Kami would naturally resist fusing with Piccolo ... as they'd both wind up dead at the hands of the Frieza Force. In Dragon Ball Z, it takes Goku 6 months of training under King Kai to go from ...

The evolved Goku then entered the Martial Arts Tournament and soundly defeated Piccolo in the final, with Tien, Hero, and Kami finishing as semi-finalists. With Dragon Ball Z's story, the ...