It was the most bizarre thing Goten had ever seen, and that was saying a lot. Sticking out from a planet, a large tree grew. Now by large, the Son boy really meant enormous. From the ship's position in space, the tree looked like an unusual growth similar to the Big Gete Star.
"Well, I never knew trees could grow that big," the saiyan said, breaking the silence in the control room.
"No kidding. Do the people on that planet not know how to cut those things down?" Trunks added.
However, despite their banter, no one could've missed all the brown that surrounded the tree. It looked as if a wasteland had developed around the tree, which was odd since trees normally didn't thrive in wastelands. The rest of the planet though, had a more greenish tint to it on the side opposite the tree.
"Tien, can you tell me what planet that is?" Goten said as he studied the peculiar world.
"No problem," the human said as he went through the ship's database. A few moments later, the bodyguard paled. "That can't be right," he murmured out loud.
"What is it?" Trunks spoke up.
"Well according to the computer, that planet is Namek."
Both saiyans jerked their heads to Tien. "Namek? But there was hardly a tree there when we last visited."
The bodyguard nodded his head. "That was my thought too."
The saiyan warriors turned their attention back to Namek, staring at it. "Well, I think it's safe to say that something wrong is happening down there," Goten said. "I think we need to go lend a hand."
"Got that right," his saiyan compatriot agreed.
Videl cocked her eyebrow at that. "Wait a second; Trunks agreeing to go help people? I think we've found the eighth wonder of the universe."
Trunks scowled. "Ha, ha, ha, very funny."
Unfortunately, the view from space was a lot better than the one on the planet.
Moments after landing their ship, the groups of saiyans and humans discovered that Namek was in worse condition than previously thought. Instead of the typical islands dotting a sea of water, they found plateaus all over the place and no drop of water to speak of. In fact, wide canyons were in place of where the water used to be.
"I'm getting a bad feeling about this," Tien spoke.
"No kidding," Videl agreed. Taking a more thorough look around, the Satan girl said "I think it would be best if I stayed with the ship this time. It'd be safer if someone was guarding it."
Goten nodded his agreement. "You do that. Trunks, Tien, let's go."
With the blaze of their auras suddenly appearing around them, the three warriors flew off into the sky, heading in the direction of the oversized tree. The closer they got to it, the more they noticed how alien it was. Gigantic roots extended in all directions; burrowing in and out of the ground at random. How far they actually extended was anyone's guess.
Things changed though, the closer they came to the tree's base. Scattered around were the bodies of many Namekian warriors; each one lifeless as the next. If there was any question if this was really Namek, those bodies confirmed it.
"Well look what we have here," a deep voice rumbled.
The three warriors stopped in midair, their auras dispersing as they hovered above the ground. Looking up, the three noticed a very large root arching high into the air. On top of this root, a large, bulky man sat, staring down at them.
The man wore the standard armor of the Cold Empire; the lone exception being the small spikes sticking out of the shoulder guards. Long hair that was tied into a braid hung from his head as a cross-shaped scar stood out on the left side of his face, where the chin and cheek met.
"Who the hell are you?!" Trunks called out.
The bulky man smirked. "The name's Amond; the man that will kill you."
The three warriors scowled. Who did this guy think he was?
"Looks like you found some fresh meat," an arrogant voice spoke. Appearing next to Amond, two more fighters appeared. One was a humanoid with shaggy dark green hair that went to his shoulder blades; his armor looking as if it hadn't been maintained for quite some time. The other fighter wore no armor, looking more machine than man…or alien. Mostly silver, his face and arms were of a pale red color. If there was anything that made this guy look alien, it was definitely his face.
"Daizu, Kakao," Amond acknowledge. "Hopefully these runts give us a better fight than the Nameks did."
"Got that right," the raggedy fighter agreed, stretching a bit. "I've been bored all day."
Suddenly, twin balls came flying out of nowhere, landing next to the three fighters. Unrolling, the balls became two short, purple aliens. Now that the saiyans and Tien looked at them, they looked exactly like one enough, even down to their cocky smirks.
"You weren't thinking of fighting without us, did you?" one of the purple twins asked.
"Rasin and I would've been very upset if you had," the other one agreed.
"Of course not," Amond replied. "We don't fight without Rasin or Lagasin."
"These guys are starting to annoy me," Goten commented. "Can we kill them now and be done with them?"
"I'm on board with that idea," Tien agreed.
"I'll do the honors," Trunks claimed as he raised an arm up, gathering his ki. A moment later a ki blast fired from his hand, flying at their conversating opponents.
The five fighters caught sight of the ki blast racing towards them a second later. Reacting, they all leapt from the giant tree root, avoiding the explosion the beam created when it detonated on the root.
That was when Goten and Tien struck. Appearing upside down in front of Lagasin, Tien slammed his leg onto the small alien's head, sending him crashing down to the jumble of tree roots below.
In turn, Goten appeared with his elbow imbedded firmly in Daizu's stomach, causing him to bend over the appendage helplessly. However, before the saiyan could deliver another blow to his opponent, Kakao came rushing in, ramming his shoulder into the Son boy's side and sending him flying away.
However, the saiyan warrior stopped his flight soon after, throwing his arms to his sides as he gathered his ki. Then with a war cry, Goten threw his arms out and front of himself and fired a large ki blast.
Reacting, Kakao moved higher into the air as the beam rushed beneath him. Before he could do anything else though, Trunks appeared right in front of him and landed a vicious blow to his face, sending him flying away.
In the meantime, Rasin and Tien had been trading blows with each other; blocking or dodging the punches and kicks that didn't land on them. That stalemate wouldn't last much longer than that though as Lagasin came flying from the ground below, swinging a kick at the bald human's head, blindsiding him. Because of that, Rasin was able to land a few punches in the human's open midsection, keeping Tien stunned by the onslaught of blows.
Going in for a finishing blow, Lagasin threw a powerful punch, connecting with the side of the bodyguard's head and sent him flying away. Fortunately, Tien stopped his flight soon after, glaring furiously at the twin purple aliens.
"If that's the way you want to play it, so be it," Tien declared as he crossed his arms in front of his chest. Focusing his ki, the human bodyguard slowly began to divide it into two. Because of this, his body faded a bit, becoming transparent. That was when his see-through form drifted towards his left, leaving a copy of himself in his previous place. A moment later, the forms filled in, revealing two copies of Tien floating before his purple opponents.
"What the hell is that?!" Rasin shouted, not receiving a reply from his twin.
With a war cry, one of the Tien copies rushed towards the two aliens, attracting both of their attentions as they fell into defensive stances. Because of this, they didn't see the other Tien raised one of his hands up, extending his index finger as he gathered his ki once more.
"Dodon Ray!" the human fighter shouted as a thin yellow beam raced towards the charging form of himself. At the speed the beam was going, it quickly closed in on the double.
At the last possible second though, the Tien copy used a burst of speed, disappearing from sight as the Dodon Ray flew right through the space he had previously been. Because of that, both purple aliens were caught off guard, leaving them open for the attack to pierce through Rasin's body.
"Rasin!" Lagasin shouted as he watched his twin's body jerk backwards as his eyes glazed over. Lifeless, the alien's body fell to the root-covered ground below.
At that moment, the Tien copy reappeared, delivering a power kick to the remaining purple alien's head, causing him to drift backwards. In response, the other Tien rose both of his hands to his head, two fingers extended from both hands as they hovered near his third eye. With a charge of his ki, a ki blast was fired from the eye, flying straight for Lagasin and exploding on him.
A thick cloud of smoke and flames covered the alien, though it didn't last long. Lagasin fell out of the cloud soon after, the whites of his eyes showing for all to see. Not taking any chances, the other Tien copy raised both of his hands in front of himself, powering up his ki before firing a large ki blast that detonated on Lagasin's body.
The last either copy saw was the alien's body falling to the ground deceased.
Fists flew in blurs as Goten and Kakao tried to cause as much damage on each other as possible. Ignoring defense altogether, the two warriors dished out their attacks, miraculously dodging a few blows every once in awhile.
Down on one of the roots, Amond watched the stalemate, growing bored as it progressed. "I know exactly what this fight needs," the large man stated, beginning to grin evilly. Settling into a stance, the giant began spinning around, forming a miniature tornado around his person. Gathering his energy, the man unleashed it in the form of a red spinning disk; the attack flying towards Goten's position.
Catching sight of the disk out of the corner of his eye, the Son boy hesitated for only a second as he tried to think of how to dodge it while continuing his clash with Kakao. That second was all the alien needed as he slammed his fist into the saiyan's face, causing him to drift backwards and completely vulnerable for the incoming attack.
At the last second, Goten twisted his body, barely dodging the brunt of the disk as it bit into his arm. Hissing as he felt the slice, the saiyan grabbed his cut arm, feeling the trickle of blood seeping through his fingers.
In the meantime, Kakao prepared for another attack, this one aiming to cause even more damage to the helpless saiyan. However, he never got to put his plan into action as he felt something go right through him; the object running from his groin right up through his head.
A few moments passed before the alien began to drift in two different directions, revealing the damage of his wound. Behind him, Trunks hovered, his sword being held over his head.
When the oddly colored saiyan saw Goten in a bit of trouble, he had rushed over with his sword drawn and sliced the alien vertically in two. Floating, the saiyan watched as Kakao's two halves continued to drift apart before falling down to the root covered ground.
"You bastards!" Daizu shouted as he rushed at Trunks. As one of his hands began to glow with energy, looking to blast the saiyan warrior into the next dimension, he was caught by surprised as a ki blast rammed into him. With a cry of surprise, he was destroyed a second later, leaving no evidence of his existence once the beam fly away.
Turning his head in the direction the ki blast has come from, Trunks saw Goten with one of his hands pointing in the direction of the incinerated humaniod.
Suddenly, Amond was right behind the oddly colored saiyan, one of his fists raised up in the air and ready to cause the boy pain. With a war cry growing louder from his throat, the oversized warrior threw his punch at the defenseless fighter.
His attack never reached his opponent. The next thing anyone knew, a thin beam with another swirling around it burst from Amond's chest, stopping everyone in their tracks; time seeming to slow down. A few seconds later, the beam faded away, leaving a decent sized hole in the large fighter's chest.
It was then that time sped back up as Amond's body fell down to the root covered ground. Turning their attention away from the falling corpse, the two saiyans spotted a familiar sight.
Standing on a high reaching tree root, the mantled covered, turban wearing Piccolo stood, his cape softly flapping behind him. A stoic look covered his green face as he looked at his former compatriots.
That was when a smirk appeared on the Namek's lips. "Looks like I arrived just in time."
To Sigfried Wild: Amnesia...interesting idea...