Water

The next day brought some good news. The King announced it out loud with his seasoned elites. Over the next hill...

There was water.

The whole convey seemed to perk up at the news. Finally... they had reached a lake.

Krillin: "Does this mean what I think it means?!"

Armin: "Yes it does!"

Piccolo: "Thank goodness."

Yumichika: "That's the most beautiful thing I've ever heard."

Like the saiyans, many of our heroes couldn't wait to reach the other side as the convey hurried. Tired, aching and sore legs and feet suddenly felt a surge of renewed energy to them all as they ran up the hill!

Renji: "Man I'm so thirsty I could drink it all!"

Rukia: "You'd better leave some for us!"

Eren: "C'mon, Captain Levi! Water! You remember what water is, don't ya?!"

Levi: "Let's refresh my memory just in case!"

Yamcha: "C'mon, guys!"

King Vegeta was the first to reach the top. But his smiled faded.

The lake was dry. Nothing but a desert just like the rest of the planet.

The King couldn't believe his eyes. Nor could any of the other saiyans as they reached the top. And one by one... nor could our heroes. All eyes stared longingly at the dried surface. It seemed it was too good to be true.

Reiner: "Well this sucks!"

Farlan: "God I'm thirsty..."

Conny: "What did we do to deserve this?"

Isabel: "I was wondering that myself!"

Mikasa: "You don't think the King will keep moving, do you?"

Hange: "He can't. We've all gone too long without water. If we keep going on, at least half of the convey will die!"

Eren: (To Levi) "Vegeta's dad can't be that insane, can he?"

King Vegeta: "Our destination is only a few days away! Keep moving!"

Scattered lowing and moaning echoed across the whole saiyan race as they reluctantly marched on. Our heroes couldn't believe their eyes.

Levi: (To Eren) "Apparently he is."

Krillin: "This is crazy!"

Grimmjow: "The King's on a suicide trip!"

Goku: "Vegeta, you have to do something!"

The Earth raised saiyan walked up to the prince.

Goku: "Your father's the real danger, not Frieza's army! At this rate, he's gonna kill the entire saiyan race and us too!"

But then Goku noticed something odd about Vegeta and Val.

Goku: "Uh... Vegeta? Val?"

The whole group turned to gaze at Vegeta and Val. The saboron had her nose his the air, smelling hard.

Val: "*Sniff, sniff*... I know my nose is full of dust. But do you smell that?"

Vegeta: "*Sniff, sniff, sniff*... I do!"

Quickly Vegeta climbed down into the lake. With his head down and nose sweeping a few inches off the hard ground, the saiyan prince began to search. Val did the same and the others all waited. They realized that the two might be smelling for water.

Sasha: "Do you think they'll find any?"

Toushiro: "If anyone can... it's them."

Val searched in one spot while Vegeta searched in another. And then, the saboron found something.

Val: "Vegeta! I need another opinion!"

Quickly Vegeta raced over to his childhood friend. She pointed to one spot and he took a good whiff. The prince looked at Val with a look that said it all and they soon started digging. Val's claws broke the hard crust and Vegeta dug deep. He soon hit a hard surface, but there was no doubt to what was under it. With a nod from the saboron, Vegeta put his hand down against the hard surface and after a firm push- CRUSH! Water suddenly started filling the hole! Vegeta and Val smiled at each other before they bellowed out loud roars to alert everyone!

Val: "WATER!"

Vegeta: "COME ON!"

Shugesh: "I don't believe it..."

Tora: "They found water..."

Toushiro: "I TOLD YOU IF ANYONE COULD FIND IT, IT'D BE THOSE TWO! WHOOO!"

Eren, Levi, Krillin, Ichigo and many more all whooped and yelled out in joy as they all raced down to get a drink. Val and Vegeta were digging the hole bigger for all after making sure the water was drinkable. It was. When their friends had all joined them, the two royals drank the life saving substance. King Vegeta huffed as he hurried over to the group. By the time he had reached them, they had all quenched their painful thirst.

Erwin: "Sir, look. All we have to do is dig and-"

King Vegeta: "Good work, now... Get out of the way!"

The King shoved Erwin and a few others out of the way and the rest backed off. As the King began to drink, there was a sudden mass of bodies all crowding around the hole! Saiyans became animals as they all fought for a spot to drink! The only ones not joining the frenzy was Bardock and his team. The five of them just watched in growing disgust at the state the once mighty saiyan race had fallen to.

Fasha: "This ain't right."

Tora: "This is madness."

Bardock just watched in silent anger. Most of our heroes had all moved away and avoided the chaos. A few got caught in the frenzy, like Armin.

Armin: "Help!"

Eren: "Armin! Where are you?!"

Levi caught sight of him.

Levi: "Eren! Over here!"

Levi and Eren rushed over to help Armin, just like the rest of their friends were aiding anyone else from their group that had unfortunately got caught in the chaos. Bardock watched everything. There was Vegeta who shoved saiyans aside so Goku could help Erwin up.

Vegeta: "(Sarcasm) That's right! Keep pushing and shoving! Very helpful!"

Goku: "I gotcha, Erwin."

Erwin: "Thank you, Goku."

And then there was King Vegeta who viciously shoved saiyans away just for his own propose.

King Vegeta: "You'll wait till I'm done, got it?!"

The contrast was obvious. And it was going to get even more obvious from here on.