Disclaimer

I do not own Dragonball Z or any of its characters. If I did I'd be a whole lot richer.

Summary

Years ago on the distant planet Vegeta there lived a proud warrior race. Among this race there was a lower class warrior named Bardock, who valiantly fought against a being who sought nothing but to destroy and rule…Despite his efforts, he was defeated by this overlord, but before his death he had two children, Raditz and Goku. They were among the handful of survivors from this planet. You are probably familiar with the story of the youngest son Goku but this story is less about Goku, more about what could've happened if two brothers united…

Chapter One – Locate

'One year…One year until I am reunited with him…One year until they fall.'

Raditz' pod landed in a relatively empty field. After a short incident with a farmer shooting some sort of gun at Raditz, he felt it wouldn't be a good first impression to his brother if his first act on this planet were to be a murder. All of a sudden his scouter livened up. "I'm picking up a high power level in that direction" Raditz said, making sure his scouter was working right. "It must be him" he told himself. He needed to find him as soon as possible, and talk to him by any means necessary. "Prepare yourself Kakarot! We have much work to do" Raditz shouted while beginning his flight towards the power level he detected. But what would he say when he finally found his brother? 'Hi, I'm Raditz your brother. Though you might know that by now, or not. I'm not sure what they told you in your space pod briefing…No that just sounds stupid'. After long thought, Raditz decided he would improvise and try to tell Goku everything that he could to inform his brother.

Passing over the bustling city, Raditz realises that this planet has so much technology, so many different forms of transport and so many items which do things for them. 'Why would they waste so much time on these when if they trained they could fly everywhere and do things with ease' Raditz wondered. "All they have can be taken away with the simplest of attacks, so weak. I hope that my brother hasn't become so lazy, else my trip would be pointless." Raditz thought aloud. He was nearing the location of the power level standing out on his scouter. As he came into view of the source of the power level he noticed that the figure standing there wasn't his brother at all. Strangely enough it seemed to be Namekian, a very distinct race of people. 'How could a Namekian be found here, so far away from its home planet?' Raditz wondered. As he landed he asked the Namekian "Do you know where I can find a man named Kakarot? I thought you were him but I'm obviously mistaken."

The Namekian replied "Well you thought wrong. Now turn around and get out of here before I make you".

'Was that a pathetic attempt at a threat?' Raditz thought. 'I'm not taking that sitting down'. "Well, someone's having a bad day" Raditz said, hoping for a retaliation. 'It's been a year since I stretched my legs, let alone had a decent fight. Might as well see what I can get from this guy.' Raditz decided.

Much to Raditz' pleasure, the Namekian retaliated with a small snap at Raditz "Believe me you have no idea. Now get lost."

"Well, you'd like that wouldn't you." Raditz said while examining the Namekian with his scouter. "Power level 320, I can tell you're not from this planet but you'd be a fool to attack me with such an insufficient power."

"Now listen to me, you came here. I have no intention of starting a fight."

"I do."

That was enough to antagonise the Namekian.

He threw a huge beam of energy at Raditz, using all the energy he could put into it in that short amount of time. A cloud of smoke surrounded the tall figure and he was out of sight. The Namekian began to wonder if he should've worried at all, as his confidence grew at the sight of this dust cloud where his enemy was. Just as the dust cloud disappeared, the Namekians face dropped at the sight of Raditz standing in the exact spot he was in moments ago without so much as a scratch on his skin or armour.

Raditz chuckled. "Impressive. You might be a decent fighter one day…For a Namekian. Now let me show you a more effective attack. In fact it's one of my favourites. I call it, a double sundae. Now see if you can follow this one…" The Namekian began to realise the power of the enemy he thought he so easily beat when all of a sudden 'Beep'. Raditz scouter alerted him of another power level. "Huh, Well I guess it's your lucky day green man" Raditz commented just before shooting flying upwards. He took a look around and found the direction the power level was emanating from. "There it is, just on the edge of my scouters range and it's big. It must be the largest power level on this planet. It must be Kakarot, this time I'm sure." And with that Raditz began his flight towards his brother.

Soaring above the clouds, Raditz remembered the day that Kakarot was sent to Earth with the primary objective of destroying the population. 'I'm not sure why you didn't carry that mission out Kakarot, but I'm relieved that you did. If I can make that Namekian join me it will be a lot easier in the coming months.'

"We might stand a chance after all."

Power levels

Raditz – 1,200

Piccolo - 320

Notes

Here's the first chapter of 'Raditz Betrayal', you'll find out the reason for that soon. This one's pretty small as i just want to upload a small preview of what's to come. I have used some variations of the original dialogue from the first Dragon ball Z episode, but with some minor and some major changes in parts. I'm trying to make a fine line between the original Raditz and this Raditz with the change becoming more apparent as it goes on.

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