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Planet of the Saiyans

Chapter 1: Take Off

"Bulma-chan, are you sure you wanna do this?" Goku asked in a worried tone.  His best friend may have been a genius, but she could be almost crazy at times.

Bulma Briefs smiled at her younger friend, "Of course I am Son-kun, you're not scared, are you?"  She knew that would get him.  Son Goku never said no to a challenge.

He would have answered, but his wife, Chi-Chi, cut in, "Of course my Goku isn't scared!"

"Yeah!" their son Gohan chirped.  "Tousan is the bravest guy in the Universe!  Right Tousan?"

"I don't know about that Gohan…" Goku muttered embarrassedly.  He scratched the back of his head in a familiar gesture that said he was either confused or embarrassed. 

His best friend just chuckled at her friend's apparent discomfort, and loaded another box of capsules on the ship that they were taking to explore the universe.  When she first planned this she was going to go by herself, but then Goku found out and he refused to allow her to go by herself.  Chi-Chi still didn't trust Bulma no matter how many times her husband had tried to convince her that the two were just friends.  After that, Chi-Chi decided that she was going as well, but she couldn't go with out Gohan.  When Krillen found out that his best friends were going into space he demanded that he go as well because he wasn't about to be left behind.  Then, Yamcha had found out that Krillen was going, and he wasn't about to let his girlfriend go into space with the bald monk.  He had always been afraid that the two were attracted to each other.  By that time there were six people going, and that didn't count Yamcha's cat, Puar, whom he refused to leave behind.  All Bulma had wanted to do was go into space to see if there was other life out there, and she had gotten a whole ship load of chaperones.  The young genius let out a sigh and returned to see if any of her other friends had shown up on time for take off.  Goku and Gohan would have been late too, if it weren't for Chi-Chi insisting that they be there a half an hour early so Bulma wouldn't take off with out them.  The rest of her friends were less likely to be on time, let alone early.  When she reached the ramp of the ship she noticed that Krillen had arrived and was talking to Gohan and Goku, leaving Chi-Chi by herself off to the side. 

"Hey Bulma!" Krillen cried when he finally noticed her standing in the opening of the ship.  "Have you seen Yamcha?"

"No, Krillen," she sighed, "he's not here yet."

"Oh, cause Marron was looking for him, and he told her that he was here with you."

"Marron?" Bulma growled.  Krillen and the rest of her friends didn't know that she had caught Yamcha cheating on her with Marron a few months before.  She absolutely hated the blue-haired bimbo, and the fact that she was looking for Yamcha did not make her any happier than she already was.

The short, bald monk became frightened at his friend's new angry attitude, "Uh… yeah…  You know…  The Marron that lives across town from you?" 

She gave him an evil look, "I know which Marron you're talking about baka!"  Bulma walked back into the ship muttering to herself, but all the Z gang could catch were the words "Marron," "gaishou," and "baita."  When she returned she was still muttering to herself, only this time the only thing that could be heard was something about Yamcha and the words "chikushoume" and "onore" were heard several times.

"So, uh… Bulma-san?  When are we leaving?" Gohan asked shyly.

"As soon as Yamcha remembers that he was supposed to show up today," she replied.  "Goku, is he even anywhere near here?"

"Um… just a sec…" the tall, spiky haired man replied.  His expression changed to one of concentration, and he replied, "I think he's on his way, but he seems to be a ways away from here…"

Bulma let out a loud growl, "If he doesn't show up in five minutes, we're leaving without him!  That baka could at least have the decency to show up on time…" The blue haired beauty walked into the ship to check the supplies on the ship for the third time that day.

Yamcha landed on the front lawn of Capsule Corp. and ran as fast as he could towards the gathering of ki's in the backyard.  "Bulma!  Goku!  Krillen!  Wait for me guys!  I'm here!"  He noticed Gohan and Chi-Chi boarding the ship and Bulma was pushing the button to raise the ramp.  "Bulma!  Wait!  Don't shut the door!  I'm here!" 

"What makes you think I still want you to come?" she yelled back.

"Bulma Babe!  Let me in!" the desperate male cried through the metal ramp.

Goku happened to walk by at that moment and pushed the button to let Yamcha in.  "Hi Yamcha!  It's good to see you!"

Bulma let out a low growl and stormed off.  "We're leaving, now!" she called over her shoulder.

Goku gave Bulma's back a strange look, and he turned back to Yamcha, "Maybe she's just tired.  I think she wants to leave and you're setting her back."

The scarred human lowered his eyes and muttered guiltily, "Yeah, I'm sure."

Bulma sat in the pilot's seat in the cockpit.  "Gohan!" she called to the shy boy, "pick a number!"

"Why?" Chi-Chi growled at the older woman.

The young genius could see already that her best friend's wife was not going to be cooperative.  She thought hard for a moment, and snapped her fingers.  "Gohan brought his algebra book, right?  Go get it and I'll help him."

"Shouldn't we launch first?" Gohan asked in a quiet voice.

"Go get the book first," Bulma replied.

The small boy hopped out of his seat and ran to the one thing on that wasn't capsulized, a large locked bookcase in the back.  Most people would have thought it held important files for Capsule Corp., but it actually belonged to the Son family.  The bookcase held every book that Son Gohan would ever need in his lifetime.  He pulled out a silver chain with a key on it from inside his shirt and unlocked the door.  The algebra book was on the top shelf, and there was no way he could have reached it.  Gohan turned around to make sure his mother wasn't watching, and as soon as she was occupied he slowly floated up until the top shelf was at eye level.  The book was soon in his arms and the cabinet was locked.

Bulma heard his return, and waved him to his seat.  "Chi-Chi could you give him a problem where x equals something please?"

Chi-Chi smiled at the older woman, 'Perhaps she isn't all that bad.'  "Alright Gohan, what does x equal in the problem 4x=610-x-5x?"

Gohan sat for a few seconds working the problem out in his head.  His father also had a look of deep thought on his face, but he was more likely thinking about what they were going to have for their next meal.  "Sixty-one," Gohan's quiet voice finally answered.

"X equals sixty-one," Bulma muttered to herself as she keyed in the coordinate for x.  "Goku, pick a number."

Goku gave his wife a worried look, "I don't have to do a math problem do I?"

"No, Son-kun, you don't have to do a math problem.  Just pick a number," the Capsule Corp. heiress sighed.

"Um…  how about…  eighty-nine?" he replied scratching the back of his head in a familiar gesture.

"Y equals eighty-nine…  Krillen, pick a number."

"Twenty-three," Krillen replied from the back of the seating area.

"Sixty-nine!" Yamcha yelled, wanting to be part of the game too.

Bulma shook her head in disgust at her boyfriend's immature behavior, "Yamcha, yours doesn't count.  Everybody strapped in?  Okay, let's go!"  She hit the launch button, and they were off.

Goku was instantly asleep, and Chi-Chi was clutching the arms of her chair in terror.  Bulma didn't seem like the most reliable of people, and Chi-Chi was sure they were all going to die.  Gohan was quietly reading his algebra book while Krillen meditated behind him.  Yamcha was watching Bulma as she gazed out the window.  Stars were whizzing by at an amazing speed and the young heiress grew more and more excited with each passing one.  'I wonder what we'll find at (61, 89, 23)' she thought to herself.  Puar landed softly on her lap and drifted off to sleep to the hum of the engines of the Capsule Corp. craft.

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"Now you see Your Highness, this will be very effective.  A moron could understand it.  You just simply put the coke in here and the material shrinks to the size of a brick."  The short scientist punched a long, complicated code into a computer and the large ship in front of him shrank to the size of a six by three by two brick.  "That's all there-" The lab technician would have continued, but he was cut short by the king's hand gripping his throat.

"If a moron could understand it then why are you explaining it to me?  Hmmm?" King Vegeta growled.  "Are you insulting my intelligence?  Another thing, the men operating this are warriors, not scientists.  If they're being fired at they don't have the time to remember a complicated code.  Are they going to carry computers around with them everywhere they go?"  He sneered at the quivering man before him, "Your people are as worthless as Freiza's were.  Perhaps your people wish to witness the wrath of the Legendary Super Saiyan…  They may have a chance, but you certainly won't."  Vegeta tossed the small human-like man several feet ahead of him and threw a small ki blast at the man's chest.  "Bardock, hunt me down a new head scientist…"

The older Saiyan sighed, "Vegeta, that's the third one you've killed since the destruction of Freiza.  What was wrong with that one?"  Bardock sent another guard for a clean up crew and followed the young king back to the throne room.

"Those Prodi-jin scientists are worthless.  I want some one who can think of all these things that the Saiyans need.  They would have to look at something and be able to improve on it.  Find me someone like that."  Vegeta changed directions and headed for the out-of-date training quarters.  There was no one left that could even compete against his strength, and the training quarters were practically useless to him.  The only things left for him to do were meditate and beat the shit out of guards.  Little did he know that something was heading his way that would change how he and the rest of the Saiyans lived forever.    

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