"He's so weak, we can't keep him." King Vegeta says to his wife who sits in her hospital bed, cradling her tiny newborn.

"Are you suggesting we give him away?" She asks, smiling softly as she strokes the baby's forehead.

"I'm saying we get rid of him completely. I will not have such a weakling in my lineage."

"And I'm not letting you get rid of MY son." Carmine looks up at her husband. "He is as much my child as he is yours and I will not allow you to get rid of him. We're keeping him. Besides, this just means he has more room to improve."

King Vegeta grumbles and storms out of the room as a little boy with gravity defying hair and a girl with long dark hair peek inside. Carmine smiles and motions the two over. The little girl grins and quickly pulls the reluctant younger boy with her. The girl gasps and points at the baby. "He's so little!"

"He's weak." Vegeta pouts, narrowing his eyes at the baby.

Kyira elbows Vegeta's shoulder. "He's a baby! Of course he's gonna be weak! But when he gets bigger then he'll be real strong!"

Carmine nods. "Yes he will. And you'll have to help him get strong." She says, tapping Vegeta's nose. He blinks in surprise, looking at his nose and rubbing the spot with his palm. "Because you're his big brother and that means he's going to look up to you. So be a good example."

-bip-

"What're you off about now?!" I snap, flaring up my own aura. "Stop fucking around Veg-"

"NO!" He shouts, stomping his foot down. "I should be in charge of this team because I'm the Prince! You're just some peasant who should be beneath me, not in charge of me!"

My upper lip twitches as I cross my arms. "Then prove it! Prove you aren't just some spoiled rich-boy riding off of Daddy's power!"

He screams and, in a blink of an eye, he's right in front of me. My arms cross just as his fist flies forward. The shock wave from the force of the blow sends dust kicking up and the trees lean away, nearly snapping a few.

I glare up at the cross prince as he growls at me. I shove him backwards and deliver a kick to the underside of his jaw, sending the younger boy spinning into the air. I fly up after him. The moment he recovers, I throw a punch aimed at his face.

He manages to catch my fist and glare at me with his usual fire. "I hate you."

I half-smirk, still glaring. "Right back at 'cha porcupine." I growl back before aiming at kick at his chest. His knee shoots up and blocks it.

I grit my teeth as he growls. "You can hate me all you like." I say through my teeth before I shove him away. "But you're never gonna lead this team until I think you're good enough and, right now, all I see is a spoiled little shithead!"

"Well it's your fault because you're a terrible leader!" The Prince snarls and flies at me again.

I move away, leaving an afterimage that his punch goes right through. I stop behind him and smirk. "Says you!" I swing my foot up and nail him in the side of his head, sending the spiky haired asshat spiraling to the ground. "Are you done throwing your fit so we can go home now? I'd like to meet my new brother before his first birthday ya know!" I call down, putting both hands on my hips.

Vegeta crawls out of his crater and holds his middle finger up at me. I groan and float down. "Can we pleeease settle this in an arena or something? I'm not up to kicking your ass right now, okay? And before you say anything, we both know I can outlast you on sheer force of will alone."

"You'll have to put your grudge match on hold." We both look up at Nappa, who's descending with his arms crossed and a frown on his face. "You're both going to be in trouble if Kyira doesn't report back soon. I just got word that they'll be sending a rescue squad out if we aren't back in a month."

The Prince and I groan at the same time, him rolling his eyes and me rubbing a hand over my face.

"You just couldn't wait, could you?" Vegeta spits the words like poison. "You're as bad as she is."

"We have places to be, unlike some people, majesty." I spit back.

"Kyira we can't leave you for five minutes with the Prince!" Raditz huffs as he lands beside his sister. "Can't you two ever get along?"

"No!" We respond at once, pointing at each other.

"He's a brat!"

"She's a bitch!"

Raditz and Nappa both sigh as Vegeta and I glare at each other.

-Sometime later-

"The ecosystem is mostly intact so, as long as some Saiyans stick with them, the humans should have no trouble colonizing the planet and there weren't any intelligent life that would provide much, if any, resistance." I pull my thumb from the com as I finish the report.

The pods had cleared the atmosphere and were heading back home. The others were already out from the gas. I had postponed my own sleep gas to give my report while everything was still fresh on my mind.

"Thank you Kyira, we will send a clean up and colonization team as soon as possible." The operator replies. "And your recruit?"

I chuckle and press the button. "She did well for a half-blood."

"Excuse me?"

I sigh and roll my eyes. "Half-blood. She's obviously part human, what with the blue eyes and straight hair. We might not be geniuses, but A5773 is not full of fools."

"Oh, uh, well-"

"It's fine, command." I say, stopping the woman from giving some bullshit excuse for not including that bit when we were assigned the girl. "Either way, she didn't know how to use her pod without instruction from myself and my team, she was untrained in how to use her Oozaru form and was unaccustomed to post-landing illness. She was a good fighter, but requires one-on-one training to become accustomed to all other situations during a mission. That is all I have for now."

"We'll see you when you return."

I take my finger off and sigh. Command wasn't always the best during mission reports. They always had people who had never been in a fight and, the human ones, usually assumed those of us on mission were idiots.

"Alright, system, activate sleep gas." I say. The pod beeps and the gas pours in. "We'll be home soon mother." I mutter as my eyelids droop.

-3 weeks later-

Kyira awoke in time to lurch forward in her seat from her pod hitting the landing bay. She groaned, rubbing her stomach where the seatbelt had dug in, and proceeded to get out. With a hiss, the door opened and Kyira inhaled the sweet scent of home. A glance around revealed the others getting out of their pods as well so no one had died because of an asteroid or something.

"Oh my head.." Kyira snickered as Seria nearly fell on her face getting out of her pod.

"Someone call med bay!" The leader called, stepping away from her pod. Nappa nodded as he put on his scouter. Raditz dashed over to his sister from his pod and tugged on her pant leg.

"Can we hurry home Kyira? I wanna tell Mom about everything!" Kyira laughed and ruffled her brother's hair.

"Let me just report to command that we made it back to base, then we'll leave." The boy grinned and bounced excitedly as she put on her scouter.

Elsewhere, Vegeta huffed as he climbed out of his own pod and started off to leave. He had his own duties to attend to, despite Kyira's words from before. He fully intended , once he had visited with his mother and brother, to demand his father put him in charge. This felt fully below him, but he was to pissed to care at this point.

Nappa, who noticed the Prince leaving, sighed tiredly. That boy was too much work for someone his age, or any age as a matter of fact. Instead of trailing the moody boy, Nappa helped get Seria to the med bay's waiting stretcher nearby.

Kyira called a goodbye over her shoulder, not caring whether the rest of her team even heard her, as Raditz trailed behind her and they walked inside the command base. Following the hallways the two had raced down nearly more than a month ago, they headed for the communication hub.

The hub was a series of computers where commanders of teams were due to report in after each mission to say when the team had returned and who, if anyone, had died. Each team had their own logins and other such information.

"Hey, look at that!" One of the adult men in the room chuckled, elbowing his friend. "It's the almighty Kyira, keeper of the Prince and pride of the Saiyans." They both laughed.

"Don't forget her terrifying brother!" Another joined in. "The most powerful low class off all time!" The group laughed.

Kyira sighed, holding back the need to beat all three senseless as Raditz grabbed onto her arm. She approached a terminal and typed in her team's name, A5773, and her login, K318.

'Team A5773 has returned to Planet Vegeta with no casualties and minimal issue. Planet Cebe is ready for colonization. Team requests a week's break before next mission.' She sighed as she entered the information, listening to other team leaders making jokes about someone her rank being on a team with the Prince, let alone in charge of it.

"Let's go home Raditz. Mom's probably losing her mind dealing with the baby." Kyira ruffled her brother's hair affectionately, noting how uncomfortable he was by all the men joking about them. "Ignore them. They're just pissed cause we get all the missions that are too hard for them to do." She resisted the urge to grin smugly at the silent apall from the men. "They only wish we'd stoop to their level."

Raditz looked up at her in slight surprise before grinning and nodding. "Yeah, cause we're the best, right?"

Kyira laughed and picked her brother up, setting him on her shoulder. "We're better than the best!" Now she allowed herself to grin at the angered men, laughing as she carried her brother out of the room, catching a glimpse of the younger boy turning and sticking his tongue out.

The two flew to their home in the suburban area just outside the city. It was a quaint little house, much like the others on the street, with a nice little flower garden under the windows that their mother made, along with a big tree in the backyard one could easily see from the street. The Capsule Corporation logo was plainly visible above the right window.

Kyira sighed as Raditz rushed right to the front door once they'd landed. "Mama!" Raditz shouted. Kyira chuckled and followed him inside.

"Mom! We're hooome!" She called, slipping her shoes off at the door. Raditz had already run to the kitchen, practically throwing himself at their mother.

"Oh my babies!" Gine squealed, hugging the younger of the two. "I can't believe it! Oh it's been so quiet around here! I hope you did well on your mission."

Kyira smiled and nodded to her mother. "Raditz did pretty well taking over trainee duty. The recruit'll be feelin' at home in no time." Gine smiled and pulled her eldest over for a hug. Kyira rolled her eyes and hugged her mother back. "So how have things been with you and the Carrot? Hasn't been giving you too much trouble, right?"

Gine laughed and patted her daughter's head. "Kakarot's been a regular little pain, though you really should stop calling him that before he starts thinking he really is a carrot."

"Can I go play with him?!" Raditz begged, hanging off the Gine's arm. She laughed and patted his hair.

"Alright, go on, he's upstairs right now. Try not to drop him."

Kyira laughed. "No promises! Raditz is a clumsy kid!"

"I heard that!" Raditz called from the stairs which he had started ascending.

"You were supposed to!" She called back before floating up a little to kiss her mother's forehead and hurrying after the young boy.

She jumped over the banister and ran up after Raditz, who squeaked and dashed up the stairs. Kyira laughed loudly and followed.

The two ran past their parents' closed door and skidded to a stop in front of Kyira's door, which was decorated in stickers of cats and radioactive warning signs. Kyira pulled Raditz behind her and hushed him.

"Remember Raditz, he's still a baby, which means you really do have to be careful with him."

Raditz huffed and crossed his arms. "You talk about him like a human baby!"

Kyira sighed and patted Raditz's head. "Just try not roughhouse with him till he's bigger m'kay?"

Raditz pouted but nodded. Kyira smiled and opened her door.

Taped to the faded white walls were drawings from Raditz, mission reports and other papers Kyira had deemed important. A twin sized bed with blue sheets was in the right corner with several stuffed animals of varying sizes. In the left corner was a crib of crisp white wood where the two could hear a baby cooing and shaking some kind of toy. Between the crib and bed was an antique white desk with a desktop computer, also white, and several books tied together with a leather strap.

Kyira grabbed Raditz's hand and took several quiet steps towards the crib. Raditz, unhappy with his sister's carefulness, pulled his arm free and hopped over to the crib. He floated up and looked down over the bars.

"He's sticking his tongue out at me!." Raditz laughed and reached one hand down to the baby. Kyira huffed and hopped up to look over the side.

The small, squishy Saiyan baby with unruly hair like the rest of his family dressed in a blue onsie giggled and reached up at the two, sticking his tongue out.

"Hey there kiddo." Kyira chuckled and brushed some hair with the tip of her finger, Kakarot's face scrunching up as he tried to grab her hand. "Sorry we took so long, you'll have to blame the Prince for that."

"You two can take him out if you'd like. Kid's already fallen out of that thing twice in the past week so don't worry about hurting him." Kyira gasped and spun around at the voice, Raditz's eyes sparkling when he realized who it was.

"Dad!" "Daddy!" The man clad only in his pajama bottoms barked a laugh when the two jumped away from the crib and flew at him.

"You're back!" Kyira laughed, hugging her father tightly.

"We missed you so much!" Raditz cried happily, burying his face in Bardock's chest.

Bardock laughed heartily and hugged both kids, rubbing both of their heads. "Kami, you two have grown! Almost thought some random kids had snuck in my house!"

"No roughhousing up there!" Gine shouted. Bardock rolled his eyes, smiling.

"They started it!"

"No we didn't!" Kyira called, glaring at Bardock.

"Dad started it!" Raditz yelled, trying to back his sister up.

"Oh is that so?" Bardock grinned and grabbed both kids' legs and stood, the siblings squealing in surprise. "Well, I win anyways so it doesn't matter!" He laughed, pretending to be some kind of super villain as the two squirmed, yelling for their mother and laughing at the same time.

"Grab Kakarot and get down here for dinner!" Gine sighed as she heard her family yelling and probably rolling around upstairs. 'I swear he's no older than them…' She laughed and smiled.