Disclaimer: Akira Toriyama...except for Kuna!!! For Kuna, I own her..~_^
"Brother!" Kuna cried. Piccolo looked suspiciously at Goku before back to the Saiyans. One Saiyan looked behind him at Kuna before turning with a slight smile. The Saiyan was the Prince of Saiyans, the Prince Vegeta. The other Saiyan was Goku's brother, Raditz. Vegeta spotted the rest of the group and frowned at Kuna.
"Why have you not destroyed them?" he questioned.
"We." she started.
"Your mission was to destroy the people of the planet. before we arrived." Kuna looked miserable, and looked as if she would give in and leave, but she thought better of it. "The people of this planet are fascinating and have various ways of training. They're kind and open." Kuna threw her arms out low. "We shouldn't take away their lives and their homes!" Kuna stopped, knowing she had angered her brother, and especially Raditz for that matter. Vegeta was thoughtful but Raditz stepped forward.
"How dare you, after everything your brother has done for you!" he cried out. His hand left his side and went into Kuna's stomach knocking her back. She looked up and stared at him playfully. "That doesn't work anymore Raditz." she whispered. She let her fist fly now, but only let it brush through his hair right next to his head. Raditz hadn't even seen it coming.
"That's how much stronger and faster I've become, on a. small scale. I haven't unleashed even a fragment of my newly found power. I'll waste you now Raditz and you'll be amazed once you see what these others can do. They'll surprise you just as they surprised me a year ago." Raditz was looking a bit scared and then recovered his lost composure.
"You're bluffing, Kuna," he snickered. "You were never that powerful and neither are your newfound "friends". You." Vegeta stepped in front of Raditz and surprisingly stepped to Kuna's defense.
"She was a lot stronger than you thought. She merely toyed with you." Raditz looked afraid and Kuna sighed a sigh of relief. Goku and the others looked around to each other surprisingly. Vegeta could see his sister holding back. He knew her far too well. Their past rushed to him.
Their training had consisted of torture and frequent beatings for Kuna. It was brutal, but a Saiyan gained much strength in near death experiences. Vegeta had made sure Kuna got her share of those. He had known a long time ago that Raditz would stand no real chance against her, but forced Kuna to suppress her powers to keep secret from the King, that Kuna was becoming stronger. And Kuna had become much stronger. Stronger than the King's soldiers, stronger than Saiyan warriors, and stronger than the Saiyan King himself. Now Vegeta had no clue who Kuna was stronger than, but it was evident she was still stronger than Raditz.
"So, Kuna," Vegeta started, "are you going to fight against us?" Kuna looked at the ground, and then she looked to the fighters she had been living with for a year. She had lived with all the fighters and seen how each of them were. She didn't want to betray them, but she didn't want to betray her brother and her people for that matter.
What should I do.... Kuna put her hand to her forehead. Which is right which is wrong.? It came down to that. The simple thought of right and wrong. Killing life or saving life. Kuna had learned a sense of morals while she was here with them, so her decision, in her mind, was obvious. The fighters she now knew very well would be overjoyed. Raditz would be pissed and her brother...her brother..well.. Vegeta would be disappointed. It doesn't matter.his disappointment weighed against the lives of millions.no billions. But he wouldn't understand that.
Kuna put determination into her features. "I will fight you, brother." She took a fighting position. "To save the lives of so many." Vegeta looked at her and shook his head with shame.
"Kuna, Kuna, Kuna. Do you really think you can fight me?"
"If I can't than they surely can," Kuna said with drive and determination as she pointed to Goku and the others. Raditz laughed. And kept laughing. Kuna relaxed and went from her position. "Don't believe me?"
Raditz laughed his answer. "Take one of them on." Raditz pointed to Gohan.
"I'll take the kid on." Everyone looked to Gohan in shock and worry, everyone but Goku.
"Go right ahead," Goku said. Everyone, including Kuna, looked at Goku in surprise. Goku could tell that Raditz was weak. Kuna had said while training with Goku that neither of them could suppress their powers and that if they had come across that technique, Raditz wouldn't be able to pick it up. Goku knew Gohan's power, and had confidence in it.
"But why should he fight his uncle, Kakarot?" Vegeta finally talked directly to someone other than Kuna.
"Don't call him that!" Kuna snapped. "He's now Goku."
Vegeta moved for what seemed like the first time since everyone had arrived. He moved his hand to Kuna's face and slapped her. Blood came from the side of her mouth and she exhaled angrily.
"Damnit Vegeta!" she yelled. "You always hit me!"
"It makes a Saiyan stronger to almost die." Vegeta was perfectly calm. He had had this argument with Kuna before. "You know, I wonder what your father would think of all this."
"Father.. don't make me laugh. He is hardly a father. He's nothing to me. He's nothing to you either. So stop pretending he is!"
"Kuna?" Goku interrupted. She looked to him. "You're the princess of Saiyans?"
"Not princess," Vegeta said calmly. "We don't recognize such a title. We don't recognize female titles whatsoever. The females are worthless in our world. She doesn't even have a title. She's a nothing. You all are."
"Can we fight now?" Raditz demanded. Goku and Vegeta nodded in unison. Gohan stepped forward to Raditz.
"Bring it on," Gohan said in a very childish voice. It would've been cute if Gohan hadn't really been face to face with fighting his uncle. His very scary uncle. But the child was undaunted.
Raditz took a step forward and faced Gohan.
"You're asking for it, kid."
TBC
"Brother!" Kuna cried. Piccolo looked suspiciously at Goku before back to the Saiyans. One Saiyan looked behind him at Kuna before turning with a slight smile. The Saiyan was the Prince of Saiyans, the Prince Vegeta. The other Saiyan was Goku's brother, Raditz. Vegeta spotted the rest of the group and frowned at Kuna.
"Why have you not destroyed them?" he questioned.
"We." she started.
"Your mission was to destroy the people of the planet. before we arrived." Kuna looked miserable, and looked as if she would give in and leave, but she thought better of it. "The people of this planet are fascinating and have various ways of training. They're kind and open." Kuna threw her arms out low. "We shouldn't take away their lives and their homes!" Kuna stopped, knowing she had angered her brother, and especially Raditz for that matter. Vegeta was thoughtful but Raditz stepped forward.
"How dare you, after everything your brother has done for you!" he cried out. His hand left his side and went into Kuna's stomach knocking her back. She looked up and stared at him playfully. "That doesn't work anymore Raditz." she whispered. She let her fist fly now, but only let it brush through his hair right next to his head. Raditz hadn't even seen it coming.
"That's how much stronger and faster I've become, on a. small scale. I haven't unleashed even a fragment of my newly found power. I'll waste you now Raditz and you'll be amazed once you see what these others can do. They'll surprise you just as they surprised me a year ago." Raditz was looking a bit scared and then recovered his lost composure.
"You're bluffing, Kuna," he snickered. "You were never that powerful and neither are your newfound "friends". You." Vegeta stepped in front of Raditz and surprisingly stepped to Kuna's defense.
"She was a lot stronger than you thought. She merely toyed with you." Raditz looked afraid and Kuna sighed a sigh of relief. Goku and the others looked around to each other surprisingly. Vegeta could see his sister holding back. He knew her far too well. Their past rushed to him.
Their training had consisted of torture and frequent beatings for Kuna. It was brutal, but a Saiyan gained much strength in near death experiences. Vegeta had made sure Kuna got her share of those. He had known a long time ago that Raditz would stand no real chance against her, but forced Kuna to suppress her powers to keep secret from the King, that Kuna was becoming stronger. And Kuna had become much stronger. Stronger than the King's soldiers, stronger than Saiyan warriors, and stronger than the Saiyan King himself. Now Vegeta had no clue who Kuna was stronger than, but it was evident she was still stronger than Raditz.
"So, Kuna," Vegeta started, "are you going to fight against us?" Kuna looked at the ground, and then she looked to the fighters she had been living with for a year. She had lived with all the fighters and seen how each of them were. She didn't want to betray them, but she didn't want to betray her brother and her people for that matter.
What should I do.... Kuna put her hand to her forehead. Which is right which is wrong.? It came down to that. The simple thought of right and wrong. Killing life or saving life. Kuna had learned a sense of morals while she was here with them, so her decision, in her mind, was obvious. The fighters she now knew very well would be overjoyed. Raditz would be pissed and her brother...her brother..well.. Vegeta would be disappointed. It doesn't matter.his disappointment weighed against the lives of millions.no billions. But he wouldn't understand that.
Kuna put determination into her features. "I will fight you, brother." She took a fighting position. "To save the lives of so many." Vegeta looked at her and shook his head with shame.
"Kuna, Kuna, Kuna. Do you really think you can fight me?"
"If I can't than they surely can," Kuna said with drive and determination as she pointed to Goku and the others. Raditz laughed. And kept laughing. Kuna relaxed and went from her position. "Don't believe me?"
Raditz laughed his answer. "Take one of them on." Raditz pointed to Gohan.
"I'll take the kid on." Everyone looked to Gohan in shock and worry, everyone but Goku.
"Go right ahead," Goku said. Everyone, including Kuna, looked at Goku in surprise. Goku could tell that Raditz was weak. Kuna had said while training with Goku that neither of them could suppress their powers and that if they had come across that technique, Raditz wouldn't be able to pick it up. Goku knew Gohan's power, and had confidence in it.
"But why should he fight his uncle, Kakarot?" Vegeta finally talked directly to someone other than Kuna.
"Don't call him that!" Kuna snapped. "He's now Goku."
Vegeta moved for what seemed like the first time since everyone had arrived. He moved his hand to Kuna's face and slapped her. Blood came from the side of her mouth and she exhaled angrily.
"Damnit Vegeta!" she yelled. "You always hit me!"
"It makes a Saiyan stronger to almost die." Vegeta was perfectly calm. He had had this argument with Kuna before. "You know, I wonder what your father would think of all this."
"Father.. don't make me laugh. He is hardly a father. He's nothing to me. He's nothing to you either. So stop pretending he is!"
"Kuna?" Goku interrupted. She looked to him. "You're the princess of Saiyans?"
"Not princess," Vegeta said calmly. "We don't recognize such a title. We don't recognize female titles whatsoever. The females are worthless in our world. She doesn't even have a title. She's a nothing. You all are."
"Can we fight now?" Raditz demanded. Goku and Vegeta nodded in unison. Gohan stepped forward to Raditz.
"Bring it on," Gohan said in a very childish voice. It would've been cute if Gohan hadn't really been face to face with fighting his uncle. His very scary uncle. But the child was undaunted.
Raditz took a step forward and faced Gohan.
"You're asking for it, kid."
TBC