Chapter Two: Empty Words
Me: Come on Sukuma, Forgive me already!
Sukuma: You left this story with only one chapter for over a year, and you forgot about me... No.
Me: I just fell out of DBZ for a while, and I didn't forget about the story on purpose, it happens to everyone! At least I got a new one up now.
Sukuma: I'm still not going to talk to you for a while.
Me. Oh fine, just sit there and pout. In the meantime I'm very sorry it took me so freaking long to post, thank you 'I-Love-Trunks1' for sending me that message and getting my butt in gear for a long overdue chapter. -_-;
Sukuma: It's about time too! I had nothing to do but dust this godforsaken room and wait for her to come back!
Me: Well, sorry to break it to you, but you might have a little more dusting to do. Ever since my drive for DBZ went kaput I never came up with a solid idea for the story, it might take me a little time to get back into it and come up with something good. Plus I want to finish the first chapters of all my other stories and post them too.
Sukuma: I hate you so much!
Me: I missed you too. I'll be sure to drop off some more lemon pledge and magazines at the end of the chapter.
Please enjoy!
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Tarble didn't know what to make of all things that happened in the last hour.
When he first arrived, he thought his brother would be happy to see him, to know he was alive and well. If he was, he hardly showed, and gave him an off-putting reminder that he was sent away because he was too weak to fight.
But, the way he carried himself, he still acted like a Saiyan prince. Maybe he really was happy to see him, but he was just too proud to show it.
And when Vegeta met his wife, Tarble almost laughed at his expression. He had to guess that his brother was surprised to find anyone as great as Gure would have married the likes of him.
He seemed to have made friends in the one the Nameks told him about, Goku. Because when Tarble told him about the two warrior brothers that were chasing him, both he and Vegeta began to argue over who was going to fight them. And to his surprise, more fighters of Earth wanted to do it as well.
Eventually, it decided who would fight after a drawing of the longest earth vegetable.
The person who won the drawing was none other than Vegetas' own son, Trunks, Tarbles' nephew. Not that Tarble doubted any fighting ability Trunks had, for he had a warrior like his father to teach him, but he was worried for a young member of his family to fight two merciless Saiyan hunters like Abo and Kado.
And when it was time to face the said warriors, one of Gokus' own children joined Trunks in the fight. And both men didn't seem to worry in the slightest for their children well being.
He saw why shortly afterwards.
On their own they were more powerful than his late mentor ever was.
They had gotten into some rough spots, but after a little coaching from someone who appeared to be another relative of Goku, they soon gained the upper hand once again.
And once they knew that they were evenly matched, the two brothers used a power that Tarble didn't even know they had and the combined to form one person, who was then known as 'Aka'. But to his amazement, his nephew and his friend could to the same thing as well, and both of them merged to form 'Gotenks'.
The fight between them was a bit humorous in some instances, but it did get frightening when Aka became enraged and he caused all sorts of damages to everything within the area.
Even Tarble and Gure themselves would have been caught in the cross fire if it hadn't been For Gotenks coming to their aid.
Pretty soon, everyone except Vegeta and Goku were even participating in protecting those that couldn't defend themselves.
It looked like Aka was actually going to win when he suddenly produced an attack that bathed everything in a blood red aura. Just when Tarble began to think that everything was lost, that was when Goku and Vegeta finally sprang into action.
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Tarble just sat in his chair, hardly even touching his food while everyone else simply enjoyed their own meals.
He could hear his older brother and Goku chowing down on their monstrous portions in a hurry to quickly satisfy their equally monstrous appetites.
They actually frightened Gure with their eating habits as she had never seen anything like it before. While Tarble himself did eat quite a bit, he never expressed such ravenous behavior like this.
But that wasn't the reason why Tarble didn't have an appetite, the reason for that was because after the fight, once Aka became Abo and Kado Goku and everyone else actually invited them dine with his party in the only place that wasn't devastated by their hand.
They were defeated, that much was true, and they no longer seemed interested in fighting anymore. But it wasn't enough for Tarble. He glared at them from their spot across the tables as they munch on all the earth vegetables from the patch that Goku and his friends picked.
He couldn't stand how happy and content they were….
"Hey Tarble, aren't you gonna eat that?" Goku suddenly, jolting Tarble from his musings. He looked over at the Saiyan, his cheeks stuffed to the max with food.
"It seems I just don't have the stomach for food at the moment, Goku," Tarble said before he offered his plate to him. "Please, help yourself."
"Alright!" Goku cheered, taking his plate and going back over to his seat.
After a while Vegeta and Goku had suddenly gotten into a fight with each other to a point where they actually went super Saiyan.
And he made a mental note to never take any kind of food from either of them during his stay.
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It was nearly sundown when Vegeta and Goku finally settled down thanks to the intervention of their wives, it was time for everyone to head home.
Bulma had invited Tarble and Gure to stay with them for a while so she and her family could catch up and get to know each other better.
"We'll be sure that you enjoy your stay." Bulma said cheerfully.
"Are you sure there will be enough room for us, sister?" Gure asked.
"Of course there is!" The blue haired woman said. "We have a big house, and two extra rooms in it, one you two can share and the other for Abo and Kado."
At that, Tarble suddenly froze, nearly making Gure bump into him.
"As hard as it is, I can accept not having them destroyed if that is your wish, brother," Tarble started, looking to Vegeta with an ice cold look in his eyes. "But this is where I must draw the line." He said firmly.
"If they are to stay under the same roof as my wife and I, then we shall look elsewhere."
"It…. might not mean anything to you now," a hesitant voice suddenly began, and he look over to see Abo and Kado standing behind him with expressions of shame across their features. "But my brother and I are sorry for what we did to you…and to your mentor."
"If we could take it back, we would."
At that, the younger Saiyan prince gritted his teeth together and clenched his hands into tight fists. After all they did, killing Sukuma, coming to his home and terrorizing his village, attempted to kill both himself and Gure.
After all pain they caused him, they actually had the nerve to spout such empty words to him like this?!
"But you can't, can you!" He snapped in a low voice as his tail bristled.
"Tarble…" Gure started in a soft voice, but he was too riled up to hear her.
"Can you turn back time? Can you revive the dead?!" he asked them, "No!"
They flinched when his voice raised, and they bowed their heads, unable to say anything.
"Until you find a some sort of spell that will have Sukuma standing alive and well before me, then until my dying breath, I will never forgive you!"
"It's okay Bulma, they both can stay at my house." Goku suddenly announced in a cheerful voice as he slung an arm around their shoulders.
The two of them looked at him in surprise as Bulma just gave a relived smile as the atmosphere finally brightened a bit. "Are you sure Goku?" she asked her oldest friend. "I could find a nice hotel they could stay at."
"Nah, it's totally fine." Goku assured, "Our house is always welcome to guests, right Chi-Chi?"
His wife only glared, feeling a little irritated that he just invited two aliens to stay in her home. But after few moments, she gave a sigh. "Sure, the more the merrier I guess."
"And who knows, they might even learn a few things during their stay…" the Saiyan added with a wink of his eye.
"Fine, just as long as they are far away from us!" Tarble said, placing a hand on Gures' shoulder and leading her away from the trio and back to Vegeta, Bulma and Trunks.
"Well brother," Tarble started. "I'll follow whenever you're ready."
Me: Alright, I'm finally at the part where I can just write and I don't have to remember what happened in a movie. I hope it was decent enough. ^_^
But dang it, I still need to come up with something to write for the next chapter.
Sukuma: Ani! You brought me nothing but women's magazines!
And they're not even new ones either!
Me: I'm not gonna go out and by a whole bunch of magazines Sukuma! Are you nuts? Those things add up!
You're just gonna have to make do with those ones until I come back.
Sukuma:*grumbles* Well I see you got me the biggest can of pledge you could get your hands on.
Me: You might get a little bored, cleaning is the best distraction.
'Til next time everyone!