Jake stood in the center of his dojo practicing his Kata, slightly scowling as he did, and not at his unseen opponent either. Jake knew he was getting annoyed bordering on moderately angry, both states perfectly natural for a Saiyan warrior like himself, though unlike most days today he had a reason.

Earlier he sensed Daria, and Jane's ki meetup with Piccolo's ki. The three of them were joined by a fourth person's ki, and there was a fight. This he more or less expected. The confusing, and angering part was the fact that Daria, Jane, and Piccolo killed the fourth person then hung around for a short while until they parted ways.

It didn't make sense to him Daria's power spiked up at the end of the fight, and she could have easily taken out Piccolo. Lord knows she had plenty of reasons to do it. Hell Jake could even think of a few reasons why he should drop what he was doing, and just go kill the green man himself.

He silently reminded himself to re-explain the concept of revenge to the girl once he got the chance.

Jake then sighed, and took a break from his kata to think. Deep down he knew Daria probably had a good reason for what she did, and it probably made a lot of sense somehow, her reasoning usually did, however that didn't mean he had to like it.

Daria, and Jane arrived outside of Jake's Dojo with four large pizza's from the Pizza King. Jane looked over at Daria and asked, "So, think he'll be mad?"

Daria who opened the door, replied, "The correct question would be 'Will he be more mad than usual?'."

Daria walked in the utilitarian dojo, sat the pizza's on a nearby table, looked at Jake as he continued to do his kata, and stated, "Well we're back."

"Well at least they brought pizza." Jake thought before replying, "Indeed." as he stopped his kata, and slightly glared at the two girls.

Jake then continued, "You know this morning you two told me you were going off to kill Piccolo. You know since he killed your friend if I remember correctly." he paused to grab a slice of pizza, "So I'm sure you can totally explain why I can still feel his ki, and it's not like he beat you two up from the looks of you."

Daria sighed, "It wasn't that easy."

Jake simply exclaimed like he was stating a well known fact, "Yes it is! Daria you find him, beat him to a pulp, then blast him to bits or whatever! Its simple he wants to kill you, so you kill him first!"

Jane took a slice, and replied, "Well that was the plan until Raditz showed up."

Jake looked over at Jane confused, "Who the hell is Raditz?"

Daria answered, "He's a Saiyan dad, or at least he was."

Jake perked up and eyebrow at that.

She continued, "Raditz said he came here looking for his brother Kakarot who was sent here years ago. He seemed annoyed by the fact that the planet hadn't been purged of all life so it could be sold. I couldn't reason with him, so we teamed up with Piccolo, and killed him."

Jake put a hand on his face, and just replied, "Please don't tell me you let him live because he helped you one time."

Daria grimaced at the thought that her dad thought she was an idiot before she replied, "Oh no dad I let him live because Raditz apparently has powerful friends who are on their way to Earth. One of them even boasted he was the 'Prince of all Saiyans', and makes Raditz's power level look like that of a child. I suspect he's just full of himself, he sounded like the type."

Jane rolled her eyes, "You know Daria it seems everyone has a fancy royal title except us. You need to start calling yourself princess or baroness or something, and then we could start calling your dad Lord Jake."

Daria chuckled at that.

Jake rolled his eyes, "You know what Jane I'll start conquering the planet tomorrow then you can be Daria's royal handmaiden or whatever it's called. Prince of all Saiyans what a bunch of bullshit there is only one of those, and he… works.. for… Frieza… conquering planets." Jake went wide eyed as he dropped his pizza slice. "GODDAMMIT! PRINCE VEGETA'S COMING HERE!"

Jane, and Daria stopped eating mid bite, and just looked at him in surprise.

Jake looked up to the ceiling with a look of why me, "Oh god we are so screwed. How long did he say?"

Daria blinked still stunned by his defeatist outlook, something she'd never seen in him before. "Uh three months…. um... Is he really that powerful?"

Jake looked down at her, "Daria he is Sayian royalty, an elite. He was born with a power level higher than mine."

Daria looked down, and sighed, "Shit."

Jane added, "So we need to just train then. Right? I mean we can't have him killing everybody can we?"

Daria nodded in agreement and continued, "Dad calm down, we'll train, and overcome this we have three months after all."

Jake's despair was quickly replaced by rage at the thought of losing everything he had worked for over his years on earth to some smug bastard like Vegeta, he replied, "Alright girls we need to train, and train hard! Starting tomorrow. I'm not going to let some spoiled royal pain in the ass threaten my home!"

Jane smirked, "Wow, and here I thought you hated Earth Jake".

Jake replied, "Pfft of course I hate this pathetic mudball along with the pathetic weaklings who somehow cling to life here on its surface. Sometimes I wonder if I should just conquer the place, and make myself a king." Jake then eyed Jane evilly while smirking, "It's not like any of you humans could actually stop me now could they?"

Jane deadpanned, "My, your tales of selflessness, and heroism move me so."

Daria added, "Don't worry Jane he'll never do it. Being 'king' would mean too much responsibility, worry, and work for him."

Jake rolled his eyes in a huff, "We'll see about that."

"Dear lord I thought Vegeta, and Piccolo were all I needed to worry about." Jane thought.

Sometime later Daria stood on the ledge of a mountain, and watched Jane, and her dad spar in the air over a sparsely populated area a hundred or so kilometers south of Lawndale.

Jake shouted at Jane after he threw a ki blast at her, "Jane! Keep your damn arm up when you block! You've already been killed once, do you seriously want to get killed again because you can't properly block a simple damn blast that would otherwise blow a hole in you! Jesus christ my father would ha….." Jake was cut off when Jane fired a ki red beam at him mid rant which caught him by surprise. It knocked him into the ground making a small hole in the ground as he struggled, and failed to block it.

Jake muttered to himself as he stood up still smoking slightly, "Dammit, I've got to stop ranting like that." He looked up as Jane who hovered twenty or so meters above him started rapidly firing ki bolt after ki bolt at him. "Oh shit she's really pissed!"

Jane kept up the barrage as she yelled, "Well maybe you shouldn't go rambling on about your daddy issues in the middle of a fight!"

Jake shrugged off most of the blasts exploding around him as he blocked them with a ki barrier till she stopped firing. Then as the dust cleared he glared at her and yelled, "I DON'T HAVE DADDY ISSUES!" as he engulfed himself in a blue aura as he powered up. Jake then rocketed up to charge Jane head on.

Jane's eyes went wide in fright as she pulled her arms up to block, while she quietly replied, "Oh crap!"

Daria watched with frown on her face as they both tore across the sky frantically trading blows. She sighed, and pinched the bridge of her nose, "This is why I train Jane alone. They are both way too hot headed to just spar. Two weeks in, and it's a miracle they're both still alive."

Jake grinned as he finally caught Jane off guard, he phased behind her, and connected a blow to her back with both fists knocking her downward. He watched as the girl tumbled out of control, and eventually impacting the ground which made him smile.

"Humans should recognize their betters." he thought.

Daria saw Jake power up a ki blast to finish off Jane, and with a flare of her own blue aura she rushed in to join the party.

"And looks like he's getting carried away."

Jake fired the blast at Jane, then he felt a large power spike from Daria's general direction which didn't make sense as it was stronger than he thought she was. "Huh?" Jake then saw her appear in front of his blast, and deflect it so fast it was as if she just teleported from the cliff she was standing on.

"Damn that was fast! Where did that power come from? Has she been holding back?"

"Aww she was totally done for!" Jake whined out loud to Daria pushing his thoughts to the side for the moment.

Daria looked down at Jane as she her scrambled to her feet, "Hey Jane, wanna bring this arrogant ass down a notch or two?"

Jane just grinned, and powered up. "Sure, I don't see why not."

Daria, and Jane charged the elder Saiyan with Jane firing off a couple of ki blasts on the move. Jake dodged to the left to avoid them just to see Daria phase in front of him with her body in a mid roundhouse kick.

Jake smiled at this and just thought, "Aw I'm so proud of my little kiddo." Just before Daria kicked him in the head.

High above the Earth Kami, an old green Namekian with white robes and a wooden staff, stood near the edge of Kami's Lookout which was a city block sized white bowl shaped structure with a flat stone top on which trees flanked a small palace at the center. To his left stood Mr Popo a short fat genie with a red vest a white turban, and obsidian skin.

Mr Popo turned his head to Kami, "Do you think they'll be ready in time?"

Kami closed his eyes thinking about the events that have transpired till this moment before replying, "I am not sure of that Mr Popo. The two females have come along way in the last few months. However the two I sense coming are much stronger."

Mr Popo replied, "Can we help them?"

Kami sighed, "I'm not sure we should."

"What!" Mr Popo exclaimed.

Kami continued, "The last warrior who came to my attention showed great promise. He had a pure heart, and a selfless nature, his death was tragic. These warriors however are cut from the same cloth as those who wish us ill. I can sense the evil in their hearts. It has not consumed them yet, however aiding them, and making them more powerful could be disastrous in the long term."

"But if we do nothing Kami, everyone on Earth will be killed! That could include us as well!"

"I'm aware of that Mr Popo. I will alert King Kai to the situation, and seek his advice."

Mr Popo thought for a second then replied, "Well they haven't misused the dragon balls at least."

Kami replied, "That is true, and they at least seem to want to protect the planet, however I don't like how volatile they are even if the elder one has been here for twenty years. I don't trust them, however I fear we don't have much of a choice."

With that Kami turned away from the edge, and walked toward the palace at the center of the half sphere.

Far away Piccolo sat on a small plateau overlooking an uninhabited tract of the American midwestern plains with his eyes closed as he meditated.

"Train hard Saiyans. For once I deal with the aliens coming to Earth then I will deal with you, and become King. You will rue to day you ever mocked King Piccolo!"