The Deception
By Elbereth in April
The Spar
A/N: I know there's a lot of strange names in this chapter. But you'll learn them. And yes, Nappa was alone when he went to Earth and found Goku. Radditz had died a year earlier in an unrelated incident.
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Kakkarot, Vegeta, and Vanyar powered up and the others just stared at them in awe for a moment. But, being Saiyans, none of them backed down from a fight.
Sekot went straight for Vegeta. Van grabbed hold of Rabin's tail and Karock's hair and began to fight them both together. Kakkarot, who remembered Dom well from their last encounter, grinned and attacked him. That left Thenesen and Ryok against Traigo and Nappa.
Dom shrank back a bit, but now that he was in an actual fight, he didn't run. Kakkarot was a lot faster than him, though, and he was having a hard time blocking his kicks and punches.
Vegeta slammed an uppercut into Sekot's jaw, which he reeled back from. While he was still dizzy, Vegeta pounded on his ribs, nearly breaking several of them.
"No matter how much you wish otherwise, you're not as strong as me," Vegeta smirked at him.
Sekot growled and backpedaled. Vegeta kneed him in the face and then brought both hands smashing down onto his spine.
Van still had Rabin by the tail but Karock escaped and flew over to try to blast Vegeta from behind. Kakkarot picked up Dom and threw him into Karock. They both fell to the ground. Kakkarot followed in pursuit.
Nappa and Traigo were having a little more trouble with their opponents as they were more of a match in power levels. But Van knocked Rabin cold with a blow to his head and came over to help them clean up.
Sekot fell forward but recovered, flipping himself around and back up. He shot several ki darts at Vegeta as he came. Vegeta dodged and smashed into him again, punching him hard in the stomach.
Kakkarot kicked Dom's feet out from under him as he tried to stand back up and took Karock out with a kamehameha. Vegeta looked over at him, startled. That had been a pretty impressive attack. Sekot took the opportunity to hit him in the eye.
Vegeta snarled. "You're going down now!" He stunned Sekot with a Gallic Gun, kicked him in the head, and blasted him to the ground. Normally this would have caused the ground to split open but Frieza had built his base with this kind of fighting in mind.
Kakkarot pulled Dom out of the way of Sekot's falling body. He didn't want him to be knocked out by that, he wanted to finish off Dom himself. A few punches later, he turned to survey the rest of the group. Sekot and all his men were unconscious. Traigo and Nappa sat on the floor, panting heavily. Vanyar was brushing dirt off a spandex sleeve, and Vegeta was gloating over the wreckage.
Kakkarot grinned at him. "Well, that was easy."
"Hn. Did you have any doubts?"
Van snorted. "Unfortunately, Sekot employs other methods than fighting."
"What?"
"Just be careful what you say around him. I'm going to go meditate now. Vegeta. It's been fun." Van nodded and left.
Vegeta crossed his arms, still floating in mid-air.
"I'm off to eat," Nappa grunted. He saluted Vegeta, nodded to Kakkarot, and followed Van out the door.
Traigo grinned. "I think my arm may be broken. Thenesen is just plain too big."
Kakkarot came over and looked at it. "Yeah. You better get it fixed. We'll walk you back to the medic."
Vegeta blinked, but went with them. They left Traigo with the doctor. "Well?" Kakkarot asked. "Wanna keep sparring?"
"Of course. Come on." This time they went to one of the small training rooms and locked the door. Vegeta had the gravity device concealed in his armor. "I've been practicing with this while you were recuperating." He smirked. "I like it."
Vegeta turned the machine on. They both began by stretching. "What did he mean about Sekot, big brother?"
"Sekot always wants to be the one in power. And he really doesn't like me. That means he probably doesn't like you, either."
"Huh. And. . . Jeice. Do you think he'll come after me again?"
Vegeta tried not to meet his eyes. "Yes. Next time- - next time may be sanctioned."
"Meaning?"
"Sometimes Frieza offers his best warriors their choice of a reward. Jeice may ask for you. If Frieza grants it, then he can do what he wants without fear of retribution."
"And if I try to stop him?"
"Oh, if you can defend yourself successfully, Frieza will just laugh and say if Jeice can't take it, he doesn't deserve it. I think. But. . . right now I don't know if you can beat him. Not alone."
Kakkarot paused in his stretching, thinking. He scowled in resolve. He wouldn't let that baka take him! He'd defeat him! He remembered the look in Jeice's eyes and shuddered.
He felt someone grasp his arm and looked up. Vegeta was staring into his eyes. Vegeta's eyes always burned with an inner fire, as if he was just waiting for the right time to burst forth in power and glory. Kakkarot figured it was one reason why he made Frieza and some of the others so mad. You knew he would never back down. You had to ask yourself, what if I can't win? Kakkarot didn't understand it, but it always made him feel glad that Vegeta was his brother.
"Brother. . ." Vegeta said, and stopped, with the strangest expression. "Don't go anywhere alone. Kakkarot."
Vegeta let go and stepped back. "So. We'd better train hard, yes? So we can beat them all."
Kakkarot nodded eagerly.
Vegeta wiped his mind of all clouding, uncomfortable emotion. 'Focus on your goal.' He remembered sitting in his mother's lap as she told him, "Someday you will reach your potential. You will become a Super Saiyan and overthrow Frieza. Then you will take back your throne and we will no longer have to live in hiding." He dared not think about his mother either. Focus. 'Can I surpass you in combat today, Kakkarot?'
Right now, he'd concentrate on that.
By Elbereth in April
The Spar
A/N: I know there's a lot of strange names in this chapter. But you'll learn them. And yes, Nappa was alone when he went to Earth and found Goku. Radditz had died a year earlier in an unrelated incident.
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Kakkarot, Vegeta, and Vanyar powered up and the others just stared at them in awe for a moment. But, being Saiyans, none of them backed down from a fight.
Sekot went straight for Vegeta. Van grabbed hold of Rabin's tail and Karock's hair and began to fight them both together. Kakkarot, who remembered Dom well from their last encounter, grinned and attacked him. That left Thenesen and Ryok against Traigo and Nappa.
Dom shrank back a bit, but now that he was in an actual fight, he didn't run. Kakkarot was a lot faster than him, though, and he was having a hard time blocking his kicks and punches.
Vegeta slammed an uppercut into Sekot's jaw, which he reeled back from. While he was still dizzy, Vegeta pounded on his ribs, nearly breaking several of them.
"No matter how much you wish otherwise, you're not as strong as me," Vegeta smirked at him.
Sekot growled and backpedaled. Vegeta kneed him in the face and then brought both hands smashing down onto his spine.
Van still had Rabin by the tail but Karock escaped and flew over to try to blast Vegeta from behind. Kakkarot picked up Dom and threw him into Karock. They both fell to the ground. Kakkarot followed in pursuit.
Nappa and Traigo were having a little more trouble with their opponents as they were more of a match in power levels. But Van knocked Rabin cold with a blow to his head and came over to help them clean up.
Sekot fell forward but recovered, flipping himself around and back up. He shot several ki darts at Vegeta as he came. Vegeta dodged and smashed into him again, punching him hard in the stomach.
Kakkarot kicked Dom's feet out from under him as he tried to stand back up and took Karock out with a kamehameha. Vegeta looked over at him, startled. That had been a pretty impressive attack. Sekot took the opportunity to hit him in the eye.
Vegeta snarled. "You're going down now!" He stunned Sekot with a Gallic Gun, kicked him in the head, and blasted him to the ground. Normally this would have caused the ground to split open but Frieza had built his base with this kind of fighting in mind.
Kakkarot pulled Dom out of the way of Sekot's falling body. He didn't want him to be knocked out by that, he wanted to finish off Dom himself. A few punches later, he turned to survey the rest of the group. Sekot and all his men were unconscious. Traigo and Nappa sat on the floor, panting heavily. Vanyar was brushing dirt off a spandex sleeve, and Vegeta was gloating over the wreckage.
Kakkarot grinned at him. "Well, that was easy."
"Hn. Did you have any doubts?"
Van snorted. "Unfortunately, Sekot employs other methods than fighting."
"What?"
"Just be careful what you say around him. I'm going to go meditate now. Vegeta. It's been fun." Van nodded and left.
Vegeta crossed his arms, still floating in mid-air.
"I'm off to eat," Nappa grunted. He saluted Vegeta, nodded to Kakkarot, and followed Van out the door.
Traigo grinned. "I think my arm may be broken. Thenesen is just plain too big."
Kakkarot came over and looked at it. "Yeah. You better get it fixed. We'll walk you back to the medic."
Vegeta blinked, but went with them. They left Traigo with the doctor. "Well?" Kakkarot asked. "Wanna keep sparring?"
"Of course. Come on." This time they went to one of the small training rooms and locked the door. Vegeta had the gravity device concealed in his armor. "I've been practicing with this while you were recuperating." He smirked. "I like it."
Vegeta turned the machine on. They both began by stretching. "What did he mean about Sekot, big brother?"
"Sekot always wants to be the one in power. And he really doesn't like me. That means he probably doesn't like you, either."
"Huh. And. . . Jeice. Do you think he'll come after me again?"
Vegeta tried not to meet his eyes. "Yes. Next time- - next time may be sanctioned."
"Meaning?"
"Sometimes Frieza offers his best warriors their choice of a reward. Jeice may ask for you. If Frieza grants it, then he can do what he wants without fear of retribution."
"And if I try to stop him?"
"Oh, if you can defend yourself successfully, Frieza will just laugh and say if Jeice can't take it, he doesn't deserve it. I think. But. . . right now I don't know if you can beat him. Not alone."
Kakkarot paused in his stretching, thinking. He scowled in resolve. He wouldn't let that baka take him! He'd defeat him! He remembered the look in Jeice's eyes and shuddered.
He felt someone grasp his arm and looked up. Vegeta was staring into his eyes. Vegeta's eyes always burned with an inner fire, as if he was just waiting for the right time to burst forth in power and glory. Kakkarot figured it was one reason why he made Frieza and some of the others so mad. You knew he would never back down. You had to ask yourself, what if I can't win? Kakkarot didn't understand it, but it always made him feel glad that Vegeta was his brother.
"Brother. . ." Vegeta said, and stopped, with the strangest expression. "Don't go anywhere alone. Kakkarot."
Vegeta let go and stepped back. "So. We'd better train hard, yes? So we can beat them all."
Kakkarot nodded eagerly.
Vegeta wiped his mind of all clouding, uncomfortable emotion. 'Focus on your goal.' He remembered sitting in his mother's lap as she told him, "Someday you will reach your potential. You will become a Super Saiyan and overthrow Frieza. Then you will take back your throne and we will no longer have to live in hiding." He dared not think about his mother either. Focus. 'Can I surpass you in combat today, Kakkarot?'
Right now, he'd concentrate on that.