Hey guys. Just wanted to say thank you for all the reviews and anyone who's following the story. It really means a lot to me. I've recently tried something new, seeing that it can be boring to see a long list of untitled chapters. I've taken a quote from Ginyu in each chapter and put it as the title. Well, I've tried. There's a character limit, which makes it difficult. As much as I'd like to go back and edit all the chapters to create a title, it'd be too hard. Also, I've been thinking about creating another fic to work on while I continue writing Doing the Impossible. I'd love to start another AU fan fiction on here, but I'm worried I'd be taking on too much at once and I won't have enough time to work on this. I've recently gotten newfound motivation to write. And I plan on finishing this with a pretty kickass ending. It's just a matter of writing out the rest. So anyway, thank you for everything. Thanks for supporting me.

Chapter 15

"You're going to have to get that old Ginyu Force confidence back, Jeice."

Nappa was taken aback at first by Prince Vegeta's words. Towering over the other Saiyan, he still looked as big and bulky as ever as he stood there in his small piece of clothing, barely covering himself up. Even though the former general of the Saiyan army hardly ever broke a sweat, Vegeta could still smell the terrible odor coming from him. The little half Saiyan hadn't lied when they first arrived on Earth about a year before.

A year. Had it really been that long since Vegeta and his comrade had arrived on Earth? Since Vegeta viciously murdered Nappa in front of his opponents. Nearly a year had passed since Vegeta had seen this man. Nappa had been a big part of Vegeta's life since he was a small child. The Saiyan general had watched over him for years. And yet, in the year since Nappa's death, Vegeta had only stopped to think about him a handful of times. His cold-bloodedness was really starting to show.

"What, do you take me for a fool?" Nappa snapped back at Vegeta. "Or have you just hit your head again, Kakarot? Vegeta is the Saiyan prince. I've known him for decades and believe me, you do not look like Vegeta."

"But of course I do, Nappa!" Vegeta cried in a frustrated tone. He was starting to grow tired of this. His head was still pounding from his fight with Ginyu and he had no time for childish games. "Has the afterlife turned you blind or distorted your vision? Of course I look like Prince Vegeta because I am Prince Vegeta."

Nappa shook his head before starting to drag Vegeta toward a nearby pond. The Saiyan prince began to struggle. "What the hell do you think you're doing?"

"Showing you what you look like, Kakarot."

Nappa placed his hand over Vegeta's bushy head of hair and forced him to look at his own reflection. Vegeta studied himself for a moment before cursing under his breath and clenching his fists in range. "Damn that Captain Ginyu! That good-for-nothing body snatcher!"

Nappa's expression turned to one of even more confusion as Vegeta let out another growl of frustration. "Nappa, you have to understand that it's really me, Vegeta. The leader of the Ginyu Force, Captain Ginyu, has the ability to switch bodies. Back on Namek, he stole Kakarot's body and he was unable to defeat me here on Earth, so he stole mine too."

Nappa looked puzzled, trying to process this information. "Why should I believe you?" he asked. "From what I remember, you wanted to stop Vegeta and I when we came to Earth. It would be just like you to turn your back on your race of people and try to deceive me."

"Nappa, I am Vegeta, prince of all Saiyans. I come from Planet Vegeta and my father is the great King Vegeta, hero of our people. He won and conquered our planet in the war with the Tuffles. Since I was a child, my father has instructed you to watch over me. The day my planet was destroyed, we were both sent on missions and escaped with our lives. You, Raditz, and I were believed to be the only survivors until recently we came to find Kakarot, who has been uncooperative with us."

Nappa paused a moment, as if trying to tell if it was really Vegeta, but then began to speak. "Vegeta!" he exclaimed. "It really is you! I knew you had to be the one to wish me back to life on Namek"

Vegeta paused before nodding his head in agreement. I've nearly forgotten that I'm the one who killed Nappa and seeing as I'm forced into an alliance with these Earthlings, it'll be good to have another ruthless Saiyan around for once. I don't care how he was wished back to life. I just have to keep him on my side.

"Yes, of course," he replied. "Good thinking on my part. In actuality, I was planning on wishing you back to life as soon as possible. The dragon balls on Namek allow for three wishes and I managed to wish you back, but unfortunately, Frieza got there soon after and wished for his immortality. That fool Ginyu has been helping him this entire time. I've managed to come back to Earth to wish for my own immortality, but Ginyu and Jeice have followed me back. I've been forced into an alliance with Kakarot's allies while we wait for him to return from the afterlife and now Ginyu has snatched my body."

"Ginyu is in Kakarot's body?" Nappa asked. "How the hell did that happen? Didn't you kill Kakarot and his friends back here on Earth? Why did you move to Planet Namek anyway?"

"It's a long story," said Vegeta. "Apparently, the Namekian that we killed here a year ago is a protector of the dragon balls and without him, they don't exist here. Kakarot was somehow able to defeat me, but I escaped to Namek, another home for dragon balls."

Nappa nodded, but Vegeta could tell the bulky, bald Saiyan was not following along very well at all. Whatever, Vegeta thought. As long as he believes I wished him back to life and he knows we're looking for the dragon balls, everything will be fine. He's too idiotic to figure out otherwise.

"Well it sounds like the best thing we can do for you now is get you to the healing tank," said Nappa, ready to pick up the Saiyan prince.

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "Nappa, they don't have any healing tanks on this damn planet. They're obviously a race full of inferior people. I was badly injured when I first arrived here and I was given medical attention for a long period of time. I don't have that kind of time now. I need to get to the dragon balls before Ginyu or the Earthlings do."

Nappa nodded. "What should I do then, Vegeta?"

"Find me some nourishment first. That will make me feel better. Then after, find something to bandage me up with. I've got a lot of bleeding. I'm going to have to get some sort of attention."

Before Vegeta could say anything more, Nappa turned the other way and took off. The Saiyan prince edged closer to the pond before dipping himself into the cool water, trying to wash away some of the blood on his new body.

I still can't believe Ginyu would pull such a nasty trick on me. To stick me in Kakarot's body. Ugh… how pathetic. There is no way in hell I am letting him get away with this.

Vegeta peered up at the sky to see the vanishing dot he knew as Nappa. He hadn't necessarily regretted killing his comrade back when they first arrived on Earth. He wasn't expecting the Saiyan to be so friendly, but he was fortunate the bulky man wasn't smart enough to understand Vegeta's real motives. He had no intention of ever wishing his comrade back to life. It just came as a coincidence that the man had been brought back from the dead. The prince didn't have the time to question how it happened now. He was simply glad Nappa was dumb enough, and loyal enough, to help the Saiyan prince in his dire time of need.

Captain Ginyu still wasn't used to his shorter stature and definitely felt a little less empowered as he made his way over to Jeice. Both men had scouters placed over their eyes, no longer afraid of standing out on Earth while they were in the secluded wilderness.

"Sir, how was your hunt for the dragon balls?" Jeice asked.

Captain Ginyu brushed past the long haired man, ignoring his greeting. He took a long look at the cave Vegeta had managed to escape from and clenched his fists, but soon loosened them. "He won't be getting far. Don't worry about him. We'll find him as soon as we've got the dragon balls."

Jeice nodded, surprised Ginyu was responding so coolly to this. He was normally a hot-headed nervous wreck. He recalled the time he and Burter accidentally blew up a planet they were supposed to purge and hand over to Frieza to sell. That was definitely one o f the worst and most shameful days of his life. He definitely didn't feel like bringing it up at the moment.

"But Captain, what if he returns to the Earthlings and tells them what happened?"

"Come on, Jeice," said Ginyu calmly. "This is Vegeta we're talking about here. You know, the guy I pretty much beat to a pulp. The guy who'd probably die if he even tried to lift off the ground."

Jeice didn't respond, but simply stared back at his leader nervously.

"Are you doubting me, Jeice?" Ginyu asked. "When have I ever let this force down? When have I ever done anything to deserve your doubt?"

Just within the past year, Jeice could recall numerous things, but he decided it best not to bring them up at the moment. "Never, sir."

"That's right," said Ginyu with a reassuring nod. "Now we're going to get through this because we're the Ginyu Force. Sooner than later, we're going to be back with Recoome, Burter, and Guldo and you're going to have to get that old Ginyu Force confidence back, Jeice. Your doubt doesn't exactly go along with our style."

Jeice nodded. "Good," Ginyu stated. "Let's head back to the space pods."

The two shot up in the air and flew back to the area where their space pods had landed several days ago. The day was nearly over and the sunlight was almost gone. It would be nice for the two to be able to stay and sleep, but Ginyu was smarter and more determined than that. He would return to his dragon ball hunt.

"Stay here with the dragon ball and keep your scouter on," Ginyu commanded. "I'll probably be needing to talk to you. I'm going to meet the Earthlings and we'll be going together to take a look at this space ship ourselves."

"Alright Captain," Jeice replied. "I'll be here waiting. If you need any help, I'll be here with the scouter."

The two said their goodbyes before Captain Ginyu took off once again, heading back to the caves where Gohan and Vegeta were put earlier in the day. Ginyu made his way over to the cave where he had placed Gohan and effortlessly moved the boulder aside.

"Well, kid, I gotta say your friends sure are persistent and I don't know how much longer I can go without returning you to them. But I can't afford for them to come looking for you."

The captain picked up the small half Saiyan child and took off, flying over the wilderness until he finally reached West City. He struggled to remember the exact location of Bulma's house, but after a little time, he found himself back there.

After placing his hand on the doorknob, he realized her front door was locked and knocked. After a moment, Bulma came to greet him at the door.

"Took you long enough," Ginyu scoffed.

Bulma scowled. "You know, you are my guest for the time being, Vegeta, and I'd appreciate it if you'd be nice to me."

Ginyu rolled his eyes before taking Bulma's hand and bowing down to kiss it. Bulma pulled her hand away and started to look confused. "What the hell - ? Wait, is that Gohan?"

The blue haired woman had taken notice of the child Ginyu was holding up by his right arm. She stepped back to allow the two in and Ginyu made his way to the living room before plopping Gohan down on the couch. Piccolo and Krillin appeared to be out of place, sitting across the room on a separate sofa.

"Where did you find him?" Bulma asked.

"Somewhere out in the wilderness," Ginyu replied. "Don't know what happened, but he'll be out for a while. So how about that space ship?"

Piccolo got up and moved toward Gohan to take a look at the boy before responding. "Do you have the dragon ball?"

Ginyu paused before answering. "No, but we'll get it after we go look at this ship, okay?"

Piccolo glared at Ginyu before giving a small nod. It was clear the Namekian still didn't trust the man.

Nappa knew Vegeta wouldn't mind eating the fruit or vegetables the Saiyan had found out in the forest, but he knew that like all Saiyans, the prince would be upset if he was given no meat to go with. The bulky Saiyan had been living off prey from the forest these past few months on Earth, often moving around to find diversity. He recalled eating a lot of deer.

When he first arrived, the man was confused. He knew he was back on planet Earth, but he had no idea why. He eventually went on to the conclusion that Vegeta wished him back to life, but couldn't find him anywhere. He feared he had been left behind on this planet. Nappa was originally planning on violently searching the planet for his comrade, but decided it would not be in his best interests to do so.

He was afraid. Not only afraid after seeing what Kakarot could do to him when he first came to Earth with Vegeta, but afraid of what might have happened to his comrade. In the many years since the destruction of his home planet, Nappa was never without Vegeta by his side. Having the Saiyan prince gone was definitely a sign to worry. He was unsure of what to do and drawing too much attention to himself on Earth could result in a visit from Frieza.

Nappa grinned as he saw a small deer moving silently in the background of the woods. It was just a baby, but it would do. You're going to be fried in the next couple of seconds. The Saiyan extended his hand and shot a ball of ki at the small animal, hitting it before it could even notice something was wrong. Nappa yelled out in victory as his blast made impact, but soon frowned when he saw the animal was completely obliterated.

"Oh shit," he muttered. "Not again. I guess I'll just have to find something else for Vegeta to eat."

He started lurking around the woodsy area again, looking for game. It usually wasn't this hard, but Nappa had started to fear he was scaring everything away. Either that or he was killing too much prey. It was clear that he'd be forced into moving toward civilization soon.

Nappa grinned as he spotted another deer in the distance. He wouldn't obliterate this one. He edged closer before extending his finger, ready to shoot an energy blast, but the deer was too quick. It saw the bald man out of the corner of its eye and started running. In its mind, the deer must have known it was really no match for the Saiyan, but it figured it should just run as fast as it could in hope of keeping its life. Nappa charged forward aggressively, shooting several energy blasts at the deer, but missing every time.

The deer thought it was home free when it reached the end of the woods, but Nappa was gaining on it and finally managed to successfully hit it. There was a pause before the deer fell over and started to steam. As he moved closer, Nappa saw the skin starting to peel and grinned. He took some pride in being able to catch his own game.

"What the hell was that?" a voice suddenly cried. Nappa paused and smiled. He wasn't going to draw too much attention to himself, but killing humans in a secluded area like this was perfectly fine. It was only times like his when he wished he still had his scouter to see how pathetic his victim's power level would be.

Nappa inched forward to the edge of the woods, but immediately stepped back. He was familiar with the man in front of him. It was Jeice.

"I know you're there!" Jeice called. He was standing near the space pods. "I'm not a fool. Trust me. It'll be better for ya if you just come out and show yourself right now, mate."

Nappa immediately moved back and struggled to find a big enough tree to hide his large body behind. I sure learned some fighting techniques in Hell, but there's no way I'm going to match any member of the Ginyu Force.

Nappa turned around and peeked his head out a bit to study the image before him. Ginyu and Jeice's space pods could be seen off in the distance. If only I could get inside. I bet their stash of dragon balls are in there.

Nappa's eyebrow rose as he started to form a plan. Jeice was still standing in the open, moving around to see where his possible attacker was coming from. As soon as he turned the other way, Nappa sent a few blasts to the other side of the region. The side of a cliff started to shatter and several large pieces of rock fell to the ground, creating a large cloud of dust. As soon as Jeice started moving the other way, Nappa shot across the open area. He quickly opened Ginyu's space pod and was disappointed to only find a few pieces of fruit. Without thinking, he grabbed one and moved to Jeice's space pod, where he found what must be a dragon ball.

Grinning, he quickly picked it up and shut the space pod. By this time, Jeice had noticed what was going on. "Why you - !" He shot forward after Nappa, but the Saiyan had already taken off the ground. "I'm not going to let you get away with that!" Jeice yelled.

Nappa moved fast, headed straight back to Vegeta. He sent several ki blasts back in Jeice's direction, but the Ginyu Force member quickly dodged all of them. He sent several of his own and Nappa attempted to dodge them, but the last one made impact. The large bald Saiyan was sent flying into a tree, but immediately pushed himself away and shot further up into the sky.

"You can't keep running forever!" Jeice called, enraged. How the hell could this happen to me again? Captain Ginyu is literally going to have my head if I don't catch this guy soon.

Nappa raced as fast as he could, not quite thinking this through. He knew he would have to eventually stop and fight off Jeice, but he was going to stall as long as possible. He was about to reach the are where he'd left Vegeta, but stopped himself. He took the next moment to charge up a ball of ki before hurling it down at Jeice and racing away.

Vegeta was the one who was puzzled when he saw Nappa flying as fast as he could down to him. The Saiyan prince had been studying his own reflection while Nappa was gone, disgusted at what he saw before him. He wasn't used to being in Kakarot's body.

"Nappa, what the hell is going on?" the man asked.

"Jeice is after me," Nappa replied, holding up a dragon ball in one hand and the fruit and vegetables he'd managed to collect in the other.

The large man sprinted over to Vegeta as soon as he touched the ground and picked him up, struggling to hold onto all the items. "Nappa, you idiot!" Vegeta yelled, unable to move very much because he was in too much pain. Nappa had taken off and was still moving at light speed. Vegeta could see Jeice emerging from the large cloud of smoke Nappa had created. "You can't just keep running from him. What the hell were you thinking?"

"I can hide," Nappa replied. "Don't worry, Vegeta. We'll find a place where I can help you."

"No, you fool," Vegeta hissed. "Jeice has a scouter and he will find us eventually, even if we do manage to get away from him. This is exactly the kind of idiotic rash behavior that got you into trouble last time."

Nappa ignored the man, knowing there was nothing he could do now. He'd have to just keep flying as fast as he could until he ran out of energy. That's when he spotted the space ship off in the distance. He somehow managed to speed up even more. While it was no guarantee, someone had to be at that space ship and it would be a good enough distraction to get away from Jeice.

It was only a matter of time until Nappa reached the surrounding area of the large metallic ship. He had been moving so fast that he hardly had a chance to slow down to land. He didn't see the three men in front of him until it was too late. The large Saiyan collided into Piccolo first, who then knocked into Ginyu, who knocked into Krillin.

"Hey! What gives?" Ginyu roared before he could even make out the people in front of him.

"What the hell is going on here?" Piccolo asked as he got up off the ground.

Everything in Nappa's hands had fallen to the ground, including Vegeta. The dragon ball rolled across the grass and Ginyu immediately eyed it as Vegeta reached over for a piece of fruit, hoping nourishment would make him somewhat stronger.

Ginyu pulled out his dragon radar and took a look at it before glaring at Nappa. "You stole that dragon ball from me! I had it locked up in a safe place! Give it back! I order you now!"

"It's not your property, you body snatcher!" Vegeta hissed. Piccolo and Krillin were taken aback by this. "Now I order you to give me my body back, Ginyu."

"Captain… Ginyu?" Krillin asked in a confused tone. Ginyu just glanced back at the short man before backhanding him, frustrated.

"Wait a minute," said Ginyu, studying Nappa. "I know you! You're that Saiyan that Vegeta used to lug around. Heard you got killed here a while back."

Just then, Jeice landed firmly on the ground and started after Nappa. He was about to confront the man, but then he saw Ginyu. "Captain! I… I was just… I'm…"

Ginyu glared at him. "I'll be dealing with you later… Jeice." Just then, everyone started talking at once, confused by the whole situation. Vegeta finally took a bite out of Ginyu's apple before feeling a surge of newfound energy. He took a moment to take it in before smirking and starting to get himself up off the ground.

Just then, a large door to the space ship opened and Turles stepped outside.