"Normal speech"
'Thoughts'
"Techniques"
Back on earth Tarble was sitting on the couch in Tights's house while Tights was making lunch, Tarble jumped up as the house phone began to ring, "Tights the communication device is ringing" Tarble said.
Tights giggled from the kitchen, "It's called a phone Tarble, pick it up for me please", Tarble answered the phone "Um hello? Dr.Briefs what is it?" Tights poked her head out of the kitchen as Tarble was on the phone.
Tarble's face got serious for a second, "Right I'll get Kakarot, goodbye" Tarble hung up the phone, "Did something go wrong on the way to Namek?" Tights asked, "No they made it but their ship was destroyed and they don't have a way back".
"Oh no they're stranded there!"
"They would be if me and your father didn't plan for something like this. When everyone left I asked Mr.Briefs to make a spaceship using my pod just in case something bad happened. Me and Kakarot will have to leave soon, if we leave now we should make it to Namek in about six days''
Tights held her hands together tightly, "Why can't Goku go by himself? Why can't you just stay here…with me?" Tights asked, Tarble let out a smile "Trust me I wish I could, but they need me out there and I owe them my life for letting me live here on this planet. I promise I'll come back safely".
Tarble was going for the door, "Tarble wait!" Tights shouted, as Tarble turned around Tights grabbed him by the face and kissed him on the lips, Tarble was shocked at first but he gave in and kissed her back.
Tights pulled herself back with a face full of red, "Good luck, I'll be waiting for you", Tarble's face was beet red as well "Um yeah, I'll see you when I come back" Tarble walked out the door.
Tarble let out a smile and took off to go get Goku.
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After a couple minutes of traversing the kids sensed multiple power levels nearby and began to hide, "I think they're just over this hill" the kids peaked over the hill and saw Frieza's soldiers escorting Namekians out of their homes.
"Woah they look just like Piccolo" Mitsu gasped, "Speaking of which, where is Piccolo? He's hiding his power level. I can't sense him" Goten said, "He's probably nearby, let's just lay low until we see him" Trunks advised.
Piccolo was crouching behind a small rock formation, 'Frieza's power level is like nothing I've ever seen, I gotta stay hidden for now'.
"Guys look" Mitsu pointed at the dragon balls in Zarbon and Dodoria's hands, "Are those the dragon balls! They're huge compared to the ones on earth" Goten shouted, Dodoria turned around as he heard a noise nearby but he didn't see anything out of the ordinary.
"Something wrong Dodoria?" Zarbon asked, "I thought I heard something but it must have been my imagination" Dodoria said, the kids ducked their heads down and covered their mouths to avoid being spotted.
"That was too close we need to be more quiet" Trunks whispered, they poked their head out once more to watch what was happening.
Three elder Namekians and two children stood in front of Frieza and his forces, one of the elders saw the dragon balls in Zarbon and Dodoria's hands and clinched his fist in rage.
"I doubt I need to introduce myself but just in case I am the Mighty Frieza and yes all the horrible stories you've heard about me are true. Now then let's get right to it, you have something I want and I will give you one chance to tell me where it is".
"I don't know what you're talking about," the elder Moori mumbled.
Frieza began to chuckle, "Dodoria do you remember the first elder said the same exact thing", "Yeah he tried to play dumb like he didn't know what the dragon balls were" Dodoria blustered, "Yes but he was more than willing to talk after we murdered a few of his friends".
The children started backing up behind the elders in fear, "You are nothing but a cold blooded murderer" Moori chastised, "Tell me something I don't know. Zarbon show them what happens when you don't comply with my terms".
"Of course my lord" Zarbon disappeared and reappeared behind one of the elders, before the elder could turn around Zarbon kicked him in the neck and sent him flying, the other elder screamed in rage and shot a ki blast at Zarbon.
Zarbon threw one of the dragon balls in the air and jumped out of the way causing the blast to hit another soldier, Zarbon then shot a ki blast at the elder killing him instantly and caught the dragon ball.
Moori was in shock as he held the two children close, "They…they killed them" Mitsu mumbled, Goten dug his nails into the dirt "No" Goten fumed, "Goten you have to stay calm or they are going to sense us" Trunks said.
Piccolo began to sense a faint power level nearby, 'Is that Goten?' Piccolo looked up and sure enough he saw the kids on a nearby hill, 'They haven't noticed him yet but he needs to calm down'.
"Well, are you ready to start cooperating?" Frieza asked, Frieza's soldiers began surrounding Moori and the kids "What do you want with the dragon balls anyway?" He questioned.
"The one thing I don't have, eternal life"
"Hm well do whatever you will with me I will not give you the dragon ball"
"Of course not well we'll see if you can keep that noble attitude when your children are at stake" Frieza pointed a finger at Moori and began charging a beam, the kids ran behind Moori "Wait please I beg you!" He shouted.
Goten tried to suppress his energy but he was getting angry very quickly "I can't just sit here anymore I need to do something", "There's nothing we can do Goten, we don't even know where Piccolo is" Trunks said.
Dodoria's scouter began to pick up something, he looked up and saw a single Namekian floating above them "Looks like we got company", the Namekian landed in front of Moori, he wore no shirt just a white cape and black pants.
"Batu, thank goodness you're here!"
"Hey, I think that's one of Kuroda's friends. I remember her mentioning a Namekian named Batu during the trip here" Trunks said.
"Another Namekian?" Zarbon inquired, "Impressive entrance but I must tell you it's too late to save your friends", Batu looked around and saw the dead elders laying around, he clenched his fist in rage.
A very angry voice spoke out "How dare you, how dare you come to our planet, kill our people and try to take what's not yours. You have no right!" Batu's energy began flaring up.
"He's got a power level of 1,500." Dodoria said, causing the others to laugh, Moori looked at the scouter on their faces 'That's how they were able to find us so quickly with that device over their eyes'.
"He's a pushover, go ahead and get him boys!" Dodoria commanded, the soldiers began to charge at Batu.
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Back on Earth
Tarble, Goku and Chichi landed in Capsule Corp in front of their new ship, the entrance opened and there stood Dr.Briefs "Tarble, Goku just in time come in".
"You're going to be riding in that thing? Are you sure it's safe Goku?" queried Chichi, "I'll be fine Chichi I promise, I'll tell the kids you said hey", "Just come back in one piece" Goku and Chichi kissed which made Tarble feel awkward.
Goku and Tarble then made their way onto to ship, "Woah this is huge!" Goku exclaimed, "Did you install everything I asked for Dr.Briefs?" Tarble questioned, "Mostly, I installed the artificial gravity machine but I didn't get enough time to install a cappuccino machine" Dr.Briefs said.
"What?! Who cares about cappuccinos!" Goku shouted, "I do." Tarble piped up "I find them quite enjoyable, but we're in a hurry so unfortunately we won't have time for you to install that. How do we start the ship?".
"Right here, I already have the coordinates in all you'll have to do is press this button and you will be off"
"Thank you for everything Mr.Briefs"
"Of course! Have a safe trip and tell everyone I said hello" Dr.Briefs then exited the ship, Tarble and Goku sat down in the pilot seats "You ready Kakarot?" Tarble asked, "Whenever you are bud" Goku bubbled.
"Lifting off in 3, 2, 1" Tarble pressed the button and the ship quickly lifted up causing Goku and Tarble to recoil in their seats, Chichi and Dr.Briefs watched the ship takeoff into space "Please be careful Goku" Chichi mumbled.
Tarble and Goku unstrapped themselves from the pilot seats, "Hey I meant to ask earlier but what's this Artificial gravity machine you and Dr.Briefs were talking about?" Goku wondered.
"Oh right let me show you, this machine will change the gravity in the ship, if we train in heavier gravity our power will increase significantly. I got this idea from Yamcha when I asked how he, Krillin and Kuroda got so strong in a year's time and he told me about King Kai's planet and how it was ten times the Earth's gravity".
"Woah, that sounds awesome! Let's try it out!" Goku exclaimed, "Alright I'll set it to times ten gravity then" Tarble pressed some buttons on the control panel and could feel the room getting extremely heavy.
Goku fell to his hands and knees "I can barely keep my body off the ground", Goku looked up and saw Tarble standing perfectly fine "How are you not affected by this?".
Tarble began walking back to the pilot seat "I was born under gravity like this so I'm fine, I will give you time too adjust to it but after that it'll be a challenge for both of us", Tarble sat down and looked out to the empty vacuum of space.
'If he's really there we're going to need to train extra hard'.
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Gohan landed in a village, he looked around but didn't see any Namekians "Hello is anyone here?" Multiple Namekian sprung out and began to surround Gohan.
"What's going on?"
"Fool, we know why you're here. You're here to kill us and take the dragon ball to give to your emperor, well as long as we're alive that's not happening!"
"Kill you? No, no I'm here with my Aunt Kuroda we're only here to collect the dragon balls to revive our friends I'm not working with Frieza"
"Did you say Kuroda?" Two of the Namekians walked up, one wore a purple vest and white pants and the other Namekian wore an orange tunic and red pants, these were the twins Itar and Iren.
"Yes she's my aunt and she's here to help".
Iren smiled "Stand down brothers this boy is here to help, my name is Iren and this is my brother Itar. What is your name?", "I'm Gohan nice to meet you" Gohan and Iren shook hands.
"Now you said you were here for the dragon balls to revive your friends"
"Yeah it's a long story"
"Well you can speak to our elder, follow me and I'll take you to him" Gohan began to follow Iren to make his case to the elder.
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Batu kicked one the soldiers away, shocking the others, Batu bitzed towards the other soldiers, Buta pierced his hand through one of the soldiers, he then grabbed him and threw him at another soldier, they began blasting at Batu, Batu quickly dodged out of the way and closed lined another soldier.
"He's taking out all of them, maybe he can win!" Mitsu shouted.
"I thought you said his power level was 1,500 Dodoria" Zarbon said, "I can't explain it his power level is at 3,000 now" Dodoria blustered.
Batu jumped up in the air, held his hands out and blasted a bunch of Frieza's soldiers, "Dodoria take care of him" Frieza demanded, "Yes Lord Frieza" Dodoria put down the dragon balls and cracked his knuckles.
Moori shot a beam out of his finger and blasted Dodoria's scouter off, Dodoria smiled "Is that it? I've had worse" Dodoria began walking towards Moori, Moori jumped in the air and blasted two more scouters that remained.
"I should've known, he was going for the scouters!" Zarbon shouted, "You think you're so smart huh? Well you're not. I'll kill all you Namekians starting with you!" Dodoria charged towards Moori but Batu jumped in the way and kicked him away from Moori.
"That was a good one but that's the only hit you'll get on me"
"We'll see about that"
Batu and Dodoria started battling in the air, Dodoria was getting frustrated not understanding how this random Namekian was on par with him, Dodoria backed away and shot a ki blast out of his mouth, Batu disappeared out of the way and reappeared behind Dodoria.
Batu slammed his hands on the top of Dodoria's head which set him crashing to the ground, "Guys look the dragon balls are on the ground, we could just take them and leave" Mitsu suggested.
"That Frieza guy would murder us, I like the plan but we have to wait for the right moment" Trunks said, Batu landed in front of Dodoria while he picked himself up, "Dodoria hurry up and finish him!" Frieza shouted.
"Perhaps I underestimated you, but now you're really done for" Dodoria began powering up, Batu's eyes went wide as he could feel Dodoria's power rising "What the hell is going on", Dodoria charged at Batu and headbutted him.
Dodoria uppercutted Batu in the air and threw a barrage of ki blast at him, Batu quickly dodged out of the way but Dodoria appeared in front of Batu and pressed a ki blast in his chest which sent him flying into one of the houses.
Batu laid in the house barely conscious, Dodoria landed on Itar and stomped on his chest causing him to scream in pain, "No" Goten began to get angry again, "Well fighting you was a little fun but it's time to end this" Dodoria held a ki blast in front of Batu.
"Stop!!" Moori shouted which gained the attention of everyone, "If I give you the dragon ball will you leave us be?", "I think that could be arranged, thank you for being cooperative" Frieza chuckled.
"No…elder don't" Batu mumbled, Dodoria stomped on Batu's chest some more "Be quite you", Piccolo moved up a little closer to the action 'I've gotta think of something quick I can't let them get that dragon ball', Piccolo looked up towards the kids 'Goten's energy is rising, they can't sense him but if he keeps this up they're going to spot him'.
Moori laid the dragon ball in front of Frieza, Frieza used his telekinesis to pick up the ball "Thank you so much for your cooperation, but I need one more thing. Since you destroyed our scouters you can point us in the direction of the next village".
"No, that was not a part of the deal, you have what you want now take it and leave!" Moori shouted, "We don't need him my lord, it won't be difficult to find the other villages" Zarbon said, "I suppose you're right, Dodoria kill him" Frieza commanded.
"Yes sir" Dodoria charged at Moori and elbowed Moori in the face, sending him crashing into one of the houses, "Elder Moori!" The Namekian children yelled.
Moori stood up in a daze "Dende, Cargo run!" The two Namekian children began running away, "If it's a fight you want it's a fight you'll get!" Moori got into a stance, "No elder he'll kill you!" Batu shouted as he tried to get up.
Dodoria shot a ki blast out of his mouth that zipped right past Moori and hit Cargo killing him instantly, "Cargo!" Dende cried, "No!" Moori shouted.
"I'm done sitting around!" Goten grunted, Trunks and Mitsu started holding Goten back "No Goten you're going to get yourself killed".
Batu charged at Dodoria but Dodoria swatted him causing him to crash into some rocks knocking him unconscious, Dodoria the blitz behind Moori and broke his neck, Dende stood in fear and tried to run away but Dodoria appeared in front of him.
"You're not going anywhere!" Dodoria was about to strike Dende down until he heard a scream, "Stop it!!" Goten charged in and kicked Dodoria in the face sending him flying into one of the houses.
'Now is my chance' Piccolo swooped in and picked up both of the dragon balls that was laying on the ground, "Mitsu follow Piccolo, I'll get Batu!".
"Right"
Trunks quickly grabbed Batu "Goten come on!", Goten grabbed Dende and took off with Trunks, "Zarbon could you take a note? I need to find out who those little rodents are".
"Noted"
Dodoria got up and started rubbing his head, "Dodoria, what are you doing! Get off your fat ass and get me back my dragon balls!" Dodoria let out a battle cry and charged after the z fighters.
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"And that's why we are here to use the dragon balls," Gohan said.
"That is a very tragic story. Since you are kin to our good friend and the situation is urgent you may take the Dragon Ball, but you must promise to protect this with your life and for it to not fall into evil hands" the elder said.
"I promise I'll protect it with my life" Gohan said, one of the warriors handed the ball to Gohan, 'Woah this is huge compared to the earth dragon balls', a Namekian barged in "Elder there's a problem outside, come quick!".
Everyone rushed out, Gohan's eyes went wide as he saw Turles holding a Namekian child preparing to snap his neck, "Ah yes just the person I wanted to see".
"Let him go Turles!" Gohan shouted.
"Oh I will after you give me the dragon ball, if you give me the dragon ball I will let everyone live I can give you my word, but if you make the wrong decision this boy and everyone else here will die"
"Do not give it to him! I will die if it means that someone like him doesn't get the dragon ball!" The boy shouted, Gohan began to grind his teeth in rage, Itar put a hand on his shoulder "You must leave now".
"B-But all of you will die"
"We are prepared to die for our cause Gohan, now run, hide, do not let him get the dragon ball" the elder said, Gohan quickly took off with tears in his eyes in the fact that he couldn't help.
"What a shame" Turles snapped the young Namekians neck and tossed his corpse to the ground, multiple warrior Namekians screamed in rage and charged at Turles.
Turles jumped back and blasted the warriors back leaving most of them severely damaged.
Itar and Iren charged at Turles, Iren attempted to punch Turles but he caught his fist, Itar came behind Turles and kneed him in the back catching him off guard, Iren then headbutted Turles, the twins punched Turles in the gut sending him crashing into a rock.
The twins shot a ki blast at Turles, Turles tried to block the blast before it hit him and exploded on impact, "Did we get him?" Iren asked, as the twins waited on the smoke to clear a blast came out passing the both of them and hit one of the houses nearby.
"No!" Itar shouted.
Turles stepped out of the smoke with minimal damages, "That was a good one, but not good enough. Now let's play a game, everytime you try to kill me and fail the more I'll destroy your village, like so" Turles then threw another ki blast killing multiple villagers.
Itar and Iren both shouted as they charged at Turles.
"Bring it on!" the Saiyan shouted in excitement.
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Dodoria was gaining on the Z Fighters, "How is he so quick?" Goten questioned, "I don't know but we need to find a way to stop him" Trunks said, "I've got my hands full" Piccolo commented.
"I have an idea" a red Aura started surrounding Mitsu, "Kaioken!" Mitsu stopped herself in mid air and kicked Dodoria in the face with both feet, she then took off to keep up with the others.
"You little brat!" Dodoria sped up and caught up with the Z Fighters quickly, Dodoria started shooting ki blast at the Z Fighters, they dodged out of the way and Mitsu shot some back at Dodoria which he easily dodged.
'Damn it, this is bad. I've gotta think of something quick, I could fight him but I don't want to put the kids in danger and Mitsu won't be able to carry both of these' Piccolo looked at the dragon balls in his hand.
"I've got no other choice" Piccolo threw one of the dragon balls past Dodoria's head, Dodoria turned around and caught the ball before it hit the ground, Dodoria turned around and watched as the Z Fighters were getting further away.
"You're not getting away that easy!" Dodoria took off to follow after them but didn't see a single one of them "Where are you!".
The Z Fighters were hiding in some rocks, "He's still on our trail but he can't sense energy so doesn't know where we are" Piccolo passed the dragon ball to Mitsu, "I'm going to distract him, when I charge at him you need to run and get back to Bulma".
"Are you sure you can take him on Piccolo?" Goten asked
"Yeah I'll be fine" Piccolo charged at Dodoria and kicked him in the back sending him crashing down into the ground, "Come on guys let's go" The kids then took off back to Bulma. Dodoria grew angrier and angrier at the Z Fighters antics "I've had enough of you!" Dodoria in a fit of rage started shooting ki blast at Piccolo.
Piccolo dodged out of the way, Piccolo threw off his weighted clothing and entered his Gigantification form, Piccolo charged at Dodoria and decked him in the stomach, Piccolo then threw a couple jabs at his face and went for a kick in the side.
Dodoria grabbed Piccolo's leg and slammed his fist into Piccolo's stomach sending him flying into the water, Piccolo dragged himself out of the water breathing heavily.
"There's no use Namekian you're just going to end up dead just like the rest of your people"
"You underestimate me" Piccolo cracked his neck and got into a stance, Dodoria smirked and charged at Piccolo but a third party charged in and kicked Dodoria away, Piccolo's eyes went wide "V-Vegeta?".
There stood Vegeta with his arms crossed and his confidence high, Vegeta walked over towards the dragon ball and picked it up 'This must be the dragon ball'.
Vegeta turned towards Piccolo "Hello Namekian, it's been a while. Sorry for interrupting your fight but I have a personal quarrel with this one here, so I'll allow you to walk away freely this time".
"He's all yours" Piccolo took off in the other direction.
Dodoria pulled himself up and was shocked when he saw Vegeta, "Vegeta?".
"It's been awhile Dodoria, how have you been?".
"I should've known it was you, shooting people in the back was always your style".
Vegeta started juggling the dragon ball, "Careful Dodoria, Frieza and Zarbon aren't here to protect you now".
"You Saiyan trash it's about time I teach you some respect! But before I beat you into a pulp I'll give you one chance to get out of this, if you hand over your scouter and agree to leave this planet right now I might be able to look over your arrogance".
"I see, you have lost your scouter. What a shame how will you or Zarbon be able to find Frieza's backside to stick your nose in" Vegeta mocked.
Vegeta then took his scouter off and threw it on the ground, "Here it's yours", Dodoria smirked and began walking towards Vegeta "I'm surprised Vegeta, I thought I was almost certain I had to get the scouter off your corpse but oh well".
Vegeta put his foot on the scouter and crushed it, "You fool, that was the last scouter on the planet!" Dodoria shouted, "Not exactly, but I do have the advantage here. You see Dodoria after I was beaten on Earth I learned how to sense power level without a scouter".
"I understand now those little brats I chased were Earthlings, you're working with them and those space pirates!"
Vegeta chuckled "No I'm only working with the pirates, those earthlings are just an obstacle just like you", Vegeta took a step forward and Dodoria in a panic shot a barrage of ki blast at Vegeta.
"Missed me" Dodoria turned around and saw Vegeta behind him, Vegeta put his hand on Dodoria's back "Good riddance" he then let out a ki blast that engulfed Dodoria and created a crater in the land in front of him.
"Mark my words Frieza, your downfall will be at the hands of a Saiyan".
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The twins breathed heavily badly damaged as Turles stood barely scaved, the village was mostly destroyed and they were the only two standing, "Well it seems there's nothing else to destroy meaning one of you will have to be next" Turles flew up in the air and began charging his kill driver.
Turles threw the kill driver at Iren, "Iren!" Itar jumped in the way and the explosion sent both of them back, the dust cleared and Turles saw both the twins on the ground.
"Hm I guess I got them both, oh well time to search for that boy" Turles then flew off to find Gohan, the twins laid in the ground and seemed to be lifeless, but Iren was still hanging on to life, Iren looked up and saw Itar badly damaged.
Iren crawled over to his brother, "Itar…say something" he cried, Itar began coughing up blood "You're…okay?" he mumbled, Iren began to shed tears "Why! Why did you protect me!!", "I couldn't…let you die" Itar grabbed Iren's hand "Find Kuroda…and help her…she is our only hope".
"I'll help her brother I promise"
Itar smiled at his brother one last time and closed his eyes, Iren slowly got up "Your death won't be in vain brother…I must get to Guru" Iren began slowly flied away leaving his deceased brother behind.
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The Z Fighters have made a lot of progress by not only getting one but two of the dragon balls in their possession, Vegeta has even made progress by snagging one of the dragon balls from Dodoria.
But much misfortune has hit Namek as many have fallen by the hands of Frieza and his forces. Itar, one of the great Namekian warriors, fell in battle to Turles trying to protect his little brother Iren and instructed him to help Kuroda before his passing.
Will the Z Fighters be able to stop the threats that are on Namek? Find out next time on The Story Of Kuroda.
A/N: There's a lot of things to talk about this chapter so let's get straight to it. I decided to use Batu instead of the three Namekian warriors in the original because plot wise it made sense, I also decided to put Goten in the position of Gohan here as well. I thought Piccolo stealing the dragon balls was a good idea, when I was watching the original I realized that Gohan or Krillin could have taken one of them so I thought to do it here.
I didn't bother to make Dodoria try to explain that Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta because he already knows via Raditz during the Saiyan saga, sadly I had to kill off Itar because i don't think Turles would leave survivors, the only reason Iren survived is because Itar saved him and Turles cannot sense power levels so he doesn't know he's alive.
And this has nothing to do with this chapter but one thing that I did realize while writing is that I completely fucked up was Kuroda and Raditz's age when I brought them to earth and I will be fixing that but let me clarify Raditz's is 33 and Kuroda is 30 I just wanted that to be known.
Power levels
Kuroda: 39,480
Raditz: 38,430
Piccolo: 21,000
Krillin: 17,800
Yamcha: 17,400
Gohan: 25,100
Goten: 15,440
Trunks: 7,000
Mitsu: 6,800
Mitsu (Kaioken): 13,600
Batu:28,000
Iren:25,000
Itar:25,000
Vegeta (Suppressed):18,000
Vegeta:40,000
Turles (Suppressed):38,000
Frieza 1st Form (Heavily Suppressed):26,500
Dodoria:22,000
Zarbon:23,000