OK. This time it took me a ridiculously long time. What the hell? I know how hard it is to find the thread again after such a long time. So here's a little interim balance so that you don't have to reread everything.



Taanipu left with Chibi Raditz to take part in an intergalactic tournament. Tales, who would like to win Taanipu for his crew, decides to take the Saiyan with him in his spaceship.

Bardock made a deal with a strange girl named Momoko. Together they drive to the tournament where they meet a mysterious old woman who wants to help them find Momoko's kidnapped uncle.

Chibi Raditz finds a friend at Chibi-Neko Manxi. Together, the two get lost in the depths of the volcano, the venue of the tournament.

Taanipu meets Bardock and tells him that he has a son. She can persuade Bardock to take part in a fight with him that they unfortunately lose.

Meanwhile, an old union consisting of four brothers forges a plot against Freezer.

In order to win Zarbon as an ally, the covenant gives him more power, but Zarbon lacks the spiritual strength to control it.

Manxi and Chibi Raditz end up in the dungeon with Ranjapi, Momoko's uncle, and become friends.

The rest of Bardock's crew has also arrived on the planet and is trying everything to free their commander safely from the collapsing volcano. Bardock refuses - he won't leave without a taanipu!

Tales ship is called by Freezer and is supposed to leave immediately - there is only one small problem ...





Chapter 39- Where There's a Will







The Saiyan pawed the loose rock wildly over their shoulders to expose the purple scraps. "What is that?", Toma had to blink several times from the dust in the air. 'We have to get out of here as soon as possible' around the small group, huge boulders smashed onto the ground, sometimes only centimeters past them and the quakes came at shorter intervals.



"Bardock!"



"I know!", Nobody knew better than him that the life of his crew was at stake. What should he do? He couldn't leave anyone behind ...



“Panboukin!”



Under the loud roar, Bardock had to scream so that Toma would understand.



"I'll smash the rock and you pull it out! Got it ??"



Toma's brow furrowed ... he nodded.



"One! ... Two! .... Three!"



A bright beam shot at the dark stone until it shattered into a thousand pieces. At the same time Toma reached into the porous wall and pulled the victim out.



The broken stone whirled up a lot of dust and no one could immediately see who they had actually saved. Only when the veil gradually lifted did they notice that there were two small figures but not the ones they had been expecting.



"Who are you?", Little Manxi coughed heavily and struggled on his legs.He looked questioningly at the second figure and rubbed his little head.



"I'd like to know ... and what did you do with Taanipu?", Bardock and Toma crossed their arms and looked at the small figure on the floor.



"With whom ??" he sounded sleepy. Judging by his age, he must have slept a long damn long time. His face was hidden behind a thick beard and his skin was covered with numerous wounds and scars. "... I'm Tawamure. And I've never heard of a Taanipu."



Symbolic of Bardock's hope, a few more stones crashed from the ceiling onto the floor.



"Bardock .. I don't want to rush you, but ... we have to go now! Even if we can still find Taanipu - I mean with these stones here?" Toma didn't even have to say it, the look in his eyes, so hopeless spoke volumes.



* # *



"Did you come to die?", Even Tawamure slowly lost patience in this dangerous situation."We have to flee! Come!"



"It's hopeless," said Toma and wanted to grab Bardock's shoulder to pull him with him and Manxi. But Bardock was faster ...



"... maybe it is," he replied, raising his hand up.



"Bardock, NO!", Tomas scream was swallowed by some massive rocks and within a few seconds Bardock was gone from his field of vision and the dreary, stony wall blocked the way to the commander.



Toma had to choose now. He looked at Manxi, who in turn tinkled at him with his large, innocent eyes. Toma's expression fell ... "Let's go!", He reached for Manxi, threw him over his shoulder and ran as fast as his legs could carry him. The smaller old man stayed close behind them.



In her mind, however, Toma didn't make a single step, 'If I had been alone, I would have followed you to my death, old friend' That was the whole truth, but even a Saiyan who had to show unscrupulousness when one got by demanded of him ... couldn’t just let a little child die.Not if he saved it before ... 'I'm sorry, Bardock'



* # *



"I think you have a completely different problem," a dark, distorted voice suddenly appeared in front of Toma and the other two.



"Hhhh ​​!!", Manxi's eyes widened when he saw the monster in front of him ... it was at least as big as Psycho-Mausiko (a very, very, very dangerous opponent of Catman;) and he looked at least as angry too out!



"Oh-oh," Manxi couldn't take his eyes off the monster.



"You?", Tawamure had recognized Zarbon in his new form immediately.



Again the ground shook beneath her feet. But instead of fleeing, the monster folded his arms, "It doesn't matter what happens now" - it just seemed to look at Tawamure.



A stone was loosening from the bandage in the ceiling.



Toma felt anger welling up - in this situation a little more strength might save their necks.As in a life and death duel, Toma and the monster looked each other in the eye. In a strange way, the Saiyan looked familiar with this giant, but he wasn't sure either ...



Zarbon struggled too hard to keep a small part of himself to pay attention to the Saiyan in front of him. His new, second soul had a free run.



Tawamure struggled with himself. Should he sacrifice himself now? The strangers had saved him. Without her help he would be dead long ago anyway. Wouldn't it be fair if he now sacrificed himself for her life? Zarbon only wanted him! Him alone ... but he would be happy to tear apart these two strangers too ...



The unexpected often comes. Manxi reacted in a flash: "What is that?" and he pointed, startled, to the corner behind Zarbon.



Unexpectedly, Zarbon turned around, giving Toma the opportunity to finally remove the stone from the ceiling.



With a loud bang, the gray monster landed on Zarbon and put him out of action.



"That wasn't bad, kid!" Praised Toma and grinned cheekily at Manxi. Then the three started running again, past Zarbon. Towards freedom.



* # *



In the meantime, the entire crew of Tal's ship had gathered in the engine room.



"What is that supposed to be?", Daizu scratched his head and looked almost like a chimpanzee.

Amondo and Tales didn't say anything and the twins didn't bring anything but a "Uhh?" out.



A fluffy animal stood in front of them and chewed on the cables of the starter mechanism.



"That can't be true!", Tales was the first to recover. "Make sure that this stops and then put my ship in order," he threw his flapping cloak over his shoulder and made his way to the bridge.



Amondo approached the animal cautiously.



"Why don't we just blow it over?"


"Because then we will damage a number of cables and then a short circuit will probably paralyze the whole ship."



"And we don't want that."



"Well said, brother."



"Thanks."



Amondo started to grab the animal. "Then the hard way"



* WUUUSCH! *, by then two strong hind legs had kicked him in the stomach and threw him a few meters backwards. "Did someone write down the number of the truck?", Little birds chirped over Amondo's head and his braid hung twice around his neck and then loosely on his stomach.



The camel looked at him in surprise with his cross-eyed eyes, and then turned back to the cables.



* chew * * chew *, like a machine, the jaws wore down the cables in one fluid movement and turned them into small, unusable stubs.



* # *



The old woman sat under the run-in ramp and giggled happily to herself.She rubbed her wrinkled hands, "runs like clockwork", then she turned quickly and ran back to the volcano towards the fleeing crowd.



* # *



There were now only half as many spaceships hovering over the planet. Most of them had already managed to get to safety. Nobody wanted to be there when the volcano collapsed and tore the surrounding area into its abyss. Even Rhy and Khan - the two finalists loved their lives more than fighting. They had rejected the thought of their master, their teacher. No doubt, Hasuka must be dead by now.



Ultimo's two components had had most of their conspecifics brought onto their ship and were just about to take off. Four huge jets switched on and lifted the ship elegantly into the air. The hold was filled with supplies, the seats filled with frightened and unsettled Nekos. A suspicious milk bottle stood on a small table and threatened to fall off the edge ...


There was a stretcher in the medical compartment of the ship and Siam's sleeping face peeked out from