Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans ❯ Delivery ( Chapter 12 )

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Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans

Chapter 12: Delivery

    Vegeta smirks at the reaction of Appuru.  Recovering himself, Appuru grins broadly and starts signing to Mr. Briefs.  Mr. Briefs translates: "So, Vegeta, you are alive after all."  Appuru began to laugh.  At that moment, Goku, Bulma, Krillin, eighteen, Marron, and Piccolo came in to see what the hold up was.  After the new arrival stopped laughing, Trunks looked at Appuru and said: "Why are you signing? We all heard you speak in class."  Appuru spoke to them all telepathically: 'Yes Trunks, you all did hear me.  But did you ever wonder why you heard me so clearly over the noise of the other classmates?'  "Well, yeah." Trunks replied, a moment of shock silencing everyone for a bit.
    Appuru looked back and forth between Vegeta and Goku, and smirked a Vegeta style smirk.  'Vegeta.  I came here searching for Prince Kakarott.'  Vegeta's eyes narrowed. "You are mistaken.  That idiot is nothing but a third class Saiyan!" Vegeta said.  This caused Appuru's smirk to widen into a grin.  Goku stepped forward.  "Vegeta is right.  I was born a third class."  Goku said.  After bowing his head to the group, the guest left the room and some zippers could be heard zipping along with the ruffling of cloth.
    The mute telepath walked into the room carrying two packages, and handed one to Vegeta, and one to Goku.  Opening the parcels, revealed a stack of 4 old looking, medium sized books in each parcel, for a total of 8 books.  All of the books were black with gold binding and red lettering.  Each book had a large gold symbol on the front and back, like two sides of a coin.   Upon closer inspection, Vegeta noticed that they looked like the set of books his father kept on his letter desk in the royal office.  The texture even felt the same.  The only thing missing was the old book smell.
POV: Vegeta
    Handling these books brings back memories of when I used to sneak in my father's office and peek at the them.  Sometimes I would see Father write in one.  His handwriting was so flawless and elegant.  He took great care to make sure everything was small but clearly written.  I didn't think about that at the time, now I am reminded.  I look at the topmost book.  The front cover had the words: Royal Chronicles of Vegeta, centered at the top; the word, Vegeta, was centered just below the previous three words.  Below the title written in Saiyango, was the emblem of the house of Vegeta.
    Running my fingers over the surface, I could feel the texture of the image of a battle scene of saiyans in their uzaru form, with the suns flanking the full moon in the sky.  On the back was the same symbol as on the front but smaller, aligned with three other glyphs surrounding  a larger fifth one at the center. I noticed they too had texture.  The spine of the book only had the title on it.  Fliping through the pages, I find them empty.
POV: Goku
    Walking over to the table, I set the books down.   The books had strange writing on them.  Vegeta seems to know how to read it.  No sooner had I thought that, the lettering began to change into Japanese, which I could understand.  It read, Royal Chronicles of Kakarott.  Below the title, was a large emblem of sorts.  It featured a waterfall spilling into a large pool.  The waterfall was flanked  by forrest on each side of it.  Down in the pool, a saiyan family was featured playing and laughing, swimming in the water.  This image brings a smile to my face as I remember the creek I used to play in as a child.  Flipping through the pages I am surprised to see that they are all blank.  "Vegeta. The pages they are all blank." I say.  "I know Kakarott." he mutters.
    As I cradle this book in my hands, I sense a weak, but steady aura emanating from the book. Subconsciously I start to channel some of my power through the book, not realizing what I am doing until the emblem on the cover of the book begins to glow.  Suddenly my hands grip the book like a vice, and a bright blue-white beam of energy fires from the emblem into my forehead.  Then everything went black.
POV: Vegeta
    After the initial shock wore off, I picked up Kakarott's limp body and carried him into the lab.  After Bulma did some tests, everything showed up normal.  Goten and Trunks followed me.  Goten sat in a chair next to the gurney that his father was laying on.  I walked back into the living room which everyone is now seated with glares at Appuru. 'Kakarott should be awake in an hour.' Appuru said. "What the hell did you do to him!?" I said. 'I did not do anything. Goku did.  Did you all not sense him channeling his aura through the book?' "I did sense it go up a little." I said.  I walk over to Appuru and slug him hin the gut, and the he didn't even flinch.  'Your father would be proud of you.' Appuru said to me, smirking.
    Goten came into the living room.  "Goten. How is he?" I asked.  "I am fine Vegeta." Goku answered in the Noble dialect of Saiyango, walking into the living room.  Everyone just looked at him confusedly.  My mouth dropped open in surprise at him fluently speaking my native language.  "Hey guys." He said in Japanese, as if nothing out of the ordinary happened, "My scar on the back of my head is gone."
POV: Narrator
    Piccolo picked up the book that Goku dropped.  The pages were blank.  Goku walked over to Piccolo and held out his hands and the open book was placed in them. Text began appearing the moment it was in his hands. "Thanks." Goku said, and set it down with the other books.  He looked over at Vegeta and had a knowing smile on his face that said, I know something you do not.
    The next book in the stack that was in Vegeta's possession was titled: The People's Diary: Reign of Vegeta II.  The emblem on this book was rather plain.  It featured an image of a congregation of saiyans writing in books, the face of the king at the top.  This image was also on the back like the first surrounding the same symbol on the back. It is then that both Vegeta and Kakarott realize that the symbols on the front of the eight books appear on all the backs of each other, surrounding that same fifth symbol.
The next book that was in Goku's stack was the same, only having an image of another king at the top.  There were four Royal Chronicle books, and four People's Diary books.  The third Chronicle book was titled: Royal Chronicles of Imo, with a coresponding People's Diary book.  Finally the last two were titled Royal Chronicles of Tako, and the corresponding People's Diary book.
POV: Goten
    "Lets all go get some more food." I said as I grabbed Trunks' arm and pulled him back into the kitchen.  Piling more food on my plate I head to the tables outside.  Vegeta and my dad followed.  Soon everyone was sitting back outside talking.  They all kept an eye on Appuru though.  "Appuru, why did the book blast my dad and knock him out?" I asked.  'Well, the book recongnized your dad and...' "I would like to tell my son." Goku interrupted with a smile.  Appuru nodded. "Goten, I felt a weak energy coming from the book, and I sent my energy through the book and it asked me if I wanted to know how to speak and read my naitive language.  I said yes, so it downloaded and programmed my brain accordingly."  Everyone, myself included, just stared with our mouths open.
POV: Trunks
    "Appuru, why didn't my dad's book do the same thing as Goku's?" I asked.  'Because he didn't unlock it.' Appuru voiced in my head.  I looked over at my dad and he seemed to be watching Goku's every move. "Dad are you ok?" "Yes." he said, but his eyes remained fixed.      It is them that I get a whiff.  Dad has begun his heat cycle and can get very temperamental.  Dad suddenly lunges at Appuru, baring his sharp canines, and knocks him out of his seat.  Appuru presses a button on his watch and disappears.  In the meantime my dad gets up off the ground and sits back in his seat between Bulma and Goku.  He pretends like nothing happened, but I know that he was wondering why he was crouched on the ground in front of everyone.
To be Continued...

Chapter 13: King Vegeta is reunited with an old friend, and the mystery of the Suspension Chamber is revealed.