Chapter 4 coming up!
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah don't own DBZ blah Akira Toriyama owns it blah bleeeeh.
Once Goku and Vegeta neared the castle two Elite Saiyan guards, who were scared out of their wits, moved out of the way to let the duo into the castle. Once inside they saw the throne room with King Vegeta on his throne and the Grand Priest on the side who floated over to Goku.
"Your Majesty." The Grand Priest bowed, making Goku extremely sheepish and chuckle softly. The Saiyans stopped walking when they were in front of the king of all Saiyans. Vegeta gave his father a cold look as he signalled everyone to leave. Goku however, stayed alongside the Grand Priest.
"Let these two stay father." Vegeta said with disgust, "Kakarot accompanied me to see you."
King Vegeta sighed and stood up, "Son, I didn't give you to Frieza without a reason, he was going to kill you, I h-"
"Is that really what you think is going through my head?" Vegeta interrupted, "Oh wait, that is what is going through my "petty" head, quoting from you father."
"Insolence! I only did what I could to protect you!" King Vegeta retaliated. Vegeta then went Super Saiyan.
"Well death would have been a pleasure!" Vegeta shouted, "Do you have any idea how much suffering I went through? Frieza made me push to the end no matter what condition I was in. I almost died going to Plabet Shikk because I had a Saiyan illness! Which is why they rescheduled it to later on. My life was a living nightmare, father!" Vegeta felt tears spring his eyes but he held them back with great difficulty. Before Vegeta could continue however, Goku stepped in between the two.
"Vegeta, that's enough." his voice seemed more commanding than the overall outgoing, idiotic voice the prince was used to, which shocked him.
"This isn't why I tagged along Vegeta, you wanted to make amends with him, not have a shoutin' match." Goku said, his eyes flashing silver with a hint of anger, "What would this do, Vegeta? It won't change the past no matter how hard you try, so can't you just forgive and forget?" Vegeta looked away, his eyes full of shame.
"Besides, you have to thank him, if it weren't for him, you wouldn't have met Bulma and Bulla and Trunks would have never been born. That counts for something, right?"
It seemed that the kind Saiyan reached through the prince. Satisfied, he nodded to the Grand Priest, who grabbed his shoulder and blasted off, leaving the father and son to contemplate what happened.
"Well, father." Vegeta began trying to find the words, "I suppose I should apologise for my actions earlier."
"A Saiyan never apologises." King Vegeta said, "But no one said a Saiyan King shouldn't."
King Vegeta then walked over to the Prince of all Saiyans and placed a gloved hand on his shoulder.
"Welcome back, my son, welcome back."
While heading back to the palace, the Grand Priest and Goku were talking.
"The Zen-Ohs were wise to choose you, m'lord." The Grand Priest stated whilst smiling. Goku gave his Son Grin and chuckled.
"Thanks, Grand Priest, oh, and one more thing." Goku added, "Please don't call me with any regal titles, Goku is fine."
"Very well, Goku." The Grand Priest's face suddenly turned into a frown, this did not go unnoticed by Goku. "What's wrong?" The Saiyan asked.
"I just remembered a pressing matter." said the Grand Priest, "Now that Zeno-sama is dead, Yami has returned." The made Goku even more confused.
"Who's Yami?" Goku asked. The Grand Priest sighed.
"Yami was a previous Omni-King, and my student." The Grand Priest recollected the memories they both had together, "Yami's home planet had been destroyed by a meteor and he somehow teleported to the palace. Sensing his strength, I decided to take him under my wing, hoping to make him Omni-King, and he surpassed my expectations."
"Well, ain't that a good thing?" Goku asked, but the Angel shook his head sadly.
"At first yes, but when he began to interact with mortals' lives, I knew something was wrong." The Grand Priest soon had a flashback to that dreadful day...
"Yami, what are you doing?! Why did you cause a full-blown riot in Planet Solaria?" The Grand Priest yelled at his student, but Yami just shrugged him off and played with his red, scaly tail.
"Please, you and I both know how dangerous the Solarians were getting, I had to do something to... bring back balance." Yami said with some agitation.
"A riot would not 'bring back balance'! You could have desolated their planet! Or worse! Remember what happened on Universe 6's Earth? You caused the war that lead to their extinction." The Grand Priest soon grew angry at his student's actions. What happened? This was not the kind boy he knew all those years ago.
"Why are you telling me what to do anyway? I am your superior! I can do whatever the heck I want!" Yami stood up, his tail flicking around in rage and his white hair blew madly against the wind. It was then that a 3-year old Zen-Oh peeked behind the Angels legs. Yami noticed this and he flared his red aura.
"You were going to replace me with that kid from Planet Tech-Tech, weren't you! What potential does he have that I don't? Tell me Grand Priest or I will rip you apart limb by limb. No? Well then, FACE MY WRATH! RAAAGGGGHHH!" Yami charged at the Grand Priest blindly, who immediately brought young Zen-Oh to an Attendant and blocked his attack with a shield. Yami soon lost all sanity, his eyes went from yellow to blood red, his body turned black and he let out a bloodcurdling roar that made the void-like room ripple and tear, showing a black abyss. The Grand Priest soon got into a fighting staff and they both charged at each other.
As the duo continued fighting, A scared Zen-Oh accidentally used the powers that the Grand Priest taught him and chained Yami with white binds and sent him into the abyss. The Grand Priest then closed the rift and sighed.
"Thank you, Zen-Oh, you have my gratitude." The Grand Priest said, staring at the "floor" and let a single tear slide down his cheek.
'Where did I go wrong?' he thought, when a tiny body flew up and hugged the Angel, who hugged back.
"I promise to make you a better king, and to help you keep the seal on Yami closed for centuries to come... Zen-Oh-sama."
"After the battle, I began training Zen-Oh-sama to become Omni-King and to ensure the seal on Yami stayed put, but now." The Grand Priest sighed, "Now that he has passed, I'm afraid the seal is weakening and his return is imminent."
"So why did he make me Omni-King?" Goku asked as they soon landed in front of the palace.
"Apparently he foresaw this." the Angel answered, "Zen-Oh-sama knew that Yami would eventually return, so he told me to train the person who became that new Omni-King, which, we all know is you."
"A-Are you sure?" Goku asked, absentmindedly sitting on his throne, "Who knows how long it will take until Yami breaks free."
"Do not fret, Goku." The Grand Priest reassured, "The seal is still quite strong, and it would take at least a few years until he awakens. Until then, I will train you to become a true Omni-King and awaken your hidden powers."
This immediately erased any doubt that traced Goku's mind and he gave a small Saiyan smirk.
"Well then, let's get started!"
Well, that's Chapter 4 done! Well, who is this Yami? And will Goku be able to train enough in time?
Next Chapter is a time skip around 5 years.
Nezt Chapter: Training!