Chapter 3

Several months passed, Jadin wasn't so skinny anymore and had started basic training, showing the same amazing capacity to gain strength in battle that Goku has. Now he had a well toned body for a eight year old, and was getting very good at detecting ki, and predicting attacks, but still didn't have a very measurable amount of power, although that was increasing more and more each day.

Goku had moved into CC and was staying in the opposite room to Vegeta, and the two seemed to be unconsciously seeking each other's company out more and more. In fact these days it seemed where you found one there was the other not far behind. This amused Jadin to no end as he was the only one that seemed to know why, and really didn't understand why the pair didn't just admit it to themselves.

Chi-Chi and Goku's divorce finalised a week ago, and Yamcha still wasn't speaking to Goku, but the rest of the gang surprisingly forgave Goku after a few months. Bulma was seeing a new man named Tom, Dick, Harry? No one really cared what his name was, she seemed to have a new one every week these days.

Never having parents of his own Jadin was now calling Vegeta, 'Dad', because he never had one of his own, and they looked so much a like everyone assumed Jadin was his son anyway. Everything was going well for the young Saiyan, that was until it finally happened.

Jadin lay back on the grassy hill trying his best to keep up with the action above him. Up in the air his Dad and Goku was sparring in SSJ2 form. Vegeta insisted that Jadin watched them spar as often as possible, in the hopes that he will pick up some moves. It was spring time up in the mountains, and it was easily Jadin's favourite time of year. The intoxicatingly sweet smell of flowers, fresh grass, pine trees, and life, surrounded him. Goku liked it out here too which was why they normally came here to spar. His tail lazily swished about on the grass beside him as he basked in the heat of the sun.

Life here was good, and for the first time in his young life he was happy.

But then he looked over to the side and saw something he was hoping he would never see. There was a ship breaking orbit, from the north sector of the galaxy it looked like. Tracking it as it descended into the atmosphere he seen it land somewhere to the west of them. Reaching out with his ki sensing abilities he found there was two people. Not very powerful probably just scouts.

Vegeta and Goku dropped back into normal saiyan mode and landed beside Jadin, they where also as it seems making the same observations.

"Do you think they've come for me Dad?" Jadin asked dumbly, he decided a long time ago it was easiest to act dumb like his 'Uncle Goku', that way it was easier to surprise people. If they think low of your intelligence people tend to under estimate your abilities in battle.

"Most likely." He turned to Goku, "take Jadin home, I want to catch up with those scouts. I need some answers from them and I'd rather the kid wasn't around."

Jadin was about to protest but before the words left his mouth Vegeta was off and Goku was ITing them back to CC.

Vegeta landed outside the ship and crossed his arms and gave his best intimidating look as the gangplank lowered. Two cat like humanoid creatures walked out and took one look at Vegeta, screamed, scrambled to get back in the ship and instead knocked into each other and fell flat on their asses. Vegeta just smirked as Goku appeared beside him, then walked up to the two dazed cat creatures and picked them up by the scruff of their necks.

"Well, well look what the cat dragged in." He held back a snigger as he recognised the two cowering scouts. "Shin and Kin, long time no see. How are you guys? See you've got a new ship, must be doing well for yourselves now there is no more Frieza out there to put a dampener on things."

"You know those two?" Goku asked dumbly.

"Oh yea, we go a long way back," Vegeta answered almost cheerfully.

"Did Raditz get a haircut?" One asked, only to be smacked upside the head by the other.

"You know they always said curiosity killed the cat. For your information Raditz is dead, that's his younger brother Kakarott. He's a lot more powerful than both his brothers put together."

They both gulped haven run into Raditz and Turles in their journeys. "Look Vegeta, we aren't in that business anymore! Whatever it is you want to know we don't know anything!"

"That's a laugh, the day the cat don't have it's nose stuck into places it don't belong. Besides who said anything about information, maybe I just want a friendly chat with two of my oldest friends."

"We both know what a friendly chat with a saiyan means!" Kin stated.

Goku looked confused, "what they talking about 'Geta?"

Shin took Goku's confusion as something more sinister and started spilling, "Ok, ok, we where hired to look for a saiyan boy, his last known location was in this sector!"

"Ah, now that sounds really interesting Shin. Who hired you. Maybe I'll let you go without singed fur this time."

"We don't know anything about him, we just get the money!" Kin replied hurriedly.

Vegeta formed a small ki ball on his finger and pointed it at them. "We have to tell him, he's crazy remember!" Shin screamed out to his brother.

"Ok, ok!" Vegeta didn't budge, and Kin replied, "his name is Dr Jhak, he's a collector and mad scientist. He collects people from dead or dieing races keeping them as his pets. He cloned a saiyan using a sample of your DNA, and some notes on a saiyan cloning experiment by some guy named Bardock. He picked it all up on the black-market!"

At the mention of his father's name, Goku looked shocked. "What's my father got to do with anything?"

"I DON'T KNOW!" The ki ball got bigger.

Shin then started spilling, "he made a clone of himself! He altered the DNA to make the ultimate warrior, and sent it off into space! Your a clone ok!"

Goku fell silent and looked at his feet, his mind buzzing, and some things starting to fit into place now.

Vegeta almost dropped them in shock and looked at Goku dumbly, "did my father know about this?" He asked himself more than anything.

"He signed the order, and Kakarott was made with the childbearing gene. If the experiment was successful the two of you where supposed to mate, and was hidden into the lower classes to hide from suspicion."

Vegeta really did drop the two in shock this time, and they escaped into the ship and took off like a shot from the Earth, while Vegeta and Kakarott stared at each other not having a clue what to say to the other.

Goku finally spoke first, "em... looks like they got away."

"Got all I need from them anyway."

"Look Vegeta, maybe we shouldn't tell anyone about the clone thing just yet... I mean till I get it sank into my head."

"Yea, sure." Vegeta replied dumbstruck lost in his own thoughts. It would explain why he had always been extremely to the point of insanity, attracted to Kakarott. It was where most of his hostility towards the younger saiyan came from, and saiyan's choose their mates by smell. His father and Bardock where never too people to leave things to chance, so no doubt he was made to entice him so much through smell alone. He knew his father and Bardock had a thing going on at one stage, and suspected Kakarott to be related to him, but now he knew the truth he was free to pursue the younger saiyan without that niggling little notion, and he was in two minds to do it.

It may seem strange and unlikely to the unknowing, but Shin and Kin was the leaders of a vast spy network and wasn't past getting their hands dirty. You couldn't go take a shit in someone else's garden without those two hearing about it, and the only thing that scares them are saiyans. Especially my father.