Buruma, Kamesennin, Karin-sama, and Chi Chi are searching for their friends. Senpyou sees the bright light from the full moon, and Chi Chi goes berzerk, hoping that Gohan is still alive. Kamesennin senses 5 people, one very weak, and Senpyou states that the Saiya-jin isn't dead, either. Meanwhile, Vejita's ship has arrived, and he struggles to reach it. Kururin struggles to stab the Saiya-jin in the back with Yajirobee's sword. Kaiou-sama is hoping that the evil will end here. Kururin says he's going to kill his enemy, Vejita curses his immobility, and the runt yells "die!!!!" A voice says "stop." Everyone reacts to Gokuu's telepathic command, and he tells his friend that since Vejita is going to leave, that he shouldn't be killed. They argue, until Gokuu wins. Vejita's parting words to "the garbage" are that it's been fun. Kururin tells the unconscious Gohan that it's now safe, and Yajirobee complains about having been hit. Gokuu apologizes to Kururin, who shrugs it off. Then the rescuers arrive, and Chi Chi cries out "Gohan" as she rushes to care for her son. Kururin tells her that the boy is fine, but she wails on about his having been injured. The others comfort Gokuu, Kururin tells Buruma about the dead, including Yamcha. But, she thinks that her lover can be brought back in one year. She can't accept Gokuu's explanation that with Kami-sama dead, the Balls won't work. At least, Yajirobee tells her, Yajirobee himself is still alive. Buruma breaks down. Kamesennin already misses Piccolo, and Yajirobee is upset that no one cares about him. Senpyou tells them to take the wounded to the hospital, because there are no more Senzu Seeds. Kamesennin then searches for the corpses, and Kururin mentions that there's a slight hope for the dead, and Gokuu asks about this, too. But, the answer has to wait until they collect the bodies. Chao-zu's is missing, since he self-destructed. Karin-sama comments on the sacrifice, Kamesennin is too angry to pilot the craft, and Buruma takes over again. Gohan wakes up, and Chi Chi goes overboard in telling the boy that everything's ok. Kururin says that they're safe, and Yajirobee states that he's ok, too. Gohan asks about his dad, Gokuu answers back. The monk asks Chi Chi why she's not concerned about her husband, and she rants about the man's carelessness in letting her boy get hurt. Buruma reminds Kururin about what he was going to say earlier. He tells them about Piccolo having been recognized as a Namek-jin, and some vague mentions of the original Dragon Balls, which could be used to revive everyone. Gohan verifies this, and gets excited at the idea of Piccolo coming back. Kururin picks this up, because then Kami-sama will return, as will the power of the regular Balls. Buruma doesn't join in the rejoicing though, as she asks Kururin if they know where Namek is. Gokuu states that Kaiou-sama would know. He asks, Kaiou-sama replies, and the others can hear him in their hearts. This is partly because of Gokuu's presence, because he's in shock from having used Kaiou-ken. Kaiou-sama looks up the location of Namek -- SU83 by 9045YX. Buruma recognizes the latter coordinate, and has "Kame-chan" take the wheel. ("Kame-chan...") Kaiou states that a long time ago, nearly everyone on the planet got wiped out. He locates the general direction of Namek. Senpyou comments on how Kami-sama is the lone survivor of this planet. But if that's so, who's there to make the older Balls work? They speculate about this until Kaiou discovers that there's about 100 Namek-jin still on Namek. (Yajirobee thinks about what it's like to have 100 people looking like Kami-sama.) They discuss this a bit, too, with Kamesennin happily suggesting that Tenshinhan and Yamcha can soon be wished back alive. Buruma states otherwise. It will take 4339 years for them to reach those coordinates. Kaiou-sama hadn't considered that part. Kururin comes to the rescue again, reminding them about the Saiya-jin's ultra-fast spaceships, and pulls out the controller that Vejita had dropped. Buruma now thinks it's possible, and they all celebrate. The next day, they're at the hospital. It'll take Gokuu 4 months to heal, but one month for Senpyou to grow more Senzu Seeds. Kururin gloats over that fact that Kururin and Gohan will get out in 3 days, and he comments on Gokuu's looking like a mummy. Yajirobee grouses about not having been admitted, and Senpyou replies that the monk only wants to get at the hospital's food. Kururin follows up with the conversation between the monk and Vejita, that gets Yajirobee hopping mad. Gyuu-ou says that they're all lucky to be alive, when Buruma runs into the room and tells them to turn on the TV. [Buruma's hair style changed over night.] Seems that scientists have found Nappa's ship. They're speculating about what this means, and Buruma announces that she's going to take over the ship with the controller Kururin found. She's very pleased with herself, and she enters the control code. The ship explodes. This was their last chance, since not even Kintoen can help them out. Then Mister Popo shows up to tell them that he's probably found a space ship. He's not sure, but it's probably what Kami-sama used to reach this planet. Kururin answers that Buruma would know, but she doesn't trust the strange black man with the big eyes. The two disappear, and Kururin has his doubts about the ship. The two instanteously arrive in the cold desolate region where the ship is, and walk the little ways to it. Popo asks if this is a space ship, and Buruma isn't sure. She asks how Popo knows about this, and he states that 100 years ago, Kami-sama told him what had happened. How Kami-sama had found himself on this planet as a small child, with the instruction to wait by the ship for a relative to show. After 20-30 years of waiting, the child gave up. Buruma wondrs what the point is, and Popo tells her to let him make it. The little demon had made the ship his home. Between it's four legs, a door will open if you say "Piccolo." They get on the door, and Popo says "Piccolo" again to get them inside. Buruma finally realizes that Kami-sama is a Namek-jin, so the ship should have a way to get back home. She finds the control panel, and tries to understand it. She has no luck (searching for main switches, and code numbers,) until a voice sounds in her head. It's similar to what Piccolo and Kami-sama had spoken at the Tenkaichi-budoukai. Mister Popo tells her that he knows Namek-speech. She tells him to make the ship fly (doesn't matter where,) and he replies that the ship is saying "Ok." They take off, Buruma is impressed, and Popo is happy that Kami-sama can now be brought back to life. Back at the hospital, Buruma is enthused, telling people that it will only take one month to reach Namek. The ship will be fixed up in 5 days. The others are happy, but Popo says that he can't go. Buruma freaks, and Kururin tells her that she'll have to go. So, she states that Kururin has to come with. Yajirobee backs out, but Kamesennin volunteers to spend two months with her (Buruma turns him down.) Gokuu can't go, since he needs the rest. Then, Gohan pipes up, only to have Gokuu and Chi Chi argue over this (Gokuu thinks it's a good thing, Chi Chi wants her boy to study.) He wants to help bring Piccolo back, and finally shouts to make his mother shut up. (This show of spirit makes Gokuu happy, but the boy now has to apologize to her to keep her from crying.) Gohan tells her that he has to try to help bring his friends back, after everything they've done. Yajirobee is impressed, and Gyuu-ou tells his daughter that she's lost. Buruma tells them to meet at Kame House in 10 days. Later, in the ship, Buruma's father is impressed with the craft, and she tells him to stop messing around. On the appointed day, Kururin comments on the size of the ship, but Buruma is upset because he's dressed wrong for the occasion. Kamesennin wonders where Gohan is, and Kururin answers that the boy went to visit Gokuu one more time. Then, the others arrive, and Gyuu-ou also remarks on the ship. Chi Chi's mothering of her boy cracks up everyone, but destroys Buruma. Kamesennin wishes them luck, they say their goodbyes. Kururin is excited, but when he asks where to put his gear, Buruma just snaps at him. She gives them 5 seconds' warning before blasting off for Namek, and Kururin complains about not having been able to use the seatbelts first. Kamesennin is impressed with their speed, and Chi Chi yells for Gohan to remember to rinse. Then it's time to settle in for the long journey. Gohan is awed at seeing the Earth, but Buruma is in a bad mmod, and Kururin can't figure out why. They change into more comfortable clothes, and Kururin thinks that Buruma's outfit is really a set of pajamas. It's a long trip to Namek. After a while, Buruma becomes conscious long enough to notice Gohan win a session of image training. Kururin is impressed with the combination of Gokuu's blood, and Piccolo's training, but the boy also complements his friend's strength. Buruma wants them to clean up after her, because there's a lady present. Kururin objects, since she's the one that made the mess, but she states that she's too busy with running the ship. Then, she asks where Vejita has escaped to, where his planet is. Kururin doesn't know. They speculate about the idea of other Saiya-jin running around. Then, on Freeza Planet #79, Vejita arrives. At first, the guard post thinks it's Freeza, but they quickly identify the ship. They panic, and notify their superiors. The greeting party wonders what's happened to Nappa, then they wonder why the distinguished Vejita isn't coming out. He's quickly taken to the medics. Eventually, Vejita recovers, but his tail doesn't grow back. He changes to a new suit, asks where Freeza is, and is told that Freeza's gone, but Kewie is available in the Training Room. Vejita leaves, saying that he doesn't need a scouter. He broods, then meets Kewie, who gloats over the deaths of Radits and Nappa. They snap at each other (these guys don't like Saiya-jin,) until Kewie states that Freeza has left for Namek. Vejita realizes that the info must have been relayed via their scouters, and rushes off when told that Freeza is also after the Dragon Balls (which he claims are his alone.) After their 34-day flight, Buruma and company arrive on Namek. Kururin and Gohan are excited, Buruma is cautious. When they land, she tells them to suit up in the hazardous atmosphere suits. But, the other two are already running around outside, to her annoyance (they don't understand what's wrong.) But, the mood lightens when it turns out that the Dragon Radar works on Namek. But, Gohan senses a strong power, and Kururin notices it too. Buruma figures that it's just another Nakek, like Piccolo. The two aren't so sure. She reassures them, and states that 4 of the Balls are already in one place. They get ready to go meet some Namek people, when a Saiya-jin ship streaks through the sky (Buruma yells at it.) Kururin tells Gohan to mask his power, since this is probably Vejita's ship. They curse over discovering that they have competition for the Balls. Kururin and Gohan are going to go after the Balls, Buruma plans on staying at the ship and notifying Kame House -- they can be rescued in only 2 months. Vejita walks out, still claiming the Balls as his. He plans on fighting Freeza to the death, but has trouble using the scouter. Eventually, the scouter indicates Freeza's location, and that of Dodoria and Zarbon. On Earth, Kamesennin is told that Vejita has appeared, and he's to notify Gokuu, but not Chi Chi. Then, another Saiya-jin ship streaks past, landing nearby. Somewhere, in a Namek village, a minion has found the town's Dragon Ball. Freeza is pleased, and wants it added to the 3 he already has. Zarbon relays a message from Kewie, concerning Vejita. Freeza states that Kewie and Vejita are about equal. Kewie looks forward to settling things. Buruma and Kururin are worried at the appearance of another Saiya-jin. Kewpie finds Vejita and goes to kill him on Freeza's orders. Vejita looks forward to this. Meanwhile, Buruma wants to return to Earth and wait for Gokuu. Kururin tries to get her to wait, to talk Gohan into going with her. She wants them to stay to get the Balls to resurrect Piccolo and Kami-sama. Gohan then senses a Saiya-jin, but it turns out to be two of Freeza's warriors who are looking someone that's not Namek-jin. Kururin and Buruma discover that the two guys aren't Namek-jin, either. They threaten each other a bit, then the Saiya-jin destroy the ship to keep them from leaving. This makes the two Earthlings angry, and the two Saiya-jin amused. However, the sudden increase in power worries the bad guys just before they get trashed. Kururin and Gohan congratulate each other ("Nice, Nice,") and Buruma yells at them for it. Zarbon notices the blip of power, but tells Freeza that it was nothing. It wasn't Vejita -- just two people with 1500 levels. Buruma's upset at having been stranded, and not being able to ever return to Earth. Kururin and Gohan are going after the Balls, and want to find a safe place for Buruma to hide. Kewpie and Vejita taunt each other, and Vejita has to explain that the scouter is registering very little power because he's mastered power control now. He has to explain further, then shows his true level -- at 22000 it breaks Kewpie's scouter, and Kewie is very shocked (they're not evenly matched after all.) Zarbon decides that Vejita has arrived. Dodoria thinks that his partner's scouter was malfunctioning, but Vejita really is registering at 24000. That's more than Dodoria and Zarbon. They talk about that (he was only 18000 before.) Freeza isn't impressed, and he knows what the Saiya-jin is after. Kewpie is trying to strike a deal to band against Freeza, but it's just a stalling tactic. Kewpie announces that Freeza has arrived, then attacks. He's sure that he's won, but Vejita says that his speed has increased, too. Vejita easily wins, and is happy at seeing fireworks today. He decides that with the scouters, Zarbon and Dodoria can see him approaching, and that they'll be able to find the Dragon Balls. But if they only get 6, they'll be useless. He wants the Balls to realize his dream of being the number 1 fighter in the universe. Dodoria is concerned about Vejita's strength, and ability to easily kill Kewie. Freeza is more interested in getting the fifth Ball, which is in a Namek village with 10 Namek-jin in it. They leave for the village. Kururin tells Buruma to try to keep up a little longer. She's exhausted and not happy. They find a cave for her, but it's dark and she doesn't want to go in. They sense some more power, it's not Namek, and it's getting closer. They hide, wondering if they've been sensed. Buruma is relieved when the group passes by, but wonders who they were. Kururin and Gohan, however, are panicked, and the runt asks to see what the Dragon Radar shows concerning four of the Balls. Turns out that the strangers do indeed have those Balls. Kururin asks if Gohan noticed the group leader -- he did, and the leader was incredibly strong. Kururin likens the little leader to Vejita -- both are overwhelmingly strong. Buruma wonders who can be like Vejita, Kururin doesn't know but the group was dressed like Saiya-jin. Kururin is frustrated at the thought that the strangers are also after the Balls. The strangers are heading for one Ball, 14km away. Gohan reminds Kururin about the runt's having sensed the Namek-jin earlier, and they decide to go look at the village. Buruma objects to being left alone, and is told to stay in the cave and tell Kamesennin what's happening. Then the two fighter's rush off. On Earth, the doctor berates the injured Gokuu for exercising in the hospital room. Gokuu is pushed back into bed, with a warning to take better care of himself. Kamesennin comes into the room, checking first whether Chi Chi is in (she's out.) The old man brought some food as a present (kasutera == sponge cake.) He grabs the nurse's butt while stating that he'd talked to Buruma on Namek just 2 hours earlier. (He then asks the nurse if she thinks he'd done something to her just now.) The turtle master says that Vejita is on Namek, that there's 10 strong Namek in the village that they've gone to, and that someone else is there that's at least Vejita's level. While Gokuu's trying to handle this, Yajirobee arrives ("You're alive?") with 7 senzu seeds from Karin-sama. Gokuu congratulates Yajirobee for having good timing, and demands to be fed a seed right away, while the doctor warns them against eating strange foods. Fully recovered, Gokuu's been waiting for this moment. He puts on his douji (uniform,) takes the seeds, and says he's going to Namek. Seems that Buruma's father has been working on a new and improved space ship (of his own design) for Gokuu to use (based on Radits' spaceship's technology.) The new ship will get him to Namek in 6 days. He calls Kintoen, and rushes off. Yajirobee and Kamesennin wonder if they're expected to follow to help the hero. Gokuu is still concerned about Vejita, who he knows is very strong. At Capsule Corp., Gokuu wonders if the ship is inside one of the buildings. Buruma's mother recognizes Gokuu, even after all this time. He asks where the father is. She takes him inside, commenting on how he's grown up so much, and tries to make a date with him to go to a cake shop she wants to visit. Then, she calls out to her husband, announcing that Gokuu has arrived. The father asks if Gokuu has eaten a senzu seed already, and is impressed that the seeds really work the way he was told they do. The mother goes off to tell Pool and Oolong that Gokuu's arrived, and will get Gokuu something to drink. Gokuu is impressed at the size of the inside of the ship. The control panel can start the craft on it's journey to Namek, and one dial can vary the on-board gravity to up to 100g (a 60 kg person would weigh 6000 kg, and this would kill any one.) The ship has a bath, toilet, bedroom, and kitchen (which Piccolo's ship didn't.) The only thing left is to install the stereo speakers. Gokuu is stunned that this is all that's left, and the scientist says that a stereo is very important. Gokuu wants to leave now, and tells the old man that he has to save the people on Namek. However, the scientist wonders if Gokuu really doesn't want the stereo. Gokuu launches off, and the scientist is impressed at the speed of his ship. Pool and Oolong walk up, and are disgusted that Gokuu had rushed off without talking to them. The mother arrives with some beer, and is also confused at not finding Gokuu. Our hero is surprised at being surrounded by night already, then he gets ready to face Vejita in 6 days by turning the gravity up to 10g and practicing the Kaiou techniques. Kururin senses that he's getting closer to the village, so they slow down to a walk. They wonder who the strangers in the village are. They also notice the strong power emanating from the two near the one in the floating chair. As well as the over-sized Namek Dragon Balls. Freeza asks Dodoria what's wrong, and the alien comments on having noticed a little power blip from near Kururin's position (probably just some insects.) One of the soldiers is threatening to kill one of the Namek village elders, which Kururin is surprised to see looks just like an older version of Piccolo -- must be a Namek-jin. The Namek want to know what's up, and the heroes wonder if the strangers are Saiya-jin (they're not, although they're dressed the same, they're not like Vejita or Gokuu.) Kururin repeats something Radits had said before, about other aliens being found on other planets -- this must be an example of what the guy had meant. The elders realize that Freeza has 4 of the Balls, and the alien offers to spare the villagers if they give him their Ball. The elder speaks in Namek, but Freeza orders him to use normal speach (ie -- Japanese.) The elder states that it's the village elders' jobs to protect the location of the Dragon Balls, which Freeza already knows. Freeza wants the Ball, and orders Dodoria to kill 2 of the Namek. If that doesn't work, the rest will die. Freeza knows that the elders in each of the villages on Namek all have one of the Balls within the village for safekeeping. He wants to use them to make his wish. So, he's tracking down all of the elders on the planet, and making them the same offer. (At the same time, Vejita is listening in on the conversation via his own scouter.) Freeza wants them to be submissive, which the elders refuse to do. So, Zarbon is ordered to give them an example of what to expect. One elder dies, another attacks in anger and is also killed (after getting in a killing blow to one of Freeza's red-shirt minions.) Kururin and Gohan don't like what they're seeing. Freeza demands the Balls again, so that he can live for eternity (which Kururin notices is the same thing that Vejita wants, but the heroes don't know why someone would want to do that.) The elder would rather die first, which is ok by Freeza. He plans on killing everyone on the planet anyway. Then, Dodoria notices some strong power levels approaching. It's a group of Namek soldiers.
The fighting Namek arrive. The Namek complain about the disruption of the peace, Freeza still wants the Ball. Dodoria assesses the fighters at about 1000 -- no challenge. The one elder realizes that the aliens are dependent on the scouters for sensing other peoples' power. The minions are looking forward to an easy fight. Kururin and Gohan also know that the Namek are hiding their real power. After the minions get trashed, Zarbon asks if these Namek are really 1000's, and Dodoria wonders why the levels have jumped up to 3000 each. Kururin is happy. Freeza is amused, Dodoria decides that the Namek are using power control. The elder looks around, finding the three remaining scouters, and then tells the two kids to quickly let go of him. Dodoria gets ready to take on the three fighters, when the elder makes his move. Dodoria thinks that the elder just wants to get beaten up first. Then, Zarbon catches on to what's happening, and Kururin tells us that without the scouters, the aliens are at a serious disadvantage. Dodoria wants to kill the elder out of spite, but Freeza wants that Namek kept alive -- the three fighters should die, though. Dodoria expects to kill the three within 10 seconds, but they don't believe this. The alien has fun for several pages. After the job is done, Freeza states that it's useless to try to run away, and if the Ball isn't turned over, the two kids will be next. The elder succumbs, and gets the Ball. Gohan is losing control, and Kururin tries to get the boy to settle down. When Freeza gets the Ball, he says that he only needs two more. The elder complains a bit, then Freeza announces that everyone else in the village can die now. The elder comments on the breaking of the promise, which Freeza blames on the desire to make his wish. Zarbon asks how they're going to find the remaining Balls, but that's just a matter of locating the remaining villages. The elder tries to create a diversion to let the kids escape, but Freeza kills Cargo right away. Dodoria breaks the elder's neck, and Kururin tries to tell Gohan to keep from giving their position away. As Dodoria moves to kill Dende, Gohan yells "stop," and rushes forward. This makes Dodoria pause long enough to get kicked in the face. Kururin curses Gohan. Dodoria keeps getting knocked down, and Kururin tells Gohan to run away as he grabs the Namek kid. Freeza notices that the two humans aren't from Namek. Dodoria curses, Freeza tells the alien to catch the kids, Kururin curses over not being able to escape, and Freeza wonders who the hell the intruders were. Gohan and Kururin both know that they can't outrun Dodoria, and Kururin remembers a delaying tactic. He passes off Dende, and then uses Taiyouken to blind Dodoria. Kururin celebrates, then they hide. When his eyes recover, Dodoria can't find the quarry, and decides to blow up everything to chase them out. The wreckage assures Dodoria that the kids are killed, but he'd really like the bodies to show Freeza. So, Dodoria rushes up. Kururin decides to take Dende to Buruma, Dende thanks them for saving him, and Kururin says that it was all Gohan's fault. And yes, Dende can fly on his own. Dodoria wishes for the scouters, which would make finding the last 2 Balls a lot easier on this big planet. Preoccupied, Dodoria is vulnerable to Vejita's surprise attack. The two exchange words, and Dodoria wants Vejita's scouter. Vejita explains that he's learned a lot while on Earth, and he plans on taking out Dodoria and Zardon in order to get the Balls. They threaten each other, and finally Dodoria attacks. However, Vejita is standing behind him. Vejita is MUCH stronger now, having nearly been killed while on earth. He's now a Sentouminzoku Saiya-jin (ie. -- stronger.) Dodoria wants a reprieve, in return for which he'll tell Vejita something about Vejita's planet. Seems that the planet hadn't actually been wiped out by a meteor like everyone thought -- the Saiya-jin had gotten uppity, so Freeza had decided to wipe them out. However, Vejita was known to be a formidable opponent, so he'd been spared to be enlisted in Freeza's ranks. Dodoria wants to leave while Vejita is still in shock. Vejita states that's he's really just upset at the idea of being a slave to Freeza like Dodoria is. The alien runs away yelling for Freeza, and Vejita kills him while saying that Freeza should be afraid of Saiya-jin. He then gloats at being so strong, and remembers the alien's comment about the two kids that suddenly showed up. Vejita's not sure which two strong kids would have come to Namek, or why. But for the moment, he has to interfere with Freeza's plans. Kururin and company are getting closer to Buruma's camp when they notice something coming up on them fast. They hide their powers, and Vejita senses all of this. He approaches them, and they recognize Vejita and see that he doesn't have his scouter. Each side wonders what's happening, and it looks like Vejita has found them until a large fish leaps out of the water. The prince curses the delay, but knows that without their scouters, Freeza isn't going to find the remaining Balls very quickly, either. In relief, Kururin's group flies off to Buruma's camp, but are dejected at the thought that they're not strong enough to get the Balls to bring their dead friends back. In the camp, they find the Capsule house that Buruma's set up. She berates them for running around to have fun, leaving her on her own. Eventually, she sees someone that looks like Piccolo, and asks if Dende is a Namek-jin. The Namek had been saved by Gohan, and Buruma remembers to tell them that Gokuu will arrive in 6 days. She explains how this is possible, and they celebrate, with Kururin happy at their improved chances. Vejita senses a strong level of power, marking a village with 20 people, and possibly one of the Dragon Balls. He gloats over getting to it first. He arrives, and demands the Dragon Ball. The villagers wonder what's going on, and the elder says that no evil people can be given the Ball. Vejita says he'll kill them then. Buruma has been briefed, and Kururin says that there's nothing more they can do right now. They realize that Dende isn't eating, and the Namek replies that he doesn't need food, just some water. Kururin then asks why their were farmers growing food in the village. Finally, Dende gives his name, and asks where the humans are from. But before answering, Gohan senses a strong power, which marks the death of many of the 20 Namek at the hands of Vejita. Kururin is frustrated at having to face the combined strengths of Vejita and Freeza without Gokuu's help. They talk about the fates of the Namek as the two sides fight to get the Balls, and Dende demands to know how the Earthlings know about the Namek Dragon Balls, while deciding to ask Gohan to help Dende's people. The village elder refuses to get the Ball for Vejita, so he kills that Namek, saying that he can find it by himself. Buruma completes her recap, and Dende wants to take them to Saichourou -- The main village elder. Vejita happily examines the Ball he's found [Note: It's the #4 Ball, the original of the one that Gokuu thought contained his dead grandfather's soul.] He hides it in the lake, knowing that Freeza can't find it without the scouters. He then wonders how he's going to get the rest of the Balls from Freeza. Zarbon comments on Dodoria's tardiness. Freeza thinks that if the two brats have killed that idiot Dodoria, it's a good thing. They decide to give Freeza the 5 Balls, and then Zarbon and the remaining minion will go seperately to the two remaining villages to win the last two Balls. The two fighters split up, (the minion has a 3 hour trip,) and Freeza broods over Vejita's presence, and his plans to get all 7 Balls. He takes his 5 back to his ship, to wait. Buruma ponders over the existence of an ultimate village elder, and Dende explains that this is the Namek that had created the original Dragon Balls. Dende is this elder's 108th generation offspring. Buruma asks how Namek are born -- eggs spit from the mouth. Which means that the elder is female. Dende asks what "female" means. Turns out that Namek only has one sex, which Buruma considers boring. Kururin wants to talk to an elder to assist the Namek, and Dende points out the location of the #4 Ball, but that's where Vejita has probably killed everyone. That means that almost none of the Namek are left alive. So, they've got to find the Saichourou, but that will take 30 days to walk. Gohan will stay behind, Kururin and Dende will fly and risk the chance of Vejita sensing their power eminations. As they fly, Kururin compares Freeza and Vejita, and thinks that they'll have to hold out for 5 1/2 days for Gokuu, after they get the Ball from Saichourou. Which is a matter of hoping for a miracle. Gokuu has finished training at 20 g, and is about to step up to 30 g when he is contacted telepathically by Kaiou-sama. Kaiou catches on to the fact that Gokuu is in a ship heading towards Namek, and states that there's some guests on Kaiou's planets. Some people that Gokuu knows. Gokuu starts to guess, and Kaiou replies that he's going to teach the newbies his techniques. This makes Gokuu happy. Yamcha wants to talk, and is told to touch Kaiou's shoulder. Yamcha recaps the fact that the heroes are going to Namek to wish the dead friends alive. Gokuu guesses that Tenshin, Yamcha, and Piccolo are at Kaiou's, Piccolo grouses about Gokuu having all the fun. The remaining person is Chao-zu, (not Kami-sama, like Gokuu had guessed,) who'd gotten his body back (makes Gokuu more happy.) Gokuu states that he's currently training to become stronger, and has to explain why he's going to Namek: not only has Vejita gotten there first, but someone as strong, named Freeza, is also there. Kaiou has heard of Freeza before, and needs to examine the planet. Ten wants Yamcha to explain what's happening. Kaiou locates Namek, and recognizes Freeza as the ultimate in evil. The creature is close to the two Earthlings and one Namek. Gokuu is interested, but Kaiou wants the hero to stay away from Freeza. Then, Piccolo says that if they're wished alive, the dead friends want to come help fight. Kaiou yells at him, but Piccolo responds that there's no time and they have to start training right away. Kaiou will do this, but he turns it into a test, that shows that Piccolo and Tenshin are the two most able students of the Kaiou techniques. Gokuu keeps training, and kicks the gravity level up to 50 g. Kururin is getting impatient, and Dende says they have 5 hours left to go. Vejita can't find the next village, but he does sense two people flying nearby. Kururin senses Vejita, and is surprised at the guy's speed. He and Dende hide and mask their power. However, Zarbon is also closing in, and Vejita decides to take on Freeza's minion, instead. Zarbon complains that finding the village would be easier with the scouter. He sees Vejita. They greet each other, and Vejita says that Dodoria is dead, and Zarbon is next. Zarbon wants to know why Vejita doesn't team up, and Vejita answers that he has his own plans, with include taking the Dragon Balls. They bluster a bit, and then Vejita decides to demonstrate the true power of a true Saiya-jin. They fight for a while, and then Zarbon gets annoyed with Vejita's flicking his blast out of the way. A little ways a way, Kururin is angry at the level of power that Vejita and (probably) Freeza's minion are demonstrating, which overwhelms his own. He decides to take the opportunity to reveal his own power and rush off to Saichourou's location. After some fighting, Vejita gloats, and Zarbon replies that he hasn't been fighting at full power. He wants a chance to change into his real form, and Vejita laughs at this. He then waits for the change over. From his beautiful, effeminate form, Zarbon changes into a monster uglier than Dodoria. They fight some more, and Vejita wonders what this new Zarbon really is. Before killing Vejita, Zarbon wants to add that Freeza is a changling, too. Zarbon claims victory, and creates a new lake with Vejita's body. He decides that Vejita has drowned, and goes back to tell Freeza. [Note: Zarbon prefers masking his power by wearing the human-looking body.] Vejita then surfaces, complaining about being stronger than this. Meanwhile, the other minion has found the village that Vejita had destroyed, and returns to Freeza to report. At Freeza's ship, Freeza asks if Zarbon had found the village, and the fighter answers no, but that he had found and killed Vejita. Freeza is very impressed, but Zarbon doesn't have the corpse to prove it. The other minion rushes in to say that Vejita had grabbed the next Dragon Ball. But, Vejita hadn't had the Ball on him. Freeza tells Zarbon that he'd better hope that Vejita wasn't dead. The minion is told to summon the Ginyuu Combat team (it'll take them 5 days to reach Namek.) Zarbon wants to know why, and Freeza answers that he has a hunch that he'll need them. They talk about this (revolves around Vejita's strength as a Saiya-jin, and the appearance of the two kids.) Freeza thinks to himself that the last thing he needs is a Super Saiya-jin on the planet. Desperately trying to not die, Vejita crawls from the lake. Zarbon thinks about the Ginyuu team, then he sees the body. Vejita is still barely alive, and the alien carries the limp form back to Freeza's ship for questioning. One day passes, and Gokuu is still training. He's still on 50 g, which isn't good enough for facing Vejita. He takes a rest. The next morning, Kururin wakes up Dende and they keep going. Dende gives him directions, and they quickly locate Saichourou's house atop a tall rock pillar. The lack of people outside concerns Dende, but then the door opens and Nail steps out. The two were expected, and are told to come inside. They have to hurry, because Saichourou is old and getting close to death. (Kururin comments on Nail's looking like Piccolo.) They enter and levitate to the next floor. Saichourou is told that Dende has arrived, and Kururin is impressed at the leader's size. The elder remarks on Kururin's being an earthling, and thanks him for saving Dende. Kururin says it was nothing.
MANGA(cont.)
Saichourou refuses to hand over the Dragon Ball to Kuririn, citing the many deaths of his people at the hands of Freeza's group. Dende mentions the Earth's Dragon Balls, which means that the Earth must have a Namek on it. Kuririn explains why he's on Namek, and the elder is afraid that the Saiya-jin is actually a Super Saiya-jin. He asks Kuririn to stand where he can put his hand on his head to read his thoughts from the past. Now, the elder decides to hand over the Ball, which may not do them any good, since the elder is getting near death himself. Kuririn accepts this, because if he has the Ball, it at least can not be abused. Then, the elder states that if Freeza comes here, Nail will have to fight to the death. So, the elder wants to give Kuririn some sleeping power to help him. Kuririn asks about this, and is force-fed more power than he's ever felt before (which is to be used for running away.) The man gives his thanks, but notices that the power is quickly gone (which is why it's called "sleeping power".) Kuririn asks if one more person can get this sleeping power, and given the ok. He's also told to keep the Dragon Ball. He tells Dende to stay here while he goes to get Gohan, and Dende tells him to take care. As he flies off, Kuririn is impressed with this new power. Back at the cave, Buruma tells Gohan to take a break from practicing to look at the Radar at the one Ball racing towards them. The child affirms that it's Kuririn, who must have gotten to the main elder. But, Freeza only has 5 of the Balls, and the last one is in the village that Vejita had trashed. Vejita isn't there now, and Buruma thinks that the Saiya-jin had failed to find that Ball. Gohan asks for the Radar, and goes to pick up the last Ball. In Freeza's ship, the minion and Zarbon are discussing Vejita, and the fact that the Saiya-jin won't fully heal for 30 minutes. Zarbon goes to talk to Freeza, and the minion expects Freeza to torture the location of the one Ball from Vejita. Then, Freeza stops faking it and kills the minion. Zarbon and Freeza investigate the noise, and think that their enemy has escaped the ship -- Zarbon is ordered to chase after him. Vejita discovers the Balls, and gloats. Gohan finds the blasted village, and views the wreckage for the first time. He curses Vejita, and looks for the Ball, which surprisingly isn't indoors. Zarbon angerly searches futilely for Vejita but can't believe that the guy is this fast. Freeza states that if Vejita has escaped, Zarbon will die. Inside, Freeza insults the aliens, counts the Balls, and figures that he only needs to get one more. But, how to get them outside? -- he decides to create a diversion. He yells that he's still inside, and blasts a new hole. Freeza thinks that Vejita has gotten the Balls and is flying off, as Vejita runs back to the Balls and throws them from the ship. Since they believe he's flown away, he swims off in the opposite direction. Freeza is furious at the loss of HIS Balls, and gives Zarbon one hour to get them back. Vejita surfaces near where the Balls have landed, and is pleased with his throwing control. As he's hiding the five, he's planning on getting the other two. Then, he senses a great power that isn't Zarbon's. Flying back, Kuririn is laughing madly, and telling Gohan to wait for him. Vejita wonders why the Earthling is on Namek, and why he has the Dragon Ball. Whatever the reason, Vejita plans on getting the Ball. Kuririn is happy with his speed, Vejita is happy at nearing his goal, and Zarbon is cursing the loss of his scouter. He sees something that isn't a Namek, or Vejita, but it has a Dragon Ball. Then he sees Vejita and chases after him. Vejita senses Zarbon behind him, and likes the set up. Kuririn lands, and Buruma screams about being surprised. Then she notices the Ball. She's impressed with the size, Kuririn says that he's spoken with the elder, and asks where Gohan is. She answers as Kuririn senses someone approaching that isn't Gohan. Kuririn is overwhelmed by the Saiya-jin's power. Vejita demands the Ball, in return he'll let them escape. Otherwise, he'll kill both Kuririn and the girl. Zarbon arrives. Buruma asks who this hunk is, and Kuririn answers that it's the ultimate evil. Zarbon thinks that Vejita is working with the humans, which amuses the Saiya-jin. Kuririn is surprised at seeing Zarbon becoming a monster. They fight, Zarbon expects Vejita to escape, and gets blinded. During the battle, Kuririn and Buruma decide to escape to somewhere safer, but Vejita stops them. Zarbon is now messed up, and pissed. Vejita tells Zarbon that the alien is near death, which the alien can't accept because he'd beaten the Saiya-jin before. Vejita explains that Saiya-jin get stronger if they are badly beaten up and can then heal. This explains a lot about Gokuu to Kuririn. This doesn't impress Zarbon, who attacks again. Zarbon dies, with a final wish that Freeza be beaten. Vejita asks if Kuririn wants really wants to fight him. Kuririn gives in, and Vejita happily flies off, keeping his promise to not kill them. Kuririn prays that Gohan has found the other Ball. Buruma wants to do some blame-laying, and they wait for Gohan to return, hoping that the boy doesn't meet up with Vejita along the way. Gohan and Vejita sense each other, and the boy tries to hide. Vejita shouts a warning to whoever is out there to reveal themselves or he'll blow up the area. Cursing, Gohan steps forward. The Saiya-jin recognizes Kakarot's kid, Gohan sees that other guy has a Dragon Ball. It was a present -- Gohan is afraid that Kuririn is dead, but Vejita says that's not the case. Vejita lands, asking what the toy is in Gohan's hand. The boy stammers that it's a watch. This amuses the Saiya-jin -- that Earth's science is so primative. Vejita asks if Kakarot has come to the planet, which he hasn't. Then, Vejita spares Gohan because, including Gokuu, they're the last three Saiya-jin. He drops Gohan, and flies off. The boy is in pain, but happy that the other Ball hadn't been found. Buruma wants them to hide in the Capsule house, Kuririn wants to wait for his friend. Gohan arrives and everyone celebrates over the recovery of the #4 Ball. Swimming underwater, Vejita is already making his plans, but he can't find the last Ball. Suddenly, he realizes that the shit kid hadn't been holding a watch after all. In a rage, he rushes back to the cave, but his quarry have locked their power down at 0. He fumes over this, and the futility of not having all of the Balls. Gohan reassures them that they're safe, but Buruma complains about the loss of the house and the need for a toilet. Kuririn wants to take Gohan to Saichourou, to get extra power to face Vejita. Buruma later grouses about how the "lady" has been left on her own. Kuririn and Gohan fly low and slow, to avoid being detected, since they can't defeat Vejita on their own. Vejita drops his new Ball with the rest, and fumes over having let the damned brat get away with that other Ball. He considers his options. In 3-4 days, Freeza will get help, and a new batch of scouters. He decides to wait for the kids to reveal themselves. Two days pass, and Gokuu continues to train, having reached 100 g. Gokuu has finally reached the point where he can fire a Kamehame-ha that can't kill him. He's been battering himself to within seconds of death, and then eating a senzu seed to recover. Being a Saiya-jin, when he heals, he gets even stronger. However, the last set of blasts almost finish him off. He has a little more than 2 days left, and by the end of it, he has only three 3 seeds. One more day passes, and Gokuu's feeling great so he decides to take a rest. After turning off the gravity control, he impresses himself, and is overwhelmed by: how light he feels; how strong he feels; and how much he's surpassed the 10 g Kaiou-ken techniques. In one more day, he'll be at Namek, so he bathes and goes to sleep. 4 days have passed, and Zarbon hasn't returned -- he's either dead or run away. However, the Ginyuu Team should be arriving soon with the scouters, and Vejita doesn't have yet seemed to have activated the 7 Balls. With the scouters, Vejita will be easy to find. Gohan hopes that Saichourou is close, and Kuririn hopes that the elder hasn't died yet. The runt decides to risk alerting Vejita, and picks up the pace -- they'll now arrive in 1 hour. Finally, Vejita knows where they are -- Kakarot's brat and the bald runt. He expects that they've left the Ball with the woman, but he takes one of his own just in case. Now, he's psyched. Kuririn tells Gohan to keep trying a bit more, and he hopes that Saichourou can give the boy the sleeping power. Between the two of them and Gokuu, they might have a chance. Vejita is right behind them. They've almost reached the mountain when they sense Vejita. The runt says he'll stall Vejita while the boy gets strong. Vejita appears, and Kuririn is impressed with his speed. Kuririn states that he can't beat Vejita, which the Saiya-jin replies is obvious. Vejita demands the #4 Ball back, then realizes that Gohan has escaped to the nearby mountain top. He thinks that the Ball is there, and rushes past Kuririn. Inside, Saichourou is impressed with an Earthling's having so much power. Then, Nail notices who's arrived outside. Kuririn and Nail try to face Vejita down, while Vejita wonders if Nail wants to die. Gohan is given the sleeping power, which alerts Vejita and makes Kuririn happy. Vejita thinks that Kakarot has made it to the planet and tells him to come out, but can't believe that's it's Gohan with this power. Saichourou tells Dende to tell the others that a massive power is approaching Namek -- they puzzle over this until Vejita recognizes the force as belonging to the Ginyuu Team. Freeza must have summoned all 5 of the team, and Vejita madly demands the last Dragon Ball, which is their only chance. Kuririn refuses, but the Saiya-jin tells them about the strength of the fabled mercenary team. If Vejita becomes immortal, they might be able to survive the upcoming battle. Nail comments on the approaching power, and lets them know that the Namek Balls can grant 3 wishes. So, Kuririn breaks down and they rush back to Buruma's hiding place (the runt curses a lot.) Saichourou wants Nail to leave also, adding that the elder will be ok on his own for a while. 5 Saiya-jin ships smash into Namek's surface, near Freeza's ship. Kuririn pops in long enough to grab the Ball and leave, with the group noticing that the enemy has arrived. Buruma is left alone, stuttering about seeing Vejita. The Team makes their customary appearance, with each member shouting out his name. Freeza recovers from the campy display, and tells them that he wants the Dragon Balls, and an alive Vejita. Ginyuu states that with their improved scouters, he can sense Vejita a long ways away, in the presence of two others. Freeza replies that those two can be killed. Jiisu hands over a box of scouters, the Team yells "Fight!! O---hhhh!!" and they fly off. Vejitaa senses them, and doesn't like the Team's greater speed. The Capsule Corp ship alarm goes off with 20 minutes left before reaching Namek. Gokuu puts on his new gi, hopes that the others are still alive, and has 10 minutes to worry about what's happening on the planet. (NOTE: His new gi has the kanji for _______ on it. Vejita and Ginyuu arrive at the site of the Balls at the same time (they exchange greetings, while the heroes curse the bad timing, and are impressed with the Team's abilities.) Kuririn dislikes having to admit that Vejita was right, and notices that Gurudo is the only one of the team that doesn't have overwhelming strength. Ginyuu wants Vejita to hand over the Ball, and Vejita hopes that his real power doesn't show up on the scouters and his throwing the Ball will take them by surprise. Doesn't work. They want the one Kuririn holds, and Vejita tells the runt to smash it. Kuririn yells "shit" as he brings his fist down. That doesn't work, either. Vejita swears other Gurudo's control over time. Now, it's the victims' turns. Ginyuu taunts the heroes, but Jiisu goes a little overboard and Ginyuu admonishes him. Kuririn asks if they'll have to fight, and Vejita replies that they can't run away. Ginyuu needs to take the 7 Balls to Freeza, so the rest of the team use jankenpon (scissors, paper, stone) to decide who gets to kill the two humans, and who gets to capture Vejita. The group grouses about this, but Ginyuu gets them to do a group cheer, and they start the janken (Gohan thinks they should try to run away at this point.) Rikuum is jubulent over getting Vejita, while Gurudo has to settle for the mere humans. Ginyuu then laughs as he flies towards Freeza. Gohan wants to blast Ginyuu, but Vejita tells him to not waste the energy. Vejita calls a war council, and tells the other two to control their power against Gurudo, and asks if Kakarot really hasn't come to Namek. Kuririn verifies this, but adds that Gokuu is on his way. Gohan is furious over not being able to resurrect his friend Piccolo. The Ginyuu team fighters saunter forward, wanting to play. Rikuum lets Gurudo go first, and the four-eyes complains about having to fight garbage. Vejita is annoyed, Kuririn wants Gohan to use the image training from when they were on the spaceship, and Gurudo is going to finish this quickly. Kururin announces Ki o Kaihou, and the fight starts. Gurudo then stops time to avoid the blasts and return the attack. However, the humans have separated too far for him to take them out in one shot. He starts time again, and the heroes locate Gurudo for a punching assault. The 4-eyes stops time again and starts to panic (it'll take lots of energy to blast away with time stopped.) He runs and hides, planning to fire while unseen. But, he gets sensed and has to stop time again. He's really upset that the garbage is putting up this much of a fight, and can't understand how they located him without the use of the scouters. Commenting that the little humans have power levels at 10,000, the rest of the team come closer to watch the battle. They make fun of Gurudo, while Vejita fumes. Gurudo uses the only nearby tree to make a spear that he launches at Kuririn, daring the runt to escape in time. Neither human can move, no matter how hard they try. The tree almost reaches Kuririn when Vejita makes his move. With Gurudo decapitated, the control over time is broken and Kuririn escapes. Gurudo is annoyed with Vejita's breaking the rules of the game. But, Vejita replies that he never agreed to abide by those rules. Gurudo threatens the Saiya-jin a bit before being finished off. Kuririn wants to know why he was saved, and Gohan thanks Vejita, but the bad guy says he did it only to even the odds against the remainder of the Ginyuu team. The rest of the team complains about this unsporting behavior, and the fact their Special Fighting Pose (tm) can't be performed by only four people. Ginyuu will have to develop a new pose. Jiisu and Baata use janken to decide who gets to fight the humans next, while Rikuum claims Vejita. Kuririn and Vejita curse this silliness. Then, Rikuum wants to take on all three of them, which angers Jiisu (who wants to have a shot at the fun of killing them.) Rikuum performs his introductory poses, followed by Vejita's powering up to almost 20,000. There's a bit of fighting, and it looks like Vejita has won. Gohan and Kuririn are justifiably impressed. But, they sense that Rikuum is still alive. The Ginyuu fighter strolls out of the smoke (H --- i!) with virtually no damage. (But, there's a stench and lots of dust, which bothers Jiisu and Baata.) The "Rikuum Kick" sends Vejita flying. There's some fighting, that makes Rikuum happy with "Vejita-chan." In the resulting chase, Rikuum announces a "speed-up," before smashing Vejita into the lake. After burying Vejita head first in the ground, Rikuum asks if he's all right, hoping that death hasn't cut into his fun. But, Vejita blasts him again. With almost no hair left, Rikuum is really starting to enjoy himself. Rikuum taunts the Saiya-jin, who curses the Ginyuu fighter as being a monster. Kuririn tells Gohan to get ready to attack, to help Vejita and to give themselves better odds. Meanwhile, the Capsule Corp. ship announces planetfall on Namek in two minutes. Rikuum is ready to finish off Vejita, and Kuririn tells Gohan to help save the Saiya-jin now. The "Rikuum Eraser Gun" almost kills Vejita before it blows out Rikuum's nose. Vejita is mad at the interference. Kuririn is impressed, and Rikuum is just starting to have fun. He asks his friends if it's ok to take out the runts. They shrug, and demand chocolate parfaits in return. Kuririn is taken out fast, which annoys the Team fighter. Saichourou can see a ways into the future, so he has sent Nail on an errand that he's not happy with. Gohan takes a beating. Freeza congratulates Ginyuu on supplying the Balls, and he's about to fulfill his dream by activating them. Gohan calls for his father. Ginyuu asks Freeza whether the alien is an immoratal, but it doesn't seem to have happened. Then Freeza remembers what one elder told him about not being able to use the Balls to make the wish. He tries to figure out if there's a special place, or summoning word that he needs to use, then realizes that there's one Namek elder that hasn't been killed yet. Telling Ginyuu to stay and watch the Balls, Freeza rushes off to find Saichourou. Rikuum and Gohan keep fighting, while the boy reminds himself of whose child he is. Rikuum asks what planet the boy is from, then Gohan says he isn't going to lose. But, he's dropped and his power is zeroed. Kuririn curses his friend's defeat, Vejita derides the boy, Rikuum gloats, and Gokuu finally makes planet-fall. The fighter wonders where this ship came from, Kuririn is happy, the ship announces the arrival on Namek, and Gokuu steps out. Our hero quickly senses the locations of his friends and several really strong people -- but, the two Earthlings are nearly dead. Time to use his 100 g techniques. He arrives, people greet him, and he states that he has some senzu seeds. Gohan gets one, then Kuririn. Rikuum wants to know who's interferring with his game, Jiisu and Baata wonder about the fast guy with the garbage-level power rating that's reanimating the corpses. Gohan briefs Gokuu on why Vejita is so damaged. The hero tells them that he's gotten stronger on the trip over, then gives the last seed to Vejita (which surprises Kuririn who wants to know how they're going to heal themselves after fighting the Ginyuu team.) But, Gokuu announces that he's going to handle this fight by himself. Rikuum's not impressed. The Earthling measures in at only 5000. Vejita's trying to figure out what Gokuu is up to, then has a bad feeling about this. Rikuum thinks that he's going to win, Gokuu says that he himself will (Rikuum can't handle this.) Vejita realizes that Kakarot has become a super Saiya-jin (last one was 1000 years ago.) The Ginyuu man yells out "Rikuum Mahho Attack" -- and misses. The ones with the scouters can't find Gokuu right away. Gokuu gives them a choice -- the Ginyuu team can leave the planet, or they can get lots of pain. But they think he only has speed and no power. Rikuum is about to destroy them all, with the "Rikuum Ultra Fighting..." The attack takes to long to announce, and Gokuu wins with one blow. No one can believe that this has happened, and Vejita chokes the most on the idea that he's looking at a Super Saiya-jin. Gokuu gives the other team members another chance to leave the planet. Jiisu and Baata are amused, but Kuririn wonders why Gokuu doesn't want to fight them. The fighters have to protect their rep, so they go into their attack pose, and move out. Vejita knows that Kakarot is going to win. The combatants banter and fight a bit. Gokuu's powerful ki-ai blows the team members backwards, putting Gohan and Kuririn in awe of him. Everyone considers a situation in which Gokuu can beat up people that could trash Vejita. Baata tells Jiisu to use his Crusher Ball to distract the human, giving Baata an opening against him. But, Gokuu doesn't move. He deflects the Ball, and the enemies curse. [The one-page cover has Buruma complaining about having been forgotten, while the others have all the fun.] Jiisu warns Baata to look backwards. But, they still think Gokuu is simply fast. Jiisu says that this is a bad dream. Gokuu is asked who he is, ("I'm an Earth-bred Saiya-jin") but Saiya-jin aren't this fast. Then, Baata states that speed isn't going to help Gokuu anymore, and is going to kill him. Baata's flailing about pissing off Jiisu, who joins in. It's now time for Gokuu to show that he has more than simple speed. After, Gokuu tells Jiisu that it's pointless to fight him, and that Ginyuu should take their fallen comrades and leave the planet. Jiisu freaks over the fact that the Ginyuu team has been so easily beaten, and runs to notify the team leader. At the same time, Vejita is wondering why Kakarot is taking so long to kill the bad guys. Kururin is so surprised at the speed and power that he asks if this is really Gokuu. As Vejita comes in and finishes off Baata and Rikuum, Gokuu asks why he's doing this. They were helpless, but Vejita tells him that this is the smart thing to do, especially since one escaped. Gokuu has to be a perfect Saiya-jin to face the frightening power of Freeza. Gokuu repeats "Super Saiya-jin?" They think about this as Freeza finds the correct mountain. The group talks about Freeza's strength and their chances of beating him. Freeza does have the Balls, but he hasn't been able to call Shenlon yet. Vejita wants to know more about this, and Kuririn tells him that you can tell if Shenlon has appeared when night covers the planet. Gokuu suddenly realizes that Freeza doesn't know the proper word for summoning the dragon. Vejita thinks about this, and Gokuu reminds them to bring their dead friends back to life. Jiisu tells Ginyuu what happened. Ginyuu can't handle this, but he refuses to let Freeza in on the secret. Instead, he wants to resolve this himself, and tells Jiisu to bury the Balls (since the Earthlings don't have scouters that would show where the things are located.) Then, they get into their Special Fighting pose. This doesn't work anymore, and it makes him very angry. The heroes argue over what to do with the Dragon Balls, as Vejita claims that the odds would be better if he were made immortal. Suddenly, Vejita asks where Freeza is, Gokuu points off in one direction, and Kuririn panics as he realizes that this is where Saichourou lives. Freeza must be asking for the secret to the Balls. Gohan hopes that Saichourou isn't killed, because that would cancel out the Balls. Then, Ginyuu arrives, and Jiisu points out the troublemakers. They discuss each other (Gokuu still registers at only 5000, but Ginyuu's enhanced scouter can tell that the human is really 60,000.) Jiisu knows that no Saiya-jin is that strong. Ginyuu looks forward to a good fight. Gokuu tells Kuririn and Gohan to take the radar and look for the Balls, and he tells Vejita to attack Jiisu. Everyone says that they understand. Gokuu is told to not let himself be killed, and they start their plan. As it's about to be one-on-one, Vejita yells out "Later!" and runs off. After a bit of fighting, Gokuu comments on the pain and curses Vejita. Ginyuu and Gohan banter a bit. Vejita thinks to himself that he'd rather track down the Balls and make his wish than fight (the other two are evenly matched.) Jiisu roots for his leader-monster. After a little more fighting, Ginyuu is surprised at Gokuu's speed. Then, Jiisu's Crusher Ball gives Ginyuu a chance to grab his enemy (same trap that Baata had tried to use.) Gokuu is about to switch on the Kaiou techniques, when the leader lets him go. He explains that he knows that Gokuu has just been playing around, and he wants to see Gokuu's REAL power. The hero decides to do it, while the leader expects expects it to cap off at 85,000. At, 180,000, Ginyuu is stunned. Jiisu is also stunned, since the leader is only 120,000. Finally, they realize that the enemy is a Super Saiya-jin, which is what Vejita had called him. The team thinks about this, and Gokuu gives them another chance to leave the planet alive. But, Ginyu is about to use HIS special talent. Freeza arrives at the mountain, realizing that there are 3 people there. Nail warns Saichourou, who's giving the sleeping power to Dende. Dende is told to help the Earthlings, and he tells the elder to not die. The elder hopes not to. Freeza arrives, Nail asks what he wants, the alien demands the secret to the Balls. Freeza is told that if the elder dies, the Balls stop working. The alien blows open the house to see this elder, and wants the secret. The elder tells Nail to fight the alien to give the humans time to summon Shenlon. Freeza looks forward to the fight; however, they need a place to fight that won't endanger the elder. Saichourou apologizes to Nail, by himself, about having to sacrifice such a good Namek. Eventually, Freeza claims that they've reached a good place. Nail powers up. A power level of 45,000 is good for a Namek, but Freeza claims that he himself is 530,000. But, to make things more fun, Freeza promises to only use his left arm. Nail's attack proves that the Namek is only 45,000. After ripping off the Namek's arm, Freeza apologizes for being rude. But, Nail stands up again, showing the desire to die. Nail regens the arm, proving that his indeed a Namek. Gokuu wants to know what Ginyuu meant, and the leader tells Jiisu to hold his scouter. He hurts himself before making plans on the Super Saiya-jin's body. Ginyuu makes the switch, and is now happy at his new lodgings. Gokuu, in Ginyuu's body, yells in pain. The leader lets everyone know what happened, and then gets his scouter from Jiisu. It's now time to return to Freeza. Gokuu follows behind, hoping to fix things. At least he can still fly. Kuririn and Gohan arrive at Buruma's cave, demanding the Radar. Buruma wakes up, then demands to know what's going on. The runt says that there's no time, but this doesn't change anything. However, Gohan grabs the Radar and points out where they need to go. They leave, with Buruma still demanding to know what's happening. Gohan takes the time to tell her that his father has arrived. This makes Buruma compare Yamcha to Gokuu. At some point, Vejita reaches the ship, and Freeza isn't around. He takes the time to change clothes, hoping that the Earthlings don't find him, or the Balls, first. He also wonders about the secret medicine that Kakarot used to heal himself. He senses the Earthlings approaching, and asks why they came after him so fast. He hides his power before the two show up and grab the Balls. This makes Vejita happy, because he'll be able to watch them summon Shenlon, and then he can make his move. Kururin chants "Ide yo, Shenlon!!!! Soshite negai o kanaetamae!!!!" (Shenlon appear!!!! So you can grant our wish!!!!) Nothing happens. They wonder about this until sensing the approach of Jiisu and Ginyuu. Obviously, Gokuu must have been defeated, so they hide. But Gokuu lands, in the presence of Jiisu. (The next cover page has Ginyuu riding with Gohan on Kintoen. "Yahoo --- I'm really Son Gokuu, even though my face is strange.") Ginyuu and Jiisu can't sense anyone, but the Balls are out in the open. Then, Kuririn calls out, and steps forward. The leader asks how the runt had found the Balls, which amuses Kuririn. He's asked if he'd made the wish, but Kuririn says that it didn't work. Ginyuu is happier. Kuririn remarks on Gokuu's strange behavior, and the fact that the guy is wearing a scouter. The hero moves forward to explain, when Gohan yells out that this really isn't Gokuu. The two don't know what's happening, but Gokuu is obviously a fake. Now, the leader wants to use the power of his new body, and he and Jiisu strike a modified fighting pose, announcing who they are. Surprises everyone. Ginyuu now wants to fight at 180,000. Gokuu struggles along, hoping that Gohan and Kuririn haven't died, and cursing his body. Ginyuu laughs madly about his great power, but Jiisu tells him that the old body is about to arrive. Gokuu finds them still alive. He tries to explain what happened, and tells them that they can defeat his body. This amuses Ginyuu, with his 180,000 power level. However, Ginyuu doesn't know how to use the power with the Kaiou techniques. So, Ginyuu tries powering up -- but he can't get above 23,000. He can't believe this, but Kuririn can. Jiisu is told to join the fight, as Vejita says that he's the first one Jiisu gets to face. Gokuu says, "Vejita..."