Goku and Piccolo's eyes widened in shock at the Saiyan's news. Ocarin's eyes widened as well.
"Damn it! You say the other two Saiyans are even stronger!?" Piccolo shouted.
"It's too late for you now, even if you do realize how terrible we Saiyans are!" Raditz laughed.
"You've got us there. I wish we hadn't heard that." Goku smiled, tensely.
"This isn't good. More of them are coming. Despite this idiot's energy levels, who knows about the other Saiyans. Everyone on Earth is in danger." Ocarin frowned.
"There's only one thing that fools who defy me without heeding the warnings I so graciously offered get...and that's death." Raditz spoke.
"You must be pretty excited, huh, Goku?" Piccolo asked him.
"Sorry, but this time I ain't all that excited. I'm so scared, I'm trembling." Goku replied.
"Of course, you are! However, that terror will turn to hopelessness very soon." Raditz smirked.
"Where is Gohan!? Where have you hidden him?!" Goku demanded.
"I haven't hidden him. I just locked the brat up because he was bawling so loudly. He's in there." Raditz pointed at a crater behind the three and they saw Gohan inside the Saiyan's shuttle, pounding on the glass trying to get out.
"Gohan."
"Daddy! Save me, Daddy!" His son cried out to him.
"Hold on Gohan! Daddy's coming to get you!" Goku shouted.
"Don't be ridiculous. There's no way you can save him! Not if you guys die first." Raditz said.
"All right, let's do it!" Goku shouted.
"Ready, Piccolo?" Ocarin asked.
"That's all we can do!" Piccolo shouted. Goku, Piccolo and Ocarin charged at Raditz, throwing punches and kicks. The Saiyan kicked all three of them in the face, knocking them back. Then all three of them darted forward to attack Raditz again. Raditz jumped into the air and Goku, Piccolo and Ocarin did the same, chasing after him. Raditz released two large energy beams, firing it down on Goku, Piccolo and Ocarin.
"Yikes!" Goku cried out as he barely managed to dodge from the ki blast. Ocarin quickly moved out of the way, dodging the beam as well. The beams exploded as they made contact with mountains, destroying them. Goku and Ocarin landed on the ground a few yards from each other, but Raditz was nowhere to be seen.
"Where did he go?!" Goku exclaimed. Raditz quickly appeared behind the young warrior.
"Right here." He kicked Goku from behind, knocking him over towards Piccolo. The Saiyan smirked smugly before it quickly dropped when Ocarin appeared directly in front of him. She quickly threw a punch, making contact with Raditz's jaw. The blow made the Saiyan stumble back a little before he was able to get back on his feet again. Ocarin darted towards him, throwing more punches and kicks. Raditz dodged them and landed a hard blow as he punched Ocarin in the stomach, knocking back two Goku and Piccolo. She groaned, sitting up, holding her stomach.
"Are you okay?" Goku asked concerned.
"I'm fine." Ocarin assured him, getting back up on her feet. Raditz laughed at the three.
"Even the three of you coming at me this isn't worth wasting my breath on!"
"Damn it. Are you okay, Piccolo?" Goku looked over at Piccolo and his eyes widen to see Piccolo's arm had been chopped off from the energy blast.
"P-Piccolo!" Ocarin sputtered, worried.
"R-Relax. I can still manage to fight with o-only one arm." He told them, standing up.
"It looks like your deaths are finally drawing near, huh?" Raditz smirked. "What's the matter? Are you finished already? Where did all that gusto you had earlier go?"
"Goku, do you have any technique's up your sleeve? Right now, would be a good time." Piccolo asked.
"Sorry, I don't." Goku replied.
"Sheesh, ease up, will you? And here I've been training seriously, developing something new." Piccolo smirked.
"What you you three whispering about? Whatever strategy you have, it won't work! It'd be easier for you to just keel over and die already." Raditz spoke.
"Are you for real? You really have a new technique up your sleeve?" Goku questioned.
"Yeah." Piccolo nodded.
"Can you do it with only one arm?" Ocarin asked him. Piccolo glanced at her, frowning.
"Look, I already said that I'm fine. Yes, I can. But this technique takes quite a bit of time in order to build up enough Ki." He told her before starting to explain the plan. "While I'm doing that, you two fight him by yourself and draw his attention."
"Buy you some time? Got it!" Ocarin smirked.
"Okay! Will this technique work against him?" Goku asked.
"Probably. If this doesn't work, then there's no other way to defeat him. I was saving this in order to kill you." Piccolo said.
"How funny. And instead, you might end up saving me with it, huh?" Goku smirked at him as well.
"If I am able to defeat him with this, then your turn is next." Piccolo told him.
"This guy doesn't know that he's in a world of a hurting." Ocarin chuckled. Goku and Piccolo chuckled, laughing along with her as well.
"Is that right? There's no time to be laughing, you know." Raditz spoke. But his smirk dropped as he looked at the three. "Why are they laughing? They're posture has changed as well."
"All right! I'm looking forward to this! Now then, let's see about keeping him in check!" Goku shouted.
"Hang in there as best as you can!" PIccolo shouted. He placed his forefingers on his forehead started to gather up some energy for his technique. "Special Beam Cannon!".
"So, you've finally resigned yourself?" Raditz smirked as Goku and Ocarin flew at the Saiyan. The two started to throw some punches and Goku flipped over him. Ocarin was throwing some punches and kicks.
"You're both persistent aren't you!"
"Ka...me...ha..." Goku started to summon some energy from his hands. Raditz punched Ocarin, knocking her to the side. He stopped when he sensed Goku's energy from behind him. His eyes widen a little in surprise as he read his visor.
"Impossible! Kakarot's energy levels is rising! 924, 925!" Raditz shouted. "He's able to concentrate his energy level into one point and raise it up!?" He glanced over a Piccolo, seeing him starting to gather some energy as well.
"And this one's power level is now 1020! I-Impossible! It's still going up!"
"Did you forget about me?" Ocarin shouted, gathering some energy to make a energy blast. Raditz eyes widen as he read her levels on his visor. His mouth dropped slightly and backed away from her.
"Her power level is rising up to...F-Five thousand?!"
"HA!" Goku yelled out as he released the kamehameha blast at Raditz. Raditz dodged out of the way but Goku directed it, making the blast follow after his older brother. Raditz landed back on the ground and quickly held his hands out as the blast was inching closer, colliding with him. The smoke and dust cleared, revealing him to be still alive but his hands were a little singed and burnt.
"You've got a lot of nerve!" Raditz growled, glaring at Goku angrily.
"He caught it." Goku muttered, gritted his teeth.
"Here Catch!" Raditz fired a blast at Goku, knocking him down from the air. Gohan's eyes widen in horror as he saw his father fall on the ground.
"Head's up!" Ocarin yelled out. Raditz eyes widen as he forgot about her. She quickly released a purple beam of energy, making contact with the Saiyan's armor. It shattered a little from the impact. Piccolo's eyes widened, surprised by the damaged the the beam had caused. Goku smiled, tiredly, sitting up on his elbows.
"Nice one, Ocarin!"
Raditz glared at her, dangerously. "Y-You insolent, little-" He growled and held up his hand in the air getting ready to fire an energy blast at Ocarin. "Die!"
"You're going to be the one who dies!" Piccolo shouted. Raditz stopped his attack and his eyes widen in shock, seeing the sudden rise in Piccolo's power levels.
"Power level 1330!? A-All of this power is just going to his fingertip!" Raditz shouted. "Damn it! These guys can manipulate their powers at will!" Ocarin chuckled, seeing the Saiyan's shocked expression.
"Take this! Special Beam Cannon!" Piccolo fired a large spiral yellow blast aiming it Raditz. Ocarin's eyes widened at the strength of the beam as it sailed at the Saiyan.
"Whoa." She whispered in awe. The beam made contact and it crashed into the mountain, blowing up, creating a blinding explosion. As the smoke cleared, Piccolo's eyes widen in shock to find that Raditz had survived. But part of his shoulder armor had been shattered and his shoulder was bleeding a little.
"H-He dodged it! W-What kind of speed does this bastard have!?" Piccolo exclaimed.
"You pierced through this armor quite easily. That's quite a technique. If I had taken that head on, I would have been out! To think that you would inflict injury upon me! You're going to pay for this! I'm through playing around!" Raditz roared.
"We-We've done it now!" Piccolo shouted.
"I'll obliterate you in an instant!" Raditz shouted, readying a blast a Piccolo. Ocarin quickly appeared at the Saiyan's side, getting ready to throw an energy blast as well. Raditz quickly spun around, releasing his, hitting Ocarin in the chest.
"Ocarin!" Goku cried out before glaring at Raditz. "That does it!" He quickly rushed over to his older brother before he could react and grabbed onto the Saiyan's tail. Raditz yelled in shock as he fell onto the ground, feeling his powers starting to dwindle slowly, growing completely helpless. Goku chuckled. "You got careless didn't you!? I've got your tail!"
"Why, you...when did you get behind me!?" Raditz exclaimed.
"When Ocarin made the distraction!" Goku smirked. He looked over at Piccolo. Ocarin got up, now in a kneeling position as she sat on the ground. Her shirt getting a little tattered and had some dirt and holes on it.
"Piccolo! Now! Do that thing one more time!" She shouted.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Piccolo growled before smirking at the Saiyan. "Good job, Goku. Keep a firm grip on that tail! I'm limited to only being able to use this technique one more time."
"Kakarot! Are you planning to kill your one and only brother!?" Raditz cried out helplessly as he begged Goku.
"Shut up! I told you, any guy as cruel as you are ain't no brother of mine! As someone who was going to kill my son, don't you go saying that self-serving junk!" Goku shouted.
"I-I'll stop! I've had a change of heart!" Raditz insisted.
"Goku, he's lying!" Ocarin shouted.
"I'm not! I'll leave this planet without making any more trouble!" Raditz exclaimed. Goku looked down at him, unsure.
"Don't be fooled, Goku! There's no truth in what he's saying! There's no way he would do that!" Piccolo yelled out.
"Please! Believe me, younger brother! Truely, I have done some cruel things up to now! To you as well...But I will keep my promise, no matter what." Raditz pleaded to him.
"Y-You really mean it?" Goku asked.
"I-I really do!"
"Goku, no! Don't do it!" Ocarin cried out.
"Don't let go of his tail! That's what he wants!" Piccolo shouted as well.
"I'm begging you, Kakarot! B-Believe me!" Goku began to loosen his grip on Raditz tail and released it.
"Goku!" Ocarin shouted. Raditz laughed and kicked Goku, knocking him down on the ground.
"You miserable idiot!" Piccolo growled, furious.
"Indeed! fools such as yourself are quite uncommon! Just think that you would be so completely taken in! Just as I thought, there's no way that you could be a warrior!" Raditz laughed evilly.
"That was a dirty trick!" Goku hissed, angry at himself for believing him.
"I'm not like you. I'm a first-rate warrior! I have absolutely no hesitations about killing you, even if you are my brother! Shall I provide you with a sample?" Raditz walked over to Goku until he was standing over him. Then he slammed his foot down hard on Goku's chest.
"Goku!" Ocarin shouted. Raditz began to repeatedly stomp his foot down on Goku. Goku cried out as he felt his ribs cracked.
"There you go, there you go! Suffer even more! Your death is near!"
"What's the matter? Aren't you going to come at me? Try doing that thing you did earlier!"
"Y-You'll only dodge it!" Piccolo muttered, gritting his teeth.
"Scream some more! Cry out! You two are next! Get ready!" Raditz shouted. "Well now, shall I finally put you out of your misery? Die, Kakarot!" The Saiyan's space shuttle shattered as Gohan busted through it as he flew out of it. "What?!" Everyone watched in shock, seeing him.
"I-It's that kid!" Raditz thought to himself. "What is this?!"
"I-It's Goku's son!" Piccolo thought to himself.
"Impossible!" Gohan landed on the ground in front of Raditz, growling angrily at him.
"G-Gohan!" Goku shouted at his son. "Run, Gohan! Run!" Raditz eyes widen as he saw Gohan's energy rising climatically.
"Power levels...O-one thousand...one thousand three hundred seven?!"
"Stop picking on...my daddy!" Gohan roared out furiously. He flew directly at Raditz and headbutted him right into the center of his armor, cracking through it. Raditz was knocked back, falling on the ground. Gohan landed in front of Goku, who stared at his son completely stunned by the child's power.
"G-Gohan?"
"Daddy." Gohan teared up as he walked over to his father.
"Did you just-"
Raditz let out a furious roar, getting back on his feet. Gohan froze in fear as he saw the Saiyan.
"You-You little brat!"
"Run Gohan!" Goku shouted.
"Now his power levels is a mere 1? It changes suddenly with his emotions." Raditz frowned.
"D-Daddy." Gohan backed away as Raditz towered over him and Goku.
"Run!" Gohan couldn't move, completely paralyzed in fear. Raditz smacked Gohan hard, knocking him away and rolled on the ground, unconscious. Goku struggled to get up but fell back down. "Gohan!" Raditz passed Goku and started to head over to Gohan. Goku grabbed Raditz's ankle, stopping him. "S-Stop! Please stop! He's just a-"
"Still just a child? Is that what you were going to say? You got to be joking! That brat has a power level far higher than you! I'm going to kill him now, while he's still incapable of adeptly using his power." He kicked Goku off of him and started to inch closer to Gohan. "Don't worry. You'll see him soon enough! In Other World, that is."
"Stop!" Piccolo and Ocarin tiredly watched as they saw the Saiyan inching closer to the defenseless child. Ocarin gritted her teeth.
She looked over at Piccolo. "Piccolo! Get ready!" She quickly teleported, appearing right in front of Raditz, who was shocked to see her. Ocarin quickly grabbed Gohan.
"You-!" Raditz growled at her. Goku quickly grabbed onto him, holding Raditz in a lock hold. "W-Why, you! You still have this much power left!?"
"Piccolo! Hurry! Do that technique from earlier!" Goku shouted.
"I've been getting it ready just in case! But it's still going to take a little more time! Why didn't you grab his tail!?" Piccolo shouted.
"If he decided to, he could cut off his tail on his own!" Goku told him. Raditz eyes widen in shock, looking at Goku.
"You knew about that?!"
Piccolo started to gather up some more energy in his fingertips. Raditz frantically as he tried to break out of Goku's hold on him. "Piccolo! Hurry! Hurry it up, please!"
"Let me go, Kakarot! You idiot! You're going to get caught in it as well!" Raditz shouted.
"I'm going to die together with you!" Goku shouted.
"Y-you're what?! Are you out of your mind!?" Raditz sputtered.
"This is the only way to defeat you!"
"Goku! I'm not going to hesitate here. If I can wipe you out as well, nothing could be better for me!" Piccolo spoke then frowned. "But then again, your friends will probably just bring you back with the Dragon Balls."
"Piccolo! Is it ready? I don't know how much I can hold him for longer!" Goku shouted.
"O-One thousand four hundred eighty-five?!" Raditz cried out as he read his visor. He continued to struggle, trying to break out of Goku's hold. "Let me go! I was wrong! I'll never come back to this planet again!"
"You think I'll fall for that again?" Goku smirked.
"It's no lie! Don't you believe the word of your own older brother?!" Raditz exclaimed.
"Piccolo! Hurry! Do it now!" Goku yelled.
"Sorry to keep you waiting. Are you ready for this?" Piccolo called out.
"Do it!" Goku shouted.
"W-Wait-!" Piccolo fired the energy blast directly at Raditz and Goku. "Special Beam Cannon!"
"Stop!" The beam drilled straight through the Saiyan's chest and sadly Goku's as well. The two fell on the ground.
"Damn it to hell!" Raditz hissed as he spatted out blood. "Damn it...to think that I would be done in...by these guys!"
"Take that!" Piccolo smirked.
"W-who would have thought...that Kakarot would even lay down...his own life."
'You idiot. Goku can come back to life right away." Piccolo replied. Raditz's eyes widen in shock.
"W-what?!"
"We have these nice things called Dragon Balls here on this planet." Ocarin's eyes widen in shock at Piccolo as he revealed about the Dragon Balls to the Saiyan. "Piccolo! What is he doing!? Why am I getting a bad feeling about this."
"By asking, any desire one may have can become possible. Bringing the dead back to life for example."
"Piccolo! Stop! Don't tell him anymore!" Ocarin shouted. Piccolo looked at her confused. Raditz chuckled.
"Damn it all...Still, you've told me something good. The entire situation up until now has been communicated to my two pals, deep in space."
"What?" Piccolo's eyes widen in shock.
"They know that I've been done in and now they will be sure to come here." Raditz chuckled darkly. "To handle not only you but to completely mop up every last person on this planet in the blink of an eye. And while they're at it, maybe they'll use those whatever-you-called-them things and have me brought back to life."
"Damn it!" Piccolo gritted his teeth.
"Those-Those other two. When will they get here?" Goku asked.
"One year. Just one year from now." Raditz told them.
"One year? Two more of you who are even stronger?" Piccolo muttered.
"Your chances of winning will be absolutely zero that time for sure. Enjoy it while you can for the next year." Raditz smirked. "It was a short-lived victory, wasn't it? You guys are no more than worms, after all."
"You're out of your misery now. You just had to go and spat out all of that uncalled for blather." Piccolo growled.
Then Krillin, Master Roshi and Bulma flew down from her aircraft and the three stepped out. Their eyes widen seeing the Saiyan defeated on the ground until they fell on Goku not too far away. The three quickly ran over to him.
"Goku! What happened?!" Krillin shouted. All three glared at Piccolo who was standing a few yards away.
"You monster! What did you do!?" Bulma hissed at Piccolo.
"He had no choice." Ocarin spoke. "He did what he had to." Bulma blinked, looking at her before seeing Gohan in her arms, still unconscious. Piccolo started to explain the situation to Bulma, Roshi and Krillin what really happened. "That's how it happened."
"I-I see..." Master Roshi stammered.
"Goku! Goku, wake up! Goku, stay with us!" Krillin pleaded. Goku groaned as he opened his eyes trying to stay awake.
"Gohan is okay. He's just knocked out." Ocarin told Goku. Bulma sighed in relief.
"Thank...goodness." Goku smiled, weakly.
"He's coming around." Krillin spoke.
"Chichi won't chew me out this time." Goku joked and turned to Krillin. "Krillin...this dying stuff,...it's pretty nasty, isn't it?"
"You might say that. W-Wait a minute, what are you saying? Goku! Don't give up! This isn't like you!" Krillin shouted.
"Goku." Master Roshi frowned, concerned.
"This time...it doesn't look so good for me." Goku replied.
"Don't worry! We'll bring you back to life right away!" Krillin pointed out. Goku smiled.
"I'm counting on it." His eyes slowly closed.
"Goku..." Goku's hand went limp and fell on the ground, no longer moving. Goku!"
"Goku! Please don't die!" Bulma cried out. Suddenly, Goku's body vanished within thin air.
"He vanished." Master Roshi replied.
"I get it. This is Kami's doing. This is something that he would be capable of. That bastard. He's thinking of using Goku again for some nonsense or other." Piccolo explained.
