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Vegeta paced back and forth in his room. Bulma was talking with Yuki and Kiken downstairs in the lab. She was making sure they were healthy and find out if it was cryogenic sleep. It would be hard for her to tell with how little Saiyans age anyways. It was a complicated situation for Bulma to figure out but that was how she liked it, she loved challenges and this would be one of her hardest ones yet.
"How did this happen? They were dead." Vegeta mumbled rubbing his eyes. He was glad he was in his room so no one could see him in his current state. They looked exactly like they did 40 or fifty years earlier. The only difference was Kiken now had much shorter hair and lost the light in her eyes.
- Flash back -
"Vegeta?" Yuki asked timidly Raditz and Nappa's eyes on him as well. Vegeta figured she lost a bet and they were making her ask him something. He didn't like them using Yuki like that and felt himself get instantly annoyed.
"What!" Vegeta snapped making Yuki flinch, not what he wanted at all.
"I was… we were wondering... Why are you allowing Freeza to treat you like he does?" She asked a fire in her eyes. Once she got the question out it was clear that she really wanted to know the answer as well. Vegeta looked away annoyed, it was not like he wanted to follow Freeza but he had to.
"It's all a matter of timing. Currently I'm not strong enough to beet him but soon... very soon. I will be and once that time comes. GOOD BYE FRIEZA!!!!" Vegeta yelled than laughed. Nappa and Raditz both looked away trying not to laugh at Vegeta out of fear of being punished.
"...Vegeta? What about Shinde?" Yuki asked her long hair falling over her shoulders. Her tail twitched worriedly. This was the real reason she did not want to say anything. Vegeta hated how much more powerful Shinde was then him but that did not stop them from being good friends.
"I want to kill him." Vegeta said definitely. Not seeming angered by the question at all made Yuki gain courage to say what she wanted. She took a deep breath then continued.
"Shinde says he can now but only with your permission." Yuki said looking at Vegeta with almost pleading eyes. She wanted the Saiyans to be free more so than anyone else on the squad.
"No. It will be me." Vegeta clenched his fist and looked out the window clenching his teeth. He wanted to kill Freeza himself because he would not be looked down on by the entire Saiyan race.
"Ri... Right." Yuki muttered nodding her head. "I'll just go tell that to Shin-"
"No! I'll talk to him." Vegeta interrupted. He had to make it clear to Shinde that this was his fight, his responsibility and no one else's. He walked out of the main room and into a smaller one filled with weights. Vegeta smirked.
"He's not training so he must be with her." Vegeta laughed silently to himself. As strong as Shinde was he could never do anything against that girl. She always won in every fight and was the only one who had complete control over him. Vegeta shook his head never wanting anyone to control him the way she controls Shinde. It would humiliate him too much to not have control over himself and he wondered why Shinde did not feel any shame. On the other hand her being in danger made Shinde get 100 times stronger.
He walked into one room that was clearly made for sleeping but was so clean that one would think that the room was unoccupied. To Vegeta's surprise there was no one inside of this room. He realized that Shinde must be in her room for a change and walked back into the hall and opened yet another door. The room was also very clean but there were things on the desk that let you know a woman lived inside the room. Vegeta smiled glad he finally found Shinde and he just happened to be making out with Kiken at the moment. Shinde looked up at Vegeta but continued to kiss the unaware Kiken. Her hand was gliding through his jet black hair until Vegeta cleared his throat and she quickly pushed Shinde away embarrassed that her prince would see her like this. Blushing she saluted Vegeta and Shinde followed her example but without the blushing.
"At ease." Vegeta mumbled trying not to laugh at how red Kiken had turned. As soon as he said this Kiken looked down so that her long hair covered her face. In a way Vegeta like this hair better on her or maybe it was he liked the way she acted when she had long hair. Shinde looked questionably at Vegeta with a slight annoyance.
"Shinde." Vegeta finally spoke up as he walked over to the couple.
"Sir?" Shinde asked standing tall almost in a way to mock Vegeta. That always angered him, that Shinde was better than him in everyway making Vegeta sometimes wonder why Shinde was not prince. Even if Shinde knew he was so powerful he never acted out of line and was the most loyal soldier that Vegeta had. That and Shinde was Vegeta's best friend even if they could not always get along.
"I WILL kill Freeza. Do not even try to kill him yourself! It is my fight!" Vegeta ordered with a threatening tone.
"But Vegeta... I don't want him to get away with anything else." Shinde said in retaliation. Though he never acted out there were many verbal fights between the two Saiyans.
"You just wait I will kill him. And I will be the next super Saiyan." Vegeta roared. Kiken looked up at the two of them. Vegeta's fists were clenched and his face tight. Shinde's eyes were glaring at Vegeta but his body was relaxed. This was the way they normal fought, Vegeta losing his temper and Shinde pissed but not showing it anywhere but his eyes.
"Well... So... is that all you wanted? Prince Vegeta?" Kiken asked quietly. She wanted this fight to stop before it got out of hand and Vegeta locked himself in his room again. That and Shinde would leave to go train. She suddenly remembered what Vegeta had walked in on and blushed once again. She was mad when anyone saw her like that, the only time someone could ambush her and it was the time when she was weakest. That embarrassed her quiet a bit.
"Yeah. Oh before I forget. We're on our way to Asloth." Vegeta said looking at the two with cold eyes but something suddenly light inside of them and a small smile appeared. As fast as it came he hid it and turned to leave the room.
"Understood." Shinde said noticing the smile and got ready for something to happen.
"Continue on you two" Vegeta smirked as he walked out of the room. Shinde shook his head but Kiken had a different reaction than that.
"Damn it Vegeta! I should kill you!" Kiken yelled face redder than ever and threw a book at him. She she had grabbed the book it was because it was the nearest thing to her but she didn't realize that she just threw her journal at him. She watched in horror as the book filled with her thoughts and dreams flew towards her prince and begged it would miss its target. The door closed behind Vegeta just in time causing the book to slam against the closed door and drop to the floor with a loud smack. Kiken ran over and picked up the book chewing her lip before she turned to Shinde.
"Out." Was all she said and Shinde did as he was told but looked hurt as he did so. She was too embarrassed to deal with him at the moment. All she could think of was the look on Vegeta's face. Kiken looked in the mirror at her red face and sighed.
"Maybe if you could hit harder you would leave a mark." Raditz sneered and walked past her door into his own room leaving the door open waiting form her response. She looked over at him confused and then remembered the noise the book made and the look on Shindes face as he left.
"I didn't hit him." She growled after Raditz back.
"We all heard it; you're just not strong enough to leave a mark." He laughed and closed the door to his room which happened to be right across her room. She felt life screaming but knew that it would not help her any. She looked back into the mirror and saw a weak looking girl look back at her.
She could see why no one ever thought of her as strong on the team. She looked weaker than Yuki even. The main reason why she looked so frail and weak was her hair was soft and silky unlike any other saiyans. Her skin was paler and her face was kind, soft with a light in it. She looked like a model and she was sick of it.
She was sick of her team always looking down on her even if she was one of the strongest. She was sick of them telling her what she could do and what she could not. She was sick of being down graded of just being beautiful. She was sick of looking like the daughter of a great lord. Even if she was a lords daughter she was sick of people treating her different because of it. Always telling her she will ruin her hair of cut her face. She had enough of it.
Kiken grabbed a knife and looked into the mirror at herself, looking at her perfect face and hair. She glared and noticed that she could look cruel and harsh. With a small smile she began to chop off her hair to just above her shoulders. Making sure it was jagged and tough looking but not uneven. It made her look much less like a model and she hoped the others would leave her be. Looking back in the mirror she regretted cutting her hair slightly because of how but Shinde liked it but that was also the reason she made sure it still was even. She wondered what her father would do to her and scowled. She noticed that the scowl looked better with the short hair and she started to try different scowls to see which worked best. While practicing scowls she noticed Vegeta's figure in the door that she forgot to close and instead of turning red like she normally did she calmly turned to Vegeta the same way that Shinde would.
"Sir?" She asked in a deeper voice than normal trying to hide all emotion from it.
"Why did you cut your hair?" He asked with curious eyes.
"I wanted to." Was all she said and Vegeta shook his head.
"They were just making fun of you; we all know you are strong." He told her and she shook her head in disagreement. He could always see through her and maybe that is why he was such a good leader. He had three nobles under his command, two sons of a great warrior called Burdock not to mention a warrior that his father hand picked to fill in the last space. This would be no easy squad to manage but he did it very well.
"You may know I am strong but our enemies do not, I want them to look at me and feel fear." She told him with cold eyes.
"It looks good." Vegeta said and closed the door before she could respond. He turned to the door behind him and walked in without knocking. Raditz looked up used to Vegetas bad habit by now.
"Your brother report yet?" Vegeta asked getting straight to the point.
"No. The twerp probably got killed by those earthlings." Radiz laughed until the look from Vegeta silenced him.
"We will wait another 4 months before sending troops in after him, he may have just forgotten how to call. Your brother is not too bright but he is strong. He may even be able to outrank you someday." Vegeta smiled waiting for the reaction.
"NO WAY!!! I am way stronger than him." Raditz yelled leaping to his feet.
"Heh. You will have to prove it to me. I just wanted to know if he checked in yet, I have to go contact Freeza." Vegeta mumbled and got up. He hated to call the lizard but in order to have the chance to free planet Vegeta he needed to attack when he least expected it.
"Incoming missile. Incoming missile." The computer rang.
"From where!?!?" Vegeta yelled running to the bridge. Kiken barreled out of her room pushed Vegeta to the side and leapt into the gunners seat before anyone else could get to it. She typed in something to the computer and started to aim.
"The missile is coming from an 1859 A class Charger ship. We have 2 incoming heat seeking missiles. Hang on! I'll shoot it down." Kiken said with a stern voice and carefully calculated what shot would work best. She pulled the trigger and multiple lasers shot out hitting both missiles and she then concentrated on the ship that shot at them. The shield was weak on this ship which made her wonder why it would attack them in the first place. She realized it must be a trap and quickly shifted her gun into the opposite direction where a new ship was incoming. It was good enough not to show up on radar but that didn't help them much. She quickly fired 3 of their new rounds at it. The rounds were made to destroy a shield on a ship but she did not expect them to work as well as they did and the third short ended up destroying the ship instead. She shrugged her shoulders and once again focused back on the first ship and took it down quickly. Once both ships were destroyed she hopped out of the gunner's seat and looked at her team as they stared at her.
"Missile and ship are destroyed." Kiken reported but noticing the look on their face felt compelled to say more, "You all know I am good with this ship." She started to say but was interrupted by Yuki.
"You cut your hair." Yuki said almost heart broken.
"I like it better short." Kiken responded remembering how much Yuki like to play with her hair.
"Me too." Shinde said with a smile and it made Kiken feel relieved.
"Nice job Kiken but now we all have to get ready so get into your capsules! We have a long way to go." Vegeta yelled. Everyone mumbled and growled wanting to talk more and more importantly stay out of the uncomfortable capsules but followed orders and each got into their respective capsules.
- Back in present -
Vegeta realized how much he had changed when the three of them died. Kiken has become even more cold and her hair even shorter but she still looks like a model in her own way. No matter how angry and harsh her face got she still looked beautiful. Yuki was almost exactly the same, never changing always happy. She was the reason why everyone got along sometimes. Vegeta then thought back on how he used to joke around and the bond he used to have with his teammates. They were still relatively carefree and did not undergo the transformation that he, Nappa and Radtiz went through when Freeza destroyed planet Vegeta. Pushing those thoughts away he started down the stairs where he could hear Yuki's laughter echoing through the halls. He smiled and turned towards the lab so that he could see how Bulma was doing.
"VEGETA!!!!!!" Yuki yelled and pounced on him. He did not sense her approach and was pushed to the ground by the energetic Saiyan.
"Get off." Vegeta ordered mostly made that she was able to hide her presence so well and catching him off guard.
"We met your wife and Goku's wife. They seem… nice. Bulma would like for us to stay here while she tries to find out what happened to us. Even after she figures it out she told us we can stay here with our leader because we have nowhere else to go. That and she is glad that some of your old friends are back. She said that you seemed happy when you came back today and that made her happy" Kiken told Vegeta as she pried Yuki off of on top of him.
"I'm soooooo happy aren't you Vegeta?" Yuki smiled helping Vegeta back up.
"Just thrilled." Vegeta mumbled but inside he truly was happy.
