Several months passed after her victory and Nefleign didn't do very much but study her dragon egg. Sadly she couldn't find any information on it. She had asked everywhere and everyone said that this type of egg didn't exist. Now she was just staring at its smooth surface when a small crack appeared. Startled she fell off of her bed. After confirming in her mind what was happening she excitedly grabbed a ton of towels, wrapped the egg in them and ran for Vegeta's room. She flung the door open just as he was pulling on his shirt. 'It's hatching, Vegeta! The egg is hatching!'
'Huh?' Vegeta looked at Nefleign who was holding what looked like 50 towels. 'What are you talking about?' He watched her as she ran over to the bed and set down the towels. Locking the door he followed and kneeled next to the bed. Gasping when he saw the egg.
'It's hatching! The crack wasn't there five minutes ago.' She grinned childishly.
'Yeah yeah, of course it wasn't! And I can see perfectly well, thank you, that the egg is hatching.' Another crack appeared on the shell, then several more small ones until a piece fell off and a little snout tried to push out of the small hole.
Vegeta, realizing just what was going to happen, shielded Nefleign as the rest of the shell literally exploded. His body jerked as two shell pieces struck his left shoulder blade and right hip, then he went rigid and gasped when another, bigger, piece lodged itself in his back. He could feel Nefleign squirm in his arms and he could also smell the blood trickling down his back. Relaxing after the shock of pain he let go of Nefleign.
Curious the younger saiyan got up and inched around Vegeta. He heard her cry out and he heard the thud as something hit the floor behind him. Carefully he turned around to see what had happened. Nefleign had dropped to the ground and was inching back towards the wall, away from the creature in front of her. Vegeta squinted and blinked a few times to register what it was.
It was the baby dragon.
The lizard-like creature was a blackish color except for this one stripe heading from his snout to the tip of his tail and the circles around his eyes. Those were a dark purple. The creature yawned, stretched his tiny wings, and then looked at Nefleign. It gave out a small coo and started walking (if you could call it walking) over to Nefleign. She tried backing up into the wall but it just didn't work out. The dragon got to her and nudged her feet kawaiily. Nervous, Nefleign reached over and started patting it on the head. It cooed again and leaned into her hand. She smiled and petted it more firmly. Vegeta smiled as he watched her become friendlier with the newly hatched lizard. However he became painfully reminded of the shell and winced. Nefleign sensed the movement and looked over to him. 'Vegeta! Are you hurt?'
'Hn!' He grumbled.
She sighed. 'Hey, lizard/dragon-thing…. Erm… that's my friend (Vegeta: Hn!!) Vegeta. I want you to be nice to him too. Is that okay?' It coos and trots over to Vegeta, nudging into his hand. He looks up at his partner grumpily, and then decides to pet the thing because she looked happy.
Nefleign, meanwhile, stepped behind Vegeta and took hold of the shells, one by one, and yanked them out. The middle one was the hardest because it was the deepest. The prince flinched as she tugged on that one and clenched his teeth. 'Ow…'
'Quit being such a baby Vegeta!' She laughs as he growls back at her. The dragon just coos in excitement. Also letting out a sound that could be a laugh.
Outside the door, a boy around 17 wearing the royal emblem widens his eyes as he watched all this happen through the window of his younger brother's door. Ducking into the shadow he wondered what he should do. Coming to a conclusion he smirked and ran toward the King's quarters. Vin Ouji of the royal family, heir to his father's throne, was always the one to get Vegeta in trouble.