CHAPTER 3

Raditz's scouter scanned Goku's power level, until it made a beeping sound. "So, we finally meet. You've grown, huh?"

Goku's eyes widened a little, surprised, as the mysterious man continued, "Still, I could recognize you at first glance, Kakarot."

Goku blinked in confusion. "Kakarot?"

Raditz smirked proudly. "You look just like father."

"What does that mean?" Bulma said softly, staring at the newcomer with confusion.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Raditz and thought to himself, "Why do I have a bad feeling about this…?"

Naruto looked at Goku and asked, "Uncle Goku, do you know this guy?"

"Kakarot…" Raditz frowned. "What's with the condition of this planet? You were under orders to dispose this planet's sentient life. What on earth have you been goofing around for?!" and pointed his finger at Goku accusingly.

"W-What…?" Naruto was surprised. "Wipe out humanity?"

Goku raised an eyebrow in confusion, and glanced behind his shoulder at Roshi, hoping his master would know who the guy was or what he was talking about. Unfortunately, Roshi had a baffled look on his face, as he too didn't know what to say, or who the man was in the first place.

Krillin sighed and pointed his finger at Raditz without outstretching his arm fully. "Hey, hey, look… I don't know who you are, but go on back!"

A smirk was plastered on Raditz's face, scoffing. Krillin took a few steps towards him, and waved his hand at the Saiyan in a dismissing manner. "Shoo, shoo!"

A groan followed by, as Krillin began to walk towards Raditz with a playful look on his face. "It won't do you any good for you to be this drunk in the afternoon. Okay, go back to where you came from."

Goku suddenly sensed something dangerous, and reached his hand out towards Krillin, warning his best friend, "Krillin, don't get near him!"

Raditz suddenly unwrapped his tail on his waist, and whacked him with it, sending the bald midget hurtling towards the wall of Kame House, breaking through it in the process. The martial artist collapsed inside the broken hole like a pile of bricks. Luckily, when Krillin was being thrown into the wall, Roshi got out of the way quickly before he could get thrown in the mix.

Goku looked at Krillin and cried, "Krillin!"

"What the hell?!" Naruto was shocked, as he looked back and forth at Krillin and Raditz. "What just happened?!"

Sasuke stared at Raditz in shock. "I didn't even see him move! What did he just do?!"

Goku gritted his teeth in anger and turned his attention back at Raditz. "Why you…!"

Suddenly, his face froze in shock, as he saw a tail wiggling near Raditz's hip. Everyone, including Naruto and Sasuke were in shock at what they were witnessing.

"A-A tail?!" Goku stared at the Saiyan's tail, shocked.

Sasuke widened his eyes in shock. "Wait… is this person somehow related to Goku? But Goku doesn't seemingly know who he is…"

Raditz folded his arms and chuckled. "Looks like you finally figured out who I am."

Naruto growled with a fist out. "Hey, I don't know what's going on here, but you need an ass kicking! No one hurts my friends!"

"What do you mean? Who are you?!" Goku demanded angrily.

Raidtz was surprised. "Impossible… You could have never forgotten me or your mission… Unless…"

"What the hell are you talking about?!" Naruto seethed with rage. "I'm moments away from kicking your ass."

Raditz eyed Naruto and snapped back, "Shut it, brat! This is between me and Kakarot!"

Naruto was about to jump forward to attack Raditz. However, Sasuke blocked his way by placing his arm in the way. The Uzumaki stared at his friend, irritated. "What are you doing, Sasuke?"

Sasuke, with his arm still outstretched to the right to block Naruto from proceeding further, whispered, "Wait, I want to know what's going on here first. It seems that Goku and that man might have some sort of connection."

Naruto took a step back and frowned, and was about to open his mouth, but Raditz turned his attention back at Goku and asked, "Kakarot, did you take a blow to your head when you were young?"

Goku frowned. "My name isn't this Kaka nonsense. It's Son Goku."

Raditz looked irritated. "Okay, well, did you hit your head in the past?!"

Goku displayed a serious look on his face and placed a hand on the side of his head. "Fine… It's true. I've got a scar there. Maybe I did hit my head once. But I was too little to remember now."

Raditz bellowed, "Damn it! Well, that would explain it!"

Goku shouted, "Explain what? What are you talking about?"

"Goku…" a voice said.

Everyone looked towards the source of the voice, and saw Roshi with a grim look on his face. "Long ago, your grandfather, Son Gohan, told me something."

As everyone listened intently, including Naruto and Sasuke, Roshi swallowed a little before continuing, "He… He told me he once found a baby in the woods. A baby with a tail. He was violent in nature, and couldn't be tamed. That is, until one day, that baby accidently fell into a ravine, and hit his head hard, nearly dying. However, having an unbelievable life force, the baby survived. What's more, his violent nature disappeared, and he became a good little boy."

"Good?!" Raditz was shocked.

Goku pointed at himself and asked, "And that baby was me?"

Roshi gave a slight nod. "Yes…"

Naruto widened his eyes in shock. "Goku is kind of like me! He used to be violent and have some sort of monster in him… Except, I still have a demon fox in me."

"That still doesn't explain who the hell that guy is." Sasuke scowled.

Bulma nodded in agreement, bending forward a little to hold Gohan in her hands. Looking at Roshi, she asked, "B-But what does that mean? Does this guy and Goku have some kind of connection?"

Sasuke narrowed his eyes at Raditz. "That's what I've been wondering."

Raditz frowned. "Be warned… If there are still any traces of your memories left, I will find a way to reveal them. We need you back, Kakarot. Your people need you back!"

A groaning sound was heard, as Krillin had just regained consciousness and was now emerging from the broken wall he had been sent hurtling into earlier. Goku moved his head a little to the right till he could see Krillin from the corner of his eyes and asked, "Krillin, you okay?"

Krillin grimaced and placed his hand on his bald head, easing himself from the pain he had received moments ago. "Y-Yeah…"

After getting back to his feet, Krillin shifted to one of his martial arts fighting stances and warned, "Be careful, Goku. This guy is freakishly strong."

Sasuke activated his sharingan and stared at Raditz. Within seconds of analyzing his opponenet, his eyes widened in shock. "What the fuck?! It's like some sort of Chakra armour is around his body! Unbelievable power! Wait… Is that even Chakra in the first place? There's something off about it."

Naruto took a step forward and clenched his fist in front of his chest, snarling. "Hey! If you're not going to tell us who you are, then I'll just beat it out of you, myself!"

Goku quickly glanced at Naruto and warned, "No, wait! Naruto, be careful! He's far stronger than you think he is."

Naruto was surprised, as Raditz chuckled at Naruto. The Saiyan opened his mouth to say, "Aren't you a hasty one?"

A sweat trickled from the side of Goku's head. He commented, "Just looking at that guy makes my hair stand on end… And that has never happened to me before."

Raditz had enough and shouted, "That's because you and I are the same! You are no earthling! You were born on Planet Vegeta. You are part of the proud and might alien race known as the Saiyans, the mightiest warriors in the universe!"

Everyone widened their eyes in shock, including the ninjas. Naruto thought to himself, "Planet?! What is that guy talking about?!"

A shiver went down Roshi's spine. "N-No… It can't be!"

Raditz then proclaimed, "And I am your older brother, Raditz!"

"W-What!" Naruto exclaimed, staring at Raditz incredulously.

"G-Goku's older brother?!" Krillin freaked out.

Bulma's jaw dropped. "And he's an alien? N-No way!"

Sasuke leaned forward a little and angrily said, "Cut the crap! Aliens?! Planets? You're talking like as if Goku and you are aliens from outer space. Stop spouting nonsense."

Krillin agreed and took a step forward boldy. "R-Right! If Goku's from outer space, then why is he even here anyway?"

Raditz folded his arms and chuckled. "The answer is pretty simple. Kakarot was sent here to exterminate all life on this planet. We Saiyans are a renowned warrior race, an entrepreneurial one! Our task is to go through space, searching for planets with good environments, and once we exterminate the living beings of those planets, we sell them for a price to other aliens who are looking for a suitable planet to live on."

"Goku… is an alien?" Naruto was dumbfounded.

Sasuke trembled in fear. "As crazy as it sounds, he might be telling the truth…"

Naruto looked at Sasuke, surprised. "Sasuke, how can that even be true?"

Sasuke noticed his trembling hands and gulped nervously. "His chakra… It doesn't seem like normal Chakra, but I can tell he's stronger than any opponent we have fought so far… Stronger than Zabuza, stronger than Gaara, stronger than Kakashi-sensei, stronger than Orochimaru, and even stronger than… him" he said the last part with disdain, as an image of Itachi Uchiha webbed his mind for a brief moment.

Naruto looked back at Raditz and thought to himself, "Even stronger than Zabuza?!

Raditz placed his arms down and continued, "When a Saiyan warrior is fully grown, they are assigned to the most difficult planets, with the most powerful natives. But first, we warriors must have years of practice. For even as babies, we are, in time, sent to populate weaker planets… Planets like this one!" he then looked up at the sky and said, "Kakarot, you should have wiped out the earthlings here, that is if you had remembered your orders. Luckily, this planet has a moon."

"If all of this is true, then…" Roshi's words trailed off, the turtle hermit began to sweat nervously.

Krillin gulped nervously. "They make Piccolo look like nothing compared to what the Saiyan's do."

Sasuke widened his eyes in shock. "Naruto… I think he's being serious…" as his eyes reverted back to normal. The Uchiha couldn't find any deception in the evil Saiyan's words, or even in his body language for that matter.

Naruto gritted his teeth in anger. "Today has been the worst day ever… Too many things have happened. First the retrieval mission, and then the sudden location change, and now we discover aliens exist, and they're evil…"

Tension filled the air, as Sasuke nodded his head in agreement. "Yeah… This is not looking good. As crazy as it may sound, this alien guy is a bigger threat than anything we have faced so far!"

"Wait a minute… What is so lucky about having a moon?" Goku questioned.

Raditz clenched his fist in front of his left chest and yelled, "Don't play dumb! It's when during the full moon that we Saiyans show our fullest powers."

"What do you mean?" Sasuke demanded.

Roshi, Krillin, and Bulma freaked out, remembering how Goku had turned into a great ape in the past during the full moon. Could that be what Raditz was talking about?!

Naruto noticed their reactions and thought to himself, "They seem to know something about this…"

"What are you talking about?" Goku frowned.

"What?" Raditz paused for a moment, and looked near Goku's hip. "Wait a second… Where's your tail?! What happened to your tail?!"

Goku looked at his butt for a moment, before returning his gaze at his brother. "What?"

Raditz took a step forward with a clenched his fist, shouting, "I said, what happened to your tail? Answer me!"

Goku looked irritated. "It got cut off a long time ago. Why?"

Raditz clenched his fist harder in front of his chest and growled. "You miserable fool! No wonder you were able to get along with the living beings of this planet! You're passing as one of them… You, out of all people, my own brother has become earthling-like!"

Naruto took a step forward and said boldly, "Enough! It doesn't matter if you're an alien or not. Alien or not, killing innocent people is a horrible thing to do!"

Goku joined in. "I agree with Naruto! It doesn't matter if I'm called some Kaka guy whatever! Doesn't matter if I'm an alien or your brother! Anyone like that is a low life!"

Naruto growled. "I'll protect my friends, no matter what!"

Goku smiled at Naruto's determination, and then pointed his finger at himself, fixing his sights on the evil Saiyan. "My name is Son Goku! Now get off my planet!"

"Right! Right!" Bulma said, as she held Gohan firmly in her arms while the boy was still on the ground.

Roshi added in, "Whatever Goku's past may be, he is a fine Earthling like us now!"

Krillin yelled, "Goku even saved this planet once! So, do us a favour and get lost!"

"And don't ever hurt anyone again!" Naruto warned.

Sasuke got a bit defensive. "I have a feeling this man won't leave just yet… In that case, I'll have to be prepared…"

Raditz sighed. "And how do you expect me to do that? The Saiyans have always been few in numbers. But years ago, after a meteor collided with Planet Vegeta, it was blown up. Just about all the Saiyans were reduced to space dust," he then smirked at Goku. "Even our parents. Your parents, Kakarot."

Naruto glanced at Goku and thought, "Goku doesn't have parents like me?"

Sasuke to some extent, sympathized with Goku. However, his focus was on Raditz, the evil Saiyan.

Raditz continued, "Including you, there are only four Saiyans remaining. Me and the other Saiyans were spared because we were busy invading another planet. And you were sent to this planet. Because we were doing "wrong" things is the reason why we're alive in the first place!'

"We remaining three inadvertently found a nice planet that ought to be able to sell for an extremely high price. We'd like to attack it, but the natives are potent. Even us three Saiyans might have some trouble," he added.

Raditz wasn't done yet, and continued his explanation, "But, the four of us? Thank the gods I remembered you. Kakarot, your power level is still incomplete. But, if you were to join us, then it would be enough to tip the scales in our favour!"

The Space Warrior walked towards Goku and leaned forward. "Open your eyes, Kakarot! It will be fun! Picture the carnage! Feel your Saiyan blood stir!"

Goku quickly backed away from Raditz and said defiantly, "Don't be ridiculous! I'd rather die before lending you a hand!"

"Alright! That's enough! Time to kick your ass!" Naruto smashed his fist into his palm in front of his chest with a frown on his face.

Raditz folded his arms and sighed. "So that's how it is, huh?' he then looked past Goku at the boy in Bulma's arms. With a pointing finger at the kid, Raditz questioned, "That boy over there… he's your son, isn't he?"

Goku hesitated, taking a step backwards. "N-No."

Raditz smirked. "It's no use trying to fool me! That tail is proof that he carries Saiyan blood, isn't it?"

"So what if he is?" Goku said defensively.

Naruto appeared near Goku and glared at Raditz. "If you touch Gohan, I'll beat you to a pulp!" he threatened.

Raditz looked at Naruto and growled. "You're pushing it, brat. Or do you want to be the first to die?"

Raditz turned his attention back at his younger brother and chuckled menacingly. "Since you, his father, won't listen to reason, I guess I'll have to borrow your son for a while."

Naruto shifted to his ninja battle stance. "You're asking for it!"

As Raditz began to head towards them, Goku warned, "Don't get any closer!'

Suddenly, Raditz disappeared, reappearing in front of Goku in a flash, and delivered a ferocious knee smash, sending Goku hurtling into the air before falling on the sand behind him.

"Goku!" Krillin cried.

Goku's stomach rattled like a box of rocks. He placed his hands on his stomach, wincing and groaning in pain.

Naruto looked to his left, and saw what just happened. Earlier, he didn't even know the evil Saiyan had attacked due to his speed. It happened so fast, that Naruto had only just now noticed it. Just what the hell was that guy's speed anyway?! It was too fast for the Uzumaki!

However, now wasn't the time to be dazed. Naruto quickly delivered a half spin right hook onto Raditz. Unfortunately for the blond ninja, Raditz easily caught the punch without even looking, shocking Naruto. "W-What?!"

Raditz laughed in mockery, and swung Naruto's arm, sending him hurtling into the water around the island, creating a large splash of sea water.

The Space Warrior with an amused look on his face, faced forward once again, his eyes targeting Gohan, when he suddenly noticed something. "Huh?"

Sasuke appeared in front of Gohan and performed a series of hand seals. "Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!" he took a deep breath, before blowing fire from his mouth. Once the flames reached the outside, it materialized into a giant fireball, before heading towards Raditz.

KABOOM!

Waves of flames began to engulf the position Raditz was in. Sasuke stared at the fiery scene ahead of him and said under his breath, "Did I get him?"

"W-What kind of technique is that?" Roshi was shocked, witnessing Sasuke's fireball jutsu for the first time ever.

Within a few seconds, the flames cleared up, revealing Raditz unscathed. "I'm impressed, boy! That's a very interesting technique you have there! However, that won't be enough to defeat me!"

Sasuke widened his eyes in shock. "What the hell?! Not even a single burn mark?"

Raditz laughed evilly. "Of course. I am a Saiyan warrior, the mightiest alien warrior race in the universe!"

Sasuke trembled in fear. "So he wasn't kidding at all… This is definitely the strongest opponent we have faced so far!"

"YOU BASTARD!" a voice shouted.

Naruto leaped high into the air above Raditz with a Rasengan. "Rasengan!"

The ninja charged towards Raditz from above, and tried to land his Rasengan. However…

Raditz turned around, and quickly caught Naruto's wrist before the Rasengan could make any sort of contact with his face. "And here I thought you were all just talk. However, it would seem that you have some interesting techniques as well. However, that still won't be enough to defeat me!"

"What?!" Naruto tried to free his wrist from Raditz's firm grip, but to no avail.

"Chidori!"

Sasuke shot towards Raditz with his Chidori while the space warrior had his back facing the Uchiha. Unfortunately, the evil Saiyan turned around halfway and caught Sasuke's wrist as well with his free hand.

Sasuke widened his eyes in shock. "W-What the?!"

Raditz laughed and suddenly spun both Naruto and Sasuke round and round before throwing them into water. However, this time, before the two ninjas could make contact with the water, Raditz fired a Ki ball from his palm, sending it straight to the ninjas.

The impact caused the water to erupt high into the air, with the Ki ball damaging the Naruto and Sasuke in the process, causing an explosion.

KABOOM!

"Oh god!" Krillin trembled in fear. "Are they dead?!"

Raditz snickered, staring at the rippling ocean. "They do seem to know how to take a blow. Plus, I did hold back when I shot that Ki blast. Since I was in a good mood, I let them live," he then turned his attention back at his nephew. "Now… to take my nephew with me," he said the last part with a wry smile.

Bulma suddenly noticed that Gohan wasn't in her arms. Apparently, he had slipped away earlier to head to his injured father. The boy was currently sobbing near his father's fallen body. "Father! Father!"

Raditz strode over to Gohan and quickly grabbed him by his back collar, raising him up to his chest level. "Finally, got you!"

"Gohan!" Bulma panicked.

"Give Gohan back!" Krillin cried.

A wave of anxiety rushed over Roshi. "Oh god!"

Gohan began to cry like a baby in fear, as Raditz looked at his younger brother who was still on the ground, holding his stomach and groaning in pain. "Kakarot, I'll be taking your son with me. If you want to see your him alive, then listen to what your big brother tells you to do."

Krillin stuttered, "H-He beat Goku, in one kick?!"

Raditz smirked. "Kakarot, I'm giving you only one day to think about it. You will probably have to get your friends to help, too. Of course, we will require some proof of your good intentions. Let's make it simple. By this time tomorrow, you'll kill hundreds of this planet's people, at least for now, and pile their bodies here. Don't think I won't count."

"W-What?!" Bulma was shocked.

Krillin yelled, "That's spinless of you! How could you use a child like that?!"

"For one, there's no way Goku could kill anyone!" Roshi added in.

Raditz glanced behind his shoulder at Krillin and Roshi with a smirk plastered on his face. "The choice is his. If he values a hundred humans over his son, then fine. However, one way or another, everyone on this planet are destined to die soon. We've decided our next target will be Earth."

Bulma, Roshi, and Krillin said in unison, "W-What?!" clearly shocked at the statement Raditz had just made.

Raditz directed his eyes back at his younger brother, who was trying to sit on his butt, but couldn't because of the pain from the knee smash he had received from earlier. "The three of us Saiyans should be enough to wipe out the folks on this planet in only a month's time. Really, if you think about it, what difference does it make? Killing one hundred humans here is only a head start."

The Saiyan raised Gohan near his face and snickered. "After all, I don't want to kill my own nephew, unless I have to, right?"

"Father! I'm scared!" Gohan cried like a baby while hanging in from his back collar in Raditz's grip

Goku reached his hand out towards his son, while still lying on the ground. "G-Gohan."

Raditz displayed a wry smile. "Alright, I'll explain one more time. By tomorrow, I want you to have a hundred dead bodies of these earthlings piled up on this island here. If you do that, I'll let you join our group."

Goku tried to crawl towards Raditz, still not able to get back to his feet due to the intense pain in his stomach. Raditz grinned with malice. "Naturally, if the corpses aren't here, then your son will die."

The Saiyan hero suddenly grabbed Raditz's foot while having his front body sprawled on the sand below him. Looking up at his older brother, Goku stammered with a groan, "G-Give my son back…"

Raditz simply ignored him and said, "Do you get it now, Kakarot? No matter how much you struggle, your only choice is to join forces with us."

"Give me back my son!" Goku demanded between groans, still clenching Raditz's food tighly.

Meanwhile, Naruto and Sasuke had just managed to crawl themselves back on land. Luckily, the Ki blast from earlier wasn't able to affect them much due to the sea water absorbing most of it. However, the ninjas did not even know what hit them in the first place after they were thrown into the sea. Both of them had managed to hear some of what Raditz had said from earlier.

Naruto staggered back to his feet and growled. "That bastard… How could he try and make Goku do such a thing?"

Sasuke got back to his feet slowly as well, a shive running down his spine. "This guy… He's strong… freakishly strong…"

Raditz looked down at Goku with a smirk. "I look forward to a good answer. For your sake as well," he then kicked Goku's hand from his foot. "Don't even think of disobeying."

And with that, he began to rise up into the air. "With your undeveloped power level, don't even think about apposing me."

"Father!" Gohan flailed his arms arounds while crying.

"See you later! I'll be looking forward to tomorrow!" Raditz said eagerly, before ascending futher into the air with an evil laugh.

Goku got on his knees and hands, and reached one of his hand out into the air. "Gohan!"

"Get back here, bastard!" Naruto suddenly began running on the sea water with his Chakra, surprising everyone except Sasuke, who was took had taken a tentative step forward. "Wait, Naruto!"

However, Raditz was soon out of sight. His speed was incredible. Once the man was gone, Naruto stopped running on the sea water and cursed under his breath. After a brief moment, he looked up in the sky and cried, "Gohan!"

Goku finally staggered back to his feet and with wobbly feet, took a few steps forward. "G-Gohan…!" looking up at the sky, before falling down on both his knees and hands, panting heavily.

Naruto fell down onto his hands and knees as well onto the sea water. Of course, thanks to his Chakra, his limbs never sunk in the water. "D-Damn it… I couldn't save him…! He's going to kill Gohan!"

"No, I don't think he's going to kill Gohan," a voice said from behind.

Naruto stood up on the surface of the water and turned around. "Sasuke…?"

Sasuke sighed, standing on the water with his Chakra as well. "You heard what Raditz said earlier, right? He will kill Gohan only if Goku obeyed. Which means we have a chance to counter attack."

Meanwhile, Bulma, Roshi, and Krillin rushed to Goku's aid. The scientist asked with a worried look on her face, "Are you alright, Goku?"

Roshi stammered, "I-I'm sorry… There wasn't a single thing we could do to help."

Goku looked at the sky and shouted, "Flying Nimbus!"

Within a few seconds, nimbus was already in sight, as it came flying towards Kame House. However, Krillin placed his hands on his best friend's shoulder as Roshi warned, "Wait, don't do anything rash!"

"Don't do it! You'll be killed!" Bulma said.

Goku sat down on the shore. "Damn it! What do I do?"

"Hey, Goku, you alright?!" Naruto asked, joining the scene, with Sasuke right behind him.

Goku looked at Naruto and nodded. "Yeah… I'm fine… Thanks for trying to help me out there… However, he's too strong…"

After a few moments, everyone, including Naruto and Sasuke, helped Goku up before slowly making him sit on the mini stairway entrance of Kame House. Bulma then took a step back, placed her hands in her lab coat, and said, "It must be a shock… You find out you have a brother, and he turns out to be like that…"

"Your older brother is certainly strong." Krillin said with a serious look on his face.

Naruto looked disappointed in himself. "I'm sorry Goku… I wasn't able to save Gohan."

Goku smiled for a moment at Naruto. "It's okay… You both did your best," he gaze the dropped onto the ground. "It's his tail…"

Everyone got confused for a moment, as Goku looked back up at the group and said, "If I grab his tail and clench it tightly, he should get weaker…" standing up from his current position. "That was how it was with me."

"So that's the Saiyan's weakness?" Sasuke wondered.

Naruto displayed a serious look on his face. "So, we just grab his tail, then…"

It's impossible for you people!" a voice said.

Everyone, including Naruto and Sasuke, got confused, trying to locate the source of the voice, before they all looked up in the air, and noticed a green man staring down at them with folded arms.

"P-Piccolo?!" Goku was shocked.

"W-Who's that?" Naruto wondered.

To be continued...

Next Chapter on 4th September 2023