Chapter two – An unexpected discovery

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The pod information relay told the King that the journey would take just under 24 hours.

'This is going to be exhausting, but I'll stay awake for you little guy. I won't lose another Saiyan today, especially not one that so much has been sacrificed for. You will continue the legacy your parents left behind.'

The Pod shot towards the surface of the planet, gaining velocity as it heated up and burst into flames soaring through the atmosphere. The King had kept himself awake for the whole 24 hours, and now the bumpy entrance and fiery sound emitted from the outside of his pod was helping him do just that. Within a few seconds it hit the ground, creating a huge crater in a grassy plain. Carefully getting out of the pod, with the now half-awake Kakarot in his arms, the king ascended to get a better view of the area. On his way up he spotted a small settlement. He began his flight towards the settlement with great haste. It had been 24 hours since him and Kakarot ate, and both were completely famished.

"Hey look! What's that over there?!" A small figure in the distance shouted to his comrades who rushed to his side in a defensive position.

"Help! We need help!" King Vegeta shouted back, hoping to avoid any hostilities. He didn't know how powerful these foes were due to his scouter being left behind before take off. His main worry wasn't his safety however, as the king knew of no races on par with Saiyans apart from Icians. The king looked down to the small child now depending on him for safety. The king continued to float forwards. As he approached the gate of this settlement he heard a shuffle of people and the clutter of weapons from behind the gate. He presumed there were either one hundred organised warriors or twenty unorganised clumsy guards, rushing to the gate. As the gate opened, he realised it was the latter of the two as about 15 to 20, humanoid looking, light green skinned men with similar but messy Saiyan fifth-class armour with the one shoulder pad on the left side and a thin strap on the right of the armour. King Vegeta remembered the armour as the one he had when he was younger, similar armour that the Yardrat warriors adorned and that the race offered the Saiyans as a gift.

One person that stood out amongst the rabble of guards was a Saiyan woman, hands on hips in a laid back style obviously not sensing a threat to herself. She was in third-class Saiyan armour, equipped with the shoulder straps either side and the two extra pieces of armour covering the hips.

'What a shame…' King Vegeta briefly thought, until his thoughts were disrupted by the woman speaking up and asking "Who are you and what business do you have here?"

"I am King Vegeta and I seek refuge for me and the baby, Kakarot." Vegeta said, slightly amused by the contrasting reactions of the guards and the Saiyan. The Saiyan quickly bowed upon hearing his name, but the guards simply stood there looking confused until the woman signalled for them to bow.

"Forgive me your majesty, it has been many years since I last checked on current events and I didn't recognise you" The woman said to the king, momentarily looking up then returning her stare to the ground. She was showing her discomfort through shifting slightly with every word.

"It's quite alright, there's no need to bow. I personally cant stand the gesture. It's too…vulnerable." King Vegeta said, offering his hand to the woman.

"Thank you. I agree with that, it's not right of a Saiyan to take a vulnerable stance in any situation" The woman said, taking the king's hand but getting up on her own, only resting her hand on there as a polite gesture back at the king.

"Well," The king said, looking back at the now laid back guards. "I'd love to talk some more sometime but I must get the boy something to eat"

"Yes, of course." the woman said, beginning to walk further into the settlement as two of the guards closed the gate.

"So, you know my name, it would be nice if I found out yours..." The king said, hoping for a friendly reply.

"My name is cabba, but the people here call me two tails" She replied.

'I wonder why that is...' The king thought to himself briefly.

"So, why do they call you two tails?" The king asked, glancing just behind the woman to see only one tail.

"It's not a literal name. It's because I've never had a problem fighting on this planet since I got here about 10 years ago. When I arrived I was simply looking for a getaway from the noise of the cities. I went to a bar down the road and was threatened by two men who were both on the top of the wanted list...as they drew knives behind me, I attacked them with my tail and took them out with one hit each. A simple manoeuvre but the people here aren't as battle hardened as any Saiyan, so to them it looked like I had two tails, and the name just stuck I guess"

"Well, that's quite an interesting story, is this the place?" The king asked with a hungry look on his eyes, and a small baby mimicking the look, gazing at the steak being cooked on a stove.

"Yes, they have food he fit for a...well, you" She said, a small chuckle releasing as she realised she was still talking to a king. She immediately regained her serious demeanour and walked in to the small bar.

'So she isn't made of steel huh?' The king smiled at the thought.

"So is the boy yours?" Cabba asked, sitting at a table near the back.

'If I were to look on this situation with a happier mood I might see it as a date' the king though as a small smile faded when he realised the question he was asked.

"No, but I'll adopt him as my own when the time comes. His parents recently…fell in battle" Vegeta said, thinking back to Kakarot's parents fight valiantly for their comrades to escape.

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear they passed away. So why are you here anyway? It's pretty far from planet Vegeta.

"As am I. That's a rather long story. The planet is…destroyed." King Vegeta said, hanging his head in shame, thinking of how he wasn't able to fight due to the lack of command presence at the time.

'If only we had prepared'

The king was brought out of his thought by the muffled sobs of the woman who had appeared to be so strong moments ago. "Did…Did anyone survive?" She asked, still holding back tears.

Vegeta got his bearings from the surprise of seeing Cabba who had seemed so strong, so...Saiyan, break down like this.

"we evacuated the majority of the civilians out but many were lost in a surprise attack on the whole planet. We had no time to react before we knew what had happened. It was a shameful shambles. We weren't prepared we couldn't-" The king was cut off by Cabba placing her hand on his arm.

"It's alright, you did the best you could I'm sure" She said, calming down herself and the king at the same time.

"When I had left there were little over 200 Saiyans not evacuated. My pod picked up four other pods but that was a while ago. If you don't mind me asking, and please don't feel the need to answer if you don't want to but...Why had the planets loss hit you so hard?" the king asked sincerely, hoping to not offend the woman.

"My…My sister, she was taken in a medical ship to the planet a week ago, and in a big ship the trip would be about 6-7 days...She was pregnant and they were only here to visit. She was a low-class warrior, so I wouldn't expect you to know of her. It was how she met her husband actually, and they were going to have their second child…it was due yesterday." The woman said, keeping her voice strong with it shaking every other word.

King Vegeta briefly thought of the warriors he seen pushing forwards on the front lines.

"…what of the two Saiyans right at the front?"

"That's Bardock and his wife Fasha. She came to the planet earlier today to give birth…"

"...I'm afraid his mother was called to battle after birth, and I haven't seen her since she recovered in the healing pod..."

"I uh...sorry to pry even further but was your sisters name Fasha?"

The Saiyan woman took a quick sharp breath. She looked at the King as if she had just seen a ghost.

"H-h-how did you know?" The now shaken up Saiyan asked. Her voice was so unstable compared to what it was, even when she was on the verge of tears.

"I thought it might be her. Before i left i seen two saiyans at the forefront of the battle holding the main line back from the palace. They fought valiantly against the enemy, with power I had never seen before from lower-class Saiyans, not even from the elite. I was told of them and who they were, and before I left a medic gave the boy to me, for the child's survival. Their child's survival..." The king replied.

"So they fell? They were the ones who fell in battle?" She said, despair growing on her face.

"It's likely, but not certain. Like I said, my pod picked up four other pods. They may have made it out.." The king said, hoping his words could console the poor woman, and hoping they would be right.

"Then we need to find the pods, they may have escaped?" The Cabba said, frantically getting up out of her seat. The King put his hand over her hand on the table.

"I understand this is a very worrying time for you, and I'm sad that I was the one who had to bear this bad news, but rushing anywhere now will not help anyone. The pods were atleast 4 hours behind me, and they could of deviated from the trail long ago. Even the slightest angle difference can mean worlds apart. We will go check in 3 hours, just to make sure."

"But-"

"no 'buts'. There is now way they can arrive in the next three hours. We can do nothing until then."

"...ok." Cabba said, reluctantly sitting back down.

The next three hours passed quickly, with the only words in the gap being "some more steak please" from the saiyan king. Cabba hadn't said a word since sitting back down, and had barely eaten by saiyan standards.

"Shall we go look for the pods now?" the king asked.

"I'd like that, but how will we know where they will land?"

"We can go to my pod and find out where the pods are, if they're still in range"

"Ok then, lead the way"

As the king began to think to himself 'If she is the Auntie of this child, what right do i have to keep it?' the king looked down at the child. 'Maybe it would be best...' He thought, though he had began to get attached to the child already. There was just something about the boy. After 15 minutes they arrived at the landing site of the pod. It was in bad shape to say the least. They managed to get the information of the pods as to where they were heading last. one pod had malfunctioned and dragged two others towards a distant planet with no information, likely a neutral planet.

The other pod however, was heading straight towards them, with the obvious intention of following the king. After half an hour the pod landed on the side of a mountain and because of the angle of this landing the pod continued to go down, sliding down the mountainside losing barely any momentum until crashing into a small cliffside, creating another large crater in the side of this huge grey stone. the king and Cabba simultaneously rushed to the scene, to see the hatch open. A shadow emerged, bulky, with an obvious saiyan tail hung between the shadows legs. The shadow fell in the smoke and Vegeta and cabba shot forward into the smoke. 'Who the hell is this!?' The king shouted within the confines of his own mind...

Sorry for the cliffhanger guys, felt like the most appropriate way to end this as i'm deciding who the figure is...Who knows?

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Power Levels

Character name (state) – base form~power level/second form~power level etc.

Cabba – 7,500

King Vegeta (exhausted) – 3,000

King Vegeta (recovered) - 13,000

Kakarot (Original) – 5/SSJ~250

And so the story continues…

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