A/N: Please review the story so I know what you think of it. You can give suggestions, ways of correcting it, or just give your honest oppinion on how good or bad the story is. I need to know what the public thinks. Anyway, this chapter will have the first major fight in DBZ. Again, I won't be one of those people who threaten to stop the story unless I get X amount of reviews. I just want to know what you think of it.

Chapter 2: Goku and Piccolo vs. Raditz

Goku and Piccolo continued to fly to the landing site of Raditz's spaceship. It took the better part of two hours of nonstop flying. They landed as soon as they reached the site, and saw Raditz toss Gohan into his ship. He then turned around and smirked.

"So, you decided to show up after all. If you want your son back, you'll have to either fight me, or join me."

"Why would I join you? You kidnapped Gohan!"

Raditz laughed at Goku's proclamation. "Fine then. We fight. And both of you will die."

"What are you after?" Piccolo asked, getting into a fighting stance.

Raditz laughed again. "Why, I want to make this planet ready for sale on the Saiyan Market. That was your job Kakarot, and you failed it! Now I have to clean up what you didn't do!" Raditz said as he powered up, as did Goku and Piccolo. Raditz measured a decent jump of power from both, the reading going from Goku: 322 to Goku: 650 and Piccolo: 330 to Piccolo: 660. "So you can increase your Powerlevels, big deal. I'm still stronger!"

Raditz charged at the pair, and struck their backs, sending them to the ground. They got up soon after, eager to continue.

"So, you can take a hit, but how will you fair going against energy?" Raditz said, charging a ball of energy in his hand. As he did, Goku cupped his hands at his side, charging energy.

"Ka... Me... Ha... Me... HA!!"

"Saturday... CRUSH!!" The two attacks collided in the middle, each fighting to overpower the other. Goku fed more energy into his beam, and it pushed Raditz's blast back. Eventually, though, Raditz fed more energy into his, and it overpowered Goku's Kamehameha Wave, crashing into him with a mighty explosion of power. Goku was sent flying back, and he got up shakily, clutching one arm as though it was broken.

"That... was a powerful attack..."

While Goku and Raditz's attacks were battling, Piccolo was charging up a different attack. He just finished it when Goku called for him.

"Piccolo, use it on me. Trust me."

Piccolo looked from Raditz to Goku and shrugged. He pointed his index and middle fingers at Goku and fired the attack.

"Special... Beam... CANNON!!" The dual energy beam corkscrewed through the air, and also through Goku's chest, giving him a mortal wound. Raditz laughed about the whole thing while Goku was telling Piccolo to feed him a Sensu from the bag on his waist. Raditz stopped laughing when Goku got up easily. His new powerlevel was 1500. Raditz was dumbfounded.

"How'd you get healed?"

"Sensu Beans. They heal almost any wound, and also give a burst of power to the one healed."

Kakarot's now stronger than me! His Saiyan blood gave him a permanent boost to his strength. I should have killed him when I had the chance! Raditz thought as Goku charged up another Kamehameha.

"Now, Raditz, you have a choice. You can change and help defend the planet, you can flee, or you can die. Those are your options. Choose now!" Goku's attack shone with a dangerous light.

"I'll die a warrior's death! I'll never join you!" Raditz exclaimed, and Goku frowned. He launched the blast of energy, striking Raditz and obliterating his body. Goku then sighed, looking sad.

"I had to. He would have killed both of us if I didn't, but I don't like the feeling of purposely killing my enemy."

Goku sighed and flew to the ship. He opened it an took Gohan out.

"Let's go home, Gohan. Your mother's waiting for us to return."

--DBZ: The Alternate Story--

Meanwhile, on a distant planet, two Saiyans were finishing their lunch. One was large and beefy, with a bald head and a blue scouter. The other was small and had gravity-defying, flame-like, brownish-black hair. He also had a blue scouter. Both were in Saiyan Armor, but the beefy one had shorts one underneath while the smaller one had a jumpsuit on underneath

"Raditz failed in his mission. It seems he got overconfident when Kakarot ordered someone named Piccolo to use his finisher on him. The idiot never did understand why we'd sometimes injure ourselves in battle. We'll go to finish his job when we're done here, Nappa." The smaller one said.

"But Vegeta, what about the Rumor of the Dragon Balls? Surely you believe its true?" The larger one, Nappa said

"The Dragon Balls are just that, rumors. We don't even know if they exist, so I'm not interested. Although, if they are real, We could wish for immortality and fight forever. We could even overthrow Frieza!" Vegeta said with a smile.

"Yeah! Which planet was Raditz at when he died?" The beefy Saiyan said with a smile

"A weak, backwards planet named Earth. It'll be easy to set that one up for sale in the Galaxy Market. We could just as easily enslave the Earthlings there. However, we kill Kakarot. It's obvious he won't want to join us." The Prince of Saiyans said

"Let's go, Vegeta! To Earth!" Nappa said, excited to get a fight in.

"Alright. Let's go to Earth. That Third-Class Saiyan will die at the hands of Vegeta, the Prince of of all Saiyans!"

The two Saiyans, Nappa and Vegeta are on their Way to Earth, and Goku and Piccolo have called a permanent truce. Now they're back to training, to keep their powers at their peak. Will they learn of this new threat before its too late, or will the two Saiyans dominate the planet? Find out in the next chapters of DragonBall Z: The Alternate Story.

--DBZ: The Alternate Story--

Preview of a Later Chapter:

"We can't defeat him! I thought I'd have a chance with the two Earthlings, but even they aren't a match for his Transformed state! It's over."