Freeza Fight Aftermath The planet Nameck is a mere shadow of its former self. There's not one inch of blue grass, or trees left. The entire planet is covered completely in molten lava. As Gokou flies to Freeza's ship, he dodges tornados and bursts of lava. And meanwhile, in the after-life. Kaiou solemnly breaks the good news that Freeza is finally dead. But he doesn't show any happiness. He states that Gokou has no time left, and will die on Nameck as well. On Nameck, Freeza's ship finally comes into view in the distance. Gokou quickens his pace, and arrives at the ship. He enters through the hole Vegita blasted through the glass dome earlier. Inside, Gokou wastes no time as he runs from room to room looking for the ship's controls. As he speeds down the silent corridors, pieces of ceiling fall on him, but it doesn't slow him down. Enourmous explosions go off outside the ship, making it dip slowly into the crater it's resting between. Finally Gokou finds a large door, but it doesn't open, so he blasts it off. Inside is the control room! Gokou rushes to a console and hits a few buttons, causing screens to light up around the room. "This is great! The controls are like the one's from the ship I came here in!". He sees a large button, "This one!". He slams the button down and a low mechanical hum can be heard. The noise gets louder and louder as the ship starts up. "Come on, move!". No sooner does Gokou finish his sentence, than the entire ship goes dead. "Wha...Damnnit! Move MOVE!". Gokou pushes the button repeatedly in desperation, but it's to no avail. Outside, the crater the ship's dangling from opens up and the ship starts to slowly fall in. Computers and shelves crash against the walls as the ship turns sideways. Gokou luck runs out as one of the many explosions outside finally recahes the ship and blasts through the hallways. The ship loses all of it's ground and falls into the crater. Gokou meekly crawls up the floor and reaches the exit of the ship, seconds before it dips into the blazing hot lava at the bottom of the crater. But he's no better off. He looks around in desperation, and sees nothing. And now the time has come. "The explosion. Nameck is...exploding.". Giant fields of energy dance around the planet and huge flashes of light reach miles into space as the explosion begins. Gokou clenches his fists and rears back in rage. He screams as his body is enveloped in light and lava, "SHIIIIIITTTTT!". And with that, time freezes and we're shown various locations on Nameck only to see them vanish into light. In space, the planet could be seen for only an instant as it explodes resembling a sun going Super Nova. And when the light dims, the planet Nameck, is completely gone. Shortly after the great explosion of Nameck, Freeza's dying upper torso was still intact and hanging in space. Well, for the most part it was intact. Half of his face was missing. He would have died, but he was rescued from space by his father, King Kold. Kold had his scientists rebuild Freeza. From this, Metal Freeza was born. Meanwhile, the Namecks and Vegita had been living in the Capsule Corp. with Buruma and her family. After 153 days had passed, the Nameck Dragon Balls returned to normal and could be used to grant three wishes. Everyone gathered outside and Dende summoned Porunga. And of course the very first wish was for Gokou and Kuririn's souls to be brought to Earth. However, Porunga said it was impossible to bring back Gokou's soul because he wasn't dead. Everyone was overjoyed and shocked at the great news, so they wished Kuririn back to life. Kuririn appeared and he was a little shocked and confused, but definately happy to be back. Then their next wish was to bring Gokou back to Earth. Again, Porunga said it would be impossible to grant since Gokou didn't want to return. Everyone was shocked, and wondered why Gokou didn't want to return. Kamesennin said maybe he didn't return because his wife is so horrible. Chi chi whipped out a sword from nowhere and prepared to strike a blow. "Oh, it was a joke! A joke!". Vegita figured out why Gokou didn't want to return though. He knew Gokou wanted to train on other planets. And in 5 seconds flat Vegita went into Dr. Brief's Space Capsule that he had built for Chi chi and went out to search the universe for Gokou. Their third wish was for Yamucha to be ressurected since Tenshinhan refused to be ressurected without Chaozu. Buruma became teary-eyed, and embraced her newly ressurected boyfriend, (only to dump him later for Vegita :) ). 153 days later, Chaozu and Tenshinhan were ressurected, and the third and final wish was used to bring all of the Nameckians to a new planet similar to their old one. In a rather touching scene, Gohan says goodbye to his good friend Dende for the last time. Some time later, the Garlic Junior saga occurs, but I'm going to cover that in another biography because it doesn't involve Gokou at all, and after all, this is a Gokou biography. Approximately one year later, the Z-Soldiers awake, just as they would any normal day, only to feel something terrible and frightening. Each of them hoped they were wrong, but inside they know they aren't. They sensed something they haven't in a long. It's their worst nightmare come alive. Freeza is coming to EARTH! Kuririn and Gohan put on the special armor they wore on Nameck and make their way towards the estimated place of arrival. They meet up on the way there and greet each other, but their faces remain grim. Eventually everyone gets there. Piccolo, Vegita, Yamucha, Tenshinhan, Kuririn, Gohan, and even Buruma and Puuaru. They all know they're going to die, but when Freeza's ship arrives, they don't show any signs of fear. The ship lands about one mile from them, and they start walking towards it instead of flying so Freeza can't detect their ki's with a Scouter. Eventually they all see him come out of the ship, along with his father, and a horde of followers. Freeza commands his men to go out into the world and destroy everyone and everything. But...they don't get far. Within seconds of their departure, pieces of them fall to the ground. A young man with a sword catches Freeza's eye. Freeza commands more soldiers to go after the youth, but he kills them effortlessly. What happens next is one of the quickest and coolest fights ever in DBZ and it ends in defeat for Freeza and his father. (For a more detailed description of this fight, read the Freeza Biography.) After the fight, the boy invites the stunned Z-Soldiers to come meet Gokou with him. Everyone's flabbergasted. Not only did the young man become a Super Saiya-jin and kil Freeza and King Kold effortlessly, but he also knows who Gokou is, as well as where and when he's going to land on Earth! They all set down in the middle of nowhere. (Coordinates 573 by 18220 according to the boy's watch). He pulls out a capsule and sets it off, exposing a little refrigerator made by the Capsule Corp. Buruma acts interested because she's never seen a model refrigerator like it, and she knows everything CC makes. 3 hours later, Son arrives exactly where and when the youth said he would. Gokou crawls out of the ship clothed in wierd garments. He happily says hi to everyone, but he's amazed that they knew where he was going to land. And when Buruma asked who the youth is, Gokou doesn't have a clue. Everyone's stunned at this news because they were sure the boy had some relation to him. Gokou asks who defeated Freeza. "Was is Piccolo? Or Vegita?" Piccolo tells him the mysterious youth is the one who did it, "He defeated him in an instant, and he even turned into a Super Saiya-jin.". Gokou's shocked, "A Super Saiya-jin? Wow! I didn't really think there were any Saiya-jin left except us! That's great!" Vegita pops in, "NO! YOU'RE WRONG! There ARE no other Saiya-jin left!" Gokou responds, "Oh well, that doesn't really matter, after all, he is a Saiya-jin right?". (It doesn't strike him as odd that the boy is obviously a Saiya-jin, yet the only true blooded Saiya-jin left to produce children at this point are he and Vegita, and they obviously haven't done so aside from Gohan.....yet. So once again, everyone is shocked at Gokou's naivety.) The teen asks Gokou to come talk with him alone for a minute, and Gokou suddenly turns serious and complies. The go about 100 yards away from the crowd. The boy says that they're far enough away from everyone and out of earshot. Gokou takes time to thank the boy, "I really have to thank you for beating Freeza! I guess I underestimated him on Nameck." The boy gives a strange response, "Well, you were supposed to defeat him, but there was a problem with timing. I didn't have choice." . "Yeah Freeza's space ship was a lot faster than mine. He left me behind. He didn't change a bit so I was going to beat him but you showed up.". "Well, he arrived here three hours before you so it would have been impossible for you to beat him.". Gokou gets a smile on his face. "Heh, not really. I've learned a new technique.". "A new technique?". "Yep, it's called Shunkan Idou (Instantaneous Movement). The people on the planet Yardrat taught it to me. They're really funny guys. They're not strong, but they know a lot of great techniques. Shunkan Idou would have allowed me to instantly move from my spaceship to where Freeza was, as long as I could feel his ki." "Is that right? I didn't know you knew something like that. I...I've changed history for no reason. And I only wanted to see you, but everyone has seen me too.". "History? What do you mean?". "Never mind that. There's something I must ask you first. Can you freely turn into a Super Saiya-jin?". "Yeah, I couldn't at first, but I worked real hard on Yardrat, and now I can." "Will you please turn into a Super Saiya-jin right now....please.". Everyone else is wondering what Gokou and the boy are talking about. Piccolo is strangley silent with his eyes fixed on the two. Meanwhile, Gokou charges up and becomes a Super Saiya-jin. Everyone is shocked. Now they're really befuddled. "What IS Gokou doing?!". Almost everbody is shocked by his transformation except for Vegita who is seething with jealousy. Gokou asks,"Okay, what now?". The boy says he's going to change into a Super Saiya-jin as well, and he does so instantly. Gokou's surprised that he's able to control his transformation so well. Meanwhile, back at the ranch (It's just a saying, there is no ranch), everyone still can't figure out what they're doing, now Vegita is shivering with anger. But suddenly the boy speaks up, "Please excuse me.". In an instant, he unsheaths his sword and strikes at Gokou, but he stops the sword centimeters from Gokou's face. Gokou isn't stunned at all, he hasn't moved a muscle. The boy is amazed. "Wh..why didn't you dodge me?". "Because I sensed that you had no killing intent. I knew you would stop.". "I see. But this time I won't stop. Undertsand?". Gokou nods, "Yes.". Gokou lifts his hand to eye level, and extends his index finger staright up. His hand starts to glow yellow and suddenly, his hand is surrounded in a yellow aura. The two stare at each other for a second, and then the boy attacks ferociously. He lands blow after blow, each connecting....with Gokou's single finger. Gokou is actually BLOCKING the furious attack from the blade that sliced Freeza's entire body in half like butter, with JUST his index finger. His body isn't even moving at all, only his arm is flying around at lightning speed. Finally the boy finishes his assault with a crushing overhead blow, and the force of his sword connecting with his finger sends out a powerful burst of wind that even the others by Gokou's ship feel, but Gokou's 100% fine. The boy jumps back and flips his sword into the air and turns back to normal, "That was fantastic, you're as good as the rumors say! No! You're even better!". Gokou turns back to normal as well and smiles. Meanwhile the boy leans to one side as the sword falls perfectly into it's sheath on his back. "I can trust you Son san. I can tell you everything.". Meanwhile, everyone by Gokou's ship who was already perplexed is now completely lost. "Di...did you see that!?". "Yeah that was incredible.". And of course Vegita's reaction, "DAMN YOU KAKKAROTO!". And now begins one of the most important events ever in DBZ. This one conversation tells a story of woe and death, but at the same time, gives the Earth one last hope to survive the clutches of evil. If it had not been for this one boy, the Earth would have surely perished. So for those of you who don't know much about DBZ, strap yourselves in, from this moment on, one of the most complex, emotional, and exciting eras begin. The Android Saga. Before he begins, the youth tells Gokou to lock everything he's about to tell him in his heart. Gokou gives a typical response, "Sure, you don't have to worry about me, I don't talk much.". "You from this period may find this hard or maybe impossible to believe, but I came here in a Time Machine from 20 years in the future.". "YO...YOU'RE FROM THE FUTURE!?" 20 YEARS FROM NOW?". (You have to realize, this tiny bit of information must blow Gokou's pea sized brain). "Yes, my name...is Trunks. And the reason I have Saiya-jin blood is because...I am...the son of Vegita.". Gokou's eyes pop out of his head, "HUH!? YOU'RE THE SON OF VEGITA!!!!????". "Yes.". "You...you do look like him!". Gokou looks back at the "father-to-be", "To think he could be a dad.". "I will be born about two years from now.". "That's so amazing!". "Well, I didn't come here to tell you that. There's something very important you must know.". Gokou gives him his full attention again, (and lets face it, that's not much). "Three years from now, on May 12, slighty after 10:00 A.M. Nine kilometers out from the Southern Continent, a terrible pair of devils will appear. They're so incredibly strong you wouldn't believe they could possibly exist in this universe.". We're treated to pictures of two faceless figures pulling of incrdible fighting techniques against each other. Gokou inquires, "Are they aliens?". "No, they were humans born on this Earth. But they became Artficial Humans also known as Cyborgs. The mad who made them is an insane genius who used to work for the incredible force known as the Red Ribbon Army. His name is.... Doctor Gero.". Gokou is shocked, "The Red Ribbon Army!? You mean the same Red Ribbon Army I destroyed as a boy?". "Yes, the same. But Dr. Gero is the sole survivor, he escaped to continue his scientific experiments and research.". We're showed an imaginary scene of a wastleland landscape, with only a single hut standing among deformed rocky crags. Lightning burns through the night sky. We're taken inside the hut which is plastered with horrible deformed figures and countless pieces of broken equipment. In the center of this make-shift lab, a figure in a white lab-coat with long white hair watches as an electrical current courses through two figures in a giant glass case. Then we return to the real world. Gokou asks Trunks why he made the Artificial Humans, "World conquest?". "Dr. Gero was plotting for at LEAST that. He did succeed in creating the ultimate assasination machine, however..". Back in the imaginary lab, the faceless monster escapes its bonds and walks free of its confines. It stands ferociously on top of a console and roars, while the figure with white hair beholds his creation. But his success is not long lived. Lightning strikes the hut and in that instand, the creature's eyes turn red and pulls back his hand, and brings it down on his creator's skull, completely crushing it. "....they turned on him and killed him. The Artificial Humans were now liberated from their creator and their only desire was to kill and destroy everything.". "Well if you who defeated Freeza in an instant can call them mosters, then they must be incredibly powerful.". "Yes, I do my best to fight them, but it's hard enough just to escape when fighting them both at teh same time.". "W..wait!? YOU fight them BOTH at once? Don't you have an allies?". "N..no. In 20 years, I'm the only fighter left alive.". Trunks starts to break down. "Three years from now, my own father Vegita, Kuririn, Tenshinhan, Yamucha, Chaozu, and even Piccolo will all be killed." We see scenes of each of their bodies being torn apart. Trunks starts to shake with anger, "Son Gohan managed to escape and taught me the art of fighting..but..but...4 years ago...". Trunks flinches but begins again, "As you know, when Piccolo dies, so do the Dragon Balls. Our future has no hope. No one can ever be ressurected. The Artificial Humans spend their years reveling in stealing people's lives, killing anyone they wish without remorse, only joy. They have turned my entire world into Hell on Earth.". Trunks clenches his fists and grimaces, "THEY'RE TOO STRONG FOR ME!". Gokou butts in, "But wait, what about me? Do I get killed?". "Y..you never get to fight them. Soon you will contract a lethal heart disease, and die.". Gokou's shocked, and for some reason, back at the crater, Piccolo shows a sign of amazement. Trunks continues, "It's a viral disease. No matter how strong a Super Saiya-jin you are, you can't beat a disease.". "Darn! Not even the Senzu would work I guess. Damn! I really want to fight them!". Trunks is surprised, "You mean you want to fight them? Aren't you afraid?". "Well, I'm scared but they're really strong right? I really want to fight strong guys!". "Wow, you really are a true Saiya-jin warrior! It's just like mom and Gohan said! I'm really impressed.". Trunks reaches into his jacket pocket and pulls out a tiny vial. "Son Gokou, as soon as the symptoms appear, take this medicine. Your disease is un-curable now, but 20 years from now, we have a cure. With the medicine you hold, you won't have to die.". Gokou's face glows, "REALLY!? ALLRIGHT! You should have said so in the first place!". Trunks turns solemn, "I really don't want to do this. I don't want to change hostory or fate, but anything is better from the future I know of. I believe that you may be able to change things. My mother thought so as well after she finished the Time Machine.". "W..Wa..Wait just a second! Yo..you're mom, does she know me!?". "Yes, very well.". "A..and she built a time machine?". Gokou's eyes grow wide. "I..I don't believe it, that means your mom i...is...". Trunks interrupts him. "Yes, she's standing right over there by your ship.". Gokou shreiks and falls over. "Bu..BURUMA IS YOUR MOM!!!!!!!". Back at the crater Piccolo loses his balance for a second and Vegita mouths off, "How long are they going to keep talking?". Buruma answers, "I don't know, but it looks like Gokou's surprised about something.". Gokou gets up and dusts himself off, "That's the most surprising thing you've told me so far! I know for a fact that Buruma and Yamucha are inseperable! How'd she get together with Vegita!?". "Well uh, it seems that Yamucha was too much of a flirt for my mom so she got pissed and broke up with him.". Over by the crater Yamucha sneezes, (In Japan, there's a myth that whenever you sneeze, it means someone is talking about you behind your back). Trunks looks down and continues his story, "That's when mom noticed how lonely father was. But..they never married. That's just the way dad and mom were.". Gokou stares back at Buruma and Vegita in amazement, "Well, I don't really get it, but I guess that sounds like something she'd do.". "I was to young to remember father before he was killed, so I've really just met him for the first time. He's really impressed me." Back at Gokou's ship, Yamucha, Vegita, and Buruma wonder why Gokou is staring at them. But then Trunks continues again, "Whatever you do, please be careful not to let them know about any of this! If you do, they might not like the idea and I'll never exist!". "Gotcha.". "Okay, thank you so much. I'm going to hurry back to reasure my mom that all went well.". "Okay! Tell her I said thanks! Don't worry, you're future will be better if we change it!". "Yes, I see how strong you truly are, and now I have a little hope!". "Will I see you again?". "I don't know. It takes a long time to charge the machine. But if I live long enough, I will meet you in three years.". "Stay alive Trunks. I have a good goal now. I want to live too, so I'm going to train hard for teh next three years." Trunks gives him thumbs up and runs a little ways, and then blasts off, heading for his Time Machine. After he's gone, Gokou crosses his arms and looks down in deep thought. "Sigh. Well, what am I going to do now? How should I tell everyone about this?". He starts to walk back to everyone, but they reach him first. Kuririn pipes up, "Gokou!! What did he say!?". "Oh..uh...nothing much.". Piccolo interrupts, "Tell us. It's important to everyone.". Gokou whips around and looks at him, "Piccolo!? Did you hear us?". "My auditory system is different from yours. I heard everything.". Buruma questions with a wavering voice, "What do you mean it's important to us?". "Uh...well...". Piccolo speaks again, "If it's hard for you to tell them, I'll do it.". "BUT!". "Don't worry. I won't say anything foolish to endanger the boy's existance. If all of us don't train hard, we'll all die.". So Piccolo tells everyone the story, but he cleverly works his way around it without revealing anything about the boy's parents. After he finishes, Yamucha laughs, "That's stupid! It sounds like a bad lie! Why should we believe it!". Buruma puts her hands on her hips, "Yeah! A Time Machine?". Piccolo speaks, "I don't care if you don't believe a word I just said. You can play around and die in three years. But I'm going to train myself, because I don't want to die.". Suddenly, a strange noise comes from the sky and everyone looks up. It's Trunks in his Time Machine. He looks down on everyone and speaks to himself, "Father....you're just like mother said. Strong, full of pride, strict, and lonesome. Please don't die. Young mother, do your best as well.". He stares a both of his future parents and smiles. He knows that they now have hope. They can prevent themselves from letting the Earth fall into the hands of two ruthless killing devils. He smiles and waves, then his entire ship dissapears in a flash of light. Tenshinhan's voice shakes, "Uh...I'll train.". Yamucha stammers, "Uh...yeah...me too.". And now the part you've been waiting for! Vegita waltzes up to Gokou and demands to know how he survived the explosion on planet Nameck. Yamucha butts in, "Yeah that's right! Even Kaiou samma said you were dead!". Gokou looks into the sky, "Yeah, even I thought I was going to die. But just before the explosion, I saw 5 pods near Freeza's ship.". Vegita's eyes pop open, "That's right! The Ginyu Tokusentai's ships!". "So anyway, I got inside and in desperation I pushed a lot of buttons.". We see scenes of Gokou barely clinging to life, travelling through space in the ship. Finally he lands on what appears to be a rocky barren planet. His ship bounces around dangerously on the surface of the planet. Finally it smashes against a particularly large mountain, and the ship door falls open, leaving Gokou falling unconcioussly through the air, ending with a gigantic smash when he hits the ground. Minutes later, Gokou opens his eyes a tiny bit and sees two aliens with big pink heads and large eyes looking down on him. He looks around and sees that he's surrounded by them. Reacting to his movement, the aliens scatter making funny squeaking sounds. Gokou manages a laugh, "Heh, I guess I really survived, well, at least this doesn't look like heaven.". And with that he passes out. Back to reality, Vegita puts two and two together. "The Giniyu must have been planning on going there next and pre-programmed their ships. I can see by the weird clothes you're wearing that must have been on the planet Yardratt.". "Yup! We got to be friends and they gave me these clothes. Even though they're a bit ugly, mine were ripped to shreds and didn't look much better.". Vegita starts yelling again, "Okay, now what about you!? I know you were gone for much longer than neccesary! The Yardratt-jin aren't strong but they know many strange techniques. You stayed there to train didn't you!?". Gokou swivels around and faces Vegita with a big smile on his face, "You got it!". Kuririn speaks up, "Oh! I get it! That's why you didn't come back!". Buruma's eyes light up, "Hey hey! Show us what you learned!". "Well, I didn't have much time with them so I was only able to learn one technique.".