Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ KALERAGETSUSEI : BK 4 OF TOSOV ❯ PLANET OF SECRETS ( Chapter 44 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

A/N: TO MY READERS WHO WERE CONFUSED AS TO WHERE KAKARROT AND VEGEGTA ACQUIRED 8 CHIMPS, QUEEN VEGETANNA HOUSED THE CHILD VEGETA'S SISTER, KAYLA, WOULD HAVE BIRTHED HAD SHE NOT DEFECTED AND MATED WITH THE ENEMY.

CHAPTER XLVI

PLANET OF SECRETS

At the conclusion of the birth/naming ceremony, the parents rounded their infant brood together to wash, change, feed and sing them to sleep. Ouji Vegeta and Kakarrot had requested that their second dressing room be turned into a nursery for the royal brats, all ten of them-the eight newborns, and three month olds, Roma and Chardonblis. The room had been empty for the most part as decorators had no idea what to do with the room in the prince's bedchamber, then the chimps came along and the first job for Emanu's sons, the prince and his mate was to transform the room into a private nursery. Until the Kale-Saiya-jin could establish a closer commerce planet, items were teleported from Minerva and Stygia and the room bloomed in a few hours time. The décor was various depictions of Saiyan battles and victories melded with the race's rich history, plus the parents' added touches of their own personality to the backdrop, thus a room truly fit for the royal cubs had emerged. The same went for the rooms of all the royals who had given birth as well as acquiring homes for the rest of the peoples, compliments of Capsule Corp, Mirai Trunks and Trageta, who had obtained permission to build a branch on the new planet.

Once such details had been attended to, life began for the Kale-Saiya-jin. After putting the cubs to bed, Ouji Vegeta, Ou Vegeta, Kakarrot, Bardock, Raditz, Tormataeo, Kale, Collyard and all the royal males had gathered in the courtyard of the palace to watch the elder chimps and warriors spar and train. It was sooooo good to be back among their pure blooded people, the strongest fighting race ever created and the prince was in seventh heaven. It was sheer joy to see how Kakarrot and his sons had adapted to being Saiyan; even Gohan had come out of himself. Well, he had little choice as Pan and Piccolo's sprouts refused to return to the Earth as their best friend, Oujo Cilvanti and now Ouji Endive, were to remain on Kale.

"But who'll defend Earth without any of you there?" Kale asked as he watched his and Trageta's eight older chimps fight with Collyard's chimps of the same age.

"Don't forget, my cousin Corinth and his mate, Gren are a pretty good fighting force but nowhere near us. We can come and go as we please, that's why we know IT and have the portal. Krillin and 18 are still Earthbound but promised to visit from time to time. As have 17, Serena and their offspring. Marron opted to stay and it's not hard to see why since Algernon's young son, Tarius has expressed an interest in her. They'll probably return to Earth after the hunt, fight, catch part of mating. I love being around so many more like me who can actually put up a good fight, love challenges and care not how hard we pound them," Goten remarked, which earned him a sharp look from his lavender-haired lover/mate.

"I trust you mean when fighting, Goten?" Trageta grit his teeth in wonder.

Goten circled his love with his tail, spun to his chest then nipped at the bond mark. "Of course I do, mi koi? I'd expect to be run through if I meant anything else," the larger, younger teen smirked, entwined his arms around his mate then drew the lavender haired prince in for an apologetic kiss.

The royal males all fell into conversation, however, Ouji Vegeta and Kakarrot stood staring at the palace and made very few comments. They were amazed at the marble like stones the edifice was constructed from and jewels and gems that had been laid for the courtyard. The stones had swirling designs etched into their surface and the gems were colorized crystals with a glossy metallic surface lending a mirror-like glaze to the stones. The castle was constructed of smooth pastel blue colored stones and resembled Notre Dame and Versailles back on Planet Earth. The palace had so many rooms; every royal family had an apartment with ten rooms. The sight was magnificent from the open hallway in which the men stood.

"This edifice is unbelievable! I've never seen stone such as this!" the middle Ouji remarked as he ran an ungloved hand over the smooth surface.

"Nor will you ever, Ichimi. Kale and that female had done a fly over of the planet to find suitable material for our palace and happened upon these. They were encased in fur, so we had to remove that before we could use the stones. When we broke the stones open, however, the gems that were used for the windows and the courtyard were encased therein. That female and I took the gems to Staya and showed the prince, he nearly died when he saw them and told us that the gems were among the most sought after treasures in the universe," it was Queen Sunrissa who had overheard her son's comment.

"Where about on the planet, queen?" Ou Vegeta joined the conversation.

"In the desert and the village where the Monkrion used to live. Onishua, what became of your village, by the way? And perhaps you can explain Kaylene and Kalaan to me?" the queen asked as she spotted the Monkrion prince approaching the crowd. The princes of the Rojos, Bruinos and Copper tribes accompanied him.

The princes all bowed then sat on the gem-laden floor. "My queen. I was out hunting for my family when I scented the most heavenly of perfumes. I always loved nice scented things, so I went to investigate. In the field beside the Lava Lake, I caught sight of an angel. She noticed me and signaled me with her tail. I went to her and we lay together. She had been strong in season and after that first meeting, we met several times and found one another pleasant company. After Kalaan was birthed, I found both cubs wrapped in Slougarth fur out in the forest and crying. I have not seen her for sometime. Do you know what has become of her, my queen?" Onishua asked as he looked out at the warriors sparring.

"She was branded. She had aligned herself with an Ice-jin, spawned for him, then came to this planet, met you, birthed and abandoned my niece and nephew. After that shamelessness, she and Prince Kale left this planet to search for me. Upon finding me, she became enamored of my mate, Kakarrot. I hadn't claimed him as such back then; thus I let the female claim him. She never told us about either you or the other that she is now mated to. I don't see her mark about you but she did mark my mate," Vegeta Ouji had responded and ran his hand over Kakarrot's neck that now bore his mark in place of the one the female had placed in that spot. Luckily she had not bitten too deeply nor had the two of them mind transferred. The Ouji then began to groom his mate's downy soft bluish silver under toned ebony spiked hair.

"We never mind shared, Oujimi," Kakarrot slurred in a sleep-laden voice.

"If you had, mi amour, you would have rejected her but it all worked out. You're all mine now, and no one will ever come between us," Vegeta Ouji bent down to whisper in his mate's ear then gave it a teasing lick.

"Blood is thicker than water, my lovely cousin," Kakarrot purred as his tail reached to caress his mate's face.

"What unusual tails the two of you possess and your cubs as well. She had a tail of that manner. Truth to tell, much of the royal house seem to bare the appendage. How did you acquire such a lush appendage?" Prince Onishua inquired as he gazed at those Pilzara level males whose tails were entwined with that of his mate's.

"If you had listened earlier, Onishua, I told the crowd the tail is called Pilzara, the male version of Femzoro, the state achieved by the females. It is triggered by deeply buried emotions that surface," Ou Vegeta replied as his tail caressed Bardock's forearm then caressed the Queen's slender shoulder.

"The Bronzoro had tails such as those but they, like us, never lost their fur after they had transformed into giant gorillas. They were just brute strength. Your branch is both brute strength and incredible intelligence combined in a winning mix. Now, Oujisamas, if I may brooch a delicate mater with you. It regards the Oujo, Teresahan. She is of mating age, no?" the orange furred prince asked and received a cutting glare.

Throwing his regal head high, Ouji Vegeta replied. "She is so. Have you an interest in my daughter?" he asked.

"I have, my lords, yes. She is fire and beauty rolled together. I wish to state my claim before others," Onishua bowed.

"If another suitor presents himself, the two of you shall battle. The one left standing, will be the one to claim the princess. Agamemnon of the Golden Saiya-jin has also expressed an interest. Hand it here," Ouji Vegeta held out his hand, palm up and all Saiya-jin knew that meant inspection.

Onishua lay his burnt orange colored tail in the prince's palm to be inspected. Vegeta ran his hand along its length, squeezed to feel the bone structure, ruffled the fur to see if it stood straight or knotted up. A basin of water stood on the porch close to the middle prince, thus he dipped the appendage into the liquid, removed it, sniffed it, positioned it so that the sun could dance across the chocolate highlights buried in the fur. He then handed the appendage to Kakarrot to perform the same close inspection. Once satisfied, Vegeta Ouji ignited his chi to dry the Monkrion suitor's tail.

"Good shape. You'll be considered," Ouji Vegeta nodded.

"Hey, has anyone seen Naila or Nyricco lately?" Piccolo asked as he looked over the warriors left in the courtyard.

The other parents looked up. "Bree. Where's Bree? Where's my daughter?!" Raditz exclaimed, his heart slamming his chest with thunderous force.

"Kaylene! Kalaan!" Onishua called.

"Yohimbe! Yannosh! Torkesh! Talon! Monet! D'artanyon! Mikasa! Orin!" Trageta and Goten yelled for their eldest chimps.

Tormataeo and Collyard called for their twenty half-breed offspring as did Kale, Vegeta, Kakarrot and Gohan. Not being a race given to panic, the parents then closed their eyes to search the links they shared with the offspring. When a local search yielded silence, Gohan suggested taking to the air when...

" 'TOUSAN! HELP US! MONSTERS!" horrified shouts emitted from the forest area where the Monkrion had lived and was located several miles away from the palace.

"Mother, take care of the three month olds! They're learning how to fly, now, so they may try to follow!" Ouji Vegeta requested of the queen.

After removing their royal outer coverings, the groups sped to rescue their little ones wearing only battle armor and spandex. The main objectives were to find them now and kill them later! The second the group broke into the forest, Vegetas Ou and Ouji, Bardock, Raditz and Onishua halted when their eyes met with the terror of the planet.

"Oh, God, NO!" they cried before consciousness left their powerful bodies and they fell from the sky and crashed into the terrain of the planet.

There was no time to rescue the fallen sovereignty, thus every effort was made to free the cubs and chimps and caring for those who had been badly injured. As the battle progressed, the warriors and elder chimps that had been battling in the palace courtyard left their fights to join the real deal.

Gohan, having spent time with Krillin during his youth, acquired the short former monk's finishing move. Holding his right hand above his head, the once apprehensive mutant Saiyan yelled, "DESTRUCTO DISK!" and whirling form of chi appeared over his palm "Look out!" he yelled before he launched the disk and it severed several members of the attacking force.

'Man, no wonder Vegeta was freaked! These things are horrible and very hard to kill! They just regenerate and keep coming!' Kakarrot voiced to himself as, in Super Saiyan level four, he fought another wave of giant nematodes.

At that moment, those that had fallen unconscious regained their senses but did not look to the battle.

"O-Outusan? Ou-san? Petite pere, you too?" Raditz asked in a low voice.

"Us too? What do you mean by us, too? Were you? Did he? I thought that punishment was meant just for me as a reflection of his extreme hatred of us. Outusan, Raditz, Bardock, I had no idea. Not you all as well," Ouji Vegeta fought his breaking emotions.

"Bardo-san, tell me he didn't, love, not you," Ou Vegeta held his mate as the four of them embraced and shared a deeply buried memory neither of them knew the other had.

Because of the deeply suppressed emotions, four bodies erupted into Pilzara, which caused the Saiya-jin to halt in their efforts to watch the amazing transformation of their king, king's mate and their sons.

"I wonder what set that off?" Kakarrot pondered, however a massive foot made its way to his location, which signaled him to vacate. Grabbing Goten and Trageta, Cilvanti and Endive, Kakarrot flew off to higher ground but still close enough to watch the action.

Piccolo extended his arms and grabbed another fifty chibis; Gohan threw three on his back and grabbed two in his arms. Tormataeo, Collyard, Kale and the other warriors grabbed chimps and chibis and flew after the Namek that had followed Kakarrot. They sat and watched the battle. The nematodes had to be at least seventy to eighty feet long, no eyes but a large mouth filled with two sets of razor sharp teeth that bit into the soft yet impervious Pilzara pelts of the four Saiyan royals.

"Dad, what's happened to them? That's not Oozaru!" Gohan noted in disbelief.

"Is that what the king was talking about when he addressed us earlier?" Rodeja, the prince of the Rojos tribe asked.

"Yes, Rodeja, that's Pilzara. Our newborn cubs were born at that level but the only way to achieve it is through deep buried sadness. The four of them must have touched some hidden memory in their psyche that brought them to that level," Kakarrot explained.

" 'Tousan, do you think it has something to do with Frieza?" Gohan gasped in a reserved tone.

"I'll lay money on it, son. Why else would they be fighting as if they were trying to escape some terror only they had experienced," Kakarrot nodded.

"What scare my daddy? I kill ansing dat scare my strong daddy!" Sabrianna, who seemed a quiet reserved child like Endive, snarled in her baby voice. The toddler stood-she was not yet a Saiyan year old but was the size of an Earth two year old-balled her little fists and burst into Super Saiyan level 1. Several other chimps followed her example. Uslagg-the Stygians were present-Cilvanti and Endive bursting into level 2.

Goten and Trageta grabbed the chibis and held them down. "No, they don't need any help! Seeing you all may cause them to become more violent. How do they come out of it, 'Tousan?" Goten asked as he cradled his niece, cousin and brother and sister-in-law as well as four of his eight cubs.

"By yanking hard on their tails but not to the point of breaking it off," Kakarrot said in a slow voice.

The Slougarths attacked with ruthless abandon and the Pilzara fought and blasted to no avail until...

"CEASE THIS AT ONCE!" a deep voice shouted, that the planet seemed to shake to its core. All fighting and battle halted.

Upon seeing such a sight, those Saiya-jin that had transformed, melted back to their mortal forms and subsequently lost consciousness for the second time that afternoon.

Eyes turned towards the voice. Those warriors not afraid of limbless creatures were even shaken by the sight of what could only be called the granddaddy of all nematodes.

"What is this? Have all my warriors gone mad?" The giant worm hissed and the nervous smaller worms froze.

"M-my king. W-we were protecting the treasure of the planet," one of the smaller vermin explained. "You know what we become when we die, great one. We can't let outsiders know this is where the gems originate!"

"Fools all! Look about you, how they tremble at the sigh of us! Those have lost consciousness because I have appeared. Any who would plunder our storehouse would not react with such revulsion and fear. I do not perceive that they have come to loot us. They are parents protecting their offspring!" the great worm scolded.

"But they have constructed their building from our brethren and have paved their road with the gems!" another worm expressed.

"Those were the old ones who had died in the desert as these have done in your battle. I believe they had no intention to fight and would not have known we existed until a number of you attacked that village. Humanoids, might I a word with you?" the great nematode asked, his face turned to Kakarrot.

Once again, the king, Bardock, Raditz and Ouji Vegeta regained their senses. Seeing his mate, king, brother and dad attempt to awaken Kakarrot Instant Transmitted to them and linked their arms together then teleported them back to the others and behind Piccolo who was able to shield them from their trauma.

"Who is your leader? I might address him," the giant worm spoke.

King Vegeta heard the request and looked to his mate. "I'll be with you, love. I'll not let any harm come to you, my Ou," Bardock spoke in a firm tone.

"What of yourself? You were punished in that place the same as the boys and myself, but I am the Saiyan no Ou, I shall conquer this fear," Vegeta Ou spoke, nodded, then stood with Bardock's aid. Their sons stood as well and the four ventured out from behind Piccolo with strong firm strides. The king crossed his arms and stood with feet apart, head held high. With hearts hammering in their chests, Bardock, Raditz and the prince followed suit.

Upon seeing their mates, Kakarrot and Tormataeo went immediately to their sides to lend them strength. The children surrounded them in a huddle.

'You ok, dada?' Bree asked through the link she had with Raditz.

'Dada's ok, love. Thank you,' the extra-large Saiyan replied in kind.

'She was about to join the fray and rescue you, love one,' Taeo said through his link.

'I know, I saw. I would lose it if anything happened even to the eldest of our brood,' Raditz replied as he pulled his mate into a strong embrace.

'This has to be horrible for you, mi amour. I can't imagine what would draw four of the mightiest Saiya-jin to their knees,' Kakarrot said as he held the prince in a tight embrace.

'You have no idea, love. Thank you for keeping your head and keeping the cubs safe,' Vegeta Ouji replied through their shared link.

'I almost hadn't. When they saw Bree power up, well, you know the royal brats,' Kakarrot smirked through the link. 'I love you.'

'And I you, mi koi. The cubs were just following their prime directive: fight to protect. Why did they attack us?'

'I guess he's answering that now. Vegeta, you're trembling, love. This must be a trauma from your days with that tyrannical maggot,' Kakarrot spat and the prince chuckled.

'As long as I'm with you, I fear nothing! Thank you, my one,' Vegeta drew the large Saiyan into a lip embrace then knelt to greet his cubs as Raditz was doing the same.

"I am called Nemo, the great Slougarth, ruler of these mindless bellywalkers," Nemo introduced.

"Why this attack? We came in peace as strange as that is," the Saiyan Ou replied.

"They feel to collect a blood debt. You see your structures are built from the bodies of our deceased and the street paved with their innards. When we die, our bodies turn to stone so hard that only those beings of exceptional strength have ever been able to crack our outer shells to reveal the jewels our insides become. Our fur protects us from all harms except the heat of the day in the same manner that armor protects you. Those foolish enough to be caught out in noon day when the twins are aligned, wither and die," Nemo turned to regard the other worms. "The entrance to our nest is in this forest and these fools thought your chimps meant harm. They're mental sensors are not as developed as my own are, thus they perceive all surface walkers mean to do us harm," Nemo concluded.

"My sire and brother and most of all these others have just arrived on planet, so have no knowledge of the value of your beings, however we will apologize, Lord Nemo," Prince Kale bowed.

"Lord Nemo, since your people have been here longer than the Saiya-jin, I propose an alliance between us as our race has now settled the surface of the rock. We will take your dead and dying in exchange that we protect the secret of Planet Kale. Many Saiya-jin planets will benefit from creatures such as you," Vegeta Ou nodded his head in a bow.

"Your proposal is acceptable. Only you shall have access to our caves to mine our deceased. Now, why do you fear my people and myself?" Nemo asked and the Saiyan king gasped.

"Slug, you dare? A Saiyan fears nothing!" Ou Vegeta pulled his pride and arrogance about him like a robe and threw his head high.

"The abuser frightened you, did he not?" Nemo asked in a low voice.

"I know not of what you speak!" again the Ou shot in a haughty manner.

"The ones called Frieza, King Cold, Glacier, Cooler otherwise known as the Ice-jin. They took over your planet, killed you and a good portion of your people after he had kidnapped your middle prince. You, along with your female parent, sent several thousands off planet before the abuser could make his presence known. They were greedy louts and searched for the origin of the fabled Slougarthian gems. Tales say that to possess one is to have incredible power. I have no information on that regard. Now, would you inform me as to why you are so revolted of us?" Nemo asked a second time.

Silence reigned supreme, as the four made no attempt to reply, just locked their minds so that no one could read or see into that inner sanctum.

"Nemo, sir, my mate, brother, king and Outusan have suffered a major trauma regarding a two legged being nearly like yourself. You are correct in saying that they are frightened because of him, as to the cause of the trauma, I know not. I can safely surmise that he tortured them using creatures of your semblance. It is no secret how he abused and misused my race. He destroyed both my Ou and my 'Tousan along with the original home planet," Kakarrot spoke and received surprised glares from the ones he had mentioned.

"K-san, how could you know? Sire, Raditz, Bardock and I just recently found we had been tortured in such a horrid manner!" Ouji Vegeta gasped, pride forgotten even in the stern face of Piccolo.

"I'll never forget. I returned with Ou from a purge mission when he was nine and myself seven (eighteen and fourteen in earth ages). We had been drained of power and had stopped on Vincente to rest. We arrived later than the dead line, went to give report to that red-lipped maggot. He ordered that blue prickless freak and that pink blob with warts to take us to a planet called Nursha-2. Excuse me," Bardock ran over to a shrub where he lost what he had not put in his stomach.

"NO, not Nursha-2! I should have taken out that worm-infested hellhole but he would have found out. I hated that place. That was his favorite place of torture. The rack and being sewn up without preparation would have been less painful!" Ouji Vegeta buried himself in his mate's arms.

"Now, you know, Nemo. That maggot had sent us all for one crime or another to a world called Nursha-2 or Frieza-16 since every planet we conquered for him had to bare his name," Vegeta Ou moved to embrace Bardock, who had returned to the group, and held the large warrior tight.

"I understand now, Saiyan. Fear not, as your allies, we shall let none of that like within an eyeball's blink of our home nor our treasures. I shall take the living of my kid to reprimand. The dying, you may do with as you see fit. I should like to show you all were our cave is located. Come, on my back all of you. Those who wish not to come, roll your injured in our blood before it congeals then place them on the fur. You will be pleasantly surprised," Nemo offered as those who wished climbed on the giant sightless slug's back. Ouji Vegeta and Raditz held back.

"K-K-san, I-I can't make my legs go," the prince whispered as he felt the revulsion rise to the top of his throat. There was no way, even if they were giant woolly bear caterpillars with no legs.

The brothers stood unmoving, however, the two had little time to ponder as they found themselves lifted off the ground then enfolded in thick tails. Looking around the two found themselves captured by their mates. Looking further around, they found their offspring had climbed on as well. Shaking their heads, they snuggled back against their mates, took hold of their children who were present, sent those who were not going to the injured to aid them.

"Ready, my new friends?" Nemo asked.

"Go, Nemo," Kakarrot smirked as he tightened his hold on the prince. "I've gotcha, koi. I won't let you fall. Take hold of his pelt."

Nemo took off at a blinding rate of speed, however, he was conscious of the cargo on his back. He was ninety feet in length, was as wide as a football stadium; thus could easily ride the seventy-five Saiya-jin-couples and children-with ease. The giant nematode moved over the rough and rugged terrain of the forest as if skating on a sheet of ice. Those who had been traumatized found themselves smirking and actually enjoying the venture.

"Kakarrot? I think I could get used to this," Ouji Vegeta said in a near whisper.

"Vegeta, my Ou, what say that once we conclude this business we come for another ride?" Bardock whispered as he nuzzled the king's fragrant hair.

"Daddy, can we play on him again? It's like an amusement coaster!" Bree exclaimed as she held onto Raditz.

The couples commented and settled into their journey until a fragrant scent wafted into their olfactory openings. Some had nearly fallen asleep, however, when their noses detected the scent, they came awake.

"Oh, what an incredible scent! It's luscious! Nemo, what is that scent?" Goten asked as he held his prince tight along with their children.

"You might get sickened if I inform you," Nemo remarked.

"Worm, we're Saiya-jin, the strongest fighting force in the universe. We can handle any information no matter how distasteful," Vegeta Ou retorted with a "humph."

"It is our excreta or waste material for those of you younger ones," the worm-king responded.

"Excreta that smells like the finest of colognes? It's outrageous! Vegeta, we can bottle this stuff and make a fortune!" Kakarrot exclaimed as he continued to inhale the fragrance that smelled like roasted cashews and honey drenched in jasmine.

"I like that scent, daddy! Can I have some!" Cilvanti asked the prince, as did Bree as the Slougarth entered a cave illuminated by florescent rocks, stalagmites and stalactites.

"You actually appreciate our scent in that fashion? You are truly remarkable in that sense," Nemo complimented.

"What makes the prettiful lights, daddy?" Bree asked as she and several other chimps stood to overlook the surroundings.

"The lights are natural made from glittering stones embedded within the rock. Plus, there is a dormant volcano under us from which lava flows, thus that also lends to the lighting. Welcome to Slougartha, my friends, our major city," Nemo announced as he slowed his pace and the rest of the Saiya-jin stood to survey the well-constructed city. "To answer your inquiry, we are a highly evolved mental race who use telekinesis to our advantage, " the worm king explained, answering any query as to how legless beings constructed such awesome structures.

"This place is unbelievable! I can already calculate many areas of commerce and trade where these creatures will do justice! Sire, Kakarrot speaks correct, the cologne is but a small portion of what can be formed of these beings! We have no need to conquer the universe with destruction, once we shape and market things to our like. Others will be looking to us to supply them!" Ouji Vegeta exclaimed as he jumped from Nemo's back to investigate the mine.

"I see your vision, my Ouji! We shall assemble a team to mine the dead, strip them of the fur and gems then have those of our people skilled in weaving and such spin the fur into clothing or whatever! Now dies the evil bloodthirsty Saiya-jin race and long live the industrial Saiyan race!" the Ou declared, then a thunderous roar rumbled the cave.

All Saiyan eyes turned to regard one another when they caught sight of several chimps holding their stomachs.

"Hungry, daddy, hungry," Jordache spoke for the first time.

"Me, too, I'm hungry. Can we go home, now?" Pan whined her complexion sallow.

"Climb back aboard and we shall be on our way," Nemo said and the Saiya-jin remounted the worm king, took hold of mates and families, then Nemo moved to an area where he could turn around.

It was akin to sailing on the amusement ride 'The Tunnel of Love' or some such nonsense as their limbless coach glided over the terrain at a more sedate speed. The Saiyan couples sat within one another's embrace as they marveled at the sights and sounds of their nemotodic neighbors at work and rest. Nemo glided past a sight that caused Vegeta Ou, Ouji Vegeta, Bardock and Raditz to cower into whatever part of their mate they could bury their face in and sent their heart rates into overdrive.

'K-san, tell me when we pass. I hate clusters,' the prince said through his bond link, a nervous tinge to his words.

Kakarrot and Tormataeo tightened their hold on their mates; however, the king and Bardock had to hold onto one another, until their grandsons joined them. Grr, curse Frieza to the blackest hell created for what he did to cause such beautiful creatures as the Saiyan high royalty, the king, Bardock, the prince and Raditz, to cower in fright in this fashion! Kakarrot, Tormataeo, Trageta and Goten poured calm and reassurance through the bonds they had then informed them when the cluster had passed. If it was that snake's intention to break the strength of the Saiya-jin, it reflected in the four who were fighting panic and terror.

Both Vegetas, Bardock and Raditz looked up to their comforters, black eyes wide and red rimmed with tears of fear. Piccolo gasped. He had thought nothing could frighten the mighty Prince of all Saiya-jin but looking at him now reminded him of when Gohan was just a boy and the Namek had taken him to train. Kakarrot had been correct that this was Frieza's undoing. How could these four be the mightiest members of the race when the look on their faces was stark terror at the sight of a mass of worms? All four wore the mask of frightened children that had been terrorized, which they had been, by one whose very race reeked with torture and destruction. If there were any Ice-jin left in the universe, their days were numbered.

All was smooth going until...

"VEGETA! RADTITZ! 'TOUSAN! OUSAN!" Kakarrot screamed as his love was ripped from his embrace and sent flying.

"DITZU!" Tormataeo shouted as his mate also went flying.

Piccolo had seen the mishap along with the other Saiya-jin. Thus, the Namek called on strength he hadn't used since the time his sire had fought and lost against Kakarrot when that one was but a teen. That strength was the power of the Super Namek, which enabled Piccolo's body to expand; thus he threw himself over the Slougarth nest for which several Saiya-jin were headed. At the same time, numerous Saiya-jin, including his Gohan, ascended to Pilzara or Femzoro due to the intense fear of seeing their monarchy in peril. Those who could not ascend had transformed into Oozaru due to a full moon-like reflection on the surface of the dark pool of excreta. Co-operatively, Piccolo, were-gorillas and were-apes worked to catch their falling comrades. Pilzara Kakarrot and the newly ascended Pilzara Tormataeo reached to catch their mates while Piccolo caught the king and Bardock. After the rescue, the surface of the pool was disturbed to distort the moon image, thus allowing the Oozaru to melt back to their mortal state. Kakarrot, who had learned to control his Pilzara form, also melted back. After laying his mate on Nemo's back, he moved into the fray to pull the tails of the newly ascended to restore them. Once the group had reclaimed their mortal state, Kakarrot took the prince, Piccolo took Raditz, Gohan took Bardock and Mirai took Vegeta Ou, then the group gathered to leave.

The cause of the mishap was another worm had crashed into Nemo on his blind right hand side, which sent several riders from his back and towards the nest of hundreds of thousands of baby Slougarths. Piccolo had followed the trajectory of the airborne Saiya-jin, however, those whose minds reminded them that they could fly, halted their fall. Both Vegetas, Bardock and Raditz seemed to have forgotten that basic skill, thus continued to fall as if their bodies had become solid stone, thus they had to be rescued before they had to be rescued. Nonetheless, after the near miss, Piccolo returned to his normal seven foot six inch size and the Pilzara Saiya-jin melted back into their mortal bodies; however, the Oozaru changed only when the image of the moon had been distorted and blocked from their eyesight. Following the rescue, the Saiya-jin lifted their stricken nobility, bade Nemo a good-day, promising to keep in touch, after Piccolo had assisted that being into straightening his body aright, then joined hands to teleport back to the palace.

The group materialized in the medical chamber where three queens, two princesses, Kakarrot's sisters and his mother were all gathered with thirty new Saiya-jin they had never laid eyes on and that resembled both the Ou and Bardock. The identity of the new arrivals paled in comparison to the task of seeking aid for the four fallen high members of Saiyan royalty.

"Oh, my God, what befell them?" Sunrissa gasped when Piccolo carried her mate into the room. She motioned to Angelair to take the king and for Fuyung to take Bardock as Kakarrot and Tormataeo each had his own mate.

"We had gone to investigate the Slugarthian cave so that we would know where to mine. The chimps got hungry, so we decided to return. All was well until another beast slammed into the king on whose back we were. The jolt caused several of us to go flying towards the nest, which was a cluster of thousands of worms. Some of us remembered we could fly, so we did. These four weren't so lucky. It was as if seeing that squirm paralyzed their brains to cease functioning. Their bodies became stone and they free fell towards the mass. Piccolo transcended to Super Namek and several more ascended to Pilzara and Oozaru just to save them from falling into the squirm. I've never seen such abject terror before! I had to close off my side of the link to the Ouji-san because of the state he's in," Kakarrot breathed heavily as if he had undergone intense sparring.

"Frieza's hand is in this. I remember on Namek, when Vegeta was holding Frieza at bay so Kakarrot could recover, the sheer terror on the prince's face whenever Frieza confronted him or put his talons about his being. That beast must have been horrible if he could break four of Saiya's elite," Piccolo remarked and shook his head.

"He was a monster of the worse kind. He used torture and physical humiliation to get his kicks. He loved to see his 'pets' go at it with others. He took Ou Vegeta and Bardock when they were but boys of in between Saiyan years not long after my brother had been found beheaded but that's another story. Frieza had my boys for a year, then when they were returned, I could tell they had been traumatized but they would never speak of it. I have no knowledge of what that freak did to my grandsons, but I know it wasn't pretty," Queen Vegetanna replied.

Celerion nodded. "Bring them over and lay them on the tables, I want to access their memories to see what caused such trauma. Saiya-jin have little fears," the medic said as the four stricken nobles were lain on gurney type beds. "Strap them down. If they react to treatment, the straps will dampen their chi so nothing gets injured."

The four were placed on gurneys that projected out from what resembled MRI tubes and strapped in as directed.

"Medic, what are these tubes for?" Akannia, Kakarrot's eldest daughter of Yamcha, inquired.

"When the gurneys slide into the tubes, my colleagues and I will begin a sequence of programming that will allow us all to see into their psyche," Celerion replied.

Kakarrot and Tormataeo both lost the color in their handsome faces and shouted, "NO! YOU CAN'T!"

"You don't wanna do that! I'm Ouji's bondmate and I've seen a great deal of the horrors he's lived through, buried memories he'd much rather die than have to face. Trust me, if just seeing them thrown towards a nest of squirm brought several ascensions into being, imagine what will happen when we see how that white freak show treated our prince? My mate's psyche alone will give us a new reason to collect on what Nemo called a blood debt," the large warrior mate of the prince explained.

Without two thoughts against it, the medics continued. Kakarrot and Tormataeo realized that the viewing would be both detrimental and disturbing, thus the larger of the two mates suggested that the chibis and chimps be taken away for their lessons, lunch and training.

"I wanna stay, 'Tousan! I wanna see what that bitch did to my prince," Cilvanti, Sabrianna and Endive all voiced nearly the same complaint at having to be sent away.

Both 'Tousans knelt to their chimps and hugged them. "Do as we say and you can go on a purge mission with us," Kakarrot purred in a whisper.

"PURGE MISSION!" the chimps echoed loudly.

"Shhh, keep it down, we don't want the others to know. Now get a move on," Tormataeo smiled. The two released the chimps, which then merrily left the room behind others.

"Someone get the lights," the medic requested after the cubs and chimps had left with instructors for their lessons, bath, change then nap after a hardy lunch.

Once the lights were dimmed to movie theater darkness, the screens above the royals' heads flared into life with images. The four images paralleled one another as the opening scene focused on the Ou and Bardock and the Ouji and Raditz walking down a long corridor that lay in a circular design.

"You know what he's gonna do to us, my lord. We were gone far longer than he ordered us to be," both Bardock and Raditz said in apprehension as both sets of royal Saiya-jin led a group of six warriors to a set of double doors at the end of the corridor.

"It couldn't be helped, you know what condition we were in? Would you have wanted him to kill them? Its bad enough we had to leave right after they were born. After this I doubt we'll ever see our chimps again but if I must die, I'll know our cubs are in friendly allied hands," the king and prince were heard to reply in varying forms. "Brace yourselves, men, he's gonna be in a fair taking because we're a week late in our return," the royals cautioned.

Two guards with fishlike heads opened the doors and a ball of chi hit the purge teams dead on, evaporating those behind the royals, who had not crossed off the blast.

"How dare you, worthless pieces of monkey trash! You disgust me! What excuse is it this time? Rut? Pod destruction? I care not to hear it!" a raspy effeminate voice hissed through the smoke. When the smoke cleared, those watching the vision were not surprised to see what was standing in the door.

"Grr, Frieza!" several observers hissed when they saw the cause of all their sorrow and injury.

"You shall yet learn what it means to cross the mighty Frieza! Zarbon, Dodoria! Have your way with this monkey trash then throw them in the pit on Frieza-16," the beast hissed in his threateningly soft tones.

Zarbon and Dodoria moved from their posts behind the freak and descended on the startled Saiya-jin after replying, "Yes, Master Frieza, it would be our pleasure," and bowing from the waist.

The crowd watched both the blue and pink beasts grab the royal Saiya-jin by that most sensitive part of the bodies, the tail. The two dragged their captives into a room where they beat them mercilessly, then strapped them to a spiked rack, stretched them to their limits, then plunged into either of their openings. For added torture and meanness, Zarbon transformed into his monstrous form. The king and the prince's visions went black with Bardock and Raditz succumbing to a loss of consciousness not soon after.

When the vision returned, four screams escaped from the gurneys as well as from the figures in the visions. The sight made even the strongest Saiyan stomach heave in revulsion but they fought it to watch the horror their royals had been thrown into.

"Help, somebody, get me out! NO! Oh, Saiya, let me die!" the four royals screamed as in the vision they were bitten by several creatures with razor sharp fangs and stingers.

"Oh, my God, 'Tousan, my Ou, Vegeta, Raditz, the pain must be excruciating," Kakarrot fought his emotions. "No wonder he hated to be touched outside of battle. It took forever just to get a hug from him," Kakarrot sniffed.

"Oh, my king, I had no idea," Sunrissa shook her head.

"Bardo-san, how can I help you, love?" Onya lamented.

"Raditz, please, let us in to help you out of this," Tormataeo sighed as he held his mate's hand.

The vision once again blanked out only to return focused on another scene and the four were strapped to gurneys much as they were in the outside world. Their eyes focused on blue/iridescent scale skinned beings with flowing orange hair like a waterfall.

"W-where are we?" the four asked as they returned to the conscious world in their mind.

"You're back on Vincente, loves. That white devil tossed you into the belly of Nursha-2, a carnivorous planetoid with biting worms, stinging insects and such therein to devour its prey. You're lucky we sent one of our infants with you, plus, you carry enough of our venom in your blood because our scout was able to eat the vermin after they died from biting you. They died not long after biting into your flesh and tasting your blood. You see our venom is highly toxic to nearly all creatures except yours and a few others. Somehow, your DNA latches onto our venom and transforms it into a healing drug," Queen Valeria snickered as her assistants aided the Saiya-jin to their feet.

"Y-You injected us with your venom?" Bardock and Raditz had asked.

"It was the only way to heal you. Disappointed, my friends?" Valeria asked with a pout about her lips.

"No, not at all, my queen. We will forever be in your debt! Wish that white fiend could die from tasting our blood," the king and prince lamented.

"Oh, don't stress yourselves over him. He thinks you're dead. We'll send the pair of you back to (Vegetasei in the king's vision/Frieza's ship in the prince's vision) to begin anew," the snake queen smiled.

The end of the visions focused on the Saiya-jin strengthening their alliance with the Vincentians, visiting the chimps they had pushed into the universe, then they departed to return to the white horned horror known as Frieza.

Celerion powered down the visual enhancement devices and the observers sat in silence not believing what they had invaded.

"I warned you. Let's wake them slowly then send them..."

"What the hell are we doing strapped down like animals? Get us outta here!" an angered voice from the memory-vid area snarled.

The crowd jumped then moved to kneel beside their high royalty as well as unfasten the straps. Kakarrot stood to assist his mate, Tormataeo assisted Raditz and Onya and Sunrissa assisted Bardock and the king.

"What happened, why are we in medical?" Bardock demanded as he moved to the king.

"Nemo had an accident and you were tossed from his back. You would have landed in the nest had we not ascended to catch you first," Piccolo responded.

Raditz and Vegeta gasped as their mates sent mental images as to what had transpired; the Outusans received the visions through the links. Unconsciously, the four began to convulse in the arms of their mates.

"God, no, get me out! Get me out! I don't deserve this! I am royalty, you can't do this-!" Vegeta Ouji had begun to rave as if he was reliving the entire nightmare that had just been viewed on screen.

"M-my P-Prince, I hear you. These things... All over... Hard to-!" Raditz collapsed as did the prince, their faces wore grizzly masks of terror.

"My God, get them to a tank, they're dying. H-hard to breathe!" Tormataeo gasped as he collapsed beside his mate.

Kakarrot had closed off his bond with Vegeta so that he would be in his full mind for such an occasion. "I hate this! My queen, send them away for awhile, I'm taking the cubs from two years and upwards," the large Saiyan began to leave the med unit.

"Kakarrot, I know what you're thinking but don't you think they should go along, too? We'll revive them then begin planning on the best course of action. Right now, we all need to think for them, so when they come out of the tank, the first thing would be to find out all that we can, until then we will not make a move," Queen Sunrissa hissed at her near son (son-in-law) who nodded.

After placing Vegeta Ouji, Raditz and Tormataeo in healing tanks, the king, Bardock and the rest exited the chamber. Kakarrot remained with his mate for a short time before he left and headed to the nursery where the eight newborns were awake and fussy. The four elder chimps and Teresahan were present as well and all had picked up the prince's distress. Vegetzu, Rageta and Trageta all fought their reactions due to the links they had with their own offspring.

"Petite pere, why are they so fussy? They were resting easily until about an hour ago," Garliqua said as she lifted Tobbacca to change and suckle him.

"Didn't you see those beasts we were battling earlier? Well, their king invited us to his cave because our dwellings and such were constructed of their dead. The ones who attacked desired to collect a blood debt but their king stopped them from doing such. To make a long story short, we of the super elite went to the cave, looked it over, made an allience then, as we were leaving, another worm crashed into Nemo, the king. The Ou, Ouji, dad and Raditz were tossed from Nemo's back and nearly landed in the nest of the squirm. Seeing that caused a deep memory to surface within them. That's why the chibis are fussy. I know Othelia, Tormataeo's third eldest daughter is having a time with her new sibs as I expect the other elder ones are, as well. Vegeta, Raditz and Taeo are all in tanks because they had flashbacks. Sis, I gotta help my mate, he means this world and the next to me. Mommarissa told me to hold off on going to destroy the planet on which they had been tortured, but every time I see his suffering, the more I can't restrain the anger," Kakarrot lamented as he took Velmora and Vegekarrot to wash and change them.

Meanwhile, the parents of the parents had been heading for the king's chamber to check on the royal couples newly born quads when...

"My king, did you not notice we have grown by thirty more heads?" Sunrissa smiled as she moved to walk beside her mate.

The royal family stopped and Bardock and his mate gazed over the faces in the crowd then gasped in wide-eyed surprise.

'B-Bardo-san, do you see who I see?' the king asked through the bond link, his voice a gasp of disbelief.

'I-I see, Ou-mi-san, but I-I dare not believe! They found us and have brought us more cubs!' Bardock replied through the link.

"My children, welcome home!" the two Outusan's held their arms open and a mass of newly arrived Saiyan males and females engulfed the two in welcome.