Chapter Twelve: Fake Namek
Like the blink of an eye, Bulma began to wake up to find herself lying down on a Namek bed before looking at her surroundings to find herself not on the ship.
"Huh?." Bulma looked. "This is not the ship."
Bulma heard a slight awakening noise to her left and saw her nephew getting up. Goku, Chi Chi, and Krillin woke up soon after Gohan did. All five looked at their surroundings in such confusion as they have no memory as to how they got here or how they have gotten to this current point. The only thing they remembered was seeing and approaching Planet Namek itself.
And speaking of Namek-related, a Namekian door lifted up in front of them, and to their surprise it was a Namekian. A Namekian that looked exactly like Piccolo wearing similar attire as the warrior from Earth, except with no training armor and a different color version. He was short and round and had a friendly smile on his face. He entered with his arms behind his back before approaching them.
"Oh, it warms my heart so much to see you all are up and alert." said the Namekian.
"We're on Namek?." Krillin asked when he got off the bed.
"Funny. I do not recall us landing." said Chi Chi.
"That is because you have all crashed here. You all have arrived at the wrong time when the storm has hit." explained the Namekian.
"We crashed?!." Bulma had that feared look. "Oh, shit, the ship must be beyond repair!."
"Not to worry, friend. My brother is working on repairing it as we speak. No need to stress. Anyway, I have prepared a delicious meal for you all to enjoy. This way please." said the Namekian, before returning back to the exit.
The five looked at each other for a short few seconds before deciding to follow where the Namekian went. However, they are keeping their guard up in case this was nothing more than a front. Once they went to the other room they saw how nice the interior of what a Namek home looks like. It looked exactly how their ship looked, let alone looking advanced. Upon entering the dining room where the other Namekian is currently sitting at the table. Compared to the other Namekian, this one is tall and looks like he could play professional basketball back on Earth.
Upon sitting, the five can not deny how great the food tasted. Especially for Goku, who had every variety that was spread on the table on his overflowing plate. They have gotten to know the two Namekian brothers whose names were Raiti and Zaacro. They informed them that they were capable of reading their minds and know why they have come here on their planet. This surprised Bulma and the others as they had no idea that Kami and Piccolo's people were capable of doing such things. Without waiting a bit longer or dared to do any hesitations, they set out in hunting down the dragon balls.
Like any dragon ball hunting they faced trails. From getting the ball off an earring piece from a sleeping giant to getting the last ball out of the deep acid pool pit, that was originally eaten by a dinosaur. During that time collecting the dragon balls, Goku started to get suspicious. Getting suspicious about the whole entire thing. He waited for it to be just them and the so-called Namekians were not there as they were currently getting the last ball from an abandoned building. With Goku's help they managed to kill the creatures that were guarding it and were working their way back out of the building.
"Everyone hold it." Goku stopped the group from taking another step.
"Why, what is the matter, Goku?. We just need to put this ball with the others and we can grant our wish." said Chi Chi, having the seventh star ball in her hand.
Goku has that serious look on his face. "There is something completely wrong about this whole picture."
"What do you mean, Daddy?." Gohan asked while moving his tail.
"Is it not obvious?." Goku looked at everyone. " Throughout this whole time hunting down these dragon balls, why have we not seen any more Namekians?."
Krillin gave that a good thought. "You know what, Goku?. You are right. Why did we not see any Namekians other than Raiti and Zaacro?."
"Perhaps other Namekians might be living on the other side of the planet. Their culture is different from ours." said Bulma, giving it the benefit of the doubt.
"Bulma there is one thing that stands out like a sore thumbs is this." Goku tightens his fist. "Why have we not encountered any of Frieza's men?. You remember what John said."
After Goku pointed that out, which is in fact a big standout, it made the others realize that all that they did this whole time was a lie. With that in mind they had a feeling that something is very rotten and deceiving going on. Especially with Raiti and Zaacro.
"We need to get our asses back to Kami's ship. Like now." said Bulma, leading the foot race.
Reaching the entrance in such a pace they saw their surroundings changed. Big time. Instead of the area looking Namekian-like it looked like a pure living nightmare. It was so unfriendly to the point they can not describe it.
"The fuck?." Chi Chi looked at their surroundings. "This is most definitely Fake Namek."
"Nah, shut."
Everyone looked and saw two ugly creatures standing before them. Laughing evilly at them.
"Who the fuck are you guys?." asked Krillin in a fighting stance.
"We are Raiti and Zaacro. In our true forms." said Raiti, chuckling.
"Yeah, that is right." Zaacro began while stepping forward. "We have been on this planet for decades. Our ship crashed and since then we have been hoping for this opportunity to come. Once a year the planet's impossible to go through clouds will open up a hole to escape from this place."
"However, there is a time limit. As you can see the gateway will not stay open for long and once it closes we have to wait another whole year." informed Raiti.
"I knew that there was something fishy about you two." Goku growled at the two when getting ready to attack.
"Hey, wait, we can strike a deal." Bulma began as she came up with a common ground idea. "Why don't we take you guys off this planet and take you back home?."
Raiti and Zaacro looked at each other for a brief second before looking back at Bulma.
"So, you and the others are willing to travel fifty years to reach our planet?." Zaacro looked at Bulma.
Gohan had that shocked look on his face. "F…Fifty years?. We do not have that kind of time to waste."
Chi Chi slightly threw the fake dragon ball that is originally around stone. Having that look of determination. "No, sweetie, we most certainly do not have the time to burn. So…fuck it!."
Without warning or giving any heads up, Chi Chi threw that stone ball right in the right eye of Zaacro, which the stoned ball pierced his eye as purple began to shoot out.
"Damn it my eye!. My fucking eye!." Zaacro forcibly pulled the stoned ball out in great pain.
"No, Zaacro!." Raiti looked at his brother in fear for his life.
Goku saw the opportunity to strike as he powered up to the first level of kaioken. "Here, allow me to end not only your suffering of your pain but also give you two away off this planet. Kamehameha, ha!."
Goku flew over towards the two and unleashed his Ki blast on Raiti and Zaacro. The two aliens were reduced into ashes and gone from sight. Once the deed is done he turned off his kaioken. Next, all five flew and hurried back to their repaired ship and took off as soon as the gateway was still open. Bulma fired the ship up and blasted off. With luck on their side they managed to escape the planet and drove back on course.
(A/N): Hope you all have a wonderful Chriatmas and New Year's. Also, the new cover image for this story is what John exactly looks like. So, to let you all know. See, ya next chapter. Yowie Wowie!.