5 years had passed since the fateful day of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament, the day of the final battle between Son Goku and Piccolo Jr, and the Dragon Ball Gang (or Z Fighters) have gone their separate ways for the most part while the Earth enjoyed a quiet era of peace.

That is to say, until now.

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Things were calm and peaceful at Kame House.

That is, until a certain bluenette by the name of Bulma dropped onto the island in her airship, which symbolized that the party had begun "Hello in there, hey guess who you guys!"

Krillin, Launch and Master Roshi both lit up when they saw her "Hey Bulma long time no see!"

"Yep I got your invitation so here I am."

"Oh good we weren't sure you were gonna make it, it's been way too long."

"Yeah I miss this old place, it hasn't changed a bit."

"Well there's no need for you to be such a stranger, you don't always have to wait for an invitation you know." Roshi downed some beer only to have a box shoved in his face (no not that kind of box you Roshi-minded pervs).

"Here take a look at these, I brought you guys a little bit of goodies."

"Oh well isn't that sweet of you but you didn't have to go to all of that trouble." and then he started making his way towards her cleavage "I mean just a quick sample of those other goods you're hiding would've been more than enough." he received a major conk to the head in the form of Bulma's fist, the box and his mug "Well I see you still don't know how to take a damn joke!"

"And I see that you're still just a dirty old creep!"

And then Krillin made things that much worse "Hey you know that reminds me, where's Yamcha at right now? We all figured that he'd be with you."

"Yamcha that son of a bitch, how the hell should I know?! He could be out chasing every girl in the city for all I care! I'm so done with that bastard, I didn't even tell him that we were getting together today! But who needs that guy right, we can still have fun without him."

"Yeah if you hate having a good time." and then a very familiar figure dropped down onto the ground outside of the house with another figure clinging onto his leg "Hey guys long time no see!"

"Hey Yamcha!" Krillin caught him in a guy hug "How's it going man? We haven't heard from you in Kami knows how long!"

"Sorry I've had a lot of stuff on my plate, oh hey there's someone I want you to meet." he pulled out a little kid from behind his leg, him having short kurt brown colored hair, teal eyes, a pair of glasses, a crimson red martial arts gi, a black obi, white shin guards, black wristbands and black shoes "This is my nephew Kai, Kai this is pretty much everyone else."

"Hey how's it going?" Kai waved and leaned back against a wall nonchalantly.

"Well isn't he a cute little guy." Bulma knelt down in front of him "So how old are you little guy?"

"4 and still more mature than him."

"That sounds about right. So tell us a little bit about yourself, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

"The outfit says it all the one that got away from him." he jerked a thumb at Yamcha "Or was it that he got away from you but you're too proud to admit it?"

"...Yep I'm done with the kid. So Yamcha why exactly did you bring this kid here?"

"Actually about that Bulma… can I talk to you outside for a second?" Yamcha quickly pulled her outside "He's actually my sister's kid."

"Oh yeah you mean Scarlet, how's she doing?"

"She… She's gone. She got sick a few months ago and passed away."

"What…?"

"And I can't bring her back with the Dragon Balls either, it was natural causes and his dad just ran out on him before he was even born. Frankly I always hated the bastard but we're getting off track. I couldn't do anything to save my sister so looking after her son is the least that I can do. Anyway he asked me to train him in martial arts and I just can't say no to the kid when he gives me the look. He's pretty strong for his age, he's gonna surpass me soon too. I just know it."

"Yamcha… you're a good guy."

"What can I say, you and Goku rubbed off on me."

"Clearly not that much."

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At the same time, a certain Saiyan by the name of Raditz was following his Scouter in the direction of two power levels 'Yes that's very good, this power level is moving fast in the direction of another high power level. With any luck one of them is Kakarot and then together we can take that asshole down.'

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"Hey look we're here, that's Master Roshi's house!" Goku leapt off of the Flying Nimbus and dropped to the ground with Gohan in his arms "Hey guys we're here!"

"Goku hey!" and then Yamcha and everyone else rushed outside.

"Hey guys it's been awhile."

"So… elephant in the room I'll just say it, what's with the kid? Goku just because Bulma shot you in the face and picked you up in the woods doesn't mean you can go around stealing random kids."

"Yamcha went over this, Bulma did not steal me. Anyway this is my son."

"...Say what now?"

"Yep that's right."

"Oh. Well in that case, right on man! I didn't think you had it in you!"

"Have what?" Goku set Gohan down on the ground "Come on son, say hi to them."

Gohan looked up at him, then nervously bowed to the others "Hello." this caused the others to nervously return the gesture.

"His name is Gohan."

"Gohan eh?" Roshi lit up "Oh I see what you're getting at, so you named him after your dear old grandpa did you?"

"Yep you got that right."

"I have to admit Yamcha was about right on the money, none of us ever really thought you had it in you Goku."

"You mean what you've never been able to do." Yamcha shot him a smirk.

"Oh like you could?" the smirk fell.

"And he's so cute too." Bulme knelt down in front of Gohan "So how old are you anyway?"

Gohan counted off his fingers "I'm four miss."

"Oh wow aren't you a little gentlemen?" she ruffled his hair and looked up at Goku "Are you really sure he's yours considering your little habit from when you were a kid?"

"Oh yeah that." Goku let out a chuckle "Well you can thank Chichi for that."

"Still rather surprising considering you used to touch people on the crotch. So anyway tell us some more about yourself Gohan, what do you want to be when you grow up?"

"I'm gonna be a great scholar." Gohan's voice sounded a lot like it had been rehearsed a great deal.

"...You sure you're Goku's kid?"

"Daddy did say that you'd say something like that." and then he was Turtle and quickly clung onto Goku's leg, revealing a certain something.

"Wait is that a tail?"

Goku nodded without getting any sense of the memo "Yeah I know, it's just like I used to have when I was a kid remember?"

"Oh yeah we all remember. Hey just out of curiosity Goku, have you ever noticed anything strange about your son?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh nothing too big, like does he ever do anything weird when he sees a full moon or anything like that?" asked Yamcha.

"Sees a full moon? No I don't think so but we go to bed pretty early so I don't think he's ever seen a full moon." this left them thoroughly "What's up with asking a question like that to begin with?"

"Uh… no reason, forget I ever brought it up. So what's the deal with your kid?"

"He's actually my nephew, I've been looking after him for my sister ever since she… passed away."

"...Oh. Can the Dragon Balls…?"

"No, it was natural causes."

"Oh."

"Yeah. His name is Kai and I've been training him in martial arts and he's a major prodigy with the stuff. What about Gohan though, he sure takes after you in the looks department but is he strong like you too?"

"Well it's hard to say, there are a few times every now and then when it seems like it but I can never give him any martial arts training to find out for sure. Chichi won't let me, she just explodes and then locks me out of the bedroom."

"Why not? That sure sounds like a waste to me."

"Tell me about it but Chichi just won't budge, she says that the world has been at peace for so long now that there's no reason to teach him how to fight and she just goes on a tirade about how he has to study."

"So she's a real school marm, man you think you know a woman but then she does a complete 180 on you. But have you been keeping up with your training?"

"More or less, I can tell that you've gotten a lot stronger in the past few years."

"Yeah I've been stepping up my own personal training big time, I wanna be someone that both my sister and Kai can be proud of."

"Well you're a good guy Yamcha."

"I just do what I think is right. Hey by the way is that a Dragon Ball on Gohan's hat?"

"Yeah that's the Four Star Ball, that was my grandpa's most prized possession. I put it on there to remember him by and I was even able to find the Three Star and Six Star Dragon Balls along with this one but I keep those at home."

"Man we had some crazy times searching for those things back in the day, but now you're stronger than anyone else on the entire- Holy black on a Popo and green on a Piccolo do you feel that?"

"Oh yeah I feel it." the mood had turned deadly serious "I don't know what that is but there's something coming this way, it's fast and it's powerful."

"You think it's Piccolo?"

"No I recognize his Ki signature, this is something new completely and it's way more powerful than him. Get ready guys, he's coming!"

Sure enough, at that moment Raditz dropped down to the island in all of his (at the moment) intimidating glory "Power levels at 334 and 350, that means that my previous assumption was correct. So we finally get the chance to meet, you've really grown but even at a glance I could tell that it was you… Kakarot."

"Kaka-what?"

"My how you take so much after our father."

"Wait what?"

"What is this guy talking about?" asked Yamcha "Goku do you know this guy?"

"I don't have a clue."

"Don't act so dumb Kakarot." Raditz let out a scoff "What the hell have you been doing here all these years? Your mission was to terminate every native life form so why the hell haven't you done your job?"

"...Huh?"

"Oh for f*ck's sake it's like dealing with father when he's drunk. How do you think I got this down here?" he pulled down his armor and revealed a deep scar on his torso.

"Alright I've had enough of this." Yamcha stepped forward and got into a fighting stance "I don't have a clue who you are and I don't really care but I think I speak for everyone when I say that we've heard enough so get out of here already or do I have to point you in the right direction?"

"Yamcha get back!" Goku barked.

"What I can deal with this-"

"No you really can't." Raditz revealed a shocking secret, that being that he had a tail, and used it to bitch slap Yamcha through Kame House "I'll give you points for effort though, but not really much else."

"Yamcha!" Goku prepared to round on Raditz, only to freeze at the sight of his tail 'This guy… he has a tail? Just like Gohan… Just like I did…'

"Yes that's right, very good Kakarot. You've finally realized who I am."

"I have what are you saying? I don't have any idea who you are or what the heck you're talking about!" he gestured for Bulma to take Gohan back out of harm's way.

"Oh for crying out loud Kakarot, have you lived on this planet for so long that you've forgotten even that?"

"My memory is fine and you can quit calling me this Kaka-whatever it is that you're trying to say, my name is Son Goku."

"What the hell happened to you?!"

"What do you mean?"

"Daddy!" Gohan rushed out to Goku and clung onto the back of his leg.

"Gohan stay back, this guy is dangerous."

"Hey focus!" Raditz barked "Tell me something, did you suffer any serious blows to the head when you were young?"

"Wait what?" this got Roshi's attention.

"] I'm asking you if you ever hit your head when you were still a little kid you idiot now did you or not?"

"Yes I did but it was when I was really little, I don't really remember anything about it very well okay."

"I see, that actually explains it."

"Explains what, what are you talking about?"

"Goku listen to me." Roshi got their attention "There's something that your grandfather told me once a long time ago that I think you should know. A long time ago your Grandpa Gohan was walking through the woods when he came upon a strange looking object that appeared to have fallen from the sky, when he went to examine this object more closely he found a baby boy with a tail sealed inside of a little round pod. Gohan decided to take the boy home and raise him as his own but the boy had an angry and violent nature and before long the old man was at wits end with him. But then one day there was a terrible accident, the child fell into a deep ravine and hit his head. The injury was nearly fatal but somehow miraculously the boy had survived, and what's more is that from that point onwards he was no longer as violent as he once was. From then on he became a happy and loving boy."

"...That boy was me wasn't it?"

"Yes."

"But if that's true then what does it mean, are you saying that I have some kind of connection with this guy? How is that even possible?" Goku promptly rounded on Raditz "You know I think it's time you did some explaining, first of all who are you?"

Raditz let out a chuckle "Let's start at the top. The truth of the matter is that you're not of this world Kakarot. For starters the fact of the matter is that you're not of this world Kakarot, you were born on a distant planet known as Vegeta the home of the Saiyan race, the most powerful warriors in the universe. You are one of us." this left everyone speechless "And as for your other question my name is Raditz, I'm your brother."

"What?!"

"Kind of ironic when you think about it." Kai glanced up at Yamcha "You once said that you doubted He With the Palm Tree for a Head was even human, I guess I owe you 20 bucks for that little wager."

"You really have to pick your moments kid." Yamcha pointed out dryly "Besides how do you know he's not joking?"

"Well if it is a joke then it's not funny." Goku rounded on Raditz "That's insane, if I'm really some kind of alien like you say then what the heck am I doing here on Earth?"

"Well it's not hard to understand Kakarot, you were sent here with a relatively simply by our standards mission not long after you were born, which was to destroy all life that existed on this planet."

"What?!"

"Hey don't get mad at me, I don't make the rules. Anyway we Saiyans are a proud warrior race but we're also what you might call businessmen. You see we're part of an organization known as the Planet Trade Organization, we scour the universe in search of planets with habitable environments and then use our abilities to eliminate the native lifeforms and once it's clear the planets are then sold to any alien race that's willing to pay the price. For those planets whose inhabitants have high power levels adult Saiyans, but to planets like this one whose life forms are of very low average power levels we send our infants. This is mainly how you first came to this planet Kakarot."

"So you're saying that aside from the inhumane purging what you guys do is some kind of real estate?" asked Kai.

"In a manner of speaking yes. Anyway Kakarot we had expected you to be able to liquidate the population of this world. But on the other hand it seems that you've grown accustomed to their ways of life and of battle, if you hadn't lost your memory then you would most likely have completed your mission rather easily. Especially considering the massive size of the moon on this planet."

"Hang on a second, what are you talking about?" asked Goku "What does the moon have to do with anything."

"Kakarot you've lived on this planet for your entire life so you should know, the full moon is the key to unlocking the full potential of a Saiyan." this one statement left Yamcha, Bulma, Krillin and Master Roshi all looking horrified.

"Maybe I am an idiot because you still aren't making any sense to me!"

"Okay first of all I never said you were an idiot so those are still your own words, second of all you should've found it plenty of times by now- Oh no. No no no. No no no no no no no! NO NO NO NO! Kakarot your tail!"

"...Say what now?"

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO YOUR TAIL?!"

"Oh that thing? It got cut off a long time ago, what does that have to do with anything?"

"Okay you living your life on this planet without living under Frieza's rule is something that I applaud you for, but that is crossing the line. At least that explains how these humans have been able to accept you as well as they have."

"What does that mean?"

"It's not another Saiyan thing Kakarot, people simply fear and hate things that they do not understand. I've learned this from personal experience, and that's why it's so comforting to know that you've been spared from the same prejudice."

"You… Why did you come here?"

"Kakarot… I-"

"Raditz." this was when another figure dropped down onto the island, this one appearing as another Saiyan like Raditz, this one being a slim build Saiyan with black hair, prominent cheekbones and a tail. He wore a blue jumpsuit and wristbands, white boots, a waist belt holder, and a different style of armor, a devious smirk plastered across his face "So Kakarot lost his tail did he? I suppose that explains how he fits in with these worthless inhabitants of this world, but then again all we have to do what we must."

"That's enough!" Goku finally lost his temper "Even if it is true and I'm some kind of alien from another planet or even if one you really is my older brother it doesn't matter, if anyone would do the horrible things that you've said then they're no friends of mine! My name is Son Goku and this is my home and the two of you aren't welcome here!"

'Kakarot… such passion and fire in his eyes… he really is like father…' Raditz clenched his fist and gritted his teeth "Beets let's go, Kakarot clearly has no intention of joining us so let him rot out here." he shot Goku a subtle glance and a wink 'I guess this is all I can do for you as your older brother.'

"Whatever my past may be these people are my friends and I've saved this entire world, would an alien warrior do that?"

"No I suppose he wouldn't. You have the same fire in your eyes as our mother and yet on the surface you look like our father."

"Spare us the theatrics." Beets shut them up "It's going to take more than some simple brotherly spat to make us leave, or at least me considering Raditz is such a weak hearted disgrace and a failure. Powerful though we might be we Saiyans have been few in numbers for quite a long time now, quality over quantity you might say, what's more is that our proud race was almost wiped out entirely 24 years ago when a giant meteor struck our home planet of Vegeta. There were no survivors of the collision and everyone was vaporized, including yours and Raditz's own parents as a result. There were rumors going around that your father Bardock tried to stop the meteor single handedly but met a gruesome demise as a result, but that matters little right now. Counting all three of us here there are only five left in the universe who are of pure Saiyan blood, myself and Raditz here were away on assignment with another of our warriors when the meteor struck our planet and as a result we survived. A fourth Saiyan had also survived as he had been sent to conquer a distant planet just like you had been Kakarot. Recently we had happened upon an inhabited world that we believe could fetch us a nice price but that is also where the problem lies, even with the four of us it won't be an easy fight. And that was when Raditz decided to bring his long lost little brother into the picture. Your power level is about what Raditz said that he would be but even so he believed that the five of us together should be able to manage just fine, at least that's what this fool believes. Open your eyes Kakarot, you're a Saiyan and this is what you were born for."

"That's ridiculous, there's no way that's gonna happen! I'd rather die thousands of times over before I help you murder an entire world full of innocent people."

"Is that so?" Beets glanced over at where Gohan was whimpering in Bulma's arms, drawing a glare from Goku and an uneasy glance from Raditz "You know Kakarot there was something else there that caught my eye when I arrived. About that brat hiding behind the broad with the blue hair, is that your son?"

"No it isn't!" Goku tried not to sweat.

"Raditz might be gullible but I'm not so easily fooled, that boy has Saiyan blood coursing through his veins. There's no point in trying to hide it from me, his tail is as visible as the sun itself from here."

"Well so what if he does? Touch him and you're going down!"

"Oh is that right?"

"Beets we agreed to try my approach." Raditz tried to call him off "The last thing we need is to fight with each other, if we're going to take down Frieza at some point then we have to have a common goal."

"Yes I did try to reason with him but it's clear to me that this arrogant little punk doesn't know what's best for his own son, your own nephew for that matter, so now we're going to take him with us."

"Don't even think about it."

"And what will you do, stop me?"

"If I have to then yes." Raditz took on a combat stance, and he gave a small smile when he noticed Goku do the same 'Well well, what do you know.'

"How touching, the brothers are reunited."

"Don't take one step closer to my son." Goku snarled "Whether he is my brother he's trying to help my stop you from taking my son so right now he's my ally."

"Which makes both of you my enemies." Beets suddenly blitzed forward and kneed both of them in the gut, sending both of them crashing to the ground before they could react, much to the horror of everyone else.

"DADDY!" Gohan tried to rush out towards Goku.

"And look what we have here now." Beets grabbed Gohan and slung him over his shoulder before turning back towards Goku and Raditz "So like I was saying you two, I'll be taking this little brat and if either of you pieces of low class waste want to see him alive again then you'll do what a superior officer tells you to do. Out of respect for the fact that we're fellow Saiyans I'm going to give Kakarot here 24 hours to think about Raditz's offer, the choice is yours but for the sake of your son it would be wise of you to join us. As for you Raditz I'll make sure that our dear prince hears about this."

Raditz felt his blood running cold 'Vegeta…'

"But on the other hand Kakarot you should make a gesture of your allegiance in order to prove your loyalty to us. I think I know just the thing, you're going to slaughter by this time tomorrow and if you get a taste for it then feel free to kill more and stack the bodies up here on the beach but make a separate pile for any heads you might rip off." (reference to the Venom 2018 movie).

"Wh… What…?" Goku felt his blood run cold.

"I can't wait to see which fate you've chosen for your son Kakarot. Now try not to worry, I would rather not a child of Saiyan descent if I don't have to. Like I said you have 24 hours to do what I've asked you to, if you do then you'll have the privilege of rejoining our race and if you fail to complete this task then your son dies. As for you Raditz I'll be sure to let you know what punishment our dear prince comes up with for you."

"You coward he's just a kid, leave him out of this!" Kai tried to hit Beets with a Ki blast, only to not even scratch him.

"Kai take it easy, don't do anything reckless." Yamcha pushed him to the back and decided to confront Beets himself "No matter what you do it won't work. It doesn't matter what you say or do, I've known longer than everyone except for Master Roshi and Bulma and he would never kill anyone!"

"Oh is that so? Well I'll admit that for an Earthling you have some serious spunk, but if you're willing to let the little brat die then I could just finish him off right now and Kakarot won't have to get his hands dirty. I mean granted Raditz will still get punished for these transgressions but still. Suit yourselves then, your days are numbered anyway since every creature on this planet will soon be exterminated. Once we've completed our current mission, with these two or without them we'll be back to wipe out this planet and conquer what's left of it. Of course it will be three of us against a population of billions of humans on this planet but still I'm sure we can finish this job in under a month."

"No…" Goku struggled his way forward and then grabbed Beets by the leg in a moment of desperation.

"Did you catch all of that Kakarot? You can struggle as much as you like, there's only one way out of this and that's for you to join me and the rest of the Saiyans."

"You… give me back… my son…"

"Remember what I said to you before, when I come back here tomorrow for your decision the word that I want to hear is yes." he kicked Goku's arm off of him "For the sake of your son it wouldn't be a wise move for you to try and fight back, your power level is nothing in comparison to that of a real Saiyan and you're definitely no match for me. I'll be looking forward to tomorrow, that much I can assure you of." and with that, he took off.

"GOHAN!" Goku tried to force his way to his feet, only to fall back to his knees and slammed his fist into the sand "Dammit!"

"Kakarot… I'm… sorry…" Raditz helped him to his feet as the others rushed over in order to help Goku "I was hoping to avoid something like this but he fights dirty, regardless of what you may think of me there's only one course of action that we can take right now."

"Yeah I know. FLYING NIMBUS!" Goku summoned his Flying Nimbus and prepared to hop onto it.

"Goku think about what you're doing." Yamcha tried to stop him "Even with this guy apparently willing to help us he's way too strong, and besides you're hurt right now."

"I know that Yamcha but what else am I supposed to do?"

"Well… I think I know a way, you remember back when we first fought back in the desert when we were searching for the Dragon Balls for the first time? I was gonna grab your tail because I saw that it was a weak spot!"

"Oh yeah that's right, if we can somehow grab his tail then he'll lose all of his power just like it did for me!"

"Not an impossible strategy." Raditz noted "But still he outclasses the two of you. Kakarot your power level is about 334 and the scar man has about 350, I'm at 1,500 myself and Beets is at a solid 2,000. You'll need my help."

"...Alright, I get what you're saying."

"It's useless, you can't win." a new voice cut in.

Goku glanced up and his eyes narrowed "Piccolo…"

Sure enough, Piccolo lowered himself to the ground, his eyes never leaving Goku or Raditz as he spoke "In case it wasn't already obvious the so called Saiyan here has a power level nothing short of extraordinary compared to us and this second one is even stronger, both of them being far more powerful than what we're capable of at the moment. You'd be foolish if you thought you could beat him alone even with help from Yamcha or the other Saiyan, however if the four of us were to join forces and combine our powers in order to face him together then our chances of victory would be significantly higher."

"Hold on this isn't like you Piccolo, you've never gone out of your way to help us before so why now?"

"Don't get me wrong, I'm not doing this out of the goodness of my heart. This is strictly on business, I have no interest in helping you play the hero again and I care even less about what happens to you or your son. But that being said the last thing I need is a bunch of alien freaks like them interfering with my conquest of this planet."

"This coming from the green guy with pointy ears." Kai muttered, earning a dirty look.

"So here's my deal, I'm willing to join you for as long as it takes to defeat these Saiyan warriors but that's it, as soon as we're finished with that I plan to crush all of you like bugs, Goku being the first one to go, and then I'll continue my plans for world domination."

"That's not gonna happen, I'll make sure of that." Goku told him "But that being said the part about us teaming up is actually a pretty smart idea, with us and Yamcha and my brother teaming up it just might be the only chance that we have."

"Then we're agreed, we'll just have to deal with it for now."

"I guess so."

Raditz perked up at what Goku had said 'He called me brother…'

"Hey Raditz, you'll stick around after this right? I'm sure my wife will love to have you later on and my son would love to have an uncle."

"...Sure thing."

"Great now come on, we've got work to do." he glanced over at Bulma "Hey Bulma we're gonna need to borrow your Dragon Radar for a little while."

"Yeah sure okay…" a terrified Bulma handed him the Dragon Ball.

Goku accepted it and hopped onto the Flying Nimbus "Hey guys do you think you'll be able to keep up with my Flying Nimbus?"

Piccolo let out a scoff "That silly little flying cloud might work for you but my own method of travel is a bit more advanced."

"Suit yourself. Raditz what about you?"

"The same with the green one, I can fly under my own power just fine." Raditz assured him.

"Fair enough. Yamcha?"

"Way ahead of you." Yamcha leapt onto the Flying Nimbus "Kai you stay here, I don't want you getting caught up in this if it turns out to be more than we can handle."

"...Fine." Kai put down a random bazooka that he had pulled out of nowhere "F*ck."

"Yeah that's about how I expected you'd react." and on that awkward note, the four of them took off to find Beets and Gohan.

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By this point Beets had locked Gohan in his pod when he noticed a reading on his Scouter "What do we have here, a power level of 710? And it's not far from here." he followed the reading until it landed on Gohan inside of his pod "So that must be it, the thing must be broken. Either that or the brat has been trained in combat. No I'm pretty sure it's broken, it almost caught me off guard though. Well either way I suppose I should go and find some food."

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Goku and the others continued their journey towards Beets "We're getting close, I think we should try and sneak up on him."

"That's not going to work." Raditz told him, with Piccolo grunting in agreement "The best way to go about this is the direct approach, he's wearing a Scouter like me that can locate his enemies and determine their strength in numbers. They also act as communicators which is both convenient and inconvenient at the same time."

"So you're saying that he already knows that we're coming to get him?"

"I wouldn't be surprised if he did, but Beets is arrogant so that means that we can use that to our advantage."

"Well fine then, I guess that means that we don't have any other choice but to attack him head on!"

"Exactly."

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Beets had picked up some fruit when his Scouter alerted him "Again with this, and it's the same reading as before. And now there's 4 more readings and they're all heading this way. They're moving fast with power levels of 322, 334, 350 and 1,500. The larger one and the second weakest are the same as Raditz and Kakarot respectively but that couldn't be them, there's no way that either of them could be stupid enough to defeat me- Wait no scratch that. And now they're here."

Sure enough, at that moment Goku and Raditz dropped to the ground, with Piccolo and Yamcha not far behind them "Hey."

"And how exactly did you know where to find me, what did Raditz track me down using his Scouter?"

"That's none of your business."

"Fair enough I suppose. Alright then let me try a different question, what exactly do the four of you think you're doing here?"

"I thought that would be obvious, we came to take my son back."

"Let me get this straight, you mean to tell me that the two of you are two of the last living Saiyans and not only are you refusing to join with the rest of your kind, but Raditz is daring to betray us?"

"Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying."

"Who would've thought brothers would reunite on the same day that they die."

"All I need to know is that my brother is helping me rescue my son and take you down, and that's all you need to know too."

"Is that so Kakarot? You know I'm not surprise by your response but I always expected Raditz to have a little bit more sense than this."

"That's enough I'm not interested in this little squabble of yours." Piccolo ripped off his weighted clothing.

'The Namekian's power level just jumped up to 408.'

"Well Piccolo I see you still wear weighted clothes just like me huh?" Goku shedded his own weighted clothing "I've got a feeling that I'm not gonna want to hold anything back against this one."

'And now Kakarot is at 416. Oh please, do you think that such a small increase in power will make a difference in this fight? What fools you truly are, coming here with such pitiful power levels thinking that you could take me on, I can see that I'm going to have to put all four of you in your place."

"You can go ahead and try, just because you're stronger than we are doesn't mean that we don't have a chance at winning. You might have power but we've got strategy."

"Then we'll see how long that strategy of yours can keep you safe from me, I'm sorry about this but I was thinking about the offer that I made you and I changed my mind." he flared his blue aura "You would probably just slow the rest of us down, and for betraying the Saiyan race you're both going to die!" he blitzed past all four of them and elbowed and kneed all of them in the back, knocking them to the ground "And how about this, I'll let the three of you from this planet in on a little secret. The other two surviving Saiyan warriors that I mentioned earlier, each one of them alone is even more powerful than myself and Raditz combined." this earned looks of horror from Goku, Piccolo and Yamcha "Only now that it's too late do any of you truly understand what it means to face a Saiyan in battle. I tried to warn you Kakarot, I tried to get you to see reason but you refused to listen and for that you're going to die."

"And even if we don't there's still two more Saiyans even stronger than you and Raditz out there right?"

"So what?" Piccolo muttered "Personally I find the prospect exciting."

"Yeah I can imagine that you would, and to be honest it kind of excites me too."

"Like that's supposed to surprise me." Yamcha let out a scoff "Exciting is the last word that I'd use right now, to be completely honest I'm pretty terrified."

"I can't blame you for that Yamcha."

"Nor can I." Beets let out a chuckle "I suppose I would react the same way if I found myself staring death in the face."

"I'm done listening to this, where is my son?! Where have you hidden him, TELL ME!"

"Calm down Kakarot, I haven't hidden him anywhere. He was annoying me with his crying so I shut him up and I tucked him away in my space pod in that crater over there."

"In there?" Goku floated upwards until he could see the pod and heard Gohan crying in pure terror "Just hang in there for a little while Gohan! Daddy's gonna get you out of there really soon, I promise!"

"It's no use trying to get the boy's hopes up, you know as well as I do that that's a promise that you can't keep. You would have to get through me first and you know that's never going to happen."

"Fine by me, now let's do this." Goku dropped back to the ground and quickly took on a combat stance.

"Good because I'm sick of all of this talk." Piccolo took on his own combat stance, with Yamcha and Raditz both doing the same.

"Come on let's go!" Goku charged at Beets at full speed, with Piccolo, Raditz and Yamcha doing the same.

"Is this supposed to be what you call fast?" Beets began dodging and blocking all of their attacks with ease until he eventually got bored and kicked and punched each of them in the jaw.

Goku and the others rebounded and attempted to rush him again.

Beets leapt high into the air and fired a barrage of energy blasts, with Goku, Raditz and Yamcha managing to dodge, but Piccolo wasn't so lucky.

Goku and the others landed on the ground with a thud "What the heck where did he go?"

"Where else Kakarot? I'm right behind you." Beets blitzed behind Goku and kicked him into the dirt.

Goku picked himself up off of the ground "Hey are you guys alright-" he froze at the sight he saw.

Piccolo forced himself to stop bleeding from the stump where his left arm once was "Don't worry it's not as bad as it might look, I only need one arm to fight."

Beets let out a full on maniacal laughter "Who are you kidding, you're half dead already. This will be easier than I thought."

"Well f*ck you too. Hey Goku I don't suppose you have any new tricks up your sleeve that you've been holding back?"

"Me, no." Goku let out a chuckle "I wish, sorry but I've got nothing."

"Well that's just great."

"I've got something if it helps." Yamcha spoke up "Me and Kai have been working on creating this new technique for the past year or so."

"I guess that makes two of us, only I haven't gone soft over some brat. I myself have spent the last few months perfecting my own new attack."

"What are you all whispering about?" Beets taunted "Some new strategy I assume, not that it will do you any good. How about all of you just die already and quit wasting my time."

"Ignoring him. The upside is that I can use this attack even with just one arm, that part isn't a problem. But I will need some time in order to charge up my energy, a few minutes is all that I'll need. You guys will have to find a way to keep him occupied until I'm ready, do you guys think you can do that?"

"That I think we can do." Raditz glanced over at Goku and Yamcha "Kakarot, other one whose name I never learned (cue eye twitch from Yamcha), I'm going to fight him head on while the two of you prepare an ambush for him."

"How ironic, I originally planned to use this attack to kill Goku and now I might end up using it to save him and two others. But then again you can consider it a preview, after we beat this guy you're next."

"Alright then, you've got yourself a deal." Goku told him "After we win you can take your best shot at me."

"That is if we win." and on that somewhat somber note Raditz charged towards Beets at full speed while Goku and Yamcha split up and Piccolo began charging his energy.

"Is this really what you call a strategy?" Beets began fighting off Raditz with ease "Well you're persistent, I'll have to give you that much if nothing else." he glanced over "And so are the rest of them."

"You're damn right we are!" Yamcha began charging energy into his fingertips.

"And what do we have up there."

Goku leapt up into the air and began charging energy as he cupped his palms together "Ka… Me… Ha… Me…"

'His power level is rising, he's already past 800.' Beets glanced over at Yamcha 'And that one too, his power level just shot up to 1,200 and it's still climbing.'

"HAAAAAAAA!" Goku fired a full power Kamehameha down at Beets using as much power as he could.

Beets tried to outrun the blast, only for it to follow him "Fine let's have it!" realizing that he couldn't outrun it, he caught the blast and was engulfed in an explosion, and when the smoke cleared he stood there unharmed.

"Dammit, he deflected it!"

"Neat trick isn't it? Now let's see if you and your brother can do the same!" Beets fired two simultaneous Full Power Energy Waves at both Goku and Raditz, sending both of them crashing to the ground, both of them being heavily wounded, and he prepared to finish off Goku when his Scouter alerted him to what Yamcha was doing "His power level, it's at 3,500?! Somehow he's concentrating all of his power into his fingertips! They've been holding back, they can alter their power levels at will!"

"You're going down Saiyan! NAIL GUN!" Yamcha fired a white beam of energy from his fingertips, manipulating its direction with his other hand, and the blast eventually blew off the entirety of the top of a mountain in the distance in the explosion that followed.

When everything settled down, it was revealed that Beets had somewhat managed to dodge the attack, albeit receiving a gaping hole in his shoulder "Congratulations you actually managed to wound me with that little attack of yours, and for that you're going to suffer." he prepared another energy blast "I'LL SEE YOU IN HELL!" he prepared to fire the blast at Yamcha, only to suddenly freeze as his energy blast disappeared.

As it turns out, Goku had managed to grab his tail at the last second "You let your guard down and now I've got you by the tail." he yanked on it, driving Beets to the ground.

"How… How did you manage to…?"

"Now guys I've got him, hurry up and attack him before he tries anything!"

"Well done Goku now be sure to hold him still!" Piccolo continued to charge his attack "Don't let go no matter what, I only have enough energy to use this technique at this magnitude one time!"

"Got it!"

"Kakarot…" Beets ground out "Would you really kill… one of your own… a fellow Saiyan… one of the last of our kind?"

"Shut up! We've already been through this, I'm not one of yours and I never will be! Besides you tried to kill me, my brother and my friends first!"

"Yes… Yes you're right… you've shown me the error of my ways… Let me go and I'll leave all of you in peace…"

"Don't be fooled Kakarot he's lying!" Raditz barked "He doesn't mean a word of what he's saying, there's no way he'll just leave quietly after all of this!"

"Please believe me Kakarot… it's true… I've done some horrible things… I realize that… you're right to be cautious… But I will leave… I promise on my life… on my pride as a Saiyan… I promise…"

"Do… Do you really mean that?" Goku's tone was cautious.

"I do… I really swear it…"

"Well…"

"No Kakarot, don't let go of his tail!" Raditz tried to call him off "This is all just a ploy!"

Unfortunately, Goku's good nature got the better of him and he let go of the tail.

"DAMMIT KAKAROT!"

"What?"

"This!" Beets suddenly dealt both Goku and Raditz sharp kicks to the face as he wrapped his tail around his waist and began stomping on Goku's chest "You really are such a fool Kakarot, in all of my travels I've never met anyone as stupid in naive as you!"

"You… You lied…"

"Of course I did, I'm a first class warrior and I do what it takes in order to survive without any hesitation even if it means killing my own kind. No, especially then. Do I have to prove that to you then?" he started stomping on Goku's chest "How about I kill all of you nice and slow starting with you Kakarot, that will help you remember!" he glanced over at Piccolo and Yamcha and smirked "Well go one, what are you all waiting for?"

Piccolo was forced to grit his teeth as he realized the futility of the situation "Dammit I can't or he'll just dodge it again!"

"Yes that's right, know your place you worthless slug." this was followed by Gohan suddenly bursting out of the spacepod looking thoroughly pissed off, taking everyone by surprise "Okay what the hell is this?"

Goku struggled to lift his head "Gohan… run… run away… Gohan… hurry… before it's too late… run while you can…"

"His power level… it's at 3,000?!"

"You stop hurting… my DADDY!" with a surge of power unlike anything they had ever seen before, Gohan suddenly shot forward and dealt Beets a devastating headbutt that shattered his armor and left a large gaping wound in his chest.

Goku could only gape at what he was seeing "G-Gohan…?"

"Daddy!" Gohan got to his feet.

"How… How did you…?"

"Daddy… you're hurt…"

"...What?!"

"You… You little brat…" Beets struggled his way towards Gohan, leaving him frozen in pure terror.

"Go, run away! Hurry Gohan, run as fast as you can!"

Beets scanned Gohan with his Scouter "What is this some kind of joke, now his power level has dropped back down to 1."

"Please Gohan just go while you can!"

"Yes that has to be it, it's the only explanation. This boy's power changes with his emotions, well we'll fix that soon enough."

"GOHAN!" Goku's cries went unheard.

Beets then proceeded to smack Gohan upside the head, knocking him to the ground a fair distance away.

"GOHAN!" Goku tried to scramble his way towards Gohan and tried to stop Beets from finishing the job "No stop don't do it, please I'm begging you! He's just a-"

"Just a child, is that what you were going to say Kakarot? Don't make me laugh Kakarot, this child has a far greater power level than either one of you, it's best that I kill him now before he learns how to use that power. But you don't have to worry about that Kakarot, you'll see your son again soon enough in the next world!" he went over to Gohan and prepared to finish him off, until…

"Nail Gun!" a white hot energy beam hit Beets in the shoulder, burning him but failing to pierce him like Yamcha's did, courtesy of a certain kid in a crimson red martial arts gi.

Yamcha looked on in horror "Kai what the hell are you doing here? I told you to stay back with the others!"

"And your first mistake was thinking that was gonna happen." Kai pointed out dryly.

"And your second mistake was thinking that I was going to let that slide." Beets prepared another Full Power Energy Wave, but rather than aim it at Kai he aimed it at Yamcha, shooting him square through the chest, killing him instantly, much to the horror of everyone present, with the exception of Piccolo "Remember this boy, your actions have consequences for others that can very well be fatal."

"Uncle Yamcha! You bastard you're gonna pay for that!" Kai started attacking Beets in a blind rage, only to be swatted aside in an instant.

"Calm down boy, I'll get to you in a moment." Beets towered over Gohan's body "To think this boy was the first opponent who has ever been able to cause me any significant damage on the battlefield, an embarrassment that I will be sure to soon erase along with the other little brat."

"What… What happened…?" Gohan slowly opened his eyes, only to freeze in pure horror at the sight of Beats about to annihilate him.

"AND NOW DIE!"

"NO!" Goku suddenly appeared behind Beets and caught him in a Full Nelson, taking everyone by surprise "PICCOLO! QUICK YOUR ATTACK! DO IT, DO IT NOW!"

Piccolo let out a scoff "Well it's about damn time you decided to make your move now keep him still, it's almost ready!"

"HURRY PICCOLO, I CAN'T KEEP HIM LIKE THIS FOR VERY LONG!"

Beets tried to break free of Goku's full nelson, to no avail "Are you really as incompetent as you make yourself out to be Kakarot?! Get off of me, when he fires and you're standing right behind his blast is just going to kill you too!"

"Then I guess that's just the way it's going to have to be!" this left Gohan looking mortified at what Goku had said.

"What?! Are you out of your mind?! What about your son, think about him!"

"I am, this is the only way to make sure he's safe from someone like you!"

Gohan felt tears brimming in his eyes 'Daddy…'

"Hey." Kai gripped his shoulders and gave him a reassuring smile "Come on, we'd better get out of harm's way." and he pulled Gohan out of the range of the attack "Alright Goku he's over here, avenge my uncle's death that has no consequences and kick this guy's ass!"

"Thanks Kai, you're a good kid!" Goku gave him a quick strained smile "PICCOLO! DO IT NOW!"

Piccolo let out a chuckle filled to the brim with malice "Alright then Goku, if that's what you want then I won't hold back. It's no secret that I've wanted you dead for a long time so I'm not gonna pass up this chance."

"I know, now do it!"

"Wait, please let me go!" Beets made a desperate plea "I'm sorry I was wrong, please just let me go and I'll leave this planet!"

"Yeah you can forget about that, I'm not so stupid that I would actually fall for the same trick twice!"

"I mean it this time! Please I'm begging you Kakarot, don't you trust the word of one of your own!"

"PICCOLO HURRY UP!"

That was when Piccolo finally finished charging his attack "Sorry to keep you guys waiting for this long, are you ready Goku?"

"DO IT!"

"RIGHT! SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!" using all of the Ki that he could, Piccolo fired his newly created Special Beam Cannon, piercing both Goku and Beets and leaving gaping holes in their chests.

Beets spat out some blood as he tried to comprehend his defeat at their hands "How… How did… this happen? How could I lose… to these… these weaklings? Kakarot… I never imagined… that he would… actually do it… He just… threw away… his life… in the way… that he did…"

"Yeah I wouldn't worry about that." Kai made his way over to Beets "I doubt Goku or my uncle will stay dead for long."

"What…?"

"Did I stutter jackass? You see my uncle told me about these things that we have on this planet called the Dragon Balls, gather all 7 and together they can grant any wish that the user may desire, aside from trying to get my uncle to be a lady's man. I bet that both Gohan's dad and my uncle will be alive and kicking again before lunch, especially since it's pizza night."

"You… You can all… go to hell… but still… I thank you for the information…" Beets gave a bittersweet smirk "Everything… that's happened here… today… has been transmitted… to my two Saiyan comrades… deep in outer space."

"I did hear Raditz mention something about those Scouters being communicators, so you had the frequency turned on this entire time."

"That's right… when they've learned that I've been killed… they'll come here… to avenge me… They'll wipe you out… you and every living thing… on this planet… You won't have a chance… none of you will…"

"Uh huh. And these other two Saiyans, when are they gonna come to Earth?"

"One year… one short year…"

"Which means we have one year to train until your two boyfriends arrive."

"How does… that victory… taste now… boy?"

"Like a goddamn ice cream cone."

"They'll soon have you… writhing in agony… like the worms that you are…"

"Yeah you just keep thinking that on your way to hell." Kai proceeded to shoot him through the head with a Nail Gun, ending his life in an instant "You thought that was funny Chuckles the Assclown, but we'll just see who has the last laugh when it's all said and done. Alright it's over guys, he's dead."

Gohan slowly made his way over to them "That was amazing, how are you so unfazed by all of this?"

"My uncle once made the stupid mistake of letting me binge watch the entire first 8 seasons of the Walking Dead, nothing fazes me anymore." he glanced up to see Bulma and the others arrive in their airship and touch down, forcing Piccolo and Raditz, the only two adult combatants left standing, to fill everyone in "So you know Gohan there's something I've been wondering about since the whole thing at Master Roshi's house."

"What is it?"

"How come you don't wanna be a fighter like your dad? I mean he's the most powerful being on the planet and your mom used to be a martial artist too before you were born so what the hell is that all about?"

"Well… I actually watching my daddy train but I don't know how to fight myself, my mommy always has be studying to be a scholar and I actually want to be a writer someday so I do that but I want to fight like him too. But if I told her that then she would be furious at me and then she would probably take away my dinner."

"Yeah well like a wise man once said, what your mom doesn't know won't hurt her. That's a philosophy I live by."

"Why do I feel like I'm going to hear that for the rest of my life?"

"Because you are."

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Meanwhile, on another planet…

"Well isn't that just perfect." Nappa let out a scoff "Beets went and got himself killed and in the meantime Raditz went and betrayed us."

"Serves Beets right." Vegeta didn't even look up from the corpse that he was eating "The way I see it if Beets can't even handle Raditz and a couple of puny fighters with power levels less than 1,000 then he deserved to die, it serves him right for being as arrogant as he was. I mean yes I'm arrogant but my arrogance is justified."

"Fair enough. So what now then, do we just put this planet on hold and head to Earth?"

"Did you catch that last bit? Those things that little brat mentioned, Dragon Balls I believe he said that they were called."

"Yeah they said they could grant any wish right?"

"I would say that's worth looking into."

"Maybe we can use the wish to bring Beets back to life."

"What is that a joke, why would we waste a wish on worthless scum like that? If this story is true then we can have anything we want whether it be immortality or eternal youth, do you think we could live with those? We could be the most unstoppable force in the universe."

"Oh I like the way that you think, yeah I'm in!"

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By this point Piccolo and Raditz had finished explaining everything to the others "And that's all that happened before you got here."

Master Roshi frowned "I see."

"Goku, hey Goku!" Krillin tried to get him to wake up, to no avail "Goku! Come on man can you hear me? Oh man oh man!"

"Hey… easy on the yelling…" Goku slowly opened his eyes.

"Goku!"

"How's Gohan… is he okay?"

"Yeah, yeah he's fine. He and Kai both are."

"Good… he's safe… Chichi would… probably kill me… if he got hurt…"

"Oh Goku…" Bulma tried not to shed tears from where she was crading Yamcha's body in her arms, along with a distressed Puar.

"Hey Krillin… tell me something… this whole dying thing… it's not… a lot of fun… now is it…?"

Krillin immediately grew distressed "Hey what the heck are you talking about? Nobody else is dying here, you're gonna be fine you got that?"

"No… not this time… I'm already… to far gone… as it is… and so is Yamcha… for that matter…"

"Well you don't have to worry, we're gonna find the Dragon Balls and wish you and Yamcha back before you know it!"

"Yeah… sounds… good…" and with that, Son Goku drew his final breath and passed on into the afterlife.

"Goku! GOKU! GOKU!" Krillin tried to shake him in order to wake him up, to no avail "Please no, you can't be dead! You just can't be dead! Come on man wake the hell up!"

"He's really gone…" Bulma had tears streaming down her face "I can't believe our Goku is actually gone…"

"Goku… Goku…" this was followed by the bodies of both Goku and Yamcha vanishing into thin air, as if they had never been there to begin with "What the hell, both of them just up and vanished!"

Piccolo gave a bitter smirk "Well that figures, this has to be the doing of Kami. I can't think of anyone else that can do something like that, my guess is that he's come up with some sort of meddling plan and has taken Goku and Yamcha to see King Yemma in Other World."

"Well if they're in the hands of the guardian of Earth then that means that they're in the best hands that we've got." Kai muttered "The only question is, where the hell do we start from here?"

"I think I know." Gohan handed his hat to Bulma "I think you should look for the Dragon Balls to bring my daddy and Kai's uncle back to life."

Bulma nodded slowly "But what are you going to do?"

"Well I'll also need you to tell my mommy that I'm sorry but… I'm going to train with Kai and learn how to fight like my daddy."

"Oh, I see. Well you both are more than welcome to stay with me while you do that."

"Thanks for that Bulma but it's best if we both do this in the best way that men know how, by making complete asses out of ourselves for no one else to see." Kai started flexing.

"Of course you are."

"So tall green and brooding what are your plans for the next year or so?"

"Well for starters, this." Piccolo put his weighted clothing back on and suddenly started growling, and with a roar he regrew his missing arm, much to the horror of all of the adults present.

"Like I said, the Walking Dead makes me immune to any and all gore."

"Good for you." Piccolo glanced over at Krillin and the others "The three of you should start looking for the Dragon Balls right away, wherever Goku and Yamcha might be right now they'll still need you to wish him back to life. But you can leave the two brats with me."

"And what do you plan to do with us exactly?" asked Kai "If you plan on eating us then I'm ripping off that new arm and shoving it down your throat."

"You're feisty, I like that. The two of you both exhibit great potential but how powerful you both become depends almost entirely on whether or not you receive the proper training. One year from now two more Saiyans will arrive on Earth and when that day comes the two of you will have to be ready, there is little time and much to learn so for the next year the two of you are with me."

"And we don't get a say in this?"

"Nope."

"Just checking." Kai climbed onto Piccolo's back, with Gohan reluctantly doing the same "Now step on it Yoshi!"

"Call me that again and I'll send you to join Yamcha in the next world."

"Alright alright." Kai glanced over at Bulma "And for the record out of the four of you Launch and Bulma are the only ones who haven't been wished back before so your best option is to use them as meat shields against Goku's wife."

"...My opinion on you continues to shift. Anyway once the year is up and their training is complete I'll bring them back but not a day before, when you wish Goku and Yamcha back to life tell them that they can look forward to seeing these kids again when we return. Now, farewell." and with that, Piccolo took off with Kai and Gohan in tow.

"Woah." Bulma muttered "This is bad isn't it, this is really bad."

Krillin nodded "Gohan and Kai are both gonna be killed or even worse, the two of them will turn out like Piccolo. And the sad thing is that Kai isn't that far off."

"The boys have potential, if anyone can surpass the likes of Vegeta and Nappa then I suspect it will be them." Raditz made his way over to the corpse of Beets and soaked a white cloth in some of his blood.

"What are you doing?"

"This is a Saiyan tradition, when a fellow Saiyan dies in battle you soak a white cloth with their blood and then wear it into battle as a sort of memento. He may have been wicked hearted but he was still a Saiyan."

"So what are you gonna do from here on out?"

"As much as I would prefer to be here when Kakarot returns to help you confront my former comrades I cannot, there's something else that I have to do. There was another reason why I came looking for Kakarot."

"What do you mean?" asked Bulma.

"The surviving Saiyans are currently stuck under the thumb of a much worse monster, one with a power level so massive he makes the rest look like specs of dust. For example, my power level is 1,500. This one's is over 500,000." this left them looking terrified "I have to make sure that I am prepared for a threat as colossal as that, and you would be wise to make sure that you are as well." and he took off for his space pod without another word.

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"...and that is why these two courageous young men are here standing before you on this day your greatness." by this point, Kami was presenting both Goku and Yamcha, the two of them now having halos over their heads, to King Yemma at the Check In Station in Other World, or the afterlife, or whatever you wanna call it "They have come to make this one request, all they ask for is training and on their behalf I humbly beg of you to allow him to call upon the great King Kai for the guidance that they sorely need."

"Uh huh." King Yemma looked at one of his checkbooks "Son Goku and Yamcha Sapien right? I have their files here and Yamcha's isn't bad, whereas Goku's is certainly the more impressive of the two. So let me get this straight, even those these friends of yours are sure wins to get into Heaven they still want to risk going on Snake Way just to meet with King Kai for the sake of training?"

"Yes sir."

Goku glanced over at Kami "Hey so this is the place that everyone comes to when they die right?"

"That's right."

"Aliens too."

"That's correct, every living being in the universe whether they be human or otherwise comes here to be judged and learn where they are meant to spent the rest of eternity."

"Oh. Cool." Goku glanced up at King Yemma "Hey did a big guy named Beets show up here a little while before we did?"

"Goku quiet!" Yamcha hissed "This guy can literally send us to Hell and while you can afford a few strikes against you I can't!"

"Oh come on Yamcha lighten up a little bit."

"Yeah I remember him." King Yemma checked another part of his book "Says here the two of you teamed up against him along with Kami's other half and another Saiyan named Raditz. He's on his way down to Hell, go figure right?"

"He give you any trouble?"

"You'd better believe he did, or at least he tried to. But I was able to knock some sense into him and he calmed down and went quietly."

"Wow and Raditz was tough, you must be really strong." Goku glanced over at Yamcha "Hey what do you say we stay here and train with the big guy instead?"

"Quiet, keep your voice down. You have to show King Yemma the utmost respect when in his presence." Kami leaned in and lowered his voice "Just be quiet and between the three of us I know for a fact that King Kai is much stronger."

"HEY!" King Yemma thundered "What was that Kami of the Earth? You know you shouldn't talk that way about someone who can literally send you straight to Hell!"

"Oh you heard that, you must have the ears of the devil himself sir! How appropriate wouldn't you agree?"

"...Tell me something Kami, do you think you're funny?"

"Uh… nope."

"Well fine then, if these two idiots want it that badly then they can take Snake Way to meet up with King Kai."

"Oh, thank you your greatness."

"I'll summon a guide for you two, just go and wait outside for the time being."

"Thanks." Goku and Yamcha both prepared to rush outside, only to stop when they received a warning.

"But I should warn the both of you, if you fall off of Snake Way then I don't want you to come crying back to me."

"Uh… okay." Goku and Yamcha both shared an awkward look.

"Goku, Yamcha, I wish the both of you a safe journey." Kami told them "This year will be the most challenging year for you."

"Well I'm not really sure what you mean by that but if this King Kai is as strong as you say he is then I'm sure it'll be worth the trip."

"Yeah I'm real sure." Yamcha muttered.

"Well we'd better get going Kami, see you soon and say hey to Mr Popo for me. Well see ya later!" and so Goku took off, with Yamcha following right behind him.

Kami was left alone with King Yemma, his mind drifting 'The Earth and its gifts have drawn the attention of some of the most despicable beings the universe has to offer, if something isn't done soon then we could find ourselves in a great deal of trouble. What could we do? We could try to wish our enemies away but even the great Shenron might be powerless against their tremendous might. Goku is the greatest warrior the Earth has ever known and Yamcha has improved by leaps and bounds since he took in his nephew and yet to these Saiyans they seem these two as nothing more than an inconvenience, I wonder if King Kai training them will even help. Until those two return it would seem that Gohan and Kai are our best hopes. They're both young though and we have so little time-'

"THAT'S ENOUGH!" King Yemma thundered, snapping Kami back to reality "GO HOME! I HAVE WORK TO DO!"

"Oh forgive me your greatness of course you're busy, I'll just be getting out of your way now so… bye!" and then Kami left.

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By this point a guide was escorting Goku and Yamcha to Snake Way "Terribly sorry for the wait but you don't have to worry, I'll get you to the head of the Snake Way before you know it. The two of you are in good hands with me, that much I can promise you. So Snake Way happens to be very long and extremely treacherous, what kind of shape are the two of you in?"

"You do realize that we're dead right?" Yamcha pointed out "I mean the kind of shape we're in is rather irrelevant."

"Oh yes that's true."

"Hey so what's this King Kai like anyway?" asked Goku "You've met him before haven't you?"

"Oh yes sure lots of times, he's surprisingly down to Earth considering he rules over every other deity in this region of the universe."

"Oh man he must be strong, I can't wait! Man this is gonna be so awesome!"

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The ride back to Kame House was awkward to say the least.

Master Roshi finally broke the silence "Well I don't suppose we would be able to get away with not telling Chichi about this. Hey Launch why don't you go over there and break the bad news, I'm pretty sure that she likes you."

Launch suddenly sneezed and turned into her yellow haired form "Alright but I'm gonna need some serious ammo for that harpe." she pulled out a musket out of nowhere "Just in case she doesn't know better than to shoot the messenger."

"...You know what on second thought it's probably best if we send Krillin instead."

"Your loss old man."

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"Here we are, welcome to Snake Way gentlemen." the guide opened the car doors.

Goku opened his eyes and found a gigantic stone snake staring him right in the face, making him yelp in terror "Woah."

"Just watch your step and exit to your left."

"Wow, so this is Snake Way then is it?" asked Yamcha.

"Yes indeed it is."

"So what are we supposed to do now?" asked Goku.

"You'll just have to start walking, you'll want to take Snake Way all the way to the very end and only then will you be able to reach King Kai."

"Looks pretty long though." Yamcha commented "I guess it's gonna be pretty hardcore training just getting there to begin with."

"Yes it is, according to the legends that I've been told Snake Way is about 1 million miles from one end to the other."

"1 MILLION MILES?!" Goku and Yamcha shared a look "So has anyone ever made it all the way to the end?"

"From what I know only two people have in the last 100 million years, one of them being the great King Yemma himself. The other one was a Saiyan known as Bardock."

"The big guy from before and another Saiyan huh? Well I guess if there are two people who can make it all the way to the end then Yamcha and I shouldn't have that much of a problem with it right?"

"It is possible but just be sure that you're both careful not to fall off into the clouds, below those clouds is where Hell lies and once you go there you can never come back."

"Really? Wow."

"Indeed."

"Hey hold on a second." Yamcha spoke up "Hey before we go there's one favor I was hoping to ask you."

"Yes what is it?"

"Do you know of an old woman by the name of Fortuneteller Baba?"

"Oh yes she comes by to say hello once in awhile or to borrow the occasional warrior for her set of five."

"Great then do you think you could send her a message for us?"

"Oh yes of course."

"Great, tell her to go see Master Roshi and give him an important message. I want him to know that whatever happens he can't bring Son Goku and Yamcha back for one year."

"Let's see if I have all of that." the guide started writing this down "Don't bring Goku or Yamcha back to life for one year, you said Master Roshi right?"

"Yeah that's right thanks, well I guess we should get started."

"I guess so." Goku started stretching "So the only real trick he said is not to fall off of the path right?"

"That's what the guy said."

"That's gonna be a breeze!" and then Goku started flying down the path.

"Oh come on that is so cheating!" and then Yamcha started flying down the path after him as fast as he could.

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At the same time, Piccolo dropped to the ground in some random wasteland and quickly motioned for Gohan and Kai to get off of his back "Alright you two let's go over the facts before we get started. Myself, Goku, Yamcha and the other Saiyan were able to defeat the man who took you Gohan, but before he died he alerted two other Saiyans who are going to reach the Earth in one year. We also have reason to believe that they're even stronger than this one was, and if that's true then even Goku wouldn't be able to stop them, not even if I were to help him in that fight. But on the other hand they don't know about the potential you two have, so if the two of you can be trained then your strength could give us the edge that we need in order to defeat them."

"But that's the thing." Gohan spoke up "I mean I want to do my part for my daddy to make him proud but am I really that strong? I'm so little and I haven't even had any training."

"And that just proves that you're blind to your potential, though you may not be aware of this your power level at the moment is far higher than mine. But you still need to be trained in order to control that power and my job right now is to help you find that strength."

"But I just don't think I have it in me."

"Do I have to prove it to you?" so Piccolo picked Gohan up by the collar and then threw him at a nearby mountain 'Do it kid, release your power! Let's just see what you've got.' this was followed by an explosion that blinded both him and Kai along with a massive shockwave that nearly blew both of them away.

Kai was the first one to open his eyes and see the massive crater left behind by the blast "Okay what the f*ck?!"

Piccolo soon followed and was left stunned "What the- How did he-?!"

"He's way more powerful than either of us thought, the only difference is that I'm not gonna end up on his shit list at some point. Not to mention you're training the kids who are bound to someday become your greatest adversaries."

"...I hate you more and more every minute and yet you further cement why I feel like I'm losing my mind."

"I could've told you that." they started making their way forward.

Gohan was left stunned by what he was seeing "W-Wait a second, I didn't do that did I?"

"Yeah you got that right, and unlike me you didn't have to spend a year and a half creating a new technique to blow shit up. You've got insane power inside of you Gohan but the problem is that your power is linked to your emotions, you can't control it yet which makes this a lot harder than we thought. The first step is teaching you how to control that power, and as a result you and I will be the greatest warriors the Earth has ever seen, stronger than your dad or my uncle or even my mom who could've kicked Piccolo's ass."

"I beg to differ." Piccolo pointed out."

"And I really don't care. Anyway Gohan you'll be the second best this world has to offer behind yours truly."

Gohan nodded slowly "And maybe make this into some kind of sci fi novel?"

"I want 50% of the profits for keeping you alive during our year with the Jolly Green Jackass over here."

"Deal." they shook on it "So where do we start?"

"Well you're not gonna learn how to fight with the Chinese Prince look but luckily I came prepared for that." Kai pulled out a capsule and revealed another martial arts gi like his, only this one was purple instead of red "You've gotta be sure to be prepared when you're living with a guy like my uncle."

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Yamcha suddenly let out a loud sneeze and glanced over to see Goku drop back down onto the pathway 'He ran out of energy already, man this is gonna be one hell of a long year.'

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And so as Gohan and Kai prepare to face an entire year of rigorous training under Piccolo back on Earth, Goku and Yamcha have now begun their own rigorous journey to reach the end of the 1 million mile Snake Way. The race to prepare is on, next time on Dragon Ball Z: the Next Generation!

A/N:

I was going to wait until after New Years to publish this but I figured I would just give you guys a taste of what's to come in 2019.

This is basically a rewrite of my previous Dragon Ball Z story, the Rise of a New Generation. I just lost my drive for that one and I just felt like I had written myself into a corner somewhere along the way. But instead of just giving up on it altogether I decided to create a new story with the same premise, that being the same idea featuring Gohan and Kai (only he's Yamcha's nephew instead of his son) as the main characters but with other elements of Z that I feel like could've been expanded on a lot more.

One of these ideas would be giving Raditz a little bit more time to shine, as well as featuring another character next chapter. I don't want to bite off more than I can chew, which I think is one of the problems from the last version of this story.

Another idea such as this would include Yamcha dying in the fight against Raditz along with Goku, and as a result both of them train with King Kai and learn the Kaioken (though only Goku learns the Spirit Bomb).

The next change is to include Launch in this fic to the best of my ability since while it's funny that even Toriyama forgot about her, it's kind of a waste of a character now that I think about it. I have a pairing in mind for her but it's just a what if for now.

I had Raditz survive and flee Earth in his Saiyan pod for the sake of a plot development I have in mind for later. He won't reappear during the conflict with the Saiyans, he'll reappear much later than that. Still though, since his personality is different he's a little bit stronger too.

Beets is just some random Saiyan I stumbled across the page of when I was looking up info for the Dragon Ball Super Broly movie. I basically put him in here as fodder so that I didn't have to make Raditz the bad guy again.

Also, let me explain the main reason why I made it so Kai is Yamcha's nephew instead of his son like in the original story. That answer comes down to one simple word: Bulma. See keep in mind that by this point Bulma and Yamcha would still be dating (I'm not really sure what to do about that later on but I'll figure it out at some point), and to give Yamcha a son now would make everyone assume that he cheated on Bulma, which is not the case.

So like I've said before, I feel sorry for Yamcha and I want to give him as much spotlight as I can, so I had him die with Goku and train with King Kai, and I'm thinking about mixing up the pairings so that he stays with Bulma. As for Vegeta, his time will be cut rather short based on an idea that I heard about in regards for the original plan for him.

Lastly, let me explain why Gohan is less reluctant to train with Piccolo and Kai than in canon. It's because now he sees that Kai, a little kid just like him, is managing what he thought he couldn't so now he has a little bit more confidence.

Power levels:

Weighted Goku: 334

Unweighted Goku: 416

Goku (Kamehameha): 925

Weighted Piccolo: 322

Unweighted Piccolo: 408

Piccolo (Special Beam Cannon) 1,830

Yamcha: 350

Yamcha (Nail Gun): 3,500

Kai: 220

Kai (Nail Gun): 2,200

Gohan (angry):

Raditz: 1,200

Beets: 2,000

Beats (wounded by Nail Gun): 1,600