Frieza sat back and smiled. "What a sorry collection you've brought me."

Raditz, Goku, and Vegeta were sprawled out across the floor of Frieza's spaceship. Next to them was a pile of five dragonballs. Nappa, Kuwi, Zarbon and Dodoria were all standing at attention, awaiting their master's orders.

"Very soon, we will be done with this retched dust ball. There are two more dragonballs left before I obtain my wish. I…" he was interrupted as his scouter began to beep. "Eh? There are three power levels slightly below twenty thousand. And they're leaving a large cluster of low level powers."

His eyes shot open. "They must have obtained one of the remaining dragonballs! Who are these three!"

Nappa scratched his head. "Three powers below twenty? That's gotta be those stupid humans!"

Zarbon gave Nappa a glare. "Is there something you aren't telling us?"

"Well, there are three earthlings that were friends of this one." At this point he kicked the prone Goku. "They aren't anything to worry about."

Frieza nodded. "Fine." He turned to Kuwi. "I want you to go and apprehend the dragonball, and dispose of these… earthlings."

Kuwi wordlessly turned around and walked out of the room. Frieza leaned over the unconscious Sayians. "You foolish monkeys… see how quickly your silly rebellion has been squashed?" Frieza's laugh began to echo throughout the halls of his ship as Kuwi flew off after the humans.


"Guys! I can't feel Goku's power anywhere!"

Tien closed his eyes, concentrating his sense of ki. After several hushed moments, he shook his head.

"I can't sense Goku or Piccolo at all."

Yamcha flicked on the scouter on his eye. "What was their power levels?"

"Nappa said they were….. um." Krillin shrugged. "A little above twenty thousand, I think… Why? Do you have something on that thing?"

Yamcha nodded. "There's a twenty thousand coming at us pretty fast."

Tien raised an eyebrow. "That's not anyone we know… It doesn't feel familiar…" he turned to Krillin. "Quick! Drop the dragonball! Get ready to fight!"

Krillin nodded. He let go of the dragonball and got into his KameSennin stance. Yamcha and Tien took their own stances as the dragonball crashed into the ground.

Kuwi's form appeared so suddenly that it seemed as if he had been there the whole time. Tien jumped back and assumed a defensive stance, both of his hands in between him and the new arrival.

"Who in the hell are you!"

Kuwi turned towards Tien with a look of curiosity. "Are you the… earthlings I was told about?"

Yamcha growled. "We might be. And what if we are?"

Kuwi smiled, yet there was nothing but malice in his eyes. "Then you should pray to whatever primitive gods you worship. I have been sent to destroy you all."

Krillin began inching backwards, sweat forming on his brow. Tien's eyes narrowed. "And what makes you think you can take us? There's three of us. The odds aren't on your side, buddy."

"Hmmm. Funny. You earthlings look remarkably similar to the Sayians." Kuwi glared at Tien. "And you certainly act like one. Headstrong and foolish." Before any of the humans could react, Kuwi dashed at Tien and smashed his forearm into the triclops' forehead. Krillin and Yamcha scattered either way, both to prepare a defense, and to get away from their assailant. Tien threw out his arms, catching himself right before he hit the ground, performing a small backflip to land back on his feet.

Krillin cupped his hands, preparing a Kamehameha. Yamcha narrowed his eyes and held out his hand. "Wait a minute, Krillin. I want to take a crack at this one."

The energy dissipated from the small monk's hands. He gave his friend a sideways look, unsure as to whether this was a good idea or not. Yamcha'll get creamed if he fights this guy head up! What's he thinking?

Almost as if reading Krillin's mind, the wolf bandit smiled. "Don't worry, I'm not that pathetic. Besides, if things look too tight, you and Tien can give me a hand, right?"

Krillin hesitantly nodded. Yamcha took this as the okay and dashed towards Kuwi. Kuwi's face split into a wide grin as the earthling drew near. "You fools are going to make this way too easy for me!" He calculated where Yamcha would attack from and swung out his fist. At the last second, Yamcha twisted to the side, narrowly dodging the counter attack. "Ha! I saw that coming a mile away!" Inwardly, he thought, Holy crap! That woulda took my head off! I'll have to be more careful!

He wrapped his arms around Kuwi's leg and used his ki to launch himself towards the ground, dragging Frieza's henchman into the dirt with him. Dust flew up as they slammed into the earth. Yamcha scrambled up and readied himself for the counter attack. I have to keep this guy on the ground… I'm not good enough with the Buku-Jutsu yet. He pulled his hands back and began charging energy. Kuwi stood up and dusted himself off. There was a smirk on his face, but it had no traces of humor in it.

"Are we done playing games, yet, silly earthling? You must know that there isn't any way for you to defeat me!"

Yamcha wore a confident smirk. "Really? I try to have a more positive outlook on life. Nothing's impossible. Kamehameha!" The blue energy wave tore through the air, ripping up the ground as it shot towards Kuwi. The alien took it head on, creating a huge cloud of smoke. Yamcha relaxed, his shoulders sagging in relief.

"He's still alive, you idiot!" Tien screamed down at about the same time as Yamcha's scouter began to beep. An energy blast ripped out of the dust cloud and slammed into the unsuspecting Yamcha. The blast was more than powerful enough to send Yamcha careening through a mountain, where he lay unmoving, smoke pouring off of his body.

"Damn!" Tien cursed as he prepared to rush to the aid of his friend.

"W….wait…" Yamcha stood up slowly, a weak smile on his face. "I'm not that helpless. Let me finish." He threw his arms up into a strange looking position.

Krillin groaned. "Please don't tell me he's gonna use the wolf-fang fist…."

"Chao Roga-FuFu Ken!"

Krillin slapped his forehead in frustration. "Ultimate wolf fang fist? The wolf fang fist never works! When is he gonna learn? It leaves his legs wide open!"

Yamcha rushed forward, raising his hands in emulation of the claws of a wolf. He let out a guttural howl and jumped into the air, energy filling his fist as he came down on Kuwi. The officer raised his arm to block, but where Yamcha struck, the energy left claw marks cut through his arm. He let out an involuntary cry of pain. Yamcha took the opportunity to close in, sending out a lightning fast volley of energy enhanced claw attacks. Kuwi managed to dodge several of the strikes, but every time he was hit it was getting harder and harder to move.

Kuwi realized he had to come up with something fast. If I don't, I'll lose to this pathetic human! It looks like he leaves his feet wide open during this move…I'll just swing in a kick here…"Ack!" Yamcha had brought his claw down into Kuwi's leg, blocking the kick he had thrown out.

From above, Krillin raised his eye. "Hm. Maybe he does learn."

Kuwi lashed out with a right hook that hit it's mark on Yamcha's face, and then fell to the ground, the various cuts and hits on his body proving to be too much. Dazed, Yamcha stumbled backwards a step. Ouch. Don't have anything left…He focused the last of his energy into his hand, and brought into down into the fallen Kuwi's chest, ripping a hole through it. Green blood sprayed out as Yamcha collapsed. Krillin and Tien flew towards him to make sure he was okay.


"Guru!"

"Yes, my son, I know. I too felt one of the evil energies die. Perhaps there is some that aid us. I want you to go to where the evil energy faded and find out what is going on. Help those that would help us."

Nail nodded, standing to his full impressive height. "I shall do as you say, but I am worried. Will you be alright alone?"

Guru laughed in his deep voice, causing the inside of his house to shake slightly. "I will not be alone. Someone is here to watch over me."

Nail gave Guru a confused look. "Someone..?" He was interrupted as a frantic knocking echoed throughout the house. He stared at the door as though it were of another world. Then again, it is the Guru… his powers are far beyond anything I could ever comprehend… He walked over to the door and opened it up. Standing there was a small Namekian boy, with a worried look in his eyes.

He met Nail's stare and gave a small smile of relief. "Hello, my name is Dende. My village elder, Muri, sent me to give you word of what has gone on this day."

Nail nodded. "The Guru is upstairs. Follow me."

After a hurried explanation…

"So Muri gave the dragonball to the small earth man. He said that someone had destroyed the other villages, and it was the smartest thing to do."

Guru sighed. "Muri made the right decision. Someone has gathered most of the dragonballs, and whoever it is has an evil aura about them. Perhaps the small earth man is one of the ones who is attempting to protect us." He turned to Nail. "Now your mission is much more urgent. Lend your hand to this earthling. Only if we work together will we stand a chance."

Nail nodded and exited the building. Guru looked at the small Dende. "You know, child, I can sense much talent buried deep within you… perhaps I could release it…?"


Frieza's rage caused his ki to slightly rise, knocking over all the small electronic equipment that had piled up in the bridge of his ship. He double checked his scouter and then turned to Zarbon.

"Mr. Zarbon! Kuwi has been killed! No more mistakes. I want both you and Dodoria to go and handle these nuisances."

Dodoria and Zarbon both nodded, but Dodoria looked slightly nervous. Kuwi is dead? What's going on here? But not a word was spoken as he and Zarbon headed off to the last recorded location of Kuwi's reading.

Now it was only Frieza and Nappa in the room. "Nappa, I want you to send out an emergency call for the Ginyu Force." Nappa nodded, slightly nervous. Frieza had always set him on edge. He let his mind wander, and it ended up on Vegeta and Raditz, whom he had watched over since Planet Vegeta had exploded. Have I made the right choice?… His doubt was erased, however as he thought back to the promise he had made King Vegeta merely days before the planet had exploded. As the general of the Sayian army, it is my job to ensure that the race lives on. And that is all… I'm sorry, Vegeta…

Frieza noticed Nappa's pause and gave him a stern look. "Do not worry yourself with the prince. I have yet to decide his fate. Right now, all you should concern yourself with is my orders." Nappa nodded wordlessly and turned toward the communication device. Frieza went on, enjoying the frightened silence of his companion. "I doubt that Dodoria and Zarbon will fail, but it is nice to cover all eventualities, don't you think?" Still no answer. Frieza's smile broadened. "And when you are done, Nappa, I believe you and I will go on a little adventure…"


AN- Geez, I managed to update in a rapid manner! Yay! I'm so happy that everyone enjoys the story thus far. Things will be much different, and a few characters will be switched around. I already have the entire series done, so nothing will change, but just for yucks, and to get a feel for who everyone is backing, everyone who reads this, give me a review. Let me know what you think, but more importantly, just give me your three favorite characters in order. Just so I know who I'm going to upset or make happy. shrugs just a little interest thing. Nothing will be changed, but I'd just like to know. Catch ya next time!