?!" Frieza asks angrily.
"I'm not sure that's the right word to describe you," Trunks says dismissively, waving a hand.
"It seems you are unaware of the meaning. Very well. I shall teach you."
"Try it," Trunks says, briefly flashing back to his memories of fighting the androids for all those years. "I doubt you can compare to what I've been through."
Frieza shoots a death beam at Trunks' arm. He dodges it easily and sends his own finger beam back, aiming for the heart. Fortunately, Frieza jumps out of his chair just in time to dodge. Trunks smirks.
"I wonder if anyone will miss you when you're gone, Freezer," Trunks says, delivering a swift kick to Frieza's chest. "I think it's unlikely, don't you?"
"I don't have to be liked," Frieza said. "I don't care if anyone misses me. But I do care about who will miss you. The anguished cries of your loved ones, AFTER I SEND THEM YOUR HEAD!" Frieza grew to a 7 foot tall monster. "This is my second form! My battle power is over 1 million!" He charged at Trunks and punched him as hard only for Trunks to easily catch it. "What? This can't be!" Trunks tossed Frieza aside. Frieza shrunk and his head grew. "Third form!" He attacked Trunks with a barrage of death beams. "DIE, DIE, DIE, DIE!" Trunks flash-stepped and kicked Frieza in the face. "Bweg! Final form!" He shrunk further and became more streamlined. Trunks transformed into Super Saiyan and flicked Frieza in the face. "I'm no match for him," Frieza thought. "But even my subordinates could apprehend his friends. They must have run. But they can't have gotten far in the time it took for me to get here." A devious smile crosses his face. "This is Frieza," he whispered into his scouter. "Dispatch Zarbon to the outskirts of the capital city. Apprehend any who are attempting to leave," Frieza readied himself for battle with a smirk on his face.
Meanwhile Bardock's group had just made it to the outside of the city. "Sir! I see someone trying to leave!" shouted Cranberry. "Is that Bardock? He was supposed to have been dispatched an hour ago!"
"He's not wearing his scouter. He's got his son and mate with him, as well as a strange animal and a non-saiyan woman."
"Well our orders were to apprehend anyone who tried to leave. Make sure not to kill them. Lord Frieza can be very picky about this sort of thing."
Zarbon and his squad landed their shuttle in front of Bardock. "Halt!" shouted Cranberry.
"Hello, Bardock," Zarbon said in a seductive tone.
"Oh gods, it's you."
"Yes. And Lord Frieza has ordered me to capture you. Now come quietly. I wouldn't want to scratch your beautiful body."
"Hold Kakarot," Gine handed the baby to Nami. Then walked over to Zarbon and slapped him somehow doing damage. Gine locks eyes with him. "If you think you're good enough for my mate, then surely you must have a greater ego than the Prince." Zarbon is shocked at her audacity.
"Gods I love that woman."
"WHY YOU LITTLE-!" Zarbon screeched, but before he could finish the sentence, he was struck by an attack from Chopper. "Heavy Gong!" The attack is followed by a sickening crunching sound. Signifying a broken nose.
"M-my nose!" Zarbon began to panic. "You've ruined it!" Zarbon's whole body began to bulge. His teeth became pointed and his nose pointed out like the snout of a pig. "This is my true form! Now prepare yourselves! Lord Frieza may have ordered me not to kill you, but I can disfigure you as much as I like!"
"Aah!" Chopper screeched in fear as Zarbon grabbed him and flew into the air.
"Seismic Toss!" Zarbon dove towards the ground and then let go. Chopper transformed into guard point and cushioned himself, then went back into Heavy Point. But Zarbon had intercepted him and landed a heavy blow into Chopper's cranium which was followed by a barrage of ki blasts. As Zarbon prepares a finishing blow Bardock swoops in and kicks him in the back of the head. "Didn't Trunks say that saiyans were warmongers? I didn't think one would come in to save like that."
"Slow down there, Zarbon. You almost ruined my dinner."
"You're gonna eat me?!"
"Why else would I come in and save you like that?"
"You haven't saved anyone!" Zarbon roared. He launched another ki blast at the group. Bardock countered with his own blast. "Riot Javelin!" The attacks collide only for a moment before Zarbon's attack blows past Bardock's. But Bardock had already moved behind Zarbon and prepared a second Riot Javelin which then struck Zarbon's back. Zarbon whirls around and strikes at Bardock causing him to smack into a large tree. "Augh!"
"Excuse you," said the tree.
"The tree is talking?!" Bardock crawled away from the monsterous tree.
"Silence, sigh-yam. You killed our humanoid bretheran, the Kannassans," the tree said.
"Bardock, honey, are you alright?"
"I think I have a concusion."
"I'll treat you as soon as I finish him off!" Chopper shouted after having transformed into Kung-Fu Point.
"You can't finish me off!" Zarbon clawed at Chopper.
"Cloven Hoof!" The powerful palm of Chopper sends Zarbon into unconsiousness.
"He beat Lord Zarbon! Run!" Shouted Appule.
"I came as soon as I could!" Trunks shouted flying through the woods. "I sensed a fight going on but you seem to have taken care of it."
"Don't try to flatter me idiot! It won't work!" Chopper did a strange dance.
"Wuh?"
Meanwhile Frieza has retreated to his ship. "I can't believe this. Someone stronger than me has appeared? On top of that it seems Zarbon failed his mission. This has been a terrible day. But I must get rid of the Saiyans, or who knows what Lord Beerus will do to me? Perhaps I should call in my brother…"
Power LevelsBoa Hancock - 220,000,000
Brook - Unreadable
Eschalot - 4,000
Franky - Unreadable
Jinbe - 424,000,000
Joji - 200,000,000
Monkey D. Luffy - 300,000,000
? - 1
Nami - 650
Nico Robin - 225,000
Roronoa Zoro - 325,000,000
Sanji - 324,999,999
Tony Tony Chopper - 20
Trunks Briefs - 3,190,000
Usopp - 400
Yamato - 750,000,000
True Marine BountiesPirate Empress Boa Hancock - 3,500,000 beris
Soul King Brook - 2,000,000 beris
Iron Man Franky - 5,000,000 beris
First Son of The Sea Jinbe - 6,000,000 beris
Pirate King Monkey D. Luffy - 56,000,000 beris
Cat Burglar Nami - 3,000,000 beris
Devil Child Nico Robin - 5,200,000 beris
Pirate Hunter Roronoa Zoro - 20,000,000 beris
Black Leg Sanji - 19,999,999 beris
Cotton Candy Lovin' Tony Tony Chopper - 50 beris
God Usopp - 77,777,777 beris
Ogre Princess Yamato - 19,000,000 beris
Spectral Swordsman - 10,000 beris