Journey to a Planet
Morning came on the third day since Ritz's arrival. Dew had formed and the field looked like it was full of diamonds when the sun hit the wet grass. Even the canapy of Ritz's ship sparkle in the sunlight. Ritz lay asleep in the seat of his ship's cockpit. He was awaken suddenly by the sound of something scratching on the canapy of his ship. He looked up and saw a little dragon prehaps no longer than his forearm sitting on the canapy. The little dragon was bronze in color and its blue eyes glowed like jewels. It contuined to scratch on the glass with its tiny but sharp like needles claws. It made a strange sound as it sat there scratching. Ritz sat up to get a closer look at the dragon, when he was nearly scared to death by Goku when the Saiyan popped up out of no where.
"By the holy wings of Goriko!" Ritz fell back into his seat, his tail puffed up like a cat's. "Goku, don't do that! You scared the living daylights out of me!"
"Sorry about that. I came to see if you were awake. Bulma told me to get you up so you could have something to eat before we start our journey. Plus, she was going help supply your ship," Goku said. Ritz opened the canapy and started to get out. He climbed down the ladder and walked over where Goku stood waiting. The little dragon was now perched on Goku's shoulders.
"Is that your dragon?" Ritz pointed.
"I'm afaird so. I've had him since he was a hatchling. I found him in my wife's garden. His name is Rawcliffe," Goku said and then scratched Rawcliffe's little chin. The little dragon chirped happily and rubbed his tiny head against Goku's cheek as a sign of affection. Ritz followed Goku to Bulma and Vegeta's home.
"Hello, I'm back with Ritz, " Goku called. No one seemed to answer. "They must be in the kitchen in the back"
So the two Saiyans when into the back of the house to the kitchen. Bulma was in there cooking along with her mother and Chi-Chi.
"Hello," Goku said.
"Oh, Goku we didn't hear you come in," Bulma said. "You're just in time for breakfast."
"Oh, boy! Food!" Goku sat down and began to chow down. It seemed that the Saiyan's belly was a bottomless pit the way Goku ate. Goku looked up and saw an angry glare from Chi-Chi. He stopped what he was doing and gave her a questioning look. He was wondering why she was angry at him.
"Goku, you have horrible manners! Can't you save some food for everybody else," she seemed to scream at Goku who was now sinking into his chair.
"I'm sorry," Goku said with his most inncent look on his face.
" Sorry nothing! You said your were going to space right at the last second! At the first sign of adventure you go running off! You make me so angry sometimes!!!" Chi-Chi was in one of her moods. Ritz leaned over to Goku.
"Your wife scares me!" he said.
"I know. She even scares me!" Goku said. That was misake that he was going to regret. Chi-Chi was now full of rage, so full, that she whacked poor Goku on the back of his head with a frying pan.
"Ow, why did you do that for? What I say?" Goku cried as he rubbed the back of his sore head. He could now feel a bump rising there.
"Thanks a lot Chi-Chi! You broke my best frying pan," Bulma said angrily. She was right, there was now a crack running through the middle of the pan.
"Sorry, I can't help it that my husband has a hard head!" Chi-Chi said with another angry glare aiming at Goku. It was a good thing, at the amount of force Chi-Chi used to hit the Saiyan, she could have killed him. It was his hard head that saved him.
"Hey, where's Vegeta at?" Ritz asked.
"Well, he was still asleep when I sent Goku to get you," Bulma said. "It's not like him to sleep in. Must be those dreams again."
"Dreams?" Ritz questioned.
"Over the past three days he has been having nightmares. But he won't tell me what they are about though," Bulma said remembering how many times she was awaken by Vegeta screaming his sleep. It was strange how the Saiyan prince was bothered so much by dreams.
"Well, speak of the devil, here he comes now," Ritz said. Vegeta entered the kitchen, looking very sleepy. His hair was about in fifty different directions.
"Vegeta, you look like you've been through hell. What were you doing? Fighting in your sleep?" Goku said when he noticed Vegeta walk in.
"Shutup, Kakarot.." Vegeta muttered. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Goku's insults.
"Well, Vegeta, cranky this morning, aren't we?" Ritz said.
"Ritz not you too!" Vegeta said angrily.
"Boy, you sound like old man McCrabb," Ritz said.
"Who's McCrabb?" Goku asked.
"Oh, he's this old Saiyan who owns a shop in one of the towns on my planet, who's a really cranky all the time! Just like you Vegeta!" Ritz answered the question.
"Ritz do you mind? I'll not in the mood for insults!" Vegeta was now quite angry.
"Vegeta is a crab! A big crab!" both Ritz and Goku said.
"Will you two stop it! I'll blow you two to kingdom come if you don't," Vegeta was ready to kill someone. Bulma couldn't help but giggle at the Saiyans' antics.
"Oh, come on sourpuss, we're just playing with you," Ritz said with a grin on his face.
"He's right you know. If you stop being a crab all the time maybe they won't pick on you," Bumla said.
"But.." Vegeta started to say.
" No but's, Vegeta. Come, sit down and have breakfast," Bulma said. She didn't want him to start any farther fights.
Breakfast was finished and everyone was busy getting ready for the journey to Ritz's home. While Ritz and Bulma refueled and suppied the ship, Goku begged and pleaded to Chi-Chi that Gohan go with him. She was already angry enough with him going, but to drag their son with him, she didn't think. But after some begging and more pleading, she finally agreed. She gave Goku a warning though. If anything should happen to their son, she would kill him. Krillin had also came over. He wanted to go with Goku, knowing that his Saiyan friend would get into trouble without him watching.
"What are friends for," Goku said.
"They are for keeping you out of trouble," Krillin said. "Knowing you, you would want to test out your power against some horroribly powerful space freak."
"Really?" Goku said questioning his friend.
"Yeah, every time we go on an adventure, there's always some guy wanting to destroy the universe," Krillin said.
"Well, that's true..I wonder why that is?" Goku pondered.
"I don't know?" Krillin said.
The ship was ready and everyone was all set to go. Ritz set the controls and typed in the coordinates for home in the ship's computer. Home..He couldn't wait to get home.
"Well, is everyone all set back there?" Ritz asked making sure everyone was strapped in before he started up the ship. Everyone said they were ready. So Ritz fired up engines and lifted off. Everyone waved goodbye before they disappeared into the sky. The ground grew farther and farther away as they went higher and higher into the sky. Soon the Earth was behind them.
"So Ritz, how long will it take to get to your home?" Goku asked after they were in space. Ritz turned so he could answer Goku's question.
"Several weeks," he said.
"Several weeks?! It takes that long!" Goku was suprised.
"Well, this ship is old and my home is pretty far away," Ritz added. Goku couldn't believe it was going to take that long to get there.
"Oh, great. I'm going to be struck in this tiny ship with Kakarot for weeks," Vegeta muttered. He wasn't pleased with this at all.
"Well, I isn't planning on being in here for weeks with you either," Goku said at Vegeta's remark.
"Man, will you two knock it off. Goku, why don't you teleport us there," Krillin said.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot. That's a great idea," Goku said.
"You can teleport and didn't tell me? You could have teleport us there! That would save me the trouble of refueling and suppling the ship!" Ritz wasn't too thrilled at hearing what Goku said.
"Well, I forgot about it and besides I have no idea where your planet is, so I can't take you there," Goku said trying to defend himself.
"You have a point there..Wait I have an idea! Remember my dragon, Nite? He is telepathic and I could have him contact you so you can get an idea where my home is," Ritz said. Ritz used his mind to reach his dragon friend.
What is Ritz? It's so nice to hear from you. Nite answered.
We need your help. My new friend Goku can teleport and he said he could take us home but he doesn't know where we live. We need you to contact Goku with your mind so he can get a lock on your power so he can take us home. Ritz told Nite of his plans.
Ok. the dragon replied.
"Goku get ready. Nite said he'll help," Ritz said.
Goku felt the dragon enter his mind and he got a lock on Nite's power signal.
Are you ready? Nite asked.
Yes, I've got a lock on your power signal,Goku answered. He then pressed his fingers to his forehead and in an instant they in the planet's orbit. Ritz's home planet looked similar to Earth except smaller.
"Everyone hang on. It's going to be a bumpy ride!" Ritz said and then fired up the thrusters for descend. Ritz was right about one thing, the ride violently shook as when through the atmosphere. They would arrive on the planet's surface in a matter of minutes.
The land below was lush and green. They were flying over a large plain of tall green grass. This place was also like Earth in certain ways. Ritz steered the ship to what looked like a large town of some sort.
"Is this where you live?" Goku asked.
"No, I don't live in this town. My home is high in the mountains to the north," Ritz answered.
"Then why are we stopping here?" Goku questioned.
"A friend of mine lives here. You see this ship isn't mine. I'm returning it to him," Ritz answered Goku's questions again. They entered the town's airspace and Ritz flew the ship to a large building. Carefully, he landed the ship on the landing platform just outside the building.
"Alright, we're here," Ritz said. Everyone climbed down the ladder and stepped out onto the platform. No one was there to greet them. The place seemed empty.
"Hello?" Ritz called. No answer came. "He must be in the hanger. Follow me."
The gang followed Ritz into the large hanger that was at the other end of the landing platform. No one seemed to be in there either.
"Hello! Is there anyone home?" Ritz called again. Suddenly, there was a crash by the large ship that was in the hanger and a voice that cursed about something. From out of nowhere came a Saiyan rubbing his head where he had hit it when Ritz called.
"Hello, Ritz ,back so soon? I didn't know that my old ship was that fast," the Saiyan said. The Saiyan was wearing a toolbelt around his waist and he had oil stains on his clothes. He had wild black hair and the most striking feature on him was that his tail was white instead of brown like most Saiyans have.
"Guys, this is my friend Raku," Ritz introduced his strange friend.
"Hello," Raku greeted.
Everyone introduced themselves and greeted Raku.
"I know you have lots of things to talk about from your journey to Earth, but Ritz there's something you should know," Raku's voice went from friendly to grim like.
"What's wrong, Raku. Something bothering you?" Ritz questioned his worried friend.
"The other day three Saiyans came to my shop asking about you," Raku said.
"Asking about me why? Who were they?" Ritz was now getting worried.
"They didn't say who they were. I don't know why they were asking for you. But I think they know about your mission to Earth," Raku said.
"How did they find out? That was supposed to be secret! Only my father, you, Blaze, and Gen. Yatate know about the mission! This isn't good," Ritz started to worry even more.
"There's something else. My dog got this off of one them," Raku pulled some kind of strange object out of his pocket and threw it on the work table by the ship. It was a small metal circular object with a symbol of a wolf's head with a dagger in its jaws on it. Vegeta reckonized it immediately.
"No, it can't be..." Vegeta muttered with disblief.
"What? What is it?" Ritz asked.
"Do you know what this symbol is?" Vegeta said.
Ritz nodded his head no.
"This is the symbol of Wolf," Vegeta answered.
"Wolf?" everyone had no idea what he was talking about.
"Wolf was a Saiyan assassin. He tried to assassinate my father the king. But he still can't be alive. He was banished to the Wasteland of Vegeta," Vegeta said. He still couldn't believe that Wolf could be alive. But how? Planet Vegeta was destroyed years ago. And besides, nobody could survive in the Wasteland...
"Wasteland? Why the Wasteland?" Ritz asked.
"When my father found out that Wolf tried to kill him, he banished him to the Wasteland. The Wasteland is a vase desert that seems to go on for miles and miles. No living thing can survive there. I was the only one who saw him try to kill my father and the last thing that Wolf said before he was banished was that one day he would manage to escape the Wasteland to seek revenge against the Royal Family," Vegeta contuined his tale.
"That means if he somehow managed to escape Planet Vegeta before Frieza destroyed it he's going to come and kill you," Ritz said.
"See, I told you there would be some manic running around," Krillin whispered to Goku.
"Yep, you were right. But we have no idea what this guy looks like," Goku said to his friend.
"Those guys that came to my shop must have been sent by him," Raku said.
"This is not good. We have to leave this town. Those guys must know that Vegeta is here and they'll come to kill him. We'll have to take Vegeta to my home in the mountains. He'll be safe there," Ritz said. "I'll have to contact Nite so he can pick us up."
Once again Ritz used his mind to talk to his dragon friend. But the dragon had grim news...
Ritz I can't. There's a horrible storm going on. My wings would freeze if I try to fly, the dragon answered Ritz's call.
"Nite can't help because there's a storm," Ritz told everyone the news. Ritz asked Goku if he could teleport there but the Saiyan said that he used too much energy when he teleported them the first time.
"We can't fly because we'll be spotted easily and it puts out too much energy. The only way to get there is by land," Ritz said. "We'll have to disguise ourselves to keep from being noticed."
Ritz went out to rent some horses for their journey while the gang disguised themselves with the help of Raku. Raku pulled out a robe that was for a fighter and handed it to Goku.
"Here, I think this should fit you," Raku said. Goku slipped the robe over him and let the cloth fall over his body. It wasn't a shabby robe either. It was almost like a rich person's robe than a fighter's. The outside was made of silk and the inside was lined with cotton to help keep warm.
"Well, how does it look?" Goku asked.
"Great. If anyone on the road asks who you are, just say that you are a student of Master Jinku on your training journey," Raku said.
"Master Jinku?" Goku was puzzled.
"Master Jinku is a Saiyan martial arts master. I used to study under him but my training was cut off when our home world was attacked," Raku said.
Vegeta had found a large heavy black cloak and he put it on. He wrapped it around himself and drew the hood over his head. He was completely covered and no one could see his face.
"Well, that's a good idea. No will know who you are," Raku said to Vegeta.
By the time Ritz came back with their mounts, the gang had themselves disguised and were ready to go. Their mounts were large horses, proud and high spirited. Ritz had loaded the saddle bags with supplies for the journey to his home high in the mountians. Everyone mounted a horse and was directed by Ritz to follow him.
"Raku. See if you can get a message to my father to see if he can send an escort for us. If he can, tell him to send them to the road where the mountians begin," Ritz said.
"I'll see. Good luck on your journey!" Raku answered.
"Oh, by the way," Vegeta said before they were to leave.
"Umm..What?" Raku wondered.
Vegeta held up the object that Raku had gotten off one of the Saiyans. He pressed a tiny button that was on the other side and four sharp blades came out of the rim of the object.
"This is a weapon. You were lucky that you didn't turn your back to them. One throw to the back of your neck and.....," Vegeta said with a grin. Raku gave a strange look to Vegeta at the thought of the things he said.
They said their goodbyes and kicked their mounts forward. They raced out the gates of the town onto the path that would lead them to the mountians. They had hopes that they would be alone on the road and that nothing would happen.....
Morning came on the third day since Ritz's arrival. Dew had formed and the field looked like it was full of diamonds when the sun hit the wet grass. Even the canapy of Ritz's ship sparkle in the sunlight. Ritz lay asleep in the seat of his ship's cockpit. He was awaken suddenly by the sound of something scratching on the canapy of his ship. He looked up and saw a little dragon prehaps no longer than his forearm sitting on the canapy. The little dragon was bronze in color and its blue eyes glowed like jewels. It contuined to scratch on the glass with its tiny but sharp like needles claws. It made a strange sound as it sat there scratching. Ritz sat up to get a closer look at the dragon, when he was nearly scared to death by Goku when the Saiyan popped up out of no where.
"By the holy wings of Goriko!" Ritz fell back into his seat, his tail puffed up like a cat's. "Goku, don't do that! You scared the living daylights out of me!"
"Sorry about that. I came to see if you were awake. Bulma told me to get you up so you could have something to eat before we start our journey. Plus, she was going help supply your ship," Goku said. Ritz opened the canapy and started to get out. He climbed down the ladder and walked over where Goku stood waiting. The little dragon was now perched on Goku's shoulders.
"Is that your dragon?" Ritz pointed.
"I'm afaird so. I've had him since he was a hatchling. I found him in my wife's garden. His name is Rawcliffe," Goku said and then scratched Rawcliffe's little chin. The little dragon chirped happily and rubbed his tiny head against Goku's cheek as a sign of affection. Ritz followed Goku to Bulma and Vegeta's home.
"Hello, I'm back with Ritz, " Goku called. No one seemed to answer. "They must be in the kitchen in the back"
So the two Saiyans when into the back of the house to the kitchen. Bulma was in there cooking along with her mother and Chi-Chi.
"Hello," Goku said.
"Oh, Goku we didn't hear you come in," Bulma said. "You're just in time for breakfast."
"Oh, boy! Food!" Goku sat down and began to chow down. It seemed that the Saiyan's belly was a bottomless pit the way Goku ate. Goku looked up and saw an angry glare from Chi-Chi. He stopped what he was doing and gave her a questioning look. He was wondering why she was angry at him.
"Goku, you have horrible manners! Can't you save some food for everybody else," she seemed to scream at Goku who was now sinking into his chair.
"I'm sorry," Goku said with his most inncent look on his face.
" Sorry nothing! You said your were going to space right at the last second! At the first sign of adventure you go running off! You make me so angry sometimes!!!" Chi-Chi was in one of her moods. Ritz leaned over to Goku.
"Your wife scares me!" he said.
"I know. She even scares me!" Goku said. That was misake that he was going to regret. Chi-Chi was now full of rage, so full, that she whacked poor Goku on the back of his head with a frying pan.
"Ow, why did you do that for? What I say?" Goku cried as he rubbed the back of his sore head. He could now feel a bump rising there.
"Thanks a lot Chi-Chi! You broke my best frying pan," Bulma said angrily. She was right, there was now a crack running through the middle of the pan.
"Sorry, I can't help it that my husband has a hard head!" Chi-Chi said with another angry glare aiming at Goku. It was a good thing, at the amount of force Chi-Chi used to hit the Saiyan, she could have killed him. It was his hard head that saved him.
"Hey, where's Vegeta at?" Ritz asked.
"Well, he was still asleep when I sent Goku to get you," Bulma said. "It's not like him to sleep in. Must be those dreams again."
"Dreams?" Ritz questioned.
"Over the past three days he has been having nightmares. But he won't tell me what they are about though," Bulma said remembering how many times she was awaken by Vegeta screaming his sleep. It was strange how the Saiyan prince was bothered so much by dreams.
"Well, speak of the devil, here he comes now," Ritz said. Vegeta entered the kitchen, looking very sleepy. His hair was about in fifty different directions.
"Vegeta, you look like you've been through hell. What were you doing? Fighting in your sleep?" Goku said when he noticed Vegeta walk in.
"Shutup, Kakarot.." Vegeta muttered. He wasn't in the mood to deal with Goku's insults.
"Well, Vegeta, cranky this morning, aren't we?" Ritz said.
"Ritz not you too!" Vegeta said angrily.
"Boy, you sound like old man McCrabb," Ritz said.
"Who's McCrabb?" Goku asked.
"Oh, he's this old Saiyan who owns a shop in one of the towns on my planet, who's a really cranky all the time! Just like you Vegeta!" Ritz answered the question.
"Ritz do you mind? I'll not in the mood for insults!" Vegeta was now quite angry.
"Vegeta is a crab! A big crab!" both Ritz and Goku said.
"Will you two stop it! I'll blow you two to kingdom come if you don't," Vegeta was ready to kill someone. Bulma couldn't help but giggle at the Saiyans' antics.
"Oh, come on sourpuss, we're just playing with you," Ritz said with a grin on his face.
"He's right you know. If you stop being a crab all the time maybe they won't pick on you," Bumla said.
"But.." Vegeta started to say.
" No but's, Vegeta. Come, sit down and have breakfast," Bulma said. She didn't want him to start any farther fights.
Breakfast was finished and everyone was busy getting ready for the journey to Ritz's home. While Ritz and Bulma refueled and suppied the ship, Goku begged and pleaded to Chi-Chi that Gohan go with him. She was already angry enough with him going, but to drag their son with him, she didn't think. But after some begging and more pleading, she finally agreed. She gave Goku a warning though. If anything should happen to their son, she would kill him. Krillin had also came over. He wanted to go with Goku, knowing that his Saiyan friend would get into trouble without him watching.
"What are friends for," Goku said.
"They are for keeping you out of trouble," Krillin said. "Knowing you, you would want to test out your power against some horroribly powerful space freak."
"Really?" Goku said questioning his friend.
"Yeah, every time we go on an adventure, there's always some guy wanting to destroy the universe," Krillin said.
"Well, that's true..I wonder why that is?" Goku pondered.
"I don't know?" Krillin said.
The ship was ready and everyone was all set to go. Ritz set the controls and typed in the coordinates for home in the ship's computer. Home..He couldn't wait to get home.
"Well, is everyone all set back there?" Ritz asked making sure everyone was strapped in before he started up the ship. Everyone said they were ready. So Ritz fired up engines and lifted off. Everyone waved goodbye before they disappeared into the sky. The ground grew farther and farther away as they went higher and higher into the sky. Soon the Earth was behind them.
"So Ritz, how long will it take to get to your home?" Goku asked after they were in space. Ritz turned so he could answer Goku's question.
"Several weeks," he said.
"Several weeks?! It takes that long!" Goku was suprised.
"Well, this ship is old and my home is pretty far away," Ritz added. Goku couldn't believe it was going to take that long to get there.
"Oh, great. I'm going to be struck in this tiny ship with Kakarot for weeks," Vegeta muttered. He wasn't pleased with this at all.
"Well, I isn't planning on being in here for weeks with you either," Goku said at Vegeta's remark.
"Man, will you two knock it off. Goku, why don't you teleport us there," Krillin said.
"Oh, yeah. I forgot. That's a great idea," Goku said.
"You can teleport and didn't tell me? You could have teleport us there! That would save me the trouble of refueling and suppling the ship!" Ritz wasn't too thrilled at hearing what Goku said.
"Well, I forgot about it and besides I have no idea where your planet is, so I can't take you there," Goku said trying to defend himself.
"You have a point there..Wait I have an idea! Remember my dragon, Nite? He is telepathic and I could have him contact you so you can get an idea where my home is," Ritz said. Ritz used his mind to reach his dragon friend.
What is Ritz? It's so nice to hear from you. Nite answered.
We need your help. My new friend Goku can teleport and he said he could take us home but he doesn't know where we live. We need you to contact Goku with your mind so he can get a lock on your power so he can take us home. Ritz told Nite of his plans.
Ok. the dragon replied.
"Goku get ready. Nite said he'll help," Ritz said.
Goku felt the dragon enter his mind and he got a lock on Nite's power signal.
Are you ready? Nite asked.
Yes, I've got a lock on your power signal,Goku answered. He then pressed his fingers to his forehead and in an instant they in the planet's orbit. Ritz's home planet looked similar to Earth except smaller.
"Everyone hang on. It's going to be a bumpy ride!" Ritz said and then fired up the thrusters for descend. Ritz was right about one thing, the ride violently shook as when through the atmosphere. They would arrive on the planet's surface in a matter of minutes.
The land below was lush and green. They were flying over a large plain of tall green grass. This place was also like Earth in certain ways. Ritz steered the ship to what looked like a large town of some sort.
"Is this where you live?" Goku asked.
"No, I don't live in this town. My home is high in the mountains to the north," Ritz answered.
"Then why are we stopping here?" Goku questioned.
"A friend of mine lives here. You see this ship isn't mine. I'm returning it to him," Ritz answered Goku's questions again. They entered the town's airspace and Ritz flew the ship to a large building. Carefully, he landed the ship on the landing platform just outside the building.
"Alright, we're here," Ritz said. Everyone climbed down the ladder and stepped out onto the platform. No one was there to greet them. The place seemed empty.
"Hello?" Ritz called. No answer came. "He must be in the hanger. Follow me."
The gang followed Ritz into the large hanger that was at the other end of the landing platform. No one seemed to be in there either.
"Hello! Is there anyone home?" Ritz called again. Suddenly, there was a crash by the large ship that was in the hanger and a voice that cursed about something. From out of nowhere came a Saiyan rubbing his head where he had hit it when Ritz called.
"Hello, Ritz ,back so soon? I didn't know that my old ship was that fast," the Saiyan said. The Saiyan was wearing a toolbelt around his waist and he had oil stains on his clothes. He had wild black hair and the most striking feature on him was that his tail was white instead of brown like most Saiyans have.
"Guys, this is my friend Raku," Ritz introduced his strange friend.
"Hello," Raku greeted.
Everyone introduced themselves and greeted Raku.
"I know you have lots of things to talk about from your journey to Earth, but Ritz there's something you should know," Raku's voice went from friendly to grim like.
"What's wrong, Raku. Something bothering you?" Ritz questioned his worried friend.
"The other day three Saiyans came to my shop asking about you," Raku said.
"Asking about me why? Who were they?" Ritz was now getting worried.
"They didn't say who they were. I don't know why they were asking for you. But I think they know about your mission to Earth," Raku said.
"How did they find out? That was supposed to be secret! Only my father, you, Blaze, and Gen. Yatate know about the mission! This isn't good," Ritz started to worry even more.
"There's something else. My dog got this off of one them," Raku pulled some kind of strange object out of his pocket and threw it on the work table by the ship. It was a small metal circular object with a symbol of a wolf's head with a dagger in its jaws on it. Vegeta reckonized it immediately.
"No, it can't be..." Vegeta muttered with disblief.
"What? What is it?" Ritz asked.
"Do you know what this symbol is?" Vegeta said.
Ritz nodded his head no.
"This is the symbol of Wolf," Vegeta answered.
"Wolf?" everyone had no idea what he was talking about.
"Wolf was a Saiyan assassin. He tried to assassinate my father the king. But he still can't be alive. He was banished to the Wasteland of Vegeta," Vegeta said. He still couldn't believe that Wolf could be alive. But how? Planet Vegeta was destroyed years ago. And besides, nobody could survive in the Wasteland...
"Wasteland? Why the Wasteland?" Ritz asked.
"When my father found out that Wolf tried to kill him, he banished him to the Wasteland. The Wasteland is a vase desert that seems to go on for miles and miles. No living thing can survive there. I was the only one who saw him try to kill my father and the last thing that Wolf said before he was banished was that one day he would manage to escape the Wasteland to seek revenge against the Royal Family," Vegeta contuined his tale.
"That means if he somehow managed to escape Planet Vegeta before Frieza destroyed it he's going to come and kill you," Ritz said.
"See, I told you there would be some manic running around," Krillin whispered to Goku.
"Yep, you were right. But we have no idea what this guy looks like," Goku said to his friend.
"Those guys that came to my shop must have been sent by him," Raku said.
"This is not good. We have to leave this town. Those guys must know that Vegeta is here and they'll come to kill him. We'll have to take Vegeta to my home in the mountains. He'll be safe there," Ritz said. "I'll have to contact Nite so he can pick us up."
Once again Ritz used his mind to talk to his dragon friend. But the dragon had grim news...
Ritz I can't. There's a horrible storm going on. My wings would freeze if I try to fly, the dragon answered Ritz's call.
"Nite can't help because there's a storm," Ritz told everyone the news. Ritz asked Goku if he could teleport there but the Saiyan said that he used too much energy when he teleported them the first time.
"We can't fly because we'll be spotted easily and it puts out too much energy. The only way to get there is by land," Ritz said. "We'll have to disguise ourselves to keep from being noticed."
Ritz went out to rent some horses for their journey while the gang disguised themselves with the help of Raku. Raku pulled out a robe that was for a fighter and handed it to Goku.
"Here, I think this should fit you," Raku said. Goku slipped the robe over him and let the cloth fall over his body. It wasn't a shabby robe either. It was almost like a rich person's robe than a fighter's. The outside was made of silk and the inside was lined with cotton to help keep warm.
"Well, how does it look?" Goku asked.
"Great. If anyone on the road asks who you are, just say that you are a student of Master Jinku on your training journey," Raku said.
"Master Jinku?" Goku was puzzled.
"Master Jinku is a Saiyan martial arts master. I used to study under him but my training was cut off when our home world was attacked," Raku said.
Vegeta had found a large heavy black cloak and he put it on. He wrapped it around himself and drew the hood over his head. He was completely covered and no one could see his face.
"Well, that's a good idea. No will know who you are," Raku said to Vegeta.
By the time Ritz came back with their mounts, the gang had themselves disguised and were ready to go. Their mounts were large horses, proud and high spirited. Ritz had loaded the saddle bags with supplies for the journey to his home high in the mountians. Everyone mounted a horse and was directed by Ritz to follow him.
"Raku. See if you can get a message to my father to see if he can send an escort for us. If he can, tell him to send them to the road where the mountians begin," Ritz said.
"I'll see. Good luck on your journey!" Raku answered.
"Oh, by the way," Vegeta said before they were to leave.
"Umm..What?" Raku wondered.
Vegeta held up the object that Raku had gotten off one of the Saiyans. He pressed a tiny button that was on the other side and four sharp blades came out of the rim of the object.
"This is a weapon. You were lucky that you didn't turn your back to them. One throw to the back of your neck and.....," Vegeta said with a grin. Raku gave a strange look to Vegeta at the thought of the things he said.
They said their goodbyes and kicked their mounts forward. They raced out the gates of the town onto the path that would lead them to the mountians. They had hopes that they would be alone on the road and that nothing would happen.....