Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ..That goes to our Beloved Akira Toryama
AN: Here it is....there IS one more chapter after this.....well, I'm not spoiling it, but I hadn't seen Bardock feature when I wrote this ...just a reminder
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That night;
As Juniper rocked her baby Raditz gently in her chair, the blazing fireplace kept the mid-december chill off and away.
Suddenly, Bardock stumbled in, he looked as exhausted as the day before, but there were little to no signs of injury on him.
" Bardock!" Juniper greeted, standing up, and looking him over, " Apparently the negotiations went well enough then? Seeing as you're still alive??"
" Juniper...." Bardock whispered, looking sorrowfully into her eyes.
What had happened? What.....
" The Queen......" He started grimly, an unshed tear gleaming in his eye.
" Wh-what about Lelo...what...?" Juniper asked quietly, somehow knowing the answer already.
" Sh...She....Frieza...." He choked, cutting off and glaring at the floor, unable to tell his beloved mate that their best friend had been murdered in cold blood by that...that MONSTER.....and the king had only watched in silence, not even shedding a tear for his WIFE!!
However, Juniper had already guessed, and his reactions had only served to confirm her deepest fears....Her beloved second-sister had been murdered by the alien.
Standing up shakily, trying in vain to hide the tears rapidly forming in her eyes, she walked slowly to the crib, and placed her baby in it, turning, she looked at his pain-filled onyx eyes, hoping to find out she was mistaken, just maybe....
Bardock seemed to sense it, and shook his head just barely, that was it....there could be no denial, she was gone....forever....
" Le...Lelo....couldn't be...no! No!!! I won't accept it!! It isn't fair!!!" Juniper cried fiercely, shaking her head violently, to rid herself of the image that rose up in her mind, of her dearest friend lying on the palace floor, dead.
" Juu.." Bardock started, reaching towards her as if to comfort her...comfort her???!! Her closest friend was dead!! She had a child!! Where was HER comfort?!!! Why should she, Juniper, have what Lemone deserved???
" Why...Why didn't you DO anything??!! Why??!!!" Juniper sobbed accusingly.
" I...I didn't react in time, he attacked without warning, without provocation....he is a madman!! I...I tried to help her...catch her...but there was nothing I could do...all that I could do was sit there, holding her, as she bled to death, whispering for me to protect her son...and you...I...I...feel so...so WORTHLESS!!!" He coughed, biting back tears, then continued angrily, " I SHOULD have done something!! I would have died avenging her!!...But the king...he only wished that the negotiations continue unhindered....he is such a coward, He would not even honor his wife's death!!"
" Wh..what??....You..you mean that monster is still out there??? Alive?!!" Juniper whispered, unbelieving...how could the king....how...??
" W..we..are to become...an entrepreneurial race, serving him...." He whispered slowly...deliberately, " We are to be his arms and legs...his brawn behind his brains..."
" I...I'll NEVER serve him....NEVER!!!!!" Juniper spat, " I will die first!!"
"....I know...I know..." Bardock whispered, pulling her to him and holding her tight, " Quit pretending to be the perfect Saiyan...I'm not the king, and I know your true feelings, you don't have to hide it, to hold it all in....never with me...never."
" I...I know!!" Juniper sobbed, her carefully constructed dams shattering, as she sobbed into his chest, unable to hold in the pain and grief any longer, " I...it's not fair!!!..She had a child!!...She had finally...Finally...gotten her dream....sh,she was only 17!!! She was too young!!!!!"
" I..know..." Bardock choked....his tears finally rolling down his scarred cheeks, sharing in his mate's grief, trying to be a lifeline in the raging sea of pain that Juniper now sank in.
Sobbing, Juniper pushed her face further into his chest, trying to cut off all the pain she felt, but try as she might, she could not stop crying, even to speak, the entire night, and Bardock sat beside her, offering whatever comfort he could muster.
2 years later:
16 year old Juniper went through her usual training regiment in the backyard, though she was only 16, any who looked into her eyes, would see a wisdom, that far surpassed her age, and scars that no person of any age should have had to bear. Her 19 year old mate, Bardock, possessed an inner wisdom and pain, that far surpassed his age, as well.
Their 2 year old son, Raditz, was away to another planet, annihilating all native life, so that it could be sold to the highest bidder. Raditz did not do this willingly, and his parents had never wanted this, but 'want' was a word for the free, and the Saiyans were far from free.
Now, all children above the age of one, were sent to other planets to work for Frieza, except for the Prince...and, of course, the unfortunate children with low power levels, who were sent off at one week, usually to a suicide mission.
All Saiyan males, as well, had to go routinely to other planets and work for Frieza, though they were often sent in groups of four or 5. For the sake of breeding, the women were exempt of the killing, but Juniper doubted that would last much longer now.
Angrily, Juniper kicked at the air, imagining it was Frieza's disgusting face.
" That kick was WAY off form." Came the voice of her mate from behind her, " You do it like this."
Juniper frowned, as he readjusted her leg to kick less-lopsidedly.
" Is there anything you want?" She asked huffily, turning to look at him, though his young face was still firm and incredibly handsome, two-plus years of slavery to the tyrant Frieza, and of being forced to stand by and watch injustices against his people everyday, for 'Justice' is, as well, a word for the free, had taken its toll on his soul, stealing the mischievous sparkle in his eyes, and replacing it with a worn, and tired look of stubborn, half acceptance, as he bided his time, waiting to find an opening to kill that murderer, Frieza.
" It...it's Frieza..." he sighed, looking off into the orange painted horizon, no doubt dreaming of his days of freedom.
" When is it not??" Juniper sighed, taking note of his absent stare, " What is it NOW???"
" First...He has recalled me from castle duty, demoting me to a common soldier..." Bardock started calmly, and paused a moment, as Juniper hissed sharply in shock, now, he would be forced to destroy planets!
" No! He CAN'T---" She started, but Bardock held up a hand for her to stop, grudgingly, she obeyed, and Bardock continued.
" Second, and more importantly, He has claimed the prince."
" NO!!!!" Juniper gasped, " He cannot!!! The prince is not his to claim!!!!"
" Oh.....The king thinks otherwise...." Bardock sighed, then looked at her regretfully, a single tear running down his cheek, "....There is no reason for you to stay with me any longer, I cannot protect you, I would only be a liability to you now..."
" No! I will not lose you too, Bardock!" Juniper cried, grasping his face in her hands, " The day I vowed to be your mate was the day I decided I would NEVER leave your side...for any reason....do you hear me???....Until the day they drag my lifeless corpse into the space pod, I will be by your side whether you like it or not!!! I swear it on my life!! Bardock, son of Trea...I love you, and I will never, EVER leave you!!"
" Juu..." Bardock started, then choked, and said, " Juniper, Daughter of Pluum, I will never leave you, even beyond death I will stay with you...This I swear."
1-and-a-half years later;
17 year old Juniper sat on her old recliner, rubbing her round stomach, the baby would be born any day now, a strong young boy, to be named Kakarot, in honor of Lemone's father.
Juniper's 3 year old son walked up quietly, he was in-between missions at this point, and said, " When is Father coming home?"
Juniper frowned slightly, Bardock had gone on a mission to Meete with his team, and had not returned yet, what was distressing, was that he was long-overdue, with no sign of returning, or even that he was alive.
" Soon, my baby, soon." Juniper whispered, patting Raditz' feathery soft hair. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her womb, and she gasped in pain, saying, " Raditz!...Get...the midwife...quickly!!!"
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Bardock sat sourly in his space-pod-for-one, his thoughts wandering to the traitorous happenings on the planet Meete, had the visions he had experienced been true?...Would he return to his home planet, only to find it destroyed, his mate and children dead???
Unconsciously, Bardock shook his head to clear his mind of the images of Juniper lying dead, in a pool of her own blood, and of his unborn son crying, crying so hard....involantarily, his thoughts drifted to that of his late team, before Tora had died, he had said they had been ambushed by Dodoria. Bardock growled lowly to himself, when returned, Frieza was gonna PAY.
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Juniper gritted her teeth in pain; She was covered in swear from head to toe, and her whole body was in pain, the birthing this time was harder than the last...and her mother used to say that it was the FIRST that was hardest....
Juniper had overheard the midwives whispering something about the baby's hair tearing up her insides, from their tone, she doubted they believed she would make it.
Juniper screamed as pain tore through her body, and convulsed as her innards were torn deeper.
Where was Bardock?!
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Bardock angrily walked out of the space-pod, glaring at the alien guards set there by Frieza.
Suddenly, Basil came crashing in, gasping for breath, " Bardock!!!....Your wife's...the baby!!! She won't make it!!!"
" NO!!!!!!!!" Bardock roared, barreling past the guards, and racing top speed to his house, crashing in through the door, " JUUUUUUUNIPERRRRRRRRR!!!!"
He quickly burst into the bedroom where Juniper was crying in pain, " Juu!! Juu, don't you dare die on me!!"
"......Bar...dock...." Juniper whispered hoarsely, reaching out weakly to him. Quickly, Bardock grabbed her hand, he could not lose her too....not her!!
" Juniper...." He whispered, with tears in his eyes.
" Bardock.....send Raditz and Kakarot away....please, to...to somewhere even Frieza doesn;t know.....I...I....want my children....to know freedom, please....I beseech you..."
" J, Juu..." Bardock whispered, as he heard his newborn son screaming and kicking, Juniper outstretched a shaky hand towards the midwife, and weakly whispered,
"....M...my baby....please...let...me...hold...him...please...."
The midwives frowned, then went to hand him to her, but Juniper convulsed in pain, shaking uncontrollably, and the midwives swarmed, knocking him back, and pulling the babe away.
" N..No!! M..my baby!! Bardock!!!! Please don't leave me alone!! Please!!" Juniper wept, half-delusional.
Unthinking, Bardock shoved the midwife out of the way, and rushed up, grabbing her hand, and kissing her passionately, " I'm here Juniper....I'm never leaving you..."
" B...B...Bardock....I'm cold....I..love...you...Bardock.." She whispered.
" No! Don't talk like that!!!" Bardock choked
" Sw..swear you'll take my children to safety....Swear it!!" Juniper whispered urgently, grasping his hand tightly.
" I..I swear....I love you Juniper....did I ever tell you that?..." Bardock whispered, tears rolling down his face.
" I...have...always...known..." Juniper smiled weakly, reaching up and kissing him with cold lips...so cold...so unbearably cold....suddenly, she let out a soft breath, and fell back into the pillow, just as he had seen in the vision....gone....His life was gone.....
" J...Juu.....Juniper!!!!.....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bardock screamed, drowning out even the wails of Kakarot, and the sobs of Raditz.
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The King scowled at the door, He refused to tolerate Frieza any longer!! No more!!
" Frieza!! I believe we have some business!!" He cried, as the door slid open to Frieza's cockpit.
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With a tear stained face, Bardock kissed Juniper's perfect, cool, lips, one last time.
She looked like a marble statue...perfect in every way, her tail curled round her neatly. Carefully, he closed the glass lid to her glass coffin, and input the coordinates for earth, a very backwater place, that was not even on he constellation chart.
Very carefully, he placed his newborn baby, Kakarot, in a tiny space pod, designed for weak babies to travel in, and set the coordinated for the same place, praying Frieza did not know of the planet.
As the pods were set off, he turned to his 3-and-a-half year old son, Raditz, and said, " Go to the planet Deliah, Never speak of your Saiyan heritage, or do ANYTHING of the Saiyans, or you WILL be found. Godspeed, son."
" Goodbye, My Father, Die well Father, Die free." Raditz said, getting into his space pod and setting off.
Shocked, Bardock watched in silence, his son knew that he would attack Frieza then....observant little tyke.
Quickly, he ran to the docking bay, surprisingly, a Saiyan guard blocked him.
" I'm sorry, only those the king chose for the rebellion may go up."
" Juniper is dead." Bardock said lowly, "...My children are gone, Both sons!! I live only to see my people free!!"
The guard's eyes widened slightly, " You are the legendary Bardock!!! We shall go with you!!"
With that, he, and countless others, flew out to the outer rims of their atmosphere, where, even for Saiyans, the air was barely breathable.
Suddenly, Frieza came out of the top of the ship, in his little pod, smirking.
" Frieza!!" Bardock spat, making it sound like an insult.
A cry rose from the ship, " Long Live Lord Frieza!"
" I don't think so..." Bardock laughed, " You've lived long enough Frieza, actually, it's been TOO long for my tastes.....hehheheheh....Frieza!! We're TIRED of working for you!!! We quit! ALL of us! We're free!! You hear that??? We don't work for you any more!! You can find someone else to do your dirty work!!!"
Frieza only smiled, as he formed a small energy ball on his finger.
" Oh yeah!!!" Bardock growled, forming an energy ball, " There's one more thing....this is for all the people we killed in your name...I wish we had never been foolish enough to obey you.....HAVE IT!!!!"
Fiercely, Bardock flung the ball at Frieza's growing one, but to his horror, the ball only fed Frieza's, as it grew to immense sizes, laughing maniacally, Frieza flung the ball towards him
" No!!" Bardock cried, trying to stop the ball, but it was too powerful...it seared at his flesh, burning off his clothes and hair...in the pain of death, he saw his son defeating Frieza...yes....he would avenge his people.... happily, Bardock whispered to his son hi final words, " K...Kaka...rot....You shall destroy him....thank...you....Kakarot!!!!"
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Miles away, as the ball decimated the planet Vegeta, murdering the valiant Saiyans, one of the only survivors of the race, a baby named Kakarot, broke into a fit of tears, ad the body of Juniper, wife and mate of Bardock, flew serenely alongside the child, as if in comfort, as a whim destroyed a powerful and honorable race of the ultimate Evil, Frieza.
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T.T *sob* *sob*...I actually cried a little writing this.....but there is an epilogue though....
Well...*whew* I'll try to put up the epilogue soon.
-Yusagi Sombermoon
AN: Here it is....there IS one more chapter after this.....well, I'm not spoiling it, but I hadn't seen Bardock feature when I wrote this ...just a reminder
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That night;
As Juniper rocked her baby Raditz gently in her chair, the blazing fireplace kept the mid-december chill off and away.
Suddenly, Bardock stumbled in, he looked as exhausted as the day before, but there were little to no signs of injury on him.
" Bardock!" Juniper greeted, standing up, and looking him over, " Apparently the negotiations went well enough then? Seeing as you're still alive??"
" Juniper...." Bardock whispered, looking sorrowfully into her eyes.
What had happened? What.....
" The Queen......" He started grimly, an unshed tear gleaming in his eye.
" Wh-what about Lelo...what...?" Juniper asked quietly, somehow knowing the answer already.
" Sh...She....Frieza...." He choked, cutting off and glaring at the floor, unable to tell his beloved mate that their best friend had been murdered in cold blood by that...that MONSTER.....and the king had only watched in silence, not even shedding a tear for his WIFE!!
However, Juniper had already guessed, and his reactions had only served to confirm her deepest fears....Her beloved second-sister had been murdered by the alien.
Standing up shakily, trying in vain to hide the tears rapidly forming in her eyes, she walked slowly to the crib, and placed her baby in it, turning, she looked at his pain-filled onyx eyes, hoping to find out she was mistaken, just maybe....
Bardock seemed to sense it, and shook his head just barely, that was it....there could be no denial, she was gone....forever....
" Le...Lelo....couldn't be...no! No!!! I won't accept it!! It isn't fair!!!" Juniper cried fiercely, shaking her head violently, to rid herself of the image that rose up in her mind, of her dearest friend lying on the palace floor, dead.
" Juu.." Bardock started, reaching towards her as if to comfort her...comfort her???!! Her closest friend was dead!! She had a child!! Where was HER comfort?!!! Why should she, Juniper, have what Lemone deserved???
" Why...Why didn't you DO anything??!! Why??!!!" Juniper sobbed accusingly.
" I...I didn't react in time, he attacked without warning, without provocation....he is a madman!! I...I tried to help her...catch her...but there was nothing I could do...all that I could do was sit there, holding her, as she bled to death, whispering for me to protect her son...and you...I...I...feel so...so WORTHLESS!!!" He coughed, biting back tears, then continued angrily, " I SHOULD have done something!! I would have died avenging her!!...But the king...he only wished that the negotiations continue unhindered....he is such a coward, He would not even honor his wife's death!!"
" Wh..what??....You..you mean that monster is still out there??? Alive?!!" Juniper whispered, unbelieving...how could the king....how...??
" W..we..are to become...an entrepreneurial race, serving him...." He whispered slowly...deliberately, " We are to be his arms and legs...his brawn behind his brains..."
" I...I'll NEVER serve him....NEVER!!!!!" Juniper spat, " I will die first!!"
"....I know...I know..." Bardock whispered, pulling her to him and holding her tight, " Quit pretending to be the perfect Saiyan...I'm not the king, and I know your true feelings, you don't have to hide it, to hold it all in....never with me...never."
" I...I know!!" Juniper sobbed, her carefully constructed dams shattering, as she sobbed into his chest, unable to hold in the pain and grief any longer, " I...it's not fair!!!..She had a child!!...She had finally...Finally...gotten her dream....sh,she was only 17!!! She was too young!!!!!"
" I..know..." Bardock choked....his tears finally rolling down his scarred cheeks, sharing in his mate's grief, trying to be a lifeline in the raging sea of pain that Juniper now sank in.
Sobbing, Juniper pushed her face further into his chest, trying to cut off all the pain she felt, but try as she might, she could not stop crying, even to speak, the entire night, and Bardock sat beside her, offering whatever comfort he could muster.
2 years later:
16 year old Juniper went through her usual training regiment in the backyard, though she was only 16, any who looked into her eyes, would see a wisdom, that far surpassed her age, and scars that no person of any age should have had to bear. Her 19 year old mate, Bardock, possessed an inner wisdom and pain, that far surpassed his age, as well.
Their 2 year old son, Raditz, was away to another planet, annihilating all native life, so that it could be sold to the highest bidder. Raditz did not do this willingly, and his parents had never wanted this, but 'want' was a word for the free, and the Saiyans were far from free.
Now, all children above the age of one, were sent to other planets to work for Frieza, except for the Prince...and, of course, the unfortunate children with low power levels, who were sent off at one week, usually to a suicide mission.
All Saiyan males, as well, had to go routinely to other planets and work for Frieza, though they were often sent in groups of four or 5. For the sake of breeding, the women were exempt of the killing, but Juniper doubted that would last much longer now.
Angrily, Juniper kicked at the air, imagining it was Frieza's disgusting face.
" That kick was WAY off form." Came the voice of her mate from behind her, " You do it like this."
Juniper frowned, as he readjusted her leg to kick less-lopsidedly.
" Is there anything you want?" She asked huffily, turning to look at him, though his young face was still firm and incredibly handsome, two-plus years of slavery to the tyrant Frieza, and of being forced to stand by and watch injustices against his people everyday, for 'Justice' is, as well, a word for the free, had taken its toll on his soul, stealing the mischievous sparkle in his eyes, and replacing it with a worn, and tired look of stubborn, half acceptance, as he bided his time, waiting to find an opening to kill that murderer, Frieza.
" It...it's Frieza..." he sighed, looking off into the orange painted horizon, no doubt dreaming of his days of freedom.
" When is it not??" Juniper sighed, taking note of his absent stare, " What is it NOW???"
" First...He has recalled me from castle duty, demoting me to a common soldier..." Bardock started calmly, and paused a moment, as Juniper hissed sharply in shock, now, he would be forced to destroy planets!
" No! He CAN'T---" She started, but Bardock held up a hand for her to stop, grudgingly, she obeyed, and Bardock continued.
" Second, and more importantly, He has claimed the prince."
" NO!!!!" Juniper gasped, " He cannot!!! The prince is not his to claim!!!!"
" Oh.....The king thinks otherwise...." Bardock sighed, then looked at her regretfully, a single tear running down his cheek, "....There is no reason for you to stay with me any longer, I cannot protect you, I would only be a liability to you now..."
" No! I will not lose you too, Bardock!" Juniper cried, grasping his face in her hands, " The day I vowed to be your mate was the day I decided I would NEVER leave your side...for any reason....do you hear me???....Until the day they drag my lifeless corpse into the space pod, I will be by your side whether you like it or not!!! I swear it on my life!! Bardock, son of Trea...I love you, and I will never, EVER leave you!!"
" Juu..." Bardock started, then choked, and said, " Juniper, Daughter of Pluum, I will never leave you, even beyond death I will stay with you...This I swear."
1-and-a-half years later;
17 year old Juniper sat on her old recliner, rubbing her round stomach, the baby would be born any day now, a strong young boy, to be named Kakarot, in honor of Lemone's father.
Juniper's 3 year old son walked up quietly, he was in-between missions at this point, and said, " When is Father coming home?"
Juniper frowned slightly, Bardock had gone on a mission to Meete with his team, and had not returned yet, what was distressing, was that he was long-overdue, with no sign of returning, or even that he was alive.
" Soon, my baby, soon." Juniper whispered, patting Raditz' feathery soft hair. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her womb, and she gasped in pain, saying, " Raditz!...Get...the midwife...quickly!!!"
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Bardock sat sourly in his space-pod-for-one, his thoughts wandering to the traitorous happenings on the planet Meete, had the visions he had experienced been true?...Would he return to his home planet, only to find it destroyed, his mate and children dead???
Unconsciously, Bardock shook his head to clear his mind of the images of Juniper lying dead, in a pool of her own blood, and of his unborn son crying, crying so hard....involantarily, his thoughts drifted to that of his late team, before Tora had died, he had said they had been ambushed by Dodoria. Bardock growled lowly to himself, when returned, Frieza was gonna PAY.
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Juniper gritted her teeth in pain; She was covered in swear from head to toe, and her whole body was in pain, the birthing this time was harder than the last...and her mother used to say that it was the FIRST that was hardest....
Juniper had overheard the midwives whispering something about the baby's hair tearing up her insides, from their tone, she doubted they believed she would make it.
Juniper screamed as pain tore through her body, and convulsed as her innards were torn deeper.
Where was Bardock?!
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Bardock angrily walked out of the space-pod, glaring at the alien guards set there by Frieza.
Suddenly, Basil came crashing in, gasping for breath, " Bardock!!!....Your wife's...the baby!!! She won't make it!!!"
" NO!!!!!!!!" Bardock roared, barreling past the guards, and racing top speed to his house, crashing in through the door, " JUUUUUUUNIPERRRRRRRRR!!!!"
He quickly burst into the bedroom where Juniper was crying in pain, " Juu!! Juu, don't you dare die on me!!"
"......Bar...dock...." Juniper whispered hoarsely, reaching out weakly to him. Quickly, Bardock grabbed her hand, he could not lose her too....not her!!
" Juniper...." He whispered, with tears in his eyes.
" Bardock.....send Raditz and Kakarot away....please, to...to somewhere even Frieza doesn;t know.....I...I....want my children....to know freedom, please....I beseech you..."
" J, Juu..." Bardock whispered, as he heard his newborn son screaming and kicking, Juniper outstretched a shaky hand towards the midwife, and weakly whispered,
"....M...my baby....please...let...me...hold...him...please...."
The midwives frowned, then went to hand him to her, but Juniper convulsed in pain, shaking uncontrollably, and the midwives swarmed, knocking him back, and pulling the babe away.
" N..No!! M..my baby!! Bardock!!!! Please don't leave me alone!! Please!!" Juniper wept, half-delusional.
Unthinking, Bardock shoved the midwife out of the way, and rushed up, grabbing her hand, and kissing her passionately, " I'm here Juniper....I'm never leaving you..."
" B...B...Bardock....I'm cold....I..love...you...Bardock.." She whispered.
" No! Don't talk like that!!!" Bardock choked
" Sw..swear you'll take my children to safety....Swear it!!" Juniper whispered urgently, grasping his hand tightly.
" I..I swear....I love you Juniper....did I ever tell you that?..." Bardock whispered, tears rolling down his face.
" I...have...always...known..." Juniper smiled weakly, reaching up and kissing him with cold lips...so cold...so unbearably cold....suddenly, she let out a soft breath, and fell back into the pillow, just as he had seen in the vision....gone....His life was gone.....
" J...Juu.....Juniper!!!!.....NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Bardock screamed, drowning out even the wails of Kakarot, and the sobs of Raditz.
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The King scowled at the door, He refused to tolerate Frieza any longer!! No more!!
" Frieza!! I believe we have some business!!" He cried, as the door slid open to Frieza's cockpit.
*************
With a tear stained face, Bardock kissed Juniper's perfect, cool, lips, one last time.
She looked like a marble statue...perfect in every way, her tail curled round her neatly. Carefully, he closed the glass lid to her glass coffin, and input the coordinates for earth, a very backwater place, that was not even on he constellation chart.
Very carefully, he placed his newborn baby, Kakarot, in a tiny space pod, designed for weak babies to travel in, and set the coordinated for the same place, praying Frieza did not know of the planet.
As the pods were set off, he turned to his 3-and-a-half year old son, Raditz, and said, " Go to the planet Deliah, Never speak of your Saiyan heritage, or do ANYTHING of the Saiyans, or you WILL be found. Godspeed, son."
" Goodbye, My Father, Die well Father, Die free." Raditz said, getting into his space pod and setting off.
Shocked, Bardock watched in silence, his son knew that he would attack Frieza then....observant little tyke.
Quickly, he ran to the docking bay, surprisingly, a Saiyan guard blocked him.
" I'm sorry, only those the king chose for the rebellion may go up."
" Juniper is dead." Bardock said lowly, "...My children are gone, Both sons!! I live only to see my people free!!"
The guard's eyes widened slightly, " You are the legendary Bardock!!! We shall go with you!!"
With that, he, and countless others, flew out to the outer rims of their atmosphere, where, even for Saiyans, the air was barely breathable.
Suddenly, Frieza came out of the top of the ship, in his little pod, smirking.
" Frieza!!" Bardock spat, making it sound like an insult.
A cry rose from the ship, " Long Live Lord Frieza!"
" I don't think so..." Bardock laughed, " You've lived long enough Frieza, actually, it's been TOO long for my tastes.....hehheheheh....Frieza!! We're TIRED of working for you!!! We quit! ALL of us! We're free!! You hear that??? We don't work for you any more!! You can find someone else to do your dirty work!!!"
Frieza only smiled, as he formed a small energy ball on his finger.
" Oh yeah!!!" Bardock growled, forming an energy ball, " There's one more thing....this is for all the people we killed in your name...I wish we had never been foolish enough to obey you.....HAVE IT!!!!"
Fiercely, Bardock flung the ball at Frieza's growing one, but to his horror, the ball only fed Frieza's, as it grew to immense sizes, laughing maniacally, Frieza flung the ball towards him
" No!!" Bardock cried, trying to stop the ball, but it was too powerful...it seared at his flesh, burning off his clothes and hair...in the pain of death, he saw his son defeating Frieza...yes....he would avenge his people.... happily, Bardock whispered to his son hi final words, " K...Kaka...rot....You shall destroy him....thank...you....Kakarot!!!!"
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Miles away, as the ball decimated the planet Vegeta, murdering the valiant Saiyans, one of the only survivors of the race, a baby named Kakarot, broke into a fit of tears, ad the body of Juniper, wife and mate of Bardock, flew serenely alongside the child, as if in comfort, as a whim destroyed a powerful and honorable race of the ultimate Evil, Frieza.
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T.T *sob* *sob*...I actually cried a little writing this.....but there is an epilogue though....
Well...*whew* I'll try to put up the epilogue soon.
-Yusagi Sombermoon