This is a sort of parody, so I don't expect anyone to take it too seriously. However, there are definitely some serious parts about it, just as there were serious parts in Beauty and the Beast and Dragonball Z. But the parts where I've rearanged the musical numbers to fit the story are definitely parodic. All characters, lyrics, and script similarities all belong to their respective owners. DBZ belongs to Akira Toriyama, Beauty and the Beast and its songs belong to Disney and Randy Newman (if he indeed wrote those songs...I don't know if he did).
Note: Piccolo and his kin are referred to as demons, since that's what they were originally called in the show before they found out they were aliens, and since I'm basing this feudal Japan instead of France.
Enjoy!
The Boy and the Namek
Prologue
A long time ago, in a land far away, a small province was ruled by a Demon King. Though he had power and wealth, and the strange loyalty of his subjects, the King was cruel, ruthless, and unjust. He and his five sons were shielded by magic, their true forms concealed from the eyes of their subjects. There was one thing in the world the Demon King feared: the innocence that existed inside the young and the pure. Such rage did the King feel against the very idea of innocence, that he one day decided to erase it from his kingdom. He sent his five sons out into capital city to kidnap children and leave them in the dark forest beyond. If the children survived, their innocence would be eliminated, and the kingdom would be cleansed. Four out of five of the demon princes obeyed eagerly; the youngest, however, had his doubts. When he asked his father what harm could come from innocence, for he did not understand it, the Demon King asserted that innocence was an evil that could only be destroyed by their kind. The young prince could not help but believe his father's words, and so he joined his brothers in kidnapping the children of the capital.
When the five princes approached the dark forest, however, they found their path blocked by a withered old man. He cautioned the brothers on the severity of their crime, and told them that innocence was a treasure to be protected. The eldest prince scorned the old man, and attempted to force his way past him. However, the old man's strength was too great for any of the princes to contend with, and after he urged the captured children to return to the city, the old man chased the five princes deep into the dark forest. He radiated a power so frightful, the Demon King felt it from his own palace in the city. When he hurried to find the power, the Demon King was surprised to find his five sons being held captive by the withered old man. He tried to attack the man, confident in his abilities, but the old one easily defeated him.
In a flash, the withered old man's weak exterior dissolved, revealing a great celestial dragon. Overwhelmed, the Demon King begged the dragon's forgiveness, but the damage was done; the great dragon saw that there was no mercy in his heart. As punishment for his crimes, the dragon sealed the Demon King inside a rice cooker, and transformed it into a large and forbidding medieval castle. For their own twisted wills and loyalty to their evil father, the four princes were turned into statues for the castle: the three middle sons were made into statues for a fountain, and the eldest, the most evil, was put on the tallest tower, as a gargoyle. Their magic was stripped, and their demon forms were revealed, etched in stone. The dragon turned to the youngest prince, who was in a rage at the fates of his family. But as he prepared a punishment for the prince, the dragon saw something in him; a potential for real change. So, for failing to stand against his father and brothers, and for believing in his father's lies, the youngest demon prince was stripped of the magic that disguised him, revealing his true form. He was then banished to the depths of the castle, cursed to never set foot outside its walls.
Horrified at his unshielded appearance, the demon prince thought his banishment to be a blessing. But then the dragon revealed the other half of the curse: In the heart of the castle there grew a tree from the Demon King's homeland. From bud until bloom, it would grow until its eighth year of life; then, it would begin to die. If the demon prince could learn the true meaning of innocence, and earn the trust and love of the one who showed him its meaning, by the time the last leaf on the tree fell, then his imprisonment would end. But, if he did not complete this task, he would be condemned to remain trapped in the cursed castle for the rest of his life. As the years went by, he grew bitter and despaired, his father's demon spirit turning him against himself. His hope evaporated…for whom could trust a monster like him?