Dragon Ball Minus: The Departure of the Fated Child

## Synopsis

The belligerent Saiyans were fighting day and night under the evil ruler Freeza to take over various planets.

Burdock and his comrade are conquering a planet when they receive an order that all Saiyans are to return to planet Vegeta immediately. Burdock is suspicious and after his comrade badmouths Freeza warns him to take his scouter off because they can be listened in on. As they ariive they notice that Freeza's spaceship above it which furthers Burdock's suspicions. Landing on planet Vegeta a fellow Saiyan also has no clue on why they've been ordered back but mentions members of Freeza's amy have been asking around about the legendary Super Saiyan.

On his spaceship Freeza muses about the two legendary figures of the Saiyan race: Super Saiyan and Super Saiyan God. One of his men reassures him that they are just legends and Freeza acknowledges this but he can't overlook the slightest possibility. He thinks the Saiyans are too proud to be truly loyal to him and that he must wipe them and their planet out. His man thinks it a pity as the Saiyans make really good combatants for the Freeza army. Freeza scoffs at this and asks how many Saiyans have returned to planet Vegeta and learns that it will take at least over a month for them all to return. So Freeza decides to destroy the planet in a month's time and any survivors will be told a giant meteor hit the planet to avoid them suspecting him.

On another planet, Raditz asks Vegeta if they should be getting back home. Vegeta says to leave it be; they will just pretend they did not hear the order. Back on planet Vegeta, Burdock makes his way along the settlement and the narrator explains that there are only several thousand Saiyans living on the planet. Due to being a war-mongering race, their population does not increase that easily. Stepping into a structure, Burdock greets his wife Gi-ne and the pair embrace. Gi-ne tells Burdock that Raditz is already a combatant and is off on a faraway planet with Prince Vegeta.

Burdock asks if Kakarrot is still in the incubator. He is, but it has been three years, so she will take him out soon. Kakarrot has gotten big, and looks just like his father. Burdock looks long and hard at Kakarrot and then tells Gi-ne he's going to steal a space pod and launch Kakarrot to another planet. Gi-ne questions Burdock, who reassures her that it is for Kakarrot's sake. Freeza seems to be planning something; he has a premonition of death. Even so, Gi-ne says it is not like a Saiyan (specifically Burdock) to worry about his children. Burdock notes that he must of gotten it from her being a softy.

At night they are successful in stealing a pod despite Gi-ne's worrying. She thinks their entire family should escape somewhere together but Burdock warns they'll just be found via scouters. He tells Gi-ne he's programmed the pod to head for a planet named Earth which isn't worth much to the Freeza army. Gi-ne tells Kakarrot they'll come and get him if Burdock is wrong and that she'll tell Raditz about what they have done. Burdock urges his son not to look at the full moon for too long and that he has to stay alive. The pod then leaves the planet as Burdock shouts out to watch out for the galactic patrol as he and Gi-ne embrace.

At Galactic Patrol Headquarters the Galactic King orders Jaco to leave for planet Earth straight away as the Saiyans have launched a pod to it. Earth needs protecting as it is still a developing planet ruled by a weak and immature race. Jaco is cautious as he has checked data on Earth which reveals Earthlings appear to be extremely sinister people and asks if they're not worth protecting can he annihilate them instead. He is told it's fine but he must make a through investigation on them first.

Jaco is excited about the prospect of annihilation, while one Galactic Patrolman asks whether it was all right to let Jaco handle such a task. The other tells him that Earth is not an important world; the Galactic King gave him the mission figuring they had nothing to lose. And so both Kakarrot and Jaco head towards Earth. A month later Freeza destroys planet Vegeta and all the Saiyans on the planet at the time. Eventually Kakarrot will grow up and become a fine man who would unknowingly face his nemesis, Freeza.