Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball (Z/Super/GT) or its characters.
Author Notes: This story is a Sequel to my first Story: A Fight to Find The saiyan Honor. I recommend reading that one first, or a lot of things will be strange or difficult to understand.
I didn't thought that I would return to this story (or the same story universe), but I just got so many ideas, that I could not help myself, so here we are.
Like I put on the description, this is a sequel to my first fiction, but this one is going to be a bit more centered at Janola and Coorin, and few others side characters. Of course Cabba, Caulifla, Kale and Asparus are going to show up, quite a lot too, but this is not a story focused on them, so don't get upset when they don't show a lot in some chapters.
A fair warning to anyone reading this, this story will contain Yaoi - Two men in love with each other, if you don't like this type of romance, I recommend that you don't read this one, because it will probably upset you and it will not be an enjoyable reading.
Well, with all that being said, let's start this one. I hope you guys enjoy it and that is on par with the last one I did.
The entire first unit of Elite Saiyan Soldiers has gathered inside the war room in Sadala's royal palace. Each soldier has a special seat to them, large padded chairs adorned with gold and fancy details, all carefully positioned around a large metal table. On the northernmost part of the big room, lies a large office wooden desk, with an even larger and fancier chair behind it, the special little spot reserved for the Saiyan ruler.
At the moment, the Saiyan king is walking around the large table, slowly and patiently taking his steps behind his soldiers. And each one of said soldiers is paying close attention to their majesty speech, well everyone but one. A Saiyan of large build with a very distinguished style of hair with a mix of black and red color is resting his forehead against the metallic surface of the large table, his mind so engrossed in his deep sleep that his body is almost falling completely on top of the furniture in front of him.
"Soldier, are you paying attention to what I'm saying?" The Saiyan king said with a perplexed expression. He eyed another soldier with a confused look, to which the soldier just shrugged it off, doing his best to not giggle. "Soldier!" With a forceful push on the sleeping man's shoulder, the Saiyan royalty called out to him again.
"Coorin… Just give me a few minutes." Janola mumbled in his sleep, clicking his tongue with a bit of annoyance.
A loud noise echoed around the room, a heavy fist exploded down on the table's surface making the sleepy head jump in surprise and shock. "Oh, sorry did I disturb you?" Asparus said with a mocking voice, but his face is not showing a very friendly or happy expression.
Janola's eyes widened, he frantically adjusted himself in his seat while avoiding his king's piercing glare. "Sorry, your majesty. I don't know what happened."
"Can you hold yourself awake and present for a few minutes?" With a commanding voice, the king asked his vassal and quickly received an answer in a form of an energetic nod from the soldier. "Good, now pay attention if you please."
With that, Asparus went back to his speech, his eyes going back and forward between Janola and the others, he wants to make sure that the large soldier is not going to fall asleep again. Something that is pretty much impossible now, Janola is fidgeting nervously, feeling ever so small under the gaze and mocking smile of his comrades. He raised his head just a bit, his gaze wandering towards the seat across from him. His eyes landed on Cabba, the leader of Sadala's elite soldiers and a childhood friend of his, much to Janola's dismay even Cabba is smiling and shaking his head in disapproval. And all while a certain smaller soldier is giggling way too much at the situation, to the point of getting the king's attention and warning glares aiming toward him.
"And not only that, but I got a report from one of our units, that a strangely high number of criminals and shady characters are joining together in a single planet." Asparus continued with the file report.
"Is there even a reason for us to worry?" A soldier raised his hand as he asked. "I mean, we are the strongest army in the universe. If they try anything, we can just crush them."
"I hadn't thought of that. Why, yes. Let us just wait for them to come here and then we can crush them. It will save us the trip, right?" And Asparus's dangerous sarcastic done came back to him, something that a few of these soldiers are familiar with. "Forget the fact that they will not fight honorably or that they can attack innocent people while we seat on our asses!"
"Forget that I said anything…" The soldier cringed inside his seat. "I was just thinking out loud."
The other soldiers grinned as their comrade pouted like a little child on his seat, once again a playful mood set on the room even if the situation is pretty serious and dire. The ace of Sadala raised his hand, he is the most composed one, getting the attention of everyone else.
"Do you have a plan or course of action?" Cabba asked his king, with a serious voice.
"At the moment, I don't even know the place where those criminals are hiding." Asparus sighed, taking a hand to his aching forehead. "To make matters worse, we don't even know who is behind this situation."
"You want us to travel out there on space looking for this group?" Coorin asked. The smallest elite soldier shifted around in his seat, placing both arms on the table.
"No, and don't get any ideas in your head. It would be too dangerous to go aimlessly after them." Asparus replied shooting a piercing glare at Coorin. "What I want from you is something else." He spared a little glance at every soldier in front of him. "You all are the strongest and most clever Saiyans on Sadala. And now is the time for you to use your brains not your muscles."
"So, what are your orders, your majesty?" A Female soldier raised her voice for the first time.
"Gather any clues; talk with people that have a not so presentable reputation, keep your eyes open for anything out of ordinary." Asparus answered her question with a tired sigh. "Do your best, but don't put yourself on risk. That is all that I will ask."
"Oh boy… Here we go again, huh?' A thin and small male soldier said with a sad nod. This man while very small is not smaller or thinner than Coorin, who still holds the title of most fragile looking soldier, even with a lot of female soldier joining the ranks of the elite force these past years. "Why are there so many shit people out there? Can't they stay a few years without planning anything evil?"
"Don't bitch about it, Aonori!" A large woman with a chirp smirk practically yelled her words out. "Weren't you complaining that we got so few good battles this last month? Rejoice, a few dumbass have offered themselves to get trashed."
"Stop shouting, Cavasa…" The soldier known as Aonori slammed his face on the surface of the table, another sigh escaping his lips. "Ah… another grueling mission."
"I think is about time we finish this meeting." Asparus rolled his eyes as more and more soldier began to argue with one another. "If any of you still have any questions or for some reason didn't hear what I reported." He threw a glare at Janola. "Just ask for a copy of the files at the intelligence sector. With that said, you are dismissed."
Like a group of impatient teens, a large number of the soldier jumped from their seats walking ever so fast toward the exit.
"Cabba please wait here. I want to talk with you alone." Asparus intervened before his friend could leave.
Cabba looked at his king with sad eyes, his shoulder deflated as he slumped down to his chair once again. "I don't know why, but I can already tell that I will get yelled at by Caulifla because of this."
"Haha, good luck friend." Coorin patted the top of Cabba's head as he passes behind his chair. Janola soon followed his partner, with a silent nod he smiled sadly; feeling bad for leaving his friend behind in what will probably turn out to be a special assignment by Asparus.
Janola and Coorin were the last two to walk out of the war room, closing the large wooden door behind them, leaving Cabba and Asparus to their privacy.
Janola felt a light tug on his shirt, soft giggles coming just after. He stopped in his tracks, still standing in front of the large door; he eyed his slim partner and noticed a mischievous grin on the man's lips.
"What are you grinning about?" He asked with furrowed eyebrows.
"I can't believe you slept in front of everybody." Coorin snorted a short laugh. "You had to see the king's face when he heard you snoring."
The large man felt a burning blush appear on his cheeks. "I didn't get much sleep last night… I should probably apologize to him later." He poked his left sideburn with two fingers, in an attempt to brush his embarrassment away.
"He probably didn't mind it, you know how Asparus is. A bit grumpy at times and has a sharp tongue, but he is a good guy." Coorin smiled genuinely, and then waved one finger in front of him, like a teacher lecturing a naughty student. "Just don't make this a habit or I will get yelled at too."
"I wouldn't dream of doing something that will prejudice you." Janola responded, his words making his partner nod and smile even more. A feeling of longing taking over Janola's chest, he simply couldn't take his eyes away from Coorin features. One of his hands moved as it had a will of its own, reaching in closer and closer to Coorin's right cheek.
"Hey, stop." Coorin slapped Janola's hand away; it was not a strong hit, but with enough force to make his hand retreat. The small but fierce Saiyan opened his mouth to reprimand the other, but his fiery gaze cooled down after he noticed the hurt expression on Janola's face. "Janola… you know that we can't do that kind of stuff. Not here on Sadala."
"Sorry." Janola said with a low voice. "My hand just moved on its own."
"I'm also sorry, for slapping you, but… not here." Coorin showed a short smile in the corner of his mouth. He stepped forward and punched Janola softly on his left arm. "Let's forget about that for now. How about we get something to eat?"
"That would be… good." Janola responded with a warm little smile.
"Great! And while we are at it, we can decide where we should go." Coorin pointed to the hallway, with short steps he started to walk away from the room behind them. "You see, I remember this shady little guy who owes me for something I helped him with. Maybe that would be a good start." He immediately began to ramble about his plans and all that. Sadly, Janola was definitely not paying any attention to a word he was saying.
Janola promised his partner that he would not do anything that would reveal their true relationship to bystanders. But this promise cannot control his mind or his heart, both working in union with a sole objective of making the soldier stare at Coorin's features and internally sigh for not being able to touch him. With that predicament on his hands, Janola quietly followed Coorin out of the palace into the lively streets of the capital city.
With the first moonlight gracing the sky of Sadala's capital, Cabba finally got away from what seemed an especially tiring day at work. He landed in front of his house with his feet softly touching the ground making no noise whatsoever, and the only sound slightly betraying his presence being the grocery bag shuffling in his hands. Cabba made sure to come back home prepared with the most efficient weapon, he wouldn't dream of sharing the 'oh so exciting' news with his wife without first presenting to her the most prized desert that she loves so much.
"I'm home." Cabba took his boots out, leaving them on the entryway. The tired soldier walked in and the absence of sounds making him a bit curious, as normally he would have head Caulifla shouting his name way before he could enter the main hallway.
"Caulifla?" Cabba called out to his wife, he held his voice in a lower tone wary that someone may be sleeping right now. After he reached the large living room on the left side of the first floor, Cabba crashed down on his favorite armchair, feeling the fatigue on his body sipping away his energy. "Did she go for a walk?" He pondered by himself.
Within moments, Cabba felt his eyes shutting down and him starting to dozing off. Then a sudden noise made him straight himself on his seat.
"Baaahh." A baby voice got the soldier's attention, he glanced upwards and saw a little baby girl floating right above him while waving her arms in his directions.
"We got you!" Caulifla said giggling. She is floating upside down a bit higher up, her arms stretched all the way down, holding her baby in the air.
"You sure did, I wasn't expecting the cutest girl to fall out of the ceiling." Cabba responded to her with the brightest smile he has ever shown someone.
"Is this cute girl… me?" Caulifla looked at him with a faint blush. She turned did a little flip in the air and slowly descend on top of Cabba's lap.
"Of course I'm talking about my little girl here." He gently took the little girl in his arms, making the baby squeal happily feeling her father's warm embrace. "Hey there Corabi. How are you? Did you have a great time with mommy today?"
"Bahh, Gaahh." Corabi wiggled happily in Cabba's arms, she raised one arm up trying to hit his chin with her tiny hand.
"I can't believe that I lost my place to my own daughter…" Caulifla said sadly, she got up from her improvised seat and crossed her arms in front of her chest. "You betrayed me, Cora… I trusted you."
Corabi eyed her mother and then squealed carefree, waving one hand at her.
"Don't be like that. Cora is my cute girl, but you are my beautiful wife." Cabba motioned with his left hand, calling Caulifla closer to him. She did just that, leaning in closer to him and placing her lips on his. They shared a short but very warm and passionate kiss. Their daughter waving both hands up, trying to reach for their chins.
"This is more what I like." Caulifla said as she parted away from him.
"Speaking of things that you like." Cabba said with a suspicious looking grin. "Take a look at the bag." He pointed at the bag lying down on the floor.
"What is it?" Caulifla quickly took the bag on her hands and began looking inside of it. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped, she then pulled a little transparent case with a red and tasty looking slice of a cake inside of it. "You got one for me… Thank you!" She opened the container just a little, the sweet fragrance of the dessert making the enamored woman close her eyes in bliss.
"You liked my surprise?" Cabba asked.
"I loved it." Caulifla leaned in closer once again, pulling him into another kiss. "I may go as far and say that you deserve a little something for this kind gift." She purred in a provocative manner, blowing softly on his neck.
"Well, now that you suggested it. I may or may not have something that is going to need this goodwill of yours." Cabba said with a snide grin, knowing that said goodwill soon vanishes to nowhere.
"By the look on your face, I can tell that is not something that I will like, is it?" Caulifla sighed and took a seat in a chair close to Cabba. "What is it? Spit it out."
"We got a bit of a problem, a tricky one to be more specific. This got all the force worked up about it, we even called back most of the elite soldiers." Cabba noticed the look on her face that translated to 'Hurry up and cut the crap.' He let out a nervous little laughed and then continued. "Asparus wants me to go look into something with him. We will probably spend a whole week out there." Cabba closed his eyes and raised Corabi in front of him, hiding his face behind the tiny girl.
Thinking that he is playing with her, Corabi raised her arms up, grabbing some strands of his hair.
Caulifla let out a heavy sigh. "When are you leaving?" She asked calmly.
Cabba opened his eyes and looked at her with a silly confused expression. "That's it? No yelling?" He asked shocked.
"Oh, I want to yell. Better yet, I want to shout so loud that I would blow your head off. But that will not change anything, will it?" She glared at him not really angry but annoyed at the news. "So, all that is left is to eat my delicious cake and pout." And just like that, she opened the little plastic case and took a piece of the cake with her bare hands, tossing it upwards to her open mouth.
"I knew the cake would work." Cabba laughed triumphantly, his energetic reaction making his daughter laugh together with him.
"Yeah, yeah. Count your victories while you can." She took another bite of her dessert and closed the little case again. "When are you leaving?" She asked again.
"Tomorrow at morning. He wants to deal with this before it gets out of hand." He replied.
"Then we still have the whole night to monopolize you. Right, Cora?" Caulifla robed the little baby of Cabba's arms and did a quick spin. Her daughter squealing and laughing non-stop. "Daddy is a dumb-dumb, right." She kissed Cora's forehead and looked at Cabba with a loving glance.
Cabba watched his wife and daughter playing and laughing, a warm and happy feeling overflowed his chest. His eyes gliding on Caulifla's form, her amazing and entrancing form. He can't still believe that it has been only a few months since she gave birth to Corabi, how can he get in shape so fast, is something that he would never understand.
"What is up with that silly grin that you have?" Caulifla asked him with a raised eyebrow.
"I love you." He said with a straight face, much to Caulifla's surprise.
With a faint blush showing up on her face, Caulifla smiled. "We love you too." She replied, grabbing one of Corabi's hands and waving it to Cabba.
"What are you doing?" Coorin asked curiously.
"Reading the report files." Janola responded with disinterest.
Coorin eyed his partner with a frown; he waved his legs around clearly bored from doing nothing and being ignored by the other Saiyan. It's very rare for Janola to ignore Coorin or just don't amuse him in his small talks, well their apartment is very small, with only three rooms for two people, and that makes ignoring each other very difficult. However, in Janola's case, the size of their house hardly matters in this situation.
"Are you angry with me?" Coorin asked with mellow voice.
"No, I'm not." Janola glanced back, giving a spare look to Coorin and then focused on the papers in his hands once again.
"You sound angry." Coorin continued. The small Saiyan moved away from the soft couch, standing right behind Janola. Moving carefully to not startle the other man, he kneeled close to Janola and slid his arms in, wrapping them around the soldier's large body.
"I thought we shouldn't do this type of stuff on Sadala." Janola said with a harsh tone, his eyes clearly showing a bit of annoyance.
"Hugging is fine." Coorin responded back. He pressed his forehead on Janola's back and sighed. "You know that I didn't mean to push you away."
"I know and I'm not angry." Janola dropped the papers on the ground and turned to look at Coorin. "I'm just frustrated. You would think that the best place for us to be is at home. But we can be together at home… so, what is the point?"
"You prefer to go around the street smooching and all that?" Coorin looked at him and tilted his head. "Do that and you lose all respect from everyone from the force."
"I don't care." Janola said with a hiss. "We work so hard, we fight for peace just like or even more than them. We don't deserve to be happy too?"
"And aren't you happy?" Coorin tightened his grasp around Janola, his face got so close to his partner's back, that he can hear the fast heartbeats coming from him.
"No, when I have to spend most of my days avoiding touching you or even showing affection." Feeling silly for lashing out on the most important to him, Janola sighed and returned Coorin's embrace. "Don't mind my grumpy mood, I'm just tired today."
"Want to hit the sack? We have to get up early tomorrow." Coorin parted away from his lover and grabbed one of his arms.
"Can I stay on the left side today?" Janola asked with a childish look in his eyes.
"Give up Janola. That is my side and that is that." Coorin gave him a mischievous smirk. "But if you get really close it will be like we are sharing the left side."
"That… I can do." It was not what he wanted, but is close enough. Janola noticed that Coorin is being strangely affectionate today, something rare for someone that dislikes being lovey-dovey. Maybe he can get away with more than just sharing a bed with him tonight.
"Here, drink this." Arula handed Kale a cup of water. "How are you feeling?"
"I'm fine now, thank you, mother." Kale took a sip from her cup and smiled sweetly. "I think the worst has passed."
"This is the third time today, right?" The Queen-mother eyed her daughter-in-law with a worried look. Kale nodded her response, which confirmed what the older woman already knew. "Does Asparus know?"
"No. I didn't tell him about my frequent seasickness." Kale said with an apologetic look. "I wasn't sure what he would think."
"Don't be silly, the boy will probably cry with so much joy. Suddenly Arula's lips parted in her trademark playful grin. "Why don't we keep this a secret from his for a bit more time?"
"Ah… I don't know, mother." Kale knows very well that sometimes Arula likes to take her fun plans a bit too far. She tried to refuse, but before she could say anything, the large doors of her bedroom creaked open.
"Good night to you." Asparus said with a warm smile. "It's so good to see my two favorite Saiyans in one place."
A ball of blue energy flew from Arula's hand, hitting her son square on his face. The force of the ki blast shoving the Saiyan king out of the room.
"What the hell?" Asparus shouted confused. He wiped the smoke away from his eyes and tried to enter his bedroom again, but before he could even touch the metal handle, Arula rushed like lighting and pushed the doors close. "Mother?" Asparus asked even more confused. "What are you doing?"
"You are prohibited from entered Kale's room." Arula shouted from the other side of the doors.
"Wait, What?!" Asparus tried to open the door again, just to find out that it is locked from the inside. "Mother this is not funny. Please open the door." He stared at the door perplexed and irritated. When it got clear that his mother would not open the door to his room, his mood went from surprised to full annoyed. "Then where I'm supposed to sleep? That is my bedroom too!"
"Go sleep with your father!" Arula shot back. "And while you are there, tell him that I'm going to sleep with Kale today."
"Once again. WHAT?!" Asparus shouted so loud that even the doors trembled at the sound. "Kale, please let me in."
For a moment, the king got no response only a cold silence coming from inside the room. Then Kale approached the door and said with a low voice. "Sorry, Asparus… I will explain to you later."
"By the gods, what is up with you two?" He shook his head and gave up on the idea of sleeping on his bed tonight. He scratched his aching scar and glared at the door. "You people need to stop throwing things at my face. It's not funny." After one last uproar, he turned and stomped his way down the hallway.
"Maybe that was too much?" Kale said with a worried expression.
"Don't worry, Asparus can't take a little ki blast on the face. He does it all the time." Arula laughed way to energetic at her son's misfortune with energy waves hitting his head. "Let's make this right, we can't just turn up and tell him that you are pregnant." The Queen-mother rubbed her hands together, already thinking of the most exaggerated and exciting surprise she can come up with. "It will be fun, trust me."
Kale responded with a little awkward smile, she doesn't mind indulging Arula on her crazy schemes, but she feels bad for throwing Asparus out of their bedroom. However, now it's too late for going after him, at this point she can just pray that her husband can find a warm and cozy place to spend his night.
Well this was the pilot chapter I came up with to start this new fiction, I hope you enjoyed it. Like I said at the start, got loads of ideas for this story and I'm excited to share it with you guys.
Now for a bit of trivia, I will leave a few details right bellow for your satisfaction. ;)
Corabi comes from the name Kohlrabi (also known as Cabbage Turnip). I really liked this name and I think suits the baby very well.
Aonoriwell this one is just the real name of the vegetable, I know, is not very creative, but I liked the sound of it.
Cavasa this one is easy, is just Cassava in a different order and minus a S.