Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ. I only have a few DVDs of the Babidi and Buu sagas, and that don't amount to a hill of beans.

DUE TO AN IMPROMPTU VACATION, ALL THREE CHAPTERS HAVE BEEN UPLOADED FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT. EXPECT A NEW CHAPTER IN A WEEK OR SO.

Notes:

--Contains mature subject matter including implications of prostitution, drug use, and other vices.

--Contains bar-fight violence

--Contains OOC moments, but hey, it is an AU.

Diversion

Chapter 5:

Shore Leave

The four pods docked with a large space station. A dodo-like man greeted the travelers.

"Welcome to Station Omicron 178. May I help you gentlemen?"

Vegeta showed a passport "Yes. We need to report to Lord Furiza at once. We need to use your communications array."

"Very well, please follow me" said the dodo man

"I'm going to call Furiza" said Vegeta "Nappa, see about getting us a transport; go with him, Roland. Kakkarot, Radditzu, wait in the food court. Order me an MLT." (1)

"all right! Food!" Cheered Goku

The three groups went their separate ways.

****

Radditzu sweatdropped as his little brother made an utter pig out of himself. His appetite may have been the same, but he certainly had better manners than that.

"Um…Kakkarot…"

"What?" asked Goku, mouth full of ramen

"How are we…paying for all this food?"

"Easy!" said Goku; he pulled out a Hoi-Poi capsule and released a plethora of Silver and Gold onto the table

Radditzu blanched "Where did you get that much Mythril and Gold?"

"From Suet!" Boasted Goku "Before you guys went into the lab, I took a whole bunch from building remains; those buildings were literally made of the metals! I filled about six Hoi-Poi Capsules with both."

"So that's why you came in later. Impressive…I didn't really think about the fact that the city was mostly precious metals. You were the only one who acted upon that fact. This pile alone has to be worth at least…a couple million ICE."

"ICE?"

"Intergalactic Currency Endorsement. It's what people in space use. It can be exchanged for any currency on any planet that uses it as well."

"So…can you like…exchange half this treasure for me?"

"I should probably do it now."

"Can you please tell me who Furiza is?"

"Our boss. He controls planet trade. It is how he expands his empire."

"So…we Saiya-jin began a partnership with this Furiza guy in 731?"

"I wouldn't exactly call it partnership. In exchange for our planet not being purged itself, we were forced to become purgers for him."

"Hey! That's blackmail!"

"What jury could convict him? He is one of the two supreme rulers of the North Quadrant. His father rules the Andromeda Galaxy, and his sons have split this quadrant."

"Oh.. So he's like a dictator then, huh?"

"Emperor. He rules absolutely with an iron fist but…"

"But what?"

"He took Nappa, Vegeta and I in when Vegeta-sei was destroyed. He opened his flagship doors and welcomed us. He may be hard on us and the civilians…but he is the only one we can really trust." (2)

"I see…he may be a tyrant, but he cares for you guys. I guess There's many cases like that, even on Earth."

*******

Nappa and Roland looked at the ships before them. There were so many to choose from, even though their choices had already been narrowed down with the price their pods were sold for. One ship in particular caught their eyes. It was blue with gold trim, and it was shaped like a football with four sails.

"looks pretty sturdy" said Roland as he struck the Hull

"I wonder how much Crystalline Fuel it uses…"

The salesman grinned as he walked up to them "This Surian X-100 does 200 Myrialites (3) per hour, and it is 3000 Myrialites to the full fuel cell, and it has 60 fuel cells."

"What about living space?" asked Nappa

"There's a commode, a kitchenette, fold out beds, a shower, and plenty of cargo space."

"How much?" asked Roland

"200,000 ICE."

"Damn…" said Nappa

Radditzu arrived with a bag. "Hey. So, which one is our new ride?"

"This one was; it's 200,000 ICE" said Nappa "we're short 50,000"

"No problem" Radditzu reached into the bag and gave the salesman some paper currency. "200,000 ICE. And there's plenty more where that came from!"

Nappa was dumbfounded "And where did it come from?"

"Kakkarot." said Radditzu "Among us all, only he took gold and silver from Suet. He has graciously donated a twelfth of his treasure."

"Wow!" exclaimed Nappa "I'm gonna have to thank him for that one!"

Radditzu and Nappa registered the ship in all five names.

"Come on" said Radditzu "we have to go to the food court to wait for Prince Vegeta"

****

Vegeta waited at the communicator. After a while, a familiar face was on the screen. It was Furiza.

"My, my! Prince Vegeta. I do so hope you have completed the mission"

"Lord Furiza, despite assistance from the brother of Radditzu, the mission was neither successful nor a failure."

"How so? Dear me, I never knew it could be both."

"Lord Furiza, we gained valuable information about the planet. But the Suet-jin have been decimated, but not by us."

"Oh my. Well, pray tell what did?"

"Internal Hostilities…but…Umm…Lord Furiza, are we not supposed to report to you in person?"

"oh dear me! You are right about that, my little monkey!"

"We will return to Furiza 79 at once-"

"No. You've been working a great deal lately. Vegeta, you and the other Saiya-jin are hereby on leave. You have three days."

"Thank you, master Furiza."

The transmission ended.

"Why did he send us on leave?" thought Vegeta "He usually never does this before we report in, and even then…"

****

Goku watched the space station vanish from his window. Vegeta had already set the computer on course.

"Hey, where are we going for shore leave?" asked Goku

"Good question." said Nappa

"I don't care where it is as long as there's food!" declared Goku

"Why not the Second Moon of Kanassa?" suggested Radditzu "The whole place is one big health spa! I could really go for a massage!"

"A tail rub would be great," said Nappa "but why not the beaches of the all tropical planet, Sau-Nas. (4)"

"Or maybe we could go fishing on Zebcosei." suggested Radditzu

Goku raised a hand "How about we go to my planet! Earth has all those things!"

Vegeta shook his head "Earth is more than three days away. We would waste our entire shore leave just getting there."

"Oh…" lamented Goku

"However, there is one planet I know we'll all enjoy" said Vegeta "Planet Vegas."

Radditzu and Nappa cheered "All right!"

"Planet what-now?" asked Goku

"Planet Vegas!" said Radditzu "Only the best resort planet in the North Quadrant!"

Vegeta smirked "Thanks to Kakkarot we can all enjoy a trip there. For one, he bought us a nice fast ship that will get us there in hours. For second, he gave us enough ICE, over a million, to afford an expensive hotel."

Radditzu and Nappa hugged, slugged and shook the hands of Goku while laughing in a very out of character way. "Thank you so much!" "You don't know how much this means to us!"

"Um...you're welcome…"

*****

Planet Vegas came into view. The hemisphere they approached was at its nighttime, just the opposite from their points of view. The whole planet had many scattered bright patches of light all over it. The ship landed in the center of one of these luminescent patches. As it turned out, each of those patches was a tremendous city filled with neon lights. Goku and the others stepped out onto the airstrip and into the city streets. Goku thought South City was big and bright, but this city topped it ten fold. There were so many things all around them. Casinos, restaurants, Hotels, stores, and much more. Many different alien species were there; people from all over the universe.

"Wow!" said Goku

"Ya like it, eh?" asked Nappa

"Yeah! And I thought the cities on earth were big!"

Vegeta pointed to a large hotel with golden lights "That is the Solar Flare. Before we do anything else, we should check in."

Roland and the Saiya-jin crossed the vehicle choked street and over to the hotel. A woman with a horn on her forehead and catlike eyes approached them. She wore a red dress that showed off her curves.

"Hey, handsome," she cooed, directly at Goku "Wanna have fun?"

"Do I ever!" Innocently replied Goku "What kinda fun?"

"If the price is right," she puffed her cigarette "Anything you desire, if you catch my drift, sugar."

Radditzu tapped his brother's shoulder "Kakkarot, I don't think you want to take her up on any offers"

Goku blinked "Why not? She's just trying to sell fun stuff!"

"Yeah, but I don't think you would want to do that. It's what she's selling…"

Goku stared "what is she selling.?"

"It's the oldest profession" Radditzu moved his eyes in a strange way "And your mate wouldn't want you buying any."

"Huh?"

Radditzu became annoyed "Idiot, she wants to sell you her body!"

"What? My body's just fine! I don't need a new one!"

Radditzu became angry "She's a Kami damned prostitute! A hooker! A tart! A strumpet! A trollop! A harlot! A lady of the night! A hustler! A fille de joie! A courtesan! A demimonde! A slut! The worst kind in this case; a disease ridden streetwalker! (5) People pay her to fuck with her! That's what she's selling! She's selling the usage of her sex organs! Do you get it? She wants money from you to get into bed with her, get naked, and do things you and your mate normally do! She wants to exchange cash and bodily fluids!"

Goku stared blankly "Huh?"

The strumpet was becoming impatient "hey, if nobody's going to buy any love making, I'll just leave."

It finally hit Goku "Oh shit! That's what she's selling? Then no way! I'm a married man!"

The tart rolled her eyes "Fine, I'll leave".

She left while swaging her hips. The five men entered the hotel and spoke to the concierge.

"May I help you?"

"We need rooms. Five people." said Vegeta

"I can get you a three room suite and a two room suite on the ninth floor."

"That will be fine" said Vegeta

"Can I get your names?"

"Vegeta, Vegeta."

"Cabejè, Nappa."

"Ruute, Radditzu"

Goku blinked "Um…can I use my earth name?"

"Sure, why not. You seem to prefer it" said Radditzu

"Good! Son, Goku."

The clerk consulted his rulebook "If you have two names, list them both"

"Okay." said Goku he associated which name Radditzu said was his surname "Ruute, Kakkarot"

"Rylos, Roland"

The clerk closed his book "hmm…all of you except the blue guy are Saiya-jin, correct?"

"yes we are" said Vegeta

"We haven't had one of your folk here since…well, since long after your planet was destroyed I reckon."

"you see before you the last of that race, except for my nephew" said Radditzu "Even he is half Saiya-jin."

All five went upstairs after being given a key. After they had vanished upstairs, the clerk had a thought "The last five left…those four men and a little boy…Wait…wasn't the one I met a lady…?"

*****

Goku sat next to Vegeta at a cocktail bar, drinking a strange blue drink. Radditzu, Roland, and Nappa had gone somewhere else. The bartender had four arms, and he cleaned glasses quite efficiently.

"So Mister Vegeta, you finally come back here" said the bartender

"It is pleasant to be back in the Black Stallion, Bentar; your Pina Coladas are second to none" said Vegeta "How's Zingor?"

"Oh, she's fine. We're expecting again. So, who's this? New bodyguard?"

"No. This is Kakkarot. He's another Saiya-jin that we picked up."

Goku shook Bentar's sole free hand "You can call me Goku!"

"Well, it is good to meet you!" said Bentar "So, You're a Saiya-jin? Well that's great, it brings the count from three to four."

"Five" said Vegeta "I have decided to count his half-breed son"

Goku grinned "Wow! I don't know whether to be honored that you recognize him, or sore at you that you called him a half breed!"

"half breed in that context is a good thing" said Vegeta "He has great potential from what Radditzu reports."

Bentar filled a beer for Vegeta "So where are Nappa and Radditzu?"

"They went to the Hyena Sorority." said Vegeta (6)

"The brothel? Why didn't you two join them?" asked Bentar

"Kakkarot has a mate he is very loyal to. I am a prince and have a higher code of standards than the other two. I do not engage in petty vice."

"You don't?" asked Goku "You mean you don't go around chasing girls?"

"No"

"You don't drool over every female you see?"

"No"

"If you ever had a mate, you would never look at another the same way?"

"Never. I would have those feelings for her only."

"Would you ever get drunk and embarrass her?"

"No. Drunkenness is for fools"

"Would you ever hurt her in any way?"

"No. What sort of savage hurts his mate?"

"Make her cry?"

"Only tears of joy, if she is of a race that sheds them."

"Would you take here places and become totally committed to her?"

"Most definitely. The bond that a Saiya-jin shares with his mate is unbreakable by any force. A Saiya-jin always stays by his mate even in battle…in fact many become mentally, spiritually and physically bonded on the battlefield. If she is of a different race, he leaves her behind; then he fights fiercely so he can return to her."

"Wow…after all that I think I'm positive!"

"About what?"

"I'd like to take you to meet someone someday." Goku fished out a picture of a blue haired beauty "This is Buruma Briefs. She's the computer whiz I told you about,"

"what has she to do with me?" said Vegeta aloofly, hiding the fact he found her attractive.

"When we first met, Buruma was looking for the perfect boyfriend. At first she considered wishing for one, but then she met Yamucha. But he does all the things you said no to, and he doesn't do the things you said yes to. On top of the fact that you would be perfect for her finicky tastes, you also have similar attitudes, and similar skill with computers."

"Well, if there are any you wish to be spared when we get to Earth, we'll let you bring them."

Goku thought a bit "That's right…they still plan on purging the Earth…I wonder how Kuririn and the other Z Senshi are doing?"

*****

It was may the 6th on Planet Earth. High on top of Kami's tower, five warriors trained. Kuririn, former monk and Goku's best friend. Tenshinhan, strongest full Earthling, Goku's former rival. Chaozu, emperor of mi-Fang, and best friend of Tenshinhan. Yamucha, former bandit; currently also former boyfriend of Buruma. Yajirobe, student of Karin. All of them were training in anticipation of the return of the three Saiya-jin, and of Goku.

"I hope this plan of yours works, Goku" thought Kuririn "Going out there took guts. When you get here, we'll be ready to help when you turn on them!"

Yamucha practiced his Spirit Bomb (7) and used it to break heavy stones that Chaozu brought from the ground with telekinesis. The same rocks were broken when Tenshinhan practiced his Do-don-pa and Kikouhou (8). Kuririn used his Kienzen (9) to slice and dice the boulders. Kami-sama watched them.

"What is this I feel…" he thought "I can sense that no matter what they do…four will die, three of those whom train here…and another below…but what is this other vision? I see Goku lifeless under a starry sky; he is covered in blood. I see one that which was once evil weeping…Piccolo? I can't tell if it is he…if Goku is to die amongst the other four I sense will depart…why is Piccolo saddened if he knows he can be wished back? I see a small planetoid over a great sea of clouds behind a road that resembles a great dragon…I see Goku heading to it…and then I see naught."

"what troubles you, Kami-sama?" asked Popo

"I sense a great foreboding, Popo." said Kami "I am not certain what it is, but I do know that the battle will not go as planned for…"

"what do you mean?"

"I am not certain; my vision is clouded. I fear for the Earth."

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How is it? Review please. No insults, no flames. I would love suggestions and ideas. If you have a question, just ask and I will respond next update. Constructive criticism is a welcome thing, because it helps me learn by pointing out my missteps. Brauney points for ennywun hoo tellz about ne grammatical errors.

(1) MLT: Mutton, Lettuce, and Tomato sandwich. I simply love them! I do not write any fanfic or original story without one!

(2) Yes, yes, I know it isn't true; Furiza is much worse than that. It's called a Dramatic Irony; we know something he doesn't.

(3) Myrialites: 10,000 light years. In The metric system, Myria means 10,000 times.

(4) Sau-Nas: a play on the word Nassau; the capital of the Bahamas

(5) Synonyms courtesy of Microsoft Bookshelf 99. (I had to cite them or they would have given me heat)

(6) Why would a name like Hyena be sexy? Hyenas are known for licking the private regions of a Hyena they have never met before the minute they first meet. No allegations of perversity! I saw it on Discovery Channel! It is quite scientific!

(7) No, I do not mean the attack Goku gets from Kaiou-sama; Genki Dama doesn't even mean Spirit bomb. I mean Yamucha's attack that is listed on www.Ultimatedbzinfo.com as Souki Dan, which means Spirit Bomb.

(8) Also known to dubbies as Tri Beam Ha

(9) Also known to dubbies as Destructo Disks.

NEXT TIME:

Roland, Goku and The other Saiya-jin return to Furiza 79. Vegeta reports to Furiza and introduces Goku and Roland. Goku senses something…evil. Goku learns the true nature of the "Partnership"…the Saiya-jin have been slaves all along! Threatened for their lives and doing the dirty work of Furiza! Goku repents deceiving them and repents what he had mentally called them. Rebellion! Goku encourages the Saiya-jin to fight back and escape!