WARNING! This is based in an alternate timeline to the DBZ canon, and some things may differ! If something different happens, please remember that this is because things need to be DIFFERENT. Ok? Ok!

If you're looking for a DBZ Fic following a female Saiyan and her story of betrayal, tragedy, growth, and mysterious background, then you've come to the right place!

And there will be NONE of that Caulifla/Kale power scaling. We do things fairly here!

Without any further ado, here we go!

Planet Vegeta was always destined to be doomed.

With one exception, the Saiyan race could not have possibly predicted their ruler's betrayal. And even if they had, their race was far too weak to have stood a chance against even Lord Frieza's higher up mooks. King Vegeta. Gone. The ruler of the planet, dead, just like that. The Prince, Vegeta Jr, was now fatherless.

Bardock, not the most famous Saiyan, was the first, and last, line of the defense for the planet.
It took more to take him down. He went down fighting, like a true Saiyan. But even then, not even he could touch Frieza.
He easily perished, and was consumed by what my Mother described a monstrous sun. Put down, failing his people. His heritage.

But...I owe him, and his partner, Gine, my life.
Silly propaganda, others saw it. They'd have had a chance to run if they listened.

But my Mother...a Saiyan named Avoca...she was close friends with Gine.
I heard stories. That she had a soft heart, unbefitting a warrior race. She was formely such, but soon enough retired to handle meats, as she was simply not built for the warrior's life.

Avoca thought it unusual at first. But she soon found she could have conversations with Gine she could not have with others.
She could talk about things other than her sexual encounters, or what species she drove to exctintion.

Instead, they could talk about THEM. Talk about their husbands. Thoughts of children. Avoca found out Gine was Mother to two male Saiyans.
Raditz, and Kakarot. One was still an infant, but even for a baby...a power level of two. Very clearly low class...but moreso than most.
Wouldn't be much more than cannon fodder, but Raditz was not much better.

Avoca and Gine shared many things, and were dear friends...which is why she confided in her. Warned her of visions.
Bardock had been suffering hallucinations, but hallucinations that were...disturbingly detailed. Specific.

Kakarot, on a foreign planet, conversing with the inhabitants. An Adult Kakarot, foolishly challenging Frieza. Like moments before demise...
...And Frieza destroying the planet. Not the foreign planet...but Planet Vegeta. Our home. We were all going to die.

Gine knew others would laugh her off; they did so to Bardock, and he was a warrior. Why would they believe it from her?
But she had to tell Avoca. They were dear friends, and Gine wished to save her from such a fate.

She and Bardock had commited treason. They stole a Saiyan pod, and encapsulated Kakarot inside, sending him away.
Gine and Bardock, however, stayed behind. They'd be found out easily by scouters, so they had no choice but to remain.

Gine however, insisted Avoca run. She was pregnant at the time, and signifigantly weaker than usual. Her training put on hiatus, she had not worked in a battle for months, and she was rusty; her power level signifigantly reduced. She could escape.

And so...they said their goodbyes.
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It was a somber night as she set up the pod.
A woman, height of an average Saiyan woman, spiked up black hair, with one large tuft falling over her forehead.
Quiet black eyes seemed restless, uneasy, as she stored items inside the pod. Food, like bread, meat, water, a few scouters, and two extra sets of flexible Saiyan armor. One a nice mix of black and red, the other an odd contrast of pink and yellow. Boots, gloves, and leotards to be paired with the armor like any other Saiyan.

...They were not for her, however.
The woman, Avoca, looked down, patting her stomach. She expected only one child...but fate told her she should be prepared.
Gine supplied her with the items, an easy task, especially the food. The scouters were more difficult, but she did her best.

"...About ready to go?" A soft voice asked.

Avoca turned slowly, knowing the voice like the back of her hand as another female Saiyan, donned in unique Saiyan armor in the fashion of a dress entered. Gine, her best friend, and wife of Bardock. She came in, approaching Avoca.

"...No." She said. "I'd have a year to prepare and still not be ready." She said, sadness lining her voice.
Of course it was. This was the day she had to leave her home for good. It was crazy, what she heard...but Bardock was convinced.
Frieza had ulterior motives, and that was much more obvious now that any and all Saiyans had been called back to Planet Vegeta all of a sudden.

Gine looked down. Down at Avoca's inflated stomach.
"...You're doing a good thing, Avoca." She said. "You're ensuring the future of our race. Once we're gone, we-"
She stopped. The saiyan seemed to be trying to come to terms with what she was saying.

She took a breath. "...When we're gone, we...that's it. You, your future children, Kakarot...if what Bardock said comes true, then you'll be all that's left, likely."

"I won't train them to challenge Frieza, Gine." Avoca said sharply, as if she knew where she was going. "I...I can't. That's suicide. Just as much as what Bardock's doing."

Bardock's wife shook her head. "I'd never ask that. I'm saying...Frieza is unstoppable. King Vegeta could not harm him if he tried, and he has to be the strongest of us, he HAS to...I'm telling you."

She took her shoulders gently. "We cannot fight fate. But we CAN start legacies." She poked her stomach. "That will be yours. Kakarot will be ours. They will live if we don't. Whatever Frieza might be planning...it won't work either way. Promise me. Promise me your children will at least be brave. Be strong."

Avoca smiled. Damn...just had to make this emotional...

She took Gine, pulling her in close in a hug.
"...I'll miss you, Onion." She chuckled.

Gine laughed, hugging her back tightly.
"...I'll miss YOU, Avocado." She patted her back. "...Please. Don't forget us. Tell your children about us. About their heritage."
And then...Avoca could have sworn she felt a shaky breath from her.

"...And...one last thing. If you ever decide to go to Earth, and you see Kakarot...tell him about us. Tell him about his brave Father, and loving Mother. If I can never see him again, I...I at least want that much. For him to remember. Can you promise me that? One last favor for your old friend."

...Avoca was silent for a long time.
Damn it all...to lose her and Bardock now...it was too damn cruel. She was due children. She had to LEAVE. ALONE. And she couldn't even take her dear friends with her...fuck.

"...I will, Onion. I promise. You...you do good, ok? Whatever happens, you at least go out not on your back. Gotta keep the old pride intact, eh?"
She asked, pulling away.

Gine wiped her eyes with her arm.
"Hah...I will. And I know for darn sure Bardock will." She slapped her shoulder. "Now...go on. And make your legacy."

Avoca nodded, her smile slowly disappearing as she turned.
"...Goodbye, Gine."

"...Goodbye, Avoca." She nodded, stepping back as she watched her friend enter the pod, the door closing.
...If it didn't endanger her, she'd love to grab Bardock and just hop in with her...but it was just too risky. Instead, she simply stepped backwards, raising as the pod raised into the air, and took off into the sky.
Avoca sighed as her eyes closed, leaning back as she flew off from her home planet.

...This was it. Leaving, for the sake of the future. For Gine, Bardock...everybody. And Kakarot...that poor child is just a baby, what if he's not found? And surely his tail would raise suspicion.

...That was the last Mother ever saw of the saiyan known as Gine.
She told me, as her pod fled the planet, the terrifying sight.

Thousands of soldiers, a giant flaming inferno...and she witnessed none other than Bardock being consumed first by it, followed by the planet.
...And that was that. On that day, Planet Vegeta was no more. KING Vegeta was no more. After that...?

...She didn't know. How could she? She wouldn't go anywhere NEAR Frieza. NOBODY would. And she sure never let us.
But I'd one day go against her wishes. Because...

...No. We'll save that part. For now...I'll begin with the destruction of Planet Yardrat, in Age 764.