A/N: I don't own DBZ and I don't pretend to. This story is AU so that gives me free range and my characters OOC (out of character). Be warned spelling and grammar mistakes will be found. ALWAYS! Another Warning, this could end up as a Yaoi male/male coupling. If you are homophobe then don't read. No-one is making you. Rated R
Royal Delivery
Chapter 21It was midday two days later and Turles and Raditz were now standing next to Nappa watching the massive royal ship hover above them as it moved to lower itself onto the smooth surface of the space port. The metallic hum echoed in the quiet as the officials prepared themselves for the royal visitor, the Saiyanjin King Vegeta.
Raditz nudged his brother in the arm to look over at the small group fussing over their protocol and appearances. "Idiots."
"Hey they're probably scared shitless at what the king will do." Turles said looking over at them.
"Yeah, it's not every day our king leaves Vegeta-sei." Raditz agreed.
"Yeah, just so he can kill us." Came the voice next to them.
"Nappa." The two brothers snapped, glared at him. Nappa shrugged his shoulders. He was used to his friends. They were the only ones that really put up with him.
They all looked back at the ship as it shut down, the calm before the storm. They waited for the door to open and the ramp to descend for the King. Inside Vegeta was going over the last of the orders with his guards while Ursus and Mirai stood with Goku to one side.
Mirai was itching for the door to hurry up and open. He kept looking over at it willing it to open. "Mirai I am as keen as you. Just wait for your father to finish." Goku said looking at his restless son.
"Papa I've waited long enough. I just want to get the hell out of here, Gohan's just out there." The teen motioned towards the door with his thumb as his sights went back to his father and the small crowd in front of him.
Goku turned from his mate to his son with some frustration escaping. "I know this. Just wait a second more. Your father and I are just as keen to get out there as you."
Ursus nudged his friend. "Hey Mirai don't knock anyone on the head without me." Both teens smiled.
"You two behave." Goku growled looking over at the two of them. Before turning to hear Vegeta dismiss his guards.
"Finally." Mirai sighed and stretching his shoulders back ready to leave.
"Mirai!" His papa snapped.
Vegeta watched his son being put in his place by his papa. "Kakarrot are you ready."
Goku nodded and motioned to the two teens with some frustration. "Yes so are the boys."
Vegeta nodded. "Let's go."
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Outside the three warriors waited. The largest of the three turned to his friends. "Here we go. It was nice knowing you guys. You have been good friends."
"Nappa he won't kill us here." Turles stated shaking his head at his large friend.
"Are you sure?"
"Yeah." Turles winked as he gave him a reassuring pat on the back.
"That makes me feel a little better." Nappa explained.
Turles waited for his call. "No he kills in front of the whole Vegeta-sei."
Nappa gulped as Raditz whacked his brother in the arm. "Turles! Why did you have to say that?"
"Because it shits me the way he carries on. Like Kakarrot would do that to us. Dad would go off at him if he tried to kill us."
"Are you so sure on that? I haven't told dad we have lost Gohan his grandson?" Raditz stated. Looking back at his brothers whose frown had just slipped off his face and his jaw relaxed with a thought.
"Oh. Then again…"
Raditz nudged his brother to be quiet as the door moved to open. "Shh they're coming."
Vegeta and his mate walked down the ramp with Mirai and Ursus behind them with the guards now lined either side of the wide ramp. Vegeta looked over at the officials. "I'll deal with them, you go and talk with your baka brothers and find out what the hell went wrong."
"Gladly." Goku glared over at his brothers. With Mirai at his side and Ursus next to him he walked over to the three warriors off to the side.
Turles whispered. "If looks could kill, we're dead." He got nudged this time from both sides as his twin came over to stand in front of them. Goku looked at them all making each one feel a little nervous as their tails tightened around their waist in response.
"Brothers, Nappa."
Raditz nodded knowing just how upset his young brother was. "Kakarrot."
Mirai was quick to ask before his papa could. "Uncle have you got any news?"
"The only thing we know for sure is no one has left the port." Raditz explained. As he placed his hand on the boy's shoulder.
"He will be getting desperate with the added security we brought with us." Goku motioned behind him at the large crowed of royal guards still standing to attention on the ramp, and the handful of others around the King.
"I'm hoping it will bring him out of the shadows. He won't be able to hide for too long, not with the boy." Raditz explained.
"I hope he doesn't hurt him." Goku looked at his older brother with concern washing over his eyes.
"He would be an idiot if he does." Raditz explained with Turles placing a reassuring hand on his twin shoulder.
"We wait for Vegeta and then you can show us where you last saw him." Goku looked over to this partner the king as he talked with the officials. He was hoping it won't be long.
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The door to lodge swung opened and slammed shut in frustration vibrating the walls as it did. "Damn I can't get any bloody ship off this shit hole. The place is crawling with Saiyan's." The man's cold dark eyes looked down at Gohan on the floor with his back pushed up against the wall, looking up at him with large wary pools.
"You wouldn't know anything about this boy, would you? WOULD YOU?" The burly man moved closer sending the boy into a shiver as his eyes stayed fixed on the man now towering over him. "Do you know what they are looking for? Some fucking prince of theirs." The man hissed as he knelt down in front of the boy.
"I have this weird idea in my head that you're more than just someone's toy. AM I RIGHT?" The man yelled as he grabbed Gohan's neck pushing him back into the wall. Gohan shut his eyes waiting for a fist to come.
"Yeah I'm right, all this bloody time I have being screwing around with one of Vegeta-sei heirs." The man pushed Gohan further back still with his grip tightening as he hissed into the boy's ear. "Just great… now WHAT!" The man looked away for second with his hands still on the boy's neck. "I'll be bloody vaporised if I can't get off this damn planet soon."
The man looked up at the window above him in thought. "Damn what I'm going to do think, think, think."
"GOT IT!" The man turned back to Gohan who was looking at him with fear set in his eyes his old master moved so they were only inches apart. "And you little shit are my ticket out of here. You're going to help me. And if you're good little boy you might get to see your beloved father, the blasted king of Vegeta-sei." Dark cold eyes sent a chill into Gohan own midnight pools that fought so hard to hold back tears with every breath the man yelled into his face. "Huh any other time I would have thought this whole thing was so fucking funny boy but not when my neck is ready to be strangled by a blood thirsty war lord."
The man smirked as he released the boy so he could look at him. "Right little shit you can write Saiyanjin can't you?"
"I don't …A LITTLE…" Gohan yelled as he was rammed back into the wall by his first master.
"That's all we need." The man got up and looked over at a table near the window. "Right paper and something to write with… here, now write…NOW!" He turned down to the boy looking up at him with his arms still tied behind him. "And no funny business, when I cut your bonds." He looked down at the boy shaking his head never letting his eyes leave his master's.
He eyes widened as a large knife was now pressed up against his cheek. "I mean it boy, your pretty little face will not be so pretty when I'm done." The man gave one last look at him before roughly moving the boy around so he could cut away his bonds, freeing his hands. "Now get up and write what I tell you or they will be seeing their precious little prince in little pieces."
Gohan frowned as he got up and moved to the chair were the man pointed. "What do you want me to write?"
His old master grabbed him by the shoulder and forced him down roughly into the chair. "What have I told you about talking to me like that brat? Don't!" He went to hit him but Gohan went to block it. The man smirked. "Now write what I tell you nothing more you got it?"
"Yes." Gohan frowned at the blank paper in front of him.
The boy picked up his pencil as his master stood behind him looking over his shoulders. "Good, Ok say this. I have your prince and if you want to see him in one piece then you had better wait for a call at seven tonight when I'll ring the space port and I want to speak with your Saiyan King only."
Once it was all done he took the paper off Gohan not caring that he made a mark across the paper as he did. "Write now read it." The man was illiterate and it didn't help with Gohan's decorative native language scribbled over the paper. The prince repeated what the man had asked for.
"Good now I have to get this delivered." The man folded the paper with Gohan looking at him still in the chair. "You don't know boy you might see your parents yet and I'll be so far away from here when it happens. This is it my ticket. I never dreamt it possible to hit the mother load of wealth when I bought you boy. Ha ha."
The man bent down cupping the boys chin in strong grip as he brought the boy up to meet his smirk. Gohan frowned as his bruised chin was released. His master rebound his arms with Gohan dark pools looking in front of him feeling his arms been yanked back and tied tight. The prince was been quite in his own thoughts of hope salvation in the letter.
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It was in the afternoon and the port was now under Vegeta-sei security as every part of the city was being checked over. A figure came from the shadows behind some kids as they watching the guards in uniform talk to people in the crowded streets all wearing the Saiyanjin royal house on their chest plate.
"Hey kid. Do you want to earn some money?" The little girl looked up at the large man with a frown.
She looked at the handful of coins in his hand and her eyes lit up. "Yeah."
The man smiled holding out in his other hand the note. "All you have to do is hand this to one of those Saiyans over there." He pointed to small group on the other side of the road. "I don't care which one as long as you hand it to them."
The girl smiled. "Okay."
"Go on then." He urged her on. The little girl skipped up to the warriors with her plates swinging from side to side.
The conversation stopped as one saiyanjin felt a tap on his leg. He tuned to the girl at his side. "What is it kid?" He frowned as he looked around wondering who this kid belonged to.
"A man asked me to give this to you." She said getting the guys attention again as she held up the note.
"What man?" He frowned looking around.
"Him…" The girls went to point but only to see her friends still playing on the street where the man was last seen. "Oh he's gone."
Turles sent her away. "Okay off you go." He watched her disappear back to her friends and looked at the note with Mirai looking over his shoulders.
"Hey what does it say?" Mirai asked with Ursus moving up to look.
Turles read the note to himself.
"I'm prince Gohan of Vegeta-sei. Please my first master the Yajuu has me in a lodge I don't know where. He wants a ship and money and he said he will call at seven tonight at the space port and he wants to talk to King my father."
"Uncle?" Mirai frowning as he tries to get better look at the paper in his uncle's hand.
"What does it say?" Ursus calls.
"It's worked I have to tell the King." Turles said as he rushed off with the others following calling out to him.
"What's it say?"
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Turles rushes up to the ship where he knew Vegeta would be talking with other officials while Goku, Raditz with Nappa did another lap of the city in search for the prince.
He came up into the main room to see the King. "Here Sire."
Vegeta frowned as he watched his brother-in-law strode up to him with his hand held out. "What is it?"
"It's letter from Gohan."
The king raised a brow at his general and handed the note over.
Mirai came up to him with the officials standing quiet listing to the Saiyanjin's speck in their native tongue praying for an end to this. "Dad what does it say?"
"Who is this guy Gohan talks of?" Vegeta asked with note in hand, he glared back up at Turles who was standing in front of him.
"It's his first master. Gohan told me that was what he used to call him." Turles explained.
Vegeta smirked. "This is very good I would like to meet this Yajuu."
"Dad what does it say?" Mirai felt like he was going snap if someone didn't tell him soon.
"It says at seven tonight I have very important call with a dead man." Vegeta handed the paper over to his eager son at his side.
Mirai quickly ready over it with Ursus next to him reading it too. "Dad how are you going to do this? He said here he at a lodge there over hundred here."
"I know but we wait for the call and let him believe what he wants and then he's mine." Vegeta's mind was going over ways of trapping the man that has his son.
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Nine a clock came and back in the lodge the man sat at his desk and with transmitter in hand he looked over to the bed where Gohan was. "Right brat you better pray that your father is there."
The large man dialled and waited. The call was quick to be taken on the other end. "Are you the King?"
"Yes." Vegeta's voice was steady and masked.
"I have your brat here with me…" Before he could finish he was interrupted.
"Put him on!" Vegeta snapped.
"Hey watch it king you can't order me around…" The man was interrupted again by the king.
"Do you want money and ship? Then you have to prove to me you have my son." Vegeta stated with Mirai sitting on the desk in front of him and Goku on the other side. All eyes were on him.
"Fine. Brat, get over here NOW!" The man got up and snatched Gohan up by the shirt before squeezing the boy's shoulder blade getting him to move closer. "One wrong word from you and I'll skin you alive, got that?"
With added pressure to make his point the man tightened his grip on the boy again. "Arrrrrrr." Gohan squeezed his eyes closed nodded his head. "y-yes"
All this didn't go un-heard by his fathers or his brother as they looked at each other. Mirai clenched his fist.
"Right talk."
"H-hello" Gohan was forced closer still nearly falling over. "Father."
Vegeta couldn't help the worry escape from his lips. "Boy, son are you all right?"
"Yes father." Gohan nodded as he said this staring straight into the cold hard eyes of his captor.
"Don't worry I'll get you home…" Vegeta was interrupted this time. He growled as his fist tightened, he listened to the words being spoken on the other end.
"That will do. You had your fun. Now we talk business or there is no deal and you won't see him again."
"Spit it out! What is it you want?" The king growled with Goku moving up close to his mate listening to the man on the other end.
"That's better. I want a ship and I want a large bag of money tomorrow morning at seven. No one follows me. Keep back all of your guards if you want him alive."
"So you want a free pass and money but what about my son?" Vegeta asked looking at Goku with the same concerns.
"Once I'm on the ship I'll tell you where he is."
Goku shook his head. Vegeta was in the same mind. Mirai watched both his parents with Ursus now getting off the chair heading over to him. "That won't do. You bring the boy with you."
"What, don't trust me?" The man chuckled.
"No!"
The man lost some of his spark with the king's tone. "Fine I'll bring the boy, it doesn't worry me. If I think it a trick I'll kill him."
"That wouldn't be wise move on your part." Vegeta growled with his hand on Goku's stopping his younger mate from yelling as his temper started to spike with the man's words.
"Don't threaten me. I have your boy right here and did you know what fine little ass he has…"
"BASTARD!" Vegeta jumped up from his seat with both his fist clenched and his teeth grit as his ki starts to spark.
"Now king that not very nice. Like I said tomorrow at seven we have a date. Do anything stupid and the boy dies. Now if you don't mind I think I will have some fun with my little toy before he goes."
"No!" Vegeta pounded the deck with his fist making decent size hole through it. He turned to Raditz and Turles who walked in to the door. "Did you get a trace?"
"Yes he's at a lodge fifteen minutes from here." Raditz said
"Let's go and meet this bastard! He has date with my fist."
TBC…
A/N: Next chapter Vegeta and family rock up to meet with their youngest son's first master. Cool huh… some serious butt kicking goes on. Gohan looked a bit surprised to see them though. Poor kid I do pick on him and Mirai Trunks and Nappa. Hey I'll pick on anyone of them. I was taught to share. *grins*
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