Author: Murasaki Rose
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Title: New Friends, Old Problems - Saiya-jin Saga
Warnings: violence, swearing, character death
Couples: G/CC, D/T, Y/B
Notes: "text" speaking, 'text' thinking, ((text)) telepathy, #text# English

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Chapter 9 - A Slim Hope. The Dragonballs of Namek-sei!

"Back away slowly and no one gets hurt," Jianu threatened the approaching adults.

'Are these children even human?' the doctor wondered as he tried AGAIN to get the skittish pair up on the table. Gohan and Jianu had been making the doctor's job next to impossible since they'd been brought in.

"We HEARD what you did to Miraku-kun and Goku-sensei. We'll be fine," the girl growled, being sure to keep a sharp eye on the doctor and his nurses.

"Jianu Kreiger stop making a fuss and let the doctor help you," Tim growled as he came into the room.

"Demo he-"

"No 'buts' young lady. Miraku had to have BOTH his legs set, it was going to be painful no matter how careful they were."

"Goku-sen-"

"Goku-sa was just being a big baby. Most men are when they're injured." Chichi interrupted, having followed Tim into the room. "Now you two sit still and let the doctor fix you up."

"Hai," both kids grumbled, unable to handle the determined glares from their parents.

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Flopping down on one of the hard waiting room chairs, Bulma sighed heavily. In such a short time, they'd lost so many dear to them and those who'd survived looked like hell. But they were alive.

If it wasn't for the existence of the Namekian Dragon Balls, she'd have broken down completely.

Even so, it was a slim hope. Getting there alone would take a miracle, even with the Saiya-jin technology. No matter how confidant she was, the number of things that could go wrong were limitless. Add to that the fact that she was going with two(maybe three) kids and one other adult. Sure they were all powerful fighters, but none of them could take on Vegeta. And what if her dragon radar didn't work? There was no guarantee the Namekian balls would emit the same sig-

#Penny for your thoughts.#

Startled from her train of thought, blue eyes whipped up to meet chocolate brown ones.

"Don't worry so much. Whatever happens I know you'll do your best."

Bulma shook her head at the slightly older man, "I wish I had your confidence, Tim-kun."

Placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, Tim smiled reassuringly. "I'm just going with what my senses are telling me. Believe in yourself, Bulma. Things will work out."

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After the disastrous recovery attempt of the saiya-jin pod and the countless other mishaps prepping Kami's ship, Bulma's nerves were to the fraying point. If just one more thing went wrong, the blue-haired genius would have a nervous break-down.

Was it any wonder she was snapping at her passengers?

Well, to them maybe. Of course, she hadn't shared any of her worries with them so they couldn't possibly know. Why should they worry? Kuririn worried enough on his own and the kids were too young to be burdened.

So she snarled and scared the living hell out them in takeoff. They'd survive, they were warriors afterall.

6/21/05

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Afterword: It's actually done. (blinks repeatedly, face stunned) Wow. Took me long enough, ne? Shouldn't take me even close to as long to complete the Frieza saga. At least I hope not. (crosses fingers)

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Disclaimer: Here we go. I do not own any of the characters from Dragonball, Dragonball Z, or Dragonball GT. They are all the property of Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation, and Funimation Inc. Jianu and her familiars, as well as any other new characters, are mine. I'm not making any money off of this, I'm just having fun. Suing me would be largely pointless as I am just a poor college student that works for the school system.