Vegeta sat alone in the room reading by the light of the fire. Everyone else had gone to bed hours ago. He knew his mate would be wondering where he was but he couldn't go to her, not yet anyways. He looked up from his book listening; hearing footsteps he smiled and waited for her to join him.

Bulma woke to a cold bed. Looking around she realized that it was quite late and her husband had yet to come to bed. Grabbing her robe she left their room to search for her missing prince. She wandered through the halls, her bare feet making little noise on the tiled floors. Bulma decided it would be a good idea to start looking where she thought he would probably be. Entering the small sitting room she found it dark and deserted, sighing she looked around for a clue to where he might have gone. She noticed that there was light coming from the side door. Peering through the doorway she saw Vegeta sitting in a chair in front of the fire. She was about to enter the room when a noise from the other door stopped her.

"DehDeh?" Kaida padded quietly into the room. Vegeta smiled at her and raised an eyebrow in question. She held up a brush and a hair elastic "please?" Vegeta chuckled, put down his book and pointed to the floor in front of him. Kaida ran over and put her brush and elastic on top of the book, pulled her hair out of her robe and sat on the floor between his legs facing he fire place.

Bulma watched in amazement as Vegeta picked up the brush and started brushing Kaida's hair. She has amazing hair. Definitely got that from Chi-Chi.She couldn't believe that Vegeta was brushing Kaida's hair; it reminded her of when her father brushed her hair when she was little. An hour later he finally put the brush down and separated her hair into three sections and braided them together. When he was finished Kaida leaned back against him and rested her head on his knee. Bulma wasn't sure how long they sat there for but eventually Vegeta placed his hand on her head and they got up and left the room. Quietly Bulma followed them. I can't believe I'm doing this. Dende I've been spying and following people around more in the last week than I have my entire life. Why do Saiyans have to be so dam secretive? She watched them head to Kaida's room and started following when she ran into something solid. "Bulma? What are you doing up this late?" she looked up, relieved to hear that voice. "Goku, I could say the same about you?" Goku shrugged, "Not sure why I woke up but I thought it would be better for me to walk around so Chi-Chi doesn't wake up. What are you doing?" Bulma pointed down the hall to Kaida's door. Pressing a finger against her lips warning him to be silent, she then motioned for him to follow as she crept towards the door.

Kaida sat on her bed watching Vegeta as he looked though her things. Standing in front of the bed Vegeta shook his head at her. "What is this?" he asked holding up a rust colored stuffed bear. "That's Rusty," Kaida stated as she took the bear from him, "be nice." He scoffed at her, "I can't believe you still have those stuffed things." Kaida smiled and let out a small laugh, "no what you won't believe is that I still have THESE!" she reached behind her pillow and brought out a stuffed wolf pup and tiger cup and thrust them towards him. Vegeta was shocked. Slowly he took the wolf from her and sat down on the bed beside her. "Do you even remember where I got this for you?" Vegeta asked as he stared at the wolf in his hands. Kaida put her head on his shoulder, "not really," she lied. "Will you tell me DehDeh?"

Flashback

Vegeta sat beside the fire that Nappa had just started. Raditz had wondered off to find something to eat, not that there was anything left alive on the planet, but one never knew. On the other side of the field they were in Geta and Kaida played tag. Somehow the children's laughter helped their elders relax after purging the planet. Stumbling on a hidden rock Kaida landed hard on her right leg causing her to cry out in pain.

"You alright little one?" Raditz put down the large cow like animal and knelt beside Kaida. The little girl was trying hard not to cry, she knew the men did not react well to tears. "What happened?" Vegeta came up behind them. Kaida tried to tell him but choked on her tears, instead she just grabbed her leg. Geta stood beside her holding her shoulder, "we were playing and I think she tripped. I think she hurt her leg again." Vegeta smiled at his son, "Well let's head over to the fire and I'll look at her leg." He picked up Kaida and offered his hand to his son. "Nappa, get the medi-kit from my pod." While Nappa grabbed the kit, Raditz put the animal over the fire while Vegeta sat down with Kaida and Geta. Gently he unwrapped the bandage around her leg.

"Oh that's not good." Raditz said looking over Vegeta's shoulder at Kaida's leg. "Raditz you are not helping, go and see to the food."
"Here's the medi-kit Vegeta" Nappa handed him the box, "and there is a message from Frieza, he wants us to return immediately." Vegeta nodded, "Get everything ready, we'll leave within the hour." Vegeta then re-cleaned the wound on Kaida's leg. It was a bad knife wound that she had received while purging the planet. Once he was finished redressing the wound Vegeta went to repack his things. "Hey Kaida, if you want I can ride back with your Uncle and you can ride with DehDeh." Geta offered. Kaida smiled at him through her tears.

When they returned to Freiza's ship they were met by Cui, "Freiza's waiting for you in the red room, and he wants you there five minutes ago." Vegeta pushed pass Cui with Geta and Kaida close in tow. The room was empty of all furnishings, the walls were painted a dark gray but it was the blood red curtains that covered the far wall. When they entered the room they were greeted by an empty room and the door slamming shut behind them. Raditz tried opening the door but found it locked. "We're locked in."

"What the hell is going on here?" Nappa asked scanning the room. As if in answer to his question the curtains that covered the far wall opened. What they thought was a wall was actually a giant window. On the other side was a large metal room filled with the remaining twelve Saiyans who seemed as confused as they were. A side door opened and Frieza's soldiers entered wearing strange masks. Immediately they began attacking the Saiyans. The Saiyans tried fighting back but were unable to for some reason. Nappa gasped as he realized what was going on, "Gas." Raditz turned to him confused, "What?"

"It's a paralytic gas that affects a person's ability to move and use ki," Vegeta answered from where he stood in front of the window, hands clenched at his sides. He could not take his eyes off Salat; she was the one female who he respected as much as the males. She was a powerful fighter and very attractive and while she did not want to be his mate, she had no issues in giving him an heir. As he stood there watching her fight for her life he felt something small wrap around his finger. Looking down he saw his son staring at his mother, in his effort to stay strong he had grabbed his father's hand. Vegeta switched his grip to better hold his son's hand, and opened his other hand which was immediately filled with another small hand. Deciding that they might need a little more support he unwound his tail, letting it hang down. Almost instantly he felt both their tails wrap around his own. It seemed like hours before it was all over. Vegeta could not make himself look away. Frieza's soldiers had not held themselves back in any way; they made this as brutal and bloody as possible. The walls and floor were covered in blood and body parts, many of the bodies were now unrecognizable.

Taking a deep breath Vegeta tightened his grip on the children's hands and turned around walking to the door. Raditz rushed forward to try the door and to their surprise it actually opened. Nappa walked out first, checking the hallways for any soldiers, when it was clear he motioned to Vegeta who walked out with the children, Raditz following close behind. They were able to make it back to their quarters without running into any others. Vegeta sent both children to change into sleeping cloths while he did the same. Other than a few orders to the children to get into their beds, no one said anything.

Hours later Raditz woke when he felt something moving around in his hair. Jerking upright he reached back into his hair looking for whatever was in there. "Raditz what the hell is going on?" Vegeta and Nappa stood there glaring at him, "Why are you thrashing around this late at night?" Raditz continued searching through his hair for the thing in there. "There is something in my hair." Nappa started laughing at his comrade, "Maybe you should cut your hair."

"Bite me Nappa. Ha!" Raditz grabbed the thing in his hair and pulled it out, "Kaida?" Raditz looked at his niece. "What the hell are you doing?" Kaida stared at her uncle with wide eyes, ignoring the pain in her neck from where he was holding her. "Well..."Raditz shook her, "answer me! What the hell were you doing?" Kaida let out a whimper as he shook her again. "Raditz! Put her down!" Vegeta shouted. Raditz growled at the prince but did as he was told dropping his nice from where he held her. Vegeta walked forward, picked up the child and walked back to his room. Gently he got back into his bed, trying hard not to wake Geta who had crawled in his bed not an hour ago, placed Kaida on his other side and tried to get back to sleep.

Two days later they had landed on planet Frieza 13. It was a large market planet with a few buildings that held apartments for Frieza's elite soldiers. The five-some wandered through the market place for an hour before Nappa and Raditz wandered off from the others. Geta found a booth that was selling wooden weapons and ran back to find his father. "DehDeh, DehDeh come quick!" Geta grabbed Vegeta's arm and dragged him back to the booth pointing at a wooden sword. "Isn't that awesome? Can I have it please DehDeh?" Vegeta crossed his arms and stared at his son demanding an answer. "Well if I had a sword and I can learn how to use it then I can fight off Frieza's soldiers if I can't use my ki. Pleeeasssseee DehDeh?" Vegeta smiled at his son, picked up the wooden sword he had been admiring and handed the merchant enough credits for the sword and a scabbard for it. "I'll teach you how to use it later." Geta smiled as he strapped it around his waist and went to find Kaida and show her. "Kaida check this out!" Geta pulled out his sword and waved it around a little to show off for her, but she was not playing attention to him. Vegeta stood there watching Geta try to impress Kaida without success. Walking forward he put his hand on her shoulder, "Kaida?" She turned and looked at him then pointed to a stuffed wolf cub, "Puppy DehDeh, puppy." He picked up the stuffed toy, looking at it curiously. He then handed the merchant some credits before handing her the toy. He almost laughed at the look on her face when he handed it to her. Her eyes grew wide and her mouth opened into a large 'O' then broke into a huge smile and squealed in happiness.

End Flashback

Vegeta watched Kaida sleep for a minute before getting up and leaving the room. I can't believe that she still has that dam toy, and that she still sleeps with it. He walked out of the room closing the door behind him and taking a few paces into the hall, then he stopped. "Well, did you two hear everything you wanted to?" Goku and Bulma sighed at being caught. Goku looked at the other Saiyan with a sick feeling in his stomach, "That really happened? They watched the others being massacred?" Vegeta nodded, refusing to look at them. Goku closed his eyes hating that he had to ask, but knowing that he had to, "how old were they?" Vegeta turned and looked him in the eye, "Geta was almost 4, Kaida was 2 ½."

Ok I'm a little late updating sorry, but let me know what you think of the chapter. I hope this clears up some things, if not let me know and I can see about fixing it.