It was 10 years after the disappearance of Goku and Dark-Star dragonballs. Dende died of some mysterious causes very recently so the Earth's dragonballs were gone. Trunks was an adult and ran a gym to train warriors in the fighting styles of the Z fighters. Vegeta was still training in the gravity room to make himself stronger. He was now able to reach SSJ3 and SSJ4 without any aid. Gohan was teaching chemistry in a university in Satan City. Goten was running a dating service out of a shed near the Son family house. Chichi was spending time with her second grandchild, a boy named Chan. Chan very closely resembled his grandfather Goku. He was learning to fight from Chichi. Pan was training with her brother and Trunks in addition to going to school. Tien, Yamcha and Chiao Zu began to host tournaments and make money off of the franchise. Videl was preparing to take her dad's place as the hero of Satan City. Everything was as it should be until....

One day, while Vegeta was training in the desert, he felt a massive power level in the distance. He could feel it approaching Earth. The others felt it too. Those who were strong enough to consider taking on this powerful new foe gathered on the island for which the person seemed to be headed. Vegeta, Goten, Gohan, Pan, Chan, Android 18, and Trunks were present. They were grateful that the island was empty and that no one would be hurt during the battle that was bound to ensue. Each warrior powered up to their full potential and waited. In an hour's time, a Saiyan space pod landed 500 yards from where they stood. The hatch opened and a Saiyan female stepped out.

She had black hair that stuck up in the front in spikes and was pulled back into a ponytail. Her tail whipped back and forth in excitement. Her Saiyan uniform was blue and her armor had no shoulder, thigh, or crotch guards. She wore a blue cape, a pendant bearing a coat of arms and broad gold plated sash across her chest.

"Who are you? And what are you doing on Earth?" demanded Vegeta.

"Am I correct in believing that you are the prince of the Saiyans? You are Vegeta, are you not?" asked the young warrior.

"Yes. Who wants to know?"

The Saiyan bowed to Vegeta and saluted him. "I am Lettuz, the daughter of Tirnup. I am the general of the entire Saiyan army and the interim leader of the new Planet Vegeta."

"You cannot be the daughter of Tirnup. Tirnup has been missing since before the destruction of Planet Vegeta. And you cannot be a Saiyan. All of the Saiyans are dead. Radditz, Nappa, Kakarott and I were the only survivors. I demand an explanation."

Lettuz sat on the ground and began her long story. Several Saiyans had been off conquering planets for Frieza, including Tirnup. Tirnup's space pod was damaged and flew way off course. Tirnup was only 4 when she landed on this strange world. Instead of destroying the inhabitants, she trained with them. Many years later, when she was stronger and had the radio in her space pod repaired, she was able to locate other Saiyans who had settled on other planets. She traveled to the closest one, found a husband and gave birth to Lettuz. When the Saiyans had learned of their planet's fate, they began to gather. They began to train together and after much training, they had each mastered at least the first super Saiyan level. They finally colonized a planet and renamed it Vegeta.

One survivor of the Planet Vegeta massacre came to their new planet and informed them that their prince may still be alive. This meant he was heir to the throne. Lettuz was by this time the strongest Saiyan on the planet and was elected to search for their prince. She scoured the galaxy, meeting new opponents, destroying monsters and reaching new levels of power. Recently she had mastered Super Saiyan Level 4. She finally found the prince and rightful heir to the Saiyan throne.

"But you cannot be Tirnup's daughter. My sister is dead."

"My uncle, you must believe. She said that you would recognize this." She presented him with a tattered blue blanket. On one corner, an Oozaru was stitched and under it, Tirnup's name and coat of arms.

"This was my sister's when she was but a baby. You cannot have acquired this unless you speak the truth. Why has it taken so long for you to find me?"

"There has been trouble, sire. Our planet needs a strong leader. We are anticipating a war with creatures far more powerful, more ruthless than Frieza could ever hope to be. They are even more powerful than a Super Saiyan at Level 4. You must lead us. You must take your rightful place on the throne."

"Yes, I must. But I will need help. I must travel to Namek."

"Why is that sire?"

"We will need the Earth dragonballs restored and to do so, I must use the Namekian dragonballs. I will also need to revive Kakarott from the Next Dimension. He is far stronger than I am."

"Yes, sire. If you believe that is what's best."

"Father," Trunks broke in, "we're coming with you. Just to make sure this girl is on the up and up. Wouldn't want her pulling a Paragus on you. Besides, you'll need our help."

"Fine. We will travel in my space pod."

"Does anyone know where New Namek is?" Goten asked.

"Goku told me where it was long ago, when we were looking for the darkstar dragonballs. I'll put in the coordinates," Pan offered.

"Are you happy now?" Vegeta asked.

"Does anyone know Namek?" Trunks asked.

"I learned it from Dende," Chan proclaimed proudly.

"Now are you satisfied?" Vegeta asked again, frustrated.

"Umm, I think so."

"Good. Let's go prepare. Follow me."

The group headed to Capsule Corp. Dr. Briefs and Bulma met them outside. "Did you get rid of the invader?" Bulma demanded. She suddenly noticed the young woman behind Vegeta. "Who's that? And why does she look like she's got hemorrhoids?" Trunks turned to look at Lettuz. Lettuz was wearing a scowl that reminded him of Vegeta's.

"Who? Her? That's Lettuz. She's Vegeta's niece," replied Chan.

"She's the invader," added Pan.

"Oh," Bulma began. "I didn't mean to offend you. If I did, I'm sorry." Bulma was nervously watching Lettuz play with a ball of energy.

"No problem," Lettuz said distractedly.

"Bulma, I need the space pod refueled and the gravity machine strengthened. We have an important mission and we need to train for it. We'll be leaving for Namek as soon as possible. And we'll need training equipment and armor," Vegeta said impatiently.

"Oh and I suppose you want a flying carpet and a magic lamp too, huh?" Bulma said defiantly.

"Don't worry. I'm on it," said Dr. Briefs in an attempt to keep everyone calm. "Besides, I've been looking for something to do."

Dr. Briefs and his cat headed into the laboratory.

"Father, I'll go to Korin's and try to get some senzu beans," Trunks volunteered. He walked over to Goten and muttered, "I just don't want to be around while those two go at it."

"Wait, I'll come with you," Goten offered. Trunks and Goten took off in the direction of Korin's tower.

"What's a senzu bean?" asked Lettuz, sincerely confused.

"It's a bean that when eaten returns a fighter to full strength and heals all wounds," Bulma said haughtily. "Bet you don't have anything like that on your planet."

"We have the Tree of Might. Its fruits heal the fighter and strengthen him at the same time. I brought a few of them with me," Lettuz returned, almost humbly.

"You Saiyans aren't happy until you are better than everyone else huh?"

Lettuz shrugged and walked away. She leaned casually against a tree and cleaned her nails. "I wonder how strong she really is. Maybe I'll spar her and see." Vegeta walked over to Lettuz. "I challenge you to a battle."

"Where?"

"In the desert."

"When?"

"Right now."

"Sure." Lettuz brushed herself off and followed Vegeta to the desert. The others followed in curiosity. They landed in the desert. Vegeta and Lettuz powered up to SSJ 3.

"Let's make this interesting, shall we?" Vegeta said as he formed a moon blast. He threw the moon blast into the air and each fighter stared at it. They began to enlarge and grow golden fur and fangs. Soon they were Golden Oozaru. They focused their energy and shrank into SSJ 4. Vegeta led with a charge. Lettuz dodged it and reappeared behind Vegeta. She threw a punch at his head, but he dodged it and returned one of his own. They engaged in hand to hand combat, then Vegeta powered up a Final Flash. "Try to dodge this one." The blast was coming at Lettuz too fast for her to dodge so she blocked it.

When the smoke cleared, they saw that she had received very little damage. She began to power up a huge ki blast. "Galaxy Destroyer!" She fired the enormous blast at Vegeta. The blast caught him full on. Lettuz took the opportunity to attack him head on. She charged him, caught him in the stomach with her shoulder, and drove him into a mountain. A huge blast came from deep within the mountain. Lettuz was barely able to dodge it. Vegeta suddenly appeared on her left and drove his right knee into her side. He caught her between the shoulder blades with a two-fisted ax handle. She hit the ground and created a huge crater. She didn't get up. After a few moments, he landed next to her. She didn't move. He bent to check her out and she punched him in the eye.

"That was a dirty trick."

"It wasn't a trick. Your breath just smells funny. Have you been eating onions or garlic?" she responded.

"No, I mean, yes. Hey, what's it to you?" Vegeta demanded.

"Whoa, buddy, back up a bit there." She stood slowly and rotated her shoulders. There was a loud crack as her shoulders straightened. "That was a pretty heavy blow. I'm not used to such a challenge. I'll have to be more careful next time."

"This fight isn't over yet, kid."

"Have it your way." Lettuz ran straight at Vegeta. He raised his fist to punch her when she disappeared.

"An afterimage?" He turned just before she caught him across the jaw with a massive blow. He reached out to punch her but was only mildly surprised by the afterimage. He disappeared just before Lettuz dealt a blow of nearly decapitory force. Lettuz turned and blocked Vegeta's punch. They seemed evenly matched for a while. Then Lettuz moved away from Vegeta at blinding speed. He pursued her. Suddenly she turned and rammed Vegeta in the face with her head. Vegeta, furious, powered up to his maximum and kneed her in the stomach. Then he ax handled her in the back. He kicked her up into the air then slammed her in the chest with his elbow and sent her spiraling into the ground.

"You still have a lot to learn punk." Lettuz was still. She returned to her original form and lay, unconscious, on the ground. Vegeta dropped to her side, powered down to his original form, lifted her and returned to Capsule Corp.

When Trunks and Goten returned with the senzu beans, they brought also good news. "You'll never guess what happened," began Trunks excitedly.

"Mr. Popo said he could create a portable hyperbolic time chamber for the space pod!" finished Goten breathlessly.

"Korin was also able to give us two senzu plants and enough beans for all of us to have a bag," added Trunks.

Goten finally noticed Lettuz laying on the couch looking pale and bruised. "What the heck happened to her?"

"Vegeta and Lettuz were sparring and Vegeta pulverized her," Chan said.

"Well, I'll give her a senzu bean," Goten said.

"No, I'll be fine." Lettuz sat up looking a bit dazed. "I don't need anyone's help." She tried to stand, wobbled a bit, then made it to her feet but it was a near thing.

"She's almost as bad as you are Vegeta. She doesn't need anyone's help. You'd think she was Superman or something," Gohan said.

"Even Superman has weaknesses," commented 18.

"What?" Lettuz was again confused.

"Forget it. We should be ready to go soon. We have the senzu beans, the portable hyperbolic time chamber, our fighters. The space pod should be done soon, and the gravity simulator too. Am I missing anything?" Gohan asked.

"Training equipment, food, and armor," 18 added.

"Okay, Vegeta. Everything you demanded is ready. The gravity simulator now goes up to 25,000 times Earth's gravity. There are training dogis in the closets. There is enough food to last even you guys four years, living quarters for all of you, armor for each of you, the training equipment is in the lockers next to the weights, and there are supplies for each of you in these capsules," Bulma rattled off.

"Good. That will be sufficient," Vegeta said.

"Promise you'll come back in one piece, Vegeta."

"I'll try."

"I love you."

"I love you, too," Vegeta said hesitantly.

Bulma kissed Vegeta. Bra stood behind her mother.

"Be careful, Dad," she pleaded.

"I will, princess."

"Oh brother," Trunks muttered. Lettuz rolled her eyes and Goten made gagging sounds. Vegeta hugged his daughter, gathered up the supplies and walked out of the house. The other fighters followed him. The space pod waited on the lawn, ready for takeoff. Friends and family stood outside waiting to say good-bye. The warriors waved good-bye as they boarded the space ship. Vegeta, Goten, Gohan, Trunks, Chan, Pan, Number 18 and Lettuz took their places and prepared for takeoff. The space pod blasted off and exited Earth's atmosphere. The fighters took a long look back at their home, wondering if they'd ever see it again.

To be Continued....