Chapter 6- The Legend of the Super Saiyen

"Stop fidgeting!" Cried the king.
"I'm trying! We've been sitting here for hours! Why'd you have to make more than one???" Vegeta replied hotly.
"It's so we don't argue where to put it. Stop complaining, at least you don't have to wear a dress!" Collifla snapped. Another year had passed and their power increased steadily. Vegeta had gained height, which pleased him intensely, yet Collifla still remained ahead of him in that department.
Collifla was still tutored by her mother, and began to learn ancient Saiyago (the Saiyen tongue). Vegeta's 8th birthday rapidly approached and the two friends were now facing one of royalty's burdens: Portraits. They had been sitting for hours. Not only did the Brooshaintian painter insist on doing one big portrait, the king had demanded two smaller ones as well. So here they were, doing all they could to fight their instincts to move, or perhaps blast the fussy yellow painter himself into oblivion.
Collifla's hair was down, which didn't happen often.
"At least I can pick you out in a crowd with your hair down." Vegeta would always say smirking. Collifla would then smack him upside the head with her tail.
"Fineshed," said the painter quietly with a strange Brooshaintian accent. Vegeta jumped into the air and did a somersault.
"FINALLY!!!" He cried. Collifla stood up and stretched. She walked over to stand by Vegeta looked at the three portraits.
"You look… nice."
"Keh. Yeah right. He made me look like a porcelain doll. I appreciate your effort, though." Vegeta snorted.

The next morning, Collifla woke up before Vegeta for the first time in her entire existence. She bounded into his chambers and jumped onto the bed.
"Wake up!!! I got you a present!" Vegeta opened an eye.
"Now what is a mass of black hair and nightgown doing on my bed this early in the morning?" He said crankily.
"You want this or not, majesty?"
"Yeah, yeah. Gimme." Collifla handed him a neatly wrapped package.
"Showoff," he muttered.
"Keh! It's not my fault I can handle paper better than you, monkey boy. Just open it! Go on." Vegeta tore at the paper. Inside was a white book with gold lettering on the cover.
"The Legend of the Super Saiyen," said Collifla.
"Is that what it says? I can't read Saiyago."
"Oh right. Damn. Well, I suppose I can read it to you until you learn…"
"Ha! There's something to blackmail you with when we're older!"
"Baka! You have no idea how to hold onto a good thing, do you?"
"Alright! Okay, fine! We gotta get changed. We've got to make an appearance in the stupid throne room."
"Aw Kuso! Do I have to wear my godforsaken kimono again?"
"Nah. I suppose you've suffered enough."
"Since when does the prince of all Saiyens care about mercy?"
"Since he got a good present and you shall never speak of it."
"As long as you never speak of the whole… reading thing."
"Yeah sure." Collifla hopped off the large bed and walked into her chambers.

"Tousan," said Vegeta simply as he knelt in front of the throne. Collifla walked up and did the same. King Vegeta merely nodded and gestured them to their place beside the throne.
"Patona, step forward."
Collifla watched as her mother and sensei knelt before the throne.
"Saiyeness, you have shown value far beyond your status. Your military intelligence shall not go without reward. Therefore, you are now an elite. Rise up and face both your new equals and former equals, now inferiors."
Collifla's face shown with pride as her mother rose to accept the rumble of applause. Collifla clapped until her hands hurt, but still didn't stop until the applause died down.
"Dismissed, all of you. Except you, Vegeta." Collifla looked at her prince with confusion. Vegeta smirked.
"Go on, I'll meet you back at our chambers." Collifla nodded and walked down the hall. Vegeta remained in the empty throne room and stared at his father. King Vegeta gestured to the window.
"Do you see those pods? All those tested who are not worthy of our class are being shipped off to conquer weaker planets." The prince smirked.
"Hn. Good bye, pests."
"Indeed. You, however, are different. Every thousand years a Super Saiyen emerges. You were born around the correct time, Vegeta. And I believe that it was no pure coincidence. You shall rise up and defeat all who oppose you. You will fulfill the prophecy, free our people of that frigid son-of-a-bitch, and be the most powerful fighter in the entire universe. Do you understand me, Prince Vegeta? Royal blood of the most powerful Saiyen lines courses through your veins. It is because of all these reasons, Vegeta, that you shall be a Super Saiyen."
Vegeta stared at the King for a very long moment and allowed it all to sink in.
"Hai, wagakimi," he said, using the small bit of Saiyago Collifla had been teaching him (translated it means, 'yes, my lord'). King Vegeta seemed mildly impressed and therefore satisfied with his son's response.
"You may go," he said with a wave of his hand. The prince bowed and walked into the hall, doors hissing shut, and closing firmly behind him

Later that night, Collifla walked into Vegeta's room apprehensively. She had her nightdress on, and her mass of hair fell around her face. She studied the prince. He looked much older than 8 and he seemed deep in thought.
"Is there something wrong, Vegeta?"
"Hn? Oh. No, not really. I was wondering…" He picked up the white book and smoothed the cover, "Would you… translate this for me?" Collifla tilted her head, then nodded. She took the white book from him, and flew up to sit on the bed. Vegeta flew up and sat next to her, listening with an expression she couldn't read. She cleared her throat and began translating.
"Every thousand years, a Super Saiyen is born, a being so powerful it surpasses that of any being ever known….."

An hour or two later, Vegeta had nearly fallen asleep, but forced his eyes to remain open, and his ears alert. As Collifla neared the end of the book, neither could keep their eyes open any longer.
"Saiyen, brutal and heartless,
Cold and powerful.
However, as Saiyen changes under the moon,
So shall they change under….. *yawn*….. love."
Vegeta was asleep. Collifla blinked at the words. There was still an entire page of poetry left, but it was beginning to blur. She contemplated the last word: love. She turned it over in her mind until, had her mind been reality, one might have thought it was a tornado.
Love. What a strange word. I don't even think I know what it really means…. Then again, from what I do understand about it, no Saiyen really would. Hn….
The last words she thought in her mind washed over her and enveloped her like a blanket. I really should go into my own rooms. But… I don't think I could move…if I tried. Couldn't move if I…. She thought no more.

"I can't think of anything to say or explain since I'm assuming the number of smart people outweigh the number of morons." "Not when you're living on Earth within a hundred mile radius of the Son or Kame House." "Vegeta, what are you doing here?" "I've come to look back on my childhood, woman. Problem?" "Don't threaten me!" "I'm the Prince of all Saiyens! I do what I please!" "And I'm the author and I can do some really, REALLY not nice things to you, 'Veggie-chan'." "Like what?" "Like open the barred gates and let all your love-crazed fans through…" "Okay! Fine!" "Heh."