CHAPTER 3

Bulma was streaking back towards the cave thinking about how lucky she was that she hadn't been seen, when she felt a very familiar ki. "Oh Kami no... please don't let it be him," she whispered but inside she was battling emotions with was quite new to her. "Okay pull yourself together Bulma," she took a deep breath. Where can we hide? she thought scanning her surroundings. Spotting a small island she raced down towards it as fast as her little body would allow, praying to Kami that he wouldn't see her. Sadly though, it was already too late, he had spotted her.

"That should teach you to pick on kids," Krillin shouted.

Gohan walked over to the Namekian children and whispered, "Krillin is going to do a move that will give us some time to escape. What is your name?" he asked.

"Mine is Kione and this is Dende," the older of the 2 answered.

"Fine, Dende will come with us. You and the elder will have to go run and hide. Do you think you could go relay this message to him?" Gohan asked.

"Hai!" Kione agreed and shrunk towards the elder and explained the situation to him. With a nod from the elder, Kione stood confident and excitedly at the elder's side waiting for the time to come.

"Okay get ready." Gohan warned.

"Why you bastard! I'm going to rip your bald head off!" Dodorian screamed.

"I'm so sorry. Did I hurt you?" Krillin asked, "I guess since you are so strong, I will no choice but to surrender," Krillin said sarcastically, acting like a scared little child, raising his arms up in the air as a sign of defeat. Frieza and Zarbon chuckled in the background but Dodorian just ignored them.

"That's better," he said with a snicker not noticing the sarcastic tone in Krillin's voice. "Do you have any last words weakling?"

"Actually, I do," Krillin said with a smirk plastered on his face. "Solar Flare!" he screamed as a huge flash appeared. Frieza, Zarbon and Dodorian were completely blind and didn't even notice Krillin snatch the dragon ball or him and the others blasting off into the distance.

"Awww shit!" Frieza exclaimed when he tried to open his eyes.

Ha, some pathetic fool trying to escape their demise by hiding from the prince of saiyanjins. That baka won't get away so easily Vegeta thought as he began to descend on the island. Wait, it's probably just another Namek, he's probably just sitting down there cowering against a boulder. So if I...

Oh Kami please help me! Don't let Vegeta find me with the dragon ball. Bulma prayed. She was watching the sky above her. There it was, a blue flare of ki with its long white tail trailing it along the sky. "Ok Bulma, he's gone, you don't have to worry about it." she said trying to calm her ragging heart.

"You have something to worry about woman," a deep voice snarled from behind her, "Me."

She didn't even have to turn around; she knew exactly who it was. She slowly turned on her heels trying not to show the extreme fear that she felt inside. She was shocked when she was met his face merely inches from hers.

His two coal black eyes staring icily, and a hint of something else, straight into hers. Oh Kami, I could drown in his eyes she thought for a moment.

What? It's her? The one that has been haunting my dreams ever since I left that mud ball of a planet, that they call Chikyuu he thought as he stared into her eyes. What is she doing to me? But those eyes... no I will not think of it... I.. I don't know what I shall do. This is no way for the saiyanjin prince to behave! I will stop this madness that she has brought upon me. "What the hell are you doing here woman?" Vegeta demanded plastering his scowl on his face.

Oh shit I'm in trouble! Bulma thought coming back to reality.

"Dodorian, Zarbon go after them! Find them and bring them to me!" Frieza screamed at his men.

"Yes Lord Frieza," Zarbon and Dodorian answered in unison as they took off in different directions.

Man am I ever going to pulverize them! Master Frieza wants them alive so I'll just beat the shit out of them and tell Master Frieza that they had resisted. Zarbon thought as an evil grin crossed his face.

All of a sudden, a huge blue beam came straight at Zarbon, and with him being in a dazed state, nearly got hit. Whoever threw that is in BIG trouble! he thought as he raced off in the direction in which the ki blast came from.

"Come on Gohan we have got to hurry and find a safe place to hide!" Krillin said beginning to panic slightly.

"We could always go to Guru's place," Dende suggested quietly.

"Who is Guru?" Krillin asked.

"He is the oldest and wisest Namek. He fathered us all," Dende said very proud.

"Uhhhhh..." I'm not even gonna ask Krillin thought.

"Okay let's go. The only other place I can think of to go is back to the cave, but we would have to go back in the opposite direction. So we can head back to the cave and Bulma later," Gohan suggested.

"Okay then, I guess we are going to Guru's," Krillin said after a short pause.

"Yay!" Dende cried and jumped from Krillin's arms and blasted off in the direction they assumed that Guru's house was.

After a few moments Krillin and Gohan caught up with Dende. "I didn't know that you could fly!" Krillin exclaimed with a little surprise in his voice.

"Sorry guys, I should have told you sooner but I was so scared that I probably wouldn't have been able to," he said looking down as though about to cry.

"It's okay Dende; we were kind of in a hurry. Besides we probably wouldn't have had time to wait for you anyway," Gohan said reassuringly and plastered a really goofy grin, much like his father's, on his face.

Dende smiled back at his friends as they grew closer to Guru's hideout. "Man I didn't think it was hidden this good," Krillin pointed out when a small white dome-house came into view.

"Yes, well, when Frieza came we had to make sure that he never found Guru," Dende replied. The trio landed in front of a large white house with one very large window on the second floor.

"Wow!" Krillin and Gohan said looking at each other.

"This place is bigger that I thought," Gohan said a little stunned.

"Yeah it is pretty big isn't it? But for good reason," Dende replied.

"Dende," a deep voice rang out.

Everyone turned to see who it was. Krillin and Gohan's mouths fell agape. "Mr... Mr. Piccolo-san?" Gohan asked.

"No Gohan this is Nail. He protects me and Guru," Dende explained as he ran up and hugged Nail. Gohan felt his heart sink but would not show it here and now. "How is Guru? Is he awake?" Gohan tried to concentrate on Dende's questions.

"Yes Dende he has been waiting for you and your friends' arrival," Nail answered with a straight face but a glint of concern in his eyes. "Come," Nail said motioning to Gohan and Krillin.

When Nail was out of sight everyone raced in to catch up. They entered the large building to find Nail standing on a platform. They all joined him and Nail spoke the word "UP." As soon as the word left his lips the platform began to rise towards the hole that opened in the ceiling.

"Cool," Gohan said.

"Yeah man. You'd never find one of these back home, other than in CC, and I don't even think THEY have one!" Krillin added. They reached the second floor and the platform stopped. Krillin and Gohan were facing the wall, and it was a very luxurious wall at that. There were paintings, murals, tapestries and jewels that completely covered the walls. Man, this Guru guy sure knows how to live, Krillin thought.

"Yes it is nice, isn't it Krillin?" a deep old voice asked from behind, which surprised them. After regaining their composure, Krillin and Gohan turned around and were so shocked at what they found their jaws almost hit the floor.

"Answer me woman!" Vegeta said getting very angry and started to advance on her. Bulma's face went extremely pale and she began to shake from fright. Ha, baka woman. Everyone cowards in front of the prince of saiyanjins. Vegeta thought, but inside he wasn't as happy as he thought he would have been to see her in this state. Scared... of him. He was almost regretting scaring her. Vegeta began to look her over, staring at her face and eyes he found that, she isn't looking at me. She's looking...

Vegeta whirled around to see what she was looking at and what he saw wasn't what he had been expecting. "Zarbon," Vegeta said in a low growl.

To be continued...