Created: 11/03/2002 1 DragonBall M: Raditz Saga Adapted from “The Return of Raditz” by Matthew A. I. Part I: Trunks Saga A stranger appears before Frieza, King Cold and their troops. A guard reports, “The power level of this intruder is that of a baby, only level 5”. On the order of King Cold, the troops attack the stranger, only to be cut into pieces. Frieza turns on his intercom and announces the need for backup. Before Frieza can even finish his sentence, the stranger transforms into a Super Saiyan. This unknown Super Saiyan angers Frieza as he remembers back to his defeat at the hands of a Super Saiyan named Goku. Frieza thrusts towards the Super Saiyan in an attack formation to only get knocked down. Using an attack similar to that, which destroyed planet Namek, Frieza thrusts a ball of energy towards the Super Saiyan, to no avail. In a failed attempt to destroy the stranger, the Super Saiyan slices Frieza into pieces with his sword. Shocked at the sight of his son being destroyed, King Cold falsely submits to the Super Saiyan. In a sign of admiration, King Cold asks to see the stranger’s sword. With sword in hand, King Cold attempts to stab the stranger, only to be shot in the stomach and soon after destroyed when his pleas of surrender are ignored. Inside King Cold’s ship, the few remaining crewmembers send a transmission into space of the events heard over Frieza’s intercom with the additional messages of Saiyans living on Earth and the destruction of Frieza and King Cold. The Super Saiyan turns towards the ship and destroys it and the crew inside. Part II: Unknown Cousin Ten years after the defeat of Kid Buu at the hands of Goku, a report has reached Prince Vegeta that Saiyans exist on a planet in the same solar system where planet Vegeta © Haslage Net Enterprises Created: 11/03/2002 2 used to exist. Reading the report, Vegeta soon realizes that Raditz, Goku’s brother, has a son two years older to that of Gohan, Goku’s oldest son. For the last few years, since the news of Frieza’s demise became known via a stray radio transmission, allies to the Royal Saiyan Family have been reporting to Vegeta at Capsule Corporation of the existence of Saiyans who survived the destruction of Planet Vegeta. Unsure what to do with this news, Vegeta tells his wife, Bulma. Excited about the news, Bulma calls Gohan’s house where his wife, Videl, answers. Bulma discloses to Videl the news of a cousin not known to Gohan or anyone else on Earth. Gohan overhears Videl’s half of the conversation and asks what it all meant, Videl explains it to him. Learning he has a cousin, it excites Gohan and he flies to his mother’s house to inform her and his brother, Goten of their new relative. Calling from Chi-chi’s house, Gohan asks Vegeta, “Make contact with Raditz’s son and invite him to Earth”. Vegeta does as Gohan asks and while making contact, Vegeta learns that Raditz’s son is named Radzu. Radzu seems thrilled to learn of new relatives as well as speaking to the Prince of the Saiyans. A month later, Gohan and his family meet with Vegeta at Capsule Corporation in anticipation of Radzu’s arrival. Radzu arrives in a Saiyan pod, landing with a small impact in Capsule Corporation’s backyard. The pod opens and steps out a young man with long, black hair reaching to the center of his back. The young man identifies himself as Radzu, the son of Raditz. After a month on Earth, Radzu decides to make his stay a long-lasting one. Vegeta is surprised about how intelligent and unSaiyan-like Radzu was. Radzu still likes to train and fight, but never tries to get into conflicts that he could not talk his way out of. Gohan took a liking to his cousin rather quickly. Radzu is only two years older then Gohan and they share many of the same interests. Radzu does not have any family, other then Gohan’s, so he is sometimes left out of some family-based activities. Once Gohan revealed his ability to become Super Saiyan to Radzu and he learned of Vegeta, Trunks, Goku and Goten’s ability to also become Super Saiyan, Radzu felt unworthy of his family. A trait most Saiyans have is a sense of worthiness to be as strong as others are in their family. Radzu made it clear to Gohan he also wished to be a Super Saiyan and Gohan offered to train Radzu. After months of no success, Radzu gave up on training. Using Instant Transmission, Goku and Uubu appear just outside of Chi-chi’s. They walk into the house and greet Chi-chi and Goten. Uubu empties out his pockets onto a table to reveal all seven Dragonballs. Goku explains, “I have been training Uubu to sense magical objects, one of the activities was to find the Dragonballs. It took a few months, but Uubu found them all just by sensing their power. Since we have no need for the Dragonballs at this point, they will leave them with you, Chi-chi, for safe keeping”. Radzu walks into the room and Goku does a double take. Completely floored about whom this new person looks like, Radzu puts his hand out to shake Goku’s hand and announces he is Radzu, the son of Raditz. Goku shakes Radzu’s hand and gives him a hug. Goku did not know Raditz has any family other then himself and was excited to have a nephew. Goku asks Radzu, “Do you know what happened to your father”? Radzu gives a nod and admits, “What I can remember of him was that he was an angry man who blamed Frieza for the way his life turned out”. Radzu makes it clear that he holds no grudge about what Goku and Piccolo had to do to save Gohan and the Earth. If Frieza was not in control of the Saiyans, Radzu feels his father would have been a better person. Giving Chi-chi a kiss goodbye and hugging Goten, Goku and Uubu leave to continue training in the wilderness. Radzu asks Chi-chi, “What are the Dragonballs”? Chi-chi tells Radzu, “They are magical spheres that contain a dragon named Shenron. Shenron grants two wishes to whoever holds the Dragonballs provided the wishes are within the power of the © Haslage Net Enterprises Created: 11/03/2002 3 creator and in this case, the creator is Dende”. Chi-chi mentions, “When the dragon is summoned using a certain phrase, the sky turns as black as night and Shenron appears. He is miles long, very impatient and rather rude”. Part III: Raditz’s Return Many sleepless nights... Thoughts of a better future... A new sense of worthiness... Radzu spends weeks with little sleep as thoughts of the Dragonballs, his father and being a Super Saiyan keep him awake at night. He knows he can use the Dragonballs to get everything he feels could make him happy. Can the dragon grant his wishes? How will his father act towards the others after the result of the events nearly 23 years ago? Radzu decides he will take his chances, so he enters the living room, grabs the Dragonballs and heads for a remote part of the forest. Ensuring he was not followed, Radzu summons the dragon. Shenron appears and Radzu trembles with both fear and excitement. Shenron tells Radzu, “You have two wishes...” and mentions the limits of wishing. Radzu’s first wish is his father, Raditz, be revived. Appearing to Radzu’s side is Raditz, looking as young as Radzu and still wearing his broken Saiyan armor. Raditz demands to know where he is and who Radzu is. Radzu quickly explains to Raditz, “I am the son you left many years ago to serve Frieza and to take over Earth”. He also informs Raditz, “You are back on Earth, only a few hundred miles from where you died 23 years ago”. Shenron demands, “You must make your second wish now so I can return to the Dragonballs”. Radzu wishes, “I wish myself and my father to be as strong as Gohan, as a Super Saiyan of the second level”. Shenron bows his head and both Radzu and Raditz become Super Saiyans of the second level. A golden glow surrounds their bodies as their power increases and their hair changes to blond. Shenron returns to the Dragonballs and they soon scatter to seven different parts of Earth. Radzu and Raditz can no longer hold the forms of Super Saiyans and return to a normal state. Excited about their new powers, Radzu and his father spend time training with each other as well as discussing the past two decades of events. After a night of training and talking, Radzu decides it would be best if he slowly eases Gohan and his family into getting to a point where Radzu can introduce Raditz. After 3 days of spending the days at Chi-chi’s house and spending the nights with Raditz in the forest, Radzu decided it was time to get the family together and introduce Raditz. It is an unseasonably warm day, Gohan, Videl, Pan, Goten, Chi-chi, Marron, Krillin, Eighteen, Piccolo, Dende and Mr. Popo gather for a picnic. Radzu arrives late, but with news he feels everyone is ready to accept. Radzu announces, “I borrowed the Dragonballs and with them I wished for two things”.