Author's Note:
Voila a new chapter. Not much to say about it...
I can confirm though with deep regret (joy) that the Garlic Jr. saga will NOT be in this story. I actually completly forgot about it when making a plan for this story. Though I found the perfect excuse by making Bardock pull a Vegeta and disappear from the entire saga for no reason whatsoever (besides, the whole point of that saga was to show Gohan's hidden powers, so besides Bardock being infected by the Water Mist (which would be a complete waste of time), there isn't much to do with that saga...
I will create a filler for him that happened before the saga, and give out the location of where he was 'hidding' during that story.
Anyways, before I go into that, I might as well finish the Ginyu saga first. Here's the conclusion to that 'bizarre' segment of Dragon Ball...
Chapter Four: Bardock's Mistake
Age 737, planet ?
Bardock followed the woman out of the room. The air was soothing. The gravity was fairly heavy but lighter than Planet Vegeta's. The planet, however, did look deserted, destroyed even...
A crowd gathered around the walking duo. Bardock could not help but look at the poor state of the planet and it's people. They all looked the same as the woman - purple-pinkish in ethnicity, wide eyes and dark purple lips. They all look in awe at the scientist, as if he was some sort of hero to these creatures. The atmosphere was pretty quiet and depressing.
Bardock didn't pay attention to these glares and stares and instead focused on the woman he was following.
'What does this 'elder' want from me?' he thought to himself.
He stops walking at the sight of the woman stopping infront of a pile of rubble. The debris did look like a damaged, two-story castle, with it's towers on the ground and a badly formed gate. The spikey-haired warrior looks on intrigued by the slowly descending entrance.
The inhabitants behind Bardock all look at their castle opening itself, screaming words in an unknown language to the scientist. He wasn't bothered or moved by the sudden change of atmosphere though. He was determined to see this elder of theirs...
The gate had finally stopped descending. In the shadows of the castle a frame can be seen. He looked like all of the people of this planet, except with a white cape and a long, yellow stick in his left-hand.
"Ah...so you must be the stranger who landed here a few months ago..." he said in a low, but wise voice.
Bardock was left dumbfounded. Was he really unconscious for that long? If so, then why did they keep him in their care for so long? All the questions went through the puzzled man's mind.
The wise old-looking creature approached the confused scientist with a calm face expression and friendly demeanour.
"Welcome to Zomnia, my friend" he cheerfully greeted the man.
"Zomnia, huh? I can't say I ever heard of it." Bardock started. "But...thanks for the kind salutions, sir." he continued in respect to the elder of the planet.
The wise old man gave out a small smirk at the man's sign of respect and kindness. He then turned around and ordered the scientist to follow him into his castle with a finger nudge. Bardock didn't hesitate - he wanted to know the reason for his arrival on Zomnia.
He entered the castle, looking at it's rich but badly shaped state. The first story was a throne room - with two big seats sitting in the middle of the room. 'This was no doubt a kingdom before' thought Bardock.
He noticed the elder going up a fleet of grey stairs. Bardock quickly followed him up the corridor where an empty room with a single window was spotted. It had nothing, not even any gold jewelry or diamonds. The scientist looks at the old man putting away his stick and slowly sitting down on the ground.
"Come...sit." ordered the elder. Bardock followed his lead and sat down on the cold floor. He looks at the man, sitting infront of him with a calm and collected look on his face.
"So...you are a Saiyan, are you not?" he asked. Bardock was stunned that he knew his heritage. The face he gave out was a confused look, which the elder lightly chuckles at.
"Don't worry boy. I just scanned your memories. It's a Zomnian talent!" he playfully declares. Bardock swallows a bit of his fears and puts himself back in a balanced fashion. The elder was impressed by the man's quiet, yet professional behavior.
"You are on Zomnia. The planet of telepathics. We are a proud people, but our planet was hit by disaster" the old man continued.
"That's bad and all but I'm more curious to know why I'm still here?" Bardock impatiently yelled out.
The elder looked down, touching the right side of his cape. "You were kept here since I discovered a purety in your heart."
Bardock looked on suspiciously at the elder. The old man continued to look distraught towards the ground, closing his eyes. He started to believe the old man's words - his expression and tone sounded trustworthy and viable.
"You see...our planet was attacked 4 years ago by an evil tyrant called Frieza." the old man painfully said.
Bardock growled and grinned at the mere mention of that name. His hands were shaking in anger by the tyrant's evil doings towards his race and planet.
"Frieza had our people kept as prisonners...as slaves. We couldn't match up to the evil and power he had...Even our most notable fighter and royal guard, Dodoria, could not stop him..." the elder said.
'Do-do-Dodoria?' The Saiyan shockingly asked himself.
"Frieza's henchman, a fighthening green-skinned monster, beat him in a fight. However, he was impressed by Dodoria's fighting skills and strenght. He told Frieza about him, and the next thing we know, he orders one of our own to slaughter us..." he sadly remembers.
"That...fiend!" angrily growls Bardock.
The elder looks up to the scientist's sudden reaction. He saw Bardock's angry looking face. He suddendly knew that his race was probably effected by the evil killer's doings. He looks back at the floor, closing his eyes once more.
"One of our most gifted youngsters was Dideria, an young, bright, little girl. She was Dodoria's little sister, you see? Our loyal troop, beaten by the green-skinned henchman, was ordered by Frieza to kill her. He refused at first, but the tyrant somehow telephaticly controlled his mind. Dodoria...murdered his own little sister against his own wishes...with our race's most reknown ability..." he says with a tear coming from his light blue eyes.
The scientist was in utter disbelief. He growls to the ground, with a frightened expression. His left fist clutching in anger.
"After the battle, Dodoria had no idea what he was doing. He was unfazed by his actions nor did he know of his allegiance anymore. The fiend, Frieza, had erased his memory. The tyrant declared he'd be leaving for good...but Dodoria was ordered to destroy the planet. He launched a bursting flaming energy wave - destroying homes, families and causing chaos to our planet..." he struggled to spit out.
"Fortunately, some of us survived the attack. We were left with a planet with little to none resources, or people..." he said getting up.
Bardock looks up at the wise creature, in a composed fashion.
"So you see, my friend. We welcome strangers, and I can clearly see that Frieza caused trouble on your home planet" he declared.
"Y...yes, he did...that monster!" growled out the scientist.
"Hmmm...I can sense a lot of hidden power inside of you. You are fairly strong, but no match for that fiend..." he told the angry Saiyan.
The scientist was intrigued by the elder's comments. 'Hidden power, huh? Interesting...", Bardock thought.
"I can train you the Zomnia way. You'll gain telephatic powers like being able to sense energy and read an individual's mind" he declared.
Bardock was fascinated by the elder's proposal. The powers he could obtain interested him, and he felt like he had to avenge this fallen group of people as well as his own. He gladly accepts the offer. The elder gives out a relieved smile at the Saiyan and officially announces that training will begin straight away. He turns around and heads out for the stairs.
"Wait..." said Bardock. The elder turns around, confused.
"Can I get a new outfit before I start training?" he asked, laughing at his own question.
The elder was bemused by the question, but decided to grant the Saiyan's request. A light gathered around the elder's hand, as Bardock's clothes suddendly changed back to his previous saiyan outfit, but without the scouter or tail.
"I read your mind...I thought you'd be happy in familiar clothing..." smirked the old man.
Bardock smirked back at him, delighted by the elder's help.
They both descend the stairs, in anticipation to begin training...
Planet Namek:
Captain Ginyu, alert to the approaching Saiyan duo, vanishes as Goku prepares to land a punch.
"Hehe...that won't work on me" he playfully replies to the Captain's sudden dissapearance. The violet-skinned creatures reappears as Goku lands a devastating punch to the stomach. Ginyu was paralyzed by the blow, with a bit of saliva coming from his mouth and sweat dropping from his head.
Bardock quickly reacts to the opening and slams the mutant downwards into a nearby mountain. The Captain crashes into it, causing rubble and a bit of a rumble on Namek itself.
The duo remain nonchalant, knowing that the creature was still well alive and well. There was no way that the fiend was seriously injured by that attack.
Bardock crosses his arms in anticipation of the Ginyu's inevitable arrival. He was, however, caught off guard by Ginyu's appearance behind him. The creature kicks the scientist to his back, causing pain to the man. Goku quickly notices that and attempts to punch to the enemy. Ginyu vanishes once more into thin air, leaving Bardock to hold his back in minor pain.
"Are you alright, Bardock?" Goku asked his partner.
"Yeah...it felt like a cramp to me!" he cheerfully spits out. Goku laughs at his belittling joke of Ginyu's power.
The Captain reappeared infront of the duo, with a bit of sweat coming from his head.
"Hehe...you two are tougher than I thought...", the vein-headed man said.
The duo said nothing, just floating in mid-air in relaxed fashion. The Captain was rather insulted by the two's attitudes. He vanishes once more with a grin on his face.
"Again?" our hero playfully asked. Bardock looks at his son, surprised by his confidence, yet playful personality. 'You are still a little boy inside, aren't you Kakarot...' he happily thought.
The annoyed foe was now upwards of the duo. He looks down at the spikey-haired saiyans, outraged by their power and arrogance. He punches himself in the chestplate. Some violet blood can be seen on his hand, dripping to the ground. He started to struggle, but gave out a quiet, small evil laugh. 'You think you can make a fool out of me and my Force? Think again, you brats!'
A purple aura was forming around the Captain. Goku looks up and spots his enemy releasing a lot of energy. "Hey, check it out!" he tells Bardock. The scientist looks up curiously. "What is he doing?" the happy saiyan asked.
Bardock focused on the violet-skinned man as he prepares energy. 'Hmmm...I seem to remember him doing something like that before...'
A purple ray started coming down towards Goku. He couldn't move away from the blast, but Bardock remembered Ginyu's special power. He charges up a blue energy ball and launches towards the ray. The beams hit and deflects the ray to the side before it suddendly disappears. Ginyu was stunned that his attack was pushed aside with ease, as Goku remains frozen to the spot.
The scientist charges upwards to to the dieing mutant. He punches the confused captain to the face and slams him downwards. He prepares an immense energy blast from his left-hand and launches it down. Ginyu is quickly vaporized by the beam, but the scientist made a grave mistake. The beam continued downwards and hits Goku.
"Oh no! Oh NO!" screamt the saiyan at his mistake.
An injured Goku slowly falls down from the sky. Bardock manages to grab him with both of his hands. He was carrying an unconscious Goku in his arms.
Bardock angrily looks for Frieza's ship. He knew the tyrant had left the area and his ship contained top-class regeneration tubes. He spots the massive ship nearby near a river and flies to it's direction.
Bardock forcably opens the door with a small ki blast. He carries his son to the closest healing pod and puts him into the machine.
'Kakarot...my son...' he thought to himself, angrily.
He looks around the room, spotting a window. He looks outside, where the sun was still shining. He was caught by surprise that the sky suddendly became dark. 'Huh? What's going on? This has never happened before..." he asked himself.
The man continues to glare at the sky's new look. A yell could be heard coming from the ship. The scientist moves away from the window and suspiciously looks to his right. A beam blasted through the wall as a man quickly flew enraged to the sky. Bardock felt that he needed to know who caused such trouble and for what reason.
He opens the window, putting one leg on the exit. He looks over to his son, declaring he'll be back once he knows the situation. The scientist quickly flies off and follows the angry man's trajectory.
Bardock's voyage was stopped as he spotted an huge, green dragon infront of him. 'What...what is that?' he questioned himself. He adds speed to his flight and concentrates on the dragon's location.
He notices a group of people circling around seven orange balls from which the dragon was popping out from. He quickly recognizes Krillin, Gohan and an young Namekian boy being held by the collar by an angry man.
"Make him grant my wish, kid!" Vegeta angrily orders a terrified Namekian child.
"Let him go, fiend." said a calm Bardock. Vegeta turns around and spots the scientist with a blue ki blast charging in his right hand.
"Wait...are you...Prince Vegeta?" Bardock asks in astonishment. Vegeta had no reply to his fellow Saiyan, instead spitting on the ground.
"Yeah...you are the Prince!", Bardock smirks after realising his identity.
"What does a low-class warrior like you want from me?" Vegeta nervously replied back. He knew despite his credentials that Bardock was stronger than he was. Bardock simply laughs off his prince's insults and focuses his beam as it gets bigger.
"Let him go." Bardock calmly asks again. "Or else...". The beam started to get bigger as the Saiyan said that.
Vegeta was rather cautious by the man's threats. He knew Bardock had superior power...but his arrogance and desire for immortality made it a tough choice for the saiyan. He was interrupted by Porunga's sudden disappearance, as the seven fabled balls turned into rock solid stone. This event caused Vegeta to let go of Dende. The four remained silent during the ordeal, wondering what happened.
"The balls have turned into stone...that means Guru is dead..." Dende confirms to the warriors.
Vegeta was furious, Krillin and Gohan were dumbfounded and Bardock stops charging his beam and looks in dissaray at Dende. 'Has Guru really died...it can't be...' he thought to himself.
The quiet and tense atmosphere was quickly interrupted when a foot landed on the ground. The five look upwards and spot a lizard-like creature glaring down on them, frustrated.
It was Frieza...
-Disclaimer-
There we go, chapter 4 is complete...maybe a little rushed but I like it personally.
I also have an oneshot planned which may delay some future chapters. The oneshot is a story about how the three Androids (16, 17, 18) live their lives and remember the old carefree days together 3.5 years after the Cell Games. I cannot disclose when it will be done as it's only in 'planification' mode...
Please read and review this chapter.
-Cheers.