Of course, after explaining all that had happened with the Saiyans, the sadness came in clutch, especially since I told them the bad news first.
"We can't see any of them again! Yamcha!" Puar cried in tears as Launch, her being in her blonde form, was actually crying her eyes out as well.
"No, there is still a chance," Krillin said, which made the group look in confusion, but sadness.
"W-What do you mean?" Launch asked with a sniff in her eyes.
"When the Saiyans and us had a cease-fire waiting for Goku, they said that they recognized Piccolo as being something called a Namekian. And that there's apparently an entire planet filled with them! Now, to make it there, we'd need to use a special spaceship, which I've learned we have three possible options. Nappa's salvaged Spaceship, my personal craft that I stashed in a secret location, and whatever ship Piccolo used to get to this planet when he was still a demon king," I explained, that making the group gawk.
"B-But then where is it? And how long will we need to be gone for this adventure?" Bulma asked in surprise.
"Well, I could find out... Hey, King Kai? Do you know anything about this?" Goku asked, us then hearing a voice in our heads.
"Oh, yes, indeed! A planet that exists in the North Quadrant, about 34 Light Years away from Planet Earth!" said the voice of King Kai, that making Bulma gawk and then start doing calculations.
"What?! Impossible! Compared to our spacecraft to the Saiyans' ships, if we were to use the basic craft that my dad makes, it'd take almost 4400 years! So... how fast does your craft go, Sally?" Bulma gawked.
"My craft travels faster than light, and it travels 400 times faster! In order for it to reach that planet, it would take an average of a little over a month to arrive to the planet, roughly 32 days and 4 hours," I smirked, that making the science woman gawk. "And that's also the same speed that the Saiyan ships move at. And lucky us, I had my Battle Brigade members salvage Nappa's ship and take it the whole way to Capsule Corp. While we prepare to go to Namek in my personal craft, Mister Briefs can get to making a second craft specifically tailored for training," I said, which made the group confused.
"Why are we not going in your mothership, again? It should be large enough for all of us, right?" Krillin asked, me frowning at that.
"My mothership's been on standby mode for quite awhile, so it'll need about 2 days' time to recharge to full. But above all that, my craft is unfortunately power-specific. If a power level stronger than a certain amount is all congregated on the ship, the ship won't move. That's why I only allow one group to train at a time. Its limit for maximum power on board is 2.1 million. So, as I have a much higher level of power now than I used to have, I'll need to have it so that one group goes on that craft while I go in another craft without that restriction," I described.
"Wow... you got stronger than you used to be?" Bulma asked.
"I did, but I'm still a pacifist at heart. We need to get a group to Namek on that craft and then I'll arrive in a different one. As for Goku, I think for him, we should have his craft be created by Doctor Briefs and, after that, he trains the whole trip. Because his current base power has risen to 50K," I said, which made the group shocked.
"How did he get that strong?!" Oolong gasped.
"Because of one other secret specific to Saiyans. If they get revived from an attack that would've killed them, their power spikes exponentially. Goku was very badly damaged when he went against Vegeta's Great Ape form, so now he's gotten a massive power upgrade. So. Are we all in agreement with the rules I've stated?" I said, the group nodding before Goku spoke up.
"If you're that strong, then why didn't you do anything to stop the deaths from our friends?" Goku asked, me sighing after.
"Let's just say, some explanations are better left unsaid..." I sighed, that making him frown as I then looked at Gohan. "But enough about that. We need to contact Chi-Chi and let her know everything as well. She's probably worried sick," I said, that making Goku finally smile.
"Maybe she can make us some food. I'm gonna need some now that I'm alive again," Goku smirked.
"Dad, you're always hungry," Gohan chuckled as he finally started to stir. "Where am I?... I don't sense Vegeta anywhere... did we defeat him?" Gohan asked with a small smile.
"Indeed we did, Gohan. And you dealt the finishing blow," I said, him looking surprised before I spoke. "And no, it didn't kill him. He escaped, but only because I let him live," I said.
"And why would you do that? He killed Tien, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo and yet you let him go?" Launch frowned angrily.
"He was simply inducted into the wrong side of the family tree. He now has someone to hate even more than us. My brother, who ruined his life in the far past," I frowned.
"I see... you mean your family you escaped from, right? What if they show up on this planet while we're off to Namek?" Bulma asked.
"They wouldn't have any reasoning to, since the Dragonballs were gonzo because of Piccolo. I just hope that the Namekians would be kind enough to let us use the Dragonballs on Namek," I said with a sigh.
I expected a thorough tongue-lashing from Chi-Chi when we finally got back home. I expected her to be furious at the fact that I needed to have Gohan come with us to Namek in order to get our friends back that had died at the hands of the Saiyan invaders. And I expected her to be furious at the fact that Gohan had managed to become even stronger than Goku in his strongest state.
But no. She simply gave me a hug and said she was glad that everyone was safe, and that I just promise that we'd stay safe while we go to Planet Namek. I simply nodded at this and placed Katie into a radio that was in the main living room.
"Katie, while I'm on Namek, I want you to tune this radio to match my Scouter signature. I'll give consistent updates to Chi-Chi about our progress upon touching down on Namek. Okay?" I smiled, my Ai friend then responding happily.
"You can count on me!" she said before then tuning the radio on her own, finding different channels and frowning at how they had a lot of weird music... and then one final turn that made me gasp.
"IIIIIII! AAAAAAMMM! CANNIBAL! CANNIBAL! I'll eat you up!" the song sung, which the tune then turned right after that.
"Um... what's a cannibal?" Gohan asked, me smacking my face.
"Uggghhh... it's a very very bad thing, that's what I can say. It's when someone decides to eat those of their own kind."
"Yuck! That's just sick! Why would she sing about that?" Gohan asked.
"I'm just shocked that the song was from before I was reborn, but sung by a different singer," I frowned.
"I think I heard that voice before. That was Arale, an android that I met when I was just a kid. Luckily not made by the Red Ribbon Army and made by a super intelligent doctor that wanted her to protect the planet... unfortunately, I have no idea how strong that kid is," Goku said.
"So she's been a kid since you were? And she sounded like a kid there as well... which makes it a little worse... hmm..." I frowned as I then tried to use my Scouter to search out a kid with a high power level. And of course, only Gohan was around. But then, I pushed a button to sense for horespower levels, which is what I used when sensing the power of AI and robotic foes, as there were certain planets I met that had robotic denizens. And after doing this, I then sensed... a super-duper high power level! It was equivalent to 10 million horsepower, which I'd discovered was 10 times thier ki power. So she was actually 1 million, just as strong as Frieza in his final form before going all out!
"Found her, and only by sensing for horsepower as opposed to ki power. She's... in a mountainous region, along with a power that's significantly less," I smiled.
"Are you suggesting we recruit her?" Gohan asked, me nodding at him.
"While Bulma works on getting trained by Mister Popo to speak Namekian tongue for the spaceship used by Piccolo, we're going to recruit this girl. Arale was her name, right?" I smiled, Goku nodding. "As for you, Goku, you are okay with coming a little after we leave, right? It'll still take about 3 days time until Doctor Briefs finishes your ship."
"Fine by me, just be careful on the way," Goku smirked, me nodding as I then went over to find Arale, us going to the area that held Goku's fight against Buyon and the Red Ribbon Army when he was a kid.
"So what is she going to look like?" Gohan asked, him joining me in the process alongside Goku.
"She'll look like a little girl with a baseball cap, overalls, and two large horns underneath her purple hair. And she's as big as Gohan," Goku explained, us then going to the area in question and the duo looking confused.
"Strange... how come we can't sense where she is? Didn't you say she was super strong?" Gohan asked in confusion.
"It's because she's an android. AKA, a robot. As such, she can't be sensed with ki. You can only sense it if you have one of my special scouters, which has a special setting to sense for Horespower. And though her horsepower is 10 million, her actual power is much less," I frowned, being inspecific for obvious reasons. I then used the Scouter and eventually found said girl tending a field alongside a man with a very big head.
"Hey! It's Eighter! I didn't know he was friends with Arale!" Goku smirked, me then lowering myself down to the duo, followed by Gohan and Goku, the duo looking at me in surprise before looking at Goku.
"Oh! Mister Goku! You came to visit, haha!" Arale giggled, him nodding at her.
"Yeah, and we wanted to ask if you could help us with something very important," Goku said, which Arale looked confused by.
"Um... I'm not sure I follow... can you explain?" We then told her of the recent case of events with the Saiyans and how they killed Piccolo, meaning we couldn't wish anyone back to life unless we found a new set of Dragonballs. And we had reason to believe there were some on Namek, a planet far away.
"I see... so you want me to tag along to go to Namek, then?" she asked, me then getting... a bright idea!
"Actually, we wanted to ask you to do something else," I said, which made her and Goku confused. "See, with all of us stronger people being gone for up to a whole 2 to 3 months, someone needs to stay behind in case any bad guys show up. And that's where you come in. I'm asking if you can protect this planet from any evil that threatens the lives of everyone on the planet," I explained, which made her smile at.
"I wish I could, but I can't really find them too well. I can't sense power levels, but I am strong enough to beat them up," Arale admitted. And it was then that I proceeded to hand her something that I had in my bag. A spare Scouter, my model version.
"Then use this. I've edited it to be able to use English language with the touch of a button, and it can help you sense any power level from anywhere on Earth! From here all the way to Pluto, you can sense power levels with this very nifty device," I said, Arale gawking in awe at it as she then wore it on her ear and then looked inside of the visor.
"Haha! This is so cool! You're actually stronger than Goku is! And so is the kid!" Arale smiled.
"Well, if we're being honest here, I transform to get weaker and Gohan can only get that strong after transforming into Super Saiyan," I explained, Goku smirking at that.
"Speaking of, could you explain what that whole thing is? You know, Super Saiyan?" he asked, me nodding.
"It's a trait that only a Saiyan can do. It varies depending on who uses it, but for purehearted people like you, you need to get so unbelievably furious that it causes you to go into a fit of unrelenting rage. Only then can you turn Super Saiyan. But it's not going to happen any time soon, because you aren't really the type to get mad," I smiled, him nodding.
"You're right on that much," Goku said with a smile-sigh.
"Okay, I'll protect this planet and everyone on it with my life!" Arale giggled as she then proceeded to continue the farming job with Eighter and we then proceeded to get to Capsule Corp to finish preparations for the liftoff.
It didn't take too much longer until Bulma and our groups were prepared for takeoff, with me preparing my ship for the Battle Brigade to use while I went on the Namekian ship with Bulma, Gohan, Krillin, and a certain final player, who insisted to come for backup. Someone that I'd been training just as well in combat, even though she wasn't as good at it as the others.
"So we're actually going to Namek, then? A planet filled with Piccolo's? I hope they're nicer than he was," said the adorable kitty cat shapeshifter herself. Yeah, I'd also been training Puar during our preparations for the Saiyans, but she knew her power level was much less than the Saiyans', so she sat the fight out. But she insisted to help out on Namek, which I was all for, since some of Frieza's basic troops were much weaker than any of our group.
"Indeed, we are. I'm gonna check in with the Battle Brigade," I said as I then booped my Scouter and called them up, me insisting that Katie stay back on Earth and keep in contact with Doctor Briefs as a go-to call whenever we needed to give updates. "Calling Battle Brigade. Agent Gine, you ready for launch?" I asked, her smirking after.
"Agent Gine here. All systems go and we're ready for takeoff. How about you?" she asked back.
"We're boarding right now and the systems are currently humming and ready for takeoff as well. Because of our travel being a lengthy one and us going at different angles, we'll take off about 2 minutes apart from each other. My group will go first, then yours. Ready?" I said, them nodding as we then got into the seats of the Namekian ship and Bulma then spoke the words in Namekian tongue, as taught by Mister Popo. And as for the translations? Well, I'll give translations whenever I can, but whenever they are being translated from alien tongue, I'll put the conversation in asterisks. Like this.
*Retract loading pad! Prepare for liftoff! And... Planet Namek!* Bulma said in Namekian tongue after we got into our positions, us not feeling a single thing as we took off like a rocket, traveling at nearly 40 times faster than light through the universe headlong for Namek!
"Team Briefs is on route to Namek. Battle Brigade, countdown to takeoff in T-minus 99 seconds," I said, them nodding as we then looked around the ship and simply got comfy. Bulma more so, as she simply got into a recliner she summoned from a capsule and immediately grabbed a soda from our fridge.
"Yeesh, Bulma, I know we're gonna be staying in one place for a long while, but don't you think that drinking soda and slouching is gonna be bad for your figure?" I asked, her frowning at me.
"I'm not used to all the constant training. It makes me feel weird whenever I'm looking at myself in a mirror and I see that I have pecs and biceps now," she frowned.
"Better that you learn to protect yourself in case bad guys attack us... wait... hold on..." I frowned as I then sensed in my Scouter as we kept going... and I gawked at what it picked up! I was picking up a transmission from none other than Frieza!
"Guys, lower power levels immediately. And keep them as low as possible from here on out for the remainder of our travels," I said, them looking confused.
"Why? Is there something going on?" Krillin asked, but everyone listened regardless, same with me lowering my power to a measly 400. None of Frieza's mooks were weaker than 1.5K, so I had to keep it lower than that.
"My Scouter is picking up transmissions from other Scouters. And it isn't the Battle Brigade. It's picking up transmissions... from my older brother, Frieza," I frowned, which the others gawked at.
"Y-You mean the one that hired those Saiyans in the first place? And the one you say kills entire planets for real estate?" Bulma gasped, me nodding at her.
"Yes, that very same monster. It sickens me to be a part of that family... and he's... oh no..." I frowned as I picked up a conversation, me then playing it out loud via a hologram. But one that I wasn't on the receiving call of, so he couldn't see us.
"Haha! If what Vegeta's transmissions say is true, then a Namekian is required to have Dragonballs? If they're still alive on that planet, I can finally achieve a gift worthy of my lineage! Immortality for the mighty Frieza! And no one can possibly stop me," Frieza snickered... and then, I gawked as I picked up another transmission... and this one was coming from nearby as well! And it was on a different radio wave than Frieza's! It was using a version of the Scouter that was based on the ones I commissioned!
"He's a monster..." Krillin gawked at the power he had in base form, it being up to 500K in his weakest form.
"Hold on, guys... I'm getting a transmission from an unknown source, and this one is from a different person calling me specifically... keep quiet while I answer them," I said as I then answered the random call. "Who is this?" I asked into the Scouter on the private call.
"Hmph. Should've expected it to be you lot," said the voice of Vegeta, which shocked everyone in our pod, but they kept absolutely silent.
"Heh. Never thought I'd see the day where you gave me a private call, Vegeta," I said, him speaking after.
"Shut it, there's a more powerful threat coming and we both know who it is," he spoke, me gawking at that.
"Are you... you're seriously wanting to team up with us to defeat Frieza?" I asked, him then answering after.
"Don't go spreading it around. I'm only in this for one purpose. To stop Frieza from wishing for immortality. If he did so, everyone would perish as no one could kill him. As much as I hate the idea of teaming up with a bunch of lower class warriors, our only chance is to work together to stop Frieza before he kills anyone," Vegeta frowned, me nodding at that. As for the others, they were simply left speechless. But then, Puar spoke up.
"Why should we trust you when you killed our friends, including my beloved Yamcha?!" Puar asked in anger, which Vegeta frowned at.
"Hmph. If you refuse to team up, then know that we're never going to defeat him. Especially since, while I was preparing to follow after him, I looked into the records of his maximum strength in secret. And it's not 1 million. It's much higher. 6 million at maximum power. And how strong are any of you at?" Vegeta asked, which made us frown as I sensed... and sensed all of our maximum output.
"Gohan can go up to 300K if in Great Ape Form, but from my research, Namek doesn't have any moons, so we can't utilize that. So his maximum on Namek will be up to 120K from our stunt on Earth. Bulma's is 4K, Puar is 3K, and Krillin's maximum is 6K... only I could fight on nearly even ground with him in full power, as my maximum would be 400 million, but the downside is that I'd be a much bigger target," I frowned, which made the group surprised.
"What?! You can get that powerful?!" Krillin asked, me sighing at that.
"Yes, but the output of all that energy is extremely dangerous. If I'm not careful on Namek, I could accidentally blow the whole place up just by stomping the ground," I frowned, them nodding at me in concern.
"Then we'll need to be as prepared as possible. I've managed to get up to 80K since our battle on Earth... what about Kakarot?" Vegeta asked.
"His power after your fight ended up rising to 55K in base form, him being able to multiply it with a special technique he learned in the afterlife. But he's also going to be training the whole trip over in a specially-made spaceship based off of Nappa's pod. And the construction won't be complete for another 3 days, so we'll need to do as much as we can in as little time as possible while we're on Namek without raising too much of a fuss with Frieza or his troops. If he noticed us at all, we'd all be dead, no questions asked."
"Yeah, don't remind me. I already have a guy tailing behind me, since he found out I betrayed Frieza. He's most likely going to rat me out to him in the process. When we meet up, we need to find those Dragonballs immediately. Where do we meet up at?" Vegeta frowned.
"Set your Scouter to sense for mine specifically and do not allow any other contacts with any of Frieza's soldiers. Once we touch down on Namek, we converge into one spot and proceed together to find the Dragonballs... but we do need to do ONE specific thing the moment we touch down," I said, which Vegeta was confused at.
"What are you suggesting?"
"We need to prevent Frieza's soldiers from sensing us at all. So we need to destroy every single one of their Scouters before they can find us. We all know that Frieza and his followers rely on those things too much," I said, Vegeta smirking at that.
"Not me anymore. You guys taught me just by beating the crap out of me," Vegeta smirked. "Once Frieza's done for, I'm coming after you," Vegeta said with seriousness.
"Really now? A temporary truce? Don't know if you know this, bud, but most of the Saiyans still remaining, save for you and two others, are all residents of Earth. Why not try to rebuild your lineage on Earth instead of slumming it on your own?" I frowned, him frowning at that.
"Hmph. I'll think about it, but no promises," he said before then cutting the connection, the others looking at me with absolute bewilderment.
"You're... uh... you're way too good at that," Krillin admitted.
"At what?" I asked.
"Talking to psychos, that's what I was going to say," Bulma pouted.
"Eh, when you grow up in a family filled with them and a whole army of people just as murderous, you learn how they tick and how to speak to them on their level. Vegeta's whole schtick is that he's the prince of the Saiyan race. And since the Saiyans are on the endangered species list, he needs to find some way to bring glory back to his family name and his pride. His ego is the most fragile of anyone I've ever met in my 150 plus years of life, as well as the nearly 39 years in my past life, when I was a mere human," I smirked.
"Wait... what? Could we learn some about that? And how long ago was that? I might know a bit about it," Puar smiled.
"Well, it's quite a story. You got about 4 weeks?" I asked, them frowning as I then chuckled. "Just kidding, it's only at most a few hours, but I can space it out if need be."
"Please," Gohan chuckled. And thus proceeded a very tense trip where we were moving just a little bit behind Frieza's ship and with Vegeta being behind us in his own ship. I just hoped that this wouldn't come back to bite me in the ass when we finally touched down on Namek.