3rd Person

"Gohan! Chiaotzu! Now! We need to go!" Krillin said after he had used a solar flare to blind the giant pink grunt Dodoria. The three of them were now stuck on Namek after a few Frieza Force goons had destroyed the ship they had used to get here. They had left Bulma in a cave they had found to explore the area. They had already discovered that 4 of the dragon balls were with Frieza and his group when they flew by the cave and the dragon radar had picked up the balls in their possession. This deeply worried them as those goons were fairly powerful, and the small one, Frieza, was immensely powerful. So much so than they could ever imagine that it was terrifying. Even worse, the purple alien, Cooler, was stronger than all of them combined. The three then went to where a lone dragon ball was located, only to find Cooler, Frieza and their men butchering the Namekian people to get the dragon ball.

"I'm so glad to have all of your attention. Now then, please tell us where your Dragon Ball is." Frieza commanded. The old Namekian man, Moori, who appeared to be the leader of the village hesitantly began to speak, but it was in Namekian.

"Oh please. We are not going to play this ridiculous game again. You will answer our questions now. In the language we asked for it." Cooler said sternly with an annoyed expression. "You will present your Dragon Ball to us immediately. There is no use in trying to lie to us."

"I don't know what you're talking about!" Frieza chuckled at the Namekian's words.

"Really now? That other Namekian we spoke to said something quite interesting, isn't that right Dodoria?" Frieza asked his minion.

"Yes he did. Something about not being able to hand over his Dragon Ball except to someone worthy." Dodoria answered.

"That's right. I remember now. He was most adamant about that point. Try as we might, we could not persuade him to tell us more. At least, not before we decided to kill one of them." Moori's eyes widened as he instinctively backed away. "Once that became part of the discussion, he opened up quite a bit. About how the Grand Elder of this world created 7 Dragon Balls. How each one was entrusted to the care of a specific guardian, who is required to determine by trials of wit and strength if a seeker's wish is honorable, and only after being proven worthy can someone acquire all 7 Dragon Balls and so on and so forth. Well, as you can imagine, I had a hard time trying to convince the old fellow to see me as worthy. I was told flat out that I would never acquire a single Dragon Ball, and since I was never one to take bad news well, I'm afraid I killed him."

"Yes, and thanks to your little temper tantrum, it took quite some time to find that first Dragon Ball." Cooler sighed. "I was starting to think that old slug was right about not having the Dragon Ball until we finally found it, making it easy to see through the rest of the lies the other villages tried to tell us. All it took to finally get the truth out of them was to show them...this." Cooler then vanished from all of the Namekian's sight until they heard two hard snaps. They turned and saw one Namekian's neck completely bent by Cooler's tail and another's head completely crushed by just one of Cooler's hands.

"My, my brother. Do you really have to be so messy? We have people to do that for us." Frieza lamented.

"But then where's the fun in that?" Cooler shot back with a twisted grin. "Besides, these vile worms are getting on my last nerve, so I wanted to cut loose this time."

"Suit yourself." Frieza said before turning back to the Namekian leader. "Now then, back to the original topic. Where. Is. The Dragon Ball?"

"Stop right there!" Before anything else could be done, a group of warrior Namekians landed in front of Frieza. "We're here to stop this senseless slaughter of our people!" One of the warriors said.

"92." Frieza muttered.

"You're going to pay!"

"355." Frieza muttered once more.

"We are the ones who will stop you!"

"Oh wow. 419."

"That's it, what the hell are you doing?"

"Sorry, it's a little hobby of mine. I hear these heroic speeches so wearily often, I started making a mental list of how many times I've heard certain lines." Frieza explained.

"Y-You insane bastard...!"

"190." Cooler started to chuckle after Frieza spoke once again.

"Brother, I do hope you aren't joking about that, because that is quite hilarious. People nowadays must be so lacking in creativity and originality."

"I know, right?" Frieza agreed. "Now then, men, if you would." Frieza's men turned to the Namekians and activated their scouters. Due to the Namekian warriors suppressing their energy, the scouters only read 1,000, but as the fight started, Frieza, Cooler, and the other stronger goons, Dodoria and Zarbon realized that their power level was actually around 3,000. Cooler couldn't help but smirk.

"They can hide their power levels like Orion? Interesting. It almost gives me hope that some of these slugs can actually prove useful or maybe even help me break a sweat." Cooler said almost happily. However, the warriors then shot beams at all of the scouters, destroying them completely.

"There! Now you can track down the other villages!"

"...Nevermind. These vermin will never be worth more than the stain that will cover the bottom of my heel after I'm done with them." Cooler said in an even more annoyed tone. The Namekians were smarter and more talented than they had thought. If Orion was here, he would be begging Cooler to let the Namekians live and make them useful, but Cooler knew just from this one act that was impossible. Orion could never understand. The Namekians, in trying to defend their fellow people, have just shown how capable of being a pain they were. Frieza also sighed as he closed his eyes and rubbed the bridge of his nose.

"Dodoria, if you would be so kind."

"With pleasure." Dodoria then proceeded to kill each and every Namekian in the village besides the guardian and his two children without even breaking a sweat.

"Now then, the Dragon Ball, if you would. Or those two adorable little ones might be next." Frieza demanded.

"You wouldn't..."

"Just look at them brother! They're so cute, I could tear their little heads off." Left with no choice, Moori went and grabbed the orb and handed it to Frieza.

"There. Now leave!"

"But of course. But one last thing. Could you direct us to the next village, as your would-be defenders seemed to have destroyed our scouters."

"But that wasn't part of the deal!"

"And 500! Dodoria, show him what he won!" Dodorian then fired a mouth laser and killed one of the Namekian children and Moori. Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He kicked Dodoria in the face and grabbed the Namekian child and flew away with Krillin and Chiaotzu in tow. Dodoria was ordered to chase after them, but ended up losing them due to the group's skills and techniques, namely Chiaotzu's telekinesis and Krillin's solar flare. After losing them, Dodoria then ran into Vegeta, who had landed on Namek to prevent Frieza from getting the dragon balls and to use them himself. He was already making quick work of the Frieza Force soldiers he had found, and Dodoria was the next target.

"Why hello, Dodoria." Vegeta greeted the grunt.

"Vegeta!? Why are you here!?"

"I'm here to rid the world of filth like you."

"You must be joking, right? You may have been able to take out Cui, but you're still no match for me! Now just hand me your scouter and maybe I'll let that comment slide." Vegeta smirked at Dodoria before taking off his scouter and crushing it. "Wh-What are you doing!? Why did you destroy it!? Now you're just as blind as the rest of us!"

"I don't need it anymore. While I was on Earth, I learned a few new tricks, including how to sense and regulate energy!"

"E-Earth? So those runts were Earthlings. What are you doing working with those punks?"

"I don't know what you're on about, but it won't matter once you're dead." Vegeta then proceeded to beat Dodoria to the brink of death quite easily. Dodoria was completely shell shocked by how much stronger Vegeta had gotten. He was NOT this strong before. Unfortunately for Dodoria and most of the Frieza Force, Vegeta had gotten stronger due to surviving his near death experience on Earth. The boost it gave his body was incredible, and helped him almost immediately pick up the skills the Earthlings were using to sense energy and regulate their power. If Orion, Raditz, and Kakarot could do it, then surely Vegeta could do it as well, and he could surely learn it faster than they did. Vegeta continued to toy with Dodoria for a bit, throwing him around like a rag doll, before Dodoria began to beg for his life.

"W-Wait! Vegeta! Please, let me live! If you do I...I can tell you how your planet was really destroyed!"

"Oh really? That's funny. I've already heard the truth."

"What!?"

"The Saiyan from the Cooler Force, Orion, told it to his brother on Earth, and I overheard it on the scouters. So I know exactly what that bastard Frieza did."

"N-No...!"

"Try all you want, but you can't save yourself now!" Vegeta knocked Dodoria in the air and shot a massive energy beam at him, blowing him up completely. "Heh. Easy prey."

Meanwhile, Gohan and the others had safely brought the Namekian child, whose name was Dende, to their camp. Though still sad about his family's fate, Dende offered to take his saviors to Grand Elder Guru, who was in possession of one of the dragon balls. Krillin and Chiaotzu offered to go with Dende, while Gohan stayed with Bulma to protect her if Frieza Force members found their base. The two Earthlings followed Dende for a while until they finally arrived at Grand Elder Guru's home. They were greeted by a warrior named Nail, who led them inside, where the large old and wise Namekian, Guru sat there, already expecting them. Guru asked Krillin and Chiaotzu why they seeked the dragon balls, to which they responded by saying they wanted to bring back the people, their friends, who died on their planet who were killed by the Saiyans.

Krillin then mentioned how there was a Namekian on Earth who had created his own set of dragon balls and had acted as Earth's Guardian. Guru was shocked to hear about the Namekian, believing he might have known him when he was a boy. He read Krillin's mind, seeing the story of Kami and Piccolo and how they were one who split into two. After seeing that the Earthlings had no evil intentions, Guru gave them the dragon ball he had, but warned them that his life was coming to an end, so they needed to hurry to use the dragon balls to grant their wishes before they disappeared. Guru gave the two one final gift by unleashing their hidden potential. Krillin was skeptical about it, not believing there was still untapped power in him. But after having his power unlocked, he was ecstatic. Chiaotzu was the same way, not fully believing the power that was unlocked from him. They thanked Guru and flew off, dragon ball in hand, promising to return with Gohan to get his potential unlocked.

Back with Vegeta, Vegeta had run into another one of Frieza goons, Zarbon. Vegeta thought the fight would be easy, considering how quickly he beat Dodoria, but Zarbon proved to be much stronger than he expected with his transformation. Zarbon quickly took out Vegeta and brought him to Frieza's ship to heal him for interrogation. Frieza was pleased with Zarbon, until Vegeta broke out after being healed and stole all 5 of the dragon balls Frieza had. Frieza, absolutely infuriated, sent Zarbon after Vegeta, promising to kill him in a much worse fashion than Vegeta if he failed, Cooler laughing at his brother's misfortune all the while. Zarbon had little choice but to go after the prince, which was a difficult task as all of their scouters were destroyed by the Namekians at the last village they were at. As Vegeta flew away, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic about having 6 of the 7 dragon balls. Not only did he have the 5 Frieza had gotten his hands on, but he also had a 6th dragon ball that he got from killing a Namekian village.

After getting his hands on the ball, he tossed it into the lake that was near the village, seeing how no one, under normal circumstances, would ever even look in the lake for the object. All he had to do was find that final dragon ball, and as luck would have it, he found it flying off in the distance. He saw Krillin and Chiaotzu flying back to their base, the two not noticing Vegeta since they were too engrossed by their power increase, which Vegeta took note of. Vegeta flew off after them, not wanting to waste any time. Zarbon then noticed Vegeta chasing after the two Earthlings, and saw this as the perfect chance to get rid of the traitor himself. He had done it before, so there was no reason he couldn't do it now. Of course, Vegeta noticed that Zarbon was chasing after him, and he couldn't stop himself from laughing at Zarbon. How could he forget that Saiyans get stronger every time they survive a near death experience. That mistake will cost Zarbon everything.

Krillin and Chiaotzu finally made it back to where Bulma was and showed her the dragon ball they had gotten. To Bulma's surprise, the Namekian dragon balls were massive, being 3x the size of the earth's dragon balls. Their celebration was short-lived, as Vegeta landed right next to the Earthlings with an evil grin. Krillin and Chiaotzu realized their mistake, but before they could prepare themselves for a fight with Vegeta, Zarbon arrived and transformed in order to kill Vegeta. "You really don't learn your lesson, do you Vegeta?"

"Neither do you, Zarbon. You're a fool for thinking you could defeat me now."

"You must be joking. Do you not remember what happened in our last fight?"

"I do, and that's why I know that you're history!" Vegeta then began to pumble Zarbon with blows. Zarbon soon realized he was helpless in this fight. Vegeta had somehow gotten stronger than he was in what felt like an instance! He couldn't understand what was going on. Before he even could, Vegeta punched Zarbon in the gut so hard that his fist went through Zarbon's gut. Vegeta then fired an energy blast with the same hand, killing Zarbon. After the pest was dealt with, Vegeta turned to the Earthlings and 'politely' asked for the dragon ball. With no choice, Krillin gave Vegeta the dragon ball, on the condition that he wouldn't hurt them and just leave. Vegeta, seeing as he had already won, didn't care what happened to the Earthlings now and decided to just leave with the dragon ball. He had done it. He had all 7 balls. Immortality was finally his and he would finally be able to kill Frieza!

Of course, that wasn't going to happen. Before all that happened, Gohan had discovered there was a dragon ball relatively nearby and had decided to go grab it, as it didn't seem like Frieza and his men were there. Gohan left the base and found the village that Vegeta had attacked, along with all the dead Namekians that were there. Shocked and appalled, Gohan steeled himself and continued looking for the dragon ball using the dragon radar, finding it in the lake near the village, though he was confused as to why the ball was in the lake in the first place. He shrugged the thought away as he grabbed the ball and started flying back to the base. On the way there, he suddenly felt an incredibly strong and familiar power coming his way. It was Vegeta! Gohan quickly hid along with his dragon ball. Vegeta arrived and was confused, as he had felt a power source as well. "Damn it, whoever this is must be pulling a balded one and is suppressing their energy. Hey! Come on out, or I'll blow this entire area up along with you!" Vegeta threatened. Gohan didn't have a choice, so he made sure his dragon ball was hidden before revealing himself.

"W-Wait! It's just me!" Gohan said as he jumped out of his hiding spot.

"Well, well. If it isn't Kakarot's brat. Figures you would be here with the Earthlings. I guess that means your idiot father is here too?"

"N-No. He isn't."

"Well that's a shame." Vegeta muttered. "So what're you doing?"

"Oh you know...just...flying around."

"Flying around?"

"Flying around."

"Thwarting my plans?"

"Thwarting your plans?"

"Are you?"

"No!"

"Good. Cause that'd be bad."

"How bad?"

"I'd have to kill you."

"That's very bad..."

"Indeed." Vegeta said, now looking at the dragon radar. "What's that device?"

"Th-This? It's a...a watch! Yeah...just a watch. It tells...time. And nothing else..."

"Yeah, that's what a watch does. Dumbass..." Vegeta said.

"So, uh...can I help you?" Gohan asked.

"No, but maybe I can help you." Vegeta said, crouching down to Gohan and placing his hand on the child's shoulder while smiling.

"Umm...I need an adult."

"I am an adult." Vegeta said before kneeing Gohan in the stomach. "By the way, I only hit you because I have pent up aggression against your father. So take that." With that, Vegeta flew off. Gohan slowly got up while clutching his stomach.

"Well, at least he didn't find the dragon ball." He said before grabbing the ball and flying back to the base. Once he was there, he greeted everyone with a big smile. "Hey guys look! I found a dragon ball! I ran into Vegeta on the way here, but luckily he didn't find it!"

"Good job Gohan!" Chiaotzu praised him.

"I knew you could do it! Now we need to grab everything and get out of here! Once Vegeta finds out you took the dragon ball, he's going to come right back here, so we need to leave now!" Krillin said. The group did as he said and flew off to find another place to set up camp.

Back with Vegeta, he had finally made his way to the lake he threw his dragon ball in and dived in to grab it. With it, he would have all 7 dragon balls and be given immortality. He swam around looking for the ball, but he couldn't find it. He searched and searched, completely baffled as to why the ball wasn't there. Then he had a terrifying epiphany. The kid. That device he had wasn't a watch at all! It must have been some sort of dragon ball locator! Which means...which means...!

...

"FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!" Vegeta flew out of the lake with explosive energy, screaming his lungs out as he did. He didn't think about anything else. All that was in him at that moment was rage. He continued to scream as he flew back to the base those Earthlings had set up, only to find it empty, which only caused Vegeta to scream more as he flew around trying to find them.

Back with Gohan and the others, they had set up their camp in a canyon of sorts. After setting up, Krillin turned to Gohan with an excited look. "Gohan! Chiaotzu and I have to get you to Guru's place!"

"Huh? Why?"

"So the old man can reach deep down inside you and pull things out of you that you never even knew you had!" Krillin said.

"Krillin, you might want to rephrase that." Chiaotzu said with a worried look.

"Umm...I need an adult." Gohan said with the same worried expression.

"I am an adult." Krillin said. He proceeds to tell Gohan how Guru can unlock a person's hidden potential and how he had done it with Krillin and Chiaotzu. If they got that strong by having their potential unlocked, they couldn't imagine what it would be like if Gohan got his unlocked. Gohan agreed and followed Krillin and Chiaotzu to Guru's. On the way, they heard a very faint, but still very loud scream.

"K-Krillin? Do you hear that?" Gohan asked Krillin.

"Gohan, I can feel that."

"What is that?" Chiaotzu asked with concern.

"Pure rage, you two. Pure rage."

During this, Frieza was on his ship and was informed of Zarbon's demise. "Oh for the love of- How hard is it to deal with a single monkey!?" Frieza asked angrily.

"It's your own damn fault for not killing him sooner. You let him run around and do as he pleased, so of course this was going to happen." Cooler scouled.

"Ugh... I suppose I have no choice. It's time to call the Ginyu Force." He said before sending them a signal and coordinates to Namek. Cooler than sighed as he took out his own communicator.

"I'll do you this one favor and call my men here as well. They're just as strong and capable as the Ginyu force, so it'll make this easier for us."

"...I didn't ask for your help." Frieza grumbled. "But if that's what you feel is necessary, then by all means, go ahead." Frieza knew it would be smart to have Cooler's men here as well in case something even worse happened. So he swallowed his pride a bit and let Cooler call his men. As they awaited for their men to arrive, their thoughts were interrupted by some barbarian screaming like a mad man from somewhere on this disgusting planet. "What in the blazes is that!?" Frieza exclaimed. Cooler just groaned and walked to a soundproof room on the ship.

In space, Goku, Raditz, and Nappa were continuing to train with the intense gravity increases, now training daily on 100x times gravity. It would only take them around a day or two to get to Namek, and they were pretty confident about their newfound strength. They were horrified by the news that not only Vegeta, but also the Frieza Force were on Namek. With no choice, Korrin arrived with Senzu Beans and helped the 3 Saiyans recover instantly. After Bulma's father, Doctor Briefs had finished making a new and improved spaceship that was based on and used parts from Nappa and Orion's ships, the group were off. Raditz and Nappa had also gotten new outfits, as their Saiyan armor was mostly destroyed in their fight on Earth. Bulma, before she left for Namek, had gotten her hands on Orion's ship and had been experimenting with its technology and resources even before the fight with Vegeta and Nappa happened. Using the material from Orion's spare armor, Bulma managed to reproduce the material and recreate her own Saiyan armor. Raditz was wearing a new chest armor piece that didn't have shoulder pads. He didn't wear a full set of armor though, wearing gi pants that matched Goku's, as Raditz found them more comfortable. Nappa was in a full set of black and yellow armor, though he didn't have shoulder or hip pads either and had pants instead of shorts. As they were training, they began to hear someone screaming angrily. "Wha-? What in the world is that?" Goku asked.

"Is that...Vegeta?" Raditz asked.

"I think his rage broke." Nappa commented.

On King Kai's planet, Orion and the others were continuing to train their hardest as well. Orion, Yamcha, and Tien were getting better with the Kaioken each day, and the 4 had grown much stronger than they were when they had arrived. Orion was also given new clothes, as King Kai figured that Orion didn't want to be wearing anything related to Cooler and Frieza, so King Kai gave Orion a new set of armor. It was a mixture of the armor he wore as a child, the set that looked like Bardock's original movie armor, and his cooler force uniform. There were no shoulder pads, which really bothered Orion as to why the Cooler force uniform only had one shoulder pad, and he wore a dark purple bodysuit under the white armor. Finally, instead of the Cooler Force logo, King Kai put a galaxy insignia on it, which matched Orion's necklace. The group was busy training, getting much stronger than they could ever imagine, however, they were interrupted by a rage filled scream that somehow broke all laws of reality. "What the hell?" Yamcha asked.

"Wh-What is that?" Tien asked.

"That's true rage. Pure, unadulterated, hate-filled rage." Orion answered with a sigh.

Getting back to the real story, the Earthlings finally made it to Grand Elder Guru's home, however, Krillin notices that Vegeta is right on their tail. He tells Gohan to get inside while he and Chiaotzu distract Vegeta until Gohan gets his potential unlocked. Gohan enters the home, led by Nail, and sees Dende and Guru. Guru looks at Gohan with a curious look. "You must be the one the Earthlings told me that they would bring."

"Y-Yes sir." Gohan said nervously.

"Do not be afraid. I sense great potential inside you. While I can pull some of it out, it will be up to you to awaken it fully." Guru told Gohan. "Now relax. I shall now reach deep inside you and pull out this powerful essence within you."

"Umm... I need an adult?"

"I AM AN ADULT!" Guru cried out as he began to awaken Gohan's potential. Outside, Vegeta had arrived and saw Krillin and Chiaotzu. He flew up to them with a furious scowl.

"If you know what's good for you, you will hand me the dragon ball that you stole right now! If not, I'll make sure you'll never make it back to Earth!" Vegeta threatened.

"There's no way we'll ever give you the dragon balls!" Chiaotzu said confidently.

"Grrr...!" Vegeta growled until he noticed Guru's house, and the huge power level that was coming from it. "Wh-Who in the world!? What's with this power level? Is that Kakarot!?" Vegeta exclaimed as he flew to the house. As soon as he landed, Nail exited the building. "You! Namekian! Who's inside?" Vegeta demanded.

"I have no reason to answer you." Nail replied. "Besides, that horrible smell is sticking to you like a cloud. The smell of my people's blood. There's no way I would ever help you with anything!"

"Why you...!" Just then Gohan exited the building, leaving Vegeta stunned. "Th-That was you!? How did you get so strong!?" Vegeta exclaimed.

"It doesn't matter! What matters now is that we won't be giving you the dragon ball!" Gohan told the prince.

"I don't have time for this!" Vegeta shouted. He was getting really pissed off with these Earthlings. He was a second away from killing them right then and there when Dende ran out of the building and spoke to the group.

"Everyone, listen! Guru said that there are multiple large power levels entering the atmosphere right now!" Dende told them.

"Multiple large power levels?" Chiaotzu questioned.

"Could it be my dad, uncle, and Nappa?" Gohan asked excitedly.

"N-No. NO! It can't be!" Vegeta exclaimed upon sensing the power levels. "1...2...3...4...5... I-It is them! Goddamnit! Frieza called the Ginyu Force!" Vegeta shouted.

"Wait! There are now 3 more power levels coming as well." Krillin stated. Vegeta froze when he heard that. He began to sense the powers as well.

"O-Oh no... No! I don't believe this! Cooler called his squadron as well!?" Vegeta yelled, now turning to the others. "G-Give me the dragon ball! I need to make my wish right now!"

"Like we said, there's no way we'll ever do that!" Gohan shouted back.

"Don't you get it!? Frieza called the Ginyu Force and his brother, Cooler, called his men! The Ginyu Force alone are extremely strong fighters that are even stronger than me. That's not even including Frieza himself. And if you include his brother, who is even stronger than Frieza, and his men, who are on par with the Ginyu Force, we'll be dead before we get the chance to do anything else! The only way we can survive is if I become immortal!"

"B-But if we let you get your wish, we'll have come here for nothing!" Krillin said angrily.

"Our dragon balls can grant up to 3 wishes at a time. You will still be able to get your wishes granted." Nail told them.

"That's fine! You can do whatever you want with the other 2 wishes! I promise I won't hurt any of you once I get my wish!" Vegeta told them, desperation making his voice shaky. Krillin gritted his teeth before coming to a decision.

"...Alright, fine. We'll let you get your wish. But remember! You promised!"

"Krillin!"

"We don't have a choice Gohan! If these guys are as strong as Vegeta is saying they are, then we have to do something!"

"O-Ok." Gohan reluctantly said.

"Ok, Vegeta. Follow us!" Krillin said as he flew off, the others following behind him.

At Frieza's ship, the Ginyu Force had landed onto the planet with their pods. They exited their pods and went to greet Lord Frieza.

"Recoome!"

"Burter!"

"Jeice!"

"Guldo!"

"Ginyu!"

"Together we are THE GINYU FORCE!" They all cried out while doing their signature fighting poses. Frieza and Cooler just stayed silent the whole while, not really sure what to say to them. They knew how capable the Ginyu Force was, but did they really have to be so...eccentric? At least Cooler's men wouldn't be like this.

"Lord Frieza! We have arrived at your summons. What would you have us do?" Captain Ginyu asked.

"Y-Yes. You see, the traitor Vegeta is here on this planet, along with some Earthlings. Find them and kill them for me. Those 4 have also stolen the dragon balls, the objects I have been trying to obtain since I got on this planet. Please retrieve them for me as well." Frieza ordered them.

"Understood. Kill Vegeta, the Earthlings, and gather those dragon balls!" Ginyu repeated.

"Here, Lord Frieza. We also brought you that new scouter you ordered." Jeice said as he walked up to Frieza with a case. He opened it up, revealing a new pink scouter that Frieza took and placed on his left eye. Cooler didn't order a scouter, as he thought those were a ridiculous device that couldn't be relied upon, a fact that has been proven right multiple times.

"Thank you. Be warned. Vegeta and his new 'friends' are stronger than they look. Vegeta took out both Dodoria and Zarbon by himself."

"Is that so? I guess that means that Vegeta might give us a bit more of a challenge." Recoome said excitedly.

"Alright! We already have a lock on their power levels." Ginyu said after turning on his scouter. "Ginyu Force! Go!" With that, the Ginyu Force flew off towards Vegeta and the others. When they had left, 3 new people landed next to Frieza. Cooler turned to his men, Salza, Neiz, and Dore.

"You heard what Frieza told the Ginyu force, correct? Your orders are the same. Work under Captain Ginyu's Orders until your mission is complete." Cooler's men nodded and flew off after the Ginyu Force.

"You're leaving Captain Ginyu in charge? Not Salza?"

"Captain Ginyu is the only member of your little 'Frieza Force' who deserves any of my respect. Besides, the soldier I would normally have given leadership to seems to have perished." Cooler responded coldly.

"Perished, you say? Hmm... I believe I heard about that. It was that silver haired monkey, correct? Vegeta killed him, I believe."

"You would be correct. He was a weak, kind hearted Saiyan, but he had more tactical insight than any of my other men. That Saiyan, Orion, had gone off on personal business. He had turned off his scouter, which he tends to do whenever he is off duty, but I heard what had happened when at one of the Frieza Force bases." Cooler explained.

"And you feel sorrow for the dead monkey?"

"None whatsoever." Cooler said without hesitation. "He was a valuable troop, and one of the few bearable Saiyans I've met, however, there was always the possibility that he might have tried to go against me one day."

"Then you should have taken care of him yourself."

"On the contrary, I found the possibility exciting. I wanted to see if he could ever get to a level where I could actually enjoy myself in a fight. He had a lot of potential, and he knew what he was capable of and what he wasn't, which made him a good soldier, as well as an entertaining toy."

"You always did enjoy a good fight."

"Indeed. Now then, this little problem of yours should be as good as solved with both the Ginyus and my men working to solve it."

"I'm honestly surprised you called your men to help me. You stated that you had no interest in the Dragon Balls when you said you wanted to accompany me to Namek. I don't see why you would care, since we both despise each other, but I have to ask why? Why did you decide to come and help me?" Frieza said.

"I may despise you to some extent, but I do know how an older brother should act. I figure I should help out at least once." Cooler said with a sigh.

"Is that so? I somehow doubt that's the reason." Frieza growled, but then he smiled. That's what he should be doing now. After all, he would have the dragon balls soon, and with them, immortality.

Back with the heroes, they got back to where Bulma had set up camp. They quickly grabbed the dragon balls, neglecting to explain anything to Bulma, and flew off to where Vegeta had hidden the other 6 dragon balls. They flew as fast as they could, but as soon as they arrived, the Ginyu Force landed right in front of them. "Well, hey there, Vegeta." Captain Ginyu greeted.

"Th-They're fast...! We didn't even see them coming..." Krillin said. At that time, 3 more soldiers landed next to the Ginyu Force.

"Greetings, Captain Ginyu. We members of the Cooler Force have been sent to assist you on this mission." Salza told the Captain.

"Perfect. Now they don't stand a chance!" Ginyu said happily.

"D-Damn it! W-We were so close...!" Vegeta said through gritted teeth. Ginyu then looked at Vegeta with a curious look. More specifically, his gaze was on the large orb that was in Vegeta's hand.

"Oh? If I'm not mistaken, that's one of the dragon Balls isn't it?" Ginyu asked. Ginyu then looked behind Vegeta, where the other balls were. "The 5 behind you, plus the two you're holding... Heh heh heh... That adds up to all seven."

"Yeah, and you're not getting your purple hands on them!" Vegeta yelled. "Break the ball now!" Vegeta ordered Krillin, who was holding the other ball. Before Krillin could even begin to understand what Vegeta said, the ball instantly disappeared from his hand. Krillin looked at his hands with confusion before looking at Guldo, who had all of the balls except the one in Vegeta's hand in front of him. "H-How did he-!?"

"So it's true... That tubby four-eyed freak actually does have the ability to stop time! Not good..." Vegeta growled. "Well you won't get this one!" Vegeta then chucked his dragon ball as far as he could. Once again, it didn't even matter, since Burter moved to catch the ball, grabbing it in just a second. "Damn it!"

"And that's all seven of them." Captain Ginyu said happily. "All that's left is to finish you guys off... Vegeta, your suffering will be handled by me personally!"

"Hey! Not so fast, Captain! You gotta have all the fun last time!" Recoome complained.

"Yeah, that's right!" Guldo complained.

"I suppose you're right. Fine. Recoome, you take out Vegeta. Guldo, you take the Earthlings. Salza, Jeice, you and the others will stand by in case anything unexpected happens. This should be interesting!" Ginyu said. "Aren't I a great captain?"

"Yes, sir! You're the best!" The Ginyu Force members said. Salza just rolled his eyes with the other Cooler force members.

"In the meantime, I'll deliver the Dragon Balls to Lord Frieza, and then he will finally be able to attain immortality!" Ginyu said before flying off, cackling as he did.

"Alright, Guldo, why don't ya finish those pipsqueaks off first, huh?" Recoome said.

"This isn't fair... I'm gonna be done with this in no time!" Guldo groaned.

"Alright you three. Have fun fighting Guldo." Vegeta told the Earthlings as he moved to the side to watch. "If you're wondering why I'm not going to fight with you, I doubt the others would let me. Not like I would want to anyway." The others sighed as they got ready to fight.

"Well, here goes nothing. Guys! Release your power!" Krillin said, signaling the three of them to power up. Thus the fight with the Ginyu force began.