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Pairing: Goku/Kagome/Vegeta
Rated: M (dark themes, language)
"With the scouters, Frieza is definitely aware of what we just did," Kagome stated, looking at Vegeta for their next move, "We could possibly take out Zarbon and Dodoria – but Frieza is a whole different matter." She said grimly.
Vegeta stayed silent, hearing the words over the communicating system, "The Dragon Balls only work if you collect seven of them together," He confirmed and then he smirked, "That works out in our favour. All we need to do is find one of them to disrupt Frieza's plan and just let them collect the other six for us!"
Kagome nodded, quickly following after Vegeta when he took off to the sky.
Next target: Dodoria...
~00~
"Well, this is useless..." Bulma sighed, standing to her feet and walking back to the spaceship, "I really should be going now to get Goku-kun, so – see ya in a couple of months!" She laughed nervously, halting her stride when Gohan spun around with a frown on his face.
"Somebody's coming!" Gohan warned, feeling a few energies coming in their direction. He observed the sky keenly as Krillin walked up beside him to do the same. Bulma shivered, hiding behind of the legs of the spaceship.
"Well, who's coming?" Bulma asked nervously, gripping the spaceship like it was a lifeline. Everyone gasped when aliens suddenly appeared around the corner, obviously searching for them, "I-I don't think those two are the natives here..." She whimpered, tensing when the aliens finally spotted them, "That armour looks familiar..." Bulma muttered, watching as the two aliens rose above them.
"It's almost identical to the ones that the Saiyans wore!" Krillin observed the two incoming alien and looking a bit surprised after he realised something, "But those guys are definitely not Saiyan!"
The two soldiers descended even lower, "Charge your power, but don't let them see your full strength." Krillin advised and Gohan nodded quickly; neither of their eyes ever strayed from the two possible threats they had to deal with.
"What's this?" The blue-skinned alien didn't look too impressed by the sight, "Are they like a bunch of tourists or something? There's no way they can hold up against us because their power level is pathetic!"
The purple-skinned alien snickered, "But, first thing's first. Lets go and giving a little 'greeting' to them." He charged his gun with his Ki, shooting it out and towards the spaceship.
Bulma was knocked off her feet when the blast of Ki tore through their spaceship, causing very high damage, "N-no, not the ship!" She whimpered.
Krillin had enough time to see their power level, "Gohan, release all your power now! These guys aren't so tough!"
The two charged upwards, before the surprised aliens. Gohan easily punched one in Krillin's direction and Krillin, seeing this is an opportunity to finish both of them off in one attack, slammed the other alien into the one Gohan had pushed his way. The collided with each other, falling back down into the lake.
Gohan and Krillin skillfully landed on the ground, laughing at the unfortunate lowly soldiers, "Nice move, Gohan!" Krillin praised, giving the boy a high-five.
Bulma snapped, angry tears filling her eyes, "Who gives a damn about your moves?" She whimpered, looking at the destroyed ship with defeat, "So, what are we supposed to about that?"
Krillin opened his mouth to say something, though Bulma kept on going without stopping, "No, I don't want to be stuck here for the rest of my life!"
Krillin sighed, picking up a bag, "C'mon, Bulma-san! We need to get out of here before anyone else comes around. Besides, we should just worry about collecting all of the Dragon Balls for now."
"And that spaceship was built here, wasn't it? I bet if we ask the Namekians nicely, they'll fix it for us!" Gohan said brightly, though Bulma only glared at him.
"What if we can't find them?" She shrieked, sobbing into her hands, "This shouldn't happen to a delicate flower like me!"
It took a while of convincing, but they managed to get Bulma to stop crying and start walking, "Not too much further, I think!" Krillin called out to Bulma, who was lagging behind while panting heavily, "Hey, look! There's a cave just up the hill!" He pointed out, though Bulma only sighed warily.
"Great, I get to spend the rest of my life as cave woman!" She moaned, finally making it up the hill and into the cave while Gohan and Krillin stared out to the surroundings.
"I sense someone over there," Gohan observed, "And it feels really different from the ones before. Do you think it could be the Namekians?" He asked curiously, tensing when various energies sped towards them.
"Hide! Before they see us!" Krillin hissed, pushing Gohan into the cave and lowering his power level to zero as he peered out of the cave. He grit his teeth, stiffening as many soldiers, wearing the same armour as the two they had just defeated, flew overhead, "D-did you feel their power level?" He stuttered, asking Gohan, who looked just as shocked.
"A-and they had the Dragon Balls!" Gohan added grimly and Bulma looked at them both with wide blue eyes.
"Did you sense the one in the front?" Krillin shook, "There's no doubt about it! He has to be the boss! If we thought Vegeta and Kagome were bad enough..." He trailed off, referring to Frieza.
"Someone worse than the Saiyans?" Bulma asked shrilly, "Is that even possible?"
"He was way worse," Krillin bit his lip, "And all those others must be Vegeta and Kagome's fellow soldiers! They were wearing the same armour! How the hell are we supposed to get the Dragon Balls away from monsters like that?"
Bulma glanced down at her radar, "They're moving straight for another Dragon Ball," She muttered, pointing in the direction as Krillin glanced out to it with a frown, "It's only a few kilometres that way!"
"That's the area where we were sensing that other energy!" Gohan pointed out, "It must be where the Namekians live!"
"I'm going to check it out," Krillin deepened his frown, turning back to Bulma, "You stay here. You'll be safer here than where we're going."
Bulma sighed in defeat, "You better not take too long!" She demanded, "And you better not forget about me!" She watched as the two bounced away quickly and quickly ran back into the cave.
"I've gotta call home to tell everyone what's going on!"
~00~
It didn't take too long for Gohan and Krillin to covertly reach the small village, suppressing their power as they moved so they wouldn't be noticed by the enemy, "Their Ki is unbelievable!" Krillin muttered, glancing down to Frieza, Zarbon, and Dodoria, "Look what they have in their hands! I didn't know the Dragon Balls could be so big!" Krillin gasped, ducking down quickly when Dodoria lazily glanced in their direction.
They observed the grim situation quietly, watching as the Namekians were forced from their homes, "These people must be the crew that Radditz had talked about earlier; the ones who conquer planets," Krillin frowned, "But, I don't see Vegeta or Kagome anywhere. Do you think they're looking for the Dragon Balls, too?"
Gohan and Krillin strained their ears, trying to hear the distant conversation between Frieza and the few Namekians, "Now, tell me. I know you are of in possession of a Dragon Ball," Frieza purred, his voice rather casual as the Namekians glared defiantly at him, "I would appreciate it very much if you just hand it over without a struggle."
"Do you really think we could hand the Dragon Ball to someone as vile as you?" The elder growled.
"Well, your little friends were glad to help, at least, after we showed them this," Frieza smirked, taking a glance back to Zarbon, "If you would, Zarbon." He said, watching in amusement as his elite easily cut down a few of the Namekians.
Frieza's smirk widened, "I do hope you are all feeling a bit more cooperative now." He said, watching as two young Namekians clung to the elder in fear.
"And what do you desire the Dragon Balls for?" The elder asked, not expecting any answer that would be positive.
"Oh, just a little trivial wish. I simply want eternal life for myself, nothing too extravagant," Frieza answered, and the elder immediately denied him, "Not too much of a challenge. But... if that's how you really feel..." He sighed in false pity and shook his head, "Zarbon, Dodoria – do as you must."
The two elite warriors charged forward at the command, easily slicing through the defiant Namekians, "Your power levels are pathetic!" Dodoria snickered and the elder widened his eyes at the information.
'Only three of those devices remain unbroken,' The elder secretly charged his hand with Ki, "Stand away from me, children." He ordered quietly, though the two young ones seemed to hesitant.
The elder quickly released his Ki, breaking Dodoria's scouter as he was distracted. He jumped into the air before Dodoria could react, breaking the other two scouters.
Frieze frowned, his amusement dying because without his scouters, they wouldn't be able to locate the next village, "Wrong move, you geezer!" Dodoria snarled, though Frieza stopped him.
"If you hand over the Dragon Ball, we'll forget this whole thing happened," He said in a falsely kind tone, though the elder could see right through it, "Or..." Frieza trailed off, glancing to the small children, much to the elder's horror.
A moment of silence passed before the elder finally relented, "Fine, I'll do as you ask as long as you don't hurt the children," He slowly stepped back into his small home, coming out with the Dragon Ball, "There! You have our village's Dragon Ball! So just leave us in peace and be on your way!" The elder held out the Dragon Ball unwillingly and a lowly soldier grabbed it greedily from his hands.
"There, that wasn't so difficult, was it?" Frieza drawled, "Now, if you could be kind enough to tell us where the next village is located, we will be on our way." He suggested, though the elder growled at him.
"I would never put my fellow Namekians in harm's way!" The elder snarled defiantly, "You have our Dragon Ball, so just leave us alone!"
Frieza sighed, rolling his eyes, "Just like the others – uncooperative, babbling on and on about protecting our kin, without taking a second to think about what I want," Frieza eyed the children deviously, "I hope your children have better manners. They can be so fragile."
"NO! You promised!" The elder panicked, completely unprepared for Dodoria's hard punch had sent him flying back into his home, "RUN, children!" He ordered, ignoring his pain as the two children ran as fast as they could.
Dodoria grinned darkly, shoving his arm through the elder's throat and killing him instantly, "Pathetic!" He sneered, turning to the two young ones. He killed one with a low-level Ki blast, jumping in front of the other and stopping him in his tracks, "You shouldn't be too hard to kill, judging by your size!" He raised his clawed hand threateningly as the young Namekian cried out in fear.
Gohan could no longer take just watching the horrible scene any longer. With a loud cry, he leapt in action, ignoring Krillin's protest and Frieza and Dodoria's shock as he threw out a kick that sent the pink alien flying back.
Krillin grit his teeth, flying down and taking Dodoria down with a surprise kick when he stood back up, "Are you trying to get us killed?" He hissed to Gohan, grabbing the small Namekian and taking off; Gohan following right after him.
Dodoria rubbed his face, unsure what the hell had just hit him, "Why are you still sitting there?" Frieza raised his voice, "Bring them back to me! Immediately!" He ordered and Dodoria quickly did so, leaping up into the air and flying after Krillin and Gohan.
"Go as fast as you can!" Krillin shouted, "If they catch us, then it's all over for us!" Gohan nodded and they boosted their speed, though Dodoria was easily able to catch up.
"He's too fast!" Krillin barely managed to dodge the Ki blasts, though he dropped the young Namekian when one grazed him. He panicked, flying down with all his speed, though he knew he wouldn't make it before the young one crashed into the cliff.
Luckily, Gohan snatched him out of their air just in time and the two sped off once again, "I'm going to try something!" Krillin quickly turned around, knowing they wouldn't win in a fair fight, "Taiyo-ken!" He released the Solar Flare, blinding Dodoria and the two used the chance to hide among the crevices among the ground and lower their energy level so Dodoria couldn't locate them.
"You little bastards! My eyes!" Dodoria growled, flying low to the ground when his vision finally returned, "You'll pay when I find you!" He flew up to the sky in frustration, "I'll just level the place!" He charged his Ki, using it to destroy the landscape as Krillin, Gohan, and the Namekian quickly escaped by hiding their power once more. They watched warily as Dodoria laughed, flying away while thinking he had killed them.
"Well, he's gone," Krillin sighed in relief, glancing to the little Namekian, "So, can you fly?" He asked, releasing the small one as he easily floated upon the air.
"Sir, thank you for putting your life in danger to save me." The Namekian bowed lowly.
"Yeah, well – I'm just thankful we're all still alive," Krillin laughed nervously, looking a bit awkward at the thanks, "Why don't you stick with us for a while, little buddy!" The Namekian smiled widely at the offer.
"My name is Dende!"
~00~
"Look, the big oaf is right there!" Kagome pointed, seeing the large pink alien fly not to far from them, "He doesn't even see us! How pathetic!" She sneered, quickening her speed and hitting him in the back with a powerful kick that sent him flying into the lake underneath them.
Dodoria didn't know what hit up as he came up, gasping for breath as he crawled into the bank. He glanced up in surprise when two pairs of boots landed in front of him, "Vegeta, Kagome – what the hell do you want?" He growled, shaking the water from his skin.
"Dodoria, what kind of greeting is that for old friends?" Vegeta taunted, crossing his arms over his armour and smirking arrogantly. Kagome had the same confidence, placing her hand on her hip as Dodoria snarled.
"Do you really think you can just blindside me like that and get away with it?" He shook with rage as Kagome simply snickered at him.
"And what are you going to do about it?" Kagome sadistically enjoyed his anger, wanting to rile him up for all the times he had tortured her in the past, "You're all alone now; not hiding behind Frieza and Zarbon anymore."
"And without Frieza here to intervene, getting rid of you should be simple," Vegeta added, feeling the same dark amusement as Kagome as Dodoria seemed to take offence at that.
"You little Saiyan bitch!" Dodoria snapped, "You really think you can take the likes of me on?" He narrowed his beady eyes, "However, I don't want to fight you and you don't want to fight me, so why don't you two just hand over your scouters and we can call it even?"
Kagome snickered mockingly, "It's no wonder when the communicating system just want to static. You actually let the Namekians destroy your scouters? What a pity." She said in a falsely sympathetic voice.
Vegeta laughed ominously, "Perfect! That will ensure that we have the element of surprise!" He grabbed the scouter from his face, dropping it the ground, much to Dodoria's surprise, "Here, want this?" He offered 'kindly'.
"It seems you've come to your senses," Dodoria took a few steps forward for the scouter, "I was just going to take it from you by force, but I'll go easy on you for this." He immediately halted his stride when Vegeta stepped on the scouter with his boot, easily crushing it under the force.
"V-Vegeta, how could you...?" Dodoria looked at the broken scouter in horror, knowing it would take many days to retrieve more from Frieza's ship.
"Oh, is that the game?" Kagome smirked alluringly, taking off her own scouter and throwing it casually up and down in her hand, well aware of how Dodoria's eyes followed her every move, "I'd really like to help you," Her voice had taken on that false sympathetic tone again, "But, Vegeta doesn't seem to want to play that way." Her hand squeezed around the scouter, easily able to break it at any moment that she wanted to.
"Bitch, hand it over and I'll put in a good word for you to Frieza," Dodoria tried to tempt the girl, frowning heavily when her hand simply tightened around the device in response, "It would be useless for you to destroy that scouter! You can't tell the location of Frieza and the Dragon Balls any better than I can!"
"Really?" Vegeta sneered, "I'm afraid you're wrong. You see, we learned this new trick on our time on Earth. We can detect an opponent's energy and location without having to resort to that obsolete device."
With those words, Kagome broke the scouter, laughing huskily when Dodoria gasped at her actions, "I see now!" Dodoria pointed at them threateningly, "Those two I was chasin' earlier – they were Earthlings, weren't they?" He accused.
Vegeta and Kagome widened their eyes at the new information, "What did you say?" She demanded, stiffening at the thought of Kakarott and Gohan being on the same ground as she.
"You're all working together, aren't you?" Dodoria sneered.
"You must be joking," Vegeta quickly got over his shock, "Even if the Earthlings somehow managed to find their way here, I would have sensed them by now," He said haughtily, "And when that day comes, I'll make them pay!"
Dodoria grit his teeth, not wanting to try his luck against two Saiyans, "With your scouters gone, you're just wasting my time! Get lost, both of you! Go on before I change my mind! It's a once-in-a-lifetime offer!"
"How kind of you," Kagome smiled malevolently, "Or is it because you're just plain afraid?" She could scent his hesitation and even a slight hint of fear.
"Yes, that must be it," Vegeta smirked, "You must have realised that my power level has gone up considerably when I slaughtered Cui! You're terrified," Vegeta took an eager step forward, "You're weak compared to me."
"N-no! And I'll prove it to you!" Dodoria abruptly sent multiple blasts of Ki towards them, not stopping until the surroundings were ruined. He gasped, feeling someone appear right behind him and he swung around to see Vegeta.
"You really should have listened to me," Vegeta easily caught the punch, twisting Dodoria's arms painfully behind his back and laughing ruthlessly at Dodoria's noise of pain, "You're even slower than I thought!"
"You should know by now that we Saiyans grow a little stronger with each battle," Kagome gracefully landed upon his head, bending down so she could peer at him upside-down, "And while you've been getting fat and lazy, we've been improving on the front lines!"
Dodoria grew desperate, "W-wait! I know something about your home world! It's about Vegita-sei and I know the truth!" He felt slight relief as Vegeta paused, frowning darkly at him, "You have to let me go first!"
Kagome looked down at Vegeta, jumping from Dodoria's head when he nodded at her, "Well, start talking before I slaughter you!" Vegeta snarled angrily, releasing the grotesque pink alien.
"All right, just calm down, you don't need to have a little pissy fit over it," Dodoria smirked, "Frieza-sama told you that Vegita-sei was destroyed and that part is true! But the part about it colliding with meteorite was a lie!"
Kagome blinked, furrowing her brows at the information. Vegeta remained indifferent, having a feeling what Dodoria was getting at.
"You see, one Saiyan couldn't get in Frieza-sama's way, but a whole bunch together could cause a problem. A Saiyan army that could possibly rebel against him, so he had a choice. See what happened or completely wipe out a species that could possibly oppose him. And so he came to the only possible conclusion, destroy them and he did it himself to get the job right! He blew up every little Saiyan except for you two! He thought that you, Vegeta, would make a good addition to his army. And for Kagome," Dodoria smirked at the girl's shocked look, "Well, your odd features intrigued him, so he thought it might be fun to have a little 'pet' as well." He referred to her unusual blue eyes.
Kagome stared with shock, having always believed that Vegita-sei was destroyed by a meteor and she just so happened to 'picked' up by Frieza just before it had happened, 'That bastard killed them all?'
Vegeta didn't not seem as surprised as Kagome, "You think I give a damn about what Frieza did to my home planet? To my family? And to the rest of the Saiyans?" He snarled, raising his Ki to immense levels as Dodoria tried to flee in fear. He didn't get to far as he went out the same violent way as Cui, exploding into thousands of pieces of flesh.
Kagome looked thoughtfully to Vegeta, scenting something off about him, "Vegeta?" She asked hesitantly, seeing him smirk.
"Interesting, so Frieza does tremble at the potential of us Saiyans..." He glanced over to Kagome, scenting her slight distress about the information they had just received, "Come," He rumbled in a low tone, trying to displace her woe with another distraction, "Let us find Zarbon."
Kagome quickly followed after Vegeta as he took off, glancing at him hesitantly. She narrowed her eyes, looking blankly at the ground.
'When Vegeta said he wasn't bothered by what Frieza had done to our home planet and his family – it was a lie...'
~00~
Goku stretched, wiping off the sweat that had accumulated on his forehead because of the intense gravity of the spaceship that Bulma's father had built for him, "My training's going good!" He smiled brightly, though it faded as he looked out the window in thought, remembering what the others had told him from the information they had received from Bulma about Planet Namek.
"Vegeta and Kagome, huh?"
His mouth seemed to burn bitterly at the sound of those two names together...
Whew, extra, extra long chapter!
Well, I noticed the review count dropped slightly, so maybe the tiny smut wasn't really good? :/
Anyways, the next five chapters are already written (I guess chronic insomnia is good for something?), so reviews please!
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