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Last Time: King Vegeta unwillingly accepted Frieza's treaty and by doing so, enslaved his people and his son.
History of Vegeta
Serenestorm
Chapter two: Interlude: A Mother's Tears
Prince Vegeta lay in his bed, trying to find sleep, peaceful oblivion, yet his efforts were in vain. His thoughts would not grant him the rest he so needed, for they kept playing the day's events over and over again like a broken record. His father had willingly given him away. Given him to the cold, powerful, creature called Frieza. His father had explained after he came from Bardock's, that he had no choice, that Lord Frieza was stronger than him and that Frieza's army outmatched his own. Frieza is not someone you want for an enemy, he explained.
'You will become the legendary under his tutelage, son' King Vegeta told him, like that was reason enough for abandoning his son to a megalomaniac.
He could hear his parent's arguing in their room. His mother seemed very angry and this only heightened the prince's trepidation. He had never heard his parent's argue like that before, whenever they did argue it was over minor things, but never like that.
He heard his door open and decided to forge sleep. He knew it was late and did not want his parent's to know how anxious he was about tomorrow, when he would have to leave them, perhaps for a very long time. Vegeta did not know how long it would take him to become the legendary, did not even know how to become the legendary.
"Geta". A voice called softly. Only one person called him that. Vegeta opened his eyes to look up into those of his mother's. She sat down beside him gently.
"My son, I knew you were not sleeping. You cannot fool your mother. Are you nervous about tomorrow?"
Vegeta was not surprised. She knew him too well.
She wore a soft smile on her face, his mother. King Vegeta always said that Citra could light the sky with just her smile and the prince believed that to be true. His mother did have a warm smile, a smile that always made him feel better whenever he was down. She was also very beautiful and though Vegeta clearly took after his father in looks, one could also see his mother in him. His dark complexion for example was inherited from Citra and even his slender form which was already smaller than most of his peers, came from his mother.
He sat up slightly on his bed, his mother's presence making him feel safe.
"Yes, I am a little". He admitted.
"I don't understand it. Why must I go? Why did father agree to let that creature take me? Did I do something wrong, Mother?" Vegeta said trying not to let the fear enter his voice but failing.
"My dear little Geta, you did nothing wrong. Please do not ever think that. Your father and I love you more than you will ever know. Your father is king, though, and he felt he had no choice. That creature, as you call him, is capable of destroying all of Vegetasei. You saw for yourself how powerful he is. But, my son, believe me we do not want you to go." She said. She pulled her son into her arms, holding him tightly as if that along could prevent him from leaving her.
"Father said I will become the legendary, but I don't even know how to, Mother." He whispered clutching his mother's waist.
"Come let me put you back to bed, Geta. I will tell you a story". She gently tucked her son back into his bed, reluctantly releasing him from her arms. But she tried to keep her smile, to reassure him, even though she wanted to cry and sat beside him on the bed.
"I know you have heard the stories of the first Saiyajin to reach the legendary, of the first Super Saiyajin, so I will not bore you with that story. Instead I will tell you of the last known Super Saiyajin." She began.
"As you know, we are not originally from this planet. Our ancestors migrated here over a thousand years ago. Old-Vegetasei was very similar to Neo-Vegetasei. The sky held the same reddish hue, the grass the same greenness, there were different plants and animals, and the waters were blue instead of violet, but more or less, the planets are the same. But I digress. On Old-Vegetasei, a baby was born. A baby boy of royal blood that was stronger than any baby ever born, even stronger than the first Super Saiyajin was at that age. This child was predicted to become the next legendary and was named Koden. About five years after the birth of Koden, another child was born. This child was also of royal blood and he was named Vegeta. Yes, the two children were brothers. Koden grew in power over the years and by the age of twelve he was stronger than his father, the king. He challenged his father to a fight for the throne and won by doing the unthinkable".
"What did he do, Mother?" Vegeta asked and stifled a yawn.
"Well, instead of just beating his father until he submitted to him, he killed him, mercilessly. At the age of twelve, Koden ascended the throne, the youngest king ever in history of Vegetasei. Now young Vegeta, being only seven years old, was devastated at the loss of his father. Time passes still and both the young king and the young prince changes along with it. At the age of twenty, Koden met a beautiful Saiyajin girl in the village. He decided to mate her, even though she was not born of noble blood, and ordered her to be brought to the palace, but what the King did not know, was that his brother, Vegeta, was also in love with the girl and the girl shared his love. Koden moved the girl into the palace and tried to woo her, yet she resisted him at every turn. Secretly she met with Prince Vegeta. One night, I think it was about two months later, the girl and Prince Vegeta bonded. When two saiyajins bond, the energy of their joining can be felt by any saiyajin within close proximity. This fact must have been forgotten or unknown by the two, for surely the prince's brother felt their union and was outraged. He immediately came to investigate and found the newly bonded couple in bed in each other's arms. Now remember, Geta, Koden truly loved this girl or at least believed he did and seeing this threw him into a rage. He screamed a battle cry awaking the young couple on the bed. Koden attacked his brother ruthlessly. Prince Vegeta was powerful but he was no match for his brother. Koden quickly overtook him and shot a ki blast that was meant to take his brother's life. Seeing that Koden intended to kill her mate, the girl jumped in front of the ki blast shielding Vegeta and sacrificing herself. When the ki cleared, Koden saw that he had missed his target and killed the woman he claimed to have loved. Seeing this he went into a rage, nothing like the one that seeing his brother and his love had sent him in. No, this was much stronger, much more powerful. Koden began to go oozaru without the help of the full moon. The prince's and Koden's mother ran into the room having felt her sons fight. She saw Koden turning oozaru and her other son unconscious on the floor. She quickly grabbed the prince (remember the mother is a saiyajin so she can pick him up) and fled from the room. Koden wasn't even aware of her presence so caught up in the transformation. His oozaru form was different from any other saiyajin's. Instead of brown fur, his was gold. Instead of black eyes, his were green. Golden energy crackled around him and he had no control of it. He blew golden ki blasts from him mouth destroying all around him. The people of Vegetasei began to evacuate. They had no choice. No one could even get close to Koden for his ki was protecting him, and he was nowhere near exhausted from the amount of energy he was expelling. Only a hundred or so people, including Prince Vegeta, escaped Old-Vegetasei that faithful day. Koden destroyed the planet and in doing so destroyed himself."
"Do you understand, son?" She asked completing her story.
"Yes, most of it. Koden became a Super saiyajin, right, because he was mad". Vegeta answered looking up to his mother to see if he answered correctly.
"Most would agree with you, Geta. Most believe that Koden reached the legendary because of his rage. But you know what I believe, son. I believe that the only reason he was able to tap into that power was because of his love, for if he had never loved the girl, he would not have cared if his brother mated her or not".
"I guess that makes sense. So is that the key, mother. Is love the key to power"? He asked suddenly feeling very sleepy.
"I like to believe that it is. Always remember, my son, where there is love anything is possible, even the legendary. No other child was ever born to Vegetasei as powerful as Koden was. That is until five years ago, when I gave birth to you. You have the potential, son, to become even greater than the last Super Saiyajin. Koden was powerful but he forgot the one thing more powerful than even a Super Saiyajin, and that is one's emotions."
Citra looked down to see that her son had fallen to sleep.
She gently kissed him careful not to wake him.
"Remember, Geta, that our emotions give us power. They only make us stronger." She whispered into his ear. "Fear, rage, jealousy, even hate, they can all be used as a tool, but none are as powerful as love. That is the greatest weapon of all".
Perhaps Citra should have woken her son to make sure he heard her words, for ironically love would be the first emotion that he would disregard.
"Woman". She heard King Vegeta whisper from the doorway.
"Come to bed, the brat is asleep". He said a smile playing his lips. Citra had to admit she could never stay angry with him and though she adamantly disagreed with his decision, she knew as his mate she had to stand by him, had to believe in him.
She quietly rose from her son's bed and joined her husband in the doorway. He held her silently as they both looked in on their son, their only child.
'Please, Gunshin, protect my son. Lead him to the power his father believes that he has. Do not let this be the last night that I spend with my child'. She prayed.
Yet for her, that prayer would fall on deaf ears, for the gods had different plans, fate had already written young Vegeta's destiny.
Next Time: Untitled: Vegeta and Raditzu arrive on Frieza's ship. King Vegeta has a request for Frieza.
BTW: The Japanese used in this fic:
Gunshin: God of War (who else would the Saiyajins worship).
Koden: Legend
Oozaru: Big ape