AN: I forgot the names last time:

Negi – jap. for leek
Budou – jap. for grape

Have fun!

"I´m not happy about how I left things either."

Bra didn´t react. She had hoped that Goten could tell her something that she hadn´t known, something that would make it a bit easier. So that she had something to hope for if they make it back somehow. Instead he only offered platitudes and wondered why she didn´t want to discuss her plans with him!

"Ah. What about?"

"It´s obvious, isn´t it?" He laughed and Bra wanted to punch him. Obviously. "I hadn´t planned on being away. I would´ve left a note or something. I hope everyone´s not too worried."

They probably thought she needed some alone time. She wondered when someone would start to actually question her absence. Maybe a few weeks. Not yet anyway.

"Think they are going to look for us? I mean, our dad´s are friends with the gods…" Bra wasn´t sure if she wanted to have her dad find her. In the end she could just listen to a rant about how it was her own fault and that she shouldn´t behave like that and anyway… "They can travel between universes."

"If they even want to help."

Bra looked up. Goten didn´t look all that concerned. The anger rose up so quickly she immediately pushed his arm away and sat up straight again.

"Bra, are you alright?" Goten eyed her warily.

"Yeah. I´m tired, I´m going back. Are you coming or do you think you´ll find your way?"

"I… I´ll stay a bit longer. Are you sure…?"

"YES. Goodnight." She wasn´t in the mood to reassure him and if she stayed a second longer she knew she couldn´t restrain herself. As if he didn´t have any worry in the world! Bra stomped out of the room but instead of going back she took a turn left to the elevator and stopped at the lowest level. She hadn´t been there yet. And she couldn´t go back to that prison cell or she would start tearing down the walls. She couldn´t understand it, how Goten was happy with just sitting around. He could talk to Yasai, what was keeping him? Instead of some stupid girl from the kitchen who knew nothing!

The halls were broader and brightly lit, and when she reached the end it opened into a huge hall. There were terminals and some people were sitting lazily around and chatting. Bra immediately stopped and made a few steps back. She grabbed for the next door and it opened without a sound. It looked like a locker room. The lockers were labeled with numbers and there were different uniforms in it. Not the overalls, it looked more like flight suits.

Bra smiled, so broad it hurt in the corners of her mouth. Goten was such an idiot. Yes, it had been her idea to eliminate Freeza so that the Saiyans would help them. But knowing Yasai now, she wasn´t so sure if it would happen. That bitch was only interested in her own gain and knowing how to make a quick retreat would be incredibly helpful. It couldn´t take them that much longer to reach Dunja, it had already been 16 days since they had boarded the ship.

She touched one of the flight suits. It felt heavy. Shrugging, she left it were it was and went to the door on the other end of the room. It opened into another hallway that ended in a huge, heavy door. It opened not so quietly and Bra barely suppressed a curse. She slipped inside and hoped no one had noticed her yet. It had been days of her walking around and no one had bothered her. Either they didn´t care or they didn´t have surveillance. But maybe they would change their mind if they caught her in the hangar. And that´s what she finally found.

There weren´t many ships inside. Some pods, some huge transporters, and some medium size vessels. She carefully looked around, but there was no one in sight. After a few more seconds, she carefully walked out into the open and towards the nearest ship, one of the bigger vessels. It didn´t open, so she tried the next one until she managed to get one of the smaller ones open. She sat down in the cockpit, looking for something familiar. The buttons were mostly unlabelled and she couldn´t find a manual. After a few minutes she gave up and leaned back. So that was it. Dead end. She could press around on the buttons but she already had enough flight experience to know that it would likely not end well. And she never had needed to enter an atmosphere.

The people at the terminals were probably flight control. They wouldn´t let her out anyway. With a sigh, Bra got up again and walked back to the huge door, not caring how loud it was this time. When she exited the locker room, two tall men were waiting outside, staring at her with blank faces.

"Guess I should follow you?"

"Yes."

Well. It had been inevitable anyway.

Yasai was sitting there stoically, but Bra could almost feel the smugness. When Bra sat down, Yasai shortly lifted her hands and let them fall down back on her thighs.

"Bura. What are you doing? Aren't we treating you right?"

Bra huffed. What she serious? "Am I a prisoner? Am I not allowed to walk around?" She raised eyebrows, waiting for reply. Yasai smiled, toothy and not very nice.

"I don't care if you walk around the ship. I'm just curious what you were trying to do in one of my transporters. Can you fly them?"

Bra leaned back. So Yasai did have questions in the right circumstances. "No. That's why I'm still here."

Yasai leaned back. "You speak well. Both languages?"

"Yes. Both." They had talked in what Bra presumed to be the standard language, since it was fairly easy but the words didn´t match that well. They had switched to the other one, the one that sounded harsher, the one with the complicated structure, the one that was easier to pronounce for her. Vegeta-go. "Why do you ask?"

"You didn't know the language before, right? That's impressive."

"I guess. I'm very smart. But you figured that one out, right? And I guess you have already figured out that I haven't lied about my heritage. Are we related?"

Yasai smiled again. When she spoke, it almost sounded like a whisper. "Yes. Unsurprisingly."

Well. She certainly was self-confident. That was something Bra could respect.

"Bura, I don't need you here. If you want, I´ll give you the manual for one of my transporters. We´ll arrive at Dunja in two days. You're free to leave."

"So generous. Won't you miss your ship?" Yasai wouldn't let her leave just like that. Bra knew there was something behind it.

"You can take it for a ride. If you don't want to leave Gohtin behind."

Yasai grabbed one of the booklets from the table and threw it in front of bra. Bra eyed it for a few seconds before she took it. Transporter RT-452 Medium size Line Des 45 Manual. She looked up again. Yasai was so confident that everything was going as she wanted it to be. She didn´t know who she was dealing with.

"Thanks. Can I leave?"

Yasai waved her hand. "Have fun with that. You know where to find the ships."

Bra gave her a fake smile and left the room.

The flight personal hadn´t been very forthcoming but she got her ship. They just got into a stable orbit around Dunja. Yasai had already left and everything was ready. She knew how much time she had, she had some money, she spoke the standard language well enough. With a deep breath, Bra started the ship. She hadn´t been able to practice since she couldn´t leave the ship while they were travelling, so she wasn´t sure if she would make it. But like hell she wouldn´t try! It went up without a problem and she navigated out of the hangar easily. It was bulky, but it was close enough to flying a plane. Though when she started entering the atmosphere, the whole ship started shaking wildly. Bra was barely able to hold onto the console while she was pressed forcefully into her seat. There was no way this was normal. She tried to slow down a bit, but the shaking got worse. There had to be… the shaking stopped. She was through it. But for next time… Sighing, she made a quick check but all systems were okay. And then she looked up.

It wasn´t what she had expected. There was a large city under a grey-blue sky. And it was raining like hell. From the sky it didn´t look different from Earth. The city was brightly illuminated, she saw some roads and wondered why the people here still used vehicles that couldn´t hover and there was a mountain range, tiny on the horizon.

Her messaging system started beeping. Bra pressed the button carefully.

"RT-452 please land in Section C – 85. RT-452 please land in …"

"Understood." She had no idea where it was, but she was confident she would find it. There couldn´t be too many…

One hour later and half her money gone for the parking fee she finally managed to get outside the dock. Only four left… she had quite a list of things to do and she didn´t even know where to start. Well, if all options should run out she could still use her charm.

From the ground level, the city was quite different to Earth after all. All transport took place above ground and left the streets open to pedestrians. It was warm, so warm that Bra almost felt uncomfortable after the freezing temperatures on Yasai´s ship. It was a bit like Southeast City, humid and busy and so much rain, she was soaked in seconds. But the smell wasn´t right. The air was different, even the rain. Only the gravity was a bit lighter than on the ship and Bra managed to breathe deeply and freely for the first time in two weeks. Navigating was hard, since all the houses in the proximity were covered completely in something that looked like advertisement, but she wasn´t sure. It could just as well be something cultural or religious. It´s not as if she knew anything about Dunja. But she instantly realized that her uniform made her stick out, and not in a good way. It made her first stop an easy pick and she really needed an umbrella.

Half an hour later she had managed to acquire three huge bags of clothes. Half of it was for Goten, who definitely wouldn´t appreciate it but she decided to be so nice anyway. It was hard to figure out what the popular fashion was in a place she didn´t know anything about, so she had taken the first store with prices that sounded reasonable. The people on the planet mostly looked like humans, the skin a bit pinker, some of them almost purple, and their eyes were huge. The proportions were the same, though. The salesperson helped her pick something out that was meant for women and didn´t clash too badly with her blue hair. She also got more scarves. The one from her bag was too slippery and too flowery for everyday use. Somehow Bra suspected that it was better to keep it going when they finally arrive Vegeta-sei. Though it hadn´t been that easy to get one with a plain pattern. The people of Dunja definitely were into bright colours and bold patterns. Bra finally left in a pair of leggings with a yellow-green circular pattern all over it and something like a wide tunic with a rectangular explosion in dark blue. It was comfortable though, and it was better than the uniform.

Bra wasted another hour trying to find a place to eat that didn´t look too suspicious until she went to look for a shop to waste the rest of her two hours. She hadn´t even started with the most important part: Gathering information.

The first thing Yasai did when she was back in her office was throwing off the cape. The second was sitting down and waiting for Nasu. Her visit on Dunja had gone as expected, the president had given her the annual report and a short overview, nothing unusual had happened. Something else had been much more interesting…

"Is she back?"

Nasu sat down, clearly annoyed. "Yes. Looks like she just went shopping. Had a few bags. The ship is fine. Has she passed?"

Yasai waved her hand. "Don´t be so pissed. It´s just a few more days to Vegeta-sei and I need to make a good case. We have to present something."

"Just throw her out and present the super saiyan. Or, even better, throw them both out and let´s forget all of this nonsense even happened."

After she had seen it there was no way she wouldn´t try and get it for herself. She couldn´t understand how Nasu didn´t see it the same. Besides, Gohtin had told her that he had trained to become a super saiyan, but there was no way that was true. No one could advance that much beyond their regular power level, there had to be something else. She needed permission though to temporarily give up her command to figure it out and without offering a good reason she could forget it. And now Bura had given her the perfect opportunity.

"Aren´t you interested in becoming stronger than Lord Freeza?" She felt a shiver run over her skin by the sheer thought of it.

"Honestly, I´m more interested in taking your command while you figure it out. We´re a good team, but I´d like my own ship someday."

Such petty wishes. She shrugged, gesturing him to start with his report.

"She started right after we left and flew the ship well, entered the atmosphere violently but without damage…"

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?"

Bra tried to put down her bags calmly. She couldn´t remember having seen Goten so furiously before and if she was completely honest, she was a bit frightened by the display.

"Can you imagine how I felt when I thought you were running around the ship again and then I overheard some people talking that the blue mixed had left the ship?"

"Goten, I was just…"

He grabbed her by the arms, shaking her more violently than was comfortable. "You just what? I thought you just pissed off and left me here to try some of your stupid bullshit again! Why didn´t you tell me?" He shook her again. It made her brain hurt. He stared at her for a few seconds before he pushed her away. Maybe he had been really worried. Maybe this time…

"I´m sorry." When he didn´t react, she took a step forward. "Listen, I talked to Yasai and…"

"You did? When?" He eyed the bags shortly. He must´ve noticed her wearing something else.

"Two days ago."

"And you hadn´t considered telling me?" He ran his hands over his face. His beard had gotten really long and she just realized she had forgotten to look for razors…

"Goten, not for nothing but you haven´t given me the impression as if you wanted to do anything at the moment! If I had told you that I could leave the ship you would have just told me not to!"

"And you would have listened?"

She huffed and crossed her arms. "Believe it or not, I´m kind of sick of fighting with you. I haven´t abandoned you. I went and bought some clothes. AND" She held her finger up, daring him to speak. "I bought something like a tablet and as much on history books and news magazines I could find. I mean, it´s all online, but some person at the electronics bookstore I think it was helped me with the selection. So that we´re not completely at the mercy of our scheming savior anymore. That´s good, right?"

He looked so pained it made her almost feel bad. He looked too much like Pan that way. She hated it.

"Bra, please don't do that again. It´s just the two of us here. I…" He looked away, through the room. Her phone was charged on her bed, it blinked periodically to remove the cord. "We have to stick together. If we want to get home we have to stick together. No one is coming for us."

"You don´t know that."

He smiled, but it wasn´t very convincing. So he had realized it as well. That they were on their own. Three weeks ago she had thought her world had broken down when Pan had just told her that it had never been that serious for her. And just thinking about it made her chest feel so tight as if her heart couldn´t fit into it anymore. But it wasn´t because of the breakup anymore. It was because the more time went by, the more convinced she became that she would never make it back home. And then every little thing that she had taken for granted came into her mind and made it almost unbearable to stay in the fucking room anymore. And if Goten felt the same… he had always been a little less loud than her and her brother. She shouldn´t have dismissed it. Without thinking, she made a step forward and hugged him so tight as if she wanted to press all the shit that had happened away. After a few seconds, he reluctantly hugged her back.

"Bura and Gohtin, report to Commander Yasai; Conference Room Resir, Deck 4."

Bra opened her eyes. She knew what Yasai wanted. And she would give it to her.

AN: Okay, now I can say it! I loved it when all of you said 'oh, they finally talk to each other again!' and I was just doing a patented evil author laugh when I read it haha. Well, it would´ve been too easy but in the end they did realize that it would be wiser to stick together!

Anyway, since it will be mentioned a lot here´s the only Japanese phrases I will use in this story:

Vegeta-sei – planet Vegeta

Vegeta-go – language of Vegeta-sei

Vegeta-machi – capital city of Vegeta-sei

Everything is named Vegeta… and it sounds nicer than 'they are speaking Vegetarian!' Heh. Alright, thanks for reading and see you next time!