Ch.1
By: Vegeta's Mate
It wasn't fair. He was the crowned Prince of Vegetasei, someone who was to
be respected and revered all over the universe, or least by his people. If he had
a people that is. He had always hated Freezer, having to suck up and pretend
to be loyal to him was completely revolting. The only thing that had given him
any kind of solace was the fact that he was, and always would be, the
strongest of his race, regardless if they had survived or not. He knew that one
day he would destroy Freezer and claim his rightful place as ruler of the
universe. When he had heard of the dragon balls on Earth, he had seen his
chance for that dream to come true. Finally, he would be able to rid himself of
Freezer and get his revenge, he would finally be a true Prince again!...
That was until he had met, him. Kakarotto. He cringed at the despised name.
And he had thought that he hated Freezer! Ha! Oh no. This was a pure
seething hatred. The damned baka had stolen everything from him. His pride,
his revenge, his rights and almost his sanity. The fact that a wretched 3rd class
rat could be a Super Saiyajin when he, the Saiyajin no Ouji, was nowhere near
being one was a sickening blow to his pride.
If that hadn't been enough, he had to be subjected to the humiliation of having
to use the damned planet Earth as place to live. A planet that he had once
tried to destroy, had ironically become his "home." A point that the "woman"
insisted on shoving in his face.
The Prince sighed as he thought about the blue-haired beauty. She had to be
the most difficult and stubborn being in the universe. Not to mention vulgar.
The woman almost reminded him of a young girl that he now only barely
remembered, a girl that he had passed off as another tragedy of his kingdom...
He shook his head in an attempt to block out the memories that insisted on
returning. He shuffled his position on the cliff that he had been sitting on, and
finally decided to get back to the Capsule Corporation, so that he could
straighten out his emotions. His emotions, he found, had recently been getting
a little out of control. He was a man that was a master of ignoring those petty
emotions, but when they finally leaked to the surface, they hit him hard. The
main emotions that were growing seemingly by the day were his anger and
frustration because of his failure to reach Super Saiyajin, and another two very
rare ones for him. He had fallen into a deep depression that almost threatened
to consume him. It bothered him to no ends that he would feel this way. But
one that surprised and scared him the most was the fact that he
felt....well...lonely.
But why shouldn't he? For Kami's sake he must have been the most
wretchedly lonely person in the universe. He had no family, none of these
"friends" or so the earthlings called them, he didn't have anyone to have a half
decent conversation with. His entire race had been destroyed leaving only him
and a brain damaged idiot, who couldn't really count as a true Saiyajin, as the
only survivors. The Prince was the last of his kind. Well, if someone thought
themselves lonely if they had all of that, they would have at least had a home
planet! But not him. And to top it all off, even the most miserable and
wretched had a god, and being totally despised by anything good, he knew
that he did not even have that.
But he didn't care. Curse them all! He didn't need anyone. He would never
need anyone. That's what he told himself anyway. But the lump that had
formed in his throat said otherwise...
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Bulma sighed to herself as she stared up at the stars. She really wished that
the moon hadn't been destroyed. It would have made the whole scene that
much more beautiful.
Her gaze turned towards the gravity room and she was shocked to see that it
was turned off. ~Nani? That's odd. Vegeta shouldn't be finished in the gravity
room yet...~
As was her nature, she began to worry. Where could he possibly be? She
knew that Vegeta was a man of routine, and when he acted out of routine, it
usually meant that something was up.
She was about to go outside to look for him when she saw him streaking
across the midnight sky, heading towards the compound.
She smiled, now that her mind was at ease. She watched in silent curiosity as
he headed for his room balcony instead of heading for the gravity room. ~Oh
well. I guess sometimes even Saiyajins just want to sleep sometimes..~
It suddenly dawned on her that she was spending an awful lot of time thinking
of Vegeta. She inwardly sighed to herself. It was weird. Ever since he nearly
killed in the gravity room explosion, she had been unable to keep her thoughts
off of him. Simple things, like what he dreamed about or if he had a middle
name. But she had to admit that her thoughts sometimes wandered in the
"forbidden" territory...
She sighed again, and decided that she REALLY needed some sleep...
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Emerging from the depths of space, one huge flagship, followed by several
smaller ships, suddenly came to an immediate halt and lingered in the vast
void...
The young navigator was in total shock. He simply couldn't believe what he
saw blinking on the screen. The ship's highly sensitive radar had picked up an
unmistakable ki signature. A ki that the ship had been modified to detect, if
they ever came across it. A few years ago, they had learned by scanning
another ships communications that the owner of the ki was dead, killed by
that bastard, Freezer, on a planet named Namek. The radar to detect this ki
should have been deactivated years ago, but by some stroke of luck, or the
unwillingness to accept defeat, it had remained in tact.
The youth quickly motioned for the leading officer over to his cubicle.
General Corin came rushing over, seeing that the matter was urgent.
"Well what is it?" The aging general snapped, getting impatient.
The youth seemed unaffected by the harshness of his voice. "General sir! Just
look! The radar! It's picked up a ki signature!"
"Yes, yes! I can see that! But who's?!" General Corin hissed his patience
beginning to wear extremely thin.
"See for yourself!" The boy exclaimed clicking a few buttons and then pointed
to the picture of the owner of the ki.
The General's eyes grew wide with shock. "I...it can't be! It must be an old
reading but... it's not! It's more recent than his supposed death! But how can it
be possible?!"
With the young boy's whoops of joy and the General's voice increasing in
volume, they began to attract the attention of the others, and soon they came
rushing over.
"General? Is there something wrong?" One commander asked.
The General seemed stunned for a moment. "N..no! Everything's fine! B..but...."
He turned towards the communications officer. "You! Tell the Queen that I
need to see her immediately!"
"But sir?" the commander pressed.
"Just ask the boy! He'll fill you in!" He called without looking back as he made
his way out the door to see the Queen...
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The newly established Queen of the Saiyajins stood looking out of the huge
window into the abyss of space. She considered herself lucky to be Queen.
Very lucky. She wasn't of the royal bloodline, but she bared the mark of the
royal family. Not only that, but she would have been Queen anyway...if the
future King had survived...
Kollie felt a pain begin to develop in her chest as memories of the past and
crushed dreams for the future came rushing back. How badly she wanted to
make Freezer pay for all that he had did. But he was already dead. Something
that she was both thrilled and angry about. Thrilled that the monster had
gotten what he deserved, angry that she had not been the one to kill him. She
knew she would have... easily. Her power had increased dramatically. Which
was another reason why she had made Queen. She was the strongest Saiyajin
alive.
But wasn't only Freezer that she held resentment against. It was the royal
family as well. It was their fault that Vegetasei had been destroyed! Damn
them! She despised them with a passion. The only one she felt anything for
was the Prince. The Prince... She wanted her mate damn it! It wasn't fair! Was
she to remain barren forever?! Sure her people had told her that it would be
OK to take another mate, besides just for pleasure. But she just couldn't do it.
When she had learned that Vegeta was alive and well, she had nearly cried
with joy. They had learned that he was heading for Namek and so they did so
as well. But when they had scanned Freezer's communications...
"My Queen?"
Kollie spun around to see Memphice kneeling to her.
"Yes, what is it General Memphice?!" She said, annoyed that she had been
interrupted.
"My Queen, General Corin is here to see you." A bit startled by Kollie's rough
greeting. But she wasn't all that surprised. Kollie had become quite cold ever
since the destruction of Vegetasei, even to her. But oddly Kollie was a caring
ruler. She showed true concern for her people and had allowed, even
encouraged them to openly show their emotions. Be it hate, love or anything. It
was no longer considered "weak." The people had loved her for it. But
Memphice could see the darkness in Kollie that they could not. It was if
something had died in her.
Kollie scowled in slight irritation. "Yes, yes. Alright fine. Send him in already."
Memphice bowed again and turned to let the general in.
Memphice stood to the side of the throne as Kollie's personal bodyguard, and
General Corin bowed respectfully to his Queen.
Kollie nodded in approval and bid him to stand. "What is it that seems to be so
important General?"
The General quickly got to his feet, his face beaming. "Oh my Queen, you are
not going to believe what I have to tell you..."
Now this got her attention. "Oh? Do continue..." She said curiously.
The General continued to smile as he spoke. "My Queen, the radar has
detected a ki signature.."
Kollie's curiosity was getting the better of her. "Oh do hurry and tell me what it
is that you have say! The radar detected a ki, so what?"
The old man's grin wider. "It's the owner of the ki that would interest you my
Queen.."
Kollie was going to go insane. "Well?!! Who's is it then?!!"
The General took on a honourable air, and spoke majestically as he said,
"Prince Vegeta's..."