Crimson-dipped Obsession Chapter 12: The Mystical Dragon, a dragon ball z fanfic

Title: Crimson-dipped Obsession

Summary: Bulma Briefs' life made a horrifying turn when an obsessed Saiyan prince arrived on Earth and wanted her to be his! What's more to this alien was a dark secret that has caused a change in the history of Dragon Ball Z, and if it is revealed, it holds the fate of the entire universe.

Genre: Horror, Psychological Thriller, Romance, Mystery

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z. Some events in this fan fic is also inspired by Mirai Nikki and DBXV.

Warning: You might find Vegeta out of character in this story as this fic is made as an answer to the question 'What if Vegeta was a yandere?'. Vegeta is originally and generally a tsundere. A Tsundere is a character who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing a warm and caring side over time. The yandere personality is the exact opposite of a tsundere personality. A Yandere is a character who is genuinely kind, loving, sweet or gentle, but can suddenly switch to being aggressive or deranged. (From wiktionary).

If you don't like Vegeta to be like a yandere then I suggest you to turn back now and stop reading as this story also contains lots of blood, gore and violence.

Author's Notes: Hello everyone! How's everyone doing? Sorry for this late update. I've been busy with school lately. I've been also busy with Prince Vegeta's Universe, the facebook page on which I post my Vegeta Obsession. I quit on tumblr for some reasons and decided to use facebook instead. I also created a facebook page for this fanfiction. It is called Crimson-dipped Obsession. Anyways, thank you guys for being patient by reading this fanfic.

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So here's the twelfth chapter of Crimson-dipped Obsession!

Chapter 12: The Mystical Dragon

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 9:32 Earth Time]

When Krilin and Gohan returned to the island, they found Bulma and Vegeta gone. They wondered what happened here. They cannot sense Vegeta, but they can sense Bulma's faint energy and the flamboyant powers of the five new arrivals about to return where they first landed along with Bulma's faint energy. They also found the two Dragon Balls gone.

"I don't know what happened here but we have to go after them. They got Bulma! I don't know if Vegeta is with them or not! The Dragon Balls are gone, too. Bulma's in trouble. We have to save her." Krilin said.

Gohan followed him to save Bulma.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 9:45 Earth Time]

Meanwhile, in outer space… Goku relentlessly trained himself for the past four days with increasing gravity levels. Just now, he was done with one-hundred fifty times normal gravity. The computer announced that within one hour he will land on Planet Namek so he decided that preparing for his landfall would be necessary. He took a bath and dressed up in a fresh set of his martial arts uniform. As he waited patiently at his ship, he thought why he feels as if he was not afraid of anything. He mentally prepared himself on how he will confront Vegeta about this.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 9:47 Earth Time]

Vegeta felt his power flicker on and off inside of him like some sort of light bulb. He didn't know how much time had passed since he lost consciousness. He could feel warmth, warmth from some sort of liquid in which he was currently immersed in. Slowly, he could feel the numbness on his legs and arms fade and he could finally move his fingers. He didn't know what happened and where he was now.

"Well, how is he, Appule-san?" Frieza's voice faded in his hearings.

"He's slowly gaining consciousness, sir," he heard a voice fade in and out from somewhere before him.

"That's good, that's good. When he's ready at it, bring him before me in the throne room." Frieza's voice boomed in before he heard a whishing sound which could be the sound of an automatic door closing.

Vegeta let out a soft moan as his eyebrows furrowed. Now he remembered what happened before he lost consciousness. Flashbacks of the previous battle with the Ginyu Special Forces came into his mind and how he was humiliated by those five idiots. It made him angry. Just how did the Legendary Super Saiyan himself been defeated by them? He couldn't understand the possibility of such event, considering that he should have been more superior in power than them, which reminded him of someone…

"Bulma!" Vegeta's thoughts were panicking, a painful memory of a forewarning in his dreams hitting him once more. "Where is she? What happened to her? Did I fail to protect her again this time?"

He extended his senses, almost extending it all throughout Planet Namek. Soon, he found her small but unmistakable ki source. Relief came over him until he sensed something more. Those five idiots were with her! From what he could sense, Bulma was unconscious. He didn't know if she was alright but at least she was alive. Then he felt her ki stir a little until it suddenly spiked high. It was fear, she's scared. What's happening to her?!

"If those five idiots do something to her… I will kill them all…" he thought darkly. Out of his control, a low animalistic growl rumbled on his chest and echoed to his throat.

"Tsk… Tsk… Tsk… How foolish of you to rebel against Frieza-sama despite knowing that you will never be a match to him, my dear little Vegeta-chan." He heard Appule's voice echoed. "You better wake up soon and Frieza-sama will have an interrogation with you as to where you hid those Dragon Balls. Hehehe… You better or else… that chick with you is going to die…"

Die… Die… Die…

Those last words echoed almost endlessly inside Vegeta's mind. The same painful vision that always haunted him, flashed on the back of his mind.

"Wake up! Wake up, woman! Wake up!" he heard his own voice echoed inside his head. He could see Bulma sprawled before him, cold, pale, motionless and covered in blood, her own human blood.

An animalistic snarl echoed deep inside his throat as his fingers curled until his hands were clenched into shaking fists. The liquid in which he was immersed in began to boil. He heard a surprised grunt from Appule.

"W-What?!"

Vegeta snapped his eyes open, his vision tinted with crimson.

The power was boiling over, flowing through his veins, burning like acid inside of him.

"RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRGGGGHHHH!"

A long beastly roar echoed loudly across Planet Namek, and the entire planet began to tremble before the power of the Legendary Destroyer of Worlds. The supposedly unbreakable glasses of the medical machine in which Vegeta was inside of, began to crack. The healing liquid inside the tank spilled from the cracks. Appule watched in horror as golden light began to enshroud the Saiyan Prince's form, and changed him into the golden legend.

With the blinding light being too much for his eyes, Appule didn't see anything before he was dropped dead on the floor.

Vegeta's stomped his right white boot over Appule's head, crushing his skull, splitting it open and making the dead alien's blood, brains, gray matter, crushed skull, eyes and some other parts of his head splatter on the floor. The Saiyan Prince glowered over at the sight of his victim, his eyes dilated, psychotic and full of rage. His body surrounded by golden aura and his hair flickering like a golden flame. His lips pulled away from his fangs in a fierce snarl.

"No one will ever lay a hand on my Bulma unless they wanted to die by my hands," he snarled. "Do not underestimate me and my recuperative powers, you foolish bastard!"

Then he turned his head on the side where he could sense Bulma and the Ginyu force. He could also sense that Frieza was nearing them. He growled and took a step towards them with a killing intent but as soon as he stepped out of the room, he let out a gasp and immediately fell down into his knees, his Super Saiyan transformation fading, returning him back to his normal state. He felt his ki power drain away from him once again.

"Ugh! Damn it all…" he cursed through gritted teeth. Just how is he supposed to fight back if he cannot use his ki at all?

As much as he wanted to simply escape, he cannot leave Bulma alone with those people. He has to find a way to fight back.

"Looks like I have no other choice…"

He took the dino-capsule from his armor

When Bulma opened her eyes, she found herself restrained inside a huge room. She was surrounded by the five strange aliens who kidnapped her and Vegeta. As soon as she found them, she felt fear. Where was she? Where was Vegeta? What happened to him? The thought of him gone and the fact that there's no one there to protect her sent fear on her. She cannot understand what happened to Vegeta earlier. She knows he was stronger and more powerful than these freaks. Just how did he lose to them?

The five aliens noticed that she was finally awake.

"Look, the woman is awake!" Burter announced.

"That was good. It's time for the interrogation to begin," Ginyu said with a cruel laughter as the five of them slowly approached her.

Bulma looked at them in fear, "W-W-What do you want with me?!" she asked.

"Hehehe, don't worry about anything, girl. We're only going to ask you questions. If you give us answers nicely then you are going to be safe," Jeice assured her.

"Where are the Dragon Balls?" Guldo asked.

"T-The what? I-I don't know what you're talking about…!" Bulma squeaked in fear, lying about her answer.

"Wrong answer," Ginyu said as he raised a finger to fire a ki beam towards her but an explosion shook the entire planet Namek made him stop. All of their scouters suddenly exploded in their faces.

"What is that?!" Burter panicked.

"Let's go and look where that came from!" Ginyu said and the five of them walked out of the room to see what happening, leaving an angry Bulma inside the room.

"Hey! Don't leave me in here! Hey!"

The entire planet was shaking, they saw that the skies outside had darkened and found flashes of lighting snaking down from the dark clouds. All of these only happened for a few seconds before it was gone back to normal. However, fire started to spread around the spaceship.

"That explosion came from the medical room!" Jeice exclaimed.

"The medical room? Are you telling me that Vegeta's the one who caused all that?!" Reccome said.

There was another explosion and this time, black smoke fogged their surroundings, making their surroundings blurry.

At the same time, they heard the common soldiers scream.

Using the smoke screen he released by throwing a dino capsule containing tear gas and smoke producing chemicals to distract the sight of Frieza and the others, Vegeta attacked Frieza's common soldiers with a fire axe in his hand with his eyes closed. He swung the axe around him with deadly accuracy, butchering Frieza's soldiers with it despite not being able to see anything. He was attuning his ability to sense others in order to do this. Several soldiers attacked him with laser guns and he easily dodged them all by dashing left and right and then slashed the axe's blade into their bodies, causing blood to spray on his face. Another soldier attacked him from behind and he swung the axe to chop the soldier's forearm clean off of the rest of his forearm. Vegeta caught the avulsed forearm, yanked the laser gun off of the hand and used it to fire laser beams towards several others, killing them all instantly. When the laser gun proved to be too boring for him he crushed it with his hand and took out a long, sharp katana and continued to slash the others with it. Screams echoed all throughout the place and Vegeta was laughing madly at the sound of it.

The next second, Vegeta felt something strange . The next thing he knew he was crashing backwards into a wall. He let out a pained grunt as his back dented the wall with the force of his impact. Water sprinkles within the ship were activated and he felt water spray all over the hallway like it was raining. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the Ginyu Special Forces before him and laughing at him as if to mock him of his failed attempt to attack.

"My, my… What have you done, Vegeta-chan?" Recoome said as he gazed at the blood and gore that Vegeta caused on the common soldiers.

Vegeta let out a growl, "Damn, I forgot about Guldo's ability to stop time!" he angrily thought. That was the strange feeling he felt before he crashed into the wall behind him.

He took the katana he was holding earlier and threw it at Guldo, hoping to pierce him with it. He felt that strange sensation again, and then he let out an evil smirk.

The next second, Guldo's head was chopped clean off by Vegeta as he slashed his left hand transversely across Guldo's short neck. The rest of his body dropped into the ground, headless. Without wasting anytime, Vegeta stomped his foot on the four eyed alien's head, squashing it into pieces and spraying Guldo's brains, blood, skull and gray matter into the floor.

The rest of the Ginyu force watched the scene before them unfold in shock.

"Wait, what? Vegeta killed Guldo?" Jeice mouthed in shock. Just how did Vegeta able to repel Guldo's time stopping ability? Did he even repel it or was Vegeta able to move within that space where Guldo was supposedly the only one who can move within it? [1]

Vegeta wobbled sideways and then his knees fell into the floor, "Damn it all!" he growled as he felt his strength once again depleting.

"Hey! How are we supposed to pose now that Guldo's gone?!" Burter whined.

Ginyu let out an angry growl, "You stupid foolish monkey!" he yelled as he attacked and gut punched Vegeta. The Saiyan Prince saw it coming but couldn't defend himself and he crashed into the wall across the hallway once again.

Vegeta shook his head as his surroundings became blurry. "Bulma…" he thought. He felt sick and pained. Not to mention he still couldn't feel his powers again. He found the remaining members of the Ginyu force sauntered forward to beat him up until Frieza's polite yet chilling voice boomed in from behind the five members of the elite group.

"It's good that you're awake now, Vegeta-san!"

The four Ginyu force members stopped, turned around and bowed down as they gave way to the emperor as he sauntered forward towards Vegeta. The Saiyan Prince growled again as he picked himself up – or rather tried to pick himself up but just couldn't because of fatigue he suddenly felt while trying to do so. Or… wait, is Frieza the one doing this?

Frieza saw the mess his former tactician has made and it didn't make him glad. "I cannot believe that you, out of all people, will do this to me." He said with cold indifference as he turned his head back to Vegeta, his eyes glowing crimson in a death glare that would have made others run away in fear of the Galactic Overlord's anger. Vegeta has feared that look when he was younger and it somehow made him feel it once again, not because he feared Frieza's anger but because he knows that as of now, he has no way to win in a fight against Frieza.

It's not yet time for that.

Bulma was completely forgotten by Frieza's soldiers. She heard the explosion and the screaming and wondered if Vegeta was the cause of that. She hoped he comes to her to save her as soon as possible. She waited for several minutes but he didn't came. Maybe he was caught by those freaks once again. She wondered if he's alright and feared that he might get beaten once again.

"Oh, Vegeta. I hope you are alright. Please, be safe for me." She whispered to herself.

She wondered how long it would take for him or anyone to come and save her.

As she was wondering of this, she saw something moved outside the window. She found Gohan and Krilin carefully entering the ship without getting noticed. A few minutes later, they were before her.

"Hurry up and free me!" Bulma ordered them. Krilin took off her restraints as Gohan peeked on what was happening inside the ship.

"What took you so long, you idiots! You know I could have died in here!" she yelled at them when she's finally free.

"Sorry, Bulma-san." Krilin apologized. "We were trying to be careful not to get caught by Frieza or any of his soldiers."

"We have to hurry or Frieza or some others would see us," Gohan said.

"Vegeta!" Bulma gasped, "We have to save Vegeta! He's in trouble!"

"But, Bulma-san, he was with Frieza and his men. If we go and save him then we'll get caught as well," Krilin said. "We have to escape for now and then we'll plan how best to save him."

Bulma frowned, they are going to just leave Vegeta? "No way! He's not on the same business with them! We are not going to leave him here. Let's go save him!"

"B-b-but, those guys are too strong for us to handle. If Vegeta cannot beat them, what more can we do?" Krilin reasoned.

"Let's just go!" Bulma screamed at them as she marched out of the room towards the hallway. Krilin and Gohan tailed before her anxiously.

"W-wait up, Bulma-san!"

"Where are the other two Dragon Balls?" Frieza asked Vegeta, glaring at the broken prince with a threatening glare but with a cruel smile on his purple lips. His expression was silently telling Vegeta that if he didn't tell his lord where the Dragon Balls are, there would be hell for him to pay.

"No matter what you do to me, I will not tell you where the Dragon Balls are," Vegeta growled.

"My, my… You were always such a stubborn little monkey, aren't you?" his lord said. The next second, Vegeta felt himself being hauled upwards by telekinesis. He saw Frieza pointing a finger at him, telling him that it was Frieza who was doing that. The invisible force made him unable to move and making him hard to breathe.

"Speak up and I promise you, I will give you a swift and painless death, Vegeta-san." Frieza told him coldly. "That is being too merciful on my part even after all that betrayal and rebellion you did against me. Have you forgotten just how terrifying I am? Or is your small, idiotic monkey brain not enough for you to comprehend fear anymore?"

"You… called… me… stupid… and yet… you've depended on my strategies in a war…" Vegeta choked out but was able to let out a sarcastic laugh. "Who's… the idiotic… one again?"

Frieza let out a growl and fazed in front of Vegeta to give him a hard punch in the gut. Vegeta coughed out blood and it sprayed into Frieza's face. The galactic overlord licked the blood near his lips.

"You dare to talk to me like that again or I'll – !" Frieza growled.

"Kill me?" Vegeta mocked. "Do as you like, Frieza! But I'll have you know that I will bring the information of the location of the other two Dragon Balls with me in hell!"

"Then I'll just have to beat the information out of you!"

Vegeta grinned evilly, "We'll… see about… that!"

When Frieza was about to beat the living daylights out of the Saiyan Prince, Bulma, Gohan and Krilin arrived.

"Vegeta!" Bulma and Krilin called out.

"Vegeta-san!" Gohan also called.

That caught Frieza and the other Ginyu force's attention away from the Saiyan Prince. Losing Frieza's concentration, Vegeta fell into the floor, coughing and drawing out breaths. When he saw Bulma, he let out a smile of relief at seeing her alive but his smile immediately disappeared when he saw Ginyu silently ordered his three men to hold the three Earthlings off. Jeice grabbed Krilin, Burter grabbed Gohan and Recoome grabbed Bulma, restraining them with their arms around them.

Vegeta let out a growl, "Let them go!" he screamed.

Frieza blinked at the reaction he got from the supposedly cold-hearted prince who never cared for anybody in his life. "Ho… Hohohoho!" Frieza laughed. "What is this? My dear little monkey is angry that his friends were caught with him? I remember seeing these two little brats a few days ago and sent Dodoria to hunt them down. It seems he failed with that." The emperor said about Krilin and Gohan.

"I killed Dodoria and Zarbon, Frieza! They have nothing to do with this!" Vegeta growled. "Let them go!"

Frieza, Ginyu, Jeice, Burter and Recoome cannot believe what they just heard. "You killed Dodoria-san and Zarbon-san?" Frieza repeated.

"Very easily," Vegeta admitted.

Frieza glared at Vegeta. It's just as he thought. "Don't be so confident about that. You are still no match for me…" the galactic overlord grinned with a chilling smile.

"You think so? I'm telling you right now that I am not the same person as I was before,"

"That was true," Frieza agreed. He turned his head towards Gohan. "And it's not very much like you to team up with such weaklings like these pests," Then he shifted his eyes towards Krilin and then Bulma. "And you never had any interest with women before, but you seem to be very particularly overprotective with this one."

"Actually, milord. He and this woman are in a relationship." Ginyu reported to Frieza.

"Relationship? A couple?" Frieza was both shock and amazed at the news. "What very interesting information!" he was joyous and clasped his hands together as he turned his head back at Vegeta still with that chilling smile. "What about I torture this woman so you would speak up the locations of the last two Dragon Balls, eh? Vegeta-san?"

Vegeta was visibly angry with that. He pulled his lips away from his fangs and snarled in warning at Frieza. Ginyu, Recoome, Jeice, and Burter let out a mocking laughter. The Saiyan Prince picked himself up and was about to jump at Frieza's throat when Ginyu grabbed him from behind.

"Woah! Woah! Easy! Easy!" Ginyu laughed as Vegeta tried squirming out of his hold but cannot find enough strength to push Ginyu off of him.

"Let me go! Don't you dare lay a hand on my Bulma, Frieza! I swear if you ever touch a single hair of hers, I will fucking kill you all with the most gruesome ways you can't ever possibly muster!" Vegeta roared in anger. Frieza smiled back at him and then turned his back to him and sauntered forward towards where Recoome and Bulma stood. The blue haired human was visibly scared before the tyrant. Vegeta felt the urge to protect her. He violently tried to squirm out of Ginyu's grasp, kicking, punching, he tried anything but his strength was not enough to hurt the purple freak and set himself free.

Where is his power? He cannot feel it yet. Vegeta cursed. "Damn it, Frieza! Stop it!" he roared.

Frieza stopped. That moment tensed up as they felt Frieza's ki boil over. The white and purple lizard slowly turned around and turned his head over his shoulders to look at Vegeta with his cruel red eyes. "You dare to tell me to stop?" he asked, coldly.

Vegeta glared and swallowed before he said, "I did."

Frieza turned around and pointed a finger towards Vegeta.

"Vegeta, no!" Bulma screamed and then bit Recoome's forearm as hard as she could. Recoome flinched and screamed in pain and snatched his arm to see it bleeding. Using this as a distraction, Bulma ran towards Frieza to try and grab his raised hand but Recoome suddenly grabbed a fistful of her blue hair from behind and hit her in the face with his other hand. Bulma fell into the floor in pain.

"Bulma-san!" Gohan and Krilin screamed and flared their aura in order to try and free themselves out of Jeice and Burter's grasp but the two were too guarded unlike Recoome.

Vegeta saw what happened, shock and fear across his features. His mouth wide open. His lips quivered and his body began to tremble in both fear and the overflowing rage that was about to explode inside him. Something snapped inside of him, as if unlocking a hidden potential. "H-h-how dare you hit MY Bulma! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRGGGHH!"

Vegeta's purple aura burst out of his body and exploded in dark maelstrom, sending Ginyu crashing into the wall away from him and freeing himself on that freak's grasp.

"What?" Frieza screamed in shock. Recoome, Jeice and Burter watched in both awe and shock at the sudden burst of power from Vegeta. It shook the entire Planet Namek and sent dark clouds looming over the planet once again, sending lighting snaking down from the black skies. Vegeta's eyes blazed red entirely as the purple aura around his flared even more, black and red bolts of electricity sparked around him.

"What evil ki is this? This is too much!" Krilin mouthed.

"Towaaaaaaa!" Vegeta screamed in agony. Soon enough the purple ki relaxed but Vegeta's rage was not. He suddenly leaped towards Recoome with incredible speed and pierced the orange head's chest with his clawed hand. In the blink of an eye, Recoome's beating heart was in the Saiyan Prince's hand and Recoome's body fell in the floor with a huge hole on his chest. Ginyu, Jeice and Burter looked on in shock. Using this as a chance to escape, Gohan and Krilin flared their auras and hit Jeice and Burter the hardest they could possibly do. Jeice and Burter flinched in pain and went after the two. However, they saw the Saiyan Prince about to attack the two of them.

Vegeta was about to go after the rest of the Ginyu force and Frieza when he heard Bulma called his name,

"Vegeta! Stop!" Bulma screamed at him. It made him snap out of his trance. He blinked, his eyes returning back to his usual dark onyx, his mind slowly returning. He wasted no time and took a dino capsule from under his armor plate and threw it on the ground. The dino capsule burst out and a purple smoke screen exploded from it, fogging the entire surroundings. At the same time, all of them felt their ki drop to zero.

"What? My power!" Frieza said.

Vegeta quickly grabbed Bulma, Gohan and Krilin and ran away as fast as they could.

"I can't feel my ki at all! What is that thing you threw?!" Krilin yelled at Vegeta.

"That's not very important for now. I have to get the three of you out of here first while I have the strength to do so!" Vegeta told them.

He led them out of the spaceship. Once outside, Vegeta dropped to his knees and collapsed on the ground. Bulma caught him in her arms, worried about him completely.

"Vegeta! Oh, you're…" she said as she felt his temperature high as if he was having a fever. "You're hot. Are you sick?"

"Vegeta-san, are you alright?" Gohan said.

"Hey, Vegeta, stay with us. Hey," Krilin said.

Vegeta's eyes flinched as his breathing pattern became rough and irregular. He reached out from under his armor to give them another dino-capsule. "This… is… the antidote… for the poison… I released… The poison… renders ki useless… for ten minutes only…. However, you have to escape as soon as possible. Here… Take this… Go now… Forget about me… run… away…"

"No!" Bulma yelled at him, causing Vegeta to flinch at the sound of her voice. His ear rang. "I won't… We won't leave you here to die…"

"Since we have the antidote, why don't we use it now and defeat all of them while they have no powers yet?" Krilin asked.

"Idiot… even if… you can… use ki, you are still no match for Frieza and his men in strength alone…. You were lucky to escape Jeice and Burter's grasps since I distracted them. But the same strategy won't work twice on them. They will be more guarded now." Vegeta growled and shrugged away from Bulma, "They want me. They… will hunt us if… I am with you… Forget about me. You… have… to escape now… Go… Save yourselves! Go NOW! They're… coming!" he told her.

Krilin and Gohan sensed Ginyu, Burter and Jeice coming. "Oh no! Bulma-san, we have to go!" They quickly took the antidote, which quickly affected them. They dragged Bulma away from Vegeta. The prince shrugged a wailing Bulma off of him and he felt into the ground. He watched helplessly as Krilin and Gohan leave with Bulma.

Vegeta closed his eyes, a satisfied smile stretched across his lips.

When Ginyu, Jeice and Burter found him outside, he was standing pitifully due the pain and fatigue he was feeling.

"Nice try, Vegeta-chan! Rendering our powers useless with poison? Hah! So where are those pests you call your friends? Did they leave you for the dead after all?" Ginyu asked.

Vegeta snorted weakly and he smiled as he faced and accept his imminent death, "I don't care if I die, I will be more than happy to die knowing that I saved Bulma and the Earthlings! Do what you want with me. I could care less."

The three let out a mirthless chuckle. "As you wish, Vegeta-chan but we will not deliver you the death blow. It's going to be Frieza-sama's pleasure to give you that."

The three of them began to beat the helpless Vegeta who didn't fight back. He just simply didn't want to fight back. He just let them do this to him.

It's very unlikely for Vegeta, the prince of the Saiyan warrior race to do such a thing. He was a prideful warrior who never gives up without a fight. He would always stand up and fight back no matter what happens. No matter how many times he was beaten up or knocked down, his pride will never break down.

But not this time.

Vegeta closed his eyes, and remembered something inside his head.

"What happened to that high pride of yours, huh?" he remembered Towa said to him as if that was a very long time ago.

"Pride? Tch! What is my pride for if I cannot protect my loved ones? I had everything I wanted. I did anything for the sake of that stupid pride and yet this happens… What for is it if I found myself not strong enough to protect her? I will do anything to protect her no matter what the cost is. Be it other's lives, my life or my pride, I don't care. "

"You wouldn't care anymore so long as she's with you here?"

"Heh…"

Vegeta chose not to fight back. He thought that since he was the only one Frieza was after, he would be enough distraction for Gohan, Krilin and Bulma to escape. He only knew of one thing he should do, no matter what they do to him he will never tell Frieza where he hid the remaining two Dragon Balls. He also knew that Bulma would think about the Dragon Radar and see where he hid the Dragon Balls. If Frieza decides to kill him, then he will bring the information with him in hell. However, if Bulma finds the two Dragon Balls soon then she will be in trouble.

He hoped there would be more time until…

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:15 Earth Time]

Krilin and Gohan were hiding behind a huge rock on an island not far away from where they came from. They saw Vegeta being beaten up by those three freaks but were unable to help him knowing that they are completely no match against them. Gohan couldn't take it anymore. He was about to jump back to save Vegeta but Krilin grabbed him to stop him by reasoning out how they are no match for those three. Later, they saw Vegeta being dragged back inside the spaceship.

"What can we do to rescue him?" Bulma sniffed. "Can't you do anything?" she asked Gohan and Krilin.

Krilin looked down in guilt, "We're sorry, Bulma-san. Even if our full potential was awakened by the Great Elder, those guys are just too much for us. We cannot do anything until Goku arrives here to save our day."

As if on cue, an idea came to Bulma. "I know! The Dragon Radar! Let's look at where Vegeta hid the Dragon Balls and bring them to Frieza!"

"B-but if Frieza gets all seven then he will have his wish… that is one thing we cannot give him," Gohan said.

"In exchange for Vegeta's life? Are you still on with that 'Vegeta is pretending' thought of yours? Just to remind you, Vegeta is the one helping us in here despite the fact that he killed those Namekians before, and… lots of people. Look at what he's doing for us! He was sacrificing himself, suffering in there in order to save us! Do you still think of him as an enemy?!" Bulma said.

"Well… not really…" Krilin mumbled. He didn't know why he gets that feeling of Vegeta pretending after all that he did for them. "Oh well, after all that he has done for us… We'll find a way to save him… Just… not the Dragon Balls…"

"The Dragon Balls are what Frieza wants from him." Bulma said. "If Frieza didn't get it then Vegeta will suffer the worst."

"But if he gets his wish then it's going to be the end for all of us."

"Frieza will never get his wish. We will find a way for that. For now we have to find where Vegeta hid the Dragon Balls and take it to Frieza."

Krilin let out a long sigh, "Alright…" he said, giving up.

They returned back to the cave to get the Dragon Radar.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:27 Earth Time]

Bulma, Gohan and Krilin finally got back to the cave. She entered the Capsule house and took the Dragon Ball radar from the pocket of her vest that was left hanging in her room's door. She showed Krilin and Gohan the radar and saw that five were gathered together in a place, which was supposedly Frieza's spaceship. The remaining two were apart but nearest to them. They looked around the house, following what the radar showed them. They found the one-star Dragon Ball inside the washing machine covered with blankets. The four-star Dragon Ball was found inside a cabinet also covered with blankets. As soon as they found it, they returned to Frieza's spaceship to give him the Dragon Ball and rescue Vegeta.

When they landed before the ship, Bulma yelled, "Hey Frieza! If you want these Dragon Balls then you better take it, however, you have to set Vegeta free first!"

"Uhm… Bulma-san, why don't we just gave him the Dragon Balls rather than demanding him like this."

Krilin flinched at Bulma's glare.

"We won't be able to get Vegeta if we just leave these here." Bulma said.

As if on cue, Frieza appeared before them accompanied by the Ginyu forces. Vegeta was being dragged by Jeice and Burter, completely bloodied and battered.

"My, my… Look at these wonderful friends of yours, Vegeta-chan! They have returned to save you!" Burter said.

Vegeta let out a groan. He was slowly losing consciousness due to the pain and fatigue he was feeling. He could barely make up the figures of Bulma, Gohan and Krilin with his blurry vision. He wanted to get angry at them for not forgetting about him and running away. He heard the conversation between Frieza and Bulma, even though his ears were ringing. He heard that the two other Dragon Balls were found and were being surrendered to Frieza in exchange for his freedom. Those idiots didn't know how Frieza doesn't keep his promises in conversations like this. They are going to get caught again and be in trouble along with him. The conversation went on:

"So you wanted Vegeta back in exchange for these two Dragon Balls," Frieza asked again.

Bulma answered, "Yes."

Frieza laughed, that feisty look on her blue eyes just now made him wonder if this woman is crazy or not. He was feared across the universe, he saw this woman fear him a few minutes ago but then suddenly, she changed. She showed her courage before him by standing up to him even if she was completely powerless against him. No wonder why Vegeta likes this woman.

"Fine, then. You give me the Dragon Balls first."

"Hey, it is you who wanted these Dragon Balls! I should be the one to receive my share first!"

Frieza let out an evil chuckle as he sauntered towards Vegeta and pulled him by his messy, black spiky hair. Vegeta let out a pained grunt. "His life is in my hands now, woman. Give me the Dragon Balls and I will give him to you."

Bulma thought for the moment before she decided to give Frieza the Dragon Balls. She turned her head towards Krilin and Gohan, and they both reluctantly handed the balls to Jeice and Burter, who pushed the weakened Vegeta towards them. Bulma caught him in her arms, Gohan and Krilin ran back to them.

"Vegeta!" Bulma said as she wrapped her arms around him, tears were forming in her eyes.

Vegeta just stared at her, his eyes still glassy due to his weakened state. In his thoughts, he was angry at her for doing this to him. She could have saved herself but no, she did save him instead.

She saved him again.

"Thank you," Frieza told them before he motioned his hand to Ginyu. The leader of the Special Forces took the Dragon Balls from Burter and Jeice before he and Frieza turned around to return to the ship.

"Kill those three but let Vegeta live, I still have something special for him sometime later," Frieza ordered Burter and Jeice.

"Yes, milord," Jeice and Burter bowed down. Frieza and Ginyu left while Burter and Jeice sauntered forward towards them.

"Hey! You already got what you want, right? Why are you going to kill us? Let us go!" Bulma laughed nervously as she stepped backwards, dragging Vegeta with her.

"That's not part of the deal, babe." Burter said with his strange snake-like accent before he let out a mirthless chuckle.

"Stay away from us!" Bulma squeaked.

"Gohan, it looks like we have no other choice but to fight!" Krilin told Gohan.

The half-Saiyan boy nodded, "Yes," They stepped forward and fell into a fighting stance.

Vegeta knew what was happening so out of his willpower, he shrugged Bulma off of him and stood up despite all those injuries he has suffered. He limply stepped forward, passing by the awed Krilin and Gohan who cannot believe his incredible willpower despite all those injuries he had. He glared at Jeice and Burter with a look of death in his bloodshot eyes.

"What? You still think you can fight despite all that?" Jeice mocked.

Vegeta let out a weak smile and a snort before he let out another dino-capsule. Another smoke screen exploded out of it. Vegeta let out a long, loud scream, "RUN, Bulmaaaaaaa!"

In that instant, Bulma hurriedly took a dino capsule from her pocket and released an air bike from it. However, before she could get into the bike, Burter appeared before her. Gohan and Krilin turned around in surprise at Burter's speed but quickly snapped out of it and dashed towards him, flaring their auras and powering up to their maximum power. The two let out rapid punches and kicks against Burter, however, they were too slow in comparison to the blue skinned alien's speed. Soon, they found themselves being pummeled by him. Jeice also joined them, completely ignoring Bulma and Vegeta.

The Saiyan Prince collapsed to the ground once again and cursed, "Damn it all! Power… I need power… but it isn't time yet…" he thought.

Vegeta closed his eyes. If he concentrated into trying to summon that strange power he released when Recoome hit Bulma earlier then he could hold these idiots off until the time has come.

Gohan and Krilin were helpless against Burter and Jeice and both of them were pummeled by them relentlessly until they were beaten to the ground.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:42 Earth Time]

Meanwhile, on other side, Frieza and Ginyu took the seven Dragon Balls outside the emperor's ship. Ginyu arranged the balls before his lord in preparation to summon the wish-granting abilities of the balls.

"Thank you, Ginyu. Perhaps it is wise of me to summon you and your men in here." Frieza said.

"It is an honor, milord," Ginyu bowed before him.

"At long last, I will have immortality. What an unspeakable joy!" Frieza exclaimed happily.

"Would you like me to offer you the dance of joy?" Ginyu asked.

"Oh, perhaps some other time…" Frieza replied. "I never thought that my dream of immortality would become a reality… Absolute perfection is finally mine!"

Frieza stretched both of his arms forward; his hands open wide before the balls.

"Now, let us begin…" he exclaimed. "Ohohoho! Oh my… Even my heart is pounding with excitement! Prepare to witness the birth of the eternal ruler of the universe!"

"Dragon Balls!" Frieza exclaimed. "I have collected thee. Now, grant me, Lord Frieza, immortality!"

…

"Did anything happen? Are you immortal now, milord?" Ginyu asked.

Frieza's forehead muscles twitched. Nothing happened. He didn't even feel anything new. "No… I don't think so…"

What the fuck is wrong with these balls? From the reports he has receive, he was supposed to have his wish granted once he has gathered all seven. He already gathered all seven, made a wish with it but then nothing has happened. He couldn't understand what was wrong? Would he need to say something else? Or do something else?

"But why?"

Then he suddenly remembered that when he got their second Dragon Ball a few days ago, the Namekian told him that he won't be able to get his wish even after collecting all seven Dragon Balls. He thought that the fool was only lying about it but not he knew the truth about it.

"Do you think that maybe we needed some sort of password, or code, or some arrangement of the balls in order to make your wish granted?" Ginyu asked.

"Yes, probably you are probably right. But I killed all the Namekians in this stupid, useless planet already!" Frieza yelled in anger and then suddenly remembered something. He turned around, raised an arm and pointed his finger into his ship's window, the one that is nearest to his throne room. The briefcase that Jeice surrendered to him earlier that day floated and approached him as used telekinesis. He took the case in his hand and opened it. There was a scouter with red lens inside. He took the scouter and put on over his left eye. He pushed a button on the side of the gadget. The scouter detected the signals of Jeice, Burter, the three weirdlings and Vegeta. It also detected three more sources several miles away from where he stood.

"That could be Namekians!" Frieza said. He turned towards Ginyu.

"Shall I go there and ask them?" Ginyu asked.

"No, I'll go there by myself to get the information out of these Namekians. I know how to deal with them more than you. Ginyu, guard these Dragon Balls in case Vegeta or those weirdlings try to take them away."

"Yes, milord."

Frieza rode in his hovering throne and then blasted off into the green sky of Namek towards Guru's place.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:44 Earth Time]

Gohan and Krilin crushed into the ground, Jeice and Burter had beaten them so badly. Krilin already knew from the start that they won't be able to win against these freaks. What would they do now? Vegeta was not in any shape to win, or even fight against them. He knew the prince's power was capable enough to destroy their enemies if he wanted to but he didn't know what was wrong with the Saiyan and he seems to refuse to fight back. Is he really that sick?

It was completely hopeless. Krilin couldn't take it anymore. He didn't know what to do but wish for a miracle to come, for a hero to save them all.

"Gokuuuu!" Krilin cried towards the sky. "Hurry up and save us, Goku!"

"Daddy!" Gohan also cried.

"Son-kun! Please, hurry up…!" Bulma whined. Vegeta turned his head towards her and felt a pang of regret that in the end, she still hoped for that low-class trash to save her. What could he do this time if the timing wasn't enough yet?

Then as if on cue, Vegeta, Gohan and Krilin's senses picked up a power approaching planet Namek. At the same time, a spaceship plummeted down the Namek's atmosphere and landed on the crust not far away from them. Recognizing that powerful presence, Krilin and Gohan let out a big smile of relief and joy while Vegeta simply shifted his eyes on the direction where he could sense him.

"He has finally arrived," Vegeta thought, almost in relief. "Kakarot, you bastard. You made me wait long enough."

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:45 Earth Time]

"Touch down on Planet Namek," The computer announced.

The hatch for the exit door opened before the hero of Earth. Son Goku stood tall, he felt oddly confident at the feel of his new power after that intense training he did for the past six days. Other than that, he was feeling excited at the thought of doing battle with powerful beings such as Vegeta and Frieza. He kept this feeling inside him for the moment; he has to do something before anything else. He has to find Gohan, Krilin and Bulma first.

"Gohan, Krilin, Bulma, I'm finally here. Hang on, guys!" Goku said as if they could hear his words. He concentrated his ki senses and extended it across Planet Namek, trying to feel his son's and friends' energies. He detected three from the direction behind him, one was small, the other was dying and the other was powerful but not as powerful as the other ki he sensed that was travelling in high speeds towards that direction. Goku concluded that the other powerful ki was Frieza. He seemed to come from a direction were six other ki sources were in one place. There he sensed Gohan and Krilin, whose ki were getting weaker. He also sensed Vegeta there and his ki was weak as well. Was he beaten up by those other two guys with powerful ki near them?

Goku wasted no time since he sensed his son and friends in trouble. He concentrated on where he could sense Gohan and blasted off towards them with incredible superhuman speed.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:45 Earth Time]

"H-He's here!" Krilin exclaimed, a wide smile of relief stretching across his face despite being in pain due to his injuries. Tears of joy began to form in his eyes. "He's here! Goku's here!"

"D-daddy! M-my daddy's finally here!" Gohan also shouted in joy, completely ignoring the pain caused by his injuries as well.

"Eh, what? Son-kun?" Bulma asked, turning her head from left to right looking for any signs of her best friend. She turned to Vegeta, "Is it true? Son-kun is here?"

Vegeta smirked back at her, trying to contain his jealousy at the fact that Bulma was looking for Goku instead. He let out a small nod to answer her question. Bulma let out a happy smile, and shouted, "Yehey! Son-kun's here!"

Jeice and Burter noticed their joy and wondered what they are talking about and why they are smiling that way. They decided that it's time to kill the four of them. The two members of the Ginyu Special Forces are about to fire each of their own ki blast to finish Gohan and Krilin off when suddenly, the orange-clad warrior from Earth appeared before them in an unbelievable display of super speed.

Goku entered the battlefield like a superfast vehicle skidding to a stop. In Bulma, Gohan and Krilin's perspective, they saw Goku suddenly appear before them from thin air. Everyone gaped at the new comer, except for a certain Saiyan prince who thinks that the display of speed was nothing. It was only Vegeta who saw Goku coming using his flying technique. His sharp vision and ki sensing ability has detected the third-class Saiyan's movement even before he appeared before them.

"W-Who the fuck is that?" Burter asked no one, though it didn't sounded as a question since he was completely surprised by Goku's display of speed. He was supposedly the fastest in the universe but this newcomer's speed is even greater than his. That he cannot accept.

"Hmph! Kakarot, that idiotic bastard… finally arrived…" Vegeta was glad at the sight of Goku.

"Haha! Goku!" Krilin mouthed.

"Daddy!" Gohan said with a smile.

"Son-kun!"

Goku stood tall with confidence before the six of them. He turned to Krilin, waved his hand and said, "Krilin, I'll bring you some senzu bean right away!" and then he turned to Gohan, walked towards his son and feed him a senzu.

"Gohan, take this senzu bean and eat it," he told his son. The boy nodded and took the bean his father offered him and ate it. At that moment, he was instantly healed.

"Daddy!"

"You've been through a lot, son. It's okay now. I'm here." Goku assured his son as he put a hand over his son's shoulders. "For the meantime, I have to give Krilin a senzu bean, too." He turned to walk towards his best friend. He went to Krilin and gave him a senzu bean which healed him instantly, too.

"I see that Vegeta's hurt, too." Goku said when he turned to Vegeta and saw just how badly he was beaten.

"Yeah, Vegeta has saved us many times while on this planet. Just now, he surrendered himself to Frieza just for us to escape these bad guys. That's why he's beaten up that way." Krilin explain.

Goku smiled and said, "Shh… You don't have to explain it all to me." As he put his right hand over Krilin's bald head.

Goku saw images of what has happened for the past six days from Krilin's mind. He saw just how Vegeta saved him and Gohan from that pink blob. He also saw how Krilin felt as if Vegeta was pretending but immediately shook that thought away when Vegeta has saved them once again from Frieza earlier that day. He saw Vegeta surrenders himself to strange alien beings, two of which were before him, and got beaten up by them as Krilin, Gohan and Bulma flew away.

Goku took his hand away, "I see."

As he did that, Vegeta's eyes rolled over at the back of his head and he collapsed to the ground. Bulma saw this and ran towards Vegeta to catch him,

"Vegeta!" she cried out as she caught him in her arms. She fell to her butt into the ground. Everyone turned to her when she cried out that way. She shook the prince, calling out for his name. She saw how he was having a difficulty of breathing, his facial expression was contorted into one of agony as his skin color began to pale.

"Oh no! Son-kuuuun!" she cried out with extreme worry about Vegeta. "Son-kun! Please! You have to save Vegeta! He's going to die!" she cried, tears forming in her eyes due to too much worry. Goku sensed Vegeta's ki drop in dangerous level and became alarmed by it.

Bulma cried out, "Please! Son-kun! Please help Vegeta! He tried his best to save and protect us all while we're here!"

Completely worried, Goku appeared next to Bulma with another show of super speed, quickly taking the last senzu bean in his fingers.

"Vegeta! Hey! Vegeta, open your mouth and take this, quickly." He said as he put the bean inside the prince's mouth.

Vegeta felt as if he was dying. What the fuck is Kakarot still doing? If he takes too long enough to feed him the same thing he gave Gohan and Krilin then he will die soon.

It took him long enough before he felt the thing being put inside his mouth. He slowly chewed at it, ignoring the pain in his broken jaw as he did that. He painfully swallowed the strange, crunchy thing. As soon as he swallowed it, he felt his injuries heal instantly and his ki powers returned like a flame that burst inside of him. It has returned, and it felt more powerful than ever.

He snapped his eyes open and saw Bulma's worried expression an inch before his face. Surprised at the sight of his loved one that close to him, he felt his face burned hot. He couldn't take it to see her face close to his that way.

"Vegeta! You're okay now!" Bulma beamed him a bright smile. The prince felt his face grew hotter.

"Eeeekk! Bulma's too close to me. What the fuck do I do?" Vegeta thought in panic. Inside, he felt so happy being this close to Bulma. The events of that day flashed back in his mind and he blushed even more at the thought of how many times she caught him in her arms and how worried she was.

Goku, Gohan and Krilin cannot help it but laugh out loud at the look the Saiyan prince was having. The sound of their laughter snapped Vegeta out of his panicking thoughts and scurried away from Bulma, suddenly becoming embarrassed at the emotional display he just did.

"Wha- Kakarot! You're late!" Vegeta yelled at him.

Goku rubbed the back of his head and grinned, "Sorry! Sorry! I was just making sure of something! Hahaha!"

Vegeta let out a pout at him.

Goku's face turned serious this time,"Anyways, after I'm done with these other guys I have something to talk to you about, Vegeta. That was why I gave you that last senzu bean."

Vegeta expression suddenly turned cold. "What?" he asked coldly.

"Eh? What's that you're going to talk about?" Krilin asked. Goku smiled at him.

"It's something that only Vegeta and I would know. For the meantime, leave these guys to me."

"Eh? G-Goku? H-Hey, Goku! You're crazy! Those guys are too powerful!" Krilin yelled as he watched Goku marched towards Jeice and Burter

Vegeta glared at his rival with a look of barely suppressed anger. Whatever Goku has something in his mind is making him uncomfortable. If Kakarot knew something about the truth then he has to do something to divert his thoughts away in order for him not to become suspicious of him. After all, Goku has some strange connections to the deities, they probably told him something. Not like he's worried that Goku knew everything. No one would know everything that has happened, not even those deities. It's just that he needed to nip the bud while it's just that something before it becomes everything.

As Goku sauntered forward to challenge Jeice and Burter who just stood there while watching at what they were doing in shock, Vegeta snaps. The Saiyan Prince released his ki, flared his aura and attacked Jeice and Burter in a fit of rage. Goku saw how Vegeta leaped from his earlier position and brutally murdered the two members of the Ginyu forces. It was only Goku who saw all of Vegeta's movements. The others saw nothing but Jeice's blood and gore splashing before them. The next instant, Burter's body fell into the ground, cut in half lengthwise.

Goku's expression was both of shocked and terrified at the same time. It was as if Vegeta has changed into a completely different person, no, a completely different monster when he did that. Vegeta took Jeice by the neck and clawed into a shock and disoriented Jeice's skin and stripped the entire skin off with one motion of his hand. Jeice's remaining bloody meat was still alive and screaming. Vegeta created a ki sphere in his free hand and detonated it on Jeice's chest, making the bloodied body explode to pieces of meat, gore and blood in an instant. Vegeta turned his attention to Burter and slashed his hand downwards, slicing Burter's body laterally.

Bulma flinched at the sight of the corpses but didn't actually see how Vegeta did it. Krilin and Gohan gaped at it without seeing Vegeta do it too though they know that it was him who did it.

All of that happened in a blink of an eye.

"What speed…!" Goku thought, gaping at the display of speed Vegeta just made him witnessed before he let out an angry yell, "What do you think you're doing, Vegeta!"

His voice snapped Vegeta out of his trance. "Eh?" he asked innocently as he turned to face Goku with an innocent look.

Goku phased in front of Vegeta and grabbed him by his left arm. Vegeta was surprised at the look the third class Saiyan gave him.

"What the fuck is your problem?!" Vegeta demanded.

"You don't have to kill them!"

Vegeta growled back at him and snatched his arm from Goku's grasp. "Damn it, Kakarot! You were too soft hearted! I know you were going to spare them once you're done playing around with them! It would only bring about unnecessary trouble on our part and a waste of our time!" he yelled at him.

"That's still not a good excuse to kill them!"

"I did what was best! If you let them live, they will come after us again! You're softness would get us all killed, you idiot!"

Goku didn't answer. He just lost his chance to test the results of his training.

Vegeta sighed, trying to calm himself down.

"Look, Kakarot. I did that to save us the trouble of wasting our time. Also, I am particularly more curious at what you are going to talk to me about. Give me a sec," Vegeta disappeared and reappeared before Goku, bringing Ginyu's torn head on his hand. Goku still cannot believe that kind of speed he just witnessed.

"So, what do you want to talk about?" Vegeta asked as he dropped Ginyu's head on the ground.

"Let's talk somewhere else, alone," Goku demanded.

"Whatever," Vegeta answered with cold indifference. "Lead me the way."

Goku turned to Gohan and Krilin. "Vegeta and I will need to talk about something. You guys go and find the Dragon Balls so we can make our wish." And then flared his aura and blasted off.

"You better hurry. Frieza is coming in that direction," Vegeta pointed at the direction where he could sense Guru.

"Eh? That direction! That's…" Gohan said. That was the direction of the Great Elder.

"I know, he probably couldn't get his wish that's why he needed to go to the remaining Namekians who might know about it to ask for the incantations needed to get his wish." The prince explained.

"Incantations?" Krilin reapeated, questioning what Vegeta meant with that.

"I think the Dragon Balls here would work differently than those from your planet. If Frieza couldn't get his wish, who do you think would know how to?"

"The Great Elder, Nail or Dende…" Krilin answered.

"That's why you must hurry and find the Dragon Ball s and guard them for the meantime," Vegeta told them. He turned to Bulma and smiled back at her. "I'll be back soon," he said before he flared his blue aura to follow Goku.

Krilin and Gohan wondered how Vegeta knew that.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:52 Earth Time]

Vegeta followed Goku towards an island several kilometers away from where Frieza's spaceship is. They landed on the ground. For the meantime, Goku thought how best it is to confront Vegeta without incurring the prince's bloodlust just so this wouldn't end up into a death battle between them. The battle was unavoidable but he just didn't want any meaningless bloodshed.

Vegeta crossed his arms and demanded harshly, "Well, what is it, third-class?! Spit it out!"

The Earth-raised Saiyan turned to Vegeta, his expression was serious. He hoped that asking him this question won't get the prince mad or something. Knowing how powerful Vegeta was, Goku was excited to battle him and see his full power but was scared to incur the wrath of this Legendary Super Saiyan that was feared by even the Lord of Worlds, simply because he feared that he would kill everyone and destroy this planet on it. However, if it left him no choice then Goku would fight the best he could. After all, he doesn't want to die that easily.

"Who are you and what do you want from us?" he asked very carefully.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow at the question. So he knew something just as he thought. Even though it was that way, he would play mind games with this idiot if he wanted too just so he could divert his thoughts away from that thought.

"What do you mean by that?" Vegeta asked as a reply to Goku's question.

"Stop pretending and just tell me who you are! The Lord of World's told me something… about… you."

"Lord of Worlds? Is that King Kai of the Northern quadrant?"

"That's right,"

"Okay, then what did he told you about?"

"He said that the Lord of the Underworld, The Great King Emma saw you in the otherworld that time when we were fighting back on Earth over a month ago."

"And?"

"If they saw you there then it means that you died. Of course, no living creature would pass by the otherworld unless you are a deity like Kami-sama! Are you really Vegeta or not?"

Vegeta glared at Goku. He supposed that Kakarot wasn't really a total idiot. He was able to put two on two together and was almost at the peak of the truth. Oh well, he must nip the bud while it's early before it becomes his failure.

"Fufufufufu…" A dark chuckle escaped from Vegeta's lip before he threw his head backwards and laughed maniacally. "…Bwahahahahahahahaha! Oh, Kakarot! You really liked joking around, don't you? You never failed to make me laugh and annoy me at the same time!"

Goku didn't react at that response he received from his rival.

Vegeta tilted his head and looked at him with a crazed look in his eyes and a wide, amused grin off his lips. "Oh well... Use your head, dumbass!" he suddenly yelled back. "Of course, I am Vegeta! The Crown Prince of all Saiyans! Look at me! Feel my ki! What do you say?"

Goku's eyes furrowed and looked at him from head to toe, and felt his ki, observing every facet of the Saiyan Prince. Yes, he looked exactly and felt exactly like the Vegeta he first met when he returned to Earth over a month ago. Only that this one felt more powerful and more… dangerous than that one. He supposed Vegeta was really powerful and dangerous overall.

Goku sighed, "Even so, I don't get it why you suddenly changed your mind back then. Weren't you supposed to kill us?"

"I told you I was on a different purpose than killing you or destroying your planet, right? And then that I wanted to see something."

"And that's Bulma?"

"Yes."

"Why? How did you know of her? And what do you want from her?" Goku demanded.

"It is none of your business,"

"It is my business because she is one of my best friends!"

"Fine! I'll answer one, the other two, you will find out sooner or later." Vegeta told him, getting impatient. "I've known her from the scouter she stole from Raditz during our one year trip towards the Earth. I've heard her from there, and it caught my interest of her. I just… wanted to be her boyfriend."

"She has a boyfriend."

"As if I know that fact that time. But so what? He's dead now, so what else could he do about it? I can get her now."

"But then you're helping us revive them back."

"Yes, in exchange for a relationship with her."

"So that's just what you wanted? Just her?"

Vegeta nodded.

"How can I trust you not to suddenly go against all of us in the end? You're motives are suspicious enough not to trust you."

Vegeta let out an annoyed groan and finally snapped out of it, "First, you interrogate me with stupid questions about my identity, my motives for coming to Earth and helping you. Now, you suspect me as the enemy?! How dare you tell that to my face after all I did to protect your son and your friends! How could you say that?! I saved them… protected them with my life… and this is how you are going to repay me?! By suspecting me as your enemy! Sure, I used to be your enemy, but… not now. Not anymore! Trust me, Kakarot! Trust me! Please!"

Goku shrugged. He didn't know whether to really trust Vegeta or follow King Kai's instructions not to. "I… I don't know, Vegeta. I…"

Vegeta looked at Kakarot with a panicking look on his eyes.

"Damn it all, it looks like I have no other choice but to do this after all…"

"I cannot believe you! I didn't know you are capable of being so thick-skinned! You… ungrateful bastard!" Vegeta roared, his black eyes shifted colors to crimson and he flared his aura. Goku snapped on this.

"Oh no! It looks like I overdid it!" Goku panicked.

Goku raised his hands, "Hey, Vegeta! Calm down! I- I…"

Vegeta didn't wait for him to finish his words before he attacked Goku in a fit of rage.

"Looks like I have to fight him and do my best after all," Goku thought as he flared his aura and prepared to do battle against Vegeta.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 10:57 Earth Time]

Gohan, Krilin and Bulma found the complete set of Dragon Balls not far away from where they were a few minutes ago. They wondered what Goku and Vegeta were talking about until suddenly they felt Vegeta's ki explode followed by Goku's.

"W-what's going on? Why are they fighting?!" Krilin asked.

"Let's go and see! Bulma, please do look at these for a while." Gohan said.

Gohan and Krilin blasted towards the location where they sensed Goku and Vegeta fighting but they were suddenly thrown away by an invisible barrier than seemed to encapsulate their location.

"W-What?!"

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:00 Earth Time]

Inside the Great Elder's home… Nail sensed that Frieza was coming and decided to report it to Guru.

"He has finally found this place, he's almost here." Nail told the Great Elder.

Guru let out a small smile, "It seems that Prince Vegeta was right about that. Dende, come over here and let me awaken your power for you."

The Namekian child Krilin and Gohan saved a few days ago stepped forwards, "Yes, Great Elder." He said. Guru put his left hand over Dende's head and awakened his powers for him.

"There, Dende. The Earthlings need your help with having their wishes granted. Go now, my child. I have let out your powers in order for you to get there quickly."

"B-But," Dende hesitated.

"Don't worry about me, child. Nail will protect me. Also Prince Vegeta has told us that this strange barrier would protect me from Frieza."

"I understand, please, don't die yet!"

Dende then ran out of the house and blasted his way towards where he could sense Krilin and Gohan.

"I just hope that Prince Vegeta's plan would work out this time…"

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:03 Earth Time]

Seventeen minutes after he left his spaceship, Frieza finally found the location of the three Namekian ki sources his scouter detected earlier. He saw the tall rock that stood above the rest and the white Namekian shelter above it.

As he got closer to the place, he noticed a familiar Namekian child passed by him. He decided not kill every little thing since he has another matter to do. Once he reached the place, he went down of his hovering throne and found Nail waiting for him by the door.

"Hello, may I help you?" asked Nail.

"My name is Frieza and I have a wish to make with your Dragon Balls. I have collected all seven but I don't know what to do next. I want you to tell me how I would get my wish granted." Frieza asked.

"I am sorry but I have to ask you to leave. I cannot tell anyone who is evil." Nail answered.

"I think it is to your benefit to be honest, there are two of you, are there not? I can get it out of either one of you. It would be effortless to kill you." Frieza said.

"Then please do so. But let me warn you that before we fight, the one inside this humble home is the Great Elder of Planet Namek. It was him who created the Dragon Balls."

"Okay…"

"And it is his energy that sustains their power. Kill him and the Dragon Balls will become useless as well!"

This information stunned the Galactic Overlord. He turned towards the house and fired a powerful eye beam enough to destroy the wall of the house, much to Nail's surprise. Frieza levitated to see what's inside. He saw the gigantic Namekian inside… He was indeed big, old and very frail. Hm? What's that white aura surrounding him? He thought he could sense familiar in that flame of white? It is Saiyan Energy? Vegeta?

"Indeed, I think it may be true after all. He's certainly very different than other Namekians I've met." Frieza said. He addressed the Great Elder, "Great Elder, I assume you have no intention of telling me either? But surely you could not keep quiet if this man were about to get killed."

"You will find Nail unlike any other Namekians you have killed. Among all of us, he is out lone, true warrior. He will not be defeated as easily as you imagined."

The Emperor frowned, "So, you still won't tell me…"

"I'll leave it you, Nail… Buy as much time as you could…" Guru sent Nail through telepathy.

"I understand." Nail replied telepathically.

"Well, if you insist on being so stubborn, you will be privileged to face the ultimate power!"

Nail levitated before Frieza in a show of courage and pride as a Namekian warrior.

"Hohoho!" Frieza laughed. "I never imagined that there would eb a fool who would dare to challenge Lord frieza! I applaud your confidence, sir. But of course, I'm sure you will quickly regret not simply revealing the secret of the Dragon Balls when you have to gasp it out of agony!"

"I'm sure you noticed that the Great Elder is near death. Since you need him alive, it would be wise to battle battle where he will not be hurt."

"Hohoho… I seriously doubt that the battle would take long but if you insist... then lead me the way."

Nail blasted away and Frieza followed him. Guru watched them leave with guilt.

"I'm sorry, Nail. But you must hold out at least until Dende reaches the Earthlings. They hold the key to this planet's fate now…"

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:08 Earth Time]

"This is far enough! We'll end this battle here!" Frieza told Nail. The strongest warrior of Planet Namek agreed and descended into the nearest island he saw. Frieza descended before him. Nail took off his red vest as the Emperor watched, "I never thought that an entire planet could be so suicidal…"

Nail flared his aura and powered up with a loud battle cry.

Frieza saw that the scouter read his power level to forty-two thousand. He was impressed, "Well, you are indeed different from the other Namekians. Apparently, when they called you awarriorit's more than just a job description! I almost want you as one of my soldiers. I should warn you about my own power level, in the interest of fairness.

"You see, sir. It's five hundred and thirty thousand! But don't worry, I don't plan to fight at my full power." Frieza exclaimed. "I know, I'll fight using only my left hand! That would make things more interesting!"

Nail growled at him. IS this freak underestimating him? He leaped forward to attack frieza with all his might. He slashed his right hand towards Frieza's neck and to his surprise, it was nothing.

"What?!"

"I supposed this is all I expect from a power of forty-two thousand…" the lizard sighed. He raised his left hand and grabbed Nail's right forearm, digging his long, black fingernails into Nail's forearm, which made the Namekian warrior scream in agony. Then, Frieza proceeded to rip his forearm off the rest of his body. Nail screamed in excruciating pain as blood spray from where his forearm was ripped off. Frieza attacked him with his left elbow and sent Nail rolling into the dirt in pain.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Frieza said with sadistic delight. He watched as Nail picked himself up pathetically. "Be careful, don't push yourself. You just have to answer my question before you get killed."

Nail raised what remains of his right arm and let out a loud grunt as a new forearm grew from where his old forearm was ripped clean off earlier. This impressed Frieza once again.

"Ah, I see that you can regenerate after all. What a surprise. However, once you did that, your power has dropped down and stays there. Yu don't mean you still want to keep fighting after that? For goodness sake, I don't know what the people on this planet were thinking."

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:10 Earth Time]

Vegeta defeated Goku very easily. No matter how much Goku fought back using his Kaioken, he was no match for him. Soon, he crashed to the ground, completely beaten. Vegeta took him roughly by the collar.

"I'm sorry about this, Kakarot but you had it coming." he said. Goku waited for Vegeta to deliver the final blow but it didn't come. Vegeta laughed at Goku's expression. Goku was confused as to why Vegeta didn't kill him yet.

"I won't kill you. You are Bulma's best friend, after all. I'll go back to the spaceship and bring you inside a medical tank to heal your injuries."

He was certain he was going to get killed but he felt Vegeta levitated and go to where he could sense Gohan and Krilin.

"Why?" Goku asked him once again.

Vegeta watched at him. "Shh… Kakarot. I told you to trust me, didn't I?" he smiled at him. "I am not your enemy. Probably not even a friend, too. But you can trust me. I won't kill you or any of your friends, or destroy the Earth. Heck, I would even protect you all for Bulma's sake. Trust me, because I never go back to my word. After all, I am the Prince of Saiyans. Unless of course, you would go against me and Bulma, I would do anything just to be with her."

Goku looked for any signs of lying in Vegeta but didn't find any. He decided that he was wrong for suspecting him as the enemy but at least what happened between them cleared things up. He smiled back. "Alright, Vegeta. I'm sorry."

"Don't worry, Kakarot. I forgive you,"

"And thanks… for sparing me… for protecting Gohan and Krilin… and Bulma, too."

The prince smiled sweetly at him. "No problem."

A few seconds later, they reached Krilin and Gohan.

"Goku! What happened?!" Krilin said.

"Daddy!" Gohan called his father in worry. He suddenly got mad at the sight of his father beaten and glared at Vegeta. "You did this?!" he demanded at Vegeta.

"Gohan, stop. It's my fault. I… suspected him as an enemy. I had it coming. I was wrong…" Goku told him.

"Well, we have to hurry and get Kakarot healed before Frieza returns to the ship."

"Okay…"

They all returned to Frieza's spaceship and before Bulma could let out an angry burst at the four of them, Vegeta apologized and quickly entered the ship to put Goku into an old model Medical Machine since he destroyed the newer model earlier. Vegeta expertly played doctor at Goku when he did that. Goku felt good being inside the machine, where he is submerged in healing liquid.

"Alright then. Bulma, please do watch over Kakarot while I take Gohan and Krilin to the dresser to get them armor for their protection."

Vegeta brought Krilin and Gohan into the dresser room and gave them armor. He also changed into fresh battle armor which was an older model because it was the only set left to fit for him. Gohan has the exact armor as what he was wearing earlier while Krilin had the same as the one Nappa wore back on Earth a month ago.

"So how long would it take until Goku is fully healed?" asked Krilin.

"Based on the injuries he received I estimate it would take him an hour and thirty minutes before he is fully healed." Vegeta said. "For the meantime, Krilin. The Namekian child you saved from Dodoria a few days ago is on his way in here. Go and meet him then bring him to me. He would know the incantation needed for us to get our wish. Gohan, you stay outside and guard the Dragon Balls."

"Okay," Gohan and Krilin said as they both walked out.

"Wait…" Vegeta caught up to them. Gohan and Krilin turned to see Vegeta's expression turned cold, silently warning them dangerously.

"Yes?"

"Don't get any funny ideas of making a wish without me or else…" that's all that the Saiyan Prince said with a scary tone before he returned to the room where they left Goku and Bulma.

"Huh?" Gohan and Krilin looked at each other, wondering what he meant by that.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:20 Earth Time]

Frieza continued on torturing Nail. He couldn't understand how foolish these people are and this one was still choosing to fight him even though he knew he is helpless against his might. He watched as Nail drew out agonized breath as he kept that battle pose.

"Why don't you just tell me? I am using only my left hand and you still helpless against me. What do I do with the Dragon Balls? How do I get my wish granted?"

Instead of answering his question, Nail threw a pathetic blast towards him. Frieza let out a sigh as he emerged from the smoke and said, "Your struggles are a waste. Such a pitiful attack won't work against me."

He watched at the Namekian's disbelief, "Why do you keep fighting even though you know you are just going to lose? Was it because your friends were killed or was it because you were just too stubborn?"

Frieza phased in front of Nail and punched him on the face using his left hand. Nail fell down into the ground screaming in agony as his hands covered his face.

"This will be my last warning… Tell me the incantation now or you will die!" Frieza warned.

Instead of hearing the incantation, Frieza heard Nail laughed at him. Is this fool really crazy?

"It's too late even if I tell you now…"

"Too late?" What is he talking about?

"By now, Dende would have reached the Earthling's location and told them what you want to know so much..."

Frieza suddenly remembered the Namekian child who passed by him earlier when he was going to the Great Elder's place. "So it was him?! Damn you! So you were only buying time!"

Frieza flared his aura and blasted off back to his spaceship in panic and rage. He searched the signals from Jeice, Burter and Ginyu that he couldn't detect them. However, he detected Vegeta and the three Earthlings at the ship.

"What?! All of the Ginyu forces are gone dead! Impossible! Did Vegeta do this? Did he kill them all, too?! Vegeta. Those Earthlings… The Dragon Balls… That Namekian brat…

"DAMN YOU ALL! I DESERVE THIS POWER! NOT YOU LOWER LIFE FORMS!" Frieza roared in rage as he blasted off in his full speed back to where he could detect Vegeta and the Earthlings.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:23 Earth Time]

Krilin saw Dende flying towards them just as Vegeta predicted. Dende was initially terrified at the clothes Krilin was wearing but immediately smiled back and laughed at his own reaction. Dende told Krilin that Frieza was at the Great Elder and they have to hurry up because Frieza was coming for them.

Krilin returned with Dende along. They went inside the ship to tell Vegeta that Dende's here and the four of them, along Bulma went outside to where the Dragon Balls are to summon the Mystical Dragon.

Vegeta sensed Frieza's ki coming, "Hurry up! Frieza's coming!" he told them harshly.

Krilin, Gohan and Dende panicked.

"Dende! Hurry and summon the Dragon!" Krilin ordered.

Dende stepped forward before the seven magical balls and put his hands forward. In Namekian Language, Dende exclaimed, "Takkarapto Popporungga Puppirito Paro!"

With that exclamation, the balls began to glow a golden hue before a burst of golden light exploded at them which goes up into the sky that began to be covered by dark clouds. From the light appeared a huge, gigantic green dragon with two black horns protruding on the top of its head, another two at the side of his head and another two from its muscular shoulders. It has glowing red eyes and huge fangs. The sight of him made the five people below it look at him with awe.

"T-T-That's Shenron! He's huge! He sure looks different than the ones from Earth!" Bulma exclaimed.

"He's called 'Porunga' in here. It means 'The God of Dreams". This is also my first time seeing him," Dende explained.

"Oh, master of the Dragon Balls, state your wish. I shall grant any three wishes within my power." The Mystical Dragon, Porunga spoke in a loud, powerful voice.

"Three? Did he say three?" Krilin asked.

"What? You didn't know?" Dende said.

"Wow, he sure is a generous one! What do we wish first?"

"First, bring the people Nappa and I killed when we came to Earth," Vegeta suggested.

"Yes, that!" Krilin agreed.

Dende repeated their first wish and translated it to Namekian language.

"I'm sorry, I cannot do that. I can only restore one person to life once at a time."

"What?" Krilin, Gohan and Bulma mouthed in disbelief.

"Oh no!" Gohan said.

"Don't worry about it. Bring Piccolo back to life first! If he's revived then the Dragon Balls on Earth would come back, too."

"Great idea, Vegeta! Do that!" Bulma agreed.

"Dende, please ask him to bring the Namekian on Earth named Piccolo back to life!"

"Alright," Dende said as he made the wish to Porunga by speaking Namekian again.

Porunga's eyes glowed even more for a few moments before he said, "Your first wish is granted. State your second wish now."

"Tell him to bring Piccolo here," Vegeta said.

"Eh? Why?" asked Gohan.

"He… He would make an addition of those who might be a little help against Frieza."

"Okay, Dende, please asked him to please bring Piccolo-san here on Planet Namek!"

"Okay," the Namekian child said. He made that wish in Namekian language again. Porunga's eyes glowed once again and then exclaimed; "Your second wish is granted. Say your third and last wish…"

"Eh? Where is Piccolo?" Gohan and Krilin asked looking around for their Namekian friend.

"Oops! Did you meant here? As in here where we stood? I… I only told Porunga to bring him on Planet Namek!" Dende said.

"What?!"

Vegeta stepped forward, "Gohan, Krilin, Bulma… and you." He addressed Dende roughly. "Piccolo would come here soon. For the meantime, Frieza is very close to us. Get inside the spaceship and find me my dino-capsule. I think I forgot it inside the dresser where I left my armor. I need it to fight Frieza. Also, go and check out Kakarot's condition for me."

"O-okay… Let's go!" All of them got inside the spaceship, feeling at the news that Frieza is coming back fast.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:27 Earth Time]

Vegeta watched as Krilin, Gohan, Dende and Bulma scurried inside Frieza's spaceship. He turned around to face Porunga with a wide, evil smirk stretched across his face.

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:27 Earth Time]

Piccolo stood at an island and before the sight of his home planet in awe. He didn't know what just happened but he was back to life and in a strange place he could not recognize. Earlier on King Kai's planet, the Lord of Worlds who was training him along with the Earthling warriors, panicked when he was suddenly blinded from his visions on Planet Namek just as the Porunga was summoned. He wasn't literally blind, but it was as if he was watching television without signal from an antenna or cable signal, his visions of what was happening on Namek became blank. King Kai tried contacting Goku, or Gohan or Krilin or Bulma or even Vegeta but cannot contact them.

Piccolo concluded that the place he was in was Planet Namek, his own home planet. "Ah, yes. This could be Planet Namek. My very blood tells me so." He said in awe as he looked around.

He quickly snapped these sentimental thought away, "Oh, well. This is no time for sentimentality, I have to find Gohan, he could be somewhere else with that Saiyan. But where? I cannot sense anything near me…"

A sound of laughter caught Piccolo's sensitive hearing. He turned around and saw a beautiful blue skinned lady with white hair wearing a fitted red dress and holding a long black wand. What was strange was that he cannot feel any ki from her. What kind of person was this?

"Who are you?!" he demanded the woman.

Towa smiled at him in delight, "Sorry, but I won't have you interfering with his plans this time."

"His? Who is he?"

"Why should I tell you?"

Before Piccolo could react, Towa raised her wand and pointed it at him. A burst of purple light was fired from it and hit the Earth-raised Namekian warrior. Piccolo screamed. That blast made Piccolo change into what it looked like a glowing omega star shaped blue orb.

The orb moved towards Towa's hand. "Done."

[762 A.D. December 24, Planet Namek, 11:30 Earth Time]

"Everything's going according to my plan. Hehehehehe…"

Vegeta let out an evil grin at the success of his plan.

Porunga suddenly disappeared before him and the Dragon Balls turned into huge white balls stones. As that happened, The sky became bright again just like earlier. When Krilin, Gohan, Dende and Bulma returned they found what happened, and asked him what happened. Dende let out a gasp, falling down to his knees and began to grief.

"The Great Elder… has passed away… The creator of the Dragon Balls has finally been consumed by death at last." He said.

"Say what?!" Krilin and Gohan cried out.

Vegeta turned to them and smiled in relief, "At least, we were able to get our wishes, right? His sacrifice wasn't in vain after all."

"Y-yeah…"

"Now that Piccolo has been revived, the Dragon Balls on Earth should be revived as well. Let's return to Earth and revive your other friends in there." Vegeta told them.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Yes!"

"Thank you, Vegeta! We owe you this." Krilin said, very grateful.

Vegeta smiled back at him. "No problem. However…" his expression suddenly turned cold and devoid of any emotion.

"Eh…?" Krilin asked.

"He's here…" Vegeta's chilling voice told them.

Krilin, Gohan, Bulma and Dende watched as Vegeta slowly turned around to look at the sky.

Their faces paled and their bodies trembled in fear as they found a very enraged Frieza glowering at them with a chilling smile on his purple lips.

"Oh my god…" Krilin uttered in fear. "It's Frieza!"

Vegeta glared at Frieza with an evil smirk stretched across his lips.

"It's finally time." he thought.

Author's Notes: PLEASE READ FOR SOME EXPLANATIONS ON THIS CHAPTER.

I apologize, for some scenes on this fanfic are taken from the Dragon Ball manga itself. I have to write them down in order to avoid skipping some scenes and for reference as well. The similarities on this fanfic with the manga are the points in time in which were not affected by the paradox that has happened in the world of this fanfic.

That scene where I put [1] will be explained in the later chapters. Some of you might have thought as to why Vegeta was able to kill Guldo even after using his time-stop technique. You will see the answer to that in the future chapters.

Also, you might wonder how Vegeta was beaten, or why was he weak or where did his power went or why he was refusing to fight back despite being a Super Saiyan and knowing he can finish them all if he wanted to. It was all an act to make an excuse to Goku once he questioned him about the truth some time later. He would want to divert Goku's thoughts from suspecting him into making him think he protected Gohan, Krliin and Bulma with his life just so he could win Goku's trust back and take away his suspicions to prevent him from thinking which might lead him to thetruth about his real identity.

Also, Vegeta said that "Everything's going according to my plan."

What do you think is that plan he's talking about? Let me hear your thoughts! :D