Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ KALERAGETSUSEI : BK 4 OF TOSOV ❯ DELIVERY ( Chapter 41 )
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CHAPTER XLIII
KALE-RAGETZUSEI (PART ONE)
DELIVERY
The ship had lifted into the atmosphere and, in less time than it took a conventional Earth craft, had broken through the surface and was space born. Kakarrot stood in front of the huge observation window and looked down on the quickly shrinking dot of blue and white that had been his home since infancy. A few tears crept down his golden colored cheeks as he bade the Earth Saiyan Goku one last farewell. Once the planet was no longer visible, Kakarrot pulled his own Saiyan pride around himself like a shroud and took the captain's chair that would have been occupied by his beautiful mate. Onya had opted to enjoy the long flight back to Kale with her sons, their mates, the queen and breeding females, thus she moved to stand beside Kakarrot and hugged his head to her breast.
"Son of my body, welcome home, Ichimi. Once we get out of this solar system, how about a gentle spar? We haven't sparred as yet and we must all prove our mettle to one another. Besides, you being bigger bodied can carry multiples better than our Ouji, so a bit of physical exertion won't phase you or the cubs until you begin to show," the queen's aunt smiled and nuzzled her natural son's hair. That was done to inhale the wood spice scent of his waist length spiky hair. "I've missed you, love. I'm glad you're coming home," she sighed as she fought a tear.
Kakarrot turned and embraced his lithe mother and buried his nose in her chest. Just the scent of her calmed his nervousness. For some reason, he was not as saddened as he thought he would be at leaving the blue sphere behind. No, he was feeling quite the opposite, in fact and felt as if his life was beginning all over again as the being he had been before he sacrificed his true nature to assimilate with the humans. A feral smile formed on the large Saiyan's lips and he began to laugh wildly like his mate had done in years passed. All present on the bridge turned to regard the consort with awe.
"Kakarrot! Vegeta would be beside himself hearing you laugh like a Saiyan. I knew you were behind that silly mask somewhere, you just needed a reason to leave it go. Welcome back, little brother!" Raditz chortled. "Listen, the trip will take three months (Saiyan months. Six Earth months) on the present course, so we'll divide the navigational duties and the watching of our prince. The queen is with him and the three breeding females we brought along with us. Between mother and her, his highness is in the best care. Taechecus is our medical staff unless I radio that we require Celerion, however, in cold sleep, the Ouji will have very few needs. The cubs and Matusan will be nourished through the tank until he is awakened and delivered. That we shall do when we enter Kale's solar system. I'll set the ship on auto pilot so that we may go dine," the extra-large Saiyan remarked and the others agreed.
The trip commenced as scheduled with each member navigating the craft, locating potential battlegrounds, training, sparring and watching the prince. Taechecus kept close watch on the Ouji and noted a pattern change in his vitals. They were stronger and steadier than when he had left Earth. The crew was a month from landing on Kale when Vegeta began to show signs of movement.
'Ouji, can you hear me?' the medic asked via the race link all Saiya-jin shared.
'W-who i-is there?' was the reply.
'Taechecus the medic from Minervasei, sire. How do you fare?' the medic asked as he examined the readings.
'I fare well, why?' the mental voice became stronger, more dominant.
'Well, sire, you are carrying quad cubs, only a handful of breeders have survived such births,' the medic responded.
'So shall I. My mate, is he about?' the prince asked.
'He is due to make his daily visit with the elder cubs. Oh, sire, you should see the younger two, they're growing beautifully! They eat solids now and are trying to sit on their own. I estimate another day before that occurs. Her majesty and companion come to visit as well', Taechecus smiled over the link.
'Let me out of here so that I may join my family. There's much to do before Kakarrot and I leave the Earth for Kale,' the prince replied.
'We are going to Kale, sire. I recommended it in your condition before that youngster with the fire red hair gave you herbs from his world that was used to restore the strength of kais and youkais. I shall call the crew to be present when I release you from the tank,' the medic said.
'Tank? I'm in a healing tank and we're headed for Kale on your recommendation? Was I that bad off?' the prince questioned.
'Yes, sire. You began to improve then you took a dive for the worse and I knew we would have to have you on the new home world before you delivered. Those herbs have improved you. I shall tell the others to prepare for the release of their prince from the tank,' and with that, the medic left the prince's side.
The medic moved over to an intercom and pressed the 'announce' button, then spoke, "For all interested parties, his highness is responding to the mental link. I shall be releasing him within the hour for those who wish to greet him, I invite you to gather now," then he closed the channel.
Not long after the announcement was made, the tank chamber filled with the ship's main crew, the queen, Onya, Raditz, Tormataeo, Kale, Collyard, Kakarrot, Teresahan and four very happy royal chimps. Of course, the three breeding females were also present to greet their beloved prince, as well. Another discovery that made itself known was that both older and younger sets of brothers were in breeding stage. Queen Imione and the Stygian heir to the throne, Uslagg, were also present for the trip and desired to see the most powerful of the numerous Saiyan princes awakened from his recuperative sleep. Once the crowd was gathered, Taechecus entered the codes to drain the tank, which took a total of ten minutes. Queen Sunrissa and Kakarrot stood on either side of the prince to remove the breathing apparatus and assist him from the tank. Sunrissa held a large bath sheet that she wrapped around the prince's bulging body while Kakarrot held a deep purple robe that the prince would put on after a cleansing shower.
"Welcome back, highness. You are looking well," Taechecus remarked as everyone hit their knees in a bow, even the queen, royal mate and elder royal brats.
"Thank you, family, friends. I see we have the breeding femmes along. Good. Return to your stations and I'll join you forthwith," Vegeta nodded and the rest of the crew departed. Kakarrot remained by his side.
"Sire, take this. It's a vitamin I made from extracts of the cherry berry, senzu bean and shadow herb and will aid in keeping your strength up until we make planet fall and deliver you," the medic spoke and gave his prince the pill.
Vegeta took the pill then turned to greet his mate with a tight embrace. "Come, koi, let's get washed then you can fill me in on what's going on," Vegeta encircled Kakarrot's waist as the latter encircled the prince's shoulders.
In the wash was a seat for the prince to sit while his larger mate washed and groomed him. Kakarrot spoke encouraging words to his little love, who, like a breeding femme, felt ugly and unsightly, pride being the last thing on their minds. Following the wash, Kakarrot continued to groom his prince by drying him and detangling his hair. Kakarrot then strapped on a pouch like device constructed of leather and fur.
"I made this to help ease the weight of your stomach until we reach the planet. I have one myself," the large Saiyan remarked as he fastened the device around his prince.
"I think you've been hanging around me too long, koi. You've begun to sound like me," Vegeta tilted his head to kiss his mate.
"Ever since we've been together, love. Here's your toga and a set of loose gi pants, then we can go to the exercise room to build up our muscles," the large Saiyan smiled and handed the prince his clothes then Vegeta went to dress himself.
Soon the two were in the weight room with the children and the females to undertake weight lifting and punching the bag. The harness made such training possible and the prince was on cloud nine with excitement as he trained. After a six hour workout, which also included light sparring so as not to disrupt the unborn cubs and help the 'Tousans retain their musculature, a huge dinner had been prepared. The dinner was to welcome Vegeta back to the land of wakefulness. Cilvanti, Endive and Teresahan sat between their parents, while Roma and Chardonblis-who had mastered the skill of sitting up at the age of one and a half months in Saiyan terms-sat in highchairs to be fed by the royal couple.
Saiyan children were younger in age than earth children were by two years, but they developed twice as fast and had motor skills far above the average earth aged child. Thus, for the infant prince and princess to be sitting up, holding their own bottles and trying to feed themselves, was not surprising to the Saiya-jin gathered. Kakarrot had been mildly surprised that his babies were so advanced, but with his mother, Sunrissa and two brothers and in-laws, they explained that such was normal. Inwardly, though, Kakarrot was awed, yet very proud, of such accomplishments by a pair so young.
Each couple sat together with Sunrissa and Onya at the head and foot of the table. There was no conversation as a holograph of Saiyan history and the out lay of Planet Kale was displayed for all to gain the knowledge of their destination. Once the holo ended, conversation ensued.
"Uncle Kale, do you and your female have any children?" Cilvanti asked as she gnawed on a pterosaur bone.
Kale smiled, "I have five before my female delivers the one she carries, and Collyard and I deliver our twins. I will also acquire the children of the female we branded on Minervasei. That femme had cubs in addition to the half breeds she had pushed forth for that disgusting ice prince, we just have to locate them," the younger Saiyan prince replied and his niece nodded.
"Great, more cousins to spar with! Aunt Imione, can Uslagg come stay with us on Kale for a bit?" Endive asked, as he and Uslagg both worked on the bones of the beast that the family had consumed.
"Well, I know ten little ones who'll be beside themselves when Daddy Rad gets back. Bree will give him a piece of her mind then they'll spar and be back to being friends. Saiya-jin very rarely hold grudges against one another," Tormataeo snuggled against his extra large mate. Reaching his hand up, Taeo brought his mate's head down and kissed him then nuzzled.
Vegeta rolled his eyes skyward and shook his head. "You two. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear the pair of you were in love or a reasonable facsimile of the emotion." The group erupted into laughter; however, the guilty couple blushed.
Vegeta fed Roma and Kakarrot fed Chardonblis but the prince leaned against his mate as their tails entwined and caressed one another.
Raditz cast a lazy eye to his two younger brothers and smirked. "Oh, and I suppose the pair of you are mortal enemies engaged in a brutal fight to the death? Spare me!" the largest warrior mocked and more laughter ensued.
The infant chimps reacted to the adults' snickers and giggled themselves. Kakarrot stared in disbelief. "V-Vegeta, they laughed?" he exclaimed and hugged his infant son.
"I take it that shrew raised Gohan mostly, so he developed at a slothgug's pace <a slow moving Saiyan amphibian the size of a turtle>. The others probably had the same upbringing. Oh, I should talk, Trageta and his sister were slower than these two, but Cilvanti's making up for all that lost time, aren't you squirt? I trust your time has not only been focused on beating the crap out of your little brother and cousin," Vegeta cast a gaze to his eldest youngest daughter.
Cilvi hung her head in a guilty manner, however, "Tousan, I have seen to her studies as well as her physical education with the assistance of both grandmamas," Teresahan explained.
Satisfied, the family finished the remains of the meal. Once dinner had been completed, servants assisted both Vegeta and Kakarrot to their feet as the evidence of their producing more than one cub had become very pronounced. Placing the infants in air strollers, the parents went to kick back for a time.
Both Queens Sunrissa and Imione and Onya piloted and navigated the ship while the men rested, the children were tutored and the three breeding females assisted in the child sitting.
A few weeks following Vegeta's return to the waking world, he began to show signs of nearing the end of his term. However, the same signs manifested themselves in his larger bond mate. The pair would often be found in the washroom, clinging to one another for support, as they would lose whatever meal they had ingested either before bed or in the morning. The parents thought it was the chimps not liking the food they ate but that theory was impossible as Saiya-jin ate everything! The pair found themselves scolding the chimps while they developed. Due to the lack of solid food in their bodies, both Vegeta and Kakarrot took ill just hours from planet fall and had to be placed in regeneration tanks and fed intravenously.
When the ship and crew entered the planet's atmosphere, Sunrissa opened a hailing channel.
"Starship Kale to Planet Kale, can you read me? This is Queen Sunrissa and we have two medical emergencies. Vegeta no Ouji and Consort Kakarrot are both in first stage delivery with multiples and heading to stage two. We need the entire medical staff on the landing bay waiting, stat!" the queen ordered.
"My Queen, we acknowledge your request and will be waiting with full equipage to handle the birthing. Celerion out," the dark haired medic responded.
The queens brought the ship into line to make as smooth a landing as possible. On the landing bay stood the requested medical staff, nursery maids to take the younger children away and two very stern yet concerned Outusans. Once the craft had landed without much disruption to the delicate cargo, the ship was powered down, the hatchway opened and the crew began to disembark. Celerion sent a team of six orderlies to fetch the prince and his mate and take them immediately to delivery as multiples had had to be taken and the skill of both medics would be required in the delicate process. The IV solution that fed the pair contained a sedative that rendered the pair incoherent, thus they were blissfully unaware of when the ship landed, when they were being taken off or when they had been wheeled to delivery.
Once Vegeta and Kakarrot had been taken away, the immediate family, which was pretty much every one, moved to the observation window above the delivery area to overlook the miracle that was about to transpire. The medics injected the royal pair to render them completely unconscious then reopening the incisions made to remove Roma and Chardonblis, the medics began to remove the cubs. The first cub to be removed was the quad that had become detached from her lifeline back on Earth.
"Can you believe that we are alive and well and our children have returned to us with their own cubs and more on the way? Once we give birth to these cubs of ours, Bardock, the first order after a welcoming celebration will be to locate the planets that worm had us conquer for him and take them for ourselves," a very burdened Vegeta Ou remarked. The king lounged on a chaise as he was carrying twins for Bardock and vice versa.
That couple had become with offspring during the moon run on the planet Minerva and was nearing the end of their term. The two could handle birthing multiples far better than their sons could, as both senior Saiya-jin had birthed twins once before, however, the king's twins had been killed during the same purging mission on which Velmora had died. The king felt that, by some miracle, his twins would be granted a second chance to live out their existence, even if they had to start as newborns.
Cilvanti and Endive had been taken away by the nursemaids to join other children their age and Uslagg accompanied them. The children sized one another then launched into battle as was customary with Saiya-jin when they met for first time. It was to establish dominance, and the first challenger was Prince Kale's son, Fagiolo. He had been heir to the throne of Vegetasei after his sire when it was thought that his uncle, Prince Vegeta, had been killed. Now the boy was confronted with two heirs before him, not to mention the adults who had prior claim, thus, he had to show these newies he would not lose his title easily.
"So, you think you can just come here and claim my title? My daddy's king and I'm his heir. You want my title, little boy, you'll have to fight me for it!" the youngster declared and launched himself into Endive, who countered.
While her brother was thus occupied, Cilvanti had her own battle to concentrate on. Kale's youngest daughter, Summer <as in Summer Squash> had challenged the young princess. Cornelia, Cilantra and Tormatanna, Kale's female, oversaw the battles.
"Bring it on, weakling," Cilvi taunted and Summer launched her attack.
The battles were over not long after they had begun due to the fact that Vegeta's cubs had attained Super Saiyan level, so a slight increase in power was all it took on the part of the elder prince's chimps to blow away the competition.
"Good fight, but you have a long way to go before you surpass the chimps of Prince Vegeta," Cilvanti smirked like her Outusan but yet she moved to aid Summer to her feet. Endive did the same.
"Why were you all golden and your eyes were a kinda greeny-blue color?" Fagiolo asked as the four of them rinsed off the blood.
"We're Super Saiya-jin like our 'Tousan. Uslagg is one, too. We can teach you since we'll be living here forever," Cilvanti offered.
"That'd be great! Can my Outusan be golden?" Summer asked.
"Yes, peaches, Outusan can be golden," a deep voice came from the entry of the nursery.
"OUTUSAN!" the two youngsters exclaimed as they jumped into their dad's arms.
"Hello, my angels. Did you see, I brought momma home and she's gonna have a new brother for you," Prince Kale motioned to his heavy female.
"Yeah! Hey, who's he and who're those cubs?" Summer noted as she spotted the spike haired young man behind her dad.
Prince Kale looked behind and smiled. "This is daddy's life/bondmate, Collyard Humizu, and these are his youngest children. They're half Saiyan but are just as strong if not stronger than the lot of you," Kale smiled.
Fagiolo and Summer looked at Kale as if he had grown another head. "Yeah, right," the two shook their heads.
"Here, eat these, then see for yourselves," Kale handed his power drained children senzu beans.
"Wow! I can feel my power come back! C'mon, show us what you're made of!" Fagiolo challenged a second time to one of his new stepbrothers; Summer challenged one of her stepsisters, as only four of Collyard's chimps were their age of two and three Saiyan years.
Kale turned his attention to his niece and nephew. "Your Outusan and Matusan have just delivered the new cubs, wanna see them? We can't lick them because they're so tiny and under developed, so they're in gestation tanks for the next few months until they reach full term. Your grandpas are expecting as well," the prince informed the chimps.
"Wow, there's gonna be a lot of babies born in the coming months," Cilvi noted.
"Doesn't help that the male cycle is just six months (Earth timing) long. We deliver twice as many as a female in a year (Earth time, again). We're also a greater risk for multiples like your dad and his mate and your granddads," the younger prince said as he lead the kids to the delivery ward.
In the delivery ward were seven tanks with seven tiny bodies floating within the viscous liquid of the Saiyan/parent DNA to complete the development of the cubs. Reddish brown, indigo black, orange caramel, dark blonde and mahogany copper tails gently swayed in the solution. There were four girls and three boys and ranged between the features of their parents, however, the first female could have been both Raditz and Vegeta's exact double. On either side of the incubation tanks were the tanks that contained the birth parents. Vegeta was on the right and Kakarrot on the left.
"She looks like Aunt Velmora, daddy and Uncle Raditz sister," Cilvanti noted as she took in the features of all her sibs.
"The hell you say, brat? Outusan...?" Raditz looked to the king.
"Bardock, the chimp speaks true, the cub's spirit and looks are Velmora's in every inch! Could it be that...?" Vegeta Ou was wide eyed with wonder as he rubbed his swollen abdomen.
"We can just pray, koi, but the chiis do feel familiar. We won't know until we're delivered," Bardock nuzzled the king as four grandparents gazed at their grand chimps.
Just then, "Vegeta, look at the Ouji's chest and legs!" Sunrissa burrowed her face into the lapel of the king's robe.
Vegeta Ou looked over his son's badly scarred small body and shuddered. Tears sprang to his onyx eyes as he remembered a vision he'd seen through the parent/child bond he shared with the prince.
"Grr, Frieza! How could he dare after all we did to try and please him! That does it, the minute we're released from our burden, Bardock, we'll organize a purging party and go straight to the dragon's throat and rip it out, then we'll take his planets! I hope he receives the same pain he dished out to us and to the other races that have been revived. I knew he was a monster but to inflict such... AAAHHH!" the king screamed and grabbed his abdomen. His rant addressed to not only the deceased tyrant himself, but also the surviving Ice-jin of Planet Frieza-1, the home planet of the Ice-jin.
Due to the trauma of seeing the scars his eldest female born son's body had to bear for the sake of the Saiyan race brought the king and Bardock to premature labor, thus, Celerion and Taechecus ran immediately to tend the pair. After the king and his mate had been taken to delivery, Sunrissa stayed with Onya, the other brothers and chimps to watch the couple who had began to move.
Because of the potency in the vitamin Taechecus had formulated, the healing and regenerating time for Vegeta and his mate increased and they were back to full potential in half the time it would have taken them to regenerate normally. The Saiyan ability to regenerate itself was fairly quick ranging from a few hours to a few months, depending on the depth of injury.
"Patients are showing signs of waking. Tank is draining," an automated voice spoke, thus the queen, her aunt and aunt's cousin, Imione, assisted the royal pair from the tanks. Sunrissa had to avert her eyes from the angry scars that had been dug into her prince's once delicate now battle hardened flesh.
The females enfolded the pair in terry bath sheets and the chimps drew the parents' attention to the new cubs in the gestation tanks.
"Daddy, doesn't she look exactly like Aunt Velmora?" Cilvi asked as she showed the prince the first born.
Vegeta gasped and grabbed onto his mate. "Kakarrot!"
'Hello, little brothers, like my new outfit? Granted that I should have come from Bardock, but it made sense to come from the one I had been co-residing with for most of his life,' a voice sounded through the link Vegeta had had with his deceased sister's spirit.
'W-what means this, Velly? That my alter ego is no more and I have to be femme on my own?' the prince's mental voice was near panic.
'Matu, you're home now with those who will never judge and you know that. Where's that tough as nails Saiyan pride of yours? I know it has not vanished from all your time on Earth. You are the no Ouji and can overcome all things that confront you. Besides, there will be little time to dress femme as you have seven cubs, that need names, so get a move on, snarlag,' Velmora's voice chided in a playful tone.
'You dare speak thusly to your Matusan? Just wait until you're old enough to spar, brat, you'll pay for that remark. For such insolence, your name will be Velmora,' the prince replied through the link.
"Well, no need to guess what her name will be. Velmora, definitely. I can feel that delicate firey spirit so much like yours, koi," Kakarrot smiled as he held his love. "What shall we name our son?" Kakarrot turned to his mother who smiled proudly. "Mother, if you will," he offered.
"Well, he looks too like you and not too much of his Matusan except his hair and tail. Seems like he should be called 'Tobbacca', which his daddy's twin with mama's features. All their spirits are strong and they are well formed even if they had to be taken a month (two months in Earth time) before full term," Onya observed after she had named the cub, which gave an imperceptible shudder in the tank.
"I believe he approves. My queen, number three if you will," Vegeta asked his mother to do the honors.
"That's easy, Treserion, number three in our language and also means curious one. I sense this one will follow his grandpa Bardock in the sciences," the queen nodded and again a tiny shudder of approval.
"Can I name one, poppa?" Endive asked and the prince bowed for him to do so. "Hi, little sister. You look so like Poppa K-san that I'll name you Carota. Do you like it, chibi mi?" the young prince asked and another shudder.
"My turn. Number five will be Agillo," Cilvanti smiled and was rewarded with a shudder.
"Right, I chose, for number six, the name Tatayon for Poppa Tateo," Raditz nodded and received a shudder.
"Kale, you get lucky and blessed number seven," Vegeta smiled at his youngest brother.
"That's also and easy one; Kakageta as he's the spit of both 'Tousans," the younger prince nodded and as with the other six received a shudder.
"I do believe they are all satisfied with their monikers. Come, love, let us wash and prepare to welcome our new sibs into the universe," Vegeta smiled and the family departed to prepare to for the king and his mate's children.
It was felt through the entire Z sensi, the absence of the greatest fighter the Earth had ever known. Even though he had been hard edged and tough to know, even the second warrior from the same race was missed, although only one actually shed tears over his departure.
Bulma had returned to Capsule Corp the day after the Saiya-jin had departed, almost a year ago in Earth time, and realized that she still cared for the little stubborn prince. Oh, Tien was nice enough and they had been friends for a long time but he was passive especially in the area of physical pleasure. He didn't demand or plead like Yamcha. Nor did he ignore her like the prince had done through the whole of their relationship (or lack of), but Bulma was hard pressed to get angry with him even though he drove her to the edge. She wanted more but she had thrown that 'more' out of her life several years ago because of his selfishness and single-mindedness. He seemed to never have time for her and their little family. After she had tossed him to the curb and he had found a place of his own on this planet, secretly she was thrilled beyond all reality because that meant that she would catch a glimpse of his gorgeousness whenever he would venture into the city with Kakarrot. Kakarrot and Vegeta, her greatest love and best friend who had hated one another had somehow found what neither she nor Chichi could give them.
"Bulma, honey, you have to snap out of the doldrums. You always knew that he was uncomfortable on this planet and spoke of leaving quite often. When you tossed him out those years ago, he had no reason not to pursue his own designs," Dr. Briefs spoke around his cigarette, his cat, Smokey, on his shoulder.
"Oh, dad, I can't help it. While he was on planet, I could see him. When I was with that Irish geek a year ago, Trunks had been badly injured and Vegeta brought him here to heal him. I wanted so much for him to ravish me like he had done not long after he had become Super Saiyan but he didn't. He stayed with Trunks until our... his son had healed. I'll never forget the kiss before we parted. Oh, dad, did I make a mistake by throwing him out?" Bulma asked through uncontrolled tears.
"It was for the better. He was unsatisfied here until you made him go find that job he had," the doctor replied.
"I should have never insisted that he find work. That's when the relationship fell further apart. After Cell, Vegeta had left the planet and didn't come back for two years, after that he had trained for five years before Majin Buu, but... Dad, he was having an affair behind my back with some female he had met on the job. Not only that, Gohan told me that Goku and Vegeta had met during the time they were training for the androids then left Piccolo and him to spar on their own while Goku and Vegeta had gone to train by themselves. Gohan said that he had heard loud moans and screams from a cave not far from their sparring area but didn't dare investigate," Bulma sniffled.
For several minutes the only sound in Dr. Brief's lab was his daughter's silent sobs until a loud buzzer sounded.
"Oh, the vid phone. Mhmm, now who would be calling from Little Vegeta?" Dr. Briefs noted the location of the call. "Hello," the doctor greeted.
"Grandpa Briefs? Oh, hi Bulma. Say, listen, her majesty just called us demies and invited all those who desired to join the celebration of birth. Dad and Kakarrot birthed seven more children. So the queen requested us demies to share in the festivities. Would you like to accompany us? Perhaps offer the Saiya-jin a contract for supplies? They do live on a new planet and will need houses and things or shall I handle it since Trunks and I are Vegeta's sons?" Trageta asked both mother and grandfather.
Although Trageta had 'divorced' his mother, he knew that Mirai was all momma's boy but was accepting his Saiyan side much easier than Gohan had for a time. Nontheless, the two geniuses mulled over what the younger demi-Saiyan prince had told them.
"Well, I would like to see our products reach and benefit other races in the universe and Vegeta was as dedicated a protector as Kakarrot, especially against Majin Buu and I do still love him... Ok, it's the least I can do to apologize for being such a witch and expecting him to be like his mate. Vegeta would never be like anyone. Ok, boys, I'll go. Where shall I meet you?" Bulma asked.
"I'll come get you then we'll return here and teleport with the others," Trageta replied then terminated the transmission.
Vegeta and Kakarrot lay within one another's embrace after just four hours of sparring, which rapidly deteriorated into foreplay and teasing touches. They had not had one another since the family had left Earth, now was a chance to make up for lost time, and after Celerion had examined the pair, pronounced them in battle fitness, the two found a sparring area where they vented their pent up energies. Now, an hour after their lovemaking, the two purred and sang contentedly to one another as they snuggled as one body.
"Your cubs are beautiful, mi amour. I love you, we did a bang up job," Kakarrot kissed the 'M' of his love's forehead.
"We sure did, mi koi. Oh, this is a sure sign of tedium. Maybe I should go to Ombrielle-6 and stir up some mischief," Vegeta snickered as his tail caressed his mate's stomach. "We have got to stop doing this, honey, or we'll repopulate Kaleragetsusei by ourselves. You put a real hurting on me, God, not even sparring can cause this much pain but I love being so battered, as long as it's your hand that deals the blows," the prince purred as he snuggled up to his mate then the two fell into a peaceful sleep.
'Maybe we'll have more sibs, Endy?' Cilvanti giggled through the link she shared with her little brother.
'Not bloody likely, chimp, go back to Teresahan and finish your lessons,' a deep voice cut through the sib link.
'Tousan! We didn't mean... I-I... We're going! We were never here,' and with that, the two elder younger chimps left their parents to themselves and returned to their lessons.
'Remind me to flog them when we return. K-san, stop that, we've already played, let me rest, now,' Vegeta snarled through his bond link to his mate.
'Stop what, koi?' Kakarrot replied as his tail entwined with his mate's.
"Stop licking... What the!" Vegeta looked and found his mate, eyes closed in sleep. Hesitantly, the prince looked to the source of the tingles he had felt traveling up his leg. "Kakarrot, wake up, but very slowly," the prince instructed his mate who did so.
Kakarrot gasped in surprise as his eyes came in contact with a round orange fur covered face and body, sharp claws that touched the Ouji's skin and a huge set of brown eyes. The little creature had a tail, much like a Saiyan tail, only it's was a little darker than its body cover. It could have passed for one of their chibis during first pelting; the resemblance was so striking. It turned its small head in an owl-like manner as it regarded the royal couple.
"Don't be afraid, little one, we will harm you not. Can you understand me?" the prince asked as he spoke to the creature in Otanganese, the language of the Otangzaru.
The creature replied in the same tongue. "I am a Monkrion, or so I'm told. Slougarth beasts have attacked my village where mom, not my real one, and dad and the elders lived and I'd not like to be its dinner like the others were. I'm only a baby," the creature hung it's head.
"Have you a name?" the prince asked.
"Kaylene, after my mommy, her name was Kayla. One day, a few years ago, she took us, my brother Kalaan and I, into the jungle and we never saw her again. She was really beautiful and looked like you. I miss her," Kaylene began to cry.
Vegeta enfolded the little one in his arms and wrapped his tail about her. Vegeta looked over at his mate. "K-san you don't suppose that female had met their sire, birthed them then abandoned them like trash, do you?" the prince asked his eyes wide in surprise at the implications. At that moment, a soft mew sounded and the others looked up to find a second Monkrion staring at them. Only this one was much smaller than Kaylene and had to be an infant.
"Kalaan! I thought I left you in the cave?" the girl asked but the infant flew to her and the prince caught him as well.
"He's a bit injured. Come, we need to get you..." Vegeta halted in mid-sentence when he felt a tingle at the edge of his senses. "Take us to your village," he requested, put the kids down so that he could fetch his discarded training gi, as did Kakarrot.
After redressing in matching dark gray training giis, white boots and gloves, the two put the kids on their backs and requested that they point the way to the village. When the two Saiya-jin landed, they were horrified at the sight before their eyes. Hundreds of mutilated bodies of one of the strongest links between the Saiya-jin and their ancestors lay scattered over the landscape.
"Seems they never had a chance," Kakarrot pointed out and his mate nodded.
"K-Kaylene, h-help," a hoarse voice pierced the near silence of the area.
"Poppa! Oompop, where you be?" the little femme called to the voice.
"H-help," the voice spoke and the two Saiya-jin flew to a heap of debris, cleared it away and pulled two dirty orange furred beings from beneath.
"Poppa, Oompop, you're all right!" the chimps flew to the elder Monkrion who embraced them.
"Elder, the elder is under his home, please, and there are others who hid themselves," one of the two elders spoke and Kakarrot moved to fulfill the request.
"Kakarrot, I sense more energies!" the prince remarked then moved to locate any other survivors.
After an hour of sifting through debris and destruction, the two mighty Saiya-jin had recovered fifty survivors of the Monkrion race.
"Mother, can you hear me?" Vegeta spoke into his scouter.
"Where are you two, your sires are in recovery after the delivery of their twins," Sunrissa explained.
"My congratulations to them. Listen, K-san and I have found a race of Saiya-jin on the far side of the planet but they're... Here, take a look," Vegeta turned to show the queen the people that they had just rescued.
Sunrissa gasped. "Bring them here, quickly! I'll have a medical team waiting. Sunrissa out," the queen clicked off and Vegeta turned to gather the Monkrion to teleport to the palace.
Just as the group had prepared to depart, the ground began to tremble as if heavy feet were trudging toward them.
"Slougarths!" the Monkrion screamed and huddled together.
"Kakarrot, teleport them to the palace then come back. I smell dinner heading our way," the prince smirked as his mate placed a hand on the group of Monkrion and teleported away.
Vegeta stood in the desolate village waiting the enemy to show itself and with a mighty roar, a huge hulking elongated being emerged from the forest. Vegeta powered to his Pilzara form just as the beast lunged at him, however, when his Saiyan vision caught sight of his opponent, Vegeta froze.
KALE-RAGETZUSEI (PART ONE)
DELIVERY
The ship had lifted into the atmosphere and, in less time than it took a conventional Earth craft, had broken through the surface and was space born. Kakarrot stood in front of the huge observation window and looked down on the quickly shrinking dot of blue and white that had been his home since infancy. A few tears crept down his golden colored cheeks as he bade the Earth Saiyan Goku one last farewell. Once the planet was no longer visible, Kakarrot pulled his own Saiyan pride around himself like a shroud and took the captain's chair that would have been occupied by his beautiful mate. Onya had opted to enjoy the long flight back to Kale with her sons, their mates, the queen and breeding females, thus she moved to stand beside Kakarrot and hugged his head to her breast.
"Son of my body, welcome home, Ichimi. Once we get out of this solar system, how about a gentle spar? We haven't sparred as yet and we must all prove our mettle to one another. Besides, you being bigger bodied can carry multiples better than our Ouji, so a bit of physical exertion won't phase you or the cubs until you begin to show," the queen's aunt smiled and nuzzled her natural son's hair. That was done to inhale the wood spice scent of his waist length spiky hair. "I've missed you, love. I'm glad you're coming home," she sighed as she fought a tear.
Kakarrot turned and embraced his lithe mother and buried his nose in her chest. Just the scent of her calmed his nervousness. For some reason, he was not as saddened as he thought he would be at leaving the blue sphere behind. No, he was feeling quite the opposite, in fact and felt as if his life was beginning all over again as the being he had been before he sacrificed his true nature to assimilate with the humans. A feral smile formed on the large Saiyan's lips and he began to laugh wildly like his mate had done in years passed. All present on the bridge turned to regard the consort with awe.
"Kakarrot! Vegeta would be beside himself hearing you laugh like a Saiyan. I knew you were behind that silly mask somewhere, you just needed a reason to leave it go. Welcome back, little brother!" Raditz chortled. "Listen, the trip will take three months (Saiyan months. Six Earth months) on the present course, so we'll divide the navigational duties and the watching of our prince. The queen is with him and the three breeding females we brought along with us. Between mother and her, his highness is in the best care. Taechecus is our medical staff unless I radio that we require Celerion, however, in cold sleep, the Ouji will have very few needs. The cubs and Matusan will be nourished through the tank until he is awakened and delivered. That we shall do when we enter Kale's solar system. I'll set the ship on auto pilot so that we may go dine," the extra-large Saiyan remarked and the others agreed.
The trip commenced as scheduled with each member navigating the craft, locating potential battlegrounds, training, sparring and watching the prince. Taechecus kept close watch on the Ouji and noted a pattern change in his vitals. They were stronger and steadier than when he had left Earth. The crew was a month from landing on Kale when Vegeta began to show signs of movement.
'Ouji, can you hear me?' the medic asked via the race link all Saiya-jin shared.
'W-who i-is there?' was the reply.
'Taechecus the medic from Minervasei, sire. How do you fare?' the medic asked as he examined the readings.
'I fare well, why?' the mental voice became stronger, more dominant.
'Well, sire, you are carrying quad cubs, only a handful of breeders have survived such births,' the medic responded.
'So shall I. My mate, is he about?' the prince asked.
'He is due to make his daily visit with the elder cubs. Oh, sire, you should see the younger two, they're growing beautifully! They eat solids now and are trying to sit on their own. I estimate another day before that occurs. Her majesty and companion come to visit as well', Taechecus smiled over the link.
'Let me out of here so that I may join my family. There's much to do before Kakarrot and I leave the Earth for Kale,' the prince replied.
'We are going to Kale, sire. I recommended it in your condition before that youngster with the fire red hair gave you herbs from his world that was used to restore the strength of kais and youkais. I shall call the crew to be present when I release you from the tank,' the medic said.
'Tank? I'm in a healing tank and we're headed for Kale on your recommendation? Was I that bad off?' the prince questioned.
'Yes, sire. You began to improve then you took a dive for the worse and I knew we would have to have you on the new home world before you delivered. Those herbs have improved you. I shall tell the others to prepare for the release of their prince from the tank,' and with that, the medic left the prince's side.
The medic moved over to an intercom and pressed the 'announce' button, then spoke, "For all interested parties, his highness is responding to the mental link. I shall be releasing him within the hour for those who wish to greet him, I invite you to gather now," then he closed the channel.
Not long after the announcement was made, the tank chamber filled with the ship's main crew, the queen, Onya, Raditz, Tormataeo, Kale, Collyard, Kakarrot, Teresahan and four very happy royal chimps. Of course, the three breeding females were also present to greet their beloved prince, as well. Another discovery that made itself known was that both older and younger sets of brothers were in breeding stage. Queen Imione and the Stygian heir to the throne, Uslagg, were also present for the trip and desired to see the most powerful of the numerous Saiyan princes awakened from his recuperative sleep. Once the crowd was gathered, Taechecus entered the codes to drain the tank, which took a total of ten minutes. Queen Sunrissa and Kakarrot stood on either side of the prince to remove the breathing apparatus and assist him from the tank. Sunrissa held a large bath sheet that she wrapped around the prince's bulging body while Kakarrot held a deep purple robe that the prince would put on after a cleansing shower.
"Welcome back, highness. You are looking well," Taechecus remarked as everyone hit their knees in a bow, even the queen, royal mate and elder royal brats.
"Thank you, family, friends. I see we have the breeding femmes along. Good. Return to your stations and I'll join you forthwith," Vegeta nodded and the rest of the crew departed. Kakarrot remained by his side.
"Sire, take this. It's a vitamin I made from extracts of the cherry berry, senzu bean and shadow herb and will aid in keeping your strength up until we make planet fall and deliver you," the medic spoke and gave his prince the pill.
Vegeta took the pill then turned to greet his mate with a tight embrace. "Come, koi, let's get washed then you can fill me in on what's going on," Vegeta encircled Kakarrot's waist as the latter encircled the prince's shoulders.
In the wash was a seat for the prince to sit while his larger mate washed and groomed him. Kakarrot spoke encouraging words to his little love, who, like a breeding femme, felt ugly and unsightly, pride being the last thing on their minds. Following the wash, Kakarrot continued to groom his prince by drying him and detangling his hair. Kakarrot then strapped on a pouch like device constructed of leather and fur.
"I made this to help ease the weight of your stomach until we reach the planet. I have one myself," the large Saiyan remarked as he fastened the device around his prince.
"I think you've been hanging around me too long, koi. You've begun to sound like me," Vegeta tilted his head to kiss his mate.
"Ever since we've been together, love. Here's your toga and a set of loose gi pants, then we can go to the exercise room to build up our muscles," the large Saiyan smiled and handed the prince his clothes then Vegeta went to dress himself.
Soon the two were in the weight room with the children and the females to undertake weight lifting and punching the bag. The harness made such training possible and the prince was on cloud nine with excitement as he trained. After a six hour workout, which also included light sparring so as not to disrupt the unborn cubs and help the 'Tousans retain their musculature, a huge dinner had been prepared. The dinner was to welcome Vegeta back to the land of wakefulness. Cilvanti, Endive and Teresahan sat between their parents, while Roma and Chardonblis-who had mastered the skill of sitting up at the age of one and a half months in Saiyan terms-sat in highchairs to be fed by the royal couple.
Saiyan children were younger in age than earth children were by two years, but they developed twice as fast and had motor skills far above the average earth aged child. Thus, for the infant prince and princess to be sitting up, holding their own bottles and trying to feed themselves, was not surprising to the Saiya-jin gathered. Kakarrot had been mildly surprised that his babies were so advanced, but with his mother, Sunrissa and two brothers and in-laws, they explained that such was normal. Inwardly, though, Kakarrot was awed, yet very proud, of such accomplishments by a pair so young.
Each couple sat together with Sunrissa and Onya at the head and foot of the table. There was no conversation as a holograph of Saiyan history and the out lay of Planet Kale was displayed for all to gain the knowledge of their destination. Once the holo ended, conversation ensued.
"Uncle Kale, do you and your female have any children?" Cilvanti asked as she gnawed on a pterosaur bone.
Kale smiled, "I have five before my female delivers the one she carries, and Collyard and I deliver our twins. I will also acquire the children of the female we branded on Minervasei. That femme had cubs in addition to the half breeds she had pushed forth for that disgusting ice prince, we just have to locate them," the younger Saiyan prince replied and his niece nodded.
"Great, more cousins to spar with! Aunt Imione, can Uslagg come stay with us on Kale for a bit?" Endive asked, as he and Uslagg both worked on the bones of the beast that the family had consumed.
"Well, I know ten little ones who'll be beside themselves when Daddy Rad gets back. Bree will give him a piece of her mind then they'll spar and be back to being friends. Saiya-jin very rarely hold grudges against one another," Tormataeo snuggled against his extra large mate. Reaching his hand up, Taeo brought his mate's head down and kissed him then nuzzled.
Vegeta rolled his eyes skyward and shook his head. "You two. If I didn't know any better, I'd swear the pair of you were in love or a reasonable facsimile of the emotion." The group erupted into laughter; however, the guilty couple blushed.
Vegeta fed Roma and Kakarrot fed Chardonblis but the prince leaned against his mate as their tails entwined and caressed one another.
Raditz cast a lazy eye to his two younger brothers and smirked. "Oh, and I suppose the pair of you are mortal enemies engaged in a brutal fight to the death? Spare me!" the largest warrior mocked and more laughter ensued.
The infant chimps reacted to the adults' snickers and giggled themselves. Kakarrot stared in disbelief. "V-Vegeta, they laughed?" he exclaimed and hugged his infant son.
"I take it that shrew raised Gohan mostly, so he developed at a slothgug's pace <a slow moving Saiyan amphibian the size of a turtle>. The others probably had the same upbringing. Oh, I should talk, Trageta and his sister were slower than these two, but Cilvanti's making up for all that lost time, aren't you squirt? I trust your time has not only been focused on beating the crap out of your little brother and cousin," Vegeta cast a gaze to his eldest youngest daughter.
Cilvi hung her head in a guilty manner, however, "Tousan, I have seen to her studies as well as her physical education with the assistance of both grandmamas," Teresahan explained.
Satisfied, the family finished the remains of the meal. Once dinner had been completed, servants assisted both Vegeta and Kakarrot to their feet as the evidence of their producing more than one cub had become very pronounced. Placing the infants in air strollers, the parents went to kick back for a time.
Both Queens Sunrissa and Imione and Onya piloted and navigated the ship while the men rested, the children were tutored and the three breeding females assisted in the child sitting.
A few weeks following Vegeta's return to the waking world, he began to show signs of nearing the end of his term. However, the same signs manifested themselves in his larger bond mate. The pair would often be found in the washroom, clinging to one another for support, as they would lose whatever meal they had ingested either before bed or in the morning. The parents thought it was the chimps not liking the food they ate but that theory was impossible as Saiya-jin ate everything! The pair found themselves scolding the chimps while they developed. Due to the lack of solid food in their bodies, both Vegeta and Kakarrot took ill just hours from planet fall and had to be placed in regeneration tanks and fed intravenously.
When the ship and crew entered the planet's atmosphere, Sunrissa opened a hailing channel.
"Starship Kale to Planet Kale, can you read me? This is Queen Sunrissa and we have two medical emergencies. Vegeta no Ouji and Consort Kakarrot are both in first stage delivery with multiples and heading to stage two. We need the entire medical staff on the landing bay waiting, stat!" the queen ordered.
"My Queen, we acknowledge your request and will be waiting with full equipage to handle the birthing. Celerion out," the dark haired medic responded.
The queens brought the ship into line to make as smooth a landing as possible. On the landing bay stood the requested medical staff, nursery maids to take the younger children away and two very stern yet concerned Outusans. Once the craft had landed without much disruption to the delicate cargo, the ship was powered down, the hatchway opened and the crew began to disembark. Celerion sent a team of six orderlies to fetch the prince and his mate and take them immediately to delivery as multiples had had to be taken and the skill of both medics would be required in the delicate process. The IV solution that fed the pair contained a sedative that rendered the pair incoherent, thus they were blissfully unaware of when the ship landed, when they were being taken off or when they had been wheeled to delivery.
Once Vegeta and Kakarrot had been taken away, the immediate family, which was pretty much every one, moved to the observation window above the delivery area to overlook the miracle that was about to transpire. The medics injected the royal pair to render them completely unconscious then reopening the incisions made to remove Roma and Chardonblis, the medics began to remove the cubs. The first cub to be removed was the quad that had become detached from her lifeline back on Earth.
"Can you believe that we are alive and well and our children have returned to us with their own cubs and more on the way? Once we give birth to these cubs of ours, Bardock, the first order after a welcoming celebration will be to locate the planets that worm had us conquer for him and take them for ourselves," a very burdened Vegeta Ou remarked. The king lounged on a chaise as he was carrying twins for Bardock and vice versa.
That couple had become with offspring during the moon run on the planet Minerva and was nearing the end of their term. The two could handle birthing multiples far better than their sons could, as both senior Saiya-jin had birthed twins once before, however, the king's twins had been killed during the same purging mission on which Velmora had died. The king felt that, by some miracle, his twins would be granted a second chance to live out their existence, even if they had to start as newborns.
Cilvanti and Endive had been taken away by the nursemaids to join other children their age and Uslagg accompanied them. The children sized one another then launched into battle as was customary with Saiya-jin when they met for first time. It was to establish dominance, and the first challenger was Prince Kale's son, Fagiolo. He had been heir to the throne of Vegetasei after his sire when it was thought that his uncle, Prince Vegeta, had been killed. Now the boy was confronted with two heirs before him, not to mention the adults who had prior claim, thus, he had to show these newies he would not lose his title easily.
"So, you think you can just come here and claim my title? My daddy's king and I'm his heir. You want my title, little boy, you'll have to fight me for it!" the youngster declared and launched himself into Endive, who countered.
While her brother was thus occupied, Cilvanti had her own battle to concentrate on. Kale's youngest daughter, Summer <as in Summer Squash> had challenged the young princess. Cornelia, Cilantra and Tormatanna, Kale's female, oversaw the battles.
"Bring it on, weakling," Cilvi taunted and Summer launched her attack.
The battles were over not long after they had begun due to the fact that Vegeta's cubs had attained Super Saiyan level, so a slight increase in power was all it took on the part of the elder prince's chimps to blow away the competition.
"Good fight, but you have a long way to go before you surpass the chimps of Prince Vegeta," Cilvanti smirked like her Outusan but yet she moved to aid Summer to her feet. Endive did the same.
"Why were you all golden and your eyes were a kinda greeny-blue color?" Fagiolo asked as the four of them rinsed off the blood.
"We're Super Saiya-jin like our 'Tousan. Uslagg is one, too. We can teach you since we'll be living here forever," Cilvanti offered.
"That'd be great! Can my Outusan be golden?" Summer asked.
"Yes, peaches, Outusan can be golden," a deep voice came from the entry of the nursery.
"OUTUSAN!" the two youngsters exclaimed as they jumped into their dad's arms.
"Hello, my angels. Did you see, I brought momma home and she's gonna have a new brother for you," Prince Kale motioned to his heavy female.
"Yeah! Hey, who's he and who're those cubs?" Summer noted as she spotted the spike haired young man behind her dad.
Prince Kale looked behind and smiled. "This is daddy's life/bondmate, Collyard Humizu, and these are his youngest children. They're half Saiyan but are just as strong if not stronger than the lot of you," Kale smiled.
Fagiolo and Summer looked at Kale as if he had grown another head. "Yeah, right," the two shook their heads.
"Here, eat these, then see for yourselves," Kale handed his power drained children senzu beans.
"Wow! I can feel my power come back! C'mon, show us what you're made of!" Fagiolo challenged a second time to one of his new stepbrothers; Summer challenged one of her stepsisters, as only four of Collyard's chimps were their age of two and three Saiyan years.
Kale turned his attention to his niece and nephew. "Your Outusan and Matusan have just delivered the new cubs, wanna see them? We can't lick them because they're so tiny and under developed, so they're in gestation tanks for the next few months until they reach full term. Your grandpas are expecting as well," the prince informed the chimps.
"Wow, there's gonna be a lot of babies born in the coming months," Cilvi noted.
"Doesn't help that the male cycle is just six months (Earth timing) long. We deliver twice as many as a female in a year (Earth time, again). We're also a greater risk for multiples like your dad and his mate and your granddads," the younger prince said as he lead the kids to the delivery ward.
In the delivery ward were seven tanks with seven tiny bodies floating within the viscous liquid of the Saiyan/parent DNA to complete the development of the cubs. Reddish brown, indigo black, orange caramel, dark blonde and mahogany copper tails gently swayed in the solution. There were four girls and three boys and ranged between the features of their parents, however, the first female could have been both Raditz and Vegeta's exact double. On either side of the incubation tanks were the tanks that contained the birth parents. Vegeta was on the right and Kakarrot on the left.
"She looks like Aunt Velmora, daddy and Uncle Raditz sister," Cilvanti noted as she took in the features of all her sibs.
"The hell you say, brat? Outusan...?" Raditz looked to the king.
"Bardock, the chimp speaks true, the cub's spirit and looks are Velmora's in every inch! Could it be that...?" Vegeta Ou was wide eyed with wonder as he rubbed his swollen abdomen.
"We can just pray, koi, but the chiis do feel familiar. We won't know until we're delivered," Bardock nuzzled the king as four grandparents gazed at their grand chimps.
Just then, "Vegeta, look at the Ouji's chest and legs!" Sunrissa burrowed her face into the lapel of the king's robe.
Vegeta Ou looked over his son's badly scarred small body and shuddered. Tears sprang to his onyx eyes as he remembered a vision he'd seen through the parent/child bond he shared with the prince.
"Grr, Frieza! How could he dare after all we did to try and please him! That does it, the minute we're released from our burden, Bardock, we'll organize a purging party and go straight to the dragon's throat and rip it out, then we'll take his planets! I hope he receives the same pain he dished out to us and to the other races that have been revived. I knew he was a monster but to inflict such... AAAHHH!" the king screamed and grabbed his abdomen. His rant addressed to not only the deceased tyrant himself, but also the surviving Ice-jin of Planet Frieza-1, the home planet of the Ice-jin.
Due to the trauma of seeing the scars his eldest female born son's body had to bear for the sake of the Saiyan race brought the king and Bardock to premature labor, thus, Celerion and Taechecus ran immediately to tend the pair. After the king and his mate had been taken to delivery, Sunrissa stayed with Onya, the other brothers and chimps to watch the couple who had began to move.
Because of the potency in the vitamin Taechecus had formulated, the healing and regenerating time for Vegeta and his mate increased and they were back to full potential in half the time it would have taken them to regenerate normally. The Saiyan ability to regenerate itself was fairly quick ranging from a few hours to a few months, depending on the depth of injury.
"Patients are showing signs of waking. Tank is draining," an automated voice spoke, thus the queen, her aunt and aunt's cousin, Imione, assisted the royal pair from the tanks. Sunrissa had to avert her eyes from the angry scars that had been dug into her prince's once delicate now battle hardened flesh.
The females enfolded the pair in terry bath sheets and the chimps drew the parents' attention to the new cubs in the gestation tanks.
"Daddy, doesn't she look exactly like Aunt Velmora?" Cilvi asked as she showed the prince the first born.
Vegeta gasped and grabbed onto his mate. "Kakarrot!"
'Hello, little brothers, like my new outfit? Granted that I should have come from Bardock, but it made sense to come from the one I had been co-residing with for most of his life,' a voice sounded through the link Vegeta had had with his deceased sister's spirit.
'W-what means this, Velly? That my alter ego is no more and I have to be femme on my own?' the prince's mental voice was near panic.
'Matu, you're home now with those who will never judge and you know that. Where's that tough as nails Saiyan pride of yours? I know it has not vanished from all your time on Earth. You are the no Ouji and can overcome all things that confront you. Besides, there will be little time to dress femme as you have seven cubs, that need names, so get a move on, snarlag,' Velmora's voice chided in a playful tone.
'You dare speak thusly to your Matusan? Just wait until you're old enough to spar, brat, you'll pay for that remark. For such insolence, your name will be Velmora,' the prince replied through the link.
"Well, no need to guess what her name will be. Velmora, definitely. I can feel that delicate firey spirit so much like yours, koi," Kakarrot smiled as he held his love. "What shall we name our son?" Kakarrot turned to his mother who smiled proudly. "Mother, if you will," he offered.
"Well, he looks too like you and not too much of his Matusan except his hair and tail. Seems like he should be called 'Tobbacca', which his daddy's twin with mama's features. All their spirits are strong and they are well formed even if they had to be taken a month (two months in Earth time) before full term," Onya observed after she had named the cub, which gave an imperceptible shudder in the tank.
"I believe he approves. My queen, number three if you will," Vegeta asked his mother to do the honors.
"That's easy, Treserion, number three in our language and also means curious one. I sense this one will follow his grandpa Bardock in the sciences," the queen nodded and again a tiny shudder of approval.
"Can I name one, poppa?" Endive asked and the prince bowed for him to do so. "Hi, little sister. You look so like Poppa K-san that I'll name you Carota. Do you like it, chibi mi?" the young prince asked and another shudder.
"My turn. Number five will be Agillo," Cilvanti smiled and was rewarded with a shudder.
"Right, I chose, for number six, the name Tatayon for Poppa Tateo," Raditz nodded and received a shudder.
"Kale, you get lucky and blessed number seven," Vegeta smiled at his youngest brother.
"That's also and easy one; Kakageta as he's the spit of both 'Tousans," the younger prince nodded and as with the other six received a shudder.
"I do believe they are all satisfied with their monikers. Come, love, let us wash and prepare to welcome our new sibs into the universe," Vegeta smiled and the family departed to prepare to for the king and his mate's children.
It was felt through the entire Z sensi, the absence of the greatest fighter the Earth had ever known. Even though he had been hard edged and tough to know, even the second warrior from the same race was missed, although only one actually shed tears over his departure.
Bulma had returned to Capsule Corp the day after the Saiya-jin had departed, almost a year ago in Earth time, and realized that she still cared for the little stubborn prince. Oh, Tien was nice enough and they had been friends for a long time but he was passive especially in the area of physical pleasure. He didn't demand or plead like Yamcha. Nor did he ignore her like the prince had done through the whole of their relationship (or lack of), but Bulma was hard pressed to get angry with him even though he drove her to the edge. She wanted more but she had thrown that 'more' out of her life several years ago because of his selfishness and single-mindedness. He seemed to never have time for her and their little family. After she had tossed him to the curb and he had found a place of his own on this planet, secretly she was thrilled beyond all reality because that meant that she would catch a glimpse of his gorgeousness whenever he would venture into the city with Kakarrot. Kakarrot and Vegeta, her greatest love and best friend who had hated one another had somehow found what neither she nor Chichi could give them.
"Bulma, honey, you have to snap out of the doldrums. You always knew that he was uncomfortable on this planet and spoke of leaving quite often. When you tossed him out those years ago, he had no reason not to pursue his own designs," Dr. Briefs spoke around his cigarette, his cat, Smokey, on his shoulder.
"Oh, dad, I can't help it. While he was on planet, I could see him. When I was with that Irish geek a year ago, Trunks had been badly injured and Vegeta brought him here to heal him. I wanted so much for him to ravish me like he had done not long after he had become Super Saiyan but he didn't. He stayed with Trunks until our... his son had healed. I'll never forget the kiss before we parted. Oh, dad, did I make a mistake by throwing him out?" Bulma asked through uncontrolled tears.
"It was for the better. He was unsatisfied here until you made him go find that job he had," the doctor replied.
"I should have never insisted that he find work. That's when the relationship fell further apart. After Cell, Vegeta had left the planet and didn't come back for two years, after that he had trained for five years before Majin Buu, but... Dad, he was having an affair behind my back with some female he had met on the job. Not only that, Gohan told me that Goku and Vegeta had met during the time they were training for the androids then left Piccolo and him to spar on their own while Goku and Vegeta had gone to train by themselves. Gohan said that he had heard loud moans and screams from a cave not far from their sparring area but didn't dare investigate," Bulma sniffled.
For several minutes the only sound in Dr. Brief's lab was his daughter's silent sobs until a loud buzzer sounded.
"Oh, the vid phone. Mhmm, now who would be calling from Little Vegeta?" Dr. Briefs noted the location of the call. "Hello," the doctor greeted.
"Grandpa Briefs? Oh, hi Bulma. Say, listen, her majesty just called us demies and invited all those who desired to join the celebration of birth. Dad and Kakarrot birthed seven more children. So the queen requested us demies to share in the festivities. Would you like to accompany us? Perhaps offer the Saiya-jin a contract for supplies? They do live on a new planet and will need houses and things or shall I handle it since Trunks and I are Vegeta's sons?" Trageta asked both mother and grandfather.
Although Trageta had 'divorced' his mother, he knew that Mirai was all momma's boy but was accepting his Saiyan side much easier than Gohan had for a time. Nontheless, the two geniuses mulled over what the younger demi-Saiyan prince had told them.
"Well, I would like to see our products reach and benefit other races in the universe and Vegeta was as dedicated a protector as Kakarrot, especially against Majin Buu and I do still love him... Ok, it's the least I can do to apologize for being such a witch and expecting him to be like his mate. Vegeta would never be like anyone. Ok, boys, I'll go. Where shall I meet you?" Bulma asked.
"I'll come get you then we'll return here and teleport with the others," Trageta replied then terminated the transmission.
Vegeta and Kakarrot lay within one another's embrace after just four hours of sparring, which rapidly deteriorated into foreplay and teasing touches. They had not had one another since the family had left Earth, now was a chance to make up for lost time, and after Celerion had examined the pair, pronounced them in battle fitness, the two found a sparring area where they vented their pent up energies. Now, an hour after their lovemaking, the two purred and sang contentedly to one another as they snuggled as one body.
"Your cubs are beautiful, mi amour. I love you, we did a bang up job," Kakarrot kissed the 'M' of his love's forehead.
"We sure did, mi koi. Oh, this is a sure sign of tedium. Maybe I should go to Ombrielle-6 and stir up some mischief," Vegeta snickered as his tail caressed his mate's stomach. "We have got to stop doing this, honey, or we'll repopulate Kaleragetsusei by ourselves. You put a real hurting on me, God, not even sparring can cause this much pain but I love being so battered, as long as it's your hand that deals the blows," the prince purred as he snuggled up to his mate then the two fell into a peaceful sleep.
'Maybe we'll have more sibs, Endy?' Cilvanti giggled through the link she shared with her little brother.
'Not bloody likely, chimp, go back to Teresahan and finish your lessons,' a deep voice cut through the sib link.
'Tousan! We didn't mean... I-I... We're going! We were never here,' and with that, the two elder younger chimps left their parents to themselves and returned to their lessons.
'Remind me to flog them when we return. K-san, stop that, we've already played, let me rest, now,' Vegeta snarled through his bond link to his mate.
'Stop what, koi?' Kakarrot replied as his tail entwined with his mate's.
"Stop licking... What the!" Vegeta looked and found his mate, eyes closed in sleep. Hesitantly, the prince looked to the source of the tingles he had felt traveling up his leg. "Kakarrot, wake up, but very slowly," the prince instructed his mate who did so.
Kakarrot gasped in surprise as his eyes came in contact with a round orange fur covered face and body, sharp claws that touched the Ouji's skin and a huge set of brown eyes. The little creature had a tail, much like a Saiyan tail, only it's was a little darker than its body cover. It could have passed for one of their chibis during first pelting; the resemblance was so striking. It turned its small head in an owl-like manner as it regarded the royal couple.
"Don't be afraid, little one, we will harm you not. Can you understand me?" the prince asked as he spoke to the creature in Otanganese, the language of the Otangzaru.
The creature replied in the same tongue. "I am a Monkrion, or so I'm told. Slougarth beasts have attacked my village where mom, not my real one, and dad and the elders lived and I'd not like to be its dinner like the others were. I'm only a baby," the creature hung it's head.
"Have you a name?" the prince asked.
"Kaylene, after my mommy, her name was Kayla. One day, a few years ago, she took us, my brother Kalaan and I, into the jungle and we never saw her again. She was really beautiful and looked like you. I miss her," Kaylene began to cry.
Vegeta enfolded the little one in his arms and wrapped his tail about her. Vegeta looked over at his mate. "K-san you don't suppose that female had met their sire, birthed them then abandoned them like trash, do you?" the prince asked his eyes wide in surprise at the implications. At that moment, a soft mew sounded and the others looked up to find a second Monkrion staring at them. Only this one was much smaller than Kaylene and had to be an infant.
"Kalaan! I thought I left you in the cave?" the girl asked but the infant flew to her and the prince caught him as well.
"He's a bit injured. Come, we need to get you..." Vegeta halted in mid-sentence when he felt a tingle at the edge of his senses. "Take us to your village," he requested, put the kids down so that he could fetch his discarded training gi, as did Kakarrot.
After redressing in matching dark gray training giis, white boots and gloves, the two put the kids on their backs and requested that they point the way to the village. When the two Saiya-jin landed, they were horrified at the sight before their eyes. Hundreds of mutilated bodies of one of the strongest links between the Saiya-jin and their ancestors lay scattered over the landscape.
"Seems they never had a chance," Kakarrot pointed out and his mate nodded.
"K-Kaylene, h-help," a hoarse voice pierced the near silence of the area.
"Poppa! Oompop, where you be?" the little femme called to the voice.
"H-help," the voice spoke and the two Saiya-jin flew to a heap of debris, cleared it away and pulled two dirty orange furred beings from beneath.
"Poppa, Oompop, you're all right!" the chimps flew to the elder Monkrion who embraced them.
"Elder, the elder is under his home, please, and there are others who hid themselves," one of the two elders spoke and Kakarrot moved to fulfill the request.
"Kakarrot, I sense more energies!" the prince remarked then moved to locate any other survivors.
After an hour of sifting through debris and destruction, the two mighty Saiya-jin had recovered fifty survivors of the Monkrion race.
"Mother, can you hear me?" Vegeta spoke into his scouter.
"Where are you two, your sires are in recovery after the delivery of their twins," Sunrissa explained.
"My congratulations to them. Listen, K-san and I have found a race of Saiya-jin on the far side of the planet but they're... Here, take a look," Vegeta turned to show the queen the people that they had just rescued.
Sunrissa gasped. "Bring them here, quickly! I'll have a medical team waiting. Sunrissa out," the queen clicked off and Vegeta turned to gather the Monkrion to teleport to the palace.
Just as the group had prepared to depart, the ground began to tremble as if heavy feet were trudging toward them.
"Slougarths!" the Monkrion screamed and huddled together.
"Kakarrot, teleport them to the palace then come back. I smell dinner heading our way," the prince smirked as his mate placed a hand on the group of Monkrion and teleported away.
Vegeta stood in the desolate village waiting the enemy to show itself and with a mighty roar, a huge hulking elongated being emerged from the forest. Vegeta powered to his Pilzara form just as the beast lunged at him, however, when his Saiyan vision caught sight of his opponent, Vegeta froze.