Gohan, Krillin, Ocarin and Dende returned back to the cave hideout, and they landed in front of the entrance, walking inside. They saw a large capsule hut that Bulma made using one of her capsule corp capsules. Krillin called out to her, and the scientist opened the door to see the four of them outside. Ocarin handed back the scouter to her. Dende quickly hid behind Gohan and Ocarin, slightly scared by the woman's appearance.

"It's okay. She's friendly. Well, most of the time. Bulma can be a little bossy more than me." Ocarin joked.

The four walked inside the house and Bulma pulled out some already made food and juice from the fridge. Krillin and Gohan had told Bulma what had happened. She placed the bento boxes down and drinks on the table for the four and went to go grab some strawberry cakes for herself. Gohan and Krillin were already chowing down on the food and Ocarin was eating some of the strawberry cake. But she stopped when she noticed that Dende wasn't eating.

"Sounds like you had a rough time out there." Bulma said.

"No kidding." Krillin replied as he, Ocarin and Gohan munched down on some strawberry cake. "We're lucky to be alive." Then the two noticed as well that Dende hadn't touched any of the food.

"I know it's not very good. But you should probably try to eat something to get your strength back." Krillin said, concern.

"Not very good!?" Bulma screeched angrily and she flinged a cake at Krillin's head. "The sure hasn't stopped you for stuffing your face! Would it kill you to show a little appreciate for once!"

"I wasn't talking about the food-It's the best I've ever had!" Krillin stammered, nervously, worried that if he said anything else would make her madder. Gohan laughed at Krillin until he noticed that Dende still hadn't took a bite of his food. Bulma sat down next to him.

"I'm sure he's just to upset after everything's happened." She said.

"Actually, Namekians don't really need food." Ocarin filled her in. Dende's eyes widened, looking at her. Bulma, Krillin and Gohan's did so as well.

"She's right. We only need water to live off of." Dende said. Ocarin smiled.

"How about I go grab a cup of water for you? Will you at least try that." She offered. Dende slowly nodded and Ocarin got up and poured a glass of water and came back and set it down in front of him. Dende took it and began to take small sips before he sat the drink back.

"But what about those fields of vegetables we saw out there? I saw them myself." Krillin said, confused.

"The fields you saw were Ajisa plants." Dende explained.

Krillin and the others looked at him confused and Dende continued. "The elder used to say that Planet Namek used to be a different place than it is today. They say are world was once lush and beautiful and filled with Ajisa trees. But one day a massive storm darkened our skies, violent winds tore across the planet, stripping the Ajisa trees of their delicate leaves. The whole planet was destroyed. In fact, all life on our planet was brought to the brink of extinction. The elders knew how the Ajisa trees brought beauty to our world and help make the soil rich. That's why we were trying to grow more of them. We hoped that this would bring our world back to life."

"That's awful." Ocarin said, sadly. "Do you know what caused the calamity to happen?" she asked him. Dende shook his head.

"No. No one knows. Our elder told us that it was a dark time for Namek that even he doesn't like to talk about it." Dende told her, looking down thinking about something then he looked back at the group. "If you don't mind me asking, why are you all here?"

Suddenly, Ocarin, Krillin and Gohan sensed something. The three ran outside, looking over at the direction where they sensed the energy was coming from.

"What's wrong?! Did they find us or is someone coming!?" Bulma shouted, worried as well as she came running out of the cave. Dende followed her.

"No. But there's a lot of power levels." Krillin told her.

"Each one of them is disappearing." Ocarin frowned.

"Someone is killing more Namekians." Gohan said. Dende gasped.

"It's Vegeta! He's attacking one of the villagers! That bastard. Those Nameks never even had a chance!" Krillin growled, gritting his teeth, angrily.

"He's an animal, isn't he!" Bulma frowned.

"Yeah, and it looks like he even knows how to sense power levels without a scouter, now. If we try to go anywhere, he'll find us. I don't know if he's working for Frieza or not. But if any one of them gets their hands on all seven Dragon balls, then it's all over." Krillin said, gravely then noticed Ocarin beginning to walk away.

"Ocarin, where are you going?"

"I'm going to head out and see if I can find anything about the Dragon balls. I'm going to look for survivors as well. I'll be careful. Just wait here in the meantime." She said.

"You can't!" Krillin shouted at her. "Didn't you listen? He'll find you!"

"Then he should worry about himself and what I'm going to do to him, if I find him. I'm going whether you like it or not." Ocarin growled as she told him. Krillin backed away from her, holding his hands up defensively.

"Okay! You're the boss!" He stammered, nervously. "Just don't get yourself into trouble that we can't get you out of."

"I won't. Like said, I'm going to look for information. That's all." Ocarin assured him. "I'm going now. Don't get to stir crazy while I'm gone." She smiled and left the group, walking away.


Ocarin landed on a nearby island, looking around when she arrived at a destroyed village in ruins. She saw several Namekians lying on the ground, dead. "This is awful." She muttered to herself, looking around some more. Then Ocarin's eyes widen when she heard a noise and went to investigate. She was met with a gruesome sight as she saw an Namekian elder, struggling to get up as he laid back against the hut. He was completely beaten up as purple blood dripped from his wounds, swollen eye, and a large gaping hole on the right side of his chest. He didn't have much time left. Ocarin ran over to him and knelt down. He wheezed as he saw her approaching him. Ocarin held her hands up to show that she wasn't any threat to him.

"I'm not an enemy. Please, let me help you." She asked him. The Namekian quickly shook his head. He coughed as he spoke in Namekian to her.

"Not me. Help him. Those monsters have gone after them! You have to save them!"

"Who?" Ocarin questioned.

"They're not too far from here." He pointed out towards the direction. Ocarin looked to where he was pointing at and she could sense four energies over the ridge. There were three not so powerful and one very small. The Namekian elder began to cough violently making Ocarin quickly turn back to him. "Please, you have to save them. You have to-" The Namekian elder's eyes rolled back and he let out a shallow gasp before his head lolled to the side, no longer moving. Ocarin stood up and quickly ran in the direction the Namekian elder pointed out to.

"This has to end!"

Ocarin stopped over the edge of the ridge and peeked over, looking down below, quietly. She saw three of Frieza's soldiers standing over a small Namekian child, wearing a yellow vest over purple robes and a purple sash with a hut in ruins behind them. The child bared his fangs at the three soldiers, backing away from the three men. One of the soldiers chuckled and kicked the Namekian child in the face, knocking them down on the ground.

"You might have some information about the Dragon balls. You're coming with us." One of Frieza's solders said as he picked the child up by his collar. She had enough of this. Ocarin got up and quickly teleported behind the three soldiers.

"That's just sad. A bunch of grown men picking on a little kid." She frowned, narrowing her eyes at them. The soldiers turned around, startled, as they didn't sense her. The soldier dropped the Namekian child and they quickly ran taking cover behind the desolated hut.

"Who the hell are you!?" a soldier demanded, aiming his laser gun at Ocarin.

"I want you and your men and who ever your leader is, to get off of this planet and leave the Namekians alone. This is your final warning." He fired the rifle and Ocarin deflected the beam as she smacked it away, exploding the cliff behind her. The three men charged at her, ready to strike her down. Ocarin sighed. "I warned them. They just didn't listen." She quickly took out each of the three soldiers one by one, sending one smashing into the cliff, another into the water, and the last one she blasted with an energy beam, disintegrating them.

Sensing no more around, Ocarin turned back to the hut, walking over to it. "Hey, are you okay? They didn't rough you up too bad, did they?" She saw the Namekian child peek out, seeing that the danger was gone but frowned once he saw her approaching him.

"S-Stay away!" The child shouted in Namekian at her. "You're one of them, aren't you!"

"In case you haven't noticed, I just saved your butt." Ocarin spoke back to him in Namekian, chuckling. The child's eyes widen in surprise hearing her speak Namekian before glaring at her again, distrustfully.

"I don't believe you!" He shook his head. "Everyone from my village was killed by people from outer space. You came from outer space too, right? You're evil too, aren't you?!" Ocarin stared at him, the more she did then more the child reminded her of Piccolo.

"I'm sorry about your village. I promise you that I am not evil. We are here to help." Ocarin told him.

"We? There are more of you!?" The Namekian exclaimed, looking at her more fear in his eyes.

"Yeah, there are three others here as well." Ocarin nodded. Then a low rumble was heard, making Ocarin look down at the child, who held his stomach. "Huh? Oh, are you hungry?" She smiled, softly at him. The child's cheeks turned purple and quickly he shook his head.

"S-Shut up! What's it to you!?"

"Wait here. I'll be back." Ocarin told him and she walked away for a moment, the child watched her as she left. Ocarin scooped some water, she found in a well nearby, into a canteen then came back and she held it out to him. "Here, drink this." The child's eyes widened as he stared at the canteen then back Ocarin who was waiting for him to take it.

"Y-You went to all that trouble...N-No. Something's not right. You poisoned it, didn't you?!" He accused.

"It's just normal water." Ocarin insisted. She poured a little into her hands, taking a small sip, showing him. "See."

"H-Hmph. Whatever." The Namekian took it from her and drank from the canteen until it was empty. Ocarin smiled.

"It's good, right?"

"Yeah." The child nodded.

"What's your name?" Ocarin asked him.

"Necke." He answered her. "Matto espen?"

"Ocarin." She told him. Necke blinked in surprise at her.

"You have an Namekian name? And can speak Namekian. That's strange." He replied before he quickly covered his mouth and started to cough violently. "Wh-What's going on?" Ocarin's eyes widen, looking at him.

"Are you alright?!" She asked in concern.

"I-I can't drink water anymore!" The child shouted.

"What happened?" Ocarin questioned. "There must be something wrong with his body." She turned back to Necke. "Um, I did see some fruit on my way over here. Would that help?"

"Fruit? I've never had it before." Necke said. Ocarin nodded.

"I'll go get you some. Just wait here and stay out of sight for a bit." She quickly left, heading towards a patch of Ajisa trees, seeing some strange fruit baring from them and some lying on the ground. They were small and round like pearls and pink. Ocarin quickly gathered a few and rushed back to the Namekian child. He saw her as she came back. "I'm back and I brought some fruit! Here. Maybe this will help." She held out the berries to him and Necke hesitantly took them from her. He stared down, not taking a bite.

"I-Is it not good?" Ocarin asked him. Necke shook his head.

"N-No, it's not that. I've never had fruit before, so I'm not sure how to eat it." He said to her. Ocarin blinked at him for a second before she smiled and pointed to her mouth. "I'll show you."

Necke watched her before he took some of the berries and plopped a few into his mouth and began to chew some they way she showed him how to do. "So, how is it?" Ocarin saw the child's eyes go wide and stuck his tongue out.

"Blergh. It's bitter."

Ocarin smiled, apologetically. "Sorry. I guess I should've tasted it first."

"But I can eat it. I think I feel a little better now. This is all really new to me. I've never felt this sensation before." Necke said, thanking her. Ocarin smiled and Necke went back to eating a little while she began to think of what to do before an idea came to mind.

"I have friend who might help. It might be a lot safer if you come with me. She might be able to know what's going on with you." She said to him. Necke nodded.

"Okay." Ocarin smiled and bent down picking him up. "Up we go!" Necke's eyes widen as he squirmed in her arms.

"Wait! I can fly on my own!" Ocarin didn't hear him and she quickly flew off, hiding back to the cave hideout, masking her energy a little. "Wanna ride on my back? It might be more fun. And you might not get a chance like this ever again."

"I told you! I can fly on my own!" Necke shouted at her again. Ocarin rolled her eyes and placed him on her back. She felt the child grip her shirt as she went a little faster. Necke began to laugh a little.

"Want me to go a little faster?" She smiled.

"Yes!" Necke quickly nodded. Ocarin chuckled. "Alright, hold on!" She went faster and the two felt the wind blowing against them. Ocarin saw Bulma, waiting outside along with Krillin and Gohan and Dende. She landed down in front of them.

"You're back! Did you find any Dragon balls?" Bulma asked. Ocarin shook her head.

"No. No Dragon balls. But I did find something else." She smiled and reached behind her back, pulling Necke out. Bulma, Gohan and Krillin's eyes widen in shock to see another Namekian alive. Ocarin placed him on the ground. Dende eyes widen as well, recognizing him.

"Necke!" He smiled running over, grabbing Necke's hands.

"Dende!" Necke hugged him and Dende hugged him back.

"You're okay!"

"Seems like you've made it out, too." Necke said. The group smiled, looking at the two reunion and Ocarin turned to Bulma.

"Bulma, I want to talk to you about this Namekian child. His body can't handle water, but he can eat some food, which is unusual sense Namekians usually need water to live on. Do you know what might be wrong with him?" She asked her. Bulma blinked, scratching her chin thinking.

"If I had to guess, all of these abnormalities might have happened in his head and body. So instead of his body absorbing nutrients from water. He has to get his nutrients from food, like us." Necke looked at her, listening as he waited.

"Do you know what to do to fix it?" Ocarin asked the scientist. Bulma shook her head.

"I'm sorry. I have no clue. Namekian biology isn't exactly my expertise." Necke looked down at the ground. Ocarin patted him on his head, making him look up at her.

"Hey, don't be sad. I'm sure your body will return to normal eventually." She told him.

"Why are you being so kind to me?" Necke asked her.

"How can I not? You're adorable!" Ocarin smiled. Dende smiled as well, elbowing Necke in the arm.

"See, Ne sinti!" Dende said to him. Necke's cheeks turned purple and so did his ears.

"Shut up!" He hissed. Dende turned towards the group.

"I still don't understand why you are all here or how you know about the Dragon balls. Please. Please tell me that you are here to help us!"

"Frieza and his men killed some friends of ours, two of them meant a lot to me. We are here to wish them back." Ocarin told him.

"Yeah, their names are Kami and Piccolo. Kami is the guardian of our planet and the creator of our Dragon balls. If we get them back, we can wish everyone that was killed back to life." Krillin explained to Dende.

"And once dad gets here. He'll make every single last one of them pay!" Gohan smiled. Ocarin nodded.

"Then we must fight them! I know someone who can help. I can take you to our grand elder!" Dende said.

"Grand elder?" Krillin asked.

"Who is he?" Ocarin wondered as well.

"He is very wise, and he is the father of all Nameks. He alone survived the terrible storm that nearly destroyed our world, and he is the one responsible for repopulating it so far. We are all his children. I'm, myself is his 108th child." Dende explained to them.

"Wow. He's been busy." Ocarin remarked.

"But how did he do it all by himself?" Bulma asked.

"What do you mean, how? He spit the eggs out of his mouth, of course." Dende said, bluntly. Bulma blinked in confusion.

"Oh. So he's a female?"

"Female?" Dende turned his head to the side. "What's a female?"

Bulma's mouth dropped and she gaped at him in shock and turned to Krillin. "Can you believe it? There's no specific gender here. They're all one type. I'm sure glad I'm not a Namek!"

"So you really think that seeing this elder will do us some good?" Krillin asked Dende. Dende nodded.

"Yes. But it's important that we go quickly. The one's who attacked my village already have five of the Dragon balls. And if another village is being attacked right now as you say then that's six. He has the last one."

"Then we need to go now! Vegeta will sense his power from miles away. For all we know he could be on his way already." Krillin said, worried.

"Exactly! We must warn the eldest Namek that he's coming! Come with me! Please!" Dende pleaded, grabbing onto Krillin's gi.

"It's risky but we'll be in even more danger if Frieza gets that Dragon ball." Gohan said.

"Then let's go." Ocarin replied.

"You lead the way. Ocarin and I will follow." Krillin told Dende. Dende smiled. Krillin turned to Gohan. "I want you to wait here with Bulma until we get back, okay? We can't let Vegeta sense us both."

"You're right. It'll be better if we split up." Gohan agreed.

"I'm coming too." Necke insisted. Dende shook his head.

"No, Necke, you stay here with them! So many has died already. I can't lose you too!" Dende shouted.

"But I know a short cut to get there faster!" Necke argued. The two began to argue and Ocarin stepped in.

"Hey, Dende maybe it's better if Necke comes with us. He seems pretty adamant on going. I promise I won't let anything happen to him or you."

Dende stared at her for a moment before making a hesitant nod. Krillin, Ocarin, Dende and Necke slowly began to lift up from the ground, hovering above Bulma and Gohan as they began to take off.

"See ya!" Krillin waved.

"We won't be gone long!" Ocarin said to the two and the four quickly flew off, heading towards the mysterious Grand elder.

Namekian language:

"Ne sinti."-He/She seems well/nice.

"Matto espen?"-What is your name?