Chapter 4

Me no own

Prince Vegeta's face was full of anguish, but he tried to tell himself that he didn't have the time for it, but it still hurt. He did care for his mother before, after all, she did have a large part in raising him, but he didn't really realize that he cared for her to this extent until now. "Zarbon." He hissed. 'I'll get you for this. It might not be today, but I swear I'll get you for this.'

Bardock breathed heavily as he stood in his battle stance, ready for someone else to attack. "Come on. Are you a coward?" He decided to be cocky, like most Saiyans are in the heat of battle, even though he wasn't up against an ordinary foe.

He was now fighting Dadoria.

Dadoria began to laugh. "Don't be ridiculous. Why would I be scared of you? You're just a low level monkey."

"Don't underestimate the power of us Saiyans. That will be your downfall." Bardock was doing a good job of hiding the fact that he was exhausted from all of the fighting, but he couldn't really last for much longer. His crew was also tired and they wouldn't be able to fight much more.

"I don't have time to deal with you monkey. I really must be going."

"You're not going anywhere!"

"Oh?" Dadoria opened his mouth and a large beam hit him, as well as his crew and even the enemy that was fighting his crew as well. When the smoke cleared, there was nothing but dust, and Dadoria assumed that he had killed them all. "Well I better get back to what I was really sent here to do." He then took of into the air, and like a flash of light, he was gone.

"Mother?" called Kakarot over and over again. "Mother. We have to go." He ran around the house, trying to locate his mother. "The enemy is here! We have to go! Mother!"

"Ahhh," she cried out in agonizing pain, "Kakarot!"

"Mother!" He ran into the kitchen, were his mother was on the ground in pain screaming.

"It's time Kakarot. The baby."

"Well hold it in. We have to go, or we'll be killed!"

Even though this was a serious situation, Tannipu couldn't help but laugh. "You certainly don't understand giving birth, do you son? I can't hold it in. Now is the time for you're baby sister to be born."

"But we have to go."

She struggled and somehow managed to get to her feet. "Lets go into the basement."

Kakarot nodded. "Yes mother."

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Outside of Kakarot's home, a green lizard creature stretched out his arm and his hand began to glow. "Bye bye monkeys!" Within a blinding light, the whole city was destroyed, and the houses were nothing but piles of rubble.

"NO!" Yelled Bardock was a fury. "I won't let that happen!" He powered up and all the rocks that were once on him disintegrated. He looked at his surroundings and saw his crew lifeless on the ground with their faces in the dirt. "No." He whispered as he walked over to Toma limping. 'You were my best friend, Toma.' He looked at the white bandage on his arm, but his now had some of Toma's blood on it. "I will wear this in honor of my crew." He took it off Toma's arm and walked over to Celipa and the rest of his crew and soaked the bandage in their blood.

"I'll make sure Frieza and his goons pay for this," he said while placing the now red bandage on his head, like a bandana. "I'll get them somehow, someway, for you guys. You weren't low level soldiers, and you fought until the very end. We'll meet again my friends. Sooner or later, we'll meet again."

"You're wet," said Kakarot with fear as well as concern. "There's a lot of it too."

"I know Kakarot. My water just broke."

"It might take a long time for me to have this child. I was in labor with you and Radizt for at least twelve hours. I don't think this babies going to be a miracle and come in an hour, and we don't even have that."

"What should we do?"

She placed her hand on her youngest son's cheek. "I want you to be a good boy and leave me."

Kakarot heard what she had said perfectly, but didn't understand why she would say something like that. "Why?"

"At least you'll survive. I don't know if me and the baby will make it, but you have to live on for me, okay?"

"No. I'm not going to run away like some kind of coward!"

"Live to fight another day!"

"I'd rather die! I refuse! I'm staying right here!"

"You have to leave! Stop being so foolish and think for just one moment! I want you to leave. No one will be upset with you for leaving. This is actually what I want. Your father will understand."

Kakarot crossed his arms and put on a stubborn face. "I'm not leaving."

"But you have to!"

"No!"

"I'm not playing with you Kakarot!"

"And I'm not about to abandoned you!"

She grunted at her son, since she was now very frustrated. "Fine. Suit yourself, but I think you're being foolish."

"Bye bye monkeys!" Came a voice from outside.

Tannipu's instincts kicked in, and she knew a force was coming, so she pulled her son close to her and tried to shield him the best she could. "Brace yourself!"

"Ahhh!" Kakarot tried to hold on to her and for most of the time, he was being protected by her, but he was eventually forced away from her, and they were both buried under the pile of rubble.

Bardock used all of his energy flying, so he was now forced to walk the rest of the distance home, which was taking forever, since he was so injured. "Just hold on Tannipu and Kakarot. I'll be there in a little while. Just a little more."

Kakarot forced his way to the top of the rubble and debris and could once again see light, but it was dawn. "How long have I been knocked out?" He looked at the pile and could not see his mother anywhere. "Mother?" He began digging furiously through the destruction, which was once his home. "Mother? Can you hear me?"

There was no answer, and the more silence there was, the more he got a cold feeling down his spine. "Mother? You have to be in there somewhere. Mother!" He lifted up a board and saw her hand, which was pale and cold when he touched it. "Mother?" He began to dig more and the more he dug, the more of her body could be seen, but when uncovered her stomach, there was a piece of metal jagged into it and he knew that his baby sister would never be born and dew to the amount of blood that was surrounding the area of her stomach, his mother would never get the chance to grieve over the baby's death.

"Mother." He held her head in his arms and shivered with the coldness that the night began to bring. "No. I didn't want you to go."

"Kakarot?"

The heartbroken boy turned around to see his father collapse on the ground. "Father!" He gently put his mother's head down and ran to his father, who was miraculously still breathing. "I knew Frieza's goons couldn't beat you."

Bardock was able to get out a smile, even though that small movement seemed to hurt. "Yeah. You otta know that no one's stronger than your dad." Bardock saw that hurt in his son's eyes. "S-she's dead isn't she? You're mother's gone."

"Yeah. She's dead." The small boy struggled to keep his emotions in and continuously told himself that warriors didn't cry.

Bardock grunted and looked at his son furiously. "Why weren't you two out of the house?"

"The enemy came and we were gonna go, but she went into labor."

Bardock cursed under his breath as he sat up. "Listen son, you have to go. You have to get as far away from this planet as possible. Do I make myself clear?"

"Yes, but why? This is my home."

"Frieza's about to get very bored and this place won't exist anymore."

"What about you?"

"I'm gonna try to stop Frieza."

"Let King Vegeta of someone else do that! I need you to come with me!"

Bardock took of the bandana and placed it around his son's head. "The King is dead. He also tried to stop Frieza head on, and he didn't make it. I need to try myself. You must go, and don't ever forget who you are and the pride of the Saiyans, okay?"

Kakarot nodded. "Y-yes Sir."

"Now, I need you to follow out the plan. Do you remember?"

"Yes Sir."

"And you remember the way?"

"Yes Sir."

"Good." Bardock got on his feet. "Someone has to stop Frieza once and for all."

Kakarot began to walk away so he could follow his father's plans, but Bardock grabbed his arm. "Wait. I have something I want to give to you."

"What is it?"

Bardock pulled his son into his arms.

"Father?" asked Kakarot surprisingly. His father had never held him in his arms that way, but little did Kakarot know what his father was doing.

Bardock touched the back of his son's neck, trying to search for a spot. "This may sting a little."

"Ahh!" Kakarot fell into his father's arms, now feeling weak. "What did you do to me?"

"Lets just say the future won't seem so dark to you."

"I can't move."

Bardock stood and picked up his son. "I was afraid that might happen. Well, I'll have to hurry then." Bardock found a little energy and was able to take flight once again, as Kakarot's consciousness began to leave him.

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Bardock created a blue ki blast in his hand and said "This is for all the Saiyans that were killed today. You're nothing but a coward that can't handle his own dirty work, so take this!" He threw the ki blast at Frieza, but Frieza created his own blast and it only swallowed Bardock's blast whole. "No way!"

"Hahaha!" The blast hit Bardock, and his body began to disintegrated, but the ball didn't just kill Bardock. It didn't stop moving, until it reached it's true destination: Planet Vegeta. Within mere seconds, the whole planet was gone, not leaving one soul alive.

"No!" Kakarot sat up in darkness, in some kind of a tunnel, or underground base, but he wasn't alive.

"Who are you, kid?"

"Where am I?"

"Answer my question first. How do you even know about this place, anyway?"

Kakarot realized that it wasn't as dark as her first thought and he now could see who was in front of his eyes. "A-a-are you Prince Vegeta?"

Vegeta crossed his arms and cocked an eyebrow. "Yes, that would be me. Now, who are you?"

"My name is Kakarot. I'm a third class soldier and-"

"Never mind. How did you know about this place?"

"My father knew."

"How did he know? Only my mother and father know about these tunnels."

Kakarot ignored the Prince and wondered where his father had gone, but then he remembered his dream. 'It can't be real, can it? Is he really going to die?'

Prince Vegeta became frustrated and picked up the three year old by his armor. "Look weakling, you haven't answered my question yet, so you better..."

"We have to leave."

"What?"

"We have to leave now, before it blows up!"

"What blows up?"

"The planet!"

"Why would it blow up?"

"Because Frieza's coming and he'll destroy it!"

"You're talking crazy! Just shut up and listen!"

"No! I don't know how I know, but I do. He's coming, and we're supposed to leave."

"How do you know these things?"

"I don't know! All I know is that we can't die, or our race will end with us!"

Vegeta saw the fear and confusion in the boys eyes. "Just shut up and stop your blabbering." Vegeta walked over to a space pod and opened it up.

"Where are you going?"

"To whatever this pod is set to go to."

"Earth?"

Prince Vegeta shrugged his shoulders. "I don't know! I'm going to the Milky Way Galaxy!" He got into his space pod and began to start it up.

The top of the tunnel began to open up and the light from the stars shone down on them. "Wait Prince Vegeta!"

"There's only room for one in this pod!"

"Please make room for one more! I have to avenge my father!"

"All will be avenged once I kill Frieza."

"At least let me help! I know I'm small and I'm not an elite, but I know a lot that can help you!"

"Like what?"

"I know that you're father is dead and I know he went to Frieza head on, trying to stop him! That's why my father died, and now he's about to die and I don't want it to be in vain!"

"How do you even know that my father is dead!" Barked Prince Vegeta with unbelief.

"I know it because my father told me!"

"Why should I trust a weak little kid!"

"Please Prince Vegeta! I'm not scared to die, but it's not my time! I have to come with you to Earth!"

"How do you even know that planets called Earth?"

"Because...I don't know! I just do! If we don't go to Earth, then you can kill me! If the planet doesn't blow up, then you can kill me! If King Vegeta is still alive, then you can kill me! Just please believe me, and lets go before it's too late!"

Vegeta could have easily enough resisted Kakarot's plea, but his instincts told him to listen to him. "Fine, but if I get cramped up, I swear I'll push you out and let you freeze in space!"

Kakarot bowed and smiled. "Thank you Prince Vegeta!"

Bardock smiled, since he knew that all would turn out alright. "Make wise decisions my son. The future will mostly depend on the ability that I gave to you. I'm sorry for when it causes you pain, but this is what must happen."

"Frieza! Come out and fight me!"

To be continued...

A/N: Will Bardock really die? Will Kakarot be a great help to Prince Vegeta? Will Prince Vegeta get cramped up and push Kakarot out into space? You'll just have to read the next chapter!

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