with Javier. Vegeta was already fit again and as he swore he was training harder and harder every day. Mostly with Mela. She was the only one who seemed his equal. He and Mela were behind the palace on their private training ground.

This time Mela attacked. She let a ki ball rain rain down on Vegeta, but this could dodge without major difficulties. He shot towards Mela, avoiding a ki ball here and there, and gave her a hard head-butt. This staggered backwards, but then recovered. She raced back to Vegeta and rammed her knee into his stomach. Vegeta hit it back hard. But he got up again and looked at Mela. "Are you coming today too?" Mela asked suddenly. "Come? Where?" "Have you forgotten? Today the exams of the Saiyajin babies are taking place." "Oh yes. Of course I come, after all I'm the prince!" Vegeta raced towards Mela and tried to hit her in the face, but she skilfully blocked and threw Vegeta to the ground. She was about to pounce on him, but Vegeta grabbed her wrists and threw her behind him. Mela screeched and landed hard on the floor. Slowly they both straightened up again. "Have you ever heard?Bardock's sons are taking part too! "Mela said slowly, rubbing her wrists." How many sons does he have? "Vegeta didn't even know that Bardock had so many sons. He only knew Raditz." Oh, he has three! One time Raditz, you know him, and then Kakarott and Tales, the twins. I'm really looking forward to them. They say Bardock is one of the strongest warriors! I'm sure his sons are too. Vegeta said and attacked again. He had always been indifferent to the exams. He just didn't care. Vegeta patted Mela's neck with the palm of his hand. There it made an ugly crack and Mela fell to the floor. But she did grabbed Vegeta's arm and dragged him to the ground. Vegeta straightened up, gasping for breath, as did Mela. "You Rambo, you dislocated my shoulder! "" Sorry. I have to go now, the exams are starting soon. " "Ok, see you tomorrow! "Mela dragged herself heavily from the battlefield and disappeared behind the bushes.Exhausted, Vegeta entered the palace and paid a visit to the kitchen. When the cooks saw Vegeta, they jumped and bowed quickly to him. "Give me something to drink!" ordered Vegeta out of breath and immediately one of the cooks rushed to him and handed him a bottle of mineral water. “Thanks!” Vegeta left the kitchen and made her way to his room. Now that he was thinking about it, he wanted to see Bardock's sons too. After all, he knew Bardock very well and wanted to know how his sons would fare. But then someone blocked his way. Vegeta looked up and saw Nappa. "Oh, Hello Prince! I've been looking for you! His Majesty is to tell you that the exams begin in half an hour." Thank you Nappa! "He stumbled past Nappa and disappeared behind the door into his room. He was quick and all. With a tired look he looked at the clock. It was now four. That meant he had trained with Mela for nine hours!Exhausted, he collapsed on his bed and stared at the ceiling. Today he would probably meet Freezer again. He was present at every exam. Hopefully the babies would do well. Freezer always wanted good offspring. If they had babies with them who were too weak, they were sent to remote, small, weak planets and Freezer had punished the fathers with ten blows. His father once told him how he had done on his exam. He said Vegeta was the best of them all and he would have hit everyone. Sometimes Vegeta thinks he's exaggerating, though. After all, he was only a year old then and now he will soon be five!


After dozing a little longer, he finally got up and changed. He threw his torn combat suit in a corner and took out of his closet his Saiyajin suit with a pearly white cloak. While he was getting dressed, he thought of Freezer. He had the bad feeling that he could lose his temper and attack Freezer, so great was his hatred of him.He had to pull at the strap, that shouldn't happen to him, not yet. He wasn't ready yet. If he makes a mistake now, it could mean the end of the planet Vegeta. He was now dressed. Proud, as always, he walked down the stairs and just ran into his father's path. "Oh, there you are Vegeta! Finished? The exam starts in ten minutes." said his father. But Vegeta noticed his tense face. He could already guess why. It was only Freezer to blame. "Is Freezer there yet?" Vegeta asked, trying to breathe very calmly. "No, but it can't be long!" said his father. He stepped out of the palace and Vegeta followed him. Outside a small battlefield was set up, surrounded by spectator stands and two high chairs that were set up for the king and prince. Vegeta sat on one and his father on the other. They waited. Vegeta struggled to control herself. He hadn't seen Freezer all these six months.He'd deliberately avoided him when he stopped by. But now he had to see him. Worse, he even had to sit next to him. And there, to a great roar, Vegeta heard Freezer behind her. "Oh, finally I get to see your son again, King Vegeta! Oho, he's done very well. Looks well trained, the little one!" With his usual grin he stopped next to Vegeta and looked at the square. Every now and then Vegeta felt Freezer's curious look on the back of his neck, but he didn't react and pretended not to notice. He had the feeling that if he said a word he would freak out and pounce on Freezer. So he remained silent and stared at the battlefield. More and more spectators came and everyone bowed to the prince and king. And then it finally started. Vegeta was very happy about it, then he could distract himself. First, a woman with very long, curly, black hair came into the square and placed a small baby on it.She disappeared again. "This is Brolli, the son of Kyoto and Alap. He is considered to be extremely intelligent and strong. Let's see how he does!" said Vegeta's father and looked at little Brolli. Vegeta did the same as his father did. Brolli looked very annoyed, for whatever reason. In any case, a plant man was now allowed into Brolli's ring. They looked at each other gloomily. Then, without warning, the Plant Man rushed on Brolli. At first it seemed as if Brolli was crying right away, but then a light blue aura built up around him and this knocked the plant man out of the ring. Vegeta was impressed. Nobody had managed to defeat a plant man so quickly in a long time. He got up to see the plant man. He lay motionless on the floor, his face completely burned by the aura of little Brollis. Vegeta's father got up and pointed with his thumb up. That meant Brolli had passed. The overjoyed mother ran into the square, hugged her son and left the battlefield again.Loud applause echoed again. Next came a woman with wild, tousled hair and pretty black eyes with her baby in her arms. She also left the square after putting her baby on the square. Immediately another plant man was let loose on the little one. "That's Shanti! The son of Siu and Mastana. I don't know much about him. Well, we'll see." Vegeta eyed what was happening on the square. The Plant Man and Shanti looked sharply at each other. Then the plant man walked up to Shanti and hurled him through the air. Shanti screamed and a bright aura built up around the young Saiyan. She threw the plant man to the ground. But he got up again and shot at little Shanti again. It hit Shanti on the cheek, whereupon a small cut was visible. That made Shanti even more angry. He howled outraged and his aura now completely enveloped the plant man and tore him to pieces. Again the king's thumb was pointing upwards and there was great applause from the crowd.The overjoyed mother took Shanti from the seat and hugged him so hard that Vegeta feared Shanti would throw up. And now a young woman with short, thick hair who had two small babies in her arms can do it. "That's Kakarott and Tales. They are the twins of Bardock and Cauli. I'm really looking forward to both of them. Their first son Raditz was one of the best in this test." said Vegeta's father again. Vegeta leaned a little further forward because he wanted to see them better. Vegeta couldn't make out which of them were Kakarott and Tales. Indeed, they looked incredibly alike. And then two plant men were released. The first went straight up to little Kakarott. But Vegeta couldn't see any sign of fear from Kakarott. On the contrary, Kakarott started laughing. The plant man picked up the little one and wanted to crush him, but Kakarott took the hand of the plant man with his little fingers and bit into it with all his might.Howling loudly, the Plant Man hopped around in a circle and stared at his thumb, which was starting to bleed. He stopped and blew against his thumb, but by then Kakarott was already nibbling at his foot. "What is that supposed to be?" asked the king. Vegeta couldn't say that either. This has never happened to him before. Little Kakarott seemed to think the plant man was something to eat. Vegeta watched the spectacle with dubious eyes. The plant man took Kakarott in his hand and threw him against a tree, outside the ring. But this didn't seem to bother Kakarott in the least. He landed next to the tree and started nibbling on the trunk. Thunderous laughter broke out in the crowd. The king shook his head and pointed down with his thumb. Cauli came out of the audience with tears in her eyes and picked up little Kakarott. "Oh dear, that's a disappointment. Such a great father, but such a weak son." said the king, disappointed.Now it was Tales' turn. The Plant Man shot two narrow beams at Tales. But Tales built a little aura around him and the attack ricocheted off. "Much better!" said the king. The plant man now tried to attack freely from the hip. He attacked Tales, which it hit on the floor. Little Tales looked at the plant man with tears in his eyes. That scratched valley's little body. He screamed and the little aura lit up again. She hit the plant man against a tree, where he lay motionless. "Well, he wasn't the strongest, but at least he was