Disclaimer

I do not own Dragon Ball Z. This is a work of Fanfiction using the Dragon Ball Z world. Dragon Ball Z is owned by Akira Toriyama. This work does, however, contain OC's.

Kairi was sparring with her little brother, Raditz, in a wasteland on Planet Vegeta.

"I'm going to win this time!" he shouted as he dashed at her, his long spiky hair streaming out behind him.

"Yeah right." Kairi shot back as she jumped into the air, avoiding his punch. "You're power level is pathetic, and you seem to forget you're up against an elite."

Raditz jumped into the air and launched a flurry of punches and kicks. Kairi dodged every hit, smirking at him the whole time.

"Will you stop dodging and fight like a real warrior!" shouted Raditz as she dodged a haymaker.

"Maybe if you weren't so slow I wouldn't be able to dodge and I'd have to block. And how can you say I'm not a real warrior? I've gone through my trial while you haven't, and I've got an elite power level, while you're a low-class, furball." Kairi said still smirking.

Raditz yelled and tried more punches and kicks, to no avail. Eventually he pulled out his last trick that he knew would get him at least one hit.

"At least I have a name worthy of a Saiyan warrior!" He shouted as he pulled his fist back, preparing for the almost free punch he would get.

Kairi stiffened, she hated that insult. Why she'd been given a name that wasn't Saiyan, she didn't know, but that was an insult that always got under her skin and everyone used it.

She opened her mouth to retort, but was cut off when Raditz's fist slammed into her jaw. Raditz landed a series of punches to her jaw and stomach, then kneed her in the gut. When she doubled over he landed and uppercut, then elbowed her into the ground.

"Not so tough now are you, 'elite'?" Asked Raditz mockingly as he smirked down at his older sister.

Kairi stood up and glared at him. She was ticked that Raditz had used that insult to get in a free hit.

"I'm going to beat you to a bloody pulp!" she shouted as she launched at him.

Kairi dodged the punch he threw when she got in range, and slammed both of her knees into his gut. She then landed a flurry of punches and kicks. She flipped backwards to put some distance between her and Raditz, then rushed forward again upon realizing he was disoriented. She landed a few punches and kicks, then spun with her leg outstretched, landing a few more hits. She vanished and appeared behind him, landing a double-footed kick to his back which sent him flying to the ground.

"I'll teach you to laugh at my name!" She shouted as she charged up one of the attacks her father had taught her in her right hand. Kairi reared back. "Rebellion Trig-" She was cut off by a feminine voice from behind her.

"What do you two think you're doing all the way out here!?" Demanded her mother, Gine, as she landed next to Raditz.

Kairi couldn't get a word in as her mother just kept on going. Gine was a woman of average height and build, with a light complexion, and onyx eyes. She was very gentle and caring, which was why she worked in a meat factory.

"Kairi you shouldn't be sparring with Raditz anyway! He's six and you're twelve, he doesn't have a very good chance of winning!"

Kairi frowned looking past her mother. There was a giant yellow ball that looked like the sun, descending on them. Kairi turned to Raditz to see if he noticed it and gasped. Raditz wasn't there anymore.

Instead her father was standing there, covered in blood, his armor broken in several places.

"Dad what happened to you?" Asked Kairi as her father, Bardock, laid his hand on her shoulder.

Her father was tall, with tanned skin, black eyes, a massive scar on his left cheek, and gravity defying hair that stuck out in every direction.

"Take care of your brother." Her father was saying. "See you, kid."

Kairi wasn't listening. She stood there, breathless as the golden ball got right in between her mother and father. Their skin begin to blister and blacken, their hair began to burn away, and the whole time they just stood there, her mother smiling sadly, and her father looking as stoic as ever. They stood there in the same position as their skin and armor melted away, and their bones began to blacken.

Kairi bolted upright, panting, looking around wildly for the golden ball, and for her parents, and for Raditz.

She relaxed, taking deep breathes, when she saw just the interior of her space pod.

"Just a dream." She said, relieved. She looked over at the baby boy in the seat next to her. "What are your dreams like, Kakarot?" She asked her little brother. She couldn't tell much about him, but he had hair that was just like their father's.

He was fast asleep, having been put to sleep by some gas when they first left Planet Vegeta. Kairi had had the same nightmare and woken up twice before now, gone back to sleep, and woken up because of the same nightmare.

"I guess they're not to bad, huh?" Better than mine or he'd be screaming instead of sleeping.

Their father had put them into a space pod and made them flee the Planet. Kairi remembered it well. Her father had come into the house, covered in blood, with cracked armor, claiming Frieza was going to destroy them. Kairi had been put into a pod with Kakarot and told that her father was going to fight Frieza, and if he failed they'd most likely be the only Saiyan's left. As they had left the planet Kairi had seen a massive yellow energy ball going down at the planet's surface. She hadn't seen it explode, but she'd seen the light from the explosion.

Kairi picked up the magenta band her mother had given her when they'd departed, and stared at it sadly, remembering Planet Vegeta.

"Now approaching Planet Earth, ETA five minutes." Said a feminine, robotic voice from over the loudspeaker in the ship.

Kairi stood on the seat and looked out the window at Planet Earth, the place where she and Kakarot would most likely spend the rest of their lives.

The planet looked beautiful from the outside. It was blue with most of the landmasses being green, with a few brown blemishes. This was a sharp contrast to Planet Vegeta, which was a ruby red with the landmasses being completely brown.

Just before they entered the atmosphere Kairi pulled off her long red armband and slid the magenta band over her bicep, then pulled the red armband back on.

They landed in a forest somewhere, creating a massive crater. Kairi sat in the pod for a while, slightly dazed. She'd only ever entered an atmosphere twice before. That had been when she'd been sent on a trial when she was ten to survive on a planet by herself for one year, and when she'd returned she'd been given her first armor.

She took a moment to catch her breath, then she opened the door to the pod and stepped out. The crater they'd created was in the center of a small clearing, surrounded with trees on all sides. I don't think I've ever seen this many trees in one place before. The planet she'd been sent to had been an icy planet with very few greenery at all, much less forests like the one she was in.

She heard Kakarot wake up and start crying behind her. She sighed and went back into the pod, and picked him up. He'd better not do this all the time. It turned outshe didn't need to worry about that. As soon as she picked him up he immediately stopped bawling, and looked up at her.

"You sure calmed down fast, huh. Raditz would usually start crying whenever I touched him." She said, frowning slightly at the though of her other brother. I hope he's okay. He's not that strong. She shrugged. "Raditz'll be fine." she said aloud. "I need to find us some shelter."

She floated into the air just above the tops of the trees, and looked around. Look's like we're on a mountain. I didn't know mountains could have this much green. There should be a cave somewhere on the side, I'll find one then go grab some food.

She frowned thoughtfully at Kakarot. "What am I supposed to do with you? Man I wish they'd sent furball with me. He'd make this so much easier." She said irritably. I wonder if there's anything in the pod that can help. I don't want to leave him behind, but I may have to until I can find shelter.

She went into the space pod and found a box of supplies under the seat. She pulled it out and opened it up. She set Kakarot in the seat, and started going through the box. She found some food, water, and a bunch of other useful stuff, but she didn't find what she was looking for until she got to the bottom of the box.

"Finally!" She exclaimed as she pulled a bag and a roll of cloth out of the bottom of the box. "I wish they'd put this at the top, though." She grumbled as she started to stuff things into the bag. Once she'd stuffed everything in the bag she grabbed Kakarot and started to wind the clothe around him. Once she'd finished she had a harness that she could fasten to her back to keep Kakarot from getting away from her. Working with regular cloth really isn't that different from working with animal skin.

She strapped her baby brother onto her back and picked up the bag that was stuffed near bursting with supplies, and she flew up into the air, then flew around the mountain looking for a suitable cave.

As she flew she couldn't help but admire the beauty of this planet. She hadn't seen very many places, and had found the desert landscape of her home planet kind of dull, though it was better than the icy planet she'd been stuck on during her trial.

She finally found a cave near a ravine in the side of the mountain. There was a narrow path running along the edge of this ravine, at one point the path split off, making another, extremely narrow path between two rock walls. It was at the end of this path that she found her cave.

There was a bear inside of this cave, and when she entered it lunged at her. It's claws went through empty air, as she moved to the opposite side of the cave and set down her brother and the supply bag.

"This one'll be fine." She said to herself. The bear lunged at her again, but this time she dodged and punched it in the throat, killing it.

"There's dinner. What do you think, Kakarot?" She asked as she turned to her brother. He was asleep. Kairi glared at him. "If I'm going to lug you around, and kill something for dinner you could at least stay awake." Kakarot only continued to snore. Kairi's anger quickly dissipated as she looked at her brother's face, so calm and peaceful in sleep.

"I'm going to take a nap too." She decided. She went over next to Kakarot, took off her armor, and tossed it onto the ground. She looked fondly at her red and black armor. She'd been issued a regular set, but her father had gotten her a custom set. He'd never been able to deny her anything she wanted.

Her armor was black, with dark red outlines, shoulder straps, and stomach area. Her spandex was short sleeved and black. Her gloves were black, and her boots were black, with dark red tips. The only part of her armor that wasn't red or black was the band her mother had given her, which she'd slid over her left bicep.

She leaned back against the wall of the cave and tried to sleep. It was futile. No matter how hard she tried she couldn't get to sleep.

Her mind kept going back to the nightmares she'd had on the way here. It had been hard enough on her twelve year old mind to see the explosion in which her home planet had exploded. To see the same thing everytime she closed her eyes was nearly unbearable.

Eventually she gave up sleeping and started doing push-ups and sit-ups. More for something to do then for training. This isn't very hard. Why is this so much easier then it was back home?

Eventually Kakarot woke up, and started to cry. Kairi went over to him and picked him up, he continued to cry as she stared down at him, brow furrowed, trying to figure out what was wrong.

"I know! I bet you're hungry, huh? Well I am too. That bear should be plenty for the two of us. Just hold on while I cook it."

Kairi set him down and walked over to the bear. She'd always been a natural at controlling her energy, and her trial had only served to further hone that ability. This, along with her amazing strength and natural skill in battle, were two reasons why she'd been projected to make the royal guard.

Now she used this energy control to form a blade of crimson energy around her right hand. She proceeded to slice up the bear, then roast it with a finely tuned energy blast. I'm glad I had to learn how to cook with my energy on that icy planet.

She grabbed a piece of meat and took it over to Kakarot, then went to grab her own piece. She was about to take a bite then paused, frowning at her little brother.

Kakarot was looking at the piece of meat, longingly. Kairi sighed "I'm going to have to feed you, aren't I?" She got up, grabbed the piece of meat, and attempted to feed him. She got it into his mouth, and he started to chew. After a few minutes of chewing she noticed he wasn't getting anywhere. She pulled the meat out of his mouth and looked inside.

"You don't have any teeth! How am I supposed to feed you if you don't have teeth?" She looked at him as though expecting an answer. He stared back with wide eyes. Kairi furrowed her brow thoughtfully. This is really tough. Doesn't he come with an owners manual or something? Mom must've forgotten to send it with me. Man! How am I supposed to feed him if I don't have a manual that tells me what he can eat? Wait… If Kakarot has an owners manual, wouldn't that mean me and Raditz have manuals too? I wonder if Kakarot can get full from just blood? It's worth a shot, though I'm going to have to give him some of my own since I cooked that bear to well.

She walked around the cave looking for a sharp rock. She finally found one close to the entrance. "It's getting dark out. I guess we'll be spending tonight in darkness. I can see pretty well in the dark so it should be fine."

She turned to go back inside then hesitated. I should probably go get some water real fast. She tossed the stone down in front of the cave entrance then went to a waterfall she'd seen nearby, while searching for a cave.

She found the waterfall easily and stood there for a moment, entranced by the water falling down in a beautiful foam. She'd never seen anything like that. Water had been somewhat scarce on Planet Vegeta, and on the ice planet it had been frozen. She thought all this easy access to water was the greatest thing this planet had to offer.

She floated down to the pool that the fall was going into and looked into it. She could see her reflection in the water. A short, slender girl with big, but narrow, obsidian eyes, wild spiky hair that went halfway down her back, and a light skin tone.

She figured something would have changed on the outside. Everything inside had changed, so it seemed right there would be some outward manifestation of it. Something had broken inside when she'd seen the light from her exploding home. The only thing keeping her from trying to find Frieza and kill him, was her promise to her father to take care of Kakarot.

She took a drink from the fall and flew back to the cave. She picked up the stone she'd discarded by the entrance, and walked over to Kakarot.

"I'm going to try and find you some animal blood tomorrow, but mine will have to do today." She told him as she used the stone to slice open her forearm.

She winced as the stone broke open the skin, and blood started to well out of the cut. She quickly placed her arm near Kakarot's mouth. He immediately latched onto the arm and started to suck on the blood. With her free hand she picked up a roll of cloth from the supply bag, and readied a bandage for her arm.

Kakarot let go after a little while and Kairi quickly wrapped the bandage around her arm. Kakarot let out a yawn, and curled up into a ball. Kairi glared at him.

"If I'm going to let you drink my blood you could at least wait for me to sleep." She didn't receive a reply. "Whatever." She grumbled as she walked over to the bear.

After she ate she noticed she was feeling light-headed, and she was panting. She couldn't see herself, but she was looking pale.

"What's wrong with me? I didn't even do anything today. Maybe I'm just tired." She reasoned as she laid down next to Kakarot. Before she knew it she was asleep.

I decided to rewrite this story, because I felt like I could have done a better job with it. Thanks for reading.