Hope and Desire (DBZ fanfic)

It has been nearly 5 years since frieza's attack on planet Vegeta.

His devastating attack was refuted by a saiyan by the name of bardock. In an explosive transformation, he used his super saiyan strength to deflect the "death ball" and give frieza a taste of his own medicine. Frieza and his ship were destroyed by his own attack, amplified by bardock's strength. With the tyrant gone, the saiyans were now an independent race, free to do as they please.

though they still decided to continue conquering planets >->

One day, a certain race of aliens attacked the planet out of spite, despite losing terribly, they took a good amount of saiyans with them.

one of those saiyans was bardock's mate, gine. Heartbroken and Distraught, he couldn't find the will or motivation to carry out his daily life. This left his only resident offspring raditz to take care of most of the house work and cooking, despite his father hardly eating. Each day just seems worse than the last. With no one to assist, the lower class warrior was stuck to "help" himself.