Disclaimer: Dragonball/Z/GT, which I do not own, and Planet of the Apes, which I also do not own, inspired this story…

A/n: This is a necessary evil, and the story will start to come into play in the next chapter…

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Planet of the Saiyans

Prologue: Something Else Out There

A few years ago most people thought that humans were alone in the universe… Well, someone thought they were wrong, and that someone was Bulma Briefs of West City, Japan. Everyone told her she was crazy, and even her friends told her she was off her rocker. Bulma always had this feeling that there were things beyond the Chikyuu's atmosphere that were worth seeing, and the young female was bound and determined to see them. Little did she know what she would find when she and her friends Goku, Gohan, Krillen, Yamcha, and Chi-Chi headed off into space in search of an adventure.

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On a planet, several galaxies away from Chikyuu, there was a race of people known as the Saiyans. They had recently overcome the tyrant Freiza, whose family had ruled over them for decades. The only problem was that their king was killed in the battle, and the heartless lizard tyrant had raised the young prince who was to take the throne. Prince Vegeta had no tolerance for weakness, and believed any race that wasn't Saiyan was below him. Strength was everything, and nothing else mattered, or so he told everyone. All of his life he had known that there was something waiting for him when he became king. On one of his purging missions he was told to destroy a planet called Chikyuu, but there was something about the small blue and green planet that stirred a sense of peace in the angry prince. He had returned to Freiza, telling him that the planet had already been purged and there was no need for him to spend his time there. The young prince never regretted his decision to allow the planet to remain, but he never really understood why he did it… How could he know that he would soon be finding out exactly why he had spared it?

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A/n: Okay, I know this is really short, but it's a prologue, and it has to be done. Read the next chapter and then tell me what you think so far.