CHAPTER 10

"Yes my Lord, that's what I saw,"squeaked the small alien. "It looks like our little princling has found a friend. This could be troublesome. Go call in the rest of your squad Guldo," ordered the other. "Yes Lord Frieza," the three eyed alien said as he bowed deeply and crept out of the room. "Captain?" he asked into his scouter as he left the room, "You heard him right? He wants you all here within 12 hours!" With a beep that signaled the end of the conversation Guldo made his way to his quarters. "Stupid monkey," he grumbled under his breath. "If it wasn't for me being able to stop time and get the hell out of there Vegeta would have spotted me for sure," he snickered to himself as he continued down the hall.

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This took place 10 hours ago. Where are our heroes?

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"This is no use Krillin! Vegeta and Frieza have the other 4 remember?" Gohan asked for what seemed to be the thousandth time. "We have to make sure Bulma is alright. Yamucha will skin me alive if something were to happen to her," Krillin replied looking into a small cave. "Besides what are we going to do with 2 hours anyway?" "We could spar. I have a couple of senzu beans incase we need them," Gohan said hoping they could. Krillin stopped to think about it. *I do want to try out my new powers before we had to fight Frieza.* "Well, I guess we could for a little while," Krillin said giving in. "YES!!" Gohan exclaimed as he threw his arm up into the air. Then he dropped down into his fighting stance. "Let's go."

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Vegeta awoke with a start. The Ginyu Force was coming and he knew it. *Woman* he looked to his side to find the space she had once occupied was now empty. Glancing around the small cave told him that she was nowhere insight. He scrambled to his feet to go look for her when she walked in with an arm load of fish. He didn't even get to speak when she said, "I know they are coming but you have to eat and save your strength." She handed him a dozen fish and sat down beside him to eat. "Onna," he said between mouthfuls, "You are something else." "Uhhh..... Thanks," she replied blushing furiously. *What's wrong with me? I'm blushing as if he had just told me I was the most beautiful woman in the universe!* But somehow she knew that that was exactly what he had tried to tell her. Soon after the two occupants of the makeshift motel finished their meal, they made their way into the bright sunlight. "What are we going to do about the incomers Vegeta? And what do we do about the dragonballs? I mean we can't exactly make a wish with only 2 right?" She asked hoping he would already have a plan. "Aren't you supposed to be the genius of your planet? Why can't you figure it out for yourself!?!"Vegeta spat. He was racking his brain trying to figure things out. Too many things were happening at once. He had found the one he was sure he would never see again. in this lifetime, and now Frieza and his strongest henchmen were after him....... and her. * No! I can't let this happen! I can't lose her again! I WON'T let it happen!* Bulma knew he was having as hard a time as she was trying to figure out what to do, so she left him alone to go sit beside the stream to think. "Come on Bulma think! We have 2 dragonballs, Krillin and Gohan have one, maybe 2. If only we could get to them before Frieza does. Wait! I'm so stupid, I have my dragon radar with me* she thought as she reached into her pocket and pulled out the small invention of hers.

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*I need to get into Frieza's compound. Shit, but how?!?* he was thinking to himself when a certain blue haired woman ran up to him screaming. "Vegeta! Vegeta! I've got it!" she bellowed as she stopped short of him. "Well spit it out, what do you have Onna?" Vegeta asked, his curiosity getting the better of him. "A plan."

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Gohan came rushing at Krillin, his fist cocked back ready to send the attack on his friend when Krillin disappeared from view. Gohan quickly turned around to block the attack from behind when he was met by a solar flare. "AHHHHHH...." Gohan screamed covering his eyes from the brilliant light. He felt a sharp pain run up his side from a swift unsuspecting kick. It continued like this for the next thirty or so seconds, plenty of time for Krillin to get in several really good hits. Gohan was trying desperately to see and Krillin continued to dodge in and out delivering blow after blow. Finally Gohan gave up trying to see and started to concentrate on Krillin. He blocked one of his attacks, then another, then another. Soon enough Gohan was going on the attack even though he wasn't able to see. He had uppercut Krillin in the stomach then quickly gathered up some energy and sent it flying at Krillin. Krillin looked up to see the ki ball coming towards him but not soon enough to stop it. Instead he threw his arms up in a defensive position to try and cover his head the best he could. As the energy engulfed his body he felt it ripping and biting at his skin. It felt as though there were a pack of fire breathing hellhounds whose hot fiery mouths would bite down onto him only to let go and lick his wounds with their torturously burning hot tongues. When the torture was over Krillin's beaten and bloodied body hung in mid-air a moment only to fall from the sky at suck a speed it looked as though he was flying straight at Namek. Gohan, feeling there was something wrong, opened his eyes to see his friend falling from the sky. "Krillin-san!" he shouted as he threw his whole body forward in a flying descent to catch his helpless friend. *Man, that kid is good! Even with his eyes closed!* Krillin mentally laughed before seeing the ground rushing up to meet him and everything going black around him. Gohan swooped down and caught his friend a few feet from the ground. Cradling him in his arms, Gohan softly landed on the ground. Lying Krillin on his back Gohan took out the senzu beans and pushed one into his sparring partners mouth , moving his jaw so that his body would swallow the magical bean. Gohan looked down at Krillin, ashamed at what he had done but watching as the large gash on his side slowly mended itself back together. He knew it would be a few minutes before his friend awakened but he needed a breather anyway. *How did I do that to him? I hadn't gathered that much energy, did I? I can't believe I had done that to him.....* he thought, looking at his hands. He sat there beside his friend a moment longer, not thinking, not moving. Then all of a sudden one of Krillin's eyes popped open. "Krillin-san! You're alright!" Gohan exclaimed "Of course I'm alright, what did you think, I was dead?!" he asked with a laugh as he raised himself up to stand. "Okay kid, you're getting more and more like your father. You and him, you're both so strong! We are going to have to talk about us sparring together." he said as he and Gohan began to walk away. "Yea Krillin, I know," Gohan said, "But I don't understand what you mean about us sparring." "Well, me and your father used to spar all the time, but the he had gotten too strong, and well... so are you," he explained. "Oh okay,"answered Gohan quietly, "Where do we go now?"

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to be continued......

***************** Hey guys! I am REALLY REALLY REALLY sorry about not getting the chapters out sooner! It's just that I had exams to study for the last couple of weeks of school then I found out that FF.net wasn't working!!!!! AARRGG!!! But I have the next 5 chapters written out. Can you believe it the next 5 chapters!!! well I had better be off typing these suckers out. Remember, the more reviews I get the faster I'll post! Thanks guys!! (especially you Jamie and Colta!!)