Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ TOSOV (THE OTHER SIDE OF VEGETA) ❯ ON A WING AND A PRAYER ( Chapter 7 )

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CHAPTER VIII

ON A WING AND PRAYER

Goku was the first to realize that Vegeta had not returned to the camp, but then, when the prince desired solitude, he'd disappear like a magician. However, something was seriously troubling the prince. Since getting out of the rejuvy tank just the a few days previous, the prince had been up and down like a yo-yo. It was obvious that his cold exterior had deteriorated into nothing and he was fighting to keep it together but it was a battle that was proving to be overwhelming. When that medic had mentioned Goku's power at birth, the prince had gone completely off and nearly sent the poor being into the next dimension by just throwing him. Then when Vegeta had told Goku of the discovery of his having a higher power than the prince himself had had, well that was unbelievable! How could he have out powered the epitome of the Saiya-jin elite? It did explain how Goku himself always won their battles and sparring matches but Vegeta still could not accept his defeat. Perhaps that was the strong Saiya-jin pride, which clung to the prince like a vice. Somehow, Vegeta would have to denounce his pride and let his new self become completely dominant. The new Vegeta was more pliable, willing to forgive, not at all bloodthirsty and he was not ashamed of his emotions. Nonetheless, Goku found Princess Cilvanti, who he knew had a very strong bond with her Outusan and would definitely know where he was.

Bowing, Goku asked, "Cilvi, have you seen your dad? I can't sense his ki anywhere and I can usually sense him within several hundred miles," the warrior said.

"I haven't seen or felt daddy for awhile. I'm worried, Uncle Kakarrot. I felt a really powerful disturbance not too long ago. It felt like it was inside," the baby said as she looked up from a conversation with several Saiya-jin children.

Goku went white. He'd felt a disturbance from the direction of the palace as well. "Trunks! Kale! Kayla! Goten! Something's happened to his highness! Let's go!" he said and grabbed the baby then told Kale and Kayla to hold onto him and they ITed into the palace and outside of Vegeta's room.

Simultaneously, Cilvi and Kayla screamed while Trunks, Goten and Goku went to investigate the situation.

It took several minutes for the group to realize what had happened. The prince's once pristine bedchamber was black with thick dust. As the dust began to settle, a flicker of light could be seen then the outline of a whole. The three elder warriors gingerly made their way further into the rubble-laden room.

"Oh, my God! Boys! C'mon, let's get him to a tank and quickly! Piccolo's got the closest one!" Goku commanded in a panicked voice.

The boys nodded and lifted heavy debris off the prince. Goku hoisted the bloody and barely living body of Vegeta and the group ITed to Piccolo's where Nadine was in the treatment room. She screamed when she saw the group materialize out of thin air.

"Don't do that, Goku! Oh, Dende, what happened to Vegeta?" the Namekian female asked.

"I think he tried to take the coward's way out of this plane. C'mon, Kale, help me get him into the tank!" Goku requested and the two sat Vegeta into the tank, then moved so that Trunks could do the rest.

The group watched the tank fill with the synthetic DNA of their race then went to sit in the den.

"I don't believe it, Kakarrot! I just don't believe it! Why? Why would dad try to kill himself? It doesn't make sense," Trunks fell completely apart as he held his sister tightly. She, not doing too well herself.

"I-I dunno. Cornelia's dad, Celerion told him that I was born with a much higher power level than your dad had been, but your dad's been outta sorts most of the day and after the accidents," Goku shook his head.

Kayla screamed and her hair burst into a golden halo! She flew out an opened window, her scream continued to sail on the air. The men all jumped into action and followed her. She had landed not far from New Namek; the power surge in her body had extinguished as she lay on the ground, her slender body wracked by deep sobs.

"Kayla, what's wrong?" Kale asked as he and Kakarrot held the elder princess.

"Oh, Kale, I know that we promised not to contact the home planet until the time of our return, but I don't foresee putting it off any longer! We've got to get her to this planet and we gotta get her now!" Kayla sobbed onto Goku's arm.

"But she's not ready and you know that! You know that she wanted it to be a surprise to him when we returned to Kale-alea. However, I do see your point. But how are we gonna contact home from here? Kale-aleasei's in the Stayan Galaxy some eighty million light years from the one this planet spins in! Besides, the ship's radio's broken," Kale pointed out.

Every one fell silent and just the sound of Kayla's grief pierced the darkness. "C'mon, let's go inside. Maybe we can think better," Goten suggested and Goku picked up the princess and flew her back into the villa in which Piccolo and his family resided.

"I'll go back home and tell the others what's happened with dad. C'mon, Goten. Besides, it's Cilvi's bedtime," Trunks sighed as he picked up the baby and the three youngsters left.

"We gotta find a way to communicate with the home planet and get her to this one. She's the only one who can rescue Ichison, now," Kayla sniffed.

"Who are you talking about? Get who to this planet?" Goku asked and the twins inhaled deeply.

"Promise you won't say a word, Kakarrot, it's imperative!" Kayla pleaded as she dried her onyx eyes.

"Scout's honor, I won't breathe a word," Goku crossed his heart.

"Has the Elder one ever told you about his life on Vegetasei after we were born?" Kale asked and the newly appointed Elite Commander nodded.

"Trunks had given him a portrait of six people, whom he told us about one by one. He told us of King Vegeta, Queen Sunrissa, the two of you and a little girl who had held his hand during the portrait painting. He called the little girl, Parlissa, and said that her death was one he could not come to terms with. He had done with the rest of yours, though. I know he's ecstatic to have the two of you back in his life once again! Now, he has nearly seventy survivors of the destruction to lead and rebuild into a better race of people!" Goku smiled.

"Ya know, I don't know why Ichison calls you stupid, you're remarkably intelligent," Kayla smiled and took Goku's hand and kissed it.

"Nah, most times he's right. I do some crazy things. Like keep my room a mess. A Saiyan doesn't live like that and I never lived like that when I was with the female, but then she always cleaned up after me. I guess...Never mind, that'll sound weird if I say that," Goku replied.

Kale shook his head. "Anyway, as you see, twin and I survived. Did Vege tell you who Parlissa was?"

"He said he had chosen her to be Kayla's trainer and sparring partner and to be his lifemate when they got older," Goku answered then he drew a sharp breath as a light bulb went off. "Are you saying... You wanna bring her here? Yes! Come, gimme your hands!" Like an excited child, Goku stood and bounced around, all the while his insides turned end over end in a tight knot.

Vegeta, he was about to lose the very being that had been his right hand for so long. They had shared so much together, not to mention themselves. Then the large warrior remembered something he had forgotten, as he had not seen the girl in since Vegeta had returned from a blast mission near death. Vegeta had had a female whom he had been absolutely over the moon over. She had known that Vegeta and Kakarrot had a special relationship but it did not offend her, in fact, she tried to encourage it. Vegeta's pride, being what it was would not let such a thing happen except under the cover of nightfall and the two were absolutely alone. He loved the prince just as his son and Trunks loved one another; however, that pair was not ashamed to show they belonged to one another. Kakarrot gave a tiny shiver as the group continued to discuss the solution to Vegeta's problem.

The twins stood. "What on this planet is wrong with you, Commander?" Kale asked as he and Kayla stood.

"You wanna talk to this girl, right? She's on your home planet! Well, there's only one way I can think of to get the job done! Take my hand!" Goku instructed. Goku put two fingers of is free hand to the middle of his forehead, then the three of them ITed out of New Namek II.

The next thing the twins knew, they were standing on a large planet as big as one of Kale-alea's moons. Looking around, the trio spotted a sleeping figure with a monkey and a cricket sleeping beside his chair. Goku approached the being quietly.

"Awe, sleeping like a baby," Goku smiled then reached a hand down and gently shook the dog-looking being. "King Kai? Yo, King Kai, wake up, I've brought some visitors. They need your assistance," he spoke and the being came slowly to awareness.

"Hmm? What? Oh, Goku, long time no see, son, wha-AHHH! Saiyans!" King Kai freaked at the sight of the prince and his sister.

"Hey, hey, relax, these two are peaceful. This is Vegeta's brother and sister, Kale and Kayla. Your highnesses, this is King Kai! If anyone can reach your planet, he can!" Goku smiled.

"Vegeta's brother and sister, eh? I thought Vegetasei had been obliterated," King Kai spoke.

"Yes, sir, it had been, but before it was relocated into a new dimension, King Vegeta had gathered a few thousand of our people and sent them on far away planet purges with the order not to return to Planet Vegeta under any circumstances. Needless to say, most did return and found no trace of our home, our king or our elder brother," Kale related.

"I'd always had a strong bond with Ichison, Vegeta, and I felt that he had to be alive somewhere in the universe. The feeling kept nagging me and wouldn't go away. So, I finally told momma about it. She told me if I could persuade Kale and Fuyung to accompany me, that I could search the universe for Ichison. Here we are," Kayla finished.

"Thousands of Saiyans are still alive on distant planets? That's wonderful news! So what's the problem with Vegeta? I'd have thought he would be jumping out his skin at the knowledge that his race has survived?" Kai asked.

"Vegeta tried to kill himself a little while ago. He's deeply depressed. I guess when his wall came down to reveal the real him behind that wall...Well I've never seen a being in so much pain in my lifetime! It scary, King Kai. Vegeta may have been the strongest of the Saiya-jin at one time, but the Vegeta now is anything but. Kayla seems to think that if they can get his lifemate from Kale-aleasei to our planet, she might help him out of his slump. I don't want to lose him, King Kai. He's like the only relative I've ever had until I met his sister," Goku smiled at Kayla who playfully pushed into him.

"Hmm. Kale-aleasei," King Kai waved his antennae trying to locate the planet. "Sorry, kids. That's not one of my worlds. Let me ask the Daio Kaioshin. He knows every world that each of us kais oversee," King Kai smiled. 'Daio Kaioshin? Daio Kaioshin, it's me King Kai of the North galaxy, can you hear me, sir? I really hate to disturb you, but I need some assistance,' Kai spoke telepathically.

'North Kai? I haven't heard from you in centuries. What can I do for you?'

'Daio, I have three young Saiya-jin here and they're trying to contact the planet Kale-alea. That's not one of my worlds. Whose is it?'

'It belongs to East Kai but I can let you talk with the guardian of that planet and you can tell her what you wish,' Daio Kaioshin said via telepathy. The three on King Kai's adopted planet heard every word. 'Kami Kale, this is Daio Kaioshin, can you hear me?' Daio asked in his mind.

'Daio Kaioshin, how may I be of service to you, sir?' Kami Kale acknowledged.

'Kami, there are three young Saiya-jin on North Kai's new planet who need to make contact,' the Daio said.

'Speak, young children of Saiya. Put your hands on North Kai's back and speak your thoughts to the one you need to reach,' the Kami instructed and Kayla did as instructed.

'Parlissa? Parlissa Saturna, can you hear me? It's Princess Kayla.'

In a spacious room of a palace on the Planet Kale-alea, a beautiful young Saiya-jin woman paced in anticipation for a report. She had known of the expedition to the outer universe to try and locate him. However, everyone, except the queen mother, thought the twins were crazy. As the young girl paced, her mind was a jumble of thoughts. Suddenly she stopped pacing as she heard, 'Parlissa? Parlissa Saturna, can you hear me? It's Princess Kayla.' 'My princess is there anything wrong? Has the expedition gone cold in some way? Why have you contacted me and why telepathically?' the girl asked.

'Our ship got damaged when we crashed on Earth. We found him, Parlissa, but he's in bad shape. He needs you, now! It won't wait until we return home,' the princess' voice was urgent.

'You found the eldest one? The one I pledged my heart to the very first time that I laid eyes on him, your brother, Vegeta? Oh, joy and rapture! Tell me how to get there! If Vegeta's in some kind of trouble, I need to be there! I don't know why you didn't take me when I asked before,' Parlissa responded.

'We wanted to make sure that he was still part of the physical plane. Listen, are the dragon ball still gathered?' Kayla asked.

'Yes, but separated so the dragon won't appear. Oh, yes! I'll get them now and wish for the dragon to send me to the planet Earth. Give me an hour (two hours Earth time)! Kayla, thank you, and thank Kale, too. I can't wait to see the eldest one. Is he as handsome as when he was a boy?'

'You'll see, Lissa. For now, just get to Earth and a place called Kanto Island. The location will be the ruins of a tunnel called Rock Tunnel. We'll meet you there. See you there. Kayla out,' Kayla signed off.

'Parlissa out. Two hours!' Parlissa signed out then went to locate the keeper.

The keeper was the one person on Kale-alea who kept that planet's dragon balls once they had been assembled. The twins and Parlissa had assembled the balls before the twins' expedition and had hidden them away as no thought was given to ever having to use them. Now, Parlissa stood with the keeper and all seven-dragon balls were in a circle. The dragon was summoned and the wish made and the young girl found herself in front the ruins of some sort of tunnel.

"Bayroot did it! I can't believe he did it! I thought such a thing would be beyond the Kami's power, but I see that it wasn't!" Kayla said when the three of them reached Rock Tunnel and the girl who stood waiting.

The girl bowed to her prince and his sister. "So, this is Earth? Nice planet, very green," Parlissa said. "Where's your brother?" she asked and Goku instructed the three of them to hold onto him so that they could return to New Namek. Once at the villa, the four of them went to check on Vegeta's condition.

"Dear Kami, no! What's happened to him?" Parlissa exclaimed when she caught sight of his Royal Highness floating in the tank.

"He tried to take the coward's way out of this existence. I'm glad he failed. He's got two kids and a host of survivors, who need a leader," Kakarrot pointed out.

"Not to mention, a planet in need of their rightful king, a lifemate and a momma whose worried sick over his well being," Kayla remarked mostly to herself as Kale checked the readings on the tank.

"Well, that's good. He's still stable. Let's go sit and wait," Kale suggested and the group returned to the den. "Parlissa Saturna, this is Kakarrot. Kakarrot, Parlissa, my brother's chosen lifemate," the younger prince smiled.

"Kakarrot? You're the baby that was sent from Planet Vegeta to conquer this planet, were you not? What happened?" Parlissa asked.

"I fell, hit my head and forgot my mission," Goku replied.

"We Saiya-jin need to be glad that he did! Remember the refugees the king sent out? Well, many of them wound up living, working and existing on this planet. Where the elder one lives, are nearly seventy Saiyans! Vegeta plans to use the dragon balls of this planet and another to get all of Saiya's children off this planet and home to Kale-alea!" Kale announced.

The group sat waiting when four figures materialized in front of them. Parlissa shrieked in surprise but then exclaimed...

"Daddy!"

"Lissa? What are you doing here? How did you get here?" Fuyung asked as he and Parlissa hugged one another.

"Bayroot, the dragon on the home planet. Somehow, their highnesses contacted me through telepathy and told me that Prince Vegeta needed me. From the look of him, he needs someone," Parlissa sighed as she and Fuyung sat on the floor.

"How is he, Kakarrot?" Trunks asked also sitting on the floor and grabbed the TV/Satellite remote control to activate the television.

"He's stable. Man, I wish to the God of all creation that Celerion never told Vegeta I had been born with a higher level than his. Now he'll hate me for sure. Probably even demote me back to the common ranks. Oh, well, elite status was nice while it lasted," Goku tried to shrug off the sting the thought brought with it. Somehow the warrior felt that the prince would send him away, even turn him out. He could always return to Chichi and live a nice quiet life in the country as the Earthling he had always claimed that he was, but he knew in his heart of hearts that would never satisfy him. Once all the Saiyans had been relocated to Planet Kale-alea, if he were sent out of the fold along with his sons, there would be no reason to stay on the planet. Goku sighed deeply.

"Trouble, Kakarrot?" Kayla asked as she rubbed the back of his hand.

"Yeah. Vegeta will demote me when he gets outta the tank and may even stop our seeing one another, but that's not the half of it. He may make my sons and I remain on this planet when the rest of you all leave," Goku sighed and blinked away a stray tear. Goku was more at ease with showing his emotions than the epitome of Saiyan royalty was with showing his.

"Kakarrot, it's not your fault you were born stronger than Vegeta. Your own Outusan was a very strong warrior but no one except a few of us soldiers knew that. I watched his power increase after every battle, after every planet purge. When you were born, your power was immense but had to be masked so that you could be shipped off planet. If the king or Frieza had of known you had such a high power level; you would have been killed. It was Celerion's idea to change the readings so your power would have just an average reading when a scouter was used. No one was allowed to have a higher power than the prince does, and even he had surpassed the king. Listen, Kakarrot, it may not be that bad. He's been on this planet for over twenty of Earth's years. He even mated with one of its natives, which resulted in the birth of the two lavender haired blue-eyed half Saiya-jins stronger than any two of us full Saiya-jin together. He's definitely less harsh than he had been when he lived on the home planet. With time, his leadership and you in command of the army, our race will be a force to be reckoned with throughout the universe! If he thinks about demoting you, I'll talk to him. I surrender to you, Commander Kakarrot. If Bardock could see you now, he'd burst his armor! It would be the greatest honor to take orders from General Bardock's chimp," Angelair bowed to the Commander.

While the others were in the den, Parlissa got up and went into the treatment room. She stood by the door and gazed at the still form of her lifemate. 'Oh, Vegeta, why? You are more than this! You are Saiya's favored son, the one prophesied to become the legendary Super Saiyan. The Prince Vegeta I grew up with would never have thought to commit such a cowardly act unless his honor was at stake!" she said in her mind.

'My honor was at stake. How could I, a weakling, shame of the family Vegeta, ever hope to lead the Saiya-jin to the greatness they once had? I am not King Vegeta. I couldn't be so ruthless and bloodthirsty as my Outusan. Why he kept me is beyond comprehension but he did,' the prince replied in his mind.

"Vegeta?" Parlissa asked in an audible voice.

'You can hear me? Oh, I forgot this thing amplifies my thoughts and anyone with half a brain can hear my own. NO OFFENSE, KAKARROT!' Vegeta telepathically shouted, which brought the others into the treatment room.

"Hey, Vegeta, nice to hear from you! At least your mind's working!" Goku teased with a goofy smile on his face then he grew serious. "Ah, Vegeta, I'm really sorry. I have no right being more powerful than you are. You are the royal prince, after all. Just tell me when you want me to get lost and I will," the Commander said in a slow voice.

'Now why would I want you to get lost? Forever you've been the only worthy opponent I've had as well as the only Saiyan until the others began to sprout like Saibamen,' Vegeta replied in a light tone. 'Besides, you were the only one to ever reach out the hand of friendship to me when I came to destroy the world you called home. Oh, and you were not the first Super Saiyan in three millennia. Remember, Broli, that stinkin', slime wad son of Paragus?'

Goku thought, then his eyes widened in surprise as a distant memory surfaced. 'You mean... So you're not mad as a hornet?' Goku asked.

'We make a good team, Kakarrot, I can't deny that. Help me reach your level so that I can lead these people the way Saiya was meant to be lead,' Vegeta requested. 'Besides, don't forget our little secret. If any of these displease you, you have my permission to chastise.'

'Yes, my prince, it would be my honor!" Goku saluted his prince. "Showing your emotions and feelings is a good way to start.'

'Besides, we cannot help the circumstances of our birth. How're things looking out there?' the prince asked for a condition reading.

'Pretty good, dad! Start moving, and maybe you'll be out by midnight snack time,' Trunks laughed, as did Vegeta in his mind.

'Hey, who was the being that I picked up before? She sounded really nice,' Vegeta asked.

'Just a girl from camp. Hey, where's everyone gonna sleep since CC wouldn't provide housing?' Trunks asked.

'That mausoleum I call home has more than enough empty rooms available for two planets of Saiya-jin. Hey, if you all are here, who's minding the fort?' the prince asked.

'Gohan and his family are still there. Want me to go back and get everyone settled?' Goku asked in a cherry tone of voice.

'No, Trunks, my son, you do it. You are my heir, after all. Make your Outusan proud,' the prince instructed and the two younger warriors ITed from New Namek. 'Kayla?'

'Here, Ichison,' Kayla knelt by Vegeta's tank.

'Kakarrot, kneel beside her. I know that you are mated with Chichi, but my friend, as a Saiyan elite warrior, you are allowed two mates. Besides, you need one to just clean after you. I'd hate to see that partnership end like mine did,' Vegeta snickered in his mind, his tone sarcastic to indicate that he would like nothing better than for his Commander to be away from that harpy forever. Kakarrot deserved better and the prince knew his sister was that better for Saiya's strongest son, not to mention the prince himself but that was a secret he'd die to protect.

"Thank you, Vegeta, I will ask-

'An elitist never asks, he tells! You are the commander of my army and you will tell that woman exactly what the deal is or she will have to answer to me. Myself, I'd prefer you to just have Kayla, but, those are my thoughts,' Vegeta snickered.

'Vegeta, you know I've been spending more time at Little Vegeta than I have with her. Frankly speaking, I'm tired of her dominance and always bashing my head with a frying pan. I'd much rather have a mate who's fun to be with and won't chastise me for training and sparring forever and a day,' Goku nodded.

'So be it, then. With my blessings, go and expand Saiya's army. There's no one else I'd rather see my baby sister mated to than the best adversary I could ever ask for from this planet,' the prince said by way of giving his blessing to the couple, then his hand made a movement.

"Patient is showing sighs of waking up," the voice on the rejuvy tank sounded.

"Kayla, take her and leave, we'll tend to his highness," Kakarrot said and shooed Kayla from the room.

Kale drained the tank then unhooked the prince who immediately woke up the minute the air lock was opened. Kakarrot handed Vegeta a towel then the two bowed. From the hallway, Parlissa watched the happenings in a full-length wall hanging mirror. She felt instant heat surge into her midsection as she took in the chiseled solidness of her prince's body. She drank in the sight of him as he toweled himself off. Oh, what she wouldn't give to perform that act herself! No, Parlissa, stop this, he is your prince and you are just a Saiyan woman! Yeah, a Saiyan woman who'd never seen one of her race in such a state of undress before or so well put together! Her first mate hated for her to see his body but then again, he was a shapeless blob compared to the specimen her eyes now beheld.

"Kayla, is this him? Is this our prince all grown up?" Parlissa asked the princess, who had her back to the vision.

"Stop gawking. A Saiya-jin elite female knows better than to do that until the mating," the princess replied and pulled the other girl from her spot.

"Third time lucky, hey, Vegeta?" Goku joked.

"Yeah, whatever. I'm not even gonna pretend to understand that one. Remind me to go talk to someone the next time I feel like pulling a stunt in that fashion, huh?" Vegeta asked as he dressed in a grey spandex muscle shirt and matching pants his white boots and gloves. "C'mon, I've got a little girl and a young man to explain my actions to and ask them to forgive me. I need to ask the same of you three also. I'm sorry for causing such undue hurt and pain by my actions. My life now is insignificant because now I have several other lives to think about. I am the one with the royal blood and the crowned prince of this race and I humbly bow to my commanders and my Creator and ask forgiveness for the most dishonorable act outside of battle," Vegeta bowed. The two commanders put their hands on his shoulders to say, 'We forgive you, your highness.' "You two ready to fly?" the prince asked.

"Let me get the girls then we'll be off!" Kale bowed is head and went to retrieve both his sister and her trainer then the seven of them left New Namek after thanking Nadine for the use of the chamber. Piccolo had gone off to meditate.

The septet arrived at Little Vegeta and found the other Saiya-jin had been waiting their prince's return. Vegeta explained what had happened and Celerion nearly bit himself in half for having ever told the prince the truth. Vegeta told the group about Paragus' son, Broli being the actual first to make legend because that tyke was born at the lever, then he asked for the forgiveness of his people for not being like the old king. Their response was, "Prince Vegeta, we knew that you could never follow in the king's footsteps. You are a different breed altogether. Since many of us have been living on this planet, we have adapted to its ways. There is no fun in taking another's life with out just cause. We want to live in peace and fight only when provoked," Celerion had stood and said.

"Celerion, what's done cannot be undone, my friend. Yes, there was a time I would not have thought twice about relocating you to another dimension but now I see, that was juvenile. It's time for the children of Saiya to heal and begin anew. From this day forward, the old Saiya-jin regime of cold-blooded killing and planet take over is ended. Arise New Saiya, defenders of the universe, purveyors of peace! The only time we attack is when we get attacked. My children, this is the face of New Saiya!" Vegeta called Kakarrot, his two sons as well as his own son to stand with him. The prince nodded and the five of them burst into SSJ-1 form.

The crowd oohed and aahhed as they beheld the golden haired group in front of them. So the legend was true after all. But the legend mentioned only one Super Saiya-jin every three thousand years, how was it that all five had made the level?

"My children, behind you sands a gravity trainer. It is in that sphere where most of your training to reach our level will commence. For those of you who were gauged with weak power levels there is an exercise room. Train on the equipment in that room to increase muscle and stamina. The five of us will be training everyone. When my sister, Princess Kayla makes level, she will be training the women. My daughter, Cilvanti and Kakarrot's granddaughter, Pan will be training all the brats and boys, just because they are female, don't go easy on them! Now that I'm back in control of myself again, it is with the greatest honor that I welcome my people into my home. Enter and make yourselves to home," Vegeta bowed and Trunks, Goten, Kale, Kayla and Kakarrot all led the group into the palace and to the bedchambers. The Saiyans who lived in the country departed for their own homes. "Cornelia, my daughter is in need of a tutor. I have taught her what I know. She needs to learn about being female. I can pay you any price you ask," Vegeta said to the former CC secretary.

Cornelia bowed. "It would be my honor, your highness. Shall I tutor the other children as well? I had gone to school to be a teacher," Cornelia offered.

"Then by all means, the position is yours. I will see you and your family in the morning along with yours, also, Eggoll. Dismissed," Vegeta waved his hand and the two families departed.

Vegeta turned to leave but stopped as he caught a light scent on the air. It belonged neither to Kayla nor to any other female in the group. No, this one... this one was new. The prince spun back to the yard and caught the outline of something in the shadows.

"I know you're there and if I can't see you in two minutes, I'm blasting you out," he said in a low voice.

A soft giggle taunted the prince. "Try and catch me, your highness," and with that, Vegeta heard the leaves rustle as if someone had lifted from the ground.

"There's no use in hiding, I can sense your power! I'll have to teach you how to hide it!" and Vegeta caught his prey in a flash. "Well, hello. You're not one of my original Saiyans, no, I can tell by the smell. Too clean and feminine, not ready. How did you get here and who are you?"

"Who I am, my prince, is of little concern as is how I got here. I'm here but we'll be returning together," the nymph smiled a bewitching smile into Vegeta's eyes.

Vegeta looked from the smile to her eyes then backed away as if she were a serpent. "No, it can't be! She's dead and my heart went with her! It's impossible!" Vegeta's breathing became labored and his legs felt like rubber, barely able to support his body.

"Why is it impossible? Do you not believe the Great God of all creation is also the God of miracles? Who do you see?" Parlissa asked as she took a step towards Vegeta.

"I-I see the girl I once knew and loved on Vegetasei but how is she here on Earth?" Vegeta still questioned his eyes.

"I am who you see, my prince. Kale and Kayla brought me to this planet to help you," she replied.

"All this time I had been convinced that everyone I ever cared about had been reduced to space dust, now I see I am wrong. Come, Lahissa, mate of mine! Join me as my true queen!" the prince stepped forward, took his lady's hand and the two returned to Little Vegeta.

After placing Parlissa in a room across from his own, Vegeta went into his room. Yuck, what a mess he had made. Well, this room certainly wouldn't do until it was repaired. He got a set of sleep ware-something he did very sparingly and ventured to his brother's room.

"Vegeta, what brings you here?" Kale asked.

"I trashed my room earlier, remember? I'll crash here on the floor. Here on this planet if two males share the same bed...Well, I'd rather not think on that subject. On the home planet it would not be a hassle but here, the inhabitants can't deal with such a thought," Vegeta replied as he made a pallet bed by a large picture window.

Kale nodded. "So did you like our present?" he asked in a hesitant voice.

"Parlissa? I can't believe she survived!"

"You didn't think Fuyung would have left the planet without the apple of his eyes, now did ya? We were gonna let her survival be a surprise at first, but then you pulled that trick and forced our hand. Kakarrot took Kayla and I to a small planet to talk to Kale-alea. We had to talk with Parly, get her to use the dragon balls and have Bayroot wish her here," Kale explained.

"The Dragon Balls of Vegeta survived also! Splendid! You guys are too much. I could never have better friends than the four of you and my kids. Thanks, little brother. Sleep well," the prince bade then lay down and drifted off to what was probably one of he most peaceful sleeps he'd had in sometime.

The following morning, the silence in the canyon was shattered by the sound of battle as the Saiya-jin who were able to began to both train and spar with the prince, Kakarrot, Trunks, the other Z sensi, Cilvanti and Pan. The X-team had gone to work out in the gym a long with the weaker powered warriors. The two young females were in charge of training the chimps, which included ten boys and ten girls. The girls were more focused than the boys and were not afraid to rough one another up. The boys, they were another story as they refused to listen to the girls. After five hours of trying to make the boys behave, the princess lost what temper she was trying to hold on. With a powerful scream that would have made daddy very proud, the little princess snarled...

"Listen you little puke-shit pussies, if you don't start listening to me, you'll find your little asses in the next dimension! Éclair, fight me and don't hold back!" Cilvi ordered and the boy began to spar with her, then Pan took over and Cilvi began sparring with another boy in the group.

"You're holding back like you're scared to hurt us! We're half Saiyan and we can take it! Cause if you guys don't hurt us, we will hurt you!" Pan yelled for all the boys to hear, her partner showing signs of fatigue.

Éclair stopped sparring as he was huffing and puffing like a battle weary warrior. He sat on the ground to rest. "I-I gotta rest. I'm about to faint," the boy sighed and fell back on the ground.

"Grr! I know old ladies stronger than this chimp! He's a worthless piece of crap! I swear, if it was in my power, I'd find a planet weaker than Earth and ship his ass off there!" Cilvanti snarled in a perfect imitation of her Outusan, who always threatened young Vegeta with those same words. Suddenly a loud scream rose over the din of battle as the princess powered up. "Say your prayers, weakling!" the baby snarled and readied a blast that resembled her dad's Gallik Gun. Her blue hair had stood straight up and turned golden. Her eyes had turned from blue to jade.

Vegeta, who'd been sparing with Angelair himself, had stopped when he picked up the increase in his daughter's power. "Cilvanti, no!" and in a flash the prince had left the guard. The instant Vegeta appeared in the princess' location; he fell on top of Éclair to protect the boy just as the blast left his daughter's hands. Thank God, she had used a much weaker form of the Gallik Gun or Outusan would have been toast, at least Cilvanti thought he would be.

"Tousan!" Cilvi cried when she'd seen her dad take the direct hit from her blast. "Tousan, can you hear me?" A moan sounded from ground, which signaled that Vegeta had heard the little one when she called.

"Ichison!" Kayla screamed.

"Vegeta!" Parlissa cried in horror as she looked up from sparring with the princess.

Kale and Angelair tried to move the elder prince off the child but found that he was far too heavy, although he didn't look it. Kakarrot walked over to survey the situation, knelt down and shoved something into Vegeta's mouth. "Here, Vegeta, chew it," the warrior instructed.

Not soon after he had ingested the bean, Vegeta sprung to his feet. "Got another one?" At Goku's nod, Vegeta instructed him to give it to the boy. "I swear that chimp is worse than Gohan was at the same age!" the prince sneered.

"My baby! She was gonna hurt my baby, your highness!" a hysterical woman ran forward and grabbed Éclair into a tight hug.

Vegeta spat on the ground. "Well, if that whelp had of been trained the minute he took his first steps, my daughter would not have had to threaten him! He's a disgrace! Trunks! Goten!" the prince called and the two young warriors appeared without delay. They bowed. "Take this piece of worthless Saiyan flesh and see if you can't whip him into something that resembles a Saiyan warrior!" Vegeta commanded, snatching the boy from the protective arms of his mother and tossing him to his son and son's best friend. Then Vegeta turned hard black eyes to his daughter who met his gaze eyeball to eyeball. "I must commend you, princess, but there is a time and a place to use the Gallik Gun and training is not that time! Thank God, it's still just a strong ki blast. Tomorrow morning, you and I will go off planet to train in the asteroid belt. I will have no mercy on you! For now, go with the other females and gather what we will need for breakfast! Men, to the hunt!" Vegeta ordered and the groups readied themselves to get the morning feast. The prince grabbed his daughter as she prepared to go gather with the females. "Cilvi, I must congratulate! You reached level with that battle, my princess! Later, we'll go out and get you anything you want," Vegeta smiled and Cilvanti hugged him tightly.

"What I want, daddy is for you to be very happy so that you won't do what you did last night. I don't know what I would have done if you had not made it," the baby began to lose it.

Daddy held her tight. "Oh, chimp, you needn't worry over that. Daddy promised Kakarrot he'd talk to someone when the head that wears the crown becomes weary. Now, be off with you!" The prince tapped Cilvi's tail end and sent her off.

Cilvanti had gone gathering with the other females of the camp and stayed with Princess Kayla, her trainer and Pan. "My princess, can I asked you something?" she whispered to her aunt.

"Speak, my little one," Kayla encouraged.

"Who's the lady beside you? She's really pretty. I like her," Cilvi smiled.

Kayla turned. "Parlissa Saturna, it is with great pleasure that I introduce Ichison's youngest offspring, Princess Bura Cilvanti Vegeta. Honey, this is-

"I know! Daddy's lifemate!" the little one screamed in excitement, which drew attention to the princess' group.

"Sh, that's supposed to be a secret," Kayla leaned over to her niece and whispered.

"Does daddy know?" the little one giggled and the two elder females nodded. "I'm glad. Daddy needs a mommy who's gonna love him and not a maniacal shrew out for his very life," Cilvi said in a nonchalant manner.

Parlissa looked at the child. "What do you mean? Has someone tried to kill my prince?" she asked her voice hard.

"She not only tried to kill daddy, but figured out that my brother and I are strongly bonded to dad and if one of us experienced something, the other two would also be affected. The whore that squirted Geta and me out had her boyfriend put an energy collar around my neck to suppress my energy. In so doing, it reversed my energy to attack my body. It also attacked my daddy and Trunks. I was dying because of that and I was taking my two favorite men in the entire universe with me. I only wanted to be with them. They belong to me until they get women of their own. I can release daddy but I can't release Geta yet unless Cornelia makes a play for him, hee, hee, hee" Cilvi giggled and the two women laughed!

A few hours later, the group had assembled five full-grown dinosaurs, three fish, twenty-trees of nuts, berries and herbs, and twenty ostrich eggs. Hunting had expanded from Little Vegeta to the mountains and jungles of Asia where the group now resided.

"Are you sure this will be enough, my prince? You know the Saiyan appetite is insatiable," Brocolia pointed out the obvious.

Vegeta regarded the woman as if she had lost a few brain cells. "And your point is? Look, my friends and I are not gonna do all the hunting out here. If anyone's still hungry after this feast, they'll have to provide for themselves," the prince stated then stood to address the feasting crowd. "Listen up and listen up good, New Saiya, after breakfast we are going hunting for another kind of prey. Our prey on this hunt walks on two legs, have tails, incredible powers, and understand us. We will break into groups of ten, one group to search each continent. You will call out in our native tongue, 'Children of Saiya, come home!' Those who respond, call them together. There will be one of us with each group to bring you all back here to Little Vegeta," the prince instructed.

At that moment, a young looking man about Kakarrot's build, height and image approached the group. "Well, I thought that if I searched long enough, I'd turn up Saiya's ultimate treasure," the man spoke in the native tongue and Vegeta turned to regard the jokester.

The prince reeled and the young man caught him to steady him. "Emanu Humizu, where on Earth did you come from?" Vegeta and the being hugged in greeting.

"I heard you might have some work for me, so I gathered my family, packed up the RV and decided to relocate. Besides, who needs hand built homes any more with Capsule Corp shelling out tens of thousands of capsule homes everyday, I had to shut down. Without you, I lost my drive to work. You're an A-1 destructor you know that? And the boys and I missed you and the family. Oh, hey, this is for the fireball, where is she?" Emanu asked and as if on cue, Princess Cilvanti appeared at her dad's side.

She bowed. "Mr. Humizu, welcome home," she smiled and accepted the gift the elder man held out to her. "Thank you, sir," she smiled and went to open the package.

"Has your family feasted, yet?" Vegeta asked. When Emanu gave a negative reply, Vegeta invited the family to join the feast. Thanking the Creator for all His wonders and mercies regarding the ever growing populace of Little Vegeta, a.k.a. New Saiya, Vegeta sighed as yet another silent prayer had been answered. Well, that took care of the housing situation which, CC refused to assist with.

"Daddy, look, Mr. Humizu gave me a hard hat like the Earth construction workers wear! It fits nicely," Cilvi smiled as she showed her daddy her present, which was a blue hard hat the same color as her daddy's Saiyan battle spandex.

"You needed something to protect that hard little head of yours," the prince joked and the crowd of Saiyans sat in stunned silence.

He was so at ease. Not at all the ruthless tyrant he was being trained up to be. He had more patience, especially for those of the lower class. Just look at the way Bardock's whelp sat practically underneath his highness' shoulder, as if a second skin. No, that was not quite accurate because Princess Kayla sat between that warrior's legs. What was going on? Well, whatever it was, those who still followed the old way of destruction on planet Kale-alea were in for a rude awakening. When this bunch of Earth Saiyans made it to planet, the prince would be tearing the hides from the violent ones. Parlissa smiled as she shared breakfast with her dad and uncle.

"My daughter, why are you not with his highness?" Fuyung asked the young beauty.

"He has not asked me, poppa. When you all go on the hunt, I am sure that he will leave us women here with the children," Parlissa nodded.

Vegeta approached the father-daughter-uncle trio; his handsome face set in stone. He pointed to the girl and motioned for her to accompany him. Without hesitation, the young beauty rose and followed behind her prince. If Vegeta seemed like he was not pleased to see his lifemate from so long ago, the image was a mask. He was overwhelmed but having been raised a Saiyan super elitist he still wasn't comfortable with expressing his emotions.

"M-my prince, may I speak?" she asked in a near whisper.

"So speak, woman," he replied in a hard voice as he slowed his quick paced walk.

"It's good to see you again. Y-you are mated?" she asked in a hesitant voice.

Vegeta stopped and turned to regard her. He struck his familiar pose. "I had been. It ended four years ago when her highness was a chimp of 1 Earth year old," he replied.

"W-No, I know why, because for you there was no other mate available. Can we speak as friends? It's just us out here," she requested and the prince nodded. "Did you love her?"

"I felt something for her. I love my offspring. The woman and I were too similar to really be happy together. She never did as I ordered her to but I always found myself unwillingly doing her bidding. Me, the Saiyan no Ouji kowtowing to a pathetically weak being like herself. I made excuses for having to leave the planet and her behind. When my son was old enough and after he got out of school, I took him with me as he was beginning to emulate my every action. But you really don't want to hear about this, I know. You wanna know how I survived, correct?" Vegeta asked more to the point. "How did you?"

"The king, your Outusan, assembled many and ordered us off planet. This had been shortly after that white devil had taken you," Parlissa explained.

Vegeta looked at her with surprise in his black eyes. "You knew? How?" Also surprised at hearing that the king had sent as many as he could off planet for safety sake.

"Vegeta, we may not have bonded physically, but we had done so mentally. I seemed to experience everything you did as did the twins and her majesty."

"Her majesty! My mother!" Vegeta felt the breath leave his body at a frightening rate as his heart rate increased. Surely, Vegeta, even for the no Ouji that's too much to hope for that your own mother survived. The king would have surely commanded her presence with him until death. Vegeta shook himself back to reality. 'Ok, Veggie, calm down, breath deep and cleanse your mind,' Vegeta told himself. Looking back to Parlissa's eyes, he smirked at his own behavior. "You're making me crazy, you know that?" he said a mirthless tone of voice, then he asked, "Did you ever mate?"

Parlissa lowered her head and a sniff escaped her. Her heart felt as if cold hands were gripping it as she struggled for breath. Vegeta stood in front of her and his own heart wrenched in his chest. When he was with the Earth-jin, she had expected him to take her in his arms when she was in distress, but Saiya-jin women were not so. Huh, very few of them, like his sibs, Mommarissa and the woman before him at this moment. He then remembered how the four of them would comfort one another on the home planet and it was how Kayla had comforted him just the day before. Vegeta slowly approached his grief stricken old friend, took her in his strong arms and stroked her tail. The latter action, having many meanings depending on the situation. Now, it was a gesture to comfort.

"Shh, my friend. I shouldn't have asked that. We are in the now and our past need have no bearing on the future," Vegeta found himself saying in a low, voice, then from nowhere, a song made it's presence know and he began to hum it to her.

As he rocked Parlissa back and forth, stroked her tail, he sang into her ear and she began to calm down. When he felt that she had regained her composure, he slowly went to releases her but he felt her arms around his neck slid downward and take hold of his tail. This caused his heart and breath to stop. 'No, Lissa, not now,' his mind told him as he looked down at her-she was shorter than her prince was himself. She raised her eyes to his and her tail escaped from his hand and snaked its way around his waist. The prince was stunned. What was she doing?

"W-what are you doing, Lissa?" he asked, his mouth incredibly dry.

"I love you, my prince. I-I'm sorry to have shown such weakness in your presence," she lowered her head.

"You know it was never weakness with the four of us. Was your mating so very bad?" he asked as he ran his bare fingers through her shoulder length black hair-he had taken his gloves off. 'Besides, it would not be the first time you displayed weakness in front of me,' the prince thought to himself.

Her tail tightened around his waist and she put her arms around his neck. She lay her head against his shoulder. "He was a monster, Vegeta. He treated me as if I was an animal. He mocked my Saiya-jin heritage and called me all kind of monkey names. He boasted about what he would do to me if I didn't comply with his wishes. He took my innocence away from me when I was not ready to breed. I birthed him four half-breeds," Parlissa fell completely apart and cried onto Vegeta's shoulder. "Then he would torture me for the hell of it. He'd pull my tail no matter how many times I told him that it hurt. He'd bite me in places our own people don't bite one another. He hurt me, Vegeta. I had myself check right after he had made a savage attack on me and the medic told me it would be a miracle if I ever birth another chimp into the universe."

Vegeta's mind was paralyzed beyond the capacity for rational thought as he let his chosen mate vent her sorrow. He ached for her and his own heart was in his throat. The prince had balled his fist and had clenched his teeth in anger, as he asked, "Who is he? I will kill him for what he has done to you! Half breeds?"

"H-he was an Icejin," she cried, then she screamed with all the pain hidden in her being and burst into SSJ form from sheer emotion.