AN: hello everyone! I'm so sorry about the tardiness of my updates but I've been very busy lately. >Glares evilly at her annoying patriotic art contest painting< Yes such, as it is I have stupidly entered the patriotic art contest and my deadline is the 3rd of January! But even though I should be painting I have written a new chapter, however short. So please enjoy!

Info on my other stories, I have been writing on each of them today except for W.C.A.T.B.I. and maybe I'll get those updated soon. I'm still having tons of problems with the lemon for Mistletoe and I don't know when ill get it done ;p! But I'm sure you are all sick of my babbling.

Oh and thanks to Jadie who suggested the name for Baruh's mate (Yasai) and honorable mentions go to V.J. (it was a hard choice between Yasai and Chrono)

Chapter 4

Conspiracies; The One For Which We seek

Four days later Bulma stood gazing serenely out the window of the golden ship at the beautiful blue orb that was the planet earth. She sighed and pulled the picture of her quarry from her pocket. She studied his face carefully. The saiyan prince, she had heard he had suffered greatly under the reign of Frieza. Yet he had caused much suffering himself, killed many people. Not that she was innocent by any means, but she believed that she had served justice to those whom she had slain. "I will avenge those he has killed in cold blood. And, she smirked, Collect a hefty bounty"

"I would not be so cocky, were I you. My Prince is not one to screw with"

Bulma glanced over her shoulder at the saiyan girl and then turned yet again to gaze out at the earth. "Neither am I."

Baruh shook her head lightly; perhaps they should have gone after her mate first. If Vegeta killed her then what good would the bounty hunter be. However, if she cannot survive Vegeta then she would have been useless to us anyways. Baruh spun around, yelling over her shoulder as she made her way to the control room. "Prepare yourself we will be entering the atmosphere in 5 minutes."

Baruh entered the control room and picked up her scouter from the table. Vegeta had rigged it so that messages could not be intercepted by just anyone. She placed it upon her ear and pressed a small button on its side. "Vegeta!" she called. Prince Vegeta can you hear me? She heard something and then a bang before she finally heard the prince reply.

"Damn it Baruh, have you any idea in hell what time it is on this mud ball!"

"Sorry sir I just thought to inform you; I am in earth's atmosphere as we speak. I've brought you a present of sorts, however I cannot deliver it to you. It will simply have to make its own way to you. I have things to deal with, and I must leave for the Planet Seria, I hear someone there had information on Yasai."

"You call me at 3 in the morning to inform me of some gift! What the hell are you going on about?"

"I've brought you a bounty hunter."

There was silence on the other end for a moment. When Vegeta decided to speak again Baruh had to pull the scouter away from her ear in pain. Woman what shit are you trying to pull! Are you trying to get me killed! Are you trying to ruin all of my plans? I would have never taken you for a traitor!

Vegeta calm down you misunderstand! Look she could be of great assistance to us; you'll see! She is well known as the Angel of Death. All you have to do is turn her to our cause, she has already promised to help me free Yasai! All I had to do was bring her to you. I knew she couldn't kill you, but still I think she could be of help if I am right in guessing her true identity.

"And you think that this 'bounty hunter' he spat "is the one we've been searching for?

"Yes, I'm certain. Everything about her seems to correspond with the description I was given."

Vegeta was silent yet again and Baruh cautiously placed the scouter closer to her ear.

"Fine, send her down lets see just how good she is. I want to see if she can locate me. Do not tell her where I am situated. Let us think of this as a field test."

Baruh smirked lightly to herself, "Yes Vegeta-sama, as you command.

Vegeta was about to turn off the scouter and go back to sleep when he recalled something. "Oh and Baruh I have received information of others being held, I want you to return here immediately following your trip to Seria!"

"Yes Vegeta-sama, it shall be done" Baruh replied smartly, she was half tempted to salute even though the prince could not see her.

A few minutes later the ship landed at a large spaceport in the eastern quadrant of the planet earth. Baruh smirked; there was no sense in making it too easy for the bounty hunter.

Bulma stepped off the ship and breathed in a deep breath. It had been so long. As loathe, as she was to admit it, she was kind of glad to be home. She turned to Baruh whom was standing just outside the entryway of the ship.

"Well bounty hunter, your on your own from here. I have things that I must attend to in space. But know this I shall return and together we shall retrieve my mate, do not forget your end of the bargain." She turned towards the ship and smiled lightly at Bulma from over her shoulder. "Bulma don't die on me" and saying that she boarded the ship.

When Bulma was out of range, the saiyan warrior fired up the ship's engines and left Bulma to her great undertaking.

"Damn her" Bulma mumbled, "How the hell am I supposed to find that bastard?"

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