Hello there all of you! This is my first Fanfic I ever wrote so don't flame me til I'm burnt! Okay here we go! Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z.

Cahpter 1: the blaze

The night was crisp, the moon was full and bright, and the stars were shining brightly in the night sky. All was peaceful and quiet…Until red lights flashed across the dark trees and the quiet air was filled with the loud sound of fire trucks speeding down the street and stopping in front of a house that was blazing fire. It was fire spilling out of the windows and parts of the roof. The light of the fire lit up the whole yard and was so bad that the people next door to the burning house had to be immediatly evacuated.

A small crowd, a safe distance from the house, watched in complete horror and shock as the home was ingulfed in the flames. But it was one woman who shood shoced most of all. She stared at the house with blurred vision as tears filled her obsidian eyes and flooded her tan-skinned cheeks. Her hand covered her mouth as a small porton of the house fell to the ground. Her family was in there. They were all she had left. Her sister, her brother in law...her little nephew...

She felt more tears come forth at the thought of her little nephew. He was only one and a half and he had to suffer a terrible fate like this. Her legs gave way as a bigger porton of the house's roof fell in. Some people from the caught her before she hit the ground. But she didn't care about them, hert only thoughts were on the family inside of the burning house.

Inside the house...

The two people struggled against the horrific heat as they searched for a way out of the burning house. But there didn't seem to be one. They were all blocked by fire. The young woman's eyes filled with tears as another part of the roof fell in. She knew they weren't going to make it out alive. They were going to die.

She gave the small bundle in her hands a light squeeze. He was her first, only, and probaly her last son. The saddened mother gazed a her child and her teary eyes widened. The small baby didn't seem to be conscience at all. "Vegeta!" She cried out. The older version turned when he heard the name. He saw his wife crying her eyes out and looking at the baby while calling his name over and over.

Vegeta S.R. quickly went to her side and examined him. The baby's eyes were half way closed and the mouth was partly open. Julian, the mother, touched the small boy's cheek as she cried hard. She begain to lose all reason to escape the house. To tell the truth, she didn't want to leave the house at all. Her main objective was to get Vegeta J.R. out of the burning house and into safty, but now she had no reason. Julian grabbed Vegeta S.R.'s arm and he turned to look at her. He could see the defeat and sadness in her eyes. She begain to shake her head. He Knew what that meant.

Julian quickly pulled VegetaS.R. into a batroom not far from where they were and wasn't as damaged as other parts of the house. She knealed down and turned on the water, and wet the small blanket that covered the baby. With that done, Julian wrapped VegetaJ.R. back in the now wet blanket and placed him in the tub. She saw Vegeta S.R. Kneal next to her and looked at the bundle in the tub sadly.He didn't want to admit it but he was very sad that he wouldn't be able to do anything wtih his son in the future, even if he got out of this house, which he seriously doubted it. Julian cried heavily and threw her arms around Vegeta S.R.'s neck. Before he could react, the entire roof groaned and then suddenly collasped on top of the couple.

Outside...

Everone outside gasped in shock as the entire house fell to the ground in aburning heap. The young woman didn't even think twice as she leaped forward and ran towards the still large flames, not listening to the shouts of her return. She was suddenly stopped by a fire fighter, who grabbed hold of her waist and started dragging her back toward the others.

"let go of me!" she shouted trying to break free from the strong hold around her.

"Miss, you can't go in there!" The fighter said angerly "It's too dangerous!"

"I don't care!" She said still fighting his hold. More tears welled in her eyes."My family's in there! I need to help them!"

"I'm sorry ma'am," the fighter said sadly."If someone's in there, then they're probaly dead already."

She finally stopped her fighting as the words sunk in. They were dead. Dead. She sobbed uncontrolably while the small group tried their best to console her. She watched as fire fighters circled around the flaming pile and hosed it down

It was around two in the morning and the people who were evacuated from their homes were allowed to go back some time ago. The fire fighters finally put the flames out and were now shifting throgh it to see of there were any small flames to put out.

Joan still stood from the pile watching with teary eyes as she finally started to real ize what just happend. They're gone...dead. She didn't know what to do with herself now. Her remaining family was gone and there was nothing she could do but except it. Next thing she heard was a car screeching behind her. Then she saw about three German Shepards fly past her and three men along side of them. Julian felt herself stiffen. She didn't really like big dogs.

The next ten minutes were filled with the sound of moving debree and the small whining from the dogs.Then suddenly, one dog on the top of the pile gave a whine that turned into a growl that soon morphed into loud barking. All of the men with the dogs( I can't remember what they call those people who train dogs for this situation -.-),the fire fighters, and some paramedics( do they pick up dead bodies? '.')who had arrived earlier gathered around to see what the dog had found. the fire fighter begain to slowly pull apart the burnt wooden pieces unitl they found the dog's reason for barking. Thaey all gasped and some covered their mouths. Joan soon after broke into the circle and nearly gagged at the sight.

There were two bodies lying on their sides and were burnt together.They were completely black and still had some smoke coming from them. Some of the skull could be seen and the teeth were completely visible. One of the body's head was burned to the other one's shoulder. Joan felt her give way and she fell to her kness, shaking her head and covering her mouth.

Just then, the same dog, not even standing two feet bhind them barked loudly and was digging furiously, something he wasn't doing at his first discovery. This time all of the fire fieghters quickly started pulling the debree apart, not caring to be careful.

"HEY!" One of them called to the paramedics."WE FOUND SOMETHING HERE!!!'

The paramedics, along with Joan, quickly moved over to the spot where all the fire fighters stood. Once again Joan broke into the circle and gasped in shock. There in the middle of the pile, was a bundle...but it was moving.It was wiggling and, what looked like,punching. The cries were muffled by the blanket. Slowly a fire fighter ,beside Joan, lifted the damp bundle from the debree and removed the blanket. What she saw brought tears to her eyes. The small baby was crying loudly, with his eyes shut tight and was swinging his little fist in the air. Joan was now crying, but they were taers of joy. She wasn't alone! He was alive!

Vegeta Jr's eyes suddenly opened at the feel of wind and eyes watching him. His large dark eyes went from face to face, in search for the two he was looking for. When he didn't see them, his eyes filled with tears and broke out crying which soon turned into heavy coughing. Joan looked on, concerned.

"uh oh," said a female paramedic." He my have taken in too much smoke. We'll have to take him to the hospital."

"It's not anything bad is it?" Joan asked starting to worry.

"No, he should be fine" The para medic said with a smile.

Joan gave a sigh of relief. That was good to hear.

With that, Joan and the paramedics drove off towards the hospital. As she was on her way to the hospital, Joan suddenly felt a fondness for dogs.

So what do you think? Questions? Comments? let me know !

until next time,

kitterae winks