Chapter 6 - New Allies

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There was just something that felt incredibly "right" to Vegeta about the
Chikyuu-jin woman in his arms.  He could have stayed like that forever,
staring into her sapphire eyes, but reality had to go and interrupt.
"Ano . . . Vegeta?  Are you planning on joining us anytime soon?"
Kakarott's voice sounded over the comm link.  Both Bulma and Vegeta blinked
rapidly in confusion before the prince recovered enough to reply.
"What do you want Kakarott?" he growled, "Run into something you can't
handle?"
"Nah, just thought we'd check up on you.  Seeing that you're our prince and
all."  Vegeta snorted at this.
"Say Vegeta?" Jianu's voice cut in, "Are you still holding that Chikyuu-jin
woman?"
Vegeta's face turned crimson, how did she know that?!   "That's none of your
concern!" he snapped at her.
"Of course, Ouji-sama," she replied, her voice full of mischief.
The saiya-jin prince sighed, 'One of these days I'm going to get her back
for this.'  "What's your position?"
"We've just swept through the barracks and are headed for the control room."
"I'm on my way."  Vegeta closed the link and looked down at Bulma who had
been listening intently.  He frowned at her, she was giggling.   "What's so
funny woman?" he asked, attempting to sound angry but not succeeding.
"Do all of your subjects speak to you like that?"
"Iie, just those two," he smirked, "but they're exceptions."
"They're your friends aren't they?" Bulma asked with a perceptiveness that
startled the ouji.
He nodded, "Aaa.  Have been for a long time."
"Thought so," she said smugly.
Remembering he still had his duties to fulfill, Vegeta sighed inwardly, he
had wasted far too much time already.  "Can you fly woman?"
Bulma shook her head, "Iie, I wasn't allowed to learn.  Why do you ask?"
"We need to join Kakarott and Jianu quickly.  So . . ." he levitated into
the air with Bulma still in his arms.  "I guess I'll just have to keep
carrying you then."
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"Well, let's just see what little Chikyuu has in the way of defense."
Kakarott said sitting down at the command console of the control room.
Jianu sat at the console next to him, "She's already better armed than any
other planet we've been to."
"But not better shielded, oddly enough."
"Where are our teams?"  The two elites turned at the sound of their prince's
voice just in time to see him placing the Chikyuu-jin on her feet.   Jianu
grinned and Kakarott raised an eyebrow but neither one spoke a word.
Vegeta glared at them both, he did not have to explain himself to them.
"Nappa and the rest of your team have divided the troops and are heading for
the nearest bases while scouting the surrounding area for outposts and
stragglers.  Turles and Radditz have taken the squads we came with and are
doing a sweep of the surrounding are and Kakarott and I were about to hack
into the main computer."
Bulma spoke up, "I could do it."
The three saiya-jin turned to regard her.  Jianu snorted, "Kakarott's one of
the best hackers in the universe.  If he wasn't such a fantastic warrior
he'd be the top computer programmer for the alliance.  He can handle it."
Vegeta could see the fire spark in Bulma's eyes and grinned in anticipation,
she was gonna blow.  Bulma raised her head haughtily, "I'm the smartest
person on the planet and a genius on top of that.  I'm also the one who
designed this computer's programming.  So I'm sure I can do better than a
couple of soldiers."  Kakarott and Jianu blinked in shock while Vegeta
grinned proudly at the fiery scientist.
Standing, Kakarott smirked at Bulma, "Be my guest."   He told her motioning
her to sit.
Jianu chuckled, "So, what's your name?"
"Bulma Briefs," the blue-haired scientist replied as she slid up to the
terminal.
Kakarott snickered, "Well Jianu, looks like you're not the only one with a
weird name."
"Oi!!" both women exclaimed indignantly.
Not looking up from the keyboard, Bulma let her natural curiosity assert
itself, "What's so strange about your name?  It sounds perfectly normal to
me."
Jianu sighed, "As far as saiya-jin names go it's odd.   Saiya-jins always
have food-related names."
"Ohh."
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"Turles sir, we've got eight high-level battle powers heading this way."
Turles scowled, they'd cleared the area of Frieza's minions so where had
these come from?  "Everyone on full alert and keep monitoring their
approach.  They may not be Frieza's lackeys," he ordered.  'But if they
don't work for Frieza, who are they?'  He didn't have to wait long for an
answer.  Within minutes the sources of the power signatures arrived.  The
eight warriors were compose of five men, two women, and 'a Namekian?'
Turles was very surprised by this but didn't have time to wonder as said
Namekian was demanding some answers.
"Who are you and what business do you have here?"
Turles smirked, "I was about to ask the same of you."
"We asked you first, friend."
Nodding his head, the saiya-jin soldier conceded the Namekian's point,
"True.  Very well, I am Turles, elite soldier in Prince Vegeta of
Vegeta-sei's personal squad and representative of the Intergalactic
Planetary Alliance.   Our business here is simple, clear Frieza's soldiers
from Chikyuu and assist the native's in establishing a unified government."
To say that the eight newcomers were surprised would be an understatement.
"You're here to . . ." the short, bald-headed warrior attempted to speak but
faltered.  This was too good to be true!
"How do we know you're telling the truth?" the Namekian asked Turles, his
face drawn into a scowl.
Turles chuckled, "You don't.  But actions speak louder than words and our
actions will speak for us soon enough."  He paused and raised an eyebrow,
"Now how about you give us the same information?"
The Namekian snarled something under his breath and crossed his arms,
glaring out at the assembled saiya-jin.  The bald warrior who'd tried to
speak before began chuckling, "Piccolo isn't much for introductions."  He
grinned, "My name is Kuririn.  This is my wife Melissa*,  her twin brother
Michael**, the guy with the long hair is Yamcha, over there is Tenshinhan
and Chouzu, and last but certainately not least, Marion."  Kuririn bowed
politely before continuing, "We're known as the Z senshi and our group has
been fighting Frieza since his men first arrived."
After some more talking, Turles deemed it best to introduce the Z senshi to
his prince.  Apparently there was a large number of people in this
resistance and they would prove vital in the removal of Frieza's troops.
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Kakarott couldn't explain it, but from the moment he'd met Kuririn he'd
instantly liked him.  He knew instinctively that if he ever got into a bind,
Kuririn would be there for him.  They'd been working together for about a
week now, searching out Frieza's men with a combination of Chikyuu-jin and
saiya-jin forces.   Things were going rather well, but there was still
something that bothered Kakarott.  It had been brought up their first day on
Chikyuu . . .
*Flashback*
"How did you manage to defeat Captain Nagata?!" Piccolo demanded.
Bulma shook her head, "They didn't.  He isn't here."
"Nani?!"
"Who the hell is Captain Nagata?"
"He's the one in charge of Chikyuu," Bulma explained.
"And a traitor of the highest degree," Yamcha growled.
Vegeta raised an eyebrow, "Why do you call him "traitor"?"
"Because he's a Chikyuu-jin."
"I take it from your earlier reaction that he is a powerful warrior, ne?"
Jianu asked.
"Hai, and smart too.  He's why we never could get any farther than we are
now," Marion supplied, her voice betraying her frustration.
'This could be trouble . . .' Vegeta mused.   "Bulma," he said aloud, "You
said he wasn't here.  Do you know where he went?"
The blue-haired scientist smiled brightly when Vegeta said her name before
getting serious, "Sort of.  His departure wasn't announced, but I overheard
some of the soldiers saying he'd left the planet for some sort of meeting.
Something to do with defense."
"It seems Frieza's beginning to notice us sire," Kakarott noted.
"It would appear so . . ." Vegeta redirected his attention to Bulma, "Do you
know when he will return?"
"Iie.  But I can show you what he looks like," spinning her chair around,
the beautiful genius quickly pulled up his file.   "You see, Frieza keeps
records on all of his officers."
An image of a handsome man with short, raven hair and bright green eyes
appeared on the monitor.  Jianu whistled, "Damn, he's cute."   Kakarott
groaned and covered his face with one hand, Vegeta rolled his eyes and shook
his head.  "What?" she asked them.
*End Flashback*
Deep in thought, Kakarott didn't notice the concerned look Kuririn was
giving him.  "What's wrong?"
Kakarott blinked, "Oh, nothin'.  I was just thinking about something."
"No, you were worrying about something," Kuririn corrected him.
The saiya-jin warrior laughed, "How'd you get to know me so well?"
Kuririn shrugged, "Dunno, I just do.  Now are you gonna answer my question?"
"It hasn't happened, so I don't know why I'm letting it bother me."
"Well sometimes talking about your troubles helps," the small warrior
pressed.
"Okay.  Well, most of my worries are focused on this Captain Nagata. . ."

October 03, 2001
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*~Melissa-my name for Juuhachigo
**~Michael-my name for Juunanago
Why these names?  Why not?  I think they sound nice and obviously in this
world the twins would not have become cyborgs.  If you've read my fic Legend
of the Warriors, these are the same names I used for them in that one too.