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Princess
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By: Moon Dawntreader/Faye Valentine
- Chapter Two-On the Saiya-jin Front...
- Far from Chikyuu, on planet Vegeta-sei, the king sat on his throne and tapped his fingers impatiently as he listened to his general drivel on about their newest nemesis, King Kold of the Tsiru-jin, and his son, Prince Freeza. King Vegeta was a cold man, besides rage or an occasional smirk, no emotion ever showed on his face. It was rumored, however, that he had in fact been in love with the mate that had given him his only heir to the throne.
- Unfortunately, the woman had died after giving birth, and the king had been so affected that he had not come out of his training chamber for five days straight. Even more interesting though, was the fact that Vegeta had chosen a mate who was not a Saiya-jin. It was something the people of Vegeta-sei would never forget—simply because the young prince had not only his mother's eyes, but also her hair color as well. Besides the slaves, Prince Trunks was the only young man on the planet with lavender hair. The woman had been had been a Chikyuu-jin brought to Vegeta-sei as a slave, retrieved from planet Namek. All in all a strange situation, but one that the king was not occupied with at the moment.
- "Zarbon!" He silenced the general and the whole room seemed to hold its breath, "Why must you bother me with these ridiculous details? I don't give two shits about anything of what you've told me! I want to know where they are and what their weaknesses are—that's it. Now come back when you have that information. You're dismissed."
- "But...sir! How am I supposed to find out their weaknesses?" Zarbon tried, and winced after saying it. Vegeta shot him a look, It annoys the piss out of me when that green fiend has a point.
- "Just find out where they are! Now get out of here—you're wasting my time, you fool!"
- "Yes, sir!"
- Just as the general left, the prince stalked through the massive doors, sending ten soldiers into sloppy salutes. But Trunks didn't seem to notice them and continued on towards the throne, "Father, I want to talk to you."
- Vegeta put his head in his hands, and sighed, "What is it, boy?"
- "I think we should invade Chikyuu. It would be very wise politically, and would help with the decreasing slave population." He said, sounding very intelligent. Vegeta sat up straight in the throne and looked at his son incredulously,
- "Are you mad?! I could care less about the decrease in slave population! As soon as we find Kold and Freeza, we're set politically. I know we can destroy them—it should be ridiculously simple, in fact. Besides, Chikyuu is just a ball of mud far away from here; it'd be idiotic to waste the manpower on conquering a planet so useless."
- "If you knew what I knew, you wouldn't think it so useless," Trunks said quietly. The king recognized that tone, and he was suddenly at full attention.
- "What is it? Out with it!" He yelled, scaring the officers in the room half to death. Trunks smirked and from somewhere deep inside, Vegeta was very proud of that expression. He gets it from his father, the bastard. He chuckled and saw Trunks' expression change.
- "Kold is on Chikyuu. He's waging war with the inhabitants there as we speak. And according to what I just heard, the King of Chikyuu just died in battle." Trunks smiled again as his father's eyes grew wide.
- "What?" He rasped. "Where in a thousand hells did you find this out?!"
- "A message just came in from our scouts in that part of the galaxy. They spotted Freeza's ships on radar and when they tracked him, they found his destination to be Chikyuu." He smirked again and ran his hand through his wild long hair.
- "Sometimes you're so damned cocky it makes me want to vomit!" Vegeta spat, but still excited at the possibility at having all of Kold's empire at his fingertips. Trunks, however, was stuck in the present moments, and the possible problems awaiting them.
- "There's one thing, Father..." He paused and waited for Vegeta's attention.
- "And what is that?"
- "There's still royalty left on Chikyuu. Apparently the former king left his queen and princess for us to deal with." He said, his mind lingering on the thought of the princess. Vegeta laughed and got up suddenly, shoving his son out of the way.
- "You can't be serious, boy!" He yelled over his shoulder as he pushed the throne room doors open. Trunks followed him.
- "Oh, but I am. Think of it, Father! Two females!" He said, and Vegeta stopped walking and turned to him. He paused for a moment, thinking of the possibility of having another heir. No, it's easier with only one... but what if...? And I'd hate to think of some low-class soldier like Kakarot winning the throne.
- "So you take them." King Vegeta walked away—he had business to attend to with General Zarbon. After all, he was in the process of taking over the universe—why the hell would he need another woman in his life? He heard Trunks begin to protest behind him, but ignored it. When he was out of sight, Trunks stood alone in the empty hallway.
- "I think I just might take you up on the offer, Father. I just might do that."
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- Chikyuu's Orbit-
- "So what do you think, Freeza?" Bellowed King Kold, his voice echoing in the icy ship. "Do you approve?"
- "Yes, Father, I do...very much so." The prince said calmly. If looking at him in that exact moment, one would have thought him to seem extremely disinterested. Unfortunately for Princess Marron, it was not the case at all. After all, you can never judge a book by its cover...
- "Good! I trust your mother will keep her end of the deal as well, young lady." He said to Marron. She turned to look at him, her jewelry making soft music against her skin as she moved. She was dressed in her finest gown—it was made of light blue silk and hugged her every curve, with three small flounces at the bottom. Lace was woven through her hair, and she had never worn so much silver in her life—even at a royal function. Her blood was cold and she shivered when her enemy addressed her.
- "I assure you that she will. We Chikyuu do not believe in deceit or trickery."
- "I guess we'll find out, won't we?" Freeza stated shortly, and gazed at Marron with what might have been disgust. He smiled then, and Marron felt her heart stop. She shivered again and wanted to scream when the young prince approached her, "Delicious, simply delicious. I'm happy we came to the decision we did, Father. She's very interesting."
- Interesting, am I? I'll give you interesting, you murderer! You'll never have my soul, you monster! I'll hate you for as long as I live, which might not be that much longer... Oh, Papa, I need you. She closed her eyes briefly and showed no signs of weakness as Freeza stroked her arm with his strange alien fingers. She breathed in slowly and didn't flinch when he came behind her and whispered in her delicate ear.
- "You and I shall have great adventures together, my sweet. Great adventures...." He breathed on her and a silent tear ran down poor Marron's cheek.
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