The Imperial Guard

How does Kakkarot get me into these situations, Vegeta thought. The Saiyan Prince was standing in a uniform column of soldiers. Fellow Guardsmen stood to his right and to his left, to his front and to his rear. Clenching his jaw, Vegeta once again wondered how the third-class baka was able to cause so much trouble.

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FLASHBACK
Goku and Vegeta warped into existence on the edges of what appeared to be a set of army barracks. "Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed, "There's a high energy signal on this planet! It's not familiar, but maybe he or she will be able to help us get home!"

"Fine then, Kakkarot," Vegeta said, charging up his hands with energy blasts. "A few explosions should draw this person out. After all, if they are as pathetic as you, they will want to protect their comrades, or if they are more like me, they will just want the challenge of a strong opponent."

"No Vegeta! We can't go around blowing stuff up! We might harm an innocent. We need to sneak in."
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"Commissar!" cried the Imperial Guard unit's assigned Pskyer. "I sense a great power among the troops! It is a malevolent force! And so strong!"

"Who is it?" asked the Commissar. "And what do you mean a malevolent force? Have one of the Emperor's servants betrayed him to Chaos?"

"I cannot sense his location, sir. He is hiding his power, Commissar. All I sense is this great overpowering presence."

"Hmm ... Well, I can take care of that," muttered the Commissar. Stepping out of the recess that him and his Pskyer were talking in, he walked forward to his assembled troops. "MEN! We have a heretic among us! One of our own has betrayed us. Now, if the traitor does not step forth and beg for the Emperor's forgiveness, I may have to get a little persuasive ..."

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Vegeta smirked when he saw the Commissar pull out his lasgun. My favorite form of persuasion, he thought. After all, if you don't show those below you your power, however will they follow orders? They will constantly be trying to overcome you. It never hurts to cull the flock a little, does it?

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Goku, who was standing only soldiers away from Vegeta, widened his eyes in shock when he saw the Commissar pull out his weapon. How could a leader kill his own men, he thought, before his hero-instincts kicked in and he jumped out in front of the fired shot, without any thought for his own safety.

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Saiyan and Guardmen alike were stunned. Guardsmen were stunned by the fact a man survived what should have been a fatal shot. The Saiyans were stunned for two entirely different reasons: Vegeta, because Kakkarot had the idiocy to ruin his own infiltration plan, a plan that the Saiyan Prince didn't want any part in from the beginning; and Goku, well, he was stunned because, in his heroic effort, he slightly misjudged his leap towards the lasgun's fire, and ended up tumbling towards the ground, where he hit his head on a rock. Goku was currently trying to play with the little birdies flying around him.

"Kakkarot! You baka! Can you do nothing right?" asked Vegeta. Pulling up Goku from the ground, with only a few complaints about wanting to play with the birdies, Vegeta dragged Goku over toward where the Psyker and Commissar were.

"They aren't worth our time Kakkarot," continued Vegeta. "Up close, you can tell their power is different then ours. We should just continue our search. However ..."

Vegeta walked over towards the Commissar and glared at him. "I believe you are the highest ranking official here? No, don't answer, I know. I am a Prince, human, the last Prince of the Saiyans. Royalty deserves the best, after all, so I think I'll be taking your coat; I've grown ... fond ... of it." Removing the Commissar's coat, who was still mute from Vegeta's glare, the Saiyan Prince slipped the garment on and then slapped Goku to get him out of his daydream.

"What! Vegeta!" Goku exclaimed, waking up. "You can't just take his coat! It doesn't belong to you!"

"He doesn't mind, do you?" Vegeta asked the Commissar, looking pointedly at him while raising his power level. The Psyker, who began to feel Vegeta's massive well of energy, immediately started backing away, and the Commissar, who could also tell that an extremely powerful person was in front of him, raised his hands in a peace offering, and then shook his head rapidly in fear.

"See Kakkarot? He agrees; it's a gift."

"But Vegeta! You cheated!"

"Just shut up all ready, take us out of here!"

"Fine, but next time you get into trouble, I'm not helping you."

"You're the one who gets into trouble Kakkarot, running off to save the innocent. I'm the one who has to keep you alive."

And with the argument continuing, the two Saiyans departed the Imperial world, continuing their search for a way home, and Chi Chi's cooking.