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Dragon Ball Z: Daughters of Destruction - Blackdrag-rose



Rainbow Dash and Applejack are transported to a strange world, where they are raised by Beerus the Destroyer and his attendant Whis.

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Interlude: Discovery

"Ugh... it hurts to move," Goku moaned, struggling to pick himself up after pushing himself to the maximum limit of his Kaio-Ken, the fourth multiplier, twice in the same day.

"So how are you planning on fighting Vegeta if you can't get up?" Krillin asked, though he also looked over at the Saiyan, noticing that he was also out of commission for a while, "I mean, we already ate all of the Senzu Beans and I don't think Korin would give us more just so the two of you can duke it out to see whose the strongest."

"He doesn't have to," Yajirobe said, reaching into his pocket and pulling out a small bag, before pulling out two of the magical beans, "Korin usually gives me a few when I go into battle, along with the pouch I gave you earlier, though if you really want to fight each other, and kill each other, than you can have these two... I'm keeping the other one for myself."

"Great!" Goku exclaimed, though he patiently waited for Yajirobe to place the bean in his mouth before he started chewing, to which he jumped to his feet and stretched his legs, "Hey Vegeta, you want to throw a couple of punches right now?"

Vegeta stared at Kakarot for a moment, surprised that he was so eager to fight, especially after everything they went through to beat Nappa, but after a few seconds he let out a chuckle as he picked himself up and took the bean that was given to him. From what he had seen so far he guessed that Kakarot would make an excellent sparring partner, potentially even a rival for him to overcome thanks to that Kaio-Ken technique, but the thought of actually fighting someone for fun amused him. Up until this point he had been fighting for survival, be it silently planning his vengeance on Frieza, suffering through Nappa's annoying remarks, or trying to save innocent lives from the tyrants they were forced to live under.

For once he could actually test his mettle against a fellow warrior, a Saiyan like him no less, and actually see who the better fighter was... all without having to worry about survival for once.

"Sure Kakarot, just give me a few minutes," Vegeta replied, though as he tore the bean to pieces in his mouth he pulled out a small control pad, that could command both his pod and Nappa's pod, and pressed a few buttons on it, "I'm bringing both my pod and Nappa's pod to our location... maybe Applejack can find something useful in Nappa's while we fight."

"Do you really think that there will be anything worthwhile in Nappa's pod?" Applejack asked, though based on everything the oaf had said before his death she was willing to bet that there was something waiting to be discovered.

"Honestly, I have no idea," Vegeta answered, to which he tossed the small device to her, "As far as I'm concerned you and Rainbow can do whatever you want with the pod... once you've figured out if there's anything useful or not. Wouldn't want to blow up any information that might help us stop Frieza."

"Right... kind of forgot about him for a while," Rainbow commented, though at the same time Applejack helped her into a position where she could rest her back against one of the rocks, so she could see what was going on as she recovered from using the lance a second time.

"You know, speaking about forgetting something, I actually developed my own signature attack some time before Vegeta and Nappa showed up," Krillin said, to which he rubbed the back of his head for a moment as he separated himself from the group, "and, seeing how I didn't use it in battle, I guess I can show it off for a bit."

Krillin made sure that he was a good distance away from the group before holding his right hand in the air, similar to how Goku held his hands for the Spirit Bomb, but his palm was open and was facing the sky. The group watched as he concentrated on gathering his ki, just like they all did when they used their techniques, though after a few seconds of concentration a small disk appeared above his hand. A small amount of ki energy, in the form of lightning, moved out of the disk for a moment before returning to it, though after a few seconds the disk enlarged until its diameter was the entire width of Krillin's body.

He then turned away from the group for a moment as he moved his body from the right to the left an back again, though after a few seconds of the motion he threw the disk at the nearest rock pillar... which was cut in half as his attack made contact with it.

"And that's the Destructo Disk," Krillin said, letting his arm relax after gathering the small amount of ki he had used to demonstrate the attack, to which he noticed some of the others were staring at him, "What?"

"You know we could have used that to deal with Nappa while he was in his ape form," Piccolo stated, glaring at Krillin the entire time he spoke, as he was a little annoyed that the attack hadn't been brought up until this moment, "instead of having to fall back on Rainbow's lance an hope that the combination would be enough to take Nappa out."

"Look, in the heat of what was happening it slipped my mind," Krillin replied, letting out a sigh as he spotted two spherical orbs coming their way, "but in the end we succeeded and saved the world at the same time."

Vegeta didn't bother to say anything as his pod landed near where he was standing, though it did so without creating any more craters in the ground, but while Nappa's old pod did the same thing he could only glare at it. With the arrival of the pods Vegeta tapped Kakarot on the shoulder and beckoned for him to follow, to which the two of them moved away from where everyone else was resting, as he didn't want to bother them with any of their attacks. Once he had determined that they were far enough to avoid annoying anyone else he landed on one of the plateaus and dropped into his battle stance, to which Kakarot did the same across the gap from where he was standing. They stood like that for a few minutes, trying to decide who was going to attack first, though the moment they both heard something crack around them Kakarot jumped across the gap and swung his fist at Vegeta.

Applejack, seeing her friend dodge the incoming attack and reply with his own, turned her attention away from the fight and focused on the pod that was resting near where she was standing, the one that happened to be Nappa's old pod. She held up the device that Vegeta had given her and studied it, though she vaguely remembered the lessons she and Rainbow had been given in using one of the Saiyan's pods. After a few seconds she remembered what the buttons did and clicked one that was near the top, to which the pod opened before her eyes, though that was followed by an automated voice welcoming Nappa back to the pod.

"Ugh, Miss Applejack," Gohan said, walking up to the pod and staring at the inside, as the last time he had been inside one he had destroyed it in his rage, "What are you looking for?"

"You don't have to call me 'Miss'," Applejack replied, though she smiled at Gohan as she helped him into the pod, "not when we're pretty much the same age at this point. What I'm looking for is something that will tell us if Nappa sent any messages from this pod or received any from someone else, as that will help determine what we do next."

"Oh, you mean like the mail system," Gohan commented, looking around the inside of the pod for a moment, but due to his lack of understanding of a Saiyan's pod he had no idea what the mail symbol would look like, "I don't see anything useful."

"Don't worry Gohan, it took a month or two before both Rainbow and I could remember all the symbols," Applejack said, to which she shook her head for a moment, "I only wish I had my notes with me, because that would make this so much fas... oh, wait a second..."

Applejack stared at a trio of buttons, which would normally be on a Saiyan's right when they were sitting in their pod, before gently pressing the one in the middle... to which a screen appeared before their eyes. She marveled at their luck, because not only did she remember how to find the mail function of a Saiyan pod, but Nappa had apparently forgotten to log out of his own message board once he had landed on Earth. She found it somewhat odd that she remembered the symbol right when she needed it, but decided that now wasn't the time to argue with the results as she started looking at Nappa's mail.

"Let's see here," Applejack commented, starting at the bottom of the list and working her way up, eying several of the titles while she wondered why Nappa had never bothered to delete any of them in the last twenty-three years, "Several of these titles indicate that Nappa was being paid by Frieza to keep an eye on Vegeta, to see if he was an asset to his army or if he was a liability. This one at the very end, labeled 'Extinction of Planet Vegeta' seems to be Frieza thanking Nappa for allowing him to blow up the planet without any form of resistance, which confirms what he told us earlier. There are several more like that one, each labeled with a different planet listed in the place of Planet Vegeta, which means that Nappa was using Vegeta to further Frieza's empire and expand his personal wealth."

"Wait, this Frieza person paid Nappa five hundred thousand credits for the destruction of Vegeta's home planet?" Gohan asked, staring at the amount on the screen before turning his gaze to Applejack, "What's a credit?"

"Its the galactic currency that Frieza's empire uses," Rainbow spoke up, not even bothering to turn away from Vegeta's fight with Goku, though she did smile when Vegeta punched Goku in the jaw an knocked him backwards, "It works just like any currency does; you work hard to get it and then you can spend it on whatever you want, resulting in a cycle that constantly repeats itself."

"It seems that for every planet they conquered Nappa got twenty-five thousand credits," Applejack said to herself, running through the list as she searched of anything of relevance to their situation, until she got to a year ago, "Oh, this isn't good. Shortly after Raditz died, which was when Vegeta learned about the Dragon Balls, Nappa sent a message to his main contact in Frieza's army, the right hand no less, and told them everything he had learned about the wish granting spheres. A few days later he got a message that told him that, and I'm quoting it here, 'Lord Frieza will be arriving on Planet Namek in thirteen months time and would like your help in negotiating for the seven orbs once you have arrived.' The word negotiating is also highlighted in red..."

"Wait, so your telling us that this Frieza guy is on his way to Planet Namek," Krillin said, fear creeping into his voice as he imagined everything he was about to tell everyone else, "which just so happens to be the home world of both Kami and Piccolo, where he plans to slaughter the entire Namekian race so he can gather their Dragon Balls and wish for immortality?"

Before Applejack could say anything there was a crashing sound as Vegeta collided with the plateau that was to the right of the one they were on, to which she poked her head out of the pod and looked at her friend. He seemed a little worn out, which was understandable considering he had finished fighting a massive ape not thirty minutes ago and was having a fist fight with Goku. Applejack turned to the other Saiyan and noticed that he was using the Kaio-Ken again, no doubt to equal their power so they could both enjoy themselves, but she let out a sigh as Vegeta pulled himself up and returned to the fight.

"Goku seems to be enjoying himself," Piccolo commented, though he sounded a little worried, which was understandable considering the fact that Applejack just told that the entirety of his race was going to be eradicated in the near future, "but his body has to be exhausted at this point. Senzu Beans can only do so much and he's bound to hurt himself."

"He better not considering all the trouble we went through to get the Dragon Balls to revive him," a voice said, to which the assembled group turned around and spotted two newcomers, both of which happened to be young ladies that were at least twenty years old.

Applejack looked up from the pod for a moment and noticed that Gohan was looking at the one that was wearing a purple dress, while also having an orange colored cloth tied on the top and a yellow sash. Her hair was tied in a bun and had her hair coming down on the sides in two separate strips, though she was definitely concerned for Gohan's safety if the look on her face was anything to go by. The other lady was wearing a blue shirt with a white collar, which had white edges on the sleeves, as well as matching blue shorts with the edges on the bottom. Directly behind them was a previously hidden old man who had a bald head, though he had a white fu manchu mustache and beard while a pair of sunglasses covered his eyes, while at the same time he was using a wooden staff to help him walk.

Applejack noticed that Rainbow was looking up from the fight as well, as she was interested in meeting the people that the Z Warriors were friends with, though the new trio seemed more concerned for the fight that was raging in front of them.

"Roshi, I thought your sister said that the fighting was over," the lady in shorts said, though at the same time she was interested in watching what happened up close.

"At least both Gohan and Goku are safe," the other lady commented, to which she held Gohan for a moment, who had run to her while everyone else was distracted by either the fighting or their arrival, while at the same time confirming that she was his mother.

Before Applejack could say anything she heard Vegeta call out the name of his beam attack again, to which she turned and found that he was up in the air and was firing down at Goku, who seemed to be preparing his Kamehameha attack as well. The force of the two attacks connecting nearly knocked both of the ladies off of their feet, but Piccolo appeared behind the two of them and made sure that they were okay while the two Saiyans fought. It seemed that the two of them were equally matched, which was understandable considering Goku was likely using the Kaio-Ken, but in the end Vegeta was forced back by the empowered Kamehameha and crashed to the ground, though that only resulted in the two of them throwing punches and nothing else.

Applejack was surprised that the two of them were still fighting, even with as much damage they had sustained during their fight, but eventually let out a sigh as she returned to her search inside the pod.

"So, is this your pod?" the lady in shorts asked, causing Applejack to look up for a moment, "I mean, you seem to know what your doing and the controls, what I assume are the controls, respond well to your touch."

"Oh, this isn't my pod," Applejack replied, scanning the other messages that Nappa had sent, trying to figure out if she could pinpoint how far Frieza was from Planet Namek, "This pod used to belong to Nappa, the Saiyan that arrived with Vegeta, but he wanted me to check and see if I could find anything useful on it."

"Mind if I try something?" the lady asked, though the tone of her voice indicated that she was interested in learning about the foreign tech that was resting in front of her.

"I'd say yes if you knew how to operate a Saiyan pod," a voice said, to which both Vegeta and Goku walked over, though they both looked completely worn out and several pieces of their clothing happened to be completely ruined, "though I'm sure that either Applejack or Rainbow would be willing to show you how to do that, um..."

"Oh, my name is Bulma," the lady replied, though she seemed a little excited when she looked at Vegeta, as if she actually liked the way he looked and was thinking about him in some other fashion.

Before anyone else could say anything one of the lights in Nappa's pod started to light up and then dim, while at the same time the automated voice indicated that it was receiving a message from someone named 'Zarbon'.

"Oh great, now we have to deal with this," Vegeta moaned, pulling himself to his feet as he did his best to stand straight, before turning to everyone else, "Zarbon's messages are generally done with projections, which means he'll see everything around me that's within his sight... and that means you all need to hide before I acknowledge the message."

Applejack nodded and ran to her sister while everyone carefully moved themselves to a lower level of the plateau they were on, where they could listen to the message without being seen. Once they were all out of sight, and Vegeta was sure that the only thing Frieza's right hand would see if the two pods, he took a deep breath, steeled himself, and clicked the buttons that would activate the message... which was followed by a small image of a humanoid creature that had green skin and happened to be wearing a tiara of some kind.

"Vegeta! What are you doing on this secure channel?" Zarbon demanded, though his face seemed to soften into a smile when he noticed the damage that Vegeta had substained, "What in the name of Frieza happened to you? And where is Nappa?"

"The oaf is dead," Vegeta replied, slipping into his much colder persona, the one he had developed for dealing with the tyrant and his underlings, "He and I had a... disagreement... over Raditz's report on the state of the planet he had been sent to and, in a moment of confusion, the oaf attacked me and transformed into a Great Ape. The damage you see is from my fight with him, but let's just say that I killed him and leave it at that."

"He sure did a number on you," Zarbon commented, his smile widening as he looked over Vegeta's body, "it almost looks like your on death's door as well. I wouldn't be surprised if you died in the next few hours."

"Oh trust me, it takes more than an empowered moron to take down the Prince of the Saiyan race," Vegeta smugly stated, once again hating himself for even having to say the sentence like that, though he had developed this persona for Frieza and had to play along for now, "though you may want to edit Raditz's reports on the planet known as Earth."

"And why do you say that?" Zarbon asked, though Vegeta already knew that all he could see at the moment was a broken wasteland that had a variety of areas that were damaged.

"Just look at the area around me, its a desolate wasteland," Vegeta coldly replied, adding in a growl to indicate that he believed Zarbon was blind, again playing the role he had developed, "Planet Earth is a desolate wasteland that no one wants, with no people to rule over and no known resources to mine out... so its not worth keeping track of anymore."

"I see," Zarbon commented, though there was the sound of some keys being pressed, indicating that they weren't alone thanks to the people who were working under Zarbon at the moment, "Anyway, back to the matter at hand; Lord Frieza had ordered that you and Nappa were to join him on Planet Namek in six months time, to liberate the planet's Dragon Balls from their owners, but you said that your companion is dead. I shall amend the orders myself; you are to report to Frieza Planet 79 and heal your injuries, then get back in your pod and meet up with us on Planet Namek. Once you have arrived either Dodoria or I will contact you with your assignment... and maybe Frieza will release you from your contract once he has what he wants."

"Whatever," Vegeta replied, indicating that he was indifferent to the order he had been issued, which was his normal response to Frieza's orders, but it would tell Zarbon that nothing was wrong.

"You certainly haven't changed at all," Zarbon remarked, to which he let out a sigh, though that was followed by one of his underlings doing something that caught his attention, "Very well, we have changed the report that Raditz sent us and have changed Nappa's status... and we'll be seeing you on Planet Namek whenever you arrive."

Vegeta stared at the pod as the message finally ended, though to be on the safe side he reached into the pod and flipped a button on the inside, which caused the entire pod to power down until someone pressed the button on the device he handed Applejack earlier.

"Does this mean you'll be leaving Earth?" Applejack asked, stepping out from where she and the others had been hiding the entire time, though she hated the thought of her friend leaving so soon after finally reuniting with him.

"For now," Vegeta replied, letting out a sigh as he turned back to the group, who were busy pulling themselves out of their hiding place, "I don't know how much time I bought you with all the lies I told Zarbon, but for now he, and the rest of Frieza's forces, think that this planet is a desolate wasteland that isn't worth wasting their time with. Rainbow, Applejack, and Kakarot, the three of you should train yourselves for the fight of your lives, because its only a matter of time until they come here looking for the Dragon Balls..."

"I'm not about to let them wipe out the Namekian race," Piccolo growled, clearly annoyed by the thought of a galactic tyrant hunting down the other members of his race and killing them to gain immortality, even though he had no knowledge or memories of his race and planet.

"Oh trust me, I won't let them do that either," Vegeta said, looking at his friends for a moment, before letting out a sigh, "I'll let you keep Nappa's pod and see if you can use it in some way to get to Namek... and I'll try my best to sabotage Frieza's efforts until I can figure out a way to prevent him from using the Dragon Balls."

"Then we'll see you when we arrive on Namek," Applejack replied, though both she and Rainbow threw their arms around their friend for a few seconds.

Both of the girls were happy that their friend was alright, though they were worried that he was getting in over his head, as their father had told them to not engage in a battle with Frieza unless they were forced into one. Going to Namek meant that they would have to eventually fight the tyrant, though they both knew that, at their current level of power, they would be killed by anyone that was stronger than Vegeta was. They needed to get stronger before they even thought about going to Namek, though the only person they could think of that could help them was the person who trained Goku.

Applejack also knew that she and Rainbow would need to eventually find someplace to live if they were to remain on this planet and live a somewhat normal life until their father woke up from his nap, though she knew that, for the moment, that one of the Z Warriors would likely take them in until they were the age to get their own place.

"I"ll see you in six weeks," Vegeta said, eventually breaking out of the hug and slipping into his own pod, to which he cast one last look at the assembled group, "Train hard and use your time effectively... because your going to need to be at your peak level for even the lowest of Frieza's forces."

Rainbow, Applejack, Krillin, Gohan, and Piccolo nodded for a moment, as the five of them knew that Vegeta was talking to them, before Vegeta sealed the lid to his pod and shot up into the sky, leaving Earth behind.

"So can I study the pod?" Bulma asked, turning her attention to the pod that was left behind, though it was clear that she was talking to Applejack, as she knew the controls better than anyone else at the moment, "I'll even let the two of you use one of the spare rooms at my place until you find a permanent residence."

"Actually, I just heard from King Kai again," Goku said, which explained why he hadn't said much during Vegeta's departure, "He wants to train the girls, and Piccolo, before they leave for Namek... only I have no idea how to get there when your not dead."

Applejack had a pretty good idea of how to get there, as she was certain that they could ask Mr. Popo to use his carpet to get them to wherever this King Kai was. She was also reluctant to hand over the pod to Bulma, who seemed to know what she was doing with machines, but decided that she could at least give her a list of the symbols and what each one meant so she didn't accidentally blow the pod up. Even as she thought about it she guessed that training with King Kai would naturally boost the skills that they currently had, while no doubt giving them some time to potentially pick up some new abilities... like the Kaio-Ken.

Applejack looked over at Rainbow and they both grinned for a moment, because despite the terrible news they had learned, about the fate of their friend's home world and his race, their adventures with the Z Warriors were only just starting... and it didn't look like they would be stopping anytime soon.

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