Author's Note: Hello this is SeanPaul3898, here are some brief statements about the story before we get started. While this is technically a "What If Goku didn't bump his head" story, I will be avoiding making this a Grim-Dark story. I will be avoiding making battle too gory and I won't go too heavy on the cursing. One last detail is that this story will be primarily using the lore of DB pre-Minus, but it will use the age change to enable Kakarot isn't an infant when the story starts. One last note this is a work in progress so every now and then I may update a page. When I do this, I will inform the reader with the Author's notes explaining what I actually changed, it may be something as simple as writing in better grammar or as drastic as rewriting a scene.
Chapter 1: Saiyan Arrival
Four alien space pods fly through space at great speeds, passing by neighboring planets and nearby suns. The white pods eventually spotted a large pure black world, it blended in well with the surrounding "space" but it was still noticeable. The planet is a forest world, covered in lush vegetation all colored a charcoal black. One would think they were blanketed in ash if the sky wasn't so clear. No, this is the natural color of the plant life which is what gives the planet its unique color. Despite being a planet mostly populated by forests there are multiple areas covered by large cities and small towns.
The local Toru people populated these cities, a bipedal mammalian race that walks on two legs. The cities were busy, morning shoppers and locals making their daily commute to work were everywhere. Today however things were busier than normal. The local police force, Toru policemen sporting more armor than normal, patrolled the skies of the city at a double pace. They have been at this for the past couple months. No one knew why they were so active today; crime was at an all-time low and they generally held friendly relations with neighboring planetary governments. Nonetheless the civilian populace went about their day blissfully unaware of what was coming.
The Four Space pods soon entered Prune's atmosphere, handling planetary re-entry without any malfunctions to be seen. The inhabitants of the city mistook the pods for asteroids, but they soon doubted that assessment when said asteroids split off from one another, moving too deliberately to be mere space rocks. Two of them split from the main group heading in two different directions while the remaining two stuck together and remained on course with the city below. Two officers look up at the falling pods as they get uncomfortably close.
One officer grabs his communicator and yells into it, "A pair of flying objects are headed for area C, evacuate the area immediately." The officers begin to scramble but the call comes in too late and the two Pods smash in the center of the city, not slowing down for anything. One Pod grinds its way through a busy street while the other smashes through three large buildings eventually stopping partway into a fourth structure. All of the police in the area arrive at the crash site and immediately start calling in medical personnel and tending to the survivors. A few officers investigate the cause of the damages and discover the white pods. They were slightly larger than an adult male and had a red circular window in the front of it.
It also had a thin black line that circled the front of the pod which stretched out onto the bottom of the pod. The officers assumed it was a projectile, a bomb that hadn't gone off yet but upon closer inspection it was undoubtedly a spacecraft. They guessed it was an escape pod but given its size, it didn't look like it could hold more than one person. This was strange, why would an escape pod only be able to transport a single individual, it would be inefficient for the job of an escape craft, perhaps it was meant for a VIP?
Before they could come to a concrete conclusion, both of the pods let out a high-pitched shriek as air was visibly released from the edges of what everyone assumed was the front door of the pod. The officers in front of the pod backs away while the surrounding officers look on from afar unsure what was about to happen. Suddenly the front of the pod peeled forward, opening wide as the window leaned forward until it came to a stop at the feet of the pod. Now the individuals inside of both pods were revealed to be sitting inside of a single seat which rested inside the pod. One officer, the captain of the squad in front of the pod, immediately barked an order, "Step out of the pod!"
The officer in question was pointing a small arm-cannon at the new individual. "You were not permitted to land in this public sector, if you do not comply, we will treat you as an invading force and react accordingly!" His fellow officers did the same pointing their arm-cannons at the two newcomers. The aliens didn't say anything further stressing the officers before them. Soon however both individuals complied, stepping out of their pods. The officers took a step or two backwards, trying to stay out of reach of the aliens just in case one of them tried to grab them. The alien inside the upper pod floated in the air while the alien on the ground level stood on the ground in front of the pod with his arms crossed. Now the officers had a clear look at the aliens before them.
They were humanoid in appearance but unlike their own people these individuals only had hair on their heads and eyebrows. They also had a brown monkey tail, the upper alien let his tail wave freely in the wind while the other wrapped his tail around his waist like a belt. They had a light skin pigment; they were tall muscular men who clearly were familiar with combat given they both wore combat armor.
They wore the same set of sleeveless, light brown surrounding black combat vests which had brown shoulder pads which extended above their shoulders barely pointing into the air. This pattern was the same for their combat skirts which covered the front, back and sides of their lower region being a foot below their armored trunks. This same color pattern was the same with their fingerless gauntlets and boots. They also wore a white and green device on their left ear that covered their left eye with a green visor with several yellow markings flashing over it, constantly changing.
While the floating warrior had a red armband wrapped around his left arm, the other alien wore a matching one around his left leg. Both individuals had black hair and black eyes but the warrior on the ground's hair was long and unkempt, extending all the way down to his ankles. The man in the sky however had somewhat short messy hair which spiked out in every direction. Both of them held dead serious expressions which did little to relax the armed officers. The officers didn't like what they saw. The best-case scenario was that they were survivors of a destroyed military ship but several details about the aliens only made them more worried.
Their impressive physique and armor made it obvious that they were soldiers, which fit with the idea they had about the aliens, but the specifics of their spacecraft were troubling. The fact their pods were one-seaters was strange, why would a military escape pod or any space pod in general only seat one person? They looked like standard soldiers; their armor didn't have metals or any distinguishing design features that would make clear that either of them was a general or some sort of commander. Assuming the aliens' culture was similar to their own, they didn't have the look or attitude of a military VIP. A terrifying thought crossed the captain's mind, but he shook his head hoping he was overthinking things.
The captain let out a nervous breath and questioned the aliens hoping their suspicions were unfounded, "What is the reason for your arrival?" The aliens didn't respond at first. Instead they glanced at each other but then the individual on the ground, rolled his eyes and made a motion with his left hand after which returning it to his folded posture, the alien in the sky looked at the officers in front of him and spoke in a menacing, gruff voice, "We are warriors of the Freeza Empire, we are here ta' claim your world as a part of the Freeza Empire." The officer's faces took a more serious expression.
The captain's suspicions were proven correct. It makes some sense if they were being invaded but even then, the fact the pods only house a single individual is troubling. Why send so few forces to conquer a planet? A few possibilities shoot through the officer's mind. Being low on warriors or supplies, of being overconfident in their military strength but the scariest example pops into his mind. Could the invaders be so strong they only need to bring so few in order to overtake their military forces? What's most puzzling is the honesty of the invader in front of them. "Most invaders would have attacked already, i-is there a reason you are being upfront with us?" says the captain in a shaky voice.
He hopes this is the invaders way to open up negotiations, if so, they could at least buy time to contact the Prune Defense Force. His hopes were dashed when the invader said, "We have already attacked, I just thought it would only be fair to tell you your situation." The alien then formed a deep scowl, "After all, after today you're all going to die, you at least deserve to know who you're fighting." He spoke as if the fate of their people was a foregone conclusion and the combination of the fact, he mentioned that they have already begun their attack along with the presence of the other flying objects created a clear picture to the captain.
He took his left hand to his side and subtly made a hand gesture to the officers behind him. He closed his fingers together and spread them out slowly. His subordinates knew immediately what he was trying to tell them. The hand gesture he made was a sort of greeting that citizens would use when greeting Prune Defense Force Soldiers. Their hands would mimic the growth of the local trees of Prune. This tree was the symbol of the Prune Defense Force. The captain was signaling for them to discreetly call the Prune Defense Force for reinforcements. Given the fact the invaders haven't reacted when he did this, the officers guess that they haven't caught on yet.
Two officers eye each other, only for one of them to pull on their own collar for a moment. To them this was confirmation on who would be calling backup but to an outside perspective it would look like an officer trying to calm themselves while under a stressful situation. The captain locked eyes with the alien in front of him and said, "Ya know, for the past couple months our patrols have ramped up, more officers have been sent out per patrol and we were even issued emergency gear, as you can see." The invader looked confused, "Why the hell are ya' tellin' me that?"
The captain ignored him, continuing with, "We've even been told to hover over the city, instead of patrolling the streets as if they were expecting people like you to show up." The alien arched his brow and folded his arm while saying, "How the hell would you lot know we were coming? You were clueless a solid five minutes ago." The captain thought to himself, "That's right, focus on me, on my words." The alien below eyed the captain with suspicion. "Why would he suddenly start giving us information? He was panicking over our arrival a short while ago. What could have changed?" The alien murmured to himself.
His thoughts ran through the possibilities eventually realizing why. He thought to himself, "He's stalling, but for what reason? His men haven't made a move…" Suddenly his eye fell on one of the officers behind the captain. The officer laid his left hand onto his left ab fiddling with a small communicator strapped to the stomach of his armor. "I won't be able to get away with a call for backup but If I send our coordinates instead…" Before he could finish his thought or press another button on his communicator, he was suddenly assaulted by a searing pain which engulfed his whole body.
Before he could even realize he was hit by something his body dropped to the ground, motionless. The captain and his surviving officers looked down to see his body which had been burnt to a crisp in an instant. The captain laid his eyes down toward the killer and saw the second invader pointing his right open palm at them. The captain's eyes were filled with rage however his anger was soon overshadowed by the rage seeping from the invader in front of him. He looked down at his comrade and yelled out with venom in his voice, "What the hell Raditz, how dare you pull off such a cowardly move!" The Invader named Raditz flinched for a moment before giving his ally a stern if a bit nervous expression and yelling back, "Don't be fooled Kakarot, they were trying to call for help!"
The invader named Kakarot looked back at the officers surprised by their deception. Raditz, realizing he got through to Kakarot then said, "The one you were talking to was keeping you distracted so they could call for backup." Kakarot's shocked expression twisted into a stern look which he turned toward the captain, "So that was your plan, you mustn't be feeling very confident if you thought numbers could save you." The captain had a panicked look, realizing he's been found out.
Raditz's expression relaxed as he dropped his arms to his sides. He thought to himself, "Damn, I can't remember the last time he got this angry." Raditz worried that if he hadn't chosen the right words then Kakarot might have acted against him. Raditz shook the thought out of his head and he soon spread his arms wide while clenching his fists. "Kakarot, I think we've delayed long enough. If we don't get to work, then Vegeta won't be too pleased with us." Kakarot scoffed in response and replied in a sarcastic voice, "Well we wouldn't want to trouble "prince" high and mighty, now, would we?"
Raditz let out a short chuckle and then said with a wry smile, "No we wouldn't, let's get started." Before Raditz could make his move an officer in front of him angrily said, "If you think Prune will fall to a mere pair of hairless apes, then you're severely underestimating the Prunian will to survive!" Raditz stopped, crossed his arms and then began to cackle loudly angering the officer in front of him. "Why…why are you laughing!" Raditz only continued finding something the officer said hilarious. Having had enough of the alien's laughter he fires a ki blast at Raditz who stops the blast with his right hand not even leaving a single scratch on him.
Raditz, not being fazed by the attack, says with an arrogant tone in his voice, "I thought it would be clear by now, but it seems you all are much slower than I gave you credit for." Kakarot chimed in with a disapproving look on his face, "Saiyan invasions nowadays don't rely on a single warrior, our Saiyan squad has four members." As if on cue a massive explosion is seen about a hundred miles from their position. The resulting shockwave shakes the city they are in. Kakarot ignores the explosion and says, "and the scariest part is they're even stronger than the two of us."