I was killed by Raditz.

There, I admit it. The weakest Saiyan of his generation slew me, but that was the best thing that could have possibly happened to me. Let me start from the very beginning, when it all began...

I was born to two human parents on March 2, Age 746. I lived a normal farm boy's life: I hoed the fields with my father, went to town to sell livestock and crops, wore clothing that my mother made, all of that. However, everything changed when a strange man attacked my family in the year 761.

He came out of a small spherical spaceship that crashed not too far from my house. My father went to check it out in his old Chevy, bringing his shotgun; he never returned, and the stranger came after the rest of my family. The odd man was over 6 feet (1.8 meters) tall, and he had a monkey-like tail. His jet-black, spiky hair went all the way down his back. He had a weird gadget over his eye, and he wore some sort of armor. His name was Raditz.

I was outside at the family garden (that's where we grew various vegetables for personal consumption) when Raditz arrived at the house. I looked up at him curiously, immediately noticing his presence.

"What are you looking at, kid?" asked the Saiyan. "Do you like what yo-" He stopped talking when he noticed something unusual about me: I had a tail much like his own. "So," he continued, "Kakarrot must have been busy. Silly brother."

I asked him, "What's a Kakarrot? Do you mean 'carrot' or something, or is a Kakarrot a type of vegetable?" I then thought to myself, 'He's probably crazy.'

"I'm not talking about food right now, boy! I'm referring to my brother. He has black spiky hair like mine, but in a different hair style, and he's probably a bit shorter than me. He should still have a tail, too."

I looked at Raditz in confusion before saying, "I don't know who you're talking about, but who are you? I've never seen you around here before."

"I am Raditz, one of four living, full-blooded, elite warriors known as Saiyans. You appear to be some sort of a hybrid." He quickly reached down and pulled my tail a bit. Instantly, I felt extreme pain running up my spine directly to my brain. My face must have twisted from the discomfort, as Raditz said, "Just as I thought. You have a Saiyan's tail. Now, I would like to make a deal with you." With that, he let me go.

"What type of a deal? What are you talking about?" I asked, straining to even speak.

"It's simple, really," explained the Saiyan. "You join me so I can train you to become truly strong, and I won't kill you. How about it?"

"I'm not leaving my family, and I don't even know you," I told him boldly, having mostly regained my strength. "I'm pretty strong, too, you'd better leave before I make you."

Raditz raised his hand, pointed his palm at my house, and a gleaming stream of energy came out of his hand. When it made contact with my house, everything within the explosion was incinerated, including my mother inside.

I collapsed on the ground, crying my eyes out quietly with my back turned to the murderer. "Will you join me now?" asked Raditz, cruelly ignoring my pain, a smirk on his face. I suddenly felt excruciatingly intense anger when Raditz repeated impatiently, "Like I said: are you coming with me or not?!"

When I stood up and looked at him, I had so much rage on my face that he was taken aback, moving a steps away. I felt my anger flaring higher and higher until it happened...

My brown hair sparked golden for a fraction of a second, accompanied by some golden particles around my body. It happened again...and again...and again... Each time it occurred, it remained that way for a longer period of time, with increasing frequency and intensity. I grunted in an almost animalistic way the entire time, my fury boiling over. Then, after the fifteenth time, something truly breathtaking happened: I transformed. My hair turned entirely blond, including my eyebrows, and my brown eyes turned teal. A golden aura appeared around me. With the transformation came a warm sensation throughout my body: power in the form of pure energy.

When I transformed, I shouted at the top of my lungs, "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" Raditz fearfully backed away more because he seemed to know what was happening.

"How is this possible?!" he yelled. "You're only a hybrid! How could you be the strongest warrior in the-" He was interrupted when his scouter beeped a few times. He examined the number and looked back at me, somewhat relieved. "Heh, even I'm stronger than him," the Saiyan murmured almost inaudibly. "Maybe he isn't the Legendary Saiyan."

Raditz looked at me again and shouted, "I hope you enjoy Hell, you filthy hybrid!" When he raised his hand again, this time in my direction, I charged at him. I dodged his energy blast and punched him in the face. Raditz crashed backwards through a small group of trees.

"My scouter wasn't lying!" Raditz exclaimed in surprise. "You really ARE powerful for an Earthling, but not like a true Saiyan!" Soon, he was on his feet again, and he charged directly at me. When he reached me, we started punching, kicking, and blocking each other. After a few seconds of little progress for either of us, Raditz finally managed to hit my chest. The wind was knocked out of me, and I was knocked back a few feet, but there was almost no damage.

Both of us took advantage of the distance between us to rest. Raditz looked up and panted, "You're a good fighter."

I responded boastfully, "I've been training."

At that moment, we both charged once more. Almost immediately, though, Raditz punched me in the face, invoking lots of pain and a bloody nose, and I fell to the ground, creating a small crater. The impact scraped my arms badly, causing even more pain and blood to flow. Then, Raditz landed next to me and punched my gut repeatedly until I was as close to dying as possible. By then, my mind was blocking out the pain and waiting for the end, and my hair was returning to its normal brown hue. Finally, after what felt like ages, he simply flew away, pleased with his work and determined to find his brother.

I blacked out after what felt like hours of looking at sky above me and bleeding out.

Hey, guys! I hoped you enjoyed the first chapter of Rise, Shenron!

I had a lot of fun writing the dialogue as well as the fight in this chapter. I especially liked writing Frui's thoughts on what a Kakarrot could be. I modeled that idea after Goten from the movie Broly: Second Coming.

Here's some Power Levels:
Raditz: 1,200
Frui: 21
SSJ Frui: 1,050

That's it for this chapter. Thanks for reading!