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An: Chimera: A Greek mythological creature composed of parts of multiple animals: body of a goat and head of a male lion with a tail that terminated in a dragon's head, the head of a goat arose on her back at the center of the spine. (Source credit: Wikipedia) Knowledge is power children.

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Water that seemed to descend purely from heaven cascaded down onto the young prince's crown. His gravity defying hair laid limp all around him, perfectly framing his face. His mother and queen, Sumi trickled liquid soap into the palm of her hand before rubbing her hands together, creating lather.

The enormous marble bath encompassed the entire room and was made up various layers where the blue, green water level varied. Beautiful aged gold plated pillars surrounded the open roofed bath, holding up statues of former Sayjin Kings and gargoyles of multiple creatures from around the universe. Mounted on top of the center pillar was a statue of a Chimera. It stood on its hind legs, proud, fierce and noble. The Chimera stood with all three of its beast heads chiseled, frozen in mid-growl, its mouths gaping with water spewing out of them as an eternal fountain. Under this fountain the young prince stood staring up into the multiple beasts' heads unafraid.

Dropping onto one knee at the edge of the bath she looked up at her son, calling out to him. "Prince Vegeta, come" She gestured towards a pestle that floated barley above the blue, green water in front of her. Prince Vegeta turned his graze from the Chimera towards his mother and without protest walked from under the shower and dove into the pool of water. He swam across the length of the bath and as he approached his mother, paused to climb the steps as the water became shallow.

Wordlessly he climbed out of the water and stepped onto the pestle, his tail flicking behind him violently. Sumi rubbed her hands generously over her four year old son's body. "Did you know son that the water that you're bathing in has special properties?" Prince Vegeta shook his head in denial while lifting up his small hand, watching the water dripping from his skin. "It looks like regular water to me," He confessed.

"It's not my Prince; this water was specially gathered and infused with special chemicals strictly for the royal male line of the sayjin race. Not even, I the Queen am allowed to dip even a toe in these royal waters, my Prince." She smirked when she saw his little eyes widen. Looking back at the water his onyx eyes ran over it surface before turning them back to graze upon his mother face. He shrugged, "Its ok, I won't tell anyone if you bathed in here with me."

Sumi gasped, "No Prince Vegeta I wouldn't dare. These are special waters only meant for you and the King." While continuing to smirk she took a hold of a ceramic vase that sat beside her, filled to the brim with water. Raising the vase she poured it directly over the young prince's head. While whipping the soap and water from his eyes she continued to speak. "Do you know why it's special Prince Vegeta?" Again he shook his head. "Do you want to know why Prince Vegeta?'

Prince Vegeta nodded his head; gently she took his chin her hand, coaxing him to look at the water. "It's the water," She whispered. "Thousands of years ago when Planet Vegeta was still a baby planet a man, a warrior came to visit our precious planet. He was one of the most powerful warriors the King at that time had ever seen. Due to a malfunction in his ship it had crash landed on our planet and he convinced the King to trade with him a new ship for water. But, not just any water, the water he gave us was special in the sense that it increases a warrior's strength, speed and agility. The warrior himself admitted to bathing in that same water everyday to increase his own power. And you what, after the King knew first hand of the truth this man spoke he had him build a well under this very castle and fill it with the special water."

"Really?" Prince Vegeta asked, his eyes growing wide.

"Of course, I have no reason to lie to you Prince Vegeta."

"What happened to the warrior? Did he return to his planet?" Prince Vegeta asked, his curiosity getting the better of him.

"No, of course not. After the King had bathed in the water for many moons he grew stronger then the warrior. Getting what he wanted his royal guard and him killed the warrior because he was no further use to our great race." Sumi tisked at her son, "Really, Prince Vegeta you should known that. What have I taught you?"

Prince Vegeta stiffened under her graze, "Mercy and ligancy are for the weak and once a person's usefulness had run out they are to be disposed of." The four year old replied his voice filled with vigor.

"Good boy, now do you wish to go back to your now or do you want to stay here a little longer?" Sumi asked and watched Prince Vegeta look away from her and stare at the water, seemly deep in thought. "I want to bathe for a little while longer." He said before he jumped off the pestle and swam back to the center of the bath.

Sumi's smirk widen as she watched her son's swim away. 'Children are so easily manipulated,' she thought. It was true enough that this was the royal family private bath but the water that flowed from Chimera's mouths were the same water that flowed through every well and facets throughout this planet. But, if Prince Vegeta knew that he received the same treatment that even a low class warrior received then all of Sumi's work would come undone.

The Queen wanted her son to feel as though he had something special so that she could use that against him and threaten him with it.

Outside these castle walls Sumi was nicknamed the Queen of Lies, a woman dubbed that neither she nor her very voice couldn't be trusted. The position of Queen in the sayjin race held no power per say but opposing her involved some risk. That risk depending on solely the King's mood whether the actions called for his interference or not.

The true responsibilities of the Queen included breeding strong male heirs, raising them to a certain point and bedding the King. Though, it wasn't uncommon for a King to have a mistress but it was completely unheard of for a King to keep the children that he produced with said mistress. Not only that but to raise it besides the child meant to be the future King was just clearly an insult to the Queen.

Sumi had been the daughter of Cruder, King Vegeta's father personal guard and considered to be one of the strongest, if not the strongest female warrior on the planet. Meanwhile, Keiko had been born into a second class family and she barley ranked above third class strength. Sumi still to this day wasn't even sure which events had even lead up to their encounter.

Sumi felt insulted not only as a Queen but as a woman as well and one could be damned sure that she was going to get her revenge. Her own onyx eyes locked onto her son as he stood underneath the waterfall. Yes, she had plans for him indeed.

"That's enough Prince Vegeta; we still have a lot on your agenda today." Heeding his mother's command Prince Vegeta did as he was asked. As he got out of the water Sumi got up to go get his clothes. "What are you waiting for? Dry off," She demanded when she turned around to find him just standing there dripping water all over the marble floor.

Prince Vegeta crotched down, his hands unconsciously forming fists as his jaw tightened. Concentrating solely on his ki he let out a battle cry as he let it release, allowing it pulsate all around him. All at once the water began to evaporate, once it was all gone he quickly powered down.

Sumi threw a blue sleeveless spandex jumpsuit at the young child and watched how he effortlessly slipped it on. She crotched next her son and slipped on his armor that had the sayjin royal insignia stamped on the breastplate. Prince Vegeta watched as his mother traced her fingers over the royal mark. "You know they are trying to take this away from you, don't you young son?"

Prince Vegeta looked at his mother absolutely perplexed, "What?"

"The King and that woman he had another male child with. They are going to try and steal your crown one day. Why the King had even gone so far as to already give that boy a mate already." Sumi lied smoothly.

Prince Vegeta face scrunched up, "But they are just babies."

Sumi reached over and twisted her son's ear painfully causing the young boy to flinch. "Fool! Children grow up, just because you don't consider them to be a threat now doesn't mean they aren't. My personal maid even told me that she saw King Vegeta taking Tarble into this very bathhouse with him."

His eyes widen, "But you said that this water was special just for me and dad, for the royal-" He paused, slowly realizing that because Tarble was his father's son as well that made him a Prince as well. "No! He can't bathe here, even if he's dad's son. I won't allow it!" He yelled, his tail unwrapped itself from around his waist and swung around violently behind him.

Laughter echoed in Sumi's mind, 'So easy.'

Sumi locked her eyes with her son's, "Listen to me Prince Vegeta I know this is hard to accept but we must prepare ourselves. Already I can feel the King's affection for us wavering. He's starting to prefer his new family over us." He tightened his fists upon hearing her words. "You must grow stronger and surpass the King in strength."

Prince Vegeta nodded, "Yes! I'll train everyday; I won't allow some brat to steal my crown! I will grow up to be the King of Planet Vegeta!"

Leaning forward Sumi cupped her son's face in her hands. "And you will be the best ruler this planet had ever known or seen. You will become a ledged my Prince. Alien races will fall to your feet and your very name will be spoken with nothing but reverence."

Sumi could practically see the stars forming in her son's eyes as he began to daydream of his own future glory. While giggling slightly to herself she stood up, "Let's go."

Prince Vegeta reached up to take her hand in his but instead of holding it kindly like she always did she slapped his hand away. "You're far too old of that now Prince Vegeta. Starting today you need to start acting like a man!" She practically yelled at her four year old who had taken a step back, somewhat frightened.

Without saying another word she began to walk away, her long black hair swishing behind her. Prince Vegeta crossed his arms over his chest feeling slightly rejected but followed behind her anyways.

As they approached the doubled doors that led into the hallways they both were equally shocked when the doors flew open. At the entrance stood King Vegeta as his eyes fell upon Sumi they flashed with rage. "I've been looking for you," He said calmly.

Sumi smiled at him seductively, letting the strap to her blue spandex dress fall. "Were you my King?" She asked as she stepped closer to him, hitching up her floor length dress as she did.

King Vegeta lunged at her, tightening his fist around her neck. "Did you think me to be too stupid not to notice?!?" He yelled as he began to drag her towards the water. She kicked and screamed, digging her nails into his hand but he didn't even flinch. "Did you think you a mere woman could order my troops, my army around without me noticing!?!"

Prince Vegeta watched in horror as his father dragged his mother into the pool of water. "No!" He screamed as he powered up and flew towards his father. He got a few inches close to his father before he turned around and slapped him away with his free hand. He flew across the room hitting the wall and falling to the ground with a sickening thud.

"Mind your business boy!" King Vegeta yelled as he dunked Sumi under the water. Her limbs thrashed about as she tried to fight him off but his grip was too strong. Just as her lungs began to burn from the lack of air he pulled her up. She gasped for air as she violently kicked her King. In retaliation he slammed her head into the same pestle that her son had just gotten off.

While still gripping her by the throat, he pulled her face close to his own. "Get this straight you idiot woman. Your beauty and your ability to still please me in bed are the only two reasons why you still have your head. You're trying my patience and I will not stand for your utter defiance of me any longer. Consider this your last warning, if you defy me one more time I won't hesitate to kill you!"

Prince Vegeta watched the scene unfold in front of him with sheer horror coursing through his system. He clenched his teeth, he knew that he was no match for his father and had to watch helplessly as his mother struggled against him. 'This is all their fault!' His mind screamed and before he could process his thoughts he had powered up once again and flown out the room.

He weaved through the long, windy corridors of the castle, heading towards his father' mistress's bedroom. The young sayjin prince had never been inside her quarters but he knew which room she had resided in none the less. When he reached the door he kicked it open, preparing himself for a fight but to his utter surprise the room was empty.

"Where the fuck are they?" Prince Vegeta cursed as he surveyed the room. From what his mother had told him normally Keiko usually stayed confined to her bedroom since her children were still very young.

As Prince Vegeta walked into the room he heard a sound coming from one of the cribs. "Found you," He slightly chuckled as he formed a ki ball in his hand. It grew as he feed more and more ki while he approached the crib.

When he reached the crib he looked down inside of it and to his shock instead of Tarble lying in there, Usagi was quietly napping inside of it. Vegeta narrowed his eyes down at her, "My, my, my it's the brat's mate." His mother words once again floated in his head as he felt the ki ball heat against his hand.

He lifted his arm up, preparing to send the ki ball hurling towards the unsuspicious one year old but for some unknown reason he hesitated.

He shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts as he once again lifted his hand.

Prince Vegeta could feel the ki ball burning now painfully on his hand and while letting out a growl he reabsorbed the ki ball back into his body. 'Why can't I do it?' His mind questioned and as he pondered over his thoughts Usagi's eyes opened.

Crystal blue eyes met his onyx eyes.

For a moment everything around Prince Vegeta disappeared as a warm feeling that he had never felt before began to grow in his chest. Before he could even enjoy this new feeling a hand shoot out, gripped him by the back of his armor and yanked him away from Usagi's crib.

"Just what do you think your doing in here?" Keiko demanded while Prince Vegeta crossed his arms and scowled at the woman.

"Hmpt, I don't have to answer to you."

Keiko rolled her eyes, "Answer me." She walked over to the crib and check on Usagi who just smiled in response as she saw her adoptive mother. "Answer me or I'll tell your Father that I caught you in my private bedroom."

Prince Vegeta's scowled deepened, "Go ahead. I'm not scared of him." He lied.

Suddenly an idea floated into Keiko's mind. "Were you curious about your brother and sister?"

"That," Prince Vegeta pointed at the crib. "Is not my sister, she's not even a sayjin."

"Fine, fine… but you have to admit you were curious, otherwise you wouldn't be peeking in her crib while no one was around. It's ok; you can come, visit and play with your siblings whenever you please Prince Vegeta."

Prince Vegeta growled at the woman, "You're wrong!" He yelled as he stormed out of the room. Secretly for days Prince Vegeta lived in terror, anticipated the day where Keiko would tell his father that he had caught him in her bedroom but the day never came. Keiko to his surprise hadn't told a soul.

Meanwhile Keiko rolled her eyes once again and sighed to herself while she bent down and picked up Usagi. 'That child is just too stubborn, just like his father.' She thought as she walked into the next room where Tarble was sitting quietly on the floor eating a snack.

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