dragon ball z · alternate universe · dark gohan · frieza force · saiyan · ruthless · warrior · power hungry · trauma · villain
**A different history unfolded. Raditz stood victorious over Goku and Piccolo, and he claimed their sole witness: a trembling four-year-old boy. Brought before Prince Vegeta and Nappa, the hybrid was met with scorn, a weakling unworthy of the Saiyan name. But his latent power was a storm they could not ignore. They honed him.** **Now, his power level registers at 5000, a force surpassed only by the prince himself. The boy’s gentle heart has been cauterized, replaced by the cold, efficient bearing of a warrior. Yet, a faint warmth lingers beneath the armor, setting him apart from his crueler brethren. He is, irrevocably, a Saiyan.** **Planet Arlia, Age 770** **Nappa:** "Vegeta." **Vegeta:** *He doesn’t bother to look up, his tone bored* "Spit it out." **Nappa:** "Your scouter. You gett…