Mount Paozu
Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, four months had passed!
"Dad, let's go. I can already sense that evil presence!" Son Gohan looked up at the two spaceships beyond the atmosphere.
"Right. Let's go!" Sun Wukong shot into the sky first. With a boom, he streaked toward the spot where the spaceships were about to land!
Kame House
"Master, I'm off!" Krillin said goodbye to Master Roshi.
"Be careful. If the sky falls, let the tall ones hold it up. Don't be reckless!" Master Roshi cautioned him.
In Master Roshi's heart, Krillin was just as important as Sun Wukong!
"Yes, Master! I can sense Goku moving, too! I'm off. Bye!"
Goku hadn't hidden his ki, either. Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and even Piccolo seemed to have a guiding light, and all flew in Goku's direction!
Master Roshi watched Krillin leave with a solemn expression. A glint flashed across his dark sunglasses as he watched Krillin disappear from view.
"Finally, he's gone. That brat kept me waiting so long that I couldn't practice yoga. Teacher Mikami, here I come! Mwahaha!"
Master Roshi's expression suddenly changed to a lecherous grin. He hurried back inside and took out his treasured yoga lesson DVD!
"Come on, follow along with me. Lift your leg, stretch it high..." A seductive voice came from the television.
Master Roshi took off his sunglasses, and a strange warmth began flowing from his nose!
"That's right. Still the same old pervert!" The Sea Turtle outside gave a knowing nod.
On an island three thousand kilometers southwest of Mount Paozu!
"Hey, Goku. You're here early!" Krillin called out as he walked toward Goku, who was standing on a hill.
"Yeah. Krillin, you didn't have to come!"
"Don't worry. I know I'm not strong enough. I just came to watch!" Krillin understood that Goku meant well.
Whoosh!
Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu arrived, too!
"Hmph. A bunch of weaklings. You here to get yourselves killed?" Piccolo sneered.
Tien Shinhan said nothing, ignoring Piccolo's taunts completely!
Krillin tried to smooth things over. "Come on, Piccolo. Don't say that. We're all friends!"
"Get lost! Who said we were friends?"
"Okay, okay." Krillin didn't mind.
He was a sharp kid. He'd already realized during those four months on Kame House Island that Piccolo had long since lost the bloodlust he'd once felt toward them!
"Hey, Sun Wukong, why didn't Son Gohan come?" Piccolo asked when he noticed Son Gohan was missing.
"Huh? He didn't come? Didn't he say he was leaving first?" Sun Wukong only just realized that Son Gohan hadn't come with him.
"..."
Piccolo was speechless.
Back at Mount Paozu
"What's wrong?" Son Gohan had been about to leave, but Raditz had quietly stopped him. His face wore an indescribable expression.
"Gohan, if you can, could you spare Prince Vegeta and Nappa?" After hesitating for a moment, Raditz still pleaded on Vegeta's behalf.
"Uncle, as far as I know, they've always looked down on you and treated you like a servant. Why are you pleading for them?" Son Gohan looked at Raditz in surprise, unable to understand why he was asking for Vegeta and the others to be spared.
"Gohan, ever since I came out of the growth pod, I've followed Prince Vegeta. Sure, he's got a bad temper and a huge ego, and he treats me like a servant. But all these years, he's also kept things running smoothly within the Frieza Force, which is how Nappa and I managed to survive. So I'm asking you to spare his life!" Raditz's voice grew steadier, losing its earlier timidity.
"Heh. Uncle, you seem a lot more likable now!" Son Gohan said with a faint smile.
"So you'll do it?" Raditz was overjoyed.
"Don't worry. I won't kill him unless I have no other choice. There aren't many Saiyans left in this universe, after all!"
"Thank you, Gohan!"
"All right, let's go. They should be landing soon!"
The two rose into the sky and sped toward their destination!
In midair
Raditz looked at Son Gohan oddly. "Gohan, why are you flying upright?"
He couldn't understand it. Flying facedown reduced wind resistance, so why did Son Gohan fly standing up? Was it some kind of special training method?
"Flying facedown is uncomfortable. I like it this way. Got a problem with that?" Son Gohan's mouth twitched as a trace of anger welled up inside him.
It seemed like everyone in this world found flying upright strange!
"No, no. Do as you like!" Raditz quickly lowered his head and sped up with all his might!
"Hmph!" Son Gohan was so annoyed that he didn't even feel like flying anymore. He pressed two fingers to his forehead and teleported straight to the scene!
"You're here, Gohan!" Sun Wukong called.
"Yeah, Dad! Have they landed yet?"
"Almost!"
Sun Wukong looked up at the sky. He could already make out what seemed to be a tiny black dot!
"Gohan, where's your uncle?" Krillin came over to ask.
"He's behind me. He'll be here soon!" Gohan pointed in Raditz's direction.
The two chatted on and off!
Ten minutes later!
"They're here!" Piccolo shouted.
Everyone looked up! Two spaceships hurtled toward a city thirty kilometers away!
Rumble!!! Crash!!
The two ships slammed into the city center, leaving two enormous craters. Roads collapsed, cars exploded, and chaos erupted everywhere!
Driven by curiosity, some Earthlings still made their way toward the spaceships.
Inside the crater
Creak!!!
The hatches opened. Two figures, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, slowly floated up and out of the craters!
"Aliens?"
"That big guy looks so strong!"
"Hello? Konnichiwa? How are you?"
Some of the bolder onlookers even approached them to strike up a conversation!
"Nappa, it's too noisy," Vegeta said with a frown.
"Got it, Vegeta!" Nappa cackled. He raised his right hand slightly and held up two fingers. "Here's a little present for you."
He pointed his fingers upward, and a surge of energy burst from his body!
The whole city suddenly exploded in a blinding flash. Everything vaporized in an instant, vanishing without a trace!
"Much quieter now." Nappa brushed the dust off himself.
Back with Sun Wukong
"Bastard! That's unforgivable!" Sun Wukong raged.
Afraid of hurting the Earthlings, he'd found an uninhabited place to wait for their arrival, exposing his ki to lead them there.
But he hadn't expected Nappa to be so brutal, destroying an entire city in an instant!
Son Gohan frowned, too.
"Baldy, if I weren't curious to see what your Super Saiyan form looks like, I wouldn't spare your life!"
With that, he took off toward Vegeta's location!
The others flew after him, too!
Far away, Raditz sensed Nappa's ki. Even without sensing it, he could see the enormous mushroom cloud!
"Idiot... I just pleaded for you, and now you've gone and sealed your own fate!" Raditz was furious, too.
He changed course immediately and flew toward Nappa!
Over with Vegeta!
"Beep beep beep!" The Scouter suddenly sounded an alarm.
One, two, three...
A total of seven power levels were flying toward them!
"Impossible! How can there be people this strong?" Nappa had detected them, too.
He'd also sensed that two of the seven power levels were far beyond his own!
One was eight thousand, the other ten thousand!
Those two ki signatures belonged to Sun Wukong and Raditz!
Sun Wukong had revealed some of his power because he was enraged, while Raditz still hadn't learned to control his ki at will!
"Nappa, something's off. Don't let your guard down. I'll take those two, and you can handle the rest. Think you can do that?" Vegeta was getting excited, too.
He hadn't expected Earth to have people with this kind of power!
"No problem, Vegeta!" Hearing Vegeta's words, Nappa immediately relaxed.
Little did he know, one of the remaining five had become a Super Saiyan!
Poor Nappa!