Memory of the Sun

Chapter 7: Meeting Bulma

"So long Dodoria..." Vegeta laughed, watching the smoke from his attack disappear as nothing was left behind. "After all his boasting, in the end he was nothing more than a sniveling coward... But still, I didn't think I would defeat him so easily. My powers have grown to exceed even my own expectations..."

Vegeta concentrated for a moment, his eyes snapping open as he looked to the East suddenly, a wicked grin creeping across his features. "I love it! I should've learned how to sense power levels a long time ago! There's a whole group of them dead ahead!"

His feet left the ground as he floated upwards, planning out his next move. "A Namek village. Just the sort of place I'd expect to find a dragonball. Frieza will have to search every inch of this stinking planet, but with my new found ability, I'll always be one step ahead of him!"

He blasted forward, flying at an incredible speed as he raced towards the village ahead. It only took him a couple of minutes before he was hovering over said village, scanning the area for signs of Frieza or his men. "Just as I expected. Frieza hasn't been here yet. There's not a single corpse to be seen." He chuckled lowly, descending with his trademark smirk as he rasped out, "Well, we'll see what I can do about that..."

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Back with Krillin, Gohan, Luna and Dende...

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"Hey Gohan..." Krillin said lowly, noticing they were near the cave where they had left Bulma. "You know, I'm sorry I got you into this... Maybe it wasn't such a good idea to come here..." He explained wearily. "I mean, I wanna wish all our friends back to life but... If we try to compete with Vegeta... We're just gonna get ourselves killed..."

"So... You think we should give up?" Gohan answered, sounding a little upset.

Krillin looked back at him with a sad expression, something Luna didn't miss, as he nodded.

Just as it looked like Gohan was going to say something else, his eyes refocused to a particular formation of rocks below. "Hey! Look, there's the cave! We're safe!" He cheered excitedly, as everyone landed. Gohan grabbed Dende's hand and began leading him there as Krillin sighed, "Good eye buddy..."

Luna observed everyone's defeated attitude's. Choosing to stay out of it for the moment as she really didn't know what was going on... She thought she heard him saying something about wishing all their friends back to life, but that was impossible... Wasn't it? How could someone be wished back to life? She wondered, frowning slightly at the thought before the realization hit her. Maybe... Maybe it has something to do with those orange balls everyone seems to be after...

"Bulma!" Gohan sang, standing at the entrance of the cave as Krillin and Luna followed behind him.

"Bulma?" Krillin questioned, straining his eyes to see into the darkness ahead of them.

"I don't see her anywhere..." Gohan said while looking to the bald man next to him, sounding slightly worried.

"Maybe she just went all the way in the back or something... I'll go check it out." Krillin suggested, walking forward as he called her name yet again, "Bulma...? Come out, come out wherever you are! Helloooo? Huh?" He stopped instantly, seeing a white dome house set up in the very back of the cave.

Gohan and Dende walked up beside him, followed by Luna as Gohan smiled, recognizing the tell tale look of the small structure. Just as Luna was about to ask about the whereabouts of their friend, the door to the house opened, revealing a slender woman with light blue hair and blue eyes to match.

She's so pretty... Luna thought instantly, smiling as she prepared to introduce herself. The look of confusion on the blue haired woman's face quickly turned to anger as she frowned intensely before yelling.