The Return

Piccolo stood tall, bruised and injured but alive. And that was all that mattered to Gohan.

"Yeah!" Gohan exclaimed. "Piccolo! I am so glad to see you alive, sir! "

Krillin looked at Gohan with a puzzled expression.

"Gohan," Piccolo called out. "Here's something you forgot." He than tossed Gohan's sword to him.

Gohan caught the weapon with joy, taking care to grab it by the handle. He had dropped his sword while being attacked by Nappa earlier.

Yamcha's mouth was dropped open. "H-how?! I thought you were dead!"

Piccolo grinned at the scar-faced fighter. "Well, sad for you."

Nappa meanwhile had gotten up from being attacked. When he found out who the attacker was he was startled, to say the least. However, he regained his compusure. The Saiyan chuckled. "Hehehe.. so you managed to survive, did you? Well you would soon be wishing you had died instead. "

Vegeta observed Piccolo. "So what they say is true. Namekians can regenerate.."

"Well, yes I can," stated Piccolo as a matter of fact. "But what is this 'Namekian' you keep referring me to as?"

Vegeta smiled smugly. "You don't know?"

Nappa scoffed. "A namekian means someone belonging to the planet Namek, you fool. "

Piccolo looked slightly startled by the reveal. "I-I am from another planet?" But it did make sense..

Vegeta chuckled at Piccolo's surprised face. "Oh, come on. The green skin and pointy ears were a dead give-away, don't you think?"

Piccolo smirked. "Well, it doesn't matter anymore. I now belong to this planet." Piccolo then looked towards Krillin. "Krillin.. the Senzu bean.."

"You are crazy if you think I am going to give it to you!" Krillin shouted. "Not with Tien hanging on for his life!"

Piccolo gritted his teeth "Grr...don't force me.."

Gohan looked with panic as both of his friends eyed each other with anger and mistrust. The boy had to come up with something to resolve this. "Hey wait!" he yelled. "Why don't you give half each to both of them?"

Krillin was startled. "What?! "

"Please, Krillin, " shouted Gohan. "We need Piccolo to win this! "

"Oh, " said Krillin. "I guess you are right. "He turned to the green man. "Here, take this."

Krillin than threw the piece of bean at Piccolo who caught it wordlessly and ate it.

"Hmm?" Vegeta raised an eyebrow as the reading on his scouter rose before coming to a stop. 'It's the same as with Kakarot's son.' he thought. An instant-healing bean..

Krillin meanwhile had landed beside Tien.

Nappa eyed Krillin suspiciously. He now understood just what was Krillin trying to do. The Saiyan grunted. "Oh no, you don't."

Piccolo narrowed his eyes. It was time for him to jump into action. The namekian zapped out of view to reappear in front of Nappa.

Nappa was furious, his view of Tien and Krillin blocked by the green man. With a yell, he threw a punch at him.

The Saiyan gritted his teeth as Piccolo blocked his punch by crossing both of his arms. Piccolo's feet dug into the soil by the impact.

Piccolo gnashed his teeth before plowing into Nappa with a flurry of punches and kicks.

Nappa began to dodge and block the blows but in the process was getting pushed back. The Saiyan didn't want to admit it but he was getting worned out from all of the fighting he had been doing.

Krillin meanwhile had done the job.

Tien stood up, looking much better. The half Senzu bean had pulled him out of danger but it hadn't been enough to put him back to best. And judging by how even his best hadn't been able to do much to Nappa, he doubted he could contribute much in his current condition.

Tien clenched his fist in front of him. 'I have to avenge you, Chiaotzu.'

Krillin chuckled as he saw Tien get up. He could hear an alert on his phone. When he checked it out... it looked like the tables had turned.

Meanwhile, Nappa slammed a right hook into Piccolo's jaw, sending him flying.

Piccolo recovered mid-air to land on his feet and, with a growl, charged back at Nappa.

Yamcha watched the battle unfold with interest. This was their chance. Nappa seemed to be tiring out. If they ganged up on him at once they could win. It was a very slim chance, he had to admit.

"Agh!" Piccolo's eyes bulged as Nappa planted his fist into his abdomen. The Saiyan then proceeded to elbow Piccolo on the head, causing him to fall down.

Krillin laughed out loud suddenly, causing everybody to look at him. "Message from Khami, guys!" he read out from his phone. "Goku's here!"

Vegeta's brow twitched. Goku? Isn't it what they refer to Kakarot as?

Gohan looked ecstatic. "Yeah! My dad's here!"

Yamcha grinned, clenching his fist in front of him. "Up until this, it was just a trailer. The real film begins now," he said to the two Saiyans.

Nappa growled. "Why, you cocky little-"

Piccolo, meanwhile, had gotten on his hands and knees. Sweat began to shine on his forehead as he grinned. "Yes, Goku is here. And from what I am sensing, he is much stronger!"

Nappa scoffed. "Stop pretending that you can sense powerlevels without a scouter." The bald Saiyan turned towards his partner. "Hey, Vegeta. Is Kakarot really coming or what?"

Vegeta calmly raised a finger to his scouter. "Let him come. I am sure there's no need to worry even if he does show up. It just saves us the time of having to look for him," he said, pressing the button. However, as the reading on it emerged, Vegeta's mouth dropped open. '5000?' Judging from previous experience with the Earthlings he knew this wasn't his full power. "NAPPA! STOP FOOLING AROUND! QUICKLY! KILL THEM ALL!"

"Huh?" Nappa looked at Vegeta questionably. He than looked at the Namekian in front of him.

BOOM!

Nappa was sent flying and crashing into a boulder as a certain orange-clad and spiky-haired fighter landed.

Half an hour earlier...

Goku stood with Chichi, looking out of the window of his spaceship. It was time. They would be reaching Earth any minute now.

A short while later both of them braced themselves as the ship landed.

A minute later, it came to a stop. Goku and Chichi walked out in front of their home in Mount Paozu.

They both walked in. Goku checked out his smart-phone which hadn't been connecting to network ever since he set off for space but was connecting now.

The Saiyan hero was surprised to find 26 missed calls from Mr Popo. Goku called back Mr Popo's number.

...

"What?! The Saiyans are here?! This is bad! Mr Popo, send me their location, quick!"

Immediately, the Saiyan from Earth set out.

Goku surveyed the battlefield, an aura of calmness and confidence radiating from him.

Vegeta grinned. "So you finally show up, Kakarot."

To be continued...

Author's note: Yes, I know the story's name's really weird. But what's done is done. :P

Also, the story has reached the milestone of 1k views, finally. Thanks.