*Chapter 5*

.:: Beginning Battle ::.

"Open up! I command you to open up now!" Vegeta shouted slamming on the castle door. He was about to blow it down when two guards finally opened the door.
"Yeah, what do you want?" One asked looking at Vegeta.
"I want to speak with your so-called King." Vegeta looked at them narrow-eyed.
"The King isn't expecting any visitors." The other said crossing his arms, "So I'd just leave if I were you."
"You dare speak to your Prince that way!" Vegeta yelled. He then blew up the second guard. The other one stared at the remains of his friend in horror and ran away. "Coward." Vegeta muttered as he entered the castle.

"Hey Trunks, did you notice how angry your dad got when I told him about my mom?" Rosemary asked as they sat on the grass, watching Collie, Sushi, and Jacko train.
"No." Trunks lied.
"Well, I did. Do you think he… l-loved her?" Rosemary managed to get out.
Trunks looked away, "From what I know… my father loves no one."
Rosemary saw the hurt look in Trunks' eye and decided to stop.
"Hey Trunksy-boy, Rosemary, you're up." Sushi caught her breath after all that training.
Trunks and Rosemary got up, ready to spar.
"Hey Half-breed, if ya decide ta turn back now ain't nobody gonna blame ya." Collie snickered.
"Uh-huh." Jacko nodded.
Trunks just got ready to fight.
"I must warn you though Trunks, Rosemary is the strongest out of all of us." Sushi said.
"Yadda, yadda." Trunks smirked, "I'm hearing alotta talking, but I'm not seeing any action. I'm beginning to think that's all you are Rosemary… talk."
Rosemary just stood in her position with her eyes closed. She wasn't in any fighting stance, but stood up straight and tall. Trunks stupidly took her for vulnerable and went for an attack. She disappeared before he even touched her. She elbowed him in the back and disappeared again.
~ Damn. I shouldn't have made that move. ~ Trunks thought looking around.
Suddenly, Rosemary appeared. She moved so fast it was like she was everywhere! "Talk am I? You want action you say? You're going to regret that, Trunks." she disappeared.
"Where is she, where is she?" Trunks whispered feeling for Rosemary's ki, "There!"
*BAM* Rosemary laid a grand slam punch into Trunks stomach and sent him flying. He landed uneasily in the grass flipping over.
"Am I to fast for you, Half-breed?" Rosemary smirked. Her eyes were cold and harsh, worse then usual. Trunks couldn't see the human-like face he once saw.
Trunks wiped blood from his lip and grinned like his father. "Nah, I just haven't quite warmed up yet."
"Then you best hurry it up!" Rosemary charged toward him. Trunks new she would disappear and re-appear behind him. So, he spun around and blocked a very powerful punch by catching Rosemary's fist. "Not bad."
"I haven't even begun." Trunks flipped Rosemary over his head and disappeared.
Rosemary got up, "Trying to beat me at my own game, huh? Well, it just won't work!"
Rosemary spun around and kicked the re-appearing Trunks in the side. He dropped to the ground like a ton of bricks. Rosemary looked down at him, "You fight like a human."
"Is that like telling a guy he fights like a girl." Trunks rubbed his side weakly.
"No Half-breed! She insulted you!" Collie yelled.
"That was kind of what I was aiming for." Trunks replied.
"You've got a lot to learn." Rosemary looked at him.
Trunks looked up at Rosemary as she offered a hand to help him up. Trunks looked at it and at Rosemary. As he gave an evil grin he took her hand and flipped her over.
"Looks like I'm not the only one!" Trunks laughed as Rosemary lay on the floor in pain.
"I hate you!" Rosemary snarled on her back.
"Don't blame me. You let your guard down… you NEVER let your guard down." Trunks got up.
"*Hmph.*" Rosemary crossed her arms annoyed.

"Who let you in here!?!" The King yelled as Vegeta ran into the court room.
"It was no trouble at all." Vegeta grinned evilly, "Especially for the Prince of Sayians."
"Prince of…" The King's eyes widened as he stared at Vegeta blue, "TOFU!!! TOFU!!!"
"Yes your majesty?" Tofu appeared over head, staring at himself in a mirror with content.
"This barbarian has just insulted your king! What are you going to do about it?"
Tofu landed staring at Vegeta narrow-eyed. He lit the mirror on fire and crushed it with his bare hand. "Destroy him, of coarse, your majesty."
"At a-boy." The King sneered, "I must warn you… Tofu is highly trained in the art of the cyber attack."
As soon as the King finished Tofu dropped to the floor blue and wide-eyed. Vegeta stood behind him with narrow eyes.
"Is that so." Vegeta closed his eyes nodding his head to the ground.
"T-Tofu?" The King stuttered in fear, but there was no reply. Tofu, was dead.
"Now for you!" Vegeta glared at the King in a flash.
"I-I-I… I gotta go!" The King pressed a button on his chair and disappeared with a cloud of smoke.
"Damn it!" Vegeta looked around trying to find the king, "Damn it all! That freakin' bastard got away!"
Suddenly Vegeta turned around and BLAM! He went crashing to the ground.

"Rosemary…." Trunks scratched the back of his head as Rosemary drank her tea.
"Yes?" She looked up at him.
"I-I-I" Trunks stuttered, "I wasa kinda wondering if y-your mom told you any stories about her and m-my dad."
"There are a few." Rosemary put her tea down.
Collie and Jacko gulped. Sushi had a bugged out expression on her face.
"Um… uh…" Collie pushed Jacko, "Take that brat!"
"Hey… oh… now you're gonna get it woman." Jacko jumped up talking lamely.
"Hey you two!" Sushi slurred, "Take this outside!"
"Okay!" The three yelled and ran out the door.
Trunks stared at the open door then at Rosemary.
"I kinda get emotional when I talk about it." Rosemary replied with her head down and her eyes closed as she drank her tea.
Trunks sat across from her and watched her as she drank in silence. "Well?" He finally said.
"Once…" Rosemary opened her eyes and looked into her Green tea. "He saved her."
"What? I don't believe that!"
"Believe!" She looked up at him with a stern glare. "Her father had transformed into his primitive form and nearly smushed her! Vegeta grabbed her and flew her out the way--- they were only toddlers at the time. Ever since then, they were partners. Where ever Vegi-chan went Rooroo-chan--- that's her nickname--- went too."
Trunks listened carefully and couldn't help, but to think of his poor mother.
"Then," Rosemary grabbed her cup and held it tight. "Freiza came! And kidnapped Vegeta! My mom"---she looked down, eyes shut tight as her temple pulsed--- "she was so hurt, so saddened by her lose… Vegi-chan was the only saiyan she had met that was like her… They were both very loved by their parents… but, they were always expected to grow up and be something they're not… like how my father treats me… only…"
Trunks saw the emptiness in Rosemary's face. Her eyes were darkened by her bangs. Her lips were pale, set in a depressing frown.
"You don't have to go on…" Trunks felt pity for Rosemary.
"But…" Rosemary looked at Trunks teary-eyed, "You want to know--- I know you do--- you want to know if what your mother and father have is true… you HAVE a RIGHT, Trunks."
"But what about you?"
"What about me? I don't care about me! I'm fine, Trunks! You… you've been having this doubt of a father's love for all your life Trunks. Your dad cares about you so much Trunks… but he's a sayian so you can't expect him to come right out and say it."
"I know," Trunks held his fist on the table, "I know. Hey! Since when was the subject on me? Go on! Go on!"
"Well, my mother's father was recruited as a soldier to fight against Freiza and the rest. My mom begged him to let her take his place, but he wouldn't let her do it. So she went solo." Rosemary slightly smiled. Looking as though she were watching her memories in the tea. "She stall awayed upon the ship Vegeta was held captive…"

"Vegeta! Vegeta! Yo! Where the hell are ya?"
"RooRoo-chan!" Vegeta grabbed unto the cage bars he was in.
"Vegi!" Rose ran over, "Can't you break the bars?"
Vegeta shook his head.
"Limme try." Rose pulled on the bars.
"C'mon girl, if I can't open them what makes you think you can?"
"At least I can try, god-dammit."
Someone tapped Rose on the shoulder and she turned around to see Zurban.
"You let him out you gay bastard!"
Zurban scowled at her, "I was going to throw you in with him, but now I think I'll send you right to Lord Frieza."
"Leave'er alone!" Vegeta yelled.
Zurban ignored Vegeta and picked Rose up over his shoulder.
"Put me down!" Rose struggled and reached for Vegeta, "Prince Vegeta!"
"Lady Rose!" Vegeta shouted reaching for Rose through the bars.

"What happened after that?" Trunks asked.
"My mom escaped him---somehow." Rosemary answered.
"Then what?"
"Well, then she got into Frieza's quarters where King Vegeta was with his men."

"So, King Vegeta. It looks as though you're all alone on this. I mean look at your men!" Freiza laughed, "They're so afraid they're blue in the face!"
"I'm not afraid!" Rose stepped up, "You let my friend go!"
"Well, isn't that sweet." Freiza sneered. King Vegeta turned his head in dis-honor.
"I'm not kidding around with you! Give him back to me or your gonna become a flattened fruit cake!"
"Now, how do expect to turn me into a fruit cake?"
"Don't have to, you're already one."
"Why you little brat!" Freiza was about to blow Rose up when King Vegeta got in the way.
"That's enough!" King Vegeta yelled.
"You'll learn not to get in my way!" Freiza blew King Vegeta up.
Rose drops to her knees wide-eyed and takes the king's madalion. "K-king Vegeta."
"Now for you!" Freiza got ready to kill all the soldiers.
"Roo-Roo-chan!" Rose's father got in front of her as Freiza threw a ki blast.

"Wow, that's… intense… Freiza didn't mention that when he told the story of King Vegeta's… *Ahem* demise."
"Freiza's an ass. Can't expect him to tell the truth about anything." Rosemary snarled and drank the last of her tea, slamming the cup on the table. "So, she was knocked out, but her father had saved her from death. She woke up in the arms of a soldier named Bar-Bardock."
"Bardock?!" Trunks exclaimed.
"Yes, he's the father of that friend of yours, right?"
"Yeah, how'd you… oh yeah, that's right, we talked about it before."
"Uh-huh."

"Where are you taking me?" Rose woke up, "What? Why are we out the ship?! No! My friend's still in there!!!"
Bardock stopped Rose from squirming. "There's nothing we can do now, kid! So if you don't mind, I'd really like it if you'd stop moving like a fool!"
"Put me down! I need to save him!"
"Okay." Bardock threw Rose into a sayian ship heading for Earth and locked the door.
"Let me out! Let me out!" Rose shouted.
"Sorry kid, can't be here now." Bardock sent the ship off.

"So my mom was sent to Earth and never saw Prince Vegeta again." Rosemary ended.
"So they weren't dating, they were too young to." Trunks nodded.
"Duh1 Is that what you thought?" Rosemary asked.
"Well, you said they were gonna get married if things turned out differently."
"ARRANGED marriage, it was decided before they were even born. Didn't I tell you that already?"
"I… don't… remember." Trunks scratched his head and laughed.
~ My mother did love him, though. ~ Rosemary looked down.
"Guys! Come out here! Fast!" Sushi ran into the house. Trunks and Rosemary ran out the house.
Outside Vegeta was fallen in the grass wounded and beaten badly.
"Prince Vegeta!" rosemary kneeled next to him.
"Stupid… bastards…" Vegeta managed to say before passing out.
Trunks and Jacko carried him inside and the girls followed.