There is the next chapter for all to read. I know I'm changing around stuff that happens, but not too much I hope.

Things with Big Teeth And Bardock's Home

An enormous roar abruptly jerked four sleeping Saiyans and wolf from their slumber! Raven hissed angrily and leaped off her ledge, landing in a crouch with one hand on the rough ground. Her tail lashed furiously, telling her mood of caution mixed with excitement and battle. Goten had his eyes wide as he scurried behind Bardock as something gigantic ran in the cave. The only thing Raven saw before getting knocked into the wall by a massive claw was a huge set of shining white teeth.

Trunks leaped forward, eyes burning as he girl had the wind knocked from her and was gasping. The ki blast in his hand illuminated the thing as it's eyes glowed blood red!

It was a blend that only a good horror book could bring up! It seemed as if someone had put a wolverine, a bear, and a cougar in the genetic blender and mixed them all together, and added a touch of size! The thing roared, the light caught all its sharp, long teeth, ready to rip flesh and crush bones. Foot long claws equipped each paw, and brown fur hung from it in a cascade. As it advanced, Trunks could smell the stink of blood and death on its breath.

Goten and Bardock yelled and hurled rays of ki as it was about of take another swipe at Raven, who was getting to her feet. The creature roared as the blast exploded in its face, reeling back and making a horrible shrieking sound! Without warning, it charged, bowling Raven over. She rolled to the side just before claws impaled her as it slashed. Underneath the being, a bright green energy formed in her palms, with burst free in a vicious beam!

The beast seemed unaffected by it and jumped back, sweeping her up in a claw. Raven felt it's hot breath as squeezed her to it's chest. She struggled, but it pressed harder. Gasping, she was unable to breath, like a rodent prey to a boa constrictor. Her tail waved, grabbing the dagger from her belt. With a furious burst of energy, she drove it deep, blood gushed from the wound created. The creature made an odd noise, but only tightened, it was suffocating her. She stabbed it as many times as possible before darkness started to fog her thoughts. From the corner of her eye, she saw double flashes of gold, though it did not register very well. The creature screamed in pain and dropped her suddenly, and took run, paws shaking in the ground in its retreat.

Bardock hovered into Raven's range of vision. "Iz it gone?" She asked thickly, drinking the life giving air she had been denied.

"He's gone!" Goten looked happily down.

Raven thought she was seeing things, his hair was spikier, if possible, and his eyes aquamarine. "Your Super Saiyan," she whispered, sitting somewhat painfully up. She had bruised ribs, no biggy, they would heal.

"Don't take all the glory Goten," Trunks scowled.

Bardock realized the transformation and was speechless. His jaw was practically touching the floor in shock. Right in front of his eyes, two legendary Super Saiyans, ki swirling golden. And they were just kids for that fact!

There was silence until Raven coughed, "ya might wanna power down, your ki level is like a flag waving saying 'come and see the Super Saiyan!"

Goten did the famous Son Scratch&Grin and powered down to his original state. Trunks sighed and his hair became limp and violet, eye icy blue once more.

Groaning, Raven stood up, nursing her injured ribs and slightly damaged pride her ribs, "owe, damn critter."

Bardock patted her shoulder, pointing to the pools of blood on the floor, "but you got it good. That was a Yajuu, the main predator around when Saiyans are not."

"Touch me again when I'm sore and you will be tailless very quickly," Raven growled, bending her neck irritatedly, creating loud, snapping sounds that made all shudder.

Bardock laughed, somewhat nervously, "Yup, she's related to me." In a normal voice he spoke, "I'll bring you to my house, there is food," three children had to wipe drool from their mouths, "and Raditz will think I died if I don't show soon."

Goten's eyes widened, "Raditz? My brother told me about him once! He tried to kill him!"

Bardock sweat dropped as he walked into the daylight. "Well, your brother obviously lived to tell you about it."

As Goten and Bardock spoke, Raven wrapped her arms securely around Ferox, who was panting like a happy dog that had its head hanging out the car window as she shot into the air. As soon as Bardock was ready, the five blasted off at fifty thousand feet going in excess of three hundred miles per hour.

The female Saiyan surveyed the rapidly moving ground. It was definitely arid. There was nothing but rocks, barren ground, and the occasional dust devil (not the vacuum cleaner!). Far ahead, but rapidly approaching, was a speck of green. A few minutes of flying, it turned into a lush, forest. Way up high, they could see rivers, twisting and turning like sparkling blue ribbons. Forward of them, a towering thunderhead loomed in the distance. Even with the wind whipping, their sensitive Saiyan ears could pick up the rumbling booms of thunder! They plunged on, Bardock leading them at full speed. They finally reached the colossal storm, reaching miles into the sky. To avoid pushing into the foggy clouds, they did a swift, vertical dive, then straitened out, skimming the ceiling of clouds. Goten giggled and turned upside down, running his hand threw the clouds, making a wake of swirling gray.

Thunder crack and boomed everywhere. There was an especially close explosion of lightning that lit the air with a blue glow. Goten ran into Bardock, who had stopped flying, he looked a little charred. Raven believed the senior Saiyan would crumble into ashes like they did in loony toons, but he shook his head and coughed smoke once and continued on. Raven chuckled and earned a glare that outlined quite clearly for her to shut up!

Time past, and so they exited the storm, entering a mountainous terrain. In the crevasses and towering bluffs ahead, lay a city. But this was an extensive metropolis, built in the harsh land of the mountains. What could be seen on top of a mountain that was small, but towered over the city, was a palace so extraordinary, Raven paused to stare. Elegant, spiraling towers rose high into the sky, so high it might even make a Saiyan dizzy to stand on top. From so far away, she could see sprawling gardens of lush green and blue fountains of water. The main structure was white marble, and carved into the ancient rock was pictures of Saiyan history, marked in gold, silver, and precious stones and enormous slabs of hued rock! On the outer, wall, even the pairs of common guards did not dull the majesty of the place!

Whistling, impressed, Raven turned back to where they were flying to come face first with Bardock. He had his arms crossed and was tapping his fingers impatiently. Raven barged past him.

Trunks was still ogling at the palace, "my dad must live there!"

"Eh?" Bardock asked, perplexed to a great extent.

"My dad is the Prince!" Trunks exclaimed!

"Which one?"

"Which one?" Trunks question, "there's only one prince!"

"There's Prince Vegeta and Vegetan, Vegeta is older by two years," Bardock named them off easily. He gave Trunks a look, "you sure don't look like royalty kid."

Trunks flew over to Bardock and pulled back the sleeve of his right wrist, holding his arm palm up so the ma could get a better look. There, tattooed in red, was the royal emblem. "My dad insisted that I have that, even if there were no more Saiyans left, my mom is a human."

Raven hovered to Trunks. She too, pulled back her right sleeve, and on her wrist just below her palm, in dark blue, was the symbol for a Saiyan elite tattooed. "Mine too, my dad Fortis was an elite."

Bardock shook his head, remembering the title Raven had given when they first met, "Fortis? Huh, never knew he'd be the father of one of my grandchildren. Pretty nice kid actually, good manners, for a Saiyan. Anyway, my place is on one of the farther bluff, close to the deep woods." He pointed to the farthest stone cliff, and least housed, "we fly there."

Goten, who was still awed by the palace chirped, "Ok, I hope you have food there!" He happily latched onto Bardock's hand.

Again, the warrior became stiff. He wasn't used to such open show of emotion. If Toma or Turles happened to come at this moment, he would probably die of embarrassment. Blushing just because, he flew off a top speed to keep from being seen and/or detach this child from him. Goten hung on like a leech and kept up. Behind, Raven was in such hard fits of laughter that she couldn't fly, or at least move forward. Trunks shook his head and scowled, Bardock's face became the color of his headband. After a few more seconds, Raven wiped a tear of humor from her eye and took a deep breath, still grinning like a maniac. Grumbling to himself, Bardock once again began to fly off. This time, he was followed all the way.

Bardock's home was obviously a place only males resided. It was a small house with peeling, dark blue paint. Built into the rock, that seemed like the only thing holding it up. The roof had a gigantic hole that had been patched up roughly with wood, a testament to a time someone might have blasted through in anger.

They landed outside the shabby dwelling, Goten pinched his nose and flapped his free hand in front of his face. "It smells."

Bardock sniffed the air as he proceeded towards the door, "huh, I must have gotten used to it."

Raven raised an eyebrow, "you think this stinks, go to the lava pits of the Carbo Aduro mountain range, than you'll know what really smells."

Goten just shook his head and proceeded to tail his grandpa. Bardock punched a code into the door. It beeped noisily, "access denied!"

Bardock growled and put in the same combination, it crashed and burned. Once gain, getting angry, the combo was put in, the same words screeched loudly! The fourth one, was just as bad as the other three, but Bardock, fed up, banged on the door, shouting, "RADITZ I KNOW YOUR THERE!! OPEN UP THIS G D F DOOR!!"

There was on audile crash on the other side of the metal! Feet raced and there was another boom, and easily, like an automatic sliding glass door that was not glass, the door slid open. And there on the threshold stood Raditz. He wore nothing but black boxers, and a pair of sandals, and a startled look on his face. His massive cascade of spiky, and tangled hair hand accumulated a few objects in his rush to the let his father in. His tail twitched in a nervous manner, held very low. But his eyes trailed over Trunks. They landed on Raven and Goten. Puzzled he asked, "Osprey and Kakarot?"

"Yes," Bardock said sourly, "I just picked them up on the way. I'll explain to you later!" He walked into the home, and looked behind him, Trunks and Raven were staying back, "well, don't jus' stand there! Come in, it is perfectly legal!"

Raven shrugged and too follow. She clasped Trunk's wrist with her tail as she past him, dragging him as he spazzed out, yelling, "hey, let go!"

Raven jerked her tail, and that was enough to toss him inside and too, went in. "I let go didn't I?"

"Yea," Trunks mumbled and rubbed his wrist.

Goten was staring at Raditz. The teen Saiyan, actually about fifteen or so, took this to notice. "I'm not something to stare at kid, go away."

Goten awed and said, "you're my uncle!"

"Uncle? Huh? What?! I'm your brother Kakarot!"

Raven toodled by and said in a singsong voice, "just as much as I'm your sister!"

Raditz was utterly confused. Had his siblings hit their heads too hard? Or was it something about earth that warped their minds? And he'd seen Kakarot holding his father's hand before the adult had retched free what the heck was that?! And they held their tails with no honor! And the other kid had purple hair?!

"So uncle Raditz, how ya been doing?" Raven giggled.

All Raditz could do was plaster a baffled look on his face. They were nuts! Or maybe it had become his new nickname. Osprey, before she'd left always called his Fuzzy, 'cause she said it fit him with his mass of hair. "Uhh, I'm just fine kid."

"That's good." She breezed by him with Ferox on her heels after Bardock, who had gone into another part of the house, one that seemed like a kitchen, or something close.

Raditz just sweat-dropped. Wow…

"I'm hungry," Goten whimpered and tugged at Bardock's sleeve. "We never had any breakfast…"

"Yea Mr. Bardock," Trunks added behind Goten, "I'm starved."

"May I pass a third vote for food?" Raven butted past Trunks.

Bardock rummaged through a drawer, mumbling, "Uh? What do you want?"

Raven gave it thought for a second. "Anything edible that won't eat us first?"

A hoarse laugh came from Raditz, "stuff of that criteria won't come from here!"

"Raditz if you ate everything, than go and buy new, NOW!!" Bardock snapped and angrily as he threw open the fridge, it was completely empty!

There was a loud yelp from Raditz as Ferox snarled. The teen was clutching a hand pierced by sharp teeth while the wolf licked the paw that had been stepped on. Bardock rolled his eyes as his son, who was groping around for a towel to stanch the dripping blood.

"Damn animal," Raditz grumbled as he wrapped a towel around his hand."

"And you Raditz," Bardock turned to sharply to face his oldest son. "I don't care if you feel like a woman, but your getting groceries…NOW!!" The teen was gone before another word could be said. Bardock then shook his head at Ferox, "just don't bite again wolf." Ferox just bared his teeth and wagged his tail.

"Can't promise he'll do that Gramps," Raven leaned easily on the wall, arms crossed. "He does as he wants."

Bardock said nothing, but Goten gleefully chirped, "let's play tail tag!"

Trunks's eyes began to gleam with the mentioned of a loved Saiyan game. It was like normal tag, but you had to get the person at the base of the tail, no pulling. It usually got a little rough and could be rather destructive, which suited any Saiyans fancy all the way!

Raven chuckled and uncrossed her arms and stood strait, tail switching excitedly, "this ought to be good! Who's it first!"

Goten and Trunks looked at Raven, "you."

"Suits me!" She yelled and lunged at the pair of demi Saiyans. Trunks hopped out of the way, but Goten was not so fortunate! She pinned him and began to tickle him! Goten giggled and squirmed, and once his tail was in reach, Raven tagged it and skipped out of the way!

Goten careened after Trunks, who had rushed outside where he had more room! The Goku clone Chibi was determined to get Trunks! They zipped through the air, dodging and chasing! Goten finally got Trunks when he feigned and tagged his tail! Trunks was about to tag back Goten when he saw Raven and Bardock watching them from the doorway of the house. He flashed and was standing behind Raven. She turned as he grabbed and caught his hand, giving it a twist so he went face-first into the dirt. Goten laughed as his cousin joined him in the air! The purple haired Saiyan was furious now and flew after Raven! She eluded him with ease and as he flew right past her, she stuck out a hand and grabbed his tail! Being a royal, this did not harm Trunks, but did anger him! He broke out of her grip and reached for her tail, only to be held back again! Even Bardock chuckled as he watched from the ground as Trunks struggle to touch Raven's tail as she had a hand on his forehead pushing him back while she held her tail in the other hand just out of reach! Finally fed up, he broke out of her grip and tackled her!

They excitedly began to spar! Strangely, with none powering up, they were perfectly matched! Goten landed next to Bardock to watch, neck craned to get a better view.

"Just a little move my dad taught me!" Trunks shouted, "GALLIC GUN!!" A giant beam of pink ki shot out of his hands!

"FURY AYSEL!!!" Raven screamed and put her hands together in front of her! A lunar white shaft of energy blasted from her palm, careening towards Trunks's Gallic gun!

The attacks struck, forming a deadly point of meeting. Raven's mushroomed out and wisped like fire, Trunks's pushed on her's to conquer it! Perfectly matched, not an inch was gained! Trunks winked and powered up some, his assault doubled in size and began to overcome Raven! She was not stupid and rose her power level above his!

Bardock looked into the sky. He could see his few neighbors had come out of their homes and where watching the spar with slight awe. Bardock shook his head, "they keep this up and their gonna get seen by the street patrol." He looked up again, they were putting on quite a display, high above the city, grappling with huge beams of intense ki!

Raven was beginning to strain to keep her attack going. Trunks was grinning to high heaven as he once again, increased his strength! The Gallic Gun tore through the white ki, canceling it out! Raven ducked out of the way as it roared past her, but not in time! The beam struck her dead center and she fell from the air.

Just a little dazed, Raven looked up into Bardock's face and sat up. He was smirking at her. She pushed him away, stood up, and shook her head to clear her head. Trunks had on a victory grin, he held his hand out in the anime 'peace' sign, "I win!" He said happily.

Raven scowled darkly at him and winked at Ferox, who was laying by her side, "if you want dinner early I'm sure he won't taste too bad huh?"

Immediately, Trunks danced nervously, waving his hands in front of him, "no no, that's perfectly ok!"

Goten giggled and threw his arms around Ferox. The wolf stood and Goten yelped, but he quickly moved into a position as if he was riding a horse. "Aww, cute puppy!"

"How cute," Raditz sardonically repeated. Walking on his tip toes, he artistically balanced a bundle of groceries twenty feet high. The great mass began to lean to the left, and that was the way Raditz had to balance, trying to keep from falling over. His foot hit a rock and he stopped in midair, sweat dropped, and fell sprawled across the rock bluff! Everything went everywhere; Bardock was instantly in the air, catching things that would break.

Raven zipped around, quickly gathering things that had been spread over the ground as Raditz regained his feet. He rubbed his head, where there was a huge bump and saw Ferox tearing open a huge package of meat. The teenage Saiyan yelped, "hey!" And tried to take it away. Ferox, with jaws bloody from the raw meat, snapped at the offending Saiyan and picked up the piece of meat and trotted off before lying down again and proceeding to eat it. And all this time, Goten was still riding him!

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Fifteen minutes later and a lot of picking up, Bardock had barred all children from the house. Goten was insisting to be underfoot while he got food ready, Ferox was biting at everyone because he'd settled himself in a corner to eat, but in one that everyone had to pass. Trunks was being all around annoying because he was bragging about winning. Raditz and Raven had no reason, but they were locked out still.

Raven grinned as she leaned her back on the door. Ever since they'd been locked out, there was the sound of chaos from inside. The distinct smell of burning reached her nose, more sensitive than a bloodhound's. Also the sound of cursing was very common. Ferox was still in the house, and the occasional snarl and yap came when Bardock accidentally ventured to close to the wolf! Raven couldn't resist a laugh whenever she heard one of these, her wolf friend was sure protective over his meal.

Twenty minutes later, a thoroughly harassed looking Bardock allowed them entry. Goten and Trunks raced past him and plopped down at the small table that had a few extra chairs from around the small house. Raven burst out laughing at Bardock was she passed him. His face was marked with charcoal and he was disheveled from his horrible attempt to cook!

Raditz shook his head sadly as he took a seat. There was a mound of burnt stuff, what might have been bread at one point, but now would make adequate doorstops. Raven took a seat neck to her uncle, and Bardock, eye twitching, went to the last available place. There were no plates. Everyone just got a pair of chopsticks and then it was everyone for themselves. Everything was in Saiyan sized portions of course.

The three pureblooded went to town on the grub. Halfway to her mouth with a hunk of raw meat, Raven saw the look Goten gave her. She lowered the meat and asked, "what?"

"It's raw!" Goten squeaked and looked in horror at the bloody, red meat.

Raven popped it in her mouth and chewed, a bit of blood leaking down her chin. She wiped it with the back of her hand, "so?" She eagerly inhaled six more chucks before the Goku-clones could reply.

"But, my mom always cooked it! She said you'd get sick eating raw!" Trunks insisted.

Raditz was about to answer; Bardock swallowed his mouthful of food and cleared his throat. "Well, a human might not be able to handle raw meat, but Saiyans have evolved for eating raw meat."

"Yea," Raven said a round another mouthful. She swallowed, "it's better than cooked, really." Her hand offered a piece to Goten, he very reluctantly took it. "Just try it, you'll like it."

The chibi looked at the hunk of red, raw meat in his hand. Bloody juice dripped off it and onto the table. Slowly, he raised it to his mouth, and sniffed it. Unenthusiastically, he popped it into his mouth and chewed. His eyes began to glow and he reached for another piece!

"Goten that's disgusting!" Trunks cried as he watched his friend jam more into his mouth. The only answer Goten could manage was an incoherent mumble and shaking his head. Trunks sat repulsed at the massive plate of raw meat, which to other Saiyans were eating from happily.

Bardock, after a few minutes, put down his chop sticks with a sigh. "Trunks, you were whining for food and you got it. Now either eat on your own or I'll cram it down your measly throat!"

Trunks took the former option and quickly grabbed a piece of meat and stuffed it in his mouth. Then he found it he really did like it and between five Saiyans, everything was reduced to nothing. The evening settled somewhat peacefully, as they all prepared for what was to come.