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Goku POV

My friends and I have been exploring in a spaceship for nearly 2 months now. I wish ChiChi had let Gohan come with us but she said Gohan would fall behind in his studies. Things have been pretty dull up here, Bulma keeps telling Krillin that we are not going to find any aliens because aliens aren't real. I think she's wrong about that though.

Yamcha burst in through the door and he seemed pretty excited about something "Holy shit guys! You won't believe what I just saw out the window! It's another ship! This could be the first sign of alien life." I smiled, finally some sort of action. Have I mentioned how boring this ship is?

I saw Bulma roll her eyes at Yamcha's enthusiasm "Just because you found a ship doesn't mean it's because of aliens. We've sent out plenty of ships without any passengers." I don't know why Bulma's so against the thought of alien life. Maybe she's afraid. She's not as strong as Yamcha, Krillin, and me.

Bulma piloted our ship towards the other ship. Once we were up close to the ship I hear Bulma gasp. "This technology isn't ours, if it was it would have the Capsule Corp logo on it." Krillin started laughing "I told you aliens were real!" Bulma got mad at Krillin, "Well if you're so excited you get to board the alien ship first."

Krillin and Bulma argued for a while and we eventually decided that Krillin would board first, followed by Yamcha, Bulma, and lastly me. Bulma said she didn't want to be the last one to board the ship so she said I would be last. As soon as the doors opened the scent of death assaulted my senses. My friends didn't seem to notice but I knew something was wrong. Once I stepped into the ship I could feel someone watching me. Subconsciously my tail began to swish with apprehension. I haven't had a tail in a while so I hadn't noticed the fact that it had unwrapped from my waist until Krillin mentioned it.

Bulma strutted into the ship like it was rightfully hers. "Alright guys let's see what kind of stuff we can find on this ship. If we're lucky we will find some really advanced technology." Yamcha proposed that we split up to cover more ground but I knew that wouldn't be a wise decision, "We don't know what kind of creatures this ship belongs to. They could be aggressive and could attack us we should stick together incase things go south." They seemed to accept my reasoning and we walked together.

As we walked the smell of death became more pronounced to the point where my friends started smelling it too. We walked towards the smell and came face to face with our first aliens or what's left of them anyway. There was blood splattered everywhere some of it was red like ours but the other seemed to be a dark blue color. Nearly all the bones were cracked and only the faces seem to have been left intact. Faces that didn't appear human at all. Bulma inhaled sharply and hid her face in Yamcha's shoulder. I got on guard, whatever killed these aliens could still be on the ship.

We made our way to the ship's control room and found two more bodies in the same state as the others. Krillin crouched next to the bodies to examine them further. "Whatever did this probably ate them. The waste organs are all intact or at least what I think are waste organs. What's left over of the bones seem to have bite marks on them. It's probably big too with razor sharp teeth." I could see my friends' faces paling. Bulma seemed to compose herself and started walking towards the main computer in the room "We might be able to figure out where that thing is if we can get access to the ship's security system."

As the computer slowly turned on I felt eyes watching me. I turned and saw him. I don't know why I'm so sure he's male I just know. I also knew he was the one responsible, it's kind of hard not to when he's covered in blood. Even more so around his mouth and hands. He seemed to grin at me, almost as if he knew something I didn't. None of my friends had even noticed his presence yet. Why? Can't they hear him or smell the blood on his dull gray clothes?

"Hey Goku stop standing around and co-" Krillin cut himself off with a sharp gasp causing my other friends to turn around and see what was wrong and I heard Bulma let out a small whimper. I could tell that they were all afraid and his grin seemed to grow.

(Such weak creatures. Why do you keep them? You're Kakarot aren't you? Your resemblance to Bardock is uncanny.)He talked in a strange language that was most certainly not English, but strangely, I found myself understanding what he said. He asked me about my friends and he called me Kakarot. I wasn't sure if he would understand English so I just shook my head. He seemed to ignore my silence though.

(The blue one seems to be competent with technology make it useful and get it to take this thing off of me. I won't kill your pets Kakarot at least as long as they don't annoy me.) He tilted his head to the side, exposing his neck and showing me the metal collar he wore. I don't know why he thought Bulma, Krillin, and Yamcha were my pets I was human just like them. Bulma quietly whispered out to me, "What does it want Goku?" I told Bulma what he wanted and she shrieked, "No way Goku! I'm not getting anywhere near that thing!" Before she could go off on a tangent he growled at her while baring his teeth. Those actions faded into the background when I saw his tail. I hadn't noticed he had one until it uncurled from his waist to show his distaste. His tail was just like mine. But how? He's not human.

(Shut it up before I kill it Kakarot! Vile creature. How do you keep these pets? After an outburst like that I would have killed it. You're a strangely patient Saiyan Kakarot.) He called me a Saiyan, but I'm not Saiyan, I'm human aren't I? I've lived on Earth my whole life. I can't be a Saiyan. But it would make sense, I've always been able to see and smell things my friends couldn't, that's why I've sometimes had trouble distinguishing between genders yet I knew instantly what gender he was. That's why I understand his language, why I've always felt like I didn't belong, why I've always felt like an outsider.

I can tell my friends are afraid and I know he's aware of it as well. "Who are you?" I wait for him to respond, and most surprisingly he responded to me in English, he had a slight accent but it was understandable. "I am Vegeta, Prince of the Saiyans."

Bulma seemed to forget her fear and started yelling at this Vegeta. "What's your problem freak! How dare you come in here and scare us all! You don't have the slightest idea who you're messing with!" I saw Vegeta's face twist into a furious look and I wished Bulma hadn't tried to act all high and mighty.

"Do you have a death wish you pathetic worm? Being Kakarot's pet won't save you from my wrath. I'll fucking kill you! I'll bite your hideous face off. I killed armed warriors, killing you won't even be a challenge."

I saw Bulma turn red with anger, but before she could say anything that would probably get her killed I cut her off "Don't goad him Bulma he's not bluffing. Once she removes the collar you have to give me your word that you will not kill us."

Vegeta sighed, "You're such a killjoy Kakarot. I never had any intention of killing you. We are the last Saiyans killing you wouldn't bring me any pleasure. Can't I just kill the small one? I'll even make the death quick and painless." I could smell Krillin's fear and I shook my head negatively. Vegeta sighed again and he seemed to be pouting slightly, "Fine, but if your blue pet tries anything funny all 3 are dying."

I nodded in agreement and got my friends into a huddle. Almost immediately Bulma began to hiss questions and demand an explanation for what was happening. "Listen, that guy standing over there is stronger than I am." I heard my friends gasp and I paused so that they could capture the true danger of the situation. "The only way we are getting out of this alive is if we do as he wants."