Hey, just to let you know, this particular story is going to be in multiple parts. I don't know if I'll write them in consecutively or exactly how many parts it will have. Still I hope you enjoy it!

Vegeta rubbed his temple in boredom as he continued to speed through the endless void of space. This mission had gone on for three long days, and they hadn't even made it to the planet yet! "How far out is this damn thing?" the thirteen year old called over the intercom to his fellow Sayians.

"We're at least three or four more solar systems away now," Nappa responded, "It should only take us a few more days at most." They were the last few of their kind left, and they were currently on a mission out somewhere in the milky way galaxy. Some planet the gems wanted cleared for harvesting. The Saiyan prince growled. This was taking too long. He hated being kooped up like this. It was like torture. He could barely even stretch his legs. And the worst part was he knew this pod could go faster, but Nappa had warned him against using the higher thruster settings at this time.

"I know, I hate these pods too," Vegeta could hear Raditz voice over the intercom, "But if you think you have it bad, imagine being six feet tall and being stuffed into one of these!"

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "I'll complain if I want to," the teenager snapped, "I am your prince after all."

"Yeah, yeah. I know," the long haired Saiyan responded.

A few more minutes passed in silence. Vegeta gritted his teeth as they ticked by. Time seemed to pass at a snail's pace and he was at his wits' end. "That's it!" Vegeta finally snapped, "I'm switching over to hyper drive!"

"Vegeta, Don't," Nappa warned, "There's an asteroid belt in this area. If you try to go into hyperdrive while in passing through it, you could be ripped to pieces!"

"You said that three hours ago, and we haven't seen a single rock out here!" Vegeta argued, "For all you know, we could have passed over it by now!" With that, Vegeta pulled a lever in his space pod. The pod let out a sudden burst of energy as it began to speed ahead of the other two. Vegeta leaned back in his pod, a proud smirk on his face. This should cut down travel time by at least a full day!

The smirk disappeared, however, when the teen heard a loud THUNK! He perked up in his seat as he heard another and another. Surrounding him were hundreds of asteroids of various shapes and sizes. When the pod slammed against a particularly large one, Vegeta grabbed the controls. He tried to dodge the space debris as best he could.

"Vegeta? What's-" Nappa's voice cut came from the intercom, but it dissolved into static as another asteroid hit him. Vegeta growled in annoyance as he continued to try and maneuver through the belt. He tried to reach for the lever to turn off hyper drive. As he was about to reach it, he hit another asteroid from below. This caused him to shoot up in his seat and hit his head against some of the equipment and pass out. The impact of the asteroid also caused the pod to be sent wildly off course.

"Vegeta! Vegeta, come it!" Nappa called for the prince over the intercom. He slammed his hand on the controls when there was no response.

"Nappa, the tracking signal on Vegeta's pod went dead! What happened?" Raditz asked.

"He went against my orders and went into hyperdrive!" Nappa explained, anger and worry clear in his voice, "I warned him not to, but he didn't listen! Now he's flown straight into an asteroid belt and I can't get ahold of him!"

"What?! There's no way he could maneuver through something like that in hyperdrive!" Raditz exclaimed, "What was that idiot thinking? He'll get ripped apart!"

"I'm afraid he already has…" Nappa said sadly.

…..

The pod hurdled through space, getting closer and closer to the blue planet. As it did, a certain Namekian and genie took notice of it. "Oh no…" Kami hissed as he gazed up, "Not again...Thank goodness it only seems like there's one of them this time. I must still warn Rose though." With that he sent out a telepathic message to the pink gem.

….

Rose walked through the grassy field, pushing a large cart as she went along. She picked some of the huge strawberries and examined them before placing them in the cart. It was almost lunchtime and her young Saiyan ward had worked very hard this morning in training, so she decided he should get to have a special treat. He had managed to master the new set of martial arts moves she had taught him, and had made great progress in controlling his energy exertion. She decided instead of his usual lunch of fish, gulls, and vegetables from her fountain garden, he should get something a little sweeter instead. Maybe if there was any left over, she could turn the strawberries into jam or put them on some ice cream for him.

"Rose!" the little boy called. She turned her head to see something rustling through the bushes towards her. When Goku appeared, he was covered in grass stains and strawberry juice. On his back was a basket full of strawberries. He was also pulling something along in his hand, but she couldn't quite tell what it was. "I'm finished picking strawberries!" he said excitedly, "Can we go back and eat them now?"

She giggled as she knelt down to wipe some of the juice off his face. "It looks like you already had a few!" she noted. He scratched the back of his head awkwardly and smiled.

"I'm sorry, Rose. I was hungry and they just smelled so good!" he explained with a light chuckle.

"Well I hope they tasted good too," she said with a grin, "We'll have to wash your cloths too. It looks like you fell on some as well!" His orange gi with a light pink star on the right breast was covered in splotches of the red juice. "Come on then," she said to the eight year old, "Let's get you home, huh?"

He nodded. He took a step forward before remembering something. "Oh I have something I found!" he said. He dragged the item he found out into the open. A it was a large red halberd. "I found this really cool weapon in the field. It's like an ax, a spear, and a bow staff all in one! Isn't it awesome? Can I keep it?" he looked at her expectantly.

Rose debated it as he gave her a pleading look. "Well…" she started. However, she cut herself off as a voice came to her mind.

"Rose," Kami's voice resounded in her mind, "I'm afraid I have grave news. A Saiyan pod has entered Earth's atmosphere. It will be landing in Russia near warp pad 215 soon."

A look of fear flashed over her visage before deep frown formed over it. "Thank you Kami," she responded telepathically, "I'll see to it immediately."

"Rose?" Goku called, grabbing her attention again. Concern was written on his face. "Are you ok? You look upset," he asked.

Rose knelt down to his level again. "Goku, I'm afraid there's something I need to take care of. You need to go home and wait there," she explained.

"What?" he said cocking his head to the side, "But I want to help you! You have to fight a monster right? I wanna help fight it!"

"No Goku!" she said sternly, "I want you to stay at the temple and wait there. You can have all the strawberries that you want, but you just have stay there, alright?"

"Ok…" he said slowly, "You'll come back to have some with me, right?"

Rose paused before answering. To be honest, she has no idea if she would be coming back at all...but she couldn't tell him that. "Sure," she finally said, forcing a smile. She then picked him up and set him on her shoulders as she headed back to the warp pad. When they returned to the temple. She set him and the cart of giant strawberries at the door of the temple. "Now I want you to stay here and be good, alright? You can go into town but not to the restaurants," she said. He nodded and she gave him a kiss on his forehead.

She then turned and stepped back up onto the warp pad. "Goodbye, Goku. I'll be back before you know it," she assured. With that she closed her eyes and let a bright light engulf her.

….

Rose followed the line of the destruction to the crash site. Trees were snapped in half where the pod pummeled through them. Some were even slightly charred. She finally came upon the large crater in a center of a newly made clearing. She peered down the side and saw the capsule was already open. Her eyes grew wide and she looked around wildly, hoping to spot the invader before they spotted her.

She suddenly heard the snap of a twig, causing her to jump. She summoned her shield and turned around quickly. Her eyes grew wide with surprise. "Goku?!" she said with a hint of anger. The little boy froze as she spotted him and laughed nervously. "What are you doing here? I told you to stay at the temple!" she demanded.

"I followed you 'cause I was worried!" he explained looking down in guilt, "I know you told me you were coming back, but you sounded like you were lying… so I snuck into the warp stream when you weren't looking. I'm sorry."

Rose sighed. She couldn't stay mad at him long. "I understand your concern, but this is too dangerous for you. You need to go back home now," she explained.

"But I want to help!" he stated firmly, guilt being replaced with determination, "You've said yourself that I've gotten really strong. Surely there's something I can do!"

"Goku…" Rose started but was cut off by a soft groan coming from the crater.

They both turned to it it in surprise. "Somebody's hurt down there!" Goku exclaimed, "We have to help them!" He suddenly sprinted past the gem to the edge of the crater.

"Goku, stop!" she warned as she hurried after him. It was too late however. He had already slid down the edge of the crater. Rose slid down after him. when she got to the base of the crater, she found him peering inside the beat up space pod. Uh oh… Rose thought.

"Rose!" Goku called excitedly, "Look! Look! There's a person in this egg thing!" As she approached, he pointed to the person inside, who was thankfully unconscious. The Saiyan had spiky black hair and looked to be only a few years older than Goku and only a little taller. She couldn't help but feel concerned for the injured child, but the armor he wore reminded her to keep her distance. "This guy has a tail like me, Rose!" he said jumping up and down in joy. Rose did not share his enthusiasm. She simply nodded her head as he mouth formed a thin line. There were multiple reasons as to why she hadn't wanted Goku to come with her on this mission. One of them being that she had hoped to explained to Goku his heritage when the time was right. It appears she was going to have to explain things to him sooner than she thought.

"Rose, he's not waking up," Goku noted when he had calmed down, "Maybe we could take him back and help him get better."

Rose was about to say no, when she looked at the teenage Saiyan again. He looked so peaceful in this state much like how Goku was when he slept. She couldn't hurt him like this and she knew it. He was defenseless and he hadn't hurt anyone yet. Maybe they could keep him in the temple...it's not like he would be able to escape. And if they did help him, he might be more willing to leave the Earth be… "Alright, Goku," she said, her usual gentle smile returning to her face, "Help me get him out of the pod." The younger Saiyan nodded before grabbing one of teen's legs and lifting it while Rose lifted the unconscious prince by his shoulders.

Quick end note: there won't be an update tomorrow. things should be getting busy soon, but I hope you've enjoyed the many updates so far! Thanks for reading, and feel free to let me know what you think!