Saiyan King

Lion King Version

By: Terca

Author's Note: Happy Leap Year! =D I finally finished this chapter today. It took me a while, but at least it was a little longer than I expected.

According to one of the recent reviews, they were concerned/worried about the possible rape. No, I'm not going to write one. Lion King is one of my precious childhood memories, and I'm not going to ruin it. xD

Enjoy reading! Please review! Thank you!

Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z and Lion King. I also don't own the lyrics. I'm only doing this for fun. *for the last ten years, I've been trying to purchase Vegeta from Akira who kept rejecting me and calling me a crazy bitch :'( *

WARNINGS: Strong language and Shonen-Ai (male x male love)

Genres: Romance and Adventure

Rated: M

Pairing: Vegeta x Kakarot

Cast:
Mufasa – King Vegeta
Nala – Kakarot
Rafiki – King Kai
Sarabi – Kira (OC)
Scar – Frieza
Simba – Prince Vegeta
Zazu – Nappa
Banzai, Shenzi, and Ed – Ginyu Force
Timon and Pumbaa – Humans

Chapter 10

Vegeta flew as fast as he could. If he could find Bardock and Kakarot, then they would know what to do by then. Still, it did not feel right leaving his father alone to fight Ginyu… but, they always managed to get through anything. His father scared the rest of Ginyu Force away when he found him and Kakarot outside the kingdom.

Soon, he was slowing down when he knew he was almost there. But… when he got to Bardock and Kakarot's house, the reality was starting to have an impact on him.

He landed in the front of the heavily damaged house. He started searching for their life forces, but he could not find any. He was starting at it in disbelief. His heart almost sank. They couldn't be dead, right? No, they must have fled to the Vegeta Palace!

He quickly took off into the sky, on the way for his home. Deep down, he was hoping that they were alive.

The closer he was to the Vegeta Palace, the more battles between Saiyans and aliens emerged. At this point, he could not fly anymore or else he would get killed in the middle of their battles.

Eventually after landing on a narrow alley without battles, he managed to sneak into the huge backyard of his castle. At the same time, he was trying to search for Bardock and Kakarot even with his own scouter. When he was not able to find them anywhere in his home, he was not sure what to do. If he made a step outside, then he would be killed instantly.

But, what the hell was doing on? Was this all Ginyu Force's doing? Where did all of those aliens come from? They even seemed to outnumber Saiyans for some reason. Could it be because half of the population wasn't warriors?

What should he do…? Then, he remembered that his father told him about the guide of the former Saiyan Kings. His excitement did not last long when he realized that he did not know any way to speak to the former Saiyan Kings. He never asked his father about it once because he just assumed that everything would be fine and that they would be together forever.

"…hell yes!"

Vegeta turned to the double door fast as soon as he heard an unfamiliar voice. He was debating with himself whether he should leave his own home or not until he heard the second voice, which was very familiar.

"Zarbon, the enemies are either dead or gone. You may go. We've taken over the Vegeta Palace."

Raditz? Vegeta was staring at the doors in disbelief when he recognized the traitor's voice. How? How could he betray them like that? Wasn't he supposed to be Kakarot's older brother? And, he had been the bodyguard for the Vegeta Palace for as long as Prince Vegeta remembered.

If that was the case, then how many more Saiyans betrayed the Vegeta Kingdom?

Vegeta did not want to find out anytime soon, as he quickly exited his own home through a nearby window. The only place he could go was where his father was. They needed to get off this planet with Bardock and Kakarot as soon as possible.

As he was flying through the sky, he could see that the whole city was a hell. There were fights everywhere, and the reek of many fresh corpses reached to his sensitive nose.

Finally, he reached to the destination as he landed gently. He looked around in order to make sure that there were no battles close by. There, he found his father sooner than he expected. In the exact same area he left a few hours ago.

"…Father?" Vegeta called hesitantly. As he got closer to him, the more he realized that his father was not waking up anytime soon. "No, Father… No, no… Why is this happening to us…?"

"Oh, Vegeta…"

Vegeta froze at a familiar voice. He turned his head toward the alien he met rarely. "Lord?"

"Vegeta, Vegeta…" Frieza shook his head, as if he had seen something shameful. "If your people find out about this, they will blame you for sure."

"Wha… no! It's an accident!"

"Is it? It's because of you, Nappa also died. You ran away and left him alone to fight for himself," Frieza sighed lightly. "Oh, what would the sweet Queen in the heaven think?"

Vegeta glanced back at his father's corpse. "No, I don't want to hear any of this…"

"Oh yes, you have to. Thanks to you, we don't have a king anymore… unless you are powerful enough to be the one. To me, you're just a coward monkey who always runs. How can you be the Saiyan King at times like this?"

"I…"

"It's all your fault," Frieza made sure he stressed on the last word. "People are always dying around you. Even Bardock and Kakarot are dead."

Vegeta widened his eyes in shock. That must be the reason why he could not find their life forces. "No… It's not true…" He shook his head. He could not bear the thought of his own friends dying…

"Yes. It's true. Saiyans are blaming you for their deaths. I suggest you to leave the kingdom… this planet. As soon as possible. Run for your life before they catch up with you," Frieza's tail crashed a nearby huge rock into pieces.

Vegeta flinched at the loud crash and then flew away fast. He had to run away from this… no, from everything.

"My Lord," Ginyu said, as he and his partners emerged from the nearby shadows.

"Kill him," Frieza said coldly. He received the loud battle cries from his strongest warriors. With a dark smirk on his face, he watched them as they flew into the sky in the same direction as where Vegeta took off.

Vegeta sneaked a peek behind himself a few times until he spotted five people chasing after him. He did not even care whether they were Saiyans or not, so he raised his ki in order to increase his flying speed.

At this point, he was not even sure if he should allow them to follow him to the destination. He took one more look at his chasers, and then he suddenly boosted his speed.

It did not take him long before he arrived at the flight area. He stopped in the air and was surprised to see that there weren't any space pod left. This area was supposed to be guarded heavily, but he guessed that there were some Saiyan traitors, after all. During the beginning of the war, some of people must have fled by using the space pods.

"Prince Vegeta~ I found you~!" Jeice's so-called sweet voice reached Vegeta's sensitive ears.

Shit! It's them again! Vegeta dropped himself fast to the floor, still flying at least ten feet above. All he needed to find at least one space pod. If he were to stay any longer, he would be dead for sure.

Passing the watchtower, he spotted an old white pod sitting next to the discarded junk parts of old or destroyed space pods. It's better than nothing!

He was more than surprised when he opened the space pod. He quickly got inside, knowing that the Ginyu Force was still coming. He just mashed the weird buttons until he heard a computer voice, "Destination to Planet Earth. Thirty seconds until take-off."

"He's escaping!" Recoome yelled, as he and the rest of the team landed roughly. Unfortunately for them, the shockwave coming from the space pod taking off sent them away through the air.

"Fuck! That kid is fast! That was the last space pod!" Burter said. "We were supposed to kill him! Lord Frieza will have our heads for sure!"

"No matter where he goes, he will never survive anyway. He has no idea how to take care of himself," Ginyu smirked. "He is never coming back though. Not when he knows that Saiyans 'hate' him."

"Hey, you're right, Captain!" Guldo nodded his head.

"Captain is a genius!" Jeice cheered.

~ROAR~

The battle between Saiyans and Lord Frieza's subordinates did not end for a few more months. Because of the lack of their King, the Saiyans finally surrendered. As in the result, Frieza became their King.

Ever since Kakarot was captured, he had been locked up in a bedroom in the castle that was used to be Vegeta's. He had been fed four or five times a day by one of Frieza's subordinates.

"Kakarot? You there?"

Kakarot's face lit up as soon as he heard his older brother's voice. "Raditz! Can you get me out of here?"

"No, I can't," Raditz unlocked the door and entered the room. "I just came here for a chat, my dear brother."

"Oh," Kakarot said softly, almost disappointed. He had always thought that his older brother was cool… but he knew that he had changed after joining Lord Frieza's hunting squad. He just did not want to believe it.

"The war is over," Raditz patted his younger brother's head. "Lord Frieza won. Sooner or later, everything will return to normal."

"What about Prince Vegeta? Did you find him?" Kakarot asked anxiously. He had not seen his best friend or heard anything about him for a long time.

"He is gone. It's possible he is dead," Raditz shrugged his shoulders. "It's been months since he had gone missing. Didn't Father say something about you being Prince Vegeta's mate?"

"…It was Nappa who told us," Kakarot scratched his arm nervously. He could not look at his brother's eyes anymore. They were so cold and unwelcoming.

"That's too bad. It's no wonder you and Father had been living in prosperity ever since you were born. But you don't need to worry about it anymore. Come with me."

"I thought you said that I couldn't get out –"

"No, you're not getting out of the castle. Lord… I mean, King Frieza wants to see you," Raditz smirked at himself. Now, he could get used to calling him King Frieza.

Kakarot did not realize that the hallways were really long until just now. He had always been running through them. He did not remember the last time when he slowed down or walked through one of them.

"Kakarot, I will wait for you outside," Raditz opened the door for his younger brother.

"Okay," Kakarot almost mumbled. Suddenly, he was feeling nervous. He had never met Frieza before, and he heard many things about him from Bardock. And, those comments about Frieza weren't very pleasant.

"Kakarot, isn't it?"

Kakarot looked up at the pale alien who was sitting at the throne… which was supposed to be Vegeta's. "You're sitting on the King's seat. You can't do that…"

"Now, you're ordering me around?"

The Saiyan child shook his head when he remembered that the King and Prince were not here anymore. "No, Lord Frieza."

"Just call me King Frieza from now," the creepy smirking alien got up from the throne. "Follow me. I have a few important announcements to make for the whole kingdom."

Kakarot obeyed him until he stopped following when he heard loud chants: "All hail King Frieza! All hail King Frieza!"

Frieza opened the doors to the balcony. "Kakarot, come here."

Kakarot had never been on the balcony before. King Vegeta and Bardock did not want any Saiyan to know what Prince Vegeta's future mate looked like, so they always hid him in the dark. Instead of living in the fear with the threats and envy of millions of Saiyans, he got to live like a normal Saiyan child.

Now? He had never been so terrified before. Not even his own brother was helping him out. He was all alone. King Vegeta, Prince Vegeta, and Bardock were dead. They were never coming back. Just when he thought things wouldn't get any worse—

"I have a few announcements for you all. Firstly, I would like to introduce my new mate. His name is Kakarot."

Kakarot held his breath in fear. He had never had so many surprised and amused eyes staring at him. Frieza's mate? What? Why? How?

"He was born as the strongest Saiyan baby next to our dear former Prince Vegeta. That's the sole reason why I chose him. The mating ceremony will begin by the time he becomes 18 years old."

Kakarot almost sighed in relief. He still had eight years left before he became bonded to Frieza forever.

"So, I suggest you not to touch him at all. If you do, then I will definitely find you out, and you will be sentenced to immediate death," Frieza smirked widely. He turned to the Saiyan child. "Kakarot, you may go. Thank you."

Kakarot had never been this fast before. He just bolted back into the castle just to get away from all of those eyes. He knew how Prince Vegeta felt when he was in the spotlight, but he had no idea how his best friend could be tolerant to this much attention.

How could he live with this evil alien?

~TO BE CONTINUED~