A/n, Thanks for the reviews! though I've managed updates each day now, I'm not sure i can manage coming week. So don't bite me k? And happy Thanksgiving to the Americans! And by the way...Vegeta/Vegitarian? We liked... -laughs giddy-

7. Problems arise


"So this is the gravity machine?" Gokuu eyed the display on his toes as Vegeta nodded. Standing on her toes. Glanced smirking at the other.
"Did you block gramps?" Vegeta asked snickering. Newest trick after 2 painful weeks. Gokuu nodded beaming.
"Yup, but he's not that bad."
"Wanna swap?" She sourly muttered as she hit the activation. The lights turned red. Eager the kids glanced around. Now what?

/Kakaroto? Did you see the setting they put it on? Don't wanna be a bloody pulp./
/Actually...no? I wasn't paying attention.../
/YOU RUNT!/

Suddenly the kids felt pressured. Whoa...neat...Gokuu walked a bit the sweat dropped...hold on...not too much...HEY... he flopped head first as Vegeta winced and sunk graciously through her knees. Ow...ow...ouch...

"On...what setting?" Gokuu stammered.
"100....g..."
/You idiotic brat!!! that's too high!!! you'll kill us both!/

Straining and with barks of Vegeta she managed to crawl to the panel. Making a brief mental note to make a button on the ground soon, reached up, straining for the upcoming 2 minutes before slamming the de-activation button. Both kids sunk breathless on the ground.

/Well that was fun!/ Vegeta hit him.
/WAS NOT RUNT!/
/Why are you calling me a runt? You have ever since we saw the other 2 weeks ago...animal fetish?/
/GRRRR I hate you SO much! I hated your father, hated your brother, and most of all I HATE YOU!/
/Okay...and?/
/Idiot.../


"Well we should train slower..." Vegeta informed Gokuu as they lay side by side, panting.
"I felt like a roach...squashed..." He replied sheepish.
"Well that's not too far away from the truth...hey Gokuu? They said being super Saiya-jin was good? Why not do a contest. Bet I can stay one longer then you."
"NO WAY, your 'just' a girl Vegeta!" Both glared at the other as they turned super. The contest commenced.

***

"I have a better idea. This isn't working as I planned at all." Yema closed the book, one of many with a slam. "The kids only got more and more confused. "BLEND."

/What the hell.../
/look were ghosts! Again...and there's little me!!!/
/I don't like her at all...YAMA!!! What the hell are you up to NOW?/ Both blended into the sleeping chibi couple. All knowledge stored easily accessible when needed in the subconscious. And as usual...Vegeta's spirit messed the merge up again. His mind so strong and near unbreakable the girls soul was tainted heavily. Now then, in their sleep the information would be slowly absorbed. And he chose fighting tactics first. Just in case...

***

Vegeta stirred and sat up from the smooth floor she lay on. Beside her Gokuu loudly snored with drawl all over. DIS-GUS-TING? She shook her head. She just had a foul mood. And he was the only one near her to be blessed to endure it. His loss. Besides she had everything to say about it. She was royal blooded. A princess even! Or queen? Nah she'd have to be crowned first. Maybe later. Maybe she'd ask that dragon for her people. But then with the black stars, cause they seemed to be stronger. And she already had an idea. Just wish them on an alien planet. Their loss. Or she'd stuck to her original idea of a boyfriend with her powers. Wait a minute, was a boyfriend worth a planet? HELL YEAH.


Getting up she stalked down and stuffed herself before Gokuu woke, showered and dressed in exercise clothes. Feeling like breaking a sweat. Nothing better to clear ones head. Coyly she stepped over Gokuu and flicked the gravity up 2 notches. The air shimmered in strain as it increased. She and Gokuu still super Saiya-jins barely felt it. Annoyed she turned it up higher as the machine hummed louder.

Gokuu woke groggy and discovered he couldn't get up? Some invisible power pinned him right down! Over his head Vegeta jumped and did some air kicks before landing and training herself more.

"Aw Vegeta, why did you put it on again? I can't get up..." she didn't even turn around.
"Too bad, crawl then..."
"Moody again? You had your period before!!!"

"I just want to work out! I have to be strong. Your as sure aren't. I'll have to protect us."
"NO WAY. My real grampa said girls couldn't defend themselves. Boys should!"
"He was wrong. I can. So stay out of my way!" Confused Gokuu struggled up and eyed her as she warmed up and suddenly stopped before him. She smirking pulled back. Blindly he blocked. Both starting to smirk. WORK OUT!!


Wiping her head with a towel, 4 hours later she eyed the display. And looked again.

"YO Gokuu, found one. Landing in 15 minutes."
"OH GOODY!!! Finally some fresh air!"
"Are you hinting at me smelling?"
"Absolutely not." she humped, not believing him for a moment. And smacked her soggy towel in his face as she input the landing co-ordinates.

"Why are you being so nasty? What did I do this time?" Gokuu mused sad.
"I just like picking at someone,. You're the only one here." she informed without thinking. Happily Gokuu tossed the towel aside.

"OHHH." Happy as can be he joined her in the chair. As she buckled them up he eyed her.
"I know how to make you feel better." He flashed away. Gasping Vegeta peered behind and all over the ship. But he was GONE!

"AHHH alone? I don't wannaEEK!!!" She dropped back as Gokuu re-appeared with a flower in her face.

"Missed me? For YOU!" He handed the flower which was huge and reddish pink. Picking herself up she grabbed the flower, and stomped angry on it.

"YOU LEFT ME FOR BLOODY WEED?" confused Gokuu eyed her until the flower was flattened completely.
"Um...yes? I thought you liked flowers...girls do said grampa...say your not like normal girls..." he walked up top her, she paused as he tapped her under belly. She flushed

"You're a GIRL?" She slammed his skull in.
"I TOLD YOU THAT, PERV!"
"What's a perv...and YOU HURT ME!" Soar he rubbed his head.
"Oh no..." Vegeta sweat dropped. "Landing...sequence...now? We're...not in...chair?" Wailing they clung to the other as gravity pulled the capsule down. The wailing stopped as they hit the soil. The capsule, old with metal weaknesses broke apart and scattered around them as they lay unconscious. But still super.


"I think their waking up..." Blurry the kids glanced up until the image straightened out into a beaked creature. Behind it a feminine beaked thing.

"I'm so glad..."
"Dodo..." Vegeta muttered groggy.

"Hmmshe's not visually impaired" The male muttered.
"Look at their tailI remember speaking of the same fur tailed aliens that erased our army 300 years agoby one man only actuallybut they feared them allot." The female mused.

"Ow my head" Gokuu muttered as he sat up right and peered at the couple. He smiled before nudging Vegeta. "Look, nice people! Do you have food?" At the sound of the food word Vegeta scurried up and eyed the two some. She tilted her head thoughtful. She knew these peoplebut how?

"Welcome on our planet, and off courseyou have to be starving. I will make something as quick as I can." The female walked away. Vegeta noticed she had a mostly humanoid body. Only her head was messed up.

"What happened? I can't remember a thing." She grunted. The male eyed her.
"Your space ship crashed. I'm afraid nothing remained." Both paled. WHAT?
"But how will we get home?" Gokuu whined.
"HOW DO I GET THOSE BALLS! WALK?" Vegeta snarled. Then fell silent. Something, important info nagging the back of her mindcrossing her feet on the table they sat on she tapped her arm over the other as she closed her eyes. What was it She almost knew it but, slippery like watershe glanced up suddenly. Nearly bowling Gokuu aside.

"Freeza's army, base" She suddenly stammered. Three pairs of eyes peered confused back. Impatient she jumped off the table.
"Army base? Where they keep and feed soldiers?"

"Um, we haven't had an army for hundreds of years. All just farmers" The male stammered back as she peered moody around. It was a round house with not much inside. Just the basic. But clean, she had to admit.
"Just greatGREAT." Growling moody she stomped out and glanced to get her bearings. Now if she'd follow her feelings that would lead her toothat direction. She hovered up to the left of the house and again did de bearing trick. Smirking she sped away. The aliens and Gokuu ran outside. The couple gasped as they saw her well above their house, and thenFLY away!!! Without a plane!

"J" The woman gasped. Not managing to finish the words.
"Oh sorry, she's like that when she crashesI think" Gokuu tapped his chin, shrugged and beamed up. "Always Vegeta, so not social. Good thing I am here to do so instead. So, thanks for taking us in. we might be back later. Hope you have lots of food, we'll be very hungry. BYEBYE!" hovered up and sped after Vegeta who already was well away. The male weakly pointed after the fading slipstream.

"Th" The woman nodded with big eyes.
"Llets grab the legend bookand myths" Both nodded as one and ran inside. Opening an old dusty book and paged through it and their history.

***

Vegeta flew on until she encountered an old building. Didn't look too stable but she'd manage. No building could be as dangerous as on Vegeta-sei. Weary she kicked in the door, a load of dust greeted her. She sniffed oddly before sneezing loud. It echoed through the dark hallways. Sweet.

"HELLO??? I'M COMING IN!!! LIKE IT OR NOT!" She wailed. Not expecting an answer anyway. Smirking she entered and wished she took a torch along. She snapped her fingers. Runt. And turned super Saiya-jin. Her aura flickered warmly in the pinkish white hallway. She snorting walked over the pink pavement. Who was the architect? What a colour combination. Horrible. Lacked style and finesse.

Without really thinking where she walked, she roaming around. Following her feeling more then a direction.


Gokuu landed before the weird shaped building and stood in the doorway. Signs of Vegeta's arrival apparent. The door kicked in. He entered and called her name twice. No answer. Yet he smelled she had to be here. Oh well, just follow his smell. Calmly he walked past some bones on the ground. They were old and had no smell of decay on them any longer. Only the pink ground was a bit stained. As he walked away from the door and the light it offered he turned super Saiya-jin. Just as handy as a torch. Humming he walked on until he paused at one collection of bones. For one it lacked a skull. Secondwhat was a Saiya-jin armour doing there? As he glanced around he noticed more bone collections had them. Some even complete with suits. Dusty, yes. But still recognisable. Some with the chest armours pierced through. He wondered what had happened. Then shrugged it off carefree. It was a long time ago anyway. Vegeta's scent intensified. Beaming he started running until he ran into a room only lighted by Vegeta who like him was super Saiya-jin. She was under a panel, muttering annoyed to herself

"Tinkering again?" he asked needlessly.
"Shuddup, gimme a screwdriver."
"A what?"
"A thing with a flat head-ending." He crunched over the assortment of tools.
"Red one?"
"That's the wrong one! Blue!" He picked the required and handed it to hertail. Which handed it to her. Not phased by the use of her tail, as he had one as well, he peered beside her and watched how she had one threads bare and tighten one screw, before loosening up another, and removing the old tread with a fresh bare one.

She grunted content before crawling back and nearly hit her head. Kicking the panel she tried to reach a button, then hovered up instead. Lack of height was a pain. She punched it and waited. Curious Gokuu waited with her. Should anything happen? Apparently it should have as Vegeta entered a tantrum fit.

"DAMNED OLD CRAP! Has to be the main generator." Humping she without explanation stalked away. Gokuu confused tagged along without disturbing her wrath mood. Putting his arms in his neck he sighed.

"Look, I'm going to find some food for us. Your better off working alone. I don't get any of this modern stuff."
"What ever, now then IDAMN my tools.." She bolted back past him. Whistling he strolled to a door, tried to open it, then using Vegeta as example, kicked the door down and froze. Yelling in fright he bolted away. NEEDLES! Wailing he ran deeper into the complex, until he got lost

"Vegeta?" He muttered weary. Nothing stirred or responded. "Vegeta??? VEGETA !!!!! I'M LOSTTTTTT." Sighing he glanced around. Now what, she either didn't hear or ignored him. Go fig. Vegeta helping him? That'll be the dayhe paused. Since when was he that dark thinking? Especially towards Vegeta? He just didn't know. All he did know was he had to have patients for her whims. How long? Again, no answer. So instead of waiting for her to come, he wandered on alone. After a long time, for his feelings that is. A buzzing sound echoed around him, lights flickered on. First dim, then bright white.

"Well done Vegeta!!!" he glanced up at a crackling sound.

-Gokuu get your behind back to the control room!- Vegeta's voice?
"I'M LOST!!!" He wailed up happy.
-Gokuu YOU OATH! PUSH THE BUTTON ON A WALL WHICH IS RED!- shrugging he complied and jumped up to slam the button.

"Vegeta? I'm lost." He informed.
-Runt. In what section are you. What number is above at the wall.- he peered up and around.
"Um45E?"
-Just stay there. Be there soon. Sit down or something. Kids- She stopped talking. Curious he yapped more. Only stopping when Vegeta snarled him to stay away from the com system. Was that this? Finally he saw her small form stalking far from happy over.

"Should I hold your hand too?" she sarcastic muttered. Eager Gokuu did and pulled her down the hall she came from. She sweat dropped. NOT LITERAL!

"Say Vegeta? How did you know the layout of this base?" Vegeta pulled free and crossed her arms smug as they walked on.
"Easy. After activating this rundown generator in the basement. Which by all means was hard. All messed up old Tec. Crap. I turned on the main computer, it located your terminal and showed me the most direct route." Gokuu already lost her so he nodded as if he understood.

"I seewhat is that?" he pointed at the small glass before her left eye. It was red and seemed to have a display on it.
"A scouter." She would be the last to admit having no idea where she got the name from or how she knew its workingsshe just did. It just showed these weird symbols. A bit of tinkering should fix that up quick enough. For now it showed the way back, as it was connected to the main frame. A portable roadmap so to speak.

"I wanna have one too Vegeta. Looks neat." Gokuu chided. Eyeing the weird thing curious.
"You'll have to wait. I have to change the language format first. Aside from the arrow directions it only shows gibberish. As soon as I fix mine, I'll fix one for you. I found a whole drawer with these things. Any colour you prefer?" Gokuu eyed his orange Gi

"Umorange? That or dark blue." He pointed at his shirt. She sighed.
"Well at least you have a fashion sense." He beamed up at her. That was a good thing right?
"Can we find some food now?" Vegeta nodded.
"Sure, I happen to know where the mess hall is." Gokuu's mouth watered. FOOD. Vegeta also feeling hunger upped the pace until both like gold bullets flew through the hallways, and stopped into a huge hall with tables and chairs scattered over the floor. Hmmany food?

"Shish Vegeta, looks like a war zone" Gokuu muttered. She nodded.
"Yeah, lets hope they left some food." Both walked behind the counter and into the kitchen behind it. Plundering the fridge's proved to be useless. All food wasrotten and such. And OLD. In cabinets small rodents housed which sped at their noise. Gokuu sighed unhappy.

"All cleaned out. Maybe we should go back to that couple, maybe they have some food" Vegeta butted in.
"NO, I will not accept food from those lame dodo heads." He eyed her back confused. HUH? What was her problem? "Ever heard of war rations, there's bound to be some left. Also, it's usually vacuum packed. Meaning, hard to go bad due to time." Gokuu nodded confused yet again. Starting to be his permanent state of mind as well with her around. What was vacuum?

Smug she tossing him some plastic bags which were sealed tightly had had silver coatings. Pretty. He turned it upside down and frowned as he heard Vegeta making a ripping sound. She tore one open with use of her teeth and eyed the cookie based thing.

"I think it's loaded with vitamins. Gokuu, heads up!" She tossed a pile over to him. Laughing he was covered under them as Vegeta laughed too. Soon enough both stuffed themselves with the cookies. Rinsing it down with water and gasped as they stomachs expanded. Wicked! The cookies absorbed the water and grew biggerFrowning Vegeta eyed the package
"Okaymaybe it was used as soupbloody filled one at thatI'm stuffed" Gokuu on his back nodded. Feeling sleepy with a bulging tummy.

"Stuffed" He replied. She yawned. Shaking it off. Too much to do. Grabbed a foot of the already asleep Gokuu and dragged him into the nearest quarters she found and dumped him on the dusty bed. There, no one could call her rude now. She was caring see? She grabbed a dusty blanket, cleaned it by shaking it until the room was snowing. Coughing she draped it over Gokuu and fled the scene. That went nicelyNOT.

She returned to the mainframe and tapped some infostumbling onto a section called Saiya-jins. opening the file she read about special supplies for them. EH???? Nicearmies, got to love 'em. Now then. Podspods...pod bayLAUNCH BAY? She eyed the screen interested. So if she'd take that juncture and then up to level 3AH. Okay. She ran up to the elevator, tapped her foot impatient and walked into the thing. Hit 3 and up she went. It opened quicklyturbo lift? And gulped. Before her lined on one side, shafts with round space pods waiting and theyapart from dust looked likethere had to be at least 25 ready for launch! Awed she walked up to the first and sat inside it. Activating the onboard computer. Doing a systems check.

~ Greetings Saiya-jin, what are your orders? ~ a female voice stated in an unknown language.
"English PLEASE?"
~ Switching interface language to standard~

"Greetings Saiya-jin, what are your ordersplease input co-ordinates."
"In put co-ordinates? Hell no. system check! All components."
"Commencing service check of all components. Estimates time span 20 minutesone message waiting. Orders from prince Vegeta, play back recording now?" she gulped then laughed.

"SURE, play ahead. Funny, poor message rebounding for 300 yearsI wonder if it deteriorated"
-RADDITZ YOU ASS! I NEVER GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO PICK UP THAT LOW CLASS BROTHER OF YOURS, GET YOUR TAIL BACK NOW! And if your keen to know where we are currently? We're sweeping a class 3 planet in sector 37. Vegeta OUT.- Vegeta sat rooted in the chair. Man he was bossy. Even back thenshish. Poor guy who'dWOAH? He just scolded dad? TOO FUNNY! Oh wel this would take awhile. Might as well activate the others. See which functioned or not

"Do you wish to return a reply to the last played message?"
"Hell no, I AM Vegeta."
"Switching to prince Vegeta status. Good morning your highness." Sour she peered at the speaker.
"It's PRINCESS you bucket of bolts!"
"Alteringcompleted."
"Stupid computer. Can you link through to the other pods? If so, do a systems diagnostics on them too."
"Initiating command princesscommencing all out systems check. Estimated time, 45 minutes."

"Say, can you activate it on the central computer core too?"
"Permission denied. No access to main frame from capsules." She snorted.
"Go FIG. Fine. What EVER. Signal my scouter when your completely finished and send me the rapport's if errors are found."
"Task activated. Link through to scouter A7354FKS." She sweat dropped

Sighing tired she rose and strolled back down and into the command room. Now then. Cracked her fingers and flopped in the chair. Maybe this baby was voice activated too.

"Oh computer!!!"
"Enter identification please."
"Prince Vegeta?"
"Voice patterns do not correspond."

"DNA CHECK." A blue ray shone over her.
"DNA analysed. Good day prince Vegeta."
"Change prince to princess"
"Alteringcompleted."

"Lift all restrictions to my name." It rattled. Smug she sat in the chair as suddenly a screen flopped down with a scolding face on it. It had a horned head and tusked at her! FreezaHUH? Who was that? Where did that name come fr

-Now, now Vegetashame on you. You tried that before. And you know very well your access is limited. Shame on you.- it sneered at her. Controlling the urge to blast the screen she tried inputting passwords instead. Proving to be useless. Smug she tried Freeza, and a made up letter and number combination. Taking 8 tries before the screen changed. Huh? Was she lucky? Mommy fortune smiling?

"Computer, activate perimeter defence. Firing Activated only after vocal confirmation."
"Initialised. Code yellow is advisable. Unidentified movement 200 meters away."
"Show onscreen." The screen previously used by that scolding oath. She gasped.

4 ships landed. Obviously space ships, and out poured aliens with big guns. What did she do???
"Initialising red alert, parameter shielding activated, all hands to battle stations, I repeat, we are under attack, all hands to battle stations." In stormed a terrified Gokuu as the lights from normal clinic white to flashing red.

"WHAT DID YOU DO? Blow something up?"
"NO, look! We have visitors!"
"Loading laser batteries" The computer showed a whole check list as Vegeta gulped. WAIT.
"Awaiting your command, awaiting your command, awaiting your command"

"SHUT UP!" She roared frustrated. DAMNIT. It hushed so she could think. "Open communication channel to intruders."
"Opening channel. Phaser banks loaded and ready, shields at 100%."

"This is princess Vegeta, what the hell bit you all!" The screen changed into the most hideous lizard with red tuft she ever saw! Gokuu stood beside Vegeta who still sat.

-Ah we already thought we saw Saiya-jin life forms on this planet-
"Your rude, identify yourself!" She growled. Eyes slit.
-Princess Vegeta eh? Related to the once great and only remaining royal prince I presume? Unlike some we know our space history. My name is commander Kernack. And I and my men will take you two in for a big bounty.-

"Bounty? After 300 years?"
-Our kind does not age like yours does. I am 500 yearsand your kind rarely makes it to the 150 years, a few in prison didhehehehe. Insanebut they did, by eating their fellow inmates.- On a screen behind the view screen a whole tactic was displayed for disposing of their attackers. Only a few would escape.

-Good think Saiya-jins are so vengeful they look up the old bases of Freezaso predictable- Gokuu wanted to inform him they were stranded and needed the facilities to get off the planet but Vegeta stomped him and shook her head.