In\'lar-Anth - Through Darkest Destiny | By : Rogue Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2458 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Intro
"Drive"
Sometimes I feel the fear of uncertainty stinging clear
And I cant help but ask myself how much I'll let the fear take the wheel and steer
It's driven me before, it seems to have a vague
Haunting mass appeal
Lately I'm beginning to find that I should be the one behind the wheel
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes, yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there
So if I decide to waiver my chance to be one of the hive
Will I choose water over wine and hold my own and drive, oh oh
It's driven me before, it seems to be the way
That everyone else get around
Lately, I'm beginning to find that when I drive myself, my light is found
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there
Would you choose water over wine
Hold the wheel and drive
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there
With open arms and open eyes yeah
Whatever tomorrow brings, I'll be there, I'll be there
("Drive" by Incubus)
In’lar-anth – Through Darkest Destiny
Chapter 2: Close Encounters
Son Goku
The door hissed shut behind me and I froze in my tracks.
Radditz!
I should have known he was here!
What was I to do now? Gulping slightly I raised my head and looked at the other person inhabiting this room. He had turned around at Vegeta's words and was now staring at me. I didn't know what else to do so I stared back.
Radditz
Having just returned from a light training spar against Nappa I was about to get ready for the night when the door opened suddenly. I was surprised since only very few persons beside myself and my prince had access to this chambers. I heard Vegeta's words and turned around, preparing to bow down respectfully. But when I saw what stumbled into the room I suddenly lost all ability to speak. Vegeta smirked and left the room not waiting for me to recover.
I could only look wide-eyed. If It wouldn't have been so pathetic I might have rubbed my eyes.
That man looked exactly like my father! I had seen quite a few men who looked a bit like him, and I had heard that my half-uncle Tales did resemble him very remarkably, but this... this was scary somehow. Finally I found my lost voice again.
"Who the hell are you? And what are you doing in my rooms?"
Son Goku
He stared at me as if I was a ghost or something. I knew that he couldn’t recognize me as we had not met yet in this time and yet I swore that t was was something in his eyes...
I just hoped he wouldn't figure out who I was... but then again he had never been the brightest bulb, as far as I could tell, and how could he possibly figure out that I was his younger brother, sent off to earth many years ago and never been heard of again...?
Suddenly I wondered if my father was still alive... how I wished I could see him...
I was torn from my daydream at his harsh question. Instinctively I smiled in my usual way and put a hand behind my head, scratching nervously.
"I.. ummm.. I am Son Goku. Hi!"
Radditz
When he answered my question I was at last convinced that he was no figment of my imagination. I had not seen my father for more than a year.
"Son Goku..? What an unusual name." I studied him. He was a Saiyajin, no doubt but that name...
"And what are you doing here?"
Son Goku
I stepped inside the room and looked around. It was plain and simple. There were two uncomfortable looking fold out beds, a wardrobe and a small cleaning facility. And that was it. Vegeta wasn't kidding about the cell.
"Well... I guess I'm supposed to stay here. I have been assigned Vegeta's new bodyguard."
Radditz
I didn't trust my own ears! The prince's bodyguard? What the... he had always been VERY adamant about not needing one! That was the reason why I had been chosen by… nervermind, to stay at his side whenever possible.
"What could possibly make Prince Vegeta choose someone, and more so, someone like *you* as his bodyguard and why now of all times?" I looked him up and down. Okay, beside the scary resemblance to my father he did look like a capable warrior. Maybe even pretty good looking but I couldn't quite judge that since that resemblance freaked me out way too much. His body, his hair... only his face was slightly different. There was no scar for one and his eyes were larger and his facial traits softer somehow. I tilted my head. He had something odd about him.
Son Goku
"I don't know." I answered honestly. I really had no clue why Vegeta had chosen a bodyguard of all things. Radditz did not look very convinced. I could not help but stare at him. It had been such a long time since I had seen him last and our encounter had been less than pleasing. Bluntly, is nos not something you liked to remember when you killed your brother, and yourself, in the process. I had always felt kind of guilty about this. He had threatened my son and the planet but still - he was my brother. My brother. I had never expected to see him again while still living but here he was. I wondered if he was as self-righteous, arrogant and cruel as he had seemed to me back then. Or more... as he would seem to me in the future. Gosh, this sure was confusing.
Radditz
The newcomer stared at me oddly. He had a expression on his face that I could not decipher. Almost… sad?
And curious. It made me feel uneasy. I wondered if he was keeping something from me. I would have to ask the prince in the morning. Maybe he would tell me what this was all about.
But there was something that I found even more interesting.
"I wonder why you look like a carbon copy of my father."
Son Goku
Gulping audibly I tried to and and cover my shock. I didn't remember my father but it seemed I looked very alike him. Damn. I should have known destiny had another ace in it's back hand...
"Um. I have no idea? Who is your father?"
Radditz
Narrowing my eyes I studied him some more. When he grinned like that the resemblance was less remarkable as I could not recall seeing my father with an expression like that.
"My father is Bardock of the house of Bardock. You said your name was Son Goku? I've never heard such a strange saiyan name before. What house do you belong to?"
Son Goku
I was thinking frantically but could not find a good answer. I remembered the story I had tried with Vegeta. Maybe it would work here...
"I don't know that either. I lost my memory in an accident. I have no idea who I was before I was assigned Vegeta's bodyguard." I glanced at him hopefully, trying to see if he bought the lie. His face darkened some more as he pondered my answer.
Radditz
Amnesia..? Well that would at least explain a few things. He did seem strong, if not very bright, and if he did not remember anything he might be easy to manipulate. Maybe that was why Vegeta had chosen him. If treated right the prince could tie this man to him and make him his most loyal subject. Vegeta had always been the most cunning Saiyajin I knew. But still… I could not help but feel a pang of jealousy. I had guarded the princes back since he had been taken by Frieza, I had done my very best to stand at his side always and never faltered in my loyalty. Still I was not much more to him but another saiyan warrior.
He did probably open up more to me than to anyone else since we spent so much time together, but he had never acknowledged me in any way. I wondered if he had ever been told just *why* I was doing this...
And now he had chosen this... this odd Saiyajin with an odd name and no past and made this retard his bodyguard! I just could not understand it!
"I'm not sure that I should believe you. Something is wrong about you. I can almost smell it!" I growled.
"Such an odd coincidence that suddenly you turn up when I've never heard of you before and you are assigned bodyguard te pre prince of all people and you look so much like my father. Very strange. I want to know what you are hiding! Who are you really?" I demanded to know.
Son Goku
Having no idea what to say to that I cursed inwardly at my own stupidity and lack of acting qualities.
“Sorry... but all I can tell you I've already said. I am what I said. I am Son Goku. I don't know why I look like your father. Why don't you ask him yourself?" That last sentence was a bit of an arrow into the mist. I had no idea if my father was still alive or how Radditz would respond to this.
Radditz
I growled more loudly at his last sentence. Somehow I did not like where this was going. There had been... rumours about my father and I tended to react very fierce when he was concerned. What was he trying to say?
"Are you implying that my father did something dishonourable?" I narrowed my eyes some more, glaring at him.
"You look too much like him for a mere coincidence. Are you trying to tell me that he has sired more children than just my brother and I?" I hissed dangerously. My tail uncoiled from my waist and puffed out twice its size as I gnarled at him showing sharp canines.
Son Goku
I was taken aback at his hostile reaction. It figured taking our last encounter into account. But despite the fact that I was way stronger than him now I could not afford to have him on my wrong side. I held up both hands in a gesture of peace.
"Uh hey, I didn't say anything like that! Calm down! I really don't know anything about that so peace, okay?"
Radditz
I threw one last acid gaze at him and then turned, my tail settling briskly around my waist again.
"I do hope so! It's impossible too. How old are you? You must be older than me. er wer was father’s first mate and I'm his oldest son. So it's impossible anyway."
Son Goku
"Well he could have cheated on your mother, couldn't he?" I replied without thinking. Oh shit. I clamped a hand over my mouth, staring at my brothers back. He tensed visibly.
Bakabakabaka!
Why can't you think *one* fucking time before speaking??? Now I'd done it, that was sure.
I had insulted his - my own!- father in the worst way! He was bound to blow up on that!
Radditz
Shaking my head I couldn't help but snicker slightly at the old joke. It seemed he tried to relief the tenseness. Oh well. I did not like this situation and there was something very fishy but it seemed he was no immediate threat. I would simply have to watch him closely. Nothing new here.
"Good one, Son Goku. They were bonded Irku'hanah. She would have ripped out his heart the very instant heriedried it... not that he ever would have tried it. They were very close for only second level. It was a terrible blow for him when she died..." I trailed off wondering why the hell I was telling my families story to this complete stranger, who in addition was a moron and a possible threat all together.
Odd. He had something about him that made me relax without even wanting to. Just what it was I could not decipher.
Son Goku
Having absolutely no idea what he was talking about I simply filed it away for possible later investigation. But that last part made me hesitate.
"Your mother...is dead?" I asked slowly. I had been thinking about my father, but seldom of my mother, I realized. I wondered what she had been like. I would have liked to know her... but since I had not I only felt a pang of sadness on a loss I had never really endured. I had been too small when I had been sent away. I could not recall her, but still...
Radditz
"Not that it is any of your concern, but yes. She died not long after my younger brother was sent off on his first purge and never returned. It was grief. Ate her soul. She always had a soft spot for the little one... Damn Frieza! Sending babies off planet!" I hissed through gritted teeth, then hesitated. I should be very careful what I said to this Son Goku. Vegeta had told me a thousand times to hold my tongue if not absolutely sure about my company. This man could as well be a spy. Damn my quick tongue. I hrmphed and threw myself on the bed.
"Enough for today! I don't know about you but I am supposed to be up early tomorrow. Do whatever you want but do it without sound!" Gruffly I turned away from the strange Saiyajin and covered myself with my blanket, closing my eyes.
Son Goku
For a long time I just stood and stared at his back until his breathing started to get regular and quiet and I realized my brother had fallen asleep. I took off the armour and sat down on the other bed. I laid back down, staring at the metal ceiling.
My mother.
She had died... because of me? I had never known.riefrief, he said. Somehow it made me incredibly sad. I had never even once thought about what my disappearance had meant for my true family. Never.
I tossed and turned a lot that night, my dreams filled with nightmares and guilt and a strange female Saiyajin with sad black eyes...
Vegeta
I woke with the dawn...well...I would have if there were any dawn. As it was I was up, as usual, before most of the other denizens of this hell hole. My rooms were larger and less sparse than the others on this level but still lacked the comfort due a prince of a warrior race. It had taken a long time just to gain what I had now and I had been away from it for what had to be about a year. Everything was just as I remembered leaving it. Empty and stale. Hmph.
I stared up at the ceiling of my cell, thinking over the past day. I didn't like this one bit. Something was in the air. Frieza had not been at all as angry at me yesterday as he normally would have been. I should have been punished for such careless insubordinate behaviour whether it was my fault or not. And this strange Saiyajin showing up...and the strange way he acted. He spoke strangely. He acted strangely. He...
And what the hell was I thinking bringing him aboard? If he had a bone to pick with Frieza then all he would possibly bring me was trouble.
"Bah!" I pushed it away. I did not wish to figure it out right now. Perhaps I would get a chance to test that...Son Goku this morning in the training arena. Swinging my legs off the bed I proceeded to suit up in my usual uniform and hard armour with the blood coloured seal of Vegeta-sei emblazoned on the breast. Gathering my cloak from the bedpost where I had thrown it last night, I settled it on my shoulders and then made my way to the room across the corridor, punching in the code to open the door. I stepped in to see both men still in their small beds. Radditz heard the door slide open and immediately threw off the blanket, leaping to attention. It had been a long while since I had been on the battle ship to call on him at such an early hour. He had grown lax in his schedule. He cleared his throat in embarrassment for being caught still asleep. I was always an early riser.
"My prince." He bowed his head respectfully. I glared at the other cot. The figure on it didn't budge. Great. Just great. Fucking lazy, worthless excuse for a brain-damaged...
Radditz glanced over at the still form and a very low growl sounded from him. To my partial acceptance, he did the honour of snapping the sleeping figure right off the bed and onto the floor.
"Kisama! Prince Vegeta is here!" He hissed at him.
Son Goku
I awoke with a start as I felt someone approach me, instincts kicking in, but it was too late. I was shoved to the floor roughly. After having disentangled myself from the sheets I blinked drowsily, noticing Radditz standing over me with murder in his eyes and Vegeta leaning relaxed to the wall at the door looking very smug.
I yawned.
Vegeta... was he here for another early morning spar? Hmm... that bed didn't look familiar...
Wait a moment!
Radditz?!?!
Suddenly it all came back to me.
I sighed deeply. Somehow I had wished it would al turn out a bad dream... It seemed I was not that lucky.
"Morning 'Geta..." I mumbled, still hazy from a night with very disturbed sleep. I felt stiff and not very well recovered. I did not remember my dreams and that was probably for the better.
Vegeta
At least one of them knew how to be respectful. Perhaps it would rub off on the other before I was pushed to the limit and had to kill him. His mumbled reply to Radditz rough treatment made me stiffen and I glared dangerously.
“What did you call me?" I simmered.
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