(Saiyan Saga II)
ElemntalDrift: I'm not entirely sure what you mean by that, but the first chapter was mainly to show how Tien survives past his canon death in this fic.
RandomDood: That's exactly how I feel. It's not just the earthlings either, pretty much all of the non-Saiyan characters got shafted over time. And then all of the non-Goku characters. But yeah, RIP to the father of Shonen. As for Tien and Launch, you'll see. I've got a few ideas for how I'll have things pan out for them. Regarding Tien's strength, overshadowing Saiyans is far from an easy thing to do, but I'm going to make him growing stronger a gradual process, so that it still feels realistic. To a certain extent, I may be taking some liberties.
Tepheris: Appreciate the input from a fellow fan of Tien. I do have plans for how I plan to give him decent power ups, but I do appreciate the input. As for the likes of the Kaioken… well just wait and see what I have planned.
0CrimsonWriter0: I know exactly what you mean. Not just the Saiyans though, most of the non-Saiyan characters deserve more focus than they got. Tien in particular gets the shaft pretty hard, so I'm trying to give him the spotlight he deserves.
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The time limit had expired, and the battle with the Saiyans was about to continue.
"We can't afford to wait any longer." Piccolo watched as Nappa stalked his way towards the group, then turned to the others "You all understand the plan right?"
"Right." Tien gave him a simple nod "My job is to keep him distracted, and believe me when I say I've got plenty of tricks up my proverbial sleeve to do that. While I do that, you slip behind him and grab hold of his tail to pin him down, and once that's done, Gohan and Krillin charge in to hit him with everything they've got."
"Exactly. Are you ready?"
"I don't think I'm ever going to be ready to face someone like him… But we've already made it clear what happens if we don't try."
"Are you going to be okay though?" asked Gohan "I mean, what if he hurts you again, or what if he…"
"Worse comes to worse, I can be revived using the Dragon Balls when the time comes. Under the assumption that's what I want anyway."
"Wait, what?"
"Nothing, forget I said that. But it's a risk I hav to take, and like I said, I've got more than a few tricks up my sleeve. Observe." Tien took a few steps towards Nappa as he spiked his white aura, causing three identical copies of himself to appear alongside him.
"Well now, this just got a little more interesting." Nappa gave a confident smirk "So what the hell am I looking at now?"
"It's a technique I developed called the Multi-Form, allowing me to generate up to four identical copies of myself."
"So you seriously only busted it out now? That could've made things a lot more fun for me if you used it earlier."
"I wouldn't be so sure about that." Tien felt a bead of sweat trickle down his head 'Remember this is to buy time for Piccolo's plan, I just hope he doesn't catch onto its weakness.'
"Well in that case Triclops, I got for more of you to kill, so I say GAME ON!" Nappa let out a roar as he pounced at the four copies of Tien, coating his body in a thick electrical aura as he landed a vicious smash attack to the head of on of the copies, causing it to evaporate "Are you for real? That was just pathetic, even for you!"
"Don't think the rest of us are going to go down so easily!" Tien gritted his teeth as he and the remaining copies scattered 'The problem with Multi Form is that it isn't cloning, it's dividing myself into four, but it divides my power along with it. I could barely take hits from this guy as it is, so I'll have to be careful.'
"You ain't getting away from me that easily! It doesn't matter how many of you there are, I'll rip all of you to shreds for what you did to me! Blazing Storm!" Nappa raised two fingers and then unleashed another Blazing Storm wave, annihilating another copy of Tien in an instant "Then there were two!"
"And there's about to be one less Saiyan!" Tien leapt back to avoid another lunge from Nappa, his mind racing 'At this point, it's essentially boiling down to sacrificing my copies to buy time and stall him. Luckily for me, even if my power is divided it doesn't do anything to my movement speed or ability to follow his moves… Which admittedly doesn't work as well as I'd like to begin with, given how big of a gap there is between my power and his. The question is whether all of my selves get picked off too fast, or if I can hold out long enough for Piccolo to close in and pin the Saiyan down. But given everything we have on the line, that kind of play has a big risk factor as it is.'
"Now you're getting on my nerves! Get a load of this one!" Nappa coated his arm in white Ki and unleashed a Bomber DX blast, hitting one of the Tien's dead on and obliterating him in the explosion that followed, creating a powerful series of shockwaves in the process.
'Dammit, there goes the last copy… If there's one good thing about this, it's that losing them means my power isn't divided anymore.' Tien watched as Nappa's gaze turned towards him, and he prepared to raise his hands to mak another move.
"And then there was one, now you die like the rest!" Nappa pounced on Tien, charging his arm with white Ki in preparation to fire another Bomber DX, until…
"Solar Flare!" Tien raised both hands to his head and unleashed another blinding white light, leaving Nappa stunned in an instant and howling in agony "Hurry and move Piccolo, now's your chance!"
"FUCK! Again with this shit?!"
"Not bad triclops." seizing the opportunity Tien had opened up, Piccolo blitzed behind Nappa and managed to grab hold of his tail, apparently freezing him in place "Gohan! Krillin! Do it now!"
"Right!" Gohan and Krillin quickly braced themselves and promptly towards Nappa at full speed until…
"Nice try slug man!" Nappa suddenly brought down his elbow on Piccolo's skull HARD, leaving a giant bruise in the center of it and causing him to fall forward, but Nappa caught him before he could hit the ground "Hey tone it down green man, we can't have you dying on us yet. You'll have to stick with us for just a little bit longer alright? We still need you to answer a couple of questions about those Dragon Balls."
"Good Nappa, here I thought I would have to remind you about that." Vegeta gave a smirk, which only grew wider as he saw how horrified the others looked "Don't tell me that was the big strategy the four of you were putting so much hope into. Do you really think we'd be the elite warriors that we are if such an obvious weakness were left untrained?"
"Yeah, what Vegeta said. So the Namekian here was your best huh? Well that's a damn shame, it sure as hell didn't take much to make him buckle, now did it?" Nappa let out a chuckle as he tossed Piccolo's unconscious form to the ground.
"Piccolo!" a horrified Gohan rushed over to Piccolo's side to try and shake him awake, albeit with little success "You have to get up, come on Piccolo you have to shake it off!"
"Yeah you might wanna let that slide, I hate to break it to you kid but I think your big green friend over there is beyond pep talks. You might wanna try and forget about him for at least a few minutes… becaus I've got plans for you." Nappa stalked his way over to Gohan, leaving him frozen in pure unholy terror "Don't bother selling yourself too short, you're the son of Kakarot, am I right? And you know what that means my friend? It means that you've got Saiyan blood coursing through those veins of yours, so that means I'm gonna be counting on you to give me a run for my money." with that in mind, he dealt Gohan a sharp kick to the stomach, followed by a knife-hand attack to the chest sending him crashing into a plateau behind him, and then crashing to the ground in a heap "Hey get up runt, nobody told you that you could just lie down and die so soon! This is just me getting warmed up!"
"I… I don't wanna quit…" Gohan slowly staggered his way back onto his feet, wiping the blood from his lip.
"There, now do you see? That wasn't too hard. Now let's see how much better you do the second time!" Nappa charged towards Gohan and prepared to attack again, until…
"HEY!" lucky for Gohan, this was when Krillin blitzed onto the scene and dealt Nappa a sharp kick to the face, followed by a fist to his jaw, sending Nappa flying, with Krillin charging after him.
"You little shit!" Nappa rebounded and pounced back towards Krillin, only for him to blitz out of the way of the blast and leap back to gain some distance "Son of a-"
"Did you seriously think we were gonna just lie down and die?"
"Well what do you know?" Vegeta gave a smirk "Looks to me like someone has a couple of tricks up his sleeve.
"So you like that one, huh? Well thn trust me when I say that you're gonna love what I'm about to do next." Krillin gave a smirk as he stuck one hand into the air and summoned an enormous razor-sharp disc made of pure Ki.
"What the hell?" Nappa was taken aback by the sight of the attack and actually stopped in his tracks for a moment.
"I spent a good chunk of the past year working on this one, though I was hoping I wasn't gonna have to use it. But after I saw what you guys did to Chiaotzu and Yamcha, I think you've earned a little taste of my new Destructo Disk!" and so he hurled the disk forward at full speed, though this did little to deter Nappa.
"So what, is that supposed to scare me or something?" Nappa's smirk grew wider as the Disk grew closer, until…
"Dammit Nappa, hurry and dodge it!" Vegeta barked at him from the sidelines.
"Wait wha- FUCK!" Nappa cranked his head at the last possible second, causing the Destructo Disk to fly past him and slice through the mountain behind them, cleaving off the top half of it and leaving it to shatter as it hit the ground.
'Dammit that buffoon, it's like he wanted to catch that atack with his teeth! Has he completely gone blind?!'
"That was close, I just…" Nappa's relief quickly turned into rage as he looked down and saw a large cut bleeding along his cheek "You…"
"Dammit, I was so close." Krillin gave a scowl 'So much for lopping his head off. I guess we're gonna have to wait a little longer for Kriller Time- and he's glaring holes into my skull. Great, now he's pissed directly at me.'
"How… How fucking dare you! No one dares to cut this face, not unless they want to spend the last few minutes of their life in total agony! Now try and counter this one you pathetic little eyesore!" and so Nappa promptly charged and fired a Bomber DX at Krillin in a rage.
'Shit!' Krillin barely had time to leap out of the way and raise his guard before the blast struck the ground where he used to be standing, though the residual energy of the blast still enveloped him, leaving him unable to move or defend himself.
"Yeah that's right, payback is a bitch little man! Now time to say goodnight!" Nappa gave a vicious smirk as he prepared to fire another Bomber DX at Krillin in mid-air, until…
"TRI-BEAM!" a quick Tri-Beam suddenly struck Nappa from behind, envelopng him in the explosion that followed, courtesy of Tien, who then blitzed around from his place behind Nappa and rushed over to catch Krillin before he hit the ground, then gently place him down on top of the grass "Don't worry, I've got you. And I have to admit, that was a hell of a technique. An inch or two to the left and he would've been as good as dead."
"You… You filthy little…" the smoke finally cleared away to reveal Nappa standing in the same spot, albeit now covered in various burns and practically foaming at the mouth "First you take my eye, and now you scorch my back… You're just begging for me to make you suffer aren't you?!"
"Oh please!" Vegeta on the other hand just burst out laughing "What's the matter Nappa, did you finally bite off more than you can chew?"
"Hey!"
"Shut up you piece of Saiyan trash…" Piccolo let out a snarl as he pulled himself back onto his feet, albeit now sporting a gigantic bruise in the center of his forehead "It would not be smart of you to underestimate any of us, especially not me!"
"Shut your mouth Namekian scum, don't think you can tell me who I can underestimate and who I can't! I was thinking about being nice, seeing how we need to pry the whole Dragon Ball secret out of you, but you can forget about that now, you cocky green antenna-having fucker!"
"Cocky, mean? Trust me when I say that you don't know the half of it." Piccolo gave a smirk as he prepared to advance on Nappa, only to immediately stop in his tracks as a familiar sensation rang through his mind "What the hell is that power, it's tremendous! And yet it's emanating from such a great distance, how could it possibly be so strong?"
"I-I think I can feel it too!" Gohan's face lit up with relief as his eyes began brimming with tears of joy "That's my dad, I just know it is! He's finally here!"
"Yep, ther's no doubt about it…" Krillin gave a pained smirk from where he lay sprawled out on th ground "Goku is coming…"
"And more important than anything else, he's going to be ready." Tien breathed a small sigh of relief 'Reminds me of when he saved me from King Piccolo. He showed up at the last second then too. Another minute and we'd all be as good as dead. Truth be told, I wish Goku didn't make a habit of showing up at the last possible second.' then he cast a look around at how relieved and excited the others, especially Gohan, looked at the new Ki signature approaching 'But we knew he'd come. All of us did.'
"Well I have to say, this is rather intriguing." Vegeta gave a raised eyebrow as he picked up his own Scouter and put it back on "Tell me something, is it actually possible for the lot of you to detect the presence of Kakarot, or is this just your feeble excuse for a bluff?"
"Why don't you go ahead and figure it out for yourself. Put on that tracking device of yours and you'll see how true that is."
"Believe me Triclops, that's exactly what I was planning on." so with that said, Vegeta pushed the button on his Scouter and checked the reading… only to immediately be left stunned by what he was seeing 'Oh fuck… I have to admit, I wasn't expecting that.'
"Hey Vegeta." this was when Nappa drew his attention "You wanna go ahead and tell me what the deal is? Are these weaklings just trying to buy some time again or are we finally gonna see some real action? Come on, let's have a little bit of good news for a change, I've been stuck chomping at the bit all day here."
"I don't know for certain if it's Kakarot, but there definitely is something on the way to our location at high speed. Whatever it is, we'll be seeing it for ourselves in approximately four minutes. And assuming that it is him… his power level exceeds 5,000."
"5,000?! But there's no way, that's impossible!"
"Enough messing around!" Vegeta's gaze immediately hardened "Playtime is over, hurry up and kill all of them now! We can't risk having all five of them team up on is or it may prove to be an issue. I want their mangled corpses to be the first thing that Kakarot sees!" that was enough to earn looks of horror from Piccolo and the others.
"Wait, what? But what about the Dragon Balls? I thought that-"
"The Namekian isn't going to be of any use to us anymore. Let's just say that I have a hunch that if we put the homeworld of our big green friend over here next on the list of planets to conquer, we'll get the answers that we desire." Vegeta paused, then gave a smirk "You know it's actually fairly amusing, up until today I had always assumed that the Dragon Balls were nothing more than a fairy tale. But if Kakarot really has been brought back from the dead, then we know that there's more to them than rumor, don't we now?"
"Yeah, yeah you bet we do." Nappa gave a smirk of his own as he rounded on Piccolo "So what do you say Big Green, do you want to go first?"
"No way!" Gohan was quick to draw the attention of the others as he got into a stance "I can take this guy! Piccolo you need to get out of here, I can try and find a way to stall this big bully until dad gets here!"
"What?" Piccolo was left staring at Gohan like he had grown a second head, the same being said for both Krillin and Tien.
"I know that if you die then Kami dies too and the Dragon Balls will be useless, and we can't let that happen!"
"Now what kind of nonsense do you think you're saying? You couldn't bring yourself to try and attack this big oaf together with both me and Krillin helping you, and now you expect me to let you go toe to toe with him on your own?"
"Shut it already! If that's what the brat wants, then I say let's go!" Nappa immediately turned on his heel and began charging towards Gohan, with Piccolo preparing to chase him down.
'Concentrate, remember what Tien said… Don't look at how big he is, don't look at how strong he is… Focus on the point of impact!' Gohan braced himself as Nappa came charging, and with a mighty roar he leapt into the air and dealt Nappa a sharp kick to the face, sending him flying directly over Piccolo's head and crashing into a pile of rocks 'I… I did it!'
A moment passed befor Nappa burst out of the rubble and leapt back onto the ground, now sporting a bloody gash on his head as he levelled his gaze on Gohan, leaving him frozen with fear "Now… Now you're as good as fucking dead! NOW DIE!" and so he fired another Bomber DX at Gohan faster than he was able to react.
'GOHAN!' seeing that Gohan wouldn't be able to get out of the way in time, Piccolo was quick to rush forward… and used his body as a shield to protect Gohan from the blast, leaving him to take the full force of the explosion that ensued. When the smoke cleared, Piccolo was left still standing, albeit barely, and his gi had been almost entirely shredded "G-Good… Looks like I made it in time…"
"Piccolo, you… why…?" Gohan looked at him in a mix of shock and terror "Why did you dod that? You saved me, but you just…"
"Just run… Gohan… hurry and… get out of here… before…" and then Piccolo finally dropped to the ground in a blood heap, leaving a horrified Gohan to scramble over to him as both Tien and Krillin looked on from the sidelines.
"Piccolo no, you gotta get up! You can't die like this, not by saving me! Piccolo!"
"Dammit boy, don't waste time… Just hurry and run… while you still have the chance…"
"Forget about it, I'm not going to run away! Not if it means I have to leave you here to die like this!" Gohan's eyes brimmed with tears and fear "My dad is on his way, you just have to hold on for a little bit longer!"
"You gotta be fucking kidding me…" Nappa gave a bitter smirk "I was hoping to save the green one for last, but oh well. I guess it doesn't really make a difference in the end."
"To think that… I've become such a sorry excuse I've turned out to be…" Piccolo let out a weak yet loud hacking cough "Me, the great Demon King Piccolo… laying down his life… in order to protect… some whiny little pipsqueak… It's just pathetic, isn't it…?"
"Piccolo, no…" Gohan was left mortified as tears began streaming down his face "Please, don't go…"
"Gohan… I want you to know… you're the only person in my life… that's never treated me like I'm… som kind of monster…" Piccolo gave a small smile aimd at Gohan as his own eyes began to brim with tears "Truth be told… this last year with you… wasn't as bad as… as I thought it would be…"
"Piccolo please, hang in there just a little bit longer!"
"Thank you Gohan…" and with that, Piccolo's eyes closed as he passed into the next world with a smile on his face.
"PICCOLO!" Gohan could only let out a blood curdling scream of grief, as Tien and Krillin could only close their eyes for a moment of mourning… but then it turned into rage as he turned his newly furious gaze on Nappa.
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It wasn't long before the effects of Piccolo's sacrifice could be felt, even in different parts of the world.
On one end, Goku was able to sense Piccolo's Ki drop off as he rushd his way towards the battlefield on his Flying Nimbus.
On another end, Kami himself was flickering in an out of existence, lamenting how Goku was too late to save Piccolo. But at the same time, he took pride in Piccolo for overcoming his dark heritage, taking his last moment to thank Mr Popo for standing by him to the end, before he faded away completely, leaving Mr Popo stricken with grief.
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Meanwhile, back with the battlefield, post tragedy…
"PICCOLO!" Gohan could only let out a blood curdling scream of grief, as Tien and Krillin could only close their eyes for a moment of mourning… but then it turned into rage as he turned his newly furious gaze on Nappa.
"Oh hell yeah, now that's what I'm talking about!" Nappa gave a smirk at the sight of Gohan's fury "Go ahead and bring it on kid, hit me with everything you've got!"
"FINE! MASENKO!" Gohan raised both hands to his head and began building his Ki into his palms, his eyes brimming with tears of both grief and rage.
"There we go, now this is getting interesting. Hey Vegeta, you still got your scouter on? What does it say about his power level?"
"It says the boy is at 700… no, 1,500… What the hell?" Vegeta's eyes immediately widened as the Scouter let out a loud beep "Are these Earthlings able to hide their true strength? Nappa look out, the little one's power has risen all the way to 2,800!"
"THIS IS FOR PICCOLO! NOW DIE!" Gohan let out a roar as he fired the Masenko with all of the Ki he was able to muster.
"Com on!" Nappa let out a roar of his own as he brought down an arm, deflecting the Masenko and sending it hurtling into a nearby mountain, evaporating it in a mighty explosion, before he turned his gaze back to Gohan "Well what do you know, that actually wasn't too bad of a move on your part kid. That one actually kind of stung. You're just full of surprises aren't you?"
"More like he was." Vegeta gave a smirk as he scanned Gohan with a scouter "His power level is dropping like a stone, the brat went and used all of it in one shot."
"I… I couldn't do it…" Gohan fell to his knees in exhaustion as he cast a glance at Piccolo's corpse "Piccolo, I'm sorry… I tried to avenge you… but I'm not strong enough…" and then he looked up to see Nappa slowly walking towards him.
"Gohan hurry, you have to run!" Krillin called out to him from where he lay sprawled out on the ground, still unable to move "Get out of there, he's gonna kill you!"
"I'm sorry Krillin… I just don't have the strength to run anymore…"
"Hey look at it this way kid, at least now you get to tell your buddies over on the other side that I said hi." Nappa's smirk widened as he advanced on Gohan "On the plus side, you're gonna go a lot faster than the others did, once my foot comes down on your-"
"DODON RAY! KI BLAST CANNON" quick Dodon Ray pierced Nappa's arm and left a bloody gash on his bicep, courtesy of Tien as he closed in on Nappa in an instant, holding out both of his palms with one behind the other, and instantaneously firing a large Ki beam that struck Nappa square in the chest with enough force to send Nappa flying backwards "As long as I'm still alive, you're not going to kill anyone else! VOLLEYBALL FIST!" and then he once again charged at Nappa, giving him two hits that launched him into the air before flying up to deal him a final attack… only to be stopped in the middle of unleashing the blow by Nappa grabbing him by both of his arms.
"Works out well for me, I've got no problem killing a minute or two. Or however long it takes me to do THIS!" Nappa yanked one Tien's arms behind his head and brought his elbow down on it, resulting in a loud snap that caused Tien to scream in pain, and then he grabbed Tien by the head and sent him crashing to the ground right in front of Gohan. With Tien out of the way for now, Nappa returned to the ground in front of Gohan and raised a foot "Think of it this way runt, when Kakarot finally shows up to see you and your buddies crushed to bloody pulps, I'll be sure to tell him just how noble you all were, until you fucking died!" and then he finally brought his giant foot down… only for a sudden flash to pass over them, and then Nappa looked down to find that Gohan and Tien had both vanished "What the fuck, where did they-?!" and then he whipped around in shock.
"What… What happened?" Gohan slowly opened his eyes, only to be taken aback at the sight of the fluffy golden mass he was floating on "Is… Is that you Nimbus? Then that means…" he gave a cautious look upwards, and then his face lit up with joy and relief "Dad!"
Sure enough, hovering above the battlefield was none other than Goku himself, also carrying the wounded form of Tien tucked under his arm as he lowered himself back to the ground "Looks like I'm a little bit later than I thought."
"Well Kakarot, so nice of you to finally drop by." Vegeta was quick to start taunting him "But I have to admit, I am a little bit embarrassed for you. I mean I sincerely hope that you didn't come all this way, back from the dead even, believing that you stood any chance of actually defeating the two of us. That would be quite the shame.
Goku didn't bother answering him, instead he gently sat Tien on the ground and made his way over to Piccolo's corpse to examine him, checking for a pulse "What happened to him?"
"He… He gave his own life…" Tien shakily pulled himself to his feet, albeit with one arm still hanging limp at his side "The big one fired a blast to kill Gohan, but Piccolo… he shielded him with his own body, and sacrificed himself…"
"But he's not the only one either?" Goku cast a look around the battlefield, until his gaze landed on Yamcha's corpse 'Yamcha too… and Chiaotzu… now Piccolo too…'
"Oh yeah, the pathetic one that got blown up by a Saibaman earlier." Nappa let out a chuckle "I gotta ask, does seeing that dead loser over there send your blood pressure through the roof or what? There was another one around here somewhere, but I doubt there would actually be too much of him left now. He was a strong little runt too, you might even say that he went out with a bit of a bang."
"He had a name you know, all of them did." Goku gritted his teeth and clenched one of his fists in anger 'First they Yamcha and Chiaotzu, now Piccolo and Kami, and the Dragon Balls are gone too? Dammit!'
"Well try looking on the bright side Kakarot, there's no need for you or any of your little pals over there to grieve. You're all about to be reunited, and to think you had to go through all of the trouble of coming back to life just to face little old us." Nappa let out a chuckle, which only grew louder as Goku began slowly advancing towards him.
Vegeta on the other hand wasn't so eager to taunt now, as he studied Goku for a moment with his Scouter 'His power level is increasing exponentially…'
"Looks to me like somebody is pretty eager. Let me guess, you miss them that much do you? In that case you won't get any argument from me, I'm more than happy to send you over to meet them on the other side!" Nappa burst towards Goku and let a fist fly… only for him to disappear in an instant.
'Not to mention he's fast to boot.'
"Come on you guys, over this way." Goku made his way over towards where Krillin lay on the ground, with Nimbus carrying Gohan over and Tien limping over behind them "Hey."
"Hey…" Krillin let out a chuckle as he looked up at Goku "Welcome back to the land of the living… You took your sweet time too…"
"Yeah, sorry it took me so long to get here. Look on the bright side, it looks like the three of you definitely managed to hold your own pretty well."
"Not as well as I would've liked." Tien gestured to where his arm was still limp.
"Actually I think I got something for that. Here." he pulled a few small objects out from the shirt of his gi "Go ahead and eat up, but we gotta split them in half."
"Wait, you got Senzu Beans?" asked Krillin "I didn't think Korin had any left."
"He only had two left and I downed half of one, it got me to a good enough spot that I can fight these guys without worrying about that. The rest of you can split the rest into halves, that oughta get the job done."
"If that's the case then you might as well keep it for yourself, using it on my at this point would just be a waste."
"Don't talk like that, I'm as fine as can."
"Trust me when I say that you'll want to hold onto it, just in case."
"I'll be fine, and trust me when I say that you need it more than I do."
"I'm not the one sprawled out on the ground right now."
"True, but he's not wrong when he says you might need it." Tien pointed his remaining good thumb at Vegeta and Nappa "These guys are on a whole other level. Even at the top of our game, there isn't really much we can do against them to actually make a difference."
"Maybe, maybe not, it doesn't really matter. I've got the beans so this is my call to make, you guys can either eat half or I'm throwing them away. Just go ahead and take it." Goku broke the bean in question into two and held one half to Tien, then to Krillin "Come on guys."
"...Fine." Tien breathed a sigh as he accepted the bean and swallowed it in one gulp, allowing him to move both of his arms again "Thank you Goku, truly."
"Sure thing. Come on son, now you too." Goku held out the last half of a Senzu Bean to Gohan and stuck it in his mouth, allowing him to swallow it and all of three of them to get back onto their feet.
"Speaking of which Tien, I gotta give it to you. Just looking at you I can tell you've gotten a lot stronger over the past year. The same goes for you Krillin. Let me guess, you put yourselves through the ringer huh?"
"That's right. Chiaotzu and I joined the others as soon as we heard, and we all spent most of the year training under Kami and Mr Popo up on the Lookout… but it wasn't enough." Tien's face fell as he cast a look over at Yamcha's corpse "We gave it everything we had, but in the end they just brushed it off like it was nothing. At this point it felt like it was a miracle that any of us had managed to survive… but the others weren't so lucky."
"Yeah, I know. I actually ran into Yamcha and Chiaotzu at the Check In Station on my way back here. I just wish I could've gotten here sooner." Goku's face fell slightly, but then he perked back up as he glanced over at Gohan "I gotta admit Gohan, I barely recognized you when I first got here. You've been training pretty hard, haven't you?"
"That's right, I've been training with Piccolo since you and the other Saiyan died. He's been teaching me how to be strong like you for the past year." Gohan gave a smile, but then his face fell "But now he's gone… and so is Kami… and that means we can't use the Dragon Balls to bring him or any of the others back to life…"
"Yeah… no chance of it now…"
"Well you know what, I say it's payback time!" Krillin clenched one of his fists as he looked up at Goku "We've got four of us and two of them, and Goku's been training with the great King Kai himself! With all of that going for us, I don't see any reason why we shouldn't be able to take down at least one of these guys!"
"Yeah, sounds like our chances ar a lot better together…" Goku paused and looked down at the others "But here's the thing, you guys aren't part of this equation. This is my fight, don't try to get involved or anything. I want the three of you to stay on the sidelines for now, okay?"
"Wait what?! But that's freaking crazy! Look Goku I get it, you may have gotten super strong while you were dead, but these freaks are totally unreal! You can't even imagine what just one of them is capable of! You can't take these two on by yourself!"
"Maybe, maybe not. But it's what I wanna do, okay?"
"Hold on a minute." Tien motioned for Gohan and Krillin to get back as he took a few small steps towards Goku "Given how strong you've gotten from your training in Otherworld, do you really think you can beat them?"
"I think I'm gonna at least try, but whatever happens, I can promise you that I'm not gonna let them kill anyone else."
"Hm…" Tien paused, then gave a small smirk "In that case, as much as it wounds my pride to be relegated to the sidelines, all I can say is… Bring them to their knees."
"You got it. Just stay back here and keep the others safe." with that said, Goku turned his gaze squarely onto Nappa, the vein in his temple throbbing from anger and his body radiating pure white Ki with every step forward he took.
"Best of luck Goku."
"Wait where are you going? Dad!" Gohan tried to rush after Goku, only for him and Krillin to be stopped by Tien holding out his hands.
"As much as I hate to admit it, we don't have a place in this fight right now. Getting in his way is only going to make things worse."
"This feels… kind of wrong on some level." Krillin muttered quietly "I've never seen Goku this angry before… it feels like he's a different person."
"I have. I've seen that look in his eyes before, back when he and King Piccolo had their final battle." Tien's gaze hardened at the memories "So many people had died at his hands… and that includes Krillin, Master Roshi and Chiaotzu. Who knows how many more would've been killed if Piccolo was aloud to run free. From what I understood about Goku then, he was the type to face any challenges that came his way, never back down against a powerful opponent, and even relish the opportunity for a challenge, to grow stronger. But in that moment, he wasn't in it for the sake of a challenge or to see how strong he was… He was out for blood. Just like he is right now. And now that Saiyan is about to find out what that means."
Sure enough, Nappa was watching as Goku made his way towards him, finding himself on the receiving end of a glare, but nowhere near as intimidated by it as he should've been "Oh no, you do NOT wanna make that face at me. Not unless that's the face you want to greet the rest of your friends with on the other side!"
"This ends now… and you're gonna pay!" Goku let out a snarl as he began powering up, his aura flaring and the ground around him shaking wildly, leaving the others present stunned by the force of his power.
"You can't be serious…" Vegeta in particular was left taken aback as he scanned Goku's power level via his Scouter "7,000… 8,000… No, this shouldn't be possible!"
'This is insane!' Tien was forced to brace himself over the sheer force, with Gohan and Krillin doing the same 'Goku's powered up to an entirely different level… which is a sentence that I feel like all of us should be used to by now…'
"You can't be serious…" Vegeta took a moment to steel himself as Goku finished powering up and the shaking subsided.
"Vegeta? Vegeta!" Nappa snapped out of his own stupor and snapped his gaze over in the direction of Vegeta "What the hell is wrong with you? Just hurry up and tell me what his power level is!"
"It… It's over 9,000!" Vegeta let out a snarl as he ripped off his scouter and crushed it in his hands.
"What?! Over 9,000?! You've gotta be kidding me, that thing is a piece of junk!"
"You're going down." Goku levelled his angered gaze towards Nappa "I doubt that I'll even have to use the Kaioken against you."
"Kaio-what? No you know what, that doesn't even matter, because you don't scare me! The mighty Nappa doesn't get intimidated by anybody, especially some bottom feeding low clash scum like you!" Nappa rushed towards Goku at full speed and pounced on him.
"Then I guess I'm nobody to you guys." Goku blitzed behind Nappa and dealt him a sharp kick to the head, sending him crashing to the ground."
"What the fuck…?" Nappa let out a pained groan as he pulled himself back to his feet, and he immediately turned his angered glare on Goku "How the hell did you get back there?! You cocky little-"
"You know it's funny." Goku cast an uninterested glance back at Nappa "I mean as much as you puffed yourself up, I'm kind of disappointed."
"What the fuck did you say?! Are you- Are you seriously trying to tell me that I'm all bark and no bite?!"
"If that flailing around before was your idea of an attack, then yeah pretty much."
"Oh, is that right?" Nappa let loose a smirk full of rage as he spiked his aura, his muscles bulging slightly "Then what do you say you teach me a thing or two?! How about I start it by showing you off my favorite combo? I call it the BREAKSTORM!" and so he charged at Goku in a rage as he unleashed a powerful barrage of punches and kicks at high speed, albeit with none of his attacks connecting.
Vegeta on the other hand could only frown in thought as he watched the battle unfold 'I don't understand, how is it that his power was able to increase so much over the past year when he was more or less an equal to Raditz?'
"DIE DIE DIE!" Nappa finished off his Breakstorm combo by hurtling towards Goku with a full force kick aimed at his face… only for Goku to disappear before it could connect "What in the fuck- Where did he-?"
"Right over here." Goku drew Nappa's attention from where he stood a short distance away from him.
"Unbelievable…" Tien cast a glance down at Gohan and Krillin "I'm going to assume that the two of you didn't see him move either?" he was met with simultaneous head shakes "That's what I thought. Still though, Goku's power increase is absurd, even for him.'
'No, I refuse to believe this.' Vegeta's scowl deepend as he aimed it towards Goku 'How in the hell is it possible for anyone to gain this much power in such a short amount of time?'
"Now then, I think it's my turn." Goku suddenly blitzed forward faster than Nappa was able to react, disappearing before a blow could connect.
"What the-" Nappa's shock turned to rage as he looked up and saw Goku standing directly on top of his head, enraging him to the point where he tried to grab Goku by the legs.
"Nope." Goku blitzed back in front of Nappa and slammed one fist directly into his stomach, causing Nappa to fall to his knees and grab his stomach in pain "Just to let you know, that one just now was for Chiaotzu."
"Dammit, you little…" Nappa let out a snarl as he leapt back onto his feet and tried to connect two more blows, to no avail.
"And this one is for Yamcha!" Goku dodged Nappa's strikes with ease and dealt him a strike to the back, sending him hurtling to the ground, only for him to rebound into the air.
"You filthy, arrogant, wretched little… SCUM SUCKING PIG!" Nappa activated his lightning aura and prepared a Bomber DX blast, which he promptly fired.
"Seriously?" Goku gave a smirk as he got into a stance, and with a mighty roar he unleashed a burst of Ki as the blast collided with him, resulting in an explosion and a shockwave that shook the entire battlefield… but when the smoke cleared, he was revealed to be standing in the same spot, completely unharmed, much to Nappa's rage.
"WHAT THE FUCK?!"
"Is that actually possible?" Vegeta on the other hand was almost as taken aback 'Did he really manage to stop it with just the forc of his energy alone?'
"That… THAT WAS PURE LUCK!" Nappa's rage only increased as he prepared to fire off a follow up blast, only to look up and see Goku directly above him "WHAT?!"
"This one is for KAMI!" Goku dealt Nappa a Double Axe Handle to the head, sending him hurtling towards the ground, leaving him in disbelief and even greater rage.
"What the hell is wrong with me?! How in the name of hell can Kakarot be so much more powerful than me?!"
"And this one is for PICCOLO!" Goku blitzed to the ground and and quickly dealt Nappa a sharp kick to the spine, sending him crashing into a nearby mountain, before Goku himself landed on the ground.
All the while, Tien and the others were left in awe in disbelief at Goku's power 'I shouldn't be surprised at this point, but it rally is remarkable… It's as if Goku has no limits… and it's like the gap between me and Goku keeps getting wider… But right now that couldn't be better for any of us… Let's just hope he can keep it up.'
Only a brief moment passed before Nappa burst out of the rubble and returned to the ground, now practically foaming at the mouth with rage, his eyes and veins bulging "BASTARD! I HOPE YOU ENJOYED COMING BACK TO LIFE BECAUSE YOU'RE ABOUT TO DIE ALL OVER AGAIN!" he crushed a rock in his hand and chucked it at Goku.
"Nope." Goku just moved his head to the side to avoid the attack "You've got a lot of strength there, I'd be a lot more impressed if you knew what to do with it."
"I AM A MEMBER OF AN ELITE WARRIOR CLASS! I WILL NOT BE MADE A FOOL OF BY SOME WORTHLESS BOTTOMFEEDER! YOU'LL BE BEGGING FOR DEATH BY THE TIME I'M DONE WITH YOU!" Nappa stalked his way towards Goku as his rage continued to grow, until…
"DAMMIT NAPPA USE YOUR HEAD!" Vegeta's sharp command caused Nappa to stop in his tracks "Don't let his nonchalant attitude get under your skin, that's what's giving him such a big advantage! Calm down and think for once in your life!"
Nappa paused and took a moment to follow Vegeta's instructions, which caused the bulging in his veins to subside considerably "Yeah you're right, thanks Vegeta. I almost lost my composure for a minute."
'It was a lot more than that you brick-headed spastic, with the way things are going I'll have to step in and finish this myself.'
"Alright, I think I'm good now." with his composure restored, Nappa turned his attention back over to Goku "I gotta give you credit where it's due, it was a pretty sneaky move there getting me all worked up like that, but that's not gonna fly from here on out though. From here on out, I'm a machine."
"Is that right?" Goku gave a small smirk "Now that's what I like to hear, go ahead and show me what you've got."
"With pleasure. You sure like to talk big now, don't you?"
'It's not just talk you idiot.' Vegeta's scowl only deepened 'Any halfwit with more brain cells than you could see he's got the confidence to back it up.'
"Now then, I think it's about time for you to see for yourself just what happens when I decide to get serious." Nappa got into a stance and started powering up with enough force to shake the entire battlefield "And you're about to find that out, courtesy of a little something I like to call, the Volcano Explosion!" he raised his right hand up with two fingers pointed, releasing a white Exploding Wave that engulfed Goku in an instant.
'That was a close one!' Goku blitzed into the air to avoid the blast itself, using the smoke as a sort of cover 'He's definitely doing a lot better than before, which means I shouldn't drag this out for too long.'
"I can see you up there!" Nappa burst into the air and began clashing with Goku, and they began trading even blows, showing how much more precised and focus his attacks were, before they broke away "So how do you like me now Kakarot?"
"You definitely weren't kidding about what you said, this is much more like it."
"Much more like it huh? Let's see if you can keep saying stuff like that, because you're about to have those words crammed right back down your throat, compliments of my own in the form of my Break Cannon!" on that note, Nappa opened his mouth up wide and used it to fire a giant Ki wave at Goku.
'Crap! KamehameHA!" Goku fired a quick Kamehameha as fast as he could to counter the Break Cannon, resulting in a brief beam struggle that eventually resulted in an explosion, which released a smokescreen and shockwave that covered the entire battlefield.
"What the hell?!" Vegeta was forced to cover himself from the backlash of the explosion, with the others doing the same "He's a freak of nature, no one with their head on straight would try to strike back so quickly at such a close range!"
"Oh god, my throat…" Nappa finished firing his Break Cannon and breathed a small sigh "I hate when it does that, but at least that little traitor is finally- WHAT?!"
As it turns out, the smoke cleared away to reveal Goku with his guard up, having not taken even a single scratch from the blast "I gotta admit, that one was a lot closer than I would've liked. If I had taken that blast head on, I probably would've wound up in pretty bad shape right now."
"But that was my… my ultimate technique and you just brushed it aside, like it was just some old plaything!"
"You're definitely a lot tougher than I thought you were gona be. I figured that Kamehamhea was gonna do at least a little bit of damage to you. It doesn't look like either of us are gonna make too much headway at this rate."
"Are you kidding me?!"
"That's enough Nappa, it's time for you to back down!" Vegeta barked at him from his place on the ground "I believe that traitor has already proven himslf to be your match."
"What?!" Nappa shot a pissed off glare at Vegeta, only for him to not even flinch.
"Don't give me that look. Thanks to the monumental incompetence you've displayed here today, it seems that I have no choice but to step in and finish Kakarot off myself."
"Aw man, seriously?"
"Okay, that's definitely not good." Tien shared a look with Gohan and Krillin 'Looks like the short one is done staying on the sidelines. Even the big one is scared of him, so I guess Piccolo's theory about him being the stronger of the two was right after all.'
"Well it's official, this completely sucks." Nappa let out a snarl as he turned to face Goku "I can't believe I actually have to turn over your execution to Vegeta, but orders are orders. Trust me, he'll be more than enough to rip you to shreds for good… But still, I can't just walk away from this without snapping at least one more neck!" and so he began to make a beeline towards the ground… specifically towards where Tien, Gohan and Krillin were huddled together.
"Guys hang in there! Dammit, I've gotta move!" Goku was quick to chase after Nappa, only to find himself a short distance behind 'Crap this is bad, I'm not gonna make it in time!'
"This might be our shot, both of you get behind me!" Tien ushered Gohan and Krillin behind him just as Nappa closed in and prepared to fire another Break Cannon, and he placed his hands together in a triangle as he began building Ki "Tri-"
"Kaioken!" Goku's aura turned crimson as he shot forward at bliding speed and rammed directly into Nappa's back, then blitzed to the ground and caught Nappa in one hand, before he threw him over to Vegeta, leaving everyone speechless and Nappa in agonizing pain "There, now he won't be able to fight anymore."
"It… It hurts…" Nappa was barely able to speak through the pain "It really hurts…"
"Yeah, now take your injured friend and get off this planet. This is the only chance I'm giving you right now, so go back to where you came from right now."
'What in the hell did I just witness?' Vegeta studied Goku intently through gritted teeth 'For just an instant, his speed and power both skyrocketed.'
"I guess that's a no. Figures." Goku breathed a sigh as he turned to the others "Are you guys alright?"
"Y-Yeah, we're okay." Krillin took a shaky step forward "But Goku, how the hell did you pull that off? Was that one of the new techniques you learned from King Kai while you were off training with him?"
"Actually yeah, it's called the Kaioken." Goku turned around to the others and spiked his aura as it turned crimson again "By controlling every ounce of Ki you have in your body, you're able to amplify it for a short burst, and when you do it correctly, your power speed, and both destructive and defensive force can all be doubled or more." and then the Kaioken subsided.
"Sounds like quite the remarkable technique." Tien spoke up from where he was analying Goku using the Kaiokn "But it raises the question: If you can amplify your power to such a degree that you could take down the likes of that Saiyan with a single blow, then why not just use it the first second you got here? It seems like a lot of the fighting could've been avoided… unless any of the potential drawbacks were too severe for you to use it too recklessly."
"That's about right, and using it right away wasn't really an option for me. If I don't stay in total control while I'm boosting my, then I could've ended up really screwing myself up. King Kai told me all of this when he first taught m how to use the Kaioken. Given how strong I am right now, I can't risk using it too much at any single point, because like he said, losing control of it at any point could've really screwed me up. It's why he said that I shouldn't risk going for more than doubling my power. If I go beyond that, it's gonna be putting more strain on my body than I can actually handle and it would end up backfiring on me."
"So in other words, it acts as a sort of double-edged sword." Tien frowned in thought for a moment, then gave a small smirk "I'll be sure to remember that for myself."
"Okay? Not sure why, I'm the one who learned the technique."
"Now's not really a good time to explain, given the current situation." Tien shot a hardened glare over at the Saiyans "One of them might be down, but we still have one more to deal with, and if we're right, he's even stronger than the other one."
"V-Vegeta… please… help me…" using what little strength he had, Nappa slowly reached one of his giant hands up to Vegeta, and was met with a grip, to which he gave a small smile "Thanks for that boss…"
"...Sure thing, no problem." Vegeta suddenly gave a menacing smirk as he tightened the grip he had on Nappa's hand, then suddenly hurled him into the air, leaving Goku and the rest stunned at the sight.
"What the hell is wrong with you?! Vegeta! VEGETA!"
"When in the hell have you ever known me to have any sort of compassion?! That sort of thing only makes you weak! Besides I have no use for a paralyzed Saiyan, you're as good as dead weight as you are now!" on that note, Vegeta began firing electricity around his chest, then coverted it into a bluish white aura around the rest of his body.
'You've gotta be kidding me, he's packing so much power!' Goku was forced to brace himself for the shockwaves Vegeta was putting out, with the others clinging onto him on instinct "Everyone hold on!"
"Now die like the worthless trash you are! Galaxy Breaker!" and then Vegeta thrusted his chest forward and fired an enormous Ki wave at Nappa, causing him to scream in pain, then contort violently before he was vaporized in the enormous explosion that followed, blowing away a large amount of the surrounding landscape in the process. With Nappa out of the picture, he cast a glance over at his opponents.
As it turns out, Goku had managed to hoist Gohan, Tien and Krillin into the air to avoid the backlash of the Galaxy Breaker "You guys okay?"
"Y-Yeah, I think so…" Krillin cast a horrified look down at Vegeta "He's a total psycho… He just killed his own partner for no reason!"
"I… I know…" Goku cast an uneasy look down at Vegeta, then turned to the others as he let them float on their own "Gohan, Tien, Krillin, listen closely. I want all of you to hurry and go back to Master Roshi's house right now. You understand?"
"Goku, I…" Krillin paused as he looked at Vegeta, then back at Goku "Yeah, I think we all get it at this point. You heard what your dad said Gohan, now let's get moving?"
"What? But I, uh…" Gohan was left stunned for a moment.
"I hate to say it Gohan, but he's right…" Tien gritted his teeth in frustration "As much as I hate to say it, we'd be even more useless against this Saiyan than we were the other one. If we stick around at this point, the only thing we'll be doing is getting in your father's way. He'd be stuck worrying about us instead of worrying about himself. Right now, the best thing we can do is go back and give him the space he needs to concentrate and do what he has to do."
"I know, but… are you guys really sure?"
"Sorry Gohan, but Krilli and Tien are right." Goku told him "This guy is proving to be a lot more powerful than I thought he was gonna be. I'm gonna need to focus on him all I can."
"But…" Gohan looked between the others for a moment, then gave a small scowl as he looked down "Okay fine, I guess I understand…"
"Don't worry son, I'll be done before you know it."
"Actually Goku, that reminds me of something." Krillin looked up at him "You think there's any chance you could move this fight to somewhere else? Call it a hunch, but I don't think the others are gonna be too happy if their bodies get blown up before we have the chance to wish them back to life." he was met with various looks from the others.
"Wish them back to life? But Piccolo is dead, which means that Kami is too. As much as I hate to say it Krillin, without them the Dragon Balls are gone forever. There's no way any of them will ever be able to have another chance at life."
"I'm not entirely sure. We might actually see about that pretty soon."
"Wait, what?" Tien looked over at Krillin as his gaze hardened "Do you know something that we don't?"
"It's more of a theory than anything else, I'll explain later. But promise me this." Krillin turned his gaze back to Goku "Promise me that you're gonna beat that bastard into the ground and come back to us in one piece."
"So try not to die again, got it. Then again, it's not like I have too much of a choice in the matter, now do I? Don't worry, I'll be sure to do my best."
"Alright Kakarot, enough with the stalling!" Vegeta barked at him from the ground "Let's get on with this already! What happened to all of that enthusiasm, or are you just planning on how to run away like a pathetic coward?"
"Okay, I'll be sure to try and move this guy as far away from this place as I possibly can, so that no one else gets caught in the crossfire, and I'll be seeing the two of you really soon. But you guys make sure to stay safe too, okay?"
"Right." Tien shared a look with Krillin, then both of them held out their hands to Goku "Just one last thing before we go. I just wish we didn't have to leave the fate of the world up to you alone again, but even so… Don't even think about dying on us today. I think you and I should have another proper match when this is all said and done, don't you agree?"
"...Yeah. You can count on that when this is over." Goku gave a grin as he gave clasped hands with both Tien and Krillin "Just make sure to take care yourselves until then."
"And dad? Just be careful." Gohan looked slightly tearful as he clung onto Goku's leg, only to be met with an affectionate hand on top of his head.
"Hey here's an idea Gohan, once I wrap things up here, what do you say that the two us head out and go fishing together again?"
"Really?" Gohan's face lit up like a Christmas tree "Y-Yeah, that sounds fun."
"Sounds like a plan." Goku gave one last grin, before his gaze hardened as he made his way back towards the ground.
"Took you long enough to come back down." Vegeta let out a chuckle "I take now that you've finally realized that there's no point in being afraid of the inevitable."
"I didn't think there was, I was just looking for a little change of scenery. This area is getting a little bit… corpsy I guess, so what do you say we finish this somewhere else?"
"Hm… Fine by me, as far as I'm concerned it doesn't really make a difference."
"Works for me." and so Goku took off into the distance, with Vegeta trailing only slightly behind him the whole way 'I guess I shouldn't be surprised by him, he's about as confident as they can get.'
All the while, Gohan could only watch Goku disappear into the distance with tears brimming in his eyes 'Bye dad… and good luck…'
"Come on Gohan, we should get going." Tien drew his attention "We have a fair distance to go before we can get to Master Roshi's. Your father has this covered, don't worry. If there's one thing I've learned since I met your dad, it's that he always pulls through in the end, one way or another."
"I know, but…"
"Hey it's out of our hands now, we turned the fate of the world over to him. It's gonna be okay, I'm sure Goku is gonna beat that Saiyan down no problem." Krillin gave a reassuring smile as he floated over to Gohan and patted him on the shoulder "Now in the meantime, what do you say we head home to a nice cooked meal and show your mom that you're okay?"
"O-Okay… I guess that works."
"Great. Maybe watch a movie or something to pass the time."
"I can get behind that, just let me log into my Netflix account on Master Roshi's TV and then we should be good to go." Tien was about to fly off in the direction of the Kame House, only to stop when he noticed the looks Krillin and Gohan were giving him "What?"
"Wait, you have a Netflix account?" Krillin blinked a few times "I thought you wre all about that whole "being enlightened" and turning into a hermit thing."
"Of course I am. I'm a hermit in training, that doesn't mean I'm a savage." Tien ignored the comical looks he was getting and promptly took off in the direction of Kame House, with Gohan and Krillin close behind him 'I hate to say it, but Goku really is the only chance we have to beat that Saiyan… but based on what I just learned from him, assuming this works, there might be a chance to turn the tide further in our favor, at least a little bit…'
Power levels:
Tien (post meditation): 1,200
Tien (Multi Form, ¼ strength each): 300 each
Tien (Multi Form, ⅓ strength each): 400 each
Tien (Multi Form, ½ strength each): 600 each
Tien (post meditation, post Multi-Form, Tri-Beam) 3,600
Tien (post Senzu Bean): 1,830
Krillin: 1,770
Piccolo (without weights): 3,500
Gohan: 980
Gohan (rage Masenko): 2,800
Gohan (post Senzu Bean, Zenkai): 1,200
Goku (suppressed): 5,000
Goku: 8,200
Goku (Kaioken): 16,400
Nappa: 4,000
Nappa (full power): 7,000
Vegeta (suppressed): 16,000
A/N:
Okay truth be told, so far there hasn't been much in the way of changes from canon, at least as far as this chapter goes. Just because Tien is the main character doesn't mean he can change everything about everything, but he does have a hell of a cool arsenal of techniques going for him that was never really touched on after OG Dragon Ball ended, so I'm trying to show as much variety with his moveset as I can here. Examples include the Multi-Form, the Ki Blast Cannon and the Volleyball Fist, along with, as is to be expected, the Tri-Beam.
Oh and just throwing this out there, Goku actually demonstrating the Kaioken when he explains it to the others is important. You'll see why within the next chapter or two. Trust me when I say that I've thought this through.