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THE OTHER SIDE OF VEGETA	By : levon61561 Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 7613 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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The
Other
Side
Of
Vegeta
By Elanya

Disclaimer: I do not own DBZ. These masterful and wonderfully created characters remain the property of Akira Toryama, TOEI ANIMATION, BIRD Studios, and FUNimation. I do not own X-men. They remain the property of 20TH Century Fox Studios, Marvel Comics and the creator, Stan Lee. So, please, no law suits. This is just a compliment in appreciation to their genius and inspiration. Any resemblance between themes in this fic and others are purely coincidental and accidental. Trunks will be referred to as �Tregeta� or Trunks depending on the situation.

CHAPTER III

RECOVERY/DISCOVERY

Once Piccolo's two children, Pan, Bura and Vegeta had been placed into the regeneration tanks, their families sat with them. Bulma was agitated and the fact did not go unnoticed by her eldest offspring. She eyed the tank containing the Saiyan no Ouji as if for the first time. Her mind flash backed to the first time she had set
eyes on him. She was on Master Roshi's Island and the news crews were attempting to film the battle between the Saiya-jin and Earth's Special Forces as the Z Sensi had been know in the early days. Goku had been dead nearly a year as the Saiya-jin had arrived earlier than expected. The two aliens had begun their reign of terror the moment
their pods crashed on earth, then they had picked up the power levels of the Sensi and had flown off to meet them. It had been when the television crews had flown over the desert area and captured glimpses of the aliens, that Bulma caught her first sight of the warrior prince. She actually didn't pay much attention because her heart lay
in pieces at the death of her first boyfriend, Yamcha. She hadn't really paid Vegeta any mind until after the adventure to the planet Namek to retrieve that planet's dragon balls as Earth's db's had been destroyed when Piccolo was killed which caused the death of Kami-the Earth's Namekian guardian with whom the dragon balls were tied. As long as Kami was alive, the db's existed. When Kami died along with Piccolo, so did they.

After a tremendous battle, the db's were finally gathered, the wishes were made to revive all those beings killed by Frieza and that those same beings be transported to Earth as Frieza had set in motion the events that would destroy Namek. Of all the beings that had been revived and brought to Earth, Bulma was surprised to find that Vegeta was among the crowd-she didn't like him at all. He had still been a threat, but she felt compelled to show compassion to the stranded alien and offered him a place to stay. He didn't stay long for as soon as he spied a space pod in the Briefs' yard; he jumped into it and zoomed into outer space. His goal was to track down Goku and find out how he had become a Super Saiyan. When the prince returned, he immersed himself into rigorous training-this was just after the warning the boy from the future (Trunks) had issued about two killer androids that were destroying his world.

Bulma returned to reality after her memory and looked at Vegeta again. What had she ever seen in him in the first place? There was no question that he was the best looking being she had ever seen with a body so sinfully proportioned that it could make a body builder sick with envy. That when he kissed her, she'd melt away like ice in the sun and when they coupled! There just weren't adjectives in the language to describe how wondrous that was, however, she always felt he was holding back on his full excitement until she got brave enough to ask him. His response was, "If I let go, even for a hair second, woman, your brains would be scattered about this room!" he snapped at the end of one of their love making sessions.

Bulma sighed. He was only gentle during the physical act of coupling, he just wasn't gentle any other time and she wished that he had been. Now, it was too late. Their mateship had come to an end, not that she regretted it. She was a woman who needed love and affection and Vegeta just could not present her with those things, unfortunately, and all the gifts in the universe from him could not make up for that fact. So, four years ago-not that she had meant to do it-she had an affair. She had been sent to Europe to open a new plant and wanted to take the kids, but her mom counter manned that action and sent Bulma off by herself. This had been after a big fight she had with Vegeta for missing Bura's second Christmas (Bura had been born on October 13, before Christmas) and she had thrown him out of her home and her life. However, she had to concede and let him use the gravity trainer to train Trunks. She didn't want Bura to be trained, but that child had her own mind and let mom know that she was Vegeta's daughter and she wanted to be trained with her brother. Bulma knew her daughter had incredible powers, so she agreed Notwithstanding, Bulma had gone off to Europe and met a very attractive and very sympathetic young Irishman whose ear she bent half the night with how her mate cared only for his training and not for her. She also told him how her mate never showed her any affection and that even in the mateship how lonely she felt when he wasn't around. Bulma related the fact that she had tossed her mate out just before she had ventured over to Europe to open the complex. She had been in Europe three months and she and the young Irishman, whose name was Jeffery Coles, had gotten very close. One night after a dinner date, the inevitable happened and they coupled. It was only because Bulma was in such burning need that she threw herself wholeheartedly into the act but realized that the intensity wasn't there. Well, she had to admit, Jeff was human and Vegeta a Saiyan who seemed like he knew what she liked in the lovemaking act. Vegeta had seemed to know instinctively just where and how to touch her, whereas she had to almost put Jeff's hand or finger over her pleasure zones. Bulma shook her head. She and Jeff had become a couple and were discussing plans to get married, then Vegeta had had the gravity room accident a few days ago and now he had been caught in an earthquake with her baby. This totally cramped her style. She would rather have stayed at CC where she met Jeff every afternoon for lunch then a little fun before they went out. However, she had called her lover to let him know that she would not be home for a while and that she would meet him at a restaurant for dinner later that evening.

Trunks sat beside her and looked at Outusan and the chimp, his sister. He had his dad's sensitive olfactory organs and picked up a scent that seemed to hang in the air at CC and it wasn't Vegeta's. Oh, the young man knew that his parents had called it quits following Bura's second Christmas, but he didn't want to admit that she was cheating on his dad even though the two were no longer one. The younger prince sat in silence as he tried to decide whether or not to inform Outusan. He should and the news would send Outusan into a state. No one but Trunks knew how Bulma's tossing the prince out like yesterday's trash had affected the softening alien, who tried very hard to rebuild the wall of granite he had once hidden behind and which had been destroyed after that fateful post Christmas four years ago. Bulma had all but destroyed the prince; however, his highness bore his sorrow well and left the planet to regain himself.

"Bulma, why do you hate dad so much? You know he'd never hurt you," Trunks said after the silence threatened to
drown them.

Bulma cringed. No matter how often they talked, it seemed that Trunks was bound and determined not to call her mom. He either addressed her by her first name, 'woman' or worst yet, 'bitch.' It was the fault of that widow-peaked monstrosity in the tank that he'd turned both children against her, somehow and she couldn't understand why. Bura was a difficult child from birth. She was hard to deliver and even harder to care for until Trunks came in from school during that time.

"Be-because he has never shown any affection to me. He's never said a kind word the whole time we had been together. He's so mean! I would have thought that twenty years in an atmosphere where the beings were not afraid to show their emotions would have changed him from the cold hearted being he is, but I guess that was too much to ask for," Bulma explained. "Trunks, what happened after Bura was born? The nurse told me that I was so weak that I couldn't care for the baby. She also told me that the baby had been released into the Outusan's care. Is that true? Did Vegeta take care of my baby while I was in the hospital?"

Trunks sat silent for a moment before he responded. He mentally asked Vegeta if he should inform the woman of the events following Cilvanti's birth. 'Just don't give too much detail or she might keel over and die from cardiac arrest or whatever these weak pathetic specimens of creation expire from,' Outusan responded
in like manner.

"Yes, dad took care of Bura for the first three months of the baby's life. Bura was uncontrollable after birth and wouldn't settle down. After dad had shared his energy with you to aid in your recovery, he went to see the baby. He spoke in Saiyago and the chimp quieted down. Amy, the nurse in charge of your case, was very grateful and let dad have care of her.Dad brought her home to CC and your parents along with the both of us took care of her," Trunks explained in a nonchalant manner.

"Amy told me that I was wrong about him and that he wasn't the monster I knew him to be! Huh, I wasn't born yesterday to fall for that crock of horse crap! A leopard cannot change his spots and I'll never believe Vegeta capable of caring for anyone other than himself or that he could be anything other than a self-serving, stubborn, arrogant ass!" Bulma retorted with an edge in her voice as she got up to leave. "I have to go. I have a business meeting to attend to."

"I might have known. You've had business meetings every night since I was sixteen years old and since your return from Europe! That's why you'll never be privy to dad's inner most being the way Bura and myself are!" Trunks' retort was sharp as he left the room to go find Goten and ask Piccolo where the kitchen was located so that he could get a bite to eat.

Although they were unconscious, Vegeta and Cilvanti could still communicate telepathically.

'Daddy?' Cilvanti asked.

'Yes, my princess?' Vegeta replied.

'Can I blast her six ways from Sunday when I get outta here?' the baby asked and Outusan chuckled.

'As tempted as I am to say 'yes,' I think I've caused her enough hardship by giving both you and Tregeta to her. Cilvi, you be good for the onna when you get outta here and that's not a request. Your prince orders this of you, so make me proud of you, my little girl,' Outusan said, as he knew that the baby would be recovered within the week.

By week's end, Cilvanti had recovered and was released from the tank and sent to be with her mother. Trunks was there to take her to CC and Cilvanti was not a happy camper.

"I wanna go with you, Geta, or stay at New Namek and wait for daddy! Piccolo wouldn't mind! I could get to know Nyricco and Naila better. C'mon, don't leave me with that bitch! I don't like her and she doesn't like me over much, either. Besides, I gotta bad felling about this. She's gonna hurt me to get back at daddy, I just know it," the baby cried in despair.

"Honey, I'd love to take you with me, but I'm going to a planet where the natives don't like females or children. They eat them for breakfast and Outusan would kill me if anything happened to you. I know Bulma can't hurt you unless...No, even that's too extreme for her and she doesn't strike me as one of those women to try and kill her kids just to have her lover or be rid of her ex-husband. Hey, hun, ask Gohan to let Pan come play with you! You two are such good friends," Trunks suggested as they reached the complex of Capsule Corp.

"Who's gonna take me to see daddy while you're gone?" Cilvanti pouted.

"I'm sure Uncle Kakarrot would be happy to take you. He really likes Outusan, even though dad tries to hide the fact that he likes Kakarrot as well. I'll call you every night. I'll even sing you to sleep if you like," Trunks offered.

Cilvanti shrugged her little shoulders. "Okay, but you know you don't have a voice like Outusan. I mean, you can carry a tune, but you don't have the quality. I could listen to dad forever! I'm so glad that he made that CD he gave me for my birthday," Bura sighed as she remembered the CD she constantly played, which was entitled 'Music from Vegetasei.'

"Well, it's about damn time the two of you got here! Get in here and go sit down!" Bulma ordered and the kids went into the family room. The kids seated themselves on the sofa and Bulma stood in front of them in full command. "Now, listen and listen good. There's gonna be some new rules around here from now on regarding you two! First of all I am placing a continuous guard on you, my young miss. There will be no company. I have hired a private tutor for your lessons. There will be no calls to New Namek to check on the state of that accursed thing you two refer to as Outusan. The very thought of that being sickens me. Oh, I've taken the liberty of cleaning up your bedroom and have discarded all the junk that SOB gave you and replaced them with things appropriate for a young lady and that I want you to have," Bulma droned to the shock of her two children.

"Bulma! You can't do that! Outusan had most of those things specially made for C-chan off planet! They cannot be replaced!" Trunks spluttered in dismay.

The baby flew out of the house to the area where garbage dumpsters were located. A moment later came the most earth-shattering scream ever heard from one so young. Trunks ITed to see what was wrong. On the ground sat a completely heartbroken little demi-Saiyan princess as she cradled the remains of a doll.

"NO! Oh, Vanti, no, she didn't! Outusan had Sanna made just for you on Minerva. I know she can't be replaced at all!" Trunks couldn't help crying, himself, as he looked at his sister in tears over the loss of the doll Vegeta had given her that Christmas Bulma had thrown him out of their home.

"I want daddy! I hate her, Geta! I wanna blast her into the next dimension!" Cilvi cried as Trunks took hold of her and tried to console her, but she would not be comforted.

"Oh, Outusan, hurry and recover so we can skip this planet before I blast that woman six ways from Sunday!" Trunks exclaimed as he picked up the baby and carried her into the house.

Bulma was impatiently waiting for the children. She was not gonna tolerate that spoiled brat daughter and the chit was gonna learn who was in control and it certainly wasn't that one who had mated with her. Anyway, Bulma sat in the kitchen of Capsule Corp with her back to the rear entrance of the complex.

"Never sit with your back against a door like that or some maniacal five year old whose most favorite doll in the entire universe had just been destroyed might blast you into the next dimension!" Trunks roared as the entered the house after setting Cilvanti on the floor.

"Listen, mister, you may be nineteen years old, but that gives you no right to sass! Don't worry, I won't kill that precious child, but I can't guarantee that some other person might not try. Oh, and another rule, there will be no Saiya-jin spoken within these walls or on this property and neither will you address one another by those ridiculous vegetable names. Oh, and tomorrow, young child, that unsightly appendage on your backside is coming off permanently!" Bulma hissed in triumph through clenched teeth. "Now, Trunks you go off to whatever assignment that you have and leave that brat to me!"

This bit of news sent shock waves through both children."NO! First my toys, now my tail! You must really hate my daddy to wanna take away my Saiyan heritage!" Bura screamed, then ran up to the second level of the complex where the bedrooms were located. She ran to the only room in which she would have felt safe. However, when she tried to enter the lock code, her access was denied and the door remained closed. Thus she ran into a room in which Trunks had slept and dove into he closet for comfort.

Reluctantly, Trunks left the complex with a heavy heart and a bad feeling that his sister was in grave danger and he could do nothing about it except pray to the God of all creation that He protect Vanti from all harm, especially her mother.

Even though New Namek II (which was the name of Piccolo's home) was miles away form Capsule Corp, Vegeta could sense Cilvanti's distress in his mind. He knew that she was gonna have a rough time and there was nothing he could do until he recovered. He talked to her telepathically and prayed for a miracle. That miracle presented itself a few days later in the form of a mutant telepathic physician from America. She had just been assigned to work at NNII along with four others. They were known as the X-Men, who were human beings with strange powers.

Nadine showed the group around then lead them to the treatment room where just one patient remained from the Cerulean City earthquake. The group drew up short when they noticed a body floating in a chamber and the girls drew a sharp breath. Just then, the Z-Sensi and Piccolo entered the room. The other members of the sensi had become regular visitors to Piccolo's home since the day of Vegeta's entrapment in rock Tunnel.

"Oh, sorry, Nadine. We didn't know you had company, heh, heh," Goku snickered as he entered the room.

Nadine turned to the group. "Guys, these are the X-men from America. They are mutants with strange powers. This is Jean Grey, Ororo Monroe, Scott Sommers, Logan, Marie and the one in the wheelchair is Professor Charles Xavier, their leader," Nadine introduced.

The two groups shook hands then Professor X told the sensi why he had brought his team over to West Island.

"We heard that you all possess fantastic super powers as well as outstanding martial arts skills. We would like to be trained by you for defensive purposes. You see in our country there are many that hate us because of our powers and only a few of us can defend one on one. I thought that if you all could train us, that our powers would increase ten-fold. We've studied your battles and your strengths and weaknesses and find each one of you possess a skill that would enhance our chances of winning the war being waged against our kind by our own kind. In return, we'll assist you in any way that we can," Prof. X nodded, then turned to the tank. "Who is this? I sense that he's not doing so well. Jean, would you like to take care of him?"

Jean walked over to that tank, put her hand on it and felt a low-level shock wave run up her arm. She jumped with a start and a frown on her pretty face. "Yes, I'd like to take care of him," she replied.

"Hey, Vegeta, how ya doin', guy?" Goku spoke out loud to the being in the tank.

"Well, hello, there. I guess you're the one I'm being assigned to, Vegeta no Ouji, Vegetasei. Says you were in the Rock Tunnel collapse about a week ago. Poor being, well, I'm Jean Gray and I'm gonna try and get you back on your feet," the telepath smiled

'The sooner I get outta here, the better, then I can rescue my baby girl from the maniac she's with, get her brother and skip this God forsaken mud ball!' Vegeta said in his mind. 'Kakarrot thanks for asking. I'm not doing too well. S...something m...must be wrong with Cil...with Cilvanti. I...I feel like I'm being eaten alive! Like my energy's been turned outside in and is attacking me! The only way I can feel this would be if something was wrong with my baby girl,' Vegeta spoke and Jean and Professor X picked him up as if he were talking face to face.

"Professor did you hear him?" Jean exclaimed.

"Yes. Warrior, you spoke to him out loud but he replied telepathically. How is that possible?" Prof. X asked Goku.

"Well, heh, heh, we can all communicate telepathically! Piccolo, he's not gonna hold out much longer unless we find what's wrong with Cilvanti," Goku said in a stern tone that none of the others had ever heard from the sweet natured Saiyan, when he was not in Super Saiyan mode.

"How dad? Last time I was home, Bulma had CC on lock down like Fort Knox! She has military everywhere and motion-detectors so sensitive they can pick up mold growing," Goten informed the group.

"Why in the world...I gotta call Chi-chi!" Kakarrot muttered and flew over to a phone located on the wall of the
treatment room.

"Son residence, Chi-Chi speaking, how may I help you?" Chi-Chi's voice sounded over the line.

"Chi-Chi, I need you to call Bulma and get her away from the house," Kakarrot panted as if he had just fought a major battle.

"I can't. I've been trying but the number's been changed to an unlisted one. The militia has been ordered to shoot anyone trying to enter the place without permission, especially anyone who knows the IT movement. She's also installed radar to detect any one or anything that flies into CC airspace. I'm afraid, Goku. Pan keeps saying Bura's dying, but I don't know how she can be so sure," Chi replied.

Just then, young Tregeta entered the room and he looked like death itself. He stumbled and Tien caught him. His color was sallow and his breathing ragged.

"I'm dying. C-can't contact Cilvi. Help. Please!" the young prince pleaded then passed out. He was immediately placed in a tank.

"I hope that buys him some time. I don't like this! We gotta find out what's goin on at CC! Vegeta might not have been the model of perfection or the most caring being in the universe, but he has always come through when the odds were against us! He doesn't deserve to die like this-without honor!" Tien remarked his anger at the situation building.

Suddenly, loud gasps were heard and the team turned to see Jean, Piccolo and Prof. X wide eyed in horror.

"Chi, something's up! I gotta run! Take care!" Goku hung up from his ex-wife and went to go see what was afoot.

"Piccolo, what's up, buddy!" Goku asked when he reached the others.

"I just caught a glimpse of Cilvanti!" Piccolo said, his eyes wide with horror.

"I heard her cry for help!" Jean added.

"She's in front of a huge round ball. I don't know what that means!" Prof. X shook his head.

'NO! It's...its the gravity chamber!Piccolo...if she can transmit...ask her if that woman is there,'it was Vegeta who had replied from his subconscious.

'I'll try!' Piccolo said, closed his eyes and instantly felt Cilvanti's energy. 'Cilvanti, this is Piccolo, can you hear me?'

'Y-yes, Mr. Piccolo, I...I can hear you,' was the child's mental reply.

'Is Bulma there?' the Namek asked.

'N-no.She...She left some time ago for a business lunch. Grandma...Grandma told me I could come outside. She...put my robot guard on charge. The military were called away and the alarms are unset,' Cilvi answered and Piccolo nearly jumped from his skin. �H-help me, Mr. Pic... Mr. Piccolo...This...collar...is...killing me!'

'NO! That bitch! That maniacal shrew! I'll kill her once I get outta here! I'll blast CC six ways from Sunday into the next dimension! I can't believe she'd stoop so low!' it was Tregeta who had exploded in anger but was too weak to break from the tank.

"S-someone! P-please, go...rescue...my baby...Before that woman returns,' Vegeta replied in desperation.

"All right, team, let's go! Three lives are depending on us to save them from certain death. C'mon!" Krillin exclaimed.

"I'll go. Out of all of us, Goten and Iare more attuned to the little one so we can IT to her exact location! We'll be right back!" Goku replied.

Goten and his dad materialized by the Gravity Chamber and Goten opted to go inside. The second he got inside, his body became dead weight and he realized the gravity had been increased. He called to Goku, who ITed inside. Goku had to fight to stand up in the intense gravity. He stumbled over to the controls and gasped at the settings. 650x! The child was trying to kill herself! If she succeed, two other lives would end with hers. Goku immediately reset the gravity to normal, picked up the baby and Goten, then Ited back to New Namek.

"I got her, but she's just barely here. She was in the Gravity Chamber with the setting on 650!" Goku exclaimed as he lay Cilvanti's unconscious body on a gurney then told Goten to sit down and catch his breath. Then everyone looked down at Cilvi and saw the black metal ring that circled her small neck.

"Scott honey, can you remove that thing without injuring her?" Jean asked the young mutant, which was wearing dark glasses to shield his eyes.Scott, who was known as Cyclops to the X-men due to his mutation of possessing laser vision, studied the collar. He closed his eyes, so that he could replace the glasses with special goggles, then he emitted a hair sized beam of light from his eyes. The light cut through the metal collar like Future Trunks' sword had cut through both Frieza and King Cold.

"There, piece of cake! Anyone want it?" Scott asked.

"No, let's dispose of it so it can't harm the rest of us! Goten, can you put her in the tank?" Goku asked and his youngest son complied, picked up Cilvanti, stripped her then went to place her in the smallest regeneration tank present, but Rogue stopped him.

"Wait, before you put her in there, I'd like to try something. It's risky and they may not survive, but I think I can reverse the energy inside her and pull it outward. My mutation is the ability to drain energy from other beings. When I was younger, it was devastating and dangerous. Now that I can control it, I think I'll be able to reverse the energy that's killing her, thereby saving all their lives," Marie-Rogue-smiled.

"I'll help, too, kiddo. I can regenerate and heal. That is part of my mutation," Logan had spoken up.

"Are you sure? Remember what happens when we touch? You'll be in one of those tanks for a month!" Rogue cautioned but Logan replied that he was well aware of the risk to himself and asked Rogue to remove her gloves to begin the process.

Marie took her gloves off, took Logan's hand with her right, then placed her left hand over Cilvanti. Logan felt the life force immediately leave his body but a small gasp from the gurney indicated that the transfer of energy seemed to be working. After five minutes, Rogue stopped and let go of Logan who collapsed the minute his hand was released.

"Now, put her in the tank. I have a strong feeling that those three will be closer than ever once they pull out of this," Rogue smiled as she put her gloves back on.

Following the treatment, the Z sensi and X-team left the recovery area to discuss training. The X-team related how they had learned of the Z-sensi and how they had always admired their strengths in the face of adversity.

"You said that there are persons of your own kind who despise the fact that they are mutants and have declared war on the rest of you for acknowledging your differences. From what I understand, America is a land of free expression and free will. Aren't there laws against discrimination?" Goten asked.

"There's supposed to be, but we're finding out that even on our home turf, people hate us that aren't mutant. We have to fight every second to try and stay alive and not get caught to be experimented on. In some places, mutants are put in concentration camps as if we were POW's or something. We have to leave our homes to find jobs only to lose that job if our mutation ever comes to the fore. It's not fair. Things got really hot over there about three months ago and a group of creatures with tails who resembled our patient in the recovery room, had to come and fight for a band of mutant teens, who weren't faring so well against a gang of humans. Storm had been out that night with another rehabilitated mutant named Gambit, and they were bowled over by the fierce fighting ability of those other creatures. She went to thank them, but she said that they were rude, arrogant and obnoxious and said that the only reason they helped was to be taken to Prof. X," Jean explained.

"These other creatures, you said they had tails and resembled Vegeta? Did they happen to say they were from a planet called Vegetasei?" Goku asked and received blank stares.

"They told me they had no idea where they were from, but that they were being harassed by the people in the places where they lived because of their amazing powers. Street gangs were always trying to get them to join up, but those kids were smart and turned away. They said it was their parents' ideas that they come to me and that perhaps they would find others of their own race," Prof. X. continued the explanation.

Just then, a recovered Tregeta entered the room. He was soaked from having been in the tank. The others in the room were surprised to see him up so soon.

"Hey, hey, Trunks! How ya feelin' kid?" Krillin asked in a happy tone.

"I've been better. Listen, I'm goin' to the crib to change. When I get back does anyone wanna go out to eat? My treat?" the young prince asked.

"So what are you standing here for, kid! Get goin'!" Goku exclaimed and Tregeta ITed out of the den only to reappear ten minutes later with an arm full of clothes. He himself had changed as well into a white muscle shirt and black jeans and black sneakers. "Here, Piccolo, these are for dad and Cilvi when they get outta the tanks," Trunks handed the Namek the clothes then gathered those who wanted to go with him.

Marron was up and at Trunks' side. She wrapped herself like a second skin around his arm and hugged it possessively. "I'll go with you, Trunks, honey," she cooed in a flirtatious tone then cast a jealous eye at Rogue.

"Well, that's a good sign. Saiya-jin have insatiable appetites. We'd better get something for Outusan and the chimp when they wake up. I'm sure Vege-head will be ravenous. This is his second trip to the tank this month," Piccolo said.

"Hey, why don't we have a party to celebrate their return to life, so to speak? I'll call Dr. Briefs and have him and Adelaide come and bring Chichi to help set up? Krillin suggested.

The others looked at Krillin as if he'd lost his mind.

"Have you gone loco, short one? I mean, like really, a party for Vegeta? Get real. He'd probably blast us all to the next dimension just for the hell of it," 18 huffed as she played with her golden hair.

"We'll never know unless we try? I mean, Goku says that Vegeta's been acting different since the little one's birth. Let's see if it's true," Krillin argued.

"Krillin, I've seen Vegeta in a party situation and it ain't pretty," Piccolo remarked.

"It won't hurt to try, my friend. Get Chi-Chi, Pan and the Briefs, anyway and we'll just have a dinner thing," Nadine said and tapped 18 to assist her along with the girls on the X-team.

Krillin volunteered to go get Chi-Chi and the Briefs, but then remembered that Bulma may have returned and armed the place again, so he decided to call after his arrival to Goku's.

In the meantime, Tregeta, the Son males Goku, Gohan and Goten, Rogue, and Marron were all browsing the mall after their meal and passed by a store they had never seen before. They stepped in and began to look around.

"Gad, what horrid clothing! Looks like something your dad would wear, Trunks. And this weaponry and artwork? Who would buy such distasteful items?" Marron screwed up her face.

"Marron, please! I don't make fun of your heritage, don't make fun of mine!" Trunks hissed, sounding like Outusan.

A rotund sales clerk entered the front of the store from a drawn curtain and was surprised when his eyes met those of his potential customers. "Hello, hello, my friends and welcome to Saiyan Pride. My name is Parsnip and I run this little venture with my parents. Feel free to look around," Parsnip invited.

"I hate to be rude, but how did you come across all these items? I was told that the entire Saiya-jin race had been wiped out by a power hungry tyrant named Frieza some forty (Earth) years ago or so," Trunks stated, bewilderment on his face.

"Frieza! Never, ever mention that name around here! We lost my granddad to that horrible monster! Dad was a teenager on his first planet purge and they were sent to a planet that they were told, was inhabited by a weak race of beings. Out of thirty warriors, my dad and ten others escaped with their lives. My dad returned to Vegetasei, only to be sent back out by King Vegeta to Mars along with my mom and twenty others. The warriors found that they could do nothing with that hunk of rock, so the group cruised until they found a planet on which they could live without detection. They came here, learned the Earth ways and had me. All this treasure they found stored on their ship from the home planet," Parsnip smiled with Saiyan pride.

"So...Never mind, I can see it myself! You look like an old warrior partner of my dad's named Nappa. He and my dad came to purge this rock of its life forms when it was found that a certain Saiyan hadn't completed the task," Trunks rattled as he admired the store.

"Wait, I remember watching the news with my parents the day a city had been blown up. The news had broadcast events from some far away desert and showed two very strong Saiya-jin! One of them, dad told me looked exactly like the crowned prince of the race, but we all knew that was impossible as the planet had been destroyed. But you all don't want to hear about a long dead race of aliens, good lookin' youngsters such as yourselves should be out having fun." Parsnip nearly laughed.

"Oh, yes we do! You see, I'm a Saiyan and the three boys here are half Saiyan," Goku acknowledged. "My Earth name's Goku, but my Saiyan name is Kakarrot. My two sons, Gohan and Goten and the young man with the lavender hair is named Trunks but his Saiyan name is Tregeta," Goku introduced and Parsnip nearly fell over backwards after hearing Trunks' name.

"D-d-did you say his name is V-V-V-Vegeta? As in Prince Vegeta?" Parsnip stammered in disbelief.

"No, I said Tregeta, but he is the prince's son," Kakarrot smiled.

"You mean he lives? Oh, wow, I can't wait to tell mom and dad! They are gonna freak! But how come he has purple hair and blue eyes? Dad said that the prince was twice as ruthless as his sire the king," the shop owner remarked.

"Frieza had taken my dad when he was very young away from Vegetasei and turned him into a cold-hearted killing machine. And to answer your question, the woman my dad mated with has blue hair and eyes. Lavender is the result. This is a nice place ya got here. I'll have to bring my dad and sister to view it when they get back on their feet," Tregeta said in Saiyago, the native language of the Saiya-jin race.

"You speak our tongue? How about you other three?" Parsnip asked and Goku and sons, who nodded in affirmation. "That's all my family speaks at home as well. My parents found the Earth tongue difficult to master. I can't blame them; it's such a dull tongue. It has no rhythm like Saiyago. Mom, her name is Turnipa, she sings while she's doing housework or making clothes for my sisters. She has a lovely singing voice. I could listen to her forever! I'm glad they live here so that she can sing and share her heart. Dad said that on Vegeta that to show emotion was a sign of weakness," Parsnip related in the native language.

"I disagree. I show my emotions and I don't think it's a weakness! I show my boys love and affection and they haven't suffered any. In fact, it's made them stronger. Goten was almost born..."

"Kakarrot," Trunks shook his head as he sensed Kakarrot was about to tell Parsnip about attaining the SSJ level of their being. "Well, Parsnip, it's been great chatting with you. Like I said, I'll bring my dad around when he regains his health. This place is awesome!" Trunks raised the two fingers of his right hand in a gesture he'd seen the prince use many times when bidding him or anyone of his acquaintance farewell. Parsnip did the same, nodded to the young lavender haired prince then the group departed.

"Man, I have gotta go back to that store! I think your dad will love it, Tregeta. Hey, why don't you go back and get him something, we'll wait," Kakarrot suggested and Tregeta nodded then asked Rogue to go with him.

"Back so soon?" Parsnip asked.

"My friend suggested I get something for my dad. I'll get something for my chimp, too," Tregeta smiled and looked around the shop for something his dad and sister would like.

Well, for Cilvanti, Tregetadidn't have to look hard. In a corner sat a beautiful doll not unlike the one that blue haired hussy had destroyed. The doll didn't look like Vegesanna but she would make a half-decent replacement. For Outusan, that was a little more difficult. Outusan had everything a being could want, except maybe a planet full of Saiya-jin and himself, the king. Then Tregeta found the perfect gift! It was a portrait of six persons in royal clothing. The female in the painting defied description, she was so beautiful. Beside her on her right side stood a little boy and girl about a year old who had identical looks and on her left side with his hand on her knee stood a little boy about six years old. Beside the little six-year old stood a lovely little girl about four who was holding hands with the little boy. The man who dominated the picture looked like Outusan with reddish brown hair, a beard and moustache and he was of a commanding height with a strong air of authority.

"Where did you get this portrait?" Tregeta asked as he took both the portrait and the doll to the counter to pay for
them.

"If I remember, dad said that the king gave it to a guard my granddad was secret friends with. Almost everything in here once resided in the royal palace. Wanna buy them?" Parsnip asked and Trunks nodded.

"Dad's gonna freak when he sees this picture!" Trunks exclaimed when he returned to the others and showed them the picture.

Kakarrot gasped. "I've seen this man! In a vision I had on Namek as Frieza was trying to put my lights out. The man there, your dad and my own appeared to me and pleaded that I was the only hope of our race and that I had to defeat that tyrant, once and for all. That's king Vegeta, Tregeta. That's your granddad and the woman is your
grand mother," Kakarrot smiled and Tregeta gave a shout of joy at having found a piece of his dad's history in a retail store and that he found a living member of their race in their home country.

The group returned to New Namek and the three Saiya-jin were full of excitement. They conversed in the native language of Planet Vegeta.

"Goku, my sons!"

"Dad, look it's mom, Videl and Pan! Hi all, what are you doing here?" Goten asked as he hugged his mom and the other two as did Goku and Gohan, then Gohan stayed by his wife and daughter.

Chi-Chi returned their hugs. "I was invited. Dr. and Adelaide Briefs are here as well. We're preparing a dinner party for Vegeta and Bura for when they get out of the tanks. Now, what language was that you all were speaking when you came in? It was so rhythmic!" Chi-Chi remarked.

"It's Saiyago, the Saiyan native language," Goku replied as he grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed his face but he didn't trash the whole bowl as he would have done a long time ago. He wandered into the treatment area and stared at Vegeta's still unconscious form.

Goku had been hanging around Vegeta ever since the post-Christmas night when he had found the arrogant prince on his knees in raw sorrow. The mighty Saiyan had never forgotten that scene. He had seen Vegeta and his son enter the house and a short time later saw the prince exit and head to the gravity room. Goku was in mid-air and had intended to ask Vege if he wanted to spar but he thought better of it. He saw the kids enter the room then heard a strangled sound come from inside the chamber. He floated down to investigate and found his prince in deep despair. His heart broke when the kids told him to leave and that it wasn't a good time to see their dad.

"I wanna help him, but he won't let me or anyone else into his world, except for you two. I wish he'd let us be friends with one another. We are the only pure Saiya-jin left in existence," Goku had said before he prepared to leave the Vegeta trio to their despair.

"All right, all right! But if I hear word that you witnessed me in such a state of weakness, I'll send your heart to one dimension and your body to another!" Vegeta had threatened and Goku agreed, promising that he would not even fight back. Vegeta then tried to explain what had brought him to such deep sorrow, but he found the words caught in his throat, so Goku read his thoughts.

Goku wasn't surprised when he found out that the reason for the prince's despair was that loudmouth Bulma had ordered him out of her life and told him that he could no longer see his daughter. That alone had sent Vegeta over the edge and, even though he had gotten custody of the baby-Trunks had divorced his mom when he was seventeen-Vegeta had feared that the maniacal shrew would try something to permanently destroy him.

'Well, she almost succeeded with that collar, and friend or no friend, for you I would have put her in the hospital,' Kakarrot said in his mind. As Kakrrot watched Vegeta, he saw a slight movement of the prince's right hand, then a voice said, "Patient is showing signs of mobility!"

From out of nowhere, all the Z-Sensi and the X-team converged on the room and Tregeta looked over the controls and read Vegeta's vital signs.

"He'll be awake soon. I suggest you women finish getting' dinner ready. When he comes out of the tank, well..." Tregeta trailed off.

"We understand. Bring him in as soon as he's ready," Nadine smiled and took the women back to the kitchen and a room in which they had planned to have the gathering. Just then, the lights on the front of the tank flashed from red to blue, which indicated the patient was ready to be freed. The same thing happened on the tank that held Cilvanti and both tanks were emptied together. Once the tanks had been drained and opened, Vegeta stepped out and took a towel that Kakarrot handed to him. Tregeta had picked up the baby to dry her off.

"Welcome back, my family! I thought we were all goners. God, it feels good to finally be outta that tank," Vegeta said as he stretched then began to dress in the clothes that Tregeta had brought for him and Cilvi. "How are you feeling, little warrior?" Outusan asked his baby.

"Much better, now, daddy! I'm back with you and Geta!" she smiled and hugged both dad and brother.

"Man, Vegeta, I thought I'd have to rearrange some person's face if anything had happened...Hmph!" Kakarrot doubled over and clutched his midsection into which Vegeta had rammed his elbow. "Oh, s-sorry," he groaned.

"Grr, Kakarrot!" was Vegeta's response, however, mentally the prince said, 'I'm sure you would have, my friend, thanks.' Vegeta put the last vestiges of his attire on, which was much the same as his son's, only Tregeta had brought dad a short sleeved Hawaiian shirt that was printed with the prince's image on it in hues of bright orange and red. The last things were Vegeta's white boots and gloves then he looked at himself in a mirror and nodded.

"Daddy! Wow! You go, you heartbreaker!" Cilvi marveled as she herself was dressed in a short sleeved yellow blouse, blue jeans and white sneakers.

"How ya feelin', Vegeta?" Piccolo asked in his slow mannered speech.

"Better than I had a few weeks ago. How long was I in there, anyway?" Vegeta asked as he dried his shaggy mane, which had been growing over the years and his time in the tank. "Damn, I look like Raditz!" Vegeta remarked with a grimace as he noted his hair, like a black waterfall, cascaded down his back to his tail region.

"Ya gonna cut it, daddy?" Cilvi asked as she jumped into her Outusan's arms and took hold of his hair. Vegeta shook his head and his hair danced like fronds of anemone buffeted by the ocean current. A smile appeared on his face and the team had to look twice to make sure they were not seeing things! It was there! A genuine smile, not a smirk, and it reached his dark eyes, which themselves, seemed to gleam like onyx in the sun. Cilvi's little hands found a way to entwine themselves in the black mass, then she climbed over Outusan's shoulder and grabbed a handful with both hands. Vegeta winced slightly from the pressure, but then realized just what his pint sized warrior wanted. The prince swept the room with a glance of uncertainty but found no one laughing, the guys all nodded and he began to spin the tyke. He had to levitate to do it successfully and gyrated like a wheel, then he wound down slowly to a stop and Cilvi's laughter filled the air as she let go to fly through the air and her brother caught her.

"That was fun, daddy! You are really strong!" Cilvi remarked. She was one of the few people who actually believed Vegeta when he boasted that he was the most powerful warrior in the universe. Just then a growl filled the air and Vegeta cringed as he realized it was his stomach making such an awful sound the same as Kakarrot's did when it was empty.

"Heh, heh! Gee, Vegeta, sounds like your stomach's tellin' ya something," Goku laughed as Vegeta fought a blush of embarrassment.

"I guess it's been sometime since I put something substantial inside of it. Well, kids, in that case, we ready to go home?" Vegeta asked. At that time, Nadine returned to the treatment room.

"Oh, Vegeta, why don't you all dine with us? It'll be no trouble and the kids can play for awhile," Nadine smiled as she hung on Piccolo's arm.

Vegeta nodded and asked the lady Namekian to lead the way. Nadine lead her guests to a closed door, which she opened to reveal a huge buffet styled spread and a banner that read WELCOME BACK VEGETA AND CILVANTI! Vegeta was stunned! Never had...No, he couldn't say that with a clear conscience. The woman had given him plenty but he had been so ungrateful to her he shuddered now at the thought. Even when the other sensi had given or saved his life in battle or assisted him, he'd been a total jerk in response, never once saying 'thank you.' He knew his personality had changed but he also felt his former self as well. He'd have to work on fusing the two halves of his nature into one equal being like the Piccolo, Nail and Kami trio-the Super Namek.

"Th-thank you, m-my friends," the prince stammered then Nadine led him into the room where a crowd was assembled. Vegeta hesitated. "I-is this some sort of party?" he screeched in shock.

"Nah, it's just some people gathered for dinner and to welcome you and Cilvi back from the brink of death," Goten snickered as the Z sensi made their way into the room.

"Vegeta! Over here, my friend!� a voice called in the crowd and the prince scanned the room.

"Prince Sonra? What are you all doin' here? Please, don't tell me Minerva's under attack or something?" Vegeta asked as he neared a group of physically beautiful beings, which were all dressed in Greek togas.

The group bowed to Vegeta and he bowed to them in acknowledgement, then he introduced the group to the Z-Sensi and X-Team. There were five beings, two males and three females whom Vegeta introduce as Prince Sonra, his wife Aphrodite, that prince's sister, Ariadne, his daughter Artemis and son, Trillion. Vegeta told the group that the Greek dressed aliens were of the royal house of Aegar on the planet Minerva, then the company sat down to talk.

"Now to answer your question, my friend. No, Minerva's not under attack or anything like that. Young Tregeta stopped by Minerva before he went off on his last destruction job and told us of the tunnel accident. I see you are no worse for the wear," Trillion smiled at Vegeta, the boy's manner of speech possessing a French accent.

"I just got outta the tank a few minutes ago. I've told you all before that every time I have to enter that thing, my personality changes," the Saiyan prince remarked to the crowd in general.

"Well, one thing's changed, and that's your hair. It was never so long, but then, it has been months since you were last on the planet," Princess Ariadne smiled as she boldly ran her hand over Vegeta's thick black locks.

The Z-Sensi held their breath in anticipation of Vegeta flipping into a rage at being touched, but the prince sat as if nothing was happening.

"Ahh, Vegeta...She's...You're?" Krillin was having a hard time believing what he was seeing.

"What? I let her do that all the time. It means nothing to either one of us. She's like my sister," Vegeta sneered in mock disgust but a smile was in his eyes.

The team laughed then Tregeta stood up. "Hey, I got something for you two," he said and went to retrieve a package he had lain in the front part of the house, then he returned two seconds later. He had wrapped them both while waiting for his family to recover. "Cilvi, this is for you," Tregeta handed his sister the present he had bought for her.

Cilvi removed the item, tore the wrapping from it and shrieked! "Oh, Geta, thanks! She almost..." the baby's face began to crumple, but she bit back on the emotion.

Vegeta Outusan sat open mouthed when he saw the doll his daughter held. "M-hmm-may I see it, chimp?" Outusan requested and Cilvi handed the doll to him. As he held it, a sharp memory of a six-year old young Prince Vegeta on Vegetasei flashed in his mind.

Queen Sunrissa had been in her chambers with the twins, when the young prince sneaked in. "I can't stay long, Mommarissa. Here, this is for Kayla and this is for Kale. Happy birthday, you two!" he had smiled, watched momma tear open the gifts and the eyes of his sibs lighted up when they received the gifts. To his sister he had given a Saiyan doll and to his brother he had given a set of Saiyan armor. They were very happy, as was the young prince himself.

Vegeta sat silent for some long moments and stared at the doll. Clearing his throat, Outusan said, "She's beautiful. Where did you get it?" he asked.

"After I recovered from the effects of the collar, I was hungry, so I asked anyone if they wanted to go to the mall. Kakarrot, his sons, Marron, and Rogue came with me. After we had dinner, we cruised the mall not looking for anything special when we entered a store that sold nothing but Saiyan merchandise. I found this for you," Trunks smile as he handed Vegeta a large package that the prince had to stand to receive.

Vegeta took his gift to a wide area in the room and stood behind it to unwrap it. The top of it came to Vegeta's chest and it was at least a meter wide. Vegeta carefully pulled the paper from the gift and when part of it had been uncovered, the prince heard gasps emit from the crowd in front of him. After the gift had been completely uncovered, Vegeta stood holding it.

"She's beautiful! Look, Cilvi, there's the doll!" it was Pan who had made the comment.

"Hey, why is that girl holding...Daddy! My daddy's in that picture!" Cilvanti exclaimed.

"That's not your daddy, kid. That guy has a beard and moustache and is a lot taller," Marron shot in her grown teen-age fashion.

"No, stupid, not the big one, the little boy in front of him holding hands with that other little girl," Cilvi remarked with a giggle.

This exchange made Vegeta lean what he had been supporting back against the unlit fireplace in front of which he stood, so that he could get a look at what his son had given him and what was causing such a stir. The prince moved to stand in front the object and saw that it was a portrait. The minute his eyes made contact with the image, Vegeta felt the blood drain from his body.

"No! This can't be! It's impossible! Only one of these ever existed and it hung in the royal palace in my Outusan's private chamber," Vegeta felt his body begin to quake. He looked over each face in the portrait.

Commanding the portrait was a man whose very presence seemed to shout authority. He had reddish brown hair and black eyes. A beard and moustache to add distinction to his face and an air of arrogant pride which seemed to emit from the painting. This was King Vegeta; the prince's own Outusan. Next to him, seated on a velvet wing chair sat a vision from heaven itself. That vision was the female mate the king had chosen to bare his offspring. Her name was Sunrissa and she was as warm and bright as any sun in the universe. She was the only Saiyan female who dared to express her weaknesses such as sorrow or joy. As the queen, her soul purpose was as the king's breeder. Heh, on Vegetasei, that had been the role of women period although there had been a few who had been trained to fight. On the right side of the queen stood two chimps, who looked exactly alike and bore a strong resemblance to the prince himself. These were his brother and sister, Kale and Kayla. Vegeta put a tentative hand on the picture and ran his thumb over the twin images.

"You were just babies when that lizard tailed freak took your lives away as if they were nothing!" the prince bit down on the last word, and swallowed a lump that had formed in his throat. Vegeta continued is survey. He looked at the bigger boy child, who was beginning to resemble the king in features. The boy stood on the queen's left side. He smirked at his own image. "You tried so hard to please that tyrant but no matter what you did, he never acknowledged your efforts," he muttered to himself, then his coal colored eyes met the image of the fourth child in the portrait. Seeing her image caused his stomach to tighten and he shot to his feet. He turned away from the portrait and stood away from the gathering with his back to them all.

"Dad..." Tregeta whispered but Kakarrot put his hand on the boy's shoulder to still him.

'Your dad's hurt. Let him grieve,' Goku said via telepathy to the youth.

The prince stood shaking as he tried to control the raging emotional storm that was building inside of his being. Finding that he was fighting a losing battle, Vegeta suddenly phased out of view and was gone to the surprise of his friends and family. Once outside the house, the prince flew off at a blinding rate of speed, a cry of raw pain leaving his lungs just before he flipped into SSJ form.

"DAD! Kakarrot, he's gone! What happened?!" Trunks screeched.

"He went to let his sorrow have its reign. That portrait unlocked his past. That's his family. I never told anyone this, but now I have no choice. The reason Vegeta is like he is, is because Frieza took him away from those very people when the prince was just a boy and made him into the monster who had come to threaten earth a long time ago. He witnessed the execution of our entire race through his senses. He learned that the king and the elite soldiers were trying to rescue him and Frieza killed the entire group, then attacked the planet. My own Outusan was trying to defend the planet and our people. I bonded in a way with your dad after that memory he shared. He's such a lonely being. He tried to compensate by mating with the kids' mother, but then she grew tired of his selfishness and threw him out of her life four years ago. He won't admit it, but Vegeta's been grieving ever since then. I guess that's why he only opens up to very few beings," Kakarrot related.

"How do you know all this, Goku?" Tien asked.

"Remember when Bulma, Krillin and Gohan went to Namek to use that planet's dragon balls? I arrived six days later after the first round of battle between Krillin, Gohan, Vegeta and Frieza. Frieza acted as if he had a score to settle with Vegeta and fought the prince into the ground, literally. If it hadn't of been for Vegeta, I never would have known why I was so powerful. From him I learned that I had attained the Super Saiyan form. He was beside himself with elation and boasted to Frieza that he was about to be taken down by the legend itself: the first Super Saiyan in three thousand years. Frieza, in all, his kindness, blasted Vegeta to silence him, but as the proud prince lay dying, he shared a vision of how our home planet had been destroyed and by whom. I saw my dad trying to save the planet and I saw the king trying to save his son who had been hidden away in Frieza's ship. I saw Frieza, in some kind of chair, hovering above the planet with a red fireball at the end of his finger and he was laughing maniacally. With every laugh, the fireball grew, then that piece of puke shit threw the ball at the planet hitting my dad and other warriors who were trying to hold my dad at bay," Kakarrot had used language the others didn't think the kind hearted warrior knew.

"Goku! There are women and children present! Besides, I didn't think such words were in your vocabulary!" Yamcha remarked at Goku using foul language.

"When ya hang around Vegeta a lot, his speech kinda rubs off on ya. Sorry, y'all. As Vegeta lay dying on Namek and he related the fact that it had been Frieza who had destroyed our home, he pleaded with me to let go of my feelings and kill Frieza. Also during Vegeta's last farewell, he opened his heart and cried. His tears fell as fast as the blood which left his body and that was when I felt the bond of kinship and I understood him a lot more than I did when I had first encountered him two years before the Namek adventure. Vegetasei's destruction was part of Vegeta turning inward, building that wall he hides behind and burying his own feelings. I feel Vegeta's a good soul turned bad by the circumstances in which he had been raised and he is trying to turn back to the good side," Kakarrot shared and the others gathered agreed.

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