Chapter 5

Disclaimer: I don't own DB.

"This just in, a giant ape monster has been spotted about 45 miles to the North West of South City." This was the message on all radio and TV stations. "The military has dispatched a massive force to bring down this beast before any real damage can be caused." The force had thousands of tanks, infantry, planes, and helicopters. They didn't know what they were getting themselves into.

"Ready, aim, fire!" shouted the general. The entire army fired at once. Ape Masuto was in the middle of smashing a dinosaur's head in, when they interrupted. Even in his normal form, bullets can't hurt Masuto, so this just made him angry. He threw the nearly dead dinosaur at the army.

"Use missiles!" yelled the general, "nothing's invincible." Even then, it had no effect. Masuto started to pick-up the air force and throw it at the ground forces. A blazing inferno was now burning. The air force was depleted and the ground troops lost half its force. "Use the acidic missiles!" the general ordered as a last ditch effort.

The first attack hit Masuto, the missile had no effect, but the acid did. The beast scream in pain. It wasn't as effective as it would be against other opponents, but it still caused slight damage. "Keep firing men!" said the general. The whole battle was intended to lure the beast as far away from the city as possible. Masuto already moved 20 miles on his own and the army managed to move him another 10 miles.

Only 5 acidic missiles hit before they pushed the already angry beast over the edge. With one mouth blast, Masuto extinguished the rest of the army. Now, Masuto is alone and still on a rampage. Suddenly, two space pods, one empty, passed just behind the beast before crashing/landing.

The one that contained a person, contained Raditz. "Great, he didn't listen," Raditz thought aloud. He used his scouter to determine Masuto's power level. "So, around 4,000 power level," Raditz said to himself, "looks like he's improved, but if I transform, my power will be 4,800."

So, Raditz did just that, his armor grew as well. In his ape form, his hair is longer and more spiked then other Saiyans, just like his normal form. Now, he has to defeat his son before any more attention is drawn. He took a battle stance and got ready to attack.

His opening attack was a surprise punch slamming into Masuto's face. Next, he jumped into the air(not very high in his current form). Then, he landed on Masuto's gut. Masuto grabbed Raditz's leg and threw him into a mountain.

Next, Masuto used a mouth blast and got a direct hit. Raditz attempted to counter, but Masuto kicked him to the ground. "At this rate, my power will drop below his!" Raditz yelled. He punched Masuto in the back.

Masuto grabbed Raditz's head and slammed him into the ground. With several punches and slams, Raditz's power dropped below Masuto's, far below. Now it seemed that Raditz would lose this battle(only because Masuto is enraged from his previous battle). However, Raditz had a plan to win to victory. He charged a Ki blast and threw it at Masuto.

Masuto deflected the blast easy, but Raditz's plan had worked. Raditz was now behind his son and he grabbed his tail. Masuto immediately lost all his power. This not only brought his power down to almost zero, but it also returned him back to his base form. Raditz had won the battle and returned to his base form as well. "That battle almost went out of hand," Raditz mumbled under his breath, "maybe I should train more."

Raditz took Masuto back to their shack. The next morning, Masuto woke up. "My head, I feel like I was in a fight," Masuto thought aloud. "That's because you were," replied Raditz. "Dad, when do you get here?" Masuto asked, "and what do you mean I was in a fight?" "I got here last night," Raditz replied, "and about the fight, I have something to explain to you."

"Really, what about?" Masuto asked. "Well," Raditz started, "I was going to wait until you were older, but with what happened last night," "What happened last night?" Masuto asked. "It's like this…" As Raditz explained, Masuto was amazed at what he was told. He had no idea that Saiyans had the ability to transform into giant apes.

He was also fascinated that without training, if his tail was pulled he would lose all his power. "So, that's basically it," Raditz finished. "Why didn't you tell me?" asked Masuto, "or even start training me to control those?"

"Well," Raditz began, "Learning how to control the ape transformation isn't taught until a Saiyan is 6 years old. I can't teach you how to prevent energy drain when your tail is pulled, because I never learned it."

Masuto had to keep himself from laughing. "That sucks, you never trained a great weakness." Masuto said trying to keep a straight face. "Now, I have something very important to talk about," Raditz said. Masuto recognized the tone in his father's voice, it was a very serious one.

Raditz continued, "I have brought a space pod for you, soon you will come with me. Not the next time I leave, but the time after that, you will come with me. At the same time, I will also find my brother, Kakarot, who is somewhere on this planet." Masuto didn't like the idea.

He wasn't very close with his father to begin with, mainly due to their different views when it comes to races other than Saiyans. His father thinks no one is innocent and every other race is insignificant and doesn't deserve life, while Masuto thinks much different.

He believes that everyone starts innocent and only guilty ones deserve punishment, depending on what they've done. Also, he was full aware of what his father does and doesn't want to get involved. Most importantly, he content with his current life. It was then that Masuto knew what he had to do. What he didn't is that his life was soon going to change, forever.