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Chapter 10: King Kai's Request

(2 Months Later because I'm Lazy)

Bulma walked up to her father, excited about what was to come. She was going to get to go to a different planet and find all different forms of life there. Many of the Z Fighters had questioned her on why she, of all people had chosen to go to Namek. It was annoying, but she understood why. She didn't have any battle training and liked to avoid the outdoors, mainly focusing on her inventions.

"Bulma, this looks amazing! Thank you for helping me with it," Bulma's father said, walking up to her and looking at the space pod they had managed to improve. It now could hold about three people. There was no way the fighters could train, but it was the only way they could improve it. The group of people that were going on the mission to Namek were Gohan and Yamcha. It had been modified when Krillin had been injured in a training exercise.

"No problem, Father! This mission to Namek will be fun. Though I'm starting to think it might be a good idea to bring Nappa with us, Yamcha isn't the strongest out there," Bulma said. Nappa had left the hospital a month ago and was back to training. She had to admit he might be essential to their team. "There's no time to switch them out though."

"I agree," Bulma's father agreed, stepping up to the piece of futuristic technology and touching it's smooth, undamaged sides. "You should get Yamcha and Gohan, you have an hour!"

Bulma smiled and nodded, running to her room and grabbing her phone. She first called Chi Chi, who was more than displeased when she heard that her son was going to be on the mission to Planet Namek. When she called up Yamcha, he had seemed more or less tired, but he had agreed to get up and pack his stuff.

Meanwhile, in Hell

Two months had passed since Raditz had begun his training schedule. He had felt himself getting stronger by every passing day. Bardock slammed Raditz to the ground, snapping young Saiyan out of his thoughts. A smirk appeared on his father's face as he helped him to his feet.

"You were vulnerable, you're lucky I'm not an enemy to you. If I wasn't, you would be dead right now," Bardock said, and Raditz nodded in agreement. Recently he had been getting lost in his thoughts which constantly left him open to Bardock's attacks. "Are you ready? Go!"

Bardock flew at Raditz quickly, giving him barely any time to dodge. Raditz turned on his father and delivered a swift kick to the head, which sent Bardock falling to the ground. Raditz didn't waste any time as Bardock began to rise again. He kicked his father in the jaw, and just as Raditz flew at him again, preparing to deliver a kick, Bardock caught his foot and smirked. Before Raditz could react, he was thrown like a torpedo into a building.

Raditz thought fast and narrowly dodged a punch aimed at his head. He grabbed Bardock by the tail as it came loose and held him there. Raditz smirked as Bardock squirmed in his grip. He didn't normally go for the tail grab but he had seen the opening and decided to take it. Bardock grunted audibly and just as Raditz was about to get cocky, Bardock kicked him in the face and sent him flying backwards.

"You were getting cocky, your grip loosened, and that gave me the opportunity to kick you back. Come on, Raditz pull it together, this s*** could get you killed on the battlefield. "Now then ag-"

An ogre interrupted what Bardock was about to say, clearing his throat. Both Saiyans turned to him and gave him nasty looks that went unnoticed. "Raditz, Bardock, King Yemma has requested an audience with you. Bring Gine with you too. I don't know what this s*** is about but just go."

Slightly confused, Bardock and Raditz walked down the dirt road to their home. Gine looked surprised to see them back so early. "Bardock, Raditz, don't you usually train for longer?" Gine asked, her expression then turned to something dangerous. "Bardock, did you hurt Raditz?"

"What?! Of course not!" Bardock said defensively as Raditz playfully nodded quickly. Bardock turned to him with a look of disbelief. "Stay out of this Raditz! This is not your conversation!"

"Sure, Bardock, sure," Raditz said with a laugh, rolling his eyes. Gine laughed softly and shook her head, going back to the food she was cooking. "Anyway, fun stuff aside, King Yemma has requested an audience with us."

Gine stopped what she was doing and looked up at Raditz in surprise. "Why would he want to see us?"

"I don't know, that's why I'm going," Raditz replied, stepping up to the front door. "You should come too, it must be important. King Yemma is very busy; it would be cruel to keep him waiting on a few lower class Saiyan warriors."

Bardock stepped up to Raditz and placed his hand on his shoulder. "Raditz, you are not a low class Saiyan warrior anymore. You are an upper class and I am proud of you. As your father I've always wanted you to surpass me and you have. You are an amazing warrior, Raditz and you are an upper class to me. Never think you're anything less than a warrior, you reached your goal and that is all that matters."

Raditz felt tears rising in his eyes and he rushed over to his father and hugged him. Happy tears streaming down his cheeks. He felt Bardock move slightly but his father did not push him away. Most Saiyans saw crying as a weakness, others saw it as opening up your bottled emotions. Raditz hadn't cried for years, so hearing himself sobbing quietly in his father's arms was something he needed.

"Now, now, Raditz, don't we have King Yemma to talk to?" Bardock said, pulling Raditz away and wiping away his tears. Raditz nodded and Gine smiled softly in their direction. "Gine, let's get going, King Yemma won't talk to himself. Well he might but still, let's go!"

Gine nodded and took off her apron, walking towards the two male Saiyans. "Let's get going, King Yemma is waiting," she said and they walked towards the ogre that waited in a vehicle to drive them to the ogre king.

The trip in the vehicle was quiet and humid. It could barely hold one person, let alone three. All of the Saiyans were irritated, especially Bardock. Raditz could hear his grunts of irritation as they headed up the hill and finally arrived at a long set of stairs that led to King Yemma's desk. Raditz looked back at the ogre as he drove away, then back at the long winding staircase ahead of them.

"This is ridiculous, why does King Yemma make us do this?" Bardock complained as they began walking up the stairs towards King Yemma. Gine and Raditz ignored him, more focused on what was ahead, than what was behind them. Finally, they saw a small crack of light that signaled the inside of King Yemma's desk. "Who's going to open it?" Both Gine and Raditz looked to him, smiles etched on their faces. Bardock slapped his forehead and pushed the desk forward. The red ogre looked down at them as they got out and wiped the dust off their clothes. "You requested an audience with us?"

King Yemma looked surprised to see them in such a disheveled state. "It must have been miserable coming up here for you guys. I'm sorry you had to come in such a fashion but this was very last notice. I would like you all to meet King Kai, he requested Raditz and when I found out you guys were with him I decided you could come along."

Raditz watched as a blue bug man walked in. He was very short and had two antennas on his head. He wore sunglasses and black gi with a symbol on it. Raditz was even more surprised when he heard his voice, "Hello, my name is King Kai, I'm here to take you to train on my planet. This is an opportunity too good to pass up, but it is up to you. Will you take the offer or not?