Q: Will Broly reappear in the story?
A: Oh, that answer will be pretty apparent in this chapter.
Chapter 11
I do not own DBZ
Colleen had to wake up and put Kakarot back to bed. He tried his screaming bit, but she didn't fall for it. Then she started hearing someone in the kitchen. She got out of the bed and saw Kakarot eating a bag of fruit snacks that Raditz had left on the counter. He climbed on a bucket so he could reach a stool so he could use that to climb on top of the counter. When he saw his mother, he smiled innocently. "Ma!"
"Why can't you sleep through the night?" She gave him a bottle of breast milk and some oatmeal before sending him off to bed.
She went back to sleep, but in twenty minutes, she woke up to noises in the kitchen again. "Kakarot!" she grumbled frustrated. She got up and went back into the kitchen, prepared to punish him. "Kaka–"
Bardock was stuffing his face with food. When he saw Colleen, he swallowed what was in his mouth and smiled. "Hey, Colly."
"You're back!" She was so happy to see him again and she could sense something different about him. She started to feel his arms, his shoulders, and his face. Then she held his face and smiled. "Did you do it?"
He smirked. "Did I do what?"
"Did you figure out your powers?" She wrapped her arms around Bardock and kissed his lips. "Did you become a Super Saiyan?"
"I haven't mentioned how much I missed you."
She smirked. She had missed him greatly too. "Bardock, I will give you your congratulations as soon as you stop being coy with me."
"I do have a better handle on it. It required some meditation, which I haven't really ever done. It's made me a better fighter. You should probably spend some time meditating too. You have to have control of your mind, body, and spirit."
She cocked her brow. "And you've mastered this in one week?"
"I didn't say I've mastered it. I said I had better control."
"Sure." She rolled her eyes. "We can all go meditate or whatever. I just want to know if you've reached Super Saiyan!" She could sense that he was even more powerful and her bond with him tipped her off that he had a big change.
"Well, the answer is–" Bardock was saved by a knock at the door. "Allow me to get that."
"Oh, come on!" she yelled. "Just tell me!"
"I don't want the little one to hear." Bardock could sense it was Prince Vegeta at his door. It must have been urgent if Prince Vegeta was there at that hour. He opened the door to look at his scowl. "To what do I owe this honor?" he asked with obvious sarcasm.
"I need you to follow me."
"Why?" Bardock could clearly see that Vegeta was upset and not in his usual angry sort of way. "What's the matter?"
"My mother needs you and she needs you right now!"
Bardock quickly looked back at Colleen, who was waiting impatiently. 'She might not be too thrilled about me running after Cellena, but what choice do I have? If Vegeta is here, then this is some serious trouble.' "Okay. Lets go."
Bardock was about to step through the front door so he could take off, but Vegeta pushed him back. "No flying. Teleport us there right now."
"No way! I'm not ready to reveal that specific power to your parents!" If Bardock showed all of his impressive tricks, they would either demand that it was taught to them or they would feel even more threatened. Plus, every bad thing that happened could be pointed at the man who could disappear and reappear in an instant. Paranoid King Vegeta would use Bardock as a scapegoat.
Vegeta glared and threatened Bardock with his eyes. "We don't have the time!"
'What could be going on?' "Okay." He placed his hand on Vegeta's shoulder and disappeared from Colleen's eyes.
Colleen had a terrible feeling. 'I hope this has nothing to do with Cerina. That child means the world to Cellena.'
"You cannot do this!" Cellena screamed with an uncontainable fury. She didn't care what King Vegeta said or what he did. She was desperate beyond the point of pride or shame. She had to fight for her daughter.
"I am your king. You cannot tell me what to do!" He didn't like the situation any better than her, but he would not allow her insubordination to continue.
"This is our child!"
"It doesn't matter if she will destroy everything that I've built!"
"Everything that you've built?" She shrieked. It had only bothered her somewhat that she was at times under appreciated, but her irritation levels were at new heights. "What about me? What about what I've done? I was the one who incorporated the Tuffles technology into our daily lives. You may give the orders, but I'm the one who makes the operations. I'm the one who whispered in everyone's ear after we defeated the Tuffles and campaigned for you to be our king. This empire is just as much mine as it is yours!"
"You have no right–"
"I have every right–"
Bardock appeared in the throne room between the two of them and caught a bit of their screaming. Even when he was with Cellena and she was young and angry, she never screamed. It was like she was fighting for her dear life. "What is going on here?"
"Where did you come from?" Vegeta asked.
"I can teleport." He smiled innocently. "Didn't I mention that?"
"I'm certain you didn't." Vegeta was once again ready to lash out at Bardock.
"That doesn't matter." Cellena desperately grabbed a hold of Bardock's arms and pleaded with him as she saw into his eyes. "Bardock, tell Vegeta that he's wrong. Tell him that he's superstitious and the Legendary Super Saiyan is nothing more than a bedtime story we tell our son so he will behave."
Vegeta's mouth dropped. 'They're just trying to trick me?
Bardock still didn't understand what exactly was going on, but he knew how desperate Cellena was and he didn't want to disappoint her. "I can't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because it's not just a story. It's real."
Cellena felt completely defeated. There being a Saiyan of unlimited power might have been true, but she didn't think it could reappear like some kind of curse.
King Vegeta knew he wasn't wrong, but he was a little disappointed about what he would have to do to his own daughter. But he didn't know if there was anything he could say to convince Cellena that he was making the right decision. "Now you tell her what you know about him. Tell her how destructive his power can be. Tell her that I was justified in destroying the child."
"He was justified," he told Cellena. It might have seemed particularly cruel destroying a child, but Broly would have been a justified case. "He is a complete psychopath and when he loses control, there is nothing that can satisfy his bloodlust." Bardock turned to King Vegeta. "But you didn't destroy him."
King Vegeta's eyes bucked in a very brief moment of panic. He recovered, but only because he was angry. "He was executed!"
"You blasted his father and the child was stabbed, but neither of them were dead. Broly's power somehow saved him and his father and even though the planet was destroyed, they're somewhere safe and recovering. They'll come back and when they do, they will destroy you for what you've done to them. And if anyone kills you first, anyone with your blood will suffice." Bardock looked down at the little prince. He certainly looked worried.
"So, he shouldn't have killed him," Cellena said with a hint of nagging.
"He'd still be a psychopath," Bardock said. "Even Paragus is afraid of his son. Broly tried to kill Kakarot and anyone who looks like him just because he was too loud in the maternity ward. There's absolutely no method to his madness. Maybe he wouldn't hold a grudge against the royal family, but I would have killed him myself if I had the chance."
'I was so sure Vegeta was making the wrong choice...' Cellena still couldn't accept that fate for Cerina. She didn't care if she was right or wrong. She couldn't let her die! "That doesn't mean Cerina will be that way."
Bardock realized he didn't even know why they were having such a conversation and turned to the king. "Why do you think she's like Broly?"
"Because their power levels were nearly the same."
His eyes bucked. 'I guess I was a little too preoccupied to sense her power.' He closed his eyes and found a power level that he hadn't noticed before. The power level was nothing compared to his new found strength, so it wasn't really that high to him. It could have been the power level of a very strong elite, but he realized that it was indeed Cerina. "It must be because of the fruit."
"The fruit that made you a homicidal, psychopathic killer?" the king mocked. "I know about what it made you do against the Ginyu Force. Even my son thought your carnage was brutal, and that's really saying something."
"Okay, fine. That's true, but that doesn't mean Cerina will be that way. No one else reacted the same as I did, including Turles."
"But she was a fetus being developed. We can't take any chances about how she'll turn out after it's apart of her."
Cellena glared at her mate. "She'll turn out exactly how we'll raise her!"
It was a problem. Bardock understood the superstition of the king and in a way, it was reasonable. Cellena should have never eaten the fruit when she was pregnant. But he knew what he saw and what he felt when he saw Cerina in his visions. She was a good Saiyan, perhaps even as good as Goku was. He didn't understand how that was possible living in the royal family, but he had faith in her. "I can't agree to killing this child."
King Vegeta did not want to kill his daughter and their opposition wasn't making it any easier for him. He grunted at them both, but then he suddenly softened and almost pleaded with them. "You two are young. You cannot possibly grasp how difficult our race had it after our original home planet was destroyed. You think it's a legend because you've heard the story passed on from generation to generation. I know people who suffered his destruction. Our race was nearly destroyed by one of our own. We had to start over again with nothing. I cannot let that happen on my watch, even if it is my own daughter."
Everything her mate said made perfect sense, but she had carried her daughter and desired her so badly. He didn't understand the bond she had with their daughter, and yet she hadn't even held her in arms yet. "I would destroy this entire universe myself before I let you destroy her!"
Vegeta was disappointed, but it was still ultimately his decision. "I cannot allow you to stop me, Cellena."
Cellena never thought she would stand against Vegeta, but she wanted her daughter. "Then so be it."
King Vegeta took a step toward Cellena and whether or not it was meant to plead more or harm her, Bardock acted quickly and pushed her safely behind him. "I won't let you hurt her."
Vegeta was baffled. "You would betray your king?" He could understand liking and siding with Cellena because she would stick up for Bardock, but to defy him was treason punishable by death.
"You would betray your woman?" Bardock was angry enough to kill Vegeta. He probably would have gone along with it if Cellena didn't foolishly care about him so much. "You're not thinking this through! Just because she had a high power level now doesn't mean she's going to be some uncontrollable monster. I saw visions of another life that's different because of my decisions. But in that world, you had a grandson that became a Super Saiyan at eight years old."
"That's impossible!"
"It happened!" Bardock had no idea how high Trunks's power level was, but even if it wasn't something you could sense on the surface, his potential was astounding. "Kakarot's son became a Super Saiyan at eleven, but his youngest was at least seven, perhaps even younger. He was trained by his human mother and he still accomplished such a thing. It won't be so strange that our children are so powerful. Cerina is just the first remarkable one."
'Super Saiyan children? I can hardly imagine it. Only the fact that my grandson has my blood flowing through his veins makes it fathomable. Even still, that doesn't mean Cerina is like them and not like Broly.' "And what if you're wrong?"
"I'll take full responsibility and I will lay down my life for my mistake."
Cellena lightly gasped. "Bardock, don't–"
"I believe in Cerina. I know what I felt when I saw her. She'll be someone to make you proud."
"And what if she can't be stopped?" King Vegeta asked.
Cellena wasn't that naive to not have a backup plan. "What does it take to bring down someone that powerful?" she asked Bardock.
Bardock recalled the brutal battle in his head. Goku fought blindly, not realizing the danger. Of course he was always up for a challenge anyway. His son followed him into battle as well as Trunks. Piccolo was there and his power was roughly around Super Saiyan. Prince Vegeta was terrified and traumatized, but eventually stepped into battle. "Roughly five Super Saiyans."
"Five?" the king barked.
"But even then, the chances are slim." It probably wasn't a good idea to be that honest, but Bardock was going to make them take the risk anyway. "Please trust me, King Vegeta."
"And why should I do that?"
"Because she's your daughter!" Bardock was never so sentimental before. He didn't care about his son, but he was different. Vegeta didn't need some kind of revelation to care about his son. He had great pride in his son and he was fond of his woman. There was no sense in ruining aspects of his life that made it complete. "Cellena won't forgive you. Your son won't have the same respect for you. I'll be honest and say that I don't like you, but I do know you." Prince Vegeta in another life used to believe that power was all one needed to be happy, but King Vegeta did everything for his family, evil and all. "I saw you risk your life to save Vegeta from Frieza. I know you'll do the same for Cerina."
"Father..." Vegeta had never seen his parents argue like that before. He had seen his father do countless of terrible acts, but he was different with his mother. Would he have gone far enough to hurt her? Even if he could, Bardock would step in and perhaps kill his father. He didn't want that. "Please!"
King Vegeta's son didn't need his son to be so upset about it. He decided to give Cellena what she wanted. "Fine. I will allow our daughter to live, but she will be watched closely."
Cellena was so overcome with emotions. She was still hormonal and felt such a rush of relief that it was hard to hold herself together. "Thank you."
King Vegeta was uncomfortable with Cellena's struggle to control her emotions, particularly because he caused her emotions. "Get your emotions under control, Cellena. You can't be so weak when I leave you in charge of earth when I'm gone."
She nodded. "I understand." Cellena started walking away from the throne room. She didn't know if she could keep herself from completely breaking down and she didn't want to do it in front of Vegeta. Bardock and Prince Vegeta followed behind her, seeing that she was still injured. She wouldn't speak a word to them, because she knew it would make it worse. She walked all the way back to her hospital room with her head held high and then she dropped to her knees snobbing.
"Cellena?" Bardock was a little freaked out. If she was upset, she'd get angry. He had actually never seen her cry before. Her shoulders were shaking and everything. "Cerina is going to live. There's nothing to be upset about." He bent down to her side and touched her shoulder.
"Thank you, Bardock." Cellena turned and found familiar comfort in his strong chest. Once again, he was her savior. "I'll never forget this."
He was in an interesting position. Not even when they were together had he ever comforted her in such a way. He honestly never had to. She was always so strong. "Do you...do you need anything?"
"Would you stay the night in the palace in case Vegeta changes his mind?"
Bardock looked in the doorway and saw Prince Vegeta watching awkwardly. He had probably never seen his mother act in such a manner and it probably angered him that Bardock was the one consoling her. 'I don't know if that's a great idea, but it might be necessary in order to protect Cerina.' "Of course, my queen."
"Now leave me." She wiped her tears and laughed to hide her great embarrassment. "I don't enjoy anyone seeing me like this."
Bardock nodded and let her go. "I'll protect her." He turned around and Vegeta's awkwardness had progressed into a more serious form of anger. Bardock moved by him to avoid any conversation, but the angry prince grabbed his arm and led him into a different room.
"Lets make something completely clear, Bardock. I don't trust you at all."
Bardock didn't know why he found it so hilarious, but he tried to keep himself from laughing. "I only have your mother's best interest in mind."
"I'm concerned that you might think you're her best interest. It's obvious that you still have feelings for her."
He shrugged. "Maybe I do, but they're irrelevant. I'm bonded to my mate and I'm loyal to her. She's my priority and I don't feel the same way for your mother when the two of us were together. Everything has changed."
"Then why would you offer to give up your own life?" he asked suspiciously. Vegeta did not believe that any Saiyan could be genuinely "nice". Bardock had another angle!
"Because we can still be friends. She's saved me plenty of times and I've saved her. We were a pretty good team in the past. I know what Cerina means to her and I think she might mean something important to my son."
"Did you see a vision?" Vegeta asked very, very disgusted.
"I did. Nothing is set in stone and there were implications. I don't know if she has it in her to want to be with a low level Saiyan, but I think I might owe Kakarot and Cerina a chance." He did have mixed feelings because he wanted to preserve the lives of his grandsons, but maybe it wasn't up to him anymore. "I can't control everything."
Vegeta didn't know what to do. It couldn't have been a good idea to keep his mother's old flame around while his father was being so cruel to his mother. What did it matter if everyone had bonded? Vegeta didn't understand much about it and he didn't care either. Bardock could not be trusted! "Who is Brussel?"
Bardock didn't even put much thought into it. "I don't know. Why are you asking me?"
"Bulma heard my mother mumble his name in her sleep. She sounded worried."
"Really?" 'That's strange. She was usually so peaceful in bed.' "I've slept with your mother enough times to know that's unusual."
Vegeta growled. "That was too much information!"
Bardock chuckled. "I apologize. I've never heard her mention him. You'll have to ask her yourself." 'Though I'm rather curious myself.' "Where is your father going?"
"He's going to visit the other Saiyan colonies across the universe. If he doesn't keep up appearances, they might not follow him in this great time of confusion." Vegeta glared. "Some idiot suggested that all we Saiyans split up."
Bardock chose to ignore Vegeta's hostility. It was true that he didn't feel comfortable with Bardock's relationship with his mother, but he was also masking other emotions. "Are you surprised by your father's actions?"
"His actions don't surprise me." Vegeta knew what his father was capable of. He taught him how to be the perfect and ruthless warrior. The only soft spot they all had was toward each other. "The only surprise is that he could do something like that to my mother."
Prince Vegeta was really upset, but Bardock didn't know how to make it better. That was so something a woman should have done. "Well, they'll work it out."
"You see that in a vision?" he asked sarcastically.
"No, but I know that they do care for each other." Admitting it didn't annoy Bardock as much as it used to. He could finally accept the fact that Cellena chose Vegeta over him.
A beautiful Saiyan female came into their room and she bowed before Prince Vegeta, but then addressed Bardock. "I am Basila. Queen Cellena would like me to show you where you can sleep."
'Cellena got a new handmaiden? What's going on with Bulma then?' "She doesn't want me to stand watch?"
"I'll be looking after her. If there's any need for you, you'll be summoned immediately."
Bardock nodded and followed after the woman. 'I don't know if this is good or bad.' "What happened to the old assistant?"
"Bulma?" she chuckled. "She is merely a child. Cellena wants her focused on actually growing up and studying science. That's how she can best serve her queen."
'I need to know more about this woman.' "Would you mind if I read your future?" Bardock reached out his hand.
Basila was intrigued. She had heard much about Bardock's abilities and was curious what her future held. She was quite ambitious. "Sure." She took his hand and waited for him to open his eyes.
"This is exciting, Cassava!" Basila was parading around her room excited while talking to a young woman who looked a lot like her. She was probably her daughter. "You have the greatest chance of being the next queen of our people. You're going to win this tournament. You're the strongest woman participating!"
Cassava smiled. "I won't get cocky though, Mother. I'll save my gloating for when I win."
"What did you see?" Basila asked.
'This is not good!' "You're eyeing the prince for your daughter, Cassava."
She laughed amused. She was not ashamed at all. "And so has every Saiyan mother from the time he was born." She smirked. "You're impressive though."
'Yeah, I'm concerned. Apparently, Cellena has handpicked someone as crafty and ambitious as her. This does not bode well for Bulma!' "Can Cellena trust you?"
"I would die for Cellena!" 'She's saved my life more times than I care to admit. I owe her everything.'
'Great!' He caught her mental declaration of dependence. 'So Cellena picked someone who is like her and adores her. This really doesn't look good for Bulma.'
"Here is your room, Bardock."
She led him upstairs to a big room with a bunch of art that looked nice, but he didn't understand. The furniture was a whole lot nicer than anything he had in his capsule house. He didn't care much about that stuff, but Colleen probably would have flipped out. "I'm actually staying in the palace," he said out loud to himself.
"This is probably a lot different than what you're used to. Cellena has impeccable taste."
Bardock's stomach began to rumble. "Speaking of taste, do you have any food?"
"I'll have some servants send you something, but I should really get back to Cellena. She might need me."
"Go ahead. I'll be fine." Bardock was left alone to wander throughout his room. He landed right in his bed and decided to relax until his late night meal came. He hadn't really relaxed since he left to go train. 'It's about time that I congratulate myself.'
When the human servants came with food, Bardock ate all of it in minutes and it was all delicious. Colleen had learned to cook pretty well, but Cellena must have had some masterful chefs in her kitchen. After his stomach was nice and full, he laid back down and drifted off into a peaceful sleep.
"Come on. You can do this." Broly wrapped his arms around a woman's waist and kissed her neck affectionately. He completely worshiped her. His obsession and lust was evident in every fiber of his being.
She quivered with fear as she looked out at all of the creatures cowering before them both. She had an unusual amount of hesitation for a Saiyan. "I've never purged a planet before."
"Then you're long overdue, Cerina." He knew how good it felt when he ripped through someone. He knew she would feel the same way if given the chance. "The kind of power we possess puts us far above these weaklings. This universe is ours to rule and we do that by power. Everyone must tremble at our might."
She stared at a child for the longest time. She couldn't imagine ending it's life for her own enjoyment. What sort of monster did he believe her to be? "I don't know if I can do this, Broly."
"What's with the hesitation?" He became frustrated, almost totally enraged. "You're not still thinking about that weakling, are you?"
She turned around quickly and held his face. She was the only one who could calm him down. "I killed Kakarot because he was weak!" She smirked. "And to be with you." She kissed him passionately until he had calmed his Super Saiyan rage. His gigantic muscles condensed until he was at a much more attractive state.
But though he was calm, he still wanted her to feel that rage. "Release your Saiyan rage. Release your power. Kill these weaklings. You know that you have an undesirable bloodlust inside of you. You've ignored it. That's why you've never felt whole, Cerina. Kill them. All of them. It's the only way to free yourself."
His words rang deep within her ears until she couldn't take it anymore. Her power busted out of her like a bomb and when the dust settled, there was nothing left but ashes. She looked on wide eyed at her terrible destruction, completely shocked at what she was capable of. Then, she smirked wickedly. "That actually felt pretty good."
Bardock raised up out of his bed. "Oh no..." 'What was that about? Cerina and Broly are going to be together? But I saw Kakarot fighting to win her over. But why did she kill my son? How is it even possible? Only someone like Broly could be strong enough and she can't possibly be like him, she can't be!'
Bardock didn't know what to do. There was a chance that he had just royally screwed up by not letting King Vegeta kill Cerina. It was too late to go back. King Vegeta would think he was a flake and Cellena and Prince Vegeta would never forgive him. 'What am I supposed to do?' He could only think of one person he could talk to about such a thing, so he got dressed and teleported to her.
"Bardock?" Colleen was preparing breakfast for her boys when he suddenly popped into the kitchen. "What's going on? Is Cellena alright."
Bardock looked at his boys. They didn't need to hear. "Raditz, go fly around the planet or something."
"Seriously?" he asked annoyed.
"Take your brother with you. I need to talk to your mother alone."
He sighed heavily but grabbed Kakarot so he could do as he was told. "Fine. But I know you two are going to just have sex!"
Colleen waited until Raditz angrily slammed the front door behind him. "Is the boy right or wrong?"
"Unfortunately, he's wrong." Oh, if only he had time! "Princess Cerina was born with a power level close to ten thousand."
Her mouth dropped. "That's amazing! They must be ecstatic." Colleen knew how concerned Cellena was about her child's power level.
"No. King Vegeta thinks she might possess the bloodlust of a Legendary Super Saiyan."
Colleen laughed and the ridiculousness of it. "My father used to scare me with those stories."
"They're true, Colly."
Colleen could practically feel the same spine chilling sensations she got as a child when her father scared her to death. The Legendary Super Saiyan was described to her as the thing that nightmares fear. "So, are we in danger?"
Bardock knew the same fear that existed in Colleen existed in just about every Saiyan alive. If word got out that Cerina was thought to be The Legendary Super Saiyan, there would be panic. "Cerina isn't the Saiyan of legend. Broly is. He's a child that was born the same day as Kakarot. The entire universe is in danger if no one stops him. King Vegeta was going to kill his daughter and Cellena needed my help to stop him."
"Did you fight the king?" she asked horrified. She adored Bardock, but she was still a citizen of the Saiyan Empire!
"No, but I thought it might come to that. I stuck up for her and he said he'd let it go."
"So, what's the big emergency?"
"I had a vision...or a dream." He was so frustrated! He thought he had a breakthrough with his powers and now everything was screwed up. "I'm not sure. I'm so confused about it and it doesn't go along with what I've seen and what I know about her."
"What do you think you saw?"
He braced himself. He didn't know what lengths Colleen was willing to go to protect Kakarot. "Cerina is going to kill Kakarot to be with Broly." He heard her gasp, but he wouldn't look at her. "I thought she was passive and kind for a Saiyan. That's what I felt from her, but Broly was determined to bring out the worst in her. He's...obsessed with her." In a way, he was more alarmed for her than he was for his son. "I felt his lust and admiration towards her."
"So are you trying to ask me if you should go back and convince King Vegeta to kill his own daughter in order to save our son?"
He threw his hands up in the air. "I don't know!"
"Why can't we just stop Broly?"
"I at least need five Super Saiyans. It's not an easy thing to do."
"Well, this family makes four." Colleen could be naive sometimes and a dreamer. She was crazy enough to believe that Bardock could help create that many. "Cellena wanted this child more than anything. She's still hormonal and she's been nuts! She's going to kill you or at least try if you change your mind."
"She'd never forgive me." Bardock saw the hint of jealousy on Colleen's face, so he tried to cover his tracks the best he could. "I can't afford for her to be my enemy. She'd be so spiteful."
Colleen thought about it. Sure, Cellena was Bardock's old lover. That was weird, but she was also her friend. Colleen was a mother and knew what it was like to want a child, even though the father didn't, and then having to go through the process of losing that child all alone. It wasn't an easy experience and she sympathized with her. "As much as I want to protect Kakarot, I can't agree to destroying her. You don't see the whole picture with these visions, and you might have just created a dream because you're so anxious about everything. Lets just see how things play out and try to prevent disasters from happening."
Bardock knew that he could screw up his visions with his own imagination, but he didn't like the uncertainty. "I...I have to find a better way to protect my son. If she wasn't so powerful, then maybe I wouldn't be so concerned."
Colleen hated the idea, but she had to say what was on her mind. She had to protect her son as well. "Do you know a way to suppress her power?"
'That's brilliant!' "I don't, but I think I might know someone who will."
Prince Vegeta came into his mother's hospital room and watched her happily hold his new baby sister. He was uncomfortable with the fact that she was so powerful. The child's power was already the talk of the palace and he hated when attention wasn't on him. However, he did have mixed feelings about it. The child pleased his mother so much.
'She's still emotional. I have to make sure she doesn't do anything stupid.' "Mother."
"Shhh. Your sister is sleeping," she said quietly.
He lowered his voice and approached her bed. "I'll be quiet. I was curious about something though."
"What?" she asked.
"Who is Brussel?"
Suddenly, her cheery disposition went away. She looked into her son's eyes intensely. She was angry and she was also sad, but she was mostly serious. "I need you to never, ever speak that name again. Do you understand?"
'Who could this man be?' "I understand."
Basila interrupted their tension by entering the room. "Queen Cellena, Bulma wants to know if it would be alright if she saw you and the child."
Cellena knew how much Bulma wanted to be apart of their family, but Cellena was drained and she didn't feel like being particularly affectionate to anyone other than her children. "I need my rest." She placed Cerina in Basila's hands and laid down. "Put her back in the maternity ward. Bulma can watch her through the glass. I don't want her to wake up."
Basila bowed her head and walked out.
Vegeta knew she was still injured and he didn't know if his father would change his mind. 'She would be a mess if Cerina was killed. I should probably watch over her and make sure nothing happens.' "I'll be close by, Mother."
She reached out and grabbed her son's arm before he could leave. "Thank you, Vegeta. If it were not for your support, I don't know if your father would have backed down."
He smirked. "I guess I'm not so jealous after all."
She laughed. "No, I still believe you're jealous. I just think you're not as cruel as you pretend to be."
He rolled his eyes. "Don't make me kill humans to prove you wrong." Vegeta was on his way to meet one in particular.
Bulma was watching Cerina through the glass in the maternity ward. She wanted to hold her and see Cerina. She just knew something bad was going on. When she saw Vegeta, she reminded herself not to be afraid. They were both bonded by the blood of the animal she killed for him. "How is your momma?"
"Mother is recovering. Cerina is...powerful."
Bulma noticed that Vegeta wasn't exactly happy about that. "Is there something wrong with that? You're still gonna be the king and everything, aren't you?"
"Of course! She's nothing compared to me."
Bulma smiled. "Especially since I'm gonna help you be as strong as you possibly can be."
"What do you mean?" he asked intrigued.
"I'm a genius. That's why Bardock came to our family. Sure my dad is brilliant, but I'm gonna do even greater things for you."
'That's good to know.' "And out of everyone–my father, my mother, and myself–who are you most loyal to?"
"Do you promise not to tell anyone?"
He nodded. "I promise."
"No matter what happens, I'm gonna make sure that you're the strongest and greatest king in the history of the universe. Everything in this universe will be yours." 'And mine.'
He smirked. "I think I like you a little bit more, Girl."
'This is going to be easier than I thought!' "Likewise, my prince." Bulma watched Cerina sleeping peacefully through the glass. She would think of her as her baby sister and like all siblings, a rivalry was born between the two of them. 'I'm going to be the queen of the whole universe and no one is going to stop me!'
Korin was looking down from the tower and at the earth. There were some very interesting things happening and he was concerned that it was about to get worse. Just as he was thinking of Bardock and his role in the fate of the planet, he appeared before him. "Korin."
"Well, if it isn't Bardock. What brings you up here?"
"I need some kind of potion or spiritual water or something to limit the power of an infant. It's the only way to keep the earth safe."
Korin stroked the fur on his chin. "Well, considering how powerful some of you Saiyans are, I think this would only work on infants. But, I do have such a potion." He motioned Bardock to follow him downstairs a few levels until they got into a basement. Korin dug through a few crates before finding a black jar. "Here we are! This is Purity Water. It will condense energy and the darkness in one's heart."
Bardock was a little suspicious. 'That name sounds made up, but if it does what he claims, then it's perfect.' He did still feel a little uneasy about it. "Is there a way to reverse it?"
"Some Divine Water should do the trick."
Bardock remembered when Goku took the water. It gave him a big power boost. If that didn't work, then Ultra Devine Water should have. Either way, he had to take the risk for Kakarot. "Thank you, Korin."
Bardock didn't waste any time. Since King Vegeta knew about his powers of teleportation, he decided to press his luck and used Instant Transmission to find the king. He appeared across from him in what looked like a war room. The king was looking at a projection of planets across the universe.
He wasn't angry when he saw him, just heavily annoyed. "What do you want, Bardock?"
"I think I've found a way to put your mind at ease concerning your daughter."
"Why?" He pressed a button on the device displaying the projections and it disappeared. He didn't want Bardock in his business. "I don't think you care whether or not my mind is at ease."
"I care about our people and what happens on this planet. If we're concerned about her unnatural power, then we should contain it until she's old enough to have complete control." He held up the jar for the king to see. "This Purity Water will let us do that."
King Vegeta couldn't begin to imagine where he got such a thing, nor did he really care. Cerina's power was something to be concerned about and even though he made it seem like he was letting it go, he really hadn't. "What happened to make you change your mind?"
"I realized that you could be right." He wouldn't say more than that. "All she has to do is drink this."
King Vegeta looked at the jar. It was hard to believe that some water could contain such a power. But even if it could, he thought it was cruel to take away a Saiyan's power. Power was all some Saiyans believed in. Was it better than death? "Have her mother agree to it."
'That won't be easy!' "Yes, Sire." Bardock quickly teleported to Cellena.
King Vegeta couldn't believe how powerful a low level soldier was. Besides his physical abilities, his knowledge in attacks and his psychic abilities made him uncomfortable. Bardock didn't like him, but it should have been fine as long as he was loyal. There was just something that made King Vegeta hate Bardock and he couldn't quite put his finger on it. 'Perhaps I should get over it...' But it was like something scratching on the surface of his brain. He knew there was a good reason. He just had to remember it.
Bardock found Cerina in her room resting. He explained what he wanted to do very calmly and why he wanted to do it, without really giving away any of the details. She surprisingly listened and didn't say a word, so he went over it again until she started looking angry.
"You want me to limit Cerina's powers?"
He had already explained it twice, but he kept his patience. "We can give her something to make her strong again later."
Oh, she understood everything he told her. She was just waiting for the part that made him change his mind, but it was clear he was going to let that remain a secret. "I would hate the thought of growing up without my full potential. I feel as if I'm committing a horrible disservice."
Bardock understood. Sometimes when he thought about Gohan and all of his potential that piqued and then dissipated, he became frustrated. It was even more frustrating that he became an ascended Saiyan while still a child and then squandered his power and became so much weaker as a teenager. Not fulfilling your potential was just...maddening. "This is what's best for everyone."
Cellena sighed. She didn't like being in the dark, but Bardock was putting his life on the line for his daughter. He more than earned her trust. "Okay."
Basila brought Cerina into the room and placed her in Cellena's arms. Cellena made her leave after that. She didn't want anyone to know what they were doing to Cerina. It would be a secret between herself, her mate, and Bardock. She felt like a terrible mother when she feed her daughter the elixir through a bottle, but she drank every last drop and drifted back to sleep.
Bardock felt a huge sense of relief. "Her power level has drastically fallen, but it's still high for a child."
Cellena estimated that Cerina was now as strong as her son Vegeta when he was born. That wasn't a bad place to be, but she would always remember how powerful she was. "I hope I haven't ruined her."
Bardock watched the little girl. Even though she was much weaker, he feared that he had done nothing to change fate. 'The passive nature she had in my vision could be because of this. Will she be able to control this power when it's released, or will she destroy everything like when a dam breaks?' It was certainly something to be concerned about.
Prince Vegeta was going to go see his mother, but Basila wouldn't let him. He did know that she was alone with Bardock. Surely they wouldn't be that stupid, but he sure didn't like it. He had to do something drastic, so he sought out his father in his war room. "Father, I want to talk to you about getting a new bodyguard."
King Vegeta wanted to protect his son, but it was useless. "You're so powerful, there is only a handful of elites that would be up to the task. And lets face it, Vegeta, you very well wouldn't listen to them."
He hesitated. "I want it to be Bardock."
King Vegeta had to hold his tongue for a few minutes or else he would have started yelling and cursing at his son uncontrollably and perhaps blew up a lot of stuff. "Why?"
"He's the only one strong enough that it would matter."
That might have been true, but he didn't like it and would not give that low level the satisfaction of thinking he was that important! "You face no threat on earth. Your request is denied."
"What if Broly comes?" He crossed his arms and glared resentfully. "He's clearly not a nightmare you and mother made up to scare me straight."
"Bardock would be killed as well."
'This isn't working!' "I think it would be a good way to keep tabs on him."
King Vegeta didn't trust Bardock, but he had no idea why his son didn't. "Why do you think you need to watch him?"
"Someone that powerful who isn't the king needs something to keep him in line. I'll find out what."
King Vegeta was intrigued by the idea. If Bardock was to watch Vegeta, they would practically have to be joined at the hip. He didn't want to see Bardock more and more, but he might have figured out the mystery that was annoying him so. "I'll have him summoned."
Bardock stayed in the palace the entire day. He and Basila took turns watching Cellena, but he knew he'd be able to go home soon. He would miss all of the food they had at the palace though. It was the most delicious food he had ever eaten and there was always enough. After a big and late lunch, he switched shifts with Basila and joined Cellena in her room. "How is she?"
"She's alright considering." From what Cellena could observe, Cerina was a happy and healthy baby. She still couldn't help the terrible feeling in the pit of her stomach. "I wonder if she somehow knows."
"What about you?" he asked.
"I'm doing alright. I feel much better. I'm going to get back to training. I can't wait."
"That's great."
"You should be my sparring partner."
He would have loved to do it, but he wasn't as stupid as he used to be. "I don't know if that's such a good idea."
"Why? It's just a spar. Do you think I'm plotting something naughty?" she asked seductively.
"Always." He smirked. He had missed her and it was a relief being around her and not wanting her and being worried about doing something that would hurt Colleen. "I think Colleen would feel uncomfortable."
"Why?" It would have been an honor for Bardock to train with royalty. "You told her, didn't you?" She used her free arm to punch him in the shoulder.
Bardock rubbed his sore spot. He was lucky he didn't end up through a couple of walls. "She figured it out when we bonded. It was like she was reading my mind. It was the strangest thing."
She rolled her eyes. "I knew you wouldn't be able to handle it! You should have bonded years ago. Now you don't have the slightest idea what you're doing!"
He was so sick of her mentioning it. What did it matter? He was bonded and he didn't have to lie. It was a relief! "What's so bad about honesty? Maybe you should just go ahead and tell Vegeta."
"After what just happened? He's going to fight with you to the death!"
"No he won't." Bardock genuinely wasn't worried at all.
"And why do you say that?"
"Because he's not suicidal."
She was taken back by that. "You really think you're strong enough to defeat Vegeta?"
"I don't think. I know and deep down, he knows to. It may be the only reason why he hasn't tried to kill me. Well, he might actually feel grateful that I stopped him from destroying Cerina." He could tell Vegeta was only doing what he thought he needed to. It was a tough position to be in. "We're not going to fight to the death."
Cellena was still annoyed that Colleen knew. If she ever said that remark to her about being "the best" then she would have to snap her neck. Still, it did surprise her that she didn't know. "How come you never told Colleen? Why wouldn't you brag about banging the queen?"
"I didn't talk about you."
She smiled. "I broke your heart that badly?"
"Shut up!" He didn't mean to blurt it out at her, but he was very angry all of the sudden. "Not everything is about you."
She laughed. She was only teasing him, but she was obviously right. "You're the only one up to my level. I need to challenge myself."
Bardock knew that wasn't quite true. "Maybe you should train with your mate."
She avoided Bardock's eyes and looked at her beautiful baby girl. "I find it hard to look at him right now."
Bardock would have said something smart about King Vegeta being a dick, but that wasn't what Cellena needed to hear. "You'll get over it. We're all killers."
"But we're loyal to our family, Bardock. Without that, what are we?" She was still furious with Vegeta and she didn't want anyone to really know and she tried getting over it, but it was so difficult!
Bardock was about to try to calm her down, but then there was a knock at her door. Cellena looked toward Bardock and he walked out of the room to greet one of Vegeta's imperial officers. "Bardock, King Vegeta is requesting your presence immediately."
'What now?' He really didn't want to bother with him anymore, but he still respected the crown and met his king in the throne room and bowed before him and Prince Vegeta. "Yes, my king?"
King Vegeta placed his hand on his smiling son's shoulder. "My son has requested that you be his overseer."
Bardock was shocked. He tried to peek inside Vegeta's mind, but he was continuously thinking death threats like a repeating message to block his intention. Bardock was a bit horrified at the boy's talent and creativity. "Why exactly?"
That irritated the king. "You should feel honored to serve your prince."
Bardock couldn't help but think about Nappa. He was an idiot, but he was powerful and loyal. When he reached out for Vegeta's hand for help, he threw him up into the air and destroyed him without a second thought. He had no doubt that Prince Vegeta would one day stab him in the back. He stabbed everyone in the back. "I respectfully decline."
King Vegeta became infuriated. "How can you respectfully decline an order from your king?"
"Forgive me, Sire. When you said it was a request, I assumed it was a request." He tried not to be hostile, so he had to settle with sarcasm.
"You are reassigned to stay in the palace until further notice."
"But what about my family?"
"They'll live," he snapped. It was bad enough that he invited Bardock to stay in his new palace. He should have been grateful.
Prince Vegeta turned to his father. "They can stay."
He frowned. "It's up to Cellena. I won't even be here for the next few months, so your presence won't particularly bother me. You're dismissed."
Bardock was pissed, but what was he supposed to do? He didn't want to be separated from his boys, but he certainly didn't want to raise them around the royal family. He was practically stomping away and to make things worse, Prince Vegeta rushed and followed him out into the hall. "Why are you doing this?"
He smugly smiled and raised his head up. "Because you're impossibly strong and you're going to train me."
Bardock was surprised, but then he got over it. "No. I'm not."
Vegeta was mildly irritated by his rejection. "Yes. You are."
"No!" Obeying King Vegeta was one thing, but he knew Prince Vegeta very well and he was a pint sized little version of his little intolerable self. "I'm not doing the whole 'I'll obey you because you're the prince' thing. I'm an adult and you're a child. End of discussion."
He folded his arms. "I know information you don't want anyone else to know."
"That information would hurt your mom a whole lot more than it would hurt me and I know how much you care about her. You've got nothing."
Oh, he underestimated how diabolical Vegeta was! "You like this planet, Bardock? Pretty soon, my father will come back with a lot more Saiyans and we're gonna need more space. If you don't want every human being wiped out, I suggest you do exactly as you're ordered."
'What the–?' "You can't scare me into cooperating."
"Then just cave already for whatever reasons are good for you, but you're not getting out of it." Vegeta waited for Bardock to stumble through his opposition, but he had nothing left to give, which made him smile bigger. "I'll give you until the end of the week. Then, you're mine."
Bardock was not pleased as he watched the Prince strut away. He did want Vegeta to become powerful and to be his ally, but it was nothing going to be an easy task. 'This is a fine mess I've gotten myself into!'
Cellena felt much better and moved Cerina into her nursery. There was also a bed in the room for her as well, which she considered using. She didn't exactly feel like lying with Vegeta. But she was going to try to get over her anger. As long as she had her daughter, she was happy.
King Vegeta was looking for Cellena. He was crossed that she bothered to argue so passionately with him, but it bothered him that she was so upset. Once he heard that she was in Cerina's nursery, he decided to go to her himself. When he entered and saw her happily standing over their daughter, he realized how horrible she would have felt. "Do you remember the first time I saw you?"
She looked up at him and the smile was gone. She felt like he was intruding on her bonding time. He didn't deserve to be around Cerina. "I was angry at the Tuffles and I just started destroying every single one of them I could find. Then there was a full moon."
He smiled from the memory. She was vicious and powerful. She captivated him during that battle. "Close, but not right." He approached her until he stood on the opposite side of their daughter's crib. "You were injured and we didn't have enough rejuvenation chambers to go around. Then a Saiyan brought you in. You were bloodied and unconscious, but he begged to let you use a chamber, because you would the greatest loss we could ever suffer. I had to know for myself, so we let you heal."
"I guess I didn't realize that." She had a sudden revelation and that brought on a great fear, but she kept as calm and curious as possible. "Who was the Saiyan that brought me in?"
"I don't remember. I was a little preoccupied with a war." A detail like that was beneath him. Whoever it was, it was a weak commoner. "Then I was intrigued by you. You survived that terrible explosion. There were no other survivors."
"Surviving that made me so much stronger." She remembered a blurry image of Bardock finding her, but then she woke up, she was with Vegeta. It would only make sense if it was Bardock who took her to get healed. 'If I'm right and if Vegeta remembers, then he might figure out everything!'
"It was remarkable and you certainly caught my attention. I had you monitored very closely while you healed." He stroked her soft skin. Even with all of her cuts and bruises, he knew how lovely she would be. "Then when you got out and started slaughtering the Tuffles, I thought you were exquisite. I made it very clear that I wanted you after witnessing your power, but you played hard to get."
He stepped in to kiss her, but she took a step back. "Why are you bringing this up? You're not the sentimental type, Vegeta."
Vegeta could accept that she was playing hard to get again, but it only made him desire her more. "I betrayed your trust because I was doing what was right for my people, but I would have been wrong. I should have found a better method. I've also decided that if Tarble proved that he deserves to come back, he can."
That was something that Cellena never thought she'd hear Vegeta say and it meant so much to her, but there was just too much going on. "Thank you, Vegeta. But if he is a weakling, perhaps it's better if he stays where he's at." It was a little heartbreaking for her to say, but she didn't want her son to be killed because of his father's sins. "He'll be safe from Broly. Frieza is just the beginning."
Vegeta could accept her decision. He didn't care to see such a disgrace again anyway. His existence was a mockery to his legacy and he only considered letting Tarble redeem himself because of how much he admired Cellena. "Hold down the fort until I get back."
"Six months?"
"To a year."
She nodded awkwardly. Perhaps his absence would rekindle something. "I will do you proud, my king. I only have one request before you leave."
"Name it and it shall be done."
"I need you to institute a law."
He wasn't sure if he should have taken back his word. "What is the law?"
"If any Saiyan has sexual relations with anyone outside of our own race, it will be punishable by death."
He narrowed his eyes in at her questionably. "I have no opposition. We should be growing our numbers, not diluting our gene pool. I'm merely curious as to why you have brought this up."
"In another world, our son had an eight-year-old Super Saiyan."
"It's quite remarkable."
"It's more than remarkable. It's a threat." She looked at her Cerina–her darling Cerina–and she questioned what sort of world she would fit into. "If we began mixing with these human and it somehow sparked an evolutionary process that made them so much stronger, it would make us pure blooded Saiyans obsolete."
"They'd still be Saiyans."
"They'd be a different breed. What if they didn't want to follow you or our son? What if their allegiance was with humans or whatever else they were mixed with? What if it sparked a rebellion and there's nothing we could do about it?"
"I understand, but you would rather destroy the possibilities of an all powerful bloodline because someone might rebel down the line?" On one hand, Vegeta wanted his bloodline to be extremely powerful, but not at the risk of destroying his race.
"We'll keep getting stronger and we'll breed strong children. I have no doubt what we pure blooded Saiyans can do. Perhaps Kakarot and Vegeta had strong children because of their physical conditions. We know that they become Super Saiyans themselves. We don't have sufficient evidence because there weren't enough Saiyans who survived."
"You have a thing for children, Cellena." He never did quite understand her particular soft spot, but he knew it existed. "You want me to execute half-breed children?"
"No. Children shouldn't have to pay for the crimes of their parents. First time offenders are immediately put to death. They won't have time to make these abominations."
There was a lot to consider. Should he take the risk of half-Saiyan brats trying to recreate their legacy if they could rise to be all-powerful, or should he put faith in his full-blooded brethren and keep them pure? "Consider it done. I didn't like the idea of our son mating with a human anyway. It disgusts me."
Cellena smiled. "What do you think of Cassava?"
"Not much considering that she's four."
"Her mother is the most powerful woman next to me. I think Cassava will be an excellent potential! I'll find others." Cellena was looking forward to the day when her son chose a proper and acceptable mate. "We will keep our bloodline strong and uncorrupted."
"Perhaps you should convince Bardock into telling you who this human is who Vegeta mated with and take her out of the picture."
"That's a bit extreme. Whoever she is, I suspect she's only a child." It's not that she hadn't or would kill children, but she'd rather not. Besides, she didn't consider the mystery human that much of a threat.
"It was only a suggestion. I'm sure we'll have nothing to worry about. How could any Saiyan resist a woman with a tail?" He smirked lustfully and pulled her into him, but he noticed how uncomfortable she was. "Are you still angry with me?"
She didn't want to lose her favor with him and it was her duty. "I am your mate. I will lye with you if you like."
He leaned in to kiss her. "I would."
Cellena was still crossed with Vegeta, but he was her mate. It was her duty to please him and it would be a long time before she would engage in relations again. She channeled her anger into passion and performed up to her usual standards, despite the pain and her battered heart.
Bardock spent another night at the palace and away from his woman. He had been without her a long time before, but he was getting impatient. He didn't know how long he would be stuck in the palace and he wasn't going to make it through the upcoming full moon without Colleen unless he destroyed the entire planet.
He had a nice breakfast when he awakened to take the edge off. There were dozens of different stuffed french toast and he enjoyed every bite that he took. Just as he finished stuffing himself, Cellena came to join him on the balcony with a pleasant smile on her face. "I wanted to thank you for staying. Vegeta is going to leave this afternoon."
Bardock wished that meant he could return home, but he knew he was stuck there. "You're welcome."
"When he leaves, Colleen and your sons can move into the palace."
He tried to be happy, but he just wanted to stay away in the privacy of his house. "Don't you think what will be weird?"
"There's nothing I can do about it. Besides, we're all adults."
He moaned in frustration. Maybe it was stupid that he wasn't excited about living in a palace, but he just didn't know how everything was going to work out. 'King Vegeta and his son are terrible and know I have to continue to deal with them on a more frequent basis.'
"I wanted to ask you something." She smiled innocently as possible, but she was aware of how bad she was at it. "Who is the human who Vegeta mated with?"
"Why?" He didn't know why he asked. He immediately tried reading her thoughts.
"Stop trying to read my mind and answer the question!"
'She knows me way too well, but I've got to outsmart her. I cannot tell her the truth. Bulma's life could be at stake.' "She was a friend of Kakarot. She was traveling and ran into him at his home, but considering that he doesn't live where he used to, it would be difficult for their paths to cross."
She could tell he wasn't being completely honest. "Are you refusing to give me a name?"
"I'm concerned what you might do."
She rolled her eyes. "As long as she doesn't somehow interfere with my plans, I don't care. She can live out her life wherever she is. As long as she doesn't mate with any Saiyan, she'll keep her life. After all, Vegeta instituted this law today."
Bardock tried not to be utterly and completely horrified, but it was difficult.
"What about Kakarot's mate?"
He laughed in disbelief at how horrible she was. "You really want Kakarot and Cerina to mate?"
Cellena was offended that Bardock thought she needed to play dirty for her daughter to be better than some human girl, but the law did work in her favor. "My daughter is the strongest female Saiyan baby in our history. She will deserve a powerful mate. You know we Saiyan females." She smiled evilly. "We prefer our men to somehow be stronger."
Bardock knew it was a knock, but he didn't let it get to him. "Then I guess you should have stuck around a little bit longer."
"Perhaps." She admired how much he had changed, but that didn't mean she was willing to stick around for all of his bumps. "If Kakarot is going to be as strong as you believe, I would naturally want them to be together."
"We should let our children decide their own fates!"
She chuckled. "You should take your own advice, Bardock. You've got a soft spot for your nonexistent grandchildren."
Bardock didn't know exactly what he was going to do about the Chi-Chi situation, but he couldn't say that he never thought about it. "I'll stay out of it if you stay out of it."
"Deal." She held out her hand and Bardock hesitantly shook it as an agreement. "But the law has already been made."
"Cheater!" he yelled angrily.
She laughed to herself and hurried off. "I'm sure whatever is supposed to be will be!"
He shook his head. Bardock wasn't the only one out of the two of them that could act like a child sometimes. 'I'm gonna figure this out. I swear, Cellena will not get the drop on me!'
Bardock knew he wouldn't have to handle everything alone though. After he mated with Colleen, he decided that he would learn to trust her like he did his crew. 'She needs to know what's happening. And I'm sure she might be thrilled to live in the palace as well.'
"Come on, Raditz!" Colleen was sparring with her son, who was so much slower compared to her. He was still doing an impressive job, but she wanted to push him harder. He kept trying and trying and he finally got a hit in, but it didn't faze her at all. "That's not how you punch!" She drew her fist back and prepared to smite the boy. "This is how you punch!"
Raditz closed his eyes and tried to block it, but then he felt a body crash into him and they were both sent flying through the air. Raditz opened his eyes and saw his father rubbing his cheek, looking very angry. "Dad?"
"Woman!" he yelled in infuriated.
She laughed, but she had a mischievousness mixed in with some innocense. "Sorry! You can't pop in on people like that and expect everything to always be okay."
"Not when it comes to you, anyway!"
Colleen thought it was very funny, but she wanted to make it up to him and she flew into her mate's arms, hoping that she could please him. "Are you back home?"
"No."
She pouted like a child. "What's been going on?"
"A lot." He looked to his son. "Raditz, go take a flight."
"Seriously? Again?"
"No lip, Kid. I'm not in the mood!"
Raditz sighed as heavily as he possibly could so his parents would know how irritated he was. There was nothing else he could do to protest without one of them killing him. He decided he'd cooperate and floated down to his brother's play pin. "Come on, Kakarot."
Bardock waited until Raditz was far away enough so that he couldn't hear. "We have to go live in the palace."
"That's amazing!" Colleen always dreamed that something that specatular would happen to her, but she never thought it would. It was cool enough when Cellena showed any interest in her at all. It was spectacular that she would live in the palace and enjoy the fine life! 'And my father said my life would be a terrible joke because I ended up with a worthless Saiyan. I sure showed him!'
"Here's a reminder, Colly. This is a bad thing," Bardock said. "I don't want them watching me. Prince Vegeta wants me to be his bodyguard, which means he really wants me to train him. I don't want to lose focus from Kakarot."
"And Raditz," she quickly interjected.
"Yeah. Our boys." He smiled, trying to cover up his obvious favoritism. "And you, of course."
She glared playfully, but she was too excited about living in the palace to be mad. "It might be nice. If you can handle Prince Vegeta, you should be able to take on anything our boys throw at you!"
That was true, but Bardock still wasn't looking forward to it. He landed and decided to walk inside his house so he could enjoy it for the last time. Colleen followed as well. Maybe he could have sex in his bed one last time without anyone noticing. He just needed something to make him happy. "King Vegeta is leaving to travel to different planets. He's going to come back with more Saiyans. Earth is in danger from us once again. If Bulma tries to mate with Vegeta, she'll be put to death. Cellena is determined to see Kakarot and Cerina end up together, but I don't know if she'll end up getting him killed. There's too much uncertainty."
"Speaking of uncertainty..." She grabbed his arms and forced him to look into her eyes. "I want a straight answer out of you, Bardock."
He cocked his brow. "About?"
She smiled and stepped in closer, already wanting to congratulate him properly if it was true. "Are you a Super Saiyan?"
Bardock smirked. "No more games?"
"No more! It's been driving me nuts."
He laughed. It was pretty cruel to have her wonder about it. "Okay. I'll tell you the truth."
To Be Continued...