Disclaimer: I do NOT, under any circumstances own DBZ, but when I rule the universe it will belong to me and…what? I won't rule the Universe?…damn… Oh well… on with the story…
FROZEN IN TIME
Chapter 2It had been a year since Vegeta, Bulma, Meliah, and Nappa had left Vegeta-sei for the Ice-jin Lord's station in space. It had been an…interesting year, particularly for Freiza. The three children had purged more planets than even Bulma could ever count, and that was really saying something. The prince and his two new best friends had played horrible tricks on Nappa and Freiza. Nappa had woke one morning to find his tail shaved of all hair, and Freiza had a few difficulties after they slipped those laxative tablets into his precious wine. Vegeta and Bulma had received an all expense paid trip to the regeneration tank for that little stunt. Meliah never been caught, and she became extremely cocky about the whole situation. Most people avoided them on the ship because of their reputation as the Purging Saiyan Chibis of Terror and Doom. There were a few, however, that had dared to mess with them, and they, of course, were Freiza's right-hand men. Zarbon mocked the Saiyans, and got away with it because Freiza protected him. The most the Saiyans could have done however was play cruel tricks on him because he was by far stronger.
"Come on Meliah, it's a great idea! We slip this ki damper on him and he won't be able to move. We can get rid of him, once and for all!" explained Bulma excitedly.
"And if you get caught?" Meliah asked in reply. "I won't of course," she added cockily, "but you two will end up in the tanks for a week again if Freiza catches you. Do you really want to see Vegeta get kicked around by that lizard? It can't be good for his pride."
"What isn't good for whose pride?" asked Vegeta as he walked up to the conversing pair of girls.
"Uh…we were…uh…talking about…uh…my dad. Yeah my dad!" covered Bulma pathetically.
"Sure…alright then. So what's the plan? Who are we torturing this week?" he asked.
"No one. We have a purging mission. You really should check the schedule, Vegeta. Remember, Freiza told us about it?" Meliah questioned
"Meliah you sound like his mother," giggled Bulma
"Well someone has to be the brains of this outfit," she replied indifferently.
"Whatever, Bulma is the brains," defended Vegeta.
Meliah raised her eyebrows and gave him her patented that since-when-does-the-mighty-Prince-of-the-Saiyans-defend-someone-lower-than-him look.
Vegeta quickly realized he had just been nice and quickly covered. "Well, she is the tutor, isn't she? Stop looking at me like that! Let's go!" Vegeta stormed off. ::I don't believe her! I am the Prince of the Saiyans! I cant possibly like that girl, but she is sooo pretty…NO! I don't like her. I have to stop thinking like this…:: Vegeta was mentally kicking himself for his own traitorous thoughts.
"Ha ha! This could get interesting…" Meliah trailed off. *The two of them are going to so much fun to torture when we're older.*
"Um…ok…is this some sort of inside joke I don't get?" asked Bulma.
"In a way you could say that. Come one lets follow Veg-head to the ship bay," replied Meliah. The young female Saiyan almost had a spring in her step as she followed her best friend down the corridor. A wide grin graced her face.
"Why on Vegeta-sei are you so happy?" Bulma asked confused. It wasn't everyday you saw a Saiyan smiling so openly.
Meliah's grin just grew, "You're joking, right? We get the chance to kill/torture people! That's enough to make my year. It's the only reason I stick around this dump."
"You are possibly the oddest person I have ever met…"
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On the Planet Stalwart
The three Saiyan pods landed with a catastrophic boom in the middle of a large city. There were people circling around the enormous crater that was created by the impact. These people were much like the people of Earth. The only difference between the two was, the people of the planet Stalwart were known to be fearless, even in the face of death. They believed that they were the only ones in the universe, and the only reason that they were unafraid was because of their ignorance and stupidity. There were whispers going around among the people watching the three ships suspiciously. "I wonder what those are?" "It doesn't seem to be moving, maybe we should go check it out…" Just then Vegeta's pod opened with a hiss and he stepped out on to the red soil, followed by Meliah and Bulma on either side of him.
"Thank goodness!" shouted a man in the crowd. "Its only three little children, and we thought it was something to be frightened of!" Everyone in the crowd began laughing, and lets just say that Bulma didn't appreciate being laughed at. Before Vegeta or Meliah could get a word in, Bulma had a pale blue ball of ki emanating from the tip of her finger. She pointed at the man and fired.
"Oops! Silly me, did I just do that?" she asked with fake naivety.
Vegeta and Meliah stood open-mouthed for a while before bursting out laughing.
"Nice shot girl. I think you got your point across that no one laughs at the Saiyans," Vegeta said with pride.
"Let that be a warning to all of you," Bulma shouted. "No one messes with the Saiyans!"
"Now, lets kick it up!" Meliah shouted in her native language of Saiyago. None of the people had the foggiest idea what she had just said, so they didn't have the sense to run. Bulma and Vegeta nodded and took to the air.
Vegeta landed on the edge of the crater and the crowd of people backed up several feet from him. When Bulma and Meliah landed next to him they backed up even further. The Saiyan prince crossed his arms and gave them his well-known 'You-are-Gunna-Die' smirk. "We are here to purge your planet. If you give up now, we may just give you a mercy killing instead of making you slaves for Lord Freiza," said Vegeta in the standard galactic language that was spoken on this planet.
The Stalwarts looked at the trio like they were insane. Whispers began to float around, "They are crazy!" " I wonder who their parents are?"
"That's enough!" shouted Meliah. "You saw what Bulma did to the last moron who dared to insult us. We may be young, but we have more power than you could possibly imagine. If you dare to insult us again, well…" She looked to her comrades, "Vegeta, I think it's your turn to show them what happens when you mess with the Saiyan Chibis of Freiza's Army."
"Oh yay!" he said childishly, "I love this part! Now whom should I take out?" he asked. "Lets see, hmmm? Not you, no, nope," he walked along the line of Stalwarts and inspected each one as if they were racehorses that he was trying to pick from. "Tell me, who is the strongest among you?" he inquired.
Someone pushed a large, muscular man with an Afro forward. "I am the strongest on the planet! My name is Achillan Damian, The World Champion! I defeated the-"
"Lovely," Meliah interrupted sarcastically. "Vegeta, just show them what happens to people who mess with Saiyans."
"Okay," he replied nonchalantly. He fired a small ki blast at the idiotic man.
When the smoke cleared the only thing left was a scorch mark on the street. At that moment everyone gathering in the vicinity got the sense to run. There was mass hysteria and a great deal of screaming. If anyone were to ask what was going on the got the reply, "It's the attack of the Purging Saiyan Chibis of Terror and Doom!!!!!!!!!"
"Its so much more fun when they run!" exclaimed Bulma.
Vegeta looked at her with great admiration. ::What a girl! Gorgeous and evil, what more could a Saiyan Prince ask for in a mate?::
**I heard that Vegeta! You know I should really tell Bulma about your love for her… I'm sure she would find it very interesting…**
::Screw you, Meliah. You tell her anything and I'll blast you…::
**Don't worry Veg-head, I won't tell her….yet**
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This is the last straw! The reason I brought that monkey prince and his friends here was so that I could torture them! They were having fun on that purging mission! I'll have to separate them…yes, I'll keep the two monkey wenches away from him. Stupid little bitches… Freiza looked down at the three chibis in front of him. He sat proudly in his floating chair, wine glass in hand. All his wine was now heavily guarded after the laxative episode. I'll get them all this time…hahaha…even that wretch that never gets caught.
*Bastard! Someday I will get you back for calling me a bitch and a monkey wench.* Meliah glared up at Freiza while he wasn't looking.
"Well," Freiza said, "it seems that we have a slight problem on our hands here. I sent you to Stalwart with what purpose in mind?"
"Technology," they mumbled in unison.
"Forgive me, but I don't have Saiyan hearing. You will need to speak up," he replied to their answer in terrifyingly calm voice. "Tell me, girl, why did I send you to Stalwart?"
Meliah looked up, and gave him the patented Vegeta Death Glare.
"Not you," he growled, "you. You are supposedly the brains of this outfit, so you should know."
**Bulma don't look him in the eye. Keep your head down. If you do he may not beat you quite as badly as last time.**
~NO!~ Bulma looked up at Freiza and glared. "You sent us, Lord Freiza, to Stalwart for their technology," she answered calmly.
"Do you know why I am upset? I am upset because you three apes went on a free for all and killed every, last, person on Stalwart. Now will someone tell me why this is a bad thing?"
The chibis looked up at Freiza glaring.
"Do not look at me!" he shouted. "I know that it is difficult for you monkeys to understand that I am better than you. You are naturally stupid and therefore it is not your fault. Zarbon, please tell me and these apes why it was not a good idea to kill everyone on Stalwart."
"I…uh…now we don't have access to their technology?" he answered unsure.
**And Freiza says the Saiyans are stupid, hehehe**
~hehehe~
::hahaha::
While the three Saiyans were attempting to contain their laughter, Freiza was glaring at Zarbon for his stupidity. He was about to beat Zarbon so badly that he'd be in the regeneration tank for a month, when he heard several small snickers behind him. Freiza turned his attention back to the Saiyan chibis in front him. "Now someone tell me why you are laughing, and someone else tell me what happened that caused you to destroy the Stalwart race," he said, obviously mad.
"Well, we were laughing at how incredibly intelligent Zarbon is," Bulma said sincerely.
"And well you see, what happened on Stalwart was they mocked us and…"started Vegeta.
"And you let the blood lust take over and you killed them all. Even after I specifically ordered that you not to do exactly that," roared Freiza.
"Well, uh, I guess so," Vegeta said with a smirk.
**Vegeta, don't push him. He looks really pissed off. He might try something…**
::Don't worry, the worst he will do is beat the shit out of us again. I can handle it.::
**Vegeta, do you enjoy seeing Bulma get beaten? Do you think she enjoys seeing you get beaten? Besides, he is going to do something else too…**
::What?::
**Lets just say you may never see myself or Bulma ever again…**
Vegeta said nothing, but his skin paled to a hue several shades lighter than his original one.
"Well since you act even more rebellious when around your comrades, Vegeta, I guess we'll have to split the dream team up. Or should I say the Purging Saiyan Chibis of Terror and Doom, as you are known on this ship," mocked Freiza.
"Sir, that isn't necessary, we will keep him in line, please!" begged Bulma. ~I can't lose him, he is one of the best friends I've ever had.~
**Don't worry Bulma, he'll be alright**
*I think*
"Bulma, there is no reason for you to protect me. If Lord Freiza thinks that it would be better if we were split up, than so be it," Vegeta said.
"Alright then, your next purging mission will be several years long. Don't plan on coming back soon," explained Freiza. "The two females will go together and Vegeta will stay on the ship. You will leave tomorrow after breakfast. You're dismissed."
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The Next MorningThe three Saiyans were sitting at a small table in the corner of the troops dining room. Vegeta was stuffing huge amounts of food into his mouth at an alarming rate. Bulma and Meliah weren't eating as much or as fast.
"I can't believe we won't be back for close to ten years!" exclaimed Bulma sorrowfully.
"How did you find out that we'd be gone for almost ten years?" asked Meliah.
"I heard some guards talking about Freiza getting rid of two of those female monkeys," she replied. "I'm gunna miss this place…"
"Really?" asked Vegeta through a mouthful of food.
"Well I'll miss playing tricks on Freiza and my dad and I'll miss…other stuff," she trailed off.
"I know one thing I wont miss," said Meliah looking at Vegeta in disgust, "Veg-head's eating habits. That is sooo disgusting Vegeta!"
"Will you miss us, Veggie-chan?" Bulma asked sweetly. ~I'll miss him soo much. I wonder if he'll miss me?~
"Uh….," ::Crap, what should I say? If I tell her I will she'll think I like her, but if I tell her I won't, she'll get upset.:: "I'll miss having two partners in crime to blame stuff on," he replied smugly.
"Oh, ok," she replied dejectedly. "Come on, Meliah, we gotta get to the docking bay."
**Bulma, are you all right? Shouldn't we wait for Vegeta?**
~I'm fine, he can come if he wants, I don't care…~
"Lets go Veg-head, you can eat later. I don't care if your done eating or not," she ordered.
Vegeta shrugged and stood up. He walked with Meliah a few steps behind Bulma. Bulma was shuffling along ahead of them looking at the ground. ::I upset her didn't I?::
**Well spotted! Go talk to her you moron; I don't want her moping for close to ten years because you upset her. Now GO!!!!**
::Fine! You really are a bitch, you know that?::
**Thank you! Now go!**
Vegeta jogged ahead of her up to Bulma. The two of them started talking in low voices so Meliah couldn't hear.
*Damn! If only they would talk louder…oh well. I'll ask Bulma what he said later.*
She watched as Bulma's frown suddenly turned into a smile and she pecked Vegeta lightly on the cheek. Meliah chuckled at the look on Vegeta's face; he was staring in wide-eyed shock at Bulma. Bulma and Meliah walked out to the launch pad, and when they took off ten minutes later, Vegeta was still standing there wide-eyed and open-mouthed.
~Meliah do you think we'll ever see him again?~
**I'm sure of it, and considering recent events, he will probably still be
standing there with that shocked look on his face.**
~Haha! I don't know about that, but I hope we see him again. I'm really gunna
miss him.~
**I know, I know, so will I,** *but not as much or in the same way as you…*
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A/n: How will Vegeta fair without his two companions? Will Bulma and Meliah ever return? What did you think? Any ideas? Please review! Your reviews are the only things keeping this story going at this point…
~*~The Rogue Raven~*~