Shadows in the Darkness
~Disclaimer~ I do not own any of these characters, except for this I might invent myself, but the terrible reality is Vegeta, not Trunks are mine *sniff*
Summary: What if Vegeta had not been so lucky to just wake and be alright after baby left his body, would the Saiyan still be able to protect his family from an upcoming evil?
1. Prologue; My body back
"Baby! Grandpa, he's escaping!" Pan yelled to her grandfather. After an great epic battle between Goku and Oozaru-Vegeta-Baby, Goku had managed to turn into Super Saiyan 4 and get the Tsuful baby to leave his hosts body. And now the Tsuful was escaping with a space pod, heading for space to regain strength and plans, so one day he would be able to come back and rule over both Saiyan and human.
All eyes were focused on Goku, he would not let the evil Tsuful just escape like that right? Earth and all it's inhabitants would be at great risk always, nobody safe until they all were certain Baby was destroyed. Pan's eyes grew wider, she had known her grandpa as a little child for about 9 months now, but she never thought he had changed a bit, he always stayed the Goku he was, her grandpa. Now that he had turned Super Saiyan 4 and he no longer looked like a child, his thinking would not have changed right? He would still be the grandpa she knew and loved, he would not let Baby escape right?
"I am more worried of Vegeta" the words came unexpected and all eyes turned to the unconsiouss form of the Saiyan prince on the ground. Trunks mentally slapped himself for forgetting his own father, being so busy with the escaping enemy. He jumped down first into the small crater which the giant Oozaru had created when he landed there after the incredibly strong Kamehameha-attack
Goku had launched upon him. Pan and the others quickly followed him, looking at the grief-strucken Trunks kneeling next to his father with tears in their eyes.
Ofcourse Trunks had agreed on destroying his father when there obviously was no other choice, but it broke his heart. No, not only did it break, it was shattered all across, never to be healed again. The moments after he had agreed were the most terrible to him, as he saw Goku launch another energy ball at the unconsiouss Oozaru, which was his father invaded by the terrible Tsuful Baby. Ofcourse the people of the entire earth were more important, but in his heart it could never weigh against the life of his own father. How stubborn and uncaring the man always seemed to be, he and his mother knew better, far better. There were things about the man which could not be seen by the naked eye. He loved his father with all his heart and if he were not as sensible as he was, he would've jumped in front of his father.... Inside he cried as he heard the energy ball hit it's target and he kept his eyes closed tight. When he had finally opened them he saw not a body vanquished, but the Oozaru changing back into his father...and the dreadfull baby escaping the body, escaping from destruction.
Slowly he lifted his father's head off the ground and noticed him to be breathing still. A sigh of relief escaped Trunks' mouth, he wanted to cry, to let the relief, anger and happiness drown out of his body, for at the moment he was filled with emotions he knew not how to handle all together. But as the proud warrior he was, as the son of Vegeta, the Saiyan prince, he remained calm and tears remained unshed. He heard Pan sniff behind him, ofcourse... they could not see his was still alive..
"He breathes..." words had to be choked out and they were bearily audible, but all of them had heard.
Then Trunks felt his father's body protest against something, as if he was struggling to get out of the unconsiousness. Carefully Trunks had seated himself upon his knees and layd his father's head to rest in his lap. He knew how his father hated to be treated as one of the weak, but Trunks had a feeling he would not protest now. Anxious to see if Vegeta would be able to beat the darkness and come back to the world of consiousness, he stared at his father's face, and he was definatly not the only one.
Few moments after Vegeta's eyes opened slowly and with relief expressed in his eyes he looked upon his only son. "Is that you son?" Vegeta asked softly, his voice trembling with pain and confusion. Trunks nodded soflty, feeling an inner happiness he had never felt before. "Father" he knew not what to say except the recognision the man before him was truly his father. At the comment a smile crept upon Vegeta's face, which was quickly returned by the purple haired boy sitting next to him. Vegeta's face turned towards his savior, though the proud Saiyan would never admit Goku really was exactly that, and he smiled a unspoken 'thank you'. Goku returned it, then turned back to the space pod Baby was escaping in, it was almost right in front of the sun. "Just a little further" Goku whispered to himself. And when Baby was indeed right in front of the sun, Goku unleashed another Kamehameha-wave at the unsuspecting Baby, whom was destroyed in outer space, blasted into the hot and devistating flames of the sun.
All eyes turned to the explosion in the sky, all cheering and laughing. Vegeta had managed to stand up and folded his arms while staring at the sky. He felt different, weak and with pain, but he did not show it to anyone, instead he kept up his charade and pretended to be his old self once more. He was angry, so terrible angry with the Tsuful, for doing the thing he did, inhabiting his body like that. But he was even more angry with himself, for being so terribly weak, physically and mentally, he should have been able to defeat the Tsuful, to stop him from taking over. No longer he could feel pride towards himself, he had failed, failed miserably and once more all had been saved by Goku. He downcasted his eyes, "And I am supposed to be a Saiyan prince" he whispered to himself.
*~*~*~ 3 Weeks After ~*~*~*
Finally things seemed to ease down for the people on earth and their protectors. Ever since Baby had been destroyed and all of the people were cured of Baby's 'eggs', they found out Baby had used the Dragon Balls of earth and earth was to be destroyed within 2 weeks! Thankfully planet Tsuful was still in one peace and Vegeta came with the bright idear to transport the people there at once. And so it happened, Hercule spoke to the people of earth, informing them of the upcoming destruction and the plans of moving them to a safe planet. Seeing he was the hero of the people of earth, they all trusted the man and did as he said. With help of Trunks, Gohan, Goten, Pan, Hercule, Vegeta and ofcourse Goku, the people were transported. Yet to everyone's dismay, Piccolo sacrificed himself as earth exploded. He said he had to remain there, for his fate was bound to the earth and if it was to be destroyed, so would he and he knew it was better for the dragonballs to turn to stone, to be of no use, for they only brought problems to the people of earth.
The people of Namek used their dragonballs to wish back the earth in it's usual status and everyone was brought back. And now, finally all seemed to be at peace...yet how long was it to be this way. Everytime things seemed to ease down, another enemy with new humongous powers crashed down upon them. But for now, the protectors of earth and their family's lived day by day, enjoying the peace and quiet which was given to them for the time being.
Peace and quiet for everyone, but a certain prince. Ever since baby had inhabited his body, something had been wrong, as if baby had totally mixed something up within Vegeta, as if everything within him was out of place.... physically and mentally.
For years Vegeta had drowned out the evil voices in his mind, the voices of his father, Freeza and his former self, especially his former self. Telling him he was a pathetic Saiyan, like Goku was, a Saiyan producing half-breeds, marrying a human and sharing a bed with her, a Saiyan not killing. Saying he was not worthy of carring the title of Saiyan prince no more, Vegeta had learned not to listen to them anymore, to let the painfull memories of the past behind him, but now, hell was set lose in his mind. The past three weeks he learned to focus on other things at day, which luckily helped, but at night..... nightmares haunted him and he knew not what to do about them, he needed his sleep, yet it was not given to him.
A/N Well that's the Prologue, so ya kinda know what's going on. Uhm, I'll continue quickly, still have lots of idears and watching GT every day helps as well, haha. Please review, those help soooooo much, it is my fuel! Jane Heartilly, at ur service.