A/N: I was sort of on hiatus, i just didn't feel it for my other 2 stories in progress, so i deleted one, and decided to make a new one. It's if Vegeta had come to Earth to Protect Goku, because Nappa and Raditz also died on Vegeta when Frieza blew it up. Vegeta was there when Frieza killed King Vegeta, it'll all be explained here in the prologue. Basically Vegeta and Kakarot are the last 2 Saiyans in the Universe, 30 years before they are supposed to be, Tarble won't make an appearance, because despite the fact i like him, something doesnt make sense to me about Tarble and I will explain that later.

Onto the story. The Refugees.

Prologue

In the Throne room, King Vegeta and his son, the 10 year old Prince Vegeta could hear an angry yelling coming from a 3rd class fool. "You! what is this yelling about?!" The King exclaimed glaring at a member of the Royal Guard.

"It's Bardock my liege, he thinks Lord Frieza will betray us and blow us all up!" The guard said as he looked up. "Out of my way, King Vegeta, I think Bardock is crazy. We've served Frieza well, we're an asset to him, he needs us. He'd be crazy to blow us up!" Nappa exclaimed as he walked forward and pushed the guard aside.

The king looked down at his son, "King Vegeta, there was a saiyan baby sent off to conquer a planet called Earth. Even if Frieza goes through with it, there will be one Saiyan left!" King Vegeta's Scientific Advisor told him as the King looked through a window to see Frieza's ship come in closer, but still about a half an hour away.

"Send the Prince to Earth, but do it so that Frieza doesnt see him leaving this planet. I will go confront Frieza." The King said as he walked toward the exit of the throne room, the Prince following closely behind. "Father, where will I go when we conquer Earth?" Prince Vegeta asked looking up at his father's serious expression.

"You won't. You go to Earth, and if you dont hear anything from the planet, you get rid of your Scouter, it can be tracked, you live your life and you make sure that Saiyan child that was sent there stays safe. You will most likely live on Earth for the rest of your life." The King said, shocking the Prince, who stopped walking for awhile. When he began following again, he followed in silence and just watched his Father walked slowly to his death, or so the King thought but wasnt sure.

As the King arrived on Frieza's ship The Prince was sent off the planet and towards Earth. At the same time he saw Bardock blasting through several of Frieza's henchmen. When he saw Frieza arise from his ship he noticed that his father was nowhere to be seen. He couldn't hear what was going on, but he saw Bardock power up an energy blast while talking. He then saw another energy blast power up in Frieza's hands, at first it was small, but then Bardock threw his blast and the one hanging from Frieza's finger enlarged to the size of a large meteor.

Vegeta watched as the blast rampaged through the soldiers and the lone saiyan and then the saiyan planet. When the dust settled, the planet was destroyed, and Vegeta took off his scouter and crushed it in his hands. "Looks like there are only 2 of us left. From this day on, I am Vegeta, Former Prince of all Saiyans." He said to himself as he activated the stasis on his pod so he could sleep untill he arrived to his new home.

-6 Months Later-

Vegeta's pod crash landed in a valley of the Mt. Paoz Mountain Range. He stepped out of the pod and into the valley. "Where is the other pod?" Vegeta said as he began walking into a forest nearby. After half an hour of walking Vegeta stumbled upon the other pod. 'It's been here for a couple weeks. I was only maybe half an hour behind it. Who's kid was in here anyway?' Vegeta thought as he looked around for any signs of the other saiyan. All of the sudden an old man came out of the forest and into the clearing that was caused by the space pod.

The old man simply smiled, "Well young man, what are you doing out here alone?" he said with a friendly smile. Vegeta just looked at him annoyed, "QUIET! I'm looking for the baby that was in this space pod!" Vegeta exclaimed as he glared at the old man.

The old man just looked at him curiously, "Woah now young man, where is this hostility coming from? You're among friends. Let's try this, My name is Gohan, what is yours?" Gohan asked he smiled once again.

Vegeta crossed his arms reluctantly and just spat at the ground. "My name is Vegeta, and now you can answer my question. Where is the child!?" Vegeta asked once more, in a calmer but still demanding tone.

Gohan just rubbed his neck nervously, 'That's probably the best i'll get from this one.' Gohan thought as he yelped out when the child on his back bit him. Vegeta noticed this and Gohan laughed, "The child in that spherey thingy is on my back, i've been raising him. He just bit me." Gohan laughed out as he turned around to show off his adopted grandson. "Kakarot huh? Well I can work with this 3rd class clown." Vegeta said as he smirked as Gohan turned back around to face the new former Prince.

"Who is Kakarot? this is Goku." Gohan said frowning as he looked at the child in front of him. Vegeta just crossed his arms and frowned as he sat on the ground, 'No way I'm living with this fool.' Vegeta thought, 'Father did only say make sure nothing happens to him, but he is a Saiyan on a planet full of weaklings. He'll be fine, I'll just go off and train on my own until the fool needs me.' Vegeta as he got up and flew away.

Gohan just stood there as he watched Vegeta disappear. "What a peculiar child. What was his name again? Oh well, it'll come to me." Gohan said as he began walking back to his house only to be followed in the trees by the saiyan child prince. 'I don't need to do anymore than watch his house. That's the most i'll do.' Vegeta thought as he watched Gohan and the baby enter the house.

-11 Years Later-

Son Goku, the carefree boy with a pure heart and a large appetite leaves his house on Mt. Paoz in search of food. "I'll be back Vegeta!" Goku said as he looked at a nearby tree to see a 21 Year old man sitting on a branch sleeping soundly. Vegeta woke up an hour later to see Goku with a giant fish and a blue haired teenager walking up to the house. 'Finally, something other than fish for dinner.' Vegeta thought as he jumped down from the tree branch right in front of the 2 people walking up.

The Blue haired girl squealed as she saw the man in front of her. When she recovered she started yelling, "Don't you dare scare me like that again, I'm just here for the dragon ball, not a heart attack!" she yelled at Vegeta as he looked over at Goku and smirked pointing at the teenage girl, "I see you brought dinner, I'm starving." He laughed out as Bulma flinched from his words.

"Don't worry Bulma, Vegeta is just kidding, we dont eat people." Goku said, as he walked into the shack, with Bulma close behind. "She can keep watch over the clown while I go train." Vegeta said as he took off to the west, remembering something he overheard that old man talking to Kakarot about.

"Here you go Goku." Gohan said as he handed the power pole to the young boy, "I got this from my old Master, and he got it from one of his masters, Master Korin. He told me that Master Korin is the guard of a mystical water that could boost a person's power." Gohan continued as Goku played with the power pole only to end up bumping Gohan in the head with it. "Oops! Sorry Grandpa. So did you ever visit Master Korin?" Goku asked as he put the pole away and sat down in front of Gohan.

Gohan laughed and looked at the child, "No, You have to prove yourself by climbing his tower, only then can you receive his training. I visited the base of the tower. I attempted to climb it, but I never got very far." Gohan said as he remembered trying to climb the tower repeatedly only to fail.

Vegeta smirked as he said something aloud, "Maybe if you had a better master, you would've got it on the first try! Just like I intend to one day." He said as he poked his head in to laugh at the old man.

Gohan just laughed, "Believe me, Master Roshi is the best Master on Earth behind Master Korin. If I couldn't climb it with his training, then you don't stand a chance." Gohan said so cheerfully, Goku couldn't tell if he was mocking Vegeta or not.

"I guess today is finally the day I prove that old fool wrong, regardless of his death." Vegeta smirked as he saw the tower in the distance.

Back with Goku and Bulma, Goku ran out of the small house, looking for Vegeta, "Vegeta! She wants to take Grandpa! What should I do!? Where are you!?" Goku screamed looking all over, looking in the trees for the warrior that was just there. "He sure doesn't like people, does he?" Bulma asked as she remembered the disgusted look he gave her, "Hey kid I have an idea. I can't do this alone, and you seem pretty strong yourself, how about you just come with me on my hunt for the dragon balls." Bulma said excitedly, hoping Goku would agree to that.

Goku took a moment to think before he finally agreed to go with her. "But I should probably tell Vegeta first!" He exclaimed happily before Bulma suggested just leaving a note so that they wouldn't have to delay their quest any longer.

And so Bulma and Goku began their search for the dragon balls. Vegeta landed at the base of the tower and looked up. "Well this might take longer than I thought, buuuut not by much." Vegeta said as a young Native came out of a small Teepee. "Hey You! What are you here for?" The native said pulling out a small hatchet. Vegeta just looked over his shoulder, "I'm here to climb the tower on my first try and get that miraculous water that this Korin guy has, you have a problem with that?" Vegeta said eying the child's toy the native was holding.

"As a matter of fact, I do, I am the guardian of this tower, you have to prove yourself to me in battle, before you may climb it." The native said, as Vegeta turned around and smirked.

"What are you going to use to fight me? that child's plaything you hold in your hand?" Vegeta laughed out as the young Native threw it at Vegeta, only for Vegeta to catch it and crush it in his hand. The young native was about to drop into a fighting stance but Vegeta ran towards him and decked him in the stomach, knocking the young man out. "Fool, challenging a saiyan with such a primitive weapon." Vegeta spat as he grabbed the man and put him inside his hut and walked back up to the tower.

'Took longer than I should've with that, but I haven't had a fight with anyone in years. I hope Korin is more of a Challenge.' Vegeta thought as he began climbing up the tower with relative speed and ease. After a couple hours, even at his speed, he reached the top of the tower. He took a look around and saw 3 pots. He opened the first one and saw Planet Vegeta as it began exploding. "What the hell!?" he said as he put the top back and opened the middle one. He saw Kakarot standing on beach talking to a turtle while the blue haired woman sat on the beach. "How does this work?" He asked once again as he opened the third pot of water and saw Frieza on a planet with green water and blue grass, suddenly he saw Bardock standing in front of Frieza. "Wait a minute, that isn't that fool Bardock. That- THAT'S KAKAROT!" Vegeta exclaimed as he watched the grown up clown fight Frieza with great skill.

"'You want to know what's going on, c'mon upstairs and I'll explain it PRINCE Vegeta.'" A voice in Vegeta's head said as he closed the pot. He turned around to see a little platform, he walked out onto it and saw a stairway. He walked up and saw a cat holding a stick. "Well Prince, it's nice to finally meet you. I'm Korin." The cat said as Vegeta glared at him. "I know you're here for the Sacred Water, but let me just tell you now, it's a kind of training, in the time it takes to catch me and get the water, your speed will increase. At least it would have, but you're far too experienced for that." Korin explained as the silent prince stared at him.

"What you are really looking for is the Ultra Divine Water, but it's dangerous, even for a Saiyan." Korin began, ready to explain, only for Vegeta to speak up. "You said you would explain the pots of water down there cat. Talk now or we won't be seeing them ever again." Vegeta threatened staring the white cat dead in the eyes.

Korin rubbed the back of his head nervously, "Well the first one shows the past, the middle one shows the present and the last one shows the future, simple as that." Korin explained quickly, only angering Vegeta.

"WELL OBVIOUSLY YOU FOOL, BUT HOW!? How does it know?" Vegeta asked angrily, scaring the little cat. The cat thought quickly, "I don't actually know, they were given to me by the former guardian of Earth. He didn't exactly explain HOW they work, and also nobody ever really asked." Korin said carefully, to try and calm the Saiyan prince.

Vegeta scoffed, "Fine, how do I get to this 'Ultra Divine Water' or whatever it's called." He said as Korin walked by him. "Follow me." Korin said as they walked downstairs. Korin opened a separate pot and pulled out a little brown wool sack and filled it with a few beans. He closed the pots and opened the pot next to it. He handed the brown sack to Vegeta, "Eat one of those when you're hungry or get hurt. To get to the Ultra Divine Water you have to jump in here and get past The Darkness. Don't believe anything you see, that's my only advice." Korin said as he watched Vegeta dive head first into the pot.

Vegeta landed on the ground, "AND REMEMBER, THIS IS YOUR ONLY EXIT, YOU HAVE 24 HOURS TO GET HERE OR THE EXIT CLOSES UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE COMES ALONG." Korin yelled from the entrance. Vegeta just nodded and began walking forward. After what felt like 2 hours Vegeta came across a door. He walked through it and saw the Saiyan throne room.

"What?!" Vegeta exclaimed as he saw his father sitting on the throne. "Ah Prince Vegeta, it's about time you returned home. We sent the orders for your return years ago." the king said, but with Vegeta's enhanced perception he could hear a subtle gravelly voice behind his father's voice. "Maybe I never got them, because I destroyed my scouter as Frieza destroyed the Planet Vegeta." Vegeta said as he powered up slightly with suspicion in his voice.

The King just laughed hearilty, "You must have mistaken things, I talked with Frieza. He wanted to put some of the strongest saiyans in his elite guard." He said but Vegeta could still hear the gravelly voice behind the voice. "ENOUGH! Who are you, you're certainly not my foolish father." Vegeta said as he dropped into a stance. The King look surprised but smirked as his eyes glowed red. "Well a smart one aren't you Prince Vegeta? I am The Darkness, the guardian of the Ultra Divine Water." The gravelly voice was all that could be heard.

"The little cat said I have to beat you to get the water. Just because you're using my father's body, doesn't mean you have his power, and even if you do, I was stronger than him when he sent me away." Vegeta smirked as he prepared for an attack. The Darkness looked at him carefully, "I see, you cannot sense power yet. But I can, and I don't stand a chance against you." the devilish voice said as the throne room and the king disappeared. In their place, a kettle and cup appeared on a table.

"THIS IS THE ULTRA DIVINE WATER, MANY HAVE COME, MANY HAVE DRANK IT. NONE HAVE SURVIVED DRINKING IT!" The Darkness said as Vegeta walked forward and sat down. "WITH THIS WATER, YOU WILL GAIN STRENGTH AND A NEW SKILL, THE ABILITY TO SENSE ENERGY LEVELS." It said as Vegeta picked up the cup and chugged it down.

Vegeta made a disgusted face and swallowed. "TOO STRONG FOR YOU PRINCE?!" The Darkness laughed out as Vegeta continued coughing. "NO! You have anything stronger? This stuff is too weak. Mexico has stronger water than this." Vegeta laughed out as he stood up and set the cup down.

"SO BE IT, YOU MAY LEAVE NOW. I WISH TO RETURN TO MY SLUMBER ANYWAY." The Darkness said as He disappeared.

When Vegeta arrived back to Korin's tower he noticed something different about the cat. He concentrated a little and just noticed a certain difference about the him. Korin read Vegeta's reaction and just smiled, "From the look on your face, is you can sense my power level now. It's a handy trick." Korin laughed out as Vegeta watched the cat carefully. "Well if you don't feel like talking, go ahead, you're dismissed to leave whenever you want." Korin said as he walked away and saw Vegeta fly away.

"Well where should I go?" Vegeta said as he flew over the desert, only to come across a giant castle. "This looks like it'll be fun to destroy." Vegeta said as he dropped straight down only to land on a glass roof. He looked down and saw a small group inside the room. 'Is that? Dammit!' Vegeta thought as he tapped on the glass with his foot. Goku looked up and saw Vegeta standing there with an annoyed look on his face.

"Hey! Its Vegeta everybody!" Goku exclaimed with a goofy smile. Bulma looked up and saw the muscular man smirking down at them, but Vegeta's smirk turned into a concerned look. "YOU FOOLS NEED TO GET AWAY FROM HIM!" Vegeta shouted drawing their attention to Goku whose body was trembling and his eyes were glowing red.

Goku began growing to a tremendous size, the room they were trapped inside was obliterated and Bulma, Yamcha, Oolong and Puar were all running away from Goku. They were intercepted by Vegeta who took them far from the scene. "DAMMIT! I WANTED TO BLOW UP THAT CASTLE!" Vegeta yelled kicking the ground in anger. The group just looked on in astonishment at what the boy they were traveling with was doing.

Bulma looked at Vegeta to see if he could offer an explanation, but he just took off towards Goku himself. 'It's been years since I've done this.' Vegeta thought as he willingly looked at the moon. Suddenly his body began trembling as well and his eyes began glowing red as well. He transformed into a giant monkey alongside Goku. Goku's friends were shocked, but then something more shocking happened. "KAKAROT!" Vegeta's monstrous voice boomed across the Desert.

Goku looked at Vegeta curiously, he couldn't respond but he was calmed down. "KAKAROT! YOU KNOW WHO I AM! I AM THE PRINCE OF OUR RACE! REALIZE THE TRUTH AND SPEAK!" His booming voice said as Goku's memory came back to him, he could remember everything. "V-V- VEGETA!" Goku screamed, fainting and turning back into a boy. Vegeta walked over to the hill that Bulma's group was standing on. "IS THAT PIG WEARING PANTIES ON HIS HEAD?" Vegeta asked looking closely at the group. Suddenly Instinct took over Vegeta and he picked up Bulma and walked away, her kicking and screaming all the way.

In the morning Goku woke up and looked around to see Yamcha, Oolong and Puar standing around him. He stood up immediately "Where is Bulma and Vegeta!?" Goku asked angrily. "He took off with her while he was still in that giant monkey form. What was that!?" Yamcha asked freaked the hell out. "That was the Oozaru Transformation that can only be performed by my race. It occurs when Saiyans with tails look at a full moon." Goku informed Yamcha as he picked up his power pole.

"Vegeta knows what he's doing. I'm going to go take Master Roshi up on his offer to train me. I'm far from Vegeta's level but I'm going to get stronger if it kills me." Goku said as he called the flying nimbus and jumped on. "Now you're talking like a true Saiyan, boy." Vegeta's voice rang from above. Vegeta landed with Bulma in his arms, "Don't worry, she's only unconscious, She'll feel better later. She certainly felt great this morning." Vegeta smirked as he watched Goku glared at him.

"I killed Gohan, didn't I? I transformed and killed him." Goku asked more like he was stating a fact. Vegeta just looked somberly at Goku, "Yes Kakarot, you killed him." Vegeta said very bluntly. "AND YOU DIDNT STOP ME BEFORE KILLING HIM! HE WAS THE ONLY ONE THERE FOR ME FOR THE FIRST FEW YEARS OF MY LIFE AND YOU LET ME KILL HIM!" Goku yelled at him angrily giving Vegeta a scowl that scared even Vegeta, but kept his calm, Vegeta responded by knocking the boy out and picked him up and flew both Goku and Bulma away.

Yamcha, Oolong and Puar just stood there dumbfounded. "Well Puar, that was brutal. Don't get on that Vegeta guy's bad side." Yamcha said as he began walking away. Vegeta dropped off Goku at Kame Island and then took off to West City. By the time they touched down, Bulma had woken up. "Where are we?" She asked groggily looking around. "Your home city. Go home, Goku will be competing in the next World Martial Arts Tournament, just a year from now. He'll be training under Master Roshi, so go to see him at the tournament if you wish." Vegeta said bluntly as he took off only to be stopped by Bulma.

"Y-You can stay here, with me if you want." Bulma said smiling up at his cold distant features. Vegeta looked back with no emotions, "Woman, I need to continue my training, I don't have time for you right now." He said smirking as he continued to take off, leaving a sad Bulma standing in the middle of the street.

When Goku woke he found Roshi standing over him. "Hello young man. You've been out for days. We almost began training without you." Roshi said as Goku sat up. "We? Who else will be training?" Goku asked curiously, not used to training with more than one person at a time. "Glad You asked. See that boy over there? His name is Krillin and he'll be your rival for our training sessions. Your goal is to be better than him." Roshi said, pointing his stick at the bald boy.

Okay the Prologue was MUCH longer than I wanted it to be, but oh well. It was also kind of all over the place, I didn't feel like using transitions to go back and forth. I said at the beginning that Tarble doesnt count for one reason. I like the character, but he just showed up out of the blue with a wife, and the only backstory he was given was he didn't possess the fighting spirit that most saiyans have, but i dont believe that, King Vegeta and Vegeta are both ruthless, it's in their specific bloodline, why would Tarble be soft? I dont know, he just seems to be a HUGE plot hole and he will not be in this story.

Next Chapter, 21st WMAT and Red Ribbon Army.