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Better Than It Seems

Chapter 6

Rivals' Reunion

Vegeta's room was definitely what you called fit for a prince . It was a grand , spacious room with beautiful pastel coloured paintings and beautifully carved furniture. It had the biggest bed Trunks had ever seen , with glimmering and intricate patterned sheets covering it and a large opened window . " Celestine is here looking for you ." King Vegeta said getting straight to the point . " What?" Vegeta gasped. He frowned if Celestine was here that could mean one thing . He wanted revenge . Celestine had never liked the feeling of defeat and he would go to any lengths to avenge himself .

Flashback – Planet Perece .

" You filthy , stupid saiyan ! Die !" A younger , battered version of Celestine said as he pulled on Vegeta's tail . It was enough to cause the saiyan emmense pain but not enough to pull his tail out . " Aaahg!" Vegeta screamed in pain . Celestine wiped some blood off of his face with his hand and stood up as the crowds of Perecians cheered for their prince . " I'm not finished yet !" Vegeta said getting up shakily . He dashed at Celestine and punched him in the face sending him flying out of the ring and smashing into the stadium wall . Vegeta flew after him . He put his hand out and folded his thumb in . " Big… Bang …Attack!" Vegeta gritted through his teeth . A beam of light exploded from Vegeta's hand and collided with Celestine's body .

Celstine's vision became blurry from his loss of blood . He wouldn't lose. He couldn't afford to lose ! He felt himself lift off the ground . " I am the prince of all saiyans ! You can never beat me !" Vegeta said holding him up by his collar . "…Saiyan …filth…" Celestine grimaced as Vegeta punched him in his gut . " I'm going to finish this ." Vegeta said . Spreading his arms open . " Final …" he began .

" Vegeta , that's enough ." A voice commanded . Vegeta stared at the chameleon like tyrant known as Frieza . " Perece is mine. Leave the prince alone he may come in handy one day." Vegeta dropped Celestine reluctantly . " Hmph …what a waste of energy !" he muttered as he followed Freiza out of the stadium .

Present Time – Planet Vegeta .

" Are you sure ?" Celestine asked as he studied Elegan from across the table . Elegan shrugged . " That's what the saiyans are saying ." he replied . He had hated being in the noisy saiyan cafeteria but he had learned some useful Saiyan information . Celestine propped his hands up beneath his chin . " I see , he arrived this morning huh ? It would be rude of me not to pay my childhood friend a visit . I think I'll wait for him in the throne room ." Celestine said exiting the room .

Elegan looked down the table to where apparently a black haired perecian warrior sat . He narrowed his eyes . What exactly did she think she was doing here ?

" Celestine isn't a problem . If he tries anything I'll kill him . There's nothing to worry about ." Vegeta said nonchalantly. King Vegeta watched him curiously . His son seemed different what was it ? " Why did you wish us back ?" he asked . Vegeta watched him blankly . " I'm the prince aren't I ?" Vegeta replied tonelessly . King Vegeta watched him with suspicion . Then something occurred to him . " Vegeta , where's your tail ?" he exclaimed loudly . Vegeta winced . He had wanted to come back didn't he ? It was his fault if he had lost his saiyan respect . ' Vegeta , you really are a selfish bastard .' he thought to himself .

" Well ?" King Vegeta prompted impatiently . Vegeta scowled at him . " I went to earth and it was cut off by accident ." King Vegeta looked irritated for a minute but changed the topic . " I know Frieza is in hell . He was killed by a saiyan . Was it you ?" the King asked next . Vegeta groaned . These questions were really annoying him . " No , Mirai Trunks killed him ." Vegeta said annoyed . " Anything else that you want to know ?"

" Mirai Trunks ?" The King asked . Vegeta sighed . " It's a long story . I'll tell you another time ." he said ending the conversation . There was silence for a while.

" You know your tail makes you stronger right ?" King Vegeta said after a while . Vegeta cursed . " I know that !" The silence continued again . Trunks till this time had been very quiet as these exchanges between his father and his grandfather went by and was growing steadily impatient . " Tousan ?" he said hesitantly .

Vegeta ignored him as he examined his room taking in his surroundings . " Tousan ?" Trunks asked persistently . King Vegeta finally took full notice of the small , purpled haired child standing in the room with them . Trunks frowned . " Hey Dad ! I'm talking to you in case you didn't notice ." Vegeta turned from looking out of the window and snapped . " What is it brat ?" he asked angrily . Trunks watched him slightly hurt for a while . " Nothing , it's just that I'm hungry Dad."

King Vegeta blanched . " Vegeta …" he said slowly , " this is your slave right ?" Trunks glared up at the King . " No , I am not a slave . I'm a Saiyan prince and that's my tousan !" Trunks said agitatedly while pointing towards Vegeta . King Vegeta spoke , slightly surprised . " You have a son ? Where's his tail ?" he asked.

Vegeta scowled again . " Yes , I have a son and his tail was a hazard so the blasted onna cut it off after his birth ! He's only half-saiyan though ." he said .

The King watched him like if he was slightly mad . " Half –Saiyan ? But if he's your son that'll make me his…" Trunks rolled his eyes . His dad hadn't told him his grandfather was so stupid ! " Yes , he's your grandson ." Vegeta said , all these questions were really starting to annoy him ! " Where've you been all this time and Freiza's been dead for a while . Why have you only recently wished us back ?" The King demanded .

" Damn it ! Stop with all the questions . I've been living on earth and…I don't know . I don't know why I wished you back . Maybe it was a mistake . " ' I'm definitely beginning to think it was a mistake.' He thought vehemently . King Vegeta glared at Trunks , what sort of weak grandchildren was Vegeta giving him ? Trunks glared back . " Come on Trunks ." Vegeta said heading out of his bedroom . " Where are we going ?" Trunks inquired . Vegeta watched him . " Just shut up and come ."

Celestine paced the throne room over and over again . Why were they taking so long ? He smiled maliciously as a side door opened . Vegeta stepped through it with Trunks following him . " Prince Vegeta , it's about time you turned up ." Vegeta stopped and surveyed Celestine coldly . " What do you want bakayaro ?" he said . Celestine laughed . " Your as rude and cocky as you've always been ."

" Tousan , is that that Celestine guy ?" Trunks asked while watching Celestine . Vegeta didn't answer him . Celestine turned his purssian blue , gold specked eyes to Trunks . " What's with the kid Vegeta ?" he asked . Vegeta smirked . " Wouldn't you like to know ." His scowl reappeared on his face . " Quit with the childish games . I know what you're here for Celestine and I'll tell you straight , there's no way in hell that you can ever beat me ." Vegeta folded his arms and waited for Celestine to speak .

Celestine looked slightly taken aback for a while but recovered . He smiled . " My prince , I won't lie . I am here to kill you but killing you isn't enough . I want to torture you slowly and watch the blood seep from your veins . Then I want to humiliate you , like you did me . I want to take everything precious to you and curse it to oblivion and then after that I'll kill you ." He finished still smiling .

" Hmph …your wasting my time ." Vegeta said . Celestine could feel himself seethe with rage . Just then a sharp , blade like protrusion burst from Celestine's leg. It went straight through the thick wall next to him . " You see , my foolish father has taken to having people spy on me ." he explained as he drew the blade back into his skin still dripping with blood . Trunks gasped with an awed expression on his face . Celestine had a twisted smile playing upon his lips . " That's the fifth one I've killed for eavesdropping on me . I'll see you around Prince Vegeta ."

" Hey , warrior , what is your name ?" Elegan asked a black haired , violet eyed guard at their table . " Umm…err…it's Eji … sir." The soldier said uncomfortably.

" You seem like a good warrior , come and help me with something ." Elegan said . They walked out into an empty hall . Elegan turned angrily towards the soldier. "Eran , what are you doing here ?" He demanded . " I told you to stay , your too young to be a soldier as yet ." He scolded his little sister . The girl pouted . " How did you know it was me ?" She asked . Elegan rolled his eyes . " I'm your brother , I raised you ,I should know . Why did you cut your hair ?" He asked in exasperation . Perecian girls were supposed to keep their hair long , they considered it a sign of beauty . Eran twirled her now shoulder length hair fidgetly . " I didn't want anyone to recognize me ." She smiled sheepishly . " Then they'd know I was a girl and they would have asked questions and they'd have found out I was underage ."

" Like you could pass for anything but a girl . There were no other girls on that ship , we brought only men ." Elegan said matter of factly . She glared at him . " I noticed ." Eran replied rudely . Elegan sighed and shook his head . " You're a troublesome little girl Eran . You're the worst fifteen year old ever ." She grinned.

" Not now Trunks ." Vegeta said sternly as they sat in the elite's cafeteria . Trunks had wanted to know how Celestine had managed to have blades beneath his skin but as they were also in Perecian company Vegeta was reluctant to say anything much about Celestine . " Hail Prince Vegeta ." A saiyan walking past said . Vegeta rather resented them doing that by the time the twenty-fifth saiyan had done in . ' What do I want exactly ?' Vegeta thought to himself . It seemed like he could never be contented with what he had for long .

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