Raditz stares at the burly reptile opposing him, anger evident on his face. To everyone watching, his rage appears to be aimed at Abetox. But in reality...

'I can't fucking believe he's making me fight his battles. You're a martial arts master with centuries of experience, for crying out loud! Fight him yourself! For God's sake, take advantage of the fact that you're literally dozens of times faster than him, it can't be that hard!' Raditz grumbles internally, taking a fighting stance.

His opponent stares at Raditz silently, not at all fooled by Abjis's bullshittery. With a sigh, he takes a defensive stance, preparing to meet the Saiyan's charge.

In a flash, Raditz is behind Abetox, hammering a sharp elbow into his spine. The large lizard-man cringes in pain, before kicking his leg out behind him with a roar. Unfortunately for him, his opponent is far faster. Raditz moves with casual ease, avoiding the kick by the most narrow of margins. Before the leg can be retracted, he traps the leg in-between his arm and torso, quickly sending his own leg out to sweep Abetox off his feet. Kicking off the ground, he brings his knee upwards to impact the trapped leg with a sharp crack, grabbing it with his other hand immediately after. Before Abetox can use his overwhelming strength to overpower Raditz, the Saiyan heaves the reptilian over his head, sending him spiraling towards the ground. Suddenly, he disappears from his position above Abetox...

Appearing right next to where the lizard-man will crash into the rocky earth, purple Ki charged in both hands...

Krillin swats away a blast from the scarred illusion of the Saiyan, landing a two-handed blow to hammer him through the floor, calling out to the warriors underneath him. "Bald Saiyan heading your way!"

When Kami said that he was going to train Krillin and the other Earthlings, he never expected that it would be anything like this. Then again, would anyone blame him for not predicting this? After all, he had no way of knowing that Kami had a room that was capable of sending someone back in time. It almost makes him wonder why they didn't use it to train earlier...

On second thought, maybe it wouldn't have been much help. Even though they can't die to the illusions of the past, it still feels like they can. When they 'kill' him, it actually feels like he's dying. If the Earth wasn't in danger, he's not sure he could bear going through this over and over...

"Sending him your way, Krillin!" a slightly cocky voice calls from above.

He focuses his Ki towards his hands, charging his attack as Yamcha slams a Saiyan towards him.

"Kame...Hame...HA!" he shouts, sending a wave of blue Ki upwards to catch the falling form of the Saiyan.

As the Saiyan disintegrates, Krillin ponders on how effective this training is, as brutal as it may be. Krillin hasn't died once in the past week.

He sighs as he hears a pained scream from below him... he sure wishes he could say the same about Chiaotzu...

Raditz stares at the smoking form of Abetox, mildly shocked that the burly lizard-man is still standing.

'Abjis wasn't kidding... that is a strong technique.' he thinks to himself while he waits for Abetox to make his move.

He doesn't have to wait long, as the reptilian soon kicks off the ground with a roar. He launches clawed strike after clawed strike, each having enough power in them to create shockwaves that would've pushed a weaker man back. However, the Saiyan avoids each and every attack by a hairsbreadth, peppering the lizard with dozens of strikes in-between dodges. A single hit doesn't seem to do much damage to Abetox, but a few hundred? That's more than enough to cause injuries.

A tooth flies out here, an eye begins to swell there, a rib cracks... each tiny amount of damage isn't enough to hinder his opponent on their own, but the damage ramps up quickly. His attacks begin to pour onto the already injured parts, causing genuine wounds to form. Death by a thousands cuts-- or punches, I suppose...

"Raditz! You're ending it too soon! Slow down, draw things out a little!" an aged voice suddenly shouts from inside his head.

Scowling, Raditz looks his opponent over with a critical eye.

'Face is ruined, ribs are broken... ugh, this is beginning to become cruel.' the Saiyan thinks as he visibly slows down.

Now moving just slow enough for the spectators to see his blurry form, Raditz starts focusing on skill instead of speed. He tilts his head, allowing the back of Abetox's fist to skim across his face as he closes the distance. He sends a quick 1-2 combination to the reptilian's ribs, causing him to gasp for air. After that, he ducks under the next blow, his leg lashing out to impact the already damaged knee of his enemy. Abetox stumbles, seemingly about to fall... before lunging at Raditz in an attempt to grapple the Saiyan.

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Raditz, however, was prepared for this, having already watched Abjis's fight with the large lizard. He sends another lightning-fast kick to the injured leg, causing Abetox to stumble yet again, before suddenly moving towards the charging behemoth. Ducking under the outstretched arms of his opponent, he suddenly wraps his arms around Abetox, pivoting to bring the surprised man behind him. Abetox's surprise grows further as he suddenly feels his feet leave the ground, before Raditz slams him into the hard stone with a bone-shattering hip throw. As the breath leaves Abetox's body, Raditz lands an two-handed overhead blow, further shattering his enemy's already broken ribs.

Raditz stares at the broken form of Abetox with a complicated expression on his face...

"Raditz, keep it up! His army is losing hope. Just a few more minutes of this, and then you can end it!" a voice suddenly calls from inside his skull.

Shaking his head in disgust, he commands his Ki to travel to his left hand, forcing it out of his body into a large, purple mass of energy.

"What are you doing?! Don't end it now!" Abjis demands.

Ignoring the words of his mentor, Raditz points his hand at Abetox's shattered body...

The large lizard-man closes his eyes, breathing out a sigh as he drops his technique.

Without saying a word, Raditz grabs Abetox's arm, throwing him into the air. Before gravity can take ahold of him, Raditz launches the charged blast from his hand.

Both armies watch in shock, awe, and fear as the ball of Ki explodes on contact with the strongest member of their race, wiping every trace of his corpse away.

Straining his mind, Raditz launches a telepathic message to as many members of Abetox's army as he can.

"You get one chance to surrender. You can't win. You can't get revenge on me. You can't take any enemies down with you. Give up and tell your allies to do the same."

A few long, tense seconds pass as both armies stare at each other... before the first soldier raises their hands in a clear sign of surrender.

Like a wave crashing down upon them, the rest of Abetox's soldiers soon follow their comrade, hands reaching towards the sky. Abjis stares at this scene with joy written all over his face, before he clears his throat, and begins to speak to his brethren in their own language.

Raditz doesn't understand what is said, but he'd be willing to bet that it'd be boring to listen to. With a sigh, he heads towards the place where his ship crashed, intending to wait for his new space pod to arrive...

Raditz passes the days by training in absolute silence, which was only broken one time when Abjis came to say his goodbyes. From his conversation with the old man, Raditz learnt that Abetox's faction has completely disbanded. There were those who attempted to take control of what remained of his army, but none were able to last more than a few seconds against Abjis. With any luck, the planet and the people living on it can finally begin to heal... although there are more than a few of them who call for Raditz's execution. It's best that he's leaving soon...

He gives one last glance towards his character sheet as a white pod slowly descending towards him.

Name: Raditz

Age: 35

Power level: 8554

Health: 100/100

Stamina: 100/100

Ki: 79/100

Ki density: 2.11 (maximum of 4)

Ki purity: 3.7% (maximum of 5%)

Ki control: 18

Transformations: Great Ape (Uncontrolled)

Techniques: Advanced Ki sensing (3), Advanced Flight (4), Ki manipulation (5), Ki attacks (4), Expert Telepathy (8), Kasokudo (4)

With a small sigh, he enters the white pod, immediately telling it to put him into 'coma mode.' As sleep threatens to overtake him, he sets the location for his journey to Earth, and messages Nappa.

"The ship has arrived. I'm on my way to Earth."

Goku stares at the ball of glowing blue energy floating above his hand, slightly awed by the power he can sense from it.

"So the longer I charge it, the stronger it'll be? There's no upper limit?" he asks.

"As long as there's enough energy in the world around you, it'll work. For example, the Spirit Bomb would be far more effective on an energy dense planet, like the Sacred World of the Kai, than it would be on Earth. Other warriors could also pour their energy into it to give it a boost." King Kai replies with a smile. "It's my most powerful technique!"

"Huh... you really think this'll be enough to defeat the Saiyans?"

"I've been watching them, Goku. With the Kaioken, you're stronger than them. Don't worry so much."

"If you say so... speaking of that, how long until they arrive at Earth?"

"About 4 months. It should take you about two weeks to run down Snake Way, so I'll make sure to tell Kami to revive you early. Until then, we've got time for some extra training..."

"DODGE!" Piccolo yells as he launches a wave of Ki towards his Half-Saiyan pupil. To his surprise, the child is easily able to avoid the blast, responding with one of his own... which is promptly swatted away. Piccolo's mind races as he backhands Gohan into a nearby hill.

'He's improving fast... he's already as strong as Goku's brother was when he first came to Earth. If Kami has made good on his promise to train Goku's friends... we should be able to kill the Saiyans without too many casualties. Even if they're much stronger than us, they surely aren't anywhere near as skilled. If we gang up on them, then we can take Goku's brother out of the fight almost immediately, then keep the other two on the defensive until Goku arrives to help...'

As he watches Gohan kick off the hill and launch himself at Piccolo, a voice that both is and isn't his own speaks from the inside of his head.

"Piccolo... they're here. I can sense them in the atmosphere. I'm sending Krillin and the others to your location."

Freezing up in shock as Kami's voice tells him the bad news, he is unable to react as Gohan collides into him, hammering a tiny fist into his stomach. With a shout, Piccolo grabs the child by the neck.

"That's enough, runt. The Saiyans are about to land, your training ends now..."

Raditz suddenly jolts awake, looking down at a familiar blue planet from inside his space pod. He can sense two powerful energies near him. However... he doesn't feel the instinctual fear he once felt towards the two Saiyans. He lowers his power level to around 4000. Far stronger than he was when he first arrived on Earth, but still low enough to get the two to drop their guard if it comes to it.

'I feel like I'm forgetting something... right! I'd better put my scouter on before they see me. I don't want them to know that I can sense energy without one... oh, and I should also put on a new suit of armor as well. This one is... a bit ruined.' he thinks groggily, reaching around the small spaceship in an attempt to find his gear.

As he fixes the green scouter to his left eye, he takes a deep, nerve calming breath.

'It's showtime.'