Destiny Calls
Chapter 4 - It's Only Routine
 

Over the last three years, Frieza's attacks in the Northern galaxy had grown
more and more frequent.  In response, many of the stronger planets in the
Intergalactic Planetary Alliance* began to retaliate by liberating planets
conquered by Frieza in the hopes of building an army strong enough to stand
up to Frieza's.  Now Prince Vegeta, his elite team, and several companies of
saiya-jin soldiers were taking back what had been stolen.  Though most
planets were happy for the assistance, there were a few that didn't want to
be liberated.   Fortunately, Tarna-sei wasn't one of them . . .
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"Jianu!!  Behind!"
In response to Kakarott's bellow, she whirled and blasted the soldier who
was coming up on her rear.  "I saw him," she pouted.
"Yeah, sure you did," he taunted.
"Kakarott, Jianu.  Quit arguing and move to the next sector," Vegeta
admonished them over their scouter's comm links.
"Hai, Ouji-sama!"
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"Radditz!  Turles!  Cover the far ends!  Kakarott and Jianu!  You're with me
in the center!  The rest of you spread out in-between!"   Vegeta bellowed as
a wave of soldiers poured out of the main compound.  It hadn't taken the
saiya-jin warriors long to clear out most of Frieza's soldiers from the
surrounding outposts and cities.  A pleasant surprise came about when the
natives had joined the fight.  Their commander had assured Prince Vegeta
that they would take care of any enemy soldiers hiding in the cities.  This
suited the saiya-jin no ouji just fine, as it freed his own troops for more
important tasks.  Such as the command base, which was proving to be much
more difficult to clear than they had expected.   Frieza's men were well dug
in and had ki shields protecting the building itself from damage.
"Here they come," Jianu said, sliding into her fighting stance and raising
her ki.  Beside her, Kakarott did the same.
"Steady . . ." Vegeta told them, waiting until Frieza's men were halfway
between the compound and the saiya-jin forces.  "Imada** ikuzo***!!!"
The saiya-jin forces charged, even though they were outnumbered 10-1 the
soldiers coming at them were of no consequence.  But they sure were
annoying.   Using the "Gyariku-hou*^^" attack, Vegeta, Kakarott, and Jianu
were able to clear a large swath through the middle of the soldiers.  Not
giving the remaining soldiers a chance to regroup, the saiya-jin warriors
attacked on all sides, while Vegeta, Kakarott, and Jianu headed straight for
the compound.  The trio landed fifty feet from the shield, in front of a
large, semi-concealed air vent.
Jianu grinned, "Ya know, they really should learn to hide these things
better."
Kakarott pulled out a small remote and aimed it at the vent, "Or guard them
better," he remarked as the energy bars covering the metal grating were shut
off.
Vegeta snorted and blasted the grating, "Let's get going."
"You got it!"
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From there on things progressed rather quickly.  In just a matter of
minutes, they had secured the base and shut down the shields.  After that,
Prince Vegeta settled into the immensely tedious and stressful task of
setting up a temporary government for Tarna-sei.  Since they had only been
under Frieza's rule for three years it wasn't too complicated a job this
time, but it still took four months to get them settled into a tolerable
situation.
As their pods lifted off, Vegeta checked the onboard computer for their next
destination.  "Please tell me we're going home," Jianu's voice pleaded over
the scouter.  Vegeta chuckled, they hadn't been home in almost a year and
they were all getting a little homesick.
He clicked his scouter to speak to the entire group of saiya-jin warriors.
"Set your coordinates for Vegeta-sei.  We're going home."
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Two months later they arrived back on Vegeta-sei.  Kakarott yawned hugely
and stretched, even though they'd been in stasis for the entire trip, he
still felt stiff.  Vegeta and Jianu chuckled at their friend and stretched
as well before putting on their "official" faces and entering the palace.
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"For the last time Oribu*^, NO!!" Jianu shouted at the other elite.  "I've
told you "no" every time you've asked!  I don't want you as a mate!!" she
snarled and spinning on her heel, stormed down the hallway.  It was after
nightfall and Jianu had been heading for bed when she'd been stopped by the
elite male.  Already tired from the stasis and the long session she,
Kakarott and Vegeta had been in with the king, she was not in the mood for
his advances.
"Jianu-san, matte!" he called and started after her.   A firm hand on his
shoulder stopped him from getting too far.
"She doesn't want you Oribu.  Leave her be," Kakarott growled.
"But . . ."
"No "buts", just leave her be.  You'll never be able to claim her in a
mating fight and she'll never hunt you, so give it up."   Oribu snarled but
said nothing.  Kakarott was right, not to mention his superior.  Jianu was
the third strongest saiya-jin on Vegeta-sei.  Only Prince Vegeta and
Kakarott were stronger.  Many males had tried to claim the super-elite
warrior, but none had even come close and Jianu had turned down all those
who had asked her to be their mate.  Her reason?  None of them felt right.
She had once told Kakarott and Vegeta that she'd know her mate when she met
him.  Until then, she'd just keep looking.  So Kakarott and Vegeta had taken
a very brotherly approach towards the more persistent rejects.  If a severe
beating from Jianu didn't deter them, then they would deal with them.  Oribu
knew this and after bowing to Kakarott, left for his own room.
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"The prince's political skills are improving, Anzu-sama," Yashi said with a
smile.
"Indeed, it only took him four months to get Tarna-sei back on her feet,"
Ceripa agreed.
Anzu nodded in agreement, "True, he has gotten much better at diplomacy.
But I don't think he'd have made it so far so fast without Kakarott and
Jianu at his side," she chuckled at this.  "I think it's time for something
a little more challenging.  Any recommendations?"
Ceripa considered it, "Perhaps somewhere that has been under Frieza's
control for a long period of time, maybe one of the moons?"
"I don't know.  Most of the moons just have a few bases.  No, there must be
something better," Anzu replied.
"What about Chikyuu-sei?"
Anzu turned to regard Yashi, "Chikyuu-sei?  But it was conquered over
thirteen years ago."
"My point exactly.  Imagine liberating a planet that had been conquered
while still in its infancy.  The opportunities for the prince to hone his
diplomacy and monarchy skills are boundless."
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"Chikyuu-sei, huh?" Kakarott raised his eyebrows in surprise.
" . . . Young planet occupied for over thirteen years by Frieza's forces.
Sources indicate that the planet still had no unified government, but rather
many small ones when they were conquered," Jianu read from her pocket
computer.
"In other words, a difficult planet to set back to rights," Vegeta said
smirking.  "it's about time we got a worthwhile challenge."
"So when do we leave?" Kakarott asked.
"In one month, and it will take five months to get there."
Jianu and Kakarott made the same face, "Blech."

June 08, 2001
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*~I think I got this from a sci-fi series, but I honestly can't remember.
If anyone knows, give me a holler, kudasai?
**~imada - now
***~ikuzo - let's go
*^~oribu - olive
*^^~the "kamehameha"-like attack Vegeta first used in his battle against Goku