The prince sat on the balcony outside his bedroom. He always preferred the cold night air and the feeling it gave. Bulma was taking one of her legendary showers. During which she prohibited him from entering and spent atleast two hours doing kami knows what.

The cold air always centred him, it reminded him what a cold universe it really was... he could sit for hours without moving a muscle lost in thought. He leaned back against the wall behind him and letting out a slow sigh he said the four words that would answer Trunks' question. The boy had been asking constantly for the past few weeks after having seen one of his scouters laying around. Damn the woman... She had been messing around with it and just left it for Trunks' eyes to find.

It was those four words that he thought about for hours, thinking how best to answer the boys question. It was not like him to dwell on things but he felt Trunks deserved the truth, and that it should come from the boys father.

He said "We were the saiyans". He knew the boy had been listening, and without the slightest pause he continued...

"We were the greatest warrior race ever in existence and I was the Prince."
His grand declaration earned wide eyes and a gasp from Trunks who said "woah dad ! Th-" ,
"Don't interrupt me boy! If you want to hear it then be quiet."
Trunks did not dare speak for fear that he might never hear more. Vegeta continued..."At first we lived in the deserts and slums but we were the fiercest warriors and people knew to avoid us at all costs. Our people were proud, and self-reliant and a saiyan was taught from an early age that he had to look out for himself and his family. A fathers duty to his offspring was training them as a warrior, as a person, as a saiyan."

As the prince continued retelling his history, bulma got dressed and inched closer to hear about her prince. It was rare that he opened up about his past and she didn't want to miss it.
The prince spoke until late telling trunks more. "Our people were fiercely divided, and while saiyans never fought amongst themselves, we were vulnerable alone. Saiyans alike in varying power levels cried out for a leader, and King Vegeta, your grandfather, rose to the challenge."

The pride was evident on Vegeta's face as he spoke of his father. "He was a fierce leader, a strong man and embodied what a saiyan should be, and because of it ,every saiyan respected him and none challenged him. He was the perfect example of what was expected of a saiyan. He led the rebellion against the tuffles."

The sudden gust of wind caught Trunks off guard and he shivered. " Dad can we do this inside? I'm kinda shivering out here..."
"Vegeta ..."
"Vegeta ..."
"hn ?"
Bulma spoke up from behind him again." you can't just doze off on him Mr ! "
"hn. Trunks to your room, I'll meet you there "
With a burst of light Trunks shot off towards his room and faintly Vegeta could hear him yelling not to be late.

"I'm glad you decided to tell him Vegeta. He's so happy that you're opening up to him. " Vegeta stood from his spot and started to make his way to the boys room. He didn't know how much he should tell him. But he did know that Trunks would not be told the entire story. Trying to figure out this all out he took the slowest pace and the longest route to Trunks room.

" Dad ! I thought you changed your mind."
"Trunks you can read energy levels, of course you knew I was coming. "
"yeah... Uhm...sorry."
Trunks was excited to hear more but wouldn't jeopardise the opportunity by speaking, so he waited until Vegeta started up again.

" I haven't how much I will tell you. Understand if I leave out details its for your own benefit."
"ok dad."

"The true origin of the saiyan race is unknown. My knowledge covers at most 1 year before your grandfathers rule began. But the one thing every saiyan knows is that the saiyans before us suffered some disaster. Nobody knows what happened. But the original saiyans arrived on vegetasei before it was renamed. All they had was the clothes on their backs as they crash-landed. Their ship was in ruins and all reminders of home were lost. "

AN - guys and girls . im new here, and i thought i would upload a story about our favourite saiyan prince. comments welcome.