Author's note: This begins where Exile leaves off so, you may want to read it again, (I had to) Vegeta is sixteen years old. ^.^
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z and all recognizable characters belong to Akira Toriyama and are being used without permission.
The Price of Power: Prologue
By: Kichi
Vegeta entered the training hall with a tiny smile playing on his lips. The room was filled with members of different races exercising and sparring. He spotted his sparring partner and headed over to the group. They stood chatting and as he walked forward he caught the tail-end of their discussion.
"..The saiyan is nothing but a spoiled brat, I tell you. He insists that he's a prince but his planet has been destroyed. There are but three known Saiyans left." He chuckled. One of his companions jabbed him in the ribs as she saw Vegeta approach. He turned and his grin faded as he saw the look on Vegeta's face. His black eyes were full of rage and before his sparring partner could explain himself, Vegeta back-handed him across the face. He stumbled back and Vegeta leapt on him attacking with fury. He pointed his first and middle finger and rammed it into the man's eye socket and tore out his eye as the man screamed in agony. He threw it to the floor and stomped on it turning it to a mass of blood and jelly. He then turned and strode out of the training hall as if nothing had happened.
"Hey Vegeta, long time no see!" ::Oh great.:: Vegeta turned with a deep scowl on his face. "Where ya goin' monkey?" Kuui asked mockingly.
"None of your damn business, fish face!" he snapped in reply. Kuui chuckled as Vegeta's tail twitched and lashed behind him.
"I can tell your upset by your tail there." Vegeta noticed the appendage and slightly grimaced, that damn thing was always giving him away. "Whatever seems to be the problem?"
"Get out of my face Kuui, before I rip you a new eye socket." He snarled. Kuui laughed.
"Ooh! Big words from a small BOY." He chortled. "I'm really scared." That was it. Vegeta knew Kuui was stronger, but damn it, if he walked away he was going to be taunted forever by people like him. He WAS still the Prince of Saiyans and he always would be no matter what anyone said. And one day he would become the legendary Super Saiyan and show them all. He rushed Kuui and kicked him in the jaw snapping the purple alien's head back.
"Fuck you!" Vegeta cried, not noticing the crowd that was gathering.
"You little brat!" Kuui roared and charged. Vegeta dodged every punch Kuui sent his way, but then he stopped as numbness crept up his spine followed by agonizing pain. "Ah hahahaha!" Kuui bellowed. "I got your tail!" Vegeta could not say anything in reply. He fell to his knees and bit his lip to keep from crying out. "What do you have to say now, saiyan." He all but spat the words. Vegeta could barely hear him over the sound of his heart pounding in his ears.
"Let.. go!" he managed to gasp. Kuui laughed.
"Not until you say 'Kuui is stronger than I will ever be.'" Vegeta's face went dead white.
"Never!" he gasped. Kuui dug his sharp nails into Vegeta's tail. He screamed in agony then bit his lip harder, tasting blood.
"Do it!" Kuui sat on Vegeta's back facing the crowd and wrapped the furry appendage around his hand, his nails digging deeper. Vegeta could feel hot tears of shame and pain running down his cheeks, he buried his face in his hands.
"No!" Vegeta sobbed. Kuui grinned.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you?" he said, thinking perhaps that Vegeta had given in and said what Kuui wanted to hear.
"Let me go!" Vegeta shrieked. Kuui shook his head and earned laughter from the crowd.
"Saiyans are so stubborn. But you'll learn." With that he sank his fangs into Vegeta's tail. Vegeta's eyes widened and he screamed, his voice echoing through the halls.
"Maybe you should stop.." a dark blue man with yellow hair said. "He's not gonna say it."
"Shut up!" Kuui snapped. "He will." He spat out some fur and wrapped Vegeta's tail around his wrist. Vegeta twitched, tears of pain pouring down his face.
"That's enough." Kuui gasped when he heard the voice.
"Lord Frieza!" Frieza glared at Kuui and he slowly let the tail go. The crowd immediately took off. Vegeta sighed in relief as the pain vanished and as soon as it did he grabbed Kuui by the throat, yanked him to the floor, and sank his teeth into his neck. Kuui screamed in agony as he felt his flesh rip.
"Vegeta, stop!" Frieza yelled. But Vegeta didn't hear, all thoughts were focused on Kuui. Frieza grabbed Vegeta by the back of the neck and threw him into the far wall. Vegeta didn't even feel the impact and scrambled back to his feet, snarling in fury. Kuui sat clutching his throat a blue blood oozed out. He was about to charge forward again when Frieza appeared before him. "I said STOP!" he growled, his ki flaring warningly. Vegeta shuddered and took a step back. "Now go to your quarters until I send for you!" Vegeta lowered his eyes with a sigh.
"Yes Frieza." He turned a slowly shuffled to his room.
Once in his own room Vegeta collapsed on his bed and began to cry. He tried not to but the tears refused to be held back. He'd been humiliated by that bastard, Kuui. He grabbed his tail and embarrassed him in front of a whole group of people who were probably at this very minute, laughing at him. He cried himself into exhaustion, cursing himself for being weak. Slowly though, he finally slept.
To Be Continued.
So what do you guys and girls think? Let me know!
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z and all recognizable characters belong to Akira Toriyama and are being used without permission.
The Price of Power: Prologue
By: Kichi
Vegeta entered the training hall with a tiny smile playing on his lips. The room was filled with members of different races exercising and sparring. He spotted his sparring partner and headed over to the group. They stood chatting and as he walked forward he caught the tail-end of their discussion.
"..The saiyan is nothing but a spoiled brat, I tell you. He insists that he's a prince but his planet has been destroyed. There are but three known Saiyans left." He chuckled. One of his companions jabbed him in the ribs as she saw Vegeta approach. He turned and his grin faded as he saw the look on Vegeta's face. His black eyes were full of rage and before his sparring partner could explain himself, Vegeta back-handed him across the face. He stumbled back and Vegeta leapt on him attacking with fury. He pointed his first and middle finger and rammed it into the man's eye socket and tore out his eye as the man screamed in agony. He threw it to the floor and stomped on it turning it to a mass of blood and jelly. He then turned and strode out of the training hall as if nothing had happened.
"Hey Vegeta, long time no see!" ::Oh great.:: Vegeta turned with a deep scowl on his face. "Where ya goin' monkey?" Kuui asked mockingly.
"None of your damn business, fish face!" he snapped in reply. Kuui chuckled as Vegeta's tail twitched and lashed behind him.
"I can tell your upset by your tail there." Vegeta noticed the appendage and slightly grimaced, that damn thing was always giving him away. "Whatever seems to be the problem?"
"Get out of my face Kuui, before I rip you a new eye socket." He snarled. Kuui laughed.
"Ooh! Big words from a small BOY." He chortled. "I'm really scared." That was it. Vegeta knew Kuui was stronger, but damn it, if he walked away he was going to be taunted forever by people like him. He WAS still the Prince of Saiyans and he always would be no matter what anyone said. And one day he would become the legendary Super Saiyan and show them all. He rushed Kuui and kicked him in the jaw snapping the purple alien's head back.
"Fuck you!" Vegeta cried, not noticing the crowd that was gathering.
"You little brat!" Kuui roared and charged. Vegeta dodged every punch Kuui sent his way, but then he stopped as numbness crept up his spine followed by agonizing pain. "Ah hahahaha!" Kuui bellowed. "I got your tail!" Vegeta could not say anything in reply. He fell to his knees and bit his lip to keep from crying out. "What do you have to say now, saiyan." He all but spat the words. Vegeta could barely hear him over the sound of his heart pounding in his ears.
"Let.. go!" he managed to gasp. Kuui laughed.
"Not until you say 'Kuui is stronger than I will ever be.'" Vegeta's face went dead white.
"Never!" he gasped. Kuui dug his sharp nails into Vegeta's tail. He screamed in agony then bit his lip harder, tasting blood.
"Do it!" Kuui sat on Vegeta's back facing the crowd and wrapped the furry appendage around his hand, his nails digging deeper. Vegeta could feel hot tears of shame and pain running down his cheeks, he buried his face in his hands.
"No!" Vegeta sobbed. Kuui grinned.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you?" he said, thinking perhaps that Vegeta had given in and said what Kuui wanted to hear.
"Let me go!" Vegeta shrieked. Kuui shook his head and earned laughter from the crowd.
"Saiyans are so stubborn. But you'll learn." With that he sank his fangs into Vegeta's tail. Vegeta's eyes widened and he screamed, his voice echoing through the halls.
"Maybe you should stop.." a dark blue man with yellow hair said. "He's not gonna say it."
"Shut up!" Kuui snapped. "He will." He spat out some fur and wrapped Vegeta's tail around his wrist. Vegeta twitched, tears of pain pouring down his face.
"That's enough." Kuui gasped when he heard the voice.
"Lord Frieza!" Frieza glared at Kuui and he slowly let the tail go. The crowd immediately took off. Vegeta sighed in relief as the pain vanished and as soon as it did he grabbed Kuui by the throat, yanked him to the floor, and sank his teeth into his neck. Kuui screamed in agony as he felt his flesh rip.
"Vegeta, stop!" Frieza yelled. But Vegeta didn't hear, all thoughts were focused on Kuui. Frieza grabbed Vegeta by the back of the neck and threw him into the far wall. Vegeta didn't even feel the impact and scrambled back to his feet, snarling in fury. Kuui sat clutching his throat a blue blood oozed out. He was about to charge forward again when Frieza appeared before him. "I said STOP!" he growled, his ki flaring warningly. Vegeta shuddered and took a step back. "Now go to your quarters until I send for you!" Vegeta lowered his eyes with a sigh.
"Yes Frieza." He turned a slowly shuffled to his room.
Once in his own room Vegeta collapsed on his bed and began to cry. He tried not to but the tears refused to be held back. He'd been humiliated by that bastard, Kuui. He grabbed his tail and embarrassed him in front of a whole group of people who were probably at this very minute, laughing at him. He cried himself into exhaustion, cursing himself for being weak. Slowly though, he finally slept.
To Be Continued.
So what do you guys and girls think? Let me know!