Note from the Author:
First of all this story is not on hiatus. A few people have been asking me why I stopped writing it and I'm telling all of you now I have not. I just like to be ahead of what I post incase I want to change somthing someone said or did because I have done that alot. I actually killed Lucy off for awhile but my story got really depressing and dark so I went back and wrote her back in. Then I killed Kuriza off, and Lucy got really depressing to write for, so i am just telling you all that where I am in the story Kuriza is already born and there not on Frieza's planet anymore. I'm not spoiling anything because who knows what I'll do later. I may kill a few people off in fact I plan on doing that pretty soon.
So here's Chapter 25
I like this Chapter, it reminds us all that Frieza is still kind of an ass hole, if you love him like me or hate him, you know it's true.
Chapter 25: New Way of Doing Things
"I'm sure she does your very likable" Frieza answered my previous question with a charming smirk. He led me up a few more flights of stairs and then stopped at the two largest double doors yet and engraved or burned into the door read 'Lord Frieza'. He pressed his finger on a small screen on the wooden doors it beeped and then Frieza took my hand that was held in his and put my thumb on the screen it beeped twice and Frieza punched in what looked like a code on screen. "What's your password?" I asked smiling and nudging him. "It's on the door." He said and then the doors opened wide. "Isn't that a little too obvious?" I asked. "Exactly what I was going for my girl" Frieza said. I looked around his room. It was very different from what I was used to though the color pattern was the same standard white and purple there were decorations. Frieza had a lot of pictures of what must have been him at my age with tons of different friends. "Associates" Frieza said standing behind me. "These don't look like associates" I said pointing to a picture of him being hugged very tightly by a few very pretty girls, I wrinkled my nose when I noticed one was kissing his cheek. "Forgive me but their names slipped my mind" Frieza said. "I don't like them" I said and put the picture face down. "Sorry Lucy but if I had remembered the picture I would have disposed of it before hand." He said and looped his arms around my waist. "It looks like you have a lot of friends…" I said looking at pictures of him drinking and having fun with different groups but one boy was always in each one. "Who's that?" I asked. "I want to say it starts with an M…" Frieza said racking his brain. "It may come to me later." He said and released me turning away. He went to a desk and sat down and started rummaging through a large stack of papers. "Help me would you?" he asked. "With what Lord Frieza?" I asked turning around to face him. "Help me find something, I just had it before I went to go and get you; check over by my bed in that pile." He said. "What exactly am I looking for?" I asked noticing the papers were all in another language. "The one that says Borenz at the very top." He said. "Here it is." I said lifting it up and bring it to him. "What would I do without you? Where did you find it?" he asked. "It was the first one in the stack." I said placing it in his hand. "I should really learn to look harder for things." He said. "Wow; that's a lot of papers…" I said sitting down on his lap. "I use to be much more organized, then a sweet little girl came along and messed up the way I go about doing things." He said smiling and pushing my bangs back. "Do I really have you all backed up?" I asked sadly. "Backed up isn't the half of it my dear, but never you mind change is a good thing." Frieza said laughing lightly. "Could I help you in some way?" I asked looking at what he was doing. "Well I suppose you could organize these in a stack." He said. "Could you show me how you want it?" I asked. "Sure" he said, Frieza showed me how he wanted me to stack it he was rather particular about a few things like how the need to be in order from urgent to casual. "I usually make Zarbon to this kind of tedious work…I feel a little bad for letting you do all this." He said. "Oh I don't mind at all I like helping you." I said sweetly. "Good to hear." Frieza said and the he started signing away on his papers then handing them to me to stack up. We signed and stacked for what seemed like hours until Frieza let out a sigh and leant back in his chair. "What is it?" I asked. "Diner will be soon, you should go and get dressed; or if you want to wear the same thing be my guest." He said. "Alright, I'm going to take a shower." I said and pushed myself up from his lap. "No you take a bath I get the shower." Frieza said standing up as well.
He and I bathed and when I got out I brushed out my hair and put the necklace Frieza gave me back on. "There will be quite a few people here tonight." Frieza said slipping on armor that was similar to what he arrived in. "Why so?" I asked putting on some earrings. "It is always been like this, my parents always make the 'royal diner' somewhat of a party." Frieza said. "Alright" I said. I got dressed in something black and simple ( /evenings/evening-dresses/TBE21267/). "Let's not keep them waiting any longer" Frieza said, I grabbed his arm and he and I went out the door.
Frieza led me down the stairs and two soldiers opened the door to the great hall for us. "Thank you" I said and Frieza gave me a sly look. I looked around and there were tons of people. "Frieza seemed to be trying to stay under the radar by leading me to a small corner with refreshments and turning around. "He poured me a glass of punch and sighed when his name was called. "Lord Frieza" a loud male voice said. "I should have known we wouldn't stay hidden long you're the only one with hair here." He said and the turned around. "Frieza m' boy; my haven't you grown! I could have sword the last I saw you were only up to my knee" a man slightly taller than Frieza exclaimed. "General, how are you?" Frieza said with a light smile. "This must be your fiancée the beautiful Arisian Princess Lucy!" he said looking to me and I instinctively hid myself a bit behind Frieza's back. "She's a shy girl" Frieza said defensively. "Don't crowd them." A woman said coming around his shoulder. "Good evening my Lord" she said bowing. "You are?" Frieza questioned. "Oh right, I'm General Bloch's wife." She said bowing again. "Lucy!" I heard a loud whisper say I looked around and saw Frieza's mom standing with a group of girls she was motioning me over. "What you want to bail on me now?" Frieza said. "Frieza" a booming familiar voice called. "Never mind then, if you'll excuse me" Frieza said. He walked me half way and then I kissed him and he went to go join his father and I went to his mother. "Lucy, there you are! Ladies this is my son's fiancée." She said happily. "Lucy sweetheart, these are some of my very dear friends." She said. "My Lady how do you do, I am Merveranda of the house of Versin." That named sounded slightly familiar. "This is my daughter, Melinda." She said the girl was absolutely beautiful. "How do you do my Lady." She said bitterly. "Frieza and Melinda were childhood friends, isn't that right my dear." Merveranda said. "I suppose…" the girl said and glanced over at Frieza with a light blush. Her mother nudged her, "I'm sorry I mean that's right your highness." She said curtsying a little. "I for one am ecstatic; I thought that wild child would never settle down." Her mother said. "If you'll excuse me…" Melinda said and stormed off in Frieza's direction. I felt my face grow hot she she put her hand on his shoulder. Frieza turned and smiled widely at her looking very pleased. The two of them were laughing and talking and Frieza was looking at her in a way he doesn't look at his soldiers it was the way he looked at me, I hated her for it she was going to try and take my Frieza away from me. Without thinking I felt my feet moving my body closer to them. "Frieza!" I barked. "Hello, my sweet" Frieza said. I walked over to him and pulled him into a love filled hug. "Take me up to your room." I said pulling back. Frieza smirked and looked at Melinda and then me. "Excuse us" Frieza said pulling me away. "What is this all about?" Frieza asked. "I don't like that girl very much." I said to Frieza. "Oh…jealous are we?" Frieza asked smiling cruelly. "Why don't you come and join us my dear." He said nudging me causing me to stumble. Frieza grabbed me and made sure I was steady before letting me go. "I'll just tell her I don't want to talk to her, alright?" Frieza said and I let out a sigh of relief and nodded. "Ok, thank you Frieza, I don't like it when you talk to other girls." I said. "I can understand I don't let you speak to other men so I won't talk with other women." He said and I felt his hand smooth my back and I looked up into his enchanting cheery eyes. I couldn't help myself and I jumped into his arms and he welcomed me with a loving hug, it was a little tight but that only made me like it more. "Frieza!" I squealed excitedly. "Come on; you and I can just go talk never mind my parents or the guests, after all I wouldn't be here if not for you." He said setting me down and I took his hand and he led me to the dinner table and we sat down at the end of the table and I sat down next to him where he told me too. "See, that's Lucy in my language he said pointing to the card on my empty plate. "Ok, I'll try and remember that, and that's how you spell Frieza" I said giggling. "Yes Lucy it's spelt just like Frieza." He said jokingly.
Our nice conversation was interrupted. "Excuse me" Melinda said forcefully I jerked to her attention but Frieza frowned and only glanced at her before looking straight ahead of him. "I wasn't done" she said rudely. "I was" Frieza said calmly, "You can't just walk away after everything I said to you to be with… her…this out worlder." She said and I looked away from her hateful stare. "She is no out worlder; she is the Princess of one of the planets I govern and the new Princess of this planet. You will find it will do well for yourself by treating her with some respect." Frieza said his voice still calm. "Prince or not you cannot treat people this way!" she yelled causing most of the room to stare. "General, silence your daughter before I find her head on a spike to add with the others who so carelessly spoke out against me." Frieza said his voice staying so calm it was almost deadly. "You were supposed to marry me!" she yelled wrestling herself from her father's grip. "Melinda I am not below killing you where you stand, if you say you know me as well as you claim you know this to be a fact." Frieza said. "Not I, nor will any true Ice-jin bow down before your half-breed son! Only a true Ice-jin may ever hold the throne and the right to call themselves a true Cold." Her words were like needles in my heart each one stabbing deep. Frieza's eyes shut slowly and he held up his finger and a dull pink light formed growing in brightness. "General, hold her still." Frieza said standing from his seat. "M-my Lord…please no not my only daughter!" He begged. "Hold her still!" Frieza barked, I saw the fear in his eyes as he looked to his daughter and gripped her arms tight and pushed her to her knees. "Don't seem so upset, you're next" Frieza said pointing his glowing finger to the back of her head. She closed her eyes tightly. I wanted to plead him to stop but my throat was dry my eyes were watering he wouldn't really do it, would he? No remorse was in his eyes he seemed to be feeling nothing at all I looked to his parents they seemed more than pleased. "Close your eyes girl." He said strongly and I obeyed closing my eyes tightly then a familiar zap noise filled the quiet room and I jumped. Frieza was smiling smugly when I opened my eyes and blew the smoke from the tip of his finger. "Merveranda…crying for a traitor, one who would say such things about my family's noble blood…shame my mother seemed to rather favor you." Frieza said softly. She whimpered and looked to the queen who gave her a look of disgust. "Next General bring me your wife." Frieza said not looking to the man. "Miss, please have mercy!" she begged falling to her knees and grabbing the queen's feet. Frieza's mother yanked the woman up by her dress and shoved her to her trembling husband's arms. "Frieza no!" I begged finding my words now. He seemed to jump at my voice, "Be silent, and keep your eyes closed" he said softly and his eyes matched his voice when he looked at me. "I gave your daughter fair warning, more than I would have given anyone else. You two could not silence her so I had to, now you will pay for her mistakes as well." Frieza said turning away from me. "General Versin if you would be so kind as to hold your wife." Frieza said another pink light growing at his finger tip and I closed my eyes tightly and covered my ears but it did little good I could still hear everyone perfectly. "Please sir I don't agree with my daughter! I'm not a traitor!" she begged. "I'm sorry but when one apple in the bunch is bad it will spoil the rest…Terribly sorry but it must be done." He said these words so casually. The zap noise filled the room and I heard her body hit the floor. I felt sick and weak I was going to throw up, "Frieza please no more!" I begged my eyes still closed tightly. He was silent and then heard his footsteps near closer to me and my body grew stiff. "Someone clean this mess…General Marquis…Take General Versin to the prisons…I'll finish him later…my Lady needs tending to." He said loudly. With my eyes still shut I reached my arms up to him and I felt him lift me up. "There, there" he said and carried me from the room.
Frieza led me out the door and whipped the tears from my eyes with his thumb. "Shhh!" he said and brought his eyes to mine. "Please don't be upset." He said stroking my cheek. "You scared me Lord Frieza." I whimpered looking away from his gaze. "Don't be frightened of me Lucy, you know I would never hurt you right." He said and my eyes went to the floor, his grip on my cheeks loosened and he released me, "Right" he said sadly. "Well I guess I deserve that, you…didn't see them…did you?" he asked. I shook my head "no my Lord" I said. "Good" he said sighing. "Your innocence is still in tack then?" He asked. "I'm not innocent!" I sassed back. "No of coarse not Lucy." He said smiling. "Please keep those eyes dry." He said whipping under my eyes again. "Yes Sir" I said. "Not Sir" he said and I gave him a curious look. "I told you just Frieza to you." He said. "Yes…Frieza" I said smiling up at him. "Better; there's that pretty, pretty smile." He said and put his hand on my back and opened the door leading me back inside. I clang tightly to his arm as he walked me to the table from what I could see the bodies were gone and everyone seemed as though nothing happened. Everyone was sitting down now and Frieza pulled out my chair and I smoothed my dress before sitting. Every person at the table stood but the King and Queen as Frieza readied to sit and when he did they all only sat when Frieza made a motion with his hand. "Now then since we all are here now we may begin." King Cold said then people at the table erupted in conversation.
Frieza's POV
"Hey Frieza" Lucy said whipping her long hair to her side and turning to me lightly hitting the woman next to her. "Yes my dear?" I answered leaning forward slightly to hear her. "Just saying 'hello' is all." She said smiling widely. I smirked lightly at her; a maid came around and poured everyone a glass of wine. The girl gave Lucy a puzzled look and then looked to me and stuttered out her words. "W-what" She said with a very thick Ice-jin accent I could hardly understand her. "What do you mean what?" I asked rudely and she looked all the more confused. "Forgive me my prince, but I don't think the girl can speak the common tongue." The man sitting next to me said in a snarky tone. "Really…" I said. "Is this true" I asked the girl whose lip seemed to tremble and then pointed to Lucy and then her tray. Lucy ruined my fun and turned and smiled at the girl and pointed to the picture of water. "She's a rather kind woman my Lord." He man said. "Yes I know, perhaps to kind." I said smiling looking of at her taking a sip of her water. "She seems awful quiet, does she know the common tongue?" he asked. "Yes she knows it, and far from quiet. That girl drives me up the wall, I've never met a more care free person in my life." I said smartly. "You couldn't tell she seems so collect" he said. "But I suppose that is how they all reel you in" he said glancing to his own wife on his Right who was laughing with a girl to her left. "They are right about women being the universes biggest mystery." He said and I looked over at Lucy who looked slightly uncomfortable and very lonely so I decided to join her in our conversation. "What do you think about it?" I asked her. "Men are pretty confusing…" she said shyly. The man I was talking to laughed, "Spoken like a true woman." The woman sitting next to her peeped out that Lucy had whacked with her golden hair earlier. "But a man can never understand the complexity of a woman's heart." She said fanning her face with an overly large fan. "I bet Frieza can, Frieza knows lots of things." I felt my face grow hot at her words. The woman giggled and gave Lucy a motherly look, "My Lord she is an absolute delight!" she said looking Lucy over. "My dear your hair is a marvelous shade, however do you get it that way?" She asked. "It's always been this color." She said now smoothing her hair nervously. "It's really quite beautiful…" she said. "Thank you but I always sort of wanted brown hair." She said. "I don't think Frieza would like if I changed it." She said and I smirked. "Your right, I wouldn't like it one bit, your hair is just fine the way it is." I said sternly. She gave me a nervous smiled and continued to fiddle with her hair.
Lucy's POV
"What is it?" I asked Frieza when the first course was served. "Caviar" he said. "Do I have to eat it?" I asked my tummy starting to churn at the sight of it, I'm sure Kuriza didn't want any either. "If you are going to get sick then please don't." he said pushing his own plate away. Frieza snapped his fingers and pointed at my plate and then his own. "Do you not like it either?" I asked. "No, it's slimy and tastes disgusting." Frieza said after finishing off his glass of wine. "It's has a required taste My Lady, young people such as Lord Frieza and yourself tend to dislike it, even I use to hate it." The woman sitting next to me said and I gave her a soft smile. After everyone was finished they brought out salad and I was more than happy to eat that. "What's wrong?" I asked Frieza who asked the maid yet again to take his plate. "Nothing" Frieza said. "Lucy!" I heard my name called from across the table. It was Frieza's mother who was motioning me over I looked to Frieza to see what he wanted me to do. He gave me an uncaring look and lifted his cup for more wine. "I'll be right back." I said and walked down the table to her side. "I want to tell you something." She said and then glared to Frieza's father who looked at her in question. "What?" he asked. "Well you're not going to let her stay on her feet are you?" She asked. "Fine" he sighed and stood up and went to go take my seat to talk to Frieza.
Frieza's POV
My father came over to me and sat down in Lucy's seat in a sort of pouting manner. "They're getting along better than I expected." I said. "I know, Lucy is all your mother has been talking about all day." He said glancing over at the two girls giggling about something. "Not that I like that it's my own mother, but it's about time she made a friend." I said looking at Lucy smiling happily. "Come off it." My father said ready to dish more about the Vex family. "What, I'm serious, that's what she told me anyway." I said. "You believe her, surly she's had a friend she is a celebrity." He said taking a drink of my wine. "What does that mean? Of course I believe her, she would never lie to me; I don't even know if she knows how, besides she was more of a prisoner." I said taking my cup from his hand. "I'll take your word for it." He said. "You believe me father, you just don't want too." I said whipping the rem of my glass before taking a drink. "Maybe so…wait a second why am I over here? I'm the King their just women since when do they get to shove me around?" he said sitting up straight. "You plan on marching over there and telling mother and your daughter in-law what for?" he slouched back down and sighed. "You respect me at least right?" I laughed lightly. "Sure" I said. "Father stop sulking, look she's coming back." I said watching Lucy's smiling face come into view. "I'm sorry about that you're Grace." She said politely. "No matter; here let me get your seat." My father said standing and pulling Lucy's seat out for her. "Thank you." Lucy said smiling as he pushed her snug against the table. "What was that all about?" I asked her as my father left to rejoin my mother. "A lady over there has a baby." She said smiling shyly at me. "So she does…" I said looking down the table seeing a woman with a bundle hugged loosely to her chest. "Does…" she began but stopped herself "do you think it really hurts as bad as they say?" she asked nervously looking down at her hands folded neatly on in her lap. "Well…I'll make sure of it personally that you don't feel a thing." I said reassuringly. "I want to feel it. I don't want to be on so many things that I don't remember." She said quietly. "We'll just have to see what you're in the mood for when the day comes now wont we?" I said taking a drink of my newly filled wine.
Lucy's POV
Diner arrived and I looked around after the maid sat my food down. It was different than everyone else's. "Frieza why do I have something different?" I asked. "You wouldn't like my peoples cuisines my dear, nothing what you're used to." He said. "Do you think I could try it?" I asked scooting closer to him with my neck stretched out waiting for him to feed me. "I suppose so, but please don't vomit on me again." He said cutting up a piece of meat and placing it my mouth. The taste was like heaven it is what my body had been craving for months the taste was strong and so foreign yet so familiar. I opened my mouth wanting another bite. "You like it?" Frieza asked surprised. "It's the greatest thing I've ever tasted." I said "I'll get you your own, if you want it I won't stop you." Frieza barked an order in his language after snapping his fingers. A woman instantly took my plate and it was replaced with what everyone else was having. I couldn't help myself and instantly dug in. "No one's taking it away from you sweet heart." Frieza laughed lightly. "They might" I said and Frieza laughed again. "Not if they plan on living very long short after." He said humored. "So you like our people's food, do you?" The King asked me from across the table. "I nodded quickly, "did they never make it on Arise? It's quite a common dish, most foreigners can adapt to the taste." He said. I swallowed and the answered him, "To be honest I'm not sure" I said. "Why not?" he asked "Well on Arise I never really…ate much of anything." I said. The table grew slightly silent and King Cold didn't say a word at all only gave Frieza a look that he returned. "Interesting…" he said. I looked over at Frieza, "You're alright, no one is angry at you." He said and tucked some of my hair behind my ear.
We finished our diner and then then desert came Frieza was saying some nasty things about a race of people. "I'm actually surprised you wanted the Northern Galaxy Frieza, what with all the filth it's covered with." King cold said I could tell everyone but me at the table was very drunk and it made me uncomfortable. "Careful father we have a Northerner present, but sure if you say it like that the Northern Galaxy is defiantly known for holding planets with dust covered planets and races with a low income but; every now and again you find a small planet like Arise that is a diamond in the ruff." I perked up at the name of my planet. I noticed that Frieza mentioned it a lot; it must really be something if Frieza is always thinking about it. "The day I went to go retrieve my little Princess here I considered riding of it but I decided it would be more of a loss than a gain in the long run." Frieza said. I looked over at him and gave him a pleading look, "But that Crayton fellow my Lord, what was the story with him again?" a man spoke to Frieza. Frieza's light hearted look changed to one of hate as he spoke his name. King cold laughed loudly, "Captain Taros, please try not to upset him you saw what happens when Frieza feels like Lucy is being threatened." King Cold said defensively. "It's not that, his name just turns my stomach is all, Lucy, dear eat my desert for me won't you?" he asked noticing I had eaten all of mine and placed his full plate onto my empty one with a loud clatter. "I'm sort of full…" I said softly. "You don't have to eat it if you don't want too but you should." He said sternly. I gave him a half smile and started eating. He watched me for a bit and then began talk. "Crayton…as my father may remember had given me trouble before Lucy; she was just the final straw." I listened as Frieza spoke even though I didn't like him talking so badly about other people he was my Lord and even though I don't think he would ever hurt me, I wanted to respect him more so than everyone else. "Because I made him general of my interrogation squad he thought it gave him the right to speak out freely to me and voice his opinion about planet's that Crayton had issues with and try and persuade me to rid of them. He never said why but one week he was pretty certain that Arise was bad news as well, now I know it was when Lucy had rejected him." I was shocked by that. "Crayton wanted me dead?" I asked Frieza. "Not just you, the whole planet; but I'm sure you can figure out what I told him." He said drinking his wine and looking at me but he was speaking openly to the quiet table. "It's something everyone thinks Frieza, kings of the planets I run think you can't handle the pressure of the Northern Galaxy because of your age." King Cold said a look as if Frieza had just got grounded washed over his face. "Tell your 'Kings' I am running the Northern Galaxy just fine!" Frieza snapped. "I won't need to, a few of them changed their tone when they found you were settling down." His father said smartly. "Don't look at me like that, I was just telling you I think you are doing a fine job." He said and Frieza frowned looking at his father. "I think you're doing good Lord Frieza." I said touching his arm. "You see? That's why you are the only one I can trust." He said and I smiled at him. "You look tired." Frieza said after looking in my eyes. "What? No I'm fine Frieza, really" I said but he wasn't buying it. "I'll take you to bed, but my father wanted to see me before I go to." Frieza said. "Father, mother; I'm taking Lucy to bed, and father I'll be in your office shortly after don't keep me waiting terribly long." He said with a sigh. Pushing himself up from the table and then pulled out my seat.