Though the Earth is seemingly safe after the defeat of Vegeta by Goku, Krillliasdfasdfasdf and Gohan, the death of the rest of the Z Senshi does not go un-noticed. All of the humans crave to wish Piccolo, Tenshinhan, Yamucha and Chao-zu back to the living world, but since Piccolo died protecting Gohan from Nappa, Kami has also involuntarily died, and as he passed away, so did the dragonballs. However, Kuririn recalls Vegeta wondering about the origin of the dragonballs, and also how Vegeta believed that the planet Namek was the home of the dragonballs. So, in order to wish their friends back to life, the remaining Z Senshi (along with Buruma) find a wrecked Namek space pod (The old Piccolo's ship) and set off for their new goal, Namek. However, Gokou is still too badly injured from his battle with Vegeta to go with Gohan, Kuririn and Buruma, so he is forced to remain in the hospital and recover.
Meanwhile, Vegeta, rocketing across space in his pod, is hooked up to a life-support system. With no other method of healing himself after his vicious defeat at the hands of Kakorot, he heads towards a base of his overlord, Freeza. On the planet, Vegeta heals himself, then snatches another space pod, and heads towards Namek, so that he can wish for immortality with the Namekian dragonballs.
Kuririn, Buruma and Gohan arrive on planet Namek after their long journey, and find that there are few Nameks left, though the dragonballs do seem to be around. To their sheer horror though, they find an extremely powerful tyrant named Freeza, with four of the dragonballs already in his possession. They catch him just as he is about to capture the fifth dragonball. A trio of Namek farmers attempt to defend the dragonball and the town in which it rests, but they are easily defeated by Freeza's henchmen, Zaabon and Dodoria. Kuririn and Gohan intervene, and although they fail to capture the fifth dragonball, they do manage to save a young Namek, named Dende from destruction. They then narrowly manage to avoid Freeza and his warriors.
As all this is happening, Vegeta lands on Namek, and upon finding Freeza and his henchmen also on the planet, goes out and collects a dragonball for himself, so that Freeza will not be able to get all seven, at least, not without defeating him. Just to ensure this, he hides the dragonball in the ruins of a destroyed Namek village. Before long though, he is discovered by Kui, and then Dodoria, both of whom he defeats rather handily. Once Zaabon catches up with him though, he finds a bit more of a challenge. He manages to out-match Zaabon at first, but then the green warrior transforms into a more powerful mode, and Vegeta is badly beaten up. Freeza orders Vegeta to be brought back to his space-ship, as opposed to being killed though. Vegeta is then thrown into a rejuvenation chamber.
Back on Earth, Gokou is given a bag of senzu beans by Karin, and his recovery is quickly complete. He then hops on a new space pod, created by doctor briefs, which has a machine capable of creating of 100X normal gravity field. He fires the ship towards Namek and begins training so that he will be well prepared for the new enemies he will face on Namek.
Kuririn is meanwhile directed by Dende towards the home of the Namek elder, Guru (the dub name), who is the creator of the dragonballs. Kuririn manages to get to Guru's place without much trouble, while Gohan is left to guard Buruma. Guru reads Kuririn's mind and finds out what he wishes to do with the dragonballs. The ancient and large Namek then proceeds to give Kuririn another dragonball, and then un-locks some of Kuririn's un-locked power, giving Kuririn a rather large power-up. Realizing how powerful such a power-up could make Gohan, Kuririn leaves Dende with Guru and the last remaining Namek figher, Neil, to go get Gohan so Guru can un-lock the boy's amazing potential.
Gohan though, is not just lying around peacefully, guarding Buruma. He picks up a dormant dragonball on Buruma's dragon radar, and then flies over and snatches it up. Then, he begins to head back to Buruma.
All the while, Gokou is heading towards Namek, training his absolute hardest, so that he will be prepared.
Vegeta is not just lying around on the job either though. He quickly busts out of his rejuvenation chamber after he is completely healed, and then manages to sneak around Freeza's ship until he finds all five of the dragonballs Freeza possesses. He throws them out of the ship, effectively hiding them from Freeza, or anyone else for that matter. He then shoots off to the location of his five dragonballs, and then waits for one of the last remaining dragonballs to make an appearance.
Zaabon realizes that Vegeta has escaped, and quickly alerts Freeza, who orders Zaabon to find Vegeta and bring him back again. Zaabon sets off to the skies, but finds it incredibly hard to track down the Saiya-jin warrior. Meanwhile, Freeza summons his most elite group of warriors, the Ginyu Squad, to planet Namek, so he can once and for all get all the dragonballs in his possession.
As Kuririn is heading back to get Gohan so that he can get his hidden powers unleashed, both Zaabon and Vegeta see him, and both set off in chase of the bald-headed warrior. Kuririn is oblivious to this, and leads them both to Buruma's position. Vegeta and Zaabon both surprise the humans by their sudden arrival, and the two do battle to see who deserves to take the dragonball from Kuririn. In a sleek twist of fate, Vegeta defeats Zaabon, even after the being has transformed into his more powerful form. Vegeta then forces Kuririn to give up the dragonball, and heads back to the place where he thinks he hid the first ball.
But instead of the ball being in the destroyed village where Vegeta had hid it, Gohan instead has it, and is flying towards Kuririn and Buruma, the ball safely in his grasp. He arrives at Kuririn's and Buruma's position, and finds out what happened. The half-saiya-jin and human Kuririn then leave the last dragonball in Buruma's possession, and head off to Guru's so Gohan can get his power-up.
Vegeta quickly discovers that Gohan must've stolen the ball, and heads off after Kuririn and Gohan. The pair of Z Senshi reach Guru's place first though, and Gohan is able to get his power-up from Guru before Vegeta reaches their location. Just as the Saiya-jin prince is about to attack the Z Senshi though, he senses that the Ginyu Squad is arriving, and he begs with the Earthlings to pair up with him and use the dragonballs to help them defeat the Ginyu. Gohan and Kuririn grudgingly accept Vegeta's offer, and the three head off to Buruma to get the last dragonball.
Upon reaching Buruma (who is extremely distraught), they snatch up the dragonball and head off to the location of the other five. By the time they reach them though, the Ginyu Squad is already on the scene, and besides having the five balls of Vegeta's they also manage to steal the last two from the Z Senshi. While Captain Ginyu brings the balls back to Freeza, the other four decide amongst themselves who will defeat the human weaklings.
Ginyu Sub-Saga
Through an... intense game of Paper, Rock, Scissors, it is decided that Gurudo, the weakest of the Ginyu Squad will go to battle first. Gohan and Kuririn valiantly attack him, and it is quite obvious that he is physically much weaker than they are, but by using his psychic and time-controlling attacks, he pushes both of them to the edge. Just when he is about to finish them off though, Vegeta appears on the scene and decapitates Gurudo with a ki blast.
Meanwhile, the dragonballs make their way to Freeza, who attempts to make his wish, only to find that they don't work. He remembers a Namek telling him that they need a password in order to activate the balls. In anger, he rushes off towards Guru's position in order to get the password.
It is then decided that Rikum will do battle with the Z Senshi next. He and Vegeta go at it, and it is shown that the Saiya-jin is no match for the Ginyu member. Kuririn also attempts to defeat the huge brute, but he is quickly dispatched. It is then up to Gohan to save the Z Senshi. While he does hold his own against Rikum for a while, eventually he is defeated, and it seems all hope is lost for the Earthling warriors.
But just as it seems the tides have changed for the very worst for the Earthlings, a light streaks across the sky. It is Gokou, who has finally arrived on Namek after completing his gravity training. He lands his space pod and gives Vegeta, Gohan and Kuririn all senzu beans before turning his attention to Rikum. He easily dodges the large brute's attacks, and then floors the red-headed fighter with a single elbow.
Baata and Jiisu are both amazed at Rikum's seemingly simple defeat, but no one is more amazed than Vegeta, who believes that Gokou may have very well reached a new level, and become a "Super Saiya-jin". Jiisu and Baata both attack Gokou in unison, attempting to catch the Saiya-jin off guard. He easily handles both of them though, and before long he knocks Baata out as well. Jiisu, scared for his life, rushes away to get help from Captain Ginyu, and Gokou is content to let him escape. Vegeta does not wish Rikum and Baata to be left alive, so he quickly and brutally kills both of them, much to Gokou's dismay.
Jiisu arrives at Freeza's spaceship and asks Captain Ginyu for help. He wonders why he should need it, but agrees to go and fight Gokou. He then orders the dragonballs hidden in the ground so that the Z Senshi will not be able to find them. He and Jiisu then head to Gokou and the others' position.
When Ginyu and Jiisu arrive, Gokou and Vegeta begin to face off against them, but Vegeta then ditches his Saiya-jin companion in order to claim the dragonballs for himself. Gokou then sends Gohan and Kuririn after the mystical balls as well, in the hopes that they will beat Vegeta there. Gokou and Ginyu then face off, with the two seeming almost completely even. Then, after Ginyu and Jiisu gain a slight advantage, Ginyu coaxes Gokou into powering up with Kaioken to show his true power. The results are astounding, as Ginyu realizes Gokou is far stronger than he ever thought. He then realizes the Saiya-jin has far outmatched him, and using a very tricky manuever, injures his own body and then switches bodies with Gokou. Ginyu is amazed at the power of his new body, and, with Jiisu, heads back to Freeza's ship and the dragonballs.
Meanwhile, Vegeta is arriving at Freeza's ship, and easily clears out the guards there. He is then amazed to find that he cannot locate the dragonballs, and decides to wait until one of the Z Senshi finds them and then he will step in and make his wish. Gohan and Kuririn arrive soon after, and then, using a scouter, find the dragonballs buried underneath the grass. They try and make their wish as well, but come to the same fate as Freeza did, finding they need a password.
Also while this is happening, Guru is sensing Freeza's nearing presence, and sends Dende to give Gohan and Kuririn the code needed to make the wishes with the dragonballs.
Ginyu, in Gokou's body, arrives at Freeza's ship, and begins messing around with Gohan and Kuririn. Before long though, the real Gokou lands and warns the Z Senshi about Ginyu's body switch. Gohan and Kuririn begin to pound on Ginyu in Gokou's body, and Ginyu is quickly shown that he is outmatched. Vegeta does not help out though, as he is busy doing battle with Jiisu. The two are almost evenly matched, but Vegeta then shows his true power and easily blows Jiisu away. Soon after, Vegeta joins in against Ginyu, and severely damages Gokou's body. Ginyu sees that because he is not used to Gokou's body, that he is no match for Vegeta. He attempts to switch bodies with Vegeta, but Gokou jumps in the way and gets his old (and badly damaged) body back. Ginyu, now back in his original body, again tries to switch with Vegeta, but this time Gokou throws a frog in the way, and Ginyu is put in the body of a frog.
As this is happening, Freeza reaches Guru's house and tries to intimidate the huge Namek into giving up the password for the dragonballs. Just before Guru does though, Neil steps in and challenges Freeza so that Dende will have time to give the Z Senshi the password. He *attempts* to do battle with Freeza, but its soon quite obvious he is nowhere near Freeza in power. The horned being quickly does Neil in, but as he is doing so, Neil reveals that he was just stalling for Dende. Enraged, Freeza sets back for his ship, letting Neil live in the process.
Gokou's body is too badly damaged for him to do anything though, and Vegeta offers to help heal him in a rejuvenation chamber within Freeza's ship. Gokou goes inside the chamber and begins his healing process. Vegeta, who is wasted from his countless battles, takes a short nap. While he is resting, Dende arrives on the scene, and gives Gohan and Kuririn the required password. They summon the Namekian dragon, and using their first wish, they call back Piccolo, who had been training with the North-Kaiosama after being killed by Nappa on Earth. With the second wish, they bring Piccolo to Namek, so that he can aid them in their fight against Freeza. But since they didn't specify where they wanted him to arrive on Namek, he is nowhere from the ship. Almost immediately after the second wish, Vegeta awakens to find that they summoned the dragon without him. He rushes to the dragonballs to wish for immortality (so he can finally kill Freeza), but just then, Guru dies. And since he is the creator of the dragonballs, they also lose their power. It is then that Freeza arrives.
Freeza Sub-saga
Freeza lands at his spaceship, and instantly almost everyone is paralyzed in fear. Vegeta though, adamantly stands against his one-time owner, and actually manages to almost match power with Freeza. Soon though, the being powers up slightly, and then reveals that he can actually transform into a more powerful being than he already is!
Piccolo, fearing that his friends are in danger, flies towards Freeza's ship, and on the way, he encounters the badly injured Neil. Neil convinces Piccolo that Freeza is too powerful for him to beat alone, and using a Namekian fusion technique, the two fuse into a single, super-powered Namek. With newfound strength, the new Piccolo heads towards Freeza once again.
Back at the spaceship, Freeza shows just how amazing he is by transforming into a monster far more powerful than ever before. He easily skewers Kuririn with his horn, and then begins to go after Gohan. Gohan though is enraged by Kuririn's death, and actually does quite a bit of damage to Freeza. While Freeza is down, Dende heals Kuririn with a magical healing gift given to him by Guru. Meanwhile, Freeza shows that he was not that badly injured by Gohan, and powers up slightly before going after the small half-Saiya-jin. Kuririn then springs out of nowhere and distracts Freeza long enough for Dende to heal Gohan.
Gokou, meanwhile, is not yet fully healed, and continues to rest up in the rejuvenation chamber, until he is healed and can once more help out his friends.
Just as Dende finishes, Freeza confronts Vegeta, Kuririn and Gohan. The three are prepared to attack him all at their full power, but then Piccolo arrives, and astoundingly claims that he can take Freeza on all by himself. The two begin to fight, and at first glance it appears that they are even, but then Vegeta sees that Piccolo is in fact Freeza's superior. After Piccolo begins to show Freeza how is more powerful, Freeza powers up to his max power for his body, and pounds on Piccolo slightly. Then, the last Namek warrior takes off his weighted clothes, and Freeza realizes that his second form will not be powerful enough to defeat Piccolo. He surprises everyone by stating he has two more transformations up his sleeve.
Freeza again transforms into his third form, and Piccolo tries to take on this new menace. Freeza though, far outmatches Piccolo in speed and strength, and almost in joy, begins to pound on the Namek. Gohan is infuriated as his former mentor is being pounded on, and fires a huge blast at Freeza in rage. The shape-shifting demon manages to narrowly defend himself against the blast, and feels that he in order to once and for all defeat the Z Senshi, he will have to transform into his fourth and final form. He begins the transformation process, and gives the Z Senshi a small window of break.
Gokou is very, very worried about his friends, but knows that he can't help them unless he finishes healing.
Vegeta then resorts to desperate measures, and formulates a plan. He tells Kuririn to severely injure him, so that after he is done, Dende can heal him, therefore giving him a huge boost in strength, and turn him into a Super Saiya-jin. Kuririn reluctantly does as he is told, but Dende finds it hard to cure someone who has done so much damage to his people. Gohan and Kuririn convince Dende to proceed though, and the small Namek eventually does heal the Saiya-jin.
Vegeta, amazed at the power he receives from the healing, goes to confront Freeza, who has just finished transforming. Before he can reach the mutant though, Freeza kills Dende, realizing that without someone to heal their warriors, the Z Senshi are at a serious disadvantage. Vegeta then attempts his luck on Freeza's fourth form, but Freeza shows that he is far beyond the power of Vegeta. He easily dodges all of Freeza's advances, and then begins to pummel on the hapless Saiya-jin.
Meanwhile, Gokou is extremely scared for Vegeta and the rest, and just as he is reminiscing, his healing finishes and he blasts his way out of Freeza's ship. He then heads to the location of the battle, which has since moved away from Freeza's ship. He arrives none too soon though, and intervenes just as Freeza is about to finish Vegeta off. Vegeta angers Freeza by saying that Gokou will easily defeat him, and then the smallish white brute kills the Saiya-jin prince once and for all, by shooting him through the heart with a ki blast. Before Vegeta dies though, he tells Gokou to defeat Freeza, for all of the Saiya-jin that the demon has killed. Gokou is deeply touched by the man who was once his enemy, and in respect, buries Vegeta on the battle-field.
Gokou, with new-found clarity, begins his long battle with Freeza. Much to Freeza's surprise, Gokou shows that he is equal to the tyrannical being. Before long, Gokou and Freeza show that the two of them are in for the fight of their lives. Freeza realizes the folly of his actions, and soon powers up to what he claims to be "50% of his true power". With his newfound strength and speed, Freeza begins to dominate Gokou badly.
From the dead dimension, Kaio-sama reveals that Gokou has in fact been using his Kaioken manuever, to a factor of 10, the entire fight against Freeza. Almost as quickly as this is revealed though, Gokou ups the count to Kaioken X 20. At first, Gokou manages to beat up on Freeza slightly, but then Freeza powers up a little more, and Gokou is again bested. Seeing no other choice, Gokou begins powering up a Genki Dama, and one far more powerful than the one he created on Earth, by using the energy from the entire Namek solar system. Freeza doesn't understand why Gokou is in such a weird position, and joyfully pounds on the Saiya-jin for a little while longer. Piccolo soon intervenes though, holding off Freeza so that Gokou can continue charging his Genki Dama. That doesn't last very long though, as Piccolo is no match for Freeza's amazing power. Piccolo's desperate tactics were enough to give Gokou the time to power up his Genki Dama, and just as Freeza realizes what Gokou has been doing, the Saiya-jin sends the huge ball of ki energy directly towards his enemy. Freeza is overpowered by the blast, and there is a huge explosion, as the face of Namek is badly scarred.
It seems as though Freeza has finally been defeated, and the group rejoices after their victory. But the very thought of victory is soon lost, as Freeza shows that he is very much alive. He tries to kill Gokou with a finger blast, but Piccolo throws himself in the way, and takes a hole in the chest from the blast. Freeza doesn't stop there, though, and takes Kuririn up from the ground with his mind, before exploding the human from the inside out.
In what is one of the most important turning points of DBZ, Gokou is enraged at witnessing his best friend being exploded right before his very eyes. He is overcome with emotion, and in an explosion of hate, turns into a true Super Saiya-jin! His hair and aura have turned gold, his eyes green, and his power has increased by a huge amount.
Gokou then tells Gohan to take Piccolo to his space pod and head back to Earth. Gohan does as he is told, and when Freeza tries to interject, Gokou sets Freeza straight. Freeza is amazed at Gokou's SSJ (Super Saiya-jin) power, and in a crazed series, repeatedly attempts to do some damage to Gokou. It is soon evident that Freeza is no match for Gokou at this point though. In anger, Freeza summons up a huge ball of ki and throws it into the core of Namek, and Gokou is in no position to defend the helpless planet against it. Freeza then reveals that the planet will blow up in five minutes, and that he is the only one on the planet who can survive in space.
Back on Earth, Kami finds himself alive again after Piccolo was wished back to life, and sends Mr. Popo to collect all the dragonballs. Once they are all done, Kami is about to wish the human warriors who died on Earth back to life, but then Gokou intervenes and tells them to wish everyone back to life who was killed by Freeza and his minions on Namek. Guru, along with the rest of the Nameks and Vegeta are revived, and in the process, the Namek dragonballs are given back their power. Since Porunga (the Namek dragon) only used two wishes, it still has one remaining, and Dende is instructed to make it. Gokou tells them to wish for everyone except for himself and Freeza to be transported back to Earth. Porunga agrees, and soon, everyone: Piccolo, Gohan, Buruma, Vegeta, Guru and the rest of the Nameks, are transported to Earth. There, Guru gives the powers of the dragonballs to another Namek, and then dies in peace.
Freeza and SSJ Gokou continue to face off, and before long, Freeza is forced to power up to 100% of his true power. Even in doing so, Gokou still maintains the upper hand. Then, just when Freeza is getting angry, Gokou states that it is useless for the fight to continue, and flies away. Before he can leave though, Freeza grows angry and hurls a Kienzan at Gokou. The SSJ is forced to dodge the attack repeatedly, and then, when Freeza forms another of the deadly discs, he is forced to dodge two. Then, in Freeza's own idiocy, Gokou directs one of the discs directly through Freeza's mid-section, leaving him with only an active torso.
Gokou is about to leave, but Freeza begs for mercy, and Gokou, being too kind to refuse, gives Freeza a small piece of his ki so that he can escape. Freeza though, does not even try to escape, instead he attempts to finally kill Gokou. Instead though, Gokou blasts a beam through the evil being, seemingly incinerating his body.
Gokou is then forced into a hasty retreat, as all around him, Namek is exploding into itself. He reaches Freeza's ship, but finds that it doesn't quite work. As Namek explodes, we see Gokou plummeting downwards, screaming. |
