A few days later..
Nappa and Kakarot's space pods were still flying through space. Nappa was starting to worry about the prince, he had not heard from him since Frieza's forces tried to kill them. The only thing he knew was that Dodoria and his men ambushed Vegeta and Raditz. Nappa also knew that Dodoria was stronger than the saiyan prince, although not by that much. Nappa was also starting to be a bit concerned about the low level rat in the space pod besides his. Kakarot was still out cold, an reanimation mask hung on to his face. Occasionally, the young saiyan opened his eyes and lost consciousness again. " We've arrived at the sector Vegeta told us about" Nappa said while looking at his monitor. Nappa's eyebrows frowned. " There is only one habitable planet in the system, suppose we don't have much of a choice" the saiyan said to himself," I only hope the natives aren't too strong, we are in no condition to brawl". " Na-ppa.. Any word about Vegeta?" Kakarot mumbled. " No not at all, we are landing on that planet over there" Nappa said. Kakarot was going to answer, but lost his consciousness again. The saiyan was in a bad condition. " No time to waste, let's get this thing on the ground" Nappa said and activated the landing procedure on his vessel and Kakarot's. On the way down in the atmosphere, Nappa saw a giant tree like thing on the other side of the planet. When the pods got out of the clouds, the land revealed a big jungle, as far as the eyes could see. " Wow, this place reminds me of Harak" Nappa said to himself while admiring the view. The pods were flying just over the giant trees. " Time to find out the natives power levels" Nappa said:" Computer! Give me the planetary details, now!". The computer awoke and took a few minutes to calculate. All kinds of button highlighted an bleeped. " assessment complete" the onboard computer said. " Report" Nappa said. " Planet's atmosphere composition: 79% nitrogen, 15% oxygen, 6% and increasing: unknown substance. Suitability for life: yes. Population remaining: 15% procent. Native power by average: 2000". " WHAT? 2000?!" Nappa screamed in disbelief. " What the.. that's impossible.. But how?" Nappa muttered," but wait: 15% remaining? Who killed them?". " No other choice than to land.." Nappa said and put the pods down. The incoming pods wreaked a big part of the jungle, plunging down in the dirt with big impact. After a while Nappa got out his pod. " So, what's this planet called anyways?" the saiyan said to his computer. " Planet: Z'Haessa" the computer quickly answered. " Z'h.. what?" Nappa said with a tone of sarcasm," Whatever, let's see what's on this dirt ball". Nappa walked over to Kakarot's pod and opened the door. Kakarot was conscious, looking at Nappa with small eyes. " So the low level is still alive huh? You're more resilient than I gave you credit for" Nappa laughed. Kakarot tried to said something, but thanks to the mask it Nappa only heard mumbling. " Don't fret yourself youngling, I'll see if I can find some help" Nappa said with a grin face and left the crater. Normally a saiyan who couldn't defend himself would be dead in the saiyan culture, however these were desperate times. Even Nappa realized they needed to band together now that Frieza declared war on them. It would require a big change in mentality and form a companionship to beat Frieza.
Nappa stood on the edge of the crater, looking around in the forest. The hardened veteran knew that an ambush could be behind any tree. Nappa used his scouter. " huh? Two powers close by? 1500 and 1100" Nappa said. " Nappa pointed it at Kakarot as well to make sure it wasn't Kakarot's power level interfering . " power level 40, no it's not the low class, so it must be natives" Nappa said and boldly ventured into the forest. After a short walk, he stopped. He heard all kinds of noises. " COME OUT!" Nappa yelled. The cry of the saiyan was only met with soft laughter. The voices sounded cat-like. " Z' hadir M'aiq c'thom" someone spoke. Nappa was visibly getting agitated. Before Nappa could sense it, a set of claws raced over to him and scratched him in the face. As fast as it came, the attacker disappeared into the high trees again. " Argghh what the hell?" the saiyan yelled in frustration," That's it, I'm blowing up your little forest!". The saiyan formed a ki-blast bomb and threw it at the trees he thought his attackers were. A loud bang followed. The surrounding trees were destroyed as well. " Heh, takes care of that" Nappa bragged cockily. " M'ait al y'atyr.. You are too ignorant alien" a voice spoke from behind Nappa, who quickly turned around. Nappa couldn't believe his eyes: two tiger-like cat people stood before him. They stood on two legs like humans do, were covered in fur that resembled an earth saber tiger and Siberian tiger. Big fangs could also be seen, as well as a good deal of muscles. They had cat- like eyes, but slightly glowing. " What are you?" Nappa asked with his angry grin on. " M'ait atyr Z'iat.. You are not welcome here!" one of them said: " This entire world belongs to the Y'atar 'Thy.. the Hollow tree!". " What are you muttering about cat? " Nappa grinned. As of a sudden the cat-people's eyes turned red fell to the ground. Nappa watched in amazement as the cats crawled in pain over the floor. They seemed to hear voices in their heads. Nappa scouter alerted the warrior. " power level raised up to 1800 and 1900.. what the heck is wrong on this planet" Nappa said on a concerned tone. One of the cat-people got up and charged Nappa like a madman. Although unnaturally powerful, one on one the cat was no match for Nappa. The cat tried to go for the instant kill and bite Nappa's throat. However the saiyan giant parried the first incoming fist and managed to grab the cat at his throat. " What's wrong pussycat?" Nappa mocked while looking into the beast's eyes. " M'AIT Y'UH!" the cat yelled and fired ki-lasers from his eyes. Nappa dodged just in time, but had to release his grip on the cat. The cat took advantage of this and gave Nappa a powerful uppercut which send the saiyan flying through a couple of trees. Nappa got up again, swiping the blood from his mouth. Nappa smiled. " Well well, it's been quite some time I've had an opponent like this" Nappa said. The cat laughed an violently rushed at Nappa again. It was a meter away from Nappa, but then something happened it did not expect. Nappa slashed his leg upwards with enormous power, breaking the opponent's spine. The cat-warrior fell down lifeless. Nappa laughed over the beast's corpse. The other cat, meanwhile lost his pains and got up again, walked over to Nappa with is fangs showing and claws ready. Nappa saw the cat man approach: " Ohh I'm sorry was that your friend? I'll make sure you'll see him soon!". " M'Ait Yut'ur arthy M'nk" the cat replied. " Listen you dirty kitty, I don't speak your language!" Nappa said. The cat gave Nappa a dark grin, its eyes glowing red. " Y'tar U'rior 'Tory" the cat-man yelled at the forest. It was so loud the entire area heard it. Nappa found it quite hilarious:" What are you doing? Purring? Having a fur ball in your mouth?". As of a sudden, a lot of red eyes appeared in the dark bushes around Nappa.. It seems Nappa got more than he bargained for. " Darn it" Nappa said while a sweat drop dropped down from his head. " I guess I'll have to clear the entire litter box here" Nappa encouraged himself. The red eyes got closer.
Not that far from there..
Kakarot had released himself from the life-support. He had recovered enough to walk around. He was still bloodied and his armor was broken. " Where the hell have we landed?" Kakarot wondered as he stumbled around. However at that moment the Cat- warrior over with Nappa had screamed. " Wow, what was that?" Kakarot said to himself after it was over. As he was looking into the air and stepping forward, something gave a loud "crack" under his feet. The saiyan looked down. It was a skull, lying next to a big pile of other skulls. For a moment the saiyan was scared by it, but quickly regained his wit. " Wow, someone has really felt "saiyan" around here" Kakarot smiled. " These skulls have a strange appearance.. Cat like.. " he said to himself. Next to the pile of skulls there were a lot of holes, scorch marks and dried blood. " Seems like there was a savage battle here a couple of weeks ago" the saiyan thought. The saiyan warrior wandered a bit more into the jungle, he heard energy explosions in the distance. " Nappa is fighting.. But I can hardly walk, let alone fight" Kakarot said in shame. He stumbled into the explosion's direction. After a short walk, Kakarot discovered something even more disturbing. A giant vine popped out of the ground. It must have been 25 meters long. The ground shook. After a couple of minutes the soil calmed down and the vine lay down on the ground. Kakarot walked over to it. " Wow, what a plant.. and this is only a small root.." Kakarot said. As Kakarot approached, the vine began to excrete a purple fluid which greatly looked like water. The saiyan was thirsty and wounded, so he didn't really hesitate and walked up to the vine to drink the fluid. Kakarot reached out his arm to collect the fluid. As his hands got closer to the vine, he began to hear voices inside of his head. Whispering, in a language he didn't comprehend. " What is this? Shut up!" Kakarot said to himself.. or to the voices in his head. " Y'utr salik" A cat-warrior said from out of nowhere? The beast sat on the vine. Kakarot was startled and walked backwards. " Shadzze, Alien.. No one may touch the holy Y'atar 'Thy root and drink it's Tuyur.. divine gift" the beast spoke. " What are you blabbering about cat man" Kakarot said." Your T'iyr.. tail, I've seen it before" the cat said. " What my tail? Explain yourself NOW!" Kakarot said and got in his fighting stance. The cat laughed:" You are in no condition to fight Shadzze". Kakarot knew it was right. The cat got up, and like with Nappa, it's eyes went red and cried out in madness. Kakarot panicked , as he could feel the cat's power increase a lot! " Darn it, I don't have any energy to defend myself!" Kakarot yelled. The cat flew over to Kakarot and punched him very hard. Kakarot fell to the ground, grabbing for his stomach in pain. The cat bowed down to make his finishing move. It raised his hands and extended his long claws while smiling like a madman. Kakarot's life flashed in head, all the people he killed, let suffer, crushed hopes and dreams. And yes, his saiyan comrades and Chi-Chi.. the one person who could have made him different. As of a sudden, a shadow flashed out of the bushes. The cat looked up, only to have a boot planted in his face. The cat flew away and crashed into the vine, which shivered in pain. The cat looked up, Kakarot as well. It was a human-like man, feral in appearance. He was bandaged all over, and had plenty of scars. He wore a bandana and fur. Then Kakarot noticed something else. He had the remains of Frieza's army battle armor woven into the guy's custom made armor. But Kakarot was even more startled at the last thing he saw. The guy had a saiyan tail!
The cat got up. " Arghh.. so it's YOU again" he said annoyed. " Yeah it's me Sidrashha.. Missed me?" the mysterious man with the tail said: " You really think your sneak attack at Zagahsti's temple would finish me off? You were careless". " I saw you die!" the cat, apparently named Sidrashha, yelled. The man grinned. " Prepare to meet your end at last! I should have killed you 4 years ago when I had the chance" Sidrashha said. The man laughed: " I've lived too long here to die right now". The two warriors flew to each other, seemingly even matched. A exchange of blows followed, with the tailed guy having the slight upper hand. However, the sly cat picked up a bit of dirt and threw it into the tailed guy's eyes, blinding him. Sidrashha took this to his advantage. He gave the man a few solid punched to the gut and face. Then he hovered over the ground, ready to finish the tailed man of with an energy blast. The blast caused a big shockwave and explosion. The smoke cleared, there was no sight of the tailed man. Sidrashha sighed and cheered his victory: " M'ait yu't C'asvad! YOU WERE NO MATCH FOOL!". Kakarot looked up to the cat man in the air. To his great amazement the tailed warrior flew over the cat man. " HAHAHAHAH" the cat still laughed on. The tailed man smirked and spoke: " Think you finished me off?". The cat froze when he heard the tailed man and looked up. Before he could realize it, the man slashed him with a dagger. The wound was not that deep, but something strange happened. The bulky muscles began to fade, the red eyes disappeared and his ki- signature dropped to a measly level. Sidrashha fell to the ground. It looks like he reverted to a more "normal form". The cat had difficulty to get up, but when he saw the tailed man hovering above him he panicked. " So Sidrashha, still don't believe the effect of the dagger?" The guy taunted. In a frenzy panic, the cat man ran for his life. The tailed man smirked and hovered further above the ground. The tailed man began to gather energy. Kakarot could only watch.. The tailed man's power level increased significantly, like he was gathering energy for a finishing move. The tailed man held up one arm. " This is the end of you! Say goodbye!" the man yelled and fired a bright red energy ball. The ball raced over towards the running cat man with incredible speed. A red explosion followed. The tailed man smirked, enjoyed the kill. " Finally that idiot is of my back!" he said. He hovered back to the ground, this time walking over to the wounded saiyan. The man stood over Kakarot. " So, who are you? What are you doing on this planet?" the guy asked. " You are a saiyan aren't you?" Kakarot said? " Saiyan.. it's been quite some time since I heard that word.." he answered. " what do you mean?" Kakarot on his turn asked. " Well, a good ten years ago another alien warrior came down, wearing the same type of armor you do.. He said I was a saiyan and I had to die. Luckily for me he got ambushed bythe H'Aess, the tiger people." The guy explained:" When the H'Aess were finished with him, I sneaked up to the remains and salvaged what I could from the armor". " So there is a fifth saiyan survivor after all" Kakarot laughed while coughing up blood. " I'll explain everything to you, and you need to do some explaining as well.. but not here I'll take you to my shelter" the tailed man said. " Wait.. Nappa" Kakarot mumbled. " The other alien? I saw him not that long ago, I'll get him when I bring you to safety" The man said. He picked up Kakarot and swiftly flew him through the jungle..