Author's Note: This is set months after the events of the OVA "Yo! Son Goku and His Friends Return!", if you haven't seen it yet, look it up on YouTube.

All DBZ characters portrayed are owned by Toei.

July 23rd, Age 776

The Terran system was not well visited in the northern galaxy. Rumors said that King Cold and his son Freeza went there looking for a Saiyan named Goku, and were not heard from since. Survivors of the tyrant's reign of terror did not bother investigating. They feared to find out if Freeza was still alive, or if he was dead, to face whatever killed him. It was this fear that kept most aliens from visiting for 12 years, until this particular day.

A lone spaceship was traveling through the silence of space, passing the gas giant Jupiter, on its way to Earth. Unlike the space pods or King Cold's ship that traveled in this system previously; this ship had a more conventional design. It was a 220 foot long half-cylindrical gray ship with two delta wings; the top of it had a sloped pointed front, while the end of it housed half a dozen blue glowing engines. The bottom half of it was completely flat with a black surface.

On the front of the ship behind black glass, sat a lone pilot in the cockpit; wearing a blue space suit and white helmet, he sat before a bank of computer displays that showed various data on the condition of the ship. Ignoring those, the pilot was concentrating on what lay beyond the window, as he gripped a flight stick and throttle. A red light flashed on the console and a warning flashed on the cockpit window.

Warning: Asteroid field ahead!

Warning: Collision danger!

"Recommended course of action," a cold mechanical voice announced. "Reduce speed and follow highlighted flight path."

The pilot pulled back on the throttle with his right hand, the ship slowed down to half its original speed; while the left hand moved the flight stick in the direction of a green line that was projected onto the windshield. The ship moved effortlessly around the various asteroids and cleared the field after a few minutes; the warnings disappeared. Once sure there was no immediate danger, the pilot increased the ship back to full speed toward the original destination.

As the craft sailed past Mars, the computer announced that it would be within Earth orbit in five minutes. Once there, the pilot made the ship come to a complete stop, so the computer could do an analysis of the planet. The computer performed its task for a moment before displaying relevant information.

Planet Name: Terra Prime

Native Name: Earth

Type: Class M

Population: 6 Billion

Surface composition: 71% salt water. 29% land mass divided between three continents and smaller islands.

Ki signatures: 5 high levels detected; 99% probability of Saiyan origin. 5 lower levels also detected, likely Terran origin.

The pilot absorbed the information for a few moments before coming to a decision. He moved the ship forward and angled the underside towards the surface. After a few moments the ship lit up in red fire as it began to enter the atmosphere.

On Kami's Lookout the Namekian Piccolo, was in a meditative state. He wore his usual clothing, which consisted of a dark purple gi, white turban, and weighted white cape. His mind was deep in the spiritual plane, sensing out nearly all the life forms on the planet; however his eye's bulged out when he sensed an unfamiliar ki entering the planet. He stood up and quickly scanned the heavens when he caught sight of the glowing red ship as it descended towards the Earth. Dende, the Earth's guardian was running towards the older Namekian, with Mr. Popo in tow.

"Piccolo…" the guardian started, but the taller Namekian cut him off.

"I know; I just saw the ship pass by. I'm about to go welcome them," he turned to take off.

"Before you do anything rash, I didn't sense any evil from them."

Piccolo only grunted and blasted off in the direction of the ship. He was hoping that he'd arrive there first.

'Knowing Goku and Vegeta they'll probably show up first,' he mused to himself remembering how restless the two Saiyans were lately. Piccolo saw that at Mr. Satan's party held two months ago; where Tarble, Vegeta's brother, showed up. Those two were looking for a fight to entertain themselves, eventually they nearly came to blows over the food they were eating.

'Vegeta having a brother,' he shook his head at that, still not believing it.

At the foot of a forest near Mt. Paozu, stood a quaint white and brown house; not far from it, a radish field was being tilled by the legendary Saiyan warrior Goku. He wiped his brow with his arm, as he looked over the rest of the field he still had to work on.

"Come on Chi Chi, it's almost lunch time!" Goku yelled towards an open window in the house. He was quickly responded by his hot-tempered wife.

"I'm not feeding you until that field is seeded!"

"But," he began to plead.

"But nothing! You gave away our last crop to those two aliens at Mr. Satan's party! You know how much money that cost us!?" Chi Chi waited for a response but got nothing.

"Now get back to work!" She yelled and closed the shutters. Goku looked down and let out a weary sigh. He was about to back to his task when he felt the ki, a smile slowly forming on his face. He ripped off the brown shirt and pants he was currently wearing to reveal the blue muscle shirt and orange gi he usually wears for combat. Without any announcement he took off into the skies.

Chi Chi heard the familiar noise of an explosion of ki and the sound of someone flying away. She immediately opened the window to see Goku's work clothes floating towards the ground. With an angry scowl, she yelled into the heavens at Goku. After that she yelled at Gohan to bring his father back.

Gohan was busy finishing writing up a term paper for his English class when his mom demanded he bring his dad back. He pressed a button on his wristwatch to change into his Great Saiyaman costume, then closed his eyes and felt out to see where his dad was headed. He could sense his dad's ki signature, then Piccolo's and the new one. With a grim expression he jumped out his window and flew in the same direction, wondering when the planet will get a break from fighting.

Up in Mt. Paozu, Goten was playing with a baby pterodactyl, when he felt his Dad's and older brother's ki's flying away. Not knowing yet what was happening he called on nimbus. The flying yellow cloud appeared overhead and swooped down low enough for the young boy to jump on, and ordered it to follow the other two. He smiled brightly hoping for some excitement and was happy to be wearing his fighting clothes.

Located in West City, the Capsule Corp. domed headquarters gleamed in the sun. Within its many rooms housed a gravity chamber, which was being occupied by Vegeta and his son Trunks. Vegeta was about to land a left hook when he stopped mid-punch when he felt all the ki signals, familiar and unfamiliar. Trunks was about to ask what was wrong when he also felt the disturbance.

They both looked at each other and nodded before turning away. Vegeta was already wearing his blue jumpsuit, so he needed his armor; Trunks was already in his dark green gi so he waited outside for his dad. He was contemplating bringing along his sword when his dad ran out and took off he quickly followed.

Father and son were in the sky trying to catch up with the others. Trunks was smiling, looking forward to another fight; the spat with Abo and Cado wasn't enough to sate his fighting spirit. Vegeta on the other hand was frowning, he was still quite mad at Kakkarot for eating his last piece of sushi at Mr. Satan's party, so he wasn't looking forward to seeing the other Saiyan.

After the ship passed through the upper portions of the atmosphere, the pilot directed the ship to a desert region in the middle of the main continent. Scans showed this to be least populated area on the planet. The pilot found an empty valley to be a suitable landing spot. As the ship hovered over the desert valley, three skids extended from the black surface of the ship. It slowly descended to the surface and touched down softly with the ships engines powering down.

Out of the six Z-warriors, Piccolo was actually the first to show up a few minutes after the ship landed. He floated overhead observing the ship, the desert wind making his white cape flutter. In the sunlight he noted that the craft was dark gray in color but it had no exterior markings. At that moment, Goku and his clan showed up.

"Hey Piccolo!" Goku waved at the Namekian. Piccolo nodded at each of them, then turning back to the valley below.

"Wow, that doesn't look like a space pod," Goku stating the obvious. "Or like Freeza's ship."

"It looks more like a Concorde," Gohan added referring to the supersonic airliner.

"What's a Concorder?" Asked Goten confused. Gohan was about to elaborate, when Vegeta and Trunks showed up.

"Kakkarot," Vegeta nodded to the other Saiyan, ignoring the others. Trunks was talking with Goten.

"Vegeta," nodded Goku as he looked over his armor. "Ready for battle?"

"Always," he glanced at the others before noticing Gohan in his Saiyaman costume. "You're still in that ridiculous get-up?"

"What? This is an excellent superhero suit. It's very stylish!" Gohan crossed his arms, frustrated he still got crap about his suit.

"Only if you're a moron," Vegeta grunted.

"I think it looks cool," Goku said trying to support his son.

Vegeta smirked, "Thanks for proving my point"

"If you women are done cackling," Piccolo interrupted, pointing at the ship. "Someone's stepping out."

They all looked where he was pointing towards, noticing there was opening on the side of the ship, and a single person was on the ground looking up at them. The group nodded at each other and descended; they landed a few yards away forming a rough semi-circle around the person. Goku and Vegeta stood at the center, Piccolo and Gohan were at their sides, and kids were at each end. None of them took a fighting stance, but were ready for the visitor to make the first move; each one sizing up their guest.

The visitor appeared to stand over 6 feet, and appeared to be quite bulky, though they couldn't tell if it was due to muscle or if the spacesuit made them seem bigger. The space suit itself looked like the one Bulma wore on their trip to planet Namek years ago, but was a navy blue with black boots and light gray gloves. The helmet was white and had a black visor which hid the persons face. There were what appeared to be patches on the suit itself, but none could see clearly what they said. The last thing they noticed was that the visitor's right hand was gripping what appeared to be a black pipe, while the left hand was clenched in a fist.

The visiting committee and the visitor stood facing each other for a few minutes, the only sound heard was the whistling of the desert wind. Eventually Vegeta grew frustrated and broke the silence, "You! State your business here!"

The stranger regarded him for a moment, and then his left hand went up to the helmet. Unlocking a latch at the side, an audible hiss was heard, indicating the person was exposing themselves to their atmosphere. The helmet was slowly removed revealing a male with short cropped dark brown hair that had a few spikes, a square stony face with jutting jaw, and lightly tanned complexion. His eyebrows were furrowed and he stared at Vegeta with jet black eyes.

"Prince Vegeta, I presume?" The man asked gruffly, he held the helmet to the side. Vegeta raised an eyebrow, not having been called by his proper title in years. "Who wants to know?"

Before he could answer, a yellow helicopter appeared above them, its pilot was waving at them below. Vegeta scowled already knowing who it was.

"Hey guys! What's going on?" Bulma yelled out from the open cockpit window; she landed a few feet away from them. She was wearing a white Capsule Corp. t-shirt and blue jeans. Her blue hair was still kept short. Bulma had just made the copter turn back into a capsule when Vegeta stalked up to her.

"Woman, what are you doing out here?"

Bulma frowned, not liking his tone. "I saw you and Trunks flying off, so I followed to see what was wrong."

"Are you stupid? This guy could be dangerous and you wanted to tag along?" Vegeta huffed, a vein bulging dangerously on his right temple. Ever since the Buu incident he'd gotten protective of his wife. He turned his head to his son, "Boy, take your mother home."

"Excuse me, but I'm a grown woman and I can take care of myself!" Bulma yelled at her husband, her blue eyes blazing with anger. "How do you know he's dangerous? Have you even asked him?"

Before he could give a retort, she stomped off in the direction of the visitor. "Hey you! Are you here to cause any problems? Trying to kill us all or something?"

The man regarded her with a raised eyebrow, "No ma'am. Am I supposed to?"

Bulma smirked, "Most visitors we get usually do."

"I'll remember that next time."

She began to feel at ease, she gave the ship a once over her, pointing her thumb at it, "So this is yours?"

"Yes ma'am."

"What's the power source?" Bulma's scientific mind already wanting to decipher the level of sophistication she was seeing.

"It's a solar ion reactor."

"How fast does it go?" Her mind was racing trying to get an idea of the type of output it had.

The man's eyes squinted trying to get a ballpark guess, "I'd say it can cross a galaxy in three days at full power."

The others walked closer to the two, after seeing their interaction with each other, and after Piccolo relayed what Dende said. Vegeta had his arms crossed and was still frowning; still not trusting this person.

"Bulma, you can pick his brain later. I still want to know who this guy is and what does he want," Vegeta glared at the man.

"My name is Cilan," the man started. "I'm here as I heard this is where the last of the Saiyans are living."

"Why should that matter," Vegeta stopped his mind coming to one conclusion. His eyes bulged out. "You're a Saiyan!?"

"Yes sir."

"That's impossible! How old are you?" Vegeta demanded.

"22 sir," Cilan again answered simply.

"Are you from the future?" Gohan interjected.

"No sir," he was slightly surprised by the question.

"Then you're a liar, there is no way you're a Saiyan. Planet Vegeta was already gone when you were born," Vegeta was about ready to grab Cilan by the throat and demand he stop lying.

"My parents were off planet when it was destroyed by Freeza."

Goku took this moment to get between the two and diffuse the situation. "Hey come on Vegeta. If he says he's one, then he is one."

Vegeta just snorted not believing what he was hearing. Goku sighed before continuing, "We didn't know about your brother, and who knows how many other Saiyans were away when Freeza destroyed the planet."

Goku then faced Cilan and extended a hand, which he shook. "Welcome to Earth. I'm Goku, those are my sons Gohan and Goten." He pointed at two, who waved back.

"You already know Prince Grumpy," Vegeta grunted and turned his back on them. "That's his son Trunks, and his wife Bulma." They waved at him.

"Oh and the shy guy in the back is Piccolo," Goku pointed at the Namekian.

"So most of you are Saiyan's?"

"Except for me, I'm human." Bulma spoke up, "In fact I'm smartest and prettiest of them all!"

"That's nice," Cilan replied slowly, while Vegeta snorted loudly. Bulma ignored him and grasped at Cilan's hand.

"Being a Saiyan and all, I bet you're really hungry especially after such a long trip. How about you come with us so you can tell us your story over a hot meal? It is almost lunch time", Bulma smiled sweetly. She wanted access to his ship and knew food would get to him. Cilan was about to reply when Goku's stomach made itself heard.

"Oh Bulma, can I go to? I'm really hungry!" Goku pleaded to his lifelong friend, and then pleaded with Cilan to say yes, who nodded his approval. Before they left he asked to be given a few minutes to change. After 10 minutes he jumped back out of the ship. He had changed out of his spacesuit into a royal blue dress uniform and slacks and still wearing black boots. At his right hip was a holster that held the earlier object he was wielding.

The shirt was loose, but the others noted he had broad shoulders, and his exposed arms looked toned. Goku noticed his left hand had a cratered scar, looking like he was shot with a ki beam. The group was about to take off, when Bulma took a look at the ship again.

"You know, I don't think it'll be safe leaving the ship out here in the middle of nowhere. You should probably take it with us, you know, for safekeeping," Bulma said with a sly smile.

"Not a problem," Cilan pulled out a remote control out of his breast pocket. Tapping a few buttons on it, the open hatch on the side of the ship closed up, and the ship disappeared blending in with the surrounding environment.

"It should be safe now," he smirked at Bulma as he re-pocketed the remote. Bulma frowned, then smiled again, even more determined to get access to that ship. She wrapped her arms around Vegeta's neck as he lifted her off her feet, and took off back to Capsule Corp. The others following close behind.

To be continued.