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Summary: Long ago, there was an advanced race of people living on a planet known as, planet Tuffle. Living alongside these people was another race, more primitive and much more powerful than the Tuffles; The Saiyan race. One night, under a full moon, the Saiyans unleashed their power my transforming into the great apes, Oozaru. The next day, there was no trace of the Tuffles, and their entire race was wiped out. That was 100 years ago, and the Saiyans have evolved whole aspects of their race since then, becoming stronger warriors, more intelligent scientists and avid conquerors of planets. Less through violence, but more through negotiations and by sending Saiyan babies to grow up on these planets to be raised by the inhabitants and become ambassadors for the planet they are assigned to. A more detailed description is available as the first 'chapter' but not an actual story chapter.
This story will have many different stories, Following the Family of Bardock to start off with, and possibly expanding to different Characters as time goes on. This particular one is revolving around Goku or Kakarot (depending on your name preference) from the beginning of Dragon Ball.
Chapter 1 - The Fall of Vegeta
Far from Earth on a distant planet called Vegeta, a war was waged between two Empires, both seeking dominance of the universe for their own reasons. The Saiyan race, relatively similar to Humans, with the exception of a naturally stronger body and a tail, were holding their own on their capitol planet Vegeta. On the offensive was the Cold Empire, a ruthless empire, forcing other races to fight for them. The race that ruled this Empire was the Icians, a strange humanoid race, with many variable forms enhancing their strength. Though these beings were scarce in number, they were feared throughout the universe. The most notable things about this race is the ruthlessness they shared and the inability to admit defeat, using underhanded tactics in the face of defeat or death.
The Saiyans army pushed forward and created a large gap in the enemies' defences, immediately taking advantage of this. This army fighting against them was child's play, with no organisation or fighting capabilities compared to the Saiyan armies' men and women. The Saiyans weren't without casualties however, with many Saiyan soldiers being overrun by to many enemies and eventually falling at the hands of this unorganised Horde. So far, only the Capitol city remained safe on the planet, with all other cities falling due to a simultaneous surprise attack on the planet.
General Nappa sent out the command from the makeshift command centre on the palace balcony, to have all lone fighters evacuated, as they made plans to evacuate the planet step by step before they lost the majority of the Saiyan army. The army thinned out visibly, but all the lines were held with no problem as the last of the lone warriors evacuated with use of the space pods when all of a sudden, a bright light began descending upon the battlefield, like some sort of strange sun was falling on the planet. It enveloped the Saiyan pods in a bright light, ending the lives of hundreds of Saiyans in an instant. In the back of the army, the ranged warriors raiding the enemy with energy blasts turned to look at the sky, realising that the strange sun was in fact a Death Ball. They all simultaneously shot a full power energy beam at the ball of fire, stopping it in its tracks, but with great effort. Upon seeing this sight, General Nappa and King Vegeta both realised that somewhere above the planet, an ician was attempting to destroy the planet as soon as possible.
They needed to push the evacuation plans. Fast.
20 of the weaker teams were immediately evacuated, leaving about 10 elite teams, 20 upper-class teams and one lower-class team.
"Who's is the team at the front?" King Vegeta asked Nappa, pointing at a team with two super Saiyans and three sub-saiyans.
"That's Bardock's team, but I thought they were all low-class, they seem to be holding their own better than some of the elites though." Nappa said, watching one of the elite teams fall at the hands of possibly two hundred opponents.
"Well, that explains the sub-Saiyans. But what of the two Saiyans right at the front?"
"That's Bardock and his wife Fasha. She came to the planet earlier today to give birth, but she's strong enough to fight like this already thanks to the healing pods"
"Well, I can assure you that if we survive this, their child will grow up proud of his parents. They will be heroes to whoever leaves this planet. Now, evacuate who we can, leave only the strongest until last." The King made his way to the pod as a medic ran in with a child in his arms.
"Stop! Your majesty, Please! Stop!" The medic shouted towards the king.
"What is it? Why are you still on planet?!" The King boomed. The order for medics and civilians to evacuate was given over an hour ago, yet this man remained.
"I was trying to find a pod for the child, but there are no infant pods left! He'll die without an infant pod, and the only way to get him off planet and survive is for someone to take him with them."
"Why don't you do it?" The King asked impatiently.
"I gave my pod up to an injured warrior. He wouldn't have lasted much longer if he had stayed."
"That is an honourable thing to do. How do you plan to get off the planet?" The king asked, a little less violently.
"I don't." the medic said bluntly.
"Oh, well I will take the boy. I thank you for your bravery young man. You are a hero to this young boy. Does he have a name?"
"No, I'm afraid his mother was called to battle after birth, and I haven't seen her since she recovered in the healing pod."
"Well, that is most unfortunate…" King Vegeta looked at the two Super-saiyans on the front-line with a look of admiration in his eye. "What is your name?"
"My name? Kakarot." The young medic said.
"Well, I thank you for doing this, you've saved two lives today in place of your own."
"It's the least I could do sir, now please go. I don't think we hve much time left" The medic said, watching another saiyan fall on the battlefield.
"Again, thank you. And Nappa" The king turned to his General. "Good luck." With that the King took off from the balcony, the child of two warriors in his hands. "They'll be fine, don't you worry" The king said to the small infant with a look of worry on both their faces.
After twenty minutes, all that remained of the Saiyan forces that hadn't evacuated was Bardock's team, Kin's team and stragglers who made their way back from being cornered by the enemy.
Bardock and Fasha both kept the strongest opponents at bay and those who got past the pair were met with three Saiyans as a back up. The tactic was working until Bardock noticed a death beam head straight for Fasha. He dived in front of her and the death beam glided over his shoulder, destroying the left strap of his armour. He turned to the direction that the beam came from, to see a small figure. Frieza.
"Damn, I want to get this over with already" Frieza said, faking a depressive tone.
"It's not going to be that easy, I'll show you what the Saiyan race can do!" Shouted one of Kin's men.
The foolish Saiyan flew at Frieza with Kin shouting for him to stop. He shot a punch at the small Ician only to have the small being lean slightly to the side and return a punch into the Saiyans stomach, doubling the warrior over in pain. With one slice downward from Frieza, the Saiyans moans of pain ended with his life.
Kin's rage skyrocketed. That his friend, his ally, his responsibility. This sub-Saiyan had enough and began to scream with anger.
Frieza laughed at the Saiyan, checking his scouter for the power level. "Hah! 11,000?!" You don't stand a chance. But please, by all means do try"
Kin had enough. He felt his power coursing through his veins, when something inside him snapped. His hair began to flash between gold and its natural black.
Frieza's scouter beeped while the tyrant shouted "550,000! Damn it, we should've killed the Saiyans long ago!" Frieza let out a smirk "Now I'll have to transform. Such a shame, I was hoping for an even match but you're too powerful for this form, and too weak for the next." Frieza clenched his fists into balls at his sides as his aura expanded to his ever growing size. Within seconds the transformation was complete with Frieza looking more powerful than ever.
"Get out of here now!" Bardock shouted at his team and the stragglers left behind. He knew that the Ician was on a level beyond what an ordinary super Saiyan can achieve. That's why since the Kanassan's gift to the Saiyan race had been bestowed upon him a year ago he had trained intensely in his Normal Saiyan form.
"I'm not leaving you Bardock" Fasha said, not removing her glare at the Ician tyrant.
"So be it. But don't you dare get yourself killed" Bardock said, knowing that Fasha wouldn't give up on a fight.
"Same goes for you!" Fasha said, running at a small group of amphibian looking warriors.
'God I love that woman' Bardock said, head instantly back in the moment. He stared at Frieza and began to power up past his limit. 'This might take some time' Bardock thought as he felt his power rise, but not to it's full potential.
Kin looked down at his hands, watching his aura wave with a golden colour to it. He had finally done it! He had been one of the unlucky ones from his point of view. Always the weakest of his friends, and never able to transform like the others. But that had changed. The rage he felt for his enemy had fuelled his anger and gave him power. Power he had never felt before. It felt good. It felt like he could take on anyone, even this powerful foe. He had been training for a chance at this, and he wouldn't let his chance slip away.
The newly super Saiyan burst towards his enemy, and shoot a punch at his chest. The Ician blocked, but was pushed backwards from the force of the punch. As the fight continued between the two powerful warriors, just a few yards away Bardock began powering up…He could feel the power there, it just always took so long to access it.
A few more seconds and Bardock let out a scream of rage of his own and with that his muscles bulged beyond his natural muscle. Everyone, enemy and allies alike turned to see what this Saiyan had done, and with the scouters all reading just over 1 million, most of the enemies warriors fled to their ships and began to cower, realising they had no escape. He had ascended beyond super Saiyan. He could tell by the look on Frieza's face that he was more powerful than the tyrant.
Bardock flew towards the tyrant, teaming up with Kin to fight the tyrant. With the power they had, Frieza would last mere minutes at the most.
As the second went by, Frieza looked for a way out, but every time his back was turned the Saiyans exploited the momentary weakness and continued the onslaught. Just as the Saiyans shot forward to attack again, Frieza pointed his finger at the ground with a full power death beam charged up. The Saiyans stopped in their tracks "What are you doing? You know that if you destroy the planet you and all your men will die!" Bardock shouted.
"My men will surely die, but I have no need for oxygen, I can breathe perfectly fine in space unlike you damn monkeys!" Frieza shouted, releasing his attack into the ground. Almost instantly the ground began to crack as the death beam worked its way into the planets core.
"No! you maniac!" Kin shouted, enraged that his victory was so close and now there couldn't be a victory with him alive.
"Well, what's it going to be? You could fight me, and you may even be able to kill me with help, but not without allowing the planet to blow up." Frieza said, a smirk on his face ignoring the blood on his lips.
Bardock looked at his wife, thinking of his newborn child. Fasha returned the loving gaze as she realised what he wanted her to do. She told the others to fall back to the pods and flee. They understood and ran to their pods, watching their leader and his wife turn to face the villain that had made their fate near certain.
A few moments later, the old planet Vegeta didn't exist anymore.
Many miles away in a Saiyan pod heading for the nearest Saiyan planet, the King sat with a small child cradled in his arms. From the small monitor in his pod he witnessed the planets destruction. "I'm sorry kid, I don't think they made it…" The King said to the small Saiyan boy, hoping someone had made it out alive after him. "You're going to come and live with me for a while, if that's alright with you, until we can find you a home. Vegeta needs a friend anyways, that boy will end up so absorbed in his training, he'll end up going mad without someone to talk to" The King chuckled at his own joke. "I think I'll call you…Kakarot. After the man that saved your life"…
Power Levels - in order of Appearance
*Note* Just so you know, the power levels for older characters will be higher than in the dragon ball universe as they are more thoroughly battle hardened from the war.
(Layout) – Character name (state) – base form~power level/second form~power level etc.
Average Saiyan soldier – 2,500/125,000
Nappa – 12,000
King Vegeta – 13,000
Kakarot (Medic) – 300
Kakarot (Original) – 5/SSJ~250
Bardock – 15,000/SSJ~75,000/ASSJ~1,125,000
And so the story continues…
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