"Power level 1,120?!" Raditz was shocked

Naruto glared at Raditz and snarled. "YOU KILLED GOHAN! AND NOW I WILL MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"

"I never knew Naruto had such an immense power inside him! How come I didn't sense it earlier? There's something inside him that I didn't notice earlier…" Goku thought as he stared at Naruto, shocked.

Suddenly, Naruto disappeared, reappearing in front of the Saiyan Warrior and delivered a ferocious punch onto his face. However, Raditz saw the attack coming and easily blocked the attack by catching his fist with his palm before it could make contact with his face. But that caused a shockwave to occur as the ground below them began to crack. Naruto wasn't going to give up however as he reeled his free fist and shot it towards Raditz. Again, the Saiyan Warrior blocked that attack as well.

Naruto then delivered a barrage of punches onto Raditz. But every time he would try to pummel him, the Saiyan Warrior would only block and dodge the attacks with ease. But also in the process, it created lots of shockwaves as the ground below them began to crack open.

Naruto then back flipped several times away from Raditz before landing nimbly on the ground. The Jinchūriki reeled his right fist backwards and glared at Raditz.

Raditz raised an eyebrow and thought, "What's this? Is he going to try to punch me from that distance? Well obviously it's not going to work…"

Naruto shot his fist forward even though he was a bit far away from Raditz. Suddenly, a Chakra fist sprouted from Naruto's cloak and shot towards Raditz, shocking the Saiyan Warrior. "W-What?!"

Raditz blocked the attack by crossing his arms. Seeing that the attack did not work at all, Naruto then smashed his fist into the ground.

"Now what is he planning to do?" Raditz wondered as he was ready to embrace the next attack.

Suddenly, the same Chakra hand went right through the ground below Raditz. Fortunately for Raditz, he barely dodged the attack as he flew into the air. That's when Naruto suddenly appeared behind Raditz.

The Saiyan Warrior could feel someone behind him and decided to turn around, only to see a fist from Naruto that was a few inches away from his face. But with the speed and reflexes Raditz possessed, he easily dodged the punch by moving his head to his side. "This strange power that surrounds him must have healed his wounds… So, he has a healing factor, huh?"

Naruto quickly spun around in mid-air and delivered a spinning kick onto Raditz's face. However, the Saiyan Warrior blocked it with his forearm. Naruto then delivered a punch to Raditz' face, but the latter dodged it once again by moving his head to the side. "Now's my chance to attack!" the Saiyan Warrior thought.

Suddenly, a Kyuubi Chakra hand sprouted from Naruto's arm and went straight towards Raditz's face, shocking the latter. Before the Saiyan Warrior had time to react however, he felt a sudden pain in his chest. This distraction caused Naruto's attack to successfully make contact with Raditz as he punched him and sent him crashing onto the ground, creating a small crater in the process.

Raditz was still lying in the crater and he thought to himself, "Damn it! The wound Kakarrot's son inflicted on me earlier is taking its toll… Because of that, my power has dropped significantly.``

Naruto suddenly appeared on top of Raditz and began to pummel him several times. Every time Naruto pummelled Raditz, the crater below him got bigger and deeper.

Finally, Naruto decided to end things by delivering a punch onto Raditz's wounded chest, creating a huge shockwave that increased the size of the crater below them. Raditz coughed out blood and suffered excruciating pain.

Raditz began to breathe heavily and so did Naruto. While Naruto was still on top of Raditz, both of them were trying to catch their breaths. Raditz was suffocating a bit due to Naruto punching him right in his injured chest. The Saiyan Warrior huffed a bit before suddenly growling, "You just won't die, won't you?"

Naruto closed his eyes and panted for a few seconds before reopening them and once again revealing his Kyuubi eyes. "It's because… I have something important to protect…"

"Something…important…to protect?" Raditz wondered.

"Yes… Something important to protect…" Naruto said as he began to have a flashback of back when he was in the land of waves.

FLASHBACK

In a random forest in the Land of Waves, Naruto was currently helping a beautiful girl gather some herbs. Last night, he had fallen unconscious after doing Charka control training by climbing up trees using only Chakra. Due to excessive use of Chakra, he fell unconscious. However, the next morning, said beautiful girl woke him up.

Right now, Naruto took a short break from collecting herbs and sat on the ground with his legs folded. He looked at the woman and said, "Hey, doing a tedious job like this in the morning, huh?"

The girl decided to ask, "What are you doing so early in the morning here?"

Naruto grinned and responded, "Training!"

The girl stared at Naruto curiously and asked, "Are you a ninja or something? That forehead protector is…"

Naruto blushed and asked, "Do I look like one? Do I look like one?" and pointed his thumb at himself while grinning. "Yes, I'm a ninja!"

"Wow, you're amazing." The girl complimented.

Naruto chuckled and rubbed his back head, feeling embarrassed at the compliment by the girl as he blushed a little.

"But, why are you training?" She asked.

"I want to become stronger!" Naruto answered.

"But you look strong enough already."

"No! No! I want to become stronger and stronger!"

The girl narrowed her eyes at Naruto and asked, "For what reason?"

Naruto held his fist to his chest level with determination and answered, "I want to become the number one ninja in my village! I'm going to make everyone recognize my powers! And also, I need to prove something to a certain someone."

"Are you doing that for someone else, or for yourself?"

Naruto stared at the girl, perplexed. "Huh?"

The girl giggled at this as the Jinchūriki asked, "What's so funny?"

The girl tilted her head to the side and asked, "Do you have anyone precious to you?"

"Precious? What are you trying to get at?"

The girl's face became sad as she got lost in thought and looked down at the grass below them. It took about a minute for her or so before she finally looked back at Naruto.

"What's with her?" Naruto wondered with an eyebrow raised.

"A person is able to become truly strong when wish to protect someone they really cherish."

Naruto took a moment to digest the wise words by the girl and contemplated for a moment. "Someone…important to protect?"

The girl gathered the remaining herbs and place it in her basket. She stood up and turned around. "You will become stronger. Let's meet again sometime," and walked a few steps ahead, but suddenly stopped and said, "Oh, and by the way, I'm a boy."

Naruto widened his eyes comically as his jaw fell to the ground and thought, "WHAT?! HE'S EVEN MORE PRETTIER THAN SAKURA!"

FLASHBACK END

Naruto stared at Raditz and continued, "I realized it afterwards… One can be truly strong only if they have someone precious to protect. For example, Gohan. That desire to protect someone makes a person stronger than ever. And that's something you won't understand because of your selfish desire to kill people for profit."

"And because of your selfish desire for profit, you even tried to kill an innocent kid! Have you Saiyans ever thought about using your power for the good of the universe by protecting it rather than simply killing innocent people? HUH?! Have you ever thought about that?"

"Shut up, brat! I don't want to listen to your nonsense!" Raditz retorted. "We Saiyans don't hesitate in battle even when it comes to killing our disgraceful family members!" The Saiyan Warrior had enough Naruto's rambling and decided to headbutt him, sending the Jinchūriki crashing towards a nearby boulder.

CRASH!

Naruto's head slightly cracked open as blood began to seep from the open wound. However, thanks to the Kyuubi's healing factor, the wound closed itself and healed. Raditz staggered back to his feet and clenched his chest in pain. He had been hit two times in the same spot by Naruto and Gohan and now it was taking its toll on Raditz. But the Saiyan Warrior could still stand. He stared forward at Naruto, only to see something horrifying.

Naruto was on all fours with the Kyuubi's cloak still intact. However, behind him, was an image of a Demon Fox that stared glared at him with pure hatred. "I will avenge Gohan no matter what!" Naruto exclaimed and once again charged towards Raditz.

Suddenly, the blond Jinchūriki disappeared, reappearing in front of Raditz and kicked him in the face, only for the Saiyan Warrior to block it. He would easily block Naruto's series of punches and kicks with ease. But every time Naruto landed his punches and kicks, it would create huge shockwaves that shook the whole battlefield.

Seeing that none of his attacks were working, Naruto tried to land a punch on Raditz, only for the latter to catch his fist before it could make contact with his face. The blond ninja then tried to strike the Saiyan Warrior with his free hand, but to no avail as Raditz did the same thing with his other free hand. Both hands were now in the firm grasp of Raditz's. "Heh heh… I like your fighting spirit! I like the rage that burns inside of you! But I'll have to end things right no – augh!"

Raditz suddenly coughed out blood at Naruto's face as he doubled over and held in chest in pain. While both of Naruto's hands were in the firm grasp of Raditz, a Kyuubi hand sprouted from the cloak that engulfed Naruto and struck directly at Raditz's injured chest, causing him to stagger backwards a little.

Naruto took this opportunity to punch Raditz in the face and the Saiyan Warrior fell backwards on the ground. Since he had been hit quite a few times in his injured chest, his power had dropped significantly and therefore he was able to receive damage from the Jinchūriki. Naruto glared at Raditz and said, "You don't understand, do you? Although you Saiyans are cruel, even you have emotions. Everyone has emotions. There's no way there's a person alive without any emotions. Because that's normal for humans."

Raditz sat up and wiped the blood off his mouth. "And what makes you say that? What proof do you have?"

Naruto closed his eyes and contemplated for a moment before reopening and answering, "Because… Goku is a Saiyan, and he has emotions too."

At first, Raditz widened his eyes at Naruto's words, but quickly shook off his stupor and growled, "Kakarrot is a disgrace to the Saiyan race. . He has gotten used to these pathetic earthlings and has become one of them. So, it's an exception! You know nothing about our family pride!"

Meanwhile, Goku and Piccolo were watching the scene unfold as the Forgotten Saiyan thought, "Wow! Naruto is actually tiring out Raditz! We just might have a chance of beating him!"

Piccolo stared at Naruto in shock and said in awe, "Incredible! Naruto's weakening Raditz further thanks to Goku's son's attack! Now I have to just find an opening and fire my Special Beam Cannon…" as he continued to charge his special technique.

Piccolo said that too soon however, as Naruto backflipped several times away from Raditz to maintain some distance before placing his hand to the side. He began to charge up his Rasengan. But this Rasengan was different. It was made up of pure corrupt Chakra and it was slightly bigger than usual and had a tinge of purple in the middle of the wild spinning ball. "Rasengan!"

Wasting no time, Naruto quickly charged towards Raditz and within no time, was already in front of him. He thrust his arm forward with the Rasengan and yelled, "HAAAAA!"

However, Raditz had other plans. Before the Rasengan could make contact with his chest, the Saiyan Warrior grabbed the Jinchūriki's wrist and proclaimed, "Play time's over! I'm through with you!" and punched Naruto in the gut, making him cough out blood.

The impact of the punch was enough to render the blond ninja unconscious as Naruto was sent about half a mile flying before crashing towards the ground right next to Gohan. The Kyuubi cloak around Naruto diminished and now it looked like the blond ninja was unconscious.

"Naruto!" Goku cried.

"Damn it!" Piccolo cursed.

Raditz chuckled menacingly and staggered towards the unconscious bodies of Naruto and Gohan until he was close enough. "Heh heh… Looks like I get to kill two birds with one stone. You were a tough fighter, blonde, but it's time to end things now," as he raised his hand upwards and began to charge his Ki on the palm of his hand. "A weakling will always remain a weakling. And you are a weakling Naruto… You say that protecting someone makes you stronger. But look at you… you couldn't even protect Kakarot's kid. Before he could fire the Ki blast, Goku suddenly grabbed Raditz and applied a full nelson lock. Apparently the Forgotten Saiyan had managed to get up with his last will power left and quickly grabbed Raditz before he could kill his son and Naruto.

Raditz looked behind his shoulder at Goku and growled while trying to escape from Goku's grasp. "Why you! You still have this much power left in you?!"

"Piccolo! Do that technique of yours from earlier!" Goku shouted while struggling to prevent Raditz from escaping his full nelson lock.

Piccolo already had his two fingertips on his forehead as sparks of electricity began to emit. He laughed like a demon and informed, "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?!"

"If he decided to, he would have cut his tail on his own." Goku responded.

"Y-You knew about that?!" Raditz said, shocked. The Saiyan Warrior grabbed Goku's hair in order to escape his full nelson lock, but to no avail. "Piccolo, do your technique now! Hurry it up please!"

Raditz gritted his teeth and thought, "Damn it! Thanks to that blow I received from that kid, my power has dropped!"

"L-Let me go Kakarrot, you idiot! You're going to get hit too if you cling onto me like this!" Raditz demanded.

Goku chuckled and said, "I'm going to die with you."

"You're what?!" Raditz exclaimed. "Are you out of your mind?!"

"This is the only way to defeat you!" Goku yelled.

"Son Goku!" Piccolo displayed his devilish grin and informed, "I'm not going to hesitate here. If I could wipe you out as well, then nothing else can be better!"

"But then again… Your friends will just bring you back with the Dragon Balls."

"Piccolo! Still not yet? My ribs are broken!" Goku urged. "Hurry!"

"Power level 1,485?!" Raditz said incredulously. That was the reading his scouter just now gave him. The Saiyan Warrior began to get desperate and decided to try his tactic from earlier, "L-Let me go! I was in the wrong! I-I'll never come back to this planet anymore!" while trying to escape from Goku's grasp.

Goku kept him still and chuckled. "Do you really thing that you can fool me again?"

"It's no lie! Don't you believe the word of your older brother?!"

"Piccolo! Hurry and do it!"

Piccolo kept his fingertips in front of his face and grinned evily. "Sorry to keep you waiting… Are you ready for this?!"

"Do it!" Goku shouted.

"W-Wait!" Raditz cried.

Piccolo raised his arm into the air before thrusting it forward and shouted, "Special Beam Cannon!" as he fired the beam towards Raditz.

The spiraling beam flew towards Raditz and Goku. The desperate Saiyan gave one last ditch elbow to his brother's ribs, and, unfortunately, Goku's grip slipped just enough for Raditz to jump. The beam hit Goku head-on and went through him, flying out till it landed far off in the field, creating a large explosion.

However, in the process, Raditz wasn't able to dodge the beam entirely as it scraped his stomach, inflicting a gash on it. "Crap!"

Due to the gash on his shoulder, stomach, and the severe injury on his chest, Raditz couldn't stand anymore and he fell face first on the ground while shouting, "D-Damn it!" and his scouter fell from his face and onto the ground.

Piccolo didn't see his opponent dodge the attack and assumed that his special technique had hit him. Seeing the injured Saiyan on the ground, Piccolo assumed that he was dead. However, Raditz had only fallen on the ground, semi-conscious as blood began to spill out from his mouth, flowing on the ground.

Piccolo panted for a moment before smirking. "Heh! Serves you right…" and he walked over to Raditz and stared down at his presumably dead body. "Looks like he's dead…"

Meanwhile, Sasuke just woke up after being knocked unconscious by Goku as the avenger opened his eyes and staggered back to his feet. "W-What happened…?" he wondered. Realization then dawned on his face as he suddenly remembered what had happened.

FLASHBACK

"To think that you would inflict injury on me! You're going to pay for this! I'm through playing around!" Raditz declared.

"We've had it now!" Piccolo said hopelessly.

Raditz chuckled evilly and declared with his fist in front of his face, "I'll obliterate you in an instant!" he raised his hand up and began to charge his Ki on his palm. "Haaaa!"

"Rot in hell!" Raditz shouted and thrust his arm forward as Piccolo prepared himself to embrace the attack.

However, just before Raditz could thrust his arm forward, he suddenly flinched and stopped halfway. For some reason he had stopped and now had a shocked expression on his face, confusing Piccolo. Raditz slowly glanced behind his shoulder and noticed that someone had grabbed his tail.

Sasuke chuckled and smirked. "Looks like you let your guard down."

"W-What?!" Raditz exclaimed, shocked.

"I've got your tail now, and I'm not going to let go!" Sasuke shouted and squeezed Raditz's tail hard enough to make the Saiyan Warrior fall down onto his knees as he was suffering from excruciating pain.

Raditz got on his knees and hands and groaned in pain. He turned his head around till he could see Sasuke through the corner of his eyes and growled. "Why you… When did you get behind me?!"

Naruto was on his knees, groaning in pain due to the damage he had received from Raditz. Despite this, he cheered, "Alright! Awesome, Sasuke!"

"Good job, Sasuke!" Goku acknowledged.

"Piccolo, do that technique of yours one more time. I'll hold him still till then.

Piccolo smiled and said, "G-Got it! Nicely done, Sasuke! Keep a firm grip on that tail and don't let go. I'm limited to only using this technique one more time," as he placed his index and middle finger on his forehead.

Sasuke squeezed even harder, causing Raditz to fall face first on the ground. The Saiyan Warrior struggled to glance behind his shoulder at Sasuke and growled. "Damn brat!"

"Shut up! This is where things will finally end!" Sasuke retorted, gritting his teeth.

"Wait! I'll stop! I've had a change of heart! I'll leave this planet without making any trouble!" Raditz suddenly confessed.

Piccolo scoffed and told Sasuke, "Don't listen to him, Sasuke. There's no truth in what he's saying! There's no way he would do that!"

Sasuke scoffed and replied, "I know…"

"Please believe me! I've done some cruel things up till now, but I will really keep my promise!" Raditz begged.

"Do you really mean it?" Naruto asked.

Goku took a tentative step forward and asked, "Yeah, do you really mean it?".

Raditz looked at Goku and Naruto and nodded desperately. "I-I really do! Please, my younger brother! I'm sure you don't want to see the life of your own brother taken away in front of your eyes, don't you?"

Goku gritted his teeth and was now in a dilemma. Whether he should really save Raditz or not.

"I'm begging you Kakarrot! Believe me! Save me!" Raditz begged.

"TOO FUCKING LATE!" Piccolo shouted and laughed like a fucking demon. "This is the end!" he had managed to gather up enough Ki for a second Special Beam Cannon. Both his index and middle finger had sparks of electricity just like last time.

"BROTHER! SAVE ME!" Raditz cried.

Piccolo raised both his fingertips into the air before thrusting his arm forward and he shouted, "SPECIAL BEAM CANNO–"

Suddenly, Goku appeared behind Sasuke in an instant and knocked him out unconscious by delivering a chop to his neck. The young avenger was shocked when he received the chop from behind. He didn't have time to think who did it as he collapsed on the ground, freeing Raditz from Sasuke's grasp and also saving him from his demise.

FLASHBACK END

Sasuke gritted his teeth in anger and thought, "D-Damn it… Did that idiot Goku do this to me? Wait… No time to think about that… Where's Raditz?!" he searched around his surroundings in search of Raditz frantically and found Piccolo staring at the dead body of the Saiyan Warrior. "Looks like Piccolo and the others defeated him somehow while I was out cold…"

Sasuke then turned to his right and saw the unconscious bodies of Naruto and Gohan. "Naruto…? Gohan…? Are they dead?"

"No, they're not…" Piccolo suddenly said. Even though he was a bit far away from Sasuke he was still able to hear him.

"H-How did you…?" Sasuke asked, perplexed.

Piccolo turned towards Sasuke and pointed his index finger at his pointy ears and said, "These ears aren't just for show, y'know…"

Sasuke scoffed. "Hn… Looks like you defeated that Saiyan bastard, huh?"

"Yeah… If it weren't for Naruto and Gohan, we would have been killed…" Piccolo informed as he folded his arms.

Sasuke widened his eyes in shock. "W-What?! Naruto? What do you mean?!" he demanded.

"Apparently, Naruto had some sort of demonic hidden power within him. Although he was still weaker than Raditz, he was still able to tire him out. Goku saw an opening and grabbed Raditz so that I could fire my technique at him... But in the process… Goku died as well…" Piccolo explained.

"W-What? Goku died…? Then what about Naruto and Gohan?" Sasuke asked.

"They're both unconscious. But like I said before, both of them were able to inflict quite some damage on Raditz… But it's over now…"

Sasuke got lost in thought. "Is it the same hidden power Naruto used back when he fought Gaara? If that's the case, then Naruto's even stronger than I thought…" as he gritted his teeth in anger. The thought of Naruto being stronger than him really ticked him off.

His train of thoughts derailed when Piccolo suddenly said, "Don't worry about Goku though… He can be revived with the Dragon Balls."

Sasuke's eyes widened slightly, surprised. "Oh… you mean the Dragon Balls that can grant any wish?"

Piccolo nodded and answered, "That's right… With the Dragon Balls, you guys can ask Shenron to revive him… We have to just collect all seven of them that are scattered around the planet, and then we can ask the summoned dragon to revive the dead."

Raditz was semi-conscious while Piccolo and Sasuke were having their conversation. The sound about the Dragon Balls granting any wish was definitely music to his ears. It was also a good piece of information for his comrades in outer space…

That's right…

Raditz was still alive.

Piccolo smirked and held his fist before his face. "But of course, when Son Goku comes back to life, I will just kill him again!"

"P-Piccolo…S-Sasuke… It's not over yet…" a voice choked out.

"What?" Piccolo and Sasuke said in collective shock as they turned towards the source of the voice and found Goku's body on the ground. Apparently he was still alive, but only for a few minutes. "When I…was holding Raditz…he elbowed my ribs…and escaped…he's still alive…"

"WHAT?!" Piccolo and Sasuke exclaimed as they quickly turned around to face Raditz, only to find out that his body was missing.

"Piccolo! Over there!" Sasuke pointed over to the yonder. Piccolo followed the direction of where Sasuke pointed and saw Raditz escaping by flying away with his remaining Ki. He was holding his stomach to prevent more blood from flowing out as he was still badly injured. Piccolo shouted, "HEY! COME BACK HERE!" as he flew towards Raditz to catch him.

Raditz glanced behind his shoulder with a smirk on his face while flying and proclaimed, "You guys are all fools! Who would have ever thought that you would be outsmarted so easily! Now prepare yourselves, because my scouter has recorded all the events that have transpired here. Which means that my two pals from outer space who are even stronger than me are going to arrive on this planet within one year's time and collect all the Dragon Balls before killing all of you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

"W-What?!" Piccolo exclaimed, shocked while still chasing Raditz. "Get back here!" the green man shouted.

Fortunately for Raditz, he used his remaining Ki to blast off, escaping from Piccolo.

"W-What? Two more Saiyans stronger than him are going to arrive in one year's time?!" Sasuke said, shocked.

"Get back here!" Piccolo shouted. But of course, he was too late as Raditz had already blasted off. The green man stopped chasing the Saiyan Warrior and growled. "D-Damn it… D-Damn it to hell! He escaped!"

To be continued…