"Checkmate." Zarbon stated. The wisp grumbled and floated away. Zarbon stood up and looked over at the Saiyajin.

"Hullo Kava, long time no see. So, have you finally come to join the rest of your kin?"

Kava snorted, "No Zarbon, I'm searching for someone. It would help me, however, to know where I might find my people."

"If you're looking for Saiyajins, they're about three levels down that way." He pointed towards a line of caves in the distance. She nodded curtly and headed off.

"Hey care for some company? Freiza and his father are down here, too. And Freiza is still sore about the whole monkey thing."

Kava looked back at him and put a hand on her hip, "Are you trying to say a Saiyajin female is incapable of looking after herself, Zarbon?"

"Of course not; do you think I'm stupid?" He tossed his head, "It's just that I'm in need of some excitement and going into Saiyajin Territory will be just that." He gave her a small grin, "You Saiyajins never have a dull moment."

"Fine." She turned back around and took off for the caves once again. Zarbon followed and they flew side by side for a while in silence.

"By the way, what is a living Saiyajin female doing in Hell?" Zarbon asked casually.

Kava gave him a sidelong look, "I told you; I'm searching for someone."

"Who and why."

"Who is none of your business; why is because I'm going to resurrect him." She stated calmly.

Zarbon stopped in mid-flight for a moment, shock clearly showing on his face. He shook his head and caught up with her. "What do you mean, 'resurrect him'?" he asked harshly.

"I mean he's coming back to the living world to live; permanently. I would think that you of all people would know what 'resurrect' means, Zarbon."

"How?!"

"That's my little secret…" she smiled mysteriously at him. Somewhere in another dimension, a certain trickster priest sneezed.

Zarbon scowled as they flew on.

Two days later, they stood outside the first cave. Kava looked slightly winded.

"Distances are very deceiving down here, aren't they?" she commented to Zarbon. He grunted an affirmative. She wiped a drop of sweat off her brow, "So which cavern leads to my people?"

"This one." He walked over to a cave half hidden behind some large bushes. A foul, sulfurous odor emanated from it and farther down, there was the dim glow of small fires.

"Ugh, why does it smell so awful? How can anyone stand it?" Kava complained, holding an arm up to cover her sensitive nose.

"Well darling, it is called Hell for a reason. The Saiyajin took over the Hell of 'Evil Warriors'. Any warrior weaker than them gets thrown up here and any stronger ones either stay there and pick fights or come up here. I stayed up here because I'd rather not reduce myself to picking fights for cheap thrills. It gets to be more boring than playing chess for an eternity." He shrugged and climbed down through the opening. Kava reluctantly followed, still covering her nose with an arm.

There were several large caverns so big the ceiling disappeared. At each of these places, Zarbon explained what part of hell it represented. About half way down, a large figure flew over their heads. It screamed as it made it's way to the cave entrance. Zarbon and Kava stopped to watch. Zarbon grinned, "Well, he must have lost his fight."

"Bet it was Napa blowing off steam again." Kava snickered. They exchanged a glance and chuckled.

They continued down the tunnel. At a small open area, the tunnel branched out suddenly into six different paths. Zarbon stopped and looked around. Kava watched him impatiently.

"Well, which way?" she asked, her tail twitching.

"Patience girl; there's a nasty demon that roams these tunnels. Unless you want to become a permanent resident of Hell, we have to go around it. I just need to pinpoint its location. We can actually use three of these tunnels to get to our destination, but only if It isn't hogging them again." Zarbon explained patiently.

"I'm not afraid of some stupid demon. I am a Saiyajin warrior." She snapped. Her tail began to lash wildly about.

Zarbon looked obliquely at her, "would it help you be still if I told you even Lord Frieza and King Cold were thrown out of these caverns by said demon?" he asked dryly.

She growled at him, but her tail curled obediently around her waist.

"Much better…" he studied them for a few minutes more, "…We go this way." He announced, walking towards the tunnel on the far right. Kava muttered a few choice curses in Saiyajin and followed him. Their way grew steadily darker and hotter as they journeyed down.

They finally made it without mishap at the end of the third day. Kava sat on a small boulder outside of the exit, "Next time we fly. It's faster." She grumbled, crossing her arms.

Zarbon glanced at her in amusement, "Well cheer up, you made it to Saiyajin territory."

"Now all I have to do is find him." She said.

"Now then, whom is this 'Him' I keep hearing about?" he asked her curiously.

She looked at him, "Didn't you keep up with relationships on base?"

"I never paid attention to monkey life."

"Fine. I've been looking for Raditz-" she began.

Suddenly, she spun around to look behind her. Above the tunnel they had just come through loomed a large creature. It was a deep red color with scaly skin and a crocodilian body. On its back were two stubby wings and several long spines. Pale orange antler-like horns adorned its eye ridges and spread down its back to nearly touch its wings. Its golden yellow eyes gleamed catlike in the dim lighting. It sat above them, chewing on some poor creature's leg while it studied them. It chuckled, "Well well; I haven't seen you before. You look good enough to eat…" its glance flickered to above Kava's head. "And one of the living to boot. You should be quite tasty then." It gave another gravelly chuckle and jumped down from its perch.

Kava stood and dusted herself off, staring coolly at the thing. "Who are you to judge me as easy prey?"

It stood and gave her a mocking bow, standing nearly nine feet tall, "Vernisch at your service." It looked up at her and gave a 'croc' grin, showing all of its sharp teeth. It straightened, "now that introductions are done, I think I want to see how you taste…" it took a step towards her.

Kava crouched slowly and grinned, "that's too bad; because you're going to have to earn your supper…" she shot away and Vernisch howled, infuriated. It gave chase, flapping its stubby wings to speed up as it ran across the terrain.

Kava looked down at her pursuer, "What's wrong, Lizard Lips, can't get your fat body to lift? What good are wings if you can't use them to fly?" she taunted. She sped up as the Croc slowly began to rise from the ground. Her path went over a large gorge; Vernisch grinned.

At they passed over it, the creature jumped and sailed straight down into it… only to zoom up again with incredible speed as hidden skin flaps on its arms and legs opened up.

Kava hovered for a moment to look at her now airborne pursuer, "My goodness, you're even uglier than you were before."

Vernisch roared angrily and began to glide up towards her. It took a deep breath and belched a noxious glowing ball at her.

She batted it away with a flick of her hand, "How rude. Didn't you know it is impolite to belch at a lady? I suppose I must teach you some manners." She held up an open palm and formed a fiery fist-sized ball of blue energy. "Here, catch." She threw it at Vernisch. It exploded on impact. When the smoke cleared, its horns were glowing blue and its body was without a scratch.

"That was delicious. It almost made a good appetizer, care to try again?" it licked its lips.

Kava scowled and began to form another ki ball. She was half way to throwing it when Vernisch split in two from a rather large katana behind it. It screamed as it fell to the ground. Kava heard the sword slide into its sheath and looked up to its wielder.

"Hello, Kava." A deep rough voice said.