A/N: Well, here's Chapter 17. Sadly, this story has come to its end. Sorry guys but it had to eventually end anyway. Second, thanks to Cara2012 and LaughableBunny for the reviews on Chapter 16. Hope you guys enjoy this final Chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ or any of the characters, Akira Toriyama does.
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Vegeta sat in his room on Frieza's ship. He was thoroughly miserable. He hadn't seen his father in a year now.
Suddenly, before he even realized what he was doing, the five-year-old Saiyan prince found himself getting to his feet and walking to Frieza's throne room.
...In the throne room...
"Frieza, can I please go home and see my father?" the Saiyan prince asked, kneeling in front of the Ice-Jin.
"Oh, so you want to see your father? So soon?" Frieza asked. "What's wrong? Do you not like my ship?"
"No, Sir. I mean, I like the ship", Vegeta said quickly. "But I haven't seen my father in a year, and I miss him".
"Oh, well I'm afraid I have some bad news for you, little prince", Frieza said, composing his face into what was supposed to be a look of pity, but came out looking like a sadistic smirk.
"What, Master Frieza?" Vegeta asked, dreading whatever it might be.
"Your father is dead", Frieza said slowly.
Those four, cruel words clapped like thunder.
Filled with grief, Vegeta got to his feet and raced to the room he shared with his bodyguard, Nappa, and Raditz, a teenage third-class warrior who had been recruited to help keep an eye on Vegeta while he was on Frieza's ship.
Once he got through the door, the six-year-old Saiyan prince flopped onto his bedroll and started to cry like his little heart was breaking.
"Vegeta", he heard someone say.
The young prince looked up and saw Nappa and Raditz standing above him.
"Vegeta, what is it?" Raditz asked, placing a hand on Vegeta's shoulder.
"M-my father's dead!" Vegeta sobbed as he lifted his head.
"Huh?" Raditz asked, looking confused.
"F-Frieza s-s-said m-my f-f-father's dead!" Vegeta howled miserably, tears streaming down his face.
Nappa and Raditz exchanged shocked looks. King Vegeta was dead? How?
Suddenly, the door opened and in walked Zarbon.
"Lord Frieza wanted me to tell you monkeys that your precious planet has been destroyed by a meteor", Zarbon said, unable to supress a smile.
That did it.
Vegeta's cries became howls.
Raditz and Nappa glared at Zarbon's back as the teal-skinned changeling walked out of the room.
When he was gone, the two Saiyans tried their best to comfort their grieving prince.
Vegeta was heartbroken and inconsolable. His loving father was dead and without his father, he was a slave to Frieza, and now that Vegeta-Sei had been destroyed, he didn't have a home to go back to.
Raditz and Nappa were sad too, but they knew their grief was nothing to that of Vegeta's. But they knew he needed them, they were the only other Saiyans in existance.
"We're here for you, Vegeta", Raditz whispered to Vegeta.
Vegeta stopped his crying.
"Frieza will pay", he said.
"Huh?" Raditz and Nappa asked.
"I just know Frieza had something to do with this, he threatened to kill my father a year ago when he took me away", Vegeta explained.
"That's horrible", Nappa said.
"Just wait...I'll get stronger...and when I do...Frieza will pay...He'll pay with his life", Vegeta said, wiping his eyes.
Raditz and Nappa agreed with their prince. He was their responsibility now and they would help him get stronger. They would be there by his side. They would help him through the days on Frieza's ship until they were finally free.
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