The skies above Capsule Corp. were clear until Goku and his newly-resurrected brother Raditz came flying over. Raditz had insisted that they visit his old comrade Vegeta once he'd learned that he was living on Earth, now; he had to see it for himself before he'd fully believe it.

The two saiyans landed softly on the balcony, which was empty, save for a few tables and chairs. Raditz looked to his brother. "Where is he?"

Goku waved his hand. "Hold on, I'll call him out." He allowed his ki to flare up for a moment before he powered it back down. The two stood there for a few moments, and Raditz was this close to losing his patience, but soon enough, the spiky-haired prince of all saiyans came waltzing out of the building. He was wearing casual clothing—a blue button-up shirt, a pair of beige trousers, and some sneakers. This was...certainly strange for Raditz to see.

Vegeta opened his mouth to address his rival, but his attention was immediately caught by Raditz. He stared at him for a second before shooting a rather exasperated look at Goku. "... Do I even want to know what was going through your head when you decided to pull this one, Kakarot?"

Goku started to explain, but Raditz cut him off before he could even get out one word. "V-Vegeta! What are you doing here? What are you wearing ? Kakarot said you live here! Is that true? What happened ?"

"Would you shut up? I thought I finally escaped your annoying babbling when you died," Vegeta grumbled. "Yes, I live here. I don't feel like explaining everything to you, so don't even bother asking. I would, however, like an explanation from you , Kakarot. Why did you bring this buffoon back? Didn't you learn your lesson after Frieza?"

Raditz was both offended and confused by that. Goku rubbed his neck with a guilty smile. "Well, y'see, I just thought it'd be neat to have some more family around, y'know? Maybe learn a little more about my, um...heritage?"

Vegeta scoffed. "I'm impressed you even know that word at all. Anyway, you're an idiot. Stop bringing people back that nobody wants around."

That obviously got to Raditz. He stiffened a bit, and his expression faltered. Goku apparently noticed this, and he placed his hands on his hips. "Hey, go easy on him, Vegeta! He's been dead a really long time."

"And? He's a saiyan; he should be able to take a few insults." Vegeta shot a glance at his old comrade. "Then again, he has always been the weak type."

The larger saiyan's gaze turned cold at that. "I'm not weak...! In any case, I demand an explanation from you! Why is it that after all this time it was Kakarot that ended up wishing me back instead of you? I thought we were teammates!"

"Tch! Why should the fact that we were teammates matter to me at all? You should know that saiyans fight alone in the end. Plus, you were a poor teammate, anyway. Easily the weakest link of the three of us. You were hardly a loss."

That only served to make Raditz angrier. He clenched his fists, his tail unraveling from his waist and starting to twitch behind him. "You—…! You've always been the most utterly conceited saiyan I've ever met! You think you're so much better and mightier than the rest of us, but what makes you any more special than me? Just because you're a prince doesn't mean anything!"

The prince was unfazed. "A weak fool like you wouldn't understand what it takes to be truly mighty . You couldn't even hold a candle to me. I'm sure you've always known that, though, haven't you?"

Raditz was fuming. He was about to give him another piece of his mind when Trunks came walking out behind Vegeta. He was holding a juice box. "Hey, Dad. What's goin' on out here? Did Goku come to spar again?" He seemed to notice Raditz, then, sipping his juice before leaning over to his father. "Who's the big guy with the crazy hair? He looks mad about something."

Vegeta kept his gaze fixed on Raditz as if he was daring him to make a move. "He's nobody. Just a low-class soldier I used to work with ages ago."

Trunks seemed interested at that. "Ohh, that explains his outfit. It looks like a really old model of Frieza's army's uniform."

Raditz watched the little purple-haired half-saiyan as he spoke, his anger dying down just a little bit as he tried to understand what was going on now. It didn't take long for him to put two and two together and realize that this kid was related to Vegeta...somehow. The "Dad" thing tipped him off, of course. "You have a son now, too?" he asked in a surprised tone, though it was clear he was still on edge from before.

Vegeta crossed his arms, seeming to be growing bored of this interaction. "Yes. His name is Trunks. And, yes, he's also stronger than you."

Raditz scoffed. "This little kid? Please! Don't insult me that much!"

Trunks sipped his juice, looking him over. "Can you go super saiyan, too?"

"What?"

Vegeta eyed him, though he already knew the answer. "He asked if you can also go super saiyan, Raditz." He was just being a dick at this point.

Raditz recalled back to when he was fighting his brother. That transformation he performed must have been the super saiyan of legend. He had suspicions, but he didn't really want to address them. It sounded like it was...a pretty well-known thing to everyone else, though. He glanced away. "... No, I can't. But, you couldn't possibly know how to do that, either! You're just a child!" Surely only his brother knew how to do that, right?

Trunks sighed. "Lame. I thought it'd be cool to have another sparring partner, but if you can't even go super saiyan, then I guess there's no point." He crushed his now-empty juice box and waved to Goku as he turned to leave. "Let me know when you bring Goten over next, okay?"

Goku waved back as Trunks left. "I will!"

Raditz was beginning to feel like he wasn't being taken seriously by, like, anybody, which only made him angry again. "You can't expect me to believe that that boy can achieve super saiyan!" he pressed.

Vegeta turned his attention elsewhere, clearly ready to leave. "He can. So can Kakarot's sons—both of them. And, of course, so can I." He looked directly back at Raditz. "It seems you've been left behind by just about everyone, as usual."

Man, Vegeta was really hitting him hard today. The long-haired saiyan clenched his fists again. "S-so what? If what you're saying is true and that everyone and their mother can go super saiyan, then it must not be all that special after all! I don't care that I can't do it. I could probably figure it out if I wanted to, if even children can do it!"

Vegeta gave a small shrug. "Fair enough. Maybe once you achieve super saiyan you'll actually be useful for once." He lifted his head a bit. "For the small threats, at least. You'll still have to leave the big problems for me, just like in the old days."

"What are you talking about? If I can go super saiyan then that means we're equal!"

"Is that what you think? You really believe super saiyan is the most I can do, after all this time?"

Raditz furrowed his brow. "Are you implying that you're stronger than a super saiyan?"

Vegeta actually put on a grin, then. "That's exactly what I'm implying. Did you think the prince of all saiyans would actually stop at just super saiyan?"

Raditz looked to his brother as if to confirm what the other was saying was true. Goku shrugged in response. "Well, he's not lyin'... Both of us have gone way further than super saiyan by now."

The taller saiyan had an incredulous look on his face, now, turning back to Vegeta. "You're both bluffing! You can't tell me there's something past super saiyan!"

Vegeta seemed to be amused at the other's denial. "It's true. We've both ascended to the level of gods."

"Alright, now you're clearly making things up! You're just trying to make yourselves look stronger than you actually are!"

Without missing a beat, Vegeta's ki suddenly exploded around him as he transformed into Super Saiyan Blue right in front of him. It made Raditz stumble back a couple steps—Goku didn't move an inch, of course—and startled him. He couldn't even feel Vegeta's energy anymore, which was very bizarre to him. The look on his face seemed to ask what was happening again.

"This," Vegeta began, "is Super Saiyan Blue. It's the form a saiyan achieves once they've ascended to a Super Saiyan God and then gone further beyond that. Do you understand how utterly insignificant you are in comparison to me, now?"

That display seemed to make it set in for Raditz. Vegeta really was on another level, and by the sound of it, so was Kakarot.

He really was nothing.

His silence was enough of an answer for Vegeta, and the prince powered down. He uncrossed his arms and instead stuffed his hands into his pockets before turning to leave. "If you're not here to spar with me, Kakarot, you can leave. Take the trash with you on the way out." With that, he turned and entered his home again, closing the doors behind him.

Goku scratched his head, glancing up at his brother, who seemed to be growing more and more dejected as time passed. He decided to give him a little nudge with his elbow. "Don't worry about him. He acts like that towards me, too. That's just how he is with people."

Raditz was silent for a few moments before he eventually unclenched his fists and looked at the ground. "... You're right about that. He hasn't changed at all."

Goku patted him on the back. "Let's get going; I still gotta show you where you'll be staying! I'm sure Chi-Chi's already started cooking dinner, too. You'll cheer up once you eat a little food!"

As he lifted into the air, Raditz glanced over at him. Kakarot really was strangely optimistic, wasn't he? … Oh, well. He supposed that was better than what Vegeta gave him. He followed his brother into the air, and the two of them began the flight back to Goku's home.