CHAPTER 7

"Hurry up Gohan, we have to find her," Krillin whined as they sped across the plains

of Namek.

"I'll try Krillin, I just don't want to miss her as we fly by or something," Gohan stated

as his eyes swept over the land beneath him.

"Well," Krillin began as he turned to face his friend while still flying, "we won't miss

Bulma. We'll be able to hear her yelling a mile a......"

"What was that Krillin?" Gohan blurted out as he looked up to see the predicament

his companion was in.

Krillin was being held tightly to a large pink creature which, to Gohan, looked oddly

familiar. *I wonder where I've seen this guy before....* Gohan pondered to himself

as he slipped into a battle stance. It snapped back to him then. "Krillin it's one of

Frieza's men," Gohan called to his friend as he squirmed trying desperately to get out

of Dodoria's grip.

"I noticed," he squeaked out when his mouth made it's way around Dodoria's large

arm.

"You'd better let my friend go or.." Gohan was interrupted by an utmost annoying

voice, "Or what kid? You gonna teach me a lesson?" Dodoria asked with a snicker.

Gohan was not happy. He charged at Dodoria full speed, pulling his leg back to give

Dodoria a swift kick in the face, his leg stopped mere inches away from the terrified

face of his companion.

Krillin's eyes were shut tight because he thought that Gohan would have never

noticed until it was too late. Luckily the blow never came and Krillin opened his eyes

to see a very angry and frustrated Gohan hovering near by. "So kid what was it that

you were saying? That I'd better let your friend here go or.... what?" Dodoria began

taunting Gohan.

*What about the new powers that Guru awakened? Well it's as good a time as any

to try 'em out. Here goes nothing,* Krillin thought as he let loose all this energy at

once. Being as dumb as Dodoria was he let go of Krillin not knowing what was

going on. That gave Gohan all the time he needed.

He flew at Dodoria, hitting him with a hard right to the left side or the face which

sent him barreling down to the earth below. Powering up Gohan began, "KA ME,"

and was followed quickly by Krillin, "HA ME HAAAA!!!" They cried in unison, the

twin blasts hurtled towards the cowering creature below. Spiraling around one

another the blasts formed into one and took out the pink blob below.

The blasts were so efficient that the only evidence of Dodoria ever being there was

the burned and charred rocks that were heavy with smoke below the excited

warriors. "Way to go kid!" Krillin said congratulating Gohan while returning his high

five.

"That was awesome! But that guy was easier that he looked," Gohan said almost

sadly for missing a better fight.

"Well we have Guru to thank for that," Krillin said admiringly, not catching the note

of disappointment in Gohan's voice. "Hurry up and let's find Bulma, and fast," Krillin

instructed snapping Gohan out of his daze.

"Okay Krillin-san," Gohan agreed and they took off leaving only a cloud of dust

behind.

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Vegeta awoke with a start. There was something different about the room. He didn't

know what it was but his instincts told him to protect that in which he owned. Putting

Bulma into a more comfortable position as he scanned the small dark cave with all of

his senses. His eyes seeing into the dark shadows of the cave, which was only lit by

the small embers glowing in the small pit he had made earlier and which were slowly

dying, he saw nothing. Only large boulders, he didn't hear anything either. Not

sensing any ki signals other than his own and her's he came to once again lay down

beside the sleeping beauty in his arms.

Wrapping his strong arms around her slender but well muscled body he felt

something unusual. It was very soft and almost...... furry.

Sitting up to have a better look hi noticed a small brown tail wrapped snugly around

her right thigh. Smirking to himself as he laid himself back down beside her. *I

wonder how this happened. It was most likely that woman always trying to impress

me, well it worked, are you happy?* he questioned himself to see if she would

answer, and knowing she wouldn't. *My tail has very good taste though, for only

being back for a few hours* he smirked as his mind soon faded to the blissful

reverene called sleep once again.

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Krillin and Gohan arrived back at the cave, this being their last hope in trying to find

Bulma. They had been out for hours, searching high and low. They had looked in

caves and canyons, they looked everywhere, or so it seemed. "Krillin-san I'm tired.

Can't we rest for awhile? Bulma's stronger than we think and she has all her

inventions and capsules with her to help if she gets into trouble," Gohan pointed out.

"Besides, she was probably already back here waiting for us, got bored and left

again."

"Yeah Gohan, I suppose that your right. We do need the sleep, with Frieza and

Vegeta around we'll need the energy. I guess it had slipped my mind since there are

two suns here. Get some rest and I'll make sure that there's some grub for us when we

wake up," Krillin told Gohan.

"Thanks," was all that Gohan said before yawning and looking as if he hadn't slept

for weeks.

Gohan shuffled sleepily into his bedroom. Too tired to even take off his boots he

flopped onto the bed and fell into one of those deep saiyanjin sleeps where someone

could easily mistake it him for being in a coma.

Seeing Gohan shuffle off to bed made Krillin realize exactly how exhausted he

actually was. *Gohan's right, Bulma can take care of herself. I suppose that I could

use the rest, it couldn't hurt anyone, could it?* he asked himself. *I'll just check the

fridge and be on my way.* he thought as he drug himself off to the kitchen.

By the time he reached the kitchen he was ready to flop down on the floor and go

to sleep right there. Walking by the small table on his way to the fridge he

unconsciously raised his hand and said, "Hey Kione," without even realizing he had

said a thing.

Opening the fridge door he bent down to find the pitcher of ice water, half lidded

and half asleep. Reaching into the cool air of the interior of the large box he stopped

and it finally dawned on him what had happened. He sprang back up and looked

over his shoulder to make sure he was seeing clearly. "Kione, elder, what are you

doing here? Or even, HOW did you get here?" Krillin asked almost wide awake

now, rubbing his eyes to make sure he wasn't dreaming.

"Uhhhh...." Kione started looking up at the elder not really sure of what to say.

"Well, you and your friend Gohan had taken Dende so we had thought that it would

be safe to stay here. It's well hidden and I know that we will be safe here," the elder

finished for him. "Besides, we thought that maybe we could help out in some way to

repay you."

"Oh, I see," Krillin said as his mind began to get foggy with sleep again. "Well your

welcome to stay with us, but at the moment Gohan is asleep and I was just on my

way to bed. You could stay in Bulma's bedroom, if you don't mind," Krillin offered.

"No, no that's okay. We don't need any sleep at the moment. We'll just keep watch

while you two sleep," the elder said to Krillin's retreating form.

"Uh huh, ok fine," was all that they received as a reply before he too was in a

coma like sleep.

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A small creature emerged from it's hiding spot behind a large boulder. It had been

watching the prince of saiyanjins and the blue haired woman sleep for nearly 2 hours,

not wishing to disturb the prince a second time. Thinking that he had better get out of

there soon and back into Frieza's compound, it steps out of the shadows of the cave

and into the light of day. The hideous creature would get revenge for what he had

done to him, *And oh how sweet it would be.* thought.............

To be continued....

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