All three of the Saiyans-- as well as King Kai-- are completely silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

Goku looks at the ground where Vegeta and Trunks had fought, imagining what would've happened had the purple-haired swordsman not shown up today. With a sigh, he puts the two fingers of his right hand to his forehead.

"I'm going to go tell Krillin and the others about this. If we're going to be going after Frieza's family, we'll need their help. I'll also bring Piccolo to Namek. If any of Frieza's soldiers show up, Piccolo will be able of stopping them before they report back."

He disappears soon after, leaving Raditz and Vegeta alone, each still as silent as ever.

Vegeta, for his part, no longer has a furious, arrogant expression on his face. Instead, he carefully reads the letter that the Raditz from the future had written, staring at the wrinkled, old paper in his hands with a solemn look.

And of course, Raditz himself thinks over this newest development...

'God dammit! Fuck! I can't believe things have changed this much!' he inwardly gripes, feeling a deep sense of fury. 'Eight fucking Androids?!?! What the hell is this, System?! How can you expect me to keep the original story on track when you keep adding shit to complicate things?! First was Cooler, then it was Bojack, and now there's even more Androids running around, and they'll all attack at the same time!'

...

'I could understand one little extra detail to keep things exciting, maybe I could even handle two, but this big of a change??? How am I supposed to keep things on track?! If you really wanted me to follow the original plot, why on Earth are you letting non-canon enemies like Cooler and Bojack exist?! That's not even mentioning Trunks being a few years older than he was supposed to be! Will he even still be friends with Goten if he's several years older? And even if they are friends, won't he be much stronger than Goten?! I thought that the Fusion Dance was only effective when they're similar in power levels, but if Trunks is way stronger than Goten, won't that mean that Gotenks won't exist?!'

...

'Like, come on System! At least have realistic expectations of me! Will Dr. Gero even have time to create Cell if he's working on eight entire Androids?!'

...

'I don't understand what you want from me! Even if you just want the loose plotline to be followed, I'm not even sure I can manage that! With eight separate Androids to fight against, I don't even think it's possible for us to win!'

...

As Raditz slowly but surely gets angrier and angrier, a strange sense of calm suddenly takes hold of him.

'...No, no I can salvage this... the System hasn't punished me for this. This either means that it doesn't care about the plotline being followed anymore, or that it thinks that this isn't hopeless. Given how it's acted so far, I'd be willing to bet that it's the latter. I have options. I have ways to succeed... I just need to figure out what I can do with what I have...'

'Right now, I have a journal from the future me, which comes with over 15 years of experience. This is probably my biggest advantage... on top of that, I also have the System's Ki guides. System, will I suffer any consequences if I teach some of the training techniques to the Earthlings?'

...

'...I'll take that as a no. Teaching the training techniques to Krillin and the others should bump their power up a ton. It may even be enough for them to help against the Androids.'

Suddenly, Raditz gets shaken out of his thoughts by a jarring voice.

"Tch. I'm going back to Earth. Grab on or stay here." Vegeta says, putting the index and middle fingers of his hand to his head.

Raditz quickly grabs his Katchin sword, then grabs onto the Prince's shoulder. A split second later, they reappear in Capsule Corporation, startling Bulma.

The Earthling opens her mouth, as if to scream, and Raditz immediately dashes off, leaving Vegeta to take the brunt of the blue-haired woman's anger.

The one-armed Saiyan flies through the air at a pace far, far slower than what he's used to, as he's weighed down greatly by his Katchin sword. While he flies back to his house, he continues his previous train of thought.

'I can use the future me's journal to justify suddenly 'gaining' a bunch of new ways to train Ki. I'm sure that the Earthling's wouldn't mind getting access to quicker, easier, and more efficient ways to increase their strength... still, that'll only really come in handy when it comes to the Androids. We have a few months until King Cold discovers Namek, and so at most around half a year until him and Cooler arrive at Earth, and that's only if Piccolo is able to slow them down significantly. Taking the fight to them is probably our best shot...'

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As soon as he finishes this thought, he lands just outside the forest hiding his home. A few seconds later, he can finally see the log cabin... along with the several visitors lounging outside his house.

"Took you long enough!" Krillin says good-naturedly. "We've been waiting for at leas--"

"Goku already told us what happened." Tien interrupts. "We need to figure out what we're going to do. You and Vegeta are the only ones who've worked for Frieza and his family."

"And since Vegeta isn't very talkative..." Yamcha says hesitantly. "We decided to come to you."

"..."

'How the fuck did they find my house???'

"So...?" Chiaotzu asks after several seconds of silence.

"...Fine." Raditz eventually says with a sigh. "Although at least one of you is going to have to stay on Earth just in case anything happens here. Kakarot and Vegeta would never miss a fight this big, and Gohan is strong enough to actually help against Cooler and his father. We can't afford to leave any of them behind."

The Earthlings' expressions turn dark at the unsubtle insult, but none of them refute his words. With a small scoff, Chiaotzu turns towards the other three Earthlings.

"We all know that I'm the weakest among us. My psychic abilities are powerful against enemies close to my strength... but against Cooler or King Cold, I won't be as helpful as any of you three. I'll stay."

"Chiaotzu..." Tien begins, but is suddenly cut off by the white-skinned man's voice.

"I'll just have to train harder to make up for it." Chiaotzu says in a sour tone. Half a second later, he flies off into the distance, leaving Raditz with the remaining Earthlings.

The trio of Earthlings are silent for several moments, but eventually, Yamcha turns towards Raditz.

"Let's hear it then. If we're going to 'actually help against Cooler and his father', then you're going to need to start talking."

"Of course. Let's see..."

The one-armed Saiyan trails off, taking a few seconds to browse 'his' memories.

"...First of all, I suppose it'll be best if I give you a little context on Frieza's empire and explain how it operates."

"Frieza and his family are apart of a race of long-lived creatures known as 'Arcosians.' Their power levels are, on average, much higher than a Saiyan of the same age, but due to Saiyans being a warrior race that constantly fight, the average Arcosian isn't much stronger than most Saiyans... but that's only talking about the average Arcosian. Sometimes an Arcosian will be born different. Every race has mutants, but Arcosian mutants... well... I'll just put it this way: Frieza had never trained a day in his life to achieve his strength. His transformations were self-imposed limits to keep him from breaking things by accident. I'd be willing to bet that King Cold and Cooler are also mutants, given their incredible amounts of power... but I'm getting ahead of myself. All you need to know is that Frieza's family are some of the strongest beings in the Universe, and that they live for a long time."

"Hundreds of years ago, an Arcosian known as 'Cold' suddenly appeared in the Universe, instantly going on a rampage from planet to planet. The planets he destroyed were barren and lifeless, but still in far better condition than most planets in the Universe. After Cold left these planets, races that had no planet of their own decided to relocate to the planets Cold left in his wake. When Cold learnt of this, he offered these races a deal. They would provide him with technology, soldiers, and the majority of the materials contained within their new planet, and in return, he'd protect them and let them live. Naturally, all of these races accepted his deal, marking the beginning of King Cold's empire."

"He continued to conquer planet after planet. Warrior races would join his armies, races with high levels of technology would work for him, and just about everyone else would be slaughtered. He eventually got tired of ruling and passed his empire down to his two sons, Frieza and Cooler. King Cold forbid direct fighting between the two, but he heavily encouraged their halves of the empire to battle." Raditz continues, wracking his brain for any more information he can find in 'his' memories.

"Frieza was lazy, preferring to leave things to his minions, while Cooler and his troops were much more competent and active. If his troops couldn't handle a battle, Cooler was likely to go and deal with things himself. Now that Frieza is dead... I'd be willing to bet that King Cold has taken back his half of the empire."

"Why not just give it all to Cooler?" Tien asks. "You said that he'd grown tired of ruling, no?"

"I haven't met King Cold many times... but his love of fighting was very well known. More specifically, he loved fighting 'worthy' opponents. At the height of his empire's power, there wasn't anyone left to challenge him besides his sons, and while he wants to fight a worthy opponent... he doesn't want to lose that fight. He's stronger than Frieza, but Cooler would have a chance of winning any fights between the two of them. Giving them the empire to focus on kept both of them from trying their luck against him. Now that someone has killed Frieza, he'll probably be leaving us for Cooler to deal with, then he'll sweep in at the end of the battle and kill anyone remaining. Having half of the empire be loyal to him keeps Cooler's troops from accurately tracking his movements."

"So we deal with him first. That doesn't sound too hard." Yamcha remarks with a cocky smile, which quickly fades from his face as Raditz shakes his head.

"Cooler would act much the same. Cooler has the power advantage, but his father has centuries of experience on him. I doubt that Cooler wants a fair fight either. If we go for King Cold, Cooler will attack while we're weakened. If we go for Cooler, King Cold will kill us."

"We could just have Goku or Vegeta use the Instant Transmission while touching Cooler or King Cold. We could strand them on a planet, then attack all at once." Krillin suggests.

"That... huh. I didn't even think of that." Raditz admits, but is quickly interrupted by a familiar voice.

"You'll just get Goku or Vegeta killed if you try that!" King Kai shouts, causing all four of them to flinch. "The Instant Transmission isn't perfect! If someone is strong enough, their Ki aura will block your Ki sensing abilities! The Instant Transmission requires its user to sense the Ki of wherever they want to teleport to."

"Oh..."

The Earthlings' faces fall at the blue Kai's words.

"So we have to split up." Tien remarks.

"Tsk... just our luck." Yamcha says sourly. "I guess the real question is... who's going with who?"

At his words, all three of the Earthlings turn towards Raditz, seemingly waiting for him to make the decision...