Chapter 11 Vegeta was just about to pass up another dark-windowed house when he heard his name being called. He turned around just in time to see Rae run after him from the doorway of the house he just walked by.

"Vegeta, please wait!" Mars finally caught up with him, "Thanks."

"For what? It's not like I saved your life or something."

Rae placed her hands in front of her, "I know, but here, we think it's just polite to thank someone for waiting. We also think it polite of a man to escort a lady home."

Vegeta raised an eyebrow, "You're point?"

"Would you walk me home? It is getting late, and I don't want anyone robbing me on my way home."

Vegeta rolled his eyes, "Aye aye aye! You sound just like Bulma. Which way is your house?"

Rae wasn't expecting this answer, "You mean you'll really walk me home?"

He shrugged, "Well, I've got nothing else to do."

Rae's eyes were wide with surprise; she was still shocked that Vegeta would agree to walk her home. "It's . . . down that street a ways," she pointed to a crossroad ahead.

Vegeta didn't seem to happy, "All right then, let's go."

She finally came-to, "Oh, right," she smiled, "let's go!"

"Sheesh."

With that, Vegeta and Rae walked up to the crossing and then down the street. The road they walked passed through the city, with both sides bordered with shops. They didn't talk at all until they were well into town.

"So, did you find the Red Heart Crystal yet?" Rae tried to strike up a conversation.

Vegeta was in no mood to talk, "Why would you care?"

"Well, I don't want the world to be filled with evil by this 'Garlic Junior' character," She turned her head to look at Vegeta, "Well, did you find it?"

"Kakarot talks to much," Vegeta mumbled to himself.

Vegeta had barely finished his remark when he slammed on the breaks. Rae had to turn around in order to keep watching him. When she did, she saw a look of pure terror on his face.

"Vegeta," She went back to him, "what's wrong?"

Behind her, in the direction Vegeta was facing, a masculine voice made the hair on her neck rise, "What's wrong indeed, Vegeta?"

Rae turned around at the same time Vegeta came to his senses and took on an aggressive face. She inhaled sharply at the sight before her; five men were standing a good distance ahead of them, with the shortest one in front and the tallest two in back. One of them was about as tall as Darien, but much more muscular and with blonde hair. The other one in the back was bald, blue, and had four arms folded in pairs over his massive, bare blue chest. In front of them was another human with blonde hair, except he stood with his hands behind his back and wasn't quite as big as the other human, and a red-furred creature-man with evil red cat eyes flexed his claws, anxious to fight. But the one person who scared Vegeta the most was the pint-sized green kid in the front; Garlic Junior.

Garlic chuckled, "Don't tell me you've never seen the true master of the world before! Such a pity."

Vegeta never took his eyes off Garlic, "Rae, get out of here."

"But, I can't . . ."

"Just go!" Vegeta's voice left no room for argument. Then, softer, as though he didn't want to say it, he added, "Get Goku."

Rae turned around and ran. She wasn't sure where she was going, only that she needed to find Goku. First, she ducked down an alley to find out what was going on.

"Well well well, friend,"Garlic laughed. "It seems that you're on your own now. I know! I'll make it a fair fight!" He threw his head back and cackled. Grins spread across the faces of his men. "Two on one, right boys? Chris, Sushi, take care of him."

The blue, four-armed freak uncrossed his arms and stepped forward, "Yes, my Lord."

"With pleasure, Boss," the larger human licked his lips.

Rae nearly panicked; each of them was twice, if not three times, Vegeta's size, and both looked more than capable of pounding him into powder. Vegeta, on the other hand, was more pissed off than ever as the pair neared.

"So, you really have to stoop this low to beat me?" Vegeta menaced,then laughed, "I'm surprised, Garlic, you usually gather much better fighters than this."

Rae's eyes went wide. Garlic Junior was here, now? Things were starting to look bad.

The blue man moved to block Vegeta's view of Garlic, "Lord Garlic doesn't need to hear your taunts, Fool."

"Nor does he need to hear the breaking of you bones," the human halted, waiting for the blue man to start the battle, "but I think he will make an exception for one as arrogant as you."

Vegeta was ready when the four-armed freak rushed him. Crossing his arms over his face, he blocked a double left hook, unfortunately, that left him open for the double uppercut into his gut. His eyes bulged as he clutched his stomach and fell to his knees.

"Now, Sushi, that wasn't nice," the human laughed uncontrollably. "You should have let him retaliate before slugging him like that."

Sushi shrugged while Vegeta attempted to stand back up, "Hey, that's how I fight. If you want to give it a shot, Chris, go ahead."

Chris smiled, "Sure, if you don't mind letting me have all the fun."

Sushi didn't have time to answer; Vegeta power punched him across the face, flooring the blue brute. He then turned on Chris with terrifying force. Glowing with his power, Vegeta unleashed blow after blow on the human, making him double over with blows to the stomach, then straightening him back up with hits to the face. Rae was frightened by her few friend's ferocity so much that she became paralyzed. She couldn't move, couldn't think, and worse, couldn't get Goku for help.

Vegeta sent Chris flying past her with a power fist to his face just as Sushi recovered enough to attack. Rae watched in horror as Chris skidded along the asphalt, stopping in a heap on the ground; she thought for sure that he was dead. Sushi used his shoulder to ram Vegeta, who quickly altered his course mid-air by placing a hand to the ground and flipping to land on his feet.

With a shout, Vegeta sprang back at him. Swinging his fist, he made hard contact with Sushi's cheekbone, sending the monster staggering backwards. Vegeta began pummeling him, hitting and kicking him whenever his own body would allow it. Unfortunately, Sushi turned the tables on the Prince of Sayins.

Using his top pair of arms, Sushi intercepted a kick and punch, holding Vegeta by the ankle and wrist; Vegeta was stunned. Sushi wasted no time and hammered Vegeta in the stomach again, crippling him before tossing him to the ground. Vegeta groaned in agony as Sushi rolled his top right arm in its socket.

"Hey, you're not that bad," Sushi said to the downed Vegeta. "I think you hurt my arm with that last attack," he flexed his right upper arm, "but I could be mistaken."

Chris groaned and stood up, catching Rae's attention, "What!? He's still alive?! There's no way he could have survived that!"

The large man jogged back while Vegeta tried again to pummel Sushi, but this time Sushi blocked and dodged all of Vegeta's punches. With a grunt, Sushi grabbed Vegeta's left arm and twisted it behind his back, forcing Vegeta to cry out in pain. With his other upper arm, Sushi clamped Vegeta's mouth shut, and wrapped his two lower arms around Vegeta's waist.

"Have all the fun indeed," Sushi taunted Chris. "I'm sorry, but I didn't know getting pulverized into asphalt was fun. I guess I need to catch up on the times," he laughed.

Chris grinned slyly as he pushed a few strands of hair off his face, "Heh, neither did I." He turned to Garlic, "Hey, Boss! This guy's a real tiger; you still want us to kill him?"

Garlic Junior drew his small cape closer around him, "Hmm, I guess, but go ahead and toy with the fellow first."

Rae gasped, and Sushi bared his jagged teeth in delight, "Thank you, my Lord."

"You're the greatest, Boss." Chris turned back to Vegeta, "Now, my friend, I do believe it's my turn." he glanced at Sushi with a wicked grin on his face, "Will you take the honors of keeping this tiger de-clawed?"

Vegeta tried to mumble something, but Rae couldn't hear him from where she was.

"I have to do something!" she thought frantically. "Oh man, Vegeta's going to get killed! What should I do?"

Sushi rearranged his grip on Vegeta such that he held both of Vegeta's arms yet still kept a hand over his mouth. That left his lower left arm free. In the shadows, Rae transformed into her Scout outfit.

"Well well well, where to start, eh, Vegeta?" Chris joked to Vegeta. "How about, HERE!"

Chris slammed his fist into Vegeta's diaphragm, just below his breast bone. Vegeta couldn't breathe, and it didn't help that Sushi was holding his mouth closed. His vision started to swim and black over before he could start breathing again, but Chris didn't give him time to catch his breath. Chris punched him across the face, fracturing his cheekbone.

"Hey! Be careful, you almost got me!" Sushi complained to his human friend.

"I know what I'm doing!" Chris snapped back before planting a knuckle sandwich in Vegeta's stomach.

Small groans managed to sift through Sushi's hand and reach Mars's ears.

"I can't take it anymore!!" Sailor Mars sprung out of the alley and pointed a menacing finger at Chris and Sushi, "You leave him alone!"

Everyone's attention was on the suicidal girl in red, but Garlic was the first to speak, "And who exactly are you?"

"I am Sailor Mars," she placed her fists on her hips, "and I will make you pay for the evil you have done!"

Garlic and his gang were silent for a few seconds, then they all burst into laughter, except for the red cat-eyed freak. Mars was surprised at first, but quickly became annoyed, causing a sweatdrop to appear on her head.

Chris was holding his sides and could barely stay standing when Sushi added salt to the wound, "Is that supposed to be a threat, little girl? Ha-ha-ha! What're you gonna do, spank us? Run on home before you hurt yourself!" He fell into uncontrollable laughter, unable to say more.