Raditz watched as the smoke cleared from his blast, revealing that Dodoria had been completely vaporized "And it looks like I'm two for two, goodbye and good riddance fatass. Really it serves him right for bragging as much as he did about his strength, not to mention that it was surprisingly easy. Even I'm impressed by how much more powerful I've become thanks to all of my training here, I have Nail to thank for that now don't I? But then again I don't have a lot of time to enjoy my newfound strength after finding out about Planet Vegeta. No Raditz you have to focus, this is no time to get sentimental and the last thing you need is to get yourself killed right now. For now I should probably go and rendezvoused with Kakarot's friends like the one with the scars and the two kids, knowing what they can be like chances are they've already been noticed by Frieza by now." and then he took off after Yamcha and the others.
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By this point Yamcha had caught up with Gohan, Kai and Dende and was following the three of them back towards the cave "You know it's kind of weird that you guys know your way around this planet so well considering this is our first time here."
"Yeah well not all of us just get laid instead of focusing on our actual priorities." Kai pointed out dryly.
"Fair enough-" Yamcha glanced back "You guys feel that?"
"Yeah we do, there's another huge Ki signature coming towards us and it's closing in on us really fast." Gohan pointed out.
"No it's okay, that's just Raditz."
Sure enough, in a matter of seconds, Raditz had blitzed right behind them "You're lucky as hell they lost their Scouters otherwise they would be right on top of you right now."
"Tell me about it." Kai muttered "What the hell are you doing here anyway? I thought you took off after that other Saiyan bit the dust."
"And where do you think I ended up? I've been training and or guarding this planet for almost a full year now."
"Are you for real right now?"
"It's true." Dende spoke up "Raditz crash landed on Planet Namek about 10 months ago when we were facing a serious crisis, from what our leader the Grand Elder Lord Guru tells us it was a group of aliens trying to overthrow our planet."
"I'm getting a major sense of deja vu right now."
Raditz gave a simple shrug "It was mainly a happy accident but I figured why not lend them a hand, besides if I got hurt in the fight then I'd only become that much stronger afterwards so it would be a win win. Anyway I fought them alongside Nail, one of the strongest Namekians on this planet and we fought off most of those fools. Until we got to the leader."
"What happened?" asked Yamcha.
"Their names were Abo and Cado, they work for Frieza just like the likes of Zarbon and Dodoria do only their power levels rival those of Frieza's elite squad the Ginyu Force. I knew that it wouldn't be an easy fight but Nail and I were able to double team them and take them down, but just barely. Ever since then I guess the people of Namek consider me their protector or something, but on the plus side I've spent a lot of time training with Nail to get far stronger and it's worked wonders."
"Huh. Cool."
"Hey guys check it out we're back." Yamcha pointed to the cave sitting literally a few feet in front of them "I guess you were right about how close we were."
"What was your first clue?"
"Don't push it you little shit, hey Bulma we're back and we've got company!" Yamcha poked his head into the cave, only to receive no reply.
"What did she go off to to kill crabs in the ocean in a gigantic battle suit or something?"
"Your imagination never ceases to frighten me, anyway she just went further back into the cave so let's just go." and so they started making their way back into the cave "Hey Bulma it's okay to come out now! You don't have to hide anymore, it's just me and the boys!" he made his way back until he noticed the capsule house, with the door locked "Okay she's still mad at me for taking off the way I did."
"Taking off while you were in the middle of Bow Chicka Wow Wow?"
"...Yeah you know what I'm not even gonna deny it."
"That's what I thought."
"I don't get it." Gohan commented.
"I don't expect you to."
"Where the hell have the three of you been goofing around all this time?!" Bulma suddenly stormed out of the house and then tore straight into Yamcha, causing Dende to hide in fear of her and Raditz to sweatdrop "You know something you should be ashamed of yourselves leaving a defenseless delicate flower like myself all alone on a rock like this!"
"Defenseless my ass." this earned Kai a smack upside the head, again "Ow. Anyway in case you didn't notice we've got guests."
"Wait what?" and then Bulma finally noticed Dende and Raditz "So that's Goku's brother again right?" she received a raised arm from Raditz as if it was his way of saying hi, and then she looked down at Dende "So who's the kid, he looks like a miniature version of Piccolo. Wait a second he's a Namekian isn't he?" this caused Dende to cower slightly.
"Just calm down, she's a little bit pushy sure but she's not really THAT dangerous all things considered." Raditz tried to assure him.
"So what exactly are the two of them doing here anyway?"
"We'll tell you after I manage to take a leak." Kai told her flatly "It's complicated and I haven't peed since we got off of the ship, and the other two morons are pretty exhausted too."
"Yeah well piss on a rock, I've still got some awesome news to tell all of you. I talked to my dad a little while ago and he told me something that's gonna blow all of your tiny minds away into nothing, he said that we don't have to worry about being stuck because Goku and Tien are on their way to Namek, right now he and Tien are somewhere in space 6 days from here and moving at the speed of light! You see my dad was able to find the ship that Goku came to Earth in when he was just a little baby before his Grandpa Gohan found him and then he completely rebuilt it from the ground up and if that's not enough to make you lose it Goku and Tien are using the entire trip there training their brains out so they'll be ready to take on that lizard guy that has the other Dragon Balls. What do you think about that?"
"So… that means that my dad is on his way to Namek? ALRIGHT!" Gohan suddenly grabbed onto Kai and pulled him into a bone crushing hug "Nobody trains as hard as my dad does, at this rate we're saved!"
"But how about this, we'll lighten his load for him so that all he has to do is take out the lap dogs for him." Kai told him.
"But things are far more clear now." Raditz pointed out "Kakarot is on his way here and the most important thing is that he will be ready to face Frieza."
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Sure enough, Goku and Tien were both sparring at 40x the gravity of Earth "We don't have time to waste on just getting used to them, keep going through the motions! Let our bodies adapt to the new gravity and then we kick it up 10 notches! We've gotta be ready for the toughest fight of our lives!"
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After the revelation of the impending arrival of Goku and Tien in a few days time, Bulma and the rest of the group, as well as Raditz and Dende, had made their way into the capsule house to get a bite to eat and unwind a little bit. Well that is to say, everyone except for Dende for reasons that will be discussed right about now.
Yamcha was the first one to notice this "Look kid I know it's not the best food in the world but you're gonna have to eat if you want to keep up your strength."
"I don't know if that's a good idea, I mean I've been through what he has seeing his family die in front of him." Gohan pointed out "I didn't have any appetite then either so I don't think he would either."
"Oh yeah good point, I didn't really think of it in that sort of way."
Dende slowly shook his head "No that's not it. Namekians don't need to eat food to survive, we don't need anything but water."
"That's actually pretty interesting." Kai commented "But if all you guys need is to drink water then then what's with all of those fields that you had around your village and why would you need to grow all of those plants."
"The plants that you're referring to must be the Ajisa saplings."
"And those are what exactly?"
"Well from what the elder always told me a long time ago Planet Namek was covered with thick beautiful groves of those Ajisa trees. You couldn't even turn your head without seeing one of those magnificent trees, until it happened. The weather had suddenly changed out of nowhere, the Ajisa trees were almost wiped out and the same could be said for Planet Namek. Luckily we were able to find the few Ajisa trees that were able to survive and now we're trying to grow more of them so that we can make Planet Namek beautiful again."
"Cool. Hey by the way I don't think you ever told us your name." Gohan pointed out.
"My name is Dende, and I don't mean to be rude but would you mind telling me exactly what it is that you're doing here?"
"Dende it's alright, they're on our side." Raditz assured him.
"Do you mean that they'll help us save Planet Namek?"
"Of that I have no doubt."
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Zarbon and Appule, the only two soldiers that Frieza had left with him, stood overlooking the ocean of Planet Namek, the former starting to grow impatient "I can't help but wonder just what it is that's taking Dodoria so long to get back, taking care of a couple of little brats like those two and the Namekian shouldn't be that difficult even if they're stronger than those Namekians that destroyed our Scouters."
"It's not that important." Frieza waved him off "After all if Dodoria is having trouble catching a couple of children then what use is he to us? Forget about him for now, your task is to locate the remaining two Dragon Balls."
"Of course my lord and I can assure you that we're not going to let you down, there can't be many villages left so the last two Dragon Balls can't be that hard to find. If Appule and myself split up then I'm sure that we'll be able to find the other villages relatively quickly compared to searching in a group."
"If that's the case then I suppose I might as well just take these five back to the ship and then wait for you and Appule there, I know that the two of you won't disappoint me not when we're as close as we are to using these Dragon Balls to grant myself the immortality that I so rightfully deserve."
"Of course sir." so Zarbon and Appule took to the skies "You start heading in that direction and I'll go in the other direction, if you come across a village then don't do anything until you notify me. There are some Namekians have decent power levels and you can't handle more than one of them, in any case we'll be sure to rendezvoused back on the ship in exactly three hours understood?"
Appule nodded "Of course sir."
"Good, now spread out." and then the two of them separated in order to start tracking down the other villages.
Frieza watched the two of them depart and then returned to his musings "I have to be sure that I consider the possibility that our dear Raditz has already found one or both of the Dragon Balls that I need, but either way I'm certain that he'll try to come after the ones that I already have in my possession. Who knows he may even end up bringing the last two Dragon Balls right to my doorstep, I mean of course I doubt even he would be foolish enough to walk into the enemy camp with them but I'll be happy to take them from him if he does." he let out a sinister sounding chuckle "Raditz may very well still be working for me and not even realize this in that simple mind of his." and then he took off back towards the ship, using his telekinesis to levitate the Dragon Balls to follow him there "Yes all that I have to do is wait for the Dragon Balls to come to me."
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Being one of the only two members of the group that had been with Goku from the first search for the Dragon Balls, Yamcha was explaining to Dende the history behind the Dragon Balls back on Earth "It turns out that Kami was actually a Namekian who came to Earth when he was just a little kid, maybe about your age would be my guess, and we figured that since he was the one who created the Dragon Balls on our planet we might find more on Namek and be able to wish our friends back to life and if it works the way that we hoped then the Dragon Balls on Earth should be restored along with them."
Dende nodded "That actually makes a lot of sense, it explains everything like how you all know about the Dragon Balls and how those bad guys found out about the Dragon Balls as well. I think I know what we have to do now. Please I need you to come with me, I need to take you to the Grand Elder! Raditz and I can take you there, he will know what to do!"
"And who is the Grand Elder exactly?"
"He's essentially their king." explained Raditz "The Grand Elder is the one who gave birth to all of the Namekians, during that climate change that Dende told you about he was the only one who survived and he's also the one who started trying to bring the Ajisa trees back. He's basically this planet's equivalent of the guardian of your planet, Kami I think you said his name was."
"So why do you guys want us to come with you to meet him so bad exactly?"
"Well when Frieza and his men attacked Elder Moori's village they said that they had already collected four of the Dragon Balls from four of the other neighboring Namekian villages and I was able to sense a lot of energies disappear not long ago before my village was attacked, and I think that means that was the village that Elder Tsuno and at least 20 others lived in. My guess is that Cui attacked that village before I killed him, but either way that means that Dende here is one of the last Namekians on the entire planet."
"Sad to say but that's probably the case."
"For now we have to assume that Cui probably found the Dragon Ball in the village when he attacked Elder Tsuno and the others which means that there's only one of them left."
"This is kind of a long shot then but does this Grand Elder have one of the Dragon Balls in his possession?"
"As a matter of fact yes he does."
"Then that means that we don't have any time to waste, we have to warn this Grand Elder fast before any of Frieza's lackeys manage to get to him first."
"Then that means that we don't have any time to waste, we have to move fast or this could all be in vain. Dende and I can take you there."
"Right." Yamcha glanced back at the others "Gohan, Kai, I want the two of you to stay here and protect Bulma while I go with Raditz and Dende. There's no point in all of us going so just work with me on this."
Gohan and Kai shared a glance and nodded "Alright we get it Yamcha, just be sure to be careful while you're gone."
"We will, but you guys be sure to do the same here. We'll be back soon and with any luck we'll have a Dragon Ball with us." and with that, Yamcha followed Raditz and Dende across the skies of Planet Namek, his mind drifting with the wind 'This is definitely bad, this Frieza guy and his lackeys are definitely a lot stronger than Vegeta and Nappa were and we barely managed to scrape by on that one. If it wasn't for me and Tien managing to double team him like that then we never would've been able to make it out of there, I don't know exactly what kind of training it is that Goku and Tien are doing but whatever it is it might not be enough to handle this guy either way. Right now the only chance that we've got is to find the Grand Elder, get the last Dragon Ball from him and then keep it hidden until Goku and Tien manage to get here. And even when they do we're still gonna need some kind of miracle. I guess it's a bad sign when you start relying on miracles, I'm probably gonna die here but at least I've managed to get laid so that's kind of a bonus.'
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Goku and Tien took a brief breather from a sparring session, having moved up to 45 times the gravity of Earth "Okay good, I'd say that we've definitely got 45 times the gravity of Earth pretty much down for the most part."
Tien nodded "I'd say so but we still have a long way to go. No wonder you were able to get so strong before the fight with the Saiyans, gravity training is some intense stuff."
"Yeah tell me about it, but now I'd say it's about time for us to kick it up to 50 times the gravity of Earth." he got up to change the gravity setting when he paused as he heard a voice.
"Hello out there can you hear me? Goku, Tien, come on guys come in!"
"Wait hang on a second, King Kai is that you?"
"Yep you got it boys, the one and only! I'm the voice that launches a thousand ships!"
"Yep it's him."
"Is he always like this?" asked Tien.
"Oh you have no idea."
"Hey you know I can hear the two of you! Anyway I have to ask, why exactly are the two of you soaring through outer space in a refurbished pod? Oh wait yeah I forgot about that, Planet Namek and the Dragon Balls, what a fool I am. Shut up Scarlet. Anyway happy hunting to the two of you."
"Happy hunting? Oh come on King Kai do you mean to tell me that you don't have a clue as to all of the crazy stuff that's going on? From what Bulma tells me every bad guy in the galaxy except for Vegeta has shown up down there on Namek!"
"Yeah it sounds just terrible. Well either way the two of you will have to tell me all about that later, you see right now me and Scarlet are in the middle of entertaining."
"What you mean like you're doing another stand up comedy routine?"
"No I learned from last time that not everyone appreciates my sense of humor in the same way that people like Yamcha and Scarlet do. I'm talking about guests and not just any guests either, these guys beat the record that you and Yamcha set on Snake Way by a mile as hard as that is to believe but here they are in a fraction of the time that the two of you took. All three of them in fact."
"Wait a second, three of them?"
"But I guess if a record has to give then it's best if it's broken by friends right?"
"Wait are you serious?"
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King Kai glanced back at his visitors, those being Piccolo, Krillin and Chiaotzu, and he let out a chuckle "You know if I were either you or Yamcha then I'd watch out, these guys right here are out to kick up your old training regimen a couple of notches too."
"No way that's totally incredible, so all three of them made it to your place at the same time then? So are they with you right now?"
"Yep."
Krillin took the chance to step forward first "Hey is it alright if I get a chance to talk to him real quick?"
"Oh yeah no problem, just put your hand on my back and start yacking until your short bald heart's content."
"I'm gonna ignore the short jab." Krillin placed a hand on King Kai's back "Hey are you able to hear me okay Goku?"
"Holy crap Krillin, how are you man? I mean aside from being dead."
"Well it just so happens that we ran into Kami on this side and he told us all about King Kai and how we could track him down, and he told us what you and the others are up to right now. What you're heading to his and Piccolo's home planet to find a new set of Dragon Balls to bring the three of us back to life." he received a raised eyebrow from Piccolo.
"Well if you made it to King Kai's then I know that Piccolo sure did, he didn't go to hell though did he?"
"Nope not a single problem there, he's been kind of grumpy about all of that though no surprise there."
Piccolo let out a loud scoff "You say that like there's any way that my pride would allow me to sit this one out while everyone else is getting stronger."
"You heard the man, and if you didn't then good for you."
"So who's the third one that's with you and Piccolo, is it Kami?"
"No I'm afraid not, Kami actually decided to stay behind in Otherworld with King Yemma and help him out with some paperwork. Get this, it's actually Chiaotzu!"
"What are you kidding me that's awesome, I thought Chiaotzu got blown to bits fighting one of the Saiyans!"
"Shut up Goku."
"Sorry Tien but I'm just telling it like it is."
"...Yeah, anyway Chiaotzu is totally fine aside from being dead. Kami gave him a brand new body and everything, the little guy is as good as new."
"That's totally amazing, way to go Chiaotzu!"
"...Hey Krillin?"
"What's up Tien?"
"Do you mind if I get a chance to talk to Chiaotzu in private?"
"...Yeah I get what you're saying, no problem." Krillin made a hand gesture to Chiaotzu and gave up control.
Chiaotzu slowly floated his way over and placed a hesitant hand on King Kai's back "Tien, is that really you Tien?"
"Chiaotzu…" telepathy or not the voice was cracking.
"Tien I'm glad you're okay, at least you managed to stay alive so I guess I didn't blow myself up for nothing."
"No your sacrifice wasn't in vain, I would never have let them…" he trailed off into complete silence for a moment, and then spoke again "Chiaotzu… Chiaotzu I'm so sorry, I should've been stronger because if I was then you wouldn't have had to-"
"No Tien don't say that, the fact that I died wasn't your fault. There was nothing that you could've done."
"Yes there was, if I had only been stronger during the battle then I could've been able to beat the Saiyans before Goku and Yamcha even had to get there and then you, Krillin and Piccolo would never have had to die."
"Tien that's not true and you know it, you did your best and there was nothing that you could've done to change that fact. Besides I knew what I was getting into, we all knew that death was a possibility when we decided to fight against the Saiyans but we didn't care, and we still don't care. We fought them anyway because we wanted to protect each other and the rest of the people that we cared about. Well with the exception of Piccolo that is." he received a middle finger behind the back from Piccolo but ignored it "Anyway I speak for the three of us when I say that in order to protect the Earth we'd all gladly die all over again."
"Chiaotzu please don't say that!"
"Don't act like you wouldn't say the exact same thing if our roles had been reversed."
"...Okay fine you're right, I would say the exact same thing in your position. You did know what you were getting into but it doesn't change the fact that I had a responsibility to protect you and I failed you, but I won't let it happen again. Chiaotzu listen to me, I'm going to bring you back and be sure to tell this to Krillin and Piccolo too. No matter what it takes, I swear I'll see you alive again!"
"Now that's the Tien that I know! And you know I wonder how Goku and Yamcha were able to handle training on this planet, I mean the gravity is so strong here that Krillin and Piccolo can barely even run and I can't even float!"
"Oh trust me Chiaotzu you'll get used to that but that's only 10 times the gravity of Earth, me and Goku are doing 50 times the gravity of Earth right now. We only have about 5 days left to train before we reach Planet Namek and unless we get stronger than we ever thought was possible by the time that we land we're gonna be in some serious trouble."
"Wait what do you mean do you have to fight someone really strong?"
"Well you see while Upa, Goku and I were training back on Earth during the past month or so it meant that Yamcha, Gohan, Kai and Bulma went to Planet Namek ahead of time because they figured that was the best way to find some new Dragon Balls but they ran into some serious problems. Those problems are that a bunch of Vegeta's friends showed up with the same thing in mind and the real problem is with the leader of the bunch, apparently he's so powerful that he makes Vegeta look like an insect."
"Wait what, are you serious?!"
"What the hell is going on?" asked Piccolo "Is he saying something important that isn't covered with angst?"
"Like you're one to talk." Krillin muttered, earning a glare.
King Kai was beginning to sweat bullets "Say Tien, Goku, the two of you wouldn't happen to know the name of their leader by any chance now would you?"
"Sorry but I don't think so, if you want I can pass it on the second that I hear anything about that."
"Well if it's who I think it is then we're in some serious trouble."
"What do you mean?"
"You guys just stand by for a minute, I'm gonna check things out down on Namek and get back to you on that."
"Yeah sure be sure to let us know what you find."
"Yeah sure no problem." King Kai started sweating bullets "Now which direction is good old Planet Namek anyway?"
Piccolo shot a quick glance over at Chiaotzu "So are you gonna fill us in on what's going on or what?"
"Okay let's see… Oh boy. Well there is some serious power down there, there's no doubt about that. Now let's see if I can close in on the source…" King Kai searched around Planet Namek, only to find his horribly suspicions to be accurate "Oh no. No no no. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO! FRIEZA!"
"What's the matter King Kai?"
"Do you have any idea of who this guy is?"
"...Alright let me make this so clear that even Goku could understand it."
"Hey!"
"Saying that the two of you have no idea who you're up against would without a doubt in my mind be the understatement of the century, there's no way either of you can take on somebody like Frieza!"
"What the heck are you talking about?"
"Let me make this very VERY clear to you Goku and this is an order, the two of you are not to go anywhere near this guy! When the two of you land on Namek just grab Yamcha and the others and get the hell out of there as fast as you can! I'm not just saying this for your sake either, if you try to fight him then it would endanger literally everything that you know and love! All you have to do is look at Frieza wrong and he will unleash hell upon you the likes of which you have never known! So just this once listen to reason, ergo listen to me!"
"Wow if he's so powerful then can I at least get a look at the guy?"
"No you cannot get a look at the guy, and I said before that this is an order!" this earned looks from everyone else, Scarlet and Piccolo in particular.
"Oh come on, lighten up a little bit."
"NO I WILL NOT LIGHTEN UP, I AM THE KING KAI!"
"Yeah okay I've had enough of this." Piccolo slapped a hand onto his shoulder "Goku, Tien, you two better not listen to this idiot. Find the Dragon Balls on Planet Namek and wish the three of us back whatever it takes, you got that?"
"Oh now you're speaking my language Piccolo!"
"And be sure to tell Gohan and Kai that I expect the two of them to be a lot stronger when I see them again, but that aside believe me when I tell you that won't go to waste. Just let me do some training here, get me to Planet Namek and then I'll teach this Frieza character the true meaning of the word wrath."
"Oh yeah you know what I like!"
"Goku…"
"We'll keep on training, take Frieza down, and then what do you say you and I have a long overdue rematch?"
"Goku…"
"I wanna see just how much stronger you get!"
"GOKU!"
"What Tien for the love of Kami what?!"
"I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to be heading towards a collision with a barrage of asteroids like that!"
"...Oh f*ck." and then the two of them started screaming before the connection cut out on them entirely.
"Yeah we'll get to that later." King Kai took the chance to round on Piccolo "Let me make this clear to you green man, not a single one of you has the first clue about Frieza or just what he's capable of!"
"Well then I guess you and the woman over there better get to training us so that we'll be ready for the fight."
"Not with an attitude like that, not unless you give me your word that you'll steer clear of Planet Namek! I want you to give me your word or I'll refuse to teach you a thing!"
"Yeah fine whatever."
"I can trust you right? You wouldn't lie to me now would you? And that condition goes for everyone by the way you hear me?! I am the King Kai!"
'A promise like that is easy to keep, or work around at least. I don't have a hope of being able to surpass Goku if I stick to the same training regimen that he did with so little time that I have here, I'm gonna have to go for the hardest that he's got if I want a chance at levelling the playing field.
"Well alright then, let's get started." Scarlet grabbed onto Piccolo by the shoulder "I'll be supervising your training so come with me, believe me when I tell you that you want to do this instead of training with the big man himself."
"Why?"
"Well a few reasons. First of all, it's my way of thanking you for training my son over the past year or so. Second of all, training you to get stronger will help me to get stronger as well. And thirdly…"
"Now for your first test." King Kai glanced over at the others "Your first test is that you each must tell a clever joke that will make me laugh, but it's only fair to warn you that my sense of humor is quite refined."
"That's the third reason."
"...So what do you have planned for me instructor?" Piccolo shot her a glance of newfound appreciation.
"Well first off we're gonna have a simple spar so that I can get a good grasp of how strong you are right now."
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Yamcha continued to follow Raditz and Dende across the skies of Planet Namek "Hey so if we keep flying like this then how long do we have until we get to the Grand Elder?"
"It should only be about three hours or so." Raditz called back to him "In case it wasn't obvious he lives on the other side of the planet so he's pretty far away-" he suddenly stopped in mid air, his expression turning deadly serious "Sorry but there's been a change of plans, Dende you'll have to take him to the Grand Elder on your own. I have an old score to settle." and then he suddenly took off in another direction.
"What the hell where are you going-" Yamcha suddenly paused as he felt another Ki signature in the distance "Something nearby has a lot of power and Raditz is heading straight for it at full speed!"
"What does that mean?" asked Dende.
"I'm guessing that means that he's going at it with one of this Frieza's thugs."
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Raditz continued to bolt his way across the Namekian skies, his expression being one akin to pure glee "There's no mistaking that power level, after all these years of abuse it's finally payback time! I've been waiting for you to separate from the herd and now I'll give you exactly what you deserve Zarbon! This is my lucky day!"
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Zarbon was searching across the skies of Namek for another Namekian village in order to locate another Dragon Ball, to no avail "Oh come on this is absurd, trying to locate these primitive dwellings without a Scouter is such a complete and utter chore." then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye and nearly did a double take "What the- Raditz?!"
Sure enough, Raditz rammed straight into Zarbon, causing him to be sent reeling back a short distance "Hey how's it going, it's been a long time hasn't it pretty boy? I'm so glad to know that you haven't forgotten about me, nothing jogs the memory like me ramming into you while you're thinking about Frieza and your thong!"
"Oh come on that was one time!"
"One time that scarred us all for life, anyway I'm about to send you to join Dodoria down in the depths of Hell."
"Wait what? No you couldn't have possibly killed Dodoria, you're just trying to make some sort of bluff, it has to be!"
"Well isn't it just like you to be so in denial, so you don't believe it then?"
"I do find it hard."
"Like something else on you, well lucky for you the burden of proof sits on the shoulders of yours truly."
"I'm sure that it does but answer me this first, why would you turn against us the way that you did a year ago?"
"You mean against Frieza and I thought it would be obvious, especially after that little bombshell that Dodoria dropped. But even before then I hated the bastard and now that I have the chance to bring him down then how could I not take it. So let me answer your question with a question of my own Zarbon, how the hell could I not turn against Frieza?"
"You're acting like a fool to say such things."
"You're the fool for being his sex toy the way that you are and if you think I'm just gonna let him get his way with the Dragon Balls then I think it's clear that he's the biggest fool of all of them."
"Surely even someone as primitive as yourself knows that even if Lord Frieza doesn't have immortality you still don't have a chance of defeating him as you are right now."
"And it's a damn shame that you lost your Scouter, I think you'd get the rude awakening that you deserve if you saw just how powerful I am right now."
"Well I must commend you for your conviction, but that being said Frieza's power utterly transcends any notion that you or I could possibly be capable of."
"Your endless ass kissing doesn't intimidate me in the slightest, I know that Frieza is afraid of the Saiyan race. You see I know what Frieza fears more than anything else in the universe aside from a God of Destruction, a powerful Saiyan and while it may not be me who will defeat him I know of one who will."
"Do you really believe such rubbish? Frieza may once have bristled at the thought of your kind banding together but just one of you isn't worthy of licking my boot."
"You wanna bet?" Raditz easily caught a fist and flung Zarbon higher into the air.
Zarbon quickly rebounded and fired of his Elegant Blaster.
Raditz didn't even bat an eye as he deflected the Elegant Blaster with ease, leaving Zarbon taken by surprise at what he saw "So you were saying?"
"What the hell, how could he have deflected that so easily?!"
"It's quite simple Zarbon, the bitches love the Zenkais."
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Yamcha grabbed onto Dende and continued flying at full speed "Raditz and one of those thugs must really be going at it, I mean I haven't felt anything like that since the fight with Vegeta back on Earth. Let's just hope that Raditz can take him down before he somehow manages to track us down. Anyway hold on!" and he bolted across the skies.
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Raditz continued dodging all of Zarbon's attacks with surprising easy "This can't be the best that you can do, I thought the almighty Zarbon had far more fight in him than this!" he dealt him a kick to the head, sending him hurtling towards the ground, and then blitzed behind him and dealt him a kick to the spine, leaving him face down in the dirt "You see that? Face down with another man beating your ass, it must be Hump Day (Wednesday) already."
"Oh ha ha." Zarbon let out a sarcastic chuckle as he got his feet and wiped the blood away from his lip "I must commend you Raditz, your progress has surprised me to the point at which I feel that it's only fair for me to show you the greatest extent of my own power something that I've allow to lay dormant for many years. To put it simply I've been hiding another side of myself from the rest of the universe."
"Where in the closet?"
"You've earned that one and only that one but you might as well know before I send you to the depths of Hell, there's a very good reason that I keep my full powers hidden."
"It's because Dodoria tried to come onto you at least three times?"
"Wow you really can't tell Captain Ginyu anything can you? No that can wait for later, anyway to exploit my full power requires me to undergo a drastic transformation and quite a distasteful one at that, hideous is another word for it. Being who I am I'm usually quite reluctant to sacrifices looks for power but when my hand has been forced I have no choice but to release the beast within."
"So what you become a giant ape minus the tail? I'm not gonna lie I like where this is going so far."
"Well I don't become huge per say like you and the rest of your kind do but that aside when I do transform, my power is beyond what you could ever even hope of achieving!"
"Alright you have my attention."
"And you have my erection."
"I think you mean-"
"You know damn well what I mean." and on that semi disturbing note Zarbon proceeded to turn into his beast form, taking Raditz by surprise.
"What the f*ck am I looking at?"
"Yes I know, it's repulsive isn't it? But I can assure you that the trade off in power is quite worth it all things considered as you will soon find out, as in right now!" he suddenly burst forward and dealt Raditz a devastating combination attack, repeatedly sending him crashing face down into the dirt, before he started repeatedly headbutting him in a very brutal manner.
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Yamcha glanced down at Dende in his arms "Hey kid so how much further do you think it might be before we get to the Grand Elder's house?"
"I don't think it'll be that much further now." Dende told him.
"Lucky for us too because I don't think that Raditz isn't gonna win the fight against that other guy back there."
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"DAMMIT!" Raditz broke free of Zarbon's grip bleeding heavily due to taking so many of his brutal attacks "I won't lose, not to you! Yes that's right Raditz, let him beat you to a pulp so he'll take you back to Frieza's ship, stick you in a healing tank to get some answers out of you, and then go from there once you've received a Zenkai.'
"You think you're ready to face me?" Zarbon dealt Raditz a brutal spin kick to the face, sending him hurtling into the air before following up with a Possibility Cannon.
Raditz barely managed to get away from the attack and return to the ground and was forced to clumsily evade the brutal and rapid barrage of Ki blasts being thrown at him, before firing a desperate Ki blast.
Zarbon deflected it with ease and then slugged Raditz in the gut "You can fight back as much as you want Raditz, all you're doing is making this more fun for me!" he caught Raditz in a chokehold "Say what you want about how ugly this form comes off, as I am right now I could just up and snap your neck before you could even blink!"
"Not… today… asshole!" in a desperate bid Raditz repeatedly elbowed Zarbon in the kidney, forcing Zarbon to let go 'Yeah that's right you ugly son of a bitch, go ahead and get your win against me. It'll be the last one you'll ever get.'
"Oh now I'm gonna enjoy this!" Zarbon proceeded to deal Raditz a brutal combination attack before following up with his Monster Crush "Now let's put you out of your misery!" and he unleashed the Monster Crush, as in he dealt Raditz a powerful pile driver that sent him crashing into the Namekian sea below them.
"FUUUUUU-!" and then Raditz pretty much exploded when he hit the ground, causing the Namekian ocean to break into.
"And here I thought that fool would turn out to be more of a challenge for me but I guess that's what I get. Water water everywhere but dammit, the poor fool's corpse must've been swept away by the current." and then Zarbon transformed back "I can't believe that I had to be provoked to transforming in order to take out the likes of Raditz, but that being said I suppose I should go and report back to Lord Frieza about the details behind our skirmish or he'll really end up laying into me." and then he took off back towards the ship.
Not long after Zarbon had gone, Raditz pulled himself out of the water, badly wounded with his armor being heavily damaged "Why… the hell… did I explode…? Well whatever… all… according to plan… I guess… fuuuuuu…" and then he passed out.
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Dende pointed to a large structure up ahead "Stop here Yamcha, this is it!"
Yamcha screeched to a halt in mid air and looked down at the house atop of the massive plateau in front of them "Well let's just hope the long trip was worth it."
"The Grand Elder has lived in that house for longer than any of us could ever even begin to imagine."
"It's kind of conspicuous, I mean with something like this sitting right out in the open like this people like Frieza or whatever would barely have to look. Maybe it's just me but it doesn't seem all that smart." the two of them landed in front of the house "You know now probably isn't the best time to ask this but what if they've already been here?"
"I… I don't know." this was followed by the door to the house opening and a Namekian stepping out, much to the relief of Dende "That's Nail!"
'Holy crap this guy is the spitting image of Piccolo, but this guy has at least triple the power that I sensed from Raditz.'
"Thank goodness, that means everything is alright!"
Nail gave a simple nod "So then you and the visitor from the Planet Earth were able to get here safely Dende, I am relieved. The Grand Elder has become aware of the dark clouds gathering over our home world."
"So he has seen all of the horrible things that have been going on."
"I am afraid so."
"Well the less we have to explain to him the better." Yamcha commented.
"The Grand Elder wishes to see the both of you, please follow me inside."
"But I don't understand, if he knew what was going on then why would he stay here out in the open like this?" asked Dende "A place like this is so obvious that both of you should try to hide somewhere."
"Unfortunately the Grand Elder knows all too well how futile that would be, at the age that he is at right now he simply does not have an option such as hiding. As for me, I have nothing left to do but stay by his side and protect him to the best of my ability for as long as I can."
"So then all of the rumors are true, he isn't long for this world."
"We have other matters to deal with right now, please just come with me."
Yamcha studied Nail for a moment 'This guy looks like he can hold his own in a fight, he definitely seems a lot stronger than most of the other guys I've sensed on this planet. As a matter of fact, aside from what I'm guessing his Frieza his power is the highest that I've felt on this planet so far.' and then he followed Nail inside.
"Now we must go above." Nail floated up into the room above, with Dende and Yamcha both following his lead "I beg your pardon Elder, Dende and one of the visitors have come."
'Okay so it looks pretty low key compared to the Lookout so far and- HOLY SHIT!'
As it turns out the Grand Elder was f*cking huge compared to them but in a BFG (Big Friendly Giant) sort of way, with a Dragon Ball sitting above him "Welcome to our domain young one, you come to us from a planet known as Earth yes? Before all else you must allow me to express my deepest gratitude for helping to see one of my children to safety. You have my deepest thanks."
"Well you should be thanking my nephew and his friend, unlike me they actually went to that village and I just showed up at the last minute to buy them some time and then let them get to safety."
"...By the cruel hand of these invaders from another world many my very own children have lost their lives, their sacrifices weigh on my heart like the deepest of oceans." he let out a wheezing cough in order to prove his point "The villains seek our Dragon Balls for their own insidious ends, am I correct?"
"Yes sir that's right."
"To think that such beacons of hope could become twisted in a way so foul, to think that the pinnacle of the wisdom of our people could incur such loss."
"Sorry if I'm just cutting to the chase here Grand Elder but with all due respect, if it's alright with you then I need to borrow the Dragon Ball that you have above your head. I give you my word when I tell you that I won't let any of them get their hands on it, I'd die before I let them have it."
"You and your companions are on a quest to collect the Dragon Balls for yourselves then are you not?"
"That's right, I want to use them in order to bring back a few friends of mine who died in battle because I wasn't there to protect them. Plus if that works out then we might be able to take down the guys that are killing your people."
"And please tell me, how is it that you know about the Dragon Balls?"
"It's because we had a set of our own back on our planet too."
"You mean on Earth?"
"A long time ago when this planet was facing a serious crisis, one of your people journeyed across the stars and came to Earth, and at some point he would create our Dragon Balls. We don't really know why but we never questioned him."
"Oh yes I remember now, he was quite a gifted child and considered a genius. The son of Katas was among the brightest flame along the tribes of old, imagine the creator of Dragon Balls being able to reach as far out into the cosmos as that."
"Unfortunately he was killed by one of the guys that work for the monster that's responsible for all of this, he's a Saiyan named Vegeta and he wanted to destroy the Earth."
"I see, the Saiyans are indeed a formidable race and I do feel for our loss prodigy. However not all Saiyans are evil."
"Yeah I know that, one of my best friends happens to be a Saiyan. His name is Goku."
"And a Saiyan warrior by the name of Raditz, he has become a guardian of our planet with power second only to Nail here. Also permit me to ask, but was this monster who attacked your world by chance a Super Saiyan?"
"If by that you mean super strong then yes."
"...I see. If you would excuse me for a moment, would be so kind as to indulge an old man and step over to my side right here?"
"Yeah sure I guess." Yamcha stepped up to his side, allowing the Grand Elder to place a hand on top of his head.
"Please, may I draw from the past of your home."
"Um… sure I guess."
"My thanks." and then the Grand Elder proceeded to use Yamcha to draw on the past of Earth, mainly to see how Kami and the original King Piccolo had originally split into two separate beings, with King Piccolo going down to the Earth below "Oh dear, yes I see it now. An evil had crept into his being and split their body and power, the two halves remained equal in power but the pure heart of Kami had never been able to subdue the dark mirror image born of the rift between them, and as a result Piccolo was born. Oh the pain of such a poor creature, to have the Namekian heritage within him divided. If only he would be able to become whole again, if so then he might still be among you to this day."
"You… You were able to tell all of that?"
"Yes I did, as well as your intentions. I find that the only thing that are more pure than they is your courage. You still hold pain in your heart over the loss of a loved one."
"My sister Scarlet, I've been looking after her son for about a year and a half now. I just want to do right by her and her son, and I want to protect the people that I care about."
"Yes I saw all and I respect you as the noble warrior you clearly are Yamcha, so holding to the principles of my sacred trust I give this to you." he handed Yamcha the Dragon Ball "I entrust you with the Dragon Ball in my keeping."
"Thank you Grand Elder, I can't tell you how much this means to me." Yamcha gladly accepted the Dragon Ball "Man this thing is pretty heavy."
"And yet alas, even with your current levels of strength I fear that your wish is not likely to be granted, not yet at least."
"Wait what does that mean?"
"I am ancient, and the time that I have left on this world will end within the span of a mere few days. Tell me young one, do you believe that you will be able to claim back the rest of the Dragon Balls already in the clutches of these foes with so little time? It seems as impossible odds to overcome and once I die the Dragon Balls will become extinguished." he started coughing violently."
"You know what I don't care. The wish be damned, no matter what happens I'll protect the one that you've given me with my life, I promise that at the very least Frieza won't get his hands on it." this prompted Guru to smile.
"You have my thanks, I do not possess the necessary strength to protect it myself."
"It's my honor for it, really."
"And I must say that you have truly incredible reserves of dormant power young one, your power is one that I greatly envy and yet so little of it has been tapped."
"Tell me about it, I spent a year training with this martial arts master in the afterlife and learning a technique that can multiply my power. I can only go up to times 5 though and I'm still nowhere near as strong as him." he glanced over at Nail.
"Perhaps we can fix that, now let us see if the floodgates may be opened." the Grand Elder placed a hand once again on top of Yamcha's head "Now let us see if the floodgates may be opened as well."
"I'm not sure if I've really got that much potential as a warrior you know, besides I doubt it would do any good." Yamcha suddenly found a powerful white glow surrounding his body as his hidden potential was unlocked, multiply his power several times over "Uh… woah."
"Be sure to do your best Yamcha but do keep in mind that time is fading fast."
"Woah, just woah. Sorry for what's about to happen. HOLY MOTHER OF HELL THIS POWER IS AMAZING!" he quickly got his shit together "Man I can feel this power surging, I can't believe it! Man this just feels incredible, it's like I've become a whole different person! Thank you so much Grand Elder!" and then he thought of something "Say just out of curiosity would it be possible for you to tap into the power of anyone, like maybe a couple of little kids or something along those lines?"
"If the power is there to tap then yes of course, I take it that you have some people in mind for such a thing?"
"I mean it doesn't have any negative repercussions for you does it?"
"Far from it, all I do is provide a catalyst for what lies dormant and my life force remains unaffected."
"Then would it be alright if I were to bring my nephew and a friend of his up here to see you so you can do that for both of them too? I think it's pretty clear that both of them have way more potential than I do."
"Then bring both of them to me, the stronger you and your companions become the better chance the light has to prevail over the darkness."
"That's great, I'll be back as soon as you can. So about the Dragon Ball am I supposed to take this with me or…?"
"Absolutely my boy, from this point onwards the fate of our world and perhaps the universe as a whole rests in your hands."
"So no pressure or anything." Yamcha glanced over at Dende "Hey you just hang out here for a little while Dende, I'll be back with Gohan and Kai before you even have a chance to know that I was gone."
"Please just be sure to be careful out there." Dende told him.
"Yeah I'll be sure to do just that. WHOO HOO!" and so with his spirits now at an all time high for him, Yamcha burst out of the house across the Namekian skies at record speeds, leaving him overjoyed at his newfound level of power "Oh hell yeah, I can get the boys back here in no time now! How completely and totally beyond awesome is this?! Goku you magnificent son of a bitch eat your heart out!"
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As this was going on, Zarbon reported back to Frieza in his ship that he had taken care of Raditz, even though Raditz's corpse was not found. Frieza condemns Zarbon for destroying Raditz due to his belief that Raditz had a Dragon Ball hidden and needed Raditz to reveal its location, unaware that Cui had hidden one earlier, only for it to be confirmed by another soldier that a Namekian village had been discovered that had already been wiped out.
With this in mind as well as a sense of foreboding that was basically foreshadowing his eventual battle with Son Goku himself, Frieza ordered for a new batch of Scouters to be brought to them in the care of the Ginyu Force, and then ordered Zarbo to go and retrieve Raditz so that they could interrogate him.
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Raditz by this point had ceased crawling in a desperate bid and just resigned himself to recovering his strength in the best way that his family new how "Zzzzz… zzzzz…" in case it wasn't clear that means that he was sleeping.
Zarbon found him not long after that "Unbelievable, to think that he's still alive after he took such a thrashing. You're quite the tough little bastard now aren't you? Of course you are and your resilience means that you're my ticket back onto Frieza's good side. Anyway let's just get going, I need to probe you for the information." he slung Raditz over his shoulder and then took off back towards Frieza's ship.
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Bulma glanced down at the Dragon Radar and then looked up at where Gohan and Kai were in the middle of sparring "Hey you guys come and take a look at this, take a look at the Dragon Radar. One of the Dragon Balls is on the move and it's headed in our direction, so what do you guys think the odds are of that being Yamcha?"
"About as good as you having a wet spot around your crotch." Kai gestured for her to look down, much to her anger and he dodged an attempted slap "So he and Dende made it to the Grand Elder and found some booty and now he's on his way back here to get some booty if you know what I mean."
"Not even a little bit." Gohan pressed a button on the radar "Hey take a look at this, these five Dragon Balls here must be the ones that Frieza has with him but then there's this one out here all by itself."
"Yeah you're right, you think that Raditz hid that one somewhere else?"
"No I don't think so, that was where we noticed a lot of Ki signatures disappear not long before we arrived."
"Well at least it's not that far from here, I guess that's where one of Frieza's thugs found one of the other Namekian villages."
"But he's not there anymore, if he was then we'd sense his energy."
"So what does that mean then, he couldn't find it and then just left?"
"Yeah probably, and for all we know Uncle Raditz might've killed him already which means that the Dragon Ball is still there right next door to us!"
"Fork that thing over spike." Kai snatched the Dragon Radar "You stay here with Princess Wet Spot, I'm gonna go track this thing down before any of Frieza's other thugs track it down and bring it back to the Overgrown thing that my mom used to keep in her drawer." and then he took off in the direction of Elder Tsuno's village.
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Zarbon stood in front of Raditz being stuffed into a healing tank 'Whatever happens he has to come around, he just has to. If he doesn't then my life will be forfeit along with his and that's something that I cannot afford.'
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Kai continued following the readings being given by the Dragon Radar "Looks like we're in the clear! No assholes in sight, Dragon Ball on radar, everything is finally coming up for the Crimson Dragon! Yeah that's right whatever bastards are listening, I'm trademarking that for number one, me!"
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Now Kai and Yamcha have both made their move to take two of the Dragon Balls out of the game for themselves, but with Frieza's men still on the prowl, with Raditz still on the mend, and with Goku and Tien having been forced into an unexpected detour on their way to Planet Namek, this game has no end in sight at the moment! The race continues next time, on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!
A/N:
Again, I do not apologize for the TFS references in any way, shape or form. If you don't like them then TOO F*CKING BAD!
So like I said, I'm putting Raditz in the position that Vegeta was in, in which he gets the ever loving shit beaten out of him by Zarbon (though he let him win as to not reveal his full power just yet), gets taken back to Frieza's ship for the Dragon Ball they think that he hid but was actually hidden by Cui, and then he steals all of Frieza's Dragon Balls before getting some payback on Zarbon (the last bit happening next chapter).
In case it wasn't clear, the scene with Dende and Raditz talking about how Raditz and Nail were fighting Abo and Cado was a reference to the OVA Yo! Son Goku and his Friends Return from 2008.
The idea of Raditz training with Nail on Namek is actually an idea that I recycled from that manga about the kid that was reincarnated as Yamcha, since he went to Namek before the Saiyans arrived, had his potential unlocked by Guru and then trained with Nail for months. Oh, and just to be clear, since Raditz is on Namek training with Nail that means that Nail will be stronger than in canon, which will have a major lasting impact on the story so keep that in mind.
In case it wasn't clear I plan on doing every DBZ movie (with the exception of the Broly movies for obvious reasons, and the Cooler movies for reasons that will be revealed next chapter), such as:
Dead Zone (during the 1 year before Saiyans)
World's Strongest (during 10 days before Namek)
Tree of Might (during Namek Saga, we'll get there later on)
Lord Slug (after Frieza Saga before Goku returns to Earth)
Super Android 13 (undecided)
Bojack Unbound (after Cell)
Fusion Reborn (after Cell, before Majin Buu)
Wrath of the Dragon (after Majin Buu)
Just so you know, next chapter I'll be diverging from the main story on Namek a little bit and focusing on other characters, such as Goku and Tien in a subplot that I have in mind (which is why I mentioned the asteroid field), what Upa is up to back on Earth all on his own, and what Krillin and Piccolo (who really gives a f*ck about Chiaotzu aside from Tien) are doing while training on King Kai's planet.
Oh, and just for fun I'm gonna start making a list of titles for what Dragon Ball Z Kai episodes would look like based on this fic. I'm mainly doing this because I got bored.
Prologue to Battle! The Return of Goku!
The Visitor is Goku's Brother?! The Secret of the Mighty Saiyan Warriors!
A Life or Death Battle! A Desperate Attack!
Run in the Afterlife Goku & Yamcha! The One Million Mile Snake Way!
Wilderness Survival! A Moonlit Night Awakens Gohan!
The End of Snake Way! King Kai's Bizarre Test!
The Battle with Ten-Times Gravity! The Race Against the Clock!
Shenron Appears! The Saiyans Arrive Sooner than Expected!
Krillin's Struggle! The Terrible Saibamen!
Sit Tight Chiaotzu! Gohan's Roaring Kamehameha!
Will Goku & Yamcha Make it in Time?! Three Hours Until the Battle Resumes!
Farewell Piccolo! Yamcha's Furious Counterattack!
The Power of the Kaioken! Goku vs Vegeta!
An All Out Kamehameha! Vegeta's Terrible Transformation!
Goku on the Ropes! Work a Miracle, Tien and Yamcha!
Dawn of the Fierce Battle! The Star of Hope is Piccolo's Homeland!
The Ship Resting in Yunzabit! Time to Blast Off for Planet Namek!
A Powerful New Foe! Frieza, Ruler of the Universe!
The Rebellion Against Frieza! Raditz's Burning Ambition!
Protect the Dragon Balls! The Namekians' All-Out Attack!
Dodoria's Terrifying Chase! A Truth Revealed to Raditz!
Friends Reborn! Zarbon's Hideous Transformation!
Power Up, Yamcha! Frieza's Mounting Apprehension!
Power levels:
Gohan: 6,000
Kai: 5,500
Yamcha: 8,000
Yamcha (Potential Unlocked): 48,000
Raditz: 25,000
Nail: 75,000
Piccolo (arriving on King Kai's planet, weighted): 5,000
Krillin (arriving on King Kai's planet): 2,200
Scarlet (suppressed): 12,000
Chiaotzu (arriving on King Kai's planet): 940
Zarbon: 22,000
Zarbon (transformed): 28,000