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Nappa dashed straight for me and Piccolo and then changed direction and came straight for me.

"I'll start with you runt!" he snarled as threw a powerful punch. "I'll make you learn your place you cocky punk!"

"Just you try it!" I shouted as launched a series of kicks and punches at Nappa with Nappa blocking every move. Piccolo then joined in the fray hoping to overwhelm Nappa with the numbers strategy, but Nappa blocked him too. Both me and Piccolo kept punching and kicking Nappa hoping to at least score a couple of hits while Krillin and Gohan watched from a few feet away with worry.

"Even with those two working together, they still can't land a hit on him!" said Gohan.

"Damn it... I feel so helpless," said Krillin. "There's gotta be something we can do to help."

Then suddenly Krillin remembered something. Something that he had forgotten.

"Wait a second! That's it!" he said. "There's that! Why didn't I use it sooner?! I don't know if this'll work, but now's a good time as any to use it!"

He then ran towards the battlefield in an incredible speed. Back in the fight, me and Piccolo were still having trouble hitting Nappa for he was still blocking each and every blow we threw at him.

"Come on you weaklings," he sneered. "Is that really the best that you could do?"

Nappa then gave Piccolo a punch to the jaw sending him flying to a rock smashing upon impact. As for me he charged his hand full of ki and went for me. I immediately crossed my arms and took the blow blocking it. I was able to defend, but the force of the attack sent me back skidding on the ground sending me to another rock. My arms felt a little numb after taking that attack. Now I knew how Tien felt before he had his arm bashed off.

"Child's play!" Nappa laughed. "Come on. The numbers strategy won't work on someone like me!"

"Oh yeah!? Then how this?!" yelled a voice.

Everyone's heads snapped to the direction where the voice came from. There was Krillin who was standing a few feet away from us holding his hand above his head. He flared his ki concentrating hard and then a large yellow disk shaped ki disc formed above his hand. Nappa and Piccolo stared at what Krillin was doing unsure what he was going to do. I for one knew what Krillin was up to. It was one of his signature moves. The Destructo Disc. Krillin smirked and spun the disc around his hand making it spin faster and faster.

"Here! Catch! DESTRUCTO DISC!" he yelled as he flung the disc right at Nappa.

"What the hell?! Piccolo! Get out of the way!" I yelled as I jumped back.

Piccolo hearing my warning jumped out of the way as well. Nappa stood cockily smiling and stood his ground.

"Playing catch huh? Why not? I can handle that worthless technique anyway," he sneered.

"Nappa! Get out of the way! Don't touch it!" Vegeta suddenly roared.

Nappa looked back at Vegeta confused by his sudden shouting and then at Krillen's Destructo Disk and then realized. He immediately tilted his head to the right dodging the attack, but the attack grazed his cheek in the process. The disc kept going until it reached the cliff. When it made contact, the disc sliced the cliff in half like it was butter. If Vegeta hadn't warned Nappa, the attack would have sliced him completely killing him instantly.

"Damn it Nappa use your head!" chided Vegeta. "If I hadn't warned you that attack could have killed you!"

"Damn it... I was so close..." growled Krillin.

"What the hell were you thinking?!" I yelled. "I told you to stay out of it!"

The wound on Nappa's cheek now began to slightly bleed. Nappa saw this and his eyes became slightly bloodshot and I could see that small veins appeared on his bald head.

"You bastard! You actually cut me!" he roared. "How dare you?! You scarred my beautiful face and now you're gonna pay!"

He focused his ki onto his right hand making a fierce white sphere appear in his hand. This was one of his attacks called Bomber DX.

"Take this little man! Here's some payback!" yelled Nappa as he reeled it back and threw it right at Krillin.

Krillin immediately jumped up dodging it, but when the Bomber DX hit the ground it exploded causing Krillin to get hit by the full force of the explosion.

"Krillin no!" cried Gohan rushing to Krillin's side.

"Here's another one!" yelled Nappa smiling and got ready to fire another Bomber DX ready to finish the job. "Sorry! But you two lose!"

"Damn it! Piccolo!"

"Right!"

Me and Piccolo immediately took action, the both of us splitting in two directions. Piccolo stood at Nappa's back and I stood by his side. We both then fired beams of Ki right at Nappa the both of us connecting. Nappa staggered from the attacks, but he didn't go down. Our attacks did cause a little damage, but all that did was made Nappa pissed off even more.

"You bastards! How dare you hit me?! You're gonna be so sorry for that!" he snarled.

"Enough!" Piccolo snarled back. "I'm getting sick and tired of your mouth! So bring it on!"

"You Namekian trash! The only reason why you're still alive is because we need you to tell us about the Dragon Balls!" Nappa said. "And once we have that, you and your pathetic friends will be nothing more but a memory!"

Then suddenly my scouter began to beep. I looked at it and I noticed that it was picking up a huge power level and it was coming right for us. As soon as I saw that, a grin spread on my face. At the same time, Piccolo sensed the exact same power level and he was shocked.

"What... what the hell is that?" Piccolo gasped. "There's a huge powerful coming straight for us!"

Gohan and Krillin noticed this too and their faces immediately brightened for the first time in a while.

"It's...it's my dad!" cheered Gohan his eyes tearing up with joy. "It's gotta be him! It's different somehow, but I know it's him!"

"It's about time Goku," chuckled Krillin who was lying on his back due to Nappa's attack. "Hurry and get here... and clobber these bastards..."

"Looks the only things that are about to become a distant memory is you two," I called to Nappa. "If I was you, I'd turn tail and run because Goku's almost here!"

"Hah! You're bluffing!" barked Nappa. "It's nothing more than a lie just to distract me. The only way you can sense a person's power is with a scouter."

"Oh really?" I shot back. "We're not exactly the type of people to lie when it comes to Goku!"

"Yeah... That's Goku all right!" said Piccolo smiling confidently. "And judging by his power, you saiyans are gonna be in for the fight of your lives!"

"You're all a bunch of liars!" said Nappa. "If Kakarot is really coming then how come I don't see him huh?"

"If you still think we're bluffing, why don't you try picking up Goku's level with your little devices?" I asked coolly.

"Fine then!"

Nappa then turned to Vegeta.

"Hey Vegeta! Is Kakarot really coming or not?"

Vegeta picked up his scouter and put it on. "Calm down Nappa. It's probably nothing. Let him come for all I care."

He pressed the button on his scouter and it began picking up Goku's power level. A few seconds of silence passed. Then Vegeta's eyes went wide with shock and I could swore that his face paled a little.

"Hey Vegeta! What's the matter?" asked Nappa. "You look like you've seen a ghost! Don't tell me these fools are actually telling the truth about Kakarot?"

"Something's coming this way," said Vegeta. "Definitely. But...it can't be Kakarot. The power level is too high! Whatever it is... my scouter picked up a power level of someone up to five thousand."

Now it was Nappa's turn to wear a face of shock. Only he had a face of someone utterly flabbergasted.

"What?! Five thousand?! You gotta be kidding! It can't be! Your scouter must be malfunctioning!"

"Hate to break it to you, but it's true," I said. "I know because my scouter is also picking up a power level of five thousand and I'm pretty sure it's working perfectly."

Piccolo laughed. "So you still think we're bluffing? Face it. You saiyans are done for!"

"Nappa! Quickly! Kill them all! We can't allow them to team up with this fighter!" ordered Vegeta. "We have to show him we will not be opposed by anyone if it is Kakarot!"

"What!? But what about the Dragon Balls?" asked Nappa.

"I don't care! I already have an idea as to where they are. If we go to Namek where that one is from, I'm sure that we can find the dragonballs there maybe even ones that are more powerful. I always thought they were nothing more but fairy tales, but now I'm sure they're true since Kakarot has come back to life after all."

He then turned to me.

"Also when you kill them, I want you to confiscate that boy's scouter. Seeing that boy has curious about him. We saiyans are the only ones who have scouters, but somehow this boy has one. I want to know where he came from and who he's working for."

Nappa gave a evil smile. "Alright then, but I still think your scouter's malfunctioning or something. None the less, I get to kill all of these fools and I'll start with you Namekian! Now that you're expendable, I'm gonna take my sweet time killing you and once I'm done with you're next kid!"

Piccolo and I took our stances preparing ourselves to fight again, but then suddenly we heard Gohan.

"Mr Piccolo! Sir! Leave now!" he said as he stood up and took a stance ready to fight having a determined look on his face. "I can take care of this bully myself until my Dad gets here!"

"What?"

"But if we lose you, then we won't be able to wish our friends back with the dragonballs!" Gohan said.

"Thanks for your worry Gohan," said Piccolo. "But I don't think you can handle these guys alone."

"He's right Gohan! So just stay back!" I said. "We don't want you getting hurt!"

Nappa turned towards Gohan smiling evilly. "Fine then... Just for that brat... you go first instead!"

He turned around and charged straight for Gohan yelling like a bull that just saw red. Me and Piccolo chased behind him hoping to stop him before he had a chance, but Nappa quickly closed in. Gohan was scared. He was frightened. He wanted to run away and dodge, but he quickly stood his ground and face Nappa bravely.

"HAAAH!"

With a mighty yell, Gohan leaped a few feet off of the ground and gave Nappa a mighty kick right smack on the face sending him flying straight at me and Piccolo. Piccolo and I seeing Nappa flying towards us immediately sidestepped and Nappa zipped right past us going right into a boulder a mighty crash making it into a pile of rubble. Piccolo and I stared at the pile with shock and awe stupefied with what Gohan just did.

"I...don't believe it," murmured Piccolo.

"Incredible..." I said.

"Was...that really Gohan?" asked Krillin who was still watching from where he was lying.

Everything was silent for a moment. Then suddenly Nappa burst out from the rubble and landed in front of us still alive. Only this time, he was slightly bloody and had a few cuts and scrapes due to Gohan's attack and he was furious. He glared right at Gohan snarling like an animal.

"You gotta be kidding," I thought. "We overpowered him and Gohan even hit him, but he still won't go down. I know that I've seen this before when watching on TV, but still...Just how tough is this guy?!"

"You little brat...! I'll kill you!"

He raised his right hand and readied the Bomber DX. The energy was now so intense due to Nappa's rage, that it vaporized a couple pebbles that were floating around him. Gohan stood there paralyzed with fear unsure of what to do.

"DIIIIEEEEE!" Nappa roared as he reeled back his attack and fired it right at Gohan. If Gohan didn't move out of the way, he would die from the attack and the timeline would be screwed.

"Gohan! Get out of-" I began to say, but then Piccolo dashed forward and jumped forward and got into the line of fire shielding Gohan.

The attack hit Piccolo with full force forcing him to emit a blood curling scream as he was swallowed up with the blast. A huge explosion rocked the area as a bright light and smoke and dust blew everywhere. Then the lights soon died down. Nappa stood there out of breath smirking pleased for hitting his target. When the smoke cleared, his smirk quickly changed to one of confusion. There stood Piccolo whose clothes were almost completely gone and his body was battered and bloody with Gohan behind him completely untouched. Me, Gohan, and Krillin stared at the Namekian with horror and shock.

"Mr. Piccolo..." murmured Gohan who was trying to comprehend what had just happened.

"Gohan... get...out of here," said Piccolo as he struggled to talk tough. "I'm okay... No..."

Then fell to the ground succumbing to the damage. Gohan and I then rushed to his side.

"No Piccolo please get up!" urged Gohan. "You can't be hurt! We need you!"

"It's...no use Gohan," coughed Piccolo. "I'm done for... It's...up to you... you... and that boy..."

"No! Just hang on a bit longer!" cried Gohan refusing to believe that Piccolo was dying. "My dad's coming to save us! Just a little longer!"

Piccolo chuckled weakly. "You know... what I did...was a bit ironic. I've been training all these years just to defeat and kill your father...and here I am dying here just because I saved your life. Gohan... if there's one thing I'm thankful for... it's for having you as a friend. Looking back... you were a small crybaby who was as defenseless as he was weak. But as time progressed you changed. You grew stronger not only as a fighter...but as a person too... I know...that I was hard on you...but...it was the only way...for you to grow... You...were the son that I never had...and...I'm proud of you for that..."

"No! Piccolo please! Don't die!" cried Gohan.

Piccolo then turned to me. "And you... I may have only known you... for a short amount of time...but...I'm happy to say...that I'm glad that you're my ally... and I thank you for that... This...isn't like me, but...will...you honor...my last request?"

"Yes. I will," I said.

"Please...protect Gohan...and the earth for me... protect...them with your life..."

I clenched my fists trying to keep all my tears in. No matter how many times I watched this part of the Saiyan Saga, it always made me sad. But now that it was real and I was in the world of DBZ it made me want to cry, but I stayed stronger and I gave Piccolo a firm nod.

"Don't worry. I will," I said. "I'll protect them even if it costs me my life. That's a promise"

Piccolo smiled. "Thank you..." He turned back to Gohan. "Goodbye my friend...Don't you die...Gohan..."

Piccolo then closed his eyes and took his last breath. He too had fallen.

"NOOOO!"

Gohan let out a anguished cry of despair crying on the fallen Piccolo while I looked away not wanting to see him like this.

"Aw damn it! That Namekian changed my kill order!" chortled Nappa was a smile. "I wanted to take my time with him, but oh well. Guess I'll have to take my time with the kid."

I stepped forward and took a stance.

"You're not laying a single finger on him!" I snarled angrily. "If you wanna get to Gohan, you gotta go through me. And let me just say I'm not that easy to get through!"

"Heh! Fine by me," said Nappa. "I've been wanting to fight you after finding out how were able to take down those Saibamen. Now I'll get my chance!"

Suddenly Gohan let out another scream. This time it was out of sheer rage. He glared at Nappa snarling like a wolf and then brought his hands to his head charging his ki. Both me and Vegeta both began picking up Gohan's now rising power level.

"What the heck...Gohan?" murmured Krillin who was surprised at Gohan's sudden change in power.

"No way... his powerful level just rose to three thousand!" said Vegeta. "Nappa be careful! That's runts power level is stronger than it appears!"

"Three thousand huh? Interesting!" said Nappa who was not intimidated.

"I know what Gohan's up to!" I thought. "He's going for the Masenko! But... it's not gonna work! Nappa's just gonna deflect..."

Then I came up with an idea.

"That's it! Right then Nappa deflects Gohan's attack, I'll make my move and attack him. Maybe I can distract him to stall until Goku gets here."

As soon as it was charged enough, Gohan took aim and then he fired.

"MASENKO...HAAAAAA!"

Gohan fired his Masenko with all of his strength and ki at Nappa. Nappa stood there and waited until Gohan's attack was right upon him and I waited until the right time came. As soon as it was close enough, with a mighty roar Nappa batted Gohan's Masenko with his hand sending it straight into a cliff making explode into a million bits. Right at that moment, I dashed forward seeing an opening. I appeared in front of Nappa and gave him a powerful punch in his chin, then a flurry of powerful kicks to his gut and then a punch right in his chest. Nappa staggered, but he still didn't fall. He held his stomach in pain and glared at me.

"Why you little punk!" he growled as he punched me in gut hard.

I felt the wind get knocked out of me as I was sent flying right into the ground smacking my back into a boulder. I coughed feeling the slight taste of copper in my mouth. I wiped my mouth and saw that it was red with blood.

"Damn it..." I said wiping the blood in my mouth. "That really hurt... Probably gonna be spitting red for a while..."

"Not bad kid," said Nappa. "You had the right idea taking advantage of me like that, but you still failed." He turned to Gohan who was out of breath after releasing so much power from the the Masenko. "The same goes for you. That attack actually made my arm numb."

"Looks like that attack drained him of his energy," chuckled Vegeta as he checked his scouter again. "His power level is dropping like a stone."

"No... this is bad..." said Krillin. "They're... too strong... We... we can't beat them..."

"Mr. Piccolo...I'm sorry," said Gohan who looked at his fallen friend. "I... wasn't strong enough to avenge you..."

Nappa seeing Gohan with his hopes dashed and vulnerable slowly walked up to Gohan hoping to kill him for sure this time around, but then I immediately got back up and stood in Nappa's way.

"Don't give up Gohan! We still have a chance to win this!" I said. "It's not over yet!"

"Heh! Trying to get the kid's hopes up huh? What a fool!" jeered Nappa. "Don't you get it yet? You're all finished! Done for! And there's no one left to save you!

But Nappa would soon learn that he was wrong. For right then and there, another person touched down on the ground. The moment me, Krillin, and Gohan saw who it was, our eyes brightened while Nappa turned around and his face turned into a confused look and Vegeta who smiled. The person that arrived was none other than Goku fully revived by the dragonballs.

"D-daddy!" cried Gohan.

"Goku...you're finally here!" said Krillin his face relaxed with relief.

"It's about time," I muttered to myself also feeling relieved.

"Well, well," said Vegeta. "I was beginning to think that you would never show up. Did you come all this way to say hello? Or did you come here to make nonsensical jokes like you defeating us or something?"

Goku said nothing ignoring Vegeta having a neutral expression on his face. He simply walked over to where Piccolo's body was and touched his neck with his fingers checking his pulse. Obviously enough, Piccolo was dead so there was no pulse.

"I'm sorry Dad," said Gohan tearfully. "Piccolo died saving me."

Goku straightened up and looked around surveying the battlefield until his eyes fell on the other bodies that lay. First Tien and then Yamcha. As soon as he saw their bodies, his face turned into an angry snarl. Nappa laughed feigned being sorry for him.

"Oh. Were those your friends? Yeah sorry about that. They all decided to fight me and then they met same fate," he bragged. "They all died by my hand. Well... except for the little one. He decided to blow himself up. Oh. And throughout the time they were fighting me, they were all waiting for you to show up Kakarot. But I guess you were too late. They were all weaklings just like you! Weak, pathetic, and not worth my time!"

He then laughed mockingly at Goku proud of all the dirty work he bragged about. Goku however glared daggers at Nappa seething in anger. For a minute, I thought that Goku was about to blow his top and become a super saiyan, but it was a little too early for that. Goku then started walking slowly and calmly towards Nappa. Nappa immediately took his stance and prepared to fight once again.

"What? You wanna die already? Fine by me! He's a greeting present for your return to earth fool!" said Nappa as he immediately punched Goku, but in a blink of an eye Goku disappeared and reappeared in front of me and Gohan. Nappa didn't know where Goku was until he saw him with me and Gohan. The only two people that were able to see how fast Goku was, was me and Vegeta.

"He's fast!" thought Vegeta.

"Hey there Gohan," said Goku as he helped his son to his feet. "Sorry that I came a little late."

Gohan smiled with relief in response. Then Goku turned to me.

"Hey. I know you. You're that guy who helped me and Piccolo before right? It's good to see you again."

"Likewise," I said. "It's great to see you again too Goku."

"Anyway mind giving me a hand with Krillin?"

"Sure."

The three of us then walked over to Krillin. Nappa looked at us his jaw hanging open and his eyes wide. He was practically being ignored and he didn't like it.

"Hey! What the helll?! Don't you ignore me!" he yelled.

"Hey Krillin. You doing OK?" asked Goku.

"I've been better," said Krillin. "but I'm fantastic."

"Here you go," said Goku holding out a bean. "A senzu bean from Korin. Oh. And I got one from you too."

He then gave me a senzu bean too.

"Are you sure about this Goku?" asked Krillin. "I mean shouldn't you use this instead of me? I mean you're probably gonna need it if you're gonna fight those two monsters."

"I appreciate it Krillin, but don't worry. I had one on my way here. Besides, I need your strength and that's the truth," said Goku as he took the bean and broke it half putting one in Krillin's mouth and one in Gohan's mouth. He turned to me and nodded.

Me, Gohan, and Krillin ate our beans and our strength and our stamina were immediately restored.

"Wow. All of you have gotten so much stronger the last time I saw you," said Goku. "That's impressive."

"Not really," said Krillin. "I was doing fine until the fighting. We even trained under Kami and that wasn't even enough."

"Yeah... Mr. Piccolo even trained me, but...I fell short too," said Gohan sadly. "And with Piccolo gone, we can't wish anyone back or use the dragonballs."

"Come on guys, we're still in this," I said. "You got me and Goku and with the two of us, we're gonna turn the tide of this battle."

Krillin's face brightened a little. "Yes. You're right! With you with Goku's increased strength and us back to full strength, there's no way we can lose!"

"That may be so, but I think you and Gohan should stay back Krillin," said Goku. "Leave this to me and our friend."

"What?! Goku?! Come on! You can't be serious!" said Krillin. "There's no way we can win! The only choice we have is that we stick together! Do you have any idea how strong that guy is?!"

"I wouldn't be too sure about that Krillin," I said. "I'd say Goku's right. Leave this one to us. From here on in, things are gonna get a little crazy. You two would only get in the way. So get back as much as you can and leave this to me and Goku. No getting any sneak attacks. I mean it. Besides, I'd say that we got this now that Goku's here

Goku looked at Nappa and Vegeta and then growled in anger. His aura began to flare up in white swirls that could be felt by anyone including Krillin and Gohan who both were awed and slightly frightened by Goku's sudden change of demeanor and power. I even took a couple steps back. As Goku flared up his ki, small rocks and pebbles began to raise from the ground as it also began to tremble and shake as he bellowed loudly. Nappa seeing this had his eyes wide and their mouth hung open with shock and Vegeta once again turned on his scouter and read Goku's power level. Then his face turned to one of shock as well.

"No...impossible... seven..? eight...? no...wait..."

Then Goku relaxed and the rocks fell back down to the ground and the ground itself stopped trembling. There was a long awkward pause. Then Nappa finally broke the silence.

"V-vegeta... what did the scouter say about his power level?" he asked.

Vegeta took off the scouter and said one of my favorite lines in all of DBZ. "It's... over NINE THOUSAND!" He then crushed his scouter into pieces in frustration.

"What?! Nine thousand?! You gotta be kidding me!" yelled Nappa his eyes practically popping out of his sockets. "There's no way that can be right! That piece of junk's made some kind of mistake!"

Then Goku turned around and walked calmly towards the two saiyans with me following.

"Daddy wait!" called Gohan worried about his father's safety. He was about to go try and stop him, but Krillin stopped him.

"No Gohan. Let them go. Trust me," he said. "I don't wanna leave either, but Goku's and those other guys are on a whole different level than us. Those guys could even use us to blackmail Goku if they wanted to. Just do as your dad says and let's go."

Gohan at first still was worried about Goku, but then reluctantly agreed. The two of them took off into the air and then flew away out of the way.

"Well it's about time!" snapped Nappa who was clearly still mad about being ignored. "Now we can finally get back to the fighting! I don't care about your power! I'm still gonna crush the both of you!"

"I don't know Nappa," I said. "You sure don't wanna take a break after all the beating you took? You're looking pretty tired right about now. Besides if I was you, I would turn tail and run now while you can. You have no idea what Goku's capable of nor I."

Nappa growled at me in anger. "Don't you mock me! I'm more than enough to take care of you and Kaka- Gah!"

Suddenly, Nappa hunched over and clutched his stomach in pain.

"What... what the hell...I'm...I'm hurt...?" he groaned.

Vegeta seeing Nappa in this state like this tsked in annoyance and agitation.

"Nappa's having trouble. How pathetic."

He turned his attention towards Goku and then flew towards him landing a few feet in front of him. "Nappa! Hurry up and take out that boy while I deal with Kakarot!"

Nappa was still clutching his stomach in pain, but he straightened up and took his stance.

"He must still be reeling because of the attacks I just inflicted on him," I thought. "Now that he's weak enough, I can take advantage and take him out. Normally Vegeta would have killed Nappa due to his weakness and inability to fight, but now that things are changing I have to make sure I take out Nappa and fix the timeline."

"Hey Goku!" I called. "I'll take care of Nappa over here! You focus on Vegeta!"

"Right!" Goku replied as he and Vegeta took their fighting stances and prepared to fight in their iconic battle.

Then I noticed something. As Vegeta took his stance, I saw that he too had a dark aura with his eyes glowing red. The two of them stared each other down and then began to fight.

"Looks like Vegeta's been corrupted too," I thought. "I wish I could help Goku right now, but I have to take out Nappa first. As soon as I take care of him, I'll go help Goku. Until then..."

"All right baldy! I hope you're ready to fight because I'm gonna take you out!" I said.

Nappa growled and then came at me in a running charge. "You don't scare me! Nobody but nobody intimidates the mighty Nappa! Prepare to die!"


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