"T-Then…join with me…"

Piccolo stared at Nail in shock at this suggestion, but the other Namekian continued.

"I may not look like much right now…but a proud tradition dies with me. I am the only warrior Namekian left in this world."

After thinking for a few moments, Piccolo told Nail,

"As tempting as your offer is, I think I'll pass. I don't like the idea of losing myself."

Nail chuckled at this and remarked how prideful Piccolo was before telling him,

"I urge you to reconsider, son of Katas. I only have a few moments left…you must place your hand on my chest."

Piccolo was about to refuse again, but he then looked to Vegeta. He could sense the huge reservoirs of power coming from him, and knew that even with the huge gains he had gained from King Kai's training, he wouldn't stand a chance. A shocked Dende begged Nail to reconsider, but Nail smiled at him and told him,

"It's ok…this is how it was meant to be…"

Nail then turned his attention back to Piccolo, telling him,

"I assure you, my personality will evaporate, while your power will increase ten-fold, or maybe more…quickly…"

From where he was standing, Vegeta then yelled at a conflicted Piccolo.

"Hurry up and get on with it! I want to kill you at your best, Namekian!"

After a few more moments of pondering, PIccolo resigned himself and knelt down, placing a hand on Nail's chest. However, before executing the fusion, Piccolo told Nail,

"Listen here. If I think for even one second you're up to something, I'll drive you right back out!"

"H-How kind…and here I am, passing on the greatest gift a Namekian can give…"

"Yeah, that's great. Now hurry up before I get second thoughts! And no tricks."

"Just make sure that….you win…"

Nail then closed his eyes and began glowing with a blinding white light, forcing the onlookers to shield their eyes. After about half a minute, the light subsided, and Piccolo was left there panting in exhaustion. Tears flowing from his eyes, Dende then sadly said,

"Goodbye, Nail…"

After collecting himself, Piccolo soon stood up and looked at his hands in awe, his cape billowing in the wind. He and everyone else there could sense the huge boost of power that the fusion had given him. As Piccolo stared at his hands, eyes wide, he eventually exclaimed,

"Incredible…this strength…THIS UNIMAGINABLE STRENGTH!!!"

Crouching in what would have been a power up stance, he proclaimed.

"IF I HAD KNOWN THAT MERGING WITH ANOTHER BEING WOULD RESULT IN THIS KIND OF POWER, I WOULD'VE SOUGHT IT OUT YEARS AGO!!!"

He then turned to face Vegeta and yelled at him,

"ARE YOU READY TO DIE, VEGETA?!"

Vegeta laughed and got into a battle stance, his ki sense blinded by his arrogance. He then told Piccolo,

"You may be a bit stronger, BUT YOU CAN'T BEAT A SUPER SAIYAN!!!"

Vegeta then charged at Piccolo and landed a mighty punch right to his chest. However, Piccolo was only moved back a few inches. Vegeta looked up in shock, and Piccolo then punched him in the face, sending him flying. He quickly recovered himself however and charged again, only to receive a swift kick to the face from Piccolo, which sent him flying into the air.

The namekian then delivered a cataclysmic knee to Vegeta's midsection, causing the saiyan prince to feel greater pain than he ever had before in his life. He then fired a ki blast at Piccolo's face, but Piccolo wasn't even phased and extended his right arm, whacking Vegeta in the face and sending him back 10 feet. The saiyan prince then fired another one handed ki blast from his palm, which struck Piccolo dead on.

However, as the smoke cleared, Piccolo floated in place, the only damage to his body being the destruction of his turban and cape. Vegeta floated back in shock, the sheer horror causing him to revert to his base form. Now with a clear mind, Vegeta could fully sense the power gap between himself and Piccolo. Terrified, he asked the Namekian,

"You…how did you get this strong?! You were killed by Nappa with ease only a month ago!!!"

Instead of responding, Piccolo simply cracked his neck and knuckles while smirking at the saiyan prince. He then told him,

"Sorry, but you'll never know. I do have to thank you though for destroying my weighted clothes. You're really in for it now…"

Gritting his teeth, Vegeta then raised his hands over his head and began firing ki blasts at Piccolo in rapid succession. Unfortunately for the saiyan prince, all of these ki blasts had absolutely no effect on his namekian opponent. After Vegeta stopped firing the ki blasts, he looked at Piccolo in horror before the namekian charged at him, laying on a series of vicious blows that ended in him being spiked into the ground.

Vegeta then clenched his fists and struggled to his feet, muttering,

"This…this can't be happening…I am Vegeta…the prince of saiyans…"

PIccolo then floated down and told him,

"Hmph. what is a prince…to a demon?"

As this was happening, Gohan and Krillin were ecstatic seeing Piccolo's strength. Gohan happily shouted,

"Alright! We can win!"

Krillin shouted in return,

"It looks like we'll make it out of this in one piece after all!"

However, Vegeta wasn't about to accept defeat. Straining, he began powering up, and tapping into his sheer rage and need to survive, was able to tap back into his "super saiyan" form. He then began charging a galick gun. In response, Piccolo put his hands together in front of him and a yellow energy orb began appearing and disappearing in his hands.

Piccolo's golden aura and Vegeta's purple galick gun aura flared and began clashing against each other, kicking up wind and forcing the bystanders to avert their eyes. Even the planet was quaking at the sheer power being exuded by the 2 fighters. Vegeta then yelled,

"GALICK GUUUUNNNNN!!!!!"

Seeing this, Piccolo mentally said,

'This is for Goka, you bastard…'

He then shot his hands forward and yelled,

"LIGHT GRENADE!!!"

A huge ki blast shot out of Piccolo's palms, and it met Vegeta's galick gun in the middle. The 2 blasts clashed for a bit, but it was quickly made clear who the superior one was. Piccolo's light grenade ate through the galick gun, and it was only by the skin of his teeth that Vegeta managed to dodge it.

However, his shoulder was still grazed, causing him to fall to the ground in pain. Infuriated even more, he stood up and roared in fury. His power even rose a little, surprising Piccolo. However, when Vegeta charged again, his punches and kicks all bounced off of Piccolo's chest. Piccolo then punched him in the face, sending him sprawling across the floor.

He then ran up to him and kicked him in the face, then rushed forward and continued with a barrage that was supplemented by a bicycle kick, a kick into the air, and finally a mouth blast that blew Vegeta into the air. The namekian then leaped after him and kicked him even higher before looping back around and delivering a spinning kick to Vegeta's neck, sending him flying into the ground.

Once again, the saiyan prince struggled to his feet. Piccolo looked down on him with anger before flying back to the ground. He stared at Vegeta with anger before slowly walking up to him and putting his hand up to his face. He told him,

"One chance. Tell us where Goka is, and I might consider letting you go."

Vegeta spat in Piccolo's face in response, which was the response the namekian had expected. He then began charging a ki blast in his palm to finish him off. However, Vegeta then began charging energy around his body. Piccolo was momentarily taken back by this, but before Vegeta could let loose a super explosive wave, he was suddenly kicked in the face by an unknown boot and sent skidding across the ground.

All of the heroes were shocked, as they hadn't even been able to see what had happened. However, as the mysterious figure who landed the kick planted his feet on the ground, the heroes were left even more shocked. The figure was a tall, muscular man wearing what looked like Goka's 23rd tournament gi (the one with pants) but with different shoes and the kanji for Han on the back.

He also had flat hair on the back of his head, with it breaking out into various spikes on the front of said head. His most noticeable feature on the other hand was the lack of his right arm. The mysterious man then turned around, and they saw his black eyes that reminded them of Goka and that he had a scar on the left side of his face.

His eyes also seemed very intense, but softened up once he saw them. Gohan, snapping out of his stunned awe, questioned,

"Wh-who the heck is that guy?"

Just as confused as his young friend, Krillin responded,

"I don't know, but whoever he is, he's crazy strong!"

Piccolo, who easily overheard Krillin thanks to his supernatural hearing, was able to sense that clear as day. Even though this mystery man seemed to be suppressing his power, he was already much stronger than even Piccolo currently was. However, the namekian could also sense something familiar about this man.

It took him a few seconds to figure it out, but once he did, his eyes widened. It was impossible. How could this person be standing in front of him right now?! In shock, Piccolo stammered out the person's name.

"G-Gohan…?!"

Author's note: Hey guys, so this was another quite juicy cliffhanger. Just a heads up, the last of my grandads died yesterday, so I'm probably going to be taking some time off after I post this fic. So let's get to the two new power levels for this chapter.

Piccolo (Post Nail-Fusion weighted): 1,262,000

Piccolo (Unweighted): 1,590,000

Piccolo (Light Grenade): 3,498,000

Vegeta (Further weakened by Piccolo): 15,000

Future Gohan: 1,800,000 (For now…)

OK, let's start answering questions now! I've gotten around 10 more since I last updated this fic, so first I'll cover a comment I saw on chapter 9!

Dem Bones: Thank you for your compliment! To be honest, Gohan being born from a date-rape and Goka being kidnapped by Vegeta at the end of the saiyan arc were both ideas taken from Bmrdbgt's "Why Can't" series, which was a huge inspiration for this fic. What I did change was the fact that while in the "Why Can't" series, Bmrdbgt's female Goku (Rikku) left the healing room and arrived on Namek earlier than Goku, I decided to go a different path.

I felt that having the whole kidnapping thing immediately get resolved was kind of disappointing, so I decided to go my own way with it. I hope you understand.

OK, now for the other 9 comments.

DBZ Fan: Hmmm. I'm not sure how well I did that. There was a really big power gap between them, though. I'm sorry if I disappointed you.

RandomDood: Oh boy. Welp! The last part of this fic gave you your answer on that last part! Also, thank you for the praise!

Coldblue: it is indeed lucky. And you'll see what happens.

Guest: As you can see, he did in fact fuse with Nail, and it sure did pay off.

Anne 13: It has indeed been a while. I still don't have plans to bring in any other full blooded saiyans into this fic, Vegeta has gotten his butt kicked as you can see, and…I'm afraid you might end up disappointed in regards to that last part.

Jesse Chambers: Oh, sorry about that. I swear I had nothing to do with deleting your comments. I don't even think that's possible.

Guest (Not sure if it's the same guy or not): Yes it is, and yes he is.

Hmmmmm. I can't seem to find the 10th comment, so maybe I miscounted. Sorry if I didn't answer yours.

EDIT: Yeah, that last one's a bot. Not dealing with that.