?If I were you.
Chapter six: I wish. (Revised to fit the story)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. So sue me. I dare you.
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Okay lads and lassies! It I finally decided to write the next chapter of If I were you. Though I am
pretty upset that I didn't get five reviews for the last chapter. Well anyway I want to focus on
Vegeta for this chapter. It's a bit of a tear-jerker.
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"Its called Anthroporphon; a Saiyan virus. The woman believe we came in contact with it during a
meteor shower not long ago. It infected the agriculture of the planet, with how we Saiyan's
consume food, we were quickly infected. All but two: Goten and Trunks. There is no cure for it;
we will die."
* It's not easy saying this to you. It is the hardest thing I've ever had to do*
"But father..." Trunks struggled to keep his tears at bay.
They were all there, even Mr. Satan. It was in fact everyone's business that there saviors, the
Saiyan's were to die.
Vegeta knelt to his son. This child was the very reason he sacrificed so much. The last of the
Saiyan royalty. Even if he was not truly a prince, or a pure Saiyan for that matter. This brat was
his son.
"I don't want you to die." He barley caught trunks' whisper and as he did he was taken aback by
the words. "Father please... Don't-" Trunks couldn't hold back any longer trunks flung himself
into his fathers chest and cried. Mumbling something about training harder and not being a brat.
Vegeta didn't know what to do. So he placed a hand on the back of the boy's head. "Trunks listen
to me." he pulled away. "I have no choice in this matter."
"But what am I going to do?!" Trunks demanded. "Who will I go to father?!"
Vegeta choked. He hadn't thought of it. Trunks would soon be a teenager and need to know
certain "things" about being half Saiyan. And he didn't even have enough time to tell him.
" Boy, before I go.." Vegeta took a deep breath, "I want you to know..." The words sang in his
heart, crying in agony for his son.
* I wish you strength, when times are hard. I wish with all my heart you find what you looking
for.*
"I, I am proud of you, son. You will know what to do when the time comes. I- I have faith in you,
and know you are a true Saiya-jin warrior."Vegeta smirked slightly at his son. "Never forget it
brat."
"Vegeta?" Gohan interrupted the father-son moment. "How long do we have left?"
* Flash to earlier that morning.*
Vegeta woke and moved closer to his koi. "I love you Kakarotto."
He waited for Goku's reply and there morning kiss; but the arm around him didn't even tighten at
the sound of his voice.
"Kaka?" Vegeta whispered. "Wake up." He sat up in the bed quickly, and looked at the Saiyan
that looked to be asleep. "Kakarott? Are you.."
He placed a hand on Goku's chest, no heart beat was there. "Kakarotto wake up now." Even
searching for his mate in his mind was useless, no answer came. "KAKAROTTO!!"
*End Flash*
"Kakarott and I have less then you do Gohan." He whispered. "Because we are pure Saiyan. You
might have a week." He was losing it. Not only did he feel the virus taking its toll, but the fact
that his mate was no longer here... Oh Kami Kaka...
"You and Dad?"
"Will quickly lose our strength and become no more." He looked away from the son of his lover.
"Kakarott could not make it from my room to here, which shows you the effect the virus will
have." Vegeta felt like crying, curling up into a small ball and crying. But he did not, not with his
son in the room... he couldn't show that much weakness... he just-
* I wish you joy-*
HE looked to his son again. "Do as your mother orders you brat. You and Kakarott's youngest
are the future defenders of the planet."
"Of course father." Trunks looked to his friend.
"Can I see my dad Vegeta?" Goten asked innocently.
"No, you can not." Came the stiff reply; because he is no more. Vegeta reminded himself.
"But-"
*Flash again..*
"Kakarott! Wake up Kaka wake up." Tears of frustration rolled down Vegeta's face. "Please
Kakarott wake up I can't do this with out you..." He pounded on Goku's chest. "Wake up you
baka WAKE UP!!" Crying Vegeta curled up to his dead mate and wished for his end to come.
*End of flashy.*
"I SAID NO!"
Everyone stared at Vegeta. Why would he be acting like this?
* I wish you peace...And that every star you see is within your reach.*
"Why not?" This came from Gohan, who was being held by Piccolo.
*And I wish you were still with me..*
"Because..." Vegeta, the prince of Saiyan couldn't hold it in any more. He broke, crumbling into
tears for his mate. "I tried to - to wake him...I was to late.. He-" the tears fell and Vegeta fallowed
them to his knees. "KAKAROTTO!!" He cried out to his mate with his mind and voice to no
avail.
* I wish that things were different, you know that. I am still happy for all the times we had.*
Trunks moved to his weeping father. Took a short glance at everyone; watching the tears in there
eyes... Goku was dead.
Gohan cried in Piccolo's arms. Goten in his mothers. Everyone seemed to be holding the other.
"Father... remember a little while ago? After Buu, you and Goku took Goten and me to the
store.."
Vegeta didn't answer. He had stopped crying and now lay motionless.
"We weren't very good that day were we? But we had the best time in the world; because-"
Trunks began to cry, realizing why his father no longer moved. "Because you smiled at me when I
knocked Goku down by pushing the whole ilse on top of him. You smiled when they weren't
looking, just at me."
*You mean the world to me-*
"You didn't smirk. You smiled... and I knew you- you didn't think of me as just a brat.. You
cared about me father... you cared"
*Oh baby please believe*
"Father?" Trunks lay himself down by the still form of the great prince Vegeta.
*I wish you strength, when times are hard...*
"Father please don't go yet.."
*Oh I wish with all my heart you find just what your looking for.*
"Trunks..." Vegeta opened a eye and took a deep breath...
"Father, watch over me.."
*I wish you joy- I wish you peace.*
" I will son.." And with that the prince went to meet his mate.
*I wish that every star you see is within your reach.. And I wish you were still with me...*
Trunks placed a hand on his fathers face.
*Oh leaving you is tearing me apart...*
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Vegeta stood in front of Yemma's desk and was greeted by Goku with a kiss.
*But part of me will be with you, no matter where you are...*
"Vegeta.. I saw.." Goku held the prince to him.
"Quite Kakarotto..." Vegeta walked to a fountain in the corner of Yemma's office and looked
into it, seeing his son cry over his body.
"Trunks..." He whispered. "I wish you strength, when times are hard, oh I wish with all my heart
you find what your looking for." His hand reached to touch his son through the water, just one
last time. "I wish you joy, I wish you peace, I wish that you have all of which never came to
me.."
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Trunks was curled up to his fathers dead body. When he heard Vegeta's last words to his son.
So Trunks whispered back to his father, hoping he could hear him. "And I wish you were still
with me.."
Chapter six: I wish. (Revised to fit the story)
Disclaimer: I own nothing. So sue me. I dare you.
_______
Okay lads and lassies! It I finally decided to write the next chapter of If I were you. Though I am
pretty upset that I didn't get five reviews for the last chapter. Well anyway I want to focus on
Vegeta for this chapter. It's a bit of a tear-jerker.
_______
"Its called Anthroporphon; a Saiyan virus. The woman believe we came in contact with it during a
meteor shower not long ago. It infected the agriculture of the planet, with how we Saiyan's
consume food, we were quickly infected. All but two: Goten and Trunks. There is no cure for it;
we will die."
* It's not easy saying this to you. It is the hardest thing I've ever had to do*
"But father..." Trunks struggled to keep his tears at bay.
They were all there, even Mr. Satan. It was in fact everyone's business that there saviors, the
Saiyan's were to die.
Vegeta knelt to his son. This child was the very reason he sacrificed so much. The last of the
Saiyan royalty. Even if he was not truly a prince, or a pure Saiyan for that matter. This brat was
his son.
"I don't want you to die." He barley caught trunks' whisper and as he did he was taken aback by
the words. "Father please... Don't-" Trunks couldn't hold back any longer trunks flung himself
into his fathers chest and cried. Mumbling something about training harder and not being a brat.
Vegeta didn't know what to do. So he placed a hand on the back of the boy's head. "Trunks listen
to me." he pulled away. "I have no choice in this matter."
"But what am I going to do?!" Trunks demanded. "Who will I go to father?!"
Vegeta choked. He hadn't thought of it. Trunks would soon be a teenager and need to know
certain "things" about being half Saiyan. And he didn't even have enough time to tell him.
" Boy, before I go.." Vegeta took a deep breath, "I want you to know..." The words sang in his
heart, crying in agony for his son.
* I wish you strength, when times are hard. I wish with all my heart you find what you looking
for.*
"I, I am proud of you, son. You will know what to do when the time comes. I- I have faith in you,
and know you are a true Saiya-jin warrior."Vegeta smirked slightly at his son. "Never forget it
brat."
"Vegeta?" Gohan interrupted the father-son moment. "How long do we have left?"
* Flash to earlier that morning.*
Vegeta woke and moved closer to his koi. "I love you Kakarotto."
He waited for Goku's reply and there morning kiss; but the arm around him didn't even tighten at
the sound of his voice.
"Kaka?" Vegeta whispered. "Wake up." He sat up in the bed quickly, and looked at the Saiyan
that looked to be asleep. "Kakarott? Are you.."
He placed a hand on Goku's chest, no heart beat was there. "Kakarotto wake up now." Even
searching for his mate in his mind was useless, no answer came. "KAKAROTTO!!"
*End Flash*
"Kakarott and I have less then you do Gohan." He whispered. "Because we are pure Saiyan. You
might have a week." He was losing it. Not only did he feel the virus taking its toll, but the fact
that his mate was no longer here... Oh Kami Kaka...
"You and Dad?"
"Will quickly lose our strength and become no more." He looked away from the son of his lover.
"Kakarott could not make it from my room to here, which shows you the effect the virus will
have." Vegeta felt like crying, curling up into a small ball and crying. But he did not, not with his
son in the room... he couldn't show that much weakness... he just-
* I wish you joy-*
HE looked to his son again. "Do as your mother orders you brat. You and Kakarott's youngest
are the future defenders of the planet."
"Of course father." Trunks looked to his friend.
"Can I see my dad Vegeta?" Goten asked innocently.
"No, you can not." Came the stiff reply; because he is no more. Vegeta reminded himself.
"But-"
*Flash again..*
"Kakarott! Wake up Kaka wake up." Tears of frustration rolled down Vegeta's face. "Please
Kakarott wake up I can't do this with out you..." He pounded on Goku's chest. "Wake up you
baka WAKE UP!!" Crying Vegeta curled up to his dead mate and wished for his end to come.
*End of flashy.*
"I SAID NO!"
Everyone stared at Vegeta. Why would he be acting like this?
* I wish you peace...And that every star you see is within your reach.*
"Why not?" This came from Gohan, who was being held by Piccolo.
*And I wish you were still with me..*
"Because..." Vegeta, the prince of Saiyan couldn't hold it in any more. He broke, crumbling into
tears for his mate. "I tried to - to wake him...I was to late.. He-" the tears fell and Vegeta fallowed
them to his knees. "KAKAROTTO!!" He cried out to his mate with his mind and voice to no
avail.
* I wish that things were different, you know that. I am still happy for all the times we had.*
Trunks moved to his weeping father. Took a short glance at everyone; watching the tears in there
eyes... Goku was dead.
Gohan cried in Piccolo's arms. Goten in his mothers. Everyone seemed to be holding the other.
"Father... remember a little while ago? After Buu, you and Goku took Goten and me to the
store.."
Vegeta didn't answer. He had stopped crying and now lay motionless.
"We weren't very good that day were we? But we had the best time in the world; because-"
Trunks began to cry, realizing why his father no longer moved. "Because you smiled at me when I
knocked Goku down by pushing the whole ilse on top of him. You smiled when they weren't
looking, just at me."
*You mean the world to me-*
"You didn't smirk. You smiled... and I knew you- you didn't think of me as just a brat.. You
cared about me father... you cared"
*Oh baby please believe*
"Father?" Trunks lay himself down by the still form of the great prince Vegeta.
*I wish you strength, when times are hard...*
"Father please don't go yet.."
*Oh I wish with all my heart you find just what your looking for.*
"Trunks..." Vegeta opened a eye and took a deep breath...
"Father, watch over me.."
*I wish you joy- I wish you peace.*
" I will son.." And with that the prince went to meet his mate.
*I wish that every star you see is within your reach.. And I wish you were still with me...*
Trunks placed a hand on his fathers face.
*Oh leaving you is tearing me apart...*
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Vegeta stood in front of Yemma's desk and was greeted by Goku with a kiss.
*But part of me will be with you, no matter where you are...*
"Vegeta.. I saw.." Goku held the prince to him.
"Quite Kakarotto..." Vegeta walked to a fountain in the corner of Yemma's office and looked
into it, seeing his son cry over his body.
"Trunks..." He whispered. "I wish you strength, when times are hard, oh I wish with all my heart
you find what your looking for." His hand reached to touch his son through the water, just one
last time. "I wish you joy, I wish you peace, I wish that you have all of which never came to
me.."
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Trunks was curled up to his fathers dead body. When he heard Vegeta's last words to his son.
So Trunks whispered back to his father, hoping he could hear him. "And I wish you were still
with me.."