Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own DBZ or any of the characters. Spare me!!!

AN: Hi everyone! This story is so old. It's the new improved version of my original Beyond Higher Things. After a two year break from writing dbz fanfics, I came back on fanfiction.net one day and read my fanfic. Then I was thinking to myself "Oh Kami, did I really write that? That's terrible!" So... I decided to edit it and make a few changes. I know that you are most likely the new generation of fanfic readers, and probably think that old fanfic writers like myself should stop writing fanfics, after all, there's just so many fanfics out there with practically the same storyline. Well, back in those days, there really weren't that many dbz fanfics, and most fanfics were just one whole story with no chapters!! And also, Out of characterness didn't really matter that much back then. (Sorry if I'm blabbering, I tend to do that. And my appologies if I'm starting to sound like your grandma "back in those days...") It's just strange that most of the fanfic writers back in the old times have all retired now. Oh well, ENJOY!

BTW, don't get the wrong idea. I'm not that old. I'm only 15!!

Beyond Higher Things: Chapter One

Written by: MistY AnGeL (pink_angel91@hotmail.com)

Vegeta growled. "What??!! Is he insane??!! I'm not going to make a fool out of myself! There has to be some mistake! My father would never do that!"

Nappa looked down at the piece of paper.

"I'm serious. According to this, your father wants you to take over five planets and you have to pick a mate out of the Saiyan females in about one month."

"What??!! One month! Five planets! He can't be serious!"

"Also one of them is planet Earth. Home of Kakarot, whom we were informed, is a Saiyan. He has failed his mission though and we have to find him once we get to Earth."

Vegeta was angry with his father for doing this. It was probably revenge for the other day when his father heard him mutter under his breath that one day he would over take Planet Vegeta and make sure he wouldn't make stupid demands the King had made. His father had gotten angry with Vegeta when he heard him and started yelling at his son. Ever since, the King had been plotting missions that seems nearly impossible, as punishment.

"Don't worry, my prince. I checked out these planets and research show that four of them are useless and weak. The strongest planet out of the five is Earth but it is still a weak planet. You see Kakarot defends the planet but we will be way too strong for him."

Vegeta thought about it for a while.

"You're right. We will be able to complete this mission in time." Vegeta then walked out of the room ordering a troop of army and preparing for his mission.

~*~

Zarbon looked bored. He was just about to fall asleep when Frieza walked in. "Zarbon, I want you to look for planets that is worth conquering."

Zarbon nearly jumped out of his skin.

"Yes, master Frieza."

Zarbon then started pressing control keys. Frieza then said, "It has to be nearest from us. I feel like overtaking a planet before returning to my own. Surely there must be some planets worthy to conquer."

Zarbon located a few planets. He then turned to Frieza, flicking his long green braided hair out of his face. "The closest one is Earth. It contains gold, minerals, coal, gems and technology."

Frieza evilly smiled. "Excellent. We will go there and take anything valuable, even a few slaves, and then we'll destroy it and leave."

Zarbon punched a few keys. "The ship is now heading for Earth. We will reach there in about 2 weeks."

~*~

1 and a half weeks later...

Vegeta stood at the top of the throne on Planet Arlia. He ordered the creatures around and enjoyed it. He had already overtaken 4 planets in one and a half weeks. Only one planet left and he couldn't wait to see his father's face. King Vegeta had wanted to humiliate his son ever since the incident. Vegeta laughed. Now it's his turn.

Nappa went up to Vegeta and said, "Your highness, we have captured the whole Arlian race and made sure that we have all of them. We have chosen many slaves and now we are about to take them back to planet Vegeta. Two of our men will be used for this journey."

"Good. That would be fine," Vegeta said.

"What should I do with the remaining Arlians?"

"Destroy them and also destroy this planet."

Nappa looked surprised. "But sire, why?"

"Are you questioning your prince?"

"No. Of course not."

"And incase you're wondering why, this planet is worthless."

"Alright, my prince. This planet will be destroyed." Vegeta smirked. "Prepare yourself for the next planet, it should be worth a lot. We might even be able to sell it."

~*~

Bulma yawned and stretched her arms. She had been spending all night and morning trying to fix her latest invention. It was a machine that could dig a hole underground big enough for a small capsule corp building. She tried to fix it up all night because it wasn't working correctly.

After finally being able to fix it, Bulma got up. "Now, it's time for me to test it." She walked outside and decided to go into the forest where there was lots of space. She then turned on the machine and it started to move. Bulma felt very happy. "Yay! It finally works, after all that effort!" The machine started to dig into the ground and stayed underground for a few minutes then it went back up. "I guess it's done!" Bulma peered down and saw a long tunnel. She slowly walked down and entered a large room. It was like a small house. It had a bathroom, a bed, a kitchen and it even had a lounge even though it was small. "Wow! I'm such a genius!" She yawned and lied on the bed. "I'm tired too. I'll just take a short nap." Before she could realised, she slowly drifted into a deep sleep.

~*~

Zarbon looked at Frieza. He started to fiddle with the controls.

"Only a day till we arrive on Earth."

"Excellent." Frieza smiled wickedly.

~*~

The little girl pulled onto her father. "Daddy, it's lunchtime and I'm hungry."

Her father smiled. "Yes sweetheart, I know it's lunchtime."

All of a sudden, there was a big crash and it caused a huge crater.

"What the-" the man cried out loud. His daughter started crying. Everyone ran and peered into the crater. There was a large spaceship.

"What could it be?" Everyone said.

"I think we're abducted by aliens!" someone yelled. Everybody started talking at once. They all stopped talking when the door of the spaceship opened. Two men stepped out and everyone gasped. One was huge and the other was short compared to the big one. A whole army of Saiyans followed behind. Vegeta smirked.

"We're finally here." He turned to his men.

"Remember not to destroy any building. And also don't hurt the earthlings because they might have important information that we might want." The Saiyans nodded.

"I want you to scatter around and capture anyone you see and hold them prisoners. I want a fine selection of slaves and I want every single earthling on this planet captured. Understood?" The men nodded and flew off gathering the 'earthlings'.

~*~

Goku ran into Capsule Corporation and told Dr Briefs about the arrival of the Saiyans. Dr Briefs nodded while listening. "I told everyone to meet me here. We need a plan. I sense that just one of those guys are stronger than all of us put together."

Krillen then walked in. "I don't know how we're going to beat those guys, Goku." Piccolo and Gohan then walked in. Then Yamcha followed behind.

"Where's Bulma?" was the first thing Yamcha said.

"I dunno," Goku said. Tien and Chiao- Tsu then walked in.

"Okay, everyone is here except Yajirobe," Goku stated.

Yamcha snorted. "As if he's any help. All he does is eat."

"Look guys, we need to think of a plan to defeat these alien weirdoes."

All of a sudden a group of men walked in including a very short one.

"Too late," Krillen said. The short one walked up to them.

"My scouter indicated that you weaklings are the strongest on the Earth. One of you must be Kakarot."

Krillen growled. "Look here, sir, we don't know anyone called Kakarot."

Vegeta turned to Goku. "That hair and face. You must be Kakarot! I met your father once when I was little but I still remember."

Goku suddenly saw Vegeta's tail. "You have a tail too?"

Vegeta smirked. "Kakarot, you must have one too."

"I removed it for good ages ago."

Piccolo cut in. "Just stop talking and let's start the fight!"

Vegeta laughed. "Haven't you realised that you're no match against me with my Saiyan powers?"

Goku sighed. "He's right. I sense that his ki is way stronger than all of us put together."

He then turned to Vegeta. "What do you want from us?"

"Nothing much just this planet's valuables and I'm selling this planet. You weaklings would be perfect for slaves." Vegeta turned to Nappa and his men. "I want you to take these earthlings to the maximum security cell and make sure you keep a good eye on them." He pointed to two of his men.

"I'm taking a look around this planet and you two come along incase I see any other earthlings." The men grabbed the Z warriors and left. Goku's face turned red and he growled in anger. "Stay away from us!" But before he could say more, he screamed out in pain as he could feel the men putting some strange equipment over him. He could feel his power being stunted. He turned angrily towards Vegeta and only saw the arrogant prince smirk at him in return.

"A ki blocker always works," Vegeta said and then walked out and saw Dr Briefs standing there. He ordered one of his men to take Dr Briefs back to the city where everyone else was kept.

"And hurry up!" Vegeta yelled and walked into the forest, with a few of his men trailing behind him.

"I'm fed up of this weak planet," he said and blew up one of the trees.

~*~

Bulma woke up startled when she heard the blast.

"What was that?" She looked at her watch and realised it was already early afternoon. Kuso, have I really been sleeping for this long? She quickly got up and climbed back up. She smacked right into the guy who just blew up a tree. She blinked and realised she was nose to nose with a man with wild black hair, and a little bit taller than her. She could see many more men behind him.

"What?! Another little weakling."

Bulma got angry. "Hey! Who are you calling little? You shouldn't be talking!" Vegeta growled. "Listen woman! You have no right to address a prince that way!" She snorted. "The prince of what? Who the hell do you think you are?"

She then wished that she had shut her mouth. She noticed that both men had tails. Vegeta got angry. He turned to his henchman. "I want you to grab this weakling and make sure she keeps her mouth shut." The Saiyan, named Zydos, walked towards her. "Hey! You better not touch me, you monkey freak!" She then had an idea what to do and she started to get nervous. She gasped, realising that the tail was very much like the one that Goku had before it got removed. She remembered that when someone grabbed Goku's tail, it made him hurt like mad.

When Zydos was close to her, she grabbed his tail and squeezed it hard. Zydos' face started wincing in pain and he dropped to the floor, trying not to act so weak in front of his prince. "Ha! I'm not all that weak am I?"

Vegeta watched in disbelief. How did that woman know their weak points? He grabbed her and she released Zydos' tail. Zydos got up. "That really hurts!"

Bulma tried to yank out of Vegeta's grip but he kept it firm. "Hey! Let go! You don't know who you're dealing with!"

"You're nothing but a weak earthling!" Vegeta growled.

"No, I'm not! I have a brain and beauty!"

He let her go and smirked. "So, woman, if you really are intelligent like you have stated, show me your latest technology."

She growled. "Why? What's it to you?"

"How dare you talk back to a prince!"

She smiled. "If you must know. I am the one and only Bulma Briefs. I invent things and fill this planet with the latest technology!"

He though for a minute, so this woman here was a technical genius? She could be quite useful. "I think I'll spare you." Bulma gave a sigh of relief. "But from now on, you come with me." He grabbed her and she tried to get out of his grip.

"You can't do this to me! I'm not your slave or anything!" He picked her up and flew her back to his space ship as she screamed and complained the whole way.

Vegeta observed a large crowd of people below him. I'm going to take this space ship somewhere else, he thought, there's no way I could sleep with all that noise. He dropped her onto the floor and walked to the spaceship. She gasped. It was huge! Nappa was there staring at Bulma.

"You chosen an Earthling for a mate?" he asked.

"Don't try to make me laugh!"

"I'm sorry, your highness." All of a sudden Zydos ran to them. "Sire! I have bad news! The radar on the spaceship indicates that a powerful force is heading towards this planet! I'm not sure about this but I think it's Frieza!"

"WHAT?! Are you serious?! When is he coming?"

"About tomorrow at around noon, your highness."

Vegeta knew that he was no match for Frieza.

While they were talking, Bulma tried to sneak out. Luckily Vegeta and his men were so frustrated with Frieza's arrival, she managed to sneak away. She knew it was impossible to sneak out the door so she decided to go into the ship. She walked from room to room.

"Wow! This spaceship is huge!" She then heard some voices in one of the rooms. She pressed her ear on the door and listened.

"I can't believe how strong these guys are!"

Bulma gasped. She recognized that voice. She opened the door and saw her friends being gathered in a tiny space. She noticed laser bars surrounding them. She also saw a Saiyan guarding the cell. Yamcha saw Bulma "Bulma! Get out of there quickly and save yourself!"

It was too late. The Saiyan grabbed her. He was about to hit her when the door opened. Vegeta walked in and grabbed Bulma.

"You were supposed to stay with me!"

Yamcha was enraged. "Don't you dare touch my girl!"

Vegeta smirked. "Since when do I start listening to a weak earthling?" He then turned and walked away dragging Bulma along. He pulled her all the way to the main control area. He then dropped her to the floor. "I don't want you running off again. Just remember, I could destroy you weakling with one blow!" She slowly began to stand up and he let her stand in the room.

He turned to his left- hand man. "I have a plan. I want all the earthlings released. We'll deal with them later. We need our whole army to help destroy Frieza and his men." Nappa looked surprised. "So the earthlings will go back to what everything originally was? After all that trouble!"

"That's right."

Bulma sighed. "Oh, finally I get to go home!"

Vegeta smirked at her. She suddenly had a dreadful feeling. "No you're not. I'm keeping you until I destroy Frieza. Then I'll take you to my home planet. You will make a perfect slave for creating new technology for me."

Bulma suddenly felt her whole body shaking. She felt her body hot all over of a sudden. He had gone far enough! She found herself so angry, she felt like she was about to burst. All of a sudden, she unexpectedly attacked Vegeta.

She threw her fist to his chest as hard as she could and started banging on it as hard as she could, ignoring the pain in her hands. "You jerk! What are trying to do to me?! I have a great career ahead of me! I'm also so young and beautiful! YOU BASTARD! I'M NOT GOING TO BECOME A SLAVE!!"

Tears started to fall down her cheeks. Nappa grabbed her. "Alright Earthling, that's enough!" She jerked her body and he let her drop. She started bawling really loudly. She then felt the pain that her hands caused and realised they were bleeding badly. Nappa sneered at her as if she was a rodent. "Would you like me to take care of her, my prince?"

"No, I'll take care of that. You just go and follow my order."

"Yes, sire." He then walked out. Bulma's cries had softened to sobs.

Vegeta turned to her and reached out his hand. He gently stroked her hair. He realised how soft it was and amazed that she didn't even flinch. Her sobs stopped and she gazed up at him. He pulled her up and noticed her hands were wounded. "I'll have to take you to the infirmary, woman."

She looked at him in surprise. I can't believe he actually cares that I'm hurt. She followed him into a small room. It contained a bed, cabinets and on the table were bandages. In the room stood a woman. She didn't look human but she had human features. Her hair was black and tied back. She wore a white dress that was a bit tattered and ripped. She bowed when she saw the prince. "May I be any assistance, your highness?"

Vegeta pulled Bulma in. "Fix up her hand and anything necessary."

The slave bowed. "As you wish, your highness." She then pulled Bulma to the bed and she sat down.

"Bring her back when you're done," he paused looking at Bulma's dirty clothes, "and fix her clothes up. She's filthy." He then walked out. The slave gently wrapped her hand carefully. Bulma got up.

"I have to run away from here! I'm going to be a slave! By the way, what's your name?"

The slave smiled. "Germilia. Do not worry, I don't think you're going to be a slave. The prince would never treat a slave that way."

Bulma looked confused. "What do you mean?"

"The prince would never show any respect to a slave. He would never even care if someone's hand was bleeding but he showed that he cared about you."

Bulma looked stunned but then shook her feelings behind.

"Well, I don't care about that arrogant, ostentatious vegetable head! Can you please pass me a mirror?" Germilia did as she was told. Bulma grabbed it and looked at herself in the mirror. Her hair was very messy and her clothes were dirty.

"No problem, I've got just what I need," She said reassuringly to herself. She put her hand inside her pocket and felt around. She then found her capsule case and pulled it out. "Now lets see." She picked out the capsule she needed and threw it onto the floor. There was smoke everywhere but when it cleared, a small dressing table stood there with a mini closet. Germilia gasped.

"Wow! That's incredible! How did you do that?"

Bulma laughed. "It's hard to explain. Now lets see, what would I wear if I was going to be running away from a bunch of strong guys?"

She picked out a sleeveless blue shirt and a light blue short skirt. The outfit was complete with light blue plat formed joggers. She turned to Germilia.

"Do you mind if you stepped out while I change?" Germilia nodded and walked out. Bulma got into her clothes and admired herself in the mirror.

"Wow! I look incredible!" she then noticed her messy hair, "Oh no! My hair!" She grabbed her hairbrush and tied her hair up. She then put on shiny lip gloss. She laughed. "I just can't help looking gorgeous even when it comes to running away from bad guys. It just seems natural to me." She called Germilia in and got the dressing table back in the capsule.

~*~

Meanwhile, Vegeta was walking around. "How long does it take that woman to get her hands wrapped up?" He then walked out.

~*~

"Thanks for everything, Germilia." Germilia smiled. "The prince ordered me to take you back when you're done." Just then, the door swung open and Vegeta walked in. His mouth nearly dropped open when he saw Bulma. He then realised that he wasn't saying anything and they were both staring and him. He started to shake his head.

"Come, woman." He then grabbed her and dragged her out.

"Watch it, will you!" She realised that it was almost night when she reached the main control room. "Wow! Look at all the lights! I guess you finally let everyone go." She pointed at the amusement park that was near the spaceship.

"Just remember, woman, after I defeat Frieza, I'll be overtaking this planet!" Bulma wondered how she was ever going to escape from the spaceship. She then had an idea. "Can I use the bathroom?"

Vegeta looked up. "You mean the 'refreshment room'?"

"Yeah, whatever."

He led her to a large room that looked sort of like a bathroom. She walked in and closed the door. She looked around and saw that the tiles were all white, and even the walls were covered in tiles. Luckily for her, it had a window. "I have to do this quickly before they catch me!" She took out a capsule and held it. She then looked around and saw a cane that was lying around. She picked it up and then smashed the window with it. She then climbed up through it. She was about to jump when she realised the height of the window from where the ground was. There was no way she would survive if she jumped from this height. All of the sudden the door opened. She was so scared that she lost her balance and fell. She was falling and she closed her eyes waiting for her death. Suddenly, she felt arms grabbing her and the altitude started to decrease. She opened her eyes. "Vegeta!"

He landed on the ground, releasing her immediately. "Were you trying to kill yourself?!"

She then realised that she still had a capsule in her hand. An idea suddenly struck her mind. She threw the capsule on the ground. Smoke filled the air.

She then took off and ran. She ran all the way to the amusement park. She then realised Vegeta was not far behind and following her!

What's going to happen in Chapter Two: Hmmm... well, let's see. We have Bulma, and Vegeta. A crowd of people, and an amusement park. And we discover that an amusement park isn't exactly the best place to hide.

AN: *slaps myself in the head* Damn, that sux! Please review, tell me what you think. And if you are going to flame, please don't tell me "your fanfic sucks" without giving me a reason. Oh, and I will have shout outs for all reviewers. Cya later!