Author's note: So somehow we did it. We reached the end of part 1, hard to believe. If you've made it this far thank you so much for reading my story. I know it's taken a long time to get here but I can't tell you how much it means to me that for some reason or another you have given my story a bit of your time. I read every review I get religiously and would probably have stopped after chapter 1 if I hadn't received any. To instead be flooded by both criticism and praise throughout the past year has given me nothing but joy both as a writer and as a person. So I just wanted to take a moment to celebrate the completion of Krillin vs the Saiyans!

Hooray!

…moment's over. As you may have guessed with this being the end of part 1 I can confirm that I am working on part 2. I also do have to confess that this wasn't part of my original plan. I named this story in a way where I could end this as a one-off, but once I got going I couldn't stop and you guys were a big part of that. I'm sorry if you feel tricked but I have a LOT of plans in store and I want to take this series as far as I can go. That includes beyond Namek. I do not want to set any expectations with a release schedule as my days of keeping a deadline were murdered viciously and ruthlessly long ago (there was blood everywhere). However, I can share that the title of the next story will be called Krillin vs the Universe's Worst. It will, of course, be Krillin and two more people going to Namek so if you feel the need, please look forward to it.

Before I disappear back into the void I wanted to share just a little bit of the next chapter, if only to prove that I'm actually working on it. I won't share any context and if you want to avoid spoilers entirely then feel free to skip this. Again thank you all so much I couldn't have done any of this without all of your support! Have a wonderful Sunday, you all deserve it! Please enjoy.

"Do you feel better?"

Krillin took stock of himself and aside from the stiffness of sleeping on a porch and the soft pressure of his shoulder wound he felt good.

"Yeah, I guess I do," Krillin said stifling a yawn.

"Glad to hear it." Master Roshi said sitting down next to his student. "You weren't screaming this time."

"You heard that?"

"Hard not to, woke me up this morning."

"Oh…sorry."

"Don't be, I understand. Do you want to talk about it?"

Krillin paused not sure if he did.

May as well. Don't think anyone else is going to ask.

"It's nightmares mostly."

"About Vegeta?"

"Yeah, sometimes. But a lot of them are about Nappa."

"Nappa?"

"The other saiyan." Krillin said slowly. "We…I, didn't just leave him unconscious."

"We saw him while we were looking for Yamcha and Chiaotzu. He had a hole in his head. Did Piccolo do that?"

"No, I did."

"Ah…I see."

Master and student didn't say a lot after that, instead opting to watch the sea flowing on and off the tiny island.

"What did you guys do with the body?" Krillin asked breaking the quiet.

"We buried it miles away from the battlefield. No one else is going to find it unless they're looking for it."

"Oh, okay."

The silence returned stronger, but only for a moment.

"The scariest part is that I don't regret it," Krillin said gripping his left hand tightly. "He would have done the same thing to the entire world, to billions of people and wouldn't have thought twice about it. I stopped that, but he was still alive wasn't he? Shouldn't I feel something? Some kind of sadness? Something?"

"That depends on what you want. Do you want to feel sorry for him?" Master Roshi said softly.

"No, I hated him and I still do, he killed Yamcha and Chiaotzu. Yet even after avenging them, I think he still took a part of me, something I can't get back. At the time I was shaking afterward, but now thinking back on it I…I don't feel anything. I killed someone. Even if he was a monster shouldn't I feel sad over that?"

"Unfortunately that just may be the state of things for you," Master Roshi said looking out at the red sky. "This battle has changed you there is no doubt about that; you may never be the same again. But you have to learn that not being the same is alright. You are still yourself just a different form of you, and that's okay," Master Roshi said before turning back to look at Krillin "Do you know what that makes you?"