"Vegeta, what were you thinking? Did you really think you could out run Frieza?" you asked softly before letting out a sigh as you were sitting on the bed in your brothers room.

Vegeta, who was leaning against his wall while glaring at you, didn't answer your question. This made you let out another, much heavier, sigh.

"I'm getting married tomorrow, and well, I was really hoping you'd be there...for me..." you whispered out, gazing down at your hands that were resting in your lap before you looked into your brothers dark eyes.

Vegeta just continued to stare at you. The glare was gone, but he had a emotionless look on his face that made you feel a little uncomfortable.

You bit your lip and stood up, quietly walking to the door to leave the room.

"Is this the life you really want, Selena?" Vegeta questioned as he turned to face you just as your hand reached for the door knob.

"I'm not really sure what I want anymore, Vegeta. But I know you'll be able to live the life you want. I'll be happy just knowing that."

Vegeta blinked and turned his head away. "Well tell me this: Do you even love him?"

Do I love him you thought quizzically. Since when did Vegeta worry about something like that?

"Well, lets just say you'd be even more mad at me if I told you who I think I may love."

"What does that mean?" Vegeta muttered out as his brows creased together.

You just simply smiled at him and left the room. As you walked down the hallway, heading toward your room, you wondered if what you were doing was really the right thing?

"Of course it is." you told yourself softly as you gazed up at the ceiling of the space ship. But what Vegeta had said kept running through your mind.

"Do you even love him?"

I'm not even sure if I really ever understood what love was you thought to yourself with a sad smile.

When you entered your room, you blinked seeing a beautiful white wedding dress laying on your bed. It was ruffled down at the bottom and had lace sleeves with flower designs embroidered onto them. The dress also looked like it would hang off your shoulders a bit and show some of your skin.

I never thought something as happy as a wedding could feel so horrible you thought as your fingers gently brushed across the soft fabric. Maybe being married won't be so bad. At least I know I'll be safe...

You held the dress up against you and turned to face your mirror, letting out a sigh before tossing it back onto your bed.

As you walked up to gaze out your window, you were amazed to see that the sky was as bright as ever. You were certain you had been in the rejuvenation chamber for hours, yet it didn't seem like any time had passed at all. The pain seemed to just keep coming, so Frieza had taken you to the spare one since your brother hadn't recovered either. It was a bit earlier before you that he had.

He was questioned about the whereabouts of the Dragon Balls after he had awoken, but had refused to tell. When you tried to get him to tell you the location, he just glared at you and locked himself in his room. But you had some how gotten him to let you in, though he still refused to give you any details on the Dragon Balls.

"I guess I should just go to bed..." you murmured to yourself, not bothering to change as you fell back on your bed.

You glanced over at the crystal you had given Piccolo and bit your lip before closing your eyes and falling off into a dreamless sleep.


So, today is the day, you thought, gazing at yourself in the mirror as you were now wearing your wedding dress which fit your form perfectly.

You were holding your bouquet of flowers that one of the soldiers had brought to you earlier and debating on whether you really wanted to step out that door or not?

"Miss Selena, Lord Frieza is waiting for you in the main hall." a soldier said outside your door, making you jump a little.

"A-alright! Tell him I'll be there shortly." you replied back meekly and bit your bottom lip as you could hear the soldier walking away down the hallway.

You took in a deep inhale of breath and finally managed to muster up enough strength to walk out the door. You had never been so nervous in your entire life and it didn't help when you saw that the whole room was crowded with Frieza's subordinates.

Breathe, just breathe…!

You slowly began to walk down the aisle, hoping to see some trace of your brother among the guests, but couldn't spot him anywhere.

I-I guess he didn't come you thought sadly as you held back from tearing up. You really wanted him to be here to support you…

You gave Frieza a weak smile as you reached the front of the room and turned to face the preacher who turned out to be Zarbon of all people.

As the ceremony began, you realized you were having to use your full strength just to remain standing. Your legs felt rather weak for some reason. It was also becoming slightly hard to breathe, and you were scared you might end up passing out at any moment.

"If anyone should object to these two being wed, speak now."

The room remained silent since no one dared to object, and you bowed your head, almost wishing someone would speak up. And then...

You gasped and covered your face as the glass window behind Zarbon shattered, making the light blue skinned man wince since he had been hit by some of the shards of glass.

"I object!"

"V-Vegeta!" you gasped out with wide eyes. Your brother was floating in the air, staring down at Frieza with a look of intense hate.

"You better have a good reason for this Vegeta!" Frieza said with a snarl.

"The reason is, I won't give my little sister's hand away to the likes of someone like you!"

"B-but Vegeta..." you whispered softly, biting down on your bottom lip a little hard since you were doing all of this for him.

"If you actually think I'd let you give away your dreams, you must be even more dumb than I realized!" Vegeta said a bit crossly, now on the ground with you.

Vegeta grabbed your hand and pulled you away from Frieza before blasting the top of the ship, making the ceiling crash down onto the now screaming and panicking audience. The Saiyan prince merely smirked at this and pulled you out of the room with him as he took off at top speed.

"I can't believe you!" Vegeta screamed through the wind that was beating down on the both of you. "Giving your life to that lizard!"

"…Thank you, Vegeta…." you said with a smile as tears formed in the corner of your eyes.

"You'd better be thankful." was all Vegeta said as he still had a tight grip on your hand, but didn't turn to look back at you.

You couldn't help but laugh a little at his reply, before a worrying thought popped up in your head. "But what will we do once Frieza comes after us? We don't stand a chance against him…"

"By then, I'll have the two other Dragon Balls and my immortality!" Vegeta said with a confident smirk. "And Frieza will be history!"

"Where exactly did you hide the Dragon Balls?" you asked curiously as you now flew beside your brother.

"Close to where a Namekian village used to be." Vegeta replied carelessly.

"Oh…" you mumbled out, gazing down at the earth below you sadly.

I wonder if there are any Namekiens' left you thought as you couldn't help but feel concern for Dende and the others.

"What?!" Vegeta said, stopping right in mid-air while his eyes narrowed dangerously.

"What's wrong?' you asked, looking over at Vegeta with concern.

"Its those bastards from before that I fought against! What are they doing here!"

Vegeta flew off at high speed leaving you to wonder what he meant.

"He doesn't mean…" you murmured out before your eyes widened in realization.

You flew as fast as you could and found Vegeta confronting a terrified Krillin and Gohan.

"Don't hurt them, Vegeta!" you said, standing in front of Krillin, Gohan, and a small Namekian child you hadn't noticed before.

"Selena?" you heard a soft voice ask.

You turned around and saw the Namekian child smiling at you shyly.

"Dende!" you cried out happily, hugging him and making Dende turn pink while Gohan and Krillin watched you with small sweat drops. "I'm so glad your okay! I was really worried!"

"Y-yeah," Krillin said with a nervous laugh. "We found him unconscious not too long ago after we ran into you."

"Um Selena, can I ask you a question?" Gohan asked a bit timidly.

"Of course." you said, smiling at him with a soft look on your face.

"Why are you in a wedding dress?"

"Oh," you said blushing as you had forgotten you were even in it. "I-its a long story…."

You turned to face your brother and saw that he had his eyes closed and his teeth clinched, making you bite your lip since that look was never a good sign.

"Um, Vegeta?" you asked sheepishly. "A-are you okay….?"

"Don't tell me you actually know these people!" Vegeta demanded, glaring at you as you gulped when he grabbed the front of your dress.

"W-well yeah," you said meekly, giving him a small smile. "I met them when I was sent to earth…."

"Well why are they here!?" Vegeta said, now turning his glare on Krillin and Gohan, making the two of them jump.

"We're uh...searching for the Dragon Balls," Krillen said with a nervous laugh as he rubbed at the back of his head.

"Don't even think about it, baldy!" Vegeta said with a growl, poking Krillin in the chest and making him wince. "Those Dragon Balls are mine!"

"I knew I should have killed you when I had the chance!" Krillin muttered with a venomous look.

You sighed as Krillin and Vegeta got into a glaring contest and flew down to sit on a cliff since it looked like they were going to be at this for a while.

"Hey Selena," Gohan said, sitting down beside you as Dende did the same. "Why are you with Vegeta?"

"Because he's my brother," you said with another sigh as you couldn't help but look up at your so called brother with light annoyance.

"H-huh?!" Gohan cried out, a look of shock appearing on his face.

"I know its hard to believe, huh?" you said with a laugh. "We barely even look alike. Well other than the fact that we both have slightly thick eyebrows…."

"N-no its not that!" Gohan said, fear now in his eyes as he was suddenly standing up. "I-I'm sensing this really strong energy level!"

"What?!" you said, now standing up yourself.

"W-whoa!" Krillin stuttered out. "Its not just an energy level, its five! A-and they all seem pretty strong from what I can make out…."

"Selena! We need to go. Now!" Vegeta said loudly, grabbing your hand as he started to pull you off with him.

"Hold it right there, Vegeta!"

"Dammit!" Vegeta snarled as he turned back to face the male who had said this as you could actually feel the hand that was holding yours, shaking just a little.

Five figures landed on the ground and each of them wore a smirk on their face.

"W-who are they?" Gohan said as Dende and himself hid behind you.

"Their the Ginyu Force. An elite group of soldiers who work for Frieza. And they're all incredibly strong…." you said softly, wondering why it had to be them of all people that had to show up?

"Well now, Vegeta. You've certainly gotten yourself into a fine mess." Captain Ginyu said with a cold smile.

"Tsk! Like I care what you think!" Vegeta said coolly, crossing his arms over his chest as he glared at the leader of the group of warriors.

"Watch that tongue of yours, Vegeta," Burter said. "We don't have to bring you back alive, ya know."

"Like I'd let myself be defeated by a couple of fools like you!" Vegeta scoffed as he moved into a fighting stance in case one of them decided to strike.

"Fine by me," Jeice said, also getting into a fighting position. "The princess is the only one ordered not to be killed after all."

"What do you mean?" you asked, furrowing your brows.

"Lord Frieza ordered us here after all to finish off your brother once you and him were married and to locate the remaining Dragon Balls." Jeice said with a shrug of his shoulders as if it was no big deal.

"So, he wasn't going to keep his promise after all..." you said quietly, closing your eyes as you balled your hands into tight fists at your sides in anger.

"Selena!" Vegeta said, turning to look back at you with a stern gaze. "Take the brats and get out of here! Baldy! You'll help me get rid of these weaklings!"

"R-right!" Krillin said weakly as his reply came out in a squeak. "And don't call me baldy!"

"B-but, Vegeta..." you tried to protest, not wanting to leave him and Krillin alone to deal with these guys.

"Get going!" Vegeta growled out as he shot you a fierce look.

You looked down before giving a small nod and flew up into the air followed by Gohan and Dende as you gazed at your brother once more before taking off with the two kids staying close behind you.