FriTik: I'm back again! And I did it! Updated within a month! Come at me nerds!

Computer: I'll come at you with a thing of raspberries, you asinine circus freak.

FriTik: In that case I'll just release the tiger! Anyway that asshole is back, mainly because I'm bored writing a note that includes nothing but me making excuses and/or ranting about something.

Computer: You do realize that you don't even need an authors note and are just using it as a resource to mask your own insecurities about writing with blazen sarcasm and rudeness, even inventing a character based on your own computer in order to have someone to talk to?

FriTik: ...Shut up.

Anyway! New chapter! Literally, I wrote this completely from scratch! So enjoy it with all of your enjoyment!

Computer: That sounded better in his head.

FriTik: Yes, yes it did. And for old times sake, (only spelled correctly this time);

CUE STORY!

Gokan POV, King Kai's Planet…

"I hate this." Gokan complained as he glared out over the horizon of the small planet and along the great length of snake way.

His father had left some time ago to make the long journey back and he had opted for staying here while he made the journey rather than needlessly going back to the Check-in station. It wasn't like he would be coming back to life anytime soon.

His only communication to find out what was going on in the world of the living was the link he had with his still living brother and sister, but he had been having trouble getting into a proper contact with them, mainly getting feedback of different emotions. Probably because they were so focused on whatever was happening, meaning the battle had started and he had no idea what was happening.

"Well we could tell our funniest jokes to pass the time." King Kai suggested causing Gokan to glare at him. The Kai now took stock of the mood and shook his head in distaste. "Jeez, take a joke would ya kid?"

Gokan pouted and turned away. It wasn't fair. And he didn't mean the fact that his siblings had gotten martial arts training along with his father while he was here. He was a bit sore about that but he was also a lot stronger, considering most of his time here had been spent on endurance training in order to properly move around without relying on the Kai's power to keep him from being flattened under the planet's gravity.

No, he was upset about the fact that he was stuck here, dead, while his family and friends fought for their lives against two beings far stronger than his jerkface of an uncle. And he had no idea what was happening.

He was brought out of his thoughts by King Kai coughing loudly, "Look, if you want to know what's going on I can just show you."

That got his attention. "Really?! How?!" he quickly demanded.

"Ugh, kids these days so rude, maybe I shouldn't tell you." King Kai turned away and seemed to be about to leave.

"No! Wait!" Gokan quickly shouted. "I'm sorry! Please, show me what's happening on earth."

"Well, I guess I could…" King Kai decided an odd look of satisfaction on his face. Not that Gokan understood that, he was too eager to find out what was happening to his little brother and sister.

"How?" Gokan asked again still lacking the information.

"These things aren't just for show ya know!" King Kai said pointing at the two antenna coming out of his head. "I can see just about everything with these! Just place your hand on my back and you'll be able to see whatever I'm focusing on!"

Gokan did so as fast as he could. Normally he didn't like getting to close to the Kai because he thought he smelled kind of weird, but he was willing to make a sacrifice for this! As soon as the boy's hand touched the godly beings back he instantly "saw" what was happening on earth. Just not with his proper eyes, but rather with his mind's eye.

When he saw what was happening, his present seemed to disappear as he focused on the fight on earth.

General POV, Wasteland…

The Copyman had made the first move, striking forward with its claws outstretched, Tien had been waiting for the little black and gray creature to make the first move, in hopes that it would display an opening for him to exploit. As it turns out, he was given multiple openings, to use against the strange plantlike fighter.

Its leap forward had left virtually all sides open, not even attempting to condense its form or maintain a decent block, whatever this thing was, it clearly wasn't born with any form of muscle memory.

Before the claw could reach him, Tien shifted his stance, grasped the gray arm, refusing to allow himself to react to the slightly slimy texture, lest he be forced from his focus. Using the creature's own momentum he used his other arm to help readjust the leap and send the monster crashing into the ground below with almost all of the force it had been charging at him with.

The ground fractured under the crash forcing Tien to leap away from the breakage or be left on, quite literally, shake ground. The Copyman had focused entirely on its initial lunge and was unprepared to both miss its target or collide with the ground. This caused it to meet with slight damage as it carved its way into the rocky floor of the area.

All this occurred within less than two seconds.

Gohan and Gojie, who had never experienced real combat before were shocked at the speed of the two fighters. Although they could move just as fast if not faster, they had never seen it in action before, or at least not from the sideline, normally they were either in the fray or about to leap back into it. Not to mention that Piccolo hadn't actually been trying to kill them, even if he was extremely harsh on them.

The other Z-fighters as well as the Saiyans and their Saibamen were for all intents and purposes unimpressed with the combat capabilities of the two in action. Vegeta was however slightly curious at the clear improvement of the earthling fighter, the regular Saibamen were roughly the strength of Raditz and the Copyman was more so. And yet, this human was able to keep up with the artificial warrior. What kind of training did they put themselves through in order to expand their power this far?

But despite his initial success Tien was quickly finding out that this would not be a simple fight, while he clearly had more skill and experience than the creature he was fighting, it was shockingly strong. To the point where he wasn't sure if his skill would be enough to put it down for good, considering it had immediately pulled itself out of the ground and gone back on the offensive with no time to spare.

It fought with the grace of a drunken brawler but with the strength of a weathered fighter. It left little doubt as to why the Saiyans had these creatures on hand. As many as they could create, without their strength they had nothing else going for them. Against untrained fighters or large populations they must have been incredibly useful. Stupidly following whatever orders were laid down for them without question and with their intimidating appearance to demoralize their opponents they were perfect for the kind of missions these Saiyans apparently did.

Nevertheless, strength difference or not, Tien was not about to give in to this artificial warrior, he was a true warrior, and he wasn't about to let this fake bring him down just because of its strength, it lacked tactics and strategy and that would be its downfall.

Knowing that he leaped backwards letting loose a flurry of ki blasts in order to gain some distance. Most of the blasts missed but they created the desired distraction that he needed. When his feet landed back on the ground Tien looked deep into himself called force his Ki. And aura of white light surrounded him and a scream escaped his lips as the power surged through him in a rush.

The Copyman, who had already been moving forward again to restart its unorganized assault paused and gained a look of confusion for a moment. It was as though it could not contemplate the fact that its foe had an inner strength that itself lacked.

The pause did not last more than a second but Tien had already taken advantage of that, moving fast enough to leave an afterimage behind and surging forward to slam his fist into the creature's vein covered head. But rather than being met with the hard bone of a skull, his fist sunk into the gray material grotesquely. Once again Tien forced his disgust down, knowing that in a battle the slightest bit of weakness would be used against him. Although he was not sure if this specific opponent would know to capitalize on it, he was not willing to take a chance.

Without losing his momentum, the tri-clops martial artist proceeded to roundhouse kick the creature away, sending it crashing into a nearby rock formation. Moving for a potential finishing move, he took a stance and pointed his finger at the debris, the tip lit up and he shouted the attack name.

"DODON RAY."

One the the Crane Schools signature attacks launched itself forward in a beam of sparking light, it collided with the the Copyman just as it leaped out of the rock formation already coming back to the fight even having sustained significant damage. The flash of light that resulted from the collision of the Dodon Ray and the Copyman temporarily blinded those on the sidelines, Tien having closed his eyes briefly but pushing his other senses to the fullest just in case of a surprise attack.

When both the light and smoke cleared the now thoroughly charred Copyman was twitching on the ground, still desperately trying to continue its assault, truly the determination shown by it was impressive but lacked all form of rhyme or reason.

Tien, still keeping his guard up just in case the creature on the ground managed to make one last desperate assault turned towards the two saiyans.

Vegeta maintained a neutral expression, betraying none of his true emotions while his partner looked aghast. "How could he have defeated the Copyman? He was the strongest one we had!"

"Well, maybe your little freaks aren't quite up to snuff. Maybe next time you won't let them overestimate themselves." Tien said calmly, the Copyman had managed to push itself up slightly, but was still in no position to continue fighting. It was almost enough to feel sorry for the creature.

Almost.

"Noted, perhaps I should make sure the lesson sinks in." Vegeta now smirked and held his palm out and open towards the Copyman, uncaring of its distress and refusal to give in. His smirk turned to a sneer and after a flash of light the Copyman was naught but ashes.

Nappa glanced at his partner in surprise but said nothing. It was best to maintain a united force when confronted with opponents after all, although perhaps the point was a bit mute considering Vegeta had just apparently killed their strongest artificial fighter.

The Z-fighters on the other hand were significantly more surprised, even Piccolo clenched his fist rather than display a more open exclamation like the others. Krillin was the most vocal about.

"He just killed his own teammate." He gulped. "Aren't you supposed to not do that?"

Gohan and Gojie were a bit more affected than any of the others. This being their first battle, and not to mention the first death they had actually witnessed. Even if Gohan had been present during the deaths of his brother, father and uncle, he had been unconscious at the time.

We're in over our heads aren't we? Gojie asked her brother telepathically.

We… Gohan stared as Vegeta cackled at Krillin, claiming that the Copyman's death served as an example for the price of failure. If the saiyans were willing to kill their own teammates, what were they going to do to them? They were just kids, they had no experience like these guys, their dad had told them for years about his friends and what they were capable of and how strong they were. What chance did a couple of kids have?

But they couldn't just give up, Mr. Piccolo was counting on them, the others would be too soon enough. The entire planet was at risk here, if they didn't help fight, then who would? We have to do this, Mr. Piccolo's counting on us! Gokan, Dads friends, and Dad too! We can't just turn and run!

Gojie remained silent for a moment as she dealt with her own emotions on the subject. She remembered all the times her Mom had tried convincing her that she should be around the house, helping with chores instead of running around after her brothers and causing various amounts of trouble. She had always wanted to get away from those duties but she wasn't sure this is what she wanted. She didn't want to hurt people, never mind kill anyone, but like Gohan said, there were people counting on her!

Alright. She agreed hardening her will for whatever came next.

Tien was debating making a claim that he could continue fighting. He knew that the Saibamen were supposed to be weaker than the Copyman but he had put a bit more than normal into that Dodon Ray in order to make sure that his first opponent stayed down. He would like to have some time to regain his stamina a bit but if he could take down a few more of those things in order to help his friends, it would be better for everyone.

But that could also leave him useless when the real fighting against the Saiyans themselves began, when that happened he wouldn't be able to keep himself from helping in the battle. It was the Saiyans that were the real threat here, not their parade of little green men.

His decision was made for him when Yamcha stepped up to the plate. "Take a break Tien, I got this covered."

"Yamcha," Tien acknowledged the Turtle School Student, "Are you sure? I can keep going."

"I'm sure, I can't let you have all the fun after all." He chuckled, his scarred features rippled slightly. "Just don't get too comfy, the real fight has yet to begin."

"Right." Tien agreed moving to take his place back among the other warriors of earth. Arriving, he crossed his arms and turned his attention back towards the battleground. The Saibaman that was to fight was already moving into position, perhaps it was his own imagination but it appeared to be a bit more mellowed than the Copyman that he had fought personally. Perhaps the "Prince of Saiyans" had managed to get his point across the apparently dull creatures.

Yamcha was the one to strike first this time, not even allowing a moment for the Saibaman to prepare itself for combat.

"Wolf Fang Fist!" The desert bandit called out the name of his signature attack, a wolf avatar momentarily appearing around his strikes as he began his assault, lashing out with a series of kicks and punches.

The Saibamen tried to dodge or block the strikes but the enhanced speed of the Wolf Fang Fist left it wanting. For every blow that it managed to dodge, another two managed to hit and slow it down further. A strange greenish liquid dripped from the places where it's slimy yet leathery textured skin split from the force of the blows.

A well placed punch sent it crashing into a heap. Yamcha stopped his assault, thinking that perhaps the fight was already over, even if it had gone quicker than the Tien's fight against the Copyman, but according to the Saiyans the Copyman had been the strongest of the bunch. That served as a decent enough explanation.

He was soon forced to pay for his assumptions when the Saibaman leaped back up slashing with its claws. Yamcha was fast enough to dodge most it but it still managed to make a small gash on his arm, drawing a tiny bit of blood.

The next assault he could hardly be blamed for not having seen coming, this is due to the fact that its veiny head split open and a spout of greenish liquid splashed out. Yamcha thankfully managed to dodge the disgusting goo and watched in shock as it seemed to dissolve the ground it landed on.

The creatures head sealed again and, letting out a disturbing noise that could be called a cackle, leapt forward and began its own assault on the scarred fighter, putting him on the defensive.

With a well place kick Yamcha managed to separate them and flipped backwards in order to give himself some space to renew his strategy.

The Saibaman stopped itself from crashing by digging into the rock face with claws and looking up with a tilted head at its opponent. It let out an odd sound that came off as a sort of mixture of a gurgle and a screech, before blurring into movement in a form of super-speed.

Not to be outdone, Yamcha immediately burst into movement as well.

The two fighters bounced across the field, only moving close enough the clash before separating and attacking once more, repeating the process. The Z-fighters eyes flickered across the field tracking the movements as the youngest two struggled to keep up with the display of speed and ki.

Piccolo, noting that they were having difficulty keeping up, gave them the advice to see with their energy, not with their eyes. When they did this, it allowed them to properly keep track of the battle. Piccolo told himself this was because not being able to keep up would be a weakness in the real battle, not because he was concerned for the two in any way.

Yamcha and the Saibaman at last slowed down enough to be seen with the naked eye, the ex-desert bandit bringing his fists together and slammed them both onto the Saibaman's head sending it crashing to the ground where it lay unmoving. He waited a moment, to see if it would get back up before following it to the ground at a much slower pace and more gracefully.

The scarred warrior turned towards the saiyans feeling cocky after his apparent victory. "Well that wasn't too hard." He claimed.

"Oh?" Vegeta asked and knowing smirk on his face as he saw the Saibaman on the ground twitch.

"Yeah, in fact why don't you send the rest of your little freaks after me?" Yamcha taunted. "I can take them all on!"

"I wouldn't be too sure of myself if I were you." Vegeta stated. "Considering you haven't even defeated your first opponent."

"Wha-" Yamcha started but was cut off when the Saibaman behind him leapt from the ground and latched itself onto him, squeezing tighter as he began to struggle in its grip.

"Get off me you little-" Yamcha growled twisting in an attempt to dislodge the creature's grip.

The Saibaman screeched in an almost mocking way and its head split open again, rather than acid though, a light began to glow before bursting force in a flash of heat. Yamcha had time to understand what was about to happen and a look of anger, frustration and denial crossed his features before the light consumed him.

The Z-fighters turned away for a moment, when the light faded they looked towards where their comrade had stood moments before, only to see him laying in a small crated, his body charred and damaged, and very clearly unmoving.

For a moment the only sound was the wind before Krillin let out a cry of rage and sadness. "YAMCHA!"

"What a fool." Nappa chuckled shaking his head in a mix of disgust and pity. "What was a weakling like him even doing here?"

"Dying, clearly." Vegeta joked bringing out a deeper laugh from his partner.

"Good one Vegeta, I can't believe he thought he actually stood a chance against the likes of us, when he couldn't even survive one Saibaman." Nappa mocked the fallen fighter.

"Stop it." Krillin growled clenching his fists in rage, "Don't you mock him."

"Oh what? Was he your friend~." Nappa called. "Oh don't feel too bad, you'll be joining him soon!"

"That's enough out of you!" Krillin roared his hands glowing with energy as he sent forth a massive attack towards the two Saiyans. The remaining Saibamen jumped out of the way, apparently leaving their masters to their fate. But rather than crashing into them the beam made a ninety degree turn straight up, before splitting in five smaller beams that split off and went after all opposing force.

The largest beam went back down, crashing into the Saiyans, the other four beams went after the individual Saibamen, chasing them as they tried to flee but eventually consuming and destroying them one by one, creating explosions of light and heat as they did so, kicking up dust and rubble.

As the dust began to settle and rubble fell to the ground Krillin took a shaky step out of his attack stance. "That one… was for Yamcha."

That's the end for now my friends!

So this chapter clearly came out in a much more timely fashion. Which I hope you all enjoyed.

Computer: Meh, it's basically what happened in the show.

FriTik: Well it's better than skipping the entire plot just to get to the AU stuff I wanna write.

Anyway, I know I didn't do reviews last chapter but that was due to the large gap of time between chapters. I will be doing them this time and in the future though!

Black-Ice: Glad you find it interesting, I will say that Goten will eventually exist but you'll have to wait to find out how that turns out.

Liltye504: Since I don't remember seeing any reviews from you on my other stories I'm going to assume you don't know my rule. I do not take any recomendations for pairings. They are my decision first and last, and I'm not going to start any pairing wars if I can help it. Nor will a pairing be the focal point for any of my stories. I do actually have plans for relationships in this story though, but I will say that there won't be too much hatred directed at the Satan family mainly because that could too easily turn into bashing and I don't do that.

Son of Whitebeard: Indeed! Let battle be joined!

CrystalZap: Yeah, that's the problems with rewrites, if you reviewed before you can't do it again. Gohan is and always will be the main character of this story, a few villains will get arcs but they are here to help Gohan grow into his own. I only really had an idea for one saiyan OC and that was part of an entire mess that I might just forgo at this point. (Also it might not be the place to ask but what's happening with A Simple Wish? That was one of the stories that helped inspire me to start my own)

And that's it! Shows over folks, go home!

Computer: Most of them are probably at home already, or on their phones.

FriTik: It's the sentiment that counts.

Computer: No it isn't.

FriTik: Shut up. And next week's update is going to be Gone Ghost or Master Thief. Depends on my mood!

Until next we meet! Bye!

~FriTik

R&R