Misconstrued
Summary: Her world had turned upside down since the day Vega, Princess of all Saiyans finally up rose against Frieza and escaped to Earth. Though now her child is six years old, growing stronger day by day, she wonders if she'll ever be able to defeat the evil tyrant. Unbeknownst to her Nappa has betrayed her and the Saiyan race to save his own life and now makes his way to lure the Saiyan Princess out into the open for Frieza to grab hold once again.
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Chapter 2: Rivals Unite
The drive to Roshi's house was a little long and it made the vein in Vega's temple throb with annoyance. Bulma had her music playing nice and loud as she tapped her hands on the steering wheel. They skidded above the water, mist spraying up on her window. She recognized the little pink shack on its individual shoreline, and the people who popped out to greet them.
"Bulma! You made it!" Roshi said with his normal cantankerous laughter. "Oh Ho and I see you brought a friend, hello again Vega, oh my, oh my you look more and more beautiful each time I see you."
The skirt around Vega's legs kicked up from the beach wind and it made kicking the old man across the face all that easier. "Cut the flattery old man, I didn't come here for you. Where's Kakarott? I heard he was to attend."
Krillen took the goodies Bulma placed in his hand and opened them up grinning. "You mean Goku? He's not here yet. Chichi called a little while ago, said he went looking for their son Gohan. Apparently he went off on his own this morning."
That set a rod up Vega's spine. "Oh he did, did he? I have a sneaking suspicion I know exactly where he is."
"Oh really?" Goku's voice suddenly popping up startled all but Vega who merely looked up and followed his descent down. "That's good, because I went looking all through the woods near our house and couldn't find him."
"I imagine he's with my daughter. She went disappearing this morning as well. How pathetic is it that your son goes looking to my daughter for help instead of his own father?"
Goku rubbed the back of his head. "Honestly I'm not all that surprised. Chichi doesn't let me train Gohan, she thinks fighting's pointless."
"So says the woman who participated in that silly Earth tournament. Is she still on my case about what I said all those years ago? I said what I said to try and put her stupid heart at ease and let her know I'm not interested in mating with the likes of you, and she blows it out of proportion. Humph, humans are so emotional!"
Goku laughed, mainly because he knew Vega was right. Chichi was a little high strung, a little overprotective, and a little high maintenance… but it didn't stop him from caring about her. "Well it's all a relief now. Gohan's safe with Xena, and you're here. Speaking of which… you look real nice today." He said admiring the pretty blue summer dress. He wasn't quite used to seeing Vega like a woman. He had this image in his head of her in that blue Saiyan armor, tough and proud and all regality.
"The Blue haired harpy forced me into it. I was just gonna wear my training clothes so we could spar." She crossed her arms turning up her nose. She told me it had to wait until after the party.
"Well it's hard to argue with that knowledge. Now come on let's…" Goku paused and his eyes furrowed and Vega's turned to match his. The two of them could feel the swarming power that was rapidly approaching them. It was Piccolo, and though to Vega he was no concern… but the fact that it was flying high speed straight at them meant that something was amiss. When her power level was around, Piccolo usually made a point to steer clear.
"Do you think something's wrong, or is he just being stupid?"
It didn't take long for either of them to find out. Piccolo halted in the air above them his eyes wide and his scowl more brooding than usual.
"Piccolo, what are you doing here?" Goku asked floating up by him. "Wow you're sweating; you must have booked it over here."
"Never mind that Goku, I've got news for you and your Saiyan friend." Piccolo said with a sneer. Vega floated up too Roshi making an adulterous laugh as he tried to move under to see underneath Vega's skirt. Bulma harshly whacked him over the head and dragged him and a drooling Oolong away and tossed them inside the house.
"I was off training in the west, about five miles west of the training islands you and Xena use for your sessions. I sensed a power approaching. It was strong so I assumed it was you Vega. However when I went to approach it I found I was sadly mistaken."
"That's impossible; no one on this planet has the same or close to my power level, not even my daughter could pass for my power level. She hasn't even surpassed nine thousand yet."
"That would explain why she was captured so easily." Piccolo said with a frown. Vega's heart lurched and her eyes went hard as she grabbed him by his cape.
"What the hell do you mean captured? Who took my daughter?" Oh god, she thought, did he finally find her? Did Frieza finally find her?
Piccolo tried to yank her hand away but to no avail. Damn his weakness… "It was another Saiyan."
"No! You're wrong! The only Saiyans alive are Kakarott, I and…" she drifted off and her eyes widen as she let go and took off in a shot. "NAPPA!"
It didn't take Goku long to realize that is Xena was in danger so was Gohan. He zipped off after Vega. He was always astonished by Vega's astonishing power. It seemed the angrier or more emotional she was the higher her power got. He wondered if that was part of the secret of a Saiyan's power… he'd have to try it some time.
Now wasn't the time to think about that. Gohan was in danger, so he called out to his nimbus cloud. "NIMBUS!" As the bright orange cloud slid up next to him he turned to it. "Go find Gohan! Hurry!"
The nimbus kicked into high gear, surpassing Vega and hurrying ahead. Vega could see the island, the cloud circled around the island and then was barely able to get out of the way as a ship shot into the sky. Vega halted her forward assault and she cried out. "No! Xena! XENA!"
Vega shot to the air, but it was too late Nappa was already breaching the atmosphere. She fire ki blasts to shoot it out of the air, but suddenly felt arms come around her. "Let me go! Let me go Kakarott! He has my Xena! He has my daughter! THE TRAITOR!"
"I KNOW!" His voice was harsh and he gentled it and hugged her closer as Vega was reduced to tears in his arms. "I know, but shooting his ship out of the air wasn't the answer. It would have killed him AND our children."
She couldn't have felt weaker than what she did at that moment. Her hand came up feeling the strong muscles of the man holding her and she shuddered and tears just fell in big heavy drops no matter what she could do to stop him. "Damn that child! Why am I so attached to her? Ever since she was conceived she's been nothing but trouble!"
She yanked from his arms up put an arm over her eye to try and block the tears. "It was her fault my secret was discovered, her fault that I'm stuck on this mud ball planet with a low class clown, her fault that Radditz is dead!"
So why… why was her heart just breaking? Why was she so worried that her child was now falling into the grimy hands of the terrible tyrant Frieza. She thought of all the years she had to put up with her crying, and whining, and constant aggravation…
~Flashback~
Rain poured down in a thundering hurricane. The child was wet, tired, and had taken a severe beating. She knelt before Vega like a servant to their master, which made Vega's disgust all the more apparent.
"You call yourself my daughter?" She snarled stepping on the girl's head. "You're acting like your weakling father! Pitiful, whining, it's disgraceful!"
Xena shook as she slapped the foot away and rolled out of the way and onto her knees breathing heavily she stares up at the woman in front of her. "I'm not a weakling!" She said through gritted teeth. "We've been training for hours, mother! Hours! I'm only four!"
"Do you think I care? Child you know nothing about true pain! My father put me through DAYS of training! He would lock me in a room filled with monsters and tell me to survive .He'd come back two, sometimes even three days later and do you know what he would find?"
Xena panted and yelped when her mother picked her up by her hair and tossed her across the beach. "He would find mountains of bodies piled in a room, and me feasting on their meat to stay alive! By the time I was your age I could blow Saiyans twice my age away by just raising my power level."
"Yeah well I'm not you mother." The words were said with distaste and queasiness.
"No you're not… but do you KNOW who YOU are?" She crossed her arms lifting her chin. "You are a Saiyan… and not just any Saiyan mind you, Xena. You are Saiyan royalty!"
She smirked when her daughter's eyes widened slowly. "You are a princess, you stand above all others. You are no one's equal. Your blood, your pride, and your power MUST be above reproach. Now prove to me that you are. What is in your blood? Stand up!"
Xena struggled bracing up against the tree grunting and whimpering and Vega growled and shouted. "I SAID STAND UP!"
"I'm standing." Xena said as she finally got to her feet and stumbled forth. She put her fists up glaring. "I'M STANDING!"
"WHO ARE YOU?!" Vega got in her face leaning down with a proud smirk on her face.
"I am Princess Xena Vegeta! Princess of all Saiyans! I'm the daughter of Princess Vega!" The child's power rose as lightning crashed and shot across the sky. Vega's heart filled with pride and she looked to the sky smiling up at it.
"We'll see girl, we'll see."
~End of Flashback~
"I have to get her back." She pushed away from Goku and floated down to the beach site. She found something shining on the ground and she reached down brushing off the sand. It was a glowing orange ball attached to a hat. Vega snorted.
"I believe this belongs to your son."
"Alright! He didn't take it!" Goku zipped down holding the ball. "They're as good as saved."
Vega's eyes whirled to him. "What? What are you talking about, Kakarott?"
"We can wish them back, with the dragon balls." Goku tossed the ball up in the air.
"We can what? Dragon what? What the hell are you talking about? What the hell are you grinning at? Explain yourself, Kakarott!"
Goku grabbed her hand gripping it tightly and pulling her in under his arm. "All you need to know is that this little ball is the answer to all our problems. Come on we should hurry back to Bulma."
Vega remained silent up until they were back at Kami house. The news of the kidnapping came as a shock to all, and it was safe to say that Gohan's disappearance was best left a secret to Chichi.
"Now that everyone's been brought up to speed, perhaps you can start explaining to me what the hell that shiny orb has to do with getting our children back?" Vega put her hands on her hips eying the Dragon Ball which had been set in the middle of the table.
Vega was shocked to learn the stories behind the dragon balls… more she was shocked that Kakarott had access to such incredible power. "You mean to tell me that if we find the rest of these little glowing balls we can have any wish we want?"
"Not exactly, you see Shenron has limitations on the kinds of wishes that are made. Things like Killing for example are out of his criteria. He can't wish the same person back to life twice…" Goku started listing but Vega raised a hand to silence him.
"What about immortality? Can he grant me immortality?"
"Why would you want something like that?"
"You fool if I were immortal I could defeat Frieza easily! This… THESE" Vega grasped the ball holding it tight. "These must be what you had that I needed to possess! More I could wish to have the ultimate power! I can ask to become a super Saiyan!"
"No!" Goku grabbed the ball away from Vega. "You can't use them for that, Vega. They're not for the selfish we need them to wish our kids back to Earth."
"Fool do you really think that will stop them from coming back here? If Nappa returns without his hostages he'll be killed and Frieza will come here himself. Then you can kiss the Earth goodbye!"
"Yes well, I still say that immortality is out of the question! I won't let you do it! If you even attempt to try and wish for immortality I'll make a wish first and wish that… wish that… "Goku tried to think of something Vega would find absolutely appalling.
"I'd wish that you were in love with me!"
Vega's eyes widen and she gripped her fists tight. "You wouldn't dare!"
Goku smirked and crossed his arms. "Better yet I'd wish that you would do anything and everything I say! You wouldn't want to take orders from a low class Saiyan, now would yah?"
Vega growled and shoved the dragon ball back in his hands. Goku held it up and out of her reach now. "Besides if you ask the dragon to make you immortal, that wouldn't be relying on your own strength, where's the pride in that?"
He had her there. Vega turned her back to him with a humph, and crossed her arms. "Fine, keep your stupid dragon ball. How are we going to get Xena and your brat back?"
"Well its obvious isn't it?" Bulma piped in grinning. "You go on a rescue mission. Take a space ship and head Nappa off!"
"Are you insane woman? Where the hell is gonna find a ship faster than a Saiyan space pod? More so what if we end up meeting Frieza? I'm not a super Saiyan yet!"
"Funny you should mention that. Over the past few years my dad's been analyzing and working on a special spaceship in case we ever need to go out into space."
Vega's eyes widen at this and she turns. "Are you serious? How fast does it go?"
"Dad's analyzed the speed mechanics and has figured out a way to double the max speed of your pod…" She takes a deep breath. "And to top it all off he's finally added the gravity system as well as the regeneration pods you've mentioned to him. You'll have all you need."
"If it doubles the speed, then form here to Frieza's space port it's only a two month flight." She smirked and gripped her fists. "Enough slacking, I've only been training at 20 times gravity, I'm bound determined to master 100 times before I reach my destination. With that I can easily over power anyone who gets between me and my daughter."
Goku clapped his hands together. "That settles it then! I'm going with you!"
Vega glared and turned to him. "Over my dead carcass! You'll just slow me down."
"Oh yeah? Well I say if you can do it Vega, then so can I. Besides it's not just your kid that's in danger. Chichi would kill me if I let you go alone."
Vega crossed her arms tapping her foot. She saw the determination in his eyes… and for the first time she felt he truly looked like a Saiyan ready for battle. She smirked. "Alright, you win Kakarott. I just hope you can keep up with my training regimen."
"Don't worry; I've been through more than you think. I can handle whatever you throw at me." Goku held out his hand… Vega took a glance at it before taking it in hers.
"We'll see about that."
Woo another update, now time to go work on Z reborn. Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. More so I hope you're looking forward to what's happening next! :D
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