Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Requiem for Vegeta-sei ❯ 15 ( Chapter 15 )

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Homini turned to see who dared call her that. Behind her was something she never expected to see especially on Earth: A Namek. It was a very mean looking one at that. Considering the believed extinct species of aliens were supposed to be peace-loving and gentle farmers, the specimen behind her was quite a shock.

"Who are you? And how do you know who I am?" The dark-haired girl spat at the imposing green figure.

"Calm down, kid," he said stepping towards her. "I'm Piccolo and it was just a wild guess."
The young Saiyan looked at him incredulously.

"Well, combine that with the fact that you have a tail."
Homini started to realize that the Namek was not trying to start something. She took that opportunity to satisfy her curiosity. "So what is a Namek doing on Planet Earth when Freiza supposedly killed all of them?"
"He did kill most of them but they were brought back to a different planet," the green one explained. "As for me, I was born here."

"Oh," the girl said growing quiet. She looked down at her broken scouter again. Without its enhanced functions, such as maps, she probably could not get back to Capsule Corps very easily. "So, Piccolo-san, do you know where Capsule Corps is?"
"Yes," he said smirking. "But I'm not going to take you there. You'll have to find it yourself."

"Listen here, you big green jerk!" The young woman growled. She stood up to face the much larger alien. "You are making me mad enough to start destroying this pathetic planet."
"Highly unlikely," Piccolo said loosing his smirk and becoming serious. "I could stop you right now without much effort. But you wouldn't know that since your little toy is broken."
Homini growled. She turned on her heels and started to walk away. A deep chuckle reached her ears but she tried to ignore it.

"Where are you going now?"
"I'm going to find my own way back."
"I never said that I wouldn't help you," the Namkian warrior said quite amused. "I was going to offer to show you how to find it yourself without the scouter."

Turning to look at the tall, green being again, Homini glared. "And how would I do that?"
"Vegeta is there, correct?"

"Yes."

"Then all you have to do is sense his ki and go in that direction. It's very simple."
"Simple for you. I can't sense ki."
"Then I'm going to have to teach you that, too," Piccolo said.

The next couple of hours were spent with Piccolo teaching Vegeta's daughter. She was a quick learner and a hard working student. Soon she could tell with help distinguishing who was who, where her father was, Trunks, Gohan, and Goku. She was then tested by her teacher to see if she could sense his movements with her eyes closed. Soon they were lightly sparring to see if she could follow a moving target with her eyes closed.

"You're doing well but you still need to practice," Piccolo stated dryly ending the spar. They had not been trying to hurt each other, just trying to get Homini to land a hit.

"I'm going to need a lot of practice," the girl said almost despondently. "I don't even know how strong everyone is here even though now I can sense them."

"That is because they are hiding their power," he explained starting to sound a lot like Kami giving a sermon. "We have found that it is best if we don't broadcast how strong we really are to avoid trouble. Right now, you're like a flashing billboard screaming 'here I am, fight me!'"

"Hiding is for cowards!"
"We're not hiding," the Namek stated while a smirk crept on his face. "We're just not boasting about our power."

"Ok, O wise one…how do lower my ki so I'm not boasting about my power?"

"Just start by pushing down you ki. Suppress it as far as you can…good…keep it going. I should barely be able to tell you from the rest of the humans…"

"Don't group me with humans. They are a weak species."

"Pheh. In my life I have determined that there are very few differences between humans and Saiyans: Tails and appetites."

Homini rolled her eyes at the other alien. "Thanks for sharing your infinite wisdom, sensei," the girls said only somewhat sarcastically. It was the close she had ever come to actually thanking anyone.

"Now don't start with the 'sensei' shit. Gohan still calls me Mr. Piccolo just to annoy me. I don't need another Saiyan brat starting," Piccolo complained jokingly.

"Well, it's been fun, but I should be getting back. They'll probably think I dropped off the face of this planet since I'm hiding."

Using her new technique, the Saiyan princess found her way back to her father's home. She kept her broken scouter though. Laying it on the dresser in the room she was staying, she caught a glimpse of herself in the mirror. She almost growled; she did look almost human. If it were not for her tail, one would not be able to tell that she was not on of the annoying earthlings. I wonder if those half-lings have tails? Wait a minute, where's Vegeta's tail?

Homini's eyes got wide as she realized that her father was lacking his tail. She wrapped her tail tighter around her waist. She did not know how he had lost his but she was not losing hers. She determined that she had to find out how he lost it because the other full-blooded Saiyan did not have one either. She was afraid that someone would try to remove hers with or without her permission. She had to find her father and ask him. Quickly exiting her room, the girl ran right into something small that just fell backwards. Before Homini could even figure out what she ran into, whatever it was started crying loudly!