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Author's Note: Sorry for the long delay everyone! School has kept me really busy! *damn teachers!* I am now writing under a new name! From hence forth, I shall now be known as Rayvyn Jyde (the last name is pronounced "Jade") Many thanks to Michika Tenshi on her help with the name!

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Chapter 7
The Naming Ceremony

By Rayvyn Jyde



Three days after an Altahajin child is born, a naming ceremony is held. This is an ancient tradition in which the high priestess of Anubis would go into the child's soul and find the perfect name for him or her. Even though I am half Altahajin, I was not named this way. My mother, Morrigan, was a full-blooded Saiyajin and did not allow it. She died a three weeks after giving birth to me. Her pride was far to great to allow another culture's ways interfere with her plans for me. My mother wanted me to be raised in a Saiyajin manner and never see my father of brother. She was King Vegeta's only sister and she wanted me to be raised like a Saiyajin not like an Altahajin.



When I was fifteen years old, Frieza destroyed my home planet; forever altering the Altahajin way of life. The only reason Narith, my father, and Puck survived was because they were all on a ship to see me on Vejiitasei. When my father did get word that Mnemosynesei was destroyed, he broke down and totally lost it. He disappeared for three weeks. When he came back, he acted as if nothing had happened. I am now seventeen, a little young to be having the son of a Saiyajin Elite, I know. Radditz is only twenty and there is a bond between us that nothing can break. We may fight with each other until the day we die, but we both know that we can't live without each other. When I turned fourteen, I went to live with my uncle so my training could be greatly improved. I hated it at first, then I found I could manipulate my uncle into doing almost anything I wanted him to do; an example is when I prevented him from killing Bulma.



My cousin absolutely hated me from the start. He's always been a spoiled brat, but when I came along, the spotlight was turned from him to me. Vegeta was taken to Frieza's as part of a "bargain"; Frieza wouldn't destroy Vejiitasei as long as he has Vegeta under his control. Well, when I turned sixteen we all found out how true Frieza was to his word. He sent an army to the planet, and three weeks after that, he destroyed it. We were lucky to escape with our lives. After Frieza took possession of Vegeta, he came after me; only because I had a power inside of me that had great potential. Combine that with my abilities in the magickal arts, and you have one hell of a warrior at your disposal. There are spies within the Empire, though. Somehow, Frieza found out that I was pregnant; he sent out Dodoria to bring me to him. Dodoria never reached Chikyuu; I think that Radditz had something to do with Dodoria's abrupt departure. ^_^



My uncle reluctantly agreed to the naming ceremony. He told us that he would go through with it as long as my son was given a Saiyajin name. My father and I told him it could be done, but no guarantees should be made. Uncle Vegeta also asked me why Kakarotto was at the birth of his nephew. I told him it was simply because he was family now. Kakarotto agreed to have his Saiyajin heritage revamped in his mind as long as he could still retain the memories of his Chikyuujin family and still live with them. Radditz was nearly ecstatic when he found out he had a nephew. The five-year-old boy's name was Gohan. He was half Saiyajin and half Chikyuujin. Kakarotto's mate, Chichi is the most hotheaded Chikyuujin on the face of the planet. It will be fun to see what Gohan will grow up to be like. However, Kakarotto has not told us how to find the Dragonballs. Uncle Vegeta was most intent on killing him until I intervened.



We were all in the Temple of Anubis on the banks of the Nile River. Puck had the entire temple rebuilt to its former glory. The alabaster walls were covered with pictures of the Altahajin civilization's history. It was indeed a place to be most proud of. I held my son in my arms, ready to hand him over to Puck when she was ready. Puck lit all the incense and had her priestesses surround the altar chanting an ancient incantation. The entire room was lit only by the light of low burning candles and the gentle radiance of the full moon. All the Saiyajins there were careful not to look at it. Puck then got the ceremony under way.



"Great God Anubis; I, Puck, your lowly servant, call upon you for the purpose of uncovering the perfect name for the child we are about to present to you." I handed my son to her and she laid him on the small cot in the center of the altar. Outside, a storm was brewing. Lightening flashed and thunder made its presence known to the world.



There was a blinding light in the room; so bright, it made everyone shield their eyes. Even Puck was startled. When the light dimmed, there stood Anubis himself. The jackal-headed god of the Altahajins looked at the child with a look of divine intelligence in his eyes. He reached down and pulled my son out of the cot. He looked the child over with extreme scrutiny. Anubis stepped back into the Spirit World. All the Saiyajins tried to follow, afraid that the god would take the child away forever, although they would just say they were protecting the baby. The Saiyajins were restrained by Puck's priestesses, although, they had quite a bit of trouble doing so. Anubis then reappeared and handed Puck an amulet with an onyx stone in it. This would be my son's way of remembering his naming ceremony.



"Priestess, give this child the name of Sarkrott. The name may be Saiyajin, but it will suit him well." With that, Anubis put the child back into the cot and disappeared in another blinding flash of light. All the Saiyajins in the room were in utter shock. They had just witnessed their first sighting of an immortal.



Puck reached for my son and handed him back to me, "The child's name will be Sarkrott."



She said once he was back in my arms. After every ceremony in the Altahajin culture, there is to be a banquet. I have suspected for sometime that the banquet was the reason my uncle agreed to letting Puck perform the naming ceremony. Saiyajins and their bottomless pit of a stomach...Saiyajins can handle extreme amounts of pain, but they cannot go very long without having a full stomach. When they do eat, they absolutely gorge themselves. After Radditz was done eating, he came over to hold his son.


"Sarkrott, you will be the best warrior on Chikyuu. I can guarantee I it," he whispered to Sarkrott. I saw a look of fatherly pride in his eyes for the first time. Tears began to well up in my eyes but I forced them back. There was no way in Tartarus I was going to cry in front of everyone.