Me: Ok, so I'm rewriting this entire story! Dear god I can't believe it's be 5 years since I first started it...I feel old. It's so odd reading over what I wrote 5 years ago...
So a few things:
One, obviously the writing style is gonna change, hopefully for the best. I'm going to try and develop a more serious tone to the story rather than my previous fangirl tone.
Second, the structure of this world: As we know, when you time travel, you create alternate realities instead of changing your own. So in this story there will be several characters from other times/universes, and hopefully I will be able to give enough information in my story to prevent confusion.
SO, this is a story about Vegeta's unresolved past coming back to haunt him. It involves his sister and team he worked along side under Frieza. His past is revealed while the present plot thickens. It's a AU story, with OC's, pairings, and OOC moments.
This story will start off like the my original one but it's going to branch off into a different, better version.
All right here we go...again: Sayian Princess 2.0
Vegeta was staring at the stars. He was distracted, even to the point he had to stop training, which made matters worse. It all started one day in the hyperbolic time chamber.
FLASHBACK
Vegeta was doing his usually warm up routine, when for some reason, his body froze. Trunks looked at him from across the room and asked if he was ok. He didn't answer. Instead he stared at his hands. This feeling felt familiar…he just couldn't remember from where.
He hand automatically reached for his neck where he had carried his sister's necklace after he failed to save her from Frieza. For some reason this feeling made him think of her. He then realized he wasn't wearing it. He checked his gloves, where he had sometimes used to hid things from Frieza. Continuing to ignore Trunks, he flew towards the door when he realized he had left it somewhere shortly after he arrived on earth, probably in Raditz's ship. He needed that necklace, it would confirm for him if this was in fact his sister's energy he was feeling or not.
Vegeta didn't know what exactly what was so important about it, but he did know that the crystal on it wasn't just for decoration, it had powers, maybe it would tell him what this feeling was. He exited the chamber; apparently Trunks had followed because Mr. PoPo said both of their names when he saw them. Kakarott was there too.
"What are you guys doing out so early?" He asked but Vegeta ignored him, continuing past him.
"I don't know but something wrong with Dad. We were training then he just stopped and looked at his hands, then…" Vegeta didn't hear the rest of what Trunks was saying because he flew as fast as he could toward where he hid Raditz's ship so humans couldn't get it. Now that he wasn't in that chamber the feeling intensified. This was his sister's energy he was feeling, he was sure of it. He landed and quickly searched the Sayian pod. When he found it, he took a few steps back. He wasn't just imagining it, the gem on the necklace was glowing! It only did that when it detected it's master…but she was dead. Could she be alive? He looked up as Trunks and Goku landed, then back at the necklace.
"Hey Vegeta what's that?" Goku asked
"A necklace moron." Vegeta managed to say.
"Father…are you ok…what's wrong?" Trunks asked. He's face showed his concerned. He had to learn to hid it better, showing emotion was how Vegeta got into this type of thing…
He shook his head, letting out a slight laugh, it never ceased to amaze him Goku and Trunks were always so carefree. He opened his mouth to say something, but that feeling left him. He looked down at the necklace to find it no longer glowing.
"That was glowing a minute ago…correct?" He needed to make sure it wasn't just him.
"Yeah…but what's wrong?" Goku asked again. Vegeta simply shook his head 'no' and took off to return to his training. There was nothing else he could do, the feeling was gone. He had a few hours alone in the chamber before Trunks returned to think it over. He sister was dead, he saw her die. But the necklace had glowed. And death on this planet was meaningless, he had come back, the man with the scarred face had come back, Kakkerott had come back...but if she was alive how…and why was the feeling and glowing only a few minutes long?
The truth was on the other side of the galaxy; Princess Veronica was running errands for the kais because she was bored in hell. She had been in the living realm for a few hours, but it had taken Vegeta more time to realize it because he was in that chamber that alters time. He realized it just as she was preparing to go back to hell.
But Vegeta didn't know that, so he sat pondering it well watching his son train. He hadn't trained much after that, he was waiting to see if the feeling would return, or the necklace he now keep in his armor to glow again. But it didn't.
END OF FLASHBACK
Vegeta watched the stars. He knew they wouldn't answer him, but it still made him feel better to silently ask the questions jumbled inside of him. If he came up with a theory, he found flaws or more questions. He was tired, but feared sleep. He knew he wouldn't dream, but relive the memories of the day when Frieza took him, then the day he watched his father die, the day his best friend died, then finally he would relive the moments his sister was killed by Frieza. Ever since the day in the hyperbolic time chamber he would have to relive this, in that order, every time he closed his eyes to rest.
Piccolo appeared in front of him, and Vegeta realized he had powered up without knowing. He lowered his power level and looked up at Piccolo. He was the only one on the Z team he had any respect for, however little, it was still there.
"What?" He asked his voice not as cold as he had wanted.
"You've been acting weird lately…you've haven't been training…is there a problem?" Piccolo spoke at last after studying Vegeta long and hard.
Vegeta didn't feel like explaining, but for some reason, he didn't want to lie either, so he simply said "I think there might still be another sayian alive besides me and Kakarott." With one more glance at the stars, and without a backwards glance to Piccolo he descended to the balcony he and Bulma shared. It was next to Trunks room, both of them. The baby on right and the future one on the left.
Future Trunks was out on his balcony but his father was distracted and didn't notice him. What brought Vegeta out of his thoughts was the noise of Baby Trunks starting to cry in the other room. Vegeta flew over and entered baby Trunks room instead of his. This made Future Trunks smile. He looked up. Piccolo was still there. He waved and then was gone. Trunks frowned. He had heard them talking but couldn't make out any words. He wandered what was wrong with his father. He shook his head and stood up. He looked at the door of his past-self, with no sign of Vegeta, Trunks retreated to his room. He really liked this room, and asked for it when he arrived, not knowing it was his Fathers old room. It was the only room he remembered from when CC was still in one piece in his time. He slipped under the covers but didn't go to sleep. He lay awake, staring at the ceiling. He worried about his father because something was obviously disturbing him, something obviously connected to the necklace. But besides that, he had stopped training. With the Cell Games so close, Vegeta couldn't afford to be distracted. He would need to keep a close eye on his father, Trunks decided. Finally, darkness took him and he dreamt:
Trunks and Gohan were sitting on a ledge, high above the city, watching the clouds go by. Gohan was talking, but for some reason, this dream was soundless so he couldn't make out what he was saying. Then the clouds disappeared and rain came down, but it wasn't rain, it was blood. Trunks turned to Gohan, but he was gone. All of a sudden, he was in the sky flying towards the city, he was drawn to it and couldn't pull away. He already knew what he would find in the city…Gohan's dead body and laughing androids. He flew faster, for some reason he thought if he flew faster, he might be able to make it in time, for what, he didn't know, but it was a dream, and he knew that. When he got there, it was different then all the other times he had this dream, usually he would find Gohan dead, but now, #17 and #18 were on the ground broken and Gohan stood there, with his back to him.
"Gohan" Trunks said without sound, but Gohan turned anyway. He smiled and held out his hand for Trunks to take. Trunks couldn't move, he tried, but he couldn't move.
Gohan seemed annoyed that Trunks didn't move. He started yelling, but without sound. As he was yelling the bodies on the ground began to shape into images of Gohan dead and ruined body. The one standing and facing him turned into Cell, then into 17, then 18, then it turned into Vegeta, which really surprised Trunks, he suddenly felt angry too. It flowed over him, he felt his chi pulse through his body in response to his emotions. He screamed and for the first time in his dream, there was sound.
Trunks sat up in his bed breathing heavily. He looked outside, it looked about noon. He looked around his room, reminding himself where he was. It took some time but he finally calmed himself down, reasoning with himself that he was no longer in the destroyed city and for the time being he was not in danger. He heard the door open and looked up to lock gazes with none other than his father, Vegeta.
