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DragonBall V: A World Both Familiar and Foreign

Chapter 18: How Many Saiyans Does It Take To Screw in a Lightbulb?

Goku and Vegeta stepped off of the Capsule Corporation space
ship soon after it landed, taking just enough time to check the readings on the
gravity, air quality, and climate on the outside of the ship before disembarking.
They had set the ship down about 30km away from the people they sensed there at
Vegeta’s insistence. “I still don’t see why you didn’t just land closer to
them. Why do you want to sneak up on them if they’re Saiyans?” Goku asked,
scratching his head and frowning at the Saiyan prince.

Vegeta sighed. It was the fifth time that Goku had asked
that question since they landed. “For the last time, Kakkarot, it’s precisely
because they are Saiyans that I’m
being careful! We need to make sure it isn’t a trap, first of all. Secondly, we
don’t know how aggressive they are. They might have lured us here in hopes of
capturing us and turning us in to Frieza’s old
minions. I had always heard rumors that Frieza himself was working for someone
that remained in the background. His warriors are still out there, whether
they’re still trying to take over Earth or not. And I’m sure they’d be happy to
torture and kill us for ending that soulless creature’s life. Now, just be
quiet and keep your ki suppressed. We don’t know whether
they have scanners or even if they are able to sense ki
or not. So we do things my way, got it?”

Goku shrugged. “Whatever you say. I
just hope you don’t scare them by hiding in the shadows and watching them. I’ve
always found it best to just present myself and see where things go.”

“Yeah well, you were lucky when you met me, Kakkarot. I had
bigger things on my mind than destroying your little planet. These Saiyans, if
they are indeed Saiyans, might not be so distracted. They might try to destroy
us simply for the challenge.” Vegeta growled out as they started running
towards the ki signatures.

“Yeah, but come on, we’re both Super Saiyans. We can handle outselves. Especially after working up to 500 times gravity
training. Man, I feel ripped! I was sure that we’d end up pancakes.” Goku complained, his tone slightly whiny. It was mostly for show,
as Goku was feeling the same caution as the older Saiyan. He just preferred
covering it up by acting like a child as he often did.

Vegeta, however, had grown accustomed to the younger Saiyan’s demeanor. He didn’t buy the whiny innocent child
act for a moment. “Quiet, Kakkarot. We’re getting close.”

They approached more slowly, crouching down and moving
silently along the desert sand. The planet, they had discovered, was mostly
desert and the area the inhabitants occupied was close to a large oasis. An ideal place to settle down. The sun was slowly
disappearing over the horizon and the area became much darker, though their
exceptional night vision kicked in so it wasn’t a problem. They traded grim
expressions as they came to five small houses made of packed and heated sand
and laced with wood for extra support. They heard voices coming from the
largest of the structures so they approached slowly. There were two ki signatures coming from inside it, and a third was a few
kilometers to the north. They both knelt down and peeked into the doorway,
seeing a young woman sitting at a crudely built computer station and a young
man standing to her left. The man was talking. “Peasa, you’re wasting your time
with that machine. You’ve been sending out messages for over a year now and we
haven’t received a single one back! We are the last of the Saiyan race, just
accept it!”

The girl, Peasa apparently, shook her head and hissed at the
man. “Oh shut up, Cabitz. There’s nothing better to
do right now. At least leave me to my hobby. Why don’t you go help Lehtus with the hunting? We’ve been eating grass and lura fruit for days now, we could use some meat to keep us
sane.”

“Those are Saiyan names… and their ki
signatures feel Saiyan.” Vegeta whispered to Goku so low that even with his
exceptional hearing he barely heard the prince.

“They don’t have tails, though.” Goku whispered back.

Vegeta frowned. “Neither do we,
anymore. And look, the girl has it around her waist. The man might have lost
his, or had it removed if he couldn’t control his Oozaru
transformation.”

Peasa paused as she checked a reading. “It looks like there
was a minor gravity fluctuation in the desert to the south. Do you think we
should check it out?”

Cabitz shrugged. “It was probably
just another meteor rock. We’ve been getting a lot more since the debris field
moved closer. In another few years we’ll probably have a large number of rocks
hit the planet. We might not even survive it. Of course, Frieza may find us
before that happens, with that damn signal you’re sending out.”

Peasa scowled up at him. “It’s on a Saiyan frequency in the
Saiyan language. Only a Saiyan ship can pick it up. Which may
be why we aren’t getting a signal back. We can’t assume that any
surviving kin still have working ships or communication arrays.”

“Yeah well, you’re assuming there’s still some left. Just
give it up.” Cabitz growled.

Vegeta frowned and looked at Goku. “I think we’ll be ok to
announce ourselves to them. They’re not that much stronger than I was when I
first came to Earth. Unless of course they know how to hide
their ki, which is doubtful.” Goku nodded so
they moved towards the center of the area and Vegeta shouted to announce their presense. “Hello!? Any other Saiyans here? We received a signal coming from
this planet! Show yourselves!”

“Real tactful, Vegeta.” Goku
snickered.

“Quiet, Kakkarot. I am
their prince and I will act the part.” Vegeta growled softly.

Moments later Peasa and Cabitz
poked their heads out of the door, their hands out ready to blast with ki if the situation required it. They both frowned at
Vegeta and Goku and came out slowly and cautiously. “You’re Saiyans?” Peasa
asked uncertainly. When Vegeta nodded Peasa looked skeptical. “Where’s your
tails?” Her own tail swished around as if to give an example of what she was
looking for.

“We lost them in battle.” Vegeta replied, looking at Cabitz. “Your male friend there doesn’t have a tail either.
Does that make him any less Saiyan?”

Cabitz growled and advanced a step
but Peasa put up an arm to hold him back. “Of course not.
You understand our skepticism, of course? Why didn’t you send a message to let
us know you were coming? This is rather… unnerving, as you might imagine.”

Vegeta shrugged. “I wanted to make sure you were really
Saiyans and that I wasn’t walking into a trap of course. Now,
your names?” He asked, even though he already knew the answer. He had to
be polite, of course.

“I’m Peasa. This is Cabitz. How about yourselves?” The girl asked.

“I’m Goku, nice to meet you!” Goku blurted out, making
Vegeta grimace.

“I am Vegeta. This is Kakkarot, though he insists on using
the name his adopted family gave him. I keep hoping that he’ll snap out of it
and use his Saiyan name.” Vegeta elbowed Goku in the ribs as if to emphasize
his point.

“Vegeta? But that was the name of
our planet.” Cabitz said, obviously a bit slow.

Peasa frowned. “Cabitz, remember
your lessons. It was also the name of the king. And the prince as well, if I
remember right. The king was one of the first to die… so this must be…”

Vegeta gave her a haughty smirk. “Yes,
girl. I am Vegeta, prince of all Saiyans.” He frowned as he looked at
her. She was 15, 16 at the most. The male looked a bit older, 18 perhaps. “Where
are your parents?”

Peasa frowned. “Dead. Our uncle is
hunting. I should send up a flare so he comes back, I suppose.”

Vegeta shrugged. “Let him hunt. There’s no reason to deprive
you of your meal tonight, after all. This is really quite extraordinary… I was
sure that Kakkarot and myself were the last Saiyans
alive, along with his brat. So, there is just the three of you then?” Vegeta
looked a bit disappointed, hoping a good number of his
people had survived.

Peasa nodded. “Yeah. We weren’t
even sure whether we were the last or not. I’m happy to see I was right about
there being more. Won’t you have dinner with us tonight? Hopefully Lehtus is bringing back enough for all of us.”

Goku’s stomach growled. “Sure!” He cried happily.

Cabitz leaned over to whisper in
Peasa’s ear. Peasa nodded and frowned before walking off into one of the
buildings. Vegeta’s eyes narrowed. “What was all that about?”

“I told her to get out some of the stored food and start
cooking. It’s nothing to worry about.” Cabitz tried
to assure him.

Vegeta frowned and glanced towards the north. “The other guy
is heading back. Judging by the ki blast, he was
probably successful in his hunt.”

Cabitz mouth dropped open in
shock. “How can you tell that from here?!”

Vegeta smirked. “Talent I picked up from Kakkarot here… um… Kakkarot?”

Goku was inching towards the building Peasa was in, rubbing
his stomach and looking hypnotized. “I smell food!” He exclaimed.

“Have some fucking manners, Kakkarot! You’re embarrassing
me!” Vegeta snapped.

Goku grinned and scratched the back of his head. “Sorry, but
I’m hungry!”

Cabitz suppressed the grin that
was tugging at the corners of his mouth. Moments later Peasa walked out.
“That’s all done, now hopefully… Lehtus!”

Lehtus appeared,
a grizzled and tough looking Saiyan warrior, complete with a tail that was
swishing around behind him as he lugged a huge lizard like creature over his
shoulder. “Hey, little one.” He stopped dead in his
tracks when he spotted Vegeta and Goku. “Who are our guests?” He dropped the
carcass and took a step forward before gasping in amazement. “King
Vegeta?! No… you couldn’t be. Prince Vegeta, then?”
After Vegeta nodded, he dropped to one knee and bowed his head with his arm
across his chest in the Saiyan salute. “Greetings, your
highness. It is truly an honor!”

Peasa scratched her head. “So this guy really is Prince
Vegeta? Wow. So, you caught a tahkta? That should be
plenty for all of us.”

Lehtus sighed. “Forgive her, your
highness. She grew up on this planet since her birth, and even though she’s
been told of the royalty she’s never encountered them. She knows not how to
act.”

Vegeta shrugged. “I’ve grown accustomed to it. You needn’t
prostrate yourself so much, Lehtus. A bit of respect
is fine but don’t overdo it. I no longer have a royal court or enough subjects
to bother with formality. I grew up without it anyway. Let’s eat and discuss
what has happened to us all since our home planet was destroyed, all right?”

They entered the building where Peasa had been cooking and
five stomachs growled as the scent of the food assaulted their senses. A
carefully controlled ki blast from Peasa had the
lizard roasted, so they tore into it and ate the greens and fruit that was available as well. Vegeta noticed Peasa continually
staring at him and he frowned, finding the attention a bit annoying. ‘What is
she staring at me for?! I know I’m the first new face she’s probably seen in
her life, but damn…’

“How did you come to be on this planet? And how long have you
been here?” Vegeta asked. “And for that matter, how did you survive the
planet’s destruction?”

Lehtus told the story since he was
the only one to have first hand knowledge of it. “We were on a ship at the
time. Their parents, I mean. They were… defectors. They did not want to serve
Frieza, though they were still loyal to King Vegeta, of course. So we removed
ourselves from the records and left. It was barely a day later that Frieza
destroyed Vegeta-sei. We grieved for our lost
brethren but we couldn’t go back. We had no set course so we just drifted from
one star system to the next for years. We collided with an asteroid in that
field out there and crashed on this planet. We couldn’t fix the ship and we
knew we could survive here so we just stayed. We salvaged what we could of the
ship and build this encampment. A while later, Cabitz was born, then a few years later little Peasa here.
Sadly, their parents died about 12 years ago, stung by one of the giant insects
that populate the east desert. We had no means to create an anti-venom serum,
unfortunately. And so, it’s only the three of us left, my niece and nephew
here.” Lehtus sighed as he finished his tale.

“How did Cabitz lose his tail?”
Vegeta asked, frowning at the young man.

“He suffered from Manic Oozarosis,
unfortunately. Removing his tail was the only safe treatment.” Lehtus replied.

Goku leaned over and elbowed Vegeta in the ribs and asked
softly, “Um… what’s mana… mina… what he said?”

Vegeta sighed. “It’s a rare disease that causes a Saiyan to
go into Oozaru form in times of stress, as well as
any time they are hit by any small amount of moonlight, full moon or not. We
usually end their lives rather early, because the disease progresses to the
point where they cannot change back from Oozaru. We
never considered removing their tails… we didn’t know that the tail was the
source of the transformation back then. But it’s a very rare disease, like two
or three cases a generation.”

“Oh…” Goku frowned and stuffed a handful of lizard meat into
his mouth and chewed thoughtfully.

“May I ask how you managed to survive the destruction of our
planet, my prince?” Lehtus asked.

“And why you’re both missing your tails?” Peasa added,
gaining a quick swat to the back of the head from the aged Saiyan. She shot him
a dirty look and went silent as Cabitz chuckled at
her.

Vegeta recounted the events of his early life in the service
of Frieza. He then added how he met Goku and then how they both destroyed the
icy tyrant. Lehtus listened in awe and once he was
finished telling his tale, he raised a hand into the air and made a sound of
happiness. “This calls for a celebration! Frieza is dead and our brethren are
avenged!”

“Hey… sorry to pipe in again, but are you planning on
staying here? If you’re going to leave, maybe we could go with you? There’s not
much point in staying here, after all.” Peasa griped.

Goku scratched his head. “Sure! I don’t see why not.”

Vegeta sighed, glaring at the younger Saiyan. “We’ll
consider it. Though I’m inclined to agree with Kakkarot.”

Cabitz scowled. “But this is our
home. We were born here and we grew up here! Why do you want
to leave, Peasa!?”

“Because this place is sucking the life
out of me! I want to be around more than two people for the rest of my
life! Is that so wrong? Stay here if you must, I want off of this damned
planet.” Peasa exclaimed.

Lehtus glared at the young Saiyans
and then turned to Vegeta. “It would be an honor to leave with you. It is a
decision we will have to consider carefully, however.”

“Let’s go now!” Peasa exclaimed, obviously excited by the
prospect of going into space.

Lehtus dropped his face into his
hand and sighed. “Forgive her impudence, my prince. She’s an excitable child.”

Vegeta grinned. “It’s refreshing. Don’t worry about it.
Actually, we could take you with us right now. There’s obviously not much to do
on this planet than hunt, eat, and sleep. You can come with us to Earth and if
you decide not to stay we can bring you back, or just give you a space ship and
you can come here or go where you please. It would be nice to be around
Saiyans. It’s an experience I’ve been deprived of my entire life, save a few
exceptions.”

“You mean you want to bring them back to Earth?” Goku asked,
trying to catch up.

“Yes, Kakkarot.” Vegeta said,
rolling his eyes.

“Oh… that would be so cool! Let’s go!” Goku jumped up and
started walking out of the door.

Vegeta closed his eyes for a moment, praying to Kami for
patience and the strength of will to handle an overexcited Goku. “What do you
say then, Lehtus?”

Lehtus nodded. “It would be an
honor. Cabitz, Peasa, pack your things. If you want
to return after we visit this Earth, we shall.”

Cabitz growled but obeyed and
Peasa had already ran out and was halfway done packing
up her stuff. A little while later they had flown to the
space ship and boarded it and set a course back to Earth. Vegeta eyed
the gravity controller but decided to hold off on it until later. For now, it
was time to sleep.

Vegeta was nearly asleep in his quarters when his door
opened quietly. He scowled, thinking it was Goku coming to bother him about
something or other. “Go away, Kakkarot. I’m trying to sleep.”

“It’s not Kakkarot, Vegeta.” Peasa said softly, kneeling
down to look Vegeta in the eye.

Vegeta stared up at the girl in confusion. “What do you
want, little one?” He noticed that all she was wearing was a loose shirt which
brought a frown to his face. He had an idea what she had planned.

“I shouldn’t be so forward, but it’s not like I have any
experience in this. Would you mind if I shared your bedding with you? Lehtus and Cabitz are the only
males I’ve ever been around, but they’re family. And Kakkarot… well… I’m not
interested in him.” Peasa whispered, leaning down to give a tantalizing glimpse
down her loose shirt.

Vegeta’s eyes moved down to look at her though he wasn’t
surprised that it was just casual interest in beauty and no arousal came.
“Girl, do you know what this means?” He pulled his collar away from his neck
revealing the bite mark there.

“It’s a scar. Looks like someone bit you.” Peasa said
innocently.

Vegeta sighed. “It means I have a mate. Which
means you have no chance of getting me interested in bedding you, no matter how
lovely you are. So you may as well scamper back to your room like a good
little girl and let me get to sleep.”

Peasa frowned but wasn’t ready to give up. She leaned over
him and nibbled at his lip before he pulled away. “I won’t tell your mate… just
this once. I want to know what it’s like to be with a man… please Vegeta. Don’t
make me beg.”

Vegeta growled. “Have some pride, girl! I told you I was
mated! Even if I wanted to I couldn’t get interested. So just leave me alone!”

Peasa growled and moved over him, pressing herself against the prince. She moved her hands over him clumsily, unsure of what she was doing, but knowing she had
to do something. Vegeta growled and shoved her away roughly. “Get off me, brat!
I won’t warn you again!”

Peasa frowned. “I’m sorry. Can I at least sleep in here? I
know you won’t touch me the way I want you to, but please… at least give me
that much.”

Vegeta scowled. “Fine, sleep on the cold floor if that’s
what you want. I can’t stop you short of beating you into the ground, I
suppose. But if you try anything more, I won’t be nice in stopping you.”

Peasa nodded and lay down on her side facing him, using her
arm as a pillow. She grimaced at the coldness of the metal but kept her
complaints to herself, though she fidgeted around enough to make the older
Saiyan growl. “Fine, girl. Come over here. But like I
said before, try something and I’ll hurt you.”

Peasa grinned and slid over onto his sleeping mat and
cuddled up with him, sharing in his warmth. She fell asleep almost instantly.
Vegeta frowned down at her for a moment before relaxing. ‘I’m feeling
protective of her… almost like… a father. Is it because she’s the last Saiyan
female? She would probably make a good mate for Gohan… she’s not that much
older than him. 7 years is nothing. Yes… perhaps I’ll see about getting her and
Gohan together.’ Vegeta grinned at the prospect of more little Saiyans running
around as he drifted off to sleep.

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Oh no, competition for Videl! Ha ha.
But this is just the beginning of the story with these other Saiyans. Next
chapter: A slight… detour on their way to Earth! Hijacked in space! Oh no! And perhaps a bit of correspondence between Gohan and Videl?
Stay tuned! As always, review and tell me that you’re going to name your first
born girl after me. ;) That’s Lucy… with a C. Not Lucille, not Lucinda, just
Lucy. Haha.
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