One day, a Saiyan warrior lands on Earth. She tells Vegeta that she is his niece. She also brings bad news; New Vegeta will be sieged by beings more powerful and sinister than Frieza. She requests the help of the Z fighters. In the nature of the Z fighters, they jumped at the opportunity for a good fight. They begin their journey. Their first destination: Planet Namek.

A Haunting Past

Vegeta was training in 100 times Earth's gravity. Lettuz was trying to train as well, but the gravity was too strong. She was able to stand up and move, but the gravity was too heavy for real training.

"What's the matter, kid? Gravity too strong? I can't believe such a weakling is related to me," Vegeta taunted.

"What? Me, weak? I'll show you!" Lettuz began to do pushups. After about 100 pushups, she began to do pushups on her left fist. She did 1000, then switched to her right fist. She did 1000 more, then tried a few on her finger. She seemed to be having an easy enough time of it, but on closer inspection, Vegeta could see that she was sweating.

"Aww, poor baby. Don't tell me this is too much for you." Vegeta began to show off. He practiced his fighting techniques. He apparently found the gravity as tolerable as Earth's gravity.

Lettuz, however, was having a hard time getting used to training in that immense gravity. She did her typical warm-ups with the greatest effort. She finished and took a few minutes to cool down.

"Giving up already? No wonder you need help. And you're the strongest one on your planet? Pathetic. I don't know why I'm wasting my time with you. I'm in a good mood today so I'll consider helping you," Vegeta goaded.

Lettuz was furious. She jumped up suddenly and stuck her finger in his face. "I can do anything you can. I don't need your help!" With that, she began to do pull-ups, one-handed. They were slow and laborious. Vegeta began to do pull-ups, easily. Lettuz was having a hard time keeping up, but she caught up to Vegeta's pace. She underwent the same vigorous training with Vegeta at the same pace but she was finding it more and more difficult to match his pace while hiding her exhaustion. Finally, Vegeta stopped for a rest. He took a sip from a water bottle and moved to toss it to Lettuz but she was asleep on her feet. Vegeta tossed the bottle to her anyway and she caught it.

"Hey, kid. Nap time's over. Take a sip of water and let's get back to training." Vegeta snapped his fingers in front of her nose and she woke up. "I knew you couldn't take it. You're weaker than I thought. What we just did was child's play. You're not good enough to train with me."

"Your constant babbling put me to sleep. You, sir, talk entirely too much."

"You've got a lot of guts for such a weakling. Can you back it up? Let me see what you've got."

Lettuz yawned. "Whatever." She was still sweating a little. The veins in her arms and forehead stood out a bit.

"We'll play a little game of catch. If you can keep up, I'll forget you're a punk and train with you. If you can't, you're on your own." Vegeta powered up a ki ball and tossed it at her. She caught it and threw it back. The game started relatively slowly, then became a lightning fast game of reflexes, each of them occasionally having to dive to catch a toss that was thrown some distance away. Vegeta was barely sweating but Lettuz was losing it. Each catch was harder to make, each toss harder to throw. Suddenly, she had an idea. She just barely wrapped her fingers around the ball. Vegeta was grinning cockily. She faked a toss to the left and Vegeta went for it. She threw it to the right and Vegeta dived and caught it at the last second.

"I'm impressed. You actually made me hesitate a second. I'm getting bored with this game. How about a nice game of..." Vegeta paused. He suddenly tossed the ki ball right at her. "Dodge ball!" She ducked and the ki ball sailed over her head, hit the wall and ricocheted back at her. She dodged it again. The two watched the ki ball ricochet off of the walls, gaining momentum. They dodged the ki ball as quickly as they could, watching its movements and making sure they didn't slam into each other. Vegeta threw two more ki balls into the mix. Slowly, Lettuz grew more accustomed to the gravity and dodged the ki balls and Vegeta faster and more easily.

"Good job. Now for a new challenge. Let me know if this is too much for you," Vegeta said.

"Too much is never enough," Lettuz replied.

"Good. That's the spirit. Never say die." Vegeta began to throw punches. Lettuz had to dodge the ki balls and Vegeta's fists. Lettuz was boxed into a corner so she started to block Vegeta's blows. Suddenly, she threw a lucky punch and hit him in the face. He was so stunned that he forgot to dodge two of the ki balls. One hit him in the center of his back and the other him in his side. Lettuz too the opportunity to escape Vegeta's trap. She kicked him in the side and dodged as he spun to hit her. She stood, her arms crossed, in the center of the room. She watched him and the ki ball. When it came at her again, she fired a ki ball at it and destroyed it. Vegeta stood across from her with a similar posture.

"I didn't expect you to do so well. Maybe I'll turn up the gravity." Lettuz didn't even flinch. "You're tougher than I thought. Hahahahaha.... You can train with me. We'll land soon to take on more water. We can take a day to train in the hyperbolic time chamber." Vegeta laughed and turned to walk away.

"What's a hyperwhatsis doohickey anyway?" she muttered offhandedly.

"It's a hyperbolic time chamber. It allows you to do a whole year of training in a single day. But the nearest inhabitable planet is a week away." Vegeta stretched. "I'm going to get a light snack. Are you coming?"

"No, I'm going to train some more. I can't afford to rest. Every minute I waste not training could mean the difference between life and death for my people."

"Suit yourself," Vegeta said as he went down into the kitchen.

Lettuz stood, head down, lost in thought for a few seconds. *This training is far too much for my body to endure. If I keep this up, I'll die. But I have to get stronger. I must become stronger than even Vegeta. My home, my people, my life, depend on it. My people, looking to me for all the answers. I was given the throne when I was but a child. The people need me to defend them.

A child's voice echoed in her thoughts. "Papa, nooooo!" A Saiyan male is killed. A sinister high pitched voice breaks the silence that follows.

"Let this be an example to all of you. Anyone who defies us will be killed. We want your unconditional surrender. If in five years time, you still refuse to surrender, your planet will be destroyed." The evil voice laughs shrilly.

The people of New Vegeta gather at the foot of a throne occupied by a young woman. "Majesty, you must save us. You're our only hope."

A Saiyan in the back slowly approaches the throne. He looks ragged and travel worn. "Majesty, I have good news. I am a survivor of the massacre on Vegeta. Our prince may still live. He was on Frieza's ship when our planet was destroyed. We have reason to believe that he may have traveled to Earth. One of our own, Kakarott, was sent there to take over and Vegeta may try to meet up with him."

The young lady on the throne stands. "Ready a space pod. I will travel to this Earth and try to find our prince."

The young lady from the throne prepares to climb into the space pod. "Lettuz!" The girl turns to see an older Saiyan woman. "Lettuz, promise us you'll be careful. You're our only hope."

"I will, Mother."

"Take these Tree of Might fruits with you. They are the last we have."

"Good bye, Mother." The space pod blasts off.

My people are depending on me to bring salvation. No matter how much I may hate Vegeta, he is our only chance to defeat those tyrants. Mother, I won't let you down.*

Her resolve renewed, Lettuz traded her weighted clothes for heavier ones, increased the gravity to 150 times Earth's gravity and began to train again, going beyond her limits.

Meanwhile, down in the kitchen, Vegeta has nearly emptied the fridge. He finished his snack and let his mind drift.

*I can't believe my sister is still alive. She's been gone for so long. All this time, I thought she was dead. I do have family out there somewhere. It's been so long...

A young girl with spiky hair, a cruel smirk, and a bad attitude stands beside young Vegeta. She watches with glee as he destroys entire worlds and kills innocent people. One day, their father approached them. "Tirnup. You are stronger than most Saiyans on this planet. Only your brother is stronger than you." At this both children smile proudly. "We need you to go prepare a planet with particularly strong people for sale. Are you up to it?"

"Of course, Father."

"Father, may I go with her?"

"No, Vegeta, you are needed here. Besides, she can handle herself."

"I'll tell you all about it Vegeta."

"Have fun, little one."

"I will. Father." The girl climbs into a space pod and blasts off. Vegeta and his father monitor her progress on the computer.

Suddenly, her space pod is damaged by a magnetic storm in space. The trackers go offline and Vegeta and King Vegeta lose track of it. They believed that her space pod has been destroyed and that Tirnup is dead. A year to the day later, the proud Planet Vegeta was destroyed. As Vegeta sit in the corner of his dark quarters on Frieza's ship, his thoughts turn to his sister. "First you, now Father. Tirnup, what am I to do? If you were here, you'd know what to do. You always knew what to do. Now, I'm all alone." Vegeta cried.

You are alive. You've sent your daughter to find me so that I may help you. She is strong. It is unbelievable. Someone so young is so strong. Father would have been proud. She is nearly as strong as I am. She reached a level in 20 years that it took me decades to reach. She is truly my niece. I will train her. I'll make you proud of me. You and Father.* Vegeta thumped his fist on the table to punctuate this last declaration. He cleans up and goes back up to train with Lettuz.

The other warriors on board make preparations for their arrival on the next planet. A great blue planet appears in the window of the ship.

"We're here. We'll be landing in a few minutes," Gohan announced to the others.