Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation

by The Legendary Dragon Reaper

Who would've expected that just a few changes could have such a major impact. Read as Gohan and Kai journey through life and across the universe in this exciting retelling of DBZ, with changes and surprises around every corner. Yamcha x Bulma, Raditz x Android 18, Gohan x Erasa later on. Other pairings undecided at the moment.

6. Arrival on Namek, Enter the Frieza Force

(Flashback- 18 days after the battle with Beets)

Raditz swapped out his damaged armor for a new more basic set, the only noticeable difference being that they didn't have the shoulder guards 'Now that I think about it the shoulder guards do restrict movement in battle, no wonder father preferred the older model.'

The doctor responsible for healing his injuries studied the broken armor "I must say that I am quite surprised Raditz, it would appear that someone was capable of putting you through your paces. Considering the shape this suit is in it's a wonder how you were able to return to us in one piece, the mind boggles at the thought of such force. What it must've taken to leave a fine piece like this in tatters, would I be speaking out of turn to suggest that Planet Earth was more than you had bargained for?"

"I suppose that would be one way of putting it Doctor." Raditz finished putting on his new set of armor "Tell me Doctor, where is Lord Frieza?"

"He departed not long before you arrived."

"Grown tired of this planet then has he?"

"Yes sir."

"Thank you for healing me Doctor, I'll be seeing myself out." Raditz started walking his way out.

That is until the Doctor stopped him "Sir a moment please, it would seem that you've accidentally left your Scouter behind sir."

"It was no accident Doctor, I simply have no use for it anymore." and then Raditz simply continued on his way, contemplating his next move 'Vegeta and Nappa still have about 10 months or so before they reach Earth, should I go back and help Kakarot's allies prepare for their arrival? No before that I should check out my theory, if Kakarot's ally, the green one, was really a Namekian like I thought then that means that perhaps I should head over to Planet Namek and see what's going on there.'

Unfortunately these thoughts were interrupted when some random jackass showed up trying to act tough "Yo Raditz word on the street is that a certain weakling that we all know and love got their ass handed to them, and from what I can tell Beets did even worse than you. Now I can't help but wonder, who could give our strong proud Saiyans such a hard time? Aren't you supposed to be invincible?"

"Get out of my face Blueberry, if I had intended to face such drivel then I would've just gone off and found Vegeta." he started walking away, only to be grabbed by the shoulder by Cui, much to his annoyance.

"Hold on a second, Lord Frieza wasn't happy with that little stunt that you pulled with Beets when the two of you ran off to Earth without any permission."

"Well isn't it just too bad that he can't tell me that personally, now let go of me before I do something that will please him even less." this prompted Blueberry to let go.

"...Yes well luck for you Lord Frieza is feeling merciful, your fluke has him feeling rather gracious and he's willing to let bygones be bygones on account of your find."

"What's that?"

"Why would he bother holding some stupid grudge when he finally has the prospect of eternal life in his reach?"

"...Wait a second, are you trying to tell me that Frieza is heading for Planet Namek as we speak?!"

"Well of course, where else would he be headed? I mean granted King Cold called him up for some business but once that's been dealt with it's only a matter of time before immortality is at last his."

'Dammit I'm such an idiot, Frieza must've been eavesdropping on my Scouter when I was still inside my pod! I have to do something or I'll end up being the whipping boy for that bastard for all of eternity!'

"Now don't tell me that you wanted to keep the Dragon Balls all to yourself and not let the big man in on that little secret of yours after all he's done for you, oh and I hate to dash whatever dreams of immortality that you may have but he's gonna kill every last Namekian when he's finished."

"LIKE HELL HE WILL!" Raditz suddenly bolted away from him back in the direction in which he came, snatching a spare Scouter as he did so 'Looks like I'm going to be needing this damn thing after all, now I just have to make sure it's muted from my end this time. Kakarot wherever you might be right now I hope for all of our sakes that you're training to become the best of the best, that's what we're going to need if we want any chance of you being able to take Frieza down once and for all.' and then he hopped in a spare pod and took off 'Next stop Planet Namek, along with whatever is waiting there for me.'

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Raditz stood on another certain planet with green skies, blue oceans and blue trees, staring at the horizon that lay beyond him as he recalled the events of that day 'And quite the experience it's been. Who would've thought that after spending all those years under Frieza's thumb in such a way, I would end up guarding this planet from him. Just you wait Frieza you rotten little freak, you're going to pay soon enough. That much I can promise you.'

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7 days had passed since the departure from Earth, and things were VERY slow going for the group.

Bulma just let out a yawn from where she was lounging around in her underwear like a complete and total slob "Could this trip be anymore boring, it's only day 7 and we still have like forever left until we get there. In hindsight I really wish that I would've thought to install some kind of hibernation chamber on this stupid piece of scrap." she looked down to see Gohan in the middle of meditating "Great, so he's doing that meditating crap again and Kai and Yamcha are probably in the back doing that whole image training thing. Well whoop dee f*cking doo."

Gohan opened his eyes and looked up at her "You know Bulma, just because I'm in a meditative trance doesn't mean that I can block out all noise."

"Well if that's the case then how about you try cleaning up the horrendous mess that you and the other idiots have been making before I resort to opening the airlock?"

"Uh… I hate to break it to you Bulma but none of us had anything to do with that mess, that was all you."

"Yeah well guess what kid, I'm the captain of this ship so it's my say what you do, you think you and the others can just sit there playing mind games while I do all of the heavy lifting around here?"

"Wait what? Bulma you just got threw saying that you were bored."

"The last thing I need right now is for you to contradict me, if you won't respect me as your captain or as an adult then at least have the decency to respect me for the rare and delicate flower that I am. A busy flower for that matter."

'So busy that she can't even be bothered to put on some clothes? Hey so there's something that's kind of been bugging me for awhile, I've been sort of mulling it over a lot. Do you remember that Saiyan Raditz that said he was Goku's brother?"

"Yeah, he helped us against that other Saiyan that kidnapped me and killed Dad and Yamcha right?"

"Yeah that's the one, where do you think he ran off to?"

"I don't know, last I saw he was still with you and the others when I left with Kai and Piccolo before."

"Well it's not like he could've just gone home, from what he told us the Saiyan homeworld doesn't exist anymore."

"Well he did look kind of beat up after that fight so I doubt he really could've gotten that far could he? He probably chose a planet that had the right technology to treat those injuries that he received."

"You remember what he said about the Saiyans wiping out the entire population of a planet and then just up and selling the planet to the highest bidder? I just wonder if the world that he went to was just one of their old renovation projects."

"Well if we do ever see him again then let's just hope that he can help us in case Vegeta ever decides to show his face again."

"Why the Earth had to attract the attention of guys like these I'll never know."

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At the same time back on Earth, Goku stood with Tien and Upa outside of his house on Mount Paozu, instructing them about a certain technique "Alright guys listen up, at your current levels you just can't use the Kaioken too many times at once or it could be really bad. If at any point you lose control then you could really mess up your body, to avoid this you had better raise your power level to no more than double. If you go any higher than that will put way too much strain on the body, to put it simply your body can't keep up with it and then it'll end up backfiring on you."

Tien and Upa both nodded "I understand."

"Alright good, now let's go into the principles of the technique so I can show you how to use it properly."

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731 grueling galactic weeks of travel, or rather 34 days if none of you have ever watched Men in Black, had passed and now the trip had was about to at last come to an end, for now the Planet Namek, the fabled home of the Dragon Balls, was now within their grasp.

"Hey take a look you guys, there it is!" Bulma pointed to the green planet that sat beyond their horizon.

Gohan and Kai both looked on in awe "Oh man that looks amazing, so this is Planet Namek then?"

"Yep there's no doubt about it, the computer confirms it as the bonafied birthplace of our very own Kami and Piccolo."

"And it looks like we got here right on schedule too didn't we, this spaceship really is pretty impressive. Not that it flew itself though, we had a great captain."

"Oh come on you little charmer, you're just saying that because it's absolutely true. Now both of you buckle up so I can hurry up and land this thing." this prompted them to do so "Alright then let's do this. Initiate landing sequence for the first spot that you can find." this prompted the ship to descend down onto the grounds of Planet Namek.

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One semi rough landing later and the ship had at long last touched down on the surface its home planet of Namek.

"You might as well have been steering with your-" Kai didn't get to finish that sentence before he was hit in the face by a book.

"Yeah I'm gonna ignore that." Bulma glanced outside of the ship "Gentlemen and Kai, I welcome you to the illustrious Planet Namek!"

"Yeah we made it!" Gohan and Kai caught each other in a high five.

"Alright now before you guys do anything stupid let me just take a second to check the atmospheric composition, I installed a special pair of parametric sensors for that exact purpose and let me tell you now that this is just another example of how I think of everything. You see there won't be much oxygen but yours truly also thought to pack-" she glanced up only to see the three of them standing outside "What the- When did they-" and the she just fell over with her leg twitching in the air in typical fashion.

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Gohan just looked around in awe "Wow this is just like where Piccolo took me and Kai to train while dad and Yamcha were off in Otherworld."

Kai nodded "And it seems like the same kind of spot from where we fought the Saiyans a month ago, I guess that means that he had a soft spot for this kind of landscape by instincts or some other crap. I mean the sky is green, the grass is blue and it's boring as f*ck!"

"Yeah I guess. I miss him."

"Well we're here to bring him and the others back to life so chin up." Yamcha told him "With any luck we'll have them back before the end of the week."

"HEY!" and then Bulma stormed out of the ship "DO THE THREE OF YOU GENIUSES SHARE HALF OF A F*CKING BRAIN CELL BETWEEN YOU OR SOMETHING?! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING, FOR ALL YOU KNOW THIS AIR COULD'VE BEEN MADE OF COW FLATULENCE!"

"Well clearly not because you're standing right here." Kai was promptly smacked upside the head "Oh yeah way to keep your cool."

"Oh ha ha you little big shot, let's just focus on the task at hand so we can get this over with and go home." she pulled out the Dragon Radar and got a quick reading "Oh hell yeah now feast your eyes on these bad boys-"

"Guys." Yamcha glanced over in the distance, his expression deadly serious, with both Gohan and Kai doing the same "You feel that? A lot of powerful Ki clustered together on this planet, that can't be good."

"Oh yeah it's like a high dream that I had last night." Kai muttered "I've really gotta stop snacking on those brownies before bed. But in all seriousness there's so many of them and there power is nothing to scoff at, in fact it's way off of the charts. It's like a wet dream for me, this is awesome!"

"...I'm not gonna dignify that with a response."

"Most sensible thing you've said in god knows how long."

"Oh come on you guys there's no need to be scared." Bulma waved that off in a super nonchalant way "It's probably just the Namekians, I mean if you think about how powerful some of the guys like Piccolo and Kami were then is it any real surprise that their home world is full of people just as extraordinary."

"Not likely princess, these power levels feel a evil as they are massive."

"I'm telling you that it's fine, don't you remember what King Kai told us? The Namekians are peaceful by nature, we've got nothing to worry about now let's just stay focused on what we came here to do and find those Dragon Balls and while we're at it we can introduce ourselves to some of the locals."

"...I will never understand my uncle's taste in women or your mindset, Gohan how do you deal with this crap from your mom?"

"What?" Gohan was just looking off in some random direction "Hey guys you feel that really power Ki all that distance away?"

"Yeah what about it?"

"Doesn't it feel kind of familiar?"

"I don't know, I don't keep track of that crap."

"Well still, I can't help but feel like I've felt it before."

"Now that you mention it it does feel pretty familiar." Yamcha muttered "It feels like that guy who said that he was Goku's brother."

"But why would he be here? He helped us after all but then we never saw him again and that was a year ago, so what gives?"

"I wish I knew."

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Sure enough, Raditz stood on a cliffside on the surface of Namek with his Scouter in hand, his objective clear to him "Frieza you rotten little freak, don't think that you can just do as you please for much longer. Not after the humiliation that you've inflicted upon the Saiyan race and our heritage. After spending all of this time training I'm more than capable of taking down his lackeys but it's best to avoid any encounters with the big man at least for the time being. The best way to go about this is to be covert about hindering his attempts to gather the Dragon Balls from the villages. The thought of using a Scouter feels so redundant now." and yet he still put on his Scouter and traced several power levels "And there they are. And it's just my f*cking luck, it looks like he's brought both Zarbon and Dodoria along for the ride."

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Gohan glanced up and his expression turned pale at the sight of a Saiyan pod crash landing on the planet "Uh, guys?"

"Relax spike it's not our least favorite royal midget." Kai waved him off "It's somewhat weaker than Vegeta was the last time we saw him, we're still f*cked though."

"How does that help?!"

"It doesn't, I just like to be accurate."

Bulma just fell to her knees "This is bad, this is most definitely bad."

"Look right now the best thing we can do is mask our Ki so whoever these guys are don't track us down."

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At the same time, the infamous Frieza and his army of lap dogs had just recovered their fourth Dragon Ball after slaughtering a village full of Namekians "Yes how marvellous my men, well done. And now only three remain to be discovered." he let out a menacing chuckle "And do be sure to remember Dodoria, hold onto those two as you would your own life. Keep in mind that we're not the only ones searching for them."

Zarbon took the chance to check his Scouter for a reading "Ah my lord it would appear that Cui has at last touched down in pursuit of Raditz as I speak."

"So he is on this planet after all, it would appear that Captain Ginyu was correct in the information that he had delivered us."

"So he was. Also the three large power levels that I had been picking up earlier, not very long before Cui touched down on the planet they seem to have disappeared. But there's no need for concern, our men are currently coaming the area in which the readings had originated so in any case we should be able to find them quite soon."

"So be it but right now our main concern right now is how best to deal with Raditz, he may be weak right now but he's quite the crafty one so we had best deal with him before he can become a pest."

"With all due respect my lord that problem is no problem at all, as I said Cui is en route to dole out punishment right now. Tensions have been building between him and Vegeta for years so I can imagine that dealing with Raditz would give him some form of catharsis so either way I doubt that Raditz will be able to escape unscathed if he is able to escape at all."

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"Alright you little ape, where are you hiding?" Cui emerged from his pod and used his Scouter to scan for Raditz "Oh there we are." and once he got a location he took off in the direction pinpointed by his Scouter "Looks like a certain someone is sticking out like a sore thumb, a sore thumb that Lord Frieza will be more than happy to see me rip off!"

"Oh come on now Cui, do you really believe that you could take me down? If so then I have no intention of trying to stop you."

"There you go running that mouth of yours again trying to talk all tough as someone who's weaker than a Saibaman when any idiot could see the truth by reading a Scouter, and that truth is that my power puts yours to shame any day and every day." and then he noticed another reading on his Scouter and then took off in that direction "Looks like I'm picking up at least 20 signatures, maybe more than that. That must be one of the Namekian villages Lord Frieza and the others haven't hit up yet and wherever there is a Namekian village there's sure to be one of those Dragon Balls so I'll just have to convince them that it's in their best interest to hand it over!" and he let out a cackle.

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With our heroes (and Bulma)...

"Oh wow look at the time, I guess I should really leave the three of you to get started on your search "So yeah I'm gonna head back to Earth and pick up Goku and then I should be back in a few months or so, you guys be sure to stay out of trouble okay?" and then she started to make her way back into the ship, until…

"Guys get ready, somebody's coming!" Yamcha threw his arms around Bulma in a protective and semi romantic looking way as Kai and Gohan got into combat stances.

As it turns out, two of Frieza's mooks had landed not far away from them "I'd say that those three power levels were coming from somewhere around here, probably just one of the locals or something though." and then they glanced over and saw the others "Okay I don't know who these idiots are but they're definitely not from around here, then again it's not like we've gotta ask them their names now is it? Alright then A holes, stay right where you are and we'll shoot you!"

"Don't you mean OR we'll shoot you?"

"We know what we said!"

"It's kind of weird." Gohan muttered "It looks like that's the same kind of armor that the Saiyans wear but these guys aren't Saiyans, I don't know what's going on but I've got a bad feeling about this. Kai let's charge our energy but be sure to keep it hidden, we can't let them see our full power just yet."

"As if." Kai let out a scoff "Stay back you damn noob, I've got this shit in the bag. I'm sending these schmucks straight to the F*ck Box!" and yet he still kept his power hidden.

The two mooks were easily fooled by their rouse "What are these fools tourists or something? I mean their power is far too pathetic, talk about a mercy kill. But before that, how about a little bit of target practice!" and then he fired a Ki blast at the ship, destroying it or at least damaging it to the point where they couldn't use it to escape.

"Was that supposed to be a pun? Because it sucked. Rest in peace Namekian toilet, god rest your seat."

"Sorry guys but I guess it wasn't that good of a time to go sightseeing."

"And now is my cue to rip their junk off, you ready punks because I'm about to Rock You Like a Hurricane!"

"Oh what was that you little bastard? You know that's not very nice, we so called punks have feelings too you know." and then they both burst out laughing.

"And that's my cue. Kaioken!" Kai's aura turned crimson and doubled in size, alerting both of their Scouters.

"Wait what the hell?! His power level just cracked 11,000!"

"You'd be surprised what a month of image training while trying to block out your uncle getting laid can do for you!" he then proceeded to one shot both of them with one kick each, letting their corpses fall into the Namekian ocean "Remember this A Holes, one hit wonder means oneshots for each of you!"

"Nice one!" Gohan caught him in a high five "So when did you learn the Kaioken again?"

"During that month of meditation I did with Uncle Yamcha, I haven't really mastered it though so I can't go beyond the first level. Yet. Still though you've gotta admit, my moves are totally sick!"

"WHO CARES ABOUT YOUR MOVES!" Bulma shrieked in a frantic fury "Now what the hell are we supposed to do now?! We're stranded on an alien planet!"

"Well it could be worse."

"No it couldn't, we're basically in Pitch Black only our Vin Diesel is a total bitch."

"Say what you will but at least this is better than Pitch Black."

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Cui finally made his way to the Namekian village that he had located with his Scouter and let out a menacing chuckle "Yes it would seem that my Scouter was right, 20 Namekians or more that have absolutely no idea what's been going on on the rest of their planet. From the look of things it would seem that Lord Frieza hasn't been here yet." with another chuckle he lowered himself to the ground.

The Namekians were alert the very minute they noticed him "What is that, is that some kind of alien?"

"I wish to speak to your elder, I believe that you have one of those so called Dragon Balls that I'll be taking off of your hands."

"What did you say?"

"Did I stutter?"

"Calm yourselves everyone." and the Tsuno, the village elder, stepped forward in front of Cui "I am the village elder, and yes we do have a Dragon Ball but I must ask what your intentions are for using it."

"What you must do is hand it over to me right now if you know what's good for all of your people here."

"I will not, I sense an unspeakable evil within you and I know that you are not worthy to take possession of our Dragon Ball."

"Well then, you can die now." and he fired a Finger Beam at Tsuno, only for one of the other Namekians to take the hit for him and drop to the ground in a dead heap "Alright boys who's next?"

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Zarbon observed the readings on his Scouter and frowned "That's odd."

"You seem troubled by something, whatever is the matter Zarbon?" asked Frieza.

"Yes well here's the thing my lord, it concerns the man that had been mobilized earlier. The three power readings that they had been sent to investigate, one of them had reappeared but apparently whoever it belonged to was able to overwhelm our men before dropping below the radar once again."

"Oh is that so, well I will admit that such a thing is quite bizarre, and you're certain that our own dear Raditz has nothing to do with it somehow?"

"Yes my lord we are quite certain, we're still tracking Raditz separately and these readed about 5,500, 6,000 and 8,000. The first one was the one that reappeared and rose to 11,000 before we lost track of it."

"Oh so a minimum of 5,500 and a maximum of 11,000? Well I think we can safely allow that little mystery to sort itself out, they're still fairly insignificant and they can easily be eliminated if the need were to arise."

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Cui proceeded to smash a Namekian's brains into his skull and watched with a smirk as he fell back dead "And then there was one."

Sure enough, Tsuno now appeared to be the only one from his village that was still alive "You are a demon, why are you doing this to my people?!"

"I'm getting the distinct feeling that you're not going to tell me where this so called Dragon Ball is right?"

"Absolutely not, I will never hand over our Dragon Ball to scum like you!"

"You've quite the thick skull don't you old man? Okay I've had more than enough of you getting on my nerves." he fired a Ki blast at the Namekian elder, ending his life in an instant, and then he glanced into one of the huts and found the Namekian Dragon Ball sitting on a pedestal "You know I was expecting to have to hunt for it but at this rate it might as well have a gigantic bow on top of it. Now what to do, take it to Lord Frieza? No if I come across Raditz then it would be too much of a risk to bring this with me. I'll have to hide it for now." he chucked it into the Namekian ocean, causing to to land with a mighty splash "Not even someone as clever as the likes of Vegeta or Raditz would think to look for it underwater and until I bring it to Frieza I'll be the only one who knows where it is. That should give us plenty of leverage, at least for the time being."

However, what Cui hadn't realized was that there was a young Namekian warrior hiding amongst the rubble, masking his power level and gritting his teeth 'You'll pay for this soon enough, that much I can promise you.'

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Bulma was still rummaging around the remains of the ship until she finally gave up and just broke down "It's totally hopeless, I'll never be able to get home! I'm stuck on this heap for the rest of my natural life!"

"Hey come on now Bulma, you don't have to be like that." Yamcha picked up some of their stuff from within the remains of the ship "But for now I think it would be best for us to just get out of here and get somewhere safe before anyone else like those guys decide to drop in, besides if they're really with Vegeta or whatever then I doubt that we'd want to be here to meet them if they decided to get curious." he knelt down in front of her and put his hands on her shoulders in an attempt to calm her down "This is just a minor setback, don't forget that that thing was built here on this planet and I'm sure that the Namekians here will be willing to fix it for us if we just ask them."

"Yeah well… what if we can't find them?" and then she just broke down sobbing.

Yamcha slowly wrapped his arms around her "Hey guys maybe the two of you should go on ahead, we'll catch up with you once we-" he glanced back only to find that Gohan and Kai were long gone "Hello? Guys where did you go?"

"We left as soon as you started trying to get laid again!" Kai called from over the hill, followed by a slapping noise "Ow!"

"...You know what let's just go before the two of them, and by that I mean Kai, do anything really stupid."

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Raditz glanced up and smirked "So you did come to me after all, not that smart of a move I must admit. You sure did take your sweet time though Cui."

Sure enough, Cui dropped down in front of him "Fancy meeting you here Raditz, and you know I could've gotten here sooner but I decided to make a quick stop along the way to plow your mother!"

"My mother is dead."

"I know!"

"...You know I'm having trouble remembering Cui, what's your power level again?"

"Oh of course you would forget Raditz! I'm at a solid 18,000, the same as your very own dear prince Vegeta."

"That's what I thought, and you know it just occurred to me that this is the perfect chance to test out a few things that I learned during my time here on Planet Namek."

"What you mean like running away?"

"No that's your thing, but one of the most useful abilities that I've learned is how to conceal my power until the moment is just right! You can thank Captain Ginyu for the inspiration for that little trick!" he started raising his power level.

"What the- His power level is rising."

"What was it that you were saying before about your power level being able to put mine to shame?"

"What the- But how can this be? I've always been on par with the likes Vegeta and you pale in comparison to both of us!"

"You underestimate just what us Saiyans are truly capable of Cui and in my training I've been subjected to combat situations that you couldn't even begin to imagine, none of us would ever stoop so low as to be on par with someone so content with hiding behind Frieza for his entire career?!" and he kept raising his power level.

"19… 20… 21… 22,000?!" and then Cui's Scouter exploded on him.

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Zarbon was surprised to see his own Scouter explode on him "Oh my it would seem that I have gone off prematurely."

"What do you mean, what happened Zarbon?" asked Dodoria.

"I'm not entirely certain, perhaps it was some sort of malfunction. I had previously tuned my Scouter tuned onto Raditz but the last reading I saw was a power level of 22,000 and it was still rising."

"Oh come on now I told you before that you should've upgraded your Scouter to one of the newer models like I did before we came here, the old ones were always glitchy so let me take a look for myself." he did and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head.

"What are you reading?"

"This shouldn't be possible, mine must be on the blink as well! According to these readings it's saying that Raditz is at 25,000!"

"But that would be absurd, there must be something interfering with the scan otherwise that would mean that Raditz's power level has surpassed our own."

"No there's no way, his power level should be 1,200 at the most!"

Frieza let out a chuckle "It's hardly a surprise when you think about it, we must be sure to keep in mind that Raditz has been on the run for quite some time now and I do believe that his trip to this so called Earth as well as this Planet Namek must have been able to teach our dear ape a thing or two."

"But sir-"

"His power level has only reached 25,000 isn't he, with the efforts of both of you combined that should be mere child's play or a mere exercise so sure you're not troubled by a thought such as that."

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Cui found himself backing up in fear "How, how the hell are you so strong?! You should be even weaker than the Saibamen!"

"Oh yeah that joke isn't old as the first Super Saiyan." Raditz just rolled his eyes "And besides haven't you read that official Saiyan biography that Nappa wrote? Aside from that seriously weird playlist that he made with three members of the Ginyu force including Ginyu himself, he gave a little bit of a summary of Saiyan biology, specifically the Zenkai Theorem. See the Zenkai Theorem states that when a Saiyan like is beaten to near death their power level increases immensely."

"Well I don't see what that has to do with anything, it's not like you took that much damage on Earth!"

"That's true I didn't, but during my time training here on Namek, oh bloody hell did I get DESTROYED! By like one guy that has a power level around 42,000 (guess who I'm talking about). I lost outright over and over and over and over again."

"Why are you telling me this?! You'd never tell anyone this!"

"Well that's actually quite simple Cui, it's because I know you'll never tell anyone."

"But- But I hate you! Why would I-" Cui was cut off by Raditz using his Vacation Delete attack, vaporizing Cui on the spot before he even had time to scream.

"That's why, and Cui you're fired." Raditz glanced off in a certain direction and bowed his head in respect 'Elder Tsuno, may you and your kinsman rest in peace. Your deaths will not be in vain, not as long as I have anything to say about it. Even so Frieza and the others will be alerted to what's happened here by their Scouters, if by some sort of misstep I'm careless enough to cross their paths then I can only feasibly handle up to Zarbon and Dodoria where as Frieza himself is still too much for me. Judging by the transmissions that I've been picking up from his henchmen and from what I've been told by the others the Dragon Balls can only work once all 7 have been gathered together which actually works out very well, five of the villages have already been decimated and from what I can tell Frieza and the others have no idea that Cui found and hid one of the Dragon Balls so that leaves the Dragon Ball being cared for by the Grand Elder, which means that his plans are already disrupted at least somewhat. If I'm able to play this right then I can finally have Frieza's neck under my boot. Kakarot you'd better be training for that day to come or so help me.'

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Dodoria was taken aback by the readings that he received on his Scouter "Wait it looks like the Scouter wasn't malfunctioning after all, it seems that the reading that it gave us in regards to the power level Raditz was giving was accurate! He just beat Cui like it was nothing!"

"Regardless of that it's of any real concern." Frieza pointed out "For the time being let's just stay focused on finding the fifth Dragon Ball."

"Right, and I'm actually picking up what appears to be about 10 Namekians somewhere in that direction."

"Well that would appear to be perfect timing, and wouldn't it be nice if they just happen to have the fifth Dragon Ball on hand just ripe for the taking. Let's go observe but be sure to stay diligent, we now know that Raditz is not the only pest crawling around on this planet."

"Sir yes sir!" was the chorus from his men.

"Excellent, now let the games continue." and then they all took off.

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Yamcha was carrying Bulma on his back for some reason and found Gohan and Kai lounging around outside of a cave at the top of the hill "Well far be it for me to deny you guys when it's seriously due, looks like you picked a perfect hiding spot."

"Well we had to pick someplace for us to lay low while the two of you were in the middle of dry humping." Kai pointed out dryly "Now if you guys wouldn't mind staying out here for a minute there's something that I've had to so for about a month since we left- Oh Kami almighty get in the f*cking cave!" he threw everyone inside the cave and hopped into it himself.

"What's the big deal?" asked Gohan "I mean we can all sense it too but it doesn't feel evil or anything, it's probably just one of the Namekian villages."

"Not that you schmuck, the gigantic Darth Vader levels of evil power levels coming from the other direction!"

"What then do you think that they're searching for us?"

"I wouldn't count something like that out just yet now duck, I might act like a Meth addict but I'm not suicidal!" he yanked Gohan back into the cave just as Frieza and the rest of his henchmen passed by them.

Bulma was the first one to poke her head out of the cave "Okay I think they're gone, thank the great god above but whatever they're after isn't us."

"That's exactly what we're afraid of." Kai was visibly shaking, with Gohan and Yamcha not being much better.

"What am I missing something?"

"So many things that I lost count god only knows how long ago." Kai promptly swiped the Dragon Radar from her and checked it out, confirming his suspicions "This just as bad as I thought, those 4 Dragon Balls from earlier that were all gathered together in one spot are on the move. There's no way that's a coincidence, those guys that just passed us must have them."

Gohan nodded "And you guys sensed that large group of Ki signatures all just disappear a little while ago right?"

"Oh yeah, I'm guessing that was another one of those goons wiping them out to get another Dragon Ball, which means that they have five. And you saw the one flying second from the front right, or more importantly you were able to sense him? His power is insane, the minute I felt it I felt my heart sink at the same time, along with my typical fight boner."

"...I'm just going to ignore that last part entirely, but either way that thing outranks the other Saiyans by a long shot and from the quick glance that I was able to get his boys look like they could do ugly with the best of them but he's definitely the boss."

"Not to mention that they had on the same tacky sort of armor." Yamcha pointed out "I guess those lackeys must be the fellow officers of those two Saiyans."

"You think you can take them?"

"You and Gohan can take most of the lackeys and I can take two two of them in the front but there's no way even I would be able to take the boss."

"And by the looks of the Dragon Radar they're heading towards another Dragon Ball."

"So what does that mean, that they have some kind of Radar of their own?" asked Gohan.

"No my guess is that they're using one of the Scouters like the Saiyans used, anyway it looks like it's just a few miles away from here."

"Which is where we were sensing all of that other energy a minute ago, that means that it really is a Namekian village. I'm gonna go take a look at the situation, you guys stay here."

"Not a chance Kai." Gohan removed his bag "You're way too reckless, if you go then you'll just get yourself killed so I'm gonna go with you."

"Oh come on, you guys can't just take off!" Bulma protested "I'll be all by myself in some kind of alien wilderness!"

"Okay Bulma two things. First of all, you're gonna be way safer here than where the two of us are going. Second of all, we never said Yamcha was coming so now you two can just cuddle together in private. That is what you do right? I wouldn't know, I'm only five."

"...Yeah that's exactly what we do. Alright fine I get it, but just know that that doesn't mean that I like it."

"We'll be back soon, I promise."

"Don't you dare forget about us! At least not for about an hour and a half."

"We won't."

"Alright enough with the implied hypothetical innuendoes, Gohan go ahead and suppress your power level so they don't see us coming and then we'll get the jump on those guys." Kai told him.

"Alright I get what you're saying Kai, now let's go!" and then the two of them took off following the Dragon Radar.

"And away they go." Yamcha let out a wistful sigh "They're gonna surpass us, I know that and I'm sure that Goku knows that too."

"Let's just hope that they have some kind of a plan." Bulma muttered.

"Bulma you already know the answer to that, of course they don't."

"I know. Anyway I'm gonna go and call the others and then tell them what's going on." she shot him a seductive smile "And then I'm gonna run a bath, give me about 10 minutes."

"You're taking a bath at a time like this?"

"No. We're taking a bath at a time like this."

"...Let's move." and then they both rushed into the cave.

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Tien raised an eyebrow at what he was hearing "So that means that Yamcha and the others all made it to Planet Namek okay?"

Goku nodded "Yeah from what Bulma told me the journey there was pretty low key and Yamcha even took the chance to teach Kai the Kaioken, or at least the principles of it. But it turns out the place is more popular than a Bon Jovi concert, that is to say that the place is actually pretty popular. There's a chance that my brother Raditz is on that planet but that's not too bad, but the real problem is that there's a whole gang of guys just like Vegeta and Nappa showed up and then blasted Kami's ship so they're stranded. Apparently there's at least over 20 of these guys and the leader all over the planet each one stronger than the next."

"Wait a second, you mean that they're stuck there?"

"I'm afraid so, and apparently the ringleader of them all has a power level so massive that he makes the rest of them look tame in comparison."

"Woah…"

"Yeah I know, someone out there even stronger than Vegeta out there?"

"Yeah and he's got a whole army of guys working for him. Anyway I stopped by Korin's as soon as they hung up and I picked up a bag's worth but there's only about 15 or so, plus on the way I talked to Upa and asked him to stay behind while you and I head to Planet Namek to back them up."

"You and me? But how are we even going to get there?"

"Oh I thought of that awhile ago, see awhile I asked Bulma's dad to build another spaceship in case something like this came up and he's had about two weeks so there's a pretty good chance that he's got it finished by now."

"Wait so he said that he could build another spaceship like the one that Kami took to get here all those years ago?"

"No that one was built out of material that can't be found here on Earth so I doubt that even someone as smart as Bulma's dad would be able to pull that off, but lucky for the two of us it turns out that Gohan and Kai came up with a contingency plan for a scenario like this and they pointed out that there were at least two other alien ships on this planet besides the one that Kami came here in before. There's the pod that the Saiyan Beets took to get here when he and my brother showed up and he tried to get the place ready for his pals, and then there's the one that my Grandpa Gohan found me in when I was just a baby."

"Of course, he might be able to make something out of that!"

"The ship that Beets used got messed up by Gohan pretty bad during that fight but Bulma's dad was able to track down my old shit and it turns out that it was still in decent shape, he said that it needed a few repairs before it could fly again but he thought that he could do it and he said that he would even put in some new extras for us."

"And that means that it's finally time for me to put all of this training over the past month to good use."

"Exactly. Now come on, first we've gotta head over to Capsule Corp."

"Right." and so Tien and Goku made a beeline for Capsule Corp, the former studying the latter as they flew 'He knows what we're up against and yet he still has a smile on his face. It must be that Saiyan blood coursing through his veins, helping his friends has always been one of his first concerns but he's also always seemed to get a thrill out of the prospect of facing a powerful opponent. There are many mysteries in this universe, and you Son Goku are one of those mysteries.'

"You say something Tien?"

"No, I'm just… internally monologuing."

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(And now, because I want to get this reference in there)

Inside of the cave, Bulma and Yamcha were…

Bulma could only get her words out in small moans in between Yamcha's grunts "Oh yeah, that's it, keep going, right there, right there, yes!"

"Ka…"

"Yes…"

"Me…"

"Yes…"

"Ha…"

"Yes…"

"Me…"

"Yes…"

"HAAAAAA!" and cue the Kamehameha wave bursting out of the roof of the cave

"YES!" and cue the climax.

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Later, at Capsule Corp…

Goku and Tien quickly dropped to the ground in the Capsule Corp compound "Alright here we are, we don't have any time to waste so let's get moving."

Of course this was easier said than done when Mrs Briefs, Bulma's mother, suddenly popped up in front of them "Why if it isn't our little Goku, it's been too long!"

"Hi Mrs Briefs how's it going?"

"You've gotten so big and muscular, can it really be you?"

"Oh yeah it's me alright, and I'm not sure if the two of you ever met before but this is one of my friends Tien Shinhan." this prompted to give a simple nod "So out of curiosity do you happen to know if that spaceship that I asked Bulma's dad to fix is done yet?"

"Well I'm not sure, last I saw he was still tinkering around."

"Wait he's still working." Goku tried to come off as calm but inwardly he was screaming at the top of his lungs "That's not exactly a good thing."

"Oh come along you two hunks." she suddenly grabbed both of them by the arms and started leading them along "Let's go see him, he's tinkering around in the inner yard. You know I still find it so hard to believe that our darling little Goku would ever grow up to be so dashingly handsome and your friend here isn't too bad either. The two of you simply must take me out sometime soon yes?"

"Yeah sure, when we get back we'll put it at the top of our list of priorities after defeat the rest of the Saiyans." Goku shot a quick look at Tien, the message clear 'Just go with it.'

"Well aren't you just the busiest beavers, you know I stumbled across the most adorable cake shop the other day and the thought occurred to me that if the two of you hadn't saved the world then it'd be gone so thank you for that."

"Yeah don't mention it, I was just trying to protect my friends."

"And that's what makes you such a charmer, hey sweetie Goku and his Triclops friend are here to see how you're doing on the space thingy!" she led them into the inner yard where the spaceship was waiting, surprising both Goku and Tien with what it looked like.

"Woah you've gotta be kidding me, so you mean that that's our spaceship? It's the size of a house, or the egos of Bulma and Yamcha combined!"

"Hey there boys, solid pun." and then Dr Briefs poked his head out of the ship "And it looks like it didn't take either of you long to get here, I guess that means that you're eager."

"Yeah but what about the ship?" asked Goku "Are you really not finished with it yet because we're kind of in a hurry."

"Oh don't worry about that, it's just a few odds and ends left so come on in and make sure that you like what you see."

"Alright!"

"Hey let me run and get the three of you something to wet your whistles okay?" and then just like that Mrs Briefs had gone on her way before she could get a response.

"Yeah sure that'd be great thanks." Goku followed Tien and Dr Briefs into the ship and looked around in awe "Oh wow this looks awesome, how the heck does one little space pod turn into something like this?"

"Well I built it to your specifications with a few tweaks of my own here and there and I made sure that there was more than enough room for all kinds of training to your heart's content in here. It was quite the challenge though, hell just locating this thing was an adventure not to mention that she was in shambles for the most part but lucky for me there was still enough of it intact for me to reverse engineer it though I still practically built the thing from scratch."

"Wait a second it was in shambles?" Tien finally spoke up "Did Goku somehow damage it when he was a kid?"

"Well either way that doesn't really matter now, and besides Saiyan technology is pretty damn spectacular."

"So then where's that artificial gravity machine that I asked for?" asked Goku.

"Well just like you asked for it's right over here." he gestured to the machine in the center of the ship.

"It looks pretty complicated."

Dr Briefs gave a simple shrug "Far from it actually, there's the on switch and that's the controller right there. This puppy can put out up to 100 Gs as you requested so be sure that you're very careful, that kind of force is nothing for you to thumb your nose at even for someone as tough as you, after all this bad boy multiplies your own body weight by 100 just like it does the gravity you know."

"Yeah we know but that's the idea, Tien and I are gonna have to push ourselves really hard in order to get ready for what's gonna go down on Namek. So is this bad boy ready for space travel yet or what?"

"Oh she'll fly like a shooting star, you can bet your life on that boys."

"Wait what? So…"

"So the bedroom, bathroom and fully stocked kitchen are just down the ladder there on the lower level."

"Wait a second I don't get it, what exactly is left to be done?"

"I haven't yet found the right spot to mount the Muffin Button."

"ALRIGHT!"

"Muffin Button?" was all Tien could think to say.

"Why not? Haven't you ever thought how nice it would be to wake up in the morning, push a button and have a muffin?"

"Not even once, so you mean to tell me that a button that makes muffins is the reason is all that's keeping us on the ground?"

"That's all the Triclops says." Dr Briefs let out a scoff "I'll have you know that it's quite a difficult task, there's at least a dozen issues to consider."

"Who cares about some stupid muffins?! Goku and I are in way too much of a hurry to worry about that!"

"Quiet!" Goku let out a violent hiss, which was completely out of character for him "Never disrespect the muffins!"

"Goku you yourself said that we have to leave like yesterday!"

"...Dr it seems that we have another one who has failed to understand the joy of the Muffin Button, we'd better sedate him." and then Goku suddenly tackled Tien "Get a muffin in this man stat!"

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Gohan and Kai were nearing the area where Frieza and his men had previously touched down in front of them "Okay we're getting close so we'd better suppress our power levels completely and then sneak up on them from here."

"Yeah yeah I got it." so Kai followed Gohan's lead, in which they masked their Ki signatures and slowly climbed their way over the cliff in front of them "They should be down there, holy hell these guys are powerful."

"Yeah I know." they glanced over the cliff down at the Namekian village that Frieza and his men were raiding "What are those some kind of houses? They look a lot like the ship that we flew here in."

"That means that this has to be a Namekian village. This is bad, you and I can take the lap dogs without that much of a problem but two of those guys in the back are at least a lot more powerful than Vegeta and that FAG in the middle trumps them both way more than that."

"Kai!"

"What? FAG means Freaky Alien Genotype, what the hell did you think I meant? Oh I get it, you thought that I meant that. But no, there's no way that thing is a guy."

"You think we can handle any of them?"

"We can't win in a straight up fight even with your rage boost and my Kaioken, we'd need my Uncle for that and I bet that even he would have a hard time- Oh shit do you see the Dragon Balls they're carrying?"

"I didn't think that Dragon Balls could be so big."

"Tell me about it, ACDC be damned!"

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Dodoria glanced back at the cliffside, only to see nothing "Huh, that's weird."

"Is something the matter Dodoria?" asked Frieza.

"I thought my Scouter was picking up a smaller power level coming from the direction of that cliff just a second ago but whatever it was it's gone now, it was probably just some kind of insect or something."

"Perhaps, but if it's that small then it is of little consequence."

"I suppose so."

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Gohan yanked Kai backwards "That was way too close, if they had spotted us then we'd be done for."

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One of the soldiers glanced back at Frieza "Excuse me my lord but only 5 appear to be home, according to them the rest are tilling the land." he glanced back inside "Alright you guys just get the hell out here or else we'll start shooting." this prompted the inhabitants of the house to slowly exit.

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Gohan looked on in total awe "That guy looks just like Piccolo, only he looks a lot older than him too!"

"That looks more like Kami to me." Kai pointed out "He's one of the older Namekians which means that this is definitely the right place."

"So then what are they gonna do, why did they force all of them outside like that? Do you think any of those bad guys are Saiyans?"

"Not a chance, they've all got the same tacky armor on but they're all from a bunch of different alien races."

"So then who are they?"

"Do you remember what Goku's brother mentioned about that weird crew that basically wipe out and then sell planets, my guess is that these are those guys that he was talking about."

"So then where is Raditz now?"

"I don't know but I doubt that he would be on their side, keep in mind that he helped my uncle, your dad and Piccolo against that other Saiyans Beets before."

"And when those two huge power levels were fighting a little while ago, do you think one of them was him?"

"Him and another one of these guys would be my best guess."

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Moori, the elder of the Namekian village, was horrified to see Frieza and the others holding their four other Dragon Balls 'So these are the ones…'

"Greetings my name is Lord Frieza, as you can no doubt surmise for yourself myself and my acquaintances are quite the collectors of this planet's Dragon Balls." Frieza was quick to introduce himself "So now that I have told you something about me I expect you to repay the courtesy by telling us the whereabouts of your neighbors, our sources say that there should be 10 of you." he received no reply "So you intend to stay silent then do you? No matter I suppose, very well then." he summoned a small bit of Ki into his finger "Come on now, it's not like we have all day now do we?"

Moori gritted his teeth as he gave a reply in the Namekian language.

"A valiant effort my friend but if you would be so kind as to answer our questions in the same language with which they had been addressed to you instead of this gibberish."

"As I said the others are tilling the land for their daily training, only the hold and the very young stay behind. I speak the truth to you."

"You see such a thing wasn't so difficult, continue to cooperate and you have nothing to fear of us. Now let's move onto more pressing concerns shall we, I believe that you have a Dragon Ball in your possession and as such you are to present it to me immediately."

"But I… we have no idea what you're speaking of."

"Is that so? Dodoria I'm quite confused, that other Namekian that we spoke to had related to us something quite intriguing did he not?"

Dodoria nodded "Yes he did my lord, something about not being able to hand over his Dragon Ball unless it was to some who was truly worthy."

"Indeed he was most adamant about that point, try as we might though we could not get him to say any more than that. At least not before we decided to kill one of them, but once that became part of the discussion about how the Grand Elder of this world created the 7 Dragon Balls, how each one was entrusted to the care of a specific guardian who is required by tradition to conduct trials of wit and strength whether the wish of a given seeker is honorable and that only after being determined sufficiently worthy can someone obtain the Dragon Balls and various other details of that like. Well as you can imagine I had quite the difficult time convincing the poor fellow to see us as worthy, I was told flat out that I would never obtain a single Dragon Ball and since I've never been one to take bad news very well I'm afraid that I just up and killed the poor fool. That did delay our efforts to find the first Dragon Ball to an extent, but after locating it the next three were simply a matter of using the proper balance of persuasion and tact, and since then your people have been extraordinarily accommodating." and like the sucker that he was he failed to realize that Raditz was listening in on them using his own Scouter.

"Accommodating you say?" Moori tried not to snarl "You're a liar, I don't believe a word of such a thing! There is no way that the others would dare to hand over their Dragon Balls without protest to the likes of you!"

"Oh you see that's where you're wrong, once we showed him this little ice breaker they were more than happy to help. Zarbon if you would be so kind?"

"Of course my lord." so with that in mind, Zarbon blitzed behind the Namekians and dealt one of them a swift kick to the neck, ending his life in an instant before dodging a Ki blast from one of the other elders that tried to attack him, which led to him killing one of the soldiers, which only led to Zarbon killing him using his Shooting Star Arrow.

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Gohan was practically snarling like an angry animal "Those rotten sons of- What gives them the right to do this to them?!"

"Chill out mini Hulk, you've gotta control your Ki or they'll find us." Kai on the other hand was actually being the rational one.

"But we can't just sit here and do nothing!"

"Well we have to, we wanna bring Piccolo and the others back but the two of us could never take on someone like those assholes. For now all we can do is grit our teeth and bide our time."

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Frieza motioned for Zarbon to get back to his side and turned back to Moori and the other two Namekian children "So then what will it be, I can trust that we're all feeling a great deal more cooperative now are we not?"

Moori glanced around at the soldiers, and then turned back to Frieza "Just tell me, what is your reason for collecting the Dragon Balls from our people?"

"Oh my wish is actually quite a little frivolous one all things considered, what I desire is simply eternal life for myself and nothing else that extravagant."

"You want eternal life for yourself? Over my dead body, there is no way that I would ever grant our Dragon Ball to someone like you."

"Well I hate to break it to you but I fear that that's not that much of a challenge but if that's how you feel then so be it, my it can be so frustrating tenacity but then again I suppose such a thing is to be expected from someone your age." he glanced down at the two Namekian children cowering behind him "And yet I can't help but wonder, would you waste the lives of ones so young though?"

"You're monster!"

"I've been called worse." he raised a finger.

"No how dare you!" this even prompted Gohan to start to lose control of his rage, unknown to anyone else.

Dodora on the other hand had noticed it with his Scouter "There are two considerable power levels nearby." and then he noticed something else "Lord Frieza look up in the sky, there are three power levels approaching!"

Moori breathed a sigh of relief "Oh thank goodness, they're here at last!"

"Well what do we have here!"

As it turns out it was three pissed off Namekian warriors that came looking for a fight and to settle the score, only to find the corpses of the other two Namekian elders, which only pissed them off that much more "So it would seem that our sense of foreboding had been justified after all."

"You know that was awfully rude of you." Frieza commented "To think that you would just barge in and interrupt our little chat and here we were so close to an agreement, it's quite the pity as well that you've come all this way to die because you will either way."

"I didn't want to believe it but I can see that the rumor that someone was raising our villages to the ground in search of Dragon Balls is true after all! You're going to pay dearly for this, how dare you come here and violate the peace of our world!"

"Oh don't tell me that the three of you intend to cause, I can't help but wonder how strong the three of you are. Dodoria."

"Just a moment sir I'll check." Dodoria scanned the Namekians with his Scouter and let out a chuckle "I hate to disappoint you but they're all in the neighborhood of 1,000, there's hardly even a need for any of us to lift a finger!"

Moori's expression hardened furiously 'Of course, I understand now. We've always taken care to scatter our dwellings at random across this planet to foil potential aggressors but with fiends like these those infernal devices tell them exactly where we are.'

"Oh that's just rich, you weakling blowhards wanna rumble with the likes of us with power levels of just 1,000 for each of you? Are you serious?!" a bunch of the mooks started mocking the Namekian warriors.

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Kai let out a snort "These suckers can't even tell that the Namekians are suppressing their power levels, man for an elite fighting force these guys just totally suck."

"Hang on a second." Gohan muttered "The Saiyans were caught off guard when we did that too weren't they?"

"Yeah because I'm pretty sure that- Oh you mean that they can't detect Ki without using one of the Scouters like we got from Raditz and Beets!" he glanced over to see the Namekian warriors disposing of the mooks fairly easily "Okay so when is shit gonna hit that fan?"

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Zarbon shot a glare over at Dodoria "You imbecile I thought that you said that their power levels were only at 1,000 each!"

"I did, I don't understand how this is happening!" Dodoria checked his Scouter again "This doesn't make any sense, their power levels have increased to at least 3,000 each!"

Frieza let out a chuckle as he watched the Namekians in battle "Well you have to hand it to them, they're really not all that bad."

"Oh now I see, the Namekians are able to disguise their strength. There aren't many breeds that I've seen that can manage that but they seem to be using it to their advantage."

"I suppose not."

Moori studied the situation intently, focusing on the Scouters for the most part 'So far so good I suppose, including the one that the big one is wearing only three of those contraptions remain unbroken. Children stand away from me and quickly, we don't have much time." he motioned for the children to back away from him.

"Dodoria."

"Right, I'm on it." Dodoria set down the Dragon Balls "I'll teach them a lesson, so they're trying to pull a fast one on us now are they? Would you mind if I try to take them all out at one time my lord?"

"Knock yourself out."

"I plan to do that to them, just more than that."

"Now!" Moori suddenly fired a Ki blast at Dodoria's face, destroying his Scouter but not hurting him.

"You little bastard, tell me that's not your idea of a technique because if so then I'd say that you're thoroughly screwed."

Moori said nothing, instead he just burst up into the air and fired more Ki blasts at the remaining two Scouters, destroying them on the spot.

Zarbon was quick to catch onto his ploy "Dodoria he's after the Scouters! Stop him, take him out already!"

"That… is… IT!" Dodoria was quick to lose his temper "YOU LITTLE SHIT! EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM IS GONNA PAY WITH THEIR LIVES YOU HEAR ME?! EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM STARTING WITH YOU!" and he charged at Moori in a blind rage at full speed, until…

"DODORIA STOP, WAIT A MOMENT!" Frieza barked, causing Dodoria to freeze in plane in mid air "The old one can wait for the time being, see to the other three first."

"...FINE!" and so Dodora burst back to the ground showing only one emotion, that being bloodlust "You know it's too bad, I almost wish that there were more of you so that I would have a chance to break a sweat!"

The Namekians readied themselves for a fight "That's just ridiculous, there's no way that you can take on all three of us at once."

"You obviously have no idea what you're talking about, there's only two of you." he suddenly blitzed behind them and pierced one through the chest, and then killed another with a Mouth Energy Wave "And then there was one." he brushed of a barrage of Ki blasts from the last one and dealt him a brutal headbutt, killing him in an instant.

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Dr Briefs finished installing a certain function into the ship "Alright then boys, 3 hours later and now I'm finally finished installing the Muffin Button."

"YES!" Goku glanced down at the form of Tien tied up and gagged "You'll understand that wonderful feeling one day my friend, this I swear."

"Anyway the flight data that you need has been preprogrammed, at the touch of a button all the two of you will have to do is sit back and then let the ship make the six day flight to Planet Namek on its own."

"Wait a second, six days?! Tien and I can make it to Namek in less than a day?"

"Well then I'll leave you boys to it, good luck now." and then Dr Briefs made his way out of the ship so they could start to launch.

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At the same time, Oolong and Puar were bolting their way to Capsule Corp and were quick to run into meet up with Goku, only to see the ship blast off just as they arrived.

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Meanwhile, on the ship…

Goku finished untying Tien and quickly brushed off the elbow to the face that he received for tying him up in the first place "Okay I deserve that, and you know it's great that we'll be able to get to Planet Namek in just six days and all but…"

"But that means that we only have 6 more days to train to the point where we're up to fighting guys as powerful as that." Tien finished for him.

"Exactly. King Kai said that his planet had 10 times the gravity of Earth so…"

"Go straight to 20, I'm not wasting any time with having to get to your level so if I can't handle it then so be it."

"I've always appreciated your enthusiasm for training." so Goku cranked up the artificial gravity to 20, and the two of them almost immediately felt the effects of it "Oh yeah… that's the good stuff…"

"Yep… that's it… the burning means… that it's working…"

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Frieza shot a very condescending look up at Moori "Well well I must say that while I appreciate your enthusiasm but you must realize by now that even the most powerful amongst your kind is no match for us, in any case I advise you to come back down here so that we may proceed with our discussion."

"...So be it." Moori returned to the ground, albeit extremely reluctantly.

"There we go, now it's not that hard to be obedient now is it? And while I'm sure you've learned your lesson I would like an apology, why don't you bring me your Dragon Ball and then we'll forget the whole thing."

"Very well then, it would seem that I have been left with no choice but you have to promise me that you won't harm the children." and then he walked off in order to get the Dragon Ball for them.

"I'm so pleased that you're finally listening to reason."

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Gohan was grinding his teeth in an ever growing fury "Those monsters, what gives them the right?!"

"Hey settle down bigshot." Kai tried to call him off "Look I'm not gonna stop you from getting all heroic but it's just a matter of when we do, besides those guys are way too strong for us as we are right know and you know that just as well as I do."

"But… But…"

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Despite his clear reluctance, Moori presented the Dragon Ball to Frieza and his men "There you are, you have our village's Dragon Ball so please be on your way."

"Bring it to me." Frieza gestured for Appule to take the Dragon Ball from him "Oh and one last thing, if you would be so kind as to tell us where exactly to find the other two Dragon Balls on this planet and then we'll be on our way."

"Don't be absurd, if you think that I'm going to tell you where there are more Namekians for you to torture and slaughter then you are sadly mistaken! Now keep your word, you have our Dragon Ball so leave us in peace!"

"You're just like the rest of them, uncooperative and always trying to protect your fellow Namekians with no regard at all for what I might want and for being such an ungracious host you'll die with the children."

"But you gave your word!" he was promptly elbowed in the face by Dodoria "You promised me that you would leave the children alone, you already have the Dragon Ball so what good would it do to hurt them?"

"None at all but unless I have all seven of the Dragon Balls I may as well not have any of them at all and since you made the decision to destroy our Scouters we have no way of locating the remaining Dragon Balls ourselves and therefore it's up to you to help us find them."

"I already told you that I would die before I help you to terrorize my people!"

"That is certainly an option but then who would look after the children? Well if you would rather die than help then I can oblige."

"What?"

"Dodoria please dispose of our little friend."

"It isn't safe for you here, hurry children run away!" Moori gestured for the two children to run away "I don't think you realize what Namekians are truly capable of."

"And that goes both ways!" Dodoria suddenly fired a Mouth Energy Wave past Moori at one of the children, killing him on the spot.

"Cargo no!" that was all Moori had time to get out before what happened next.

That is to say, Dodoria suddenly blitzed behind Moori and snapped his neck with his bare hands, killing him in an instant "Is that really all that you're capable of? That was weak, but then again I guess that's on me for expecting more of a challenge." he blitzed in front of Dende, the last Namekian survivor of that village, and then prepared to kill him "You know judging by your size you shouldn't be too much of an issue, so I say let's just get this crap over with!" he prepared to finish Dende off, when…

"THAT'S IT! I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE!" now enraged beyond any possible point of reasoning, Gohan burst onto the scene and dealt Dodoria a rage filled kick to the face, sending him flying through a few buildings, before firing an Explosive Demon Wave that sent him flying clear through a mountain, said mountain being shattered in the process "I don't care how much stronger you are, I'm not gonna stand by and let you and your friends kill anyone else!"

Dodoria pulled himself out or the rubble with a large bloody stump where his arm used to be, and he was thoroughly enraged when he realized this "You little shit, I don't know who the hell you think you are but you're gonna pay for that one with your life!"

"I'd like to see you try!"

"Kaioken Style: Boot to the Head!" with his Kaioken flaring, Kai burst onto the scene and dealt Dodoria a kick to the head, blowing him through another building "Here's the takeaway from this scene Gohan, trying to get the two of us killed is my thing and my thing alone you got that?"

"Loud and clear." Gohan grabbed Dende and quickly took off "Now let's go!"

"In just a second." Kai glanced over at Frieza and gave him a certain finger gesture "I'm just gonna leave it with this: F*ck power levels, f*ck Saiyans, f*ck gigantic gorilla transformations, AND F*CK YOU!" and then the two of them took off.

Visibly angered by this, Frieza rounded on Dodoria "WHY ARE YOU STILL JUST SITTING THERE?! BRING THE TWO OF THEM TO ME IMMEDIATELY!"

"R-Right!" once he snapped out of it, Dodoria quickly took to the Namekian skies.

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Kai and Gohan were bolting through the skies of Namek with Dende in the arms of the clearly pissed off former "Not gonna lie Gohan that was not your brightest move!"

"At least I did more than just quack off!" Gohan protested.

"Hey the Space Duck is an actual thing- You know what screw it, let's just hurry up and get the hell out of here before he catches us." and then the two of them started flying away at full speed.

"And just where the hell do you think you're going?!" Dodoria bolted after them and was able to catch up to them in a matter of seconds.

"Dammit!"

"He's already on top of us, he's way too fast!" Gohan muttered "He's just way too fast for us to keep up!"

"That's what she said!"

"This is no time for dirty jokes!"

"I GOTCHA NOW YOU LITTLE SHITS!" Dodoria started firing a barrage of rapid Ki blasts at them, causing Kai to lose his grip on Dende and send him falling towards the seal below.

"Dammit!" Kai tried to make a beeline after Dende 'Dammit I'm not gonna make it! I'm gonna have to use it! Kaioken!" he used the Kaioken in order to boost his speed and he was able to catch Dende before he hit the ground "Gohan we've gotta move, that cost us some time and speed and he's right behind me!" he moved out of the way just in time in order to avoid being hit by another Mouth Energy Wave.

"You know what I think I have an instant fix for this whole situation, I'LL JUST LEVEL THE PLACE AND THE THREE OF YOU WITH IT!" Dodoria in his rage prepared to fire his Maximum Buster to level the are and kill the other three in the process, when…

"Wolf Fang Fist!" that was when Yamcha burst onto the scene and dealt Dodoria a fierce Wolf Fang Fist barrage, blowing him clear through a mountain as Yamcha quickly glanced back at the others "I could sense what was happening from the cave, hurry up and get the kid out of here while I hold off the big guy!"

"We'll be waiting for you to get back." and then both Gohan and Kai took off in the opposite direction of the battle, taking Dende with them.

"Kaioken 3x!" Yamcha boosted his Kaioken to the third level, trying not to cringe from the strain that he was feeling.

"One more weakling doesn't make any sort of difference!" Dodoria burst out from within the rubble and charged.

Yamcha simply dropped into a combat stance and prepared to fight as the two of them charged towards each other.

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Kai and Gohan hit the ground and both breathed a sigh of relief "Well that was definitely too close for my liking."

"How did Yamcha know where to find us exactly?" asked Gohan "I mean I thought we were too far away for him to be able to sense us."

"That's what I thought too but then I sensed him and Bulma… let's just call it sparring in the bedroom, and I figured that if I could feel him then he should be able to feel us too, so when you went apeshit on the big guy back at the village I spike my Ki using the Kaioken just enough for him to be able to hear us. But in the meantime we oughta head back to the cave and see if we can find Bulma." he glanced over at Dende "So do you think you can fly or what?"

"Um yes, all Namekians learn when we are still young." Dende started floating into the air very slowly "Excuse me sir but I just wanted to thank you for putting yourself in danger to try and save me back there."

"Thank Gohan, he's the one who grew a pair and charged in there like a crazed wild animal and started beating the ever loving crap out of the big guy."

Gohan let out a chuckle "Well maybe but I never could've pulled something like that off by myself, you know Kai you really know how to come through for us. You might act crazy but you're really smart."

"What can I say, it's a gift. Anyway the point of this story is that none of us are dead just yet so I'm thinking that you oughta stick with us for the time being. I wouldn't blame you for weighing your options."

Dende studied the two of them and blinked "Well… okay."

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Back at the battlefield…

Yamcha had a few minor bruises but was, and I think this goes without saying if you bother to look at the power levels list that I put at the bottom of the chapter, winning the battle very soundly "Alright big guy this is your last chance, leave now or you're not gonna make it out of here with your life."

Dodoria, still bleeding from his stump and covered in wounds, was practically foaming at the mouth with rage "Forget it you little shit, there's no way I'm gonna let some worthless peon like you get the best of me-" he was cut off when a new figure suddenly sideswiped him, sending him crashing into the Namekian ocean.

"Well then again I guess I'll leave that to the newcomer, I've gotta go make sure the others made it back alright." Yamcha glanced over at the newcomer and received a simple nod "You and I will talk later." and so he took off through the skies.

Dodoria pulled himself out of the water and let out a low snarl when he saw who was standing in place of Yamcha "What the hell do you want Raditz?"

Sure enough, Raditz was standing before him with a smirk on his face "What's up Bubblegum and why such a long face?"

"You must've grown some serious balls if you think that you can just get the drop on me like that and live to tell people about it!"

"And what exactly are you gonna do about that? You're all on your own now and not hanging around the likes of Frieza and Zarbon and I can see judging from that bloody stump where your arm used to be that that's not going so well. Note to self, give those Earthlings credit for that when I see them later on. Anyway now that Frieza isn't here to intervene getting rid of you should be pretty damn easy."

"What the hell are you going on about, if you think some little Saiyan freak like you can take the likes of me then you've got another thing coming! I don't think you really wanna challenge me and believe it or not I don't wanna fight you either right now so what do you say you just hand over that Scouter and then we can both walk away from this, do we have a deal or not?"

"Oh I get it now, I knew something must have gone wrong when I heard your audio feed go to static. There was finally someone smart enough to catch onto the whole thing with your Scouters and then destroy them didn't you? That would have to be Elder Moori then, and you killed him didn't you?"

"Who?"

"That would be a yes then, anyway that ought give me that much more of an element of surprise on my side for when I blindside the rest of you cretins." he slowly removed his Scouter and then placed it on the ground "A trip back to one of Frieza's planets for more Scouters would cost at least a few days, so getting this from me is your best option right now."

"Smartest thing you've done yet, it's about time you give me a little bit of the respect that I'm due. I was gonna take it anyway but since you offered it to me I might have to go easy on you after all."

"Well I would give it to you but there's a problem with it."

"And what would that be."

"The fact that I'm about to crush it underneath my boot." and then Raditz proceeded to do just that.

"God dammit Raditz what the hell were you thinking, what the hell did you go and do that for you fool?!"

"Well it's actually pretty simple Dodoria, this Scouter was worth far more to you than it was to me."

"I don't buy it, without that Scouter you're as blind as me and Lord Frieza and any of the rest of us!"

"I'm afraid that's where you're wrong, you see during my time here on Planet Namek one of the things that I've learned was how to detect the energy signature and location of my opponent without having to use a Scouter, something that I first saw this technique being used on Earth before. It's not that difficult of a technique once you get the hang of it but it doesn't require that much power and I know how much you and Frieza only give a damn about flexing your muscles and the like, there's more to life than just showing force but you just never did seem to understand that."

"Wait a second I get it now, those little bastards like the one that I was fighting and the two that took my arm were Earthlings! You must've sent them to lure me away from Frieza!"

"You wish you fat piece of gum stuck underneath my boot."

"Enough with the insults you insignificant ape, if you don't have another Scouter on you then you're just wasting my time now get lost before I decide to kill you." and yet he started backing away nervously "This is the kind of opportunity that I'm not giving you more than once so take it and get the hell out of here!"

"That's quite the generous offer considering who it is that we're talking about, or is it that you're just scared of trying to attack me? Yes that has to be the answer, when you overheard about my battle with Cui you realized just how much more powerful I am compared to before and now you're overcome with fear of my newfound power. You saw all of that on your Scouter didn't you? Just face it, you're nothing to me anymore."

"No, no there's no way that power level reading could've been accurate! You can't be that strong and I'll prove it to you! NOW DIE YOU MOUTHY LITTLE PRICK!" and he fired his Maximum Buster in a blind rage.

Raditz just blitzed behind him without giving a damn "And just where the hell are you aiming Dewgong? I told you not to underestimate me but if you don't want to listen then I can't be held accountable." he caught Dodoria's only remaining arm and started bending it painfully behind his back "Oh I'm going to enjoy taking you apart like a fat pink Mr Space Potato Head after all the years of being spat on and taunted by you and for all that you did to the Namekians of this world. And besides we Saiyans grow stronger with every battle and while you knew that you became complacent, I've spent the last year training and growing stronger until I grew to a level that I never even dreamt of. Essentially I've been reborn from constantly fighting and improving while you've been growing lazy and soft." he started pulling on the arm even harder.

"R-Raditz hold on a second, I know something that you're really gonna wanna hear! If you let me go then I promise I'll tell you all about it! It's about your homeworld, I know the truth about what happened to Planet Vegeta!"

"What the hell are you going on about, what does Planet Vegeta have to do with anything right now? What could you possibly know about it? Tell me you fat blob!"

"I will I promise, but first you have to let me go!"

"...Fine." so with very great reluctance, Raditz released his grip on Dodoria, allowing him to get free "So start talking."

"Alright but first things first, what kind of guarantee do I have that you won't just kill me off as soon as I tell you?"

"Here's my guarantee, if you don't start talking then I will rip your still beating heart out of your chest now spit it the bloody hell out!"

"Okay okay just calm down, you don't have to get all huffy about it. Frieza told you that your home Planet Vegeta had been destroyed and that much was true, but the story about how it had been crushed by a gigantic meteor was a lie."

"And what the hell is that supposed to mean?"

"Frieza knew that no one Saiyan could ever get in his way but a whole bunch of them teaming together could cause some problems for him, and the thing of it is that he noticed that there were more and more Saiyan babies being born with highly developed combat skills, the same of which couldn't have been said for you." he took to the air "A small group of warriors might eventually grow up into a strong Saiyan army someday and we all knew that the Saiyans wouldn't stay loyal to Frieza forever. He had a choice of the matter, he would either see what happens with the Saiyans in the future or wipe out the only race that would ever be powerful enough to oppose him. It was a tough call but in the end I think he came to the only logical conclusion: to wipe all of them from the face of the universe. And to make sure that the job was done right Frieza did it himself, he destroyed Planet Vegeta and every single wretched Saiyan on it, with the exception of you, Vegeta and Nappa. No Frieza had plans for the three of you, the last three surviving warriors of the Saiyans would make valuable additions to his team. Well Vegeta and Nappa would anyway, you were just there as a footstool. Did you really think that it was a coincidence that Lord Frieza had sent you to another planet before yours exploded? Of course not all of the Saiyans were clueless as to what he had been planning, your father Bardock in particular caught on and thought that he could take us out all on his own, but he didn't make it very far before he died just like the rest of them." he shot Raditz a malice filled smirk "So there it is, you're finally in on our little private joke. How about this, why don't you just take a minute to let that sink in while I let Frieza know that you're here."

"...You know something Dodoria I think I'm going to be okay, but the same can't be said for you." Raditz formed a reddish pink Ki sphere in his hand "You're not going anywhere, you're going to suffer in this just as Frieza did. But you won't get this for the same reason that Frieza will, my reasons for doing this to you are not for the sake of my father because I know that's not what he would want, it's because you thought that you could get away with it!" and with that, he fired his Saturday Crush at Dodoria as he tried to flee, vaporizing him on the spot "So even the likes of the almighty Lord Frieza himself is afraid of what the Saiyans are capable of. I'm sure you'll be interested to hear that too won't you… Kakarot?"

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Tien finally managed to pull himself to his feet "Okay, I think I'm starting to get the hang of 20 times Earth's gravity."

Goku nodded "Yeah learning to walk is the first step. Also Tien?"

"Yeah?"

"DODGE!" Goku dealt him a solid kick to the face, sending him slamming in to the wall of the ship "Yeah I think it goes without saying that we don't have any time to waste."

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Goku and Tien and both of the are growing in power by the minute, and yet across the galaxy Raditz is growing stronger as well, and the day that the two brothers will meet once again is fast approaching, next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!

A/N:

The flashback with Raditz at the beginning showing up on Planet Frieza 79 was meant to show what had happened to him after he left Earth, as well as show his intentions. I did say that Raditz would appear later than the battle against Vegeta and Nappa, and here he is as a warrior of the Planet Namek. Granted he's not as strong as Nail yet but he's still able to kill Dodoria, so I'm going to be giving him the role of Vegeta for the time being, minus slaughtering that Namekian village.

Now that Goku and Tien have the chance to train a lot together before they arrive on Namek, Goku will be somewhat stronger than in canon whereas Tien will be a hell of a lot stronger than in canon.

Like I said, Upa isn't going to be going to Namek but he will have a sub plot of his own later on.

The scene with Cui attacking that random Namekian village is mean to replace Vegeta attacking that same village. I wasn't sure what to do to make up for the fact that there's no Vegeta yet to attack the village for their Dragon Ball, so I had to come up with a substitute for that. Plus it adds in that extra little bit of chaos that sets the events on Namek into motion.

The reason why Gohan, Kai and Yamcha are stronger is because they did a lot of meditation training during the month long trip to Namek, so they got to power up at least a little bit. Also, in case it wasn't clear I'm having them use the meditation training to get Yamcha to teach Kao the Kaioken, or at least the basics. He can't use it to the same degree that Goku and Yamcha can, just the first level, maybe the third but the strain would be too much for him to handle. Think what happened to Goku during his fight with Vegeta, only much worse. I was going to have Gohan learn it too but I didn't for one main reason: I originally intended to combine the Kaioken with his rage boosts but that would lead to the same problem as if Goku were to use the Kaioken while in Super Saiyan, because the intense emotional turmoil wouldn't allow the precise Ki control necessary, which therefore eliminates the possibility.

I'd just like to take the chance to point out how poetic that final scene was with Dodoria being killed by Raditz: Dodoria had slaughter Bardock's crew and nearly did the same to Bardock himself, and now Dodoria met his end at the hands of Raditz, Bardock's own son. As far as I'm concerned it's poetic irony at its finest.

Power levels:

Gohan: 6,000

Gohan (enraged): 24,000

Kai: 5,500

Kai (Kaioken): 11,000

Yamcha: 8,000

Yamcha (Kaioken 3x): 24,000

Goku: not yet

Tien: not yet

Average Namekians: 1,000 to 1,500

Namekian Warriors: 3,000 each

Raditz (flashback, post Zenkai): 2,500

Raditz: 25,000

Average Frieza soldiers: 1,200-1,500

Dodoria: 20,000

Cui: 18,000