Dende suddenly had an epiphany! His previous sorrows suddenly filled with hope and joy, "I have an idea!"

Everyone looked at him.

"We can go to the Great Elder! He can help us! The Great Elder is Namek's leader. If anyone can help it'll be him!"

Krillin scratched his head, "Really? But what can he do?"

Dende looked a little frustrated but continued to smile, "The Great Elder has great power and he himself wields a dragon ball as well. That's what you're after, right? I'm sure the Great Elder would rather let you guys have it than the bad guys!"

Chidori suddenly bounced up with new found excitement, "Really?! You're sure? Then come on! Let's go! We're wasting time!"

Krillin stopped her mid-flight by grabbing her tail, "No Chi! You stay here with Bulma. I'll go get the dragon ball with Dende."

"Uh! But why?!" she whined.

"Because if any of those freaks come here, I'll be screwed!" Bulma screeched and begged the child, "Chidori! Please?"

Chidori groaned but nodded, "Alriiiiiight."

Krillin ruffled her hair and set off with Dende towards the Great Elders. Chidori plopped on the ground again and laid on her back in utter defeat. She craved a battle.

'When will I get to fight? It's not fair! I need to prove myself! And I can't do that here all cooped up in a cave protecting Bulma. She doesn't need my protection! She can hide in the cave! Geez'

Some time later

"Beep! Beep! Beep!" 

Chidori's acute hearing could hear the soft noise of the dragon radar.

"Hey Bulma . . . "

Her blue-haired aunt figure looked up from her magazine, "Yeah? What is it, kid?"

"The dragon radar is going off. What's happening? Did Krillin get the dragon ball? Do you think he's close?"

Bulma took out her radar to check and see what was happening," Hey yeah, it could be him. There's one dragon ball coming fast at us where Krillin and Dende left!"

"Awesome! That's great!"

Bulma suddenly didn't look as thrilled, "Hm. That's weird."

"What?" Chidori ran around her to look at the radar herself, "What's happening?"

"That Dragonball that was at that village Vegeta was at a bit ago. It's still there"

Chidori tilted her head, "You mean he didn't take it?"

"I don't know" the genius confessed.

"Maybe the villagers hid it away?" Chidori suggested.

Bulma hummed and shrugged her shoulders, "Hmmm. Possibly."

The half saiyan girl grinned, "I could go and get it then we'd have two dragon balls!"

Bulma gasped, "I don't think so, Chi! What if Vegeta is still there guarding it?!"

She smirked, "Then I'll just disguise my power level and leave without him seeing me! Please Bulma!" she begged, using the puppy eyes that always worked on Piccolo, "Let me just take the radar and check it out. Please? I'll be right back!"

Bulma gave in. Her big sweet eyes always worked, "Oh Alright. But get back as soon as you can, alright?"

She gave Chidori the radar and the little girl grinned, "Don't worry! I'll be back before Krillin ever finds out!"

With that, she took off like a bullet but made sure that her power-level wouldn't be detected.

Meanwhile, Vegeta had stolen the Dragon Balls that Frieza had and hid them away. Now he was after Krillin who was on his way back to Bulma and the cave. He had spotted his energy and went straight for it like a hound dog. 

Chidori landed on the ground at the village that Vegeta had pillaged.

She looked around, 'I wonder where the dragon ball is?' she ignored all the dead bodies around her and returned her gaze to the radar, following it until she came to the edge of the small island.

'Huh? It's underwater? Then did the villager's throw it under so that Vegeta couldn't find it?'

She dived in and found the ball easily, swimming back up to the surface with it, "Gah! Wow! I can't believe it! That was so easy! We finally have a dragon ball! Alright!" she cheered happily to herself.

Chidori blasted out of the water and flew on her way back to Krillin and Bulma, cackling all the way.

'But now we just have to get the other dragon balls and that won't be easy. I wonder if Krillin got one too, though? Then we'd have two! Gosh! This is so exciting! I can't wait to wish Piccolo back to life! I miss him so much!'

She sighed as she remembered her training, thinking back with a sad smile, 'He wasn't very outward with his emotions but at least he paid attention to me to an extent. He taught me so much! I can't let him down!'

With that, she blasted off into the air with the dragon ball and the dragon radar in her hands and a big smile on her face, 'Just you wait, Mr. Piccolo! It won't be long now, I promise!'

Meanwhile Vegeta had a similar grin on his own face as he cupped his own dragon ball under his arm. After defeating Dodoria, his next encounter had been Zarbon who unfortunately to Vegeta's memory, beat the crap out of him.

 Zarbon had left him to die at first but soon returned on Frieza's orders. That's when Vegeta awoke in the Healing Tanks and blasted the ship, creating distractions therefore stealing and throwing Frieza's five dragon balls out the window. 

Only some time later just as Chidori was going after Vegeta's other dragon ball underwater, Vegeta sensed Krillin's energy as he was blasting back to the cave with a renewed power from the Guru Dende had taken him to.

Vegeta had been merciful. 

After killing Zarbon, he held a permanent sadistic grin on his face and Krillin had no choice but to give him the other dragon ball that he had received from the Guru.

Vegeta had taken off back to get the dragon ball that he had sunk in the water after destroying the village. 

And he was heading straight for Chidori.

Vegeta grinned with all his might, "Hahahaha! Nothing can stop me now! I'll finally get my wish for immortality! And then Frieza won't dare to be able to stop me!"

Meanwhile with Chidori, "I can't wait! We're so close! As long as we have one dragon ball until dad gets here there's no way we can lose!"

Suddenly Vegeta felt an enormous power level heading straight for him and Chidori halted, sensing Vegeta's own power coming straight for her. After sensing each other, however, they both at different plans.

"Oh crap!" she shouted to herself, "It's Vegeta! Dang it! I should have been more careful! Crap, crap, crap!"

She blasted again down below behind a small boulder and shuddered as the saiyan halted in the sky above her. 

Chidori gulped, 'Does he know I'm down here? Earlier he thought our power was a fish. I could get lucky. . . I could, right?!'

"I know you're around here somewhere whoever you are! You have until the count of three to get out and show yourself!"

Chidori gulped, remembering that her mother used to use that trick on her, 'He won't really do that will he? What's he going to do? Blow this place up?'

"Come out or I'll level this place to the ground!"

'Dammit!'

"One!"

Chidori grit her teeth with fear, 'What should I do?! I can't just pop out with the dragon ball with me!'

"Two!"

'Dammit! Dammit! Dammit! I have no choice!'

"Come out you coward!"

She snapped. If there was one thing she hated, it was being called a coward!

She plopped the dragon ball on the ground and jumped up on the boulder, "Who are you calling a coward you big jerk?!"

Vegeta blinked down at the little girl. He was shocked. This was who was hiding from him?

He suddenly belted out a laugh, "Hah! Well if it isn't Kakarrot's brat! I thought you might be here, too, if your pathetic earthling friends were as well!"

Chidori instantly regretted coming out, gaping at him, "You know they're here?!"

Vegeta landed in front of her and she backed away only slightly, looking up at him. The Saiyan Prince snorted and taunted her a little, "Where do you think I got this dragon ball from?"

"You killed them?!" she instantly got into a battle stance which made Vegeta chuckle again.

"No. But I could go back and do that if you want~" he teased

She froze and blinked at him in a confused manner, "So you didn't kill them?"

Vegeta grinned and shook his head, "No. I was in too good of a mood after I acquired ALL of the dragon balls"

She swallowed, "All?"

Vegeta ignored her question and spoke again, "Is your father here on the planet, too?"

She looked away, unable to look him in the eyes, "No. He was hurt too bad"

"And he let his only daughter come her alone with two meager Earthlings?" his voice was filled with joy. This could be his chance to sway her on his side.

Chidori growled, "No! He didn't want me to come but like he could've stopped me!"

Vegeta chuckled, "You're a rebellious little creature aren't you? It seems you pick up more from your Saiyan side than human, hm?"

Vegeta squat down to her height and she twitched back again, flicking her tail around in absolute fear. He was closer than she liked by FAR but he didn't seem to care. He didn't seem menacing, though, at the moment. Just curious.

Vegeta lightly took her tail in his hand and pet it with his gloved thumb causing Chidori to remain completely still in her terror, 'What's he going to do? Oh Kami, please don't rip it off!'

She was all too aware of his own tail missing.

"You're lucky, you know. You're part of the Saiyan race even if you're just a half-breed. A female too. The last of your kind." He sighed to himself, "I'm not going to kill you, brat. You're too valuable for me to kill, remember? But I will kill your father one day. Can't have a lower class being stronger than the prince of all Saiyans, can we?"

Chidori remained silent but her face formed the start of a growl. Vegeta smiled at her tenacity, stood up and ruffled her hair.

"You're weird" she finally spoke and Vegeta just stared down at her.

Finally he smirked, "You're a gutsy one, I'll give you that, kid" he then suddenly caught sight of what was in her hand, "Hey, what do you have there?"

Chidori's face flushed and said the first thing that came to her mind, "It's a clock"

'A clock?! Come on Chidori! You're better than that!'

"A clock you say?" Vegeta snorted and rolled his eyes, "Earthlings. Just smart enough to find their way across the universe but not smart enough to shrink a clock. Ha! Pathetic!" he shook his head.

Chidori waited for Vegeta to do something. Anything. But the man just stood there and stared back at her as if assessing her.

"If you live to get back to your father tell him I said that he better train you. Earth is going to need all the help it can get when I come back to Earth one day after achieving immortality. Then you'll see after their deaths you've chosen the wrong side and come crawling to your Prince. And I'll take you in as my own"

Chidori just glared at him and Vegeta kept smirking, "I'll see you around kid. Just don't get on my bad side"

'Well that's just too funny' she thought as she watched him blast away in a fit of laughter. 

He wanted to kick or punch her for a good a reminder of who she was dealing with but held the urge down.

'She's just a kid. She doesn't know what it means to be a warrior. Maybe one day she will. Besides, one day she'll look up to me and I can't have her wanting even more excuses to try and off me'

Chidori watched him leave out of her sight before finally breathing a sigh of relief, "Whew! That was close! I could've sworn he was going to kill me or something!"

She bounced off the boulder and grabbed the dragon ball, "I can't believe he actually fell for that clock crap! What a dork! Oh well. I better get to Krillin and Bulma before Vegeta realizes I stole this from him. Hehe!" she giggle evilly.

She blasted off with their last hope in hand.

Meanwhile, Krillin and Bulma were pacing back and forth waiting for Chidori to return if she did at all. Would Vegeta find her and kill her as soon as he realized that she had stolen his dragon ball? Or did he spot her at all? Krillin couldn't tell but one thing was for sure. Vegeta was going to pissed either way.

"Krillin, what's going to happen to her? Vegeta wouldn't kill a little girl would he?"

"Bulma, Vegeta would do anything to get what he wants. He's a monster"

The blue-haired woman's eyes shined with forming tears, "That poor girl! Chi-Chi's going to kill me!"

Krillin resisted rolling his eyes, "I'm . . . I'm sure she'll be fine. She's a smart kid, after all"

Suddenly he felt a powerful Ki coming their way and Krillin got in a battle stance again.

Bulma suddenly saw a flash of light as someone was flying towards them fiercely, "Oh god! Is that Vegeta again?! Did he come back?!" she screamed and ran to hide in the cave.

Krillin gasped and laughed in realization, though, "No! It's Chidori!"

The girl reached them out of breathe with the dragon ball and radar in her hands but didn't waste any time, "GUYS, WE GOTTA GO NOW!! I just ran into Vegeta and he thought he had all of the dragon balls but he doesn't know I stole this!!" she held up the large dragon ball, "We got to go, go, go!"

Krillin sweat dropped and whimpered, "Bulma! Get ready to leave! We're going now!"

"Already on it!" she screamed.

Vegeta dove into the waters outside the village he had pillaged a while ago, searching for his dragon ball he had thrown down.

'It's around here somewhere I know it! But Where is it?!' He was getting impatient.

He searched for another few moments before finally realizing and he froze in the waters.

'The girl! She had come from this direction!' It didn't really make a whole lot of sense but there had to be a reason to it all, 'But how?! How did she figure out where?!'

Then in all clicked, 'That wasn't a clock at all!'

He burst out of the waters and blasted off towards where he had left Krillin and Bulma. He was so furious he thought that he might actually kill them all for what they had done.

"YOU BASTARDS! I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU FOR THIS!"

Krillin and Chidori felt a familiar rage-filled Chi heading to where they had been hiding in the cave before. Now they had found a crevice many miles away so they were safely hidden away from the terror that was Vegeta.

And boy was Vegeta PISSED OFF.

"I think he's angry, Krillin" Chidori giggled and Krillin just looked at her as if she were insane.

After a while of heavy breathing and shaking, Vegeta had finally calmed down a little but was still livid as he ventured back to where his other dragon balls were. He wasn't going to risk them coming after all of the other ones. 

He had found the cave again but no one was inside anymore. The Earthlings had run away. 

Chidori had fooled him completely!

Now he just had to wait for them to let their guard down again to go blasting off once more. Then he'd be able to sense them. If he had to play the long game, then fine, he'd do it.

He could be patient sometimes.

'Then this time . . . . I'll kill them. I'll even kill the brat if I have to.'

Krillin sighed, "Hey Chidori. I have a thought."

"About what?" she asked.

"The great Elder Guru. When I was there to get the dragon ball-"

"You mean the one you let Vegeta steal?"

Krillin glared at her, "Anyway. The great elder was able to bring out my latent power! I think that he could do the same for you, too! Then maybe Vegeta wouldn't even stand a chance against us, huh? What do you think?"

Chidori wrinkled her small brow, "I don't know Krillin. What about Bulma? We're just going to leave her here on her own?"

Bulma shot up, "Yeah! Did you ever think about me, Krillin?! You big jerk!"

Krillin grumbled, "I'm sure you'll be fine here on your own. You're perfectly safe here in this crevice. No one would see you!"

It was Bulma's turn to grumble because he knew this time he was right. They had to take every risk they could. They didn't have a lot of time left on their hands.

Krillin continued, "Look if we can get the great elder to bring out Chi's latent powers then maybe we'll actually stand a chance in getting the rest of the dragon balls quicker. Or at least we might last long enough to hold off Vegeta until Goku gets here."

Chidori thought about it and nodded, "Alright. . . . Let's do it"

Krillin grinned, "Alright! But we'll have to travel on foot. We don't know if Vegeta's searching for our energy or not, ya know?"

Chidori nodded and the two set off, leaving their dragon ball with Bulma.

Goku was currently on the ship towards Namek, training his hardest so he'd be ready to protect his friends but more importantly, his daughter.

'Dammit Chi, why did you have to go to Namek, too? With Vegeta and a new even more powerful enemy there, who knows what could happen to you? You're not a fighter! . . . Why does she think she can fight? She's just a little girl.'

He grit his teeth as he imagined Vegeta hurting her, 'If he does then I'll have no mercy unlike in our last battle'

He then thought back to when he was on his way to the battle vs Nappa and Vegeta. He had felt the most unimaginable power then but all in just a split second. For a mere moment, Goku was terrified of that power.

'Could it really have been Chi's power?' he shook his head and started to train again, 'No it couldn't have been. What am I thinking? Just get back into the game, Goku. Chidori couldn't have had that much power in her. I certainly didn't when I was her age!'

Without another thought, Goku set back to training. He still had a ways to go even if he had made progress.