Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign ❯ Frieza’s Gunna Kill Ya, Put On a Happy Face! ( Chapter 6 )

DragonBall V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign

Author's Note: Thanks for the replies about the henchmen's names. I could remember Kui/Kiwi, Dodoria, and Zarbon, but for some reason I thought there were more, you know, other than the multitude of nameless grunt fodder. Kui won't be here though because he followed Vegeta from where he recovered after his battle on Earth. While I'm asking for people's names, what was the name of the little 6 eyed time-freezing guy on the Ginyu squad? I know there was Racoom, Jace, Burta, and Ginyu… but the little punk's name escapes me. Heh Anyway, I'm so happy you all are enjoying the story so far. I haven't received any negative feedback yet, so either that means everyone that has read it has thought it was at least decent, or the ones that didn't like it haven't felt like saying anything. Heh All I can say is I think the story will just get better, especially once Gohan grows up. All this is preliminary background material, after all. But I'm having fun writing it, regardless. Heh Anyway, here we go!

Required Disclaimer: I don't own the DB franchise, I've never worked for them, I'm not making any money off this, and I'm dead sexxy baby! Read and enjoy.

Chapter 6: Frieza's Gunna Kill Ya, Put On a Happy Face!

On a distant planet from Earth, the last two surviving full-blooded Saiyans (AN: Brolli can kiss my lily white bum hehe) and a short but powerful human stood near their spaceship, looking into the distance in disbelief. Vegeta was frustrated and pessimistic once more, while Goku's face was a mask of determination. Krillin, on the other hand, was being practical and looking at the dragon radar. "Goku, Vegeta… Frieza must be collecting the dragonballs. In the direction where we sense Frieza are five dragonballs together." Krillin said cryptically.

Vegeta's head snapped up and he turned to regard the bald monk. "So he hasn't succeeded yet?! He hasn't made his wish! There's still hope! If we can just get one of those dragonballs and hide it, he can't make his wish! Then we just have to snatch the rest of them and make our wish before Frieza can!"

Goku nodded. "We can always have hope, after all. Which way to the nearest dragonball, Krillin?"

Krillin turned to the south and pointed. "Over this way, a good distance away from Frieza, thank goodness. But how has Frieza collected 5 already? Do you think he could have a dragon radar?"

Vegeta snorted. "I doubt it. He's probably using a scouter to find settlements and forcing them to show him to the dragonballs. He's likely also killing them as he finds them… I barely sense any people on this planet. We need to make sure we destroy their scouters as soon as possible, as well. Until then, we should keep our kis suppressed to a bare minimum. Flying will raise it too much, so we should run for now."

Goku nodded. "Sounds like a plan, let's go." Goku glanced over at the Saiyan prince as they took off in a run, frowning in thought. 'Vegeta was born to be a leader. I hope he doesn't lead us astray, though. Can we trust him to not turn on us once we have the dragonballs? I'll keep hope for that, for now. I have no choice.'

Vegeta sensed Goku's perusal and looked his way. "What are you looking at me for, Kakkarot!? Keep your mind on the business at hand!" Goku returned his gaze towards the direction they were running, not voicing his thoughts that he was keeping his mind on the business at hand.

"Someone powerful and evil is in this direction, as well as some weaker powers. One of Frieza's henchmen, perhaps?" Krillin asked.

Vegeta considered the possibilities. "It's probably Dodoria, that fat pink bastard. Zarbon is usually with Frieza as well, but Zarbon is a little stronger. I think he's still with Frieza judging by the kis I sense."

Goku nodded. "He doesn't seem that strong. Can he hide his ki like we can?"

Vegeta shook his head, running along by the other two warriors. "Before I came to your planet I had only heard of the ability to raise one's fighting power. It's rumored that Captain Ginyu, one of Frieza's elite warriors, has such an ability but I doubt it. I think you humans were the first to come up with it."

"Good to know we're good for something." Krillin quipped sarcastically.

"Oh be quiet, human! And pick up the pace!" Vegeta snapped.

Krillin snickered. "Someone woke up on the wrong side of bed this morning. Come on Vegeta, smile for me!"

Vegeta growled at the shorter man. "Frieza is likely to kill us all, even if we somehow manage to get those dragonballs from him and wish your weakling friends back to life! There's no way we can give them time to train up to our levels now. Perhaps we should just wish for immortality…"

"Is immortality really what you want, Vegeta? To never die… to outlive all your friends and loved ones, to never see them again in Otherworld? Don't you think that ruling the galaxy would get tiring after a while? There are better things than simply being powerful or ruling over others." Goku observed, in a rare moment of showing his wisdom.

Vegeta was silent as his thoughts turned towards Bulma, his now beloved mate. 'I can't believe I fell for that human woman so quickly… I've grown so soft in such a short amount of time with these humans. But… would I really want to change that? Damn you Frieza… if only I didn't have to worry about you!' Vegeta's thoughts were troubled and the other two warriors left him be, realizing he was thinking about Goku's words.

Krillin frowned, glancing at the dragon radar. "Frieza's goon is near the dragonball, likely either about to get it or already has it. We should try to move a bit faster… we can raise our kis a little, Frieza will know we're here as soon as we deal with this guy anyway."

Vegeta nodded, powering up a bit. "Don't raise your fighting power too much, we don't want them to know how strong we are yet."

Goku and Krillin heeded the Saiyan prince's command, especially since they had the same thought. They soon reached Dodoria, who had just finished blasting all the Nameks in the area, killing them all. Dororia turned, expecting to see some of Frieza's nameless goons by the low power levels approaching him, but was surprised to see Vegeta and two people he didn't recognize. Dodoria checked his scouter, laughing at their pathetic power levels. "Vegeta, I knew you were weak but a 6000 power level? Ha! And these two… 5000 for the tall one and 4500 for the runt? You're here to help Frieza gather these balls, I take it?"

Vegeta snorted. "I'm here to destroy you and Frieza both, you idiot!"

Dodoria's expression turned grim. 'I can take them individually, but I might have a bit of trouble if they all attack at once… hmm.' Dodoria thought, looking from one warrior to the next. "So, which one of you idiots is going to try to take me on?"

Krillin spoke up. "Let me take this one, guys." His fists clenched as he stared over at the pink alien with a grim expression on his face.

Vegeta shrugged. "Sure, shortie. Have some fun. I'd like to see how you've improved since Earth."

Goku nodded and stood back with Vegeta, watching with interest. 'I wonder how strong Krillin is now that he's trained under 100 Gs?'

Dodoria let out a snorting laugh as he beheld his opponent. "The weakest one of you thinks he can take me on?! Oh, how stupid are you?"

Krillin grinned and took a fighting stance, ready to wipe the smirk off the henchmen's face.

Goku glanced up and towards the west suddenly. "Guys, we have incoming."

Vegeta looked in the same direction as Goku then shrugged. "Just some of Frieza's weakling goons. We'll take care of them so they don't interrupt the runt's fight."

Dodoria frowned, wondering how they sensed the incoming warriors without scouters. 'Ah, no matter. I'll probably have all three of them dead before they even get here.' He launched into an attack and his eyes went wide as he punched air. He glanced around but knew where Krillin was the moment he felt blinding pain in the back of his head. After he finished skidding across the Namekian soil, he stood up, shaking his head to clear it. "Well, you're fast, short stuff, but you're not very strong or bright." His scouter bleeped as Krillin's power level suddenly doubled, moments before he felt an impact into his overlarge gut.

Dororia stared in shock as he saw that Krillin's arm was buried up to the elbow in his stomach. Krillin gave the large pink alien his widest grin as he took a few steps back so that the blood that was coughed up didn't get on him. Dodoria stared at his scouter in surprise, seeing Krillin's power level drop back down to 4500. "This thing must be malfunctioning…" He griped. He didn't want to be caught by another blow so he took a fighting stance and waited for Krillin to attack.

Krillin didn't make him wait long, leaping forward and trading blows at a speed that made Dororia's head spin. He gave up paying attention to his scouter, as every few seconds it bleeped and Krillin's power level was higher than before. Once it got up to 18000, he knew that he was in for a fight. He ducked one of Krillin's attacks and smacked him in his bald head. Krillin rolled and was back on his feet a moment later, delivering a kick to Dororia's chest that sent him sprawling. Dororia took one last look at his scouter, hoping in vain that it now read the man's true power level. He nearly fainted when he saw it read 24000. 'His power level is even higher than mine! I have to finish this, and quickly!' He was momentarily distracted when six goons approached, all looking ready for a fight. "You! Attack these punks or Frieza will eat you for breakfast!" Dororia shouted.

The fear across the men's features was quickly replaced by determination. They started flying towards Vegeta and Goku, shouts announcing their impending attacks. Vegeta laughed and looked at Goku. "They're pathetic. Do you want to take them, or should I?"

Goku waved his hand dismissively. "Have at it, they're not even worth wasting a ki blast on."

Vegeta laughed maniacally as he jumped into the air and kicked one of the goons in half, quickly elbowing another in the back and splitting him in half as well. The pieces were incinerated before they even hit the ground, as were two more of the henchmen. The remaining two stared in awe, and summed up what courage they had to blast their ray guns at Vegeta, who simply knocked their blasts back at them, frying them. "That wasn't as fun as I had hoped." Vegeta grumbled, settling back on the ground to continue to watch the fight between Krillin and Dororia.

The pink alien swore loudly. He had hoped those henchmen would at least distract them all to give him enough time to run, but that option was out in less than ten seconds. He turned to Krillin and scowled, noticing the man was making faces at him. "Damn you!" Dororia shouted, blasting a ki energy ball at him.

Krillin simply sidestepped, amazed at how slow the attack had seemed. 'Man, I knew I was a lot stronger but this is great!' Krillin thought. He knew it was time to end the fight, so he raised one of his hands above his head. "See if you can catch this, you ugly bastard! Destructo disk!" Krillin taunted, forming the glowing disk and hurling it.

Dodoria raised his hands to catch the disk, wincing as his scouter burst into pieces from trying to read the energy level of the attack. "Aw crap!" He had time to say moments before the disk cut him in half.

Krillin shrugged as he passed the now dead Dodoria and looked at all the dead Nameks. "Poor guys… they didn't deserve this. Damn that Frieza!"

Vegeta walked over to pick up the dragonball that Dodoria had tossed aside right before they got there, picking it up and looking at it. "This is a dragonball?" He asked, looking at the two Earthlings.

Goku and Krillin approached, looking at the ball in wonder. "Wow… it's huge!" Goku remarked.

Krillin nodded in agreement. "Yeah, I'll say! But now that we have one we should hide it until we get all of the balls, right?"

Vegeta frowned in thought. "Actually, I think we should rethink that. Once we get them we might not have enough time to get all of them together to make a wish. Perhaps we should carry it with us."

Goku nodded. "Yeah, we'll have to protect it. Though, if we can't make our wish we'll probably have to make sure it gets hidden so at the very least Frieza won't use it to make a wish. Knowing how evil he is, he's likely wanting to wish for immortality."

Vegeta looked over at Goku, with a scowl. 'Evil to wish for immortality? Perhaps… Bulma… what have you done to me, woman!?'

Goku noticed the look on Vegeta's face and laughed nervously. "Eh, no offense, Vegeta."

Vegeta snorted and glanced towards where Frieza's energy reading was. "He's heading for his ship… likely to summon reinforcements now that he knows we're here. But Zarbon is heading towards a settlement. Baldie, is that the direction where the last dragonball is?"

Krillin checked the dragon radar. "No… it's not. It's in this direction. We should head there next."

Goku shook his head. "We can't let Zarbon destroy all those innocent Nameks! We should head there and try to help them."

Vegeta frowned. "Baldie, you go to the last dragonball. See if you can gain any reinforcements. Kakkarot and I will go take care of Zarbon and the goon squad he had with him. We'll meet back up as soon as possible, because it won't take the Ginyus long to reach Namek. Likely they were put on standby somewhere close in case of trouble. We'll need everything we have to take them out. Got it?"

They all nodded and took off, the two Saiyans trying to cut Zarbon off and Krillin heading for the last dragonball, and unknowingly, the Namek elder.

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Meanwhile, during Krillin's fight with Dodoria, Frieza was floating on his chair with the dragonballs surrounding him while Zarbon checked his scouter to find the next closest Namek settlement. It was then that he noticed the new power readings. "Three low power readings are at the same place as Dodoria… looks like there's a fight. Possibly some Namekian warriors."

Frieza shrugged. "They are of no consequence, Zarbon will obliterate them."

Zarbon nodded, still distracted by the power readings when one of them shot up suddenly. "It's fluctuating, master Frieza. It just doubled… no… tripled! What could be going on?" He watched the reading in silence when suddenly the power reading shot up again, bursting his scouter. "That power reading was over 24000 when my scouter broke! Whoever it is can finish Dodoria easily, his power level is only 21000 after all."

Frieza scowled. "Troublesome Nameks. Take my scouter, Zarbon, and head to the next village. I'll go back to the ship and get the Ginyus to come and reinforce us. I don't want any delays before I get all of these dragonballs and make my wish!" Frieza nearly chuckled as he finished his sentence in his mind. 'And I'm too lazy too take care of this myself. After all, that's what henchmen are for! I get to sit in my chair here and intimidate everyone. Ha ha! The life of an intergalactic tyrant.'

Zarbon bowed and took Frieza's scouter, putting it on and taking off towards the next closest settlement. It was the only one of two left, and the other was just a few people so it wasn't likely to hold a dragonball. Frieza floated to his spaceship, his dragonballs trailing behind him.

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Chi-Chi sat down to watch a little television, now that all the cleaning was done. She wouldn't have to get started on dinner until a little later, since she was only cooking for 7 (herself and 6 counts for Gohan of course). She flipped the television on and gasped at what she saw.

The news reporter on the screen looked horrified, and anyone watching could tell that he didn't want to be in the television studio. "This just in. Another city has vanished, seemingly blown up by some unknown force." The reporter said, his tone grim yet scared. "It is our belief that that the aliens that invaded months ago but were fought off have returned. Unless the warriors who dealt with them the first time can get to them and defeat them, I'm afraid it may be the end of the world. Kami help us all. Until we receive another update, we're going to be signed off. Good luck to you all."

Chi-Chi immediately ran outside and called for Gohan. She became hysterical as she received no answer and continued to yell for her son, but to no avail. He was, after all, on Roshi's island at that moment.

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Gohan paused just after firing off a kamehameha wave, looking towards the west. "There it is again! I think it's not a nice person, master Roshi." Gohan said, a little fear in his voice.

Roshi nodded, one arm holding his walking stick and the other behind his back, his expression dour. "Yes… I'm afraid you're right Gohan. And with everyone else either dead or off planet, it looks like it's up to us to take care of it."

Gohan nodded and floated up into the air and was about to fly in the direction of the last energy shockwave when he paused, looking at Roshi in confusion. "Well? Come on, master Roshi! Why are you just standing there?"

Roshi looked a little bashful. "Eh… to tell the truth… I never did quite learn how to fly."

Gohan nearly fainted in shock, but quickly recovered. "Well… I guess I'll have to carry you?"

Roshi nodded. "To save energy why don't you call the nimbus cloud? I'll have to hold onto you, because I can't ride that darned thing. I'm eh… too old, yeah, that's it." Roshi didn't want to mention that only those of pure heart could ride the nimbus cloud, and he himself was far too perverted to ever be close to pure.

Gohan nodded, scratching the back of his head. "Ok, I guess. Nimbus!" He shouted. Moments later, the Nimbus cloud floated to him, ready to serve. He hopped on and giggled as Roshi clutched at him desperately as they took off. "Hold on tight, master Roshi!" Gohan teased as he urged Nimbus to fly faster.

'Oh the things I do to save the Earth!' Roshi thought, trying to keep from having a heart attack from the flight.

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Ooo, what's going on? Is the Earth doomed!? AAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! And what about Namek? Are the Z warriors going to be able to get all the dragonballs and get their wishes made before Frieza lays the smack down on them? Next time on Dragonball V, Invasion! As always, reviews are lovely. Good, bad, suggestions, whatever. Oh, and also, if you want to be emailed when I update the story, just email me and I'll add you to the mailing list.