DBZ STORY

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of its character but you have no right to sue me anyway, no money is being made off of this, at least not by me.

Bardock and his team sat inside of a crater made during the battle. This was a tradition among his team, after every battle they would sit around before going back to their home planet. Sometimes they would tell old battle stories, even war stories even they were just teenagers at the time besides Borgos. Then there were times when they just sat in silence. Today's mission was like any other they had taken, the natives put up a decent fight but didn't stand a chance against their great ape forms.

"That was a heck of a party wasn't it?" Tora asked.

"If you say so, I don't remember any of it." Fasha the only female of the squad responded.

Tora chuckled, "You're a typical ape Fasha."

"Ah shut up I don't see how you guys remember anyway, elephants are the ones that are not supposed to forget not apes." She shot back.

"I'm with you Fasha, to me it's like waking up from a dream you kind of remember it all but then it just slips away."" Borgos added.

"I don't remember much either but I remember the crusty bastard that gave me this." Shugesh said pointing at a shallow cut on his cheek.

"Bardock says he remembers everything." Fasha said remembering a past conversation.

"Don't make me laugh Fasha, Bardock may remember every second of every battle but he remembers nothing of his personal life, allow me to demonstrate." Tora said turning around, "Bardock do you remember what day your son was born?"

"Nah I thought that was a long time ago." He responded.

"It was not you lazy bum, yesterday come one you need to go see the little tike." Fasha said scolding him.

"Why should I…-." Bardock said getting up.

A sudden movement behind them caught their attention, "I wish you baboons could read minds so you could have heard the thoughts of my troops as you slaughtered them." A Kanassan survivor exclaimed rising out of some rubble.

He charged towards the shocked saiyans. Bardock recovering from his shock the quickest met the kanassan mid charge. When the kanassan got within three feet he disappeared, appearing behind Bardock stabbing him with a five finger strike. Bardock retaliated with a backhand but the creature used surprising agility ducking under the attack. Bardock was faster smashing his elbow into his opponent's kidney sending the fish like humanoid flying. The rest of the team sprang into action, Tora appeared behind the survivor delivering a hammer blow. Shugesh appeared under the descending creature and fired an energy wave into his chest.

The last kanassan landed on the ground in a heap. The saiyans surrounded him, snarls adorning all of their faces.

"I…I've-I've seen it…I've seen the horror of your end just as my people and I have seen our own." He said before laughing manically.

His laugh was cut off by a clump of blood invading his throat. He opened his mouth to talk again but he was enveloped by a large energy wave. Bardock put his smoking hand down back to his side, he rubbed the back of his neck as a sharp pain shot through the base of his neck.

"Let's get off this dump." He said walking away.

His team silently followed, it didn't take long to make their way through the decimated town. Getting into their battle pods they discussed their plans for their next assignment.

"So what's next o' fearless leader?" Tora asked jokingly.

"Is it going to be another suicide mission like this one?" Fasha asked.

"One of these days we're not going to be so lucky." Borgos told the.

"Well until that day comes we'll continue taking the missions I pick." Bardock growled before getting into his pod.

A few minutes later the five saiyan pods were off of the ground and into the atmosphere. Images of his family flashed through his head as he initiated his sleeping gas. His mate Gine, she was the gentlest saiyan ever, Raditz his first born, a born elite soldier and his mother's pride and joy. Now his newborn…a sudden darkness flooded his vision signifying the gas taking effect.

X-x-X

(Unknown part of the north galaxy)

The tyrant known as Frieza sat upon his "throne" contemplating his next move. As of late his father had been trying to expand their territory into the east galaxy. If they could take over the east galaxy then the north would be his to rule.

"Pardon me lord Frieza sir, interesting news planet Kanassa has been occupied as of last night." His right hand man Zarbon said arriving and interrupting his thoughts.

"Oh?" He asked a bit absent mindedly.

"Yes sire, the kanassan have been eradicated the planet is yours." He informed him.

"Kanassa, that job has been in the pool for months I thought we were going to have to handle that one ourselves." Dodoria, Frieza's other general stated in slight shock.

"No a squad of saiyans took it." Zarbon told them.

"Saiyans…?" Frieza said in deep thought.

"Wow their elite teams are becoming comparable to our own." Dodoria exclaimed.

"Actually it was a squad of their low level soldiers." Zarbon corrected him.

"Bah, no low levels could take Kanassa, no these are standouts the saiyans are quickly becoming our best fighters am I right?" Dodoria asked.

"Yes Dodoria, without a doubt they're much stronger now. It's amazing in a small group on a full moon they're hard to beat." Zarbon added.

"Ha, what are you scared of them Zarbon?" Dodoria teased Zarbon.

"No certainly not I'm just saying we need to keep an eye on them that is all, like this Bardock who led the assault on the Kanassans. What if he and his crew teamed up with young Vegeta and a handful of other great warriors how would you like to tangle with that bunch on a full moon Dodoria?" Zarbon shot back.

A chuckle emitted from Frieza's throat, "Only a fool would welcome that scenario."

"Yes sire." Zarbon said agreeing with his master.

The sound of the door opening behind them alerted them to their new visitor. Standing in the doorway was a short kid with gravity defying black hair. The armor that he wore bore the symbol of the royal family of the saiyans. The young man was indeed Vegeta the prince of all saiyans.

"Prince Vegeta what do you think you're doing?" Zarbon asked as he and Dodoria move to apprehend the unwelcomed prince.

"Frieza didn't send for you kid, you know that no one sees lord Frieza unless he calls for them." Dodoria told him.

"Look I'm bored give me something challenging." Vegeta demanded.

"You little-." Zarbon began to say.

"Give him the hardest assignment you've got." Frieza said laughing.

"But lord Frieza-?" Zarbon warned.

"It's okay Zarbon, he hasn't learned how to control his passion but he it would do well if he learned some manners." Frieza responded, "And Vegeta do come back alive."

"I will sire thank you very much." Vegeta said performing a quick bow.

X-x-X

He could hear him, he could hear the sound of his infant son cry. Images began flooding his mind, his son being sent off to another world, a bleeding Tora. He was confused what did his son have to do with his best friend? More images of his son fighting enemies but he was different he wasn't acting like a saiyan.

He blinked a few times as the healing liquid drained from the pod he was in. In front of him were two very familiar faces, Planthor and Malaka. The two doctors that oversaw his healing process, many times they had told him he should slow down and taking safer missions because eventually he would get himself killed. Dying in battle was a death worthy for a saiyan so if that was his fate then so be it.

"I think it would be wise to take it easy Bardock." Planthor suggested.

"Well I'm not wise." Bardock replied.

"You're not?" Planthor asked.

"No." He answered.

"Oh I think you're wise, how else could you take on the assignments that you do and still be alive?" Planthor asked.

"I know how to fight that's all, it doesn't take a whole lot of brains to be a great fighter." Bardock said chuckling, "Which reminds me where's Tora I thought I heard him in here?"

"You and your team were ordered to go to planet meat by Frieza himself." Planthor informed the saiyan captain.

"What! Frieza so we're finally getting the recognition we deserve and those bums take off without me?" Bardock asked putting on his scouter.

Once his scouter was secured he took off down the hall much to the dismay of Planthor. As he ran down the hall the sound of his sons crying entered his ears once more. He stopped in front of a window and inside was his son.

"At least he's real this time, he sure does have a set of lungs though."

A sharp pain accompanied by the voice of the Kanassan interrupted his thoughts. Images of planet Vegeta being destroyed flooded his mind. Shaking it off Bardock turned his attention back towards his son.

"Kakarot huh, you see them too somehow don't you?"

Deciding to check his power level Bardock was slightly disappointed with the results. Kakarot had a power level of 2, he had hopes that Kakarot would be special. Getting what he came for he took off to join his team on planet meat.

X-x-X

(Frieza's Ship)

"My lord, Dodoria and his team have been dispatched to planet meat." Zarbon said walking up behind Frieza.

"Good let's see if these saiyans are really a threat." Frieza said as a malicious smile formed on his face.

"And what happens if they are not sire, you know this could be a rare case, I would hate for you to lose your best fighters because of paranoia?" Zarbon asked curiously.

"Paranoia?" Frieza exclaimed before smashing his tail into the face of his general, "I find that insulting, these monkeys are of no threat to me."

"My apologies sire, I was just thinking about what's best for your empire." Zarbon said bowing.

"You are dismissed." Frieza hissed.

Zarbon quickly left the presence of the changeling. Frieza gripped the sides of his seat leaving the imprint of his hands.

X-x-X

The air of planet meat was filled with the smell of blood. Bardock's nose twitched as the heavy scent of iron hit his nostrils. Among the destruction the bodies of the native meatians littered the ground. Bardock smirked as he eyed his squad's handiwork.

"Hmm looks like they ran right through this one." He activated his scouter searching for the energy signatures of his team.

"Still here, lazy bastards must still be celebrating." He said locking on to their signatures.

He rose into the air flying off to the location his scouter locked on to. As he flew through the air he looked at the destruction his friends caused and the bodies strewn throughout the rubble. He arrived at his destination and what he saw would haunt him the rest of his life. With wide eyes he slowly stepped towards his dead teammates.

"Fasha, Borgos."

A grunting sound to his left caught his attention. His best friend and second in command Tora lay dying. He quickly rushed to his side.

"Tora, buddy don't tell me you let these meat heads do this to you guys?" Bardock asked.

"Now you should know us better than that Bardock." Tora said chuckling, "It was Dodoria and his guys."

"Dodoria, what was he doing here?" Bardock asked in confusion.

"Frieza sent him here."

"Frieza but he sent us here." Bardock said.

"It was a setup, Frieza…he's afraid of us, he's afraid of you and what you might become." Tora said with his last breath.

A mixture of emotions entered his body, he was sad because he had lost his team and his oldest friend and he was angry at Frieza for being such a coward. As a saiyan he wasn't supposed to feel like this but he never was an ordinary saiyan. He sat his dead friend down taking his now blood soaked arm band and wearing it as a bandana. He snapped his head up as five men appeared on the horizon.

"I thought there was a stench in the air." Bardock said standing up.

"Bardock, we had a few laughs with your squad before you got here." Dodoria said taunting the lone saiyan.

Lost in his anger Bardock ignored all of his disadvantages. Bardock shot forward plunging his hand into the stomach of the alien with the elongated head. He wasted no time, he pulled out his hand covered in purple blood. He turned to his left shooting a ki ball incinerating the green skinned mercenary. He gathered energy in his hand once again shooting at Dodoria who titled his head dodging it.

"A little angry are we." Dodoria said smirking.

The two remaining members of Dodoria's hit squad created some space between them and the rage filled low class saiyan.

"He's pretty impressive we better out." A mercenary with a red bandana on his head warned.

"He's still a low level and we're elites." The pink alien screamed.

He exploded forward rushing Bardock. Surprised by his opponents sudden aggressiveness Bardock was unable to dodge the powerful punch. Taking advantage of his fellow planet trade organization member's attack the shorter bandana wearing alien delivered a devastating kick to the side of Bardock's head.

"Looks like you weren't a threat after all." Dodoria said walking up to the now restrained Bardock.

"Why was lord Frieza so worried about the saiyans if they produce weaklings like this?" The pink soldier asked punching Bardock in the kidney.

"Something about a super saiyan." Dodoria said delivering his own punch, "But this monkey proves lord Frieza is just paranoid."

For the new few minutes Dodoria used Bardock as his personal punching bag. Over and over again Dodoria smashed his meaty fists into the torso and face of Bardock. He smiled as his latest punch ended with his hand inside of Bardock's stomach. Bardock let out a low scream as Dodoria pulled his spiked arm out.

"Let's finish this and report back to lord Frieza." Dodoria told them.

A yellow light emitted from Dodoria's mouth as he charged up his signature attack. Bardock began to laugh, Dodoria closed his mouth cancelling out the attack.

"What's so funny you stupid ape, I'm about to end your worthless life." Dodoria asked getting a little irritated.

Using what little energy he had left Bardock locked his eyes on something behind Dodoria. The three PTO henchmen followed his eyes, Dodoria eyes widened as he the floating ball of energy. He turned back around to find fur sprouting out of Bardock's body.

"D-destroy that thing." Dodoria said pointing the false moon.

His crew members moved to execute their orders but they were crushed by the giant arms of the now fully transformed Bardock. Despite his shape Dodoria had above average speed, dodging the swings of the massive ape.

"H-how do you like me now?" Bardock boomed.

He was moving slower than usual his injuries transferred over to his transformation. He was losing a lot of blood from the hole in his stomach. He was starting to feel light headed and his vision was blurred, he needed to end this quickly.

"Where'd you go you coward?" Bardock asked smashing everything in his path.

Bardock stiffened, the image of Kakarot fighting a green man popped into his head.

"No, no not right now." He roared in his mind.

A sharp pain forced him back into the land of living. A sudden feeling of exhaustion overcame him, one look was all it took to realize he was going to die. His giant form lay amongst the same destruction his squad caused. A bout of maniacal laughter caught his attention, Dodoria floated next to his false moon.

"Game over." He said releasing a powerful beam of energy destroying the ball of energy, "Now it's your turn."

Bardock's giant body began shrinking until his normal body was left. He tried to move but the pain was too much, his body wasn't responding to his commands. He knew he was going to die and at least it was an honorable death. A small smile appeared on his face as he remembered the future of his newest son. He looked up to see the pink skinned monster floating above him.

"What are you smiling about ape, you're about to die." Dodoria said raising a ki covered hand.

"My son is going to kill you all."

"Delirious fool, I'll do you a favor and put you out of your misery." Dodoria said releasing his attack.

Time seemed to slow down, as the deadly wave of energy bared down on him his life flashed before his eyes. The moment his mother died and he was left alone in the world, when he met the brother and father he thought he never had. His beautiful wife Gine coming into his life and their two boys but none of that matter now. He gave one last smile as he was engulfed in Dodoria's attack.

"Ha and to think Lord Frieza thought you were a possible threat." Dodoria said before flying away.

Bardock lay motionless in the crater, his singed body twitched in pain. Death was tugging on his soul but his saiyan blood wouldn't let him give in. With a grunt of pain he flipped himself onto his stomach, the pain of being punctured by millions of small blades shot through his body with every movement. He had to get back to planet Vegeta and warn them. He spotted his team's ships on his way there and even if it took him all day he would get there.

It had taken him a little over an hour but he did it, he made it to the ship. His body was in ruins, as soon as he got into the ship it gave out. He was sure his spleen had ruptured, the blast had melted the first layer of skin off of his whole body and he still had the hole in his stomach. It wasn't long before the darkness that accompanied unconsciousness overcame him.

X-x-X

After two days of travel Bardock's ship entered the atmosphere of planet Vegeta. It wasn't long before it sat in the landing bay, the door of his ship opened revealing the bloody mess that was Bardock to residents of the landing bay.

"He's done it again, someone get Bardock to the med bay." One of the workers yelled.

"Idiot he needs to stay in a low levels place." A bypassing saiyan sneered.

"I bet he could give you a run for your money." Another teased.

A few minutes later two saiyans dressed in white lab coats came and carried Bardock to the medical bay.

"He never learns does he?" Malaka said shaking his head.

"He's a saiyan what do you expect, go ahead and put him in the pod." Planthor instructed the saiyan helpers.

They put him in the healing tank and with nothing left to do they were dismissed. Planthor shook his head as he stood in front of his favorite saiyan. Over the years he had treated Bardock more than any other saiyan in his life. He had come to learn Bardock wasn't your average saiyan and not just in terms of power. Although he was rough around the edges Bardock genuinely cared for those closed to him.

"Bardock you need to stop being a fool, you have a family to take care of." Planthor told the unconscious saiyan, "You may not think so but young Kakarot is destined to be something special."

"Planthor the child has a power level of 2 do you really think he could be something big, he's a low class?" Malaka asked his long time co-worker.

"Just because he's a low class doesn't mean he can't amount to anything, look at Bardock." Planthor reminded him.

"Bardock's a special case…he wasn't born a low class certain circumstances led him to that rank." Malaka said looking down a computer screen.

"Let's check Kakarot again his power may have spiked." Planthor suggested.

He and Malaka walked over to the baby with scouters on. Planthor activated his scouter and symbols appeared on the small lens. Finally numbers appeared, the two scientist gasped at the result. Malaka opened his mouth to talk but a beeping noise signaling the opening of a healing pod stopped him.

He opened his eyes after what seemed like hours. He could hear voices outside of his healing pod. The green healing liquid began emptying from his tank. He quickly stepped out of the pod moving to find his clothes and armor.

"Bardock what are you doing, you need to rest." Malaka suggested to Bardock.

"You just recovered from a near death experience you need to let your body rest." Planthor exclaimed grabbing at Bardock.

"Get off I need to go warn the king." Bardock said running off.

"Warn the king about what?" Planthor asked, worry written on his face.

Bardock didn't answer he was focused on getting to the throne room. The faces of his squad flashed through his head, the pain was still fresh but he had to stay strong. His saiyan genes made it easy to suppress his emotions. He reached the outside of the medical, his aura exploded around as he took flight.

As he flew through the air he could feel the power coursing through him. In a different situation he would have smiled and celebrated his new power but the survival of his people was more important than his ego. After ten minutes of flying he had finally made it to the palace. Two guards stood in front of the doors.

"What's a low class like doing at the palace?" One of the guards snidely asked.

He received a fist to the stomach as a response. The other guard moved to take Bardock out but Bardock's elbow had already smashed into his head rendering unconscious. Speeding through the doors and moving to the throne room. Sitting on his throne was King Vegeta and next to him stood his right hand man Zorn.

"Little brother, it's quite a surprise to see you here." Zorn said looking at Bardock questionably.

Bardock growled, "Your father made sure that I know I wasn't his son."

"Father's choices are his own-."

"Enough of your family squabbles, brother or not he just barged into my throne room unannounced." Vegeta said as his hand pulsed with purple energy, "Give me one good reason why I shouldn't kill him now."

"Frieza is going to destroy the planet." Bardock stated as if it was everyday news.

Bardock eyed the king waiting for his reaction. His eyebrows furrowed as he saw the king shift uncomfortably. The room remained in silence but not for long. Laughter soon erupted from the king and his soldiers followed suit. Bardock stood in silence as he was made of mockery of. The laughter was cut short by the arrival of the last person Bardock wanted to see.

"Bardock?" A voice laced with venom said from behind him, "You dare show your face in the royal palace?"

Bardock turned around and hate instantly filled his eyes, the bloodlust that came with being a saiyan grew exponentially as he came face to face with his father. Daikon, the man who ruined his life and pretended like he never existed. Bardock's knuckles turned white as he dug his fingernails into his palm. It took all of his willpower not to send the man into oblivion. His long black spikey hair cascaded down to his shoulders, an old battle scar sat on atop his right eye.

"I'll do what I want old man." Bardock replied through his gritted teeth.

"Old man, let's see if a low class like you can handle this old man." Daikon said flaring his power.

Bardock was only able to take a step forward before his brother was in between the two of them. He wore hard look on his face as he swiveled his head between the two.

"You two will not embarrass our family because of old memories." He told them.

Zorn had always been the favorite of Daikon, born with an elite power level and now the right hand man to the king. He made Daikon proud while Bardock was born with an elite power level he was the son of one of his many sexual encounters. He wouldn't let his family's name be tarnished so he denied Bardock any chance of having a real family.

Bardock finally took the time to take in his surroundings, behind Daikon stood about forty saiyan warriors. They had to be elites his "father" was a high ranking general he wouldn't have anything but elites in his unit.

"What's with all the soldiers?" He asked momentarily forgetting his hatred of the man.

"That's none of your business low class." Daikon spat.

"You're lucky I have things to do or you would be dead right now." King Vegeta said walking passed Bardock.

All eyes fell on Bardock as he clutched his head before falling to the ground. The king smirked as he stepped passed Bardock.

"It seems the little low class hasn't healed from his injuries."

The king was almost out of the door when Bardock stood back up. He wore a blank face as he took a few steps before a couple of elite soldiers blocked his path.

"You wouldn't be on your way to go save the prince would you?" Bardock asked in a mocking tone.

The king stopped mid-step before turning to face Bardock. A mixture of anger and surprise riddled his face. He seemed to be trying to his best to hide his emotions but it wasn't working too well.

"And where did you get that information?" He asked barely containing his anger.

The room became silent as Bardock thought about his options. On one hand he could tell them about his mission on Kanassa or he could and make something up. Either way he was liable to be attacked by the king and his elite soldiers.

"I would tell you but you wouldn't believe me." Bardock answered.

"Well humor me and we'll see what happens…or else." He threatened as his hand began glowing with purple energy once again.

Bardock gritted his teeth. He did not take well to being threatened repeatedly. But he was no fool either, even with his newfound power he was no match for the king let alone him and his soldiers.

"On my last mission to planet Kanassa I was attacked by the races lone survivor and before he died he said he had given me the ability to see the future." Bardock answered recapping his last mission.

The room became deathly silent as Bardock waited to be ridiculed again. Surprisingly after a few minutes the room was still quiet.

"Hmm I've heard crazier things but then again why should I believe you?" King Vegeta asked breaking the silence.

"You can believe me and we all can survive or you can ignore me and we all die." Bardock answered.

A beeping sound filled the room as someone had received a message on their scouter. Zorn leaned towards the king whispering something in his ear.

"Well if what you're saying is true then we have run out of time." King Vegeta said in a deep voice. "Frieza's ship has been spotted nearing our planet."

"Well if our end is near then let's me it head on." Bardock said as the saiyan fighting spirit kicked in.

Initially he was met with silence but a hand on his shoulder got his attention. Bardock turned around seeing his brother with a determined look on his face.

"We've never really acted like brothers but in the end we're blood and if you're going to face that tyrant I'm with you."

Bardock gave a brief smirk. He could care less about his brother's speech but at least he knew he wasn't a coward like the rest of them. As the two began to make their way out of the door Zorn was stopped by a hand grabbing his wrist.

"Father let go of my wrist." Zorn asked calmly.

"If you leave with that trash then don't expect to be welcomed back with open arms." He told his eldest son with a voice full of anger.

"I am no child, I am a saiyan elite I don't need-." Zorn said yanking his arm away before being interrupted.

"Silence!" The King shouted. "We will go to the landing bay and wait for Frieza there."

"But my king why change our plan what about our plan to go save prince Vegeta?" A soldier asked.

A beam of purple energy zoomed through the air and into the soldier's chest. No one batted an eye as the soldier fell to the ground as blood gushed from the fresh smoking hole in his chest.

"Now does anyone else want to question my orders?" The King asked in a dangerously low tone.

He received silence as an answer. His cape flapped as he swiftly turned leaving the throne room. Daikon was next and his soldiers followed in tight formation. Bardock gave his brother one last look before walking out himself.

Bardock soared through the air bypassing many of the other saiyan warriors on their way to the landing area. Soon he was flying side by side with the king.

"So you knew Frieza was coming to destroy us?" He asked.

The king gave him a nonchalant looking before speaking, "Yes I've had my suspicions for years now and I've been trying to figure out ways to get out of this exact situation."

"So what's the plan?" Bardock asked.

"If our entire race wasn't in danger of becoming extinct then I would have slain you long ago but to answer your question we see what's going on and act from there." King Vegeta answered keeping his head forward.

It wasn't long before the two made it to their designation. Soon the other soldiers made there and the docking bay was soon filled with some of the strongest saiyan warriors.

A mixture of emotions could be seen on the faces of the present warriors as a large PTO spaceship appeared just outside the atmosphere of planet Vegeta.

X-x-X

(Inside The Ship)

"Lord Frieza I'm glad we're getting rid of these savages." Dodoria said from his spot on the left of Frieza.

"Open the hatch." Frieza demanded as his began to float upwards.

The large transparent hatch began to slide backwards allowing Frieza to rise into space in his floating throne. A devious smile appeared on his face as he held his index finger up. A small ball of orange energy with small specks of black appeared in front of his finger. It went from the size of a pebble to the size of a boulder in less than ten seconds. Frieza smiled as he was about to launch his attack.

"Lord Frieza?" One of his soldiers yelled from inside the ship.

Frieza turned a vicious glare towards the soldier, "What is it?"

The birdlike alien cowered under the glare, "Uh…I…uh…Lord Cooler said to quit acting on your personal fears and get back to Cold planet 23."

Frieza looked a bit paranoid as he canceled his attack. He looked around before floating back down into his ship.

"How could my insect of a brother possibly know what I'm doing…I guess these monkeys will have to wait." Frieza thought to himself.

"My lord what are we going to do about the saiyans?" Zarbon questioned.

"We'll deal with that problem another day, right now we need to get to my father's planet." Frieza answered.

X-x-X

The saiyans let out an unfamiliar sigh of relief. Although they were a warrior race and lived to fight they weren't stupid. Fighting a losing battle such as the one against Frieza would be instant suicide. King Vegeta turned to all the saiyans.

"I want everybody in front of the palace in no less than an hour!" He commanded before flying away.

No one moved for a few seconds, "You heard the king, everybody get to the royal palace and spread the word." Zorn said backing his king up.

Everybody soon flew off either to go to the palace or let everybody else know what was going on. Bardock stood alone on the docking bay still staring out into space. Something streaking across the sky caught his attention. Somehow he knew it was Kakarot, they had a special connection he could feel his son's emotions.

"Don't worry Kakarot you won't be alone for much longer." Bardock thought to himself.

He turned taking off going to get his wife and go to the meeting at the palace.

X-x-X

Most of the saiyan population was standing in front of the royal palace waiting to be addressed by their king. Bardock and his mate Gine were near the front right under the balcony where the king would be standing.

"Bardock what's this all about?" She asked in a soft tone.

"Just watch and see." He told her.

At that moment whatever idle conversations that were going on ceased. All eyes were on the king, his dark eyes boring into the crowd. On his right stood the queen Celari, her beauty was not what you would think of a warrior queen. Her long black hair cascaded down her back in a tight braid and her green eyes shone in the moonlight. She was not to be underestimated because of her pristine look in fact she was one of the most ruthless warriors on the planet.

"For years…for years we have been used as lowly attack dogs but not anymore. We will no longer cater to the coward we know as Frieza. Today a suspicion many of us had was confirmed. The monster that we work for attempted to destroy our planet and us along with it." The king announced surprising his fellow saiyans.

"But won't he come after us if we stop working for him?" A voice from the crowd asked.

The king sighed, "As I said for years we have had suspicions of our future with Frieza and with that being said I set a plan into motion. A year ago I sent out scout ships to search for suitable planets."

"What, so we're running from the likes of a coward like Frieza? We are saiyans we stand and fight." A random saiyan yelled.

Others seemed to share his opinion as a roar of agreement resounded throughout the courtyard. Bardock look in disgust at his fellow saiyans. They would all rather condemn themselves than live to fight another day. Little did he know their ancient predecessors shared the same feeling as they looked down on them.

"Silence!" The King's voice boomed through the PA system. "You fools, do you not see it…we have grown weak during our employment of Frieza. We have become complacent, becoming use to destroying insects when in fact we are the insects. We will go to our new planet and prepare…prepare for war. We will no longer be the pets but the masters, now go home and gather your things and be at the docking area."

The king turned sharply walking back into the palace. The saiyan population immediately followed their king's orders and took off home. Bardock and Gine began lifting off the ground when a hand wrapped around his wrist. He turned to see his brother looking at him.

"What do you want?" Bardock asked him.

"The king asked for your presence." He answered.

Bardock looked towards his wife, "Go home I'll be there soon."

She reluctantly nodded before flying off towards her home. Bardock turned back towards his brother who had begun walking into the palace.

Once again he was in the throne room. This time the king didn't have such a condescending look on his face. His dark eyes met with Bardock's own and it stayed that way for a minute or so.

"Normally I would have killed you for your disrespect but today you saved the lives of millions including my wife." The king told him gesturing to his beautiful wife sitting on her throne next to him.

Bardock remained silently, he could care less about the king's threats and gratitude. He didn't warn him to get thanks, he warned him to ensure Frieza didn't get away with genocide.

"But I didn't ask you here to thank you, I want you to do something for me." He said revealing his true intentions.

"And what might that be?" Bardock asked crossing his arms.

"I need you to go protect a very important man." He stood up.

"Who is this man and what am I protecting him from?" Bardock questioned.

"His name Pota and he's one of our top scientist and he's off planet." The king told him.

"You didn't answer the whole question." He said with hardened eyes.

The king mumbled something about insolent low class trash, "While he does have quite the brilliant mind his body is weak and he's a disgrace. His power level is only a mere 200 and it can never go higher than that."

"Why do I sense that this is personal?" Bardock asked in a snarky tone.

"Know your place low class, I will forget all previous events and destroy you here and now." Vegeta Threatened.

"Whatever where am I going?" He asked.

"To a small planet called earth." He said catching Bardock's attention. "And you won't be going alone these three will be going with you."

From the door to the right of the king appeared three saiyan warriors. The first was a giant, standing at least six and a half feet tall. Unlike most saiyans he didn't have spiky hair instead it hung loosely against his head. According to his scouter his power level was 8,500.

The next one was a petite woman of average height. Her brown hair was pushed to one side of her face. She was quite the sight but by her power level which was 9,000 she wasn't to be taken lightly. The man next to her had an odd hair style, his hair was spiked forward. His power level sat at 8,700 just a little bit above the other male.

"I am Aspera, that's Brolo and that's Cress." The female said pointing at the taller and shorter saiyans respectively.

"Well let's go I don't like to wait." Bardock said walking out of the door.

Aspera looked at the king with a distasteful look, "Deal with it, he's an important part in our war, dismissed." He told her.

She nodded and walked out of the door followed by her to teammates. By the time they got outside Bardock had already taken to the air. They quickly followed suit and caught up with him. It wasn't long before they dropped to the ground at Bardock's home.

"What are we doing here?" Aspera questioned Bardock.

"I have someone to pick up." He said walking into his house.

"No one said anything about picking someone else up." Brolo said speaking up.

"I'm sure whoever it is won't be a hindrance, according to our info earthlings won't be a threat." Cress said in a higher voice than Brolo.

A few minutes later Bardock walked out with Gine. She had a medium sized bag slung across her body. The three elites looked her up and down before taking off to their original destination. Bardock and Gine weren't far behind.

The docking area seemed to busy. The workers were scrambling getting the ships ready for the massive launch. Bardock and his followers found their ships rather easily.

"The coordinates for earth were sent to your scouter." Aspera told Bardock before getting into her pod shaped ship.

X-x-X

Bardock stretched as he stepped out of his pod. The doors to the four other pods opened up revealing the other saiyans.

"That was quite the trip." Brolo said in his deep voice.

"We've been on longer trips than that." Cress told standing next to him.

"We don't have time to reminisce let's focus on our objective." Aspera said scanning the land in front of her with her scanner.

"You three can go find the target, my mate and I have some business to handle." Bardock told them.

"What business would you have on ear-?" Aspera began to ask but Bardock and Gine were already flying away.

The two saiyans flew through the air at breakneck speeds. Bardock was pleased to hear that he was being sent to earth. Although it was for a different reason, he could still get his son in the process.

"Bardy, you still haven't told me where we're going." Gine said worriedly.

Bardock huffed, "You know I don't like when you call me that."

She smiled, "Oh whatever mister big bad saiyan but you didn't answer my question."

"Fine…we're going to get Kakarot." He revealed.

Bardock was surprised when he received silence as an answer but it made sense when he found the spot next to him empty. He stopped his flight and looked back seeing Gine floating in mid-air with her hands over her mouth.

"Quit being so dramatic Gine." He said floating in front of her.

She launched herself forward wrapping her arms around Bardock's neck. Bardock could feel the warmth of her tears as the fell against his shoulder. He sighed before hugging her back, he wasn't soft or anything but he would anything to keep her happy.

"Come on we have to go." He said pulling apart.

She nodded wiping her tears away, "How do you know where to go?"

"I have my ways, just follow me." Bardock said as he flied away.

Gine quickly followed her mate. She admired the scenery, earth was beautiful. Back on Vegeta there wasn't many vibrant things. Earth had a multitude of colors and many things that caught her eye. She was pushed out of her thoughts as she bumped into something hard.

"Bardy why did you stop?" She asked.

Bardock remained silent and began to descend. Gine followed her mate's movements with her eyes. Her eyes landed on a small house or more like a hut. Bardock began walking towards it, she quickly joined him on the ground. He knocked on the door, a few seconds later a small man opened the door with a baby on his hip.

Gine's eyes widened as she saw the baby. Faster than Bardock or the old man could react Gine shot forward pushing the man away and taking the baby in one swift movement. The old man flew into the wall behind him rendering him unconscious.

"Was that really necessary?" Bardock asked.

Gine didn't say a word she just looked her baby in the eyes. It seemed he missed his mom just as much as she missed him. He put his head on her shoulder and kept it there.

An hour later the old man began to stir. He blinked as his eyes adjusted to the light.

"What's your name old man?" Bardock asked in a cold tone.

The old man looked around the room taking in his surroundings. He was in his house on his couch and his wall was cracked. In front of him sat two adults, a man and a woman and the women had baby Goku with her.

"My name is Gohan, what are you doing with Goku?" Gohan asked.

"Goku, who is that?" Gine asked.

"He's talking about Kakarot." Bardock told Gine. "And he's our son."

Gohan looked between Goku and the older man. He could now see the strong resemblance of the two. Goku was a carbon copy of the man besides the scar on his face. He even had the same fuzzy brown tail.

"If you're the child's parents why was he left alone?" Gohan asked.

Gohan had a slightly angry look on his face. It was rare for him to get angry but a case like this called for such a thing. Who left their baby all alone for three months and comes to get them like nothing happened.

"My mate Gine will explain everything I have to go." Bardock said turning to walk out.

"Bardock, where are you going?" Gine said grabbing his arm.

"I'm going to complete my mission. You stay here with Kakarot and the old man." He said walking out.

He lifted off the ground and into the air. He clicked his scouter searching for the large power levels of the saiyans he arrived with. His face contorted into disgust as he picked up the power levels the natives. He had yet to get anything above ten. If he hadn't seen it himself he would have never thought these earthlings would amount to anything.

Three large power levels popped up on his scouter. He locked in the coordinates before flying off. His journey wasn't long. He arrived at a large town, the buildings weren't that different from the ones on planet Vegeta but the feeling that it gave was a different story. There were all kinds of people walking around in vibrant colors, idle chatter and the city was just alive. He stopped his sightseeing and made it to the building where the power levels were.

"So the legendary Bardock finally decided to show himself." Cress teased as Bardock walked in.

Bardock gave him an indifferent look, "So where's the man we're supposed to be protecting?"

Brolo silently pointed to his right. Bardock heard footsteps he turned his head seeing Aspera and an unfamiliar but familiar face.

"This is Pota, brother to the king." Aspera said introducing him.

It all made sense now, the personal tone the king used and why the man seemed so familiar. He had the same dark brown hair as the king and the widows' peak. Although he seemed a lot less dangerous, the white doctor's coat didn't help.

"You must be this Bardock I'm hearing so much about. My brother seems to hate you." He said with anger in his eyes. "And that makes you okay with me, I hate that bastard too."

"Why are you here on earth?" Bardock asked getting straight to the point.

"Follow me, you three can stay here and guard the door or something." Pota told them.

Bardock followed the man down a glass corridor. Outside of the glass was a garden of some sort. Weird for a saiyan but from the looks of it Pota wasn't your average saiyan.

"So what did you do to get on my brother's bad side?" Pota asked.

"I'm a low class and that's all he needs to look down on me." Bardock told him.

"He did always act like he was better than everyone else." Pota said, bitterness filling his voice.

As Bardock listened to the man he realized he wasn't much of a saiyan anymore. The way he carried himself wasn't that of a warrior but of a regular man. He didn't have the look in his eyes that every saiyan had. His voice although deep and raspy was not what you would expect of a saiyan.

"How long have you been here?" Bardock asked getting off topic again.

"Let's see…I was exiled three four years ago, so I've been here for three years." Pota answered.

"What? Exiled? The king, your brother said he sent you here as part of his plan." Bardock said in confusion.

Pota chuckled, "My brother likes to justify his wrong doings, and he exiled me after I failed to purge a planet."

Bardock opened his mouth to ask another question but a small blur crashed into him. He looked down and saw a small child beginning to cry. Pota walked over and picked the child up.

"I told you the men in our family don't cry cut it out boy." Pota scolded the child.

The young boy tried to force himself to stop crying. He wiped away his tears and looked at Bardock twisting his head to the side.

"Daddy who is that man and what is he doing here?" The boy asked.

"That is Bardock and he's here to protect us, now go run along Ken." Pota told the boy.

Bardock's mind was everywhere, he didn't see any of this coming. When he had his visions there was no other saiyans besides Vegeta and the kids on earth. Something changed the future he hoped it was for the best.

"Let's talk." Pota said breaking Bardock out of his thoughts.

He ushered Bardock to sit down next to him.

"So your Brother exiled you here and now you live amongst the humans." Bardock stated trying to get his facts straight.

"He exiled me but not here, I found this place after living on a desolate rock after a few months." Pota corrected.

"So how did he know you were here?"

"Although I'm not much of saiyan warrior I still kept my scouter and that's how he found me…the little bastard still keeps tabs on me."

Pota picked up a bottled and poured some kind of brown liquid into a glass cup. He drank it and scrunched his face up afterwards.

"There's still one thing I don't know." Bardock said looking Pota in the eye. "Why did your brother send four of the strongest saiyans to a weak planet like this?"

"Well I've made quite the life for myself here, I have a family and a business." He said leaning closer. "I used the blueprints for the planet trade organization's armor and applied it to what they call bulletproof vest here on earth and made a fortune and now some people who call themselves the red ribbon army are after me and my designs."

"Honey I need to go get some things can you keep an eye on Ken and Kali?" A woman with light brown skin and jet black haired and a baby in her arms asked appearing in the doorway.

"Of course I can." Pota responded.

The woman walked over and placed the baby girl in her father's arms. Pota smiled as he looked down at the little girl.

"Excuse my manners, Bardock this is my wife Sarah and this beautiful girl is Kali." Pota said introducing his family.

"How old is she?" Bardock asked looking at the baby.

"She just turned five months the other day." Sarah answered. "I have to go, see you later sweetie."

She kissed her husband and daughter goodbye before walking out of the door.

"What information can you give me on this red ribbon army?" Bardock asked.

"Nothing really, they just appear every once in a while and threaten me. I may be weak in saiyan standards but on earth my power is more than enough." He told him.

"Well I'm going to go see if I can find these guys." Bardock said standing up.

"Look for a cluster of above average power levels." Pota advised.

Bardock nodded before walking back to the entrance. He walked into the lobby finding the three elite saiyans standing at the door. A small chuckle escaped his mouth as he found the fact that the trio took Pota's insult literally. He gave them a brief glance shaking his head as he walked passed them.

Brolo and Cress looked to Aspera for an answer but she was as perplexed as them. She gave them a shrug and they just went back to guarding the door. Bardock leapt into the sky floating high. As he looked down he could see people pointing at him.

"I forgot these earthlings aren't used to people flying around." He said to himself.

He took off back towards Mt. Paozu he had to check on his family first. He knew Gohan was a good man but Gine didn't know that and he was pretty sure she was uncomfortable. It didn't take long to get there since he knew where he was going. He walked into the small house finding Gine asleep on the small couch and Gohan sitting in a chair rocking Kakarot to sleep.

"So you're back, it seems we have a lot to talk about." Gohan said getting up and laying Kakarot next to his mom.

He brushed passed Bardock walking back outside. Bardock followed the older man, he stopped just in front of the trees. He had his back facing Bardock with his hands behind his back.

"So what are your plans?" He asked.

"I'm going to keep my family here and raise my son to be the warrior he's destined to be." Bardock told him.

"Destined? You speak as if his life is already planned out." Gohan stated turning around.

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Bardock said in a low voice.

"Try me you know an old man like me has seen many strange things." Gohan told him.

Bardock nodded, he knew that the old man had his own adventures as a young man.

"I was given a curse by an enemy and it allows me to see the future." He said in his usual stern tone.

"And you've seen Go…I mean Kakarot's future?" Gohan asked.

"I have although it may change." Bardock answered.

The powerful saiyan began thinking to himself, he hadn't had a vision since he was on Vegeta and many things had happened differently. Kakarot's future couldn't be the same as he saw before with so many changes. He sighed as his mind was flooded with different scenarios. He only hoped his son grew into a great man like Goku was.

"Bardock, are you okay?" Gohan asked breaking his train of his thought.

Bardock shook his head, "I'm fine, I have to go again, watch over my family until I get back."

Bardock flew away to begin his search for the red ribbon army. He knew his mate and son were in good hands. There weren't many people on the planet that could fight Gohan and win. He could fulfill his mission and get back to his family.

Well here it is I hope you all like it. I've always wanted to write a DBZ story but the fear of messing up power levels always kept me from doing it. I wrote a previous DBZ story but like a few people told me I rushed it and lost interest in it. This story will have some of the same content in it but as this first chapter is way longer than that story that's not saying much. I know some of you will think that this story belongs in the Dragonball category but it won't stay in this time period for too much longer I just need to set a few things up and boom we'll be in the DBZ time period.

P.S tell me if you want a power level chart at the end of chapters or not, See Ya.