Chapter two.
Vegeta, Krillin and Goku had stayed out the rest of the day trying to track down whatever it was that had attacked Krillin. But it never showed up. "I give. I gotta get home to Bulma, I don't wanna come home to a raging wife." Vegeta said, sighing. Krillin was shocked. They were supposed to never give up but he didn't want tough times between Bulma and Vegeta. "OK, I agree." said Krillin. "I know Maron and #18 are wondering what I'm doing." "Bye Bye." said Goku, and flew away. Who says 'bye bye' at his age? Vegeta thought, but kept his mouth shut. He flew off without saying bye to Krillin. "What a grouch." Krillin grumbled.
Vegeta was thinking as he flew back home. What if the thing that attacked Krillin left so fast to do something horrible? He thought. It was possible. As he landed in front of the house, he was almost scared to open the door. what if it had come in and killed his wife and son? He didn't think he could live with that. An image in his mind of Trunks, still clutching his favorite Teddy Bear (Which he had named Diamond) in his limp arm, with only a bloody hole in his chest to mark where the killing blast had hit. And he imagined his wife-His PREGNANT wife- sprawled on the floor with a pillow over her face. He eventually realized he was being stupid and swung open the door. He kept his eyes closed, not knowing what to expect. But when he opened the door there was his precious wife and son. He had never been more happier to see them in his life. "Daddy!!!"Trunks hollered, and dashed over to Vegeta. He gave him a huge hug. "Hey, Trunks." said Vegeta. He gave Bulma a short kiss on the lips. "Hello, Vegeta. I was wondering where you were. It was Trunks's bedtime but I didn't wanna put him to bed worriying." Vegeta was glad his family liked him more now. Then, a devestating thought hit him. Goku and Krillin!! What if something happened to their families or something?? He imagined how sad Goku would be if Gohan or Goten were killed. And Krillin would just die, having lost his first daughter when she was at such a young age. And thier wives... Vegeta decided he was overreacting and went to have a snack.
But, Vegeta found he was terribly wrong for not worriying anymore. It was right before he and Bulma were about to hit the hay that he got the call. "Go and answer that, Vegeta, will you?" Bulma asked. "I really dont feel like getting up." Vegeta groaned and went to get the telephone. "Hello?" He said, in a tired voice. There was a long pause at the end of the phone. Then he heard a noise. "It's horrible..." said the sobbing voice at the end of the phone. It didn't take Vegeta long to realize it was Krillin. Reality hit Vegeta in the face. Gosh, it happened!!! He wondered if anyone was killed. "What happened? Is anyone dead?" He rushed together. "I think that....Maron is." Krillin bawled. Vegeta could hear #18 crying in the background, saying over and over again,'I tried to protect her but he was too strong!!' Vegeta felt for her. He felt tears trying to rush at his own eyes too, but he held them back. "Ill be right over. Dont go anywhere." He said, his voice cracking. When Krillin hung up, instead of hanging the phone up he dropped it and dashed to get back into his spandex. "Vegeta, what happened?" Bulma asked. "Why did you ask if anyone was dead?" Vegeta inhaled deeply. "Um, the thing that I said I was sensing...Well, it came to Krillin's house and killed his daughter." Bulma was silent for a moment, then burst into tears herself. Trunks soon came in, rubbing his eyes and wondering why his mommy was crying. "What happened, Daddy?" Trunks asked. Vegeta was about to tell him to go back to bed while he went to Krillin's, but he thought. I don't wanna leave them alone. Trunks didn't have time to dress outta his pajamas, so he just slapped on a windbreaker and they went in the car. Vegeta and Trunks didn't wanna risk flying but carriying Bulma for fear that it might hurt the baby or something. Vegeta, driving, sped as fast as he could. Every police officer that came for the chase Vegeta flung them off the road.(and Im sure you know how) They soon reached Krillin's house and went inside.
The sickly sweet smell of blood filled the air. Krillin ran up. He had managed to get ahold of himself slightly, but #18 was still hysterical. She was kneeling over Maron's dead body. Trunks was surprised. He had never seen anything like this. Had never seen so much blood. Bulma scooped him up as fast as she could and covered his eyes so he woulden't see anymore. "Is there any way you can identify how she was killed?" Vegeta choked out. Krillin pointed to a hole in her chest. It was small ; but it had definintly been the killing blow. "The thing-saiyan, or whatever- who did this must be near by." said Vegeta. "At least near enough to sense his ki." "I'd better call and get Goku to come over." said Krillin. Gohan was away and in college, so he was out of league. But if the situation was bad enough, Krillin promised himself he would call him. While Krillin dialed up the phone, Vegeta was debating on something. Should they or should they not take their families? They didn't want another attack on them, no, But what if when they encountered it, it killed them? After Krillin put up the phone, Vegeta brought this idea up. "Should we bring our families?" He asked. "We dont want them to be killed or anything..." Krillin nodded. "Yes, we should. And your just gonna hafta risk it and carrie Bulma." "OK." said Vegeta. "I sure hope that idiot was smart enough to bring his wife and brat." It was then that Goku,(carriying Chi Chi) and Goten burst in through a window. "It'll take hundreds of dollars to replace that window....." #18 bawled. "Lets go." said Goku. "I want whoever did this to feel pain more than anything imaginable." Vegeta wondered why they were so determined. They already knew that this person was stronger then them all put together, so why decide to just recklessly charge in? But before he could bring this up, Krillin, Goku (carriying Chi Chi), #18, and Goten had already burst through another window. Vegeta grabbed Bulma and launched off, followed by Trunks.
" I can sense his Ki, and it's pretty close." said Goku. He also thought he could see something flying up ahead. "You see that?" He asked. "Yes." said Krillin. "If we're lucky, maybe we can-" But Krillin's words were cut short when a Big Bang came blasting from behind him at the target. It homed in and hit whatever was flying. "VEGETA!!!"Everyone shouted at him together. Vegeta just flew there, a smirk spread across his face. "You big idiot!!!" Bulma said. "Now we're probley gonna be killed!!!!" They all stayed still for a second. "I can still sense his ki." said Goku. "He didn't run away!!" They were all still for a couple seconds more, then something flew at them. They all managed to avoid it. When they were over the attack, they saw someone flying in front of them. He had saiyan armor on and a tail wrapped around his waist. He had short, spiky black hair and didn't look very nice. "A saiyan..." Goku said. The saiyan flying in front of them smiled. "Yes, a SAIYAN.I thought it would take you a while to figure that out, considering your such a big idiot, Goku."the saiyan said. "How do you know my name??" Goku asked. "DUH!! I'm a saiyan too you know." "Oh yeah I forgot."
Vegeta pushed everyone else out of the way. " You big dirty faggot, do you even know who I am?" He asked. "I could rip you to shreds!!" "Yes, I know who you are. Vegeta, the prince. Every saiyan knows who you are."the saiyan said. Krillin finally got enough nerve up to speak. "Who are YOU? How did you survive Planet Vegeta getting blown up?" The saiyan smiled. "My name is Rasmas. I dont see why that doesen't ring a bell to Vegeta or Goku." Vegeta searched his memory but with no results. Bulma and Chi Chi were getting scareder and scareder. "Vegeta!! Blow this guy into bits!!" said Bulma. "You too, Goku!!" Chi Chi added. Vegeta snarled. "That's kind of outta my power right now, Bulma!! I would if I could!!" Vegeta said, mocking Bulma's nag. That was when Bulma got an idea. But they would hafta get off the track of that saiyan!! It was then that Rasmas blew a horrific blast at them. "Hurry up and get the others to safety!!" said Goku. They flew down and put Bulma and Chi Chi back down. Vegeta used all his energy and transformed into Super Saiyan. "Krillin, Goku, get Bulma and the others to somewhere SAFE. And be sure it's hidden from the human eye. Ill hold this guy off!!" Vegeta said. "No way!!" said Krillin. "This guy could kill you with one single blow!! I cant leave you here to fight alone!!" Vegeta could feel the rage just building up. If I lose my temper now we're all in deep trouble. came Vegeta's thought. "Ill be fine!!JUST GO!!" Vegeta yelled, so loud that Krillin and Goku listened. Even though it was nightime and they all didn't feel much like fighting, Vegeta still decided to try. Krillin and Goku guided the others off while Rasmas sent a Kamehameha wave- a VERRY STRONG Kamehameha Wave- at Vegeta. Vegeta managed to dodge it. man, what was I thinking standing up to this wacko alone?? he asked himself. He released some energy and flew as fast as he could at Rasmas. He punched and punched and punched as fast as he could. Every blow he sent out though was blocked by Rasmas. Rasmas finally felt one of his blows get Vegeta in the face. This made Vegeta MAD. Maybe Super Saiyan 2 would do it? Vegeta thought. He focused his energy and transformed into a super saiyan 2. "Whoa!!" said Rasmas. "You're gonna be a tough opponent to beat." Rasmas placed one hand above his head and began to charge up a Spirit Bomb. "Oh no." Vegeta mumbled under his breath. "What do I do now?" He looked around to see if any fighters were still around, watching. But there were none. Vegeta began to charge up a Final Flash to counter the Spirit Bomb. They both shot their attacks at the exact same time. Vegeta thought he would be blinded, but was very happy when he found out his attack had hit Rasmas. "YES!!" He thought, and tried to see if there was any major damage. But when the dust cleared Rasmas';s clothes were ripped but other then that he looked fine. Vegeta didn't know if he could hold this guy off until Krillin and Goku got back.
Trunks was tired of waiting in the stupid Kame House for Vegeta to get back. "Com'n Trunks, lets play leap frog!!" said Goten, hopping up and down. Trunks ignored him. He was waiting to see if Vegeta came back in one peice. "COME ON TRUNKS!!!" said Goten. Trunks got really mad and decided he'd push Goten down. The tension was killing him. He kept having terrible graphic images of his dad all bloody with his guts out his mouth. Or with a huge gory hole smack in the middle of his chest. Goten, however, wasen't worried about Goku at all. Trunks wondered how this could be so. "How come your not worried about your dad? He went off to see how my dad's doing, so he could be killed too!!" Trunks said. Goten shrugged. "My daddy's the strongest in the universe. He can take on that ugly brute." Trunks knew Rasmas was stronger, but decided not to say a word. "I dont want mommy to make us go into the hyperbolic time chamber to train without dad." said Trunks. Bulma had been planning every fighter to take a turn in the time chamber if they ever lost track of the enemy. "Trunks!!Goten!!" Chi Chi and Bulma called. Trunks knew this meant BEDTIME. "Dont make me go to bed, mommy!!" said Trunks, as Bulma walked into the room. "I'm worried about Daddy!!" Bulma was worried about him too, REALLY worried, but to keep Trunks sane she hid it. "Vegeta will be perfectly fine." She said. "Now go get into bed like I told you." Trunks slunk into the room he was sleeping in and on his pallet. So did Goten. Trunks tried to keep himself awake so that he could hear when Vegeta came back. "You know what??" Trunks said, sitting up. Goten rolled over, a far off look in his eyes. "Wha?" He asked. "I think I'm gonna go and help Daddy and the others." said Trunks. Goten sat up faster then a speeding bullet. "Really?" Goten asked. "I wanna go too!!!" Trunks nodded. "Sure. But we've gotta SNEAK out, because if my mother found out I went off to help fight, she'd spank me."He said. They decided to wait until everyone was asleep. But until then, they spent time planning the escape.
Krillin and Goku appeared just as Vegeta was about to start a barrage of power balls. "Thank god!!" Vegeta said. "Could you guys give me a hand here?" Goku turned himself into a Super Saiyan 2. "Lets all barrage him with power balls at the same time. Ill do destructo disks." said Krillin. "On 3. 1....2....3!!" They all began to try and barrage Rasmas. They coulden't tell if they were hitting or not because they were raising up a bunch of dust. When they were done and the dust cleared, Rasmas was gone. "He coulden't have left." said Vegeta. "I can still sense his ki stronger than ever." Sure enough, Vegeta was right. Rasmas burst out of the rubble. He was furious. "I just put my guard down, thats all." He gloated. "Geez, I thought he was strong, but all of you together are a force to be reckoned with." Vegeta, Krillin and Goku said nothing or did nothing. A smile crossed Rasmas's face. "But you still are chew toys compared to me." " We need Gohan." Goku whispered to Krillin and Vegeta. "Or if the situation gets bad enough, Trunks, Goten and #18." Vegeta got a mean look on his face. "No." He said. "We don't need any help. I'm sure we can do it all alone." Krillin rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say. But when you're about to die, just don't blame me." "Deal." As they were bickering, Rasmas shot a Kamehameha at them. "See what happened while you two were flabbing your lips??!!" said Goku. "Just shut up and pay-" They all felt themselves be flung backwards as they were hit by the strong and powerful Kamehameha wave. They were all flung into rock and eventually skidded to a stop.
* * * Krillin was the first to wake up from a faint. "Goku? Vegeta?" He asked. Neither of them stirred. It was now the daytime, meaning they had been blacked out for three hours or so. Rasmas was gone. He had probley run off somewhere to power up or something. But no chasing until he was sure Vegeta and Goku were OK. "HEY!!!" He yelled. He saw them both move. Vegeta pushed a few rocks off himself and managed to lift his head up. "You didn't hafta yell." He said. He dusted the dirt out of his hair and lay back down. Goku opened his eyes. "Well, it doesen't look like Rasmas is dead...." He said. They all then shot thier heads up when they sensed a ki coming tworeds them. "Trunks!!" Vegeta said. Goku saw Goten flying just behind Trunks. Trunks landed. "Daddy!!What happened?" He asked, running over to Vegeta. "Well, I got knocked on my @$$, it's obvious. Could you help me up?"Vegeta asked. Trunks helped Vegeta up while Goten helped Krillin and Goku. "This is just horrible!!" Said Goku. "Just terrible!!" "Well, at least we learned something new today, like all serious educaters say to do." said Krillin. "Yeah, and exactly what could we learned from getting our butts handed to us?" Goku asked. "Well, we learned that we're all to weak to take this guy on." Krillin said, with a fake smile. " No, I don't think the word for this is weak." said Vegeta. "I think the proper term is that we need a whole lot more training. " Trunks thought about what Bulma had said to do. "Yeah!! Mommy said that she wanted us to go into the hyperbolic time chamber when we had the chance!!!" He hollered. Everyone paused. "Well, I think now would be considered as 'having a chance.' " Vegeta pointed out. Everyone else got the message, and they took to the air as fast as they could. Krillin stopped them all in the air. "Wait, wait wait wait wait!!" He said. Everybody screeched to a stop. "Oh, what is it now you fag??!! We don't have much time, in case you haven't noticed!!"Vegeta scolded. Krillin frowned at this terrible insult. "Well, what I want to say is that doesen't going into constant training mean missing another night of sleep? I mean, we may be having to save the world and all but we just cannot miss two nights of sleeping in a row! If we did that, what help would trianing do except tire us out even more and make us more vunerable?" Krillin explained. Nobody said anything for a while. "Well, I appreciate us all pausing and reflecting on that fact, but I don't think we should frankly care about us. What about all of those innocent people down there?" Vegeta asked. "What if while we're screwing around sleeping instead of TRAINING, he comes around after our good sleep and destroys the universe? We've come too close to that before!!" Everybody was quiet. "Even though you both make excellent points, there are two children here in which you are scaring out of their minds. " Goku said. "Com'n, let's get to Kame House." They began to fly again. Gosh, Vegeta actually made me think a bit for once in my life. Krillin thought. He did not know that Vegeta was thinking the exact thing about Krillin.
They finally reached Kame House. "So, have we come up with our decision yet?" asked Goten. Everyone was quiet. "O.K, lets take the congress way out. Whoever agrees we should go and train RIGHT NOW, raise your hand." said Goku. Vegeta raised his hand. Nobody else did. Vegeta flashed Trunks a helpless look. "Anyone up for sleeping tonight, raise your hand." said Goku. Everybody except Vegeta raised their hands. "Sorry Dad." said Trunks, "But Krillin's point was smarter." Vegeta growled. "Well, guess what then. I will go and train and YOU guys can SLEEP."
"THINK FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!" Krillin screamed. Vegeta recoiled. He thought. And thought. And thought somemore. It was obvious he had debated and decided Krillin's was smarter when he said, "Ok. We start to train TOMORROW. But if while we're in the chamber, that guy starts to destroy the earth and kill people, dont look to me for help." He said. Everybody was happy but did not show it. "We should sleep on the lookout." said Goku. "That way, right when we get up and have breakfast and everything, we can go right in with no hassle." " Good thinking, Kakarott. For ONCE. Let's go on in and collect our families." said Vegeta. They walked into Kame House. "TRUNKS!!!" Bulma said, and ran over. "Gosh, I was so worried!!!!" Chi Chi ran over to Goten. They were both so happy to see them alive. "Look mommy!! Daddy is alive!!" said Trunks. Bulma looked up. "Hiya Bulma." said Vegeta, spreading his arms. Bulma ran into his arms and hugged him. "Hi." she said. Chi- Chi and Goku were passionatly making out, and so were Krillin and #18. She knew Vegeta didn't like that stuff, so she just gave him a kiss. " Bulma, we've decided on something." said Vegeta. "I agreed with your plan on training, but everyone else says we should just sleep tonight and train tomorrow." Everyone realized the most important reason Vegeta had held on to his idea like that. "Yeah." said Krillin. "I came up with the theory that if we dont sleep, we'd be weaker than if we never even trained at all." Bulma thought. "Yeah, I guess that is a better idea." she said. Vegeta made a face. " We've decided to go stay at lookout for the rest of the day and for the night, " said Goku, "So we can be closer to the time chamber." " And I agree. " said Chi Chi. Vegeta and Goku grabbed their wives. " wait a second." said Goten. "I dont wanna go and see Picollo. He's stupid." "WELL TOO BAD!" said Goku. "He may be stupid but he's still pretty valuble." Goten decided he would shut up though he couldent find out how Picollo made a difference at ALL.
They finally landed on lookout. Picollo was standing there, in his normal boring pose. "Hello guys. I was watchiing you come up here." "How about before we go to sleep for tonight, we should train some?" Vegeta asked. Everybody shook thier heads. "Well why not??!!" Vegeta asked. "You guys are dumb!!!" Krillin frowned. "Think about it!! We should be having sort of a break time up here. We cannot save the world around the clock, we need breaks, you know." Vegeta said nothing, as if he understood. Goten and Trunks ran off to play some games while the others debated on how to beat Rasmas. They knew it would be no walk in the park, no. " Maybe we SHOULD get Gohan down here." said Goku. "And let Goten and Trunks fight. And get #18 and everyone we can to fight." Everyone could tell the scene that was going to follow next. "GOKU, ARE YOU CRAZY!!!???" Chi Chi screamed. " Our son is going to be a great scholar, not some fighting bozo like you decided to be!!" Goku was sad. "Fine, let the world be destroyed." He muttered, then walked into the tower. Chi Chi looked after him, a thoughtful look on her man-like face. "Oh, look what you did NOW." Vegeta commented. He was obviously being a jerk. "Vegeta, there are certain moments for your selfishness." said Bulma. "This is not one of those times." Vegeta was quiet then. "Well, I'm gonna go and have a snack. Im famished." said Krillin said. #18 followed. Chi Chi went in after Goku. Picollo, Vegeta and Bulma were the only ones left on the lookout. "I've been watching Rasmas, " said Picollo to Vegeta. "It looks to me like he's in sort of a thinking state. He isn't destryoing anything, at least not YET. We need to get in and destroy him as soon as we can." Vegeta walked to the edge of the lookout. "It's all their faults that we aren't in there training so we can get to the ripping his lungs out part early." He said. Picollo personally knew none of them had ever ripped anyone's lungs out, but he got the drift. "Vegeta!!" said Bulma. "Maybe we should go inside the tower like they did?" "Sure." said Vegeta. He took one last look off lookout and walked tworeds the tower.
about 12:00 noon, Bulma was in the lookout tower kitchen watching the dishes the saiyans had eaten off of. As if washing the dishes only ONE saiyan eats off of is bad enough. She thought. She looked out one of the windows. She saw Vegeta and Trunks, playfighting to become stronger. She knew Vegeta never used his full potential strength when playfighting Trunks so that he woulden't acidentally hit him seriously. He just put up enough of a fight to give Trunks a small challenge. The rest were coming up with a battleplan. Vegeta had never beleived in that, he just beleived to fight alone and randomly. Trunks had also inheireted that. She finally got done with the last dish. Now, she was happy because she could go watch what everyone was doing. Chi Chi walked in. "Bulma, why aren't you outside with your family?" She asked. "Your not TRASH. You don't hafta just stand around and wash dishes, PICOLLO will do that." Bulma sighed. "You know, I'm kinda worried about this saiyan thing. Im worried because of how strong he is. Stronger than GOKU!! What if our families get killed again???!!!" Chi Chi was worried about the exact same thing. "I thought about that too." said Chi Chi." Goku excused it as Poo Poo, though. He said he'd never die again." Bulma shrugged. "Theres cockyness for you." she said. "Even worse then Vegeta now." They both decided to go outside. Trunks had just shot Vegeta with a weak blast. Not very hard though. "Ouch...." said Vegeta. "I didn't ask you to KILL me, you know." Vegeta got up and tried to blast Trunks without much effort. Krillin, Goku and Picollo were writing stuff down. It sounded pointless. "Guys, I think Vegeta is right about the whole battle plan thingy." said Bulma. Krillin looked up. "Do you delight in disturbing us? This is the fate of the world we're deciding here!!!" He griped. Bulma decided she would back off. " Hey mommy look!!" said Trunks. " My big strong Galick Gun can almost hit daddy!!!" Bulma turned around. Trunks did a breif power up and shot a blast at Vegeta. Vegeta faked almost being hit by the obviously weaker blast. "OH NO!!!" he yelled. "You almost ripped a hole in my clothes!!!" " Thats nice trunks." said Bulma. "But try not to kill your father before this baby is born. It's hard enough with YOU." Trunks was offended.
It was at about 2:00 afternoon that Picollo started to scream. Everybody ran out. "What's going on? Are you having mental breakdowns again? " Goku asked. Picollo stared with an angry glance. "Like you have a lot of room to talk. " He muttered. Goku was offended. "So, what's the problem?" #18 asked. "Rasmas came out of hiding. And I am watching him right now blowing up people on the streets!!!" came Picollo's frantic reply. Everybody gasped. "Oh gosh." said Krillin. "Because we didn't destroy him sooner, now he's destroying so many people!!" Vegeta laughed. "Do you see where your little flaw came into place, Krillin?" He asked. "See, Now we'll hafta wait a whole other day until we can save the innocent people. But oh, I wonder how many will be DEAD by then? Many 1,000,000?? Maybe, 3,000,000??" "SHUT UP, VEGETA!!!" Chi Chi screamed. "WE'VE ALL HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!" Vegeta stared at Chi Chi. He snarled. Goku was watching intently to make sure Vegeta didn't try to hurt her. Vegeta just spit and turned back around. "One of us will hafta go down there and save them." He said. Everybody thought. " Maybe me." said Goku. "I can probably hold him off for a while. Or at least save the people." said Goku. "Whoever does this would hafta ward him off FAST." said Krillin. "Or maybe we should just-" Picollo stopped him. "LOOK!!!" He said. "That scoundrel!!!" "What?" Bulma asked. "He is waiting to see what it'll take to get us down there!! See? He killed about 30 people, and now he's going into hiding. Sort of like a Warning, or something." Picollo snarled. "There's nothing I hate more than being mocked by a freakazoid like HIM!!" Vegeta said. "I think I'm gonna go down there right now and give him my all!!" He was lucky that Goku and Krillin stopped him before he could get dangerous. "What if when we don't come down he comes up HERE? What if he KILLS us? " Vegeta asked. "What if he kills our families??!!" Krillin and Goku decided he had a point. "Good point." said Goku. "We should all sleep on the lookout in a pallet so we can prevent him from destryoing us." That wasen't what Vegeta wanted his point to be, but he shut up anyway. "It's so tiring, standing up here WORRIYING all day." said Krillin. "I think Ill go and do something." He walked into the tower, followed by #18. "I'm gonna go and see what Trunks and Goten are doing." said Bulma. "vegeta, I think you need to... come with me." Vegeta groaned. "No, me and Kakarott need to.. DISCUSS this matter." He said. Bulma shrugged and paced off. Vegeta waited until Bulma was gone to speak. "I think you and I should sneak out tonight." He said. "To try and beat up what's his name."
Goku coulden't beleive what he was hearing. "Could you keep it down so Picollo won't hear??!!" He hissed. " To be honest with you, I already have." said Picollo. "But since everybody hates me and probably won't beleive what I say, so your secret is safe with me." "Wow, thanks Picollo!!" said Vegeta. "Even though I think you're worthless too, thanks!!" Picollo was sad.
Vegeta, Krillin and Goku had stayed out the rest of the day trying to track down whatever it was that had attacked Krillin. But it never showed up. "I give. I gotta get home to Bulma, I don't wanna come home to a raging wife." Vegeta said, sighing. Krillin was shocked. They were supposed to never give up but he didn't want tough times between Bulma and Vegeta. "OK, I agree." said Krillin. "I know Maron and #18 are wondering what I'm doing." "Bye Bye." said Goku, and flew away. Who says 'bye bye' at his age? Vegeta thought, but kept his mouth shut. He flew off without saying bye to Krillin. "What a grouch." Krillin grumbled.
Vegeta was thinking as he flew back home. What if the thing that attacked Krillin left so fast to do something horrible? He thought. It was possible. As he landed in front of the house, he was almost scared to open the door. what if it had come in and killed his wife and son? He didn't think he could live with that. An image in his mind of Trunks, still clutching his favorite Teddy Bear (Which he had named Diamond) in his limp arm, with only a bloody hole in his chest to mark where the killing blast had hit. And he imagined his wife-His PREGNANT wife- sprawled on the floor with a pillow over her face. He eventually realized he was being stupid and swung open the door. He kept his eyes closed, not knowing what to expect. But when he opened the door there was his precious wife and son. He had never been more happier to see them in his life. "Daddy!!!"Trunks hollered, and dashed over to Vegeta. He gave him a huge hug. "Hey, Trunks." said Vegeta. He gave Bulma a short kiss on the lips. "Hello, Vegeta. I was wondering where you were. It was Trunks's bedtime but I didn't wanna put him to bed worriying." Vegeta was glad his family liked him more now. Then, a devestating thought hit him. Goku and Krillin!! What if something happened to their families or something?? He imagined how sad Goku would be if Gohan or Goten were killed. And Krillin would just die, having lost his first daughter when she was at such a young age. And thier wives... Vegeta decided he was overreacting and went to have a snack.
But, Vegeta found he was terribly wrong for not worriying anymore. It was right before he and Bulma were about to hit the hay that he got the call. "Go and answer that, Vegeta, will you?" Bulma asked. "I really dont feel like getting up." Vegeta groaned and went to get the telephone. "Hello?" He said, in a tired voice. There was a long pause at the end of the phone. Then he heard a noise. "It's horrible..." said the sobbing voice at the end of the phone. It didn't take Vegeta long to realize it was Krillin. Reality hit Vegeta in the face. Gosh, it happened!!! He wondered if anyone was killed. "What happened? Is anyone dead?" He rushed together. "I think that....Maron is." Krillin bawled. Vegeta could hear #18 crying in the background, saying over and over again,'I tried to protect her but he was too strong!!' Vegeta felt for her. He felt tears trying to rush at his own eyes too, but he held them back. "Ill be right over. Dont go anywhere." He said, his voice cracking. When Krillin hung up, instead of hanging the phone up he dropped it and dashed to get back into his spandex. "Vegeta, what happened?" Bulma asked. "Why did you ask if anyone was dead?" Vegeta inhaled deeply. "Um, the thing that I said I was sensing...Well, it came to Krillin's house and killed his daughter." Bulma was silent for a moment, then burst into tears herself. Trunks soon came in, rubbing his eyes and wondering why his mommy was crying. "What happened, Daddy?" Trunks asked. Vegeta was about to tell him to go back to bed while he went to Krillin's, but he thought. I don't wanna leave them alone. Trunks didn't have time to dress outta his pajamas, so he just slapped on a windbreaker and they went in the car. Vegeta and Trunks didn't wanna risk flying but carriying Bulma for fear that it might hurt the baby or something. Vegeta, driving, sped as fast as he could. Every police officer that came for the chase Vegeta flung them off the road.(and Im sure you know how) They soon reached Krillin's house and went inside.
The sickly sweet smell of blood filled the air. Krillin ran up. He had managed to get ahold of himself slightly, but #18 was still hysterical. She was kneeling over Maron's dead body. Trunks was surprised. He had never seen anything like this. Had never seen so much blood. Bulma scooped him up as fast as she could and covered his eyes so he woulden't see anymore. "Is there any way you can identify how she was killed?" Vegeta choked out. Krillin pointed to a hole in her chest. It was small ; but it had definintly been the killing blow. "The thing-saiyan, or whatever- who did this must be near by." said Vegeta. "At least near enough to sense his ki." "I'd better call and get Goku to come over." said Krillin. Gohan was away and in college, so he was out of league. But if the situation was bad enough, Krillin promised himself he would call him. While Krillin dialed up the phone, Vegeta was debating on something. Should they or should they not take their families? They didn't want another attack on them, no, But what if when they encountered it, it killed them? After Krillin put up the phone, Vegeta brought this idea up. "Should we bring our families?" He asked. "We dont want them to be killed or anything..." Krillin nodded. "Yes, we should. And your just gonna hafta risk it and carrie Bulma." "OK." said Vegeta. "I sure hope that idiot was smart enough to bring his wife and brat." It was then that Goku,(carriying Chi Chi) and Goten burst in through a window. "It'll take hundreds of dollars to replace that window....." #18 bawled. "Lets go." said Goku. "I want whoever did this to feel pain more than anything imaginable." Vegeta wondered why they were so determined. They already knew that this person was stronger then them all put together, so why decide to just recklessly charge in? But before he could bring this up, Krillin, Goku (carriying Chi Chi), #18, and Goten had already burst through another window. Vegeta grabbed Bulma and launched off, followed by Trunks.
" I can sense his Ki, and it's pretty close." said Goku. He also thought he could see something flying up ahead. "You see that?" He asked. "Yes." said Krillin. "If we're lucky, maybe we can-" But Krillin's words were cut short when a Big Bang came blasting from behind him at the target. It homed in and hit whatever was flying. "VEGETA!!!"Everyone shouted at him together. Vegeta just flew there, a smirk spread across his face. "You big idiot!!!" Bulma said. "Now we're probley gonna be killed!!!!" They all stayed still for a second. "I can still sense his ki." said Goku. "He didn't run away!!" They were all still for a couple seconds more, then something flew at them. They all managed to avoid it. When they were over the attack, they saw someone flying in front of them. He had saiyan armor on and a tail wrapped around his waist. He had short, spiky black hair and didn't look very nice. "A saiyan..." Goku said. The saiyan flying in front of them smiled. "Yes, a SAIYAN.I thought it would take you a while to figure that out, considering your such a big idiot, Goku."the saiyan said. "How do you know my name??" Goku asked. "DUH!! I'm a saiyan too you know." "Oh yeah I forgot."
Vegeta pushed everyone else out of the way. " You big dirty faggot, do you even know who I am?" He asked. "I could rip you to shreds!!" "Yes, I know who you are. Vegeta, the prince. Every saiyan knows who you are."the saiyan said. Krillin finally got enough nerve up to speak. "Who are YOU? How did you survive Planet Vegeta getting blown up?" The saiyan smiled. "My name is Rasmas. I dont see why that doesen't ring a bell to Vegeta or Goku." Vegeta searched his memory but with no results. Bulma and Chi Chi were getting scareder and scareder. "Vegeta!! Blow this guy into bits!!" said Bulma. "You too, Goku!!" Chi Chi added. Vegeta snarled. "That's kind of outta my power right now, Bulma!! I would if I could!!" Vegeta said, mocking Bulma's nag. That was when Bulma got an idea. But they would hafta get off the track of that saiyan!! It was then that Rasmas blew a horrific blast at them. "Hurry up and get the others to safety!!" said Goku. They flew down and put Bulma and Chi Chi back down. Vegeta used all his energy and transformed into Super Saiyan. "Krillin, Goku, get Bulma and the others to somewhere SAFE. And be sure it's hidden from the human eye. Ill hold this guy off!!" Vegeta said. "No way!!" said Krillin. "This guy could kill you with one single blow!! I cant leave you here to fight alone!!" Vegeta could feel the rage just building up. If I lose my temper now we're all in deep trouble. came Vegeta's thought. "Ill be fine!!JUST GO!!" Vegeta yelled, so loud that Krillin and Goku listened. Even though it was nightime and they all didn't feel much like fighting, Vegeta still decided to try. Krillin and Goku guided the others off while Rasmas sent a Kamehameha wave- a VERRY STRONG Kamehameha Wave- at Vegeta. Vegeta managed to dodge it. man, what was I thinking standing up to this wacko alone?? he asked himself. He released some energy and flew as fast as he could at Rasmas. He punched and punched and punched as fast as he could. Every blow he sent out though was blocked by Rasmas. Rasmas finally felt one of his blows get Vegeta in the face. This made Vegeta MAD. Maybe Super Saiyan 2 would do it? Vegeta thought. He focused his energy and transformed into a super saiyan 2. "Whoa!!" said Rasmas. "You're gonna be a tough opponent to beat." Rasmas placed one hand above his head and began to charge up a Spirit Bomb. "Oh no." Vegeta mumbled under his breath. "What do I do now?" He looked around to see if any fighters were still around, watching. But there were none. Vegeta began to charge up a Final Flash to counter the Spirit Bomb. They both shot their attacks at the exact same time. Vegeta thought he would be blinded, but was very happy when he found out his attack had hit Rasmas. "YES!!" He thought, and tried to see if there was any major damage. But when the dust cleared Rasmas';s clothes were ripped but other then that he looked fine. Vegeta didn't know if he could hold this guy off until Krillin and Goku got back.
Trunks was tired of waiting in the stupid Kame House for Vegeta to get back. "Com'n Trunks, lets play leap frog!!" said Goten, hopping up and down. Trunks ignored him. He was waiting to see if Vegeta came back in one peice. "COME ON TRUNKS!!!" said Goten. Trunks got really mad and decided he'd push Goten down. The tension was killing him. He kept having terrible graphic images of his dad all bloody with his guts out his mouth. Or with a huge gory hole smack in the middle of his chest. Goten, however, wasen't worried about Goku at all. Trunks wondered how this could be so. "How come your not worried about your dad? He went off to see how my dad's doing, so he could be killed too!!" Trunks said. Goten shrugged. "My daddy's the strongest in the universe. He can take on that ugly brute." Trunks knew Rasmas was stronger, but decided not to say a word. "I dont want mommy to make us go into the hyperbolic time chamber to train without dad." said Trunks. Bulma had been planning every fighter to take a turn in the time chamber if they ever lost track of the enemy. "Trunks!!Goten!!" Chi Chi and Bulma called. Trunks knew this meant BEDTIME. "Dont make me go to bed, mommy!!" said Trunks, as Bulma walked into the room. "I'm worried about Daddy!!" Bulma was worried about him too, REALLY worried, but to keep Trunks sane she hid it. "Vegeta will be perfectly fine." She said. "Now go get into bed like I told you." Trunks slunk into the room he was sleeping in and on his pallet. So did Goten. Trunks tried to keep himself awake so that he could hear when Vegeta came back. "You know what??" Trunks said, sitting up. Goten rolled over, a far off look in his eyes. "Wha?" He asked. "I think I'm gonna go and help Daddy and the others." said Trunks. Goten sat up faster then a speeding bullet. "Really?" Goten asked. "I wanna go too!!!" Trunks nodded. "Sure. But we've gotta SNEAK out, because if my mother found out I went off to help fight, she'd spank me."He said. They decided to wait until everyone was asleep. But until then, they spent time planning the escape.
Krillin and Goku appeared just as Vegeta was about to start a barrage of power balls. "Thank god!!" Vegeta said. "Could you guys give me a hand here?" Goku turned himself into a Super Saiyan 2. "Lets all barrage him with power balls at the same time. Ill do destructo disks." said Krillin. "On 3. 1....2....3!!" They all began to try and barrage Rasmas. They coulden't tell if they were hitting or not because they were raising up a bunch of dust. When they were done and the dust cleared, Rasmas was gone. "He coulden't have left." said Vegeta. "I can still sense his ki stronger than ever." Sure enough, Vegeta was right. Rasmas burst out of the rubble. He was furious. "I just put my guard down, thats all." He gloated. "Geez, I thought he was strong, but all of you together are a force to be reckoned with." Vegeta, Krillin and Goku said nothing or did nothing. A smile crossed Rasmas's face. "But you still are chew toys compared to me." " We need Gohan." Goku whispered to Krillin and Vegeta. "Or if the situation gets bad enough, Trunks, Goten and #18." Vegeta got a mean look on his face. "No." He said. "We don't need any help. I'm sure we can do it all alone." Krillin rolled his eyes. "Whatever you say. But when you're about to die, just don't blame me." "Deal." As they were bickering, Rasmas shot a Kamehameha at them. "See what happened while you two were flabbing your lips??!!" said Goku. "Just shut up and pay-" They all felt themselves be flung backwards as they were hit by the strong and powerful Kamehameha wave. They were all flung into rock and eventually skidded to a stop.
* * * Krillin was the first to wake up from a faint. "Goku? Vegeta?" He asked. Neither of them stirred. It was now the daytime, meaning they had been blacked out for three hours or so. Rasmas was gone. He had probley run off somewhere to power up or something. But no chasing until he was sure Vegeta and Goku were OK. "HEY!!!" He yelled. He saw them both move. Vegeta pushed a few rocks off himself and managed to lift his head up. "You didn't hafta yell." He said. He dusted the dirt out of his hair and lay back down. Goku opened his eyes. "Well, it doesen't look like Rasmas is dead...." He said. They all then shot thier heads up when they sensed a ki coming tworeds them. "Trunks!!" Vegeta said. Goku saw Goten flying just behind Trunks. Trunks landed. "Daddy!!What happened?" He asked, running over to Vegeta. "Well, I got knocked on my @$$, it's obvious. Could you help me up?"Vegeta asked. Trunks helped Vegeta up while Goten helped Krillin and Goku. "This is just horrible!!" Said Goku. "Just terrible!!" "Well, at least we learned something new today, like all serious educaters say to do." said Krillin. "Yeah, and exactly what could we learned from getting our butts handed to us?" Goku asked. "Well, we learned that we're all to weak to take this guy on." Krillin said, with a fake smile. " No, I don't think the word for this is weak." said Vegeta. "I think the proper term is that we need a whole lot more training. " Trunks thought about what Bulma had said to do. "Yeah!! Mommy said that she wanted us to go into the hyperbolic time chamber when we had the chance!!!" He hollered. Everyone paused. "Well, I think now would be considered as 'having a chance.' " Vegeta pointed out. Everyone else got the message, and they took to the air as fast as they could. Krillin stopped them all in the air. "Wait, wait wait wait wait!!" He said. Everybody screeched to a stop. "Oh, what is it now you fag??!! We don't have much time, in case you haven't noticed!!"Vegeta scolded. Krillin frowned at this terrible insult. "Well, what I want to say is that doesen't going into constant training mean missing another night of sleep? I mean, we may be having to save the world and all but we just cannot miss two nights of sleeping in a row! If we did that, what help would trianing do except tire us out even more and make us more vunerable?" Krillin explained. Nobody said anything for a while. "Well, I appreciate us all pausing and reflecting on that fact, but I don't think we should frankly care about us. What about all of those innocent people down there?" Vegeta asked. "What if while we're screwing around sleeping instead of TRAINING, he comes around after our good sleep and destroys the universe? We've come too close to that before!!" Everybody was quiet. "Even though you both make excellent points, there are two children here in which you are scaring out of their minds. " Goku said. "Com'n, let's get to Kame House." They began to fly again. Gosh, Vegeta actually made me think a bit for once in my life. Krillin thought. He did not know that Vegeta was thinking the exact thing about Krillin.
They finally reached Kame House. "So, have we come up with our decision yet?" asked Goten. Everyone was quiet. "O.K, lets take the congress way out. Whoever agrees we should go and train RIGHT NOW, raise your hand." said Goku. Vegeta raised his hand. Nobody else did. Vegeta flashed Trunks a helpless look. "Anyone up for sleeping tonight, raise your hand." said Goku. Everybody except Vegeta raised their hands. "Sorry Dad." said Trunks, "But Krillin's point was smarter." Vegeta growled. "Well, guess what then. I will go and train and YOU guys can SLEEP."
"THINK FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE!!!!" Krillin screamed. Vegeta recoiled. He thought. And thought. And thought somemore. It was obvious he had debated and decided Krillin's was smarter when he said, "Ok. We start to train TOMORROW. But if while we're in the chamber, that guy starts to destroy the earth and kill people, dont look to me for help." He said. Everybody was happy but did not show it. "We should sleep on the lookout." said Goku. "That way, right when we get up and have breakfast and everything, we can go right in with no hassle." " Good thinking, Kakarott. For ONCE. Let's go on in and collect our families." said Vegeta. They walked into Kame House. "TRUNKS!!!" Bulma said, and ran over. "Gosh, I was so worried!!!!" Chi Chi ran over to Goten. They were both so happy to see them alive. "Look mommy!! Daddy is alive!!" said Trunks. Bulma looked up. "Hiya Bulma." said Vegeta, spreading his arms. Bulma ran into his arms and hugged him. "Hi." she said. Chi- Chi and Goku were passionatly making out, and so were Krillin and #18. She knew Vegeta didn't like that stuff, so she just gave him a kiss. " Bulma, we've decided on something." said Vegeta. "I agreed with your plan on training, but everyone else says we should just sleep tonight and train tomorrow." Everyone realized the most important reason Vegeta had held on to his idea like that. "Yeah." said Krillin. "I came up with the theory that if we dont sleep, we'd be weaker than if we never even trained at all." Bulma thought. "Yeah, I guess that is a better idea." she said. Vegeta made a face. " We've decided to go stay at lookout for the rest of the day and for the night, " said Goku, "So we can be closer to the time chamber." " And I agree. " said Chi Chi. Vegeta and Goku grabbed their wives. " wait a second." said Goten. "I dont wanna go and see Picollo. He's stupid." "WELL TOO BAD!" said Goku. "He may be stupid but he's still pretty valuble." Goten decided he would shut up though he couldent find out how Picollo made a difference at ALL.
They finally landed on lookout. Picollo was standing there, in his normal boring pose. "Hello guys. I was watchiing you come up here." "How about before we go to sleep for tonight, we should train some?" Vegeta asked. Everybody shook thier heads. "Well why not??!!" Vegeta asked. "You guys are dumb!!!" Krillin frowned. "Think about it!! We should be having sort of a break time up here. We cannot save the world around the clock, we need breaks, you know." Vegeta said nothing, as if he understood. Goten and Trunks ran off to play some games while the others debated on how to beat Rasmas. They knew it would be no walk in the park, no. " Maybe we SHOULD get Gohan down here." said Goku. "And let Goten and Trunks fight. And get #18 and everyone we can to fight." Everyone could tell the scene that was going to follow next. "GOKU, ARE YOU CRAZY!!!???" Chi Chi screamed. " Our son is going to be a great scholar, not some fighting bozo like you decided to be!!" Goku was sad. "Fine, let the world be destroyed." He muttered, then walked into the tower. Chi Chi looked after him, a thoughtful look on her man-like face. "Oh, look what you did NOW." Vegeta commented. He was obviously being a jerk. "Vegeta, there are certain moments for your selfishness." said Bulma. "This is not one of those times." Vegeta was quiet then. "Well, I'm gonna go and have a snack. Im famished." said Krillin said. #18 followed. Chi Chi went in after Goku. Picollo, Vegeta and Bulma were the only ones left on the lookout. "I've been watching Rasmas, " said Picollo to Vegeta. "It looks to me like he's in sort of a thinking state. He isn't destryoing anything, at least not YET. We need to get in and destroy him as soon as we can." Vegeta walked to the edge of the lookout. "It's all their faults that we aren't in there training so we can get to the ripping his lungs out part early." He said. Picollo personally knew none of them had ever ripped anyone's lungs out, but he got the drift. "Vegeta!!" said Bulma. "Maybe we should go inside the tower like they did?" "Sure." said Vegeta. He took one last look off lookout and walked tworeds the tower.
about 12:00 noon, Bulma was in the lookout tower kitchen watching the dishes the saiyans had eaten off of. As if washing the dishes only ONE saiyan eats off of is bad enough. She thought. She looked out one of the windows. She saw Vegeta and Trunks, playfighting to become stronger. She knew Vegeta never used his full potential strength when playfighting Trunks so that he woulden't acidentally hit him seriously. He just put up enough of a fight to give Trunks a small challenge. The rest were coming up with a battleplan. Vegeta had never beleived in that, he just beleived to fight alone and randomly. Trunks had also inheireted that. She finally got done with the last dish. Now, she was happy because she could go watch what everyone was doing. Chi Chi walked in. "Bulma, why aren't you outside with your family?" She asked. "Your not TRASH. You don't hafta just stand around and wash dishes, PICOLLO will do that." Bulma sighed. "You know, I'm kinda worried about this saiyan thing. Im worried because of how strong he is. Stronger than GOKU!! What if our families get killed again???!!!" Chi Chi was worried about the exact same thing. "I thought about that too." said Chi Chi." Goku excused it as Poo Poo, though. He said he'd never die again." Bulma shrugged. "Theres cockyness for you." she said. "Even worse then Vegeta now." They both decided to go outside. Trunks had just shot Vegeta with a weak blast. Not very hard though. "Ouch...." said Vegeta. "I didn't ask you to KILL me, you know." Vegeta got up and tried to blast Trunks without much effort. Krillin, Goku and Picollo were writing stuff down. It sounded pointless. "Guys, I think Vegeta is right about the whole battle plan thingy." said Bulma. Krillin looked up. "Do you delight in disturbing us? This is the fate of the world we're deciding here!!!" He griped. Bulma decided she would back off. " Hey mommy look!!" said Trunks. " My big strong Galick Gun can almost hit daddy!!!" Bulma turned around. Trunks did a breif power up and shot a blast at Vegeta. Vegeta faked almost being hit by the obviously weaker blast. "OH NO!!!" he yelled. "You almost ripped a hole in my clothes!!!" " Thats nice trunks." said Bulma. "But try not to kill your father before this baby is born. It's hard enough with YOU." Trunks was offended.
It was at about 2:00 afternoon that Picollo started to scream. Everybody ran out. "What's going on? Are you having mental breakdowns again? " Goku asked. Picollo stared with an angry glance. "Like you have a lot of room to talk. " He muttered. Goku was offended. "So, what's the problem?" #18 asked. "Rasmas came out of hiding. And I am watching him right now blowing up people on the streets!!!" came Picollo's frantic reply. Everybody gasped. "Oh gosh." said Krillin. "Because we didn't destroy him sooner, now he's destroying so many people!!" Vegeta laughed. "Do you see where your little flaw came into place, Krillin?" He asked. "See, Now we'll hafta wait a whole other day until we can save the innocent people. But oh, I wonder how many will be DEAD by then? Many 1,000,000?? Maybe, 3,000,000??" "SHUT UP, VEGETA!!!" Chi Chi screamed. "WE'VE ALL HAD ENOUGH OF YOU!!" Vegeta stared at Chi Chi. He snarled. Goku was watching intently to make sure Vegeta didn't try to hurt her. Vegeta just spit and turned back around. "One of us will hafta go down there and save them." He said. Everybody thought. " Maybe me." said Goku. "I can probably hold him off for a while. Or at least save the people." said Goku. "Whoever does this would hafta ward him off FAST." said Krillin. "Or maybe we should just-" Picollo stopped him. "LOOK!!!" He said. "That scoundrel!!!" "What?" Bulma asked. "He is waiting to see what it'll take to get us down there!! See? He killed about 30 people, and now he's going into hiding. Sort of like a Warning, or something." Picollo snarled. "There's nothing I hate more than being mocked by a freakazoid like HIM!!" Vegeta said. "I think I'm gonna go down there right now and give him my all!!" He was lucky that Goku and Krillin stopped him before he could get dangerous. "What if when we don't come down he comes up HERE? What if he KILLS us? " Vegeta asked. "What if he kills our families??!!" Krillin and Goku decided he had a point. "Good point." said Goku. "We should all sleep on the lookout in a pallet so we can prevent him from destryoing us." That wasen't what Vegeta wanted his point to be, but he shut up anyway. "It's so tiring, standing up here WORRIYING all day." said Krillin. "I think Ill go and do something." He walked into the tower, followed by #18. "I'm gonna go and see what Trunks and Goten are doing." said Bulma. "vegeta, I think you need to... come with me." Vegeta groaned. "No, me and Kakarott need to.. DISCUSS this matter." He said. Bulma shrugged and paced off. Vegeta waited until Bulma was gone to speak. "I think you and I should sneak out tonight." He said. "To try and beat up what's his name."
Goku coulden't beleive what he was hearing. "Could you keep it down so Picollo won't hear??!!" He hissed. " To be honest with you, I already have." said Picollo. "But since everybody hates me and probably won't beleive what I say, so your secret is safe with me." "Wow, thanks Picollo!!" said Vegeta. "Even though I think you're worthless too, thanks!!" Picollo was sad.