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Bardok: You spelt my name wrong, you know.
Porunga: Do you wish to correct the error? Then you have to Wish for it.
Kink-Kai bursts out laughing at the silly pun.
Angel Wings-008: Oh, don't worry, I'll gather the Dragon Balls and you can get your name as 'Bardock' from the next fic…be patient for this last chappie…
Chapter-3
King Vegeta: Ha Ha Ha! A dead Kai! But honestly, if you and that other brat do all the fightings, what are your worthless fathers doing?
Trunks: They do their fair shares too. (Sternly, with an exact Vegeta-ish scowl) Do you doubt your son's power? Well, all four of us are Super-Saiyans and my father is an inter-galactic experienced warrior.
King Vegeta: Nonsense, he is a useless loser. That lizard Frieza killed him, right?
Trunks: So? Frieza beat all of you too! (Vehemence dripping from his voice) You are responsible for ruining his childhood and making him the cold hearted person he is. And about Frieza's killing him…
He told them about the tortured tears of futility that Vegeta had shed over the aspired Legendary Powers to avenge THEM, as he had heard from Gohan in his time line.
Looking at the scowling youth, and listening to the account of his son's passion, King Vegeta, in his entire career of life and death, for the first time, felt regret. Radditz asked about trunks' enhanced powers, and phrases like 'Gravity Room', 'Time Machine' and 'Chamber of Spirits' vaguely registered through the king's ears.
So his son had survived Frieza (or revived at least), carved out a new identity, found a mate from an alien race that can boost Saiyan genetics, attained The Legendary, and was currently fighting a strong opponent! That son, whom he had given to Frieza when the lizard offered to give the prince ample scope and experience to enhance his skills and powers, in return of working as his henchman in purging missions. Saiyans have done that before also, so there was no reason to refuse. When Planet Vegeta was destroyed, then only did the Saiyans realize the boundlessness of Frieza's cruelty. After death, he was secretly happy that his son was at least alive, though the shame of him working under the lizard was overwhelming. When the Ice Prince came to hell, he had described his son as a cold hearted, arrogant murderer, a ruthless warrior – a failure at that.
The king's trance broke at this point, as from beyond the golden clouds above, a booming voice informed Trunks that he is about to be revived. Everybody was sad, but wished him luck for his mission of destroying the Androids of his original time line. His account of intensive training had gained even Nappa's grudging respect, as the bald giant muttered:
…ha ha…golden…prince…ho ho ho…Legendary…
Trunks' mischievious Bulma-ish eyes sparkled as he demonstrated the level 2. The Super Shocked group stood agape as the intense gold youth faded away from the realm of death.
Meanwhile, King Yama decided to put Cell in the strong container with Frieza. Together, they will plot a break out, he knew. But for now, he was happy that one of his sinners, King Vegeta, had already started his journey down the path of remorse.
With special thanks to
chibineko, I cannot thank you directly, but I am happy you are keeping track of this story.
shahi, I am glad you noted that I cannot drag this story-line much without varying from the main canon. But Trunks needs to be revived to go back to his time-line and kill the androids there. But I will try to be more adventurous in my next stories.
daughteralucard, Piccolo is green, rantichan, Angel Wings-008, sun's and stars – my heartfelt gratitude for your love, support and suggested corrections.
See you soon, got to do something for King Vegeta. He deserves some redemption.