Chapter 3 - A military man
Disclaimer: I don't own Dragon Ball or any of it's original characters. But if i had the dragon balls...
I've decided to change my writing style and layout a little bit, now seeing things from other peoples points of view etc. and knowing what they are thinking to provide a little more of an all round story for you guys.
Thank you to all who have read and especially those who have reviewed!
The smoke was thick and grey, temporarily blinding the king. He continued onward relying on his other senses. 'Damn this smoke, who was in that pod?!' The king thought, furious at the fact that this pod could have held anyone in it, it could be Bardock, Fasha, Nappa or any ally...'or an enemy!'
"Cabba, be careful! We don't know who was in that pod!" The king shouted, hoping to warn Cabba in case the worst was a reality. A moment later a hand flew at the king and grabbed his neck but before it had a solid grip, the king slipped backwards and jumped to the side of where the hand was, grabbing the back of the arm with one hand and twisting it with such force that whoever it belonged to also twisted in the air and went down onto the ground with a huge *Thud*. The king held his grip as the baby cradled in his other arm squirmed.
A moment later another hand flew at the King, this time curled up into a fist and aiming for the back of his head. The king let go of the fallen opponents arm and jumped backwards once again, out of the smoke. As his eyes recovered from the smoke he glimpsed to shadows dancing within the silver-grey blur. 'Damn it! I'm no use with Kakarot in my arms...' The king thought, furious at himself for again not being able to help. As the smoke began to clear up, two bright yellow auras danced around the shadows. After a second the King recognized Cabba's figure even in the smoke. He threw a ki blast through the center of Cabba and her opponent, causing the smoke to swirl and fade quickly. He looked across to Cabba's opponent. 'He's...still alive?!'
"Nappa! Stand down!" The king shouted at the super saiyan general, eyes blind with rage and possibly...'Fear?'
"huh?" Cabba turned towards the king with a confused look on her face. "You know this guy?!"
King Vegeta was to distracted by the fact Nappa was alive, but more so by the look of anger and fear in his eyes, burning with lust for fight to protect himself. the generals saiyan instincts had taken over almost completely. King Vegeta walked up to Cabba, gave Kakarot to her to hold and stood in front of her.
"Nappa i'm warning you, stand down. snap out of it!" the king shouted at Nappa who didn't seem to hear the king at all. Nappa lunged at the king with full force, screaming with rage.
Nappa lay on the floor unconscious. The king stood in front of Cabba still, with a calm stance. Cabba couldn't believe her eyes. The king had turned super saiyan and back, nearly faster than her eyes could follow. It was like a flash of light, brief yet effective. Nappa's unconscious body proved exactly that.
"We need to get him to a medical center now." The king said, his serious side appearing in his words. "i'm sorry you had to see that, i didn't want to be violent, especially against Nappa, and even worse in front of you."
"It's alright, i wouldn't have stood a chance anyways." Cabba said, not knowing what she could say to the King at this point.
"Would you mind holding Kakarot for a while? It would be much easier, and I'm not sure how long Nappa will be out for."
"Yeah, of course" Cabba said, still trying to figure the king out.
"Let's get going then" The king said with his seriousness still present in his tone. They took off towards the village they had not long come from. The flight took about 15 minutes with the added cargo of Nappa's unconscious body. Not a word was said during the flight, for neither of the saiyans wanted to talk about what just happened. King Vegeta didn't want to bring it up because of his attempts to remove the violent side from within him when necessary, and Cabba didn't want to bring it up for fear of the Kings reaction, after all she barely knew him. They both landed just outside the front gates as they began to open.
"Captain Cabba! what happened?!" A guard shouted to Cabba with worry in his voice. King Vegeta looked back to Cabba, looking at her properly wondering why the guard sounded so worried.
"I'm fine. Just a few scratches is all.." Cabba said back. She was worse off than she let on to the Guard, as she was covered in bruises with a few cuts across her neck, though one cut in particular worried the king upon it's sight. A small cut with a bruise surrounding it. 'Nappa may have punched her hard enough to cause minor internal bleeding...it's lucky she has the external cut, else that blood could've built up to something serious if unchecked.'
"You can go into a healing pod when we get to the medical center Cabba" The king said, still with his serious tone, as if he wasn't letting his guard down.
"I said i'm fine" Cabba said, her voice sounding strained as she talked, due to the muscles on her neck pulling at her bruises and the cut that was worrying King vegeta.
"You don't sound it, and Nappa could've killed you easily. You're lucky he didn't try hard." The king said plainly, walking forwards.
"I can handle myself, and who is this Nappa guy anyway?" Cabba asked, frustrated at the king pointing out that she was at a disadvantage. For a saiyan that's an insult she couldn't take happily.
"He's the general of the saiyan army." The king answered, noting Cabba's sudden surprised look.
'Boy, i really was lucky' Cabba thought to herself. 'I knew he was strong but, that's far out of my league...I guess i still have some way to go in my training'
They got to the medical center after a few minutes of walking, again in silence. The king went up to the front desk and asked "Excuse me, Do you have two healing pods available?"
"sorry, they're for emergency situations only sir." The receptionist replied, looking up at the king carrying an unconscious Nappa with Cabba behind him with cuts and bruises, carrying the small and still super saiyan Kakarot. "They haven't got major injuries and seeing as they're both saiyan they will recover quickly enough. This doesn't warrant an emergency situation."
"Well, i need this one" the king said nudging his shoulder holding Nappa "for immediate questioning. And my friend needs to get in a healing pod now, so she can help to the best of her abilities. Now"
"Sir, I've already explained tha-"
"I mean now! I am the king of the Saiyans and I demand you see to these people immediately!" The king half shouted, attempting to keep his voice from rising as hugh as his anger was for this unhelpful waste of time stalling him. The now pale frightened receptionist pointed towards the writing on the wall with *Healing Pods -* painted. They followed the signs until they got to the room with about four healing pods in, two of which were out of order and looked in a terrible state. 'Oh well, at least we have two that work.' The king thought.
"Alright, Cabba i'll put Nappa in here" the king began to say, forcing Nappa to lean into the pod. "And you can go in the one next to it. I'll be back in about an hour, you should be healed completely by then, and Nappa should have about half an hour left, so i can be here if he hasn't calmed down when he gets out."
"Ok then. Here, take the boy.." Cabba said, staring at the small saiyan child in her arms. Only after a while did she realize Vegeta had his arms out waiting for her to place Kakarot in them. "Oh, sorry. Here you go"
Vegeta allowed Cabba to place the boy on his arms and he cradled Kakarot into his chest-plate. "Alright then. I'll see you in an hour then..." King Vegeta said walking out of the room.
"Yeah, see you..." Cabba replied. 'I wonder what we should do with the boy...I am his auntie after all, but Vegeta seems so attached to him...thinking about it, why does that man always act so confusing? Only a few minutes ago he was being funny and making conversation but since he fought Nappa, even though the battle was brief, he acts so strange. I wonder if...No, he's a king Cabba. And you're a run-away saiyan guard. There's no way...' Cabba thought to herself, then realising she hadn't gotten into the pod yet. "Oh well, i'll have plenty of time to think anyways..."
I apologize for two things here, The wait, and the length of the actual chapter. Both are because of extreme lack of time due to college times doubling and page managing. Takes up alot of my time, even though i try to put my writing above all else, i have to do other stuff as well. I've also been having the worst writers block in both this fan Fiction and my other one.
Power Levels
Cabba - 7,500/SSJ~ 375,000
King Vegeta - 13,000/SSJ~ 650,000
Nappa (Panicked) - 10,000/ SSJ~ 500,000
Kakarot - 5/SSJ~ 250
And until next time.. I'll get the next chapter done ASAP.
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