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Jason9000: Good day…or evening ladies and gentlemen. Today we're going to see the precautions that the DBZ gang has taken since King Kai's warning. Also dip more into the history of the Namekians.*
Ever since King Kai's warning Goku had went Dragon Ball hunting with Uub. Goku had said he wanted Uub to understand the value of hunting. However, with Goku and his instant transmission technique he was able to find the Dragon Balls in a similar manner before the Cell games. So they had collected all seven Dragon Balls within a day. Gohan then told his father it'd be best to leave them up at the Lookout under the watchful eyes of Dende and Mr. Popo. Goku didn't see what was wrong with this arrangement so he gave them to Mr. Popo. with the Dragon Balls in their proper place everyone went back to training.
Goku had started training Uub with his sons Gohan and Goten. At first it took a while to explain to Chi-Chi what was happening since she got angry that Gohan wasn't going back to his job and Goten didn't go back to community college. It took the combined might of all the Son men to explain the situation. At first she didn't believe it till King Kai came on "the air" to see what the progress update was on the Dragon Balls. Gohan said they were at the Lookout and then asked if King Kai could explain the situation to his mother. King Kai was hesitant at first since he knew of Chi-Chi's…moods, but he acquiesced to Gohan's request. So after an hour of King Kai explaining everything Chi-Chi then decided it was appropriate for them to train. Providing that Goku doesn't run off to train somewhere on the other side of the world. The terms were that he could only train near their home or at Bulma's place. Goku nodded and promised he wouldn't run off no matter the outcome. In the likelihood that he did die, he promised to be wished back with the Namekian Dragon Balls.
With that said the Son family dedicated their lives to once again prepare for a threat that could mean the destruction of not just the Earth, but the Universe as well. Sometimes Pan would join in when it was an easy day, but for the most part she stayed home with her mother.
Sometimes Goten would train at Bulma's for a week with Trunks. They even started practicing fusion again just on the off chance that they needed Gotenks. Goku had to remind them that since they were stronger since they last fused, they had an even more limited time than before. At first they were disappointed because they wouldn't have been able to show off all of Gotenks's power to an opponent, but they then remembered how their cockiness had caused them to power down and only be saved by the timely arrival of Gohan when they fought Buu.
Gohan had to train very hard to get back to the level he was when he fought Super Buu all those years ago. He pushed himself harder each and every day. At first it was a bit difficult since he didn't train as rigorously after he had started working at the college he taught at. Soon though he was able to keep up with Uub and even Goku on some occasions.
One day when Uub was flying towards Goku's house he caught site of Gohan outside his house. He sensed Gohan still inside along with two different powers.
'That's strange…that doesn't sense like Goku or Goten,' Uub thought to himself.
He decided to just wait for Gohan and accompany him to where they normally trained at in the morning. After waiting five minutes he saw Gohan come out with two people. One he recognized at the World Martial Arts Champion Mr. Hercule Satan and the other a massive pink man that had the face of a smiling child.
Gohan looked up seeing Uub patiently waiting for him. He motioned for him to come down. Uub then flew down and dropped next to Gohan to face the two new people.
"Thanks again for letting us stay the night Gohan. I'm happy I was able to see Pan again," Hercule said to Gohan.
"It's no problem sir. You are family after all and I know how much Pan loves to see you visit," Gohan responded.
He turned around and introduced Uub to the two.
"Mr. Satan, Buu this is Uub. You may remember him as the kid that my father took up to train during the World Martial Arts Tournament last year," Gohan said.
Uub once again bowed to the two.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both," Uub said.
"So you're the reason why the tournament was cancelled? My boy do you have any idea what you did?! You disappointed millions of people not seeing the Champ defend his title against those of unruly sorts!" Hercule told him.
Uub at first didn't know how to respond till the pink man named Buu finally spoke.
"Mr. Satan is only kidding Uub. Mr. Satan likes to make jokes," He said.
Uub finally got a good look at him and studied this strange man. He was very tall, taller than Gohan. He wore yellow boots and had white pants with a black type like belt going around his waist with a golden buckle that had an M written on it. On his upper body he only wore a vest and a purple cape that came from his shoulders.
When they made eye contact Uub felt a sort of connection with the man called Buu. Suddenly he remembered vague memories of Buu fighting against a smaller version of himself. Uub then shook his head and tried to clear his thoughts.
"Well if you'll excuse us Mr. Satan, Uub and I need to get going so we can go train with my father and Goten," Gohan said and starting to levitate.
"Very well Gohan. Just be sure to keep my daughter and granddaughter safe you hear?" The Champion asked him.
Gohan smiled. "You got it sir!" He said flying off.
Uub turned to go but he heard Buu's voice behind him.
"Uub if there is ever a time that you need to get stronger to save everyone. Come find Buu okay?" Buu asked him.
For some reason Uub smiled since he felt he could trust the pink man.
"You got it Mr. Buu," He said flying off.
"What was that all about Buu?" Mr. Satan asked him.
"Buu just want to help Uub. There may come a time when Buu won't be here any longer Mr. Satan," Buu said still smiling.
Once again the Champ looked perplexed at Buu's statement.
"What do you mean Buu? You're always gonna be here…aren't you?" He asked him.
Buu only shook his head and for a long while he didn't respond.
Dende was looking out over the Lookout out onto the planet he watched over for eighteen years. He didn't see or sense any malicious intent that stood out.
After gazing down for another hour he then walked towards the main entrance where he found Piccolo meditating. Piccolo opened and eye and saw Dende walking towards him.
"I didn't see anything again. I'm beginning to think that they may not either be here yet or they're off on some planet biding their time," Dende said.
"I wouldn't be too surprised if their base of operations was off planet. It would be pretty stupid to come charging from Hell to where some of the most powerful warriors in the Universe live, right off the bat," Piccolo responded.
Dende was silent again not saying anything till Piccolo spoke up again.
"Dende I want to ask you a question about our race."
Dende was snapped out of his thoughts and looked at Piccolo with a smile.
"Finally acknowledging that you're a Namekian Piccolo?" He joked.
Piccolo ignored the young Namekian's comment and continued.
"What do you know of our people before the drought that befell the original Planet Namek?" He asked.
Dende was silent for a moment as he was thinking of what he was taught when he was just a child.
"I don't know much. You'd be best to ask Elder Moori when you get the chance; however, I can give you a basic version of it," Dende told him.
Piccolo only nodded for him to continue.
"All right let's see…well we weren't that different from what we are now. We were mostly a peaceful race. Our technology was much more advanced since Bulma, Gohan, and Krillin came over using one of our old spaceships. I don't know if any of the Namekians know how to make one right now that I'm thinking about it. It wasn't uncommon for visitors to come to our planet to see if they were worthy enough to use the Dragon Balls. We would present then a series of challenges and if passed one of the elders would speak their wishes to Porunga. We also had a vast source of knowledge that attracted many people to our planet. Most would seek us for our wisdom on how to solve their problems. As for our warriors they were able to repel most invaders. In fact I think Guru said that only a Super Saiyan could have a chance of beating Kami before he separated between him and your sire," Dende said.
Piccolo nodded as he remembered Nail being in that conversation with Dende, Krillin, and Guru.
"There's actually a legend of one of the 'Super Nameks' that actually left our planet to deal with a Super Saiyan that was causing trouble in the Universe some two thousand years ago. Now whether that's true or not remains to be certain," Dende told him.
Piccolo didn't bother to put this legend to mind. Whether a Namek faced someone that was a Super Saiyan wasn't something to be too concerned about. He himself proved that he could go above and beyond the original state of Super Saiyan. How he could measure himself now he wasn't sure. All he knew was that he was confident he could beat Cell.
"Thank you Dende. I was just curious since I don't know much about my own race. I also have one more question. Have Nameks ever been purposely evil?" He asked the younger guardian.
Dende thought for a minute till he shook his head.
"I don't know. Your case was different since your sire and Kami grew up here on Earth. I'm not saying it's not possible that a Namek may have begun to be too obsessed with his power and went rogue. Again you're going to have to ask Elder Moori if you want specific answers," Dende said.
Piccolo nodded and then got up from his mediation stance and walked inside towards the Lookout. He stopped by the door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. He considered for some time to go in; however, Mr. Popo and Dende still hadn't finished testing it out after what happened with Piccolo destroying the door. They were lucky to build another door at all.
He continued walking till he passed by a room he purposely avoided at all times. He looked at the door and considered going in. Piccolo put his hand to the door till he shook his head.
'No one knows what's in there besides myself, Dende, and Mr. Popo. Kami made sure to cover his tracks after what happened. I shouldn't be too worried about what's in there,' The Namek thought to himself.
Piccolo kept walking till he reached the room he had when he wanted to meditate peacefully without too much disturbance. He wanted to speak with Kami and Nail again. It was best to relax for now since there was nothing else he could do to prepare against the possibility of an invasion from Hell itself.
'Unlike a certain flame haired prince, I understand that it's counterproductive to train till I pass out and then get up as soon as I wake up to train some more. And the fool wonders why we always call him out on that., Piccolo mused to himself before starting the trip into his own subconscious.
*Well that'll about do it. Now I was going to say that a Namek fought against "the Legendary Super Saiyan" which could be interpreted as fighting Goku when he first transformed or Broly since I don't think they were ever to specific. Whether Broly's transformative state destroyed the original planet the Saiyans were from or Goku's transformation isn't known. It could have been either, but we can only guess from the information given. I'm only going on the information that I remember from the show and to when Frieza fought Vegeta in his final form in the manga since that was as far as I got chronologically. So based on what was said it is possible that a 'Super Namek' could have given a regular Super Saiyan or even a Broly type Saiyan a good fight since the Saiyans didn't really get stronger till there were like seven left if you count the shows and movies. Also since the Nameks were used to visitors from other planets with how they weren't shocked by seeing Frieza's men initially before they slaughtered everyone it's safe to say they may have had a great store of knowledge from other races visiting the planet before the drought. Also a heads up. I just got Assassin's Creed III…so don't expect to hear from me in a while. As Mr. Popo in DBZ Abridged would say: Byyyyyyyyyyyyye!*