Chapter Three

The two suns of Vegetasei, rose upon the palace, bathing the exquisite alabaster walls with light. One began in the east, and one came from the west, creating a painting of purple, orange, yellow, and green against the normally red sky. It would be another fine day for all Saiyans who were still lucky enough to be at home, with their families.

Well, maybe not for ALL Saiyans…..

"What do you mean my son is gone!" King Vegeta yelled.

The guard bent down on his knee. "Your Highness, he is not in his room, and we cannot find him, anywhere."

The king was on his feet. This was bad. "WELL! Don't just whine to me about it! Look AGAIN!" King Vegeta looked over to Nappa as the other guard left. "My son's run away it seems, and you knew nothing!"

Nappa bowed in reverence. "No, Your Highness, my guess is that he left in the night, when everyone was asleep. He would beyond city limits by now."

"And he could have gone anywhere." King Vegeta sighed in desperation. This was bad. There would be no way of finding son unless he left clues as to which direction he went. But his son was smarter than that, he left at night to avoid leaving such clues. "We can only hope that he will return on his own, before the month is up."

Vegeta's journey was proving to be even more difficult than he ever expected it to be. The suns had risen higher into the sky as he made his way through the vast desert to the east of the capital. Their heat beat down on him with unrelenting spite and what was worse, the Saiyan prince had forgotten to bring any food or water with him. He was in trouble.

Days passed, and there seemed to be no end to this desert. The suns continued their extreme assault and only ceased at night, and even then it was insufferably hot, especially since he was severely dehydrated. And not to mention, hungry.

Finally out of exhaustion, Prince Vegeta passed out. If only he knew just how close he was to the end of his journey.

It was the sounds of mischief that aroused the sweet prince from his unconsciousness.

"HEY LET GO OF THAT!"

"STOP IT! LEAVE US ALONE!"

Vegeta opened his eyes and looked towards the sound, ready to kick himself as he realized that he had made it just outside of a small village. Just at the border, a pair of bandits were picking on two young girls, no older than ten. Standing weakly, he noticed that the men had two horses with them, tied to a stake.

The men took their time, grabbing various pieces off the girls, things that would fetch a nice price in other villages.

"Pardon me," Vegeta called over, getting their attentions, holding the now untied ropes of their horses. "Aren't these yours?"

The men looked panicked and Vegeta smirked. And with a hit on their rumps, the horses ran into the desert, away from their owners. The bandits were forced to hurry after their horses, out of the town.

The two girls, in their simple dresses and veils eyed the stranger as he stumbled over to them.

"Are you…..alright?" Prince Vegeta asked them, just before pitching forward and losing consciousness once more.

END CHAPTER

AN: So Vegeta has reached the end of the desert, the end of his journey, hopefully. What will he find in this village of these strangely dressed people?

Next Chapter: Vegeta meets the leader of these people, these unknown Saiyans and is welcomed into a new life.

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