Goku tells Jeice to take the beaten Recoome and Burter and leave the planet forever. Jeice flees to Captain Ginyu and tells him what has happened. Captain Ginyu has Frieza’s men bury the Dragon Balls then sets out with Jeice towards Goku. Meanwhile, Vegeta kills Burter then Recoome. Also, Krillin and Gohan realize that Frieza is heading towards Elder Guru in order to obtain the password to summon the Namekian Dragon. Shortly after this, Captain Ginyu and Jeice arrive to battle Goku. Goku tells Krillin and Gohan to leave. Vegeta tricks Goku and flies away, leaving Goku to fight alone. Goku and Captain Ginyu fight, and after a while Captain Ginyu asks Goku to release his true power. Goku abides and begins to power up.

Goku enters the battle after giving Senzus to Krillin, Gohan, and Vegeta, and things quickly take a turn for the better. Recoome, charging up a deadly attack, is defeated by a single blow from Goku. Jeice and Burter leap into battle trying a variety of techniques - none of which have the least bit of effect on Goku. Burter is knocked out by a few swift attacks from Goku, as Jeice stares in awe at his latest opponent - having never faced someone so powerful.

Vegeta battles the brutish Recoome of the Ginyu Special Squad. While the Saiyan prince manages to get in a few good blows, Gohan and Kuririn are forced to enter the fray, doing their best to hold out until Goku’s arrival. Meanwhile, Freeza realizes a password of sorts is necessary to activate the Namekian dragon balls.

With the Ginyu Special Squad on the heels of the heroes, it looks like Gohan and Kuririn have no choice but to prematurely summon the dragon to grant Vegeta’s wish of immortality if they are to ever leave the planet alive. But witnessing the new foes speak of sweets and playing rock-paper-scissors to see who fights who, is the Ginyu Special Squad really a force to be reckoned with?

With Freeza’s supply of scouters having been destroyed previously, the Ginyu Special Squad arrives not only with a new set, but with plans to aid their master in attaining the Namekian dragon balls. And with Vegeta resorting to a temporary truce with the Earthlings, it seems like our heroes will be in for quite the confrontation soon enough.

Upon finding that he has been duped by Gohan, an enraged Vegeta backtracks to the Earthling’s hideout for the final Namekian dragon ball. With Goku still on his way to the planet, will the heroes survive Vegeta’s wrath?

Recovering quicker than expected, Vegeta is able to escape from Freeza’s ship with all five of his dragon balls. Now, with only two more dragon balls to go, it is only a matter of time before Vegeta and the Earthlings cross paths. Matters only worsen when Zarbon arrives on the scene, eagerly awaiting a rematch with the Saiyan Prince.

As the dragon ball hunt on Namek continues, Dende takes Kuririn to the Saichoro, the father of every other Namekian on the planet. Elsewhere, the defeated Vegeta is taken into Freeza’s spaceship.

While training on his way to Namek, Goku receives news of a certain group of warriors having reached Kaio’s planet for training of their own. Also, Vegeta clashes with Zarbon, a powerful henchman of Freeza who can increase his strength at the cost of his beauty.

Having escaped Freeza’s spaceship, Vegeta terrorizes a Namekian village for their dragon ball.