In the afterlife, a figure crouched on a cliff. He stared off into the red tainted landscape, a dark and serious expression on his face. Behind him, a pretty young woman came up and gently placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Bardakuu." She used his pet name and he turned, glaring at her.

"What is it woman?"

"What is wrong Bardock? You seem so upset."

He snorted and turned back again. "Nothing you need to worry about Cemeri. Just leave me be."

"Are you sure? Perhaps I could help."

"I said leave me be!"

She made a face at him. "Fine then, forget I even asked! Annoying old fart…"

"What was that?!"

"Nothing Bardakuu, nothing at all…" She smiled and sauntered off into space.

"Stupid woman, forever in my affairs…" He glared at the underworld sun off in the horizon. "Sare…" He murmured to himself. "Sweet, Sweet Sare. Kami help you, poor child. Taking your anger out on the prince will get you nowhere. Release the girl Sare, and settle your affairs with me personally."

"That can be arranged, Bardock." He looked over his shoulder and saw her staring at him, black eyes glittering like coals in the eerie red light.

"Sare."

"Bardock."

He stood and faced her. The two eyed each other for a long time before Bardock spoke.

"Sare…you look well."

"I don't look like a robot you mean? It's amazing what science can do isn't it?"

"Hai. Sare, about that…"

"You're sorry, right? You always were a weakling Bardock. You hardly even came to the lab. Popped in every now and then to get a report and left me alone to them."

"Sare, I couldn't stop the experiments. Shamae and Cougre claimed their methods assured the quickest completion of the project, and the King didn't care what happened to you in the process."

"Didn't care? DIDN'T CARE?! How can someone who calls himself a king treat one of his own people worse than a slave? He was never fit to wear the crown of Vegeta-sei."

"The king was HIGHLY concerned about his people. His entire reason for creating you was to save the rest of the planet from Frieza. Didn't you ever here the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few?"

He instantly repented his words. Sare's eyes flashed a dark red, and she clenched her fists in anger.

"And did it never occur to you that perhaps one of the few would be a bit opposed to being turned into a race's toy?"

Bardock lowered his head. "I cannot speak for the king Sare. You can find him if you like, but I doubt he will care. He only saw you once, and didn't bother to research you or anything before he started the project. Once he told us what he wanted he left everything in the hands of the scientists."

"So I suppose it is really you I am to hold responsible then?"

"If you must, then yes. The king just did what was in the people's best interest."

"Hmmm…"

"But you must tell me Sare…how is your spirit in the afterlife if you are still a ghost in the real world?"

"I can project my soul to any of the astral plains I please. As a ghost I am free to travel around at will, and can avoid the added hassle of going through Enma-daio before entering the afterlife." As an afterthought she added, "It also helps that I can just use the girl's soul to occupy my body when I'm away."

"I wondered who you'd suckered into being your host. Who is she?"

"The prince's mate, believe it or not. And to think, he won't lay a finger on me as long as we're fused. Oh the joy! Now I'm free to kill the both of you without worrying about ruining my makeup."

"Well aren't you so damn pleased."

"Why yes. Yes I am."

"You do realize of course, I'm already dead?"

She blinked, and then realization dawned on her. Her face turned a fierce red and she scowled at him.

"Causing trouble down here will just get you sent down to the fifth level. Which by the way, is where Frieza and the rest of the freaks who attacked Earth now abide."

"You know Bardakuu, for a dead guy you sure are informed."

"I have my sources." He said smiling at her. Oh how she wanted to kill him right then and wipe that silly grin off his face.

"But do tell me Sare, why did you come down here? It wasn't just to sit in and chat I'm sure."

"On no. Just wanted to get a few things straight before I came down to destroy you. Even if I can't kill you out right, there's more than one way to destroy a soul." She sniffed.

"That and the fact that the prince is a terribly boring opponent. I knew he was weak, but come on...no wonder he gets beat up so much. He's a pansy."

"You aren't even fighting fair, Sare. Using his wife as bait and then fusing with her anyway? That's awfully low."

"Fair? And was anything about my life FAIR?"

"You're being awfully calm Sare." He said ignoring her previous comment.

"Must be a side affect of my new transformation…plus I never feel quite as whole in this body as I do in my physical one. This girl might not be as good for me as I thought. But I suppose it's too late to change that right?"

He grinned. "Sare, you're being awfully cocky. I suggest you tone down a bit otherwise you'll find that your plans might backfire."

She waved a hand and laughed. "You're just saying that because you know I'll win. Don't expect me to believe a word coming out of your mouth…not anymore anyway."

He shrugged. "Don't blame me when you suddenly find yourself down here with the rest of us…if your that lucky."

"We'll just see about that, Bardock."

Grinning at him she dematerialized slowly into the sky.

Sighing, Bardock shook his head. "Sweet, sweet Sare. You were such a lovely girl…too bad. Perhaps we'll meet again one day."

Closing his eyes he thought about Sare and the Prince, and he saw.

(Sorry if this confused you all. It's filler, but it's important filler ^_~)

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"Still want to fight me prince?"

"Do I have a choice?"

"No."

"Then yes, I will."

Ha!

Vegeta fell to the ground, clutching his chest. Leaning over he groaned and coughed up a gob of blood, wiping his mouth with a red-stained glove. He struggled to his feet and turned to face Sare, his body quivering with the strain.

Vegeta had accepted her challenge to fight; he'd had little choice after all. She'd simply run screaming at him and the fight was on. And true to her word, the girl was out to kill him. She'd toyed with him at first, enjoying the fact that he thought he could beat her. But now she was after him full force, and he didn't stand a chance.

Pitiful. He thought grimly. Here you are, almighty Vegeta getting your ass kicked around by a 14-year-old girl. It's like android 18 all over again…

He raised his arms to block her kick and then the two were at each other again, mere streaks of light in the air. Her eyes bore into him, as though staring down at his very soul. They were lighter now, a bluish purple that reminded him of Bulma's eyes. He'd also noticed that Sare wasn't being as nearly as aggressive as she was before but she hadn't stopped yet and his endurance could only last so long.

He phased to the other side of the field and paused, clutching his chest in pain. She'd broken most of his ribs already, and he could feel more blood rising in his throat. Just as he leaned over she appeared before him and her foot connected with his lowering head. He flew backwards and hit the ground hard, too dazed to get up. She walked over to him and looked down at his face, and smiled.

"Looks like I win, prince. Too bad about your son. He'll be orphaned at such an early age. Ah well. I'm sure that the son family will be more than willing to take him in. And he was such a cute child too…poor thing…"

Her voice faded as Vegeta began to slip into unconsciousness. A sharp slap on the cheek brought him back to reality and he glared at her, reaching up a hand to touch his cheek.

"Stay awake when I'm gloating at you!" She snapped. "I plan to cherish this moment for a long, long time…"

Vegeta's eyes widened and his head slumped to the side. Sare fumed and slapped him again, but to no avail. She slapped him a few more times before finally giving up.

"Oh well. I suppose I'll just have to settle to beating you into a bloody pulp while you're out…"

Giggling she ki-charged her fist and got to work.

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"Silly bardock…my plans never backfire. I've succeeded in everything I've set out to do since my death, and defeating Vegeta will be just one more victory for me. Now to figure out a way to get rid of Bardock's soul for good."

Sare's soul floated effortlessly through the barriers of the two worlds. She sensed where her body was and launched herself for it, dematerializing, as she appeared back in the void where she'd left her body. Had she been paying more attention, she'd have realized that her body had already moved, and if she did she was going too fast to stop herself. She stretched her arms, reaching for her body…only to connect with the body of the fallen prince.

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"Bulma…"

"Hmmm…"

"Bulllma…"

"What?! Hey wait a second…where did Sare go?"

"Bulma, stop what you are doing. Now."

"Why, what am I doing? I can't see from in here…it's too dark."

"Bulma, you're going to kill your husband if you don't stop."

"No! Veggie-chan!" A wave of energy shot forth from Bulma and on the outside, Sare's body stopped her merciless onslaught on Vegeta.

"My gosh…poor Veggie-chan. I hope I didn't hurt him too bad. But wait a minute…who are you?"

"My name is Bardock, Bulma."

"Bardock? You mean like Goku's dad Bardock?"

"That's me. Bulma, Sare and I have a bit of…history. Sare hasn't let you access her thoughts so you probably don't know much of anything right now."

"You've got that right. First of all, where am I and why am I all alone?"

"You're inside Sare. She's fused with you to reach her full potential. Sare is a ghost whose ultimate purpose is to destroy all those involved with something called project Boushi. It was started to create an android capable of destroying Frieza and returning Vegeta-sei to independence, but before we finished the experiment our subject broke out and went on a killing spree in an attempt to bait the king into fighting her. I was sent by the king to hunt her down and deactivate her before she reached the capital, but before I even got close our planet was destroyed."

"Oh I see…the sins of the father shall be visited upon the son…she's attacking Vegeta to get revenge on the king!"

"Exactly. But Bulma, I don't have a lot of time left. I managed to rile Sare up enough to make her jump into the wrong body, but Vegeta has a strong will and he'll repel her in a few moments. Bulma, there is a way to destroy Sare from where you are. You might die, but it's the only chance you have…you see Bulma, if you're destroyed inside Sare's mind you're gone. No soul, no body…just gone."

"But why?"

"There's no time for me to explain, just trust me on this. Now the way to shutdown Sare is-"

"SORRY! CONNECTION TERMINATED!"

A maniacal laugh issued forth from the returning Sare as she once again entered her body.

"Aw poor little Bulma, your last chance of escape gone back to the pit where he belongs! Looks like we're stuck here for a while little one. Any last requests?"

"Just one. You know Sare, you seem like a sporting person. So what say you and I make a bet."

"I'm listening…"

"You give me one hour to figure out a way to deactivate you. I fail, you can do whatever you want. I win, well…you'll be dead so I guess you'll have to let me go right?"

"Hmmm, how about no? What kind of idiot do you take me for, allowing you to play around with my insides?"

"Well if you know the secret to your own destruction that would be locked away in your memories right? So why not just keep me from seeing it to give me a real challenge?"

"Well, you do have a point…alright, you have one hour. No wait, make that an hour and a half, since I'm in such a sporting mood. If in that time you figure out my secret then kudos to you…otherwise your son will be parentless for all eternity."

Sare laughed and clapped her hands.

"Oh joy, what a fun game this will be!"

Bulma frowned and lay down on the ground, shutting her eyes in deep concentration. And for once in her life the Bulma Briefs, the greatest scientific mind on the planet, was truly stumped.