AN: Sorry If I confused anyone last chapter .
SweetMystery – Yeah , he did make four wishes . Thanks for reading .
Better Than It Seems
Chapter 4
Celestine , Prince of Perece
'Celestine and his royal guards marched down the silver lined hallway to the throne room . He swept the large doors to the throne room open and entered . " Father ," Celestine said . King Kanane looked up at the intrusion by his son and put his forehead in his hands . The King knew his son when he was like this , he wanted something and would accept nothing but his own way .
" Yes , Celestine ?" The King asked in exasperation . Celestine smirked , " I wish to ask your permission to restore a former alliance of ours ." Celestine gave the King time to let what he had said sink in . " You see my dear father , Vegeta-sei has returned by some miraculous deed . I figured it would be nice , if we sent a little welcoming brigade to greet the saiyans ."
King Kanane raised his eyebrows , " I see my stupid , little son but have you even checked to see if the saiyans do indeed inhabit this planet and if it truly is the planet Vegeta ?" Celestine was stumped , " Well , uh , I seemed to have jumped a little ahead in my plans but father-"
His father silenced him with a hand , " Well , Celestine my beloved son , I'm afraid I cannot allow you to continue with your plans until you have checked with the inhabitants of this planet . Now I implore you Celestine , please do not interrupt my meetings and barge into my throne room with your rash thoughts and shallow and miscalculated plans , I am a very busy man . I hardly have time for your nonsense anymore , it's time you grew up Celestine ."
" Yes sire . Forgive my foolhardiness." Celestine turned around without another word and marched out of the throne room .
" Grr…" Celestine gritted his teeth as he entered his room and slammed the door behind him . " I hate him ! I cannot stand him ! The day will come when I will rule Perece and he will be out of the way . How dare he make a fool of me ?"
" Prince Celestine ?" Celestine heard a knock at his door. " What ?" he opened it . " Well , Commander Elegan requests a meeting with you in one of the conference rooms ." A nervous servant said . Celestine watched as the servant girl shivered with fear . He had that affect with many of the servants . To them he was known to be ruthless and cruel . ' Damn, my father ! The other planets must make a mockery of us , we don't even conquer planets for slaves , instead we have these incompetent servants !'
" What is it now Elegan ? Have you concocted another way for my father to make me look like an imbecile ?" Elegan watched Celestine blandly with his dark purple eyes . "With all due respect sir , it was you that let your father do that . I had nothing to do with your plans ." Celestine laughed , " You're right my friend , but I don't take a liking to your defiance . You've been showing a lot of it lately ."
" Frankly sire , you just need to gain yourself some respect . Much of your respect has been lost ever since –"
" Ever since that useless excuse of a saiyan warrior prince disrespected me so many years ago ! I swore that I would get my revenge and I will . No matter what ."
Elegan continued to stare him down , " Well , I have some good news . It turns out that the planet is indeed Vegeta-sei and the saiyans are there , under the rule of King Vegeta just as everything was before Freiza destroyed the planet . I gave a message with one of the Royal Guards about our visit , King Vegeta is gladly expecting us ."
Celestine's eyes lit up with glee , " Yes , and that cocky bastard of a father I have didn't even expect me to be right about Vegeta-sei . I'll go tell him myself right away . In the meantime prepare the ships and gather our men , we leave immediately at the first break of light ."
" Wait , Celestine ! You shouldn't disturb your father he is in a meeting with the Duke of Leftisis ." But Celestine was long gone on his way to the throne room .
" Would you stop doing that !" Vegeta paused from where he was training on the ship to yell at Trunks . " Stop doing what ? You mean this ?" Trunks pulled the trigger on his capgun again , making a loud , annoying noise . " Yes that brat !"
" Why ?" Trunks asked innocently . Vegeta narrowed his eyes . " Because it makes it hard to think straight . It's annoying !" Trunks shrugged and looked around for something else he could do to annoy his father .
It was a week since they had left New Namek . They barely talked to each other and fought a whole lot . " Hey dad , can I contact Kasaan ?" Vegeta scowled , " You can but you may not ." Trunks mimicked his father and scowled , " May I , contact Kasaan ?"
" No , it's unnecessary ." Vegeta replied . Trunks rolled his eyes . " I'm going to contact Kassan anyway ."
" If you don't care about what I say then why did you ask ?" Vegeta asked .
Trunks shrugged again , " I dunno , I guess I wanted to see what you would've said ." Trunks punched in the contact address for his mother and waited for someone to answer .
" Hey , Capsule Corp. what's the matter ?" A guy asked .
" Gohan !" Trunks said . Gohan grinned . " Hey Trunks ! How's your first trip to outer space been going ?"
Trunks frowned , " How do you think it's been ? My dad isn't exactly the most fun loving person in the world you know ." Gohan laughed putting his hand behind his head . " Yeah , well , I wish I could have been going to Vegeta-sei . Vegeta makes such a fuss about Vegeta and it's customs , it'll be cool to finally see if it lives up to the reputation that Vegeta's branded it with ." Trunks gave Gohan a stern look . " Your forgetting , it'll be Prince Vegeta when we reach Vegeta-sei ." Trunks and Gohan cracked up with laughter . They heard Vegeta in the background , " Hmph …"
" Hey Gohan , where's my mum ?" Trunks asked .
" Right , I almost forgot . She went to tour Europe with her parents and my dad for a month ."
" What ?" Trunks exclaimed . " She went to Europe without me ?" Trunks' face fell . Gohan pouted , " And without me . Bulma asked me to stay just in case you guys tried to contact her here at Capsule Corp."
" What the onna went to Europe with Kakarot ?" Vegeta asked pushing Trunks out of the way . " Yeah , she didn't see the point of wasting the time she had free while you guys were gone ." Gohan replied . Just then Gohan's stomach began to grumble . " I guess I'm hungry ." Gohan said smiling with that grin that made him resemble his father . " Hey you guys it was nice talking to you but I think I'm going to order my pizza now . Bye Trunks , have fun ."
" Wha- wait !" Trunks said but Gohan had already exited the conversation . " Great …" Trunks mumbled .
" I'll get it !" Goten raced from his seat to answer the door at the grand house his best friend lived in . He pulled the door open . " Pizza guy . Is this the Brief's residence ?"
Goten grinned . " Sure is , here's your money ." Goten payed the man and received the twenty-five extra large pizzas from him . " Are you guys having a party or something ?" The pizza guy looked around expecting to see decorations of some sort . "Uh , uh we just needed something to eat for dinner . Thanks ." And with that Goten closed the door in the pizza man's face . " Gohan , the pizzas' are here !"
The two demi-saiyan brothers began to devour slices of pizza in record time while talking cheerfully to one another . " Guess what Goten ?" Gohan asked his energetic little brother. " What ? What , what ? I wanna' know !" Goten said .
" I was just talking to Trunks , they've already left for Vegeta-sei ." Gohan said . Goten frowned a little . " I wish I could've gone ." he said . Gohan ruffled his hair . " Remember what Dad said . When he and Bulma come back , we'll get ready to go to Vegeta-sei ." Gohan cheered up his brother . Goten grinned again . " Nii-san , you're the best !"
" Sire , we'll be arriving in Vegeta-sei in five , four , three , two , we're here ." The pilot of Celestine's ship said . All the soldiers unbuckled their seatbelts , stood up and saluted awaiting Celestine's orders . Celestine pushed a lock of his golden hair behind his ear and walked down the stairs of the ship . Awaiting them outside was King Vegeta . Behind him were the members of the royal council . " Welcome Celestine ."King Vegeta said .
Celestine smiled or rather forced himself to smile . " Thank you , King Vegeta . I welcome you and your saiyans back to the universe . How was your trip from hell ?"
King Vegeta tried to remain cheerful . " I see that you're a smartass as always . You haven't changed much from when you were a child ." Celestine dropped his pretense of a smile . " Forgive my rudeness but I rather resent that comment . Please lead the way to where I shall be staying during my visit ." Elegan beckoned to the soldiers on the ship to follow them ."
The space port for Vegeta-sei was built right next to the palace . In this way the King could be notified of any visitors to his planet and could see the arrival and departure of the ships . King Vegeta lead Celestine and his men through some corridors until they had arrived in the palace itself . They went through a side corridor and up a flight of stairs . " This is where your men shall stay ." Celestine deposited his men in a corridor lined with dormitory rooms . Elegan spoke to them . " I will meet with you all later . For now , just enjoy your stay here in Vegeta-sei."
King Vegeta continued his walk along the many corridors and up flights of stairs in silence . Celestine and Elegan following him . They reached a corridor with the floors made out of some sort of see through blue material . There were paintings and suits of saiyan armour incased in gold and silver along it . King Vegeta reached a door made of a beautiful type of white coloured wood . " This shall be your commander's room ."
" Thank you your majesty ." Elegan bowed and entered the room . Celestine and the king walked a little further up the corridor . " King Vegeta what's with the silence ? Is this how you treat all your guests ?" They halted infront of another ynagoham door . Ynagoham was the type of tree they had used for the wood of some of the doors in the palace . It was very rare in the universe and was extinct in Vegeta-sei .
" This shall be your room Celestine . Now forgive me but it's late . You'll explain to me why you're here tomorrow ." King Vegeta said . Celestine smirked , " By any chance King Vegeta is that vice of a son of yours anywhere around ?" King Vegeta's face darkened . " I'm afraid he's not here . I don't know where he is , he's probably dead by now ."
" What ! He has to be here . Wasn't he in the underworld with you ?" Celestine asked in surprise . King Vegeta shrugged . " I heard a couple of rumours about him being there every now and then but other than that , his whereabouts are unknown to me . Goodnight, Prince Celestine ." The King walked away heading to the confides of his royal chamber .
Celestine opened the door of his room and closed it behind him without him even realizing . ' He has to be here . No , he cannot be dead !' He thought , not even taking the chance to take in the beauty of his room .
" Dad , are we here ? Are we finally here ?" Trunks asked excitedly . Vegeta smirked . "Sit down , we're about to land ." he said . ' Finally , I'm back .' Vegeta thought as they approached the planet known as Vegeta-sei .
AN: Anyway I have to apologize for the whole tree thing . It's actually mahogany backwards . I was going to delete that part but I decided to leave it . Please review . Thanks for reading .
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