Four days later

Krillin groaned, "We're just going to have to take a chance, Chidori! We can't waste anymore time. We should be almost there."

"You really think Vegeta won't find us?" she was worried he'd come up on them by happenstance again. They had bad luck, after all. Were they really far enough away?

"You kidding? Not from this distance. We gotta be too far away for him to sense us form this far!"

"Okay then! Let's do it!" If Krillin was confident then why shouldn't she be?

"Alright!" they blasted off and Krillin laughed, "Whooo! At this rate we'll be there in under an hour!"

Meanwhile, though, Vegeta had been carefully sensing for them, using his instincts and whatever patience he had left to wait for them to lower their guard.

But suddenly, he snapped open his eyes and grinned, "It's about damn time"

He stood up and stretched, "I might as well take one ball with me. So maybe if that woman comes and gets these dragon balls, they still wouldn't have all of them." He nodded to himself and picked one up.

Without a second thought, he blasted off towards them.

Chi and Krillin were nearing the mountain where the elder was housed and Krillin laughed, "Look Chidori! There it is! We made it!"

Chidori laughed with him, "HAHAH! Alright! We so got this!"

Their cheer was abrubtly cut short, however, and they both stopped with nothing but fear in their eyes. 

Krillin gulped, "No way! Chidori! It's Vegeta! He found us!"

Chidori shuddered, "You said we were far enough away! What should we do!?"

Krillin breathed in deep and threw his pack to the ground, "You go to the great elders to get stronger! I'll hold off Vegeta for as long as I can!"

"But Krillin-!"

"Chidori, go now!"

"But if you die, I can't do this alone!"

"Don't argue! Just go!" Krillin didn't want to acknowledge her words even if he feared they might be true.

Reluctantly, Chidori did as she was told and flew off as quickly as she could to the great elder's temple. When she reached it, Dende was there waiting for her along with a taller Namek that resembled Piccolo and a much larger Namek that looked very old.

"Um . . . hello? Sirs? My friend said that you could make me stronger? Krillin?"

The great elder Guru chuckled lightly at her light words as Dende led her up to him, "Yes child.  . . ." he breathed deeply with much effort, "He was correct in that assumption. Come here small one and I shall help you. You don't seem to have much time left"

"Wh-what?" but none of them would answer her.

Chidori slowly came forwards to the great elder's side, "My, my" he seemed surprised, "You're no mere Earthling are you? This tremendous latent power. It's astonishing."

Chidori blinked up at him and the guru placed a hand on her head. His touch was odd but it reminded her of Piccolo and her father. Kind . . . if not a bit aloof in the grand scheme of things.

The younger adult Namek snapped his gaze to the outside, "He's here. I'll go distract him from interrupting."

He walked out but just as he did, the Guru released Chidori's latent energy and even she couldn't believe it!

'Oh wow! So much power! I'm just as powerful as Vegeta was when he was on Earth! This is amazing!'

Just outside, Vegeta felt her power skyrocket, not realizing who it was, "What's going on!? Who's in there!? Is Kakarrot here?! Come out you coward!" he shouted mindlessly, "Come out and fight! Be a man you worthless piece of crap!"

Vegeta's face was priceless though when a small girl walked out of the hut, looking ready to fight with all she had. Vegeta blinked with a twitching eye, "What?! That was you?!"

Without any warning, though, the saiyan warrior smirked, 'What an astonishing development this has become'

"But you're still not as strong as me, kid. Not as I am now. You thought whatever you just did made a difference?"

Chidori blinked, a little crushed by his words, 'Crap. He's right'

Without a second more, Dende popped out of the temple looking fearful, "Guys! The great elder says there is a great force of power approaching Namek!"

Krillin shot his gaze up at the sky. Now that Dende said that, he could feel it too, "He's right! I feel it too! It must be Goku!" he grinned. He was so sure of it!

Chidori narrowed her eyes, though with suspicion, "But Krillin. . . . . It feels as if there's more than one"

Vegeta suddenly freaked out, having sensed them all as well.

"Oh god, not them! One . .two . .three . .four. . five! Dammit! It's the Ginyu Force! That coward, Frieza called them?!"

Chidori tilted her head, "The what force?"

Vegeta suddenly grabbed Chidori by her gi, "Give me the dragon ball! Now!"

Chidori saw the fear in Vegeta's eyes but she decided to remain silent and Vegeta growled with impatience, "I swear I'll leave you all in peace if you do! Do it or we'll all be too late!"

Krillin shouted behind them, "Hey let her go! You really think we're going to fall for your little act? I know you think we're stupid but come on!"

Vegeta growled monstrously, "You idiots! You have no idea! Every single one of the Ginyu force is stronger than me! And there are FIVE of them! They'll find your ball with their scouters and come to kill us all!"

"No way . . . Y-you're lying" Krillin couldn't believe it and Chidori was busy thinking.

'Would Vegeta really act all scared to fool us? I don't think so. He's too proud' And the more panicked he became, the more she believed him.

Nail, the young adult Namek, joined in the conversation, "He could be telling the truth. I do feel five evil powers"

"We need to make me immortal so we can defeat them! Hurry! Let's go!" Vegeta's sudden change in attitude was throwing them all in a whiplash but Krillin feared the worst.

The bald human still wouldn't budge, "We could make Chidori immortal!"

Chidori flinched, not liking that idea at all, "Me?! No way! I don't want to be immortal! Krillin, I think Vegeta is telling the truth. He wouldn't act like this if he weren't. I say we should do things his way."

Vegeta smiled at her, "That a girl! I knew you had to be smarter than your oaf of a father!"

Chidori pretended not to hear that part.

"But then we came all the way here for nothing! Our friends. What about Piccolo, Chi? The whole reason you came here with us, you said was to wish him back to life!"

Dende spoke up, "Um. . . . The dragon balls here can grant you three wishes."

They all looked shocked and Krillin was dumbfounded, "Seriously?! Three?! REALLY!?"

Chidori's heart felt like it'd explode and she shouted, "Then it's settled! We wish Vegeta immortal and then we can still wish our friends back, Krillin!" her tail twitched and swung around excitedly.

Vegeta, however, was losing his patience, "Well what are we waiting for then!? Let's go!"

Krillin glared at him, "You better keep your promise" Not that they all had much of a choice, though.

With that they all blasted off to the crevice where they left Bulma and the dragon ball.

Chidori, however, only had one thought in her head, 'Dad's not going to be happy when he gets here'

They were flying as fast as they could to get to the dragon ball that Krillin and Chidori had left with Bulma. They needed to get to that dragon ball so they could join it with the others that Vegeta had. Chidori was nervous and her nerves were only getting worse as they felt the Ginyu force's power landing on Namek.

"Hey Vegeta?"

"What, brat?!" his voice was harsh but Chidori wasn't perturbed.

"So what exactly are we up against?"

Vegeta was silent for a few seconds before answering, "The Ginyu Force. There are five of them who are all loyal to Frieza. They each have their own abilities and strength that is far greater than mine. Even currently. I wouldn't even doubt that the four of them are even three to five times stronger than I am right now."

Krillin noticed his mistake, "Four? But you said there were five of them!"

"I am not counting the one because he's a pathetic excuse for a warrior at all! You'll meet them soon enough! Just concentrate on getting to the Dragon Ball!"

They were silent again until they finally reached the crevice where Bulma was hiding, "There it is!" Chidori shouted.

They landed quickly as Krillin was untying the dragon ball that was attached to Bulma's foot by rope.

"What the hell, you guys?!" Bulma shouted at them, "What's going on?!"

Krillin had no time, "We'll fill ya in later! Just hold tight Bulma!" With that they all took off again leaving Bulma in a terrified silence.

"Was that Vegeta with them?" she whimpered. She wished people would tell her what was going on, sometimes. . . . .

Now it was Vegeta who was in the lead, not wasting any time getting to his hideout.

A few seconds later Chidori sensed it, "Vegeta! They're on their way towards us!"

Vegeta growled, "Just ignore it and fly faster! We're almost there! Hurry!"

Krillin whimpered, "They're so fast"

Vegeta growled nervously.

'Wow, these guys must be terrifying if Vegeta's nervous' Chidori gulped.

Finally they made it to Vegeta's hideout with the dragon balls sitting in a crevice hiding away, "Alright! We made it! Hurry it up! We got to make the wish! Now!"

Chidori was about to run towards him when Krillin stopped her with an angry look on his face. It was clear he still didn't trust him.

Vegeta noticed the hesitation, though, and shouted, "What are you doing?! The Ginyu force will be here any second! Hurry up and bring the ball over here!"

"How do we know you'll keep your promise to us?" Krillin glared him down and Vegeta was about to lose it.

"Are you fucking serious right now!? You have bigger things to worry about than ME at the moment!"

Chidori flickered her tail nervously and pleaded with her friend, "Krillin! We don't have time! They're coming! We just have to trust him!"

Krillin looked to be in anguish, weighing one option against the other.

"Baldy! Listen to her! Hurry up! We don't have time!"

"Krillin!" Chidori shouted.

"Okay fine!" Krilling finally gave in and was about to toss it to Vegeta when a giant purple man suddenly landed in front of Vegeta.

"Shit!" Vegeta backed off to stand in front of Krillin and Chidori, a crushed expression in his voice, "We were too late"

Krillin grit his teeth, "Dammit . . I . . ."

Chidori swat her tail against Krillin's arm, "Way to go"

"Vegeta" the purple man smirked, "What a pleasant surprise. Frieza said you had gone AWOL but I just couldn't believe it myself. Looks like we came just in time with the new scouters, eh?"

Other strange looking aliens landed beside their captain. Chidori whimpered at their power, 'Vegeta wasn't kidding. They're monsters'

Vegeta smirked, though, his pride not letting him be afraid, "Can your precious scouters track these balls?"

Without warning, Vegeta threw the ball he had as far as he could. But Chidori shuddered at the sudden speed one of the aliens used and as fast as Vegeta threw it, the ball was in the hands of the tall blue man. He wore a smirk on his face, "Here ya go captain" he handed it to Ginyu politely.

Vegeta was in shock, "What?! But I threw it as hard as I could!"

Ginyu smirked, "You forget that Burter, here, is the fastest in the universe, Vegeta."

Vegeta was starting to losing his cool as he twisted behind him to the others, "Baldy! Destroy the ball! Now! We don't have a choice!"

Krillin was reluctant at first but nodded in understanding, "It's the only way!" he drew his hand down to break it when suddenly it wasn't even in his hands anymore. Instead it was in the small green four eyed alien's.

Chidori flinched, "What happened!? I didn't see anything!"

Vegeta growled hopelessly, "Guldo. So the rumors were true. He can momentarily stop time"

Krillin wanted to pass out, "What?! Are you kidding me!? Don't you think that might have been something you could have mentioned before?!"

"Oh, quite your whining! I wasn't sure he could really do it!"

Ginyu cleared his throat, "If you two are done bickering with each other, Frieza ordered us to gather the dragon balls. He didn't say that we couldn't kill any of you. So guess what Vegeta? You and your little friends are going to participate in a little game with my fellow comrades here. Gentlemen. Choose your opponents."

"Vegeta!" all of them shouted and growled at each other.

The red alien, Jeice, popped up with an idea, "Oh, I got it! Let's Rock, paper, scissors for it!"

Vegeta backed off smoothly with Chidori and Krillin, "They're going to treat this like a game. I can't believe I'm asking this but when is Kakarrot going to get here?"

Chidori popped up, "He should be here soon! Any minute I hope"

Krillin nodded, "I thought he'd be here already to be honest."

"Well let's hope you're right" Vegeta frowned, "We're going to need all the help we can get"

When the group was finished with their game, Recoome, the big beefy oaf, shouted with excitement, "Alright! I get Vegeta! Hahah!"

Guldo growled, "Dammit, I get the runts"

Chidori lost her temper and her tail bushed out, "Who you calling runt ya midget!"

Krillin grabbed her suddenly and clapped a hand over her mouth, "Are you crazy?! Shut up! You only make things worse!"

She struggled and glared with raging hot fury, wanting to pummel the guy.

He sweat-dropped, "Oh, Chi. You certainly got your mother's temper, didn't you?"

She was still struggling against her friend, wanting to give that green blob a 'piece of her mind'. 

Ginyu chuckled at the girl's feisty attitude, "Now if I didn't know any better, I'd say that little girl over there's is a saiyan. Isn't that right Vegeta?"

"What, genius?" Vegeta smirked, "Does the tail give it away?"

Vegeta suddenly grasped the girl's tail as she freed herself from Krillin so she wouldn't run after Guldo, "I'm gonna kill him!"

Vegeta squeezed her tail to tug her backwards and answered Ginyu, "Of course she is. Can't you tell by her feisty nature alone?" although he wouldn't admit it out loud he was actually sort of proud that the girl was so ready to fight.

Ginyu smirked, "Guldo. Make sure to kill the girl. No Saiyans left alive, remember?"

Guldo chortled, "Of course Captain!"

With that, the captain took off with the dragon balls leaving his troops behind to take care of the trash, as he so nicely dubbed them.

Chidori was still angry but flinched back into reality when Vegeta snapped his fingers in front of her face, "Hey now listen up! You two are going up against Guldo. He has psychic abilities and his main one is to stop time. He can also use telekinetic powers as well, so make sure to be moving fast so he can't catch you, alright?"

Chidori kept glaring at the green blob and Vegeta gripped her hair painfully to make her look at him, "Alright?!"

Chidori nodded, "Got it"

Vegeta let her go and slapped her back, "Get ready. You too, Baldy"

With that, Chidori and Krillin stood side by side in front of Vegeta, ready to fight with all they had. Guldo stood before them with a hideous smirk on his face.

Krillin nudged Chidori, "Hey Chi. Now's the time to let it all go, kid. So release all of your power, alright?"

Chidori nodded and all at once both Krillin and Chidori released their power, shocking the Ginyu force. 

Jeice hummed, his heavy accent bleeding through, "So they can hide their power eh? Oh well. Guldo can still take care of them."

Suddenly Chidori disappeared, though, and Guldo frantically held his breathe, therefore stopping time. He flinched back when the girl was directly in front of him, teeth bared like a wild animal, 'Gah! She's faster than I thought! Oh! But where did the other one go now!? He was just there!'

He looked around in a panic only to find Krillin straight above him, 'Oh geez! They're so fast! I better hide before I can't hold my breath any longer!'

He quickly ran over behind a rock to hide before letting his breathe go. They were surprised when he was gone but it was just a sudden second later when Chidori found his power level hiding behind the rock, "Over there!" they disappeared again and Guldo stopped time again only for them to be even close to him than before.

'Dammit! I can't keep this up! They're too fast!' he hid again and le this breath go only for Chidori to come blasting for him again!

He held his breath, 'Can they somehow sense my power level?! Dammit! I can't stop time anymore so I'll just have to use my other technique then'

Finally he let it go again and once again Krillin and Chidori came barreling after him.

Guldo bounced out of hiding and shouted strangely.

Then they noticed it. They couldn't move.

"Dammit!" Krillin grit, "Vegeta was right. We can't move! He used a sort of kinetic thing on us!"

Chidori struggled and moved all she could but found that Krillin was right. They couldn't move. They were doomed. She felt panic well up inside of her. She let her anger get the better of her when she should have strategized more.

Guldo laughed, "What now, huh?! What are you going to do?!" he used his telekinesis abilities to chop down a tree and sharpen it like a toothpick, "Who dies first, huh!?"

Chidori whimpered a little as Guldo set his sights on her, "How about you, Monkey runt? Time to wipe out the species indefinitely! Starting with you!"

Chidori expressed her anger but felt the hopelessness overwhelm her. There was nothing she could do.

'I'm going to die?' she thought to herself, 'Like this? And I didn't even get to see daddy one last time. . . . At least I'll see Piccolo, though, I guess'

Krillin screamed as Guldo tossed the tree towards her.

But suddenly she felt herself able to move again and obviously Krillin felt it too, blasting towards her and he pushed her away from the tree just in time. They landed on the ground with a slight bounce. Chidori snapped her head around to see what had happened only to find Vegeta standing over Guldo's body.

She gulped as she realized he had decapitated the green blob. Vegeta smirked as he blasted the head into nothingness.

Chidori got up and ignored Krillin's warning words as she ran up to Vegeta, "You saved us! Thank you so much!"

Vegeta glared at her, "No. I saw an opening and I took it. That's all"

Chidori smirked at him, 'Sure' she thought.

Vegeta gazed back at the Ginyu force, "What you two went through was nothing. Now the real hell begins."

Recoome stepped forwards, "Oh, Guldo's dead? Oh well! Now it's my turn! YAY! Hey Vegeta! I'm gonna kill you! Hahah!"

Chidori raised an eyebrow, "Is he  . . . .  a bit slow?"

Vegeta couldn't help but to smirk a little, "Yes. But don't let that fool you. He's stronger than you know. A monster."

Chidori looked up at him, "But you can handle him. Right?"

Vegeta's face was blank as he looked down at her innocent eyes. He grinned whilst puffing out his chest, "Of course I can! Now back off brat! You're about to see a real fight now!"

She did as she was told and backed over to where Krillin stood as Vegeta powered up to his full potential, "Rrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The rage-filled Saiyan blasted off towards Recoome, landing vigorous hit after hit until he threw him into a boulder, "Grrrrrrrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhh! Galick Gun! Fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeee!" a heavy chi blast basically destroyed the boulder and everyone was shell shocked into silence.

It was over so quickly, Krillin and Chidori didn't even have time to really blink.

Chidori gulped, "Did. . . did he win?"

Krillin gaped, "Damn! You got to admire that evil creep. At least he's on our side!"

Chidori laughed at first but then shuddered, "Wait! I feel it! Vegeta, look out!!"

The dust cleared to reveal the large monster grinning in a strange pose, "Hahahaha! Nice try Vegeta! But it's my turn now! Recoooooome! Kick!"

Vegeta's eyes widened in horror as Recoome rushed forwards so fast and kicked him in the jaw.

Chidori shouted, "Vegeta!"

But the Saiyan merely bounced back and tried to attack again. 

Chidori grit her teeth, 'Krillin's right. Vegeta's a lot of things and admirable is pretty much at the top of the list right now! But he can barely get out of the way'

Nothing was working though. It was all Vegeta could do to dodge and getaway from the dumb beast. 

Chidori's heart raced.

Could Vegeta really win at this point?

She sort of doubted now . . . . . .

Their only hope was her dad and when he'd arrive. 

Hopefully soon.