Chapter 7

Krillin stood over Yamcha's dead body, fuming. Trunks couldn't believe Yamcha got killed by one of those stupid green guys. It was too bad Trunks hadn't been paying more attention. But, with a sigh Trunks realized that this was how it was supposed to happen. Trunks decided to try to interfere as little as possible in this fight.

Krillin had enough, and he let out a huge blast that zoomed into the sky and rained down on the saiyans and saibamen. Everyone else ducked for cover. The blasts nailed all four saibamen, vaporizing them. However, as the smoke cleared, they were shocked to see that Nappa and Vegeta were fine, without the merest scratch on their bodies.

"You think that was enough to defeat us?" cackled Vegeta.

"Now you've cut down your play time." Said Nappa, "Now its time for the real fighting to begin! Let me do it Vegeta, I'll take on all six at once!"

"As you will." Vegeta answered.

Nappa smirked as he squatted into a fighting stance. Then, he let out a loud yell and began to power up, and the ground began shaking violently.

"Okay…who should I kill first …"Nappa said as a bright aura surrounded him.

The fighters braced themselves. Trunks was surprised at Nappa's strength. No one had ever told him what became of Nappa, all he knew about him prior to this was that he had come to earth with Vegeta. In his future, Gohan and Bulma hadn't told him much about Vegeta's first visit to earth.

Probably didn't want me to know how evil father was…

Suddenly Nappa charged forward toward Tien. Tien braced himself with an upward block out of instinct. Nappa drew his arm back for a mighty downward chop.

"Drop your arm!" Piccolo yelled.

But it was too late. Nappa's chop came down, cutting off Tien's forearm. Tien screamed in agony.

"No Tien!!" screamed Chaotzu.

Trunks' eyes widened in horror, as Nappa came down for the final blow. But Tien flew into the air, and was ready to blast down at Nappa until he flew up at him instantly and kicked him to the ground. Krillin rushed to help Tien, but Nappa pointed to the ground with two fingers, and made a sweeping motion. The ground exploded. The result was a massive, bottomless crater. Krillin had just messed the explosion.

"Hey, where's Chaotzu?" asked Trunks, noticing that he was now missing.

"Nappa! Behind you!" shouted Vegeta.

Chaotzu flew up behing Nappa and grabbed on. Nappa tried to reach for him but couldn't.

"What are you doing?!" yelled Tien.

"Goodbye Tien! Save yourself!" Chaotzu shouted.

With that Chaotzu self-destructed. Tien couldn't believe it, and Trunks stared on in disbelief. Everyone thought Nappa was dead, until the smoke settled and he was revealed, unharmed.

"Heh heh heh…what a waste." Nappa chuckled, "You just don't get it, do you? There's no hope!"

"Listen, in the instant he moves to attack, he's open." Piccolo said to Gohan, Krillin and Trunks. "We'll use that instant…"

"Nice plan." Said Vegeta, startling them, "I hope it woks."

All of them stared at Vegeta.

"Don't look at me, you'll miss your instant." Vegeta said with a sly grin. Trunks noticed Vegeta was still sarcastic even back then.

Nappa dived at Tien to finish him off. That's when Piccolo flew into the air, intercepting him. He gave Nappa a clubbing blow which sent him plummeting toward the ground. Then Krillin flew up and kicked him, sending him flying even faster.

"Gohan, Trunks, now!!" Piccolo yelled.

Gohan and Trunks stood frozen, Gohan because he was scared stiff, and Trunks because he didn't know if he should interfere with history.

"Now!!" Piccolo screamed.

"B-but…I'm scared…"said Gohan, shivering. Trunks too stood frozen, wondering what he should do.

"We've got to do it!" yelled Krillin, as both he and Piccolo blasted down at Nappa, but Nappa had enough time to recover and dodged both attacks.

"We're too late!" moaned Krillin, "If only Goku were here."

"Thought you'd get away with that?" yelled Nappa, "I'll kill you all at once!"

Suddenly Tien let out a mightly blast from below, hitting Nappa dead on.

"This one's for you, Chaotzu!" Tien screamed.

However, just as last time everyone thought Nappa was dead, but the dust settled, revealing him to be alive, only this time his armor was shattered.

"Phew, don't scare me like that!" said Nappa with a grin.

Tien collapsed from exhaustion, and died.

"Goku!! Why aren't you here?!!" Krillin yelled at the top of his lungs.

"Goku…There's that name again…" Vegeta said quietly to himself.

"Heh, another one down! Now its your turn!" said Nappa.

"We can't fight him in the air, we have to get him to the ground. He's too accustomed to aerial combat." Said Piccolo.

"Do whatever you want!" Nappa taunted, "Up, down, and all around I'll crush you!"

Krillin and Piccolo decended to the ground. But then Nappa charged down at them like a missile.

"Nappa-wait!!" ordered Vegeta.

Napa froze, stopping in mid-air. "But why Vegeta? All I have to do is-"

"Just don't be in such a hurry." Said Vegeta, "I'd like to ask them a couple questions before you kill them."

"Huh? Like what?" Nappa asked.

"Well first, this "Goku" you keep mentioning, is he Kakarott?" asked Vegeta.

"Well yeah, so what?" answered Krillin.

"So he really did come back to life with the dragonballs, but-hahahahaha!" Vegeta laughed, "He's your only hope? He couldn't even beat Raditz!"

"He'll be different! More powerful than ever!" retorted Krillin.

"Ha! Well then where is he?" said Nappa, "Is he scared?!"

"My daddy's not scared!" yelled Gohan, "And when he comes back he'll get rid of you!"

Vegeta chuckled, "Well then, lets give him three hours."

"Three hours? What will I do until then?!" complained Nappa

"Just contain yourself. Don't get carried away." Commanded Vegeta.

Nappa sighed and came down, standing next to Vegeta and looking very disappointed.

"Well there you go. Three hours of life. Enjoy them." Said Vegeta.

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One hour later…

"I'm…I'm sorry I got so scared…" Gohan said, franticly trying to explain to Piccolo.

"Away with you then! We have no use for cowards! I was a fool to expect so much!" Piccolo scolded.

"Hey come on, it's only his first fight." Said Krillin.

"And you, what's your excuse?!" Piccolo yelled at Trunks.

"Well…I…don't know how to explain it…" trunks began.

"Well, he's a saiyan isn't he? Maybe he can't stand to hurt another saiyan." Krillin suggested.

"Away with you both!" yelled Piccolo. Gohan looked down at the ground and sadly began walking away. But suddenly a blast exploded in front of him.

"You're not going anywhere kiddo!" said Nappa. Gohan ran franticly back to Krillin, Piccolo and Trunks.

"Hey you! Boy! Trunks, come here!' Vegeta shouted suddenly.

Trunks froze at the mention of his name, sending chills down his spine.

"I said come here! Don't make me send Nappa out to get you!" threatened Vegeta.

Vegeta and Nappa were standing under a tree about fifty feet away. Vegeta was beckoning Trunks over. Slowly and nervously, Trunks walked over to them.

"You call yourself a saiyan, huh?" asked Vegeta.

Trunks gulped, wishing Yamcha had never blurted it out. "W-well…uh…yes…"

"What kind of saiyan has purple hair!?" demanded Nappa "He's only trying to convince us not to kill him! Where's your tail, kid?"

"Well…I think it got cut off when I was a kid…" Trunks stammered.

"Turn around!" Vegeta demanded.

"umm..why?" Trunks asked.

"Do it, or I'll send you to another dimension!" Vegeta ordered. Trunks gave a puzzled expression.

"Its saiyan slang for he's going to kill you." Nappa explained. 'Any true saiyan would know that!"

Trunks gulped and turned around and was stunned as he felt Vegeta pull on the back of Trunks' pants to look down. There, Vegeta and Nappa saw what looked to be the stump of a tail, on his lower back. They gasped.

"It…it can't be!" exclaimed Nappa, "Impossible! Freeza killed all the saiyans! Only you, me, Raditz and Kakarott survived!"

"Well, until recently we didn't know Kakarott survived. Perhaps we have ourselves another survivor." Vegeta said as he let go of Trunks' pants, making a stinging snapping noise.

"Well, tell us where you're from kid!" Nappa demanded.

Trunks hesitated. It seemed like he'd have to make something up, because there was no way he could tell them the truth.

"Well… I was born on planet Vegeta...uh… and they sent me to earth along with Kakarott. We didn't know we were saiyans, and didn't meet until just before Raditz arrived…"

"Tell us the truth, boy!" shouted Vegeta, "We were listening through our scouters and we didn't hear you!" Trunks was at a loss for words.

Now what am I supposed to say?

"Enough of this!" said Nappa, "We'll discover the truth soon enough! Until then, we would like to ask you…will you join us?"

"J-join you?" Trunks asked with surprise.

"Yes, join us!" said Vegeta. " Don't be a fool like Kakarott was. He refused, and look at what happened to him!"

"Well…I don't know what to say…" said Trunks.

"Come, I am the prince of all saiyans. And Nappa was their general! Come be part of the saiyan elite! It's rare for a lower class saiyan like you to receive such an honor." Vegeta explained.

"Well, I'll have to th-think about that one…" Trunks replied nervously.

"Perhaps he'll join us when all his friends are dead!" said Nappa.

"Fine, you think about it, boy!" said Vegeta. 'We'll ask you again after we've killed Kakarott and your friends."

They shoved Trunks away, and he walked sheepishly back to Piccolo, Gohan and Krillin.

This is a disaster…a complete disaster…