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Chapter II

The guardian becomes a detective

When Vegeta crawled out of the water about half an hour later, Kakarot was nowhere to be seen, nor was his armor. "Oh great, that morron took it with him!" Vegeta grumbled and swung his tail around his waist. "Let's see, if I were a morron on a ridiculous mission, where would I go…"

"HEY LOSER!" Being helped by a hard smack in the back Vegeta tumbled into the lake with a scream. He reappeared at the surface and spit out some water, then faced his attacker.

"Radditz!" he said and crawled out. "I should've sensed it was you…"

"Yet you didn't," Radditz smiled proudly. "Clearly indicating I am the better warrior since I could perfectly tell where our dearest prince was." Vegeta looked the other way and crossed his arms in front of his chest.

"You just caught me off guard," he mumbled yet his cheeks began to turn red.

"A good fighter should never be off-guard," Radditz nagged him. "But well, I guess you couldn't know…" With a smirk Vegeta pounded him in the gut and radditz sank to his knees, coughing.

"A real fighter," Vegeta chuckled. "Should learn not to insult his supperior. If he wishes to keep all his limbs, that is." Radditz winced in pain and slowly crawled back up.

"Alright, alright, I'll keep my big mouth shut," he said.

"Good," Vegeta smiled satisfied. "Cause next time… I'll aim lower." Radditz gulped and took a few steps backwards. Vegeta was pleased to see a teen who wasn't only older but much taller and more muscled than him as well, to be scared. Okay, so what if Vegeta didn't get out of the palace much? That didn't mean he was weak, no sirree, far from weak. He was only 12 years old but already stronger than most of the Saiyans inhabiting his planet.

"Look, why I actually came," Radditz explained. "My mum's been nagging again. She hasn't seen Kakarot all day and new she's send me to go and look for him. Have you seen him? I saw him heading for the lake so…"

"Yeah, I've seen him alright," Vegeta said and told Radditz the entire story about his new body guard. At the end, both him and Radditz had a laughing fit. "So now that idiot's out there somewhere looking for me." Radditz chuckled.

"Maybe I'm a kidnapper," he said grimly. Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "No, just think for a second. Kakarot sees himself as your body guard, so he'll do anything to make sure your safe right?" Vegeta nodded. "What if we keep this going on for a little while longer, just to… see what he does."

"I'm highly interested Radditz," Vegeta said starting to understand what he was implying. He had to snigger at the idea. "Let's go over to the palace. Tell me what exactly you had in mind…"

Later they were in the palace, discussing their plans in Vegeta's room, while somewhere out there Kakarot was still scurrying around to find his beloved prince. The idea only made Vegeta laugh.

"So how do we make sure he won't cause panick with our parents or the soldier?" Vegeta asked and took a bite out of an apple he had picked up when they had passed the kitchen. "I mean, he will, won't he? If he thinks matters have gotten out of his hands. He's an idiot, but he's not that stupid."

"Don't worry, I've got that figured out," Radditz reassured him and plumped down on the soft bed. Vegeta's room was in one word luxurious. The entire room was covered in dark red tones. A beautiful red carpet was placed on the floor, and the curtains hanging from his canopy were made from the finest silk and shone in the light coming through the large window at the other side of the room.. To Vegeta, all of this was normal though, although his people lived in very plain and dull.

"All we have to do is make Kakarot think he's close, but I mean, real close," Radditz explained. "Make sure he doesn't run out of traces or anything."

"Ah radditz, sometimes I'm amazed by your insight into human nature," Vegeta smiled. "Well then, let's not linger. We've got clues to spread."

"Remind me again, Vegeta… puf puf… why are we doing this?"

Radditz stomped his feet onto the sandy ground as hard as possible, making sure his feet were visible on the road leading towards the forrest behind the lake. They had already gone the entire way from the tree Vegeta had been sitting earlier, to halfway the lake and Radditz thought he was about to fade… in this heat…

"If Kakarot sees these footsteps he'll follow us for sure," Vegeta explained. "So hurry up, we don't want him to gain on us!"

"Okay, that I understand," Radditz huffed. "But WHY do I have to carry you?" Vegeta chuckled and patted Radditz on the back, who nearly lost his balance.

"Because, my dear Radditz," he said with a smile from ear to ear. "It would be pretty weird of he'd see two sorts of footsteps? If you'd actually be kidnapping me I don't think I'd be hopping along like a good boy, now would I?" Radditz grumbled something under his breath but Vegeta chose to ignore it. He was just way to cheerful at the time. "Now go on kidnapper! To the forrest!"

Kakarot sank to his knees at the tree and dropped Vegeta's armor on the ground. "Ugh… no sign of the kidnapper… I have failed you, my prince…" When he raised his head he saw the footsteps in the ground, leading towards the forrest. "Hey! I don't remember seeing those here?" He studied them carefully. "Ah! I know! They must be from the kidnapper… Hmm… Though they aren't that big…" He shrugged.

Kakarot heaved the armor high above his head. "Don't worry, my prince! I'll come and save you!" And with that he followed the trail at the double.

Queen Luana: Yeah! Another chap finished, wow this one took me a while… Review! Pleaaaaase! .