Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Dragonball Gaiden: The Search for Goku ❯ Hello! Interstellar Flight to King Kai's Planet! ( Chapter 5 )

The sounds of activity outside the metallic craft cause Uub to wake from a rather deep slumber. Peering out the window he could see lights just flickering on. Oh good, they didn't have a chance to hear my snoring. The youth has nestled himself in between the back hull of the ship and a few metallic barrels full of dry goods. While he is well hidden, the area lacks any sort of comfort. Watching out the window, he notices Bulma coming into the room with a few other Capsule Corp employees and begins making the preparations for the days' festivities. It's all rather boring though, and he turns to lean back in his little burrow before catching a glimpse of FOOD. Bulma is bringing in a few trays of appetizers and a few aluminum trays with entrees to be prepared and immediately his stomach howls for breakfast. All he can do is curl back into his hiding spot and eat a cereal bar… and wait.

 

Bored to tears, Uub drifts in and out of sleep while listening to his MP3 player. It's not until he hears music playing and people shouting that he finally fully awakens again. Gazing out the window he could see the room has now been filled with people. Bulma is over against the opposite wall with all the food, serving the guests. Chi-chi and Videl appear to be helping her out with this daunting task. Goten and Trunks are playing what appears to be a Super Saiyan version of tag, and being scolded for doing so, as their harmless game was not-so-harmless on the decorations. Then, his heart almost stopped. Pan was standing off in the farthest corner from the ship, alone. She was even prettier today then she was that night at dinner, yet she looked sad. Giru was hovering around her for a while, but she shoos him away and he walks away rather-in his own mechanical way- depressed. Oh Pan. I'm sorry. I wish I could've told you about this, but I couldn't risk being caught. He placed his hand up to the glass as if to reach out and touch her. I'll be back soon… I hope. He then glances over to the other side of the room and sees Vegeta looking right at him! OH CRAP! Uub recoils back into his cubbyhole, knowing he's been caught. One, two, five minutes pass and nothing. The brave lad dares to look out the porthole once again, and sees that Vegeta hasn't moved from his spot against the far wall. Whew! I guess he was just checking out the ship and didn't notice me after all.

 

“Goodbye dear.” Bulma's eyes were tearing up as she kissed her husband goodbye. The last of the guests were shuffling out of the room as Vegeta took his place in the pilot's seat. “Here's the instruction booklet if you need it. Please try to contact me when you get there to let me know if you're OK.” Vegeta and Uub both simultaneously gained a confused look. How in the world is he… His train of thought is completely derailed as Bulma adds: “Goku used to talk to us whenever he visited King Kai. I think he has psychic powers or something.” Oh… I guess that makes sense… Uub's pace was quickening at an alarming rate as the sound of the retractable roof opening and the landing gears closing start. The engines fire up and in no time the craft is moving, bound for outer space, and hopefully Goku. OK! No turning back now! Should I jump out and surprise Vegeta? A nice image in his mind plays of himself popping out and surprising the Saiyan Prince, causing Vegeta to jump, bumping the controls and making the ship plummet back to the ground. Frantically, Vegeta tries to regain control, but he cannot read the manual that fast, and they crash.

 

Hmm… maybe if I didn't surprise him, but just let him find me here? Again, another image in his mind: This time, Vegeta reaches in to the cubbyhole and picks Uub up by the collar of the vest, eventually leading into a brawl which Uub knows the ship could not handle.

 

OK, guess it's better to play it safe and stay hidden for now. Uubs thoughts settle on his last visage. If he and Vegeta were to fight, who would win? When Uub trained with Goku many times Goku would stay Super Saiyan, and Uub could match him. Once in a while his mentor would turn up the juice, going Super Saiyan 2 and Uub could keep up for a little while before exhausting himself. Once throughout their training however, Goku went Super Saiyan 3 and Uub was clearly no match for that form's raw power, but now after joining with Mr. Buu, Uub believes he could match a Super Saiyan 2. He knows however, that the regal Saiyan is right on the borderline between Super Saiyans 2 and 3. A maxed out SS2 may be too much for him to handle, he finally decides and pushes the rest of the debate from his mind.

 

The remainder of the trip is pretty uneventful. Uub is beginning to get SEVERELY cramped in his small area, but he understands that in the end, it's for the greater good. Vegeta on the other hand, shows no signs of boredom or tiredness at all. In fact, Vegeta is awake every time Uub falls asleep, and is awake every time Uub wakes up. Does he ever sleep?! The thought was rather scary and so, the young one decides not to dwell on it. In addition, Vegeta does nothing but control the ship. No reading, no television, no music. Once a day he eats, that's about it. Speaking of eating, Uub is down to his last granola bar and he only has about one tenth of a bag of trail mix left. Crap… I hope we get there soon.

 

As if in response to his thoughts, the next day brings the two adventurers to the incredibly small planet of King Kai. Vegeta is already out of his seat and opening the staircase as the landing gears touch land. Uub waits for them to retract before hopping up from his spot and stretching his sore muscles. All in all, the entire trip took about 3 and a half days. Content that Vegeta wasn't coming back in anytime soon, Uub decides to peruse the landscape out the window, and he was surprised at what he saw. The planet is only about fifteen percent the size of the moon and all that exists on it was a small house, obviously the Kai's, an old convertible, which Uub is perplexed about, and a picnic table in the… front lawn? Vegeta is knocking on the door, and after a moment, a short blue person answers in a black robe. He is wearing small round black sunglasses and has a pair of antennae on his head. The two speak for a while, moving from the doorway to inside the house. Awww man… Now I don't know what's going on… Uub was beginning to get restless, and he rummages through the barrel closest to him for some breakfast. After his meal, he does some exercises in the small, cramped central area of the ship; then goes back to sit down by the window.

 

Shortly after nightfall Vegeta emerges from the Kai's domicile. King Kai heads him over to the classic convertible sitting outside and the Saiyan climbs in. What's he doing? A few moments later a glass dome slides over the opening of the convertible and rockets blaze from the tailpipes. What's going on? Oh no… The realization sets in too late as Uub rushes to the door of the ship in an attempt to catch the two. It's too late however, for before the youth reaches the panel, Vegeta has taken to space once more in a newer, faster transport. “No! Vegeta! Come back!” Uub screams at the sky in a vain attempt as he runs down the still descending staircase. King Kai flips his head around and his glasses almost fall off. “Now who are YOU?!” The Kai demands as a small monkey and a hovering cricket come out of the house and over to him. Damn… guess I'm caught now. Sweat beads form on the dark-skinned brow as he runs his hand through his Mohawk. “My name,” he starts nervously, “is Uub. I stowed away on Vegeta's ship because I wanted to help find Goku too.” Remembering that Vegeta just left without him causes a look of helpless depression to spread across his young face. “Did you say Uub?” King Kai walks over to the boy and begins looking him over. “So,” he chuckles a bit in between words now and then, “YOU'RE Uub, huh? You're the savior of Earth's one and only pupil… interesting.” “What?” Uub recoils in shock at this statement and stares at the short blue alien. “How do you know me?” “Hey…” The tone of the Kai's voice became a smooth, cool one, “I'm the KING. It's my job to know EVERYTHING.” Putting a blue arm around the boy's chest, he pulls Uub closer. “Don't worry about Vegeta, he's not gonna be gone THAT long. In the meantime, I have a few things of my own to teach you…”