34 days after taking off from Earth, Bulma, Ocarin, Krillin and Gohan had finally arrived at their destination of Planet Namek.
"There it is! We've made it!" Bulma shouted.
"Wow, it sure is pretty." Gohan said in awe.
"Sure is." Ocarin agreed.
"Is this really Namek?" Krillin asked.
"No question about it. The computer says that this is the Planet Namek. We got here four days later than we planned." Bulma replied.
"Everything turned out all right in the end though, didn't it?" Krillin said.
"I guess so. Now, we're going to land so sit down and fasten your seat belts. It's going to be bumpy. Now just got to find a good place to land." Bulma said. "We've landed on Planet Namek! Just wait a minute while I check the atmosphere to see if the air is breathable."
"This looks like the same place where I trained with Piccolo." Gohan spoke.
"This place does have a peaceful feeling to it." Ocarin replied.
"Piccolo." Gohan mumbled sadly.
"We're going to get him back. And the others as well. We've come so far now." Ocarin assured him.
"ARE YOU GUYS MORONS!? WHY WOULD YOU JUST WALTZ OUT HERE LIKE THIS?!" Bulma exclaimed, furiously.
"You sure are as scary as ever Bulma." Krillin replied.
"For crying out loud. I guess it's okay, as long as the Dragon balls are here." She pulled out the dragon radar. "I'm getting a reading!" Krillin reached and pinched her cheeks. "What are you doing?"
"Just checking to make sure if this wasn't a dream or not." Krillin said. Bulma slapped Krillin hard in the head.
"Is that real enough for you?"
"Guys, I wouldn't be celebrating just yet." Ocarin frowned. Gohan sensed it as well.
"There's a strong Ki coming from over there." He said.
"You're right. I"m sensing a lot of them. They're all powerful, too. What does this mean?" Krillin asked.
"It's probably the Namekians. With Kami and Piccolo being as strong as they were, it's not at all strange that the Namekians form their home would have strong ki too." Bulma replied.
"I don't think it's the Namekians, Bulma. This ki...it feels too evil." Ocarin said.
"I'm telling you it's fine. King Kai said that the Namekians were gentle by nature, didn't he? There are four Dragon balls gathered in one direction. Come on, let's go meet the Namekians." Bulma said.
"Yeah, you're right. It's must the Namekians. There's nothing to be so nervous about, right?" Krillin chuckled nervously.
"H-Haven't we seen that somewhere before?" Bulma stammered.
"It's a Saiyan spaceship!" Krillin shouted. Ocarin frowned.
"Vegeta."
"Gohan, Ocarin, we need to mask our presence. We'll be detected!" Krillin told the two.
"It's Vegeta. It has to be him." Gohan said.
"Damn it! Has he already healed from the fight? Come to think of it, he knows about the Dragon balls, too." Krillin gritted his teeth.
"What do we do? It's hopeless. The only thing we can do now is return to Earth, right?" Bulma asked.
"We are not turning back. If the Dragon balls are here, they are the only thing that can bring back Piccolo and Kami and the Earth's Dragon balls." Ocarin said.
"And the others, too." Krillin added.
"Bulma, you contact Earth and tell them about this, then go back yourself. It's dangerous for you to be here. Me, Gohan and Ocarin will stay here and try to collect the Dragon balls."" Krillin told her. Bulma stared at him in surprise.
"But."
"It'll be fine. We have the Dragon ball radar." Krillin smiled.
"Alright, once I get back to Earth, I'll bring Goku back. The trip will take a while, so hang in there and wait for us!" Bulma nodded. "Hey, what's wrong?" The group saw more spacecrafts, like Vegeta's, fly by and crashing far from them. "More of them!?" Bulma exclaimed. "We can't stay here any longer. I'll leave the Dragons balls to you guys. I'm heading back to Earth wish me luck."
"Bulma, wait! Do you still have the Saiyan scouter? Do you mind if I borrow it for a bit?" Ocarin asked. Bulma blinked. She pulled the scouter out of her bag and handed it to her, confused.
"Um, sure? Here you go."
"You do know that those things don't really work right? Why do you want it?" Krillin asked, wondering as well.
"I know. I just think that it'll come in handy. I'm going to give them a little taste of their own medicine." Ocarin smirked.
"I'm guessing that you got a plan, right?" Gohan asked.
"Something like that. I'm going to give you guys a 5-minute head start, while I'm gathering Ki. Then I'm going to release it as bait. Hopefully, it'll draw out those powerful kis and make it easier to get the Dragon balls." Ocarin explained.
"But what about you?" Gohan asked, unsure.
"I noticed that for some reason the scouters can't really pick up on my energy levels too well. So that will give me an advantage." Ocarin explained.
"What's the scouter for?" Krillin asked.
"To make it easier to see where they are coming from." Ocarin grinned.
"That's actually, not a bad plan." Gohan agreed.
"Wait a minute! Not while I'm here!" Bulma shouted.
"Of course not. You'll be long gone by the time they get here. So, what do you think?" Ocarin asked Krillin and Gohan. Krillin turned to him.
"Well, Gohan, do you want to go back? If something happens to you, Chichi will-" Gohan shook his head.
"I can't do that. Not when we're this close. We can't let Vegeta get the Dragon balls."
"Maybe if we give Vegeta the Dragon balls this time, we can always us them next time." Krillin suggested.
"That is if he doesn't blow up Shrenon like Piccolo did." Bulma replied.
"Well, if we run into trouble, we can have Ocarin go all blue." Krillin grinned. Ocarin blinked, looking at him confused.
"Go all blue? What are you talking about?" She asked him. Krillin's eyes widened.
"You don't remember? You took care of Nappa before he could finish us off! You just got all angry and started screaming and your skin turned blue and your hair turned white."
"I can't do something like that." Ocarin smiled, laughing a little. "I think you might still have a concussion, Krillin."
"But-But! I saw! You were..." Krillin sputtered in shock.
"It's true. Ocarin, you really did change." Gohan spoke. Krillin shivered a little.
"Yeah, it was kind of scary actually. I couldn't move an inch of my body. It was like a heavy weight was pushing down on me, almost suffocating." Ocarin looked at the two in surprise. She had a secret power that she never knew about. How come Kami or Mr. Popo never told her about it? They probably didn't even know themselves. The more Ocarin thought about it, the more she began to get a little scared. The way Krillin described about her power. It sounded bad. Maybe she shouldn't be using it very often, only as a last resort. If only she knew how to tap into it and control it. But how?
"Someone's here!" Krillin shouted, making Ocarin snap out of her thoughts.
"I-Is it a Saiyan!?" Bulma sputtered, nervously.
"No, this ki is weaker." Krillin replied.
"Who is it?" Gohan asked.
"It's probably the Namekians." Bulma answered.
"They're not Namekians!" Krillin shouted.
"They're coming this way!" Ocarin growled. The group saw two aliens wearing armor like Vegeta's walking around the corner of a plateau. Then the two spotted the group and started to fly over to them. Bulma shrieked and quickly ran for cover behind one of the legs of Kami's ship. Krillin, Gohan and Ocarin braced themselves as the invaders approached them and were hovering in the air above them.
"They're wearing the same armor as the Saiyans but they're not Saiyans. I have a bad feeling about this." Krillin spoke.
"May we help you gentlemen?" Ocarin frowned, looking at the two aliens.
"Do you see that? These guys are common trash with barely any power levels. They're just tourists." One of them smirked.
"We won't get to have any fun if they run away. Take care of that spaceship first." The other replied.
"Right!" The first one fired an energy blast at Kami's ship, destroying it. Bulma screamed, covering her head from the falling debris as it crashed on the ground, near the group.
"Oh crap! Our spaceship! Krillin shouted.
"These guys are unlucky to have come here in a time like this." The alien snickered evilly.
"Gohan, it's time to get serious. These guys aren't that tough." Krillin told him. Gohan nodded.
"Do you hear that? They think that we're not tough." The other alien laughed.
"How about we show you our real power." Ocarin smirked. The three quickly lunged at the two invaders before they could react. Krillin kicked one in the stomach and Ocarin appeared behind him and slammed her leg down from above, kicking him down. Gohan took out the other alien rapidly punching and kicking him, knocking him down into the water with his friend. The three landed back down on the ground, next to the destroyed ship and Bulma.
"Nice one!" Krillin smiled high fiving Gohan and Ocarin.
"This isn't great! What about the ship!?" Bulma shouted. The three turned to her, seeing Bulma picking up a piece of the ship's window. "It's hopeless now! It's all over! We'll never get back to Earth now!"
"Let's just concentrate on finding a place to hide out for now. Then we'll start searching for the Dragon balls." Ocarin said.
"She's right. With the commotion we've caused someone's bound to come along." Krillin replied.
"Those many ki that we sensed weren't Namekians." Gohan replied, worried.
"It'll be okay." Ocarin told him.
"I'm sure the Namekians will have a spare ship that we can borrow." Krillin grinned.
"How nice that you can be so optimistic!" Bulma shouted, sarcastically.
The three grabbed whatever they could salvage from the ship and quickly left on foot so they wouldn't be sensed by the other invaders on the planet. Bulma groaned as she climbed up a steep slope, Krillin and Gohan helped her up while Ocarin noticed a small cave opening ahead of them. "This looks like a safe place to stay." Ocarin said. The three walked over to it when Gohan stopped and looked in a direction.
"Krillin, do you sense any ki over there?" Gohan asked him.
"You're right. It feels different from the ones we felt earlier. It could actually be the Namekians this time." Krillin shouted. Suddenly, he sensed several more energy heading towards them, as did Gohan and Ocarin. Bulma looked at them worried, wondering what was going on. Krillin quickly turned to the three. "Hide! There's another ki coming this way from that direction!"
"What is it!?" Bulma shouted. Krillin ran over to the cave, dragging her with him.
"Be quiet! It's coming this way." Gohan and Ocarin hid as well and waited. Then the four saw several people fly past, not noticing them, and one strange horned alien with large talons, in purple and white bone-like armor that appeared to be his skin, riding a round vehicle with his tail hanging off to the side. Ocarin narrowed her eyes at him as he flew by.
"There's a lot of them." Gohan murmured.
"They're gone. Thank goodness. It looks like those people weren't coming after us, right? But what was that?" Bulma asked. She noticed Gohan, Krillin and Ocarin saying nothing, looking tense. Small droplets of sweat dripped from their face.
"Krillin? Gohan? Ocarin? What's the matter with you guys?"
"Bulma could you check the Dragon radar?" Krillin asked her. Bulma blinked at him confused.
"What?"
"When you looked at it before, there were four Dragon balls together, right? Where are they now?" He asked her again. She pulled out the radar, looking at and showed it to the three.
"The four of them are moving which means..."
"Those guys have them." Ocarin replied.
"Gohan? Did you see him? The weird one flying close to the front?" Krillin asked. Gohan nodded.
"Yes. I sensed an incredible power from him. I couldn't move."
"That guy might be even more powerful than Vegeta." Krillin agreed.
"Stronger than Vegeta? It couldn't be! Just who is he?" Bulma asked worried.
"I don't know, but I think he's one of Vegeta's pals. They were all wearing the same outfits. Damn it! How are we going to get the Dragon balls away from these guys!?" Krillin gritted his teeth.
"We still have my plan, remember?" Ocarin pointed out. Krillin looked at Gohan who nodded back at him agreeing then Krillin looked back at Ocarin.
"Do it."
"Hey, those guys with the Dragon balls are heading towards another Dragon ball." Bulma showed the radar to them, revealing the other Dragon Balls heading towards another one nearby.
"How do they know where they are?" Gohan asked.
"What's the location?" Krillin asked her.
"About 14 kilometers in that direction." Bulma pointed out.
"That's where we sensed those ki before. Krillin, it could be the Namekians!" Gohan shouted.
"I'm going over there to see what's going on." Krillin said.
"I'm coming too!" Gohan shouted.
"And I'll get started on my plan." Ocarin said.
"Wait a minute! Are you planning to leave me here all by myself?!" Bulma exclaimed.
"It'll be a lot safer here." Krillin said to her.
"W-When you put it that way, you're right. Fine. I'll put up a house with my Capsules inside this cave and wait for you." Bulma said.
The three flew off, leaving Bulma at the cave hideout. Ocarin flew in another direction a little further away from Gohan and Krillin and landed on the ground. Krillin and Gohan landed on a plateau as they got closer to where they sensed the energy from earlier. The two crouched down.
"Remember, Gohan, keep your Ki suppressed. You can do that right?" Krillin said, looking at him. Gohan nodded.
"Yes."
"They're on the other side of that bluff." Krillin replied. Gohan and him crawled slowly as they inched closer, below them they saw the invaders that they saw flew by from the cave right in front of them. Krillin and Gohan stopped in their tracks. "This is bad! We've come up right in front of them! Let's go around the side!"
"Right." Gohan agreed and the two quietly crawled away a little further away from the dangerous group. Then they peered over the cliff, looking down at them, watching. The saw a few small huts looking exactly like Kami's ship with spikes protruding from them, a garden nearby flowing with strange vegetation, and several long tables and circular chairs.
"Those houses are just like the spaceship that we came here in. But what are those guys doing? Those three especially the one in the middle riding in that round vehicle, each have a terrifyingly strong ki." Krillin pointed out, frowning at the purple alien.
"I know." Gohan whispered. The two spotted two henchmen whom, two of each had Dragon Balls in their arms.
"Look! Those two guys have the Dragon balls in their hands! They're huge! Different from the ones on Earth." Krillin whispered. Krillin and Gohan saw the heavyset henchman with spikes all over his body turning towards them. The two quickly hid before he could see them.
"Something the matter, Dodoria?" The horned alien asked.
"No, there was a slight power reading coming from that cliff. It's gone now. Must have been an insect or a small animal."
"They almost spotted us!" Krillin gritted his teeth. Gohan and him slowly looked over the edge, watching them again quietly. Another scout came out from one of the houses.
"Frieza, we've found only five of them. The remaining others appear to be out at the moment. Get out here now, unless you want to die!" He stepped out, pointing his laser gun at whoever was inside. One slowly came out, surprising Gohan and Krillin. He looked just like Piccolo and Kami, but had wrinkled skin of age, wearing a red vest and white collar and pants and brown shoes.
"He looks just like Piccolo!" Gohan gasped. Several more followed behind him along with two smaller children.
"They're Namekians!"
