Far away from Z'Haessa..
"GET HIM!" one of Dodoria's men yelled. Three men rushed at Raditz. Raditz, although a lot more powerful than each of them separately, had a hard time with them. The saiyan parried nearly each strike. The three grunts were giving everything. It was like an aerial ballet, three men punching and kicking faster than the eye could see. Then Raditz could see his opening. He swiftly kicked the strongest of them to the ground. The two remaining grunts rushed at him from both sides. He had to think fast. " SATURDAY CRUSH!" Raditz yelled as he stretched out his arms to his left and right and fired two purple energy blast. The two men were vaporized. Raditz hovered back down to the ground, catching his breath. Two others soldiers approached him fast. Raditz dodged the first incoming blow, only to be hit in the chest by the second grunt. Then the other one, a reptilian soldier, zapped behind him and started strangling the saiyan with his tail. " Hahaha what's the little saiyan soldier boy going to do now?" the soldier mocked him. The saiyan was in a tight spot. The soldiers kicked him repeatedly in the stomach. The belly-guard of his armor started to crack. Raditz had to act now, for otherwise he would be dead. The saiyan used his tail to slap the soldier holding him. As the grunt released him, Raditz turned around and killed him with a powerful neck-chop. The other man who was punching him, released an energy wave aimed at the long haired saiyan. Raditz stopped the blast with his hands, and with some effort he directed it towards the sky. Raditz jumped forward and killed the last soldier. Afterwards he had to catch his breath. The saiyan was victorious, but was also quite a bit wounded. Raditz looked over to Vegeta, who was still battling Dodoria.
Dodoria had quite a an advantage, as he more powerful than Vegeta. By this time Vegeta was already quite beaten down, he had a bloody face and his armor and jumpsuit were also damaged. The two were in a beam clash. " Give it up Vegeta! You can't win!" Dodoria yelled as he put more power into the blast. Vegeta, the stubborn saiyan prince that he is, replied:" NO! I will not lose to you! I WILL NOT BE DEFEATED!" and released more of his power. The ground began to tremble and the rocks were flying around. " Fool" Dodoria laughed and put even more power into his own blast. Vegeta started to lose his ground, as he couldn't match Dodoria's beam. Dodoria could already sense his victory, as the beam was only a couple of meters away from the pesky prince. But then something happened the pink alien didn't expect. As of a sudden, he was kicked by Raditz. Normally it wouldn't be stronger than a flea bite, but now that he was of guard Dodoria was kicked away. The alien flew away a couple of meters, crashing into a big rock. Angry, he got up again. But before he realized Vegeta flew towards him and gave the pink alien a head butt at full speed. This really hurt, the blood flew out of Dodoria's mouth. Next Vegeta kicked him up in the air. While flying up, Vegeta got in some goods hits on Dodoria. But Dodoria could react quicker than Vegeta thought and smacked the saiyan prince to the ground. Raditz helped the saiyan prince back on his feet. " Let go fool, I didn't ask for your low level help!" Vegeta scolded. " Sorry Vegeta, but we need to get out of here, we can't win" Raditz said. " Are you suggesting I'm weak!" Vegeta yelled at Raditz, lifting his hand to make it seem he would blast the saiyan. " N-no prince Vegeta, but we have to withdraw and regroup with Nappa and Kakarot" Raditz tried to reason. " Hump.. like I need those two.." Vegeta said indifferently. " Please prince Vegeta, we are the last of the saiyans, like you said yourself not that long ago. If we are to have any chance of avenging our race, we need back up each other. By the warrior's blood that flows through our veins, we will defeat Frieza and be free!" Raditz said with fire in his eyes. Vegeta looked at Raditz for a few seconds, looked up to Dodoria and thought about it. He had little memory of his father and perhaps his saiyan people, but what he did have was the potential to be the strongest saiyan ever. A flashback of his father appeared in his head. His father, the King of all saiyans, told him to train hard and never forget his heritage. If Vegeta was worthy, he would one day join the saiyans of legend and become the thing known as the ultimate warrior in the universe: the super saiyan. " Frieza fears the saiyans" Vegeta said while looked at the horizon, " so that means he's afraid of me, that I will one day rise up to defeat him". " That's right prince, and I can speak for my little brother and Nappa that we will follow you to the end, to the day you terminate Frieza!" Raditz said. Vegeta was silent for a few seconds and started to laugh. " Fine, let's get out of here and meet up with those two half-wits" the saiyan prince said confidently. " Right" Raditz said cheerfully. Dodoria, having heard the conversation between the two warriors, said: " Keep on dreaming Vegeta! You'll never put a dent in lord Frieza! Better die now to keep some of your dignity"." This fat blob is getting annoying.. Raditz! Get the ships here, I'll take care of our fat guy over here" Vegeta said. Raditz ran over the space pods. " OHH NO YOU DON'T!" Dodoria yelled and was about to blast Raditz. Vegeta interfered however, zapping in front of Dodoria and blasted him at point blank range. This last attack took all of Vegeta's remaining energy however, and the prince fell down to the ground. Raditz picked him up and put him in his pod. Dodoria, slightly harmed, could only watch as the two pods flew up into space. Dodoria was pissed off, how could he be outsmarted by two monkeys? He flew down to the ground and walked over to a dead soldier. He got the dead one's scouter and put it on his face. After hitting a few buttons, he managed to make connection with Frieza's scouter. " Lord Frieza?" Dodoria said. " Yes, what is it Dodoria? are Vegeta and his goons dead?" the tyrant asked. " Well.. uhh.. th-they managed to slip away" Dodoria said in shame, fearing Frieza's wrath." Darn it you idiot! Where did they run of to?!" Frieza yelled through the intercom. " I don't have a clue, but I'll find out master Frieza" Dodoria said. " You'd better if you value your life" Frieza said and hung up. Dodoria had to find Vegeta, or else…
Meanwhile, on the jungle planet of Z' Haessa…
The mysterious man brought Kakarot to a small camp, made of woods and leaves. It was but a simple tent and a campfire, but it was well concealed. He put Kakarot on the bed and gave him some medicinal herbs. " Who beat you up like that?" the man asked. " Kuch.. it was Cui, one Frieza's gnomes" Kakarot said. " Frieza?" the man said, " who's that? I've heard that name before". " First of all, who are you?" Kakarot said. " Guess you can call me Ceeta, I'm unlucky enough to land on this forsaken planet when I was a child" the man said. Kakarot smiled:" I see, did you ever transform when the moon is full?". " what do you mean?" Ceeta said confused. " Did you transform in a great ape while there is a full moon, answer me!" Kakarot yelled. " No, but then again there is no moon on this planet!" Ceeta said. " What? No moon?!" Kakarot said surprised. " Yeah long story, but to make it short: The H'Aess shamans blew it up because the hollow tree "commanded" it". " H'Aess? Hollow tree? What all that rubbish?" Kakarot asked. " Before I explain, tell me , what is a saiyan?" Ceeta said. Kakarot laughed. Ceeta looked at him confused. " The saiyans are a mighty warrior race!" Kakarot said," You were sent by them to this planet!". " WHAT?" Ceeta yelled. " You my friend, you are a saiyan as well!" Kakarot said. " How do you know that!?" the new-revealed saiyan said. " For starters, every saiyan has a monkey-like tail. Second we all have black hair and black eyes.. like you both have" Kakarot answered. Ceeta was speechless:" Well, that would explain that tail and my powers.. So, why didn't they pick me up?". " The saiyan race was destroyed years ago.. Everyone died, the king, my parents, your parents, everyone" Kakarot explained," There are only four of us left now, well five now that we found you!". " So what are you doing here after all these years?" Ceeta asked. " We were ambushed by Frieza's men, the one possibly responsible for our race's demise, so we fled to this sector of the galaxy. Now we are waiting for the prince and my brother to show up" Kakarot said, " You have to come with us! We could use another saiyan in our band!" . " I can't leave" Ceeta said. " Huh why not?" Kakarot asked. " There is something about the Hollow tree, I believe we can tap into its potential to get way stronger. It's root secrete its fluid, but the ones coming from the roots are poisonous and make you lose your mind. Only the fluid from the tree's heart is pure enough to keep your sanity and get your power boosted exponentially" Ceeta explained. " Interesting, I'm sure Vegeta would want to get this" Kakarot said," So now, tell me about the tree". " I was only two years old when I ended up on this planet. However on the same day the hollow tree arrived by unknown means on the planet as well. It's a parasitic tree that is tall enough to almost reach the clouds. It sucks the life force out of the core of the planet, but not from the life forms on the planet, hence why it's still a lush jungle. A H'Aess told me that the core of the planet is made up of hallucinogenic substances. Those merge with the tree's own power boosting fluids to make a dangerous cocktail. The H'Aess were a fragile cat- like race, but because of some crazy shaman they hall had to drink the hallucinogen fluids, driving them all berserk and started killing each other. Their power was increased thirty-fold. I've been struggling to survive on this planet all my life, constantly on the run for the H'Aess. I've only managed to kill a couple of them with great effort" Ceeta explained. " What's that dagger you used on the fur ball during your fight?" Kakarot asked while looking at the belted dagger.
Before the saiyan could answer however, an explosion happened outside the tent. The two saiyans ran outside to look what was going on. To Kakarot's great delight is was no one other than Nappa! The saiyan's elite foot stood on a H'Aess face, planting it in the dirt. In each hand he held a dead cat-warrior. " Hahahahaha" Nappa laughed," Took some effort, but these lice-infested things were no match for me!". Ceeta was amazed, how could the alien be so powerful to kill three cat-men at the same time?! Then Nappa noticed the two men. " Oh hey Kakarot, still alive huh?" Nappa smirked. " That's for the concerns Nappa, I'm sorry I wasn't around to babysit you" Kakarot laughed back. " You crack me up" Nappa said," Now, who is that guy?". " This is Ceeta, our new saiyan addition" Kakarot said. " What?! Saiyan? Is this a bad joke ya low class?!" Nappa yelled in disbelief. Ceeta walked to Nappa. Nappa immediately saw his saiyan tail. " Wow, so it is true.. tell me, who are you?" Nappa asked the saiyan. " My name is Ceeta, apparently I was send here from our home planet, Kakarot told me" Ceeta said. "Guess they thought there would be no opposition here" Nappa remarked sarcastically," So what is your class?" Nappa asked. " Class?" Ceeta said confused. " Are you 1st, 2nd or 3rth class saiyan?" Nappa said. "I've no idea what you are talking about" Ceeta said. Nappa sighed and activated his scouter. "mmmm powerlevel 2054.. not bad.. " Nappa said, " Your definitely stronger than Kakarot and Raditz". Nappa thought a little. " Guess you have to be 2nd class if you have this kind of power level" Nappa said. " Hey Nappa, check out mine" Kakarot asked the bald saiyan. " Silly little Kakarot, but fine I'll see if I even get a reading from you" Nappa joked and activated his scouter once more. Nappa started to sweat:" What? … that cannot be.. 1275? What an increase.." " Allright!" Kakarot grinned and cracked his knuckles. Nappa couldn't believe that Kakarot had doubled his power with one zenkai. " A 3rd class saiyan shouldn't have a powerlevel over 1200!" Nappa thought to himself…
An hour later, Nappa was up to date on the situation on Z'Haessa and the hollow tree. " Let's attack it and gain that power from the core!" Nappa smirked. " I'm with you!" Kakarot grinned, eager for a bloodbath. " Count me in too" Ceeta said with equal eagerness. The three saiyans flew up in the air and headed for the big energy signal coming from the Hollow Tree…