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The
earth is safe thanks to Goku and the rest of the Z-team.
Unfortunately, most of the team died in the battle with the
Saiyans. There's a catch to it also. Normally, the earth's
Dragonballs could be gathered to wish them back to life,
right? Here's a little DBZ history. Piccolo's father and Kami
used to be one being. When they split, the evil side of Kami
became Piccolo's father (Piccolo-Daimaou). Daimaou has died,
but not before he had an offspring, Piccolo. Piccolo and Kami
are still related so that when Piccolo died in the battle with
the Saiyans, Kami died with him. The Dragonballs
disappear when Kami dies, seeing as he created them. On the
bright side, the team learns from Vegeta that other
Dragonballs exist on Namek (Piccolo's home planet).
When
Nappa's space pod gets destroyed, Mr. Popo shows Bulma how to
operate the ship that Piccolo came to earth in a long time
ago. But who's going to go to Namek? Goku's physical body was
damaged so severely in the battle with Vegeta he is be unable
to go. Krillin and Gohan (despite protests from Chi Chi)
accompany Bulma.
After
a few tight spots on the way to Namek, they arrive. In the
meantime, Vegeta has recovered at Freeza's base! He learns
that Freeza is on Namek and already in search of the
Dragonballs. Vegeta becomes furious and rushes off to Namek to
gather the balls for himself. This is the introduction of
Freeza, the strongest known warrior in the universe (at this
time). Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz were working for freeza in
the Vegita Saga (although Vegeta had already been thinking
about overthrowing him, hence his interest in the Dragonballs). Freeza is gathering the Dragonballs on
Namek,
with the aid of his hench men Zarbon and Dodoria. They go from
village to village killing Nameks and demanding the
Dragonballs. Meanwhile, Vegeta touches down on Namek and is
almost immediately intercepted by Kui, another one of Freeza's
henchmen. Not realizing how strong Vegeta has become (because
as you know Saiyans get stronger after every battle), Kui gets
destroyed. Gohan and Krillin also have their first battle,
facing off against two of Freeza's weaker henchmen. After
Freeza's goonies trash their spaceship, Gohan and Krillin kill
them without effort!
Miles
away, these battles are being monitored by the scouters of
Zarbon and Dodoria. Knowing that he is still not powerful
enough to challenge Freeza, Vegeta must get the Dragonballs.
As he plans his next move, a village close to Gohan and
Krillin's location falls under attack. The Nameks fight well,
until Dodoria joins the fight. As Dodoria moves in to attack a
young Namek boy, Gohan can't control his anger anymore and
Jumps in. Gohan and Krillin rescue the boy, but are followed
by an angry Dodoria. By the way, this is the introduction of
Dende. Gohan, Krillin, and Dende narrowly escape, and on
the way back to Freeza, Dodoria runs into Vegeta. Knowing
Vegeta is stronger than him Dodoria bargains for his life.
Dodoria tells Vegeta that it was actually Freeza that
destroyed Planet Vegeta (the Saiyan's home planet), and not a
meteor shower. Vegeta finds this interesting, but kills
Dodoria anyway.
Zarbon
is next to try, as he eventually tracks down Vegita, and
reveals the ugly side of himself (his transformation) . Vegita
is beaten to a pulp and taken to Freeza's base on Namek, to
heal so he can answer for his treason. Unknown to Freeza and
Zarbon, Vegeta awakens while in his recovery chamber and
manages to steal the Dragonball's that Freeza has gathered.
Enraged, Freeza gives Zarbon an hour to get Vegeta and the
Dragonballs. However, Freeza recognizes that this is already
getting out of control and summons the Ginyu Force. The Ginyu
Force is his most elite fighting squad in the universe.
While
this is going on Krillin and Gohan befriend the young Namek
boy, Dende. He takes Krillin to go see the eldest Namek, Guru.
They get to Guru's and find Nail watching over Guru. Nail is
the strongest of the Namekian warriors. Guru reveals some
history about Piccolo, and then uses his power to awaken the
hidden potential in Krillin. Amazed, Krillin feels twice as
strong, and tells the eldest Namek that he will not let the
Dragonballs fall into the wrong hands. Satisfied with
Krillin's good intentions, Guru gives him the One-Star
Dragonball. Krillin leaves Dende at Guru's place, and returns
to Bulma and Gohan with his Dragonball.
While
all this is happening, Piccolo and the other Z-fighters end up
making it down Snake Way and they start training with King
Kai, just like Goku did. Goku in the meantime finally fully
recovers, after he receives some Senzu beans (magical beans
from Korin's Tower). To the protests of Chi Chi he leaves in a
hurry to catch up with the others on Namek. Dr. Briefs (Bulma's dad and a real technical wiz) has already constructed
a spaceship for Goku to travel to Namek. Goku blasts off for
Namek hoping he has not missed any action.
During
his six day journey Goku knows he must be in peak physical
condition, so he trains in an artificial gravity machine that
can be adjusted to different intensities. He starts of 10x
gravity and after he has grown accustomed to it increases the gravity
to 20x that of Earth's. He has a close encounter with a star
as its gravity was pulling Goku's ship towards it. Using
Kaioken and a Kamehameha he escapes this fate. Later, disaster
strikes, as Goku's ship gets caught in an interstellar storm,
causing the gravity machine to go crazy. After it gets stuck
at 100x normal gravity, Goku must summon up every last ounce
of strength just to hit the "off" switch! He
succeeds, but then gets determined to train in such a harsh
environment. During his trip, Goku's grueling training wears
him down and he uses Senzu beans to recover his strength.
Back
on Namek, Zarbon has one hour to resolve this mess, because
Freeza's getting pissed! He spots Vegeta, who is actually in
pursuit of Krillin (returning from Guru's with a Dragonball).
Krillin goes to were Bulma has been hiding and learns that
Gohan has gone to track down another Dragonball. All of a
sudden Vegeta Arrives! He demands Krillin's Dragonball... but
right behind him is Zarbon. And thus the second battle between
these 2 begins. Vegeta is stronger after recovering from their
first bout, and succeeds in sending Zarbon to the next
dimension. He then threatens to hurt Bulma if Krillin doesn't
give him the Dragonball! Reluctantly, Krillin is forced to
comply (not like he could have defended the Dragonball
anyway!).
At
this point, Vegita thinks he has all the Dragonballs. This one
just taken from Krillin, the 5 stolen from Freeza's ship, and
one that he took from a Namekian village earlier (which he hid
in a lake). He is unaware that Gohan has used Bulma's
Dragonball radar to track down the one hidden in the lake.
However, on the way back to Bulma and Krillin, Gohan runs into
Vegita. Gohan senses him coming and has time to hide himself
and the Dragonball. Vegita can also sense something and
demands for Gohan to show himself. Gohan comes out and talks
to Vegeta. Vegeta sees that Gohan is holding the Dragonball
radar, but doesn't know what it is. When he asks Gohan what it
is, Gohan tells him that it is an antique watch, growing
tired, Vegita cheap shots Gohan and takes off. Dazed, Gohan is
merely happy that Vegeta did not see his Dragonball... and he
returns to Bulma and Krillin's location.
Upon
returning to the lake, it becomes apparent to Vegeta what has
happened. He realizes that the device Gohan had was not just
an antique watch. He gets super pissed and blasts off to get
his revenge (you can see blazing red anger in his eyes!)
Meanwhile, Gohan returns with the Dragonball and Krillin
decides to take Gohan to Guru's place, in order to awaken his
hidden powers. Bulma is left with the Dragonball, which is
probably a mistake. She loses it in a lake and has to recover
it with a Capsule Corp. submarine..
Gohan
and Krillin are almost to Guru's place, when they sense Vegeta
following. Krillin tells Gohan to hurry up and see Guru, while
he attempts to stall Vegeta. Vegeta confronts Krillin and
quickly realizes where Gohan is. He speeds off and Krillin
flies after him. They arrive at Guru's and Nail comes out and
tells Vegita to "go home." Just as Vegeta demands to
see what's going on inside, Gohan emerges. Vegeta threatens
Gohan, in order to learn the whereabouts of the other
Dragonball. Before the situation climaxes anymore, Dende
informs them that Guru senses a super powerful evil force
approaching the planet. They all sense it, and Vegita realizes
that it must be the Ginyu Force. They don't have much time...
Vegeta
tells our heroes that each member of the Ginyu Force is as
strong as he is, and the only way that they will survive is to
wish him immortal. Not liking the sound of this, Krillin and
Gohan fear they might have no choice. They join Vegeta and
rush back to where Bulma has the other Dragonball. Then they
proceed to where Vegeta has stashed the 6 balls which he has
gathered. After a short argument on who should get to be
immortal, they are immediately confronted by the Ginyu Force!
Vegeta,
Krillin, and Gohan know they are in trouble! A little about
the Ginyu Force... There are 5 members: Captain Ginyu, Recoom,
Guldo, Jeese, and Burter. They are Freeza's most elite squad,
really never have lost a fight, and oh yeah..they are
completely nut's. Captain Ginyu was chosen to lead the squad,
by King Cold himself (Freeza's dad) because of his body change
technique. It is the Captain that does most of the talking at
first, and demands that Vegeta give them the Dragonballs. At
this point 5 are lying on the ground, Vegeta is holding one,
and Krillin the other. Vegeta tries to get rid off the
Dragonball he is holding, by throwing it way out towards the
horizon. However, they are all left in slow motion, as Burter
catches up to it with his super speed. Vegeta then screams at
Krillin, ordering him to quickly destroy the other Dragonball.
As Krillin raises his fist, the Dragonball suddenly disappears
from his hand. The short 4-eyed Guldo has used his ability to
control time to take it away from him. Krillin and Gohan can't
believe what they are seeing, and get scarred. Vegeta is not
amused.
Captain
Ginyu gathers up the Dragonballs, and takes off to deliver
them to Freeza. Vegita, Krillin, and Gohan are left to take on
the remaining members of the Ginyu Force. Guldo goes first,
and prepares to take on Krillin and Gohan, who begin to power
up. They fly up into the air simultaneously showing off their
increased power. Guldo freezes time for a moment (by holding
his breath) and runs for cover. The battle continues; Guldo is
out of shape, and getting overwhelmed by Krillin and Gohan.
Then he gets mad and summons up all his strength and uses his
mind freeze technique on the heroes. Krillin and Gohan are now
stuck in mid-air, and can't move! Guldo now flies up to them
and beats them up a little. He then uses a sort of telekinesis
and grabs a tree, which he plans to spear Gohan and Krillin
with. He forms it into a stake and sends it flying straights
for Krillin! Suddenly, a beam slices through Guldo's neck and
he falls to the ground. Vegeta drops down next to him and
laughs. Taking such a critical shot, Guldo looses his control
of the mind freeze. Krillin is free and dodges the tree with
who knows how many of hundredths of a second less. Vegeta then
blasts Guldo and finishes him.
Gohan
and Krillin are grateful to Vegeta. Vegeta just tells them he
had an old score to settle with Guldo, and that he was not
trying to save them. On the other side, Recoom, Burter, and
Jeese are enraged about Guldo's death (not really that they
care about him, but now their group pose will be different
without him). Recoom now steps forward to take Vegeta on. The
huge orange-haired titan announces the start of the fight, and
does a silly dance and pose. Growing tired of their insanity,
Vegeta begins to power-up! Energy swirls around him and
everyone is shocked by how high his powerlevel has gotten. But
is it any match for the Ginyu Force?
Vegeta
attacks Recoom and is winning and even uses his "Final
Flash" technique. There is a huge explosion and it looks
like the fight is over. However, as the smoke clears, the huge
Recoom is still standing. What is even more amazing, is that
he has hardly been scratched by the divesting attack! Recoom
decides it is his turn, and after another exchange of blows,
Vegeta finds himself buried in the ground. Exhausted and
injured, the Saiyan Prince might die. Wait, Gohan and Krillin
join the battle, and save Vegeta!
As
Recoom attacks Vegeta with a flame attack emanating from his
mouth Krillin kicks him in the back of the head (which shuts
his mouth in the middle of the attack), Gohan pulls Vegeta out
of harms way. Vegeta is ungrateful to Gohan and a now
toothless Recoom announces that he has had enough. He quickly
takes Krillin out in one kick. With Vegeta and Krillin down
and out, Gohan must bare the load. And a heavy one it is, as
Recoom blows poor Gohan out of the water!
Meanwhile,
Freeza has gathered all the Dragonballs and attempts to make
his wish. It doesn't work! Freeza figures with must be some
special words you say or something that he is not doing right.
He picks up Nail, Dende, and Guru on his scouter and rushes
off to find the secret. He leaves Captain Ginyu to look after
the Dragonballs while he is gone. Captain Ginyu holds try-outs
for the Ginyu Force while he watches over the Dragonballs. He
ends up killing all the contestants.
While
the Ginyu try-outs are not going good for Freeza's goons, the
fight against Recoom is hopeless. Gohan eventually goes down
and it looks like it's all over... but WAIT! Who's spaceship
is that touching down a couple miles away? GOKU FINALLY
ARRIVES on Namek! As usual he arrives right as the team is
about to be annihilated. Goku uses Senzu beans to heal Gohan,
Krillin and Vegeta. Gohan was almost dead, and the Ginyu are
amazed at the fact they have suddenly been restored to health.
Goku reads Krillin's mind, to find out what happened during
his absence ("apparently training at 100x normal gravity
has extra benefits"). Next he confronts Recoom!
He
displays blinding speed, and takes Recoom out, with a simple
elbow to the Sternum! Nobody can believe it... Jeese and
Burter attack Goku now! Goku dodges their attacks with ease.
Goku can hide his powerlevel from scouters, but Vegeta senses
his enormous ki. He can feel Goku's power, and it is nuts! He
thinks that Goku has become a legendary Super Saiyan!
After
this Krillan, Gohan and Vegita find the dragonballs since they
are not guarded. But they figure out they are going to
need the password.
Goku
was now going to fight Captain Ginyu himself. What
happens is Ginyu realizes Goku is much stronger so he switches
bodies with him. As it turns out Ginyu thinks Vegeta is
stronger so he tries to switch bodies with him but then Goku
as Ginyu comes in the way and gets his old body back.
When Ginyu tries to switch bodies with Vegeta Goku throws a
frog in the way and Ginyu Turns into a frog.
After
this battle Goku gets put in a healing pod. When Vegeta
takes a nap Dende arrives with the password for the
dragonballs. They get three wishes. The first was
to wish Piccolo back. The second was to Wish him to
Namek and they couldn't get the third wish since Guru had
died.
Soon
Piccolo arrives and senses Nail. (he had been beaten up
because he wouldn't give the password to freeza) and they
merge together and become way stronger. By this time
Gohan, Krillan and Vegeta were fighting Freeza and Freeza had
transformed 2 times before Piccolo arrives and they start to
fight.
After
undergoing his transformation to his fourth and final form,
Freeza killed Dende since he could heal the fighters and
Vegeta for stating about the Super Saiyan to Goku who had
fully healed by now. (Note: Freeza feared the Super Saiyan
legend.) Goku executed a Genki Dama (Spirit Bomb) desperately
at Freeza, but an injured Freeza killed Kuririn out of rage.
This triggered the anger Goku to transform to a Super Saiyan.
An intense battle has developed, risking the destruction of
Namek. Super Saiyan Goku was defeating Freeza, becoming
stronger every minute. With his last strength, Freeza
triggered the planet to blow up in five minutes and threw
Kienzan-like fireballs at him but accidentally got cut in the
process. Goku gave Freeza some of his energy to save his life
and to fight more but had to kill him rapidly and escape. Goku
tried to start Freeza's spaceship but failed as the planet
exploded. Bulma, Piccolo, Gohan, Vegeta, and the Namekians
traveled back to earth with the Namek dragon balls. (Note: The
Namekians were revived with the Earth dragon balls which means
guru was alive and so was Dende and he wished for everybody on
Namek to exept Goku and Feeza to be wished to Earth).
Back
on Earth when the namekian dragonballs returned the dragon
revived Krillan and Yamcha but was unable to revive Goku. It
seemed that Goku survived the explosion and was training on
another planet, learning the Shunkanidou in the process.
Vegeta decided to train in space, and everything was safe on
Earth for now. When they regenerated again the next three
wishes were to wish back Tien Chaiotzu and to take the Nameks
to a new planet to live on.
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