Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or the characters from the show. I do however, own the story idea, and the characters of my own creation.

Note: This is a story written for a friend, but he has given me power to write his idea as my own. I hope he likes it, and I hope you do too. If you have any questions or comments, email me.I'd be glad to hear from you, and I will value your opinion. Just don't expect me to agree with it. But anyway, on to the story.

Chapter 1

On a planet far from the prying eyes of Vegeta, a silence echoes throughout it. Just off the borders of a small town, is a large expanse of dirt and sand. The star for this system is just setting to the east, and as such, creates a deep red lighting effect, and casts long shadows towards the west. A desert wind picks up speed as it reaches the only inhabitants of an empty plain.

Three bodies are laying next to each other, just as lifeless as their surroundings. One has short spiky black hair, and has a large muscular body. He would have easily stood seven foot if he were still alive. Next to him lies what appears to be his mate. She is as small as he is large, measuring in at 5' 2" and yielding a very slender body. Her curves are almost non-existent under the sand that has buried her and her mate. And just below them, is a small body of a child, no less than eight years old. Her face is positioned towards the ground, and her body is lying just as limp as her parents. The wind then begins to slow down in speed, until it stops completely.

A lone figure appears next to them, and looks down upon them. Kneeling down to get a better look at them, and perhaps hoping they are not who he thinks they are. Turning over the small child, he sees her face, and is assured that it is in fact who he thinks they are. He kneels down further, and reaches over to the large man. He whispers "Father" and takes the necklace he is wearing. He rolls over his mother, and kisses her on the forehead, and then dusts his family off. Putting his right hand to his forehead, the man lifts up his family and walks a distance with them. A ditch suddenly forms after a pink flash of light, and he lowers his family into the hole. Covering it back up with his psychic powers, he picks up some more dirt, and fashions it into a large headstone.

Burning writing into the headstone, he makes it read "Lying underneath this marker, rests a family that did not deserve to die. Revenge shall be taken upon those that did it, and it shall be in their names, or it will be in vain." Standing back up, he looks towards the sunset in the background. Closing his eyes, he walks off towards the dying light.

Six years later, a space craft, worn from time and from scarring entries into atmospheres, hurtles itself towards Planet Vegeta. The space craft crashes into a wasteland just outside the capital city of the planet. A door on the side of the ship opens up, and the first one to step out is the man that had found his parents six years ago on that desert planet. He is wearing Saiyan Armor with yellow straps over the shoulders, white gloves and boots, and dark blue Saiyan pants. Around his neck is the necklace he took from his father. He looks like he is determined to do anything.

Next to step out is a man with black skin, and what appear to be holes in his skin. Though upon closer inspection, they are just markers, and are part of his natural skin. He wears a loose black jumpsuit, with no sleeves, and black leather like boots. His hair is cut short, aged gray, and reaches down to his shoulders. It spikes up in the front, but lays loose in the back. His face is worn old with age, which is odd for his race, as they live to be well over billions of years old. He knows not what he is, for he also has amnesia and can't remember any further than back to six years ago.

Behind him, is a very beautiful woman with light blue skin. Her outfit is torn in many places, and reveals most if not all of her curves. What is left of her black jumpsuit covers what is necessary. Her lower jumpsuit cuts of in "shorts", but the left leg is missing, cutting off at her hips. Her tense muscles are clearly shown, along with bruises and scratches, though there are no scars. Her hair falls back to just below her shoulders, and is a bright blond. She steps aside as the next person steps out of the ship.

The last one stands out the most, and his shredded clothes prove it. He is a reptilian, with green scales for his skin. He has a snout, and his feet are long with razor sharp talons. He walks with his legs bent, for support. His long tail sticks out from his backside, and reaches out six feet. Spikes come out from the top, and reach all the way up his spine. He speaks out in a reptilian voice, which is unable to be understood by normal people.

"Yes S'kur, this is my home planet, and it looks as though we have only done more damage since I have been gone." The man in Saiyan armor says back, clearly being able to understand the man with his telepathic powers.

"So Duke, where would we go to find information first?" Speaks the man with black skin. "Would it be wise to start in this large city? I sense that this is the capital, and the king resides here."

"This is the city we need to start in. I have a feeling that we have little time before something terrible happens. You and S'kur would do best to wait here while me and Tarah search the city, Vector." Duke motions for the two men to go back inside the ship. They do so, and he and Tarah slowly walk towards the city.

"Why are we going so slowly if we need to do what you have come for so quickly?" Tarah asks after they have walked a few miles.

"Because if we exert too much energy, I fear we will show up on their scouters. I do not know how much they have updated their technology since I have been gone, and would not wish to test it out before I know for sure. Best to be safe."

"Oh, well, okay, you do know what you are doing. I trust you."

"I hope so, or else I have drug you out here all this way for nothing. All my efforts should not be in vain." They continue walking until they reach the city outer wall. "There should be a small hole around here somewhere that we can use to get inside. From there, you will need to conceal yourself, and I will gather armorment, and information from the nearest shop or bar."

"I understand Duke, lead the way." Tarah suddenly disappears, but then her voice is heard from where she just was. "I'm ready when you are."

"Good, follow me, and keep close. I don't want you wandering off to far while you are cloaked." They turn right as soon as they are through the hole, and keep walking on. Duke soon blends himself in with the Saiyans as they walk about, tending to their daily business. As he nears a bar, he sinks inside, and looks around the inside. "Hmm, also as I remember. Dark, dirty, and smelly." The bar suddenly quiets down though, and Duke starts to worry.

"Come to think of it, you do nothing but fight," Came a voice next to Duke. Duke turns to see a tall and brute man standing next to him. Duke scans his mind quickly, and realizes that the comment is directed towards the bar counter, and not himself.

"Nappa," says the man at the bar. His face is filled with disgust towards the man he sees next to Duke. "What do you want to do, boast about your newest mission?"

Nappa, the huge man, is balding and has a black goatee around his mouth. His hair is still wild, even though there is just a small circular patch left. "Actually," Nappa answers, "I came to offer you the job that Frieza gave to my team." Nappa's face has a large grin on it. "Maybe you can do it just as well as we can." Nappa practically has a beard of teeth his smile was so big.

Duke considers the situation he has just walked into, and decides he can walk off to the side, and watch safely from there. "Which planet is it?" The man at the bar replies as he turns his back on Nappa. "Some planet with people that would rather contaminate their planet before losing it to anybody that will just use it?" The sarcasm in his voice can be poured into a cup it is so thick. Duke tries to scan this Saiyan's mind, but finds that he has some sort of mental shield, or has trained himself to block out any attempts on mental reading.

Nappa looks dumbfounded at the Saiyan's statement. He catches himself and puts on a smile. "Well it's not too far from Planet Vegeta, but I would suggest taking your entire team," Nappa snickers with his low voice in a small laugh, "because you couldn't take this planet with your inferior abilities. Hell, you couldn't even take on Bardock's new kid, Vulcan, and his power level is only five!" He breaks into a huge laughter that the entire bar picks up on. Duke even finds himself chuckling out of habit.

Someone off to Vulcan's side catches a glance at Duke, and stares for a second. She can see his concentration on his face as he watches the fight about to break out between her brother and Nappa. She makes a mental note, and continues watching the other two.

"You don't know anything about MY skills as a FIGHTER!" Vulcan leaps from his barstool. He swings his fist at Nappa's face. Duke backs up some more, and pushes Tarah into a corner. "Stay here, things are about to get hectic, and I don't want our cover blown. Just watch, and learn."

The stinging pain comes to Nappa's cheek as Vulcan's fist connects with it. Vulcan shakes his hand with pain from Nappa's stiff face. Nappa's face jerks back and blood flows out and landed on the stained floor. It quickly boils as Nappa's energy level increases and his energy field can be seen. Nappa swings his trunk of an arm at Vulcan, who brings up his right arm to easily block it, and kicks Nappa in the stomach. Nappa falls onto a table and breaks it with his weight.

Duke smiles as he watches the fight, and begins to root for Vulcan. He once again reaches into Nappa's mind, and pulls any information he can out of it. He learns that King Vegeta is still in power, and that he is currently spending most of his time in the throne room. Learning that Nappa is the personal assistant to the Royal family, Duke plans on meeting him as soon as the fight is over, if Vulcan doesn't kill him first.

Eventually, the fight takes Vulcan and Nappa a floor below through a hole in the ground that Vulcan causes by tripping Nappa with his tail while Nappa held him in a choke. The bar erupts into cheers at this point, and hopes for more destruction. Duke once again chuckles to himself as the fight goes on, feeling his feral Saiyan instincts once again surfacing.

Another Saiyan, apparently one of Vulcan's friends, rushes over to the hole, and jumps down to help him. "You wouldn't kill an elite Saiyan would you?" Nappa whimpers as Vulcan gets into a position signaling one of his signature moves.

"Not unless he shattered my pride," Vulcan grits through his clenched teeth.

"Oh, thank Kami," Nappa sighs with relief, and Duke just lowers his head and shakes it realizing what Nappa is going to try to do. "I'm glad then, so you can put the energy blasts away, okay?"

Vulcan lowers his eyebrows, and Duke just smiles. "That is EXACTLY what you did, Nappa, you shattered my pride with your belligerent comments." Vulcan pulls his arms back, and prepares to end Nappa's life. Vulcan's friend then steps up to him, and restrains his arms. Duke quickly scans this Saiyan's mind to find his name, and locates it easily: Shade. "Listen Vulcan, Nappa's not worth the excess energy that you would waste," Shade says, and looks nervously at his best friend. He has sweat beading on his forehead. "Not worth the trouble it would cause. You already have caused enough trouble."

Duke could sense sincerity and reason from Shade as he tried to hold Vulcan back. "Yeah, you're right, he isn't," Vulcan's hands stop glowing, and he puts them on his hips. Nappa's mouth curls into an evil grin as he charges Vulcan and Shade. Shade spins around, pulls his sword out of the sheath, and cuts Nappa across the chest, shattering the Saiyan armor. The sword scrapes his pectorals, and sends him flying backwards. Nappa's wound appears to be fatal, but with his size, the brute Saiyan will unfortunately be up and walking after a trip to a rejuvenation tank. Duke smirks and turns to walk out of the bar. Tarah has to sprint to catch up to him

"Almost tricked us Nappa," they hear from Shade as they walk out the door. Tarah sighs as they walk into an alley.

"What's the matter?" Duke looks at where he knows Tarah is.

"I just wanted to see the situation come to an end, did you have to leave?"

"Yes, a Saiyan in there is psychic, and she almost found me out. I can't leave another close call like that. We'll just wait out here for Nappa, and then we'll get some information from him about the Royal family. From there, we'll work our way up to the king, and make him pay for what he has brought upon the Saiyan race, as well as making my family go on that mission together, and getting killed by Zarbon.

"Okay, we'll wait. Though I wanted to know what happened next in the bar."

"Nothing big, Vulcan and Shade flew up out of the hole, gave the bartender a ten piece, and put the house drinks on Nappa's tab. And here come Shade and Vulcan now." Just as Duke finishes his words, Vulcan and Shade do come out, followed by a few other Saiyans. The female Saiyan that had caught Duke's eye earlier looks over towards their direction, but shrugs, and follows her brother.

"Remind me to find out how to see through walls like you do. It could come in handy at some point."

"I will, now be quiet, we have already attracted too much attention. We're just gonna wait for Nappa."

"Alright, but I hope it doesn't take too long."