Chapter 2
Vegeta opened his eyes. He was tired. Sending out an SOS was hard. He walked slowly across the branch and sat down across from Lyra. He tentatively reached for her shoulder and placed his hand on it.
"Lyra?" He said softly (though slightly gruffly. Remember: Veggie-chan isn't one to be nice!) She sobbed in response. Oh crap. I seriously don't know what to do. Hurry up, guys! Vegeta begged silently.
In a rare moment of sincerity, Vegeta wrapped his arms around Lyra. He lifter her up and flew her to the ground. I don't think all of us are going to fit up there so its better to have her down here. Lyra continued to sob, although this time into Vegeta's royal garments. He sighed.
Just then, Bardock's children landed. Radu gasped and ran over to Lyra.
"Let go. She need's a woman's touch." Radu ordered softly. Vegeta released her and got up. He joined Radditz and Kakkarot about three feet from Lyra's body.
"What'd you do, man?" Radditz asked.
"Nothing," Vegeta said. "She's been living with the fact she's a halfling and our fight was an emotional outburst and now she's coming to terms with her identity."
Adrian ran over and joined Radu in hugging Lyra. Unexpectedly, Vegeta fell forward but was caught by the back of his garments.
"What the-" Vegeta began.
"What did you do to her?" Yokito growled.
"Dammit Yokito, let him go! It isn't Vegeta's fault. Their fight was a release for Lyra's past," Kakkarot growled. "Let him go." Yokito did.
"You'd better watch those hands, fool. One day-" Vegeta was interrupted by Adrian.
"Don't you morons see that this is happening because you guys fought? Can't you just stop!" Adrian said, her voicing cracking at the end. Everyone stopped.
Then Lyra talked. "You've all known that I'm not one hundred percent Saiyain and you haven't said anything? What about everyone else? Does anyone else know?" She sobbed.
Yokito got down on his knees. "No one knows, Lyra-chan. We didn't even know. We only suspected. You know many people have trouble flying at first. And you have a tail. The rest of the morons in this town don't have a clue."
Radu stroked her hair. "He's right, Lyra. No one knows, and no one will know."
"But if I act like me, people will be able to tell!" she wailed.
"No, Lyra," Adrian said. "You've just got to keep on being you because we love you just fine that way. And not all Saiyains can be like Vegeta here. "
"That's right. And don't you forget it!" was his reply.
"Why look at Kakkarot. That should be enough of an example that not all Saiyans are the same!" Lyra managed a tiny smile. "And Yokito! And me and Adrian and Radditz!" Radu said. "Come to think of it, we're a band of misfits."
Even though Lyra felt better, she continued to cry.
"That's right," Radu murmured. "Let it out. You've lived with this fact for too long and now you can share the truth with us. Revel in the fact that you aren't alone. Remember that we love you."
Kakkarot sat down and Radditz sat down about four feet away from him. Vegeta got the idea and sat about four feet away from each of them, thus forming a triangle with Lyra, Radu, Adrian, and Yokito in the middle. Yokito thought to everyone but Lyra: Imagine your love and friendship as a pillar and imagine placing that under Lyra. It will become a support beam for her spirit.
Kakkarot said, "Good idea." Lyra appeared not to hear.
Lyra filled with warmth. She became a comfortable temperature and started to glow. Suddenly, she started to rise off the ground, surrounded by a nimbus of light.
Radu opened her eyes. She saw Lyra floating and quickly linked hands with Adrian and Yokito. Unconsciously, Adrian and Yokito grabbed hands.
"Know that as of now, your secret is safe. None of us shall be physically able to tell what we know regarding your identity. What we've created here is an emotional pillow for you to rest upon. You shan't always need this pillow and a day will come when you'll put it away. But always remember, we love, care, need, understand, accept you." Radu's voice expanded to fill the minds of the six other people in their group, but no voice was truly emitted from her lungs.
The nimbus disappeared but the glow to her skin remained. Slowly, she drifted towards the ground. Her feet touched. Everyone watched her, unsure of how to act. She smiled at them. "Thank you," she said in her melodic voice.
Kakkarot whooped. "Lyra's back!" Radu walked up to Lyra and hugged her.
"Dear Goddess, the things we do for you, Lyra." Vegeta muttered. Lyra walked over to him and placed a hand on his cheek (it was the same one she slapped). He blushed.
"I accept your apology and I'm sorry for slapping you." Lyra said.
Adrian, who was standing next to Yokito, was the only one to notice him tense. "I think we should all be going home," Adrian said hurriedly. "That took longer then any of us realized. It's a lot darker out then it was before."
Lyra looked up. "You're right! Oh, the people at the nursery are going to be so pissed!"
"I'll come with you," Yokito quickly volunteered. (Yes, Vegeta scowled.)
"No, I couldn't do that, Yokito. Everyone's done enough for me. I'll be fine."
Yokito looked dubious, but he followed Adrian when she blasted off. Vegeta blasted off, though in a slightly different direction. Radu took Lyra's hand.
"Thank you for the armor. I love it." At the mention of armor, Radditz puffed out his chest in pride. Lyra giggled. "I'm glad you like yours too, Radditz." He smiled.
Everyone went his or her own separate ways.
~~~~~~~20 minutes later, at Lyra's nursery~~~~~~~
About 100 feet from the nursery, Lyra landed. Judging by the darkness of the sky, she guessed that it was dinnertime. She'd just have to skip it.
As Lyra was climbing the stairs, she heard a voice.
"We don't know where she is, but I'm sure she'll be back soon. I'm sorry to inconvenience you so terribly. Please accompany me in checking her room." Lyra winced. It was Mevrou, the lady who ran the nursery. She was using the voice she used when they had important company.
"Sure," A strange male voice said.
Lyra silently ran up the rest of the stairs and opened the door to her room. She jumped into her bed and tried to slow her breathing. She heard Mevrou's voice again.
"This is her room right here."
"Open it." The male voice commanded.
The door opened. Mevrou went over to Lyra's bed and began to shake her gently. Why is she being so nice? Usually she'd just slap me and yell at me for sleeping at the inappropriate time.
"Lyra dear," Dear? Lyra wondered. "An important man is here to see you. Wake up."
Lyra opened her eyes slowly, pretending that she needed to adjust her eyes to the lights.
"Huh?" Lyra said, allowing a sleepy tone to enter her voice. She slowly got out of her bed and stood up. She turned to the guard. Her eyes popped open. Well, hey! He isn't bad. The guard apparently liked what he saw in Lyra. If she weren't already glowing, she'd have blushed.
The guard got down on one knee. "On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Lyra of the Koudama is to gather all her belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness." He rose. When his speech began, Lyra's eyes got big. But when he finished, she was laughing and crying at the same time.
"Yes! I'm soooo outta here!" Lyra yelled, throwing her arms around the guard. He appeared a little surprise, though slightly smug. Mevrou appeared shocked at the news. She wasn't stupid enough to question the orders of a royal guard.
"Well." Mevrou huffed, storming out. Lyra released the guard.
"Sorry 'bout that. Goddess, you don't know how good a day this has been. Let me get my stuff and we can blow this joint." She giggled.
~~~~~~~At Bardock's house~~~~~~~
"Alright boys, just let me turn on the charm and we'll be outta this mess." Radu said. "Hopefully." she added. Kakkarot and Radditz both nodded.
They entered the house. Sitting at the table was their father and a young man.
"Ah, children. You've finally decided to come home. How kind of you." Bardock said sarcastically. "I've just been chatting with someone who has good news. I think you'll all be pleased to hear it."
The man turned around and smiled at Radu. She put on a mean face and she felt two arms go around her shoulders. She didn't have to look at her brothers to know they were scowling at the young man.
"I see father. It's all clear now. I haven't entered training camp yet because I'm not going to. EVER. You're going to marry me off to some yuppie who's trying to make a name for himself with his parent's money. Well I'm not doing it. I'll run away before that cruel fate befalls me."
"And if you do that, we'll run away with her." Radditz added.
At this point, Bardock was laughing and the man was blushing. Bardock said (slapping the man on the back), "Tell them why you came, son."
"See?" Kakkarot whispered. "He's already calling that guy son."
The man bowed his head and said, "On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Radu, Radditz, and Kakkarot of the Ancient Earth Clan are to gather all their belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness." As the man talked, Radditz and Kakkarot withdrew their arms from Radu's shoulder. Radu turned a lovely shade of red.
"He he he," Radu giggled weakly. Then she smiled. She turned around and kissed each of her brothers on the cheek. "We're going to training camp, boys!" she whispered. They linked arms and began dancing in a circle, all the while yelling.
Bardock slapped the man on the back. "Sorry 'bout that, lad. You're a nice boy but she shan't be tied down." Bardock laughed and walked off, leaving the man blushing again.
~~~~~~~At Toma's house~~~~~~~
Adrian and Yokito landed about 50 yards away from their house. They hadn't spoken at all on the way back.
"So, you all right, Yoki?" Adrian asked.
"Yeah, Addy, I'm fine. Why?" Yokito said, surprised that she had used his pet name.
"Well, from what I've seen, you want to be more then Lyra's friend. And you're a jealous boy." Adrian said. Yokito scowled, a look very unusual for his funny-man attitude.
"Well, maybe I don't take to kindly to Vegeta's emotional abuse of Lyra," Yokito said huffily.
"Whoa, there Yoki! You need to simmer down. We've known Vegeta all our lives. It isn't emotional abuse; it's the only way Vegeta can show his emotions. Just don't get too carried away with her, ok?"
"Whatever." Yokito said, calming down a little. He walked into their house. Adrian walked in behind him. Yokito stopped and Adrian walked into him.
"Keep moving, dolt!" She said angrily.
"Uh, do you remember if we were going to have company over?" He whispered over his shoulder.
"No, I don't think so." Adrian whispered back. "Why?"
"There is someone I don't know and he's sitting in my spot."
"Oh crap! I just want you to know before father kills me, I really do love you."
"Ok, well, that's great. Why would father kill you?" Yokito said, surprised.
"Hehehe, I kind of rigged your seat so that when you got up from dinner, a pail of eggs will fall on your head."
Yokito laughed. "This is gonna be great! Lets go watch the show!" He grabbed his sister's hand and pulled her into the kitchen. When they arrived, the man rose out of his chair and.
SPLAT
Yokito grinned, Adrian shut her eyes, Serpia half rose with her hand to her mouth, and Toma glared at his children. To everyone's surprise, the man got down on one knee and said,
"On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Adrian and Yokito of the Makkiu Clan are to gather all their belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness."
"I'm surprised he even asked you, after the eggs fell on his head." Toma said sardonically.
"I am so sorry, sir." Adrian said. "Wait, what did you say? We- we're going to training camp?" She turned around. "Yoki! Thi-" she stopped.
Yokito burst out laughing. Adrian whirled around to apologize to the man and found him grinning, obviously trying to hold in his laughter. She closed her eyes again. They're laughing. LAUGHING! CAMP! We're going to camp! The BEST training camp! And, as unlike Adrian it was, she smiled and laughed too.
~~~~~~~At the palace~~~~~~~
Vegeta landed on the balcony to his room. He realized that avoiding confrontation with his father was probably the best idea right now. He opened the doors and went into his room. He took off his armor and lay in his huge bed. He sighed.
Just as he was drifting off, he heard a small creak. He was awake instantly. An assassin? All right! My first assassination attempt! About damn time too. Vegeta pretended to be asleep. When he was sure there was indeed a man in his room, he quickly flew out of his bed and blasted the man to nothing with a ki blast.
"HahahahahaHA!" Vegeta laughed. He slowly stopped laughing and turned towards the door.
"Good morning sunshine." The King said ironically. Vegeta's eyes opened wide.
"Father," Vegeta said, bowing on one knee. "I just killed an assassin. You must have heard my blast."
"Oh, better then that. I saw you kill that man." The King said.
Vegeta rose his head, pride clear in his eyes. The king smiled as though it was joke. Vegeta looked confused.
"Too bad he was my royal guard."
Vegeta lowered his head, blushing. Oh great. He thought. Not only did I kill my father's guard, my father saw it happen and he's gonna punish me.
His father sighed. "It's a good thing you'll be out of here for a long time, my son."
"You're sending me to a duchy? Father! I don't want to do that!" Vegeta exclaimed.
"No! Good Goddess, you are terribly naive." The king arranged himself and stood up taller. "Kneel before me, my son." Vegeta kneeled. The King began reciting traditional lines.
"On my order, Vegeta of the Ancient and Royal Blood Line, only heir to the throne of Vegeta-sei and destined to fulfill a prophecy, is to gather his belongings and escort himself to the Imperial Vegeta-sei training camp. Now rise my son."
Vegeta rose. "I, Vegeta of the Ancient and Royal Blood Line, only heir to the thrown of Vegeta-sei, humbly thank you, my father, Vegeta the Lionhearted, 23rd King of the Saiyains. I will do my best at the Imperial Vegeta-sei training camp as I attempt to excel and uphold the family honor." As tradition bound him, he kneeled again, took his father's hand, and kissed the royal seal of the Royal Family.
"Difficult times are coming. I want you to be properly armed at all times. Therefore, I present to you these throwing knives along with leather bands that will allow you to carry one on your right arm and one on your left leg. I daresay you'll find more things to protect yourself with, but I do hope these will come in handy."
"Thank you father." Vegeta said simply, though his father read the emotion in his son's eyes.
"You've made me proud, my heir. I'm sure you will continue to do so."
Vegeta opened his eyes. He was tired. Sending out an SOS was hard. He walked slowly across the branch and sat down across from Lyra. He tentatively reached for her shoulder and placed his hand on it.
"Lyra?" He said softly (though slightly gruffly. Remember: Veggie-chan isn't one to be nice!) She sobbed in response. Oh crap. I seriously don't know what to do. Hurry up, guys! Vegeta begged silently.
In a rare moment of sincerity, Vegeta wrapped his arms around Lyra. He lifter her up and flew her to the ground. I don't think all of us are going to fit up there so its better to have her down here. Lyra continued to sob, although this time into Vegeta's royal garments. He sighed.
Just then, Bardock's children landed. Radu gasped and ran over to Lyra.
"Let go. She need's a woman's touch." Radu ordered softly. Vegeta released her and got up. He joined Radditz and Kakkarot about three feet from Lyra's body.
"What'd you do, man?" Radditz asked.
"Nothing," Vegeta said. "She's been living with the fact she's a halfling and our fight was an emotional outburst and now she's coming to terms with her identity."
Adrian ran over and joined Radu in hugging Lyra. Unexpectedly, Vegeta fell forward but was caught by the back of his garments.
"What the-" Vegeta began.
"What did you do to her?" Yokito growled.
"Dammit Yokito, let him go! It isn't Vegeta's fault. Their fight was a release for Lyra's past," Kakkarot growled. "Let him go." Yokito did.
"You'd better watch those hands, fool. One day-" Vegeta was interrupted by Adrian.
"Don't you morons see that this is happening because you guys fought? Can't you just stop!" Adrian said, her voicing cracking at the end. Everyone stopped.
Then Lyra talked. "You've all known that I'm not one hundred percent Saiyain and you haven't said anything? What about everyone else? Does anyone else know?" She sobbed.
Yokito got down on his knees. "No one knows, Lyra-chan. We didn't even know. We only suspected. You know many people have trouble flying at first. And you have a tail. The rest of the morons in this town don't have a clue."
Radu stroked her hair. "He's right, Lyra. No one knows, and no one will know."
"But if I act like me, people will be able to tell!" she wailed.
"No, Lyra," Adrian said. "You've just got to keep on being you because we love you just fine that way. And not all Saiyains can be like Vegeta here. "
"That's right. And don't you forget it!" was his reply.
"Why look at Kakkarot. That should be enough of an example that not all Saiyans are the same!" Lyra managed a tiny smile. "And Yokito! And me and Adrian and Radditz!" Radu said. "Come to think of it, we're a band of misfits."
Even though Lyra felt better, she continued to cry.
"That's right," Radu murmured. "Let it out. You've lived with this fact for too long and now you can share the truth with us. Revel in the fact that you aren't alone. Remember that we love you."
Kakkarot sat down and Radditz sat down about four feet away from him. Vegeta got the idea and sat about four feet away from each of them, thus forming a triangle with Lyra, Radu, Adrian, and Yokito in the middle. Yokito thought to everyone but Lyra: Imagine your love and friendship as a pillar and imagine placing that under Lyra. It will become a support beam for her spirit.
Kakkarot said, "Good idea." Lyra appeared not to hear.
Lyra filled with warmth. She became a comfortable temperature and started to glow. Suddenly, she started to rise off the ground, surrounded by a nimbus of light.
Radu opened her eyes. She saw Lyra floating and quickly linked hands with Adrian and Yokito. Unconsciously, Adrian and Yokito grabbed hands.
"Know that as of now, your secret is safe. None of us shall be physically able to tell what we know regarding your identity. What we've created here is an emotional pillow for you to rest upon. You shan't always need this pillow and a day will come when you'll put it away. But always remember, we love, care, need, understand, accept you." Radu's voice expanded to fill the minds of the six other people in their group, but no voice was truly emitted from her lungs.
The nimbus disappeared but the glow to her skin remained. Slowly, she drifted towards the ground. Her feet touched. Everyone watched her, unsure of how to act. She smiled at them. "Thank you," she said in her melodic voice.
Kakkarot whooped. "Lyra's back!" Radu walked up to Lyra and hugged her.
"Dear Goddess, the things we do for you, Lyra." Vegeta muttered. Lyra walked over to him and placed a hand on his cheek (it was the same one she slapped). He blushed.
"I accept your apology and I'm sorry for slapping you." Lyra said.
Adrian, who was standing next to Yokito, was the only one to notice him tense. "I think we should all be going home," Adrian said hurriedly. "That took longer then any of us realized. It's a lot darker out then it was before."
Lyra looked up. "You're right! Oh, the people at the nursery are going to be so pissed!"
"I'll come with you," Yokito quickly volunteered. (Yes, Vegeta scowled.)
"No, I couldn't do that, Yokito. Everyone's done enough for me. I'll be fine."
Yokito looked dubious, but he followed Adrian when she blasted off. Vegeta blasted off, though in a slightly different direction. Radu took Lyra's hand.
"Thank you for the armor. I love it." At the mention of armor, Radditz puffed out his chest in pride. Lyra giggled. "I'm glad you like yours too, Radditz." He smiled.
Everyone went his or her own separate ways.
~~~~~~~20 minutes later, at Lyra's nursery~~~~~~~
About 100 feet from the nursery, Lyra landed. Judging by the darkness of the sky, she guessed that it was dinnertime. She'd just have to skip it.
As Lyra was climbing the stairs, she heard a voice.
"We don't know where she is, but I'm sure she'll be back soon. I'm sorry to inconvenience you so terribly. Please accompany me in checking her room." Lyra winced. It was Mevrou, the lady who ran the nursery. She was using the voice she used when they had important company.
"Sure," A strange male voice said.
Lyra silently ran up the rest of the stairs and opened the door to her room. She jumped into her bed and tried to slow her breathing. She heard Mevrou's voice again.
"This is her room right here."
"Open it." The male voice commanded.
The door opened. Mevrou went over to Lyra's bed and began to shake her gently. Why is she being so nice? Usually she'd just slap me and yell at me for sleeping at the inappropriate time.
"Lyra dear," Dear? Lyra wondered. "An important man is here to see you. Wake up."
Lyra opened her eyes slowly, pretending that she needed to adjust her eyes to the lights.
"Huh?" Lyra said, allowing a sleepy tone to enter her voice. She slowly got out of her bed and stood up. She turned to the guard. Her eyes popped open. Well, hey! He isn't bad. The guard apparently liked what he saw in Lyra. If she weren't already glowing, she'd have blushed.
The guard got down on one knee. "On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Lyra of the Koudama is to gather all her belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness." He rose. When his speech began, Lyra's eyes got big. But when he finished, she was laughing and crying at the same time.
"Yes! I'm soooo outta here!" Lyra yelled, throwing her arms around the guard. He appeared a little surprise, though slightly smug. Mevrou appeared shocked at the news. She wasn't stupid enough to question the orders of a royal guard.
"Well." Mevrou huffed, storming out. Lyra released the guard.
"Sorry 'bout that. Goddess, you don't know how good a day this has been. Let me get my stuff and we can blow this joint." She giggled.
~~~~~~~At Bardock's house~~~~~~~
"Alright boys, just let me turn on the charm and we'll be outta this mess." Radu said. "Hopefully." she added. Kakkarot and Radditz both nodded.
They entered the house. Sitting at the table was their father and a young man.
"Ah, children. You've finally decided to come home. How kind of you." Bardock said sarcastically. "I've just been chatting with someone who has good news. I think you'll all be pleased to hear it."
The man turned around and smiled at Radu. She put on a mean face and she felt two arms go around her shoulders. She didn't have to look at her brothers to know they were scowling at the young man.
"I see father. It's all clear now. I haven't entered training camp yet because I'm not going to. EVER. You're going to marry me off to some yuppie who's trying to make a name for himself with his parent's money. Well I'm not doing it. I'll run away before that cruel fate befalls me."
"And if you do that, we'll run away with her." Radditz added.
At this point, Bardock was laughing and the man was blushing. Bardock said (slapping the man on the back), "Tell them why you came, son."
"See?" Kakkarot whispered. "He's already calling that guy son."
The man bowed his head and said, "On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Radu, Radditz, and Kakkarot of the Ancient Earth Clan are to gather all their belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness." As the man talked, Radditz and Kakkarot withdrew their arms from Radu's shoulder. Radu turned a lovely shade of red.
"He he he," Radu giggled weakly. Then she smiled. She turned around and kissed each of her brothers on the cheek. "We're going to training camp, boys!" she whispered. They linked arms and began dancing in a circle, all the while yelling.
Bardock slapped the man on the back. "Sorry 'bout that, lad. You're a nice boy but she shan't be tied down." Bardock laughed and walked off, leaving the man blushing again.
~~~~~~~At Toma's house~~~~~~~
Adrian and Yokito landed about 50 yards away from their house. They hadn't spoken at all on the way back.
"So, you all right, Yoki?" Adrian asked.
"Yeah, Addy, I'm fine. Why?" Yokito said, surprised that she had used his pet name.
"Well, from what I've seen, you want to be more then Lyra's friend. And you're a jealous boy." Adrian said. Yokito scowled, a look very unusual for his funny-man attitude.
"Well, maybe I don't take to kindly to Vegeta's emotional abuse of Lyra," Yokito said huffily.
"Whoa, there Yoki! You need to simmer down. We've known Vegeta all our lives. It isn't emotional abuse; it's the only way Vegeta can show his emotions. Just don't get too carried away with her, ok?"
"Whatever." Yokito said, calming down a little. He walked into their house. Adrian walked in behind him. Yokito stopped and Adrian walked into him.
"Keep moving, dolt!" She said angrily.
"Uh, do you remember if we were going to have company over?" He whispered over his shoulder.
"No, I don't think so." Adrian whispered back. "Why?"
"There is someone I don't know and he's sitting in my spot."
"Oh crap! I just want you to know before father kills me, I really do love you."
"Ok, well, that's great. Why would father kill you?" Yokito said, surprised.
"Hehehe, I kind of rigged your seat so that when you got up from dinner, a pail of eggs will fall on your head."
Yokito laughed. "This is gonna be great! Lets go watch the show!" He grabbed his sister's hand and pulled her into the kitchen. When they arrived, the man rose out of his chair and.
SPLAT
Yokito grinned, Adrian shut her eyes, Serpia half rose with her hand to her mouth, and Toma glared at his children. To everyone's surprise, the man got down on one knee and said,
"On order of King Vegeta, ruler of all Saiyains, Adrian and Yokito of the Makkiu Clan are to gather all their belongings and be escorted to the Imperial Vegeta-sei Training Camp, the training camp for Saiyains destined for greatness."
"I'm surprised he even asked you, after the eggs fell on his head." Toma said sardonically.
"I am so sorry, sir." Adrian said. "Wait, what did you say? We- we're going to training camp?" She turned around. "Yoki! Thi-" she stopped.
Yokito burst out laughing. Adrian whirled around to apologize to the man and found him grinning, obviously trying to hold in his laughter. She closed her eyes again. They're laughing. LAUGHING! CAMP! We're going to camp! The BEST training camp! And, as unlike Adrian it was, she smiled and laughed too.
~~~~~~~At the palace~~~~~~~
Vegeta landed on the balcony to his room. He realized that avoiding confrontation with his father was probably the best idea right now. He opened the doors and went into his room. He took off his armor and lay in his huge bed. He sighed.
Just as he was drifting off, he heard a small creak. He was awake instantly. An assassin? All right! My first assassination attempt! About damn time too. Vegeta pretended to be asleep. When he was sure there was indeed a man in his room, he quickly flew out of his bed and blasted the man to nothing with a ki blast.
"HahahahahaHA!" Vegeta laughed. He slowly stopped laughing and turned towards the door.
"Good morning sunshine." The King said ironically. Vegeta's eyes opened wide.
"Father," Vegeta said, bowing on one knee. "I just killed an assassin. You must have heard my blast."
"Oh, better then that. I saw you kill that man." The King said.
Vegeta rose his head, pride clear in his eyes. The king smiled as though it was joke. Vegeta looked confused.
"Too bad he was my royal guard."
Vegeta lowered his head, blushing. Oh great. He thought. Not only did I kill my father's guard, my father saw it happen and he's gonna punish me.
His father sighed. "It's a good thing you'll be out of here for a long time, my son."
"You're sending me to a duchy? Father! I don't want to do that!" Vegeta exclaimed.
"No! Good Goddess, you are terribly naive." The king arranged himself and stood up taller. "Kneel before me, my son." Vegeta kneeled. The King began reciting traditional lines.
"On my order, Vegeta of the Ancient and Royal Blood Line, only heir to the throne of Vegeta-sei and destined to fulfill a prophecy, is to gather his belongings and escort himself to the Imperial Vegeta-sei training camp. Now rise my son."
Vegeta rose. "I, Vegeta of the Ancient and Royal Blood Line, only heir to the thrown of Vegeta-sei, humbly thank you, my father, Vegeta the Lionhearted, 23rd King of the Saiyains. I will do my best at the Imperial Vegeta-sei training camp as I attempt to excel and uphold the family honor." As tradition bound him, he kneeled again, took his father's hand, and kissed the royal seal of the Royal Family.
"Difficult times are coming. I want you to be properly armed at all times. Therefore, I present to you these throwing knives along with leather bands that will allow you to carry one on your right arm and one on your left leg. I daresay you'll find more things to protect yourself with, but I do hope these will come in handy."
"Thank you father." Vegeta said simply, though his father read the emotion in his son's eyes.
"You've made me proud, my heir. I'm sure you will continue to do so."