As the ship began to land, Raditz looked over at his mate. He knew that they would have to explain everything to everyone. He almost chuckled to himself; he didn't know who would be most pissed off at him. Kakarot would be mad because Raditz hadn't been there when he got back from Earth.

Raditz wondered what had happened with Chichi. Did his brother convince the woman to come back with him or not? If Chichi was back, then his mother would be gushing. It was no secret that his mother loved Chichi and wanted her as a daughter-in-law. Kakarot was just a lug head about the entire thing. Raditz really didn't understand why someone wouldn't want a mate. How long had he been waiting for Onna to be his?

Onna walked up to him, giving him a kiss on the cheek. "Dear, I think the ship has landed."

He shook his head, giving her a smile. "That it has," he laughed. "Ready to get attacked by my mother?"

Onna giggled. "I'll live."

He grinned. "You have survived worse."

She moved over grabbing his hand, leading him over to the door. "Ready?"

He gave her a nod, pushing the button that lowered the ramp. After it hit the ground, the two of them walked off the ship, coming face to face with Vegeta, Kakarot, Bulma, and Gure. Kakarot must have sensed that he was close, but he was surprised. If Gure was here, where was Tarble?

"Long time no see," Kakarot said with a smirk.

"I could say the same thing to you," Raditz said, leading Onna off the ramp, her hand never leaving his.

"So it looks like I have a sister-in-law," Kakarot said, looking over at Onna.

Onna looked embarrassed. "That would be me…"

Kakarot smiled. "Chichi's going to like getting some of the spotlight off of her. I don't know if Gohan is ever going to get that though. Mom can't put him down."

Raditz stared as his brother in confusion. "Gohan?" It appeared that Kakarot had gotten Chichi to return, but who was this Gohan and why was Gine so attached to him?

Kakarot turned red. "My son."

Raditz blinked a couple of times. "You…you have a child?"

"Yeah, Chichi and I ended up becoming mates," Kakarot said sheepishly.

Raditz couldn't help it as he began to laugh. "So that little oath of yours is gone?"

"Pretty much." Kakarot laughed. "But it's not as crazy as what I came back to. Apparently, Mom and Dad thought they would never have grandkids, so we have another brother now."

Raditz had to shake his head. "What?" He really couldn't believe it. How much did he miss?

"Yeah, Turles takes up a lot of mom's time, but he likes playing with Gohan." Kakarot then looked over at Onna, looking down at her stomach. "I see that you've been busy."

"Kakarot!" Raditz said turning red.

Onna only giggled. "Yes, Kakarot, we are having a baby."

Kakarot only smiled. "I knew it. Mom's going to have a Carnibeak."

Vegeta cleared his throat. "I know this is a family reunion, but I need to speak with Onna."

Raditz wondered what was going on. He figured that Vegeta would want to speak with him. Why was the Emperor focused on Onna?

Onna looked puzzled as well, but answered Vegeta. "What did you need, Emperor Vegeta?"

Vegeta sighed. "I need some text translated. We've had a rat on the loose. My brother's mind has been tainted by a foul temptress. I need to figure out where they are."

Raditz froze. Tarble was gone. Tarble had turned his back on Vegeta. He never thought he would ever see the day; now seeing Gure alone made sense. "But how the hell did she get to Tarble?" Raditz couldn't help but ask.

Vegeta looked away. "Things got pretty crazy while you were gone, but I have no time to go into detail. I need those words translated."

Onna walked forward. "Take me there. It shouldn't take me that long to figure it out."

Vegeta breathed a sigh of relief as Bulma walked over to Onna, passing her a small book. "Can you tell us what's in here? I can read the title, but for some reason the pages are in a different language."

Onna looked at the title as her eyes went wide. "I know this book. It used to be in my family's library."

"It's from your private collection?" Raditz asked.

Onna nodded. "It's the tale of King Arble the Eradicator, the last Nightwalker King."

"Nightwalker King?" Bulma asked, as they walked.

"Arble was a tyrant who was king when the Tuffles returned to Planet Vegeta. The saiyans were working on an experiment at the time of Arble's birth. As each nightwalker's ability is connected to their past experiences, they left Arble in complete darkness. The effect was something horrible."

Vegeta and Raditz stopped as they walked, staring at each other for a second. Vegeta couldn't believe it. Was this what his father was trying to do with Tarble? Was that why Tarble was locked away? Suddenly, the covering on the windows of Tarble's room made sense.

"Do you think that experiment could be replicated?" Raditz asked, clearly thinking the same as the Emperor.

"Well, you could. But I don't understand why you would try. Arble's power was not to be taken lightly. His power could control the darkness to do his bidding. No one survived an encounter with him; they only stopped him with the beacon stones. The one that stopped Arble was named and placed into an amulet. I believe that it was called the Bringer of Light or the Lucifer Stone." Onna explained.

Raditz's mind flashed back to the fight with King Vegeta. "The former king used a stone like that. It kept us from attacking."

Onna looked back at her mate. "He must have known the story well. It's not hard to believe that the royal family would know about such things. The amulet was probably passed down as an heirloom with the intention of protecting the crown from another Nightwalker rising to power."

Vegeta felt confused. "Why would they have to…"

"Because Arble killed his brother in his rage. That's how he became king." Onna explained.

Vegeta felt a chill go down his spine. "Father wanted Tarble to kill me. That's why he was trying to turn him against me." The emperor shook his head. "You said something about destructive power?"

Onna nodded. "Arble could destroy whatever he wished. Darkness was at his beck and call, consuming his soul even. Let's just say that a super saiyan pales in comparison."

"How can that be?" Kakarot asked. It was hard for him to imagine what could be stronger than a super saiyan. His head twitched, making him cringe a little.

"A super saiyan is a drop in the bucket compared to Arble's power. The power of darkness, it is on par with the power of a god." Onna said, completely serious.

Vegeta felt his stomach drop. "The weapon that Frieza used on us…"

"The ship that was destroyed in yesterday's battle." Bulma said, continuing his train of thought.

Vegeta had no doubts anymore. That power was Tarble's. His brother was the one that destroyed the enemy. "How did I miss that?"

Bulma sighed. "We were all caught up with trying to find the spy and Kakarot's disappearance."

"I already told you, it wasn't my fault that the ship was damaged," Kakarot said.

Raditz looked at his brother. "You've been gone for that long?"

"Yes, they wanted me off planet. I would have been able to sense what was going on." Kakarot explained, grabbing his head.

"Do you need to go sit down, Kakarot?" Gure asked.

Raditz stared as his brother shook his head. "I'll be fine. I'm just hungry. Chichi will probably have a whole pot of stew done for me when I get home." Kakarot said, rubbing the back of his head.

They got on a small barge, waiting for it to take them to the palace. Raditz couldn't help but feel intrigued. The more he learned about the past of their race, the more terrifying it became. He just hoped the damage could be reversed. If not, they would have lost Tarble forever.

Cold looked over at his sons. Zera was late. He hated that child, but she knew not to cross him. He looked over at one of his guards. "Go and find my daughter."

The man ran off, leaving him with his sons. "Father, can we just start without her?" Cooler said, still filled with rage at having his love stolen from him.

"Cooler does have a point. It's not like we need her." Frieza said.

Cold smirked. "I want to see her face when we tell her that the time has come for us to destroy a planet full of monkeys."

Frieza chuckled. "So we're finally going after those apes head on?"

Cooler grinned. "I will bash Prince Tarble's head in." The idea of getting his revenge soothed him.

The guard returned shaking. "My lord…it seems that your daughter has…left the base."

Cold stared at the soldier. "You're sure of this?" He was getting angrier by the second.

"It seems that she took a ship back to your home planet. She took the saiyan with her." The guard said. "But, it looks like the ship has lost signal."

Cold growled, blasting the guard. Frieza and Cooler laughed as the corpse fell to the floor. "That idiot, always swayed by her emotions."

"Her body is almost restored. Why would she want to leave right now?" Cooler asked.

Frieza grinned. "That freak probably likes that body she has. She's always wanted to be a monkey."

A transmission came over the room's communicator. One of their scientists appeared on the screen. "My Lord, we have a major issue on our hands."

"What is it?" The king snapped.

"Your daughter's body…It's been destroyed." The scientist said, shaking.

Frieza and Cooler froze as their father went into a blind rage. "WHAT?!"

"We did look at the security footage. It seems that your daughter is dead. The host was able to reclaim her body." The scientist said, knowing that at any second, he could die.

Cold began to laugh. "That moron is really gone? So now I do have a just reason to kill those simians! Maybe she wasn't a useless child after all!"

Frieza began to laugh as well, before Cooler joined in. They would have their blood bath and it was all thanks to Zera. Who would have thought?

Kakarot's head still hurt when they got to the palace. He just couldn't help it. Why couldn't he remember the rest of it? He knew that his father died, he knew about his own anger, but that was it. Nothing else had come forward.

As they entered the library, they were all surprised to find Bardock, Gine, and Chichi there. Turles and Gohan were babbling on the floor. "I didn't know you would be here," Kakarot said, going up to his mate.

Chichi smiled. "I actually came to bring you dinner." She moved, grabbing a giant pot off of a table. Kakarot leaned down, giving her a kiss on the forehead.

Raditz laughed. "I don't think I'm going to get used to that." Seconds later, he was pulled into a hug. His mother had jumped him.

"When did you return?" Gine asked with excitement.

Bardock walked up behind her. "How did you escape?" Bardock really couldn't believe his eyes.

"Onna and I just got back." Raditz answered.

His mother and father turned to look at Onna, who was turning red. "I…having been possessed by Zera, I knew the layout of the base. After we got rid of her, we left. Nobody questioned me because Zera used me for so long."

Gine, pulled off of her son, moving over to take Onna's hands. "It's really good to see you, dear." Gine looked back at Raditz. "So, have you mated yet?"

"Mom!" Raditz said, looking embarrassed.

Kakarot laughed. "They're mated alright. There's also a bun in the oven."

Bardock stood there in shock. "Really? I'm going to be a grandpa?"

Kakarot rolled his eyes. "And what is Gohan, chopped liver?"

Chichi giggled. "Goku, your food is getting cold. You know what happens to the leftovers."

Kakarot laughed. "I'm surprised that you didn't bring it."

"Coco wanted to take a nap." Chichi said, smiling.

"The house will be a mess when you get back." Kakarot said. "You should have just brought her along."

Chichi giggled again. "If I didn't know any better, I would say that you're starting to like Coco."

Kakarot rolled his eyes, only to for Raditz to ask something. "Who is Coco?"

"The carnibeak that Chichi adopted on our way back," Kakarot scoffed. "She wanted a pet."

Raditz blinked for a couple of seconds. "You really have one…no one has been able to study carnibeaks before. They're too viscous to get close to."

Kakarot couldn't help but laugh. Raditz had that look on his face that only arose from his thirst for knowledge. "Well, it wouldn't stop following us when it was a chick."

"They imprint." Raditz said, clearly focused on gaining as much information from Chichi as possible.

During all of this, Vegeta began to lead Onna over to what looked like a secret passage. Gure and Bulma were going with her.

But Kakarot couldn't focus on that. His head hurt worse than it had before.

As he grabbed it one final time, his mother walked over to him. "Kakarot, are you okay?"

Looking up at his mother, his eyes flashed to the vision of her standing in front of him. She looked completely terrified. Blood was dripping down from her arms. Tears were falling from her eyes. An uncontrollable wrath was flowing through him. The vision of him moved his hand out, blasting his mother in its blind rage.

"Kakarot?" His father asked.

He shook his head, making the vision disappear. But as he looked back up at both of his parents, he knew the truth. He had murdered his mother in cold blood…

He was the monster that went on that massacre. His mind flipped through his newly regained memories. He was a crying mess against Raditz. He watched as Raditz put his hand on his head, his brother's eyes glowing from using his power.

Kakarot stared up at Raditz. "What did you do to me?"

"Kakarot, what are you talking about?" Raditz said, confused.

"You messed with my brain. I want to know why?"

To Be Continued…

Beta Reader's note: Dun, Dun, Duuuuuuuun.

Author's Note: Will everyone discover where Tarble is? Will the frostiansstart their attack? Will Raditz finally tell Kakarot the truth? Will I ever shut up? Find out on the next episode of...oops, this is not Dragonball Z. Anyway, who's ready for tomorrow's update?