Princess of Saiyans
Chapter 11: Princess on a Mission
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Dragon Ball Z or any of its character, except for my OC.
Nonica: That's me!
Yes it is.
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As Nonica's ship entered Namek's atmosphere, she was awakened by the ship's computer. "You have now reached your destination and will be landing on Planet Namek in ten minutes. Prepare for impact." said the voice on the computer.
When the princess was fully awake, she took a look at the computer screen. It was picking a reading from two other space pods and said that they had landed on the planet approximately 20 minutes prior. Nonica was almost certain she knew who at least one of the ships belonged to. I hope I can find Bulma, Gohan, and Krillin before he does. she thought. That was when the computer picked up something that Nonica had feared the most. Or rather, someone. "Frieza's here too!" she panicked. Nonica thought her heart was going to beat out of her chest as the need to find her friends and insure that they were alright became more urgent.
When her ship finally landed, Nonica quickly exited and tried to feel out Gohan and Krillin's energy. She finally found and was horrified to find that they were being followed by a much stronger energy level. The princess recognized it right away, "Dodoria!" she cried and shot off in the direction of the power levels. I'm coming, guys. Just hang in there. she thought as she went as fast as she could to rescue her friends. She made it to them in time to see Krillin turn towards Dodoria in mid air and use the Solar Flare. She, unfortunately, suffered the affects and had to immediately. "Dammit! That does hurt." said Nonica as she rubbed her eyes. When they finally focused, heard a scream and then a loud splash. She went to see what was going on and saw Vegeta hovering in the sky. She stayed hidden behind a wall of rock. I thought that was Vegeta when my computer picked up on those space pods. she thought. Then Dodoria popped up out of the water and climbed up on the same small island that Nonica was hiding on. When she didn't see any scouters, Nonica wasn't concerned about keeping her power level lowered.
Vegeta, with his new found ability so sense energy, sensed her right. "Who's there?" he said, "Show yourself."
Nonica's eyes widened, "How did he know?" she whispered. She took a deep breath and walked out from behind the rock.
"Well, if it isn't my baby sister. What are you doing here?" he asked.
"That's really none of your concern. I think you'd best worry about the soldier of Frieza you just pissed off." she replied.
Vegeta floated down to the ground. "That won't take too long. Don't go any where. We have to talk." he said. Vegeta fought Dodoria and soon had his arms pulled behind his back. Dodoria begged Vegeta not to kill him and told him that he would tell Vegeta what really happened to his home planet. When Vegeta released him, Dodoria told the prince the truth.
"You were told that your planet was hit by an asteroid, but that wasn't true. Frieza thought you monkeys were getting too powerful and that one day you might raise against him, so he blew up your planet." Dodoria explained, "I'm actually surprised your sister didn't tell you what happened. I always figured that that was why she ran away."
"My sister? What are you saying?" Vegeta asked.
"He's saying that I knew what happened. I saw everything." Nonica admitted as she walked to stand next to Vegeta.
It took him a second to two, but Dodoria recognized the beautiful young that stood before him. "Nonica? I can't believe it. You're alive." he said.
"And well." she replied.
"I'm amazed to see you and even more amazed that you never said anything to Vegeta about what really happened the night Planet Vegeta was turned to space dust." Dodoria said.
"You knew all this time and never said a word." Vegeta said to his sister.
"I couldn't. Frieza would have killed you if I said anything." explained the princess.
"Well, I guess she also never told that you she was the one that came up with the lie about the asteroid. Frieza was very impressed with her dedication to making sure you never found out the truth." Dodoria laughed.
Vegeta became enraged and he killed Dodoria as he tried to run from the prince's attack. Nonica stood there fearing that she would be next as Vegeta turned to her. "All that time you stood there and lied to me." he said.
"I had to. You would have done the same to me if Frieza had threatened to kill me. Well, at that time you would have. Who knows what you would let Frieza do to me now." she said folding her folds across her chest.
Vegeta didn't reply to her comment. Instead, he asked, "What are you doing here?" he asked.
"I already told you. It's none of your business." she replied.
Vegeta walked over to her and said, "Nonica, if you anything to interfere with my plans of achieving immortally, I will kill you."
"Oh, I'm quite certain that you would. I just don't give a damn." Nonica replied and turned to walk away. She took to the air and flew off to find her friends.
All hopes of doing what they had gone to Namek to do seemed almost unachievable. The situation looked hopeless, but Nonica knew that had to try. She promised Piccolo, Kami, and the others that she would bring them back. When she was finally able to track down her friends, she found them hiding in a cave. Bulma had used one of her capsules to produce a very nice small house for them to stay. When she went inside the cave, she almost attacked by Gohan and Krillin. "Hey, guys! Relax. It's only me." she said with her hands up.
"Oh, hi, Nonica. Sorry about that. We are a little on edge. Someone just tried to kill us." Krillin said.
"Yeah, I know. I got a little taste of that Solar Flare you gave him. Good thinking, by the way." Nonica commented.
"So you know what's going on then." Gohan said.
Nonica nodded, "I saw Vegeta. He's not too happy that I'm here either." she said.
"Who was that guy that was chasing us?" Krillin asked.
"His name was Dodoria, but Vegeta took care of him. His boss is who we really need to stay away from, though." Nonica told them, "His name is Frieza. He is an evil tyrant that destroys all these planets. He is also the reason I had to flee and went to live on Earth." Nonica then told them about what really happened the night Vegeta sent her away.
"Wow that's terrible." said Gohan.
"Yeah, but, it's okay. If I hadn't left I never would met all of you." Nonica said with a smile. That was when she noticed the small Namekian standing in the doorway. "Awww! He is so cute. Just like a munchkin Piccolo." she exclaimed.
"Oh, this is Dende. We saved him from that Dodoria guy earlier." Krillin replied.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Dende." Nonica said, walking over to the small green child and extending her hand.
Dende took her hand and said, "Likewise."
Soon after, Krillin and Dende took off to go find the eldest Namekian, Guru. Nonica and Gohan stayed behind with Bulma. Nonica was sitting outside on a boulder. She was worried about what was going to happen if they ran into Frieza. Gohan had told her that Goku was on his way to Namek. They needed to stay out of Frieza's way until then. Nonica was soon distracted by two strong power levels. They felt like they were fighting each other and one of them felt like Vegeta. "Who is he fighting now?" she mumbled as she concentrated harder on the battle taking place in the distance. That has to be Zarbon. she thought. Nonica was concentrating so hard on her brother's fight that she could almost see them. She felt Zarbon's power spike and then, not long after that, she felt Vegeta's almost disappear. "Vegeta!" she cried, jumping off the rock she was sitting on. He may have turned into a monster, but he was still her brother. "Gohan, I'll be right back!" she yelled and then took off towards her brother. When she arrived at the fight scene, Zarbon was long gone, but she couldn't find Vegeta. She hovered in the air, scanning the ground. Where are you? she thought as she searched frantically. She finally spotted him on the ground next to the water. He was unconscious, but still alive. "Vegeta?" she said, gently shaking him, "Can you hear me?" Her head snapped back up to the sky. She sensed that Zarbon was coming back. "Vegeta, I can't let him see me. I will come find you. Just hang in there." she said and then stood up and ran to a hide behind a large rock.
"There you are, Vegeta." Zarbon said, as he kneeled beside the still unconscious prince. "You'll be alright. Frieza wants you alive so you can tell us where you hid that dragon ball."
Nonica watched in silence as Zarbon carried her brother back to Frieza's ship. She let out a sighed and tilted her head back against the rock behind her. "What a coward he must think I am. I didn't even try to stop Zarbon, but if Frieza is seeking information from him, then he'll be fine for now at least." Nonica said, "Still, I have to make sure." Nonica waited until she was sure Zarbon had had enough time to get back to the ship and then she went looking for it.
Nonica arrived at the ship, she hovered there for just a few seconds. She then took a deep breath and prepared for an attack, but when she went to fly toward the ship, a huge beam of energy came blasting out of the window of Frieza's ship. Nonica quickly went down to the ground and watched as five of the dragon balls went flying through the air. "I guess he's fine." she muttered. She then saw Vegeta fly out the window and go into the water. "I'd better get back to the others. Maybe Krillin was able to get that dragon ball from the eldest Namekian." she said and then quickly flew back to the cave where she had left Bulma and Gohan.
"Nonica, where have you been. You just yell 'I'll be right back' and then you gave off." Bulma said with her hands on her hips.
"Sorry, Bulma. I sensed something I went to check on it." Nonica replied. She took a look around, "Where's Gohan?" she asked.
"Oh, we saw a dragon ball on the radar and he went to go see if he could find it." Bulma answered. Krillin then arrived with a dragon ball in his hands.
"Good job, Krillin!" Nonica cheered. Their celebrating was cut short when Vegeta arrived, demanding their dragon ball. "Not a chance in hell, Vegeta/" said the Saiyan Princess.
"I'm not asking, I'm telling. Or, do you want me to kill your friends, starting with that pretty thing behind you?" Vegeta threatened.
Nonica stepped protectively in front of her friends, "You won't touch either one of them and you're not getting that dragon ball." she said bravely.
"That's right, because I'm taking it." Zarbon said as he touched down behind Vegeta.
"Damn it!" Nonica shouted, "How many more people are going to come for this thing?"
Zarbon looked at the brown haired girl and asked, "How are you pretty one?"
Nonica scoffed, "What? You don't recognize me? I guess I would need to be much shorter and still have a tail."
Zarbon's eyes widened, "Nonica?"
"Good guess." Nonica mocked.
Bulma looked at the good looking, long-haired warrior and was suddenly love sick. "He's gorgeous." she said.
Nonica looked over at her and replied, "Ew!"
"Looks like someone here likes you, Zarbon." Vegeta chuckled.
"I'm not concerned with your sister or your little friends there. I just want the dragon ball that little bald guy is holding and to know where you stashed the others you stole." Zarbon replied.
"I think not. Why don't you turn into that hideous monster you were earlier. You know that's only way you stand a chance of defeating me." Vegeta said.
"Oh, that's it!" Zarbon growled and transformed to a huge, ugly beast.
"What the hell is that?" Nonica cried as Zarbon and Vegeta began there fight. While they were preoccupied, the others tried to run away, but Vegeta stopped them.
"Don't go anywhere, this won't take long. We still have business." he said. Nonica stood in front of her friends, ready for whatever was going to happen. She watched in horror as Vegeta punched Zarbon through the stomach and blasted him into the water. The last encounter with Zarbon gave Vegeta the power boost he needed to finish Zarbon off. When he was finished, Vegeta turned back toward the warriors from Earth. "Now that that's taken care of," he said as he held out his hand, "the dragon ball." Krillin resisted and Nonica stood her ground. "Sister, you remember what I told you earlier? I will kill all of you and take it anyway, so why not just save yourselves the trouble and hand it over."
Nonica could tell that he was serious. Vegeta wanted immortality and would walk right through Nonica, if he had to, to get it. "Krillin, hand me the dragon ball." she said with a sigh.
"But, Nonica." Krillin hesitated.
"He will kill us. I know my brother, just hand it to me." she said. Krillin reluctantly gave Nonica the dragon ball. She took it and walked over to her older brother. "Here, take it. Just don't hurt my friends." she said.
Vegeta took the dragon ball, "Thank you." he said. He looked down at the dragon ball so certain that he had all seven. "I will get my wish and I will become the ruler of the entire universe." He let out a long, evil laugh and took off to find the dragon ball he had stashed away in the water.
Nonica and the others were left standing there. She lowered her head, "I can't believe what a coward I've become." she said, clenching her fists. "When we were kids, he would have never been able to got over on me like that. All the time I've spent on Earth, not trying to get stronger has come back to bite me in the ass." she sat on the ground. The princess felt like she had let everyone she knew and loved down.
"Hey, it okay, Nonica. Gohan is going to be back soon. Maybe he found the other dragon ball." Bulma said in an effort to cheer Nonica up.
"That isn't my point, Bulma. When I was a little girl, Vegeta and I were almost at the same level of power. All the time I spent, training, but not trying to get stronger had me weaker than him and he knows it. " Nonica said. She hit the ground in frustration. It was the first time in her life when she truly didn't feel like she was a Saiyan anymore. She felt like she had lost touch with everything that made her her. For the first time, she felt like her father, King Vegeta, would be ashamed of her and that was hurt her most, feeling like she had disgrace her father's memory. Nonica scoffed, "I don't even have my tail anymore." she said. Her friends didn't know what to say. They could see that Nonica was really hurt by everything that had been happening lately. They know they should just let her have her time.
Gohan soon returned, bring with him a little bit of hope. He had discovered the dragon ball. They decided to pack up and find some place else to hide in case Vegeta came back.
They found an area far away from the cave. They figured that if they kept their energy low, then maybe Vegeta wouldn't find them. Krillin suggested that they take Gohan to meet Guru, who had unlocked Krillin's hidden potential earlier. "Great idea." Nonica said, "You two go and I'll stay here and look out for Bulma and the dragon ball." With that settled, Gohan and Krillin set off towards Guru's house, leaving Bulma and Nonica there.
Bulma could see that something was still bothering her friend. "Nonica, are you okay?" she asked.
"I'm fine. I just kind of felt weak and worthless back there." Nonica replied.
Bulma wanted to comfort her long time friend, but she wasn't sure how. Nonica was such a proud warrior and Vegeta taking that dragon ball from her like he did had really bruised her ego. Bulma decided to try and take her mind off everything. "So, maybe soon Goku will get here and we can get those dragon balls back from that spoiled royal pain. You'll get to see Kami when we get back."
Nonica smiled, "Yeah, and Piccolo too." She quickly covered her mouth, shocked that she actually said that last comment out loud.
Bulma's eyes narrowed and her lips curled up into a grin as she watch Nonica's face turn bright red. "Piccolo?" she said, "Did you say Piccolo?" Nonica nodded nervously. "What happened to make you want to see Piccolo again? I thought you hated him." Bulma probed.
Then and there Nonica remembered what had happened between her and Piccolo that night when she went to check of Gohan. Nonica had admitted to Piccolo that she was afraid of what might happen when the Saiyans arrived and they were called upon to defend the Earth. She recalled how he looked into so deeply into her eyes and took her in his arms. He melted away all the fear she felt in that moment, and then… "He kissed me." Nonica said.
"Really? And?" Bulma said. She was very interested in what she was hearing.
Nonica shrugged and said, "I kissed him back." she admitted.
"You kissed Piccolo! Why?" she asked.
"I love him and I have loved him for a very long time." It was still a great relief for her to able to say the words.
"So, what does this mean? Does he love you? Are you guys together? Come on, tell me!" Bulma urged.
Nonica shook her head, "I don't know if he loves me, he just kissed me. And I don't know if we're ever going to be together, that's the worst part of it all. I ran away after the kiss and nothing got sorted out. Then Piccolo died." she replied, looking down at the ground. "I never even got to tell him that I loved him. I don't even know if it would've made a difference."
"I'm so sorry, Nonica." Bulma said. She saw a tear roll down her friend's face, so she put her arm around her in comfort. "Everything is going to be okay. We still have one dragon ball, so there's still hope."
Nonica smiled and dried her face, "You're right." she said, "Thanks." Nonica then felt something in the distance. Vegeta was rocketing toward Guru's house. "Oh, no. Vegeta's after Gohan and Krillin. I have to go." she said and shot off into the sky.
When Nonica arrived, Vegeta was at Guru's house with one of the dragon balls in his hand. Krillin was there with another Namekian named Nail and Gohan was standing just outside the door. "Leave them alone. You're not getting that dragon ball, Vegeta. You'll just have to kill me." she said, standing between Gohan and Vegeta.
"You think I won't?" Vegeta growled.
It was then that Dende ran outside and told them that Guru said five strong power where coming to the planet. Nonica and Vegeta looked at each other, for they knew what it meant.
"Oh, no. The Ginyu Force." Nonica said.
"You have to let me wish for immortality." Vegeta said.
"Not a chance." Krillin replied.
"Look, me don't have time for this. Right now a team of Frieza's most elite fighters are on their way to kill us all. Five warriors just as powerful as I am. We won't stand a chance unless I'm immortal." Vegeta explained. "Nonica, tell them."
Nonica stood there, the fear plain as day on her face. "He's not lying. They're monsters. Frieza uses them when he's out of options." she said.
"But, that would mean that we came here for nothing. We wouldn't be able to wish back our friends." Krillin said.
"You still have two wishes left." Nail said.
"Really?" Krillin replied. Nail nodded.
"I don't like this idea anymore than you do, but what choice do we have. If we still can wish back at least Piccolo, then Kami would be back and we can use the Earth's dragon balls….if we all survive this." Nonica said. It was decided that they would let Vegeta have his wish. The four fighters took off to get their dragon ball. They had to move quickly. A new threat was fast approaching and, at the moment, it was even scarier than Frieza.
The Ginyu Force has been summoned by Frieza to retrieve the seven dragon balls. What will happen when the remaining Z Warriors must side with one of their greatest enemies? Find out in the next hear pounding installment of…Princess of Sayians.
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