Chapter 3

:Arrival on New Namek

Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Dragon Ball Z. All rights are owned by their respective owners,Toei, Toriyama, etc. This is purely a fanfictional work done by a simple fan done for fun. I do no get profit from this in any way.

Gohan made his way down the long ramp that extended from the ship's exit door next to the bridge. The village still looked deserted as he made his way down and it all seemed to be eerily too quiet. When finally his feet touched the namekian soil he suddenly felt like he was alone. Gohan walked up a little to where he was somewhere between the village and the ship. He looked around to see that there was still nothing that had moved. He guessed that maybe it was about time that somebody broke the ice and it looked like it was up to him. "Hello? Is there anyone here? Hey listen! If you guys are namekians it's okay, we mean you no harm. We're friends from Earth." Gohan shouted out, hoping for a responce. He was glad he had decided to wear his traditional Piccolo style outfit today, otherwise the namekians who might be here might not recognize him if he wore his father's style which was unknown to them.

Slowly, some heads poked out of the open doors of the namekian houses. Gohan could now definitely tell that they were all namekian heads because they were all green and had antennae. For some reason they all seemed fearful of him for a minute. Pretty soon the very familiar face of Moori the namekian grand elder came out of the biggest namekian house and started tentatively walking towards Gohan. He stopped just in front of him and started giving the boy a once over. It seemed that Moori was temporarily confused at the new appearance of the half-saiyan child but soon it dawned on the old namekian as to who he was staring at. "*gasp*Could you possibly be Gohan?" asked Moori with a surprised look on his face. "Of course I am. Who else would I be? I haven't changed that much over the years have I?" Gohan jokingly answered with a few chuckles. The delight on Moori's face was indescribable at seeing his young earthling friend once again. "Hey everyone! come on out! Our prayers have been answered! Our friend from Earth have come back!" shouted Moori as then the entire village came out of hiding and grouped themselves behind Moori with great smiles on their faces. "It's great to see you all again too, but I'm afraid I'm not here just for a visit. My friends and I have come here to ask for your help in a very important matter." Gohan explaned. "If it is within our power we would be glad to help." said Moori. "I'm glad to hear it. But first I'd like you to say hello to my friends both old and new." Gohan said as he then turned towards the ship and waved his hand over to tell his friends it was safe to come over.

One by one the heroes of Earth exited the ship and came down the ramp. The namekians recognized Bulma and Chi-Chi as they came down the ramp first but however they did not recognise the two new faces of Trunks and Videl but they gave them warm receptions all the same. However, when Vegeta finally came down the namekians didn't look pleased to see him. They still remembered the brothers they'd lost at his hands very vividly. "Grrrrrr... What is he doing here?" Moori said in clenched teeth. "Vegeta joined our group of defenders on Earth since you last saw him. His powers were highly useful in our battles against Cell and the androids. We thought he would be useful if we ever ran into trouble out there in space." Gohan explained while still seriously eyeing Vegeta in the process. Moori and nameks weren't too convinced about him and so they still eyed him. "Don't worry, I'm not going to blow any of you up this time. Unless of course one of you seriously pisses me off." Vegeta declared with an arrogant smirk. This made many nameks mad but they managed to hold themselves back from doing anything.

Gohan decided to alleviate the tensions by introducing his new friends Videl and Future Trunks to the nameks. "And this is Videl. I met her during the battle with Cell and we became quick friends. Since then I've been training her to fight." Gohan said as he introduced a very nervous looking Videl to Moori and the rest of the namekians. "H...H-Hello sir, it's an honor to meet you in person." nervously squeaked Videl as she shook his hand. "My, my, my, a little nervous now aren't we? Don't tell me this is the first time you've seen a man with green skin." Moori jokingly asked, being well versed in the fact that most earthlings have never seen an extraterrestrial. "No, sir! It's not that, it's just that I know all about you and your actions on old planet Namek. Frankly, meeting you is like meeting a celebrity for me." said Videl, embarrassed to the point where she had a slight blush on her face. Moori just chuckled at what she'd said.

After Trunks was properly introduced, Moori turned his attention back to Gohan. "I must say it's a good thing you and your friends arrived when you did because we have desperate need of you." said Moori. "We figured that you might be in trouble. When we were on our landing approach we detected that the Dragonballs are all concentrated near this village instead of being scattered accross the planet. We also detected that there are two large groups of people on the surface, yours and another one on the far side of the planet." explained Gohan. "The reason for that is that someone is taking our people. For the last few weeks we've been finding one village after the next deserted of their inhabitants. In fact we are the last ones on the planet not taken. Whoever they are, they aren't interested in the Dragonballs since whenever we've found a village we've found that the Dragonball has been left behind. Either it's because they don't know about the Dragonballs or that they just aren't interested we don't know. Either way, we've collected the Dragonballs here to make sure that they don't get them." Moori explained as they walked around the village.

"Gosh! We didn't know that these things were happening to you guys. I guess it's a lucky break that we were already on our way when this started happening to you. But now that we're here we can do something about it. Do you happen to know how strong these guys might be?" Gohan asked. "We sent our strongest warrior out to confront our kidnappers shortly after our villages started disappearing. I'm afraid that this is how he was returned to us." explained Moori as he brought Gohan into one of the namekian huts. Inside there was a namekian warrior laid up on a bed and looking pretty beat up. "It's Nail!" Gohan exclaimed, recognizing the warrior immediately. (A/N: During their stay on Earth after the Namek Saga. They managed to figure out a way to de-fuse Nail from Piccolo since it was an unnatural fusion unlike Piccolo and Kamis'. I believe it wasn't expressly stated by Nail in the english dub that they wouldn't be able to unfuse themselves afterwards. I know that it's explicitly said in the original japanese version that it is, but I'm basing my story on the english version so don't quote me. I also know that the technique is officially considered irreversable but this is my story. OK?)

"Yes, it's Nail. I'm afraid he went out to challenge whoever is doing this to us and when we found him he was like this. Unfortunately, all of the namekians with the special gift of healing have already been taken so there is nothing we can do for him exept let him rest and recover." Moori explained. Gohan came to Nail's bedside to try to talk to him. "Nail! Nail! Can you hear me? It's me, Gohan." said Gohan as he kneeled at Nail's bedside. Nail opened his eyes, looked at Gohan and smiled. "G-G-Gohan? Is that really you? Heheh. Boy, are you a sight for sore eyes. Look at how you've grown." Nail said with a chuckle at the end. "Nail, can you tell me who did this to you?" Gohan asked. "I don't know who he was. I only encountered a lone warrior, he never spoke to me and I never got his name. However, he possessed the most powerful energy that I'd ever felt in my life. He made even that monster Frieza look like nothing." Nail explained, weakly. "He was that strong a guy? Then the situation is worst than I'd thought. Can you tell me what he looked like?" Gohan asked, in a serious tone. "I'm sorry, but I don't remember much from the fight and what little I do remember are just blurry images. I'm afraid I can't tell you more." Nail said and then started coughing a little. "It's alright my friend. You just rest up and get better. And don't worry about these guys who are taking your people. I'll personally make sure that they get what they deserve." Gohan said confidently with a raised fist. Nail gave a weak smile in return and then went back to sleep. Gohan then left his side and went back outside with Moori.

"I'm glad to hear that you'll help us in this hour of need but there is something that has been troubling me." Moori said as they walked along the village. "What is it?" asked Gohan. "Why isn't your father here with you? I would've thought that Goku would've accompanied his family and friends here if whatever you came here for was that important." inquired Moori. Gohan lowered his head in a depressive manner. "He's the reason we came here for. My father died saving our planet from Cell." Gohan stated in a rather depressive tone. The news that Goku was dead truly shocked Moori and it showed on his face. "Goku? Dead? That is truly some distressing news." Moori said with a saddened look of sympathy. "Like I said, my father's the reason we came here. You see after the battle was over we were ready to wish my father back to life with the Earth's Dragonballs but my father spoke to us and he decided it would be best for him to stay dead. He figured that the bad guys would continue to threaten Earth so long as they continued targeting him. However, about a month ago we discovered that my mother was carrying another child. It was a last gift my father unknowingly gave my mother shortly before his last battle. If my father had known he would never chosen to stay dead and let his child never get to know their father. That's why we're here, to wish my father back and to convince him to stay." explained Gohan. It took about a minute for Moori to digest the information, but eventually he managed to formulate a responce. "Although I'm not too familiar with the human mating habits I do understand what you mean. We would be more than happy to use our Dragonballs to aid you in your time of need just as you are willing to help us." Moori declared. "Thank you very much." happily thanked Gohan with a hug and a big smile for the old namek. He then ran over to his friends to explain the namek's willingness to help and their situation.

"So? That's what's going on around here, eh?" Vegeta said after Gohan finished with his long explanation. "You know, that would explain that other large group we detected in space. It must be where they're keeping all the other nameks prisoner." Bulma said, pondering out loud. "Right, and it's our job to save them. They need us to go rescue their friends and to teach whoever's doing this a lesson. I've already pledged them my support and I'll do alone if I have to. What do you say Vegeta?" Gohan asked. "I may not care about what happens to these green skinned freaks, but I'm in. Any chance to knock out a few heads. And besides, the strongest warrior encountered so far was only that much stronger than Frieza. This should be a cake walk." said Vegeta while pumping his fists together and wearing an evil smirk. "Count me in too. Anyone who threatens my friends answers to me." declared Trunks. "Don't forget about me." Videl declared while jumping her arm up in the air. Silence reigned for a few seconds as everyone just stared at her. "I'm sorry Videl, but you'll have to sit this one out. You aren't strong enough yet to take on the kind of opponent we're likely to face. You'd only become a liability to us." Gohan said, feeling genuinely sorry for her, but unfortunately having to bring her down for her own safety. "So what? I can go knock out the guards while you guys take on the big fish. Besides, either you bring me along or I'll sneak out and tag along. Either way I'm going wether you want me to or not." Videl declared with pout. Gohan just gave an exasperated sigh. "*sigh*Well then, I guess we have no choice but to bring you along. You're just too stubborn to stay put." Gohan said, admitting defeat. "You're darn right I am!" Videl proudly said.

"Now that that's settled, care to answer me this? What are we going to do first? Are we going to wish Goku back or are we going to go after those kidnapping thugs?" asked Bulma. "I vote we go after the scum first. The sooner, the better." declared Vegeta. "Hold on Vegeta, we're not sure by how much this guy is strong than Frieza. He could be as strong as one of us for all we know and we don't even know for sure if this guy is working alone. I say we revive my dad first. We might need all the help we can get. Besides, my dad would kill us if we left him out of the action." suggested Gohan. As much as Vegeta hated to admit to it, Gohan's option made more sense and everybody else agreed too.

"Aren't you forgetting something? Wishing Goku back to life is one wish, wishing him to Namek is another, so what are you going to wish for for your third wish?" asked Bulma. Everyone contemplated this for a while. "Why don't we wish for all the missing nameks back to this village? Remove them from danger?" suggested Trunks. "Sorry, No can do. Whoever kidnapped them would only come back here looking for them. The ensuing battle might get many nameks killed." Bulma said, shooting down the suggestion. Everyone went back to pondering the question. While he was contemplating, Gohan turned his head towards Videl and started thinking. Then it came to him. "I got it! Why don't we wish for Videl's mother to be revived?" suggested Gohan. Everyone turned their heads and attention to Gohan. "Really!? You'd do that for me Gohan? Oh! Thank you, thank you, than you!" Videl exclaimed as she gave him a big hug that picked him up and twirled him around. Everyone present thought that it was a sweet little moment and they all agreed that it was the best wish any of them could think of. Well, everyone except for Vegeta that is.

Author's Final Thoughts: So they've officially landed on New Namek and now they find that the Namekians are being systematically taken away by someone. Who is it? Only I know. A prize goes to whoever figures out who. I hope you accept my explanation as to why Nail is there. Not much else to say.