Chapter three is here! I dont know if you guys have noticed but I'm updating once a week, the new chapter should be here on every saturday or sunday.
And again, thank you bvprincess23 for being my most awesome beta!
Goku watched the small figure laying on the bed. He had removed the child's armor and boot's. He was now only wearing the blue jumpsuit from under the white armor's. Piccolo's blow to the boy's had been quite hard, and the third class supposed he would be out for some two for three hours before stirring.
The Saiyan prince looked so young.
And innocent.
He could not believe this boy had a potential to destroy the whole earth if he wanted to.
'The question is,does he want?' Goku mused. For all he knew, the kid might be totally clean of any sins yet. He could very well just be trained since he was small, and that's why he's so strong now, maybe he became evil only after he grew older.
'It would be unfair to judge him before even knowing him,' Goku decided.
He sighed and rose from the chair he had been sitting on and joined his family downstairs. He felt good. Only a heavy battle like the one today could leave him with this kind of satisfaction, first time in a long while, he didn't feel restless.
Chichi had cooked them some rice and chicken, and Goku ate like he had never seen food before, without even chewing his food. He kept a constant radar open in his head and followed if Vegeta woke up and tried to leave the room. He didn't.
Chichi was quiet the whole night, still quite angry at his husband.
'She'll stop sulking when she notices that Vegeta isn't really that bad. Then she will probably pamper the poor boy rotten.' Goku thought to himself.
They had decided not to tell the little prince about his future, they would tell him that he came to earth with a spaceship and attacked them without telling why, on the battle he had got a really nasty blow into his head and that's why probably forgot the reason of to why he came to earth on the first place.
Goku didn't like lying, but he just didn't have a heart to tell the boy what he would become as an adult. Vegeta didn't probably have anyone to go back to, now that Raditz and Nappa were both gone.
Then he felt it. Vegeta's ki started living, he was awake. The third class warrior sent his family a meaningful glance and then hurried back upstairs.
The room was dark, it was late and the lights were off. The first thing Goku saw was an empty bed. He stepped into the room, forgetting to check Vegeta's whereabouts when the Saiyan prince was already on his back, strangling him. Goku fell to the ground, surprised, but the little prince still didn't let go, he had a very strong grip that prevented Goku for getting even a little breath. The boy knew exactly what he was doing.
An angry cry broke the air:
"Let go of my dad!" Gohan yelled and punched at the surprised Saiyan prince right to his face, sending him swirling to the wall, he got up immediately and took a fighting stance, baring his teeth and growling like a wild animal.
Gohan, too took his fighting position, looking at his opponent's eyes, challenging him.
Goku, who had recovered from the choking, stepped between the two youngster's. "Whoa whoa! No fighting, boy's! It's okay, calm down!" Gohan seemed to relax a little, Vegeta not the slightest.
"Gohan, go downstairs, I'll talk to him."
"But dad-"
"Go. I'll handle this."
Gohan left the room reluctantly, switching on the light and closing the door as he went.
A heavy silence settled to the room. Goku watched the angry little prince, who didn't move an inch from his position. Only his furry brown tail seemed to have a life on it, the thing slashed back and forth, reflecting it's carrier's mood.
The earthling Saiyan waited patiently for Vegeta to make the first move, finally he did.
"Are you Bardock?" the boy asked with a very commanding tone.
"Who?"
"You can't be. He's dead."
"Uh..."
"Who are you?"
"My name's Goku."
"That's not a Saiyan name, and don't think I'm a fool who can't even recognize his own species! You're a Saiyan and as your prince, I order you to tell me your name, soldier!"
'Huh, what a temper.' Goku thought. He didn't know any other Saiyan names except his own, Vegeta's, Nappa's and Raditz's. He decided tell the prince his own Saiyan name and hoped the boy hadn't heard of him yet at that age.
"My Saiyan name is Kakarot, but here everyone call's me-"
"You're saying you're Raditz's brother?"
'Uh oh…'
"You probably accidentally flew trough a loop hole on your way to your chosen planet and ended up in the past and that's why you're older than you're supposed to be. It's very rare but not unheard of." Vegeta said, still in his stance, but his guard a bit lowered as he was deep in thought.
"Oh. Uh... I guess." Goku answered barley understanding what was just said.
"Where is this?"
"We're on planet earth."
"Isn't that the planet you were sent on?"
"Yeah-"
"Have you already destroyed the planet's inhabitant?"
"No-"
"Why the hell not?"
"I don't kill people. I'm a peace loving man."
Vegeta's eyes narrowed. To Goku, it felt like the room's temperature dropped by many degree's.
"Are you a traitor?" Vegeta questioned as threateningly as a child could.
"If not killing innocent people makes me a traitor, then I guess I am."
The Saiyan Prince took a heavy breath. "Why am I here?"
"I- I don't know. You came here, started fighting us without informing us of to why, got a very nasty blow into your head and seemed to forget everything." Goku gabbled without taking a breath in the middle. He had been practicing the mantra over and over again in his head, and now that he finally had to say it, it came out with a terrible rush.
The boy frowned, with unbelieving face. "You're lying. I want the truth!"
"It is the truth."
"Do you think I'm an idiot? You're the worst liar I have ever seen, and believe me, I have seen some really fucked up story teller's. Now: Why am I here?"
Goku didn't know what to say, so he remained silent.
"I see, you don't want to tell me. Well see if I care, I'll find the truth out by myself."
And he attacked.
This time Goku was prepared. Now that he had gotten his stomach full and wounds cleaned, he was a great deal stronger than the younger version of Vegeta. The older Saiyan opened his arm's wide and grabbed the angry little prince into a tight bear hug. The spiky haired boy, who had been expecting a counter attack, yelped in surprise, dropping his tought-boy mask for a moment.
He quickly came to his senses, and began trashing madly, screaming, cursing and kicking Goku's legs painfully, but the older Saiyan did not let go.
He kept going for what felt like hours, but was probably only about twenty or thirty minutes. Goku had informed Gohan and Chichi telepathically to not to be worried of the noise and that everything was under control.
Little by little, Vegeta's screams and curses changed to random noises and finally stopped all together. The small prince was obviously still worn from Piccolo's attack, and had now exhausted himself with all the thrashing. The boy was now panting tiredly in Goku's arm.
"I think the two of us need to have a little talk." The older Saiyan replied quietly.
No answer.
"You don't have any family or place to go to somewhere in space, do you?" Goku questioned softly.
"None of your business." Came the very irritated answer after a few seconds.
"I thought so. I think it would be the best if you stayed here living with us."
"What the FUCK? Are you MAD? Not in a million year's!" He shouted, horrified.
"Now, listen, I don't think it's good for you to roam around the universe all alon-"
"LET ME GO!"
"...You need a family to grow up wit-"
"GET YOUR FILTHY HANDS OFF ME, YOU FUCK!"
"...And I'm sorry to say this, but you don't really have a say in this decision."
"I'M GOING TO DESTROY THIS WHOLE FREAKING MUD BALL YOU LIVE IN!"
"No you won't. I am not leaving you out of my sight, ever. I can sense ki, so I will always know where you ar-"
"SCREW YOU!"
"And if you try to escape, I will grab you into a hug like this again, until you calm down."
"You will regret this!"
"One more thing: If you hurt my family, I will be forced to kill you." Goku finished with a cold voice.
Vegeta didn't say anything to that. His body was shivering, probably because of the adrenalin from the fresh outburst. He breathed through his clenched teeth, face twisted in anger.
"I will let you go now. Don't do anything stupid or you will find yourself back in my arm's faster than you can say 'hug'" That said, Goku released the boy, full ready to snatch him back to the hug.
Vegeta took a careful steps backwards, until his back touched the corner of the small room, and watched Goku from there, with unreadable expression.
After a while Goku decided that the boy really wasn't going to do anything unexpected, and decided he should be the first one to speak, this time.
"So, uh... Are you hungry?"
"No."
"You sure?"
"Yes." The boy's stomach growled loudly in protest, though he didn't show any evidence of noticing it.
"You could come downstairs with me and see if there are any leftover's for us, I had my meal interrupted when you woke up, so I would really like to have my poor stomach filled full, too, what do you say?"
"Are you fucking deaf? I don't want your filthy food!" The prince shouted.
'Boy, he's stubborn.'
"Hm. I understand if you're scared of leaving the roo-"
"I'm not scared!"
"...I can go alone and bring you something good up here. It will take only a second, don't go anywhere, I'm monitoring you." Without waiting for the answer, Goku left the room and strolled downstairs. Gohan and Chichi had already went to bed, it was well past midnight already.
Soon he was back at the room again. Vegeta hadn't moved from his corner, and kept just watching him in silence.
Goku put all the food down to the floor, and invited the little prince to eat, but the boy just kept staring, like he hadn't heard him. His stomach still continued grumbling but the prince did a good job ignoring it.
The older Saiyan didn't want to pressure the kid, so he ate his own share in the awkward silence, hoping for the boy to give up his act and join him.
The young Saiyan didn't budge, so Goku stood up, took a guest mattress from the closet and prepared himself a bed. He thought it would be best if he slept at least the first night in the same room as the shrunken Saiyan prince.
"I'm going to sleep now. You can use the same bed you awoke from earlier." He spoke to the still staring prince. "Remember, I'm still monitoring you as I sleep. " When he got no reply, he pulled the blanket up to his ears and 'adjusted' his internal ki-monitor to be high sensitive towards the boy on the corner.
Vegeta stayed on the corner the whole night, and moved only once, to a sitting position from the standing one.
When Goku awoke that morning, the Prince was in the same position, still awake.
Hehe, this chapter was so fun to write. I hope you could spent a little bit of your time and sent me a review of your thoughts of the chapter. It would make me happy. :)
