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Jason9000: Hello everyone. I hope you're ready for this. Consider this a sort of Thanksgiving special. If you don't celebrate Thanksgiving then I wish you a good weekend. I'm going to try and make this longer than my other chapters. Alright let's get cracking.*
Vegeta was coming out of the gravity room to take a shower and then rest for the evening. He had actually gotten up very early today. For some reason he woke up at four in the morning. Normally he would sleep until nine at the most. It was one of those once in a Planet Vegeta full moon moments where he felt wide awake and had the urge to train.
The Prince walked toward the refrigerator in the kitchen. He pulled out a cold water bottle and began to drink its contents. He closed the refrigerator and found his wife Bulma looking at him.
"What is it woman?" He asked before taking another swig at his water bottle.
"Vegeta did you forget what today is?" She asked him.
Vegeta then looked up thinking over what today was. It wasn't their cursed anniversary when she forced him to marry him in Earth fashion. Not her birthday either. He remembered celebrating that event three weeks ago. It was neither Trunks nor Bra's birthday. He was at a loss because he couldn't think of a reason why it was so important, but judging by the way she was looking at him it was important.
"No I don't know what today is. It's neither anyone's birthday nor our anniversary when you dragged me through that Earth wedding all those years ago. So pray tell what's so important about today woman?" He asked her.
"Didn't you promise Trunks you'd go with him to spar at Goku's? You know how much he wants you to come with him for once. He's been asking you for weeks since Goku told us about how a bunch of demons may invade the Earth," Bulma said.
Vegeta suddenly remembered the times when Goten had come over so they could practice doing fusion. Goten has asked him why Vegeta never came over to train with them and Vegeta responded that he "trained alone". Three days later Goten said Kakarot wanted to have a sort of "family training day". From Vegeta's understanding Kakarot wanted to have contest between the Son and the Brief family. Vegeta at first told Goten he'd think about it. After several weeks of Goten pestering him, he finally said yes and set the date for today.
'I guess that explained why I had the urge to get up so early. Kakarot is around four hours ahead of us. I'd have to get up that early to fly over there to be there on time.' Vegeta thought to himself.
"I'll just accompany the boy tomorrow. Just tell him that I want him up by four in the morning so we can get there on time," Vegeta said turning to walk away.
Suddenly he felt his wife's hand on his shoulder and she still had the stern look in her eye.
"Oh no you don't buster. I'm not apologizing for you this time. You have to go tell him yourself," She said to him.
Vegeta only grunted and then walked off to find his son. He felt his Ki signature on the balcony in the back overlooking their pool.
He stopped in front of the door that led to the outside and mentally prepared himself for this. With Bra it was easy. She'd be upset and cry about it for a bit, but all Vegeta had to do was just read her some story or something before bed since she was like seven. Trunks on the other hand would adopt this sort of non-caring mood similar to Vegeta. He would be cold and distant and he'd brush off questions concerning his welfare. It drove Bulma nuts since she could never figure out why he was disappointed till some weeks later when he made a comment about it.
Vegeta remembered clearly what happened with his first girlfriend. He grimaced for a second. Even he felt bad for what happened to his son that day. After being a bachelor for so long he finally found a girl that wasn't interested in him because of the money he had. At first Vegeta was glad that his son didn't settle on some of these ridiculous bimbos that were only interested in him for his money. However, after eight months of them dating Vegeta suddenly got a different vibe from her. She seemed different as if she was less trustworthy, but she didn't do anything to offend Trunks or his family. It wasn't until their one year anniversary when the truth was discovered. She had been cheating on him for four months with some other rich boy. One day Trunks came home and went straight to the other gravity room they had in case Vegeta broke the first one. He didn't greet anybody he just went straight to his room, got changed into some workout clothes, and then locked himself in the gravity room. Vegeta at first didn't mind since he just thought they had a fight and had to blow off some steam. It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day when he found out Trunks hadn't come out of the gravity room since he went in. Using the override Vegeta had, he stepped inside to a gravity of around 250G's. It took him only a second to get use to the sudden change. He looked over and saw his son dodging some beam blasts that were sent by the robots hovering above. Vegeta calmly walked over to the main console and shut everything down. He looked over and saw his son a complete wreck. Not only were his clothes torn and was injured he looked like an emotional wreck. He looked angry, confused, and for a second Vegeta saw himself when he was trying to figure out why he couldn't become a Super Saiyan.
He walked over to his son and asked what was wrong. Trunks replied nothing was wrong and went to turn on the gravity, but Vegeta caught his arm and asked in a final warning tone what was wrong. Finally Trunks told him how he walked in on his girlfriend making out with some other guy. He almost turned Super Saiyan at the sight because it made him so angry, but he refrained from exposing his family. He demanded to know what was going and she fed him some sob story of how it was a moment of weakness. He again demanded how long this was going on since to him it didn't look like this was sudden. She responded for four months and he then just walked out telling her never to call or look for him again.
Vegeta felt for his son. He understood how hard it was going to be to find someone for himself. As the heir to Capsule Corporation women were mostly interested in him for his money and while he may put on the façade of the stereotypical rich teen; he was the exact opposite of what he fed the press. Mostly because Vegeta would have beaten him to Hell and back if acted like the other rich, whiny, teenage brats that brought multiple women home after every party. He was a Saiyan and a royal one at that. Before their time with Frieza they had a strong sense of family till everyone was lucky to be on planet for more than three standard months.
So Vegeta just let his son vent by talking or by throwing a random ki blast at the walls. After talking on for an hour he left to go eat something and clean himself up.
Here Vegeta was now hoping Trunks wasn't too disappointed. He only let his son vent on him that one time because it was appropriate. He didn't want to deal with having to shout at Trunks over something as trivial as this. He'd just go with him tomorrow it wasn't the end of the world...yet.
He opened the door and found his son sitting on the railing with his left leg stretched out and his right leg pulled up close toward him. His right arm was resting on top of his right leg looking out into the sunset.
"Hey dad," Trunks said without turning around.
"Son," Vegeta responded walking towards him and then sitting himself on the railing as well looking out into the sunset.
For a while they didn't say anything and sat in silence just watching the sunset.
"How was training at Kakarot's?" Vegeta finally asked him.
"It was good. Goku had myself and Goten fuse to fight against Uub. It was fun while the fusion lasted. After it ended we kept going till lunch. Uub certainly is getting stronger. He was almost able to keep up with Gotenks in his base state. It won't be long till he's as powerful as his previous reincarnation was if this keeps up," Trunks responded.
It was no secret to everyone now that Uub was the reincarnation of Kid Buu. Whether Uub knew this had yet to be determined. Nobody wanted to tell him that in a way his past self has the blood of numbers exceeding the trillions on his hands. Piccolo was the one that was at the forefront of this decision. He alone knew what it was like to be blamed for something that he specifically didn't do.
"Trunks I want to apologize for skipping our planned sparing with Kakarot and his spawn. I completely forgot what today was. I will accompany you to Kakarot's tomorrow so we can do this "family spar" as Kakarot put it."
Trunks only nodded and kept looking off into the distance as if in a trance. Vegeta didn't say a word and silently joined his son watching the sun set on another day.
Eventually they both got hungry and went to the kitchen to see what was for dinner. Vegeta wasn't sure if he made up with Trunks at the moment, but at least he didn't have to deal with a whiny young adult.
Vegeta woke up again at four in the morning. Without waking Bulma up he got dressed into his usual blue spandex, white gloves, and boots. He then walked down the stairs and was accompanied by Trunks a few minutes later.
Silently they ate their breakfast and then went outside taking off toward the Son residence.
After flying for four hours Trunks led Vegeta to where he usually met with Goku and the others.
The two men didn't have to wait long before Goku appeared via his instant transmission with his two sons behind him.
"Hey Vegeta long time no see!" Goku called out waving toward the flame haired Saiyan.
Vegeta only nodded towards the Son men.
"Where's Uub?" Trunks asked him.
"He decided to stay in his village for today and help around. He wanted to spend some time with his family since he hasn't done that much in a while," Gohan told them.
For half an hour they all warmed up their muscles. None of them wanted to have a pulled muscle pulling them back since this was going to be big.
Finally both families turned to each other.
"I bet you wish you had Trunks of the future to help even out the odds, eh Vegeta?" Gohan asked him.
Vegeta chuckled remembering the Trunks that came from the future that came to warn them about the Androids.
"As much as his help would be appreciated I am confident that the two of us will stand a good chance against you three," The Prince told him.
"I wonder how he's doing though. I haven't seen him since Bojack," Gohan said.
"I'm sure he's fine otherwise he probably would have come back in time for our help with some catastrophe that he couldn't handle by himself," Goku said.
"As much as I would have loved to see the future version of myself, I think it would get confusing to differentiate us by our names," The current Trunks said.
"Hey if he was here then you'd have an older brother in a weird sense," Goten said jokingly.
"All right enough talk. Let's get started. Myself and Trunks versus you three. Any objections to these terms?" Vegeta asked getting into a stance.
Nobody said anything and they all got into their own stances and waited for the other to strike.
For a moment all was peaceful and nobody made a sound. Finally Goku struck Vegeta first and then the brawl began.
Vegeta barely had time to deflect Goku's attack when he blocked the incoming punch to his face by leaning backwards. Vegeta responded by kneeing Goku in the stomach and then back flipping before taking off into the sky.
Goku gave chase and went on again for the offensive. This time he threw another punch to Vegeta's stomach and successfully landed the blow.
Vegeta gasped out in pain for a moment till he responded by round house kicking Goku in the face sending him back 15 feet. He then went on with a series of punches at Goku who was just able to block them all.
Finally Goku flew to the side and caught Vegeta's fist. He proceeded to punch him once in the chest and again in the stomach before finishing with an elbow strike to his back sending the Saiyan Prince crashing down into the forest below.
Meanwhile Trunks launched his assault on Goten and Gohan. Trunks charged at Goten by aiming a front kick to his head and successfully pushed Goten back and was just able to block Gohan's punch aimed at the side of his head. Gohan again punched Trunks infusing the smallest bit of ki into the punch so when Trunks went to block it, the punch burned his arm for a second catching him off guard.
With Trunks open for a second Goten returned aiming a strong side kick to his friend's turned back. The force of the kick pushed Trunks forward a few feet and he was met with the combined series of blows from the brothers and he was just barely able to block them all.
Trunks then charged his aura creating the usual white flame to power himself up a bit to counter the combined assault of Goten and Gohan. When Gohan threw another punch at him he dodged to the side grabbing Gohan and used the older man's momentum to then punch him in the back hard to have him fly at Goten who was coming up behind. The two brothers inevitably crashed with each other and fell down on the ground.
Trunks using the couple seconds of respite flew off to join the fight his father had with Goku.
Vegeta had been on the defensive ever since he was slammed back down into the forest. He was looking for any openings in Goku's form, but as always the younger Saiyan was able to defend himself almost flawlessly. Finally Goku left his side open and Vegeta aimed a kick at Goku's ribs but all he felt was an after image. He then felt Goku's presence right behind him and was about to block his face once again.
Suddenly out of nowhere Trunks came and aimed a punch at Goku's face. Since he wasn't paying proper attention he fell further into the forest crashing into some trees.
Trunks then turned towards his father for a minute and Vegeta gave him a nod that while thanked his son for the effort, it wasn't truly needed.
They then faced each other back to back knowing it wasn't over. They felt the Son family presence all over the area. They were zipping from one spot to the next moving at speeds just barely detectable. They kept track on all three of them just knowing they were planning something.
"Come on out Kakarot. Why are we playing hide and seek? Are you so afraid of us that you would rather stay in the shadows?" Vegeta called out.
Of course there was no response. Both Trunks and Vegeta were tense and trying their best to stay alert.
Finally both Trunks and Vegeta charged ki blasts in their hands holding it in their palms waiting for a moment. Then they threw their attacks in two different directions.
Suddenly Goku and Gohan fell out of thin air and onto the ground being hit by the blast, but Goten was nowhere to be seen.
Suddenly Goten appeared in front of them with his hands cupped to his side with a familiar blue energy in his hands.
Goten finishing the chant of the Kamehameha fired the wave at two Briefs.
Vegeta and even Trunks were surprised of this technique and were caught by the blast that caused an explosion that shook the area around them.
Goten slowly lowered his hands waiting for what was next with father and brother joining him by his side.
"So I see you taught your son that instant transmission technique of yours. I must say I'm impressed," Vegeta's voice rang out from the smoke.
Finally the smoke cleared with both of them looking none worse for the wear except; various parts of their clothes were torn away in very small pieces.
Goku only laughed a bit before responding.
"Hey he asked how the technique was done. I just showed him how to do it three weeks ago. I didn't know he also knew how to incorporate the Kamehameha into it. That takes a lot of time and energy to do. I'm not too surprised since these three have been surprising us since they could walk," The eldest Son male said.
Vegeta nodded in understanding.
"If that's true than I guess it means the next time they fuse, Gotenks may use it in a bout. I wouldn't be too surprised if Trunks comes home soon knowing that technique from fusing with Goten so many times. I have a very small idea on how it's used, because of our time fused as Vegito when we faced Buu. It is useful but it shouldn't be used all of the time," The Prince said.
Vegeta moved his arms back and forth for a moment and then turned towards Gohan and Goten.
"Come and get me boys if you aren't too scared to face the Prince of Saiyans." Vegeta called to them before flying off into the sky.
Goten and Gohan flew off in haste to close the gap between them. They didn't want him to start firing multiple energy volleys at their direction.
Goku in turn remained on the ground with Trunks. Trunks only stared at Goku not breaking eye contact for a second.
Before Trunks could blink Goku was gone, but Trunks then did a backwards elbow strike behind him catching Goku behind him sending him further into the forest.
Trunks stood there a minute before smiling and thinking to himself.
'Man maybe I should guilt dad into doing this more often. This is way too much fun to only be a one-time deal,' The young man thought to himself before going after Goku who had recovered from flying back into the trees.
Above them someone else was watching the whole scene. The person smiled to himself and seemed to be in content just watching the families spar with each other. No one could sense him as he kept his ki level down as he flew over here as fast as he could without being detected by anyone.
He then proceeded to follow the families throughout their battle making sure he wasn't seen nor sensed. He wanted to wait for the opportune moment to reveal himself and then join in. For now though he kept back respecting how the purple haired young man wanted it to just be himself and his father against the Sons. He had a small inkling how he would feel if someone else joined in at this time. So he just kept back and made bets with himself to see who would land the next blow.
Far above the Earth on the very edge of space a figure was watching the Lookout. For six months he had stayed up here watching the Lookout for any weaknesses so he could get in. He had specific instructions to not be seen by anyone nor too reveal his himself to the guardian and his attendant if he could help it.
He had the exact plan down to a science. In the early morning the guardian would walk around the entire Lookout to look down on the Earth and its inhabitants, while the genie would proceed to clean the inside of the Lookout for a few hours before coming out to water his precious plants. After checking up on the Earth the guardian will go to the throne room and sit there to mediate for many hours. He'd come out at late evening this time accompanied by the genie to do a final check on the Earth before they both retired for the evening.
If he timed this right he would go in when they were both checking up on the Earth in the late evening and get what his master sent him for. He was shown telepathically what the inside of the Lookout looked like and what exactly he was looking for. If he did this perfectly with no slip ups he would be in and out of there within three minutes tops.
The only problem was waiting for the giant Namekian to leave. He would just sit and mediate at the entrance to the Lookout for hours before sometimes going off to train. Unfortunately he wasn't going to his usual waterfall far away from the Lookout anymore. He stayed close and only strayed within eye sight of his far seeing Namek eyes to the base of what was called Korrin's Tower.
First of all the big Namek's senses were much more in tune to his surroundings than the genie or the younger Namek. This was most likely because of the amount of strength he had. This was why some days he stayed at an exact spot for hours, because he feared the Namek found him and he dared not move to around suspicion. If he had to he could take out the genie and the young guardian relatively quick, but he wasn't strong enough to face the big Namek or his allies. It was difficult at first since he had to plot out what the other warriors were doing. They may have been very far away from the Lookout, but his master warned him that one of them had a technique that could allow them to travel to somewhere near the speed of light. So for a month he had waited to plot his steps. All he had to do now was wait for the big Namek to be far enough away. If he could only go to at least the family of three similar looking men and the other young child he'd far enough not to sense either the genie or the guardian's distress till it was too late.
Slowly he opened his mind to reach across the dimensional barrier to where his master waited for him in Hell.
'My Lord I have an update for you!' The person called out with his thoughts.
For a moment he received no reply till he felt his master's mind against his.
'Yes what is it? Are you close to getting what I sent you for?' The voice of his master. King Piccolo rang through his skull.
'Yes I have everything planned out to retrieve what you ask. I just need to wait for your son to leave the Lookout for a while and then I can go in during the late evening or late morning hours and get it. I will contact you when I have what you require,' The person said mentally.
'Excellent you are doing well my young son. Do this and you will be rewarded greatly Bass. I will tell my associates that we expect your call very soon. I won't lie they are getting very antsy, but it is nothing I nor your brothers can handle if conflict arrives,' King Piccolo assured him.
'Very well my liege. I will contact you when I have them and are safely awaiting you outside the gates of the door,' The one called Bass thought to his master before cancelling the connection.
Bass sat silent for a moment again watching the Lookout. Like most of his brothers (and recently his father) he understood why Piccolo fought with Goku against the Saiyans. Although why he didn't betray them during the whole Namek thing escaped them all. It was all because of the one called Gohan. He put up this façade that maybe he wasn't evil at all. The one called Gohan would suffer for taking Piccolo away from his destiny as would his precious daughter since she as well seemed to corrupt his brother from his true purpose. That was to be the banner of his father's great rule and enslave this pathetic world after the regrettable passing of their father. All would be remedied in time.
He refocused his thoughts on the Lookout again waiting for his brother to leave so he could make his quick and decisive strike. It wouldn't be long now before the glorious invasion would begin.
*Jason9000: Well that'll about do it. I just wrote about 10 pages for you guys. I'm not sure if chapters will start becoming longer or stay at the usual five pages per chapter. So I focused a bit of the Brief family for this one since we haven't seen them in a while. Every time I write Vegeta I picture the Funimation Dub of his voice talking so it's hard for me to get him into character. Mostly I hear the Funimation voices from Z and Kai speaking when I read fanfics about DBZ, but occasionally the Ocean Dub pops into my head. By the way when I see Frieza talking I hear either the original Funimation Dub of him or the one in Kai. Personally I prefer the Kai dub better, but that's mostly when Frieza is screaming at Goku during their last bout on Namek. I couldn't take his original voice actor's voice seriously when he or she was trying to scream during the last fight on Namek.
Anyway we got some family sparing session between the Briefs and Sons. Honestly at this point in the series I could see Vegeta wanting to spar with Goku and his family once in a blue moon with Trunks. I doubt his ego would allow him to not challenge Goku's family to see whose better. We've also got two mystery people. One who I'm sure you can all guess. And we've also got a new character called Bass. Yeah I named another of King Piccolo's sons off of a musical instrument, but seriously how could you not? I think Piano once pointed this out during the DB Funimation dub at one point. We'll see more of these two new people soon. Well Happy Thanksgiving.*