Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ TOSOV (BOOK 2) ❯ THE CELEBRATION ( Chapter 26 )

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

WARNING! MUCHO SAP AND FLUFF! VEGETA VERY OUT OF CHARACTER!


CHAPTER XVIII

THE CELEBRATION



Once the two had materialized in Vegeta's chamber, the prince headed for the shower and Kakarrot followed suit. The chamber was the size of a two family house and held every convenience the two high ranking males would need. As he showered, Vegeta began to wonder what had gotten into Cilvanti's little head. She was becoming more like that female who birthed her every time he looked around! Now, she was jealous of the new chimps! She would have to learn that she no longer had him wrapped around her finger, not since the survivors had been discovered on Earth and the discovery that his favorite hideaway in the universe had always been inhabited by Saiya-jin. She would have to be taught how a Saiyan female behaved properly and that he would be breeding and pushing forth offspring from his body from now on. 'It's that planet we inhabit! The sooner we're away from there, the better, then I'll turn that young woman over to the queen for proper instruction! My little prince is correct, she is nerve wracking!' Vegeta thought as he stepped from his wash, powered up to dry off then wrapped a towel around his midsection.

After exiting the wash, Vegeta sat in front of a huge mirror to let his manservant rake out the snarls in his black-brown colored spiky waterfall.

"Prepared for the celebration in a few hours, my lord?" the servant asked.

Startled, the prince scowled. "Did I give you permission to talk, Spealeo? No. Your place is to serve me and do what I say. If I desire conversation from you, I will address you directly," Vegeta remarked in haughty accents. Then his onyx eyes caught a movement from behind and a smile burst onto his bronzed handsome face. "Kk, come!" the prince beckoned to the figure he had seen and the large Saiyan did so.

"What is your wish, my prince?" K-san asked as he knelt before Vegeta.

Vegeta leaned and kissed the large Saiyan. "We have a few hours to kill. What say after we dress, we go spar? We haven't done that since we left Earth but then you were in delivery stage," the prince smiled and caressed K-san's cheek with tapered, fine boned fingers.

"That sounds like a winner, mi koi. I'll lay out our outfits," K-san nodded, kissed the prince again, rose then left to do what he had said.

The prince shivered then cast a glance downward. 'God, what that warrior does to me! No wonder my body can breed for him. I can't wait till moonrise. I'd gladly have dozens of chimps for that Saiyan stud,' the prince thought to himself as he placed a hand over the mountain the towel attempted to hide. "Spealeo, you're dismissed. I'll finish this myself," the prince gave a quick wave of his hand and the servant departed. 'Why did I have to choose him? He looks so much like me but I know who his sire is and that makes him lower than deer moose dung in my eyes. Oh, well, maybe a short romp will restore me. Whoa, Vegeta, you just delivered a chimp and all you can think of is climbing onto the saddle?' Vegeta berated himself then cast a look into the mirror at the large Saiyan arranging their attire for the evening's events. 'Who wouldn't want to tackle that hunk of Saiya-jin creation?"

Vegeta rose from his seat and moved with cat-like grace to Kakarrot's location. That warrior looked up briefly and a smile burst onto his handsome face. Kakarrot didn't need to look any longer to know that his mate was on the advance and what that little kiss had done to the slighter being. It had caused the same reaction in his own body and now he felt the room closing in as the prince drew closer. Swallowing hard, Kakarrot smirked in a rakish fashion, "I know what's on your mind, you arousing vision of Saiya-jin royalty."

"Oh, are you so sure that's all I have on my mind? I doubt we have time anyway knowing us. We did just deliver chimps for one another. Your son is a handsome one, koi," the prince sighed as he lay on the bed.

Kakarrot stretched beside him and placed a hand on the smaller Saiyan's scarred chest. "And your daughter is all Saiyan beauty as is Teresahan. Our children will make the Saiya-jin race proud," the large Saiyan ran his fingers over his prince's chest then down his side.

Vegeta squirmed and tried to push his mate away. "Hnnn, stop. Kk, stop, I mean it," the prince nearly begged, however, Kakarrot grinned in a wicked fashion. "NO! Don't you dare, you hear me? You do and I won't lay with you for a month!" Vegeta snarled, clutched his arms to his sides in an attempt to protect them.

It was the only secret of the prince's that he intended never to be unearthed: the fact that his sides and stomach were very sensitive and very ticklish. He would protect those areas at all cost, especially from the happy-go-lucky Saiyan whom he had made his mate. K-san still grinned evilly, placed his hands on the Ouji's and pulled his arms away from their protective position and proceeded to tickle his mate.

"K-K-K-K-san, s-s-s-stop! It hurts! I said stop, you idiot!" Vegeta drew his legs up, placed them against Kakarrot's chest and pushed the large Saiyan off with a chi blast for those same appendages. The prince jumped off the bed, grabbed his clothes then disappeared behind a dressing screen.

Kakarrot sat on the floor where he had landed and wondered just what had happened. Then it hit him that he disobeyed his prince when he was requested not to do what he did. "Vegeta! Love, I'm sorry, I-I didn't realize," the large warrior stammered but his only reply was a disgusted, "Hnn." "Geta. What can I do to apologize?" Kakarrot asked but got no response. "Fine, be that way then, brat. I'll go keep Kayla company. At least she appreciates me," the commander said. K-san grabbed his dress clothes, put two fingers to his head, saw his female mate in his mind's eye then he left the temperamental prince.

Vegeta exited from behind the screen and found the room deserted. He didn't think the idiot would really leave, but given how the prince had just treated his koi and for something as trivial as tickling him, he didn't blame the man for leaving. Vegeta sat on the bed and sighed. 'Kk...' was all that the prince said in his mind.

"Prince Vegeta, the delegations from around the universe are beginning to arrive. Shall we expect you on the landing bay or will you greet them in the dining hall?" a voice asked over the intercom.

"No, I'll be there forthwith. Is King Aegar there?" After receiving an affirmative response, Vegeta continued. "Good, inform Princes Zarbon and Jeice to meet us there, as well as our mothers. We won't disturb the others. Vegeta out," the prince said, slowly rose to his feet then left his chamber after attaching a snow-white cape to his gold and white strap shouldered armor.

The prince slowly made his way to the transport system that he knew would take him to the landing bay. When he reached the tube, he found his mother, Onya, his older and younger brothers, Zarbon, Jeice and their families, Teresahan, Ariadne, Ceraina and Endive, Queen Valeria and her entourage, Vegeta Ou, Bardock, Tormatanna and many of their offspring. He bowed in greeting and they returned it.

"Hi, poppa!" the elder infant prince hugged the elder prince.

Vegeta returned his son's hug and also hugged Ceraina. "You're troubled, mi amour," the princess noted her mate's drawn face.

Vegeta snapped out of his musings. "W-Oh, nothing really. Kakarrot just pissed me off and that young blue-haired female child of mine is beginning to drive me insane. Other than that... Listen, you all go down. I wish to have a word with Queen Sunrissa. We'll be directly behind you," the Saiyan prince said.

'Ichimi, we can still communicate mentally. Say what you wish, love,' the Saiyan queen spoke through the mental link she and her eldest son still shared as the all boarded the transport.

"Wait for us!" a female voice called from behind the group and they turned to see Princess Kayla heading their way with a very disappointed Commander Kakarrot behind her. They entered the transport and Kakarrot moved to stand as far from the prince as he could.

Vegeta noticed and closed his eyes then reached out across the link the two shared. His eyes sprung open in surprise as he had encountered a wall between their minds. 'Don't you dare shut me out, child! Stop this foolishness! I'm sorry all right!' the prince mentally shouted at the other Saiyan but received no reply. Rolling his eyes, Vegeta sighed. 'Fine, be that way, brat, see if I give you any the next time you're as hot as lava,' the prince thought.

'Ichimi, what was it you wished to see me over?' a female voice spoke over a different link.

'Oh, my queen, forgive me. At lunch today, Queen Valeria made mention that the bi-bred spawns of Frieza, Raditz, Nappa and myself, some were yet alive. I know some live on Vincente and here. I have one of the half-breeds that I birthed as a servant but I have never let on that I'm one of his parents. How am I to handle the others when they arrive?' the prince asked at his wits' end.

'The same way the rest of us handled them, ignore their existence. Oh, there are five I can't ignore because they were willingly conceived but the ones that resulted from rape and force are nothing more than servants are and should be treated as such. Remember when you were told that slaves and servants were your playthings? That was your go ahead to exterminate the bi-breds Frieza had forced upon our pure and noble race, especially the royal family. You were quite good at it, too, my love. Got rid of some pesky half sibs in the process. Does that make you feel any better, Ichimi?' the queen asked through the link she and the prince shared.

'Besides, Oujimi, those Ice-Saiya-jin half-breeds would have eventually become unruly. Now, do I detect trouble between you and Kakarrot?' it was the king's mental voice in the prince's head.

"Outusan?" Vegeta asked loudly.

"My Ouji. Care to tell me what ails?" the king asked however before the prince could reply, the group had reached the landing bay.

On the landing bay, the two branches of the Saiyan race, the Tsuria-jin, the Rockaria-jin and the Vincentians lined up on either side of the bay to greet the first of many delegations to arrive. The first craft to enter into the docking bay was the craft from the new planet of Templar-8, the insectoid beings Vegeta had rescued from Frieza not long ago and had restored the king's many children. The craft landed and the doors slid open then King Togar, Queen Tilgeria and their ten eldest children exited. Behind them another group of insectoid beings followed. These other beings resembled large crickets and were hesitant when they saw the crowd gathered, however, the face of the lead being softened when his eyes met those of the Saiyan prince. The two groups made their way to greet the five royal houses that were gathered. Vegeta introduced the two groups to the two Saiyan kings, then to the Tsuria-jin, Rockaria-jin and the Vincentians, and then he gave King Togar an empty capsule in which to store his craft. There were servants who then led the visitors to rooms to get refreshed from their journey before the celebration.

Crafts of many shapes and sizes continued to arrive. The invited guests were all allies of the Saiyan prince's as well as members of those races that had been restored when the Saiya-jin themselves had been just some time ago. As with the first arrivals, Vegeta gave the rulers empty storage capsules then waved them on to be escorted by servants to the guestrooms. The next craft to arrive bore Saiyan markings on it.

"Saiya-jin? Where did they come from?" both the king and prince mused aloud.

"From our new home planet, Kale-alea, Outusan, Elder one. I had contacted the planet not long after the transmission that we had destroyed the enemy. She was very happy to hear from one of us and told me that she would be here to punish us for not letting her know anything, so brace yourselves, she's gonna be in a towering rage when she sees us," it was Prince Kale. "Oh, she's bringing the kids, Kayla, Tormatanna. She said she had to sit one her hands not to kill them," Kale continued with a snicker.

"Regarding our chibis and your sister's, I can understand. I shouldn't have left but I had to be with you, my love," Tormatanna smiled at her mate, well aware that he and his half brother Raditz were scoping one another out to bond with the other. It was going to be an interesting moonrise celebration.

The craft landed, the hatchway opened and a line of beings with bowed heads exited first and bowed low to the ground, their faces to the floor. The sound of voices shouting 'be quiet, act like the royal chibis you are,' was heard followed by the emergence of servants and ten chibis, five of whom were definite half-breeds. Vegetas Ou and Ouji nearly fell to the ground but managed to fight the shock. The next ones to exit brought gasps of shock and surprise from the king, the prince, Bardock and all older offspring. There were seven in total and they made their way down the receiving line when they came to an abrupt halt. All seven gasped in surprise, and the females passed out.

"Oh, my God. Oh my God! Oh, my God, Mommasanna!" Prince Vegeta screamed then broke from the group and knelt beside one of the unconscious females.

"Dang female. I knew she would react like that but I didn't expect her majesty to react the same way," said a large male Saiyan that resembled Nappa with a full head of shoulder length black hair.

"Well, she has the right of it, dad. She remembers that demon killed her son. She's shocked to see him alive. Come, let's get mom to a room to recover," Queen Sunrissa said to the man who resembled Nappa but he was not related to the big lumbering bodyguard. The large man bent down and lifted his wife as the king also lifted his mother.

"My Queen, correct me if I'm incorrect, but is that my boy, Bardock? And who is that one beside her highness?" another large Saiyan male asked as he also bent to pick up his wife who had passed out. This man could have been Bardock's identical twin brother save that he did not have a slash across his cheek like his son.

"I will explain everything once we get to the rooms, Tateo. King Aegar, you will excuse us? It has been many years since many of the others have seen one another," Queen Sunrissa nodded and the golden Saiyan king responded in kind. The dark Saiya-jin turned and left followed by the servants and slaves the Saiya-jin had brought with them.

"I will store the ship and give it to you, my cousin. Go and reunite with the clan. We will be there soon," King Aegar told Prince Vegeta who ran after his family like an excited child leaving king Aegar and his house with the other three races to greet the last vessel that landed.


In the royal guest chamber, the females were revived then the two families shared in a tremendous family reunion. The elders were quite amazed at the sights of the royal prince and Kakarrot; the Earth raised Saiyan, and all the grandchildren, great grand and great-great grandchildren. Kakarrot was amazed to find that he had three sisters, all as lovely as Onya, their mother, and Olivette, their grandmother.

"Yeah, when I went to retrieve his sorry ass for a mission that required four men to handle, he fought me like a wild man! I had captured Gohan there when he was a boy the age of Princess Cilvanti. I had locked him in my pod to silence him but then when he saw his daddy getting hurt, that brat was my undoing! He had somehow attained a power I didn't detect and the scouter was no use! I found that those Earth warriors could hide the bulk of their energy. Gohan's mate, Piccolo, fired a beam at me that took both Kakarrot and myself out of existence. Before I died, I had the satisfaction of informing them that my two partners were the way to conquer their little mud ball and they were much stronger than I was," Raditz related the tale of his first encounter with his younger half brother.

"Relying on that useless piece of Ginyu technology got his butt kicked. You know you were outsmarted, Raditz," Prince Vegeta remarked in smooth haughty tones as he sat between both his grandmothers.

"Oh, yeah, from what I saw from the other world, you didn't fare much better! He beat you to within an inch of your royal arrogant life, your highness!" Raditz sneered and the prince cringed.

Whatever noise in the room fell silent as the newly arrived Saiya-jin recoiled in fear, expecting something major to occur. To say they were shocked at what did happen would have been an understatement. Remembering the prince as a young boy on Vegetasei, the elders waited, however, they fell to the floor when they saw a smirk, then a grin and finally full laughter erupted from the heir apparent. It wasn't' a wicked, evil laugh but a rich sound full of humor.

"You have the right of that one, big brother! I commend you and for saying such in front of our Outusan and the rest of the royal house, I'll teach you a lesson you won't soon forget. I'll meet you in the arena," Vegeta smirked, his eyes glinted sharply at the reminder of his loss to the third rated baka he was now happily (?) mated to.

"V-V-Vegeta! Y-y-you were laughing?" Irisanna, Sunrissa's mother, remarked as her black eyes widened in surprise.

With a lift of one well-muscled shoulder, the prince shrugged. "I'd been on Kakarrot's planet for over ten Saiyan years and being exposed to all that gooey emotional stuff rubs off on a being. Plus, I'd been involved in a few accidents that caused deep traumas to my head and you know how such incidents tend to alter our personality," Vegeta explained.

"Quite right, my boy. Now, explain how we became great grandparents and great-great grandparents and why my great grandchildren from my eldest grandson have such strange colored hair?" Vegetanna looked disgusted at Vegeta's two blue haired offspring.

"Their mother has blue hair. You'll meet both shrews at dinner in a bit. Speaking of which, I need to have a discussion with miss princess here about being a Saiyan female and accepting the fact that her Outusan is a breeder once again," Vegeta Ouji got up from his seat and approached his youngest daughter.

"Oujimi, what do you mean by once again?" Queen Vegetanna asked in surprise. "Vegeta's line could always breed but that white demon tried to destroy it by forcing his way on my prince. I'm just glad Raditz had been conceived during the early years of Vegeta's stage," she explained causing heads to turn.

"You knew about Raditz, mother? I thought I kept him a secret and that Bardock had conceived him," the Ou remarked. "What I want to know is why my daughters children look like..." the Ou left the question unfinished but the others knew.

Kakarrot had been sitting with his family and hadn't paid too much attention to his mate's children except they resembled... No, it couldn't be, he had to be imagining it but the sight was disturbing at best. Then he lifted his gaze to the prince and his heart sank. Vegeta was back amongst the people who had raised him and he was truly the Prince of All Saiya-jin, but he had always been that and Kakarrot had always known that. Seeing him with the other royals finally drove that point home and he understood what his prince meant about the Saiyan pride.

"Why so dismal, grandson?" It was Kakarrot's grandsire, Tateo, who had moved to stand behind his grandson.

"Just thinking, grandpa. Man, my real blood grandpa, I can't get over this! I have sisters and two sets of grandparents! Nieces and nephews! I'm home finally and I'm where I belong! Now maybe his highness will treat me better. Grandpa, why do Kayla's children look like Frieza?" Kakarrot asked in a whisper.

"That I can't answer, lad. I'm surprised you mated with her! Most of us can scent when our mate's been with another before us," Tateo remarked.

"I guess I was too overwhelmed with her beauty to pay any attention to her scent. If she had been mated before, why did she come onto me?" Kakarrot asked as he sniffed at a tear that threatened to fall.

"Oh, chin up, lad. I'm sure she meant well and probably thought he was dead. After all, she and Prince Kale did leave to go find the elder prince. This is new to you, isn't it? We'll help you get used to being a Saiyan and the boys and their kids. The half-breed great grandkids are kinda cute and the great-great grand babies are adorable," Tateo smiled and tried to restore his grandson to good humor.

An hour later, the royal family, along with the other royal delegations of the universe were seated in a large arena with a battle stage and several wide view screens for those in the upper seats to view the events on the stage. The Prince, Kakarrot, Trageta and Goten were on the stage with several infants and toddlers. The king and Bardock were also present. King Aegar and the priest of the planet were there to preside over the presentation.

"Royal House of Vegeta, Royal House of Aegar and gathered friends of the universe. We are here to present the latest additions to the royal families. Vegeta Ou, this is your granddaughter? Bardock, this is your grandson? They are to be called...?" the priest began.

"You, daughter of Saiya born from Kakarrot, shall be called Roma Onya Sunrissa Vegeta," the king pronounced as he held his granddaughter high for the crowd to see.

"You, son of Saiya born of Vegeta no Ouji, shall be called Chardonblis Bardock Vegeta," Bardock proclaimed.

"Let it be known that on this day, Roma and Chardonblis Vegeta are accepted members in the House of Vegeta. All hail the new prince and princess!" the priest said and the crowd erupted into shouts and howls of excitement.

Following the presentation of Vegeta and Kakarrot's chibis came the presentation of Trageta's and Goten's chibis, however this time Vegeta and Kakarrot named the children-all ten of them as none of them had ever had birthing ceremonies. This was a perfect opportunity to introduce all the Earth half-breeds to their Saiyan heritage and traditions. After the presentation, the priest prayed over the chibis, bade the parents well, then the parents filed out first so that they could place their chibis in the dining hall to be displayed to all eyes. Servants would sit with the newborns to feed them and tend to them while the parents feasted.

The dining hall was grand and was occupied mostly by light and dark Saiya-jin; the other guest sat at tables with their races around the rest of the dining hall. Food of various descriptions was brought in and served in never ending processions and discussion was general at best. The humans-mutants and non-mutants-could not believe the sight that Vegeta's people and the prince himself presented. They did not seem as if they were once the scourges of the universe and the only differences between the Earth-jin themselves and the Saiya-jin was the tails, the spiky black hair, the incredible strength and eating habits like Kakarrot's.

"I can't believe how civilized this race is! Having met Raditz, Vegeta and Nappa and from what King Kai had told Goku when he went to train, you'd think they were nothing but savage killers and warriors. But... these Saiyans are so different! Even Vegeta's dad!" Bulma remarked in awe as she watched the impeccably mannered royal family as they dined. "He truly is the prince of the race," the blue haired scientist sighed.

"Bulma, hey, when this is over, he's gone and so is Goku. Both will be leaving the planet with the other Saiya-jin on Earth to live on whatever planet their grandparents had been on," 18 interjected matter-of-factly.

"I can't believe my Goku has family alive and looks so like all those people he's seated with," Chichi sighed unhappily seemingly to have just discovered her ex-mate had indeed been from an alien world.

Dinner carried on then drinks were served. On Minerva, the drinks of choice were chardonblis and ambrosia along with a mixture of berrycynth juice and ambrosia called ambrion, a very potent elixir. Unnoticed by any, Princess Kayla had slipped out of the room to stroll in the spacious garden of the palace. She was deep in thought. Why had her grandmother brought her children to this celebration? Kakarrot would surely kill her when he found that she had given herself to an Ice-jin willingly and up until a year ago had secret meetings with him until he had to go into hiding from his older brothers and King Cold.

"Oh, Frostbite, love, what I wouldn't give to see you again. I should have taken you on your offer to leave with you when we all left this planet," she sighed as she fingered a berrycynth bloom.

"I-I've waited to hear you say that, my princess," a voice spoke from the darkness and startled Kayla.

Turning, the princess choked in surprise. "Frostbite! Oh, my love!" she cried and ran to a figure the same height as herself and wrapped her arms around him. He did the same.

"Oh, love, this has been the longest year of my life! Do you truly wish to be with me and be my queen?" Frostbite asked in disbelief.

"Oh, love, I do, but I can't for six months. I'm carrying," the princess hung her head.

"I thought I caught another's scent on you. No, I haven't the right to be jealous. We are not officially mated. Does he mean to you?" the Ice-jin prince asked as he lifted Kayla's head to look into her black eyes.

"Not as much as you. He's a Saiyan who was raised on a planet called Earth. I saw him and my need overcame my good senses. We have bitten one another but we have not shared memories to bond, but, love, I so want to be with you," Kayla sighed and moved to kiss the Ice-jin prince.

Unbeknownst to the couple they had been observed. He had left the gathering to collect his thoughts on his blood family, his mateship with the prince and the fact that he could have babies, all of which was overwhelming. He sat in a tree and watched the couple embrace. He couldn't believe it but then that explained the children. How could he have been so stupid and tricked into mating with such a female and worse yet, her own brother had sanctioned it. Shooting from his perch, he took to the darkening sky of Minerva, tears pouring from his eyes in torrents as he flew at light speed.


Inside the palace in the dining hall, the prince had been casually nursing his drink and viewing his chibis when he sensed a tremendous surge in power. The other guests had been imbibing quite heavily except for many of the humans, and thus were either passed out or semi-conscious. Most of the unconscious, were members of the dark Saiyan tribe. Well, who could blame them, for many of them, it had been their first taste of physical pleasures in many years.

"Kakarrot!" he exclaimed and his glass dropped to the floor, shattering to oblivion, then the prince took off through an open window and flew in the direction he had sensed the commander had gone.

Vegeta kept his senses wide open to continue receiving; however, the chi suddenly took a nosedive and seemed to disappear altogether. Curse that idiot! Vegeta did not want to play hide and come find me, he wanted his mate and pronto! The prince poured all his energy and then some into his flight, then he remembered he knew the Instant Movement, thus, he put two fingers to his forehead, visualized his mate then winked out of sight. When he next materialized, it was to find himself at the cliffs. That was odd because Kakarrot had known better than to go by the cliffs of Minerva, it was dangerous. The cliffs resembled the White Cliffs of Dover on Earth in that they jutted over rocks hundreds of feet below and they were easy to topple from if one was not paying attention. Nonetheless, the prince searched the area but found no trace of his sensitive mate, then something cold gripped his heart. No, it couldn't be, not after all they had gone through. Hesitantly, Vegeta made his way to the drop-off, fearing what his eyes would see.

"NO! KAKARROT!" the scream reverberated throughout the planet and shook it to its core. The prince dove toward the mass sprawled at the bottom. "K-san? K-san, talk to me, love! Please, you can't have done this; you're not a coward! Open your eyes. C'mon. For what it's worth, I'm sorry for earlier. Please," the prince cried and fished for a senzu bean.

Vegeta cursed, as he could not feel any pit through his gloves as he searched their hair. Wait, his gloves, yes, there was always one hidden away in there. Carefully removing the glove from his left hand, Vegeta shook it out and sure enough, a tiny pit fell into the palm of that same hand. It was sheer fortune that Kakarrot had fallen face up, which meant he could just put the bean in his love's mouth, close it and work the other's throat muscles to aid in ingestion. The second the bean entered Kakarrot's system, most of his wounds began to heal and his breathing became somewhat stronger, however, he did not regain consciousness. Vegeta placed a hand on his mate, two fingers of the other hand against his forehead and the two vanished from the area only to reappear in the medical center of the palace.

"My God, Oujimi, what happened to the commander?" Celerion gasped when the prince and Kakarrot materialized in the medical center.

"I don't know. I just found him at the bottom of the cliffs. Grr, whoever caused him to attempt what I did, is dead when I find them! I gave him a senzu so an hour or two in the tank should fully restore him to health," Vegeta's black eyes glistened with unshed tears.

"V-Vegeta," a weak voice rasped and the prince looked down at his mate.

Placing a hand over the large Saiyan's mouth, Vegeta shushed him. "Quiet, koi mi. You need to recover. K, if I drove you to this, I'm sorry. I'll work harder on being a better mate to you, I-"

"N-No, you have to listen. I-I-It's about your sister... V-sama," Kakarrot's voice was strained as he attempted to talk.

"You're determined, chibi, aren't you? Talk through the link. You know we're connected in that way," Vegeta said in a flat authoritative voice, "but first, you're getting in that tank to heal up. I want you to participate in the moonrise festivities with me. I'll be here when you wake, love," the prince smirked as he and Celerion placed Kakarrot in the tank, hooked him up then filled the tank. 'Proceed, chibi mi,' the prince spoke through their mental link.

'I had gone out into the garden to try and sort through the fact that I had family that had survived the destruction when I caught sight of your sister. She was beautiful as the pale light bathed her and made her look like an angel. I heard her sigh and say the name Frostbite and that she wished she could see him again. Then I saw a creature that looked like Frieza in final form approach her. She squealed in happiness and called the creature's name, Frostbite, a second time. They embraced. She had expressed how she wanted to be with him but that she was carrying my child and couldn't be with him for six months. Then I saw them kiss. Now I know why her children all have black cherry eyes, grayish skin and just feel wrong to me. Anyway, I knew I was never to go to the cliffs in the dark but they seemed like the best place at the time. I was practicing a spin kick with a double rotation and over rotated. I lost my balance and fell end over end. I was as you found me. Oh, V-sama, I don't know what to do. Help me, koi!' K-san cried over the mental link.

Vegeta could hear the anguish and sadness in his koi's explanation. Vegeta had to remain calm; he'd go kill something later. Right now, he had to comfort his mate. 'Have a care, love, I'll handle miss princess and her icebox boyfriend. You recover and don't worry, I'll not harm the chimp, but she'll rue this day she made fools of the Houses of Vegeta, Aegar and Bardock!' the prince hissed with thunder in his mental tone. Giving Kakarrot a mental kiss and an 'I love you,' the elder Saiyan left the medical center.

The elder Saiyan prince had to cool off. An Icejin, a stinking bloody Icejin! How could she have done such a thing to her family? Worse yet, how could she not have told her Saiyan mate she had mated with another? Vegeta cursed himself. He had sanctioned the union when she made the advances towards his commander. Even if she hadn't, he would have elevated Kakarrot in rank for himself, but that was beside the point. How had she mated with an Icejin and why could he not scent the being about her? Or maybe... His mind trailed back to when the sibs had arrived on Earth and she had taken him in her arms... No, he was far too distraught to have noticed anything, however, he did scent the fact that she had entered heat and was on the hunt for a mate. At the time, it was just himself and Kakarrot and she had pinpointed the only other pure blood, well, besides Fuyung and her two male sibs. Growling, Vegeta hissed. One of those two should have told him so that then he could have warned Kakarrot against the union. Oh, but the boy had been so happy that the royal princess had noticed him and little else mattered.

'K, koi, I'm sorry. I should have paid closer attention but she had said that Kale had kept the Kellogg-18 Ice-jin away from her.' How had she met that race's prince, much less became enamoured of him? Hn, his brother had a lot of explaining to do! Poor Kakarrot, always the innocent pawn, others laughed at and depended on to pull their sorry ass ends from the fire. First he had been tricked into marrying Chichi because no one had bothered to explain that matrimony was not some Earth delicacy to be delighted in like fine cheesecake! Even the arrogant prince knew what the blue haired female wanted from him but he never pursued that line of confinement, having seen too much evidence from that Earth television. He had lived with the shrew over seven years and he had learned of something called 'common law', what they had had become a legal sort of marriage. That was why he had had to seek a divorce instead of just up and leaving as many Saiyan males did when they found their mate was less worthy than themselves.

But to Kakarrot, the strong Saiyan warrior with the heart of tenderness, everyone was worthy whether an evil opponent bent on destroying the sanctity of life in the universe or an undeserving slut like that female offspring of the king's, his koi considered everyone innocent. How often must the large Saiyan be proven incorrect in his presumptions of most beings? Even the prince himself, the large Saiyan had perceived him as a good soul for so long and with the accident and cranial traumas, the nature that Kakarrot had insisted was buried under all the filth, dirt and decay that had grown in the shorter Saiyan's heart began to emerge. Vegeta shook his head. No, he was losing sight of his objective. He was gonna demand an answer from someone!

Entering the dining chamber, the prince quickly noted that the entire male portion of the Saiya-jin race was either unconscious or close to it. He noted that the king was passed out on the floor with Bardock over his chest in the same condition. The prince knew his people could hold many forms of alcohol, but they could not exactly hold their own spirits. Well, what would one expect from a strong race? Everything had to be stronger in order to be fully enjoyed. Even though they were all inebriated beyond reason at this moment in time, within an hour or so they would bounce back to normal. The same could not be said for the Earth-jin, who were anatomically weaker than the Saiya-jin, and were passed out in deep comas of incomprehension. Vegeta growled. Then he looked around and found that his eldest and youngest brothers were missing from the fold. Well, if they were as the rest of the race, Kale would definitely be useless.

"Vegeta-sama!" a whisper came from the prince's left side.

The prince looked and found that the captain of his army was beside him. "Captain Gohan," the prince responded tightly as he searched the hall for anyone in control of their faculties then he remembered that females were forbidden to imbibe with the males, thus were off in a room of their own along with the children. Shaking himself, Vegeta looked up at into the eyes of his captain. "Is there something you wish to see me over, captain?"

Gohan blushed, then threw his hand behind his head in the same manner as his dad. "Oh, heh, heh. I just wanted to say I had no idea that our race was so indulgent!"

Vegeta smirked, waved his hand and shrugged. "Wait until they recover and enter the battle arena in a few hours preceding the moonrise celebration. I'm sorry, captain, I have an urgent matter at hand. I hope to see you in the ring or at least out hunting your mate," the prince remarked, bade Gohan good-luck then left to locate the females.

Gathered in an outer chamber were the two Saiyan queens, the younger queen's mother, Onya, both her mother and Bardock's as well as all Saiya-jin under drinking age-what drinking age? In Saiyan society, once the chimp could walk, the chimp could drink, however in mild doses which gradually increased with their age. Queen Vegetanna and Oivetta held their great grand chimps and fed them, Sunrissa and Ceraina in discussion over Kayla's absence.

"What I don't understand is why she hasn't returned as yet? I mean those scabs of hers begged me to bring them to be with her. She's shirking her duty! When I see miss princess, I'm giving her a piece of my mind! How could she embarrass our royal house like this? And now those frosty beings are here, heaven only knows what her Saiyan mate will think! I haven't even considered what Ichison will do when he finds out!" Vegetanna lamented as she handed the chimp in her arms to a waiting servant to get cleaned.

"I'll tell you what Ichison will do, if she weren't carrying my mate's child, I'd tear her head from her shoulders and shove it down his throat!" a deep growl startled those within the chamber,

"Mi amour! Oh, my love! Why are you not with the others?" Ceraina asked as Vegeta stepped into the room.

"Ichison, you look as if you've lost your best friend, boy. What ails?" Vegetanna asked the prince, who stood in a towering rage in the center of the room.

"I damn near did and all because he caught that hussy born of my mother with a friggin Ice-jin! Neither she nor her twin brother informed the two of us! Grr, I'm so mad I could spit! How could I be so stupid as to not sense she had been with someone else? I've always prided my Saiyan sense of smell! I don't know, maybe I was too distraught to really pay attention when they had found me. Then there was the news of Frieza and others, my capture and humiliation by Zarbon...I just don't know. Maybe I should have pressed when she had mentioned she had a child Cilvi's age on Kale. Did any of you know about this outrage?" the prince asked as he wrapped his arms around himself.

Moving from her seat, Irisanna, Sunrissa's mother embraced her eldest grandson and he seemed to fold in on himself but she supported his weight as if he weighed no more than his chimps. "Sh, chimp, I know it hurts. My son didn't react half as calmly as you are. He took both her life and her lover's," Irisanna attempted to soothe.

"It's not the same, momma, she didn't tell us! Miss Princess took one look at K-san and her thick tail went into motion. I could sense she had entered her season but that was all I scented, nothing else. How could she negate to let us know, then I wouldn't have given K-san to her? I thought I did the right thing but like everything I've ever tried, it was for nothing. I even fooled myself into believing that by self-destructing I could take out a powerful enemy the way Kakarrot had done with a being called Cell. I lost my body and had to be refashioned. This isn't even my original frame. Prince Vegeta, prince of all screw-ups! I'm not even good enough to be counted on as an ally. K-san's friends all hate me, the female my blue haired children spawned from just tolerated me and I treated her like I would slaves and servants!" with that, Vegeta loss all control of his emotions.

The elder queen understood where her grandson was coming from. She had seen the two members of the Ice-jin royal house enter with a horde of obvious half-breeds, Queen Igloo and that repulsive scab of a son, Frostbite. He was the Ice-jin king, now, with Cold and the two elder boys vanquished. <She wouldn't be surprised if those two had wished the others back just to have them killed again>. She had watched them enter the dining hall with that disgusting rabble behind them-they were half Saiyan and half that icebox race's kind. <Surely, the scab wasn't entertaining the thought of foisting them onto the Saiya-jin? He had to be ten bricks short of a load if he had that thought in what he did not possess for a brain! There was no way in Hades the Saiya-jin were going to accept freeze face's mistakes even if those maggots had been delivered by Raditz and Vegeta themselves>! Her mind then reminded her that her granddaughter's five children were the by-blows of that misshapen horror of the universe. What could the chit be thinking? Giving up Bardock's fine son for... Oh! At that moment, a mighty roar erupted and the room flashed like a cannon had just been shot.

All eyes looked and found the elder queen had erupted into Super Saiyan level two! It was a wonder the others had not been blow away by the explosion, however, they did cross off the blast as they protected the chibis.

"Momma! Be careful, will you? Many of the chibis can't cross off, yet!" Sunrissa yelled but the din of the elder queen's transformation drowned all other noise out.

In that instant, Vegeta had taken hold of his grandmother, lifted his two fingers and teleported the two away from the palace to a place where his grandmother could fully transform. Although palace Carthagia was a well-built edifice that could withstand the force of Super Saiyan transformations, with chibis and carrying females in the same area, one had to be extremely cautious.

Hearing the commotion, Kayla and Frostbite looked up from whatever they were doing and noticed a golden glow in a forested area not far from the palace. They looked at one another then moved to investigate. At the same time, those Saiya-jin and humans who had been in the dining hall, came back to awareness as those who possessed the skill sensed an extremely high power surge and gathered themselves to go investigate. The other females who had been with the queen joined the group as they watched the elder queen ascend into Femzoro level Saiya-jin.

The prince gasped in surprise and wondered why he himself had not ascended. He was just as distraught as she and the others but his ascension had not been triggered. Maybe he had finally learned to control when he needed the extremely powerful release the form offered or perhaps it was the sight of the king's mother in the state as if the injustice had been done to her directly. In a sense, it had because it was done to the Saiyan race as a whole.