Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans ❯ Education Part 1 ( Chapter 18 )

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Ancient History: The Forgotten Past of the Saiyans

Chapter 18: Education Part 1

POV: Bardock     Breakfast. It is my favorite meal of the day.  I sit here looking at these creatures that call themselves humans.  They have the strangest ideas for a morning meal. What are these things called again? Pancakes I think one of them said.  I watch my grandson roll up a sausage and eggs in one, and pour syrup on it.  Copying his actions I try it, and find it tastes delicious. I reach out to get myself some grapefruit juice. "I don't recommend that father." My son declared. I pour some anyway, giving him the 'you're not man enough to drink it?' look.  As soon as the liquid touches my tongue, I want to spit it out, The bitterness of the juice is a certain contrast to the sweetness of the pancake roll-ups.     "Kakarott.  Where is your brother?" I asked my youngest.  "He is dead.  He tried to kidnap my son." He said matter-of-factly.  I frown with sadness.  No parent wants to outlive their children.

POV: Goten     Trunks and I laugh inwardly at the look on the face of my Grandfather, Bardock, as he tastes that awful stuff my mom liked so much.  Surpassingly he finished the glass.  After breakfast was finished, all of us had retired to the living room to reveal our news.  "Everyone we have some good news to share." I said.  "First of all, Goten and I are bonded mates... and..." Trunks stated. "We are with child." Both of us said simultaneously.     Buma, Bra and Pan fainted in their chairs.  King Vegeta and Bardock smirked, and  Gohan just sat there like a fish out of water.  Vegeta just narrowed his eyes at me, and scowled. And dad just grinned like he did when he was nervous.  At least I know my old dad is still in there.  Vegeta then shifted his eyes to glance at my dad, still scowling.

POV: Goku     Wow.  I didn't expect this to happen so soon, to have a grand kid from my youngest child.  It seems like yesterday that I held him in my arms.  Now he's all grown up.  But the thing is the gender identifiers are divided on this world.  Saiyans are neither he, nor she. Neither are they asexual in nature.  We as a people, are unique.

I have recently learned from the books that were given to me, that were saiyan 'females' but those were mutated saiyans with their male reproductive organs removed, to increase birthing rates under King Cold's father's reign, so he and the Tuffles could perform painful experiments on the offspring, then dispose of them.  That's why King Vegeta purged the Tuffle's home world and moved in.     I am glad that Vegeta and I aren't the only ones left; it takes some unnamable weight off my shoulders.  He glances at me with his usual scowl.  I just look away and talk to my dad, after all, this is the first time I get to talk to him for some length of time.

POV: Gohan     Staring in shock at my younger sibling, my mouth hangs open.  I knew he was bonded with Trunks, but this is news to me; I did not know about that aspect of saiyan biology.  I'm going to be an uncle.  Closing my gaping mouth, I ponder theses facts further.  I wonder if the children will be human, saiyan, or halflings.  "When did this happen?" I asked when my ability to speak returned.  "We were bonded two months ago.  But conceived during our last rut: two weeks ago." Trunks declared.     My eyes bulge as they both drop the energy barriers around them, to hide the evidence of their conception.  It is then, that I can sense the lives developing within them– the power levels are very impressive for their stage in development.  I smile to myself as I finally fully comprehend this situation, and it makes me happy and nervous at the same time.  I wonder how Vegeta will handle this.  He is still scowling.

POV: King Vegeta     I'm glad to see my son again after so many years.  He seems very bitter about the turn of events, regarding my grandson. I am excited to meet my grandchild and his mate.  It appears that my son has yet to choose a mate after all these years, despite having two children.  I cannot imagine the horrors he had to endure during  Frieza's rule.     My granddaughter, along with her human mother passed out at the sound of being an aunt, and grandmother, respectively. I know Bardock in grinning inwardly at the sight, bringing a smirk to my lips, the humorous looks on their faces further dramatizing the situation.     Now that I have a chance to peruse the appearance of my family and its new members, I notice the absence of their tails.  This alone perturbs me for a moment.  Upon further examination, the native creatures of this world lack the posterior limb.

POV: Trunks     My mate smiles brightly at me.  We are both going to be parents.  I must admit that this prospect terrifies me a little, even if it doesn't appear that way outwardly.  The fact that we are bringing new lives into the world is something I look forward to.  I just want to protect them, and train them to be good, strong people.  If they have tails, I don't want to cut them off and have to deal with the 'phantom limb' effect that the rest of us have to deal with.
    Sighing as I watch my father's reaction to the news.  He seems conflicted about something besides our news.  I can always tell when his right eyebrow twitches a little more than his left one.  It is also a relief to find him over his heat cycle.  His temper is bad enough without it.
    Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to have a little brother, but mom is too old to carry a half saiyan child, without killing her. I occasionally wonder why my parents never got married.     It is fascinating, to some degree, to observe my father interact with his.  Too bad he is scowling more than usual.  I thought he would be happy to see him.  Even my Saiyan Grandpa smiles more than he does.     I am ecstatic to see a long lost member of my Saiyan family.  I hope he can teach me and Goten more of the customs of the Saiyan people.

POV: Vegeta     My son is bonded to that third class idiot's child!  And to top things off, my father is here!  I haven't seen him (other than yesterday) since I was a child; I thought he was dead.  And now he shows up with that brat, Appuru. The kid appears no older than 23 earth years. Appuru looks over at me and smiles. 'He is very glad to see you again.'  "Get out of my head, brat."  'Forgive me, I'm still adjusting to my new power level.' Appuru replied.

POV: Narrator     Everyone was pulled out of their musings and conversations, when they felt 32 powers park in orbit.  One was very large, another large, 15 medium, and 15 small ones.  The 15 small ones were arrayed around the largest one.     Before anyone has a chance to budge from their spots, Tony materializes in the midst of them.  "I'm back. The presumptuous ones are on board, awaiting your dealings." Tony said.  King Vegeta and Bardock glanced at each other a moment and smirked at their sons.  "The both of you will handle the knaves." King Vegeta said nodding to Goku and Vegeta.  The rest of you will observe.  Let us depart to the ship."
    By chance, Bulma and Bra woke up at this moment.  Trunks was relived that his mother and sister finally joined the rest of them in consciousness.  Bulma was excited to see the technology in front of her.  She was surprise to see Goku operating it.  Goku tapped a few more icons and the device shut off, and handed it back to Appuru.  "What's that?" She asked.  "It's a portable computer, with a three dimensional holographic matrix as the interface." Goku replied.  Bulma was floored. She never heard her best friend use such big words before, let alone technical descriptions.  'That is correct Kakarott.' Appuru responded.
    "Ready?" Tony asked.  All present nodded.
   The living room before them vanished, and was replaced with that of a small cargo chamber.  'Welcome onboard Solaris, my first ship with an A.I. biocore.' Appuru said.  The brief tour was continued to the bridge, where Bulma was itching to press all the buttons on the consoles before her. 'Bulma would you like Tony to give you the technical tour, while the rest of us see to our current business?' Appuru broadcast. "I would love to!" Bulma exclaimed.
    Goku and the others proceeded to where the captives were being held.  The sight of the other saiyans sparked some inner emotion in Vegeta and Goku that they could not identify, until the waving of the others' tails caught their attention for a moment.  Neither were happy about what had happened.  The earth raised saiyans scanned the countenances of each of the captives as they passed bye the cells.
    Some of the more uncouth prisoners made cat calls and wolf whistles at the Halflings, leering at them with mischief filled eyes.  Trunks pulled down the collar of his shirt, exposing his left shoulder: The claim mark was clear for all to see, and Goten did the same, causing some disappointed grunts to be heard.
    King Vegeta looked over at his son and nodded.  "Kakarott and I will be handling your punishments."  Vegeta grinned ferally, as he enjoyed the reactions on their faces.