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Raditz and Nappa flew down in front of Goku's house. Goku handed Gohan to Chi Chi and got in front of his family, ready to defend.
"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Goku asked. He had sensed how strong the strangers were and was concerned for his family. However, if they meant no harm, he would let them go.
Raditz and Nappa looked to each other and nodded. The two of them revealed their tails. Gohan looked down to his tail and then up to his father who looked pretty surprised.
"Hey, you guys have tails," he stated. "I used to have a tail. How do you two have them?"
"We are Saiyans," Nappa told him. "How could you forget that, Kakarot?"
"Carrot?" Goku asked. "Oh, no thank you. I really don't like carrots."
Raditz and Nappa stared at him in shock, and then Raditz remembered something about another Saiyan he once knew.
"Did you ever hit your head as a child?" Raditz asked.
"Huh? Oh yeah, when I went hiking with my grandpa. Funny, I don't remember much about it at all."
"That explains it," Nappa said. "You don't remember anything about your mission."
"Mission?" Chi Chi questioned. These men were making her very nervous. She had a bad feeling about them.
"Yes," Raditz replied. "We are Saiyans and-"
"You said that part already. What's a Sandman?"
Raditz smacked his forehead. This was going to be a long day.
"Lord Frieza, the monkeys still haven't returned," Zarbon informed.
"Hm, well they must be gathering a lot of information," Frieza said happily. "Father will be so very pleased with what they gather."
"It doesn't alarm you that they have been gone for so long?" Zarbon wondered. If it were him, he wouldn't have let the monkeys loose without supervision.
"Not at all. Now go make sure the men are doing their job. Has any plusonium been acquired?"
"None, Lord Frieza."
"Hm, well, they better keep digging then. There must be some plusoinum around here somewhere."
"I will make sure they get right on that, Lord Frieza." Zarbon left Frieza to check on the men; however, something didn't sit right with him. Why was Lord Frieza acting so calm?
Vegeta landed on a plateau far away from the city and put Bulma down on her feet. She brushed herself off a bit and fixed her hair before looking over towards Vegeta and smiling brightly at him.
"Thank you," she said taking Vegeta by surprise. How was this human girl not freaking out? He had just flown her about three-hundred miles away from the city, and now she was alone with him, a stranger. He could just leave her at the top of the plateau and she would probably die there. Her self-preservation was completely lacking. He didn't know whether to find that amusing or appalling.
The girl then sat down and turned her back towards him as she checked herself for bruises or cuts. This was something else he wasn't used to. No one ever turned their back on him for fear that he would kill them.
The girl took out some type of key pad and typed something. She turned to find Vegeta looking at the device questioningly. "What? Never seen a cell phone before?" she asked before looking to her phone. "Well, this is a new model that my father invented, so probably not, but still. I was just texting him to let him know I'd be late for dinner."
"What's a cell phone?" Vegeta asked.
Bulma nearly fell off the plateau before she let out a quiet laugh. Vegeta glared at her. "Seriously? What planet are you from?" she joked. Vegeta was about to comment, but she continued. "A cell phone is a communication device. You program phone numbers in it and can call people and businesses or text to your friends. Texting is the same as typing a message into a computer."
"Is it private?" Vegeta inquired. He knew that if the scouters were turned on, that Frieza would get information from all of their conversations. That's why he and the other Saiyans didn't use them much.
"Oh yeah," Bulma replied. "It would suck if everyone could see your message. You can forward other people's messages to each other, but it will never show where it started from, just who sent you the message. If you're really concerned about privacy, you can erase the messages with a few clicks of the button. The phones also have tape recorders so you can record stuff."
Vegeta kind of liked the idea of this "cell phone." Sure, the Saiyans had great mental bonds, but the idea of being able to record conversations with Frieza, for example, was too good of an idea to pass up. Or hide it somewhere and figure out Frieza's plans.
He then decided to ask the girl about her fearlessness.
"How does my flying not freak you out?" Vegeta asked the human girl sitting in front of him.
"Well, my friends Goku, Krillin, and Yamcha can fly so it doesn't surprise me one bit," she replied.
Vegeta glared at her. He had just saved her for some unknown reason. Why did he have to expose himself to this woman of all people? He wasn't paying attention and his tail came loose.
"Hey, you have a tail!" she exclaimed.
Vegeta smirked. "So does that freak you out?"
Bulma shook her head. "No, it just surprised me. My friend, Goku, used to have a tail just like that, but it got cut off too many times." Bulma then realized something and paled. "Do you turn into a giant ape too?"
Vegeta's mouth had to have been hanging open by that point. Another Saiyan, he thought, hoping that if maybe they befriended this Saiyan and this woman with all of her technology, they would be able to bring down Frieza.
Next in New World
"You're an alien?" Bulma asked in shock.
"I'm an alien," Goku replied, still unsure of how he should react. He just stared at the floor. "I don't think Chi Chi likes that."
"Well, she just found out her husband she's been in love with since she was twelve was an alien," Bulma said with a laugh. "You can't expect her to take in something like that without some shock."
"I have a brother," Goku told her. Bulma was surprised, but let him continue. "There's two other guys. One of them came with my brother. The other is apparently the prince of our race."
Vegeta's a prince? Bulma exclaimed in her head. Why hadn't he mentioned that?
"There're some bad guys on the planet, Bulma," Goku admitted.
Bulma nodded. "I already know."
