Tears of a Prince

Disclaimer: I do not own dbz it belongs to the brilliant mind of Akira Toriyama and funimation

This is my third or forth story, this is the most dramatic I have ever gone. It was distancing me from my earlier action fics but I think every author needs to do that. This is a very somewhat sad story, much death in story gets gloomy, but that's is the point to see how the characters develop and alter due to the events. So without any further interruptions I give you Tears of a Prince.

All is ill in the family, with a death, and major grieving, that is not the most affective thing. The effects go from physical to mental for some and soon old lives come into play in the present. Many will suffer, and some will die, as the Briefs family is put on the edge at all turns. What is to come of the family?

Glimpse of the past

November second, the day all was new and different for what was left of the Briefs family. The day grew dark as the cars began to slowly depart from the cemetery. Capsule Corp was closed in honor of her death and soon all began to seem so grim, not even Vegeta wanted to live. He had now reached what was his lifetime low, he had never believed that this could happen to him.

"Damn it." He mumbled that phrase under the wind. His children were with him and were also torn apart.

His son, Trunks looked upon the grave as if it was not relative to him. He felt that it could not be true, but in his he knew the utter truth, his mother was dead, and each second he thought about it he felt a lump in his throat, and tears gathering in his eyes.

His daughter Bra, too felt the sadness and lose, she had been so close to her, and she saw how much it hurt her father and that hurt her even more. She had a well-established relationship with both, and her father's was of late.

Vegeta looked down upon the coffin which carried his wife for so long of years. He looked to his left, his son Trunks, to his right, the daughter Bra, to whom he has cared much for. And that which held it together was now gone. Away from them forever, never to return, Bra turned to her grieving father and finally spoke for the first time in days.

"Dad, I think we should go now." She shook the arm of her father and about a minute into it he came to and finally realized his daughter wanted to go.

"Yeah I suppose we should go, I think it would be the best thing to do." They all then turned around with the last look of the tomb, the cemetery workers then came in and began to burry the coffin under ground. The shovel sounds were daggers to all their hearts and could not believe of the events that took place.

(Flashback to the beginning of the events)

October 28

The family was enjoying a warm meal, provided by the wonders of the genius company of Capsule Corp. All was well the meal having been delicious all showed gratitude towards the meal.

"Hey mom, this food is great, I should get the plates to the washer for you." Trunks rose from his seat and soon took all of the plates from the table. Usually Trunks did not do such things for the hell of it, Bulma knew something was up.

"Okay Trunks, what happened, or what do you want?" Trunks then put the last of the plates down and then proceeded to tell his mother his request.

"Mom, I was thinking if I could use your car." Bulma was confused at the use of that request.

"You have your own car Trunks." Bulma stood up and began to tap her foot awaiting his response.

"Well my car is a piece of shit." Bra then interrupted.

"You got that right." Trunks then turned to his sibling.

"Shut up you little brat! I wanted the Five twenty two. You know the red one with retractable roof?"

"Well I suppose unless Vegeta has any objections." She turned to her husband who was nowhere to be found.

"Goddamn Vegeta and that training room. Well I suppose, what is the purpose of the occasion?"

"Well Pan and I."

"Oh I see, in that case the car is all yours." Bra then got up in protest.

"Hey, how come?" Bulma then told her to sit down.

"Have fun honey."

"Thanks mom, have a 'magical' night Bra." He then left for his date and soon the three were left alone.

As Bulma and Bra proceeded upstairs Bulma began to walk slower.

"Mom what's the matter? I told you not to have that forth taco." They continued to walk up then soon Bulma collapsed and fell down the stairs. Bra then rushed to the bottom where her mother lay and now with a dash on her forehead.

"Shit, oh god, no mom! Mom! Dad where are you, dad!" Bra rushed to the training room to obtain her father and soon she had his attention.

"What is it?"

"It's mom, hurry quick!" Vegeta then rushed to the bottom of the staircase where his wife of years lay, and he had never seen her is such a bad condition. He kept on standing until Bra reentered with the telephone.

"How, how did this, how?" Vegeta could not even utter words; he was in a state of shock.

"I called 911, they should be here soon, oh god, mom." Bra knelt to the ground and embraced her mother.

"What happened!?" Vegeta became a bit hysterical and screamed at his teen daughter.

"I don't know she was walking then she fell, I happened too fast and, I don't know, I just don't know." Bra then broke down in tears, and Vegeta then his the wall leaving a deep hole in the wall.

"Why must all happen to us?" Vegeta was cut off by the long awaited knock on the door; he rushed and soon showed the paramedics to Bulma's body.

"She's over here, please I beg you too do a good job." Bra, stuttered with a sob in between each word.

"We'll do our best miss." They then exited the house and left the two in the doorway, as they saw their mother being taken.

"Stay here, call your brother, I'm going to the hospital."

"No I'm going with you, you have to stay here and call the others, please if you not do it for me, for your mother." Tears came to the eyes of the proud and strong prince as he mentioned Bulma.

"Okay, I'll stay." Bra then went back into the house and then soon closed the door.

Vegeta then took off toward the hospital and the soon arrived just as the ambulance was arriving at the doors of the hospital.

"Get her to the emergency room, get the doctor, prepare for an immediate operation." The doctors swarmed the room, trying to make sense of the events.

"What happened? What's the story?"

"Ambulance said the daughter saw her fall down the stairs after dinner." Vegeta then rushed into the hospital demanding the location of his wife.

"Where is she? Tell me at once!" the staff attempted to calm him down and soon they were able to. Hours went by the night soon turned to morning. And little by little friends began to arrive. Each giving apologizes to a very pissed off and scared Vegeta. Soon almost all arrived even Piccolo came despite the attention to him. The sun rose in the sky, as it was a sign of desperate times.

"My god what is taking so long?" Chi-Chi kicked the chair in anger and charged the front desk for some well-needed answers. Just as she was going to tell of the secretary at the desk the doctor came from the corner and soon all stood up and walked over.

"Wait, let him talk to Vegeta, he deserves his privacy with the doctor." After Goku said it all sat back down on the lobby chairs.

All looked at the two conversing and all was silent. Just then Pam, Trunks and Bra burst into the lobby screaming wanting answers.

"Trunks, Bra, the doctor is telling him now rush over now!" as they rushed to the corner, Vegeta immerged in a mad but hurt face. Tears rushed down and as his children saw the tears in his face they too soon joined with their father in an embrace, all on their knees.

The others knew what just happened, Goku just fell to his knees, Chi-Chi burst into tears, as all knew that Bulma had died.

(Flashback to present)

They continued to drive down the street. The wind blew the leaves across the street, as the damp road gave way to wind. All in the car were silent until they arrived at their empty house. So cold and dark, they have not seen this house since the day in happened. They went inside, the dishes were still in the washer, the leftovers still in the refrigerator, and all was empty, empty.

"I think I'll go upstairs I think I'll crash for the night." Trunks ran to his room and slammed the door in anger of all that has happened.

"Dad? Dad? Will you be okay?" Vegeta slowly turned to his teenage daughter.

"Yeah, I think I'll be fine, go to sleep." Vegeta did not even look at her, for she reminded him too much of the one he lost. He was now alone in the dark empty space that has been created.

A possible void, that if you stay there too long it will drive one insane.

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Hope the first chapter is good enough, Vegeta will turn schizophrenic soon and more drama will be put in when the same illness strikes again, but its just a question of who will suffer next? And Vegeta's former alter ego now begins to come into play. The old Vegeta is now trying to be apart of the life he never lived. Please review and thank you for all your support in my previous stories.

Next Chapter: Days never seize to be grim