Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ KALERAGETSUSEI : BK 4 OF TOSOV ❯ THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES ( Chapter 48 )

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

A/N: CONTINUING X-OVER WITH YYH, INU YASHA AND DBZ. YAOI/LEMON/FLUFF! MANY NEW CHARACTERS AND PLENTY OF FAMILIAR FACES LOL. MAJOR AU. GOHAN WAS FIFTEEN WHEN HE BEGAN SCHOOL ON A PART TIME BASIS-THIS IS MY OWN TIMELINE, SO IT CAN HAPPEN! THIS IS SO THAT THIS CHAP COULD CORRELATE WITH THE BEGINNING CHAPS.

KALEREGETSUSEI

CHAPTER L

ORIGIN OF SPECIES

Vegetanna had regained consciousness due to the scent of passion and arousal that wafted into her sensitive olfactory organ. Slowly, the elder queen opened her eyes to adjust to the muted brightness of the twin suns that hung high in the sky. With equal slowness, the queen sat up on her bed and caught sight of the couple that stood in a strong embrace. Unable to help the tears that spilled from her onyx eyes or the smile that tugged at her lips, the queen watched in silence until a lump caused her to choke and shatter the scene. The pair turned to the bed and in an instant, was smothered in the tight embrace of their daughter.

"Outusan!" she cried just as the door to her chamber burst open and several other Saiya-jin that resembled the three entered the room.

Among the group were Tateo and Olivette and Bayrutha, who all joined in the huddle, all crying the same expression, "Tousan, we thought you were dead."

After calming down, the offspring, no matter what age, sat on the floor while their parents sat on the queen's bed.

"That elder one had told us you had been killed during a purge, so he never sent a team to find out. He was such a snake, even by Saiyan standards. Always closeted in some meeting with that filthy ice king, Cold and his sons. I hated him!" Asparagati, one of the sixty offspring the elder royal couple had birthed, remarked.

"That cur, wish that Caleafa had never birthed that spawn of Hades! I could tell from the second I held him that he would spell trouble for our race as we knew it. Not only after he had grown did he align with the feared and hated Cold court, he attempted to kill me and seize my throne! He was not strong enough to challenge me so that was why he had made that alliance. Once the Ice-jin was in our midst, life for us was never the same. With me on the throne, they had no say in what we did, thus, when a dangerous purge mission came about, King Cold sent me and a team to carry out the order," elder King Vegeta said.

"Love, we should wait until we assemble the children before you further explain, but Tanna, tell your sibs and 'Tousan how it was that that we survived?" Gustarte nodded to his daughter.

"My first born son, whose name is also Vegeta and is our present king. After that snake male had been crowned king and we had our only child together, I raised my child until that snake took him from me when my Ichison was but a Saiyan five-year-old (Earth aged 10 year old). King Cold's two eldest boys had been given their own sectors of the universe to conquer, which brought the younger son, Frieza, to our old home planet. Frieza was the worst one of them all. He was truly a heartless bastard. That worm gave my son to Frieza and told him to train him as he saw fit. My one must have disappointed the slithering cur, for within three years, my son was back to my side. By that time, Olivette and Tateo's triplets had grown into handsome specimens and I had given birth to my twelfth cub for my lover, Angelair. Yes, my parents, I did not keep to the king's bed. He preferred street trash to royal perfection. No big thing, anyway, Frieza began to brainwash us into believing we could make huge profits by purging planets for him and wiping it free of life. He drugged our food, poisoned our drink, and raped the open males and also what few females there were. He began to send our cubs out to purge weak planets and that elder one sent out any open male that showed strength, thus he had sent Olivette's Bardock and my Vegeta out on a dangerous purge where I nearly lost my son. Had Bardock not been with him, our king would be the youngest Prince Vegeta. Nonetheless, Frieza had sensed we were becoming very powerful and we had made no secret of the legend of the Super Saiya-jin, thus he felt if he could send out our elites and lower class warriors to dangerous purges, have them killed in some way that he could control us. That didn't happen. Oh, he did gain control and put fear into my strong son, only after that white devil molested and raped my elder one. My prince had mated to Irisanna and Papato's daughter, Sunrissa, and she delivered him a strong cub, that had the definite potential to become the legend," Vegetanna stopped to draw a breath.

At that moment, the chime on the queen's door sounded, followed by the entrance of the younger king, Bardock and their numerous sibs. Everyone stood and bowed when the king and his mate moved to sit by the queen and Olivette.

"My children. I was just relating to sires how Frieza took our race and exploited us for his own ill gain. Pray continue. Tell them how your sire met his end," Tanna requested as she looked at her eldest son.

"That iced over pervert! My predecessor, as I remember, took me from mother and had me sent out on a dangerous purge with Bardock. Our mothers had put the five of us, Paragus and Bardo's twin brothers, together, thus we were sent out together. Angelair, Fuyung and Nappa were with us to see to our needs since we were all royal brats. Nonetheless, it was that mission that had nearly cost me my life. Paragus and I being the eldest, were nearing our in between stages and the guards knew it and the changes affected Paray's and my ability to fight strongly, thus I ended up getting the snot beaten out of me. I lay waiting for the enemy to finish me, when he suddenly exploded. When the smoke had cleared, I couldn't believe my eyes! Bardock stood engulfed in a golden flame, with golden hair and teal eyes, but then he lost the change and fell on top of me. The others had gone to seek out any survivors; thus, he and I were the only ones who knew he had touched the legendary state we had been told of. We agreed not to speak on it for safety reasons, so after the mission, which took us a month to complete as the moon only came out once a month, we then headed back to Vegeta. Frieza was not pleased with our tardiness," the younger king shivered at the memory.

Bardock put an arm around his mate and held him close. "Frieza dismissed us but we knew he was highly pissed and so was the king who took his son into a training area and beat him most soundly. Vegeta wasn't fully healed from the purge; thus he ended up in recovery for quite a lengthy time. The females and I were beyond ourselves with concern but we could do little, well, my hands were tied. When the prince had recovered, we were with him, and he mentioned that he wished someone had the courage to kill the king and never mind the consequences," the larger warrior smirked.

"Y-y-you mean that bastard is dead? W-w-who? 'Tanna?" King Vegeta stammered.

"Our females, Sunrissa and Onya. The two had some how concocted a plan and got away with it. We had a strong friendship bond from our first fights in training school; thus we had mated with them, as they were the strongest females on the planet, no offense, my queen. The girls had caught that king with his guard down. Nappa, the big idiot, was very easy to distract with a chi blast to a low shrub. While he had gone to put out the blaze, my queen cut off that demon's head, and I claimed my right as king. Once I had regained all my strength, mother, grandsire, my mate, and our females began to secretly change the relations between the Ice-jin and ourselves, however, that snake somehow got wind of my attempts to sever the alliance. He found me in the training area, waiting for my first born. Frieza attacked me, raped me. My infant son, just a Saiyan two-year-old (Earth four-year-old), stumbled upon that horrendous site. He tried to save me but that white demon caught my baby boy by the neck and..." the younger Vegeta Ou lost his composure and Bardock and Vegetanna held him.

"Let's change the subject. Are the two of you ready to complete your bonding with the melding stage?" the elder King Vegeta asked as he held his mate.

Bardock smirked as his mate settled down. "We are and I know several of the younger ones are but I do not think my son, Kakarrot, is," the scarred warrior sighed.

"What is with the boy, Bardo-san. When we mentioned it, he spazzed!" Gustarte shook his head.

"He was not raised on Vegeta. He had been sent out when he was an infant. He's just beginning to know our ways. He's always fought and ate like a Saiyan and I've tried to teach him from what I had been taught but not even I knew of this melding stage," a gruff voice sounded from the queen's chamber door.

"Youngling, what brings you here?" King Vegeta, the prince's sire, gasped.

"Just passing, actually. My mate's refusal to meld comes from being raised on a planet were male/male relationships are kept hushed up. They are a shame in society. But he has gotten used to that part of our existence. His fear is that I have the femme role and do dress the part when called for," the prince smirked and his elders nodded.

"But the smaller mate has always dressed femme, there's no shame in it. Bardock, go talk to that boy before I have to and I won't be too happy," the young King Vegeta snarled to his mate, who nodded, then turned and left the gathering.

The king bowed to his grand sires. "Sires, it is good to see you and all of my mother's sibs alive and well but I have a kingdom to put back together as soon as possible and strengthen our armies. My king, I feel that since the two of us are the rulers of this race that we should assist one another in the responsibilities. You shall rule those who have not made the ascension to Super Saiyan level, and I will rule those who have. My son shall rule those who have gone beyond level two," King Vegeta nodded to his son, who stood then knelt before him.

"I shall do all that you require of me, sire," the prince spoke, then he rose and departed to attend his cubs and chimps.


In another spacious chamber, another family reunion was commencing. The ice apparitions were learning from Hiei and Yukina what they had been doing since they had come into the mortal world. The room was located opposite the royal chamber and once inside, the maidens lowered the temperature to sub-freezing as the massive heat of the planet had began to take its toll on their fragile bodies.

"We'll have to hold freeze one at a time so it can be sustained while we slumber," Yocina remarked.

"Why not sleep in my ship, you know where I keep those things I feed Nursha?" Mordobon suggested.

"Why didn't we think of that, sisters? An excellent suggestion, Mordosa, thank you, now, Hiei, how did you come to be in living world?" Yujina asked her nephew who sat between his silver mate's legs.

"I was on a mission and ran into Kurama, who I thought was an enemy. He had been reborn into a human child, a very pretty human child, I'll say, and was the human age of ten. Anyway, we fought, he beat the snot out of me, took me to his home and nursed me. Four years after that, I sought him out again. I had dreams to taking over both Living and Spirit World and doing a better job at running it. The only way I could take over both worlds was to possess three ancient artifacts of darkness that were stored in King Enma's private vault. Only a master thief could penetrate that strong hold and it was well known that Kurama was such a thief. Goki, a big soul-eating lug, we took along for muscle as Rama-K and I were the brains, thus we broke into the vault, took the artifacts and began to form a plan of action. I never counted on being betrayed by the one I had always held in high honor," Hiei cast a glance at the large Youko.

Kurama pouted and ran an elegant hand through his lover's flame spiked long hair. "Baby, I didn't betray you. If I hadn't of distracted you, you would have killed Yusuke and the judges of Spirit World would have had a field day skewering you for taking a human life," the Youko reminded his headstrong little mate who nodded.

"So, you are my aunts. How can that be when I'm half fire youkai? I was told we had different mothers and I also know that I am Kina's older brother, not her twin," Hiei tossed out.

"You have the right of that. We are your mother's sisters and you were born of the same mother, only Hina had met and fallen in love with your sire, Hiei, and the two of you are twins, just you are three hours older than Yukina. Your sire's name was Caliento; a fire youkai whom Hina had found wounded by a spirit hunter, so she healed him. He asked if he could mate her and she gave herself to him. It tore her apart when the nursemaid found that her firstborn was male and that he was to be cast off to fend for himself. Three of us protested and were thrown off as well. The other two remained to raise your sister. Neither of us let you forget one another and would tell you about the other, although we withheld names. I was thankful to the Youko in letting us run with him and his band, until a group of hunters had tracked us down. The Youkos sent us to living world and here I met that awful King Cold. I guess now's as good a time as any to tell King Vegeta how that race came to be," Yocina sighed and the others nodded, then she moved to an intercom and pushed the button.


A buzz sounded in the king's private chamber, thus he replied. "Vegeta Ou, speak," the king's gruff yet high-class voice sounded. The king had left his mother and that branch of the royal family to its own devices.

"Your majesty, this is Lady Yocina. Is the timing well to gather the rest and let them know of the origin of their enemy?" the Ice apparition spoke.

"Meet us in the courtyard in fifteen minutes," the king replied and closed the link.

Fifteen minutes later, the entire planet had gathered in the courtyard of the palace-there were just fewer than fifty thousand Saiya-jin on Planet Kaleragetsusei. The crowd was hushed as the apparition and her family and their guests joined the gathering, the apparitions cooling the densely heated air. King Vegeta stood to officiate, and then he nodded when he saw the apparition was ready.

"Greetings from the land of Ice. Honored guests, noble Saiya-jin, dear friends and children. Some of you know me as Queen Igloo, the former female of King Cold and mother to Cooler, Glacier, Frostbite, Glazina, Slush and the detestable Frieza. Six hideousities did I push forth for that perverted half Arcosian-half Koorime demon seed. I have come to tell you of the origin of the Ice-jin. Many millennia gone, in the Makai, was a floating island populated with females such as my sisters, my niece and myself and was called Koorime Island. We were a female race that needed little to no aid in reproducing, however, once in every ten thousand of us born was born a dual female. One such female was named Brunia. She had no care or morals and bedded anything that bent to her will. She grew bored in the Makai thus she turned her sights on living world. In this world, she found a strong mate in a race called the Arcosians. King Vegeta, if you will, sir," Yocina nodded, not realizing she had switched forms and stood as an Ice-jin.

Those who did not know the apparition could transform into such a guise began to power up chi blasts, however, the three kings and their sons along with Hiei, Yukina and the other ice maidens jumped to surround the elder.

"You touch her, you will all die! She is our guest and was forced to marry that perverted ice king. She had to guise herself as one of their members, or they would have killed her. Extinguish those blasts at once!" the younger Saiyan king snarled as he hit SSJ-2.

The crowd quieted and the king nodded to the others to return to their seats. Yocina released the transformation and returned to the aqua haired mirror of her niece and sisters.

"That's more like it. She and her family are our guests and we will not sink to the level of those Ice scum! Those who have studied our history know that after our ancestors destroyed the Tuffles, the race was left without technology, thus, had to leave the planet to align with a race that had both wealth and technology. Enter the Arcosians. It was an unholy alliance, for in order for them to give their technology, we had to become their planet purgers. When the child of the ruler had come of age, he took over," the king nodded back to Yocina.

"Brunia, being a dual female was both able to give offspring and carry, thus she bore thousands of children for the Arcosians. I am told that that race has no morals and would sleep with their children, thus was how the Ice-jin grew. How I am the one who bore Cooler and his brothers and sisters was that two of my sisters and I had to flee our home in Makai as strong hunters had located our whereabouts. The leader of the band we were staying with sent us away but kept the reason we were being pursued. We fled here to the living world but ended up being captured by the Ice-jin and taken to the king. The king made us pleasure slaves until they found that our tears turned into precious gems, then they began to torture us just to make us cry so that they could profit from our tears. King Cold was ruthless and found me pleasing, thus made me his mate. I hated him from the time we had been taken aboard their craft. However, he was nothing compared to his mother, Brunia was his grandmother. Queen Cold is the most heartless of the Ice-jin. Planet pirating was her idea as was forcing me to mate with that disgusting worm of a son of hers. When his misshapen offspring left my body, I knew I had unleashed something monstrous onto the universe," here the Ice apparition fell to her knees and tears fell in torrents from her eyes. "I-I ap-appologize for the injustice committed against you all because of those bastards. I offer myself to be your slave and for you to punish me in any way you see fit," the Ice maiden hung her head and awaited her judgement.

King Vegeta, the younger, stepped to the apparition's side and placed a hand under her chin to lift her face to his. Her ruby eyes drowned in the tears that pooled in the base of her lower lid. The king shook his auburn/chestnut indigo streaked head of flame spiked hair.

"We decline that offer. You have already offered us your alliance as a result of that incident on Minervasei with the offspring. We ask that you be our contact with the one whose name we can no longer mention," the king requested.

"Y-you have forgotten-"

"No, we have not. They are young. Does that boy have your ability to transform from his sire's form to yours?" the king asked.

"Yes, he has more of me as does his sister, Glazina, to transmute to look as my sisters and I do. Now, I know I cannot return to my original home. As my sister Hina had done, so had my sisters, Lucina, Marina and myself all produce male children," Yocina remarked.

Just then a dimensional portal opened and a tall light brown haired youth of no more than sixteen stepped from the gaping opening. He was followed by several beings, many resembled youkos and wolves. At the sight, Sasshoumeru and Kurama both stood from their seats.

"Lord Koenma, what brings you to the living plane and who are all these?" Botan, who had accompanied Yusuke and his gang from Spirit World not long ago, asked the being, which had 'Jr.' stamped on his forehead and a nuntzer (binky) in his mouth.

"If I may take a few moments of this meeting, I will make things quite clear. Your majesty, might I address the crowd?" Koenma asked the Saiyan Ou who nodded. "Kurama, Sasshoumeru, Lucina, Marina and Kakarrot, if I may have your attention. These that I have brought with me are offspring that belong to you and have need of protection from hunters in Spirit World," the young ruler of Spirit World spoke,

"B-but my kits had been left with that hag, Otella? Why have you brought them, he was never to know they existed?" Lucina fought to control her emotions at seeing six silver ice blue haired beings that resembled the large wolf youkai and herself.

Sasshoumeru turned hard gold eyes to the stricken Koorime maiden and something instantly broke inside of him. The large being left his seat then moved to her side and took her in his strong arms. "Why did you not tell me, Luce? Did you think me that cruel?"

"I-I could not. You had your own agenda and that was to gain tetsusaiga from your younger brother. Forgive me for never telling you," Lucina cried. "Your packs and dens had other affairs to care for that did not include the rearing of helpless half Koorime/wolf cubs."

The action stunned both Inu Yasha and Kurama who knew the elder youkai to be the most ruthless, cutthroat and heartless creature in the Makai next to the gorgeous Youko himself.

"Shh, love, dry your eyes or the Saiya-jin will be the wealthiest race in the three worlds. Take me to meet our now grown cubs, female," the large wolf in mortal form requested and the two left the audience to go meet the six silver streaked ice blue haired beings that they had co-created.

Kurama and Kakarrot stood and shifted agitatedly. They were receiving disbelieving looks from their mates and rightly so. Vegeta thought he had seen everything that had made up his mate's psyche and so had Hiei. Vegeta stood as did Hiei and the two confronted their larger mates.

"What is the meaning of this? I thought we shared everything but... Kakarrot, explain!" the prince tried to keep a lid on his rising temper.

"Yes, kitsune. Oh, I know about your hundred thousand lovers before me but you never... Wait, you're the love 'em and leave 'em type. That's all you Youkos do! You feed 'em, if they're lucky. Feel 'em, and they roll over like dogs, f*&^% 'em and forget 'em! Well, I'm not gonna be in that number, Kurama!" Hiei also had a time taming his temper that was threatening to erupt.

"Kakarrot, I'm waiting as are our parents!" the prince snarled, his thick tail swished in anger.

"I'll tell you. In my human form, I'm a year younger than Goten, which makes me seventeen. Kakarrot had been dead and in Other World for seven years after the Cell games. Before I flew here to living world, I decided to attend the Other World tourney that's where I saw Kakarrot. He intrigued me and I waited until he had fought and got disqualified before I approached him. He seemed lost and confused that he had lost the match and I wanted to make him feel better. I caught him in the park of the Grand Kai's manor and hunted a meal for him and prepared it. We ate, fought, he won and I asked him what he would like as reward. He said he would like to fully release himself as he had done with one he had to leave in the living plane. I understood and gave myself to him. We remained together for quite a time and we birthed the four we see before us. One of us had to provide, so I retained my thieving career while Kakarrot raised the cubs. I thought I had found a home and a paradise with Kakarrot until my past found me. I don't even remember trifling with the mated Youko, but I must have been drunk when I did so. I was a young Youko then and the pack had set up the meeting. We didn't know the fox was mated. It took her mate six centuries before he finally caught me unawares. Plus, thoughts of the death of my partner, Kuronue and missing the youngest member of our trio of thieves distracted me enough to botch a robbery. That hunter pursued me tirelessly following that and t was by his hand that I ended up fleeing my home to come recover in living world. Hiei, Vegeta, please, forgive us," Kurama hung head of silver.

"Vegeta, please. I-I was lonely even though I was surrounded by millions of fighters and even Saiya-jin but I had no idea who they were, except for my dad, Raditz and the king," Kakarrot said, his tone imploring.

"Take care of those children Kakarrot. Get whatever it was you and Kurama had out of your system and don't try to find me. When I'm ready I'll return," Vegeta said, turned then left the crowd; Hiei followed in his wake.

"So what now?" the small youkai asked as he followed the prince to the communications room.

"He has his secrets. I have mine. I'm going to Earth for a bit. I have a friend I need to see. Tag along if you like," the prince said and sat in front of a large screen.

Vegeta's fingers flew over the keys as he entered a secret code then the screen flared to life. A face appeared on the opposite side and Hiei caught his breath. Other than Kurama and now the Saiya-jin, he had never seen a more beautiful being than the one he gazed upon over the computer screen. Another reason for the hitch in Hiei's breathing was that he witnessed as Vegeta took on his femme appearance for the first time without Velmora's presence within his body.

"Sakyou Togoya Enterprises, Vetarra speaking, how may I direct your call?" a voice as soft as a dove's coo sounded.

"Hey, baby, is daddy in?" Vegeta asked the vision, his voice having a more femme lilt to it.

" Momma! Hi! I didn't recognize you! It's been awhile," Vetarra smiled. " 'Tousan's in a meeting now with some American businessmen who want to buy into the company. I don't like them. Where are you? Are you gonna come see Torro and I?" the girl bounced like an adolescent.

"I'll wait until he's done. So, how's things been with the pair of you?" the femme guised prince asked.

"Boring. School's out for a bit then we have to go back in two months. Will we get to see you before then?" the young female asked.

"I'm planning on stopping by in a bit once I talk to 'Tousan," the (fake) Oujo smirked.

The vision on the other screen turned away and looked off to her side. "I guess the meeting's over. Shall I put you on hold or sit him in front of the screen?" Tarra asked.

"Put me through," Vegeta requested.

"Well, well, look who decided to grace me with her presence, hmm hmm. How's tricks, beautiful?" a smooth voice asked in a slow manner.

"Hello to you, too, love. How's Shizuru and the other kids?" the femme prince asked in his own smooth lilt.

"Zuru's as hostile as I am when it comes to business. I've got this one competitor who's more a pain and I wouldn't think twice of roasting him but because his stepson fights on our team, I spare his life. I'm bored, Velmora! I haven't seen a decent fight since young Uremeshi and his team buried the competition in the dark tourney. Plus, I'm so tired of Hercule taking credit he hasn't earned. He's a sham and an actor," the image on the opposite side spoke.

"Poor thing. Listen, I'm coming to see you and the brats and I'll bring my latest business proposals," Vegeta nodded.

"Could you bring some more of that smoke and drink you let me sample the last time we were together before our soul mates entered our lives?" the man on the other screen asked, then he his eyes slightly widened as he caught sight of Hiei. "I remember you! You buried a few fire youkais with that impressive black dragon move. Hiei, is it not? How did you come to be acquainted with the only person I'd consider selling the Enterprise for?" the dark haired man asked in smooth tones as he puffed on a long cigarette.

"As part of my punishment from Koenma for stealing some rare treasures, I had to spend time on this planet. Plus, Sire’s son attended school with Kurama. How do you know him?" Hiei asked trying not to sound angry.

"He and I are business partners. We head the United Collection of Allied Planets, which is an import/export business. Speaking of which, V-sama, I received petitions from twenty planets seeking membership into U.C.A. P. but I haven't given them an answer. I had been trying to reach you to discuss the matter. I remembered what you told me of your past and the one that forced your people to conquer planets and eradicate millions for him. On the petitions, five of the planets had that name," Sakyou informed the prince.

Vegeta lost the color in his face, as he did not need to ask to what his partner was referring. "No, no, Sakyou. You did right in not approving before consulting me. Give me a few hours and I'll be there forthwith to...Wait a minute, I just got a brilliant idea! I come from a warrior race, you like bloody tournaments and you said you hadn't seen a decent one since Hiei and his friends had fought in the dark tourney. Contact the prospects and tell them that in order to be considered for membership that their fighters must defeat our own," Vegeta smirked and Sakyou mirrored the feature.

"I like the way you think, hun. Hiei, do you remember the youkai that survived the Dark Tournament?" Sakyou addressed the fire youkai.

"Some of them didn't deserve to live, why?" Hiei asked in flat tones.

"If I send a list of names, do you think you could track them down and bring them to this dimension to the island where Vegeta's Earth home is located?" the elegant businessman asked as he extinguished his smoke.

Hiei looked down at the prince, who had muted back into his male form. "Do you remember where my place is? It's the fourth largest island in the chain where Hanging Neck Island is located. I'll call Trageta and Goten to assist you. They'd love to see other world," the prince nodded.

"Hai, I can do so. Send the names," Hiei agreed.

The pair watched and Sakyou entered data into the computer and sheets of paper spat out on the prince's fax. Vegeta took the papers and handed them to Hiei, who looked at them and nodded. Vegeta lifted a hand to the scouter on his face and punched in a code.

"Dad!? We thought that you left, what happened?" Trageta asked.

"I have an assignment for you and Goten. I want the pair of you to accompany Hiei on a mission to Other World to round up several fighters from the Dark Martial Arts Tournament, the one Hiei, Kurama and their friends had fought in," the elder prince told his son.

"Be there in a flash, 'Tousan!" Trageta replied and in an instant, the air had been disturbed by the appearance of the pair. "When do we leave?"

"V-sama, is that your son from that female? Nice looking cub," Sakyou commented. "The one beside him? Did you two fight a tournament that was held seven years after Hercule had declared he had defeated Cell?"

"Yeah, Trageta won the Junior Division only because I couldn't stop myself in time," Goten replied with a side glance to his mate.

"I remember. But how would you like to fight for real in a tourney where the rules don't matter and you can kill your opponent?" Sakyou smirked.

"When?"

"Where?" the boys asked in unison.

"Same island where the last Dark Tournament was held. Get a move on in rounding up those fighters and I'll meet you all at Little Vegeta in about three hours. I'll bring the kids, Vegeta, and tell you about Shizuru and I. Hasta la vista, mi amigo," Sakyou nodded.

"I'll gather my warriors here as well as the human fighters. We'll be there. Good seeing you, my friend," Vegeta nodded and the two logged off. "You heard the man, get a move on," the prince nodded to the boys.

"Tell Kurama that Murkuro summoned me to the Makai but I will be back. If he tries to come, tell him I won't return until I'm ready," Hiei nodded then moved to a place where he could open a portal to the Other Dimension.

Vegeta got up and moved to return to the others in the courtyard when he stopped short. "Woman! What in creation's name are you doing here?" he snarled.

"W-who was that you were just talking with?" the blue haired genius stammered.

"Return to the yard and everyone will know," the prince remarked as he left the communications room.


The crowd was still in the courtyard when the prince returned. Kakarrot felt his mate's chi and left his newly found offspring to approach the love of his life.

"V-Vegeta?" the large warrior asked in a hesitant tone.

"It's all right, K-chan, I'm sorry. My pride got in the way. Go have a seat, I've something dire to impart," the prince smirked at his mate and nodded. "Everyone, give a listen! I've just been in contact with Earth and spoke to my business partner. My partner and I are the heads of the United Collection of Allied Planets, an elaborate import/export business but mainly to maintain peace and keep watch for enemies. He just told me that twenty planets that I had not visited have petitioned for membership into the Collection. Five of them belong to the Ice-jin and bear that pervert's name. During the course of the conversation, he and I decided that any planet wishing to join our collection must fight and beat his and my own warriors. I want no one and I mean no one under SSJ-2 power level, except for his or her majesties, my parents. Chibis, you may join us as well. Humans, you will come with us. The tournament is to be a Dark Martial Arts event. That means, no holds barred. If your opponent dies in the process of the fight, you will not be disqualified. I will bring a host of you all to my Earth home, Little Vegeta. There you will prepare for the tourney. Once there, I will go and speak with my business partner and work out the details. I know you would all like to fight but this one will be dangerous, not that we care about danger," Vegeta spoke to the crowd.

Kurama advanced and bowed to the Saiyan. "Vegeta, where's Hiei?"

Vegeta looked at the youkai's life mate with unfeeling eyes. "He was summoned to the Makai and said that if you tried to follow him, he would not return to you until he was good and ready. Get the Koorime and the others and come stand with me," the prince instructed the Youko, who obeyed.

"Vegeta, what's this about?" the queen approached her eldest son.

"Saving our homes and planets. Take care of the cubs and tell them always that their parents love them. We'll be home as soon as we defeat the Ice-jin on a neutral planet," the prince hugged and kissed the queen then he turned to his mate. "Get the humans and I'll get the others, then we'll I-T to LV." Vegeta then went to round up his two children and his grandchildren. "Mother, gather as many Slugarthian gems and as much of their fur as you can. Mordobon, gather Vincentean leather and Yocina, you gather as many Hiroseky (tear gems) as you can and I'll grab some Araknian webbing. Gohan, you and Piccolo go to med bay and gather as much venom, beans and berries as you can. This fight will be a messy one. We must fight for our right to survive! Move out!" the prince ordered.

"Oompavee!" tiny voices sounded and Vegeta found himself tackled to the ground. "Go!"

Vegeta looked up and found his three-month old infants bouncing on his chest. "Go? No, chibis. I know you're strong and you were both born Femzoro and Pilzara but you need to be trained. I need you to take care of grandma and grandpa, ok? See, even though they're very strong, they still get scared like sissy is of the dark, so you need to calm them down when they feel afraid, ok?" the prince sat up, lifted his cubs in his arms handed them to the queen. " 'Tousan won't be able to fight the bad monsters with you there. I'll have grandma link into the tourney and you can watch."

The cubs seemed to consider what they were being told, then hugged their grandmother. "Care g'andma. Stay home!" the cubs nodded and Vegeta heaved a sigh of relief. Giving his cubs a kiss, Vegeta returned to gather the older chimps and other warriors.

"Prince Vegeta, I've gathered all the tear gems my sisters and I have cried and we'll bring them as well," Yocina nodded.

By time the prince was ready to depart, he had assembled two hundred warriors, including Broli, Turles, Raditz, Kale, his elder sons, Teresahan, Kakarrot, Yusuke and his team, the Koorime females with Yukina. After bidding their people and friends adieu, Vegeta and Kakarrot concentrated on transmitting to Little Vegeta.

"Tousan?! We never thought we'd see you so soon? Oh, your highness, there's someone here to see you and he's brought guest with him," Corinth, Kakarrot's grandson nodded.

"K-chan, get the others settled and I'll go talk with our guests," the prince said then left to go greet the waiting guests. "Well, I see you wasted no jet fuel? How are you, my friend?" the prince bowed in greeting.

Sakyou bowed back. "Vegeta, you're looking well. So, is that the paragon who bested me for your heart?" the tall, lean blue highlighted black haired male whispered as he had caught sight of Kakarrot looming in the den doorway.

Vegeta turned. "Something you need, Kakarrot?" the prince said in regal tones.

"W-who is this, Vegeta?" Kakarrot demanded.

"The man I work with. Oh, I had begun as his employee and had met Emanu through him. As a destruction agent, after I blew it up, they built it, and then I would negotiate the alliance of the natives. Sakyou and I then decided to form a coalition of our allies, hence U.C.A.P. Oh, and before you get bent out of shape for my not telling you, while you were in other world and after I had Teray, I returned to this planet but not to be with that woman, I returned to be with Sakyou and strengthen our working relationship. Yes, that included my acting and being femme as he's too powerful a figure to screw his wealth over his penchant for males. Besides, he's the only human I deem worthy enough to be with. We did have children, there," the prince pointed over to four beings that could have been his and Sakyou's mirror images.

"A-Are you still...I-I mean...

"If you're asking if I'm still in love with him, yes, but I have never marked him. Just like I told Cilvi when Endive first arrived that I couldn't love one child above another, I can love one mate over the other and I love you more but for seven years I had no one, who understood. You nearly died when the great-grands mentioned melding. It didn't take a rocket scientist to figure out why you reacted so. It's because of my tendency to dress and act femme when the occasion calls. Until you come to grips with that, Kakarrot, I'm releasing our bond," the prince said in a near whisper.

The silence was so thick it could have been cut with a katana blade. Vegeta stood like a statue, fighting the deep emotions his statement had caused to knot within his stomach.

"V-V-sama, w-why? Is it because I refuse to accept a part of you that you could easily not continue? What's the big deal about being like that? So you were a slave on Frieza's ship and he forced you to do those things, it doesn't mean you had to take it on as an ongoing habit! I thought Saiya-jin were all men who just happened to have the ability to reproduce. Maybe my Earth friends were right all along about you. You are a freak and far from a normal being. If this is how you truly are, I don't want any part of you," and with that the second strongest Saiyan left the prince, Little Vegeta and the Saiyan race.

"Could it have gone any better? I didn't mean to cause such a disturbance. C'mon, let's get the details of the tournament settled," Sakyou said in a quiet voice so as not to shatter the prince any further than he was.

Raditz had seen the entire exchange and noted how shattered his younger brother now was. Kakarrot had a lot to learn or the human standing behind the prince would be the one picking up the pieces when Vegeta broke down as he had apparently done after the youngest had sacrificed himself. Vegeta was correct, though, until Kakarrot could accept that one partner took the femme role in the union, they could not bond. Well, he hadn't totally severed the bond completely or both warriors would be near death. Slowly, Raditz approached the prince and bowed.

"V-V-sama, should I beat him into the ground for you?" the extra large Saiyan asked.

Vegeta snapped out of his stupor and looked at the older warrior and then slowly looked at the human who had moved to stand beside him. Swallowing the lump that was trying to choke him, the prince replied, "What good would that do, Raditz. Whether I want to believe it or not, he's still denying his heritage. He does need to know of the Saiyan facts of life. I had no idea he was offended by that but that is why he panicked when the great-grands mentioned the melding process," Vegeta spoke in quiet tones.

"Vegeta, I don't think that's it at all. I think he wanted you to be the dominant male and not assume the femme role. All his life the people on this little mud slap of a planet have viewed him as some sort of demi-god, a hero, and put him high on a pedestal. Bulma was the main cause then the hellcat although she bitched and moaned after he had saved everyone from whatever threat had arrived. He was looking for someone to protect him and found you. You didn't fall for his 'cutesy' smile or his sunny nature; you riled him to anger. I had done the same thing until we defended this planet against Raditz, no offense," it was Piccolo, of all beings, with the insight.

"But I am the dominant in our bond. He needs to know that the dominant is the femme in the bond, I can't explain that to him," the prince shook his head.

"Then let us. Go take care of the business you need to and we'll instruct your mate in Saiyan Life Lessons 101. By the time you meet in the arena to battle, he'll be begging to return to you and have you dressed as femme," a voice said from the prince's left side, Sakyou was on his right.

Vegeta turned and gasped then he fell to his knees in a bow. "S-Sire, Bardock, I thought you were home!"

"I foresaw this, my prince. It's hard for him to make the adjustment when he has never lived around it. On Minerva, he accepted the fact only out of duty and after we had talked to him, plus Trageta, the Humizu boys and the king, were all dressed in femme garments, as well. You did right, so do not let it tear you up inside. My son has a lot of growing to do. Do what you must and we will meet in the arena," Bardock spoke and bowed to the young prince.

"Thanks Bar-tousan, sire," the prince got to his feet then nodded to his guests. Turning to Sakyou he whispered, "I'll meet you on the island at the hotel."

"Dressed to impress?" the black haired businessman smirked and the prince nodded. "The ambassador for Planet Resus-3 is on planet and the Collection is hosting a welcoming banquet for him. If you'd like to bring someone, do so. I'll meet you at the hotel in my private suite," the dark haired human smirked and Vegeta nodded. "I will bid you all adieu, and kids, mind Vegeta, this is his home and I doubt he'd like it destroyed while you train."

"I'll see you in a hour then?" the prince asked.

Sakyou looked at his watch. "The banquet doesn't begin for three hours, yet, but I do want to see you in private before anything business related. An hour then," and with that Sakyou and a huge muscled being that stood silently behind him left the palace.

"All right, buster, who in the world was that?" Bulma screeched as she stormed into the prince's den.

"My business partner. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a meeting with that same being," the prince said then looked at Kurama. "Your human step sire is a competitor with Sakyou Enterprises. If you value your dad and his company in any way, I suggest that you attend the banquet tonight. I'll have a talk with Hiei about being your date," then Vegeta left the crowd and went to his private chamber. Hiei, who had materialized with several others, followed the prince.

In the prince's chamber, Hiei gasped at how well kept and organized the place was compared to the madhouse below them. The prince had opened one of three large walk-in closets he had in the chamber to decide on what he would wear to his meeting with his partner.

"Wow, Vegeta, Kurama would hit you! I thought he was meticulous but nothing compared to this! Is this a reflection of your regal upbringing?" Hiei asked, as he studied how every garment in Vegeta's wardrobe hung in neat straight lines, shoes and boots to co-ordinate with each outfit. "Those outfits would make a model cry and I'm sure you have done so. Shuichi Kurama has as well. When he's dressed to the nines, as these Earthlings say, I've heard females growl in anger and remark how it should be a sin to look that good," Hiei snickered.

"I've heard that one, too. The first and only time I had taken Trageta to that God awful water carnival when he was a chimp. Kakarrot had been granted a day back from Other World, so he took Goten as well. This was before the tourney where we encountered the hideous pink monstrosity and K-chan was given another day. While we were traversing the walkway, my ears picked up the catcall and whistles being thrown at me. I paid it no mind," the prince said as he moved to open another closet.

Hiei's eyes widened as he noted the contents in the second closet. "A-are those...?" the words stuck in his throat.

Vegeta chuckled. "No, they are not dresses. Unlike the blue prince, Mordobon and his brothers, who can actually switch gender, I can only appear to look femme, meaning I retain the family jewels, they do not. I can alter my body structure to resemble a female with curves in the right places and start fires wherever I go. I am not effeminate like Frieza, Zarbon or his brothers but I am high class and refined in my manners. I don't like dresses, so I chose pantsuits, cat suits and tunics. I've only worn a dress once and that was to woo K-chan back after he had freaked when he found I had femme clothing stashed away on a planet called Minerva. The only things I will wear regarding a true female would be those outlandishly high shoes. Actually, before I reached the female transformation I call Pilzara that afforded me 4 more inches in height, I liked the towering height those things gave me. At least I was able to meet K-chan eye to eye, nearly," Vegeta sighed, his eyes downcast.

"How did you meet Sakyou and have the kind of relationship you two have?" Hiei asked as Vegeta began to look through the numerous pant sets in his second closet.

"I had to beat Toguro. Any applicant for a position with Sakyou Enterprises was not interviewed in the normal manner of business. Sakyou and some other high powered businessmen would place bets on if the applicant would beat his bodyguards into the ground. Needless to say, not many made the cut, which is why most of the company is employed by youkais instead of mortals. I, full of arrogance and myself, applied for a position as that female I had been mated to ordered me to seek employment. It was her own fault she lost me! Trageta was two when she gave me that ridiculous command and threatened not to repair my gravity trainer! That woman handed me a stack of papers and I resigned myself to look through them. After a few weeks, I encountered the perfect ad. I left the house and demanded to be seen. Sakyou was impressed by that alone. I was admitted then ordered to fight Toguro. I had made ascended Saiyan, so had strength but when Toguro powered up to his maximum, I had to use my ultimate attack. It pained me to do so but that was the only way I could whittle that mountain down to size," Vegeta explained.

"So, how did you end up being lovers?" the youkai asked as he watched the prince pull a silk one piece wide-legged outfit from the closet and inspect it.

"It just happened. No, after I returned to this planet, following the delivery of K-chan's and my first child together, I felt the loneliness Kakarrot's sacrifice had brought to me, thus, I spent five years 'training.' After defeating Toguro and Sakyou hiring me on, I met the first Saiyan on this planet, only we could not acknowledge one another's existence for fear of our enemies coming to complete what Frieza had begun. After meeting Emanu, I began work as a destruction agent. I would blow things up and they would build them. When my portion was completed, I would return to the office and Sakyou would assign me tasks he could not entrust to his bodyguard duo. Most of the assignments included collecting monies owed to him by others. He was impressed with my business skills and we formed a partnership. In my race, a physical exchange between allies is not strange. The king did it with the Tsurian and Rockarian kings to assure they would stand with us in adversity. The same went for my partnership with Sakyou. I delivered him the four kids he brought with him and who are below stairs now and that alone is proof of a long allience. As I mentioned to K-chan, I still have feelings for Sakyou, he's the only human I found who could handle a Saiyan. The kids were a shock as was the son I delivered for K-rot not long ago on Planet Minerva. I had no idea I could bear a demi-human Saiyan but I wouldn't trade them for anything," Vegeta related as he reached for a pair of shoes to match the outfit.

"Goten and Trageta told Kurama and I that Saiya-jin have a very delicate sense of smell. Couldn't Kakarrot detect the presence of another about you?" Hiei asked.

"Yes, but there are times we just don't want to believe our intended had a few before us. Besides, I had mated and had offspring with several creatures throughout my years with Frieza; I had implanted my seed into a human female, so when Sakyou showed an interest in me in that manner, I jumped at the chance. Having been Frieza's slave, I was nothing more that a high class slut, so, my self-esteem was in the basement. I was very upset and angry that the only Saiyan I could safely acknowledge had rejected his Saiyan heritage and staunchly held onto the fact that he was an Earthling. Sleeping with Sakyou only furthered my shame even though he was very powerful. I still don't hold humans in a high regard, but he's the only one that I do. Well, I'd best get myself together if I'm to meet the fourth love of my life," and with that, the prince disappeared into a wash room while Hiei sat on the bed to consider all Vegeta had revealed.