"I want you to make me the most powerful being in the universe!"
The words felt like a dagger through Frikiza's heart. Had he… Had he really just said that? No… No – she mustn't have heard him right! King Piccolo had changed… He wasn't pure evil anymore! He didn't need to make bad wishes! He… he could be good. He had the capacity to be a good person… He had been a good person. He'd given Frikiza flowers, and he'd chosen to save a dinosaur egg… Okay, he'd tried to destroy it when Bulma and Chichi realised he'd saved it, but… He'd still saved it! And even then he hadn't destroyed it – he'd given Chichi a chance to save it from him… And he hadn't killed Bulma or Chichi, and he'd given Bulma new clothes… In just the past couple of hours King Piccolo had done so many good things. He was different now. He cared about people… He cared about his children. He… cared about Frikiza. Didn't he? Frikiza's eyes started to glisten. He did… He did care about her, right…?
"Frikiza…"
Frikiza looked up to see King Yemma and Fortune-teller Baba looking at her sympathetically.
"He… didn't make a good wish." King Yemma said. "Are you ready to admit it now? He hasn't changed."
"He… he has." Frikiza whimpered. He had changed. She felt it. He was good… … but maybe she'd misjudged how good. She thought there was a chance King Piccolo wouldn't wish for anything bad, but… Maybe he just hadn't changed enough to use the dragonballs for good. She could hardly blame him, after all. He wanted to be alive again, and he wanted to get back at the person that had killed him. It was understandable… Most people would want to do that, so why wouldn't Piccolo? It made so much sense. Frikiza had been a fool to think that he would behave any differently. Nobody would behave any differently! This was his one chance to get everything he'd always wanted. Of course he was going to take it… Why wouldn't he? "He has changed!" Frikiza insisted stubbornly. "Just not as much as I thought! But that's okay – he can still be a good person!"
"Frikiza… how?" Baba asked gently. "The only person who ever had any influence over him was you, and even if you did make him a little good – so what? Once you're gone, he'll go right back to being pure evil again. I'm sorry…" She looked at Frikiza, and offered her a sympathetic smile. "Maybe you could have turned him, eventually. But… you ran out of time."
"… Yeah." Frikiza choked, blinking back her tears. "I guess I did…" She wiped her eyes, and let out a sigh. "Okay… You might as well let Goku know what's going on. I'll go get Piccolo."
"Good." King Yemma growled. "And make sure you kill him – he's alive for real now, remember?"
"Okay…" Frikiza mumbled, and headed for Earth.
XXXXX
"Booo! Yaaaay!" A mixture of cheers and boos flooded through hell as almost all of its Earthling inhabitants, the majority of Planet Vegeta and a large number of hell guards watched King Piccolo make his second wish on the giant viewing orb in hell.
"No!" Gine wailed, sobbing into Bardock's armour. "I can't believe it! I really thought he was going to help her!"
"Oh come on Gine, of course he's not going to!" Bardock protested. "This is like his one chance to get everything he wants! Why would he give it up for a bit of skirt?"
"But she wasn't just a bit of skirt, Bardock!" Gine cried. "He loved her!"
"Doesn't look that way." Bardock grunted.
"This is terrible…" Gine whimpered. "If he becomes the most powerful being in the universe, there'll be no stopping him! Bardock, don't you know that this means? He'll even be more powerful than Kakarot!" She grabbed hold of Bardock, shaking him desperately. "He's going to kill our family!"
"Yeah, I know…" Bardock uttered, concerned. He turned back to the viewing orb, and frowned. "But you know… I'm starting to think Kakarot deserves to die! That overgrown freak has his mate bound and gagged, and he doesn't even try to save her!"
"Well – he mustn't know about it." Gine insisted.
"Prince Vegeta didn't know about it, but he still sensed that something was wrong!" Bardock growled. "So what the hell happened to Kakarot?"
"I…" Gine uttered, struggling to answer. "I don't…"
"Oh, you stupid piece of crap, Vegeta!" An angry voice came from the other side of the saiyan crowd.
Bardock and Gine looked up to see Queen Turnipa cursing wildly at the viewing orb. "What the hell are you doing on the wrong side of the wilderness!" Turnipa screamed. "He's got your mate, you moron! And now he's going to kill her because you're so goddamn useless! I should have exiled you too, you little brat!" She picked up a rock and with an angry cry, she hurled it at the viewing orb. "Gyaa! Take that, you loser! You're just like your father, you can't save shit!"
"What!" King Vegeta barked from beside her. He glared at Turnipa. "Don't drag me into this! He's your son too! What makes you so sure he didn't get his failures from your side of the family?"
"Oh shut up Vegeta, my family never failed to save our planet!" Turnipa argued.
"They never tried." King Vegeta snarled.
Not too far from King Vegeta and Queen Turnipa, Frieza, Cell, Zarbon and Dodoria were watching the viewing orb and listening in amusement to King Vegeta and Queen Turnipa's arguing.
"Should we say something to provoke them?" Zarbon smirked.
"Yes, I think so." Frieza replied enthusiastically. "Vegeta!" He called over to the saiyan king. "Sorry to interrupt, but I think I have to agree with Turnipa. Your son is exactly like you – both of you have tried to defeat me, and you have both failed miserably front of your inferiors. Don't you see the resemblance?" He smirked. "If it wasn't for Goku, Vegeta would even be down here now."
"Shut up, Frieza!" King Vegeta roared, powering up. "This is nothing to do with you!"
"But he's right." Turnipa growled, glaring at him. "Maybe if Vegeta had stuck with Frieza, he'd be the ruler of Earth by now, and that scruffy little deadbeat would be his slave."
" 'Scruffy little deadbeat' …?" Bardock repeated, overhearing the remark. "Is she talking about Kakarot…?"
"Bardock, don't!" Gine gasped, grabbing his arm as he turned towards Queen Turnipa. "You can't say anything – she's the queen! She's just mad because her son couldn't help."
"Who said that!" Turnipa yelled angrily, enraged that anybody would dare say a bad word about her son. Frieza and his crew started sniggering in amusement.
On the other side of the viewing orb, King Piccolo's mutant sons watched their master, their hearts sinking a little as they listened to his wish.
"Wow…" Tambourine uttered. "Guys… I knew he wasn't going to wish for Frikiza, but… I kind of feel sad…"
"Yeah… me too." Drum nodded glumly. "I was really hoping he'd done it…"
"I guess he really doesn't care about her, does he?" Cymbal sighed. "I mean… I didn't think he did, but… it sure was a nice thought…"
"Mm." Piano nodded, also disheartened. "Well… look on the bright side. With any luck, we'll be his next wish, and then perhaps we can continue Frikiza's work and turn him into a better person."
"You really think he'll listen to us?" Tambourine questioned.
"Well… we'd have Junior's help as well, I'm sure." Piano shrugged.
"What? Junior?" Drum groaned. "I hate him!"
"Yeah, can't we just pretend he doesn't exist?" Cymbal growled.
"Now, now. Remember what Frikiza said." Piano scolded. "If King Piccolo wishes us back to life, we have to be a family – and that includes Junior."
"But he's the reason King Piccolo got so hard to live with in the first place." Tambourine argued. "Can't we just make friends with Junior until Frikiza dies, and then ditch him?"
"Yeah." Drum nodded. "That sounds like a good idea – she won't even know!"
"What!" Piano gasped. "What are you saying! Are you actually suggesting betraying Frikiza? When she isn't around to do anything about it?" He glared at his brothers angrily. "Is that really what you want to do?"
"… No." Tambourine and Drum answered, hanging their heads in shame.
"Sorry, Piano… I don't know what I was thinking." Tambourine mumbled.
"Yeah… sorry." Drum said.
Piano let out a sigh.
"Well, it's alright." He huffed. "Let's just watch what happens. I hope King Piccolo won't be too annoyed…"
"Are you kidding? He's gonna go nuts!" Cymbal cried.
"Yeah, it almost makes me not want him to revive us!" Tambourine exclaimed.
"Hey!"
The mutants looked up and realised that they were suddenly surrounded by King Vegeta, Queen Turnipa, Nappa, Bardock, Gine and Raditz.
"Hey Boys, just so you know…" Bardock said calmly. "If your dad even thinks about laying a finger on any of our people, we're going to shred you."
"One at a time, until not a trace of your existences remains." King Vegeta smirked. "Understand?"
"…" The mutants' eyes all widened in fright.
"King Piccolo, hurry up and revive us!" Tambourine silently screamed.
XXXXX
Meanwhile on Earth, Vegeta caught up to Piccolo Junior and Gohan as they searched for King Piccolo.
"Where is your father!" He demanded.
"I don't know!" Piccolo Junior barked. "He'll be around here somewhere, just keep looking!"
"Guys, look!" Gohan gasped, pointing to a glowing figure in the distance. "It's the dragon! Come on!" He flew towards the image of the eternal dragon, followed by Vegeta and Piccolo Junior.
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On the other side of the wilderness, King Piccolo stood under the shadow of the eternal dragon Shenron, having just made his second wish. His entire body shook with excitement as he imagined the kind of power he was about to be granted. Yes… yes! Finally, he would be the most powerful being in the universe! Finally, after all these years he would be able to kill Son Goku –
"Your wish cannot be granted." Shenron stated.
King Piccolo froze. No… No, that couldn't be right. For a second there he'd thought the dragon had said… "You may choose another wish."
"Wh-What!" King Piccolo choked, his eyes widening.
"Yyyyy!" Bulma and Chichi attempted to cheer through their gags.
"Shut up!" King Piccolo screamed. He glared up at the dragon. "What the hell do you mean my wish cannot be granted! I told you to make me the most powerful being in the universe, now do as I say and grant my wish!"
"I cannot grant that wish." The eternal dragon replied. "In order to grant your wish I would have to make you more powerful than Son Goku, whose power far exceeds my own. Therefore, I am unable to make you the most powerful being in the universe. You may make another wish."
King Piccolo almost choked on his own breath as he processed the words. No… He felt a cold chill flood through his heart. His vision went black, and he felt a strong, powerful sickness build up in his stomach as he started to comprehend the dragon's words. He… The dragon… He couldn't… King Piccolo wasn't… No. No, this couldn't be. This was his chance… this was his one chance to get everything he'd always dreamed of! This wasn't happening… This couldn't be happening!
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"Hahhahaha!" King Piccolo's entire audience erupted with laughter as they watched the giant viewing orb on hell.
"Oh my God! That's devastating!" Nappa exclaimed.
"Yeah, if I was him I'd just hang myself." Raditz sniggered.
"Ha. Too bad." Bardock smirked, releasing his grip on King Piccolo's mutant sons. "Well. I guess on the bright side I won't have to rip you guys apart – there's no way your dad's hurting any of our people now."
"How embarrassing for him…" Turnipa sneered.
"Please…" Piano whimpered. "Please don't mock him. If he finds out, he'll only become more enraged!"
"Yeah – guys!" Cymbal yelled at the laughing crowd. "Show a little sympathy! He's gonna be really upset by this!"
"Hahahaha!" The crowd laughed even harder, causing the mutants' faces to fill with rage.
"Bastards." Tambourine muttered angrily.
"Guys, King Piccolo's gonna flip…" Drum whined. "I hope he doesn't revive us."
"Whatever you do, don't tell him we knew!" Piano said sternly.
"Yeah, as if we would!" Tambourine cried.
"What – you guys knew!" King Vegeta gasped.
"Well… Frikiza told us that would happen – it's why she was okay with letting him find the dragonballs." Tambourine explained. "But she made us promise not to tell him, because she wanted to see if all the hard work she'd put into him had paid off. I mean… normally we wouldn't go along with it, but… she was dying!"
"Yeah, we felt bad for her." Cymbal nodded.
"Oh, that is priceless!" Nappa grinned, and yelled at the crowd. "Hey everybody! These guys knew! They've totally been watching him fuck himself!"
"What!" Piano gasped. "No! No, it's not like that! We did it for Frikiza!"
"Ahahahaha!" The crowd laughed even louder.
"You guys are bad sons!" Turles called. The mutants all groaned, and hung their heads in shame.
"Maybe we are…" Drum mumbled.
XXXXX
Over on King Kai's planet, King Kai watched in despair as Goku's high intensity training destroyed his lawn.
"Goku!" King Kai yelled. "What did I tell you about wrecking my planet!"
"Oh…" Goku mumbled, looking round and noticing for the first time how much damage he'd caused. He looked at King Kai, and laughed nervously. "Sorry about that… Just another couple of rounds and I'll be done."
"What!" King Kai screamed. "No! You're not doing any more damage! You –"
"King Kai." King Yemma's voice cut him off. "It's okay. King Piccolo's made his wish, you can tell Goku about the situation on Earth."
"Oh… okay." King Kai replied. "Did he save Frikiza?"
"No."
"What a shame…" King Kai sighed. "Okay. I'll tell Goku." He turned back to the saiyan. "Hey – listen Goku, you know how you were saying you had a bad feeling about your wife?"
"Oh… yeah." Goku nodded. "She's okay, right?"
"Well… no." King Kai replied. "The truth is, King Piccolo returned to life and took her hostage so he could gather the dragonballs, and now he's summoned the dragon."
"What!" Goku cried, his eyes widening.
"Yeah." King Kai nodded. "Sorry – I would have told you sooner, but King Yemma told me not to say anything, because Frikiza wanted to see if he would use his wishes for good, and she didn't want you getting in the way." King Kai explained.
"What!" Goku screamed. "You – you knew? King Kai – he could have killed her!"
"Yeah." King Kai nodded. "Lucky he didn't, huh? Because he wouldn't have used his wishes to revive her!" And he started to laugh inappropriately.
"Well what did he use his wishes for!" Goku demanded.
"Well, first he revived himself." King Kai answered. "Then he wished to be the most powerful being in the universe – but don't worry. The dragon wasn't capable of granting that wish."
"Oh…" Goku mumbled. "So… he still has the same tiny power level?"
"Yep." King Kai nodded.
"… Okay!" Goku beamed, suddenly looking happy again. "Well like I said, just another couple of rounds and I'll be done."
King Kai watched in disbelief as Goku returned to his training, seemingly unfazed by the news that the Demon King Piccolo had taken his wife hostage.
"Uh… Goku?" King Kai uttered. "Don't you want to go and help your wife?"
"Nah, it's okay. I mean – he didn't get his power wish granted, right?" Goku shrugged. "So if he gets out of hand, the others'll be able to handle it – and besides, now that I think about it, if he was going to hurt Chichi he would have done it by now." He smiled. "I guess his girlfriend really did change him, huh? I thought she would." And he again resumed his training.
"Unbelievable…" King Kai uttered as a large sweat drop formed on his head.
XXXXX
Back on Earth, King Piccolo's entire body was shaking as he struggling to contain his anger.
"No…" He seethed, his eyes glowing with rage. "No… you are not telling me this!" He powered up, his aura flaring so wildly it caused the ground to shake for miles around. Bulma and Chichi cried out as the earth cracked underneath them, almost sucking them in, and a wild gale caused by King Piccolo's anger blew violently against them, almost carrying the women away. "You…" King Piccolo snarled, his glowing eyes fixating on the eternal dragon. "You… worthless monster!" He raised his hand to Shenron, and gathered all the energy in his body, channelling it into his palm. "Die!"
"Nrrg!" Bulma screamed through her gag, her eyes widening.
"Gffku!" Chichi attempted to wail, further enraging King Piccolo.
"He's not here!" King Piccolo roared. "Don't you understand, you stupid woman! Your worthless husband is not coming to save –" He suddenly stopped in mid-sentence as a thought occurred to him. … Hm.
King Piccolo slowly dispersed the large ki ball he had formed in his hand, the ki ball he was going to use to destroy the eternal dragon… and he went quiet. He went quiet… and thought. … He was alive. He was alive, and he would be for centuries to come. Whatever he did to these women, or to the dragon, he would spend the rest of his life on Earth… bored. He wouldn't dominate the Earth – not today, anyway. He wouldn't spend the afternoon unleashing an army of demons upon the world… He would have to wait. He would have to train day in day out, and wait until the day when he was finally stronger than Goku… or until the day when Goku died. It would happen eventually, wouldn't it? Goku's lifespan was so pitiful compared to King Piccolo's. If he just waited long enough; long enough for Goku and his children to die, and if he just made sure that any more additions to Goku's family were quickly taken care of… … Yes. Yes. One day, King Piccolo would rule the Earth. One day this entire planet would be his! But there was no way in hell he was going to be bored in the meantime. King Piccolo was going to get as much fun out of being alive as he possibly could! "Dragon!" King Piccolo glared up at Shenron. "I want you to get me the most valuable ring in the universe! And I want it look to nice! It has to be made from the most precious material in the universe, and have the rarest and the most beautiful stone! Do you understand?"
"Yes. It is an easy task." The dragon replied.
"Oh, that's easy?" King Piccolo roared, his aura exploding again and causing the cracks in the ground to grow even wider, which in turn caused a few nearby mountains to collapse into rubble. "So if you can do that then why can't you make me more powerful than Goku, you useless imbecile!"
"What size?" The dragon asked, ignoring his insults.
"What!" King Piccolo screamed. "What the hell are you talking about!"
"The ring." The dragon replied. "What size?"
"… Well… I don't know!" King Piccolo barked. God, couldn't this dragon do anything? It was useless!
King Piccolo let out a snarl and approached Bulma and Chichi. He ripped out their gags and removed their ki restraints. "Now." King Piccolo growled. "Both of you, hold up your hands."
"What?" The women blinked in confusion.
"Do it!" King Piccolo roared. "Do I look like I'm in the mood to argue!"
"No." Bulma smirked, folding her arms smugly. "But what are you gonna do about it? It's not like you can take on our husbands, after all."
"Yeah." Chichi taunted. "You're still just as weak as ever – hey!" She cried out as King Piccolo violently grabbed her and Bulma's hands and yanked them up so forcefully he nearly ripped them off. He held their hands up in front of his face, and studied their fingers.
"… Hm." King Piccolo grunted. That was surprising. Chichi had smaller fingers than Bulma. She seemed like the more masculine of the two… Whatever. "What ring size are you?" King Piccolo demanded, looking at Chichi impatiently. "Come on!"
"Um… M." Chichi answered cautiously. "Is… is the ring for me?"
"What! Of course not!" King Piccolo snapped. Was she serious? What that actually a serious question? What was wrong with her!
He looked up at the eternal dragon. "Get me one size smaller than M!"
"Very well." The dragon answered.
"What!" Bulma cried, insulted. "Hey!" She glared at King Piccolo. "I do not have bigger fingers than Chichi!"
"Yes you do, you have monster hands." King Piccolo growled, causing Chichi to giggle a little.
"Shut up!" Bulma yelled. "Anyway, what do you want with that ring size? It won't fit you, you know! Or did you want to put it on your antennae? That'll look ridiculous!"
"I don't want to put it on my antennae!" King Piccolo yelled. "What a stupid idea! What is wrong with you!"
"Well then, why do you want the most valuable ring in the universe in a girl's size?" Bulma frowned, then gasped. "Oh… I get it now. You want to sell it? What, you can't fight your way onto Earth's throne so you're gonna buy it? Ha! Sorry Piccolo, but very few people can afford to buy that thing – and one of them is me, and I'm sure not going to do business with you, and I will personally see to it that nobody else does either!"
"Oh, shut up." King Piccolo snarled, catching the most value ring in the universe as it fell from the sky. "I don't want to sell it, you stupid bitch."
"So what do you want to do with it?" Chichi frowned.
"Piccolo!"
Bulma and Chichi looked up to see Frikiza standing there, panting slightly after racing to them from Otherworld. "Piccolo… stop." Frikiza breathed. "Don't make any more wishes."
"You're too late." King Piccolo smirked.
"What…?" Frikiza gasped, noticing the look of satisfaction on his face. "Oh, no… Piccolo!" Her eyes widened. "What did you wish for!" She was dreading the answer. What could he have possibly wished for? He couldn't get ultimate power… what other bad things were there? Dammit, she didn't think he could wish for anything else that would do any damage! But she must have forgotten something… Why else would he look so smug? He must have wished for something really terrible… Crap! King Piccolo looked over at Bulma and Chichi, and snorted.
"Fools." He spat. "I want to do this."
King Piccolo approached Frikiza and stared down at her.
"Piccolo…" Frikiza spoke cautiously. "What did you do…?" She waited for an answer, but King Piccolo didn't reply. He simply knelt down in front of her, causing Frikiza to become even more confused. What was he doing…? "Piccolo –"
"Frikiza." King Piccolo uttered, cutting her off. Frikiza frowned slightly when he held something up to her. It was… a ring? Where the hell did he get that? It was beautiful… Was that a real meirite stone? No. That was impossible. Meirite was the rarest stone in the universe – and it didn't even exist on Earth. It sure looked like one though… Why was he showing it to her anyway? Was this supposed to be a reference to something? Was she supposed to get this? "… Will you marry me?"
"Whaa!" Bulma and Chichi cried out, their eyes widening.
"Oh my God…" Bulma choked. "So that… that's his girlfriend?"
"Uh… Uh-huh." Chichi nodded.
"And he… he just…" Bulma gasped.
"Yeah…" Chichi uttered. "He just wished for…"
"Her engagement ring!" The two women wailed excitedly.
"Oh my God! That's so romantic!" Bulma shrieked.
"Say yes, Frikiza!" Chichi cried. "Even Goku wouldn't do that!"
"Yeah – take it from us, you are not gonna find better!" Bulma nodded.
Frikiza stared at King Piccolo, dumbstruck.
"I… I don't understand." She choked. "Why… why do you want to marry me…?" Oh God… Did he… did he love her? Did King Piccolo really love her? No… This had to be a dream. This was too good to not be a dream!
"Because then you'll get a visa to stay in this universe." King Piccolo answered.
"A… visa?" Frikiza blinked.
"Yes." King Piccolo nodded, and looked at Bulma. "That's how it works, right? If she marries me, she won't have to go back to her universe?"
"Yeah, that's right!" Bulma nodded enthusiastically. "And we'll be your witnesses that you guys were in a real relationship – right, Chichi?"
"Yes, of course." Chichi smiled. "And remember – Goku, Gohan, Goten and Videl saw you guys together as well – and Piccolo."
"I don't need your testimony." King Piccolo snarled. "Everyone in hell knows about us." He looked at Frikiza. "So? Will you marry me?"
Frikiza stared at him, still a little confused.
"Piccolo… I don't get it." She uttered. "Do you… love me?"
"Tch! No!" King Piccolo grunted. "But now I'm stuck on Earth, so I want something to keep me entertained until Goku dies." He smirked at her. "That can be you."
"… Oh."
Frikiza's heart sank. Of course… It made sense now. He didn't love her. He just realised how boring his life was going to be on Earth, and he wanted a fuck buddy. That was all she was to him… … but then again… he was still powerful enough to take any human he wanted. Maybe he did care about Frikiza, just a little. It wasn't love, though… "… Piccolo." Frikiza sighed. "I appreciate the offer, but… I already had one false marriage, and I always promised myself that if I ever married again, it would be for love. You… you understand, right…?"
"… Hm." King Piccolo grunted. What? Was she rejecting him…? How dare she reject him! He was offering her the most valuable engagement ring in the universe, the ungrateful little bitch! And he was giving her the opportunity to live past next week – had she forgotten about that? Well he would remind her! "Fine." King Piccolo growled. "Don't marry me. If you would rather go back to your universe and get brutally slaughtered by your family, then by all means say 'no'." He smirked. "I'm sure your death will be slow and painful."
"… You have a point there." Frikiza admitted. "… Okay." She said, and smiled at him. "Yes. Yes, I will marry you."
"Ha!"
King Piccolo cried out as a sudden jolt of joy flooded his being. What the hell was this? He felt… happy. Ridiculously happy. This was absurd! Why was he so happy? All he'd gained was permanent use of Frikiza's body – he would have much rather been granted ultimate power and taken an entire army of human sex slaves. This wasn't wonderful. This wasn't the best thing he could ever hope for, and it wasn't the thing he wanted most in the universe. So why was he so happy! King Piccolo smirked slightly at the sound of Frikiza yelping as he grabbed her and pulled her up to him, capturing her lips with his. This was bizarre… Why did he want to kiss her so badly? He wasn't horny. It was different this time, as well. Kissing her felt different. It made him feel… sparks. He hadn't felt like this before. He'd felt lust, and excitement… but this wasn't that. This was… happiness. Or, what he thought happiness felt like. Why was it so different this time? Was it because he was alive? … He preferred the lust.
"Yay!" Bulma and Chichi cheered, clapping their hands.
"Congratulations, you guys!" Bulma grinned.
"I knew there was something between you two!" Chichi exclaimed. "Bulma, what did I tell you? I told you they were into each other, right?"
"Yeah, you did." Bulma smiled.
"Shut up!" King Piccolo barked, glaring at them. "It's only so she can get a visa!"
"Um… yeah – you might wanna keep that to yourself…" Bulma said. "Otherwise they won't give her one."
"But it is a real marriage." Frikiza insisted, throwing her arms around King Piccolo. "Because I love him!"
"Get off!" King Piccolo growled, his face turning violet as he attempted to push Frikiza away. This was embarrassing! "I don't love you!"
"Aww." Bulma and Chichi smiled.
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"Awww." The crowd of hell inhabitants uttered as they watched Frikiza and King Piccolo on the viewing orb.
"Isn't that cute?" Bardock smirked.
"Hey." Nappa grinned at King Piccolo's mutant children. "Looks like you guys got a new mom."
"Aiii!" The mutants shrieked excitedly.
"This is so cool!" Tambourine cried. "Frikiza's gonna live!"
"And she's gonna be our mama!" Cymbal exclaimed. The saiyans watched as the mutants grabbed hold of each other and started jumping up and down excitedly, cheering.
"… Weirdos." Raditz frowned.
Over by Frieza's group, Frieza was watching the viewing orb, his face filled with rage.
"This is bullshit!" He screamed.
"I know… what a waste." Cell sighed. "A little cutie like her… She shouldn't be with him."
"I wasn't talking about that!" Frieza snapped. "Why does Frikiza get a meirite ring! I want one!"
"You know what that thing is?" Cell uttered.
"Of course I know what it is!" Frieza yelled. "When I was alive I owned eighty per cent of all the known pieces of meirite in existence – it's the most valuable stone in the universe! The planet it came from doesn't even exist anymore!"
"That's because you blew it up." Dodoria said flatly. "To increase the value of meirite, you money-grabbing psychopath."
"Well if you own eighty per cent of them, don't you have enough?" Cell reasoned.
"Oh – would you listen to yourself, Cell?" Frieza snarled. "No I don't have enough!"
"You can never have enough rare gems." Zarbon said.
"Yes that's right!" Frieza huffed. "And I didn't get to bring them with me, you imbecile! I thought you loved me, Cell! So why didn't you propose to me with meirite, instead of some mad scientist's earring!"
"What!" Cell cried. "But – you thought my proposal was romantic!"
"It was, Cell. It was very touching – in fact it was the best one I'd ever seen… until I saw King Piccolo's." Frieza growled. "And he doesn't even love her! He's only marrying her out of boredom!"
"Maybe, but I'm still glad it worked out this way." Dodoria smiled, watching the orb. "I'm happy for them."
"Oh, really?" Frieza snarled, and glared at him. "I thought you were happy for me?"
"I am, Lord Frieza!" Dodoria insisted. "I'm happy for all of you! I think you've all found your soul mates – it's really nice!"
Frieza paused, and looked at him, somewhat taken aback by Dodoria's sincerity.
"… Are you really happy for all of us?" He questioned.
"Absolutely!" Dodoria nodded. "And I hope you all live happily ever after."
"… Wow." Frieza, Cell and Zarbon all uttered in shock.
"Dodoria… You're actually rather nice, aren't you?" Zarbon commented. "You've always seemed like such a bastard."
"Well… what can I say?" Dodoria shrugged. "You've only seen me around my enemies – and I'm a dick to my enemies. Them, and people I don't like."
"You're a dick to the kids." Cell remarked.
"Yeah." Dodoria growled. "That's because I hate your kids."
"Don't we all?" Zarbon sniped, causing Cell to glare at him while Frieza nodded, agreeing entirely with Zarbon.
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Meanwhile on Earth, Frikiza was admiring her new engagement ring.
"Piccolo, this is beautiful…" She smiled. "And it's a perfect fit! I can't believe you used one of your wishes on this!"
"Yeah, well…" King Piccolo grunted, looking away. "It wasn't my first choice, Frikiza. I was going to let you die."
"Thanks." Frikiza growled. "Anyway… if we're married, does that make me the Queen of Demons?"
"Huh?" King Piccolo blinked, looking at her. He hadn't really thought of that. Frikiza, a demon queen…? … That was kind of sexy. She could wear his symbol on her clothes. Like, for example… on her corset. Or… her underwear…
"Hey!" The eternal dragon yelled at King Piccolo. "What is taking you so long! Speak your third wish!"
"What did you say!" King Piccolo snarled, powering up. "I'll take as much time as I want! Nobody talks to me like that, you useless –"
"Piccolo!" Frikiza gasped, catching King Piccolo's arm before he released his ki and destroyed the eternal dragon. "Stop! You still need to revive the boys!"
"Hmph." King Piccolo grunted. Tch. Right. He had promised them, hadn't he? Well… even if he wasn't going to own the Earth just yet, he would still need his servants. He wasn't lifting a finger in his new life; he would live like a king! "Listen!" King Piccolo barked up at the dragon. "I want you to revive the children I was living with in hell – Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal and Drum."
"What!" Bulma and Chichi cried.
"Are those… are those the monsters that killed Krillin?" Bulma gasped.
"Yes – but don't worry." Frikiza smiled at the women. "They're very sweet once you get to know them…"
"Are you sure…?" Chichi frowned. "I find that kind of hard to imagine…"
"Well… you didn't think Piccolo could be romantic, could you?" Frikiza replied. "But he wished for my engagement ring."
"That wasn't romantic!" King Piccolo yelled. "It was my second choice because this useless dragon couldn't grant my first wish!"
"Oh, that's a good point…" Chichi smirked, ignoring King Piccolo.
"Maybe those monsters really are sweet…" Bulma smiled.
"No they're not!" King Piccolo roared. "They are every bit as terrible as me! Now!" He glared at the dragon. "Bring them back!"
"I cannot." The dragon answered.
"What!"
Frikiza stared at the eternal dragon with wide eyes. What…? That couldn't be right. If King Piccolo could be revived, then surely… "What do you mean you can't!" King Piccolo demanded.
"I only have enough power left to bring back one." The eternal dragon replied. "You must choose."
"Choose?" Frikiza gasped. "But – you can't make him choose! They're his children!"
"Choose one." The dragon ordered. "Otherwise, pick another wish."
"You imbecile, I can't choose one!" King Piccolo snarled. "I created all of them for different purposes! They have different skills! Piano is intelligent and is suited to being my advisor, Tambourine is an assassin, Cymbal is good at finding things, and Drum…" He paused, thinking aloud for a moment. "Well… actually Tambourine and Drum have a similar purpose…" He grunted. "Drum is stronger, so I suppose I could choose him over Tambourine…"
"What!"
Back in hell, Tambourine was staring at the viewing orb with wide eyes and a dropped jaw, mortified at what his creator had just said. "K-King Piccolo…?"
"Hahahaha!" Drum laughed. "See Tambourine? He likes me better than you!"
"But I…" Tambourine stammered. "I always did everything he asked… … Oh, shut up, Drum!" He barked, and threw a punch at Drum, which his younger sibling easily blocked.
"See." Drum said with a victorious smirk. "This is what he was talking about."
"Shut up!" Tambourine screamed, and threw himself at his brother.
"Piccolo!"
Back on Earth, Frikiza glared at King Piccolo. "You can't choose! They're all your children, you can't pick favourites!" She looked up at the eternal dragon. "Listen… it wouldn't take much more power to bring back all four of them, right?"
"No… It would not." The eternal dragon answered.
"Then – if I lend you some of my power, would you be able to revive all of them?" Frikiza asked.
"I can try." Shenron replied.
"What?" King Piccolo gasped. "You can do that? Well then – give him enough power to make me stronger than Goku!"
"Um… no." Frikiza said with a smirk. "Sorry. I don't trust you that much."
"What!" King Piccolo roared. "How can you not trust me! I'm your husband!"
"You are, huh…?" Frikiza smiled, her heart skipping a beat. Wow… husband… She couldn't believe this! She was actually going to be Piccolo's wife… Eep!
"Yes!" King Piccolo snarled. "And as your husband I order you to give him enough power to make me more powerful than Goku!"
"Sorry. I only take orders from my icejin husbands." Frikiza smirked, and looked up at Shenron. "Please – whatever you do, don't give him more power."
"Very well." Shenron nodded.
"Bitch." King Piccolo muttered, folding his arms in annoyance. What sort of icejin wife was she anyway? She was supposed to obey him! She was a disgrace.
King Piccolo watched bitterly as Frikiza held her hands up to the eternal dragon and gave him some of her energy. Tch. It was pathetic. She could use her power to revive those four morons but she couldn't give her own husband the throne he deserved? Witch!
"Piccolo," Frikiza said. "Make your wish again."
"… Fine." King Piccolo grunted reluctantly. Whatever. He still wanted his servants. He looked up at the dragon. "I want you to bring back the four of my children that I was living with in hell, Piano, Tambourine, Cymbal and Drum."
"Very well." Shenron replied.
Frikiza looked at King Piccolo in confusion.
"Why were you so specific?" She asked. "Couldn't you just ask him to revive your children?"
"What, are you nuts?" King Piccolo replied. "Frikiza – in my prime I created thousands of children. I don't want all of them living with us! Most of them were nothing more than half-witted weaklings!"
"Okay…" Frikiza replied, blushing. "… 'Us'." She giggled, and grabbed hold of King Piccolo's arm, causing him to blush slightly.
"Your wish has been granted." Shenron stated. "Farewell." He suddenly disappeared in a great beam of light, and as soon as he had gone the seven dragonballs gathered themselves together in the air and fired off in different directions, scattering themselves across the world.
King Piccolo and Frikiza looked around for his mutant children, but there was no sign of them.
"What the hell!" King Piccolo yelled. "That bastard didn't grant the wish! They aren't here!"
"No – wait!" Bulma cried. "They'll be alive – but he probably just restored them back to wherever it was they died."
"What?" King Piccolo grunted. Where they died? … So that meant that Piano and Drum were at King's Castle, and Tambourine and Cymbal were somewhere in the wilderness… Dammit! "This is ridiculous!" King Piccolo barked. "What is the point of that dragon if he can't even grant a simple wish –"
"Hey!" King Piccolo was suddenly interrupted by a voice he didn't recognise.
He looked up to see… Junior? It was Junior! Piccolo Junior was floating above them, alongside Goku's son, and that little guy… oh, what was his name…
"Vegeta!" Bulma exclaimed. Right, that was it. Vegeta. Tch. Stupid name.
"What do you three want?" King Piccolo demanded.
"You head." Vegeta snarled. "Now."
"No!" Piccolo Junior cried. "Vegeta, wait –" He attempted to grab the saiyan prince, but Vegeta violently threw him to the side and dived towards King Piccolo, ready to tear him apart.
Author's Note:-
Sorry for the update gap! I wanted to upload this one sooner, but as you can see it's a longer chapter so it took a while to write n_n' What did you think? I thought of the proposal scene when I was writing the first chapter, and I've been so looking forward to writing it! So... I hope it was well received. Please review and let me know your thoughts, and I'll try to get the next one up ASAP.