Raditz and Nappa were zooming through the air, the Namekian landscape flying by under them. Nappa had a worried look on his face. Anything other than his trademark grimace was enough to catch Raditz's attention. Nappa slowed down, and his scouter began to beep. His eyes opened wide.

"Over five hundred thousand…. Friezas over there…"

Raditz slowed down and gave his ally an estranged look. "Yeah, and it would probably be best if we didn't let him find us, Nappa."

Nappa nodded slowly, but he looked like he had something on his mind. "Hey, uh, Raditz…"

"What's wrong?"

Nappa looked like he was having an inner conflict. "I… uh. I was just wondering. You know… are you into this whole thing?"

Raditz lifted an eyebrow. Where is he going with this? "Into what whole thing?" He won't look me in the eyes…

"Well, this whole rebellion against Frieza. Do you agree with Vegeta?"

"Agree with Vegeta? He is our prince. We don't have to agree."

Nappa sighed. "But Vegeta always talks about the pride of the Sayian race…. How can there be any pride in an extinct race?"

"Huh?"

"We're gonna die! We can't beat Frieza!"

This line of conversation was beginning to worry Raditz. "We have to try, Nappa. Frieza destroyed our entire planet. What makes you think he would allow us to live much longer?"

Nappa looked extremely worried. He decided to try a different approach. "If we follow Vegeta blindly, doesn't that make him the same as Frieza?"

Raditz's eyes narrowed. "No. Vegeta is our prince… no. He is old enough. Vegeta is the king of the Sayians. He is our king. Frieza is some pompous bastard who has enslaved us. The two aren't even close."

Nappa sighed inwardly. I can't say I didn't try…. It looks like I'll be the last surviving Sayian after all…Out loud, he said, "Maybe you're right… Let's go."

Raditz nodded, and they sped off, kicking up a storm of dust in their wake.

Kuwi sat on a random rock and sighed angrily. He had killed off a few stray Namekians, but he had yet to get any sort of lead on the remaining dragonballs. Master Frieza already has five of the dragonballs... I don't see why he's getting so edgy. If I don't come back with one of those damn orbs, I may as well not go back at all. He was cursing his luck, when his scouter began beeping wildly. He jumped up. Two high readings! They both are about 20,000! Could it be Dodoria and Zarbon?...

He looked up and saw two figures approaching him. "That's not Dodoria…. Who could it be…." He squinted into the sky, the sun making it hard to see much of anything. As the figures got closer, he made out the large form of Nappa. His mouth turned upward into a grim smile. "Ah, the Sayians".

The two Sayians landed in front of the purple alien, angry glares painted on their faces. Kuwi broke out into laughter.

"Well, look at the two of you! Such serious monkeys! But then again, I suppose I would be upset too, if I had just shown up to be slaughtered!"

Raditz's expression didn't change at all. "Us? Slaughtered? Have you looked at your scouter at all?" he asked through clenched teeth.

Kuwi shrugged. "So what if you raised your power? You aren't anything more than stupid apes. Power is nothing without skill behind it."

Raditz growled. "You miserable bigot! I'll show you what a stupid ape can do!" He dashed forward, bringing his foot out in front of him for a lunging dropkick. Kuwi jumped high into the air, his carefree smile never leaving his face.

"It will be extremely fun to eradicate you! You ridiculous simians walk around all high and mighty! If Frieza would have allowed it, we would have beaten you to death all those years ago!" Kuwi formed a large ball of energy in his hand and threw it directly into Raditz's path. He tried to stop, but he had far too much momentum. He crashed headlong into the energy ball, setting off a powerful explosion. The blast sent Raditz flying back the way he had came, smoke pouring off of his singed armor. He stuck out his arms and hands to stop his falling, digging a depp trench into the ground. Kuwi touched down on the floor as Raditz stood up and rubbed his shoulder.

"That was a nice attack, but you have to do better than that to stop me, Kuwi!"

Raditz formed a small energy ball in either hand. "Shin Sokidan!" he yelled as he threw the two orbs towards his foe. Kuwi jumped back into the air, sneering at his opponent's pathetic attack. "Any fool could dodge those, you halfwit!"

There was a small smile on the Sayian's face as he preformed a strange pattern of motions with his hands, nearly too fast for Kuwi to follow. His scouter went off and he turned behind him. The two energy balls had followed him up into the air. Is he controlling the orbs? What other sort of tricks has this monkey learned while he was away?

Kuwi suddenly banked to the left, hoping to shake the ki off of his tail. The blasts swerved with him, nearly catching him in the leg. "How do I get rid of these things!" he screamed in frustration. One came for his head, which he yanked to one side. The attack shot by, nearly clipping him as it passed. Raditz smiled, stopped his gestures, and clenched both of his hands into tight fists. Both balls exploded with tremendous power, leaving a huge cloud of smoke. The Sayian warrior heard Nappa gasp behind him, but he knew better. It will take a bit more to finish off this fool.

He dashed into the cloud of smoke, throwing out his fists with blinding speed. They clashed with another set of fists, creating a loud sound on collision. Raditz's hair flew back as he began a furious exchange of blows with Kuwi as they emerged from the cloud. "Just give up, you pathetic Sayian! You can't stop me! Even if you do, how do you plan to defeat Frieza?"

Raditz didn't answer as he gritted his teeth. What is Nappa doing? I don't know if I can finish this bozo off alone! He risked a glance behind him and saw Nappa standing there, his arms crossed over his massive chest. His eyes were locked in a faraway stare. Kuwi took advantage of his momentary distraction and drove his fist down into where the Sayian's neck met the shoulder. There was a cracking sound and Raditz dropped out of the sky, crashing into the ground, creating a large hole.

Kuwi flew toward the ground at full speed, one of his hands pulled back for an energy attack. Raditz's ki built up under him, and he blasted out of the hole like a rocket, his fist raised up above him. Kuwi pulled back, thrown off guard as the energy dissipated from his hands. The only sound heard was a sickening crack as Raditz slammed his fist into Kuwi's face. The alien warrior came crashing into the ground, where he sat up on his elbow and rubbed his face.

"You idiot! End this now!" he shouted.

Raditz raised an eyebrow in confusion. End it now?… is he talking to me…?

His thoughts were cut off as he felt an incredible sensation of pain building up in his body. He tried to move but felt as if his body weighed far more than it ever had in the gravity chamber.

"Wh…what's happening….?" He managed to turn his head to find Nappa holding his tail in his hand. "Nappa…. Why?"

Nappa's face held more regret in it then Raditz had ever seen him show in his entire life. Very quietly, he asked, "Where did you learn those techniques?"

Raditz's head was dropping, and he felt his consciousness beginning to fade. "I paid attention to them. The humans. While you scoffed at them for being weak, I paid attention. They managed to defeat me when they were far weaker than I was. What they don't have in power, they more than make up for in resource and ability… If you weren't so… so thick, maybe you could have learned from them too…."

Nappa shook his head. "No. The Sayians are the most powerful race in the world. We don't need to look to a bunch of stupid earthlings. That's why I'm doing this. I don't want to see the Sayian race destroyed…"

Raditz was losing his battle with unconsciousness, and he was having trouble forming sentences. "No! He'll… kill you…. Afraid… of…. Super Sayi…." His sentence went unfinished as he finally gave in to the blackness.

Nappa sighed. It may be a risk, but it's the only chance the Sayian race has… Kuwi sat up and hovered to where the two Sayians were. "It took you long enough, you stupid ox! What were you waiting for? Him to kill me?"

Nappa bit back a retort and shook his head. "We got him, didn't we? So relax."

Kuwi angrily spit on the floor. "Whatever. Let's just bring this garbage back to Master Frieza."

Tien shook his head as he felt more power levels disappear. I should be out there fighting! Not running a ridiculous errand! Who does that pompous bastard Vegeta think he is? He looked over to Yamcha and Krillin as they spoke with the Namekian known as Muri.

"We have discussed matters amongst ourselves. Lore has it that we should only give the dragonball to a great hero." He turned to Krillin. "And so, we give the mystical orb to you, great hero. We see great promise in you."

Krillin went wide eyed as Muri handed him the giant dragonball. I remember these things were a lot smaller on earth… I wonder what the dragon will look like?… he was pulled out of his thoughts by Yamcha laughing.

"You! A great hero?… Don't make me laugh!"

Krillin hung his head. "Yeah, I know… I'm no great hero…"

"I mean, maybe a small hero. Or if we could get you some really big shoes, maybe you could make a medium hero!" Yamcha continued to laugh at his own wit. Krillin walked off sullenly, silently willing himself to grow a few inches. Tien stood up as they returned.

"Excellent, they gave you the dragonball. Now, we just have to hide it from those goons and meet up with the others."

Krillin nodded and they both turned to Yamcha, who had finally stopped laughing long enough to come over. "So, we ready to fly off?"

"Yeah, we can go." Tien smirked. "Do you have to wear that ridiculous scouter? You look like a moron!"

Krillin and Tien blasted off, leaving a bewildered Yamcha scratching his head. "Really? I thought this thing looked badass!"