Chapter Thirty - An Out of Body Experience

"I suggest you leave the planet and don't look back." Goku said stepping off of Burter. "You're no match for either of us."

Jiece took a step back but stopped as his scouter picked up Ginyu nearing quickly. A second later the horned alien landed beside his red skinned ally. "They just got here and took out Recoome and Burter like it was nothing." Jiece said. "They're stronger than the scouter says."

Ginyu nodded as he clicked on his scouter. "So you're Bardock eh?" he asked smirking. "I've heard of you and your son Kakkarotto. Took out Zarbon but you're still no match for me." Just then the readings stopped. "So let's see. Bardock's at 5,000 even and so is Kakkarotto. As easily as they took out Burter I'd say the strongest they are is maybe 600,000." he said grinning.

Bardock stepped forward to stand beside Goku. Goku glanced over to the others who looked a bit worried and smiled. "Don't worry, Bardock and I can handle this, no problem." He peeked inside the bag of Senzus anyway though and frowned. /Man, only two of them left./

Ginyu laughed. "You may have been able to defeat Recoome and Burter but I'm a lot stronger than they were."

Bardock cracked his neck. "Yep." he said. "You are stronger than them. You're about, what, twice the strength of Burter?" He smiled as Ginyu's eyes widened in shock. "I've learned how to sense a person's strength Ginyu, I know exactly how strong you are. And I'm not worried because I'm stronger. And so is Goku."

Ginyu quickly regained his composure. "Nice bluff Bardock but I doubt that. I am impressed that you've gotten as strong as you have but to be stronger than me you'd have to be stronger than Prince Vegeta!" he laughed.

"Then allow me to demonstrate!" Bardock smirked bracing himself.

A blue aura exploded around his body as the ground shook madly. Jiece watched his scouter as Bardock's power began to climb. /75,000... 120,000... 180,000... 250,000.../ "Only 298,648? That explains how he took out Recoome but he's nothing compared to you captain! He's barely stronger than me."

Bardock grinned. "I'm not finished yet! Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Bardock's aura flashed twice and then shifted red.

Jiece's eyes widened as he took a step back. The ground was shaking violently as Bardock's power rose yet again. /380,000... 450,000... this is unreal! He's supposed to be a low class warrior! 675,000... 750,000! He's gaining on the Captain! 900,000!/ He swallowed. "Im-impossible!" he cried. "1.2 million and still climbing!" A second later his scouter beeped. "How.... that's not... 1,493,240!"

Ginyu took several steps backward as he stared at Bardock in utter shock. Goku smiled as he prepared to power up as well. His aura flared to life as he bent at the waist and braced his body for the building energy. Jiece and Ginyu watched him in shock as his power broke 300,000 and his aura shifted red. Still his power climbed higher and higher. Jiece fell over onto his butt as he stared at his scouter in shock. His power was over 1.4 million and still climbing. "This is insane!" he cried staring at Goku. A second later his power stopped at 1,568,365.

Bardock glanced at him. "Not maxing out?" he asked curious.

"Nah, half is enough for these guys."

"Ha... half!?" Ginyu stammered.

The two remaining members of the Ginyu Force weren't the only ones present in complete shock. Gohan, Krillin, and Hotaru couldn't help but stare either. Finally Goku looked over at them again. "Do you have the Dragonballs yet?" he asked. Gohan nodded pointing to the final one. Goku smiled. "Good, get it and go revive the others. Hurry, there's a powerful energy coming towards the planet. Go!" The three of them waited only a moment before doing what Goku said. Hotaru scooped up the Dragonball while the others grabbed hold of her and the four sped off relying on Dende's sense of direction to find the other six.

"Give up yet Ginyu?" Goku called after the others had left. "You can't beat us!"

Ginyu let out a loud growl and suddenly launched in at the two Sai-jins. Both dodged easily around to the side of the purple alien and kicked him in the stomach hard. Ginyu turned and attacked them again and again the Sai-jins dodged and countered. Ginyu was slammed violently into the ground but stood again slowly. It was evident he was in bad shape. His power had dropped by over half already.

Suddenly he started laughing as he removed his scouter and tossed it over to a still stunned Jiece. "Hold that for me will you?" he said still laughing. Then he turned back to Goku and Bardock. "You guys are to much!" he laughed. "You're much stronger than me, but that's okay. You know the old saying right? If you can't beat them... be them!" He held his hand over his chest for a second and then blasted himself. The Sai-jins floated backwards cautiously as Ginyu smirked, laughed, and coughed at the same time. "Change... NOW!" he cried. His body was hidden suddenly by a brilliant aura. Then a beam of light surged forth and slammed into a shocked Goku.

Bardock covered his eyes to shield himself from the glare. It only lasted a second before fading and to Bardock it seemed as though everything was fine. At least, until Jiece called over to Goku, "Great idea Captain! I was worried for a moment!"

Bardock turned and floated away from his son as Ginyu's laugh came from him. "You should know better than that Jiece!" he called flexing his arms.

"What did you do!?" demanded Goku's voice. Bardock turned and saw Ginyu holding his chest staring up at the two of them.

Ginyu laughed inside Goku's body. "I've switched bodies with you! Like I said, can't beat them, be them!" With that he charged in at Bardock and slammed a hard right hook across his jaw. He the flipped around behind the Sai-jin and slammed his foot into his back.

Bardock was flung forward and downward into the ground. /Shit! Now what am I supposed to do? Ginyu stole Goku's body, I can't kill him... But if I do nothing he'll kill me./ He suddenly screamed out as a knee slammed down into his back.

Goku, trapped inside Ginyu's body, tried furiously to come up with a way to win this battle. As he clutched the wounded body he was in and fought to stay on his feet he noticed the sky slowly beginning to grow dark.

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"L-lord Frieza sir!" A tech cried from across the room. "I think you may want to see this!"

"What is it?" Frieza asked from his chair.

The tech pushed a button and a large monitor flared to life. In the bottom left corner 1x appeared. The number shifted 3,000x and Namek came into view. As did distortions in the planet's atmosphere followed a second later by a large form that caused Frieza to drop his glass of wine.

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Gohan, Krillin, Hotaru, and Dende touched down near a cliff. There on the cliffs face was a small cave in which rested the other six Dragonballs. ~Dende, can you hear me?~ echoed Guru's voice inside the young Namek's head.

~Guru! We have all of the Dragonballs at last, we're just about to summon Parunga.~

~That's good to hear, I'm afraid my time in this world is almost up. Azura has foreseen it.~

~No! That can't be true, Guru!~

~It's okay my child. Azura will help me hold on as long as she can but you must use the Dragonballs quickly. And Dende, once this is over search out Nail, he is badly injured.~

With a tear rolling down his cheek Dende nodded slowly to himself. ~I will Guru, I promise...~

~Open your mind to me Dende, I have something I wish to give you.~ Curious as to what Guru wanted to give him he did as the eldest Namek asked. He slowly felt an odd sensation flowing through his mind and body but it subsided as quickly as it came. ~Now go help your friends.~

"Dende?" Gohan asked walking up to him. "What's wrong?"

"It's Guru... he's... dying." The three warriors glanced at each other as they set down the last Dragonball. Time was running short. Dende approached them and glanced back to his friends who nodded. Then he spoke in Namek and summoned Parunga. The large Dragonballs began to glow fiercely as the sky darkened overhead. Lighting flashed casting eerie shadows across the land. Suddenly a stream of energy exploded free of the Dragonballs and surged skyward. Slowly it took on a shape and the glow faded to reveal the massive Eternal Dragon of Namek, Parunga.

"You who have summoned me to this plan, I shall grant you any three wishes within my power." his voice boomed out across the land.

"Alright!" Krillin cheered. "Have him revive our friends."

Dende shook his head. "You forget, only one person can be revived at a time." The three of them seemed a bit depressed at that reminder. "Also, they will be restored to the place at which they died. So, who should we revive first?"

Gohan stood there in thought for a moment and then suddenly grinned. "Mr. Piccolo!" he cried. "If we bring him back then the Dragonballs on Earth will be restored!"

"Hey, you're right!" Krillin cried happily. "We can use them to bring the others back with just one wish!"

Hotaru nodded. "It's settled then, we'll revive Piccolo first." she said.

~Hey kiddo.~

Gohan looked around. "Mr. P-Piccolo?" he asked. The other three looked at him like he was going nuts. "Where, where are you?"

~On King Kai's planet. Look, when you bring me back, use your second wish to bring me to Namek. The way things are going... you may need my help.~

"Right!" Gohan said happy. "Dende, for the first wish revive Piccolo. For the second bring him to Namek. We'll figure out the third in a bit..."

Dende nodded and returned to the Dragon. He spoke again in Namek and made the first wish. Parunga's eyes glowed brightly. "It shall be done, the one you call Piccolo will be resurrected." Then his eyes faded. "It has been done. What is your second wish?" Dende quickly made the next wish. Again the Dragon's eyes flashed. "Granted." it boomed. "You have one wish re... main..."

They all glanced at each other as the Dragon's eyes turned black and it's scales followed suit. "What's happening?" Hotaru asked.

"Oh no, it's Guru!" Dende cried. "He's... he's gone!" As the words escaped Dende's mouth there was a brilliant flash of gold and the dragon vanished. The Dragonballs floated in the air for a moment glowing faintly before falling to the ground as nothing more than worthless stones.

Gohan looked around him franticly. "Where's Piccolo? Did he make it?"

Dende nodded. "He's here, it's our fault he's not with us. We had Parunga bring him to Namek but didn't specify where."