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By My Side

Chapter 8

Vegeta stepped out of his space pod once the latch opened. It took a moment for his eyes to adjust to the brightness of the sun since he was asleep for so long. He looked up noticed that instead of the sun being red or orange which he was accustom to, it was a bright yellow. He also realized that the sky was a spade of blue that he had never seen before and it fascinated him. The skies of the planets that Vegeta, Krillin, and Kakarotto had been to were usually red because of their sun. He wondered what other surprises that he was going to find on this planet. He glanced over at Krillin and Kakarotto and saw that they too were also astonish by this new discovery. No, he wasn't going to let Freiza get his corrupting hands on this planet. Vegeta was brought out of his thoughts when his scouter started beeping. It displayed that four power levels around 5,000 were heading their way.

"Let's go meet the natives" Vegeta said then floated out of the crater with Krillin and Kakarotto close behind him.



Piccolo and the others landed as the outsiders flew out of the crater their ships made. Piccolo sensed that they didn't stand a chance if those warriors were here to fight because the tall one and the short one with his hair designed like flames of a dark fire were as strong if not stronger than him. The extremely short one wasn't too far behind them either. He caught a glimpse of the triplets studying these adversaries as well.

:: Why do all the good looking guys have to be villains? ::

:: I don't know 18, but I we can't beat them even if we tried. ::

:: Given up already Blue! ::

:: No, I'm just facing the facts. The short one with the flame-like hair and the tall one with the hair that sticks out in all directions are at least as strong as Piccolo and the really small one is almost as strong as the other two. That funny looking white armor they're wearing must be very strong but it doesn't look right on them. Those long shoulder blades have got to go along with that brown belt. ::

:: We are probably going to die and you are upset because their armor doesn't match. You are hopeless you know that Blue. ::

:: I think that they are saiyans Chi. ::

:: Why do you think that 18. ::

:: Well the really short one had just removed it from around his waist. Doesn't the tall one looked familiar.yes I remember now. He is the saiyan from my dreams. ::

:: No 18, that isn't the same one. He doesn't have a scar on his left cheek other than that he is an exact duplicate. ::

:: You're right Chi; he has to know him since he looks so much like him. Maybe he was sent by that guy to find us. Do you think that is possible? ::

:: Well which one of us is going to ask him? You should do it 18 since you suggested it. ::

:: Well I know who the chicken is in this family right Chi-chi. ::

:: Hey I'm not scared. :: then Buluma mentally stuck her tongue out at 18.

:: I'll do it. You two can continue arguing for all I care. :: Chi-chi slowly walked up to the three strangers. She was scared shitless but hid it from her sisters.

~ Come on Chi, get a hold of yourself. They aren't going to kill you. I hope! ~



Vegeta and his guards touched down in front of the Z-fighters. They observed the four people that were a few yards away from them. There was a green man whom was called a Namek and three of the most beautiful women they had seen in their entire existence. The women each had eyes that color of the planet's magnificent sky. One of them had hair almost the same color as their eyes, another one had dark fiery red hair, and the last one had golden-blond hair with one side tucked behind her left ear.

:: Those three must be the one sent here by your father Kakarotto. They are very weak. We were stronger than them by the time we were two. It looks like me will have to defeat the Ginyu Force by ourselves. I was at least hoping that they would give some backup. We are going to have to do some serious training this week to make sure that we'll come out the victors. ::

:: Well Vegeta they probably didn't have all the training that we had, but I was also hoping that they would be strong enough to lend a helping hand. No matter we will still be victorious. Look the one with the red hair is heading our way. ::



Chi-chi stopped right in front of the one with the wild hair. She looked deep and saw years of destruction that didn't go well with his handsome face. She wondered what his life would have been like if he had been sent to Earth along with them.

~ I would love to see him smile instead of that present scowl on his face. ~

"Excuse me, do you know a guy who looks just like you but has a scar on the left side of is face?"

"Yes, he was my father."

"What do you mean was?"

"He was killed ten years ago along with everyone else from our planet."

"Does this man have a name?"

"What is with all these questions? His name was Freiza. Before you ask another question, we are here because he has sent his top warriors here to wipe this planet so that it could be sold to the highest bidder and we had to get here first." Kakarotto continue on just as she was about to ask how he knew all about this. "We were in his custody for the pass ten years."

"That is enough Kakarotto" Vegeta looked to where the other Earth fighters were standing and spoke. "What is your purpose for being here Namek? You are a long way from home."

"I am the guardian of this planet. Who are you and why are you here?"

"I am Prince Vegeta of all Saiyans even those three sent here. As Kakarotto just stated Freiza has sent his elite soldiers here and they are probably as strong as we are. They will arrive in about a week. We were hoping that you would assist us in their destruction but you four are too weak to be of any use."

"Are you so sure that we won't be of any help" 18 replied.

"Our scouters read about 5,000 for each of you. Please, the weakness member of the Ginyu Force is at least 10 times as strong as you" Krillin stated.

"We are a lot stronger than think shrimp."

"Prove it then blonde."

"I will do the honors."

"Are you sure you should show them Piccolo?"

"Yes, I can tell that they aren't lying. If these Ginyu Force characters are as strong as Vegeta said they are then they will need our help." Piccolo took off his turban and handled it to 18. He powered slowly since he figured that the scouters would probably overheat because it was going to take a couple of seconds for him to max out. After a while Piccolo stopped powering up. He felt he was at their level.

"The scouter now reads 65,000 but he was just at 5,200 at few seconds ago." Vegeta couldn't believe that these Earthlings had mastery over their ki like that. "That trick will come in handy against the Ginyu Force. Are we able to learn that technique?"

"Yes, I'm guessing that it will take a couple of days for you three to master this technique perfectly but you should know it by time the Ginyu Force arrives" Piccolo replied.

"There is just one more thing I will ask of you."

"And what will that be?"

"We will require living quarters."

"Take that up with those three unless you want to live in the wildness with me."

"Oh great, now we have three more residents" Buluma voiced.

"What are you talking about you don't have to cook."

"Well we always come hire some personal cooks and/or make some cooking bots." Buluma turned and pointed to her new tenants. "You three follow us. Tomorrow we are going shopping because I'm guessing that is the only outfit you have with you. Besides you look weird enough and you don't need to draw unwanted attention to your clothes." With that said, she blasted off leaving her sisters and a bewildered saiyan prince and his guards behind.