For the Love of the Princess
by:
Psylocke
"Ten years!" exclaimed Queen
Bulma, "It's been ten years since we saw the Royal Son family."
"The best ten years of my life," said
King Vegeta from behind his huge desk.
Bulma glared at her husband, "Oh, hush
Vegeta. Don't you want to see how are old friends are doing?"
"Well, now that you mention it," he
said sarcastically, "NO."
"ANYWAY!" yelled Bulma as she rummaged
through a drawer, "Since our kingdoms united ten years ago, there has been
nothing but happiness and peace across the land."
"It has been kind of boring, hasn't
it?" said Vegeta, "How about we drop a bomb on them to liven things up!"
"And I think this calls for a celebration," said Bulma, ignoring
Vegeta's last remark.
'Oh, please,' thought Vegeta, 'Not
another one of her ridiculous parties.'
"I think we should have a grand ball! Here in our palace
and invite the Son family and friends," said Bulma as she pulled a large album
from the drawer, "Ah hah! I found it."
"What is it woman?" demanded Vegeta.
"It's an old album with pictures of us with Son family and
all our friends," she said flipping through the pages, "Oh! This will be soooo
exciting! We'll need invitations and I'll need to get the cooks to start
preparing because you Saiyans eat a whole bunch of food and…….. oh, this is too
much for me to remember. HILDA!"
A young servant woman entered through the tall doors of the
couple's sleeping chamber. "You called, your Majesty." She bowed.
"Yes, yes. Come here Hilda. I need you to send out
invitations to the Son family and to all our old friends. I need you to help me
plan this grand ball!" exclaimed the excited queen.
"I will get started right away," the young woman bowed and
left the room.
"What's all the commotion about?" asked a curious lavender
haired prince.
"Trunks!" yelled Bulma, "Come here, my son."
"Father," whispered Trunks, "Why is she so excited?"
"She's planning another one of her pointless parties."
"I heard that Vegeta," she placed her hands on her hips,
"My parties are never pointless, at least this one won't be. Now come here
Trunks and look at these pictures with me."
'Oh great,' thought Trunks, 'Here she goes again.'
"Oh my!" exclaimed Bulma, "Look at this one of little
Panny. She's sword fighting with you, Trunks."
He smiled at the picture.
"And look at this one!" Bulma and Trunks burst out
laughing, "She has Vegeta pinned to the ground!"
"WHAT?!" yelled Vegeta, getting up from behind his desk,
"Let me see."
He walked over to his wife and son and looked at the
picture.
"I… I didn't want the brat to start crying if I beat her,
so I let her win."
Trunks couldn't stop his laughter.
"WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT BOY?!"
"Nothing," Trunks covered his mouth with his hands.
"All she ever did was train and fight. She was quite the
tomboy," said a disappointed Bulma, "You could never get that child into a nice
dress. If you did, she'd come home with it ripped and torn, and with mud stains
all over it. Oh, it's a shame, such a beautiful girl with no lady like manners.
I doubt she has changed."
'I hope she hasn't changed,' thought Trunks, 'I can't stand
to see another Marron or Bra. I wonder how powerful she is now.'
"Now this," said Bulma pointing to a picture of Prince
Trunks and Lady Marron, "Now this is a perfect little lady. So beautiful, and
with impeccable manners."
"She was 8 then, so she must be 18 years old now. I bet
she's grown in to such a lovely woman. With that golden hair and clear blue
eyes, she's a rare beauty indeed…" Bulma winked at Trunks.
"Mom," Trunks crossed his arms, "What are you getting at?"
"Nothing," Bulma smiled innocently, "Don't you think Marron
would make a perfect queen?"
"Mom, drop it!" Trunks left the room.
"TRUNKS!" yelled Bulma running to the door, "How dare you
walk out on me like that! Get back here, right now!"
Vegeta smirked at the scene. "Leave the boy alone. He's
obviously not interested in Baldy's daughter for his mate."
"Well why not?" asked Bulma.
"Don't you have a party to plan?" asked Vegeta, trying to
get her off the subject.
"Oh my! Your absolutely right!" she said running out the
door, "HILDA!"
Meanwhile, in the garden behind
the Son castle:
"Come on you wimp!" yelled a raven-haired beauty. She got
in her fighting stance, "You started this fight, now you're going to finish
it."
"Please… Princess have mercy," the scared gardener boy
began backing away, "I didn't… I"
"You didn't what?" asked the princess, "You didn't know
that I could fight. You heard from someone that I was fighter but of course,
you didn't believe it….. you didn't believe it because I was a girl. Well, are
you satisfied now?"
She began to form a ki ball. "See you in the next
dimension."
"Please…. No," the servant covered his head.
"PRINCESS!" yelled Helga, a main servant woman.
The ki ball disappeared. "Your life is spared, for now,"
said the princess, walking toward the approaching Helga.
"Princess Pan," said Helga, "What have you done to your
dress?"
Pan looked down at her dirty and torn gown, "Oops."
"Your hair is a mess and look at your nails!"
"Those fake nails sure did hurt when they came off," said
Pan examining her three remaining false nails.
"You just got a manicure this morning and that dress was
brand new. Your mother isn't going to like this." She began walking toward the
palace, "You know you are seeing an important guest today and you can't keep
running off and challenging helpless servant boys."
"I know, I know."
"Now we're going to have to give you another bath, another
manicure and put you in a new dress."
"Oh," groaned Pan, "Please, not another manicure."
"Yes," said Helga dragging the princess through the halls
of the grand palace, "You have to look extra special for this guest."
"Who is it?" asked the curious princess.
"He's a very prestigious man. I believe his name is Lord
Uubu. He and your father are supposed to discuss something. But I'm not sure
what?"
"And why do I have to be there?" Pan crossed her arms.
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That is the end of chapter one. Trunks doesn't seem to be
interested in Marron, if not her, then who? And why is this Lord Uubu
requesting an audience with King Gohan and his daughter, Princess Pan? All this
and more on the next episode… oops, I mean in the next chapter of For the Love
of the Princess. ^ _ ^
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