~*****~

"Krillen! The Dragon Balls are at twelve o' clock!" I shout as we finally get near a large ship sitting on a small island. "Right there!" I shout. "Are you two ready? I'm not going to be of any use in a fight!"

"Don't worry, Mara!" Gohan stated. "Krillen and I are ready to kick some butt!"

"Yeah!" Krillen grinned. "Let's get down there and find them... Before anyone shows up."

"Hold on!" I snap as we land. Krillen stopped moving and gazed back at me. I'm gazing intently at the radar and at the ground. "They're... Not in the ship. Follow me." I hum. I stop before the disturbed dirt and kneel down. I begin digging and the orange shimmer I'd been looking for peeked out from underneath. "Here! They buried them here!" I shout excitedly. "C'mon! Help me dig!" Krillen and Gohan leapt to my sides and the three of us began scraping at the dirt wildly. "Look! All Seven!" I cheer as I tug up the three star ball.

"You're all dirty, Mara!" Krillen laughed.

I gazed down at my hands. "Seriously-- When we get back to Earth, I'm going to have spa day." I whine. "I must look like a savage."

"No way, you look like you're having fun!" Gohan retorts happily.

"Oh, you think so?" I snort at him as I begin ruffling his hair. "Well, I think we're all in desperate need of a bath! Especially you, little man!"

We were laughing happily while we sat in front of the Dragon Balls. I sigh out in delight as I finally relax. "It's been such a long time since we've started, I don't know what to wish for anymore..."

"Well, I do! Let's summon the Dragon, Gohan, 'cause we got some wishin' to do!" Krillen exclaimed. "So, are you ready to bring Piccolo back to the land of the living!"

"Yes!" Gohan nodded.

"I summon the Dragon, I command you now! Hear my howl, to make my wish come true!" Krillen exclaimed. I just slapped at my face irritably. "Nothing's happening! But why?! We have all seven Dragon Balls!"

"Do you just tune me out or something?" I ask angrily. "I explained it to that angry prince, and he understood me! We're on Namek! The command is in Namekian!" I shout.

"Hold on, Mara," Gohan stopped me from smacking at Krillen's head. "I-- I think I hear someone coming."

"What?" I gasp and look over. "There's two of them..."

"You think the Ginyu Force followed us here?" Krillen asked.

"If they did, that means they defeated my father!" Gohan gasped.

"I don't like this. Something's wrong..." Krillen murmured. "If they're coming here, then what happened between them and Goku? Come on, guys! I think you may be right about those Ginyu guys."

But who lands, isn't who I thought it was. "Goku?" I murmur in confusion. "No," I shake my head. "It can't be..." Krillen didn't seem to share in my suspicion.

"Hey, Goku! It's me, Krillen!" Krillen cheered as he leapt out from behind the rock. "Mara, Gohan, and I were really worried about you! What took you so long, huh?" I tried reaching out for him, but he just stepped closer to the duo. "Boy, for a second there, I thought you were that Captain Ginyu coming, but you must've taken care of him, right?"

"First of all, Captain Ginyu was a worthy opponent... Now, how did you find the balls?" This imposter asked.

"Will ya quit kidding around, Goku?" Krillen laughed. "You know good and well that we used the Dragon Radar to find 'em."

"A dragon radar... What the heck is that?" Jeice asked.

"So, Krillen, have you made your wish?" The faker asked.

"Well, we didn't know the password! Hey, do you know what it is, Goku?" Krillen asked. "Uh... Goku?"

"Maybe... Why don't I try?"

"Goku, are you sure you're feeling all right?" Krillen asked. "I mean, you sound kinda strange. Is everything okay? And am I missing something? What are you going hanging around Jeice? Isn't he the enemy, or did he switch sides!"

"Hey, Krillen!" I shout in panic as I leap out from behind the rock. "That guy isn't Goku! Look out!" I cry out as Krillen tumbles backwards from being hit, and hard.

"I see, you're tougher than you look. Hey, but I'm not interested in you three runts. Where's the challenge? I could easily dispose of the three of you in an instant." Ginyu barked.

"What are you talking about!?" Krillen shouted.

"Krillen, he's not my dad!" Gohan reminded him. "Believe me!"

"Whaddya mean, he's not your dad?" Krillen asked. "Take a look for yourself. How can you be sure?"

"Listen, I've known Goku longer than you have, Krillen, and believe me when I say, that's not him. I don't know how he did it, but that's that Ginyu guy! I'm sure of it!" I exclaim.

Ginyu threw his head back, laughing hysterically. "Very perceptive. Let's just say I'm taking your dad's body for a test drive!"

"Wh-What did you say?!" Krillen exclaimed.

"Surprise~" Ginyu hummed, then he and Jeice proceeded to pose.

"It's time to face the fury of the Ginyu Force... I'm Jeice!" Jeice chirped.

"And introducing... The New and Improved Captain Ginyu!" Ginyu exclaimed.

"Tell 'em what time it is, baby!" Jeice shouted.

"It's time for you to die!" Ginyu shouted.

"Wait a sec-- if you're not Goku, then what happened to him?!" Krillen asks.

"If I knew, I'd tell you!" Ginyu exclaimed. "Let's just say.... I'm going to do to you three twerps what I did to him!"

"No, please, wait a minute! Can't we discuss this like gentlemen?" Krillen asked. "Or at least give us a last meal?" Ginyu ran at us, and I did what any sane girl would do. I booked it. Or, at least, I tried to. Ginyu grasped at my hair and pulled me flush against his front.

"Where do you think you're going, Empathian?" Ginyu chortled. He bellowed out in pain as I threw my head back and cracked it against his nose. "You little bitch--" He barked as I tumbled back to Krillen and Gohan.

"Oi! Captain Ginyu!" Jeice bellowed. "Look who showed up!"

Ginyu's body appeared, and he was gravely wounded. "Your... Your tricks won't work on me, Ginyu!" Goku exclaimed.

"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in!" Ginyu sneered as he held onto his nose. "I must say, you are one tough customer!"

"Krillen, Gohan, Mara! Listen to me! Be careful!" Goku exclaimed. "Captain Ginyu has taken over my body!"

"We're way ahead of you, Goku!" I shout at him. "He may be wearing your body, but he has no idea how to handle it!"

"Oh yeah?" Ginyu snarled. He powered up immediately. "Hey, Jeice! Give this bitch a ready out of my energy now!" When he didn't answer, he turned his gaze onto Jeice. "Now, Jeice! Hurry it up, would you?!"

"Uh... You're at twenty-three thousand..." Jeice muttered.

"Jeice! Would you please speak up!?" Ginyu barked.

My shoe cracked against his head as he dropped his guard for a moment. "HE SAID TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND, SHUT UP ALREADY!"

He began growling loudly as he rubbed at his sore nose. "You don't don't stand a chance against me-- Huh?" He hummed, his shoulders slumping. "Twenty-three?!"

"I know you're in Goku's body, but his hearing is better than anyone elses--" I snap.

"It's not possible!" He started growling. "JEICE! CHECK IT AGAIN!"

"You still don't get it, do you, Ginyu?" Goku barked. "Unless you know how to use your mind and your body as one, together, you'll only get weaker! Krillen, Gohan! Now's the time to take him out! Mara, you just find somewhere to hide!" Goku ordered through his teeth.

I nod quickly and hide behind a boulder.

"Maybe Goku's right! Maybe w can beat that Ginyu geek after all!" Krillen exclaimed. "Now, Gohan!"

Krillen began to fight, but Gohan was still hesitating. "Gohan!" I shout. "That's not your dad right now! You've got to forget about it! Just take him out!"

"Jeice! Don't just stand there! Maybe you could help me out a little bit here?!" Ginyu shouted.

"Right! Coming!" Jeice stammered.

"Hey, Snow White," I hear a familiar voice. "How 'bout you pick on somebody your own size?"

"V-Vegeta..." I stammer. He looks refreshed and rested. "HEY! YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING GOKU! WHY ARE YOU SO CLEAN?!"

"M-Mara, it's-- It's okay," Goku stammered. I grumbled and hurried towards him, my arms wrapping around his waist to hold him up.

"You poor thing... I can't believe he could mess with that adorable face of yours..."

"Mara, listen," Goku stammered. "It won't take him long to figure out how to use my powers... When he does... You'll need... You need to be able to stop him..." Ginyu sent an energy blast towards Gohan, and it looked bad. "Oh no-- Mara!" Goku grasped onto my arm and I drew in whatever energy I could from the planet and slung him upwards, directly in front of the blast to save Gohan. I slumped to my knees with a harsh gasp.

"That should've destroyed you!" Ginyu gasped.

"Sorry... to disappoint you..." Goku growled out. "But I've learned how your body works, too! And now you'll have to contend with me!"

"Let's see what you can do when it's three fighters that you're trying to bully around! We better stop that guy now before he figures out my body's full power! Game over, Ginyu! Krillen, Gohan!" Goku ordered.

~*****~

I let out a gasp of shock as Vegeta blasted Jeice to smithereens. "Vegeta! That kind of violence is pointless!" Goku cried out.

"Thanks for the critique, Kakarot!" Vegeta sneered. "But would you mind not butting in? So far, I've done pretty well at looking after myself. You see, Super Saiyans tend to be a bit violent!"

"What? You're no Super Saiyan!" Ginyu barked.

"You question me, you body snatcher?" Vegeta barked. "Well, I guess I'll just show you then..." Vegeta began beating Ginyu senseless. I leapt to the side as Ginyu hit the ground-- hard. "THE WINNER!" Vegeta bellowed.

"I'll get you--" Ginyu stammered.

"Stop! He can't fight back!" I shout up at the arrogant prince. Vegeta didn't stop, and he began blasting down towards Goku's body. "Hey, he's changing!" I shout at Goku.

"Change... Now!" Ginyu shouted.

Goku managed to throw himself in the line of fire, stopping the change from Ginyu to Vegeta, and corrected the body placements. I quickly crawled over to Goku and palmed at his face. "You all right?"

He groaned a little. "Y-Yeah..." He stammered.

"What's this-- my old body?!" Ginyu's voice rang out. He began growling loudly. "It's you!"

"I-- I did it..." Goku groaned. "I got-- I got my body back!"

"He's back! Goku's back in his own body!" I shout up to the otheres.

"Come here, hot shot!" Ginyu bellowed at Vegeta. "I want a piece of you!"

"Over my dead body!" Goku bellowed as he attempted to stand.

"What's that?" Ginyu growled.

"I hate to say it, Goku, but you're in no condition to fight!" I scold him.

"N-No-- No worries," Goku breathed out, and cupped his hands together. He attempted to use his Kamehameha move, but it veered off to the side. He collapsed back onto me. "Man... I'm just not... in control... Of all my powers just yet..." He groaned.

"I told you, you idiot!" I scold him as I settle him on the ground.

Ginyu began to chuckle. "Pathetic Saiyan! You lose, and I win!"

"Must... stay focused! If Captain Ginyu changes bodies with Vegeta, we'll all be history! And I won't let that happen!" Goku explained.

"Come and get it!" Ginyu barked. "Cause now you're mine!"

Vegeta began to beat Ginyu ruthlessly, barely giving him time to even power up his changing technique. "Don't you get it, Vegeta?" Goku groaned. "Ginyu is letting you win to switch with your body!" Goku cried.

"Just shut up and rest-- I'll take care of it!" I snap at him. I gaze around and spot a small frog. I swallow down the squeal of disgust as I pick it up, and throw it as hard as I could as Ginyu used his changing technique. The change had been completed. With Ginyu swapping bodies with a speechless frog. His original body landed besides us, and began to croak. I screamed out in disgust and kicked at it to stay away. "DISGUSTING! OH MY GOD! SOMEONE GET RID OF HIM, PLEASE!"

"I can't-- believe it worked..." Goku stammered.

"Goku, are you all right?" Krillen asked as he and Gohan landed besides us.

"Talk to me, Dad!" Gohan chirped.

"I guess that takes care of Ginyu!" Goku states through his teeth. Vegeta finally lands besides us, his brow furrowed in confusion. "Just don't forget, Vegeta, you owe Mara a big one!"

"Right! But explain this to me, Kakarot! What happened back there to Captain Ginyu?" Vegeta asked.

"Is your head that thick?" I ask irritably. "Or do you just not listen?" I stand up on my shaky legs and prop my hands on my hips. "Ginyu's been using a body swapping technique. That frog over there is Ginyu."

"What?!" Vegeta barked and looked over at it. The disgusting creature flinched and began to croak. "Well, it looks to me like it's frog-stomping time." Vegeta chortled. "Get along, little froggy!" He exclaimed with a laugh.

"Look at that, I'd say Vegeta finally as someone his own size to pick on." Goku exclaimed.

I snorted lightly and began to giggle. "Ouch." I snort.

"Whatever, I'll let him go." Vegeta hummed as he approached us again. "It's not like I want to get toad guts all over my nice clean boots."

Goku grumbled again when we tried helping him stand. "Hey!" I bark at the Saiyan Prince. "Isn't there some fancy healing machines in there?"

"And why would I tell you that?" Vegeta asked with a wide smirk. "The way I see it, destroying you four weaklings would be like shooting fish in a barrel!"

"I can't believe you'd be so low as to kick us while we're down--" Krillen is cut off by my growling. Gohan and Goku both cower into each other as Krillen stumbles back onto his butt as I stand back up immediately.

"Listen here, you arrogant jerk--" I snap as I approach him. I jab my nail at his chest. "If you want your stupid immortality wish, you'll be the first to make sure we don't die! Understood? I'm in the understanding that you, in fact, do not speak Namekian. And no Namekian on this planet will ever give you the phrase."

Vegeta snorted and grasped at my hand and tossing it aside. "You're quite strong willed, aren't you," He commented with a smirk. "You know me too well, woman. Besides, I may need Kakarot's Super Saiyan powers to help me take out Frieza, who's probably already on his way here. Follow me!"

I let out a silent sigh of relief and gestured the boys to follow after. "C'mon... Let's go."

"Y-Yes ma'am..." Gohan and Krillen stammer.