Vegeta, bloody and beaten, lay on the ground with tears in his eyes. "How could such...putrid machines...defeat me? I am the Prince of all Saiyans! Nobody is stronger than me, not even Kakarrot!"
"Hey...um...Vegeta," said Trunks. "Take this Senzu Bean. You're not yourself right now." He handed a bean to his father. Vegeta snatched it quickly and ate it. "Better?" asked the blue-haired Saiyan.
Vegeta went Super Saiyan again and stood up. "Better. Now, if we're done here, I'm going to go find a way to crush the artificial life out of those rust buckets!" With that, he flew off.
"I need to settle something, too," stated Piccolo. "I have to have a word with Kami." He lifted himself into the air and began his journey to Kami's Lookout.
"I guess Piccolo wants to merge with Kami," Krillin said. "He did the same thing with that guy on Namek, so I guess he thinks the extra strength will help."
"I doubt it's going to be the same as his fusion with Nail," I guessed. "Since Kami is his other half, their combination might resurrect the original Namekian, like before Kami and Piccolo separated."
"Piccolo won't be himself?" Gohan looked like he was about to start crying. "Bu-"
"After he and Kami fuse, he'll still have all of the same memories and a good portion of his personality," Tien interrupted. "Everything will be fine, Gohan." That made the young half-Saiyan smiled.
"Won't that make the Dragon Balls vanish?" asked Trunks.
"It's a risk worth taking," Krillin answered. "It's going to make Piccolo a lot stronger, and we need all the help we can get!"
"As if you could help," I muttered under my breath. Miles away, Piccolo smiled.
"What about Goku?" asked Yamcha. He'd arrived in time to hear the majority of our conversation. Bulma's ship was nearby.
"We need to protect him," said Tien. "Frui, can you take us to Goku's house?"
"I can do that," I said, "but he's at Kame House." Then, I got an idea. "Trunks, I'll take you and Gohan to Goku's house. Krillin, Tien, and I will go to Roshi's. Yamcha, you should go to Bulma's place with her. She might need some protection."
"I like that idea!" Krillin smiled, eager to see his martial arts master and tell the story of how he survived the Androids' attack.
"Let's do it," said Trunks as he and Gohan put their hands on my shoulders. I used Instant Transmission to take us directly to Chi-Chi.
"Mom!" Gohan grinned happily at the sight of her.
"Gohan, Frui, what...how...?" asked Chi-Chi. "And who's this?"
"I'm Trunks," answered the Saiyan from the future. "You must be Chi-Chi, Goku's wife."
"Yes, I'm his wife," said Chi-Chi. "But what are you all doing here?"
"I took them here to hold down the fort," I replied. "The Androids are coming to this house so they can kill Goku."
"He's not here," she pointed out.
"I know that," I continued. "I took him to Master Roshi's island when the heart virus hit him."
"My husband?! Take me to him!" Chi-Chi shouted.
"Okay," I said. "See you guys, and good luck."
"All right," Trunks said. He was smiling excitedly for some reason, probably something about his previous friendship with Future Gohan.
"Just make sure my dad gets better," said Gohan. He looked more serious and mature than the average 10-year-old.
"Right," I responded as I put my left hand on Chi-Chi's shoulder. Then, I put my fingers on my forehead and took us to Krillin.
When we reappeared, Yamcha and Bulma's ship were nowhere to be seen. Krillin and Tien were talking about something.
"So that's what it feels like to - wait, this isn't Kame House!" Chi-Chi glared at me angrily, so I backed away. Krillin and Tien did the same.
"I have to pick up Krillin and Tien first," I said calmly. "They're going with us."
"All right," said Goku's wife less aggressively.
Quietly, Krillin and Tien walked up to me and placed their hands on my left shoulder. Chi-Chi squeezed my right shoulder, trying to release her anger. (IT HURT!) I then put my fingers up to my forehead again and took us to Roshi's island.
Master Roshi was asleep on his couch, the TV showing a swimsuit modeling competition. Oolong was on the floor drooling.
"OOLONG!" Krillin shouted in the pig's ear. Roshi woke up and looked around in confusion, but Oolong's reaction was much different.
"Oww!" yelled Oolong. "What was that for?!" He put his finger into his ear.
"I felt like it," Krillin laughed.
"Frui? Krillin? Tien? Chi-Chi? What are you doing here?" asked Roshi. Then, more quietly, he laughed at the term "chi chi."
"I'm here for my husband. Now where is he?!" demanded Chi-Chi, ready to smack Roshi partially because of the fact that he was laughing.
"Upstairs." The turtle hermit pointed at the ceiling. Immediately, she ran for the steps.
"Is that why you guys are here?" asked the old man. "Just to drop her off?"
"The Androids might be coming here," explained Tien. "We came to protect you guys. Gohan and Trunks are at Goku's house just in case."
"Well, I'm okay with that!" Roshi said happily. "That means I can watch my exercise videos in peace, hehehe! Speaking of which, I need to exercise, so go outside or something! Oolong, would you care to join me?"
"I'll join you when pigs fly!" exclaimed the pig. Then, he used his shapeshifting powers to grow wings and begin hovering. "Turn that exercise program on!"
Tien, Krillin, and I walked outside. "'Exercise videos?'" I asked.
"Yeah, Master Roshi likes watching the girls bend over," laughed Krillin. "Just leave him alone when he's 'busy.'"
"Okaayy..." I responded. "So what now?"
"We wait," answered Tien.
"Let's try to get some training in while we can," stated Krillin. "It'd be better than nothing."
"How about a sparring match?" I asked. "You two versus me. I won't use Kaioken or Super Saiyan. Does that sound reasonable?"
"Yeah," said Krillin as he punched me without much force (it wasn't his full power). It just bounced off of my body.
"Okay!" I got into a fighting stance. They did the same.
"AHHHH!" Tien and Krillin charged me as if they were one person. Their fists, flying next to each other, were filled with ki to strengthen their punches.
I easily dodged their attack. "Nice try," I complimented. "I'm not falling for that, though." I created a force field in front of me, blocking what was supposed to be a surprise ki blast from Tien.
"You're pretty good yourself," replied Tien, "but not good enough."
Krillin had gone behind me while I wasn't paying attention, and he'd charged a Kamehameha Wave. "HAAAA!" he shouted, releasing the powerful energy beam.
I just stood there, unharmed. My shirt was burned to ashes, though, revealing my muscular upper body. "I've seen better," I told Krillin, "but you're still pretty strong."
"Thanks," he said right before he got kicked in the side, the blow being followed by a "ding" and the Krillin Owned Count in Roshi's house to increase by one. I made sure not to kick him too hard, though, so it wouldn't become multiple "dings." Even so, he fell into the ocean a few yards (meters) from the shore. "I give up!" yelled the short man from the water.
"I guess it's just you and me, then," I said to Tien.
"I say you're wrong." Tien had an exact duplicate of himself standing next to him. "Say hello to my little friend!" Both Tiens charged at me, but from opposite sides.
I punched them both in the face simultaneously, causing them both to collapse on their backs, and then I threw one on top of the other. The clone vanished, and Tien gave me a thumbs up. "I'm okay," he managed to mutter. "I give up. You win, Frui."
Hey, guys! Everyone just got beat up by the Androids while Frui was busy protecting North City. Vegeta and Trunks received Zenkais (boosts from almost dying yet somehow surviving and recovering fully) because they were beaten up. Frui got a more minor Zenkai because he simply used up all of his energy.
Piccolo has left to go fuse with Kami. In this universe, will it be enough, or will something unexpected happen?
Power Levels:
Vegeta (post-Zenkai): 27,250,000
SSJ Vegeta (post-Zenkai): 1,362,500,000
Trunks (post-Zenkai): 24,900,000
SSJ Trunks (post-Zenkai): 1,245,000,000
Frui (post-Zenkai): 28,400,000
Chi-Chi: 192
Krillin (Kamehameha Wave): 907,500
Tien (Multiform): 402,500
Tien's Clone: 402,500