The Earthling Chronicles

by FinalFlashX

During the battle with Raditz, Goku is injured too greatly to make the ultimate sacrifice in the battle for Earth's fate, leaving the door open for someone else to step in and be the hero. Follow this re-telling of DBZ where the Earthlings are the main focus of the story.

13. Saiyan Arc: Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Hey guys sorry for the super late update but school kicked my ass the last couple of months and then I was out of town all of June, but now I'm back and as I gift to try and get back in your good graces I'm giving you the most action-packed and dramatic chapter I have ever written. Please enjoy and thank you to everyone that has stuck through this!

"Nappa! Hold on a second!" The giant saiyan froze in mid-air, inches away from Chi-Chi's face, as the sound of his partner's voice rang out across the entire battlefield. Nappa slowly turned his head so that he was facing the saiyan prince who was looking at the third-class saiyan from Earth with an amused expression on his face.

"It seems Kakarot here believes that a human fighter, this Tien they keep talking about, has the power to defeat both of us."

Nappa snorted, "Yeah right, no human is even in the same league as a saiyan! Especially elites like us."

The flame-haired prince nodded, still keeping his gaze transfixed on Goku. "Yes, well they've caught my interest with all of their talk about this Tien who supposedly going to swoop in and save the day, so we are going to wait for him."

"Come on Vegeta! I'm kind of hanging in mid-air here!" complained Nappa as a sneer began to form on his face.

The saiyan prince merely shrugged. "Just hold off for 3 hours and then we won't wait any longer than that. Come and take a break for a while and cool off a bit. Your temper has gotten the better of you and you haven't been in control of your emotions for the last few minutes of the fight."

The giant saiyan snarled and turned his head back towards the woman he was inches away from. Chi-Chi had to suppress her urge to flinch as she felt the saiyan's hot breath wash over her face. "Forget it! I'm killing this bitch now!" Nappa's gigantic arm began to descend towards Chi-Chi's neck as he went for a fatal blow to finish the human woman off.

"NAPPA! WHAT IN THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" The giant's arm paused centimeter's away from Chi-Chi's neck where a bead of sweat was making its way down her milky smooth skin as she inwardly let out a sigh of relief. She knew that she had no chance of dodging the behemoth's blow which would have likely broken her neck.

Meanwhile, Goku was staring in awe at how terrified the huge, muscular saiyan looked as he was stared down by the small, flame-haired saiyan. Vegeta had finally turned away from him and now looked like he was about to blow a fuse as he gave his subordinate the death stare for almost disobeying a direct order.

"I'm uh sorry Vegeta," stammered the giant saiyan, "I uh guess I got a little carried away." Vegeta kept his gaze on the bigger saiyan until he had landed next to him and then the flame-haired saiyan turned his head back towards the group of fighters from Earth.

"The battle will resume in 3 hours," he said holding up three of his fingers, "whether this Tien is here or not." After informing the earthlings of his decision, the saiyan prince walked over to a rock and sat down and picked up the red scouter he had discarded earlier. The bald saiyan followed him like a lost puppy and obediently stood in front of the flame-haired saiyan while the younger one placed his scouter back on his head and pressed several buttons on the side of the device.

Piccolo noticed the interaction between the two saiyans while the remaining warriors from Earth made their way to stand next to the tall, green warrior. "It seems that smaller one is even more powerful than that big one," thought Piccolo. "Yes, that giant seems completely terrified of the idea of having that smaller one angry at him."

Piccolo's thoughts were interrupted when he heard Krillin's voice softly say, "Hey nice going Chi-Chi, you really got that big guy good with that attack of yours." The female fighter cheeks reddened a little from the praise but she shrugged and placed her hands on her son's shoulders. The boy had his head hanging downward and Piccolo could tell that he was feeling ashamed from his failure to attack Nappa when he had the chance. Luckily for the fighters from Earth, Chi-Chi had stepped in and attacked the giant saiyan instead because of she hadn't the saiyan would have escaped from their attack unscathed.

The green fighter snorted as he turned his head away from his student. He was embarrassed that he had given such an integral part of his attack strategy to an untested kid; it made him look like a fool. He had truly thought though that Gohan was ready, but apparently he was mistaken. After an entire year of training it seemed that Gohan was still the same scared little kid that Piccolo had first started with.

Still, even though Piccolo was angry with the kid his eyes kept finding their way over to where Gohan was standing with his head hung in shame. For some reason that Piccolo could not explain he wanted to comfort his student and tell him it was okay like how Krillin and the boy's mother were doing at that exact moment. He was torn, half of him wanted to rip the kid apart for choking in such a critical moment of the battle and the other half wanted to drape an arm around the boy and tell him it was alright. Piccolo, not knowing what he should do, decided to just try and ignore his pupil as best as he could. However as the silent, awkward minutes continued to drag on Piccolo found it harder and harder to ignore his dejected student. Finally he decided that this would be the perfect teaching moment and that Gohan's fear today could be what drove him to become stronger and a great fighter in the future.

"It hurts doesn't it?" he said as he turned his gaze towards Gohan's now uplifted face. The young boy was looking at his mentor's face and Piccolo could see the shame and pain that Gohan was feeling for letting him down. "Facing your fears would have been less painful." Gohan winced as Piccolo's words stung him in his very core, but the young boy couldn't deny the truth of Piccolo's words and he just continued to hang his head in shame. Piccolo, seeing the effect his words had had, turned his attention to the last two remaining human fighters.

"I think I've come up with a plan that will allow us to beat that giant brute over there," he started as Krillin and Chi-Chi turned their attention towards him. "It will be difficult to execute and we'll need a little luck, but if we can pull it off it should allow us to defeat the big saiyan." Piccolo glanced over at where the smaller saiyan was sitting with his eyes closed and Goku, who was sitting on the ground several feet away from him looking up into the sky. It appeared as if the bigger saiyan had left but Piccolo figured there was nothing they could have done to stop the mammoth sized saiyan and he just hoped he didn't cause to much damage wherever he was. He then gestured for the others to come closer so he could tell them the plan without fear of being overheard by the flame-haired saiyan. Krillin and Chi-Chi quickly walked up beside Piccolo and Gohan shuffled his feet until he was in between the two.

"Okay listen up, we're only going to have one chance at this. If it doesn't work the first time then we won't be able to try again, they'll be ready for it. Does everyone understand that?" The three nodded their heads at Piccolo and then he continued. "Okay, the plan is to try and grab that giant saiyan's tail. If he's anything like that other one, Raditz, then it should leave him completely powerless and open to attack. The tricky part of course will be getting a hold of it, but I've come up with a strategy that should work."

"First, Krillin and Chi-Chi, you two are going to rush him head on. It should grab his attention and keep him distracted. I choose you two so you are both quick and agile and that is essential later on. Then while you two are charging at him head on, Gohan and I will begin charging up our Masenko attack." Piccolo tilted his head so that he was looking directly into Gohan's eyes. "It is essential that we our fully charged and ready to fire when I give the command, so you will need to begin charging it as soon as they begin running. This plan requires perfect timing if it is going to work, got it?" Gohan nodded and Piccolo nodded his approval before continuing.

"Okay the next part is the tricky part and the reason why we need such precise timing. While you two are charging from the front, that big oaf will be completely oblivious to what is happening behind him. So we're going to have Goku run up from behind him and grab his tail."

The others all looked at Piccolo with shock and confusion plastered across their faces. "Goku?" said Krillin bewilderedly. "But isn't that other saiyan making sure that he stays out of the fight?"

Piccolo nodded, "Yes, but look at him over there. He isn't even paying attention to Goku over there. Also remember how the big one acted when that shrimp over there gave him the order to back down. He was terrified when the shorter one raised his voice at him. I would bet that he is used to having every command he issues followed to the t, without question. He wouldn't even dream that someone would not follow what he told them to do and I think he still has that mindset when dealing with Goku. He still thinks of Goku as a saiyan who wouldn't even dream of disobeying him, so I believe Goku will be able to slip away and grab the big one's tail from behind."

The others all took a moment to think out Piccolo's logic and after a while Gohan asked, "How are you going to be able to tell my dad your plan though. It's not like you can just walk over there and tell him with that other saiyan still hanging around."

"You're right, I can't just do that, but do you remember how after you got lost at sea and it took me over a week to find you again I had us form a telepathic bond so it would be easier to find you?" Gohan nodded and Chi-Chi looked like she was about to fall over at the thought of her son being lost at sea. Her nausea quickly turned to anger at the thought of the demon losing her son for over a week but she managed to restrain herself from attacking Piccolo then and there because if their present situation. The angry mother figured she could give that green demon a piece of her mind after they were done saving the Earth from evil aliens.

"Well your dad and I formed a similar bond right before he left to train with your mother and Krillin. We figured it would be easier, not to mention less dangerous, to communicate telepathically during a battle than to try and shout to each other while we were fighting."

"Okay, okay," said Chi-Chi as she put her hand on her hips. "Let's say that you're able to communicate the entire plan to Goku and that he is able to get away from that other saiyan. What's to stop that small saiyan from stepping in once Goku has grabbed on to that giant's tail? I mean, he'll be a sitting target after he grabs on to the tail and you saw how fast that guy moved earlier. I couldn't even see him move!"

Piccolo nodded and crossed his arms. "Yes, I also thought of that problem when I was coming up with this plan. That's why our timing has to be perfect for this to work. If the big guy is anything like Raditz, he will lose all of his strength and power the second Goku grabs his tail. That is why I'm going to have Gohan and I fire our attacks as soon as Goku grabs onto his tail. That way Goku will be able to let go of the tail right before our attacks hit and he'll be able to dodge while the big guy is still trying to regain his strength from it being sapped by having his tail grabbed. That is why you two have to be quick and jump out of the way as soon as we fire because our attacks will be coming in fast and we have to be ready to fire them as soon as Goku grabs his tail. It will happen in a few seconds and it should be enough time to get the big guy and not enough time for the other to prevent Goku from doing his part of the plan."

The others all thought through Piccolo's plan and they all agreed that it was their best chance of taking out Nappa. "Ok now that we've decided to go through with it, I want you all to think about your part of the plan for the rest of the time we have remaining," said Piccolo. "I don't want you wasting the entire time hoping that Tien will show up and save the day. We have to be ready just in case he isn't here before time is up and if he does get here then hurrah for us but we need to be prepared for the worst. Rest up and be ready to fight."

Everyone nodded and they all began to focus their minds inward as they played the plan through their minds over and over again. While the others all pictured how the strategy would play out in their heads, Piccolo pushed his mind outwards and reached towards his old rival's consciousness.

Hey Goku, can you hear me?

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Goku stared into the sky and watched the clouds continue to drift by overhead as he waited alongside Vegeta as the three hours continued to wind down. He had been bored out of his mind and was upset that he could not be with his friends during the three hour reprieve they had from fighting the saiyans. He had been thinking of how he could have done more to help save his friends, but with that flame-haired saiyan keeping a tight lease around his neck all he could do was watch helplessly while his friends fell before the saiyan's one by one.

It was the worst punishment he had ever had to endure.

He had hoped that he could go and talk with the others during the three hour reprieve the saiyan named Vegeta had given them but that apparently was not the case. When he had asked the flame-haired saiyan if he could he had just been given an angry glare and Goku had returned to staring at the clouds.

The bald saiyan had left about fifteen minutes after the break in the fighting had started. Goku had overheard some of the two saiyans conversation and from what he could gather was that the big guy couldn't stand not blowing something up for more than five minutes and that Vegeta had simply gotten tired of his whining. So the bald one had left to "go have some fun", which Goku could only assume meant that more innocent lives would be lost because of the saiyan's need for entertainment.

He couldn't understand how these two seemed to enjoy killing people so much. It repulsed him that all this bloodshed was in fact his fault. These saiyan's had come here because Raditz had overheard them talking about the Dragonballs and Raditz had only been there because of him. All of his friends' deaths and all of the innocent people of East City that had died were dead because he was a saiyan.

The saiyan from Earth continued to stare into the sky and think about the events that had occurred since Raditz had landed on the planet one year ago. Would it have been easier for everyone if he had just left with his older brother that day? None of this would be happening if had simply said yes to Raditz's offer to join him and Tien wouldn't have died in the first place and Yamcha, Chiaotzu, and Upa wouldn't have died today, not to mention the countless other people that had died so far at the hands of saiyan duo.

"Speaking of Tien," mumbled Goku as he watched a particularly large cloud pass overhead. He wondered what the hell had happened to the three eyed fighter. As long as Goku had known him Tien had never been late to anything and it wasn't like him to forget probably the most important and biggest battle that they had ever been a part of. Goku figured something must have gone wrong in Otherworld for Tien to be held up so badly and he hoped that his friend would arrive soon. He had been surprised by Vegeta's willingness to wait and give Tien time to arrive, but he figured the saiyan just wanted to try and show Goku that no one could stop them. Goku's thoughts however were interrupted when he heard a familiar voice.

Hey Goku, can you hear me?

Goku sat up quickly and whipped his head around. He could have sworn he had heard Piccolo's voice but the green warrior was nowhere near him. He began to turn his head towards where the rest of the fighters from Earth had been standing but then he heard the voice again.

Don't look over here you idiot! That might make that short saiyan suspicious. It's me Piccolo and I'm talking to you telepathically. I swear I thought we had gone over this before but I guess you forgot about it. Now just go back to lying on the ground, we don't need eye contact and we don't want to arouse suspicions.

Goku just smiled a little and lay back down on the ground. Hey Piccolo what's up. I figure you wouldn't just start talking to me in my mind for any little old reason.

You're as sharp as ever I see. Listen and listen well, I need your help to take out that big saiyan and your part in my plan is the most critical one so I need you to pay attention. When you see Krillin and Chi-Chi charging at the giant saiyan I need you to rush in and grab his tail.

A light bulb went off in Goku's head and he exclaimed, Just like when you, me, and Tien fought Raditz!

Yes Goku, just like then. Only this time right before our energy waves hit him I want you to get out of the way. We don't need another martyr like Tien today; we've lost enough people already in this fight.

Alright, Piccolo I got it. This is great! I finally have a chance to join in on the fight.

Yep, and if this plan works you should be able to stay in it for the rest of it because if we can take out the big one than it will be five against one and that other saiyan won't be able to keep you in check and fight the rest of us all at the same time.

Goku felt the connection between his and Piccolo's mind severe and he began to play out in his mind how his part in his old rival's plan would go. He would come in and grab that giant brute's tail and he would be powerless as his son and his teacher blasted him into the next dimension. That bully would pay for what he had done to all those innocent people and his friends.

What Goku didn't notice as his mind was consumed with thoughts of his and his allies' success was the small smirk that had formed on the flame-haired saiyan's face.

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Piccolo opened his eyes and looked over to where the others were sitting behind him. "Get up; our three hours are almost up." The remaining defenders of Earth quickly assembled behind the tall, green fighter. Piccolo thought they were all as well prepared for their upcoming battle to try and take out the giant saiyan, who was still nowhere to be found. Everyone had recovered their strength and they all could fight at their max power. At that moment, the giant saiyan returned from doing only Kami knows what.

"What's up Vegeta," he said as he casually walked over to where the smaller saiyan was sitting on a rock with his eyes closed and his arms crossed across his chest. "So I'm guessing that Tien guy never showed up."

"Your powers of observation never cease to amaze me Nappa," Vegeta commented sarcastically as he checked his scouter. "It also seems that his 3 hours are up and he still hasn't shown his face. So it looks like you'll get to have your fun with them after all Nappa."

The bald saiyan laughed and then turned to face the remaining fighters. "Ha at least that Tien guy is smart enough to save his own skin. Before I kill the rest of you though I think I'm going to take this burnt up piece of junk off." The giant saiyan quickly removed his mostly destroyed breastplate which left him in a pair of elastic, black underwear. "Alright, I should be able to make quick work of these pathetic Earthlings now."

As the giant saiyan began to walk towards them Piccolo whispered, "Okay is everyone ready?" Everyone nodded their heads and Krillin gulped and prayed to Kami that this plan would work. Piccolo waited until the giant saiyan was in perfect position, about the half-way point between where Goku and the other saiyan stood and where the defenders of Earth stood.

"Alright now!" yelled Piccolo as he and Gohan raised both of their hands above their heads with their palms facing Nappa with one hand in front of the other with their fingers going in opposite directions. At the same exact moment Krillin and Chi-Chi dashed towards Nappa, feinting their frontal assault while golden orbs of energy began to form in the palms of Gohan and Piccolo's hands.

"Ha-ha," laughed Nappa as he watched the two humans coming racing towards him. "So you all came up with a little strategy while I was gone. Well whatever you have planned won't work!" As Nappa finished speaking, Goku saw his chance and rushed towards the furry tail that was firmly wrapped around the giant saiyan's waist. As he was making his escape, Goku could have sworn that he saw a bemused look cross the flame-haired saiyan's face.

In an instant, Goku had latched both of his hands around Nappa's furry tail and a surprised and angry look formed on the giant saiyan's face. Once Piccolo saw that Goku was in position he yelled, "Now Gohan! Fire!"

Gohan nodded and then turned his attention to his target while Krillin and Chi-Chi both jumped to the side and out of danger. As one, both teacher and student yelled, "Masenko-HA!" and two huge golden energy waves erupted from both Piccolo and Gohan's hands and raced towards the giant saiyan. As they traveled, the two waves joined together to make one gigantic energy wave.

As teacher and pupil fired their Masenkos, Nappa turned around and looked at Goku, who was holding his tail. The saiyan from Earth expected the giant to begin begging for him to let go of his tail, but instead the bald saiyan simply smiled. Goku then felt an overwhelming pain wash over him as Nappa elbowed him on the top of his head. "It's not very nice to grab someone's tail like that you know," the giant saiyan said as he continued to grind his elbow into Goku's skull. Then as the teacher-student Masenko neared them Nappa jumped up into the air and out of the kill zone while Goku simply crumpled to the ground, temporarily incapacitated from Nappa's blow to his head.

Piccolo growled in anger as he watched the giant saiyan jump into the air and evade his and Gohan's combined Masenko with ease. "But how? I saw Goku grab his tail, he shouldn't even be able to move right now!" The teacher-student Masenko passed over the prone Goku and continued off into the distance until it collided with a mountain several miles away. Upon impact, the entire area exploded and the horizon was hidden behind the screen of smoke that had risen into the sky above the devastated area. The smaller saiyan raised his eyebrows as he surveyed the scene of destruction the combined Masenko had caused, impressed by the power the attack had contained. It was more than enough to kill Nappa, of that Vegeta was certain.

The fighters from Earth looked on in despair as they realized their plan of attack had failed and that Nappa had easily escaped from harm. "How did he get away from Goku?" asked Krillin as he floated in the air keeping his eyes glued on the giant saiyan who was grinning from ear to ear. "I saw him grab that guy's tail. I thought saiyans lost all their strength when someone grabbed their tails."

The bald saiyan laughed. "Ha, that may work on a weakling like Raditz but we are elite saiyans. We got rid of that weakness a long time ago!"

Piccolo growled and then mumbled, "Well that means we can't use his tail against him. Damn it, I thought we had him with that one."

Nappa laughed for a little while longer and then he said, "Now that your stupid little strategy's failed, I believe I have some unfinished business with Kakarot's harpy." The giant saiyan turned and set his sights on Chi-Chi as a scowl settled on his face. "Get ready to die bitch!" he roared as he began to fly towards the female fighter. Almost as soon as his flight had begun however, he was thrown off course by a powerful roundhouse kick that was delivered to his temple. The kick sent him flying into a rock pillar which instantaneously collapsed on its self when Nappa made contact with it.

As the giant saiyan climbed out of the pile of debris he noticed that the Namekian was hovering in the air with a smug look on his face. "Nope, not today pal," said Piccolo as he slowly descended to the ground. "You're not going to be picking on any women anymore today. It's going to me and you now. 1 on 1, until there is only one of us left standing."

Nappa snorted as he removed the last pieces of debris and placed his feet onto the ground. "Ha, yeah right! I believe you've already tried that strategy once and if I remember right I'm pretty sure you lost an arm the last time you tried to tangle with me by yourself."

The Namekian simply nodded and then said, "Yes, but I've recovered from regenerating my arm and now I'm back at full power. You however cannot say the same, I can sense it." The giant saiyan began to growl as Piccolo began to smirk. "As much as you would like to deny it, our attacks have been taking their toll on you. All the damage that Chiaotzu, Upa, and especially Chi-Chi's attack; you remember the one that sent you skyrocketing through the atmosphere, have decreased your power significantly. Even with the three hours of rest we had, which allowed all of us the time to recover, you still haven't recovered from the damage we've inflicted on you. Most likely because you wasted the time running around blowing stuff up, which didn't allow your body the time it needed to recover its strength. Your own stupidity is what will allow us to defeat you."

The giant saiyan looked like he was about to pop a vein as Piccolo lectured him about his declining power level. Finally Nappa's anger burst and he yelled, "Think whatever you want, but it still doesn't change the fact that you're not even close to my level. You pathetic Earthlings can't even hurt me, much less defeat me! So give it your best shot you filthy Namekian! If you want to go, then let's do this!"

With a roar the mammoth sized saiyan charged forward with his fist drawn backwards as he prepared to smash in the Namek's face. As he threw his punch, Piccolo was able to easily dodge the sloppy attack and as he crouched down to avoid the punch; he brought his leg back and then kicked the giant saiyan in his exposed stomach. Nappa let out a gasp of pain as Piccolo drove his foot into the saiyan's abdominal and he was sent flying backwards by the force of the blow. The giant quickly recovered his composure and drove his heels into the ground and he grinded to a halt as his feet made small trenches into the earth.

"Not bad Namek, not bad at all. You got a lucky shot in, but you'll need a let more than that to beat me!" With synchronized battle cries both Nappa and Piccolo charged each other and both drew back their right fist and threw their punches. Both fighters' punches landed with a loud smack, right into their opponent's other hand. The saiyan and the Namekian both growled at each other as they both leaned in until their faces were only mere inches apart from each other as they clenched onto the fists that they held in their left hands. With a resounding yell both fighters jumped backwards and into the air and they flew at each other and began a furious exchange of blows, where both fighter's bodies were being thrashed around wildly by the blows they were receiving from their opponent. Both fighters merely shrugged off each blow they were hit with and continued to pound the opponent that was in front of them, with both Piccolo and Nappa receiving as many hits as they dealt out.

As Piccolo and Nappa battled it out in the sky above, Goku was still lying on the ground holding his head. His ears were still ringing from the elbow that Nappa had given to him. His attention was diverted away from the pain when he noticed the white boot that had settled next to his face. Goku looked up and into the face of the flame-haired saiyan who wore an amused expression.

"Nice plan Kakarot. You executed your role flawlessly, well except for the part where you let Nappa escape, but hey at least you grabbed his tail just like the Namekian asked you too." Goku looked up at the saiyan confused which caused Vegeta to snort. "Oh please Kakarot, did you really think that you and your Namek pet were the only ones that have telepathic capabilities. It was child's play to intercept your conversation, I could have easily stopped you from trying your foolish plan but I figured that you would have to learn the hard way."

The short saiyan looked up into the sky and watched the battle that was unfolding between Piccolo and Nappa. At the moment the two were locked together with both fighters holding the other's arms while they alternated legs as they collided knees with each other. Vegeta and Goku could hear the sound of the impact between the two fighter's knees even from their position of almost a hundred yards away.

"By the way Kakarot," said Vegeta as he continued to watch Nappa and Piccolo's battle, "just to let you know even if I hadn't know your plan beforehand it would have been a simple matter to prevent you from getting to Nappa. The only reason that you were able to seemingly 'escape' me is because I allowed it. I knew that your strategy was doomed to fail as soon as I heard it so allowed you to go through with it. I figured whatever Nappa did to you for grabbing his tail would be sufficient for your punishment for disobeying me."

"However I am slightly disappointed in you Kakarot." Goku stared at the flame-haired saiyan. What in the world was he talking about being 'disappointed in him'? What did this guy expect out of him? "I had hoped to see if you could even possibly stand up to Nappa. I wanted to see how you compared to him, if you were on par with his abilities so too say. It seems however that you're not even in the same league as him; it was foolish of me to even think that you might be. He is a saiyan elite after all and you're nothing but third-class garbage apparently." The saiyan shrugged and then turned his complete attention to the fight in the sky.

Goku however pondered on what Vegeta had said. What had the saiyan meant when he said he had wanted to see how he compared to the giant saiyan? Had he wanted them to fight? But why would the flame-haired saiyan possibly want to see him fight the saiyan called Nappa. Was it simply because he had wanted them to fight as some sort of sick entertainment for his sake or was it something more than that? Goku assumed that it was more than that but for the time being he would just have to wait and see. But if there was even the smallest chance that Vegeta would allow him to join the fight, Goku would take it in a heartbeat.

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Piccolo grunted as he removed himself from the side of the rock pillar that he had just been implanted into. The giant was floating a few yards away, panting slightly, and still trying to catch his breath after the pair's last entanglement. So far the fight had been going the way Piccolo had envisioned it. He and the saiyan had been dead even the entire fight, Nappa having the slight advantage in strength which was offset by Piccolo's superior speed and agility.

They were both beginning to tire though and Piccolo knew that soon something would have to be done to settle the stalemate that the fight had become. Hoping to surprise his opponent, Piccolo slung his arm forward, stretching it out so that it became long enough to reach the giant saiyan. His green arm whipped forward and grabbed the bald saiyan's enormous leg. Nappa yelped in surprise from the unexpected seizure and quickly tried to escape the Namekian's grip, but to no avail. The saiyan was swiftly dragged towards Piccolo as his green arm quickly shrunk back to its normal size, bringing Nappa along with it.

Once the saiyan was within reach of his other arm, Piccolo let out a battle cry and drove his fist into the giant's vulnerable stomach, who was unable to protect himself since he hadn't regained his balanced since being dragged through the air against his will. The giant saiyan's eyes widened and he coughed up a mouthful of blood as Piccolo forced his fist even deeper into his stomach. The green fighter then withdraw his fist and crouched as he spun his body around and then kicked upward and planted his foot into Nappa's chin. The saiyan brute was sent sailing into the air, flipping around wildly; unable to control his own body after the jaw shattering blow he had just been dealt.

After a moment of flying through the air uncontrollably, Nappa was able to halt his forced flight. When he turned back to face Piccolo, the saiyan looked like he was about to explode. The brute was shaking uncontrollably and he was beginning to glow with a golden aura which outlined his body. "That is it!" screamed Nappa. "That is the last time you will ever touch me again. I am a saiyan elite! I will not let trash like you defeat me! You die NOW!" As he yelled the last word, the giant brute let his mouth hang open and a huge blue sphere of energy formed in the opening of his mouth. Then with a huge roar, the blue sphere of energy became of a huge energy wave that emitted from the brutish saiyan's mouth.

Realizing the peril he was in, Piccolo quickly charged up his own attack and countered Nappa's energy wave with his Explosive Demon Wave. He thrust his arm forward and his golden energy wave raced forward and intercepted the blue wave, initiating a beam struggle between the two energy attacks. The two beams of energy struggled against each other, each fighting to gain a dominant advantage over the other. The bulge in the middle of the two beams, where the blue and golden energy had collided and mixed, continued to shift position as the two fighters poured more and more energy into their attacks. One moment it would look like the Nappa's blue wave would overtake Piccolo's attack but then the golden beam would surge forward and push back the blue one.

This continued for almost a minute and, as with the rest of their fight, both fighters realized that they were at a stalemate. No matter how much energy one of them put into their attack, the other would just match it. Neither fighter was willing to disengage the beam struggle however since they both knew that if one of them could overwhelm the other than that would be the end of the fight.

As they continued to battle for supremacy in their beam struggle, Nappa's eyes trailed down to where the other fighters who were defending the Earth were standing watching the energy battle that was unfolding in the sky. The Namek seemed to be very protective of the other fighters, especially Kakarot's brat, who Nappa figured, was the Namekian's pupil. If he could somehow put them in danger Nappa was sure that it would be enough of a distraction to the Namek that he would be able to overwhelm his energy beam and take out that annoying Namek once and for all.

Piccolo noticed that the giant's eyes had trailed away from their energy battle and had set their sets on his allies. Hoping to divert his attention away from them, Piccolo poured more of his energy into his beam, but the saiyan easily countered by putting some of his own energy into the attack. Piccolo then noticed that the saiyan had raised two of his fingers on his right hand which was still hanging by his side. Nappa then turned his gaze away from the others and made eye contact with Piccolo and then…

And then he winked at him.

The saiyan thrust his arm upward into the air with his two fingers pointing up as well. Piccolo's heart seemed to jump into his throat as he sensed energy forming right where the others, including Gohan were standing. Ignoring the beam struggle, Piccolo turned his head, and his attention, towards where the humans were standing. "Get out of there!" he yelled. "He's using some sort of energy attack right were you're standing!"

Alarmed by Piccolo's sudden outburst the others quickly jumped up and away from the spot they had been standing. No later than when they had done that, the ground they had been standing on exploded with a bright white light coming out of the ground and incinerating the area they had been just been at. Everyone noticed however that there wasn't a lot of energy in the attack, certainly not enough that it could actually kill any of them.

Realizing Nappa's tactic, Piccolo turned his attention back towards the beam struggle to see that his beam had been overwhelmed and that the saiyan's blue wave was pushing his own attack on top of him. Knowing that he had lost the struggle and that there was nothing he could do, Piccolo let loose one last battle cry as the blue wave began to wash over him.

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As Goku heard Piccolo's battle cry, the blue beam overtook where Piccolo had been and a huge explosion blocked the entire sky out. The winds from the explosion gushed past him and Vegeta and Goku was forced to cover his eyes to protect them from the hurricane force winds. When the winds had finally ceased, Goku hoped to see his friend still floating in the sky with that smug smile on his face.

The only thing that Goku could see however was the flame-haired saiyan and that was only because they were standing next to each other. The smoke from the explosion had settled over the entire battlefield and reduced Goku's line of sight to only a few feet in front of him. Goku waved his arms, trying to make the smoke dissipate quicker but he soon realized it was too no avail and he was forced to wait in anticipation to see what had become of his old rival.

After the longest and most grueling minutes of his life had passed, the smoke from the blast began to lift and Goku was able to see the battlefield. The ground itself had been scorched from the explosion and there were numerous black scars on the surface of the earth. As Goku continued to scan the battlefield his heart sank into his stomach when he finally set eyes on what he had been searching for, and the moment his eyes set sight on him he heard his son cry out in despair.

"Mr. Piccolo!"

In the middle of the largest black scorch mark lay Piccolo, face down in the burnt earth and unconscious. Standing over him was a bloodied and bruised Nappa, who while still looking worse for wear after his battle with Piccolo, had a triumphant look plastered across his face.

"Not bad," commented Vegeta as he too observed how the beam struggle had turned out. "The Namek was able to cause his own energy wave to explode right before Nappa's overwhelmed him. This caused Nappa's attack to explode as well and minimized the damage it inflicted on the Namekian. Of course, Nappa's attack still did significant damage and knocked him out cold. So I would say your friend want be getting back up anytime soon and not at all in a few seconds."

Goku scowled as he watched the giant saiyan continue to stand over Piccolo, welshing in the fact that he had managed to defeat the green warrior. He did however glance over at Vegeta when he mentioned that the bald saiyan was about to kill Piccolo. He guessed that they didn't know that if Piccolo died, then Kami would die and that would mean the Dragonballs would be unusable. If Vegeta knew that then he wouldn't allow the big guy to kill Piccolo.

The saiyan from earth thought about telling the flame-haired saiyan that particular fact about the Dragonballs. It was after all why they hadn't killed him yet and it would mean that they wouldn't kill Piccolo. Plus it would mean that all of his friends deaths had been pointless since the entire reason the saiyans had come to Earth in the first place was to use the Dragonballs.

But then he remembered that the entire reason that they were here fighting the saiyans was to protect the Earth and prevent them from using the Dragonballs. Everyone's deaths up till now would have been in vain if Goku just decided to start helping them now after he had refused to help them earlier. Piccolo would never forgive him if he let them know how to use the Dragonballs just to save him when his death would mean that their entire plan would be thwarted. Also, once they had made their wish there would be nothing to stop them from just killing them all after that anyway. Goku nodded his head as he reaffirmed his desire to continue to deny the saiyans their wishes.

"Don't even think of interfering Kakarot," warned the flame-haired saiyan as they watched Nappa raise his left hand into the air and a white ball of energy began to form in his palm.

"Well Namekian it was fun while it lasted but as I told you, a weakling like you could never defeat me," said Nappa as an evil grin spread across his face as prepared to kill the green warrior that had caused him so much trouble.

Then, out of nowhere, Goku suddenly saw a large golden disk of energy out of the corner of his eye racing towards the brutish saiyan who was about to lower his raised hand and end Piccolo for good. He realized that the giant hadn't even noticed the attack as he was still in euphoria after beating Piccolo and he couldn't sense energy. Goku didn't even let out a small gasp of surprise after noticing the disk, hoping that he would not draw the other saiyan's attention to it until it was too late. However it wasn't long until Vegeta also noticed the large energy disk that was heading straight for his partner's back. The saiyan's eyes widened in shock as he realized that the disk could actually kill his giant comrade and he quickly shouted out…

"Nappa! Look out behind you! You need to dodge now!"

"Yeah, yeah Vegeta what is it," said Nappa absent mindedly. "I'm kind of in the middle of some…" The giant stopped speaking as soon as he turned his head all the way around to look behind him where expected to see Vegeta. Instead, all the mammoth sized saiyan could see was the golden disk of energy that was only a few inches away from him. Nappa's eyes widened in fear and shock as he realized that he was staring death in the face. The disk was only inches away and was on a collision course with his face. As Nappa's life flashed before his eyes, the disk however twisted slightly and skimmed right over Nappa's bald head.

It did however cut straight through Nappa's still raised arm.

The giant saiyan howled in pain as his detached limb fall to the ground lifelessly. Shortly afterwards it sat in a pool of blood as the red liquid gushed out of the saiyan's shoulder, which was the only part that remained of Nappa's left arm after the rest had been sliced off. The bald saiyan fell to his knees as the pain completely overwhelmed every fiber of his being. His entire body was racked by an intense seizure from the pain that was racing up and down his entire body. The saiyan's mouth was agape, involuntary whimpering as he tried to contain his screams, and his eyes were wide and they looked like they only thing they had ever seen or known was pain the disc had caused him.

The disk had continued to travel after going right through Nappa's arm like it was butter. It collided with a mountain and sliced the top half of it clean off. After that it finally dissipated, but not before it had done its damage.

Goku watched in awe and horror at the damage the energy disk had caused the giant saiyan. Throughout the entire fight, Nappa had seemed able to take any attack the defenders of Earth had dished out on him. Even when he was fighting Piccolo, who was almost the same strength as the giant brute, he had been able to bounce back from every blow Piccolo had hit him with. Before now Nappa had seemed almost indestructible.

But this attack, that energy disk, had removed one of the invincible saiyan's arms and had brought him to his knees. This attack had the saiyan who was laughing at everything the earthlings threw at him, whimpering and in shock. This energy disk had the indestructible saiyan staring at his lifeless limb in horror and even had his usually emotionless and composed partner dumbstruck.

It was amazing how quickly Vegeta's face could change. Goku had seen it go through three different sets of reactions in response to the attack. At first, after he had warned Nappa and the older saiyan had ignored him, it had been one of anger and disgust at his partner. Then after he had seen the destructive power of the disk it had changed to one of awe, shock, and sheer bewilderment. Goku knew that the flame-haired saiyan had been in complete shock when he saw Nappa's arm lying on the ground and he was amazed and befuddled by the attack that had hit his partner. Then when the saiyan had noticed that Goku was watching him, his face had almost instantaneously returned to his normal detached and emotionless state. It bewildered Goku that in all those different faces he had seen on Vegeta, not one of them had shown any concern or sympathy for his partner. It seemed that he really was as cold on the inside as he showed on the outside.

Having to know the source of such a powerful attack, Goku's eyes slowly trailed down the path he had seen the disk take until he set his eyes on one of the least likely sources of such a destructive and devastating attack that he could ever have imagined. There, with his arm still hanging from where he had thrown his destructive disk, stood Goku's best friend in the entire world.

"Damn," muttered Krillin as he panted heavily, trying to catch his breath after using so much of his energy, "if it hadn't had curved like that I would have taken the bastard's head too."

"No way," said Vegeta in completely disbelief. "There is no way that little cue ball can produce that kind of attack!"

Goku just smiled a little, "Don't let him fool you. He's got some great techniques up his sleeve that one."

"YOU!" Goku and Vegeta's attention immediately turned to the sound of the enraged saiyan. Nappa was standing again and was just putting down his remaining arm from where he had just cauterized his wound. Goku could smell the burnt flesh from where he was standing and he felt his stomach turn a little. He could tell however that the smell wasn't affecting the giant saiyan in the slightest however as he was only focused on one single thing.

Krillin.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" screamed the enraged giant as he raised his remaining arm and brought it across his body. "I'M GOING TO MAKE YOU WISH YOU HAD NEVER BEEN BORN YOU LITTLE RUNT!" Nappa slashed his arm back across his body and a huge explosion erupted right where Krillin was standing.

The former monk quickly jumped into the air and brought both of his arms in front of him to fend him the blast, but he realized too late that the first attack was only a distraction.

The ball of white energy had already completely engulfed the infuriated saiyan's remaining hand and Nappa had already thrown his Impact Bomb when he roared, "AND NOW HERE COMES PAIN EVEN GREATER THAN YOU CAUSED ME YOU LITTLE BASTARD!"

Goku could only watch in horror as the white grenade of energy collided with his best friend. The white ball exploded on impact and completely engulfed Krillin in the blast. Goku began yelling too his friend, but for some reason no sound came out of his mouth. He then began running as fast as he could towards the cloud of smoke that had formed where Krillin had been. Goku continued to yell for his friend but still no sound came out of his mouth. Then Goku saw him and ran right underneath his best friend in the entire universe.

And his lifeless, limp body fell right into Goku's outstretched arms.

Well there you have it, the latest chapter. Again sorry for taking so long to update but I promise I will do much better in future about updating. In fact, expect the next chapter to be up by tomorrow. That's a guarantee.

Now on to power levels! To answer your question jcogginsa, Nappa isn't stronger than he is in canon. When Goku shows up, after Nappa composes himself he is able to hold his own against Goku, whose power level was 8,000. This leads me to believe that Nappa's power level is around 6,000, and think I've seen somewhere that it is stated that Nappa is about 1/3 of Vegeta's power level, which would also be 6,000. The 4,000 listing I believe is when he is fighting against the other fighters, which would make since none were even close to 4,000 at the time so he wouldn't fight at full power against them. In my story, the humans are stronger, particularly Piccolo who is at 5,000, which means that Nappa has to fight at his full power to beat them. Now on to this chapter's power levels!

Nappa: 5,200

Piccolo: 5,000

Krillin (Destructo Disc): 4,200

I'm not going to list what the power level of the teacher-student Masenko was because it didn't hit anything so it's not worth mentioning. Also not going to list Goku's power level even though I guess technically he did "fight" Nappa. His power level will be a surprise later on. And I guess that's it, I'm pretty sure I explained both Nappa's and Piccolo's power levels in the chapter, (Piccolo explains why they are at their current levels)

Anyway as always thanks for reading! If you have any questions, comments, concerns, or suggestions just leave them in a review and I'll address them. As a little side note, my goal is to get over 100 reviews by the end of the Saiyan Saga! So please make this happen! I would love you guys for all eternity.

P.S. I would like to give a special thank you to everyone that reviewed my story during the long period that I didn't update. It's one of the big reasons I got back into this and pretty much have the entire rest of the Saiyan Saga all thought out and ready to be typed out and thought through pretty much all of the Namek and Frieza Sagas.