Second chapter, it took me a little longer than i wanted it too but here it is. Don't hate me for my ideas, just read and i hope you enjoy! There will be more fighting and romance in later chapters, but this one was needed so don't shoot me!

I wish i owned Dragon Ball and all the characters but i don't...sad story :(

But i love to write about them! i hope you enjoy reading this, it'll get a lot better i promise!

"Harder! You have to hit me harder! You're never going to get strong if you don't do exactly what I say, boy!"

He was breathing heavily, they'd been training for hours now and he hadn't made any progress whatsoever. He didn't want to hurt anyone so his father had taken over his training himself.

"Y-Yes sir,"

Rushing at the king once more he shot a KI blast with as much force as he could directly into his stomach then punched him in the side, but it didn't do any good. He stood where he was, not moving, not even flinching from the attacks power.

"Weak, insufferable, lame excuse for a son!" The king used one fist and sent him flying up into the air with such force that the young boy had the wind knocked out of him and was struggling to breath in once more. He was falling…..

He awoke from his dream in a cold sweat, his heart racing as he remembered a part of his past. He sat up with a sigh and wiped his forehead with the back of his hand. Trembling slightly he checked the computer, only three days to go. What was he going to do when he got there? He didn't know. He didn't know how or even if he could get in touch with the planet still being this far away from it and all. The thoughts of his father's disapproval still fresh in his mind he went and got some water, splashing some on his face and drinking a little as well. His wounds were healing but he was still badly hurt. A broken arm, two broken ribs, he wasn't sure any part of his wasn't bruised, his feet had swollen a little, his hands were starting to bleed and crack whenever he tried to do anything. But he was still going on, he wasn't going to die from them just yet; he had a mission that if he failed his whole family could be in trouble.

Shaking his head he went to sit back on his bed, he was just so tired. Tired of all the running and hiding, he was tired of the fighting and not being able to go home. He hoped with all his heart that his father would re-consider once he had deliver this news, and giving the planet a heads up as to what was going on. Leaning his head back and closing his eyes he wondered why he was even returning. So what if they got taken over. What had that planet ever done for him? Except bring him pain and suffering. The only memories of that planet that were good were of his mother, and she was gone. His father didn't care for him; his older brother ignored him almost completely, like he didn't exist in the first place. Why was he going to risk his life to maybe help them and save their lives?

Quietly he thought it through, and decided that it didn't matter. He was going to do what he knew to be right, even if it killed him, and remembering his father's words, that was a sure possibility. He'd have to get the message to them before he was blasted to bits. Then he could at least know they would be warned about this attack.

'I have plenty of time to do that…I'm too tired to move right now…I'll do it later, right now I just need a long nap,' the young prince thought to himself as he moved slightly to lay down. His brain had shut down before his head even made it to the pillow. He still had three days. That would be enough time to recover and send a message and do everything he needed to do. He was sure of it.

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"But mother I…." Veala tried once again to get the queen to stop going through her closet

"Hey, what did I say about arguing? You're going to have to make a good first impression on these guys or you'll never find a boyfriend!"

"But, mom! I don't want one!"

Veala was sitting, watching as her mother pulled every item of clothing she had out of her closet, and tried to put together a good enough outfit for that evening when she got to officially meet the guys she'd be spending a whole lot of time with over the next year. She was to spend time with each suitor, and then after a while choose if she'd be willing to be a couple with that person.

"Don't be stupid Veala. I didn't want one either when I was your age, and then I met a whole bunch of amazing guys my age available to be mine…and I couldn't resist!" Bulma tried once more to match the same shirt and belt combination and it just wasn't working for her. She scowled and tossed the belt behind her narrowly missing her daughter's head.

"Mom! None of those relationships worked now did they? Or I wouldn't be here! You ended up with Dad because you hated all the boys your parents picked out for you! Why can't I just…." She slowly got quiet and her thoughts went to Goten, she blushed a little thinking of how he fell on her the other day.

"Why can't you just what Veala?" Bulma noticed the blush out of the corner of her eye and raised a curious eyebrow, who was she thinking about just then.

"Nothing," Veala said quietly, "So what kind of look am I going for? Quiet and reserved? Loud and obnoxious like 'hello world I'm awesome'? Cute and pink? What're we doing?" Veala hopped up to help her mom put together multiple outfits.

"Well you are cute, but not cutesy in dress or actions…hmm you can be very reserved but also very loud when your opinions are challenged…we need something beautiful like you that shows these guys you're also smart and classy, but still sexy and strong at the same time,"

It took them another hour to pick out the perfect outfit. It was dark blue and green and it brought out her unusually aqua blue eyes. It was flowy and elegant but daring and sexy all at the same time.

Veala looked at herself in the mirror; it felt like it was another person. She looked at her eyes; they were always so different from everyone else's. She did a turn and then hesitantly smiled once; it didn't look or feel like it was her at all. But it made her mom happy so she'd wear it.

"It's a beautiful dress…."

"Just like the beautiful girl wearing it," Bulma smiled and shook her head, she didn't know how she had gotten such amazing kids, but she knew she helped contribute to the looks department for them both.

"Woman!" they both jumped as Vegeta came bursting through the door. Veala put a hand on her heart while her mother rushed in front of him to block him from seeing Veala. Bulma immediately glared at him and opened her mouth to tell him to beat it, but he spoke before she could.

"Bulma, you keep blocking our bond for the stupidest reasons and I've been trying to get through to you to tell you that you only have an hour or so more to make sure Trunks and Veala are both ready to go,"

Veala saw her mother's eyelid visibly twitch in irritation and she bit her lip and closed her eyes to brace herself for the yelling that was bound to come after that look.

"What the hell do you think I've been doing Vegeta?! I blocked our mental communication because I didn't want you to hear what's going on in my head, and I didn't want you to see Veala before she could walk in to see all the lucky guys she gets to pick from!"

Vegeta rolled his eyes and tried to peak over his queen's shoulder at his daughter, wondering just what kind of ridiculous outfit she'd put her in this time, but Bulma wouldn't have it and quickly spun him around and pushed him out the door

"Oh no you don't! Go get Trunks and tell him to meet me in here, right now,"

"Woman you are not…"

"So help me I will end you…" she got him outside the room, closed the door almost all the way and glared at him slightly

"Go get Trunks and tell him to get over here before I decide to end you both, or I'm going to shut myself up in my lab and never leave again,"

"You know that might not be the worst punishment; I'd be rid of your annoying demands and voice all in one move," Vegeta glared right back and folded his arms

"Oh you'd miss me," Bulma said arrogantly moving a step closer to him, staring into his eyes. He couldn't help but smirk a little; they just couldn't help but argue. It had been almost three months since they'd been completely alone together, and they were both having some frustration issues.

"Very well, I'll go get the boy, but that means next time I tell you to do something I expect to be listened to,"

Bulma raised an eyebrow and lowered their barrier just enough to see what he had in mind making him smirk a little and her blush,

"Hmph, fine," She said as she turned around to walk back into the twins dressing room.

Five minutes later Trunks showed up at the door, knocking first to make sure no one was dressing or undressing because the last time he barged into the dressing room without knocking it had been awkward for everyone.

"Trunks come on in sweetie," Bulma was finishing some things with Veala's hair and fixing her outfit where she thought it was needed.

"Hey Mom…wow Vey you look…wow," Trunks couldn't help but do a double take. She was usually wearing training clothes and her hair was usually a mess, but not today and it kind of shocked him.

Veala blushed embarrassed

"I look stupid don't I, I told you mom I just can't pull it off," she stood up to go change but Trunks stopped her with a gentle hand on her shoulder

"You look amazing sis. A little too amazing, no one will be able to keep their eyes or hands off of you, maybe you should change, I don't want to have to kill any of those guys before I absolutely have to,"

"Whatever," she mumbled lightly, obviously not believing that for a second.

"It's true, you're pretty awesome Vey, not as much as your big brother but close," he smiled, just teasing her and she smiled back slightly

"You'd better go get ready, mom picked out a nice outfit for you as well…the one that matches your hair," Veala giggled a little watching the color drain from his face

"Not again…. I'm burning that stupid suit right now," Trunks quickly slipped into his side of the closet to destroy the lavender suit that made him look awful.

Veala heard Bulma start arguing with him and knew they were going to be there for a while. She walked over to the balcony and opened the doors leading outside. She went over to the railing and closed her eyes, leaning on it a little, taking in the fresh air, she loved to be outside and with the way her mother was yelling she could tell she'd be out there for a long time, but in the end it wouldn't end up being enough time

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Vegeta looked around the throne room. There they were, all the eligible princes and princesses that were invited to spend time in the royal palace with the ruler of the entire planet, in hopes one of his heirs took a liking to them. He looked at all the girls and mentally took note of them all.

Two full blooded Saiyan Princesses, a Saiyan duchess and a princess from a far off planet who looked a lot like the Saiyans themselves, but her power level was nowhere near that of the mighty Saiyans. The planet was earth he believed, they had overlooked it in their search for strong warriors but they had managed to convince Bulma to let their princess take a shot at being the future queen of Vegeta-sai. Delvi was her name. She was one with a temper and could very easily break someone's eardrum. The duchess caught his eye a little, she was a quiet one for sure, but her power level was considerably high for a girl, especially one of her stature. He'd have to keep an eye on that one. Amy, yes that was her name. There was a loud one, Jewls or something stupid like that. She had already given him a headache twice and she'd been there all of twelve minutes. The last Saiyan Princess was Kri; she was far too stupid to be anywhere near his son. She hadn't said one intelligent thing since she had arrived, and she had screamed multiple times just from her own guard shifting behind her, no pansy like that was going to be allowed on the throne of Vegeta-sai one day. He'd make sure of it.

The boys were a different story, three Princes and a Duke, two Saiyans and the other two from two different planets not far from Vegeta-sai.

He looked at the first one, Ren a Prince from the south. His father had been married to a foreign princess to form an alliance with another planet so his son wasn't completely Saiyan, but he sure looked it and his power level was good for someone as young as him. The second Prince was from another planet that even Vegeta hadn't heard of, his name was Zale and he had this arrogant superior air about him. Vegeta wasn't sure what he thought of that one, he didn't seem to have the correct manners, and if the king wasn't shown respect the Prince would be shipped back to his unknown planet to be single forever. The third prince was from a distant planet that already had good relations with Vegeta-sai; the boy's name was Obi. He looked far too much like a girl for Vegeta's liking, but in the end it was up to Veala if she liked him or not.

The duke was interesting, Lee was a Saiyan and he was very quiet, his power was normal but he seemed very intelligent. Something told Vegeta that none of these boys were going to steal Veala's heart, but they had to at least give the other royals some false hope. It would be fun to see it all be crushed when she said no to them all. Trunks as well, although the boy was very set on finding a mate so it was very likely that it would happen sooner than later. Vegeta frowned a little, thinking he'd better have a very serious talk with the boy, his conduct with these other royals was to be better than the last one he had seen him with or there'd be hell to pay.

Vegeta called out mentally to Bulma

'Woman, where are you and the twins? You're late, again,'

What had he been expecting? She was always late and unfortunately for him his children had picked up that bad habit of being late to things as well.

'Two minutes! We're almost there!'

Vegeta rolled his eyes and stood up the minute he felt their energies, he listened as they announced them

"Announcing the arrival of the Queen Bulma of Vegeta-Sai and The Prince and Princess," the doors opened and Bulma walked in the room first, walking over to her throne and standing next to Vegeta while Trunks and Veala walked in the room. Vegeta saw his daughter and his son, scowled a little at them both. Trunks looked ridiculous as always, and Veala looked too good for her own good. He glared lightly at Bulma, this was her doing.

All the girls saw Trunks and fidgeted in some way, all seemed to blush as well and the Prince acted as though he didn't notice, he just walked to his seat next to his father.

Veala looked a little shy as she walked next to her brother, separating only to walk to her seat by her mom. It was all so intimidating.

All the boys, even the indifferent one looked up at her and couldn't seem to keep their eyes off. Trunks mentally reached out to his sister as each person was introduced

'Told you so sis, they can't keep their eyes off, two look like they're about to pounce right at you, look out,'

She just rolled her eyes lightly and kept listening as each person was introduced, they said where they were from and the boys all gave Veala a small kiss on the hand before walking back to their separate parts of the room and the girls all giggled when Trunks went over and did the same to them after they curtseyed.

Vegeta stood up and glared at each of the boys before looking over and pretty much ignoring the girls.

"Yes well, as you all should know, you're guests here at the palace, which means if you do even one things wrong myself or the Queen have power to get rid of you, if we kick you out, don't come back. Follow the rules, stay out of my way, don't do anything stupid and we'll all get along great. First rule…hands off her," he glared at the boys, pointing at his daughter for a moment and then looked at the girls over by his son and glared at his son telling him the same thing with one look.

"Second rule, I'm in charge, if even one of you argues with me or second guess me, you will be escorted not so gently from the palace, put on a pod and sent to some desolate planet to learn some respect and manners, don't test me because it will happen,"

Just for a split second the guest royalty looked deathly afraid of the King.

Veala and Trunks did very well at hiding their laughs, he was serious as always but that made it really funny to them.

"Any questions?" Vegeta looked around gave it three seconds then nodded

"Good, now Veala you can take the princes and duke on a tour, while Trunks takes the Princesses and Duchess to do the same, take opposite directions so that you don't kill someone on accident…" Vegeta nodded and grabbed Bulma's arm, leading her out of the room. They had more important things to be doing than babysitting. Bulma almost argued, she wanted to see how this was going to go for them both, but Vegeta just picked her up and started flying high above the castle

"We can spy better from the air,"

Bulma giggled a little

"This is why we're so good together...same evil thoughts,"

Vegeta just chuckled and they went directly to spying on the opposite kids, he watched Veala like a hawk and she was all over Trunks and what the girls were like.

Veala looked to Trunks and blinked a few times he just shrugged and smiled as the girls all came to introduce themselves once more to him, he was such a flirt.

Veala took a deep breath and walked over to the royals she had just met

"Hello," she said sort of quietly. The tallest and strongest looking of them, Ren came right over and took her hand for a moment, kissing it a little

"Princess, you are beautiful, I think you ought to consider me as your future mate," he smiled an arrogant and handsome smile right at her, as if she couldn't refuse.

Veala blushed and pulled her hand back trying to put some space between her and him she bumped into Zale's back

"o-oh I'm t-terribly sorry…"

He turned and looked at her with a slight glare

"Watch where you're going…" Just as Ren was about to yell at him for being rude to the princess he added

"You might trip and fall, we wouldn't want that now would we?" he took her hand and kissed it as well. Veala gulped just a little she wasn't sure she could handle this.

"S-so remind me of your names, I'll do my best to remember," she listened once more as they all told her once more.

Ren was the loud obnoxious arrogant one who although was very strong Veala didn't know if she could handle him. He didn't seem to have a personal space bubble at all.

Zale was a little mysterious, he seemed to be rude and a know-it-all. He acted mostly indifferent, maybe his parents made him come there and he didn't really want to be, she didn't know.

Lee was very quiet and she liked that, it was a change from the others. He was soft spoken but seemed strong in his opinions and very intelligent, she liked him already.

The last one was way too weird for her, Obi was his name and he acted like a child, one who had been spoiled from birth and given everything on a silver platter. She was sure if she refused him anything he'd pout and throw a fit. She smiled at them all and nodded

"Well it's nice to meet you all…as you know I'm Princess Veala. My twin brother is Trunks; he's the one with the purple hair and the big ladies man over there, why don't I show you around the castle? Then I can show you the training grounds and your rooms and you can get all ready for dinner later,"

She turned around and they all started to follow her around as she showed them the place she lived. She showed them the kitchen and dining rooms, the labs and the libraries, the music rooms and ball rooms, the clothing designer's room, and the dressing rooms. They stopped at her room and she smiled a little

"My room is this one, and Trunks is right next door, my parents room is all the way at the end of the hall and I suggest you don't go anywhere near it ever," she led them down to the training grounds where Goten was just finishing his daily routine

"Goten!" she ran over, thankful to see a friendly face. He heard her voice and turned around with a smile, then he saw who was with her and his smile slipped a bit into an almost glare

"Hello Princess, what're you up to?"

"Showing the suitors around...You know…" she sighed a little with a small little smile

"Princess, who's this?" Ren asked coming up next to her and looking Goten up and down like he was getting ready to fight him.

"This is Goten, his father is captain of the royal army just under my father," she smiled at Goten and then turned to Ren and the others

"This is the training yard, just behind that building there are the rest of the grounds. If and when you'd like to train or spar, Goten will be your guide and escort," she smiled at Goten once more before turning back to the others

"So that's it, any questions?"

"So how about being my girl?" Ren smiled and stepped closer to her, making her back up a step to avoid being close to him.

"I-I uh…"

"Ren! Leave the Princess alone, you all know that I'm going to be her man, not any of you," Zale folded his arms and smirked a little bit, he'd been nothing but a cocky know it all the entire time he'd been there.

"W-Well a-actually," Veala tried to get a word in, but Lee stepped in instead

"Hey! It's not either of your decisions who the Princess chooses! So back off!"

"Oh so you want think you want her more than me?! Let's battle it out and see who wins! They get to spend the next week alone with Princess Veala," Ren put his fist up to Lee who glared back.

Veala tried to speak up once more

"Wait! I didn't…"

"I don't think she wants us fighting over her, I'll just take that week alone with her now!" Obi smiled cutely, but strangely creepy at the same time.

"H-hang on everyone…" Veala couldn't talk over them and was getting very frustrated.

"Listen up!" Goten yelled over them all and shook his head, "Veala has something to say, so I suggest you listen,"

They all looked shocked that someone so below them would dare speak to them like that and they were all about to put him in his place when the little princess spoke up

"I have something I need to say," she looked around at all the royals and then to Goten, she looked away with a sigh

"I'm not promising anyone anything right now, so you can all stop asking. I have to get to know you first, and then maybe I'll think about you, but you should all know I don't plan on having a boyfriend or an almost serious courting until I'm older, so don't get your hopes up now,"

For a minute things were silent, but then Ren started talking again

"Don't worry; I'll have you falling for me in no time!"

This remark then made Zale enter the conversation

"Oh no you won't, you're too stupid to be with the princess!"

"Hey! She's too cute to be with either of you!" Obi added to the conversation

"She'd too intelligent to be with any of us!" Lee chimed in

The arguing just kept going on and on and Veala couldn't take it anymore, she shot a KI blast in the middle of them all forcing them all to jump apart and look at her in shock

"Now that I have your complete attention, I just have to say this…it was nice meeting you all, I hope you remember where your rooms are, Goten will take you there if you don't, I have to go and meet with my Father now and I'll see you all at dinner," she swiftly jumped up and flew over to the palace where she walked into an empty hallway and called for her brother

'Trunks…I don't think I can handle this,' She mentally tells him while walking to her room

'Fighting over you already? Wow, next time Goten might not be there to save you too, sorry sis, I'm busy myself,' He shows her a mental image of all the girls just staying close to each other behind him and giggling, not talking to him just talking to each other about how cute he is and nodding when he tells them where something is like they hadn't just been talking.

'Women…' Veala could feel his eye roll and it hurt her head, she hated when that happened, their bond was very strong and she could almost always feel what he was doing and he could feel what she was doing, almost as if they were the same person. She shook her head once more and closed the door to her room, she said she had to meet with her father and that was a complete lie…she just needed a break from them all.

As she laid down to rest a moment she coughed a few times and prayed to whatever Gods were above that she wasn't getting sick. She wasn't physically as strong as the rest of her family, and when she got sick they all freaked out. Her eyes closed and she slowly drifted off to sleep, the stress of the day still heavy on her mind and shoulders, she was wondering what exactly was going to happen with all these royals in her house. She sighed as sleep finally took her. She wasn't sure she wanted to find out.