A Long time ago, Freeza took over the Saiyan planet and he used the saiyans, to act as mecenaries to destroy other planets. A Saiyan warrior by the name of Bardock is with his teammates when they wipe out another planet. While on this planet a surviving member of the dying planet, curses Bardock with the ability to see his future. Meanwhile, Bardock's son, Kakarot is born. Additionally, Freeza becomes convinces that the saiyans banded together represent a threat to his growing power. At this time, the cocky Vegeta asks Freeza to send him to another planet to destroy and leaves with Nappa. On Bardock's home planet, his teammates leave to destroy another planet without him. Bardock learns what has happened and leaves to join his fellow saiyan warriors. He arrives at the planet and finds his dying comrades. A dying Saiyan informs Bardock of Freeza's plot to destroy the saiyan home planet. He soon encounters some of freeza's henchmen and defeats them without too much trouble except for Dodorio who blows away Bardock with a huge fireball. Meanwhile, Kakarot is sent to the planet Earth to destroy it when he grows up. Bardock survives Dodorio's assault but is seriously injured. He still somehow travels back to the saiyan homeworld and tells his comrades of Freeza's plot to destroy their planet. Ironically, the Saiyans think of a plot to be a joke and mock Bardock. Frustrated by the lack of support, Bardock decides its up to him to save his homeworld. As Freeza's spaceship approaches the planet Bardock flies toward it in rage. In his fury Bardock defeats all of Freeza's henchmen who attack him. Freeza exits his ship and mocks Bardock. With the last of his strength Bardock creates a fireball and throws it at Freeza who laughs and shoots a huge fireball of his own. Freeza's fireball passes right through Bardock and his fireball heads for the planet. The planet Vegeta, Bardock and the saiyan race are anhilated (except for Vegeta, baby Goku, Napa, Raditz, Taurus, and Coola's ship). An instant before his death Bardock looks into the future and sees Freeza's destruction at the hands of his son Goku. Bardock smiles at the irony and dies a happy death. Vegeta and Napa are told that their planet was destroyed due to a meteor shower. Kakarot's two older brothers (Rabitz and Taurus) are elsewhere so they survive. Kakarot, whom we all know and love as Goku lands on planet Earth and is found by Son Gohan. Gohan adopts Kakarot and names his new grandson Goku. Thus, begins the magnificient story of Dragonball...
