Tarble awoke with a start as a loud, screeching alarm sounded. He held his hands to his ears trying to block out the noise. As the sound began to fade he found himself looking about the room. His brother seemed to be doing the same thing.

"What a rude wake up call." Vegeta said as he finally removed his hands which were covering his ears.

"They probably want to make sure we wake up on time, brother." He said shaking his head.

"Well they better find a better way to do it. You have sensitive ears." Vegeta said turning his back to his brother to look through their things.

Tarble wrinkled his nose. "I wasn't the only one covering my ears." He noticed that Vegeta was ignoring his last statement, probably too distracted as he rummaged through the bag. Tarble crossed his arms, staring at his brothers back, his face in a pout. "I know you heard me."

Looking through the bag Vegeta could not help but smirk. His brother was always one to be shy and for the most part the boy was rather humble. It was nice to see him acting like a proud Saiyan, even if all his snark was directed at him. "Fine I heard it too. Here." He said tossing Tarble some clothes from the bag.

Tarble was in a small state of shock, Vegeta never admitted anything, especially if he was in the wrong. Being frozen from the shock he felt his shirt and pants fall on his head. He heard his brother's short laugh as he turned around.

"Come on, that boy Raditz should be showing us around soon." Vegeta said clearly in a better mood. Tarble couldn't help but smile. He couldn't wait, he wanted to see the grounds.

As if his wish had been granted he heard a small knock on the door. Tarble raced forward to answer it, only to be blocked by Vegeta. His brother opened the door and he saw the older long maned Saiyan standing there. "Ready?" Raditz said looking at both brothers.

Tarble and Vegeta immediately followed the other Saiyan as he led them to the washroom. "How full will the baths be? I wish for some privacy." Vegeta plainly stated. Tarble noticed his brothers signature scowl, a sign he was going to be hiding his emotions as they conducted this tour. Tarble sighed earning him a glare from his brother.

"Well at the moment there is just us and about nine or ten of those trunk guys. The washroom is pretty big. Most of them leave me alone, for the most part." Raditz said as they got closer.

Tarble looked again at his brother as he nodded. Vegeta seemed to be taking in everything around him, looking at the walls. Checking paintings on the wall as they passed. Tarble guessed he was gauging their distance from the dorm. Tarble decided to try to look around as well. He found the paintings rather boring. Lady Zera really liked floral patterns for some odd reason. Not only did the painting have flowers in them, but the rugs and tables had them weaved or engraved into them. As he gathered all of this he looked back to find Vegeta smirking at him, his eyebrows relaxed. Was his brother proud? He turned his head back to Raditz who was clearly still ahead of him. He began to try to read him like the elements of the house. His eyes wondered over his clothing, it looked like a basic uniform, nothing to special. Raditz hair was long even by Saiyan standards, but he kept it well groomed. As he looked over the older Saiyan his brother was still securitizing the home itself.

"It's in here." Raditz said pointing to door, a heavy fog of steam pouring out from under it. But while Vegeta looked to the door, Tarble's eyes were still on Raditz.

"What happened to your hand?" Tarble asked seeing the white bandage wrapped around the older Saiyans hand. He couldn't help himself, grabbing the other boys arm and looking at it.

"That? I….I had an accident…. in the lab last night." Raditz said his face contorting in a way Tarble didn't understand as he pulled his hand away from Tarble. He turned back to his brother, he looked impressed.

"I thought that you went straight to bed after dropping us off by our room?" The older brother enquired, he could see the older Saiyan was lying again.

"Well…I…uhh." The long haired Saiyan stumbled over his words. "I…meant this morning. I get privileges for being here for so long."

"Brother, maybe he lost too much blood?" Tarble asked thinking that was the reason for the other Saiyan's erratic behavior.

"Yea I cut myself really bad, I'm working on splicing genes and the flask I was working with broke." Raditz said quickly. Tarble seemed convinced, Vegeta on the other hand remained wary. "Well anyway why don't you clean up and I'll show you the Lab?" He said placing his hand behind his head, a goofy grin appearing on his face. Tarble nodded opening the door. He turned back as he saw his brother had not moved.

"Tarble, go clean yourself. I will be there in a minute." Vegeta said not looking at him.

"Okay brother." He said rushing into the washroom.

Vegeta looked at the lying Saiyan. Back home a Saiyan knew better than to lie to him. Had Raditz's years with Zera turned him against the crown? Last night he looked like he wanted to tell the Saiyan Prince something, but now his eyes looked, well they looked dead. "So you bathed already?"

"Yes, I always do before I go in the lab." Finally a statement that wasn't a lie. He did note one thing though, Raditz's eyes. He seemed to be looking all about the hallway as they spoke. Why?

"Why does one need to sleep with their back to the door?" He said bringing up Raditz's warning from the night before. The other Saiyan seemed to jump a bit, his eyes grew wide.

"I….I didn't say anything like that Vegeta, umm where...did you get something like that?" Raditz looked almost terrified as he looked around.

It suddenly hit Vegeta, like a bullet hitting a lead wall. They were being watched. Raditz was being monitored. The boy did not want to lie to him.

"My mistake then, I must have heard wrong then." The Prince said. If he was being watched he would wait. Eventually he would find out what was going on. He turned heading into the washroom were his brother was waiting for him.

He looked over to the trunk faces in the corner. They seemed to all be gossiping rather than washing. "Brother the showers are huge." Tarble cheerfully pointed out. He couldn't help but smirk at Tarble's sense of wonder over something so insignificant.

"Come on, this isn't play time." He warned his brother as he began to walk towards the trunk faces. Tarble turned back and followed. They quickly showered on the other side of the room. Vegeta helped Tarble get his shirt on properly and they headed for the exit. As they left Vegeta noticed that the trunk faces were still talking in the corner, laughing. "Go ahead, I will meet you and Raditz outside."

Tarble looked confused but nodded to him and left out the door.

Vegeta quietly made his way over to the other children. He had some questions but stopped when he overheard their conversation.

"What is with all the Saiyans here? I thought this place was for intelligent minds not dirty monkeys." A parade of laughter went through the group.

"That one has been here for years, most of Zera's students make it into some university, but what do you expect. I bet he was let in because they wanted diversity. Ha."

"She probably took pity on him."

"That short one was probably brought here as his replacement, you know the new pet pity monkey." Laughter erupted from the group.

They were so stirred up in their conversation that they didn't see the older prince as he turned on the water with its coldest setting. All of them screamed as the freezing water hit them. Making the Saiyan Prince smirk. They made to move from under the water but he blocked their way. Vegeta had had enough with being lied and these trunk faces gave him an excuse to mess with them. No one would ever mock the Saiyan race in front of him, especially his brother. He waited till their clothes were drenched and they were shivering.

"Speak ill of my race or of my brother again and you won't see the light of day again." The older prince said mocking the trunk faces before taking his leave into the hall.

"Brother? What took you so long?" Tarble questioned. "We were waiting for you."

Vegeta laughed out loud. "Nothing Tarble, just having a chat."

"Well are we ready for the next stop?" Raditz said looking at both royals.

"Yea yea come on brother." Tarble said grabbing Vegeta's arm as Raditz led them to the Lab.

To Be Continued….