Title: Crimson-dipped Memories
Summary: "I had everything I ever wanted, but why do I feel as if something is missing?" This is the Sequel to Crimson-dipped Obsession. It tells the story of the 15th Universe's Vegeta, who became the Galactic Emperor of his Universe, who returned to Earth to search for that missing part of himself. Memories of someone he could not remember. He feels as if finding these memories would complete his life. And now, the Seventh Saiyan God of Space and Time has called upon him to fulfill his destiny.
Genre: Romance, Adventure, Drama, Humor, Horror
Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z. Some events in this fan fic is also inspired by Mirai Nikki Redial and DBXV.
Author's Notes: This is the sequel to Crimson-dipped Obsession, that occurred after the Final chapter and the Epilogue of the main series. This would tell the story of the 15th Universe's Vegeta.
Prologue
[15th Universe, Age 764, August 17, 11:43, West City Capital]
"B… Bulma…"
"Vegeta…"
The Thirteenth Universe's Vegeta smiled weakly, "I… I'm sorry… I guess… I can't… go back… to the 14th Universe… with you… Hehe…"
"Don't say that dummy! You will not die on me!" cried Bulma.
"This is good…" 13th Vegeta told her. "I have killed so many people, destroyed many worlds in my lifetime. It is only rightful for me to be punished for my sins. It's okay though. Since Seventh already took my powers, you and the 14th Universe will survive even if I am gone. And I am happy, that I have at least kept my word on you…
"That I have protected you and died for you…"
I am more than willing to die for you anytime! Why? Because that's how much I love you! Heh!
"Vegeta! Stop saying such things!" Bulma cried.
She already knew it was coming. Who else would survive that kind of attack? And he's losing too much blood! What should she do? She cannot do anything. She doesn't have powers to save him. She turned to see the 7th Universe's Vegeta busy sealing the enemy with the 7th Universe's Goku. She cannot disturb him. She turned to the 15th Universe's Vegeta in the 15th Universe's Goku's arms, unconscious once again.
"My dear little Bulma… Would you mind doing me one last favor?"
"What is it?"
"Kiss… me… for… the last time…"
All Bulma could say was yes. And she kissed him one last time. A long, passionate one.
At least, I will die like a man and not the monster that I used to be.
I feel so happy and satisfied.
When Vegeta pulled away from her, he gave her a warm smile. "Thank you so much for everything… I love you… My dear… little… Bulma…"
7th Universe's Goku and Vegeta and the 15th Universe's Goku all turned their heads toward the two, feeling the 13th Universe's Vegeta's ki fade away.
"Vegeta…"
"He's dead…"
"Don't say something so cold!"
Bulma could only look on in complete shock at her dead husband. Frozen with disbelief, she cannot believe that this man still went to his word and died for her.
"Vegeta… You big dummy…" that's all she could mutter. Her tears kept falling in her eyes.
Why does he have to leave me like this? I cannot take it. I cannot live without him…
"Kakarot, take Bulma back to the 14th Universe," ordered the 7th Vegeta.
"But?"
"Just do it!"
"Uh… Okay…"
7th Universe's Goku landed beside Bulma, "Let's go, Bulma…"
"No! Leave me alone!" cried Bulma.
"But Bulma…"
"No! Vegeta! I won't leave him in here! If I go back to the 14th Universe, I will be alone in there! Please! Don't leave me in there alone!"
Goku turned his eyes to his partner. 7th Vegeta used his godly powers over space and time to open up the portal back to the 14th Universe.
"Go back in there, woman! You don't even belong in here!" 7th Vegeta told her.
"No!"
"Quit acting like a child!" he snapped at her.
"No! I don't want to! Leave me alone!"
Goku grabbed Bulma's wrists and he levitated towards the portal. Bulma couldn't just stop crying for her husband's name.
"Noooo! Vegetaaaaaaaa!"
She's so powerless to save him. She cannot do anything to have him back. All she could do is to stare at his remains as she left him in that Universe where he died.
7th Vegeta watched as his partner and Bulma disappeared into the portal. Then he turned his head towards his dead 13th counterpart. He raised a finger at the body, and it levitated in his command. Soon, a glowing blue omega star shaped orb came out of the dead Vegeta's head. It floated towards him and he took it within him.
A series of sad, bitter and painful memories instantly flooded 7th Vegeta's mind. All of thirteenth's thoughts, memories, words, all of it played within his mind like a random video.
Vegeta opened his eyes and breathed. Then he turned his head towards the 15th Universe's Vegeta. He was unconscious once again in the arms of the Fifteenth Universe's Kakarot.
"Kakarot, I have foreseen this coming. That's why I have called you before me."
"What do you mean?"
"I am the Saiyan God of Time and Space of the Seventh Universe, the Creator of this Universe. I order you to take good care of Vegeta. Everything that has transpired in here would only be remembered as a dream of his. As you know, he and Bulma are supposed to be in a relationship within these three years but because of what happened here, that fate has changed drastically. Bulma was killed during the battle. To keep the balance in Time and Space Continuum, I have created a temporary replacement of Bulma and her parents. Using this, Vegeta would still continue his life as it was supposed to be until the time the temporary existences fade out. When that time has come, all his memories of her and her family, will forever be forgotten."
"Why do you need to do this? We could ask Shenron or Porunga to revive her, right?" asked the 15th Universe's Goku.
"That could be, but I have other plans for him."
"What plan?"
For their sake, I have to do this…
"When the time comes, I plan to give the 13th Universe's Vegeta's memories to him. Other than that, there is another plan..."
[Three Years Later…]
"Prince Vegeta, we're approaching Planet Earth in ten minutes."
Vegeta sat on his throne with a bored expression as he looked down at the soldier kneeling before him.
Finally, one year after defeating the Androids, Vegeta has fulfilled his ambition to conquer the entire universe. Just one year was enough for someone as powerful as he is to be well known across the galaxy as the most powerful warrior in the entire Universe. And now, he has built his own galactic empire and he was officially proclaimed the ruler of the entire universe.
Vegeta couldn't really remember much what happened that night. Actually, he thought that everything he saw was just a dream. Of course, seeing two copies of yourself before your eyes were really impossible, right?
The battle at the Tongari Tower was breaking news. He awoke inside the hospital wing of the Capsule Corporation, his memories of what truly happened was blurry to him. He couldn't really remember what it was. He was out the entire battle and it was strange why he wasn't even upset about it.
He didn't know why he was going back to Earth right now. It's not like he's coming back to kill the humans or destroy the planet. He didn't feel like doing so.
It was something more to that.
When they finally landed of the planet, his soldiers lined up on the ramp as they all bowed down to the Galactic Emperor. Vegeta came out of his spaceship, wearing his royal battle armor. The armor was similar to the ones he wore when he first arrived on Earth, only with a flowing red cape attached to his shoulder pads.
There, he was met by the Z-fighters. Kakarot, Gohan, Krilin, Piccolo, Yamcha, Tienshinhan and Chaozu. Kakarot approached Vegeta casually and said, "Welcome back home, Vegeta!"
The Galactic Emperor gave him a smile.
"So what made you return to Earth, Vegeta-san?" asked Gohan curiously.
Vegeta turned to the half Saiyan boy with uncertainty. "I… I don't know…"
Vegeta knew that something on Earth was calling out to him but he couldn't place it. There were memories with a certain someone that seemed to be missing from him. He knew it the moment he awoke in his royal chambers one day that something went wrong. That's why he returned to Earth to search for those memories.
Reset
Huh? What is this? Is it that dream once again?
I didn't know how many countless times I've dreamt of this scenario.
It was dark, maybe it was already night and I was lying on the ground in an unknown place completely wrecked by a battle, I was completely weak and injured. There was a man standing before me. I could barely recognize his features but based on that dark flame style of hair, I could tell that this man looked very much like me.
The man told me that he wanted to kill me and that he claimed to know every single thing about me, even my future. I was told that I would have a family of my own, a woman and a child, and that because of them I won't be able to conquer the entire universe.
I talked to him about it. It was hard to believe I was telling him those words. The man became angry at me and he sauntered forward to kill me.
Abruptly, something hit him. There was a shadowed figure that appeared out of nowhere in between me and my killer. I couldn't see her face. I couldn't even tell what she looked like. I wonder who she is.
And then an angelic voice called my name, "Vegeta!"
[15th Universe, Age 767, August 18, Capsule Corporation]
"Vegeta! It's time for us to go!"
Uhh… Huh?
I slowly opened my eyes. I was awakened by the annoying, ever cheerful voice of that clown, Kakarot. I could barely see the amount of sunlight that passed by the sides of my shut windows and dark colored venetian blind. Suddenly, someone turned the blind and the windows open, suddenly bursting blinding amount of sunlight in my eyes.
"Gosh Vegeta, why do you always want to stay in a dark room like this?"
I growled as I covered my eyes with the back of my hand. I'll fucking kill this bastard.
"Hurry up or we will be late for the party! Chi-chi would get mad at us!"
I turned my angry eyes towards the figure that stood on my bedside. There was the most annoying person I ever met my entire life, the very person whom I swore to kill so many times and yet I was unable to do so. I didn't know why I let him live even after I managed to defeat him over a year ago.
"Come on, Vegeta! Get up! Get up!" he insisted, like a little brat.
"Hmmmmph! What the fuck, Kakarot?! What time is it?"
"It's time for you to get up, your highness!"
I groaned in irritation, this idiot was always like this.
"Computer, the time!" I yelled angrily.
I heard the sound of the intercom beep and replied in a female monotone voice, "Prince Vegeta, It's ten twenty-seven."
Ten… Twenty-seven…
Ten Twenty-seven?!
I quickly shot up from my bed. The said party that Kakarot's harpy has set up as celebration for my homecoming was at ten in the morning!
"Kakarot, you idiot! Why didn't you wake me up in time?!" I yelled at him.
"I tried to wake you up for over an hour now but you sleep like a corpse – "
Kakarot shut his mouth up when I gave him a death glare.
"Do you want to sleep like a corpse for all eternity, Kakarot?"
Galactic rule number 1: No matter what happens, the Galactic Emperor is ALWAYS right. Even for the most ridiculous reasons.
"Ehehe… Sorry, sorry, Vegeta! My fault, okay?" Kakarot grinned awkwardly as he rubbed the back of his head.
I scowled at him. "Now, get your filthy ass off my room. I'm going to prepare! You wait for me in the living room!"
"Yeah… Yeah…" he muttered as he marched out of my room and shut the door closed. I let out a sigh and turned towards my dresser to take a face towel. I went to the shower room and washed my face in the sink. As I wiped my face with the towel I took earlier, I looked at my image in the mirror.
That dream I had earlier. I've dreamt that for so many countless times now. I don't know if that was reality or if it was a premonition of the future.
A family, eh?
I've never given much thought to planning of creating a family of my own. In fact, I tried to avoid any possibilities of having a child or any other relationships. Emotions are a weakness to a warrior like myself after all. And so after I finally gained the powers of the Legendary Super Saiyan, I defeated the Androids by myself, finally regained my pride when I defeated Kakarot in battle and conquered the entire universe as the new Galactic Emperor. I awoke one day in my royal chambers, realizing that I have changed. Despite conquering the Universe, I didn't kill Kakarot or the Earthlings or even destroyed the planet when I left it. Something made me want to spare it. It wasn't Kakarot or any of his friends. It was something else. Something I cannot point out.
Something I cannot remember.
I felt as if some part of my memories were erased from me.
What was it?
I let out another sigh. Why do I bother anyways? It's just a dream. Nothing to worry about.
I returned to my dresser, passing by my royal regalia. The armor I wore as the Galactic emperor of my Empire. The Universe was in order under my rule. No one would go dare to cause trouble unless they wanted to feel the wrath of the Prince of all Saiyans, the Legendary Super Saiyan and the most powerful warrior in the Universe! Anybody who tried to go against me would find themselves in the next dimension, of course. The mere threat of my name alone would make these little rebels think twice before they try. I was reputed to be the most ruthless warrior in the universe after all.
But then, I was not the evil ruler. I did not conquer planets to purge the planet out of life at all. I let the inhabitants stay in their home. All I wanted was to rule over them, to prove my superiority across the universe. And I did somehow care for all those loyal to me. All of them were protected under my power and so because of it, many other planet rulers willingly submitted to my conquest.
The Earth, this backwater planet, was included in my Empire. I chose this planet to be my home from now on. And the King of Earth was glad to provide me all that I ever needed. When I returned to Earth yesterday, I was met by the King and his men. After talking about the deal we had about my stay, Kakarot and his friends welcomed me back.
I turned to find some Earthling clothes cleanly piled up on a cabinet. I took a clean, white under shirt, a royal blue collared polo shirt, a pair of khakis and blue sneakers and wore them. As I looked at myself in the mirror, something about my image looked kind of familiar.
Duh, forget it.
I turned around to leave.
As I walked down the hallway of the Capsule Corporation, a huge dome house where I used to live alone these past three years during my training to become a Super Saiyan, the best of all my soldiers and servants, who served me loyally since I officially became the Galactic Emperor, bowed down before me as I passed by them. Normally, my chest would swell up with pride and superiority when these low-lives bowed before me, but since that day I realized something was missing from me, all I could feel was emptiness. I wonder if these people noticed anything strange.
When I arrived at the living room, Kakarot was sitting at the sofa waiting for me, chomping down some morning breakfast prepared by my chef and served by a maid. The pink haired maid was flabbergasted when she found me and she immediately stood up in attention, bowing down her head in submission.
"G-g-good morning, your highness." She stammered.
I could only stare at her coldly before I turned my eyes towards the clown, whose stomach was unappeasable.
"Aren't we going to a party and you're stuffing your mouth with food in there, fool?!"
"But Vegeta, your chef cooks so delicious!" he replied with his mouth still full. I shut my eyes closed and grind my teeth in irritation. I could feel my ki rising, and the entire house shake at my power.
"Kakarotto…" I growled warningly before I screamed at the top of the lungs. "Are you trying to make me wait for you?! Me, the Galactic Emperor! The Prince of all Saiyans! The Legendary of Worlds! The most powerful warrior in the Universe!"
Kakarot only stared at me in shock.
I snarled at him.
"Grrrrrr… FINE!" I yelled. "I'll go first!" and then I angrily marched out of the house.
"W-Wait, Vegeta! I'm coming! Wait up! I'm sorry!" he cried out as he went after me, panicking.
"Shut up!" I smacked him on the face and he crashed into the floor. When Kakarot didn't make a move, my anger evaporated immediately. "Ka… Kakarotto? Hey!"
Kakarot groaned painfully and he picked himself up, pouting, "Ouch… Why do you need to do that for, Vegeta?" he complained as he rubbed his cheek where I just backhanded him.
"Then why didn't you even try to dodge or block that attack, fool?!" I shouted back.
"I cannot just do that, Vegeta."
"What? Are you trying to belittle me now and you're trying to hold back on me?!"
"No… No... It's not like that… It's just that I didn't want to make the Great Galactic Emperor to get mad at me for some reason."
I stared at him incredulously before I turned around and snorted, "Hmph! You should be!" I said. "Let's go, Kakarot! I didn't want to hear the end of it from that loud-mouthed woman of yours!"
"Y…Yeah… Sure…"
And so we went to the Paozu Mountains where Kakarot lived…
"What took you guys so long?!" Kakarot's mate, Chichi, screamed at our faces when we arrived at her house. Everyone was there waiting for us, Gohan, Krilin, Piccolo, Tienshinhan, Chaozu, Yamcha, his blue rabbit comrade, the changeling pig, and the perverted old man.
"W-We're sorry, Chichi… But there were… there were… things…" Kakarot tried to explain and then he turned his eyes towards me. "Vegeta, do you mind explaining?"
I let out an irritated sigh, "It's all because of your mate's incompetence that we had a lot of trouble getting in here."
"Eh? Why me, Vegeta?! You were the one who sleeps like corpse – "
GGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRR….
I glared at Kakarot with my most frightening death glare.
"Ahhhhh… I mean… Yes… Yes… It's my fault. My fault, Chichi… my fault… Ahahahaha!"
I darted my eyes away and crossed arms, frowning, "Hmph!"
"Well…" Chichi turned to look at me suspiciously.
"What?" I demanded her.
She then turned her eyes towards her husband. Before she let out a cheerful smile, "Oh, okay! Shall we start your home coming party, Vegeta-san?"
"Eh? Hnnn…"
The party was only a simple one, not that I expected a glamorous, full blown welcome party at all. Kakarot and his mate probably prepared this one according to my preference, which is just a simple get together with the Earthlings I now call as friends. It was just merely five years ago that I was their fearsome enemy who was trying to destroy them all, but now, the trust and comfort they have provided me during my stay prior to my first Super Saiyan transformation changed me. When I defeated the Androids, and spared Kakarot's life when I beat him in a supposed death match, Kakarot's friends learned to place a good deal of faith in me. They knew I changed a lot after that incident in the Tongari Tower that I cannot even remember. Whatever it was that happened before I found myself in the hospital.
After that party, Kakarot and Krilin decided to accompany me back home. The sun was already setting down and instead of flying, we only decided to walk around the streets of West City on my way home.
"I cannot believe that Vegeta is now the ruler of the entire Universe! It was good that his leadership didn't turn out like we thought it would be back on Namek!" Krilin said.
"What were you expecting? Me simply killing people and destroying worlds for fun just like Frieza do? I will not lower myself to the likes of that evil bastard!"
"Well…"
We passed by a soda vending machine. I looked at the machine, and I realized that I was getting thirsty. "I want a Coke…"
"Oh… Okay… I think I have some coins in – " Krilin was saying. I glared at the vending machine as if it was an enemy, and I let out a smirk.
"Vegeta, don't do it!"
I pulled my right leg before I swung it towards the machine. It crumpled like paper under my foot and when I pulled away, several cans of sodas popped out of the opening. "Yes!" I shouted cheerfully as I caught a can of Coca-Cola in my hand. "As the Galactic Emperor and the most powerful warrior in the entire Universe, I don't need such a thing to get everything I want. Strength is the only thing that matters to me!" I caught another two and tossed it towards Kakarot and Krilin, who looked at me with their mouths agape "Here!"
"uh… Thanks…"
We went to the West City Public Park and sat on the bench to drink our ice-cold soda.
"Vegeta, you cannot always use your powers like that. If you always do that, you will be in great trouble," Krilin said.
"Great trouble in what? I am Prince of all Saiyans and the Galactic Emperor! I can do anything I want!"
He let out a sigh.
Something hit me from behind, to my surprise and I let go of the soda can in my hand. And then I felt someone smack my head down and a shout, a rough voice "Get out of my way, midget!" and then I saw a man leap above me. The man landed before me and quickly darted his way. There were two other men who leapt above me and followed the man earlier. I heard a woman screaming behind me, "HELP!"
I was frozen in shock.
"Uh… Vegeta… Are you… okay?" Krilin asked me carefully.
A mere human smacked someone like me from behind? Me? Vegeta, the Prince of all Saiyans. The Galactic Emperor…!
Don't mess with me!
My sight turned crimson.
"O…Oi… Vegeta! G-Get a hold of yourself!" I heard Krilin panicked. I felt someone gripped my arm and found Kakarot glaring at me coldly.
"Take your hands off of me, Kakarot…" I warned him. "I just need to teach these fucking low-lives a lesson they'll never forget…"
I pushed his hand away before I phased in front of the foolish humans who chose to smack the wrong person… The three humans stumbled back and fell into their butts. I gave them a threatening glare but they didn't back off. They were foolish enough to stand up to me!
"What the fuck, midget? Stop getting in our way!"
I gritted my teeth angrily. Just who the fuck is this piece of trash calling a midget?
"You… bastards…" I growled as I released my ki. "Who the fuck are you calling a midget?!" I screamed as I transformed into a Super Saiyan, causing the entire city to tremble under my feet, the electric posts and transformers to explode before my powers. The three men all looked at me with horrified expressions.
"Now, prepare to experience punishment for your insolence…"
"Prince Vegeta! Prince Vegeta!" called out the chief police officer as he ran towards me. He was short and chubby and clearly, I wonder if this piece tub of lard could even arrest criminals. His men were not far away from us, and they were arresting the three badly injured humans I've beaten down earlier.
"What do you want?!" I snapped at him.
"Uh… The West City Police Department would like to thank you for your assistance in arresting these most wanted criminals."
"Most wanted? You mean to tell me you're incompetent enough not to arrest these bastards!"
"Eh? I mean… These criminals were too –," he was cut off with my most intimidating glare.
"I will not allow this incompetence to continue after this incident. If you are incompetent enough, then you are not allowed to continue with this profession any longer."
"Y… You're firing us?"
"What do you think?"
The chief of police only stared at me.
"Vegeta, don't be so cold towards him," Kakarot told me.
"Of course," I replied at him before I turned my eyes back at the chief of police. "I am not firing you or any of your incompetent men. I want you to improve yourselves from this incompetence from now on. Do you understand?"
The chief of police could only nod back. I narrowed my eyes angrily and he squeaked in fear.
"Y-Yes! I… I understand your highness!"
"That's better." I smirked at him. I swayed my hand off and told him to leave and take care of those idiots they just arrested. He left immediately. I heard him complained at those fools he just arrested.
"You chose to get in the way of the wrong person, idiots. Don't you know who that person is? That person is the most feared destroyer in the entire Universe! The Galactic Emperor, Prince Vegeta!"
"Eeeeh?! That's Vegeta-sama? Then what the hell is he doing sitting in a public park drinking some cola?"
What?!
"Who would recognize him at all if he's wearing casuals?"
"Are you an idiot? Didn't you see his powers?! He just destroyed all sources of electricity in the entire City because of your foolishness!"
"U…Uhmmmm…"
I heard a woman muttered before me. I looked up to see a brown haired woman handing me a can of Coke. I looked down at the can in her hand and frowned.
"As thanks for helping me get my bag back… Vegeta-sama…"
I scowled and slapped her hand away from me. The can dropped to the ground and rolled away from us.
"Don't get the wrong idea. I didn't beat those guys to help you or anything. They got in my way so they paid the price. Leave."
"O…Okay…"
She bowed down before me before she sprinted away like a frightened little girl.
"Why do you have to be so cold?!" Kakarot complained.
"Hmph! Let's just go! I forgot I needed to go to the bookstore!"
"Eh? Why the bookstore now?" asked Krilin.
"Silence!" I yelled at them before I marched my way out of the park.
The people around me would look at my direction and bowed before me silently in respect. Krilin and Kakarot who were walking at my sides were amazed seeing all these people do that. It was probably because of my power outburst earlier that made these humans fear for another outburst. As usual, I ignored all of these. When we were in front of a small bookstore at the front of the infamous Tongari Tower, I turned and looked up at the said tower.
This was the place in my dream, where I met the one who looked like me.
"Is something the matter, Vegeta?" asked Kakarot when they noticed me stop.
"This Tower has been closed down ever since that incident three years ago, right?"
"Yeah."
"Tell me, Kakarot. What was I doing in that place when you found me?"
"Eh? Why are you asking me?"
"Because…"
I still don't remember it.
"Nothing… I just remembered a dream I had this morning…"
"A dream?"
"Forget it… Let's just go."
We went inside the bookstore and tried to look for some good books to read. The store was filled with only a few people, who all turned towards me and recognized me.
"H-Hey… Isn't that Vegeta-sama?"
"Y…Yeah, his face is all over the newspapers and magazines today!"
I turned to look at the newsstand and found several newspapers with me in the headlines. "The Galactic Emperor's Home Coming!" is said in big bold letters on top of a big picture of me wearing my royal regalia with the Earth's King and royal council.
"He looks so scary in person…"
"But he's smaller than I thought…"
I pretended not to hear that.
Kakarot and Krilin raised their hands and politely asked the people to hush their voices down. The people snapped out of their awe and bowed down before me.
"W-Welcome back, your highness!" they all said in unison.
"It sure looks so cool to be such a celebrity, Vegeta!" Krilin squealed in admiration. "Boy, am I glad I'm your friend, eh?"
"S-Shut up!"
"Do… Do you need anything for me to look for you, Vegeta-sama?" asked a lady assistant.
"Huh? No, I will look for it myself. Thank you for your assistance."
The first thing I went into was the shelf full of Shonen Manga and then towards the Science Books. A certain book made me stop on my way back to the cashier to pay for the books I have chosen, which were on Krilin and Kakarot's arms.
"H…Hey Vegeta… What was it again?" asked Krilin.
"Multiverse…?"
"Eh?"
I remembered my dream this morning. Could it be that the man who looked like me was an alternate Universe counterpart?
"Do you think there is a possibility of existence of other universes, other than our own?"
"What do you mean?" Kakarot asked.
"The Multiverse concept. How should I explain it…? Let's say in this universe, I existed as the Galactic Emperor of this Universe. While in some other universe, there was another me who… let's say, had a normal human life, with a family of my own, I mean… "
Krilin and Kakarot blinked back at me, their expressions tell me that they think my words were ridiculous.
"What's with that look, huh?" I growled angrily.
"U…Uhm… N-Nothing… It's just funny to think that you would have a family of your own… ehehehe…" Krilin grinned awkward.
I sighed, "Geez… You're right…"
"That's a wonderful thing to think of, Vegeta! I think there is a possibility to that multiverse concept you're talking about!" Kakarot suddenly exclaimed.
"Really, Kakarot?"
"Yeah… I once had this dream that I met one person who looked like me in Super Saiyan form, only with blue hair! I sometimes think he could be my future counterpart or something!"
So Kakarot had a dream like mine, too?
"Well, I once had a dream of seeing someone who looked like me, too. And he was angry and wanted to kill me." I told them.
"Eeh? That was one weird dream you have, guys," Krilin said.
"And you know what was strange? It kept on repeating itself as if it was a premonition of the future."
"Really?"
"But I think it was impossible that for that to happen. I am now ruler of the Universe. In that dream, he said I was supposed to have a relationship with a woman and have a child with her, which would change my life and would prevent me from ruling over the universe."
"A woman?"
"Yeah… A woman…"
A silhouetted image of a woman appeared on my mind.
My mood suddenly melted into emptiness and loneliness. "I wonder who that woman is…" I muttered.
When I darted my eyes on the glass wall to look outside, my peripheral vision saw something disappeared out of sight.
It was my face, smirking right back at me.
"Uhh… Kakarot…" I muttered fearfully.
"Hm? What's wrong, Vegeta?" he asked as he turned his eyes towards where I was looking at.
I swallowed out of fear. "Eeeeeeeeh!" I screamed as I jumped towards him, hiding myself behind him.
"Huh? What happened? Why are you being like that?"
"D-d-d-d-d-d-d-d-doppelganger! Am I going to die now? Am I? Am I?"
"Huh?"
"D-d-d-didn't you see that thing that disappeared just now… H-h-he looked just like me?!"
"What?"
"Help me! I'm going to die now, ain't I?!"
I was so freaked out I think everyone would think the Galactic Emperor's going crazy! Damn it!
I snapped out of my terror and ran out of the bookstore to go and look for the doppelganger – not a doppelganger. It must be an impostor! Krilin and Kakarot freaked out and called for my name but I ignored them. I turned my head left and right. I didn't find anyone who looked exactly like me.
Where did that bastard go?
"Fifteenth…"
Abruptly, I heard a voice in my head. It was so loud and clear, reverberating in my mind. It sounded like my own voice, but it wasn't mine at all. Not my voice or my thoughts. I abruptly looked up into the Tongari Tower as if that voice was coming from above that place.
"Did you hear that?" I asked the dumbfounded Kakarot and Krilin on my side.
"Hear what?" asked Krilin.
"That voice…"
"What voice?"
"Come to me, Fifteenth. I'm calling you. It's time…" I heard the voice in my head say once again.
Time for what?
"Who… are you?" I muttered, my mind suddenly shutting down. I could not hear any other things except for that cold, commanding voice calling out to me…
"It is me, your Creator, calling out to you…"
The what? Creator? A god?
"Come…"
Almost robotic, my feet moved forward towards the entrance to the Tongari Tower.
Transform into a Super Saiyan and raise your hand over that tower's entrance.
"Super… Saiyan…" I muttered coldly.
As if I have no control over my own body, I slowly raised my hand and focused my palm on the door.
"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" I roared as I instantly transformed into a Super Saiyan.
"Good, now power up to your maximum and concentrate all of your powers."
"RRRRAAAAAAAAUUURRRGHHH!" With a powerful roar, I began my power-up, calling out all of my powers within me. I could barely hear the thunder and the people's screams. I could barely feel the entire planet's intense trembling under my feet. I could barely see the surroundings enveloped in the darkness brought by the thunderclouds I called, the flashes of lightning, the dust and rubble floating in midair.
All I could feel was the heat of my rising power, it was excruciating. I think I'm going to lose my control anytime soon.
"Concentrate, fool! Don't let the power control you, instead you should have control over that power!"
O…Okay…
"Oi! Vegeta, you're crazy! Are you trying to destroy the world?!" I could barely hear Krilin's shouts not so far away from me. "Hey Goku, what are you doing?! Why aren't you stopping him?!"
"Calm down, Krilin… The Creator's calling out to him. It's time for that…" I heard Kakarot say.
"What do you mean it's time for that?"
What does Kakarot mean? Does he know something about this? Was there something he's hiding from me all this time?
…Why that low-level trash!
My anger brought me to the edge and my powers spiraled out of control.
"Good… That's good. As expected from my counterpart. Now, focus your powers to open up the portal towards the Dimensional Rift! Say, 'the Seal'."
"The seal!" I exclaimed.
Abruptly, a black hole opened up between my palm and the entrance to the Tongari Tower. The black hole grew and grew until a person could fit inside it. I blinked as I looked at what I just did. A portal to the Dimensional Rift?
"Now, get inside and walk forward." The voice in my head commanded me.
My feet began to move forward and I entered the black hole without fear. The very moment I was inside, the portal locked up again. I turned and wondered if I could get out of this place and return to where I came from. It was dark in this place, the only source of light were those little flattering white lights around that looked like stars.
"Walk forward."
I turned forward and began to saunter, slowly. I wonder how I was able to walk in this place. I was supposed to be floating in zero-gravity, right?
Suddenly, my mind was filled with memories engulfed with shadows. Memories of a faceless woman enveloped in darkness. Somehow, I felt as if I needed to follow the strange voice in my head in order to save this unknown woman. For me to see her again, whoever she was.
This might be it. The memories I've been searching for. My question on how I was able to walk freely in this place was replaced by the determination to find those memoirs.
I walked quicker, burning with the desire to search for those memories. If I reached whatever destination I am being led by that voice in my head, I feel like this would clear up those missing memories of mine.
Soon, I was running on a straight path that seemed so endless. Just when is this stupid marathon going to end?
The voice in my head laughed.
What the hell is he laughing at? I frowned.
Abruptly, someone materialized out of thin air before me. I know that technique. It was like Kakarot's Instant Transmission technique!
Oh, no wonder about that. The person who materialized before me was Kakarot, himself. But something was different in him. He looked older, stronger, and well built than the Kakarot I know. He wore an orange robe with blue cloth band as a belt around his waist, baggy orange pants and blue boots. He had his two fingers over his forehead. He removed his fingers and glared at me.
"Kakarotto…?" I muttered.
"My apologies, Vegeta, but you are not allowed to go any further from here," he said.
"Eh? But… Somebody's calling out to me, I need to go." I told him.
"Somebody? Who is that?"
"…I… I don't know…"
"You don't know…?"
"I heard he's my Creator and he said it's time for me to… to do something for him…"
"Your Creator?" asked Kakarot. He then let out a disparaging grin, "Heh! The Creator isn't someone who would ask somebody like you or anybody else to do something for him. He's all that prideful after all."
"Prideful..?"
"My apologies, your highness but you are not allowed to see him."
"But he's calling out to me!" I yelled at him. Why is this foolish low-level trash getting in my way in the first place?
"Let me tell you something. If you meet the Creator, you are going to die."
"No way!"
"The Creator doesn't take anything so lightly. He kills and destroys everything that gets in his way. To tell you frankly, he has a shorter temper than yours and would immediately destroy you once you step in his territory."
Now I'm having second thoughts… but…
Another wave of memories covered in darkness flashed across my mind.
"But still… I needed to go! I need to! I really need to… My memories – "
"You're memories?"
"Yeah, certain memories were missing from me. Memories of someone I don't know… Someone I wish to know about. Someone I wish to meet! So please! Let me meet the Creator!"
"I still forbid it!"
"But why are you being like this to me, you clown?!"
"Because if I let you meet him and if you regained back your memories, then you might go berserk once again. Having lost those memories made you more in control of yourself and your powers."
"W-What do you mean?"
"There was another you. That other you was a bloodthirsty monster. You fell in love with a certain woman, and you killed many people and destroyed many worlds in order to get everything you wanted. The entire universe and including her. Your pride and anger when she went against you got the best of you and you became so out of control, you ended up killing her and your son. Then, using your powers over time and space, you created another universe in an attempt to make it up to her. You killed another Vegeta, replaced his existence and ended up killing everyone again, except for that woman. When she learned of what you did, you tried to kill her once again. When the creator stepped in, you created another universe and leapt into it to kill another Vegeta but then you failed because the Creator didn't allow your foolishness to get further anymore. That's why the Creator took away those memories from you and sealed it in order to stop your berserk rage and be in control of yourself."
I could only stare at him in disbelief. He's lying to me, right? Why the hell would that other me kill the woman he loved? Maybe it was an accident!
Suddenly, the dream I had flashed back on my mind.
"Huh? What? Where am I?" I softly muttered as I found myself lying in a destroyed Tongari Tower, I don't recognize the place at that time, yet. Last time I remembered I was in the backyard of the Capsule Corporation, and seeing the face of a certain unknown woman.
I saw a man before me. Strangely, I found myself standing before me. I wondered why there was a man who looked like me standing over there.
"W-Who are you? Are you the Bringer of Death?" I asked, my voice was weak due to the injuries I have. "If you are, do you mind if you go some other day after I finally became a Super Saiyan and defeat that clown Kakarot?"
"Too bad, I am too impatient to wait for that day to come, Vegeta," the man identical to me answered. Even his voice sounded similar to mine.
I just stared at him.
"You are right. I am the bringer of your death. I know everything about you, every little thing about you. That's why I will tell you your future before you die."
"My… My future?"
"Yes, your future. The future that is unavoidable."
"Please do tell."
"During your training within these three years, you and that woman you lived with will have an unexpected relationship. The way she acted towards you would confuse you and hinder your from your much needed training. You will find her constant presence maddening; she gets in your nerves every time the two of you were together. One night, you will awake finding yourself on a bed next to her and you will regret that night in which you have planted an evil seed within her that would change your life forever."
"A child?"
"That's right! A child! You will have a child with her! Angered at such foolishness, you left the Earth. The frustration causing you to train much harder than you used to. Angered by the fact that no matter how much you train, you just cannot become a Super Saiyan yourself. Hating everything, your inability to surpass Kakarot, the foolishness you just made when you coupled with her, it all brought you to the edge and you finally transformed into a Super Saiyan!"
He flashed into what it looked to me was a Super Super, making me stare at him in awe. I recognized the form when I remember seeing Kakarot and that boy from the future change into Super Saiyans. The Legendary Golden Warrior.
"Overwhelmed by such power that has awakened within you, you returned to Earth and defeated the Androids by yourself. And then you went to kill Kakarot and all those who went against you! Wanting to get out of this forsaken planet, you asked the woman to build you a spaceship to leave but…"
"You cannot just leave her?"
"Eh?"
"You know you cannot leave the woman and your child, right?"
"No! What the hell are you talking about?! She refused to build me a spaceship and trapped me on Earth! Heck, if she has only made me a ship I would have conquered the entire universe already!"
"Tell me, is that what you really wanted after all that has happened between you and woman? I mean… have you never given thoughts about your child?"
He stared at me in question.
"It is true that power is everything to me. I have never given much thought about forming a family at all. But you did. You know, sometimes, I thought how would it feel if I had a family of my own. But I was afraid… Emotions and family are only a warrior's weakness. But being with that family…" a vision of a family I should know of enshrouded in darkness came to my mind. "Somehow… I wonder myself, would I be stronger if I had a family of my own? Will I strive to be more powerful just to protect them? I wanted to but as a warrior, as a Saiyan, these emotions would only bring me down. Maybe, that was the reason why you refused to accept this future. But, come to think of it, for the sake of your child, not just the woman, would you do anything to protect him? How about his mother? Your family?" I asked him, "Now, you have something to fight for other than yourself. Would that be enough to make you stronger?"
"Shut up! What about your Saiyan Pride! You've humiliated yourself by lowering yourself to form a family! These foolish attachments would be your downfall!"
"Tell me something… Do Saiyans form a family only because they wanted to reproduce or were there something more than to it?"
"Eh?"
"While most Saiyans were not deeply attached to family, that's what made the royal family different from them. You loved father dearly, no matter what he did to you, you always wanted to forgive him but what's stopping you from doing it? It was pride and anger. Those were the feelings stopping you from accepting your family. Acceptance of something that would make you stronger won't affect your Saiyan Pride at all. In fact, accepting your family would only swell up your pride for this will make you strive to become more powerful than your empty ambitions.
"If I had a family of my own… I would do anything to protect them. There's nothing more regretful than the fact that I let my own family die because of my own selfishness and pride. I wouldn't want that feeling either."
"Why are you saying all these things at this time? Weren't you supposed to be more focused on your desire to surpass Kakarot?!"
"Oh I know, I would one day be able to do that," I told him with a smile.
"What do you mean by that?"
I turned my eyes on my left where not far away, another me with blue hair stood watching at us with a smirk on his lips.
"I would want a future like him…" I said.
"Damn you, Seventh…!"
"Life is a matter of choices, no matter what happens in your life, it would all end up in your decision. You hold in your hand your fate, your destiny. You could even change your fate with your own decisions. So, do you still continue with your chosen path or do you wish to change your future?" the other me with blue hair told the one who was about to kill me.
"Even so, I have to kill you, Fifteenth! I really needed to do this, I'm sorry…" my killer told me.
"You're doing all of these because of her, don't you?" I asked.
"What do you even know?"
"I could feel your regret. You chose to live up your Saiyan Pride and ended up losing her and your child, didn't you? Tell me… Did you ever love the woman? Or the child?"
He could only stare at me with shock at the question. He was unable to answer.
"Because if you don't care a slightest bit about them then you are the worst excuse for a Saiyan! Stop making your Saiyan Pride as an excuse, you don't have a slightest bit of it!" I shouted at him.
"I… I… I…"
For a long moment, he just stood there, tears falling in his eyes.
"Yes, you're right…" He told me. His tears flowing freely from his eyes. "I loved ***** so much! And for her I will not surrender easily! I have to kill you and be with her, forever and ever!"
He raised his hand and prepared a blast to kill me.
And then a bright light exploded between us. He lost his Super Saiyan transformation as something hit him. A pair of arms grabbed him and wrapped itself around his neck. And then a woman covered in darkness kissed him on his lips. He said her name in shock and I was not able to hear it.
I gritted my teeth in anger, how dare this piece of shit lie to me. "You're lying to me…" I growled.
"Me lying to you? How could you say that?" asked Kakarot.
"Because…" flared my Super Saiyan aura in my rage, "Because I know… I know that the Vegeta you're talking about would never do something so unreasonable!" I screamed at him in anger.
"How could you defend him when you don't even know him?"
"Those dreams I'm having over and over again! It's telling me something! I'm sure… I'm sure whatever he did, that Vegeta regretted all those things. He loved the woman so much, that's why he did everything for her and yet you could only see the evil things he did! I was as evil as he is before! But all things I did before had reasons! It was because he and I are the same person that I know of him!"
"You know that even if there are reasons, it's no excuse for doing something so evil, right?"
"Yes. I know that. But if he's willing to change all of that for her, why won't you give him a chance? Why won't you give me a chance?!" I powered up to my maximum. "HAAAAAAAAHHH!"
"I want my memories back!" I yelled as I leapt forward and charged towards him. But before I could land a fist on his face, he disappeared before me and appeared behind me. He spun a kick towards my back that sent me rolling into the invisible floor. He's faster and stronger than me even in his normal form!
"You should know that the situation you're in is hopeless, Vegeta. Just give up."
I picked myself up and glared at him angrily, "Giving up… isn't in my vocabulary…" I growled before I charged at him once more. Kakarot blocked my incoming kick and I put my hands together and sent a diving crash into his skull but before I could hit him, he punched me directly on my face, causing me to step back once again.
I felt something thick and sticky flow out of my nose and I wiped that off using the back of my hand. I saw that it was blood.
For the first time after becoming a Super Saiyan, I was shocked to be bleeding from the nose.
"I told you to surrender now. You have no chance of winning. Just go back to where you came from." Kakarot said.
How could this be? He's only in his normal form! How could I not land a single attack on him? How is he able to throw me away like some rag doll? How is this Kakarot stronger than me? Me, the prince of all Saiyans and the Galactic Emperor!
I will make him pay for this…!
My sight was tainted in crimson as I felt my anger took control of me. I flared my aura and felt my ki rose once again, out of control.
And it kept rising. My aura exploded outward in a raging golden inferno. Yellow flashes of lightning sparked around me. I let out a long, pained groan as I felt my rising power boiled within me, burn through my veins. It was intense and excruciating.
"I… I'm not… going to… surrender…" I hissed through my gritted teeth before I let out a loud, pained scream as I felt my body undergo an excruciating transformation. "AAAARRRGGGHH! HAAAAAAH! RAAAAAARRRGGGHHH!" I cried out as every muscle in my body bulked up, filled with the overwhelming energy I'm call upon from within me. It caused my upper clothing to be torn to shreds. The power was burning me, concentrated, agonizing and outrageous.
And then I let out a loud beastly roar as I ended up my power up, sending a burst of bright light in all directions.
I abruptly charged back at Kakarot but to my astonishment, he was able to block all of my attacks like they were nothing. Impossible! How did he get this strong? Not even this newfound power is a match against him?! And he's not yet transforming to a Super Saiyan, yet! I refuse to understand or think of this, it felt the same as when he surpassed me back when I first came down on Earth.
No! I refuse to lose! I pulled my fist back and summoned all of my power into an energy punch. But before I could use it against him, I felt Kakarot's leg hit me and sent me spiraling into the invisible ground.
"I'll give you one last chance, Vegeta. Give up and get back to your world!" Kakarot said.
I picked myself up, shaking in both pain and anger. "No!" I shouted back.
"You're just like your other self. Stubborn and proud, that's what made you weak."
I glared at Kakarot in shock. How is he saying all of that to me? The Kakarot I know was not like this! Why is he acting like this?
"I'm not weak!" I snapped at him.
Kakarot let out a disparaging laugh, "Oh hahaha! Try me, your highness! I wonder why you cannot even hit me if you aren't weak as you said," Then he let out an evil grin. His eyes had an evil glint on it as he looked down on me.
You… How dare he say that to me, filthy low-class trash?! I will fucking kill him!
I was about to lunge for his throat when an idea suddenly came up into my mind.
I see now why Kakarot was not transforming. He thinks he has the upper hand. His overconfidence would be his loss!
I looked down, suddenly feeling embarrassed. "Alright then, Kakarot. You win. Clearly, you were stronger than I am. I surrender." I told him.
"Oh, finally you realized the truth, Vegeta." He said, finally smiling back cheerfully. "Now, return to where you came from."
"Uhhh… Actually, this place is kind of strange, I think I'm lost. Would you like to take me home?"
Kakarot let out a sheepish smile, "Oh, sure… Here's the way."
He walked forward and led me the way out of this place. Once he passed by me and was walking in front of me as he led me, I clasped my hands together and swung it towards the back of his head. Kakarot collapsed into the invisible floor, knocked down.
I glared at his unconscious form, my sight tainted with crimson. "I'm sorry, Kakarot, but I really needed to go see the Creator. Don't worry, I have no plans to kill you for your insolence."
Kakarot suddenly grunted, to my surprise. W-What the? How come he's still conscious?
I stepped back, and quickly turned around to run but…
"Hahaha," I heard Kakarot laughed. "Wow, you got me on that one, Vegeta! Very clever one!"
I turned my head towards him and saw him smiling back at me with that annoying sheepish smile of him. He was rubbing the back of his head where I hit him.
"That was close, indeed. Hey, why didn't you kill me when you had the chance there?" he asked.
"Because there was no reason for me to do that," I replied.
He blinked back at me, "No reason? You mean to tell me that you didn't kill the other me in your universe as well?"
"There was no reason for me to do that."
"I thought you hated me."
"I did. But it was no reason to kill anymore."
"Why?"
I looked down, "I just feel like it."
Kakarot stared at me in apprehension, "You're not lying to me, right?"
"Why should I do that, idiot?"
"Well…" Kakarot pouted before he turned his eyes above us. "You heard him, Vegeta. I think it's time!"
"Of course I did, idiot! I'm not deaf!"
I was shocked when I heard those words. It didn't come from me but somewhere above me. I quickly looked up to see someone who looked exactly like me floating in the air above us. He wore a black Chinese collared jumpsuit with a rather simple style of armor. It reminded me of the old style armor I wore back on Planet Namek.
He turned his black eyes towards me, "You! What are you gawking at?!" he shouted. "This isn't the first time we've met, fool! Stop being so star struck with yourself!"
I realized I was gawking at him. "Uhh… Were you the one who called out to me?"
"What do you think? Wasn't it obvious?" he glared.
I smirked. "True."
He descended down in front of me and crossed his arms over the chest plate of his armor. "Kakarot, leave us."
"Okay…"
Kakarot put his two fingers over his forehead and then disappeared into thin air. I wonder where he went to.
The man who looked like me roamed his eyes over me, from head to toe. It felt really awkward. I realized that my polo shirt and white undershirt have ripped due to my new transformation. And I also found myself in my transformed state so I powered down back to my base form.
"Why did you change back?" he asked.
"I see no need for it."
"You remind me of Kakarot's cockiness instead."
"Try me. I'm not an idiot as that clown."
He stifled his laughter. "Damn right."
Abruptly, I felt myself rolling into the invisible ground in pain. What the hell?!
I picked myself up to see the other Vegeta staring at me coldly, "Do not ever let your guard down on anyone, fool…"
"Who are you, really?" I asked.
He tilted his head to the side, "I told you I am your creator."
"So you mean to tell me that you are some sort of deity?"
"I am a deity!" He said as he raised a hand and fired a Big Bang attack towards me.
I phased out of the Big Bang Attacks trajectory. There was another me who is a god?
I felt him attack me heavily on my stomach. Gaaaaah!
I rolled into the ground in pain.
"What are you doing? Where is that power you've been so proud of? Show me!" he challenged.
How am I supposed to fight another me who is a god? How could I know his weakness if his own weakness might be my own too?
Still, I picked myself up and transformed to my newly acquired transformation earlier. Once again, I felt the agonizing pain of my muscles bulking up and my veins burning with the power boiling within me.
"Super Vegeta… Tch!" he chuckled to himself. "Funny you were able to achieve that form earlier than I did but you should know that it has its own flaws."
I gritted my teeth as my power continued to spiral out of control. My body continued to grow, almost thrice as my normal form.
"Are you really willing to sacrifice your speed for power?" he asked.
"I have no choice!"
"Tch! Pathetic! Let me show you a combination of both speed and power!"
He quickly disappeared out of my sight. He's too fast!
Abruptly, I felt someone hit me from behind and I found myself flying across the infinity of this space. And then a wave of pain hit me again and again on my back before I slammed into the invisible ground, defeated.
Amazing power and speed! I cannot believe that someone who looked just like me would have this kind of power!
"What's the matter? Is that all you've got? If that's all then I guess Kakarot was wrong about you after all. It's not yet time for you to regain back the memories I took from you."
"You… took my memories?"
"Kakarot told you that didn't he?"
"But I want it back!"
"If you want it back then show me all you've got!"
"This is all I've got!"
He gritted his teeth in annoyance, "No, it isn't."
"Eh?"
"Alright, let me make this much easier for you…" he said. "You already know the reason why I took your memories from you, right?"
"Kakarot said it was because it is much easier for me to be in control of myself." I said,
"That's right. Tell me what happens if you regain back those memories?"
"I will lose control of myself."
"That's pretty obvious, wasn't it?"
"What then?"
"It's because if you lose control, you will destroy not only the entire universe but the other universes as well…"
"What do you mean?"
"There were originally twelve universes collectively known as the Xenoverse. Because of me, a new universe was created through my own will. That is the thirteenth Universe. Another Vegeta created another universe which became the Fourteenth Universe and while trying to catch him, I created the fifteenth Universe. I am supposedly you thirteen years from the future but the events caused by the paradox we caused on the Fifteenth Universe have made your fate totally different from mine."
A bright blue aura suddenly began to envelope him, and he glowed in a bright blue light. It was blinding I had to cover my eyes.
"I am Vegeta, the prince of all Saiyans and the god of Space and Time of the Seventh Universe. You are my Fifteenth Universe counterpart, a mere copy I made when I created the Universe you came from."
The blue light exploded and he appeared before me surrounded in a dazzling beautiful blue energy. It was not like my own blue energy, it was different. The aura was calm, and had fluffy blue and white lights fluttering around the wonderful aura sparking with white lightning. Other than that, his appearance changed as well. He looked just like me in Super Saiyan form, except with sky blue hair and bright blue eyes.
"God of Space and Time? How?"
"Maybe you are wondering how I got such powers. I didn't know it at first until I became a Saiyan god. If you continue to train then you might be able to achieve this power and become a deity like myself. However, I didn't send you here to train you to become a god. There is of another matter."
He opened up his palm and a bright blue omega-shaped star appeared above his hand.
"This is the fragment of memories from the Thirteenth Universe's Vegeta. This is the set of memories you're looking for."
I was staring at the orb in awe.
"However, I cannot simply return it you.
"Why?"
"Our thirteenth Universe Counterpart wasn't as controlled as us. His powers and primal Saiyan urges made him so dangerous that he had to be kept sealed. As I kept his memories inside of me, I have found out all of his intentions and I'm telling you that it was quite hard for me to stop myself from breaking. The rage, sheer bloodlust and battle hunger was intense. But what was more intense was the regret and pain he felt for what he caused to the woman he loved. He made the wrong choices in his life and completely regretted everything he has done. When I shared my thoughts with him, he knew he was wrong and assured me that he won't do anything he has done before if I gave him the chance. But he's so uncontrolled I cannot assure his words to be true. It could be true but then his primal Saiyan instincts might get in his way again. As you know, our overwhelming destructive powers gave us the power to destroy any world and slaughter anyone we want. If he cannot be controlled then the Xenoverse would be in grave danger. That's why I had the Kakarot from your universe to take good care of you. Once you become the Galactic Emperor, I shall call you before me to test you, your powers and your control over it and your primal Saiyan urges. I have rewritten your destiny for the sake of the three new Universes under my power. I gave you everything you ever wanted, except for one thing. The one thing that didn't gave me what you have. A family."
"So it was true that I'm not meant to be the Galactic Emperor because of me supposedly having a family?"
"Yes."
"Why did you let me become one then?"
"Because I wanted to make you realize what was more important to you. How does it feel to be the Galactic Emperor, the most powerful man in your Universe? Were you happy with it?"
"Yes."
He just glared at me, waiting. I supposed he knows I'm lying.
I looked away, mumbling under my breath, "Yes… Maybe… I don't know…"
"Now, why do you look so down?"
"Because… There were times I felt… so lonely… empty as if something was missing in my life."
He smiled back at me. "I see…" then he closed his eyes. "Then I do not regret making my choice." He muttered more to himself.
I turned my eyes at him. "What?"
"Never mind about it." He said as he opened his eyes.
He reached out his right hand to me, the one where the blue omega star shaped orb was floating. "Here, take good care of Thirteenth's memories for me, would you? I will give the both of you the chance to experience the happy end that I have."
"Happy End?"
"That's right. The Happy End that you've always wanted."
I smiled back at him as I reached out towards the orb. As soon as I touched the orb, memories flooded my mind. The memories of the woman in darkness earlier has now become clear as day. And I can finally remember everything about her.
Her blue hair was like the cool waves of ocean on Earth. Her fiery cerulean eyes were as blue as the Earth's sky. Her fair, white skin that was so soft and delicate to touch. Her sweet human scent that reminded me of strawberries. She was one pathetic human, a woman so annoying, so vulgar, and so foolish she made me so mad. A woman so caring, loving, amazing and beautiful she made me so dependent to her and made me want nobody else but her.
The woman who accepted me for all that I was.
The woman who saw the good in me behind all the evilness I have done.
The woman who cared for my well being when no one else did, not even myself.
The woman who would love me no matter what I did.
The woman who would easily forgive me for all the sins I have done.
Her foolishness both made me angry and amazed, and yet she was able to melt my cold heart.
She was the angel who saved me, the light through my darkness.
Bulma…
The thirteenth Universe's Vegeta's memories and emotions have combined to my own, it was intense just as Seventh had mentioned. Painful memories, deep regret, overwhelming rage and anger at one's inability to save and protect the ones you love, the desire to kill and destroy brought by the primal Saiyan instincts, the unappeasable bloodlust, the ambitions thirteenth has failed to achieve but I was able to reach and his overwhelming obsession for Bulma. All of these and yet it felt as if I'm still in control of myself.
It was mostly because of Thirteenth Vegeta's desire to change. In my heart I felt his regret and in my mind I heard his thoughts, "I will never do the things I did again. I am truly sorry for all that I have done. Thank you, Seventh, for giving me another chance."
I opened my eyes and found my Seventh counterpart looking at me, waiting.
"Seventh…" I cried.
"Cease your tears, fool!" he snapped at me.
I sniffed, trying to keep my tears in bay, "I… I don't know what to do… My memories and feelings are now mixed up…"
"Oh, you could overcome it. I know." He smirked at me. "Now go to where your feelings lead you!" he told me.
"Thank you," I smiled at him that is a thought from both me and thirteenth, before I turned around, flared my blue aura and blasted off into the portal that would lead me back to the Fourteenth Universe.
Because the Vegeta of the Thirteenth Universe was once a God of Space and Time like our Creator, I, who was supposed to tap into my own godly powers, have already known how I am going to use them.
[15th Universe]
I opened my eyes and found myself in the middle of a crowd of people. I looked from left and right. I couldn't believe what just happened! I looked down on my hands, trying to feel if this is reality or just another illusion of the otherworld.
Like a lost child, I walked around the place which I realized that was the West City Public Park the place Bulma has declared her official relationship with me.
I walked a lot quicker, eager to finally meet her for the first time, again. An excited smile stretched across my lips.
"I am back for you, my dear Bulma!"
My excitement over seeing my dear little Bulma once again was overshadowed by my confusion over my mixed memories and emotions. I must have control over them or my plans for a Happy End with her might fail. I'm not ready yet. I fear that Bulma might get hurt if I lose control once. I turned around and instead return back home.
Until I am in control, I will wait for the right time.
One month later…
I was sitting on my bed inside my completely darkened room. I clutched at the blue blanket around me, which was like a cloak around my body. My eyes were closed in concentration as I meditated, trying to calm my mind and sort out my mixed up feelings and memories. For the past month after receiving the Thirteenth Universe's Vegeta's memories from Seventh, I tried to sort out which memories I must erase from myself so I could get more control of myself. I specifically erased all that was painful and regretful to me for it only triggers unnecessary rage within myself. After all, I will change everything in order to get the Happy End that Seventh has promised.
"What are you doing?" I heard Seventh Universe's Vegeta say somewhere in front of me.
"I'm still sorting out our memories as you can see. I'm afraid that I might hurt her if I'm not in control of myself."
"You're not yet done with that?" he complained.
"There are too many memories to sort out, Seventh. And his evil desires were too much for me to handle, I have to calm myself down and think of the good things you gave me."
"Hnnn…"
I opened my eyes to see my Seventh Universe counterpart staring at me.
"Do you think you could handle it?"
"Of course, I could. It just takes too much time. But now, I think I'm ready."
"Really?"
"Yes."
"Then it's time. Pick her up on the Fourteenth Universe and return here with her." Seventh told me.
I stood up from my bed, hurling the blanket off of me. "Yes!" I raised my hand above me and flared my newly discovered godly powers that I learned from the Thirteenth Universe's Vegeta's memories and opened up the Dimensional Rift that would lead me towards the Fourteenth Universe. A black hole appeared above us.
I turned towards my Creator and said, "Thank you, Seventh! I'll be back soon!"
And then I jumped towards the black hole and blasted off towards the Fourteenth Universe.
Epilogue
The first thing that got in my mind when I arrived in the Fourteenth Universe was to let her know that I was coming for her. That was why I powered up to my maximum. Once I have found the Capsule Corporation where she could be waiting, I disintegrated the ceiling as a way to show off.
"My dear little Bulma! I'm back!" I exclaimed happily.
She was there, standing and gawking at me in complete disbelief. I could see the confusion and the happiness mixed on her beautiful cerulean orbs.
I descended before her as I powered down, giving her the happiest and warmest smile that I used to give her and only her back then.
"How did you…?" she asked me in complete disbelief.
Oh, how am I supposed to explain her all that has happened?
"Hmmm… Let's see… Even if my thirteenth self died, the Seventh Vegeta preserved the thirteenth me's memories and gave it to the fifteenth me. So long story short, Thirteenth Vegeta and Fifteenth Vegeta were fused to become as one. But my memories were so mixed up and it took quite a long time for me to get my control back and see you. So… That's how I came back! Ehehehe…" I laughed at her awkwardly.
"I see…"
"Well, Seventh told me to fetch you and we are going to the Fifteenth Universe and have our happy end in there. So, shall we go?"
I reached out my hand to her.
"Yes!" she gladly accepted as she reached out her hand to me. I held her hand, and I thought to myself that I will never let go of her ever again.
And so I returned to the Fifteenth Universe with the one I loved the most to have our happy end, forever.
"Hey, Bulma…" I asked her once we're back in the Fifteenth Universe.
"What is it?" she responded, curious.
"What are the things do you want to do now that we're finally together?"
"Hmmm… There are so many things I want to do with Vegeta. But first… why don't we watch the stars together!"
I laughed at that. "Of course!"
Everything I ever wanted belonged to me now. The stars, the planets, the entire Universe, which I rule over now as the Galactic Emperor. But nothing would ever make me more than happy than knowing that there is someone much more important than all of these.
It was my wife and the family that we are going to make.
THE END
Author's Note: That Concludes the Special Sequel of Crimson-dipped Obsession! I hope you guys like it and don't forget to leave your reviews!