"I told you!" Mizu beamed as she watched them getting closer to Earth from the spaceship window.
"Mizu, for the last time you're not right! We're going to Earth to get that so-called friend of yours to stop making phone calls like this!"
"Frieza, Bulma SAW Lavender!"
"Right." Frieza said. "And I suppose Vegeta told her to say that."
"This isn't a joke! Bulma wouldn't –"
"She married a saiyan, didn't she?"
"Frieza! I know Lavender's alright!" Mizu protested. "We'll go to Earth and when we get there we'll see our daughter!"
"… I'll have to see her before I believe you." Frieza replied, and turned away.
"… You'll see." Mizu warned him.
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"Saiyamo, are you sure this is the place…?" Lavender asked, looking around.
"Yeah." Saiyamo nodded. She noticed the expression on her mother's face. "What's wrong, mommy?"
"… I've been here before…" Lavender replied. This was the exact same place Mokoto had taken her… How did Tomakoto know about this?
"Tomakoto's through here." Saiyamo started to lead the way again.
"I know…" Lavender thought, and followed her daughter.
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"This is it!" Saiyamo exclaimed as she ran into the room. Lavender looked around. It was the same room Mokoto had kept her in… but it was empty this time, except for a small rat that was minding its own business in the corner of the room.
"Saiyamo, there's nobody here." Lavender said.
"But –" Saiyamo looked around frantically. "He was here! They both were!" she pointed to the wall. "Tomakoto put me and Goten up there!"
"On the wall?" Lavender frowned.
"He stuck us to it!" Saiyamo protested. "But I escaped."
"… Saiyamo, is this a game?" Lavender rolled her eyes. "Saiyamo, I don't have time for games right now –"
"It's not a game, mommy!" Saiyamo insisted. "I'm telling the truth, they were here!"
"Let's just go home, okay?" Lavender didn't believe her. "Come on." She tuned around to leave the room.
"Wait!" Saiyamo ran after her and grabbed her apron. "This isn't a story! It's true!"
"Well where did they go, Saiyamo?" Lavender demanded.
"I don't know…"
"So you're Lavender?"
"Huh?!" Lavender gasped and spun around to see someone she didn't recognize. Where had he come from?!
"Mommy, that's him!" Saiyamo exclaimed. "I told you so!"
"Sorry to scare you." Tomakoto apologized to Lavender, ignoring Saiyamo. "But that rat body was annoying me."
"What?!" Lavender's eyes widened. "You can transform?!"
"Of course." Tomakoto said. "Just like my father."
"Your father?" Lavender looked at him.
"You knew him, I think." Tomakoto said. "Enough to kill him, at least. You and your family as I recall – and the saiyans, too."
"You're… talking about Mokoto?"
"Yes, I am." Tomakoto nodded. "So you did know him then?"
"You're his SON?!" Lavender jumped back. "But - - since when did he have kids?!"
"Well, all kings need an heir." Tomakoto replied. "Just like princes do."
He powered up.
"But, your father will be one prince without an heir – hers too!" he glanced quickly at Saiyamo. "Everyone who was involved in my father's death will meet their own, I'll make sure of that!"
"Where's Goten?!" Saiyamo yelled at him. "What did you do?!"
"Don't worry, he's safe." Tomakoto said. "For now, at least."
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Lavender demanded. "Where is he?!"
"I don't have to answer your questions!" Tomakoto snarled. "I know my father died trying to kill you, so I'll finish what he didn't!"
"AII!" Saiyamo screamed and jumped out of the way as Tomakoto sent a ki attack flying first at her and then at Lavender.
"Saiya, go back to Capsule Corps!" Lavender ordered.
"But mommy –"
"GO!"
"…" Saiyamo ran off.
"Fine, give her a head start." Tomakoto said. "It just means she'll have run further before I catch up to her."
"Saiyamo had nothing to do with your father's death, she wasn't even born then!" Lavender growled. "Whatever you want to do to me and the others, leave her out of it!"
"Now if I do that, don't you think she'll grow up seeking revenge?" Tomakoto asked. "You need to think these things through…"
"Coward!" Lavender shouted.
She powered up, going into her second for as she did so. Tomakoto watched her, surprised by the transformation.
"If you want to fight me, then fine!" Lavender snapped. "But leave my daughter alone, she has nothing to do with any of this!"
"She's a relative of yours, isn't she?" Tomakoto shot back, and launched a series of ki attacks at her. Lavender attempted to block and deflect the attacks, but she was shocked at how powerful they were. Each blast overpowered her and sent pain flowing through her body.
"Is that really the best you can do?" Tomakoto smirked. "No wonder it took so many of you to defeat my father." In seconds he built up a ki ball in his hands and threw it at her. Lavender's eyes widened as it hit her and knocked her to the ground before she even saw him fire it.
"Arrgh!" she cried out in pain and heard Tomakoto laugh. Anger flowed through her, and she powered up more and entered her third transformation.
"Stop laughing…" she hissed as she stood up, Tomakoto just laughing harder.
"Lavender… you're so weak." He made one quick movement to knock her over again but this time she blocked his attack, grabbing his wrist.
"I am not!"
"Aren't you?" Tomakoto asked. He punched her in the stomach, causing her to gag, and kicked her hard into the wall. He didn't give her time to scramble to her feet before he picked her up by the throat and started to punch her with his free hand. "Aren't you weak?" he demanded.
"N-No…" Lavender answered, struggling to fight him off as he started to cut of her blood supply.
"Are you going to give up?" Tomakoto asked. Lavender glared at him, and kicked at him. Tomakoto blocked her leg.
"Get off!" Lavender snarled. She whipped round her huge tail to knock him off her but he was already prepared for that and simply grabbed it, causing a look of agony to come across Lavender's face as he crushed the tip of her tail in his hand. He smirked at her as he heard the bones crack.
"Well… you put up a good fight and I was very impressed with your transformations, but I'm afraid it's the end now."
Lavender glared at him but she was starting to feel dizzy. She tried desperately to pull her tail away from him but he held on much stronger than she was.
"Dad…" she thought silently, and then scolded herself. Why was she calling for him? He wasn't even here! It was strange though… she could feel him.
"What's going through your mind?" Tomakoto smirked.
"Saiyamo…"
"Right, let's finish this now, hm?" Tomakoto decided to end her pain. He chuckled at her, and was about to tighten his grip and break her neck, when something too fast to see came charging through the ceiling and into the room.
"What?!" Tomakoto's eyes widened to see an intruder.
"I'll give you a fraction of a second to let her go." The intruder threatened.
"Who –"
"Too late!"