Frieza steepled his hands, a small grin forming on his face as his travel chair slowly lowered to the Namekian soil. Nappa quietly landed behind him, fear etching it's lines across his face. Why are we here?… The dragonball isn't here anymore… these Namekians have nothing he wants…
"Hmm. There is no welcoming committee waiting for us. That is their first mistake." Frieza lifted one finger, and pointed at one of the Namekian dwellings. "Perhaps this will attract their attention." A small thin beam of energy shot out from the extended finger, sending the singled out house up in flames. The foundation of the home collapsed in, the stone of the ceiling crushing the Namekian child who was trying to escape his burning home. Frieza let out a small chuckle as he turned to Nappa.
"I do love some entertainment. Don't you?"
Nappa stared straight ahead, scared silence emanating off of him like a stench. Frieza sighed. "You're getting awfully boring, you know…"
The one sided conversation was interrupted as a commanding voice broke through the air.
"What in the name of Guru has gone on here!"
The short Namek known as Muri appeared from behind one of the houses. He looked down upon the wreckage of the home, and his rage began to boil up. "Who did this!" he bellowed, looking around for the culprit. His eyes went from livid to terrified in a matter of seconds as he realized who was in front of him.
"F..Frieza!"
Frieza smiled. "Why hello. I am glad to see that even you backwater Namekians know the name and face of your master."
Muri's eyes narrowed as he pulled together what little courage he had left. "Why are you here? We Nameks have always been a peaceful race, and we have done nothing to incur your wrath!"
Frieza nodded. "Perhaps. But you silly toads have been quite stingy. All I want is to make a wish on your precious dragonballs, but the rest of the elders tried to keep me from my desire." Now Frieza's voice carried the air of injured innocence. With that and his high pitched voice, Nappa was almost inclined to believe that Frieza was being sincere. But Nappa knew better.
Muri growled. So the rumors are true. It was Frieza's men who have been destroying villages and claiming dragonballs… "The dragonballs are not meant to be used for whims! Only in the face of an emergency may they be used!"
Now Frieza's tone began to drop from polite to threatening. "But you see, this is an emergency. If I don't have my wish, all you worthless Nameks will die."
Muri tried to swallow, but he felt a lump rise up in his throat. He could feel the evil energy flowing freely from the monster before him. And there didn't seem to be any hint of an end to the power, either. But still, duty calls, eh? Muri dashed at the tyrant, hoping to at least stall for a small time. Maybe the rest of the village can escape… With speed that he couldn't even see, Frieza jumped from his chair and brought a backhand into the Namekian elder's chest, sending him to the ground. He tired to stand up, but the world was altogether too fuzzy for his tastes. He slumped backwards and tried to regain his senses.
Frieza's friendly smile had disappeared, and was replaced by a sadistic grin. "I am deeply saddened by your insolence. Now I am forced to take… action." A small ball of energy began to form in Frieza's palm, erratically pulsating as more power began to flow into it. He pulled back his arm and hurled the ball, causing Muri to cringe. But the attack never hit the elder, instead zooming by his head, and hitting several Nameks who had gathered to see what the commotion was about. Muri's eyes held a pain in them that was much fiercer than if he would have actually been hit. He turned to Frieza, desperation and agony written on his face.
"Leave them out of this! I'm the one who refuses to help you! They have done nothing!"
Frieza's grin widened as he continued to gleefully throw energy blasts at the fleeing Namekians. Nothing much was heard but the sound of screaming Nameks and energy explosions. Frieza stopped for a second and gave Muri a condescending frown. "You're right. They haven't done anything. They die because you are stubborn. You certainly are a selfish one."
An energy blast flew through the air, smashing into Frieza's face. The tyrant didn't even blink as he continued to blast the remaining Nameks. There was one final scream, and the sound of a body hitting the ground. Frieza turned back to the shaking elder. "There. I hope you are happy. Now you are an endangered species."
Muri slowly got to his feet and closed his eyes. His search for energy signals came up short. He dropped to his knees and shook his head. "It… it is all over…"
Frieza smiled. "Nappa, kill him."
Nappa blinked as he pulled himself out of the trance he had been in. Despite all of the genocides he had participated in, the sight of Frieza mockingly slaughtering the peaceful green people was traumatizing. Frieza chilled to the bone. He turned to Frieza with a blank stare. "Huh?…"
"Kill this Namekian."
"Uh, yeah…." Nappa managed to build a small amount of energy into his palm, but it was obvious his heart wasn't in it. He launched the attack, but even in the elder's weakened state, Muri managed to swat the attack away. Frieza shook his head, and pointed a finger at the elder. A small beam of energy ripped through the air and pierced the Namek's heart.
"You disappoint me, Nappa."
"Ummmm, I…"
Frieza heard a small blip from his scouter. He looked at it for several tense moments, and then, "Zarbon and Dodoria are dead, Nappa. Who could have killed them?"
Nappa's eyes widened. "What! Those humans?… They couldn't have…"
"Another disappointment, Nappa. I am very upset. You have cost me three of my favorite operatives."
Nappa's eyes were glued to the ground as he tried to explain his actions. "But… they… they were so weak! I…. Ugh!" His sentence was cut off as Frieza put a beam through Nappa's chest. Blood flew into the air as Nappa's heavy frame crashed to the ground.
"But…no…." Nappa could barely keep his head up as he tried to talk. It was getting harder to speak as air was escaping from the hole in his lung. "Kin…. King…. Veget… I'm sorry…." His eyes slowly rolled back as his head fell to the floor.
Frieza shook his head. "Once a dumb monkey, always a dumb monkey, I suppose." His scouter beeped, and several large numbers flashed on the eyepiece. "Ah. The Ginyu Force has arrived." Frieza got back into his flying chair and shot off towards the landing site.
"So, you are the small earthling Dende told us about."
Krillin rubbed the back of his neck. This isn't even my planet, and I'm becoming famous! "Well, I guess so…"
"And you are also searching for the dragonballs?"
Krillin nodded grimly. "But we aren't looking for them to make a wish for ourselves…"
Guru smiled. "It would be much easier if you would just let me read your mind."
"My… mind?"
"Yes. Step forward, child of earth."
Krillin took a hesitating step forward, within arms range of the mighty Guru. A giant green claw was placed on his head, and he felt extremely light headed. After a moment, the hand was removed, and there was a light chuckle.
"I see. You are indeed one with pure intentions, although your choice of companions is a little questionable. Never before have I seen Sayians on a mission for the side of good."
Krillin smiled. "Well, Vegeta and Nappa might be bad, but I've never met a better person than Goku. I wouldn't worry too much."
"I see." Guru motioned with his hand, and a small Namekian boy came forward, his eyes shyly glued to the ground. "This is Dende. Take him to your friends outside, and he shall heal them. When you are done, I want you all to come back to me."
Krillin nodded, and he and Dende flew down to the lower level, where the unconscious Tien and Yamcha were being watched by Nail. Dende flew directly to Yamcha and put his hands on his chest. Krillin nervously rubbed the back of his neck.
"Are you sure you know how to heal humans?.. I mean, you look a little young and all…" Krillin's voice dropped as a luminous energy surrounded both Dende and Yamcha. Krillin could feel Yamcha's energy start to reform, and shortly after, his eyes shot open. He sat up and shook his head, trying to get back his bearings.
"My head feels like it was in a blender… Krillin? Where are we?"
Krillin's face split into a broad grin. "You had me worried, you big retard! We're at the head Namek's house."
Yamcha gave Krillin a weak smile. "Oh. Did we win?"
"Well, you beat that weird guy, but then two more showed up." Now Krillin pointed to Nail, who was quietly leaning against a wall. "This guy saved us!"
"Piccolo?" Nail rolled his eyes and focused his attention on Dende. He had just healed Tien, who was sitting upright. Krillin took Yamcha's hand and helped him onto his feet. "This Guru guy wants to meet the two of you. C'mon."
"This is remarkable." Yamcha winced, as Guru's booming voice didn't do much good for his pounding head. "You three seem to possess such great power. And yet, within you, I can sense a great deal more. Step forward, and I shall awaken it."
Yamcha's face broke into a confident grin as he strutted forward. "He must mean me. I always knew I had hidden power. You guys better watch out. I'm gonna be the big gun now."
Krillin and Tien shook their heads in unison as Yamcha's power began to unravel by the expert hand of Guru. To Krillin's ki sense, it felt just like when Dende had healed Yamcha, his power slowly rising. But once he reached what Krillin had mentally catalogued as Yamcha's maximum, the power kept going. He involuntarily shuttered as Yamcha's power began to rise past the point of Vegeta, and of the strange fat pink warrior, and then even of Nail. Tien exchanged a look with Krillin, and they both wondered just how far this Guru could unlock their power.
"Guldo!" A small pudgy creature with two eyes where his ears should be dropped onto one knee and lifted both hands, bending the wrists.
"Jeice!" A red alien with flowing white hair mimicked the motion, creating a strange mirror image with the small four eyed thing.
"Burta!" An extremely large blue monster with terrible looking eyes stretched to one side, bringing his arm out in a ridiculous maneuver.
"Recoome!" A bulky alien with a vacant stare and a small sprout of red hair stretched to the opposite side and brought his arm out in a similar motion.
The four members of the Ginyu squad struck their respective ridiculous poses, great smiles of pride on their faces. They were doing a job for the great Frieza. As they all completed their poses, a large purple horned man dropped into the middle of them and bent over, making a strange face in between his legs.
"Ginyu!"
Lights sparkled behind them as the Ginyu Force performed their ultimate pose. Frieza shook his head in disbelief.
"Ummm, yes. Wonderful. Captain Ginyu?"
"Yes, Lord Frieza?"
"Could you, maybe remove your head from your bottom and come over here?"
Ginyu straightened up. "Certainly, Lord Frieza!"
Ginyu walked over to Frieza, while the rest of the Ginyu squad all remained in their positions. Sweat began to form on Recoome's brow, and Burta felt an itch in the middle of his face. But none of the warriors moved an inch. This was due to their special training. Several times a day, Ginyu put them through a rigorous drill of poses, to keep their muscles in top shape. It had been a tough road, but now, looking at themselves in their awesome poses, it somehow made it all worthwhile. They were the elites now…
"Mr. Ginyu, there are several creatures on this planet, and it is believed that they hold in their possession something which belongs to me."
Ginyu nodded. "How many of them are there?"
"There are supposedly three of them, but there may be more. I have eradicated most of the natives on the planet, so they shouldn't be too hard to find. They have two large orange orbs. I want you to bring them back to me once you have defeated these foolish humans."
"Of course, Lord!" He turned to the rest of the squad. "All right, Guldo! Recoome!"
The smallest and bulkiest members of the force stepped forward. The two of them created the oddest pair that Frieza had ever seen. And he had been all across the universe. They both saluted, Guldo barely coming up to Recoome's knee. Ginyu continued with his orders. "Turn on your scouters, and see if you can find these guys. I figure we can just leave it to you two."
Recoome nodded and pushed a button on his scouter. A beep sounded out, and the machine continued to make rapid, smaller beeps. Recoome's eyes widened at the changing numbers.
"We got a reading to the west, and it keeps going up!"
Ginyu raised an eyebrow. "What's it at right now?"
Recoome stuttered as he read it out. "It's at 45,000, and still rising!"
Ginyu smiled. "Don't worry. That's chicken feed. Remember your training, Recoome! You have a power level of sixty thousand! And you are taking Guldo with you! You'll be fine! Now go!"
Recoome seemed to be a bit worried, but shook it off. He was a Ginyu, after all. No room for worry. Besides, he had seen Guldo's special ability…. They should be fine. They both cushioned their ki under them and shot off towards the power reading. Frieza turned away and shook his head. It's hard to believe they have such tremendous fighting powers… although they could never even come close to touching me… Let's see how far these humans want to push things…
Krillin's eyes were going wide as he felt Yamcha's growing power. This is unreal! If Yamcha has this much power, imagine how much Tien would have!
Krillin's surprise was nothing compared to Yamcha's own surprise at his increase. He felt like his body was going to explode, so much ki was gathering inside him. And this was all his own? The whole feeling was quite unreal. Eventually, the increase stopped, and Yamcha dropped to the ground, his entire body feeling brand new, as if it wasn't even his own. He stood up slowly and stared at his hand. He felt like he was light years beyond anything he had ever encounter before. I bet I could even take Frieza on now!
Guru gave a small laugh as he saw Yamcha's expression. "Be careful, young one. You have great power, but you can always lose against the advisory can still be arrogance."
Yamcha nodded, but it was obvious that he was still in awe of his own power. Suddenly his head snapped up. "There are two powers coming this way! One of them is pretty weak, but the other is bigger than Nail!"
Tien's eyes narrowed, and he let out a low growl. "We don't have all day to gawk! Quickly, elder, unlock my power as well!"
Yamcha ran to the door and smiled. "I doubt you'll be necessary, Tien! I'll handle this one on my own!" With that he went outside, blasting off towards the incoming powers. Tien kneeled in front of the Guru, closing his eyes and awaiting his boost in power.
Raditz groggily opened his eyes. Where am I? All he felt was insurmountable pain. He tried to move around, but his body felt like it weighed a ton. He could barely manage to move his head around. Metallic floors… lots of equipment laying around…It looked like he was in a spaceship… But this isn't our ship… oh no! This is Frieza's personal cruiser!
He finally, by dint of much effort, turned his head around to see why he was in so much pain. Behind him, his tail was being held in a clamp of some sort. Lances of agony were shooting throughout his entire body. Around either of his wrists were metal bands that kept sending out small electric shocks. He suppressed the urge to let out a scream. I have to concentrate! I need to get out of here! He closed his eyes, and through the mists of pain, he began to feel for any ki in the spaceship. There were several small ones approaching, but not the specific one he was looking for. Frieza… That small task took so much out of him he could barely see with his normal sense of sight. Right before he blacked out, he saw a glimpse of five of Frieza's no-name soldiers as they sauntered into the room. Oh crap…were his final thoughts as he passed back out.
Recoome and Guldo stopped suddenly, a fighter appearing in front of them. Recoome shook his head. Had he not been paying attention? It was almost as if the fighter had just suddenly appeared. Guldo apparently was as startled as him, because he let out a little gasp.
"Who's this guy?"
The fighter gave them a big grin. "My name is Yamcha. And by the uniforms you guys have on, I assume you work for Frieza."
Recoome shrugged. He consulted his scouter, and nearly passed out when he saw the number. "his…. His… his power…." There was sweat forming on his forehead, and his voice was shaking in fear. Guldo folded his arms.
"Whats the problem?"
"His power….. his power is at one hundred and twenty thousand!"
Guldo shook his head. "That can't be right. The Captain has a power level of one hundred and twenty. Your scouter must be malfunctioning!" He hit a button or two on his own scouter, and there was moment of stunned silence. Yamcha rolled his eyes. These guys were taking forever.
"Well?" Recoome asked.
"….. maybe… maybe both of our scouters are malfunctioning. You know, like with the same malfunction?…"
"So… this guy really has a power of 120?…"
Guldo shrugged. "He doesn't look that tough. I bet we could take him!"
Recoome nodded, but he wasn't quite so sure. In a second, it wouldn't matter though, as Yamcha had had enough. He dashed at Recoome, his fists pulled back to strike. Recoome swallowed and prepared to fight.
Mr. Chaozu really is cool! I can't believe how strong I've gotten! Gohan sat in his bedroom upstairs. Chaozu had developed a new way of training, using their minds to battle instead of their bodies. Gohan seemed to have a natural talent for it, as his energy level had skyrocketed. But now, he faced the greatest challenge of his life.
"Gohan! It's time to do your homework!"
Gohan swallowed hard, mentally preparing himself. He walked up to her and waved his hand in front of her. In a monotone voice, he said.
"I don't need to do my homework."
ChiChi had a puzzled look on her face for a moment, but then it quickly retracted back to her angry one.
"What are you talking about! It's time to do your homework!"
Gohan's face screwed up in concentration, and he raised his energy to it's impressive maximum. He tried to wave his hand by her again.
"I should go outside and play." He said in his monotone voice.
ChiChi looked like she was ready to explode. "If you don't get in the kitchen and do your homework, you are grounded!" she yelled.
Gohan hung his head. Man… what good is having psychic powers when they don't work on your mom?…
AN- Sorry, I had to do the Jedi Mind Trick once. You guys wanted to see Gohan so badly, so there you go. Oh, and before anyone says anything about Yamcha having such a high power level, think of it this way. When Krillin meets Guru in the original series, he has a power level of 1500. Guru boosts him to the point of about 20,000. Now Yamcha started with 15,000. Techincally he should have gotten 200,000. I didn't want it that high, so he recieved a cut in power. I don't want to hear any bitching. Because I don't want the dialouge to be encumbered with too many figures, I'll just list power levels of people at the bottom of each chapter, so it is known.
Frieza- 550,000 (1st form)
Ginyu-120,000
Recoome-60,000
Jeice-75,000
Burta-70,000
Guldo-10,000
Yamcha (Unlocked ability)-120,000
As all the power levels start changing, and especially once scouters become null and void, expect to see a lot of these little powere level charts, so as you guys can keep up. Also, that way no one can put up websites where they try to calculate power levels of my characters and argue about them amongst themselves. That was a mistake of Akira Toryiama's that I won't make. My numbers are correct because I made them up, so there. Ha!
