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New Characters:
Kewie: Local lizard-fish alien leader on Planet #79
Freeza: Lizard-like alien. VERY strong, and uses very polite
language. First appears while riding a hover-chair. Wants the
Dragon Balls to wish for immortality.
Dodoria: Freeza's fat, ugly assistant. Very strong, but rather
dumb.
Zarbon: Freeza's beautiful alien co-assistant. Stronger than
Dodoria. Also faster, and more vain.
Fighting styles:
Other notes:
Chikyuu: Japanese for The Earth. More or less what everyone uses
to
refer to the main planet, and its inhabitants.
Jin: The Japanese word for "person". So, Saiya-jin
means a person
from the planet Saiya.
Buruma's parents: They're never given any names beyond
"Buruma's
mother" and "Buruma's father."
Namek-jin: The Namek are like certain insects, in that their
functions in society are dictated by the conditions of their
birth. Dende is a healer, Piccolo and Nail are fighters.
Dende can't fight, and Piccolo and Nail can't heal.
Vejita: His character design has changed radically since his
first
appearance in book 17. In the one year that has passed,
he's aged 5 to 6 years, at least.
Story:
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 berserk, 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. Kuririn struggles to stab the Saiya-jin in the back with
Yajirobee's sword. Kaiou-sama is hoping that the evil will end
here.
Kuririn 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.
Kuririn tells the unconscious Gohan that it's now safe, and
Yajirobee
complains about having been hit. Gokuu apologizes to Kuririn, who
shrugs
it off. Then the rescuers arrive, and Chi Chi cries out
"Gohan" as she
rushes to care for her son. Kuririn tells her that the boy is
fine, but
she wails on about his having been injured. The others comfort
Gokuu,
Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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.
Kuririn
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. Kuririn
gloats over that fact that Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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 Kuririn
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. Kuririn answers that Buruma would know, but she
doesn't
trust the strange black man with the big eyes. The two disappear,
and
Kuririn has his doubts about the ship.
The two instantaneously 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 wonders 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 Kuririn tells her that she'll have to go. So, she
states
that Kuririn 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, Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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
good-byes.
Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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 mood, and Kuririn can't figure out why. They change into more
comfortable clothes, and Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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 Kuririn notices it too. Buruma figures that it's just
another Namek, 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.) Kuririn tells Gohan to mask
his
power, since this is probably Vejita's ship. They curse over
discovering that they have competition for the Balls. Kuririn 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 Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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. Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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. Kuririn asks if Gohan
noticed the
group leader -- he did, and the leader was incredibly strong.
Kuririn
likens the little leader to Vejita -- both are overwhelmingly
strong.
Buruma wonders who can be like Vejita, Kuririn doesn't know but
the
group was dressed like Saiya-jin. Kuririn is frustrated at the
thought
that the strangers are also after the Balls.
The strangers are heading for one Ball, 14km away. Gohan
reminds
Kuririn 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.
Kuririn 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 Kuririn's position (probably just
some
insects.) One of the soldiers is threatening to kill one of the
Namek
village elders, which Kuririn 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.) Kuririn 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 speech (i.e. -- 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.) Kuririn
and
Gohan don't like what they're seeing. Freeza demands the Balls
again,
so that he can live for eternity (which Kuririn 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.
End of book 21.
-- Curtis H. Hoffmann Sept. 4, 1993
