For the love of satan please please please don't make zarbon/bulma pleaaaaseeeee (zarbon is gay anyway hehe). Well this is a pretty KICKASS chapter, and the way cooler lost his fifth transformation was pretty awesome in my mind with the cracks, the screams, maybe some blood on raditz' forehead :D.

I loved the TFS time reference with Cooler, and I can't wait to seethe Nail/Piccolo devlopment in the story. So if Zarbon is essentially taking over most of Vegeta's roles on Earth, is there the possibility that he's going to be... well... Trunks' Father?

Nappa: Well, looks like I'm back to speaking again! And I gotta say, I'm like'n this a lot! I mean, everyone must be thinking, "How the heck will Trunks come in?"
Well, after extensive research, I have the answer: Trunks will! (Look of realisation)
Vegeta!
Vegeta: What?
Nappa: I can review.

A befitting end to an era. One question though, How did Piccolo train in hell? You can't keep your body.

What would raditz look like as an ssj 3? Would he impale himself on his own hair if he's not careful? Could he use it as a weapon?

An excellent end to an amazing saga. I have one question, though... how did Goku get revived on earth? Last time I checked, he died on Namek. And in canon, they needed one wish to transport his soul to the Earth's check-in station...

Also, I'm very intrigued by how the rest of the story will turn out. You've set up a scenario that deviates so much from the canon universe that the rest of the story will be a hell of a twist. My predictions are: BulmaxZarbon, Nail & Piccolo (who finally becomes good) fusing, Raditz learning Instant Transmission, and Goku using Kaioken (not likely, but plausible).

Just read up to this chapter in one sitting, I think it's pretty much in the top 5 DBZ fics I've ever read, right up there with Change of Heart and Dragnball Legends by niteryde and Veema.

Totally wasn't expecting Goku's death, it's a nice twist. Also, I'm a little disappointing with the lack of Piccolo. He's missing some serious character development, especially if he's in hell deprived of a body.

"Hope of the universe...or BRINGER OF DEATH?" hahaha i see what you did there

Nice beginning to the SSJ Raditz vs Cooler fight. I always like the battles where the two fighters are nearly even. Too many of the fights in the acutal show where one of the fighters just beating the crap out of the other guy, with either the hero beating up a lesser villian or the hero getting their overconfident asses kick (aka every fight Vegeta is ever in.) Anyway can't wait to see how Raditz will manage to beat Cooler, since technially Cooler is the stronger of the two warriors. Hum, I forgot that Nail was still alive. If he goes to Earth and the androids appear, could he possibly fuse with Kami similar to how he and Piccolo fused. I'll be looking forward to seeing how these other characters you've let live in this story turn out in the end. Can't wait to see the conclusion of this fight.

The Super Saiyan power tried to "reject" him? How odd... last I checked, that power doesn't pick who gets it, it just appears under the right conditions. So... why the rejection? Is it just Raditz thinking he isn't worthy?

(For the heck of it, please read my review in the voice of Team Four Star Nappa)
Well whatdya know Vegeta, Raditz is the Super Saiyan! Not only that, but he's kickin Cooler's can big time!
But Freeza's head, hmm... I don't know about that, cause if daddy find's his little princess's head, we could get a MUCH stronger Mecha Freeza. I have to say though this chapter gave me the chills every now and then.
Ha ha! But its still Raditz and not you! Or even Kakarot! I wonder how that makes you feel? Hey, Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta, Vegeta...

So was Gohan unconscious when Cooler killed his father, because given his rage I would have guessed that he would have gone SSJ as well. Then again, he was close enough to Krillin in the canon that he possibly would have done it there as well. Is he just not powerful enough to transform yet? Also, Cooler killed the two people next to her, but not Bulma?

Aww Goku :( Soo, haha does Raditz look like a SSJ3 as a Super Saiyan?

This chapter was very good bordering on the brink of despair this was even worse then the z-fighters beatdown by frieza. I liked how you made Cooler into a more terrifiying villian then Frieza. Its interesting to see that the elder brothers from two races preparing to fight each other. You easily showed the differences between the two brothers how Cooler easily killed his helpless sibling and Raditz still trying his best to save Goku. It made the chapter all more the inspiring to see the beginning of the First Super Saiyan

Actually, your power increase in this chapter makes more sense than canon. In canon, Goku's max (with Kaioken) was 180,000 when fighting Ginyu. Later, in his fight with Frieza, there is no direct information about his power level. However, Goku's Super Saiyan form was at 150,000,000 and a Super Saiyan transformation increases the power level by 50 times over base. So, Goku was at approximately 3,000,000 when he fully healed from his fight with the Ginyu force. Basically, he went from less than 200,000 to 3,000,000 after only 1 fight and healing. I like your logic for the power increase more than canon.