By: Spiritraven
Disclaimer: I don't own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or Dragonballz.
Warnings: There will be slash.
Thanks to my beta KK.
Chapter Nine:
Xander followed Raditz out of the portal that a balance demon had opened for them to come to this dimension. It was very different from the Earth Xander was used too, for one some of the trees here had blue leaves and he saw a fish the size of a small car jump from the river near them that then dived right back in. Xander leaned against the tree as Raditz took out a small white capsule then pushed the button throwing the thing on the ground. He jumped back when a dome like house appeared out of the smoke. "Hey did you do that?"
"It's called a capsule." Raditz entered the house followed by Xander. "They were created here by Kakarot's friends father."
"It's neat." Xander looked around the small house it had one bathroom, two bedrooms, a kitchen and a living area. It was nice place a lot nicer then the house he shared with his parents. "Are we going to look for your brother?"
Raditz shook his head and entered the biggest bedroom to unpack. "Not now, we'll hunt for Kakarot later, unless he finds us first."
"Alright." Xander went into the second bedroom and placed his bag on the bed. He didn't bring much so it took only five minutes to unpack everything. He left the bedroom and went into the kitchen glad to see there was food. Xander took out what he needed and began to cook dinner for himself and Raditz.
"I plan to teach you how to hunt tomorrow." Raditz told his student as he entered the kitchen and sat at the table watching Xander cook. "I also plan to teach you some about my people, the Saiyans."
"Tomorrow is the full moon." Xander reminded Raditz, he knew what the full moon did to a Saiyan.
Raditz shrugged his shoulders not really caring he had no trouble controlling his beast. "And your point?"
"People are going to believe King Kong is attacking if they see a giant ape, Raditz." Xander place the food he cooked in front of the Saiyan and returned to the stove. What can he say, Raditz was a big eater and so was he.
"Xander they have large lizards in this place a giant ape is no different." Raditz fixed his plate and began to eat.
"Giant lizards?" Xander sat back down to get something to eat before Raditz ate everything.
"Yeah, they have what you call dinosaurs." Raditz finished and wiped his mouth off with the back of his hand. "When I first arrived here I hunted them for food. A little tough, but not that bad."
"You ate a dinosaur?" Xander made a face at the thought of eating a dinosaur. "And you want me to hunt one and eat it?"
Raditz chuckled at the look on his student's face the boy looked sick at the thought of eating something that didn't come from a store. "Yes, I do."
"Come on Raditz I don't want to eat a dinosaur." Xander didn't care how stupid he sounded he was not going to eat something that was already dead in his world. "I'm sure there are stores in this place where we can buy food."
"There are, but you need to learn how to rough it brat." Raditz picked up his and Xander's plate and placed them in the sink to wash later. He knew Xander was glaring at him, but he was not going to change his mind. True the kid didn't have an easy life in Sunnydale and because of that he was strong both in heart and mind still he needed to learn how to survive the hard way if it ever came down to it. "Trust me on this Xander."
Xander nodded, he knew there was no changing Raditz's mind the Saiyan was even more stubborn then he was and that was saying something. "Fine."
"Come on kid lets look around for a bit and get used to this place." Raditz knew they weren't far away from Kakarot's home once he powered up his brother would sense him and decided to check out the source of where the power is coming from.
Xander nodded and followed him out of the house he had to admit it was very beautiful and not as dark as Sunnydale. For one he didn't have to worry about vampires or demons. Raditz told him the demons in this dimension worked for KingYamma in HFIL. "Do you miss your home planet?"
Raditz was shocked by that question. "My planet has been gone for a very long time Xander. I was sent away as a baby like Kakarot and only saw my home planet once before Freeza destroyed it."
Xander always had a home of course it wasn't much and was basically Hell on Earth and yet it was the only home he had ever known. Raditz never really had a home until he was sent to their dimension by the Powers that Be. "You never talk much about it or your father. You only told me about your brother and Vegeta."
Raditz never talked much about his father because he didn't know very much about him or his mother. "Like I said I was sent away as a baby, I didn't meet my father until I died and met him in HFIL. He was the one that told me to take the Powers' offer. He looks like Kakarot only somewhat colder and not as innocent. Bardock changed before he died knowing everything he did for Freeza's name was wrong. Yamma offered him a second chance which he didn't take; he didn't want to leave his team behind."
Xander knew Raditz was proud to be Saiyan, but he couldn't understand how they could send their own children away like that just because of their power levels. He knew the blame was mostly on Freeza; still it was sad to picture Raditz as a baby on a planet with no one to help or take care of him. Kakarot was lucky to come to Earth and was found by a person whom loved him very much. "Kakarot is all you have left. That's why you want to make peace because he's your only family left."
The boy is too smart for his own good. "That's part of it." Raditz wrapped an arm around Xander's shoulders and pulled the boy to his side. "I can never stay here even if I do make peace with my brother and his friends. I will return to Sunnydale and fight for the Powers like before."
"Because you have no choice." Xander was angry at the thought of Raditz having no choice, like Buffy and Faith not having a choice about being the Slayer.
Raditz laughed, he pleased that Xander worried so much over him. He cared for the kid and would kill any one who would hurt him, even the Powers if it came down to it. "Brat the Powers aren't powerful enough to stop me if I wanted to leave for good. It's always been my choice; I choose to fight for them. There is nothing here for me and I like my new home. This Earth has Kakarot, Vegeta, and their children. Our Earth only has Buffy and Faith along with a vampire." Like Angel was any help. Raditz didn't like the vampire. "Enough of this talk lets go see if we can find any dinosaurs brat. We can always use the meat."
Xander groaned and followed behind Raditz. This was so not going to be any fun at all. He could only hope Raditz wouldn't force him to eat the meat raw. Xander can hope right?
Goku groaned sitting up and got out of the hole he made when Vegeta blasted him into the ground. He stood up and waited for the other Saiyan to attack, they have been at it for over six hours now and still were letting up.
"Getting tired Kakarot?" Vegeta smirked pleased with himself. He was winning against the younger Saiyan for once and knew it was because Kakarot had something on his mind.
"No, I'm fine, Vegeta." Goku sighed once again not paying attention and was sent through a few dozen trees.
Vegeta shook his head and decided that was enough sparring today. It was no fun when Kakarot wasn't even paying attention. "What's on your mind baka?"
Goku smiled, Vegeta knew him so well more so then his own wife. "I was thinking about Raditz."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow at that. "Why are thinking about that loser? He's been dead for a long time Goku and it never bothered you before."
"I don't know why, I just have been thinking about him lately." Goku wondered how it would have been like if Raditz was still alive and one of them. Vegeta changed, as had Piccolo and he liked to think Raditz too would have changed if he had been given the chance. Now he would never know. "What if he was giving a second chance? Look at you Vegeta you're one of the good guys now with a wife and son. You protect the Earth just like the rest of us."
"That doesn't mean Raditz would have changed Kakarot." Raditz was full of hate and rage when Vegeta knew him. He didn't care about no one or anything not even himself. "Let it go, Kakarot." Vegeta's eyes narrowed when a certain thought came to him. "You aren't thinking about wishing him back are you?"
Goku shook his head, no he wasn't thinking about using the dragon to bring his brother back. "I was thinking about asking King Kai if I can visit with my brother and maybe my father."
Vegeta shook his head. "Some things are better left in the past Kakarot."
"You're right Vegeta." Goku grinned. "Let's go and get something to eat."
Vegeta nodded glad the other Saiyan was no longer thinking about his brother. "Yes, let's go."
