Dr. Gero was pacing with a letter in his hand. He had a grim expression that the androids couldn't quite place. He had no reason for it as far as they knew. They were in the winning position due to the fact that they needed few resources to continue on fighting this war.

The letter had read:

A final battle will be held one week from tomorrow, make sure your armies are prepared. This is what will be the deciding factor in who takes the label for championship and who does not.

It will take place at Death field quadrant 89.

After hearing what the doctor had read they all made faces. None of them knew what to say to such a direct challenge. To them this may have meant that the saiyajins were rallying all their supplies for one last push in an effort to win, but they didn't seem like the type to do that.

"I didn't think that King Vegeta would have the guts to do something like this. It's too much of a toss up to see who will win. It's like tossing a coin. Something's fishy. I don't like it."

"Of course you don't; you may end up fighting your beloved."

"Shut up." She growled.

Juunana smirked at this comment as he had an idea hit him, "Maybe they are confident that they can overwhelm us with their numbers."

King Vegeta had also received a letter stating something very similar. He was in shock for about a moment and then screaming orders the very next. He was furious, how could they be so cocky when it came down to it. Look at their numbers. The generals all reported for a briefing about the heavy training to be undergone over the next few days, they would rest for a day before the battle as was best to do.

Lettick had snagged Juuhachi's arm as soon as she appeared in the brush of the forest. "This is it, we have to leave before the battle takes place or we have no hope. It's now or never. If we stay one of us may end up dying." He had had a premonition it would be him.

Her head was racing, she knew he was right but she couldn't let go of something, "Why Earth? Why not anywhere else? Why does it have to be there?"

"Because we'd both fit in there. All of us would. Juuhachi if I beat your brother would this be over? If I could find a way to make him let go of you, would you finally be free?" He pulled her gently into his arms and held her, "Would you finally consent to just being mine?"

She went straight into his chest and held him. "You could never beat my brother. It would take more time training than we have got. I guess there are no more options available to us. When should we leave?" She couldn't believe she was actually agreeing to go along with this. It was going to be a rocky road.

"The morning of the battle, we can't risk being seen before then; the penalty would be high for all of us."

"Ok, but I will need to stay with the other generals until then or they will think that I am planning something. I will tell them something about you telling me off; be heart broken and hope my brother doesn't figure it out."

Lettick hugged her tightly to him and then gathered the courage to say it for the first time, "I love you… you know that right?"

She blushed and looked up at him, "I love you too."

Bardock, who had been hiding in the bushes, couldn't hold back a smile any longer. He had hoped for this for so long and his wish had just come true. He finally had a 'mother'.

When she arrived at Galgatia, she saw something she hadn't seen in months. Juunana was smiling at her. She didn't know how to take it; he was probably plotting something if she knew her brother well enough. It didn't matter though once he realized she was crying he'd stop.

"How'd your secret rendezvous go?" Then he paused because he saw a tear.

She had her head faced downward so her hair pretty much covered her expression, "He told me he didn't want to see me again, to never come back." She began to let the tears stream down; she had been thinking of all her worst fears and telling him.

He could only stare like he couldn't believe what he was hearing. "What?" He walked briskly to her and held her, "Did he tell you why?"

"He… he said that he couldn't take it anymore. He wasn't satisfied and… and… I'm not worth…" She let out a sob, "I'm not worth the trouble he's been going through."

"You're not worth it? That selfish son-of-a-bitch said that to you? How dare he talk down to you like that; no one does that to my little sister. No one makes her cry."

"Oh but… Juunana… you can't tell anyone about this… I'd be in even more pain if forced to discuss it over and over again… I'd rather just leave it be."

He nodded and held her but wasn't really sure whether he believed her or not. Her emotions were completely blocked off to him.

Over the course of the next few days he slowly began to believe her, she hadn't left the house once. If she was with him she'd be sucking up her free time with that stupid saiyajin. He watched her go through phases of emotions; she was either happy or very very sad. When she was happy she would be singing earth songs and humming tunes that she made up. When she was sad, Juuhachi would put herself in bed and stay there all day, not moving.

The androids prepared for the battle doing what they could; the doctor had been working on some mini upgrades of power to help protect the eight that were left. It would be a tough battle for them to win. Eight and some droids verse many saiyajins of all ages. But they would have to win. There was no longer any other ways to go about this.

The Saiyajins, male and female, all geared up and made their trip to quadrant 89. It wasn't a night of their transformations so they wouldn't have any significant advantages but they were fairly confident. All of their lives had been taken in the strongest survives way, it had become a fact of life to them.

Lettick trained harder than most. He wanted to be prepared if something unexpected happened. The two had planned everything out about meeting locations and how they were going to get away. So many people on the battlefield would lead to a wonderful confusion that would work perfectly for a cover. He had heard her when she said he didn't have enough time to train to beat Juunana but he really didn't care. He wasn't about to lose her.

Bardock seemed to feel the same way; he worked just as hard as his body would take it until the day of mass resting for the saiyajins. It was healthy for them to take a rest before the battles began. He had created a ship load of new items to help them steal what they needed; everything was going according to Bardock's plan, they would escape or all of them would die.

Unfortunately there was a scheme in the works that was going to throw their stow-away mission into the abyss.