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Raditz Saga
Here is where Dragonball Z begins, about 5 years after the original Dragonball--- Okay... An alien lands on Earth in the same type of space pod that Goku landed in. He roughs up a farmer who was a little too curious, and noticed evidently that Kakarrot (Kakarrot is Goku's real name) failed his mission (see top). The alien notices a large power reading (from a device over his left eye called a scouter).
    Suspecting it to be from Kakarrot, he flies to the source of the reading and finds Piccolo (a character from the original Dragonball series that was a villain and had the desire to rule the world-aren't I so nice for explaining things for you?). The alien understands that the source is not Kakarrot; he also realizes that not all earthlings are weaklings-seeing that his power level is above 300. Piccolo told the alien that he better leave because he obviously is not this "kakarrot" person. Piccolo attacks the alien-which turns out to be effortless, because it didn't even bruise the powerful being.
    The alien (by the way, I'm sorry for always calling him alien) was about to destroy Piccolo, when he was suddenly alerted from a huge power reading traveling at a very fast rate. Believing the power to belong Kakarrot, he left Piccolo amazed at the alien's power. Meanwhile, Goku and a small boy are riding on a cloud named "flying nimbus"(from the original Dragonball of course) toward a tiny island in the middle of the ocean. They arrive, greeted by Goku's old friends- Master Roshi, Krillin, Bulma, and Oolong. They are amazes to find out that Goku has a kid!!! His name is Gohan-named after Goku's "dad", Son Gohan. Bulma notices that Gohan has a tail. They ask Goku if Gohan has ever been out at a full moon-and he says-"no". They are also amazed at how neat and well-mannered Gohan is. Goku tells them that it's because of his wife-Chi Chi-she feels that there is no need to train, that he should concentrate on his studies. Goku then turns around and notices a very large power level. The alien arrives.
    After staring each other down for a while, the alien proceeds to tell Goku how they both are Saiyan and about Goku's mission to kill all humans on earth. He then tells him that-dum dum dum-he is Goku's brother-Raditz, and that Goku’s real name is Kakarrot!!! Raditz then informs Goku that if he doesn't kill 100 humans before sundown, he will take Goku's son-Gohan instead. As collateral, he flies away with Gohan, screaming and crying for his daddy. Piccolo then lands on the island. He informs Goku of Raditz's enormous power level and how it must take their combined forces to beat him. They agree to form a limited truce- after all; Piccolo wants this planet for himself to rule. Bulma thinks up a smart idea of using her Dragonball radar (an item used in the original Dragonball series to find the dragonballs) to find Gohan because of the Dragonball he has on his hat (did I forget to tell you that Gohan had a Dragonball on his hat-oh well).
       Goku and Piccolo call off a sneak attack, because it's obvious that Raditz would sense them (scouter) coming a mile away- so they decide to just attack head on. Gohan was put in the space pod that Raditz arrived in and screams wildly for his father. Meanwhile, Piccolo and Goku proceed to fight Raditz. Raditz blows off Piccolo's arm, but Piccolo recovers. Piccolo then tells Goku to stall Raditz by grabbing his tail (a Saiyan's weak point is his tail.) while Piccolo charges up for his special beam cannon attack. Raditz somehow talks Goku into letting him go-by telling him that he will be nice and that all he wanted was for Goku to join him, and that he will stop fighting if he would just let him go-and Goku does, which makes Piccolo miss with his attack.
        Raditz slams Goku to the ground and proceeds to stomp the life out of him and breaking his ribs. Gohan, infused with anger and some hidden power, blasts out of his pod prison and head-butts Raditz in the chest, breaking his armor-which Raditz says that no one else has done (by the way, Gohan being about 4, has a much higher power level than Krillin, Goku, or Piccolo.). With Raditz stunned, Goku regains strength and gives Raditz a full-nelson to hold him in place. Piccolo then charges up for one more blast with his super beam cannon attack. He aimed at Raditz's broken chest armor and blows a hole straight through BOTH Goku's and Radtiz's chests. With Raditz's last breath, he tells them that his scouter is also a transmitter and sent a message to other Saiyans to pick up where he left off, and that they will be coming in one year to earth. Raditz dies, Goku dies, what now? Meanwhile, far, far away.....