Chapter 1: A Different Road
In a different timeline Tien reaches his full potential, but not now, not yet... Just like the original timeline, the Z fighters face the Saibamen or rather Yamcha faces the Saibamen, but things won't go as they did in the main timeline.
"Come at me!" Yamcha taunts the Saibamen with an oppressive gaze
'There Yamcha goes with his Scary Eye Technique. You would never think that Yamcha could be that scary,' Krillin thinks to himself.
All the Saibaman start backing away out of fear. Yamcha appears behind one and thrusts his hand through it. Terrified, the Saibamen are all on the verge of running away when…
Boom! Vegeta destroyed a Saibaman.
"Pathetic! If you 'special-type' Saibamen can't beat that weakling while working together I'll get rid of you myself."
The Saibamen begrudgingly face Yamcha, but anyone can see that they're still filled with fear. They physically roar to conquer their fear.
All of them charge up a ki ball and send their combined ki blast to Yamcha.
Yamcha coats his hand in ki and tries to catch the ki blast, skidding back several feet. He comes to a stop.
"Not bad, if you're planning to fight babies. Let me show you how it's done!" Condensing the ki ball in between his hands, it spins, due to Yamcha using his own ki to rotate the ball from the top and the bottom in a clockwise fashion. In addition, since he's adding his own ki it becomes even stronger.
"Spiral Shot Bomb!" Yamcha hits the ki ball at the saibamen.
The Saibamen huddle together in a circle and create a ki barrier. For a moment it blocks Yamcha blasts, but eventually it breaks and hits in between them on the ground, then explodes.
"That's all she wrote folks," Yamcha says with gusto.
Tien still senses ki in one of the saibaman that was playing dead and shoots Dodon Ray at it to completely kill it.
"Yamcha don't get cocky, that Saibaman was still alive, if it retaliated while your guard was down..." Tien scolds Yamcha
'There's something off about the 3 eyed one, why doesn't the scouter pick up his power level at all?' Vegeta thinks.
Tien tells Piccolo "Gohan is probably not ready, I've read his mind to see if he could handle it."
"We need him even if he's not."
Tien tells all of them to get ready with telepathy.
Nappa rushes at Tien then punches with a right hook.
Tien appears to be hit, but it is a afterimage, he sweeps Nappa to the ground, from below.
He picks up Nappa's feet from the ground and swings him around in circles and throws him in Krillin's direction.
Krillin knocks him, Yamcha and Piccolo knock him too. Gohan, Yamcha and Piccolo shoot a strong blast at him, as he falls.
Nappa is already severely damaged.
"You! The three eye bastard! You're dead!"
Tien throws a ki blast into the ground, creating a dust cloud and with his ki masked Nappa has a hard time finding him.
"Petty tricks!"
Nappa sends a ki blast that levels the area.
Tien appears behind Nappa "You were careless, I have your tail. Now, Piccolo, Krillin, Yamcha!"
Closing in, Krillin noticed a small smirk on Nappa's face.
"Tien, get away from there!"
Nappa attacked with a fierce back hand. Tien was able to avoid a clean hit by leaning back.
Nappa jumps so he can stomp on Tien. Krillin lands a dropkick on Nappa, sending him toward Yamcha.
"Wolf Fang Wind Cutting Fist!"
At blinding speeds Yamcha starts attacking Nappa with his new attack while he focuses on Krillin.
Nappa, caught off guard by the unexpected and fast attacks, can barely block them.
"What's wrong Saiyan? Can't measure up to a human's technique?"
Small cuts appear on Nappa's muscles.
"That's it! I've had enough!"
Nappa lands a boot in Yamcha's stomach. Yamcha gasps and sends flying.
"Who doesn't measure up weakling?"
Yamcha is passed out.
Krillin unleashes a fury of ki blasts on Nappa, but when the smoke clears...
No way!
Nappa is covered in an aura that protects him.
He rushes Krillin with surprising speed, he attacks, but with Krillin's nimbleness he dodges again and again. Nappa attacks with a swift backhand, but Krillin dodges by back flipping.
This time you won't get away!
Nappa is cocking his hand about to throw a blast, when out of nowhere a ki ball comes out of the ground and hits on the chin, leaving him momentarily stunned.
Piccolo then shoots an eye beam at Nappa's elbow. Injuring it while Nappa is dazed.
Yamcha breathes heavily
"I showed you what this 'weakling' can do!"
"Yamcha, catch your breath, watch the big saiyan and warn us if you see signs of something dangerous, Piccolo says through telepathy. Tien, Krillin, Gohan I got a plan! We can finish this, he can only use one arm!"
They all attack Nappa in melee combat. They appear almost even, but he's on the defensive.
'Wait a second, something off. It's almost as if...'Yamcha thinks
'An opening!' Piccolo notices.
"Wait Piccolo! He can still use his arm!"
Nappa knocks Piccolo down, then Krillin and then Tien. He swings at Gohan, but he barely blocks.
"Mr. Piccolo!"
"I'm going to have fun with you kid." Nappa condescendingly says to Gohan.
Nappa engages in melee combat against. Gohan holds his own, but it's anyone guess whether or not Nappa is toying with him
"Good, good! A Saiyan should be like this."
Nappa knocks him into the ground.
"You'll be able to see your dad soon kid. Haaa!"
Nappa shoots a powerful beam at Gohan, but Yamcha gets in the way.
"Yamcha!"
The dust settles and Yamcha is heavily bleeding and dying
"Gohan. Make sure you. Grow up. I'm sure you'll be a lady killer. Like me. Ugh!"
"Yamcha get up! Yamcha! Yamcha!" Gohan cries
Gohan's Power level increases to 3300.
Nappa, his power level is over 3,000!
"Alright, runt hit me with everything you got!"
"Masenko ha!"
Nappa punches at Gohan, but Piccolo shoots a ki blast to redirect Gohan's blast.
"Destructo Disk!" Krillin launches it while Nappa is distracted.
"Come!" Nappa exudes bravado.
"Nappa look out!"
Hearing Vegeta's counsel, Nappa dodges it barely, but it hits his damaged arm doing even more damage.
Nappa frustratingly shoots a powerful blast at Krillin, but he dodges, then gets hit by a shockwave knocking him out.
"With this you're done!" Nappa is about to throw another ki blast, but...
"Dodonpa!" Tien hits him in the back of the knee with fantastic timing, causing Nappa's aim to be off.
Nappa blast hits a random location far away from Krillin.
"Face me, Saiyan!" Tien says.
"I haven't perfected the follow up technique, but I have no choice, but to use it." Tien says
Tien splits into 4 Tiens.
"That technique is too weak for this type of fight! What are you thinking?!" Piccolo admonishes Tien telepathically.
"Multiform Resonance Technique!"
All 4 of the clones' power levels skyrocket, due to their ki's resonating with each other and becoming almost as powerful as the original Tien.
The 4 Tiens attack Nappa in melee combat, gaining the upper hand.
'Piccolo do you have enough energy to use your special beam cannon?' Tien asks telepathically.
'Yeah'
'Then start charging it. I can only manage the Multiform Resonance Technique for 7 minutes. When you're ready I'm going to hold the Saiyan still with a combined Telekinesis attack, that's the signal to attack.'
Tien was able to hold his own for 5 minutes, long enough for Piccolo to charge the Special Beam Cannon.
The clones surround Nappa, holding him in place with a combined telekinetic attack.
"Special Beam Cannon!"
Piccolo shoots a hole through Nappa's chest killing him instantly.
"Bravo! You weaklings killed Nappa. That feat is barely worth noticing."
"When daddy gets here he will beat you."
"You mean that weakling Kakarot?"
"Nonsense, that pushover couldn't even beat Raditz without killing himself."
"He's different now, he was training in the other world. He will be much stronger when he comes back. Tien says
Interesting, I will give 4 hours for him to come back, no more than that
4 hours later
"I sense a strong power level, it's Goku!" Piccolo says.
"Daddy's here!" Gohan expresses excitedly
Goku shows up on flying nimbus and gives
Goku stares at Yamcha's dead body.
"You shouldn't have shown your face, Kakarot. You can't face me no matter how much you improved. Haaaa!"
"This power level?!
Guys, I'm fighting him alone."
"Piccolo, Gohan pick up Krillin, we're leaving."
"But Mr. Tien!" Gohan worriedly says
"Don't you sense it Gohan? Even with that monster's power level, Goku is still relatively calm." Tien points out.
"Let's fight somewhere else where there's less life."
"Hmph!"
Goku and Vegeta leave to fight in another location.
"You think you can beat me, you low-class worm?"
"With enough effort even the low born can accomplish things thought to be impossible." Goku replies
"I'll show you a level far beyond what you can accomplish!"
"Kaioken x2!"
Goku rushes in with a right hook at Vegeta's head, catching him by surprise or so it seems…
Vegeta ducks and punches Goku in the gut, sending him far back.
When Goku comes to a stop, he sees 2 ki blasts, one on the left side and one on the right side of Goku, both reaching a proximity of 1 foot away from Goku. The ki balls start to rotate around Goku and create a tornado.
"!" Goku's mobility is taken from him as he is lifted into the air.
"Kaioken x3!" Goku finally comes to a stop, however he still can't move as he pleases.
Vegeta touches the ground.
Galick Geyser! A beam of purple ki collects below him, erupts from below Goku and as it's about to engulf him…
"Kaioken x4!"
Goku deploys a spherical energy barrier to weather out Galick Geyser.
"!" Vegeta expresses shock
Goku's ki barrier shoots out countless ki beams at Vegeta.
Vegeta does his best to dodge, moving backward while shooting the ones he can't dodge, but eventually they overwhelm him.
Goku's barrier subsides.
As the dust from the many explosions settles, Vegeta is nowhere in sight.
All of sudden, a bloody Vegeta pops up from the ground behind him and punches at his head, but Goku turns around just in time to block it with his open hand. Goku punches him in the stomach, while Vegeta reels from the impact.
Transitioning behind Vegeta, Goku suplexes him.
Retching out a blood, Vegeta gawks.
"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up!" Goku's body strains.
"How dare this low class trash injure me! Me!" Vegeta is livid
Vegeta goes into the atmosphere with Goku following, but sees there is no moon.
"Smart, you destroyed the moon. Unfortunately for you my transformation can't be stopped by a small hindrance like that." Vegeta goes on.
Vegeta sends out a small ball of light in the sky.
"Explode!"
Vegeta transforms into a great ape.
"This seems slightly familiar" Goku thinks
Off in the distance the Z warriors take notice of a huge ki.
"That energy is huge!" Krillin said
"We have to help daddy!"
"It's over for you Kakarot."
Vegeta slaps Goku to the ground with surprising speed. Quick to respond, Goku gets up and makes some distance. However, no matter what he does, he gets knocked around repeatedly.
"Damnit! How can I face him?" Goku wonders
"Goku, can you hear me? We'll be there soon. Use the Solar Flare to stall him." Tien's telepathically advises Goku.
"Right! Why didn't I think of that?"
"Solar Flare!"
"Arghhh! My Eyes!"
Goku makes distance.
"Time to form a Spirit Bomb."
"We're here Goku" Tien talks to Goku
"Guys the only way we can beat him is cutting off his tail. I'll use my Destructo Disc."Krillin psychically tells Goku and the others.
"I don't think that technique will work on him, unless someone distracts him, considering what the size of his ears means for his hearing. " Piccolo responds
"I'll do it" Tien takes the job
"Kikoho!"
Tien uses Kikoho on one particularly vulnerable area, while Vegeta is blinded
"Ahhhhhh! Vegeta bends over.
Krillin uses a Destructo Disk and cuts off Vegeta's tail.
"Spirit Bomb!" Goku throws the attack with all his might.
"What?!" Vegeta is hit by the attack.
Vegeta is propelled into the air, then hits the ground with a thump.
"Luckily Vegeta's ki dropped significantly, so I was able to use the Spirit Bomb early." Goku thinks.
Vegeta calls for his space ship with his remote.
Just when Piccolo is about to kill the barely conscious and barely mobile Vegeta...
"Wait! Let him go!" Goku voices his wish.
"Why Son! He's just come back to finish the job later."
"He may change for the better, everybody deserves a chance to mend their ways. That's how you and I became allies, Piccolo."
Fine!
"Luckily there's a different set of dragon balls on Namek. Fools! When I come back you're all dead!" Vegeta lets them know exactly what he has planned and leaves the planet.