Age 737, Planet Vegeta
All of the Saiyans that were recalled to the planet looked up towards the sky to see Frieza's fleet approaching them. For some, they figured that the evil space tyrant was coming to inform them of their next conquest personally. For a select few others: they sensed nothing but an intense feeling of foreboding.
Seeing something like this coming for a long time, Bardock was on his way to a remote location with a pod that he managed to steal. He had informed Gine to get Kakarot and meet him there as he had a feeling that Frieza was planning to wipe out the Saiyans in one fell swoop. At least this way: both of his sons could live on.
Raditz was offworld with Prince Vegeta and Nappa, so he didn't have to worry about his eldest child. He'd be able to live a lot longer than the rest of the Saiyans were. Kakarot, however, wasn't safe as his power was considered too low to be able to go out in space and conquer planets. Luckily enough for his youngest child, Bardock managed to find a planet far out of Frieza's grasp with relatively low power levels: Earth.
"Are we sure we have to do this?" Gine asked Bardock after seeing him arrive.
"This is just a precaution. I've been hearing that Frieza has been asking about the Super Saiyan legend which is only adding on to the suspicion I'm feeling. If I'm wrong: I'll go get Kakarot back from Earth myself. If I'm not: at least both of our children will live on." Bardock explained to her before setting the pod down in front of them.
Turning around to face his son, Bardock placed a soft but firm hand on top of Kakarot's head. A rare glimpse of sadness revealed itself inside of Bardock's black eyes. An emotion that neither Kakarot nor Gine saw radiate from Bardock thus far.
"Live on Kakarot. Grow well and become strong. Strong enough to defeat Frieza someday and avenge this race. If that doesn't happen: just live a happy life." Bardock told Kakarot, before opening the space pod door and placing Kakarot inside of it. As the door closed, Bardock and Gine both placed a loving hand on the sole window into the spacecraft.
"We love you Kakarot. Never forget that." Gine responded with tears falling down her cheeks. The two older Saiyans took a few steps back and watched as the pod launched itself in the air. Bardock had already programmed the pod to have Earth as its destination.
"Survive, my son. Survive." Bardock thought to himself as he watched on in silence.
Beerus' Planet
"Ah. I'm starting to get tired, Whis. Wake me up in about fifty years when this supposed 'Super Saiyan God' appears. The Oracle Fish has never been wrong before and I quite look forward to having a match with the person prophesied to be my rival in strength. Assuming Frieza ignores my command to eliminate the Saiyans." Beerus told his attendant.
"I highly doubt he'd be foolish enough to ignore an order from this universe's God of Destruction, my lord." Whis responded to his student.
"Oh well. It would be nice to have a Saiyan as a rival, but the majority of them are too reckless and destructive. They've got to go." Beerus stated out loud, before disappearing inside one of the buildings embedded inside of the massive dead tree sitting on top of the upside-down square pyramid they were on.
Whis watched as Beerus headed off to bed, letting out a low sigh while doing so.
"Honestly. Our universe would be higher in the rankings if he stopped sleeping all of the time. That's exactly why Lord Zeno ended up destroying several universes." Whis thought to himself. His gaze then shifted upwards towards the pinkish-purplish sky. Even he was intrigued by what the Oracle Fish had prophesized for Lord Beerus. They were speaking of a being with the potential to replace Beerus as the God of Destruction for the 7th universe.
Frieza's Spaceship - Planet Vegeta's Orbit
Frieza, Zarbon and Dodoria were all floating above Frieza's spaceship, looking down at Planet Vegeta with sneers marring each of their faces.
"Lord Frieza: our scouts report that all Saiyans except for Prince Vegeta, Raditz, Nappa and Prince Tarble have reconvened on the planet. There wouldn't be a better time to get rid of these brain-dead monkeys than right now." Dodoria reported to his leader.
"It would appear as if you are right Dodoria. It's always best to put a sleeping beast down before it could be awakened." Frieza responded with a cold tone. He raised the index finger on his right hand and began condensing a lot of power into a giant ball of golden energy. By the second, it continued to grow at a rapid pace until it completely overshadowed Frieza's ship and was about the size of a small moon.
All of the Saiyans on the ground watched above in fear as they saw the sphere of energy growing above their home. Bardock's eyes widened in shock as he flew as fast as he could to try to counter it as a final stand. He'd rather die trying to do something rather than watch his death come without trying anything. Once he was close enough, Bardock unleashed a full-powered blue energy wave in Frieza's direction at the same time Frieza dropped his own attack at the planet.
For the briefest of moments, Bardock's attack collided with Frieza's in an energy struggle, but it didn't last for long since Frieza's attack managed to overpower it with little to no effort. He couldn't believe how strong Frieza even was as he vaporized by the attack shortly before it came into contact with Planet Vegeta's core.
The explosion rocked the quadrant of the galaxy that they were in, leaving a myriad of space dust where Planet Vegeta used to be. It didn't take long for the Frieza Force to issue a galaxy-wide notice of what had happened. It was covered up as an unfortunate asteroid collision in order for Frieza to continue using the remaining Saiyans that he knew were currently offworld.
A cruel cackle erupted from Frieza's mouth, thinking of the explosion as nothing more than fireworks to celebrate his continued assurance of running the galaxy unopposed. Now that any immediate concerns of insurrection were effectively dealt with, he could spend his time expanding his empire to rapidly replace the battle power that they had just lost.
Confines of Space
The pod carrying Kakarot safely to Earth continued to streak across the seemingly endless reaches of space. Kakarot simply watched as the stars and planets raced by through the only view he had to the outside. This was all that he could do until he reached his intended destination. For only a few short moments after his pod initially took off: the blackness of space was brightened by an intense burst of light before slipping back to its usual darkness. His homeworld was now gone and he didn't even know it.
Before Kakarot could even begin to wonder what could cause such an anomaly to happen, he was met with yet another unfortunate event: a cosmic storm that appeared out of nowhere. It started knocking the pod around in various directions, eliciting an already scared Kakarot to start crying. His cries only echoed inside of the pod with him, which wouldn't have mattered even if he were on a different planet. Until the door to the pod opened up, you couldn't hear anything coming from it on the outside.
Beerus' Planet
Only an hour passed since Planet Vegeta's destruction but Whis was yet to become aware of it. Beerus was soundly asleep and that left nothing for the angel to do. His time was normally spent training Beerus and making sure the deity performed his duties as a Destroyer.
"What am I to do now? Maybe I should visit my father again?" Whis thought to himself out loud. No sooner than the words left his lips, Whis sensed the ki of a deity rapidly approaching the planet. Such a thing should've been impossible to do, but yet here he was to the contrary
The ground shook underneath him when a circular pod made an impact with the ground just a few feet away from him.
"What do we have here?" Whis thought to himself. With curiosity gleaming in his violet eyes, Whis approached the pod and pressed the bottom of his staff against the door, opening the craft from the outside. The moment that the pod door began to open, Kakarot's cries echoed to the outside world as he still thought that he was caught inside of that cosmic storm that brought him here instead of to Earth.
"Oh. A baby." Whis exclaimed to himself out loud. It was only after that that he noticed the brown-furred tailed that was attached to the child's form. Whis let out a hum and gently grabbed Kakarot with one hand and hovered the tip of his staff over Kakarot's head to learn more about who the child was. For a few moments, Whis watched everything that had happened to the young Saiyan throughout his relatively short life as he was only born a few weeks ago.
"So you're a Saiyan from the now destroyed Planet Vegeta huh? You also possess God ki, which makes you a Saiyan God. No wonder those scientists on Vegeta couldn't properly gauge your battle strength. Such technology isn't nearly advanced enough to estimate a god's power." Whis spoke to Kakarot with a small coo to his tone.
Kakarot looked up at Whis and began to fuss in the angel's arms, his basic Saiyan nature coming to the forefront. Whis felt nothing but pure entertainment from the baby god that thought it could stand a remote chance against him.
"This must be fate: a Saiyan born with god ki and a prophecy of a Super Saiyan God that could rival even Beerus. I'll train you and raise you until it's time for you to explore the world you were meant to go to. You'll also need a name. Your Saiyan name is Kakarot….how about we go with: Goku." Whis murmured to Goku before making his way towards Beerus' Castle.