Love of Another

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A/N: Here’s Chapter 2! I hope you guys like it, and, as always, please review!!

Chapter 2: Vegeta

I am Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans, and throughout my entire life I have made sure that everyone knows who I am and what I stand for. But no matter how many people I’ve threatened with a one way trip to the next dimension no one has remembered. Or cared.

No one…except..for you.

You…the son of a third class baka that finds exploration more important than his family. You are the only one that has recognized my authority and treated me like the prince that I am. And I respect you for that, even though it always wasn’t that way.

Years ago, when I first arrived on this backwards planet I only saw you as a half breed that was worth less than the mud on my boots. I saw you as a waste of air; of space. And, as such, I was determined to kill you. But, of course, my plans changed after the fight on Earth, and, later, on Namek.
the the time Frieza was defeated you became less of an annoyance, and more of a…Saiyan. Half breed or not, you proved yourself in those battles, and I found myself ignoring my beliefs and watching every move you made. From the way you scratched your neck when you were embarrassed to the way you blushed when that harpy decided you weren’t acting like a human.

I noticed everything, and it wasn’t until after the fight with Cell that I realized why.

I was…attracted to you.

It took me forever to admit it. To admit that I, the Prince of all Saiyans, was in love with a half breed. But, of course, by the time I was ready to admit that to you, the object of my affections, you had already found another.

Mirai Torunksu.

The one person I knew I would always be jealous of. He had traveled to the past, saved our world, and, if it wasn’t bad enough, stole the heart of the one person I learned to care for.

I hated him.

But no matter how much I wanted to rip his throat out, I couldn’t you you how I truly felt. I couldn’t destroy your happiness. So, while you made wedding plans I watched and I waited. I suppose somewhere deep in my mind I assumed that you felt the same way. I thought that at the perfect moment you would step back from that Mirai brat and confess your love for me.

But…you didn’t.

Instead, I watched as you stood at the altar and waited to say the words that would forever take you away from me. But as I stood in the very back, hidden in the shadows, I knew that there was still a chance.

And when the Namek asked if there was anyone who objected I knew my chance had arrived. I opened my mouth to say the words that would destroy this wedding as well as my pride, but…when I saw your eyes I couldn’t. I saw the love in them and…I couldn’t.

I did, for a second, believe that the love for me, but when I saw you look back at him and clutch his hands as if your life was about to end, I knew that it was impossibl
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You didn’t return my feelings, and, it seemed you never would.

So…I let you go. I let you stay in the arms of the person that would make you happy.

And I still regret it.

Time passed in a blur after that. I resumed my grueling training schedule, and did my best to erase you from my mind. It was hard, almost impossible, but it wasn’t until Kakarott showed up in my gravity room one day that I achieved my goal.

He had disappeared sometime after your wedding to rainrain some silly brat named Uub, and had neglected to inform anyone else when he would return. Needless to say, his appearance in my domain was more than a shock.

I tried to ignore him. He was after all, still a third class no matter how many levels of Super Saiyan he had achieved, but it wasn’t to be. With a few words he managed to get his way, and I found myself sparring with him.

I fought viciously, landing blow after blow, while trying to dodge his attacks. It didn’t really work, but I’m not one to admit it. I’m not sure how it happened, but between one punch and the next I found myself under him. I remember the glimmer in his eyes when he kissed me for the first time. It was…wonderful, and though I wanted to be as far away from him as possible, I let it continue.

The first time we mated it was…painful. With each movement I felt the betrayal rise up inside of me, but I did my best to ignore it. It was, after all, time to rid myself of thantaantasy that I had. Of course, in doing so I let the baka believe that I felt the same way that he did. Which, naturally, I didn’t.

But he believed that we belonged together. He told me so, after the first time.

We stayed together for some time after that. The relationship was…rocky. With him doing his best to believe that we were destined to be together, and me doing my best to forget your very existence, it was a time full of awkward conversations and even more awkward times spent in bed.

It may have not been destiny that brought us together, but it was fate that broke us apart. One morning, several years after we had gotten together, he told me that he was in love with someone else. That he had been for some time, and, then, before I could say anything he apologized and vanished, leaving me in a state of utter shock.

I don’t really recall anything after that, but I do remember the anger. It consumed me, and I knew that I had to take it on somebody. So, I headed for the nearest thing that I could beat into a bloody pulp.

Whacoincoincidence it was Mirai Torunksu.

I remember standing in the doorway, watching every move you made as I told the Mirai brat that he would be doing some midnight sparring. You looked…amazing, but I didn’t talk to you. I hadn’t in years, and even though I was free of that baka, I remained silent.

Time after that passed so quickly that I can hardly believe it. Days and weeks went by as I did my best to ignore you. It was hard, especially since your children had all reached adulthood. There was nothing left for you to hang on to.

Nothing left to keep you from me.

Despite everything that had happened over the years, I still thought, somewhere deep inside, that maybe you had stayed with him because of the brats. That you felt nothing for him.

I’m not sure, and as such, have remained far away from you. Watching, always watching for an opportunity. After all, if you did have feelings for me now would be the time to tell me.

But I could be wrong. Maybe you don’t return those feelings, and maybe you never will.

But still, I watch and I wait.

After all, patience is a virtue. And as a prince, I know how to exercise my virtue.

End of Chapter 2!! Please review!!