Disclaimer: I do not own Dragon Ball Z, or the characters of Akira Toriyama's creation. I do however, own the story, and the characters of my own creation.
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"And I will live, for as long as the Saiyans are a dominant race in the galaxy!" King Vegeta stands up from his throne, and starts to slowly walk towards Duke.
"We'll just see about that, now won't we?" Duke holds his hand out to his side, and his long katana appears in it.
"Now hold on, before you fight me or anything, I want to know exactly why you are doing what it is that you are doing." King Vegeta stalls for a bit so he can think of a way to get out of this mess.
Duke smiles, and points his katana at the ground. "Alright, I'll tell you" Duke leans on his sword, and looks King Vegeta right in the eye. Suddenly King Vegeta can hear Duke's voice inside his head. 'I'm killing you because you brought the Saiyan race down from it's dominant station in the galaxy, you let Frieza tell you what to do, and then you had the audacity of forcing all the weak Saiyans to do his dirty work, and all so you could make a few powerful friends. You then dishonored your own clan, and royal status by making high class Saiyans, as you call them, risk their lives and their livelihood. And you caused the death of my family, and just laid them there to rot. You sent them to the planet, and they were murdered.'
King Vegeta looks at Duke with confusion, as well as horror. He thinks quickly, and acts. "Look, I'm sure it was just an honest mistake, we can overlook this, I can make you my newest and highest assistant." Sweat pours down Vegeta's face as he speed talks. "You'll be higher than even Nappa, than Frieza's lackeys to me. Hell, we can even work together and stop Frieza from making the Saiyan name into a mockery."
Duke returns to vocal speaking, "And then I'd only be number two to your Royal status, and then when you do die, I'll be answering to your son." Duke pauses, and lets it sink into Vegeta. "What Saiyan, in his right mind, would answer to someone weaker than himself?"
"Well, you have a point, but rules are rules. And Saiyan Royalty will always be in control. So you just have to face facts. And royalty is always stronger than low class, and middle class Saiyans. Elites even don't stand a chance against us." King Vegeta makes a fake smile as he continues. "You won't be able to defeat me, because I've been able to conceal my strength from everyone. I'm even strong enough to take out Frieza."
"That's a lie, and you know it. You aren't any stronger than Barok was here." Duke disappears and reappears behind the king. "And your reign is over starting today. I'm sure Vulcan will make a much betterking than you. Cause now you die, and you will never ruin anyone's life again." Duke takes his sword, and pulls it back to shove it into Vegeta's back. Just as the tip of the katana reaches the king's back, Vegeta is no longer standing there. He reforms above Duke, and puts his hands out gathering energy in front of them.
"You just made the biggest mistake talking to me from behind so I could react before you attacked me. It's your last mistake you will make, as I will kill you here and now." King Vegeta continues to pump energy into the blast, and then is about to release it. "Goodbye Duke, and may your afterlife be full of pain and torment just as your family is experiencing!"
Duke then disappears himself, reappearing below Vegeta, and flies upwards with his katana. The katana slices into Vegeta's nether regions, through his internal organs, snapping bones, and spilling blood everywhere. In a flash, Duke is above King Vegeta, and he looks back down as the two halves of his body fall to the ground. "Predictable king. No wonder your reign was ending so soon. I learn from my mistakes, as you should have listened to your own advice. Too much talking creates an opening. And openings in fights can create deaths. Like your own."
Duke looks to the door, and surveys the area. He senses out to see if anyone might have been nearby and either heard or saw the fight. Not locating anyone by energy or mental signals, Duke walks towards the door. Duke locates his mercenaries in the castle, and mentally tells them to meet him at the front door.
Duke, S'kur, Vector and Tarah meet at the front of the Royal Castle. "Everything is taken care of, and the King is dead." Duke says to his men. "Soon the rest of the Saiyans will discover what has happened here, and a new leader will be decided. Hopefully one that will do better things, and get out of Frieza's control."
"So what do we do now?" S'kur asks.
"We leave, and let things happen as they should happen. We have no more business here."
"Your business is just getting started as far as I can tell." A voice rings out from behind them, and Duke turns to look at the speaker. He sees Vulcan and Shade, standing there with their swords out, and facing Duke and his men down.
"We have nothing to do with you, we did what we came here to do, and now we are leaving. You and Shade should go inside, and claim the death of King Vegeta for yourselves so you can make this a better planet." Duke turns to walk away, but Vulcan takes a step towards him.
"I don't think so. You killed the king, Nappa, Shade's father, and countless royal guards including Frieza's right hand men. You don't get off that easy, especially not on my watch." Vulcan glares at Duke, with a face so full of hate, one would have to wonder if the man ever felt happiness in his life. Then Vulcan projects a thought into Duke's head: 'And I know that you killed my sister.'
Duke stands there looking at Vulcan, a true look of shock on his face. "How... I thought Tolan was the only..."
'She taught me a lot about psychic abilities, how to communicate, how to block mental scans, and how to disrupt psychic attacks.' Vulcan smiles with a wicked look, and points his sword at Duke. "You will pay for all that you have done. I may even let Frieza get a crack at you if you are still alive after we get through with you."
"Now look, I'm not trying to start any trouble..."
"Too late, you already did, and now there is no turning back." Vulcan turns to Shade, "Tell the rest of them to come out, and we'll send these guys packing."
Shade turns on his scouter, and speaks into the communicator. "Lenora, Shadow and Malena, have you found Asper yet?"
"Negative," comes a sweet female voice on the other end. "He's nowhere to be found, not even a body. He must have left the planet, cause he isn't here"
Then S'kur steps forward, and out of the shadows. He is still disguised as Asper, and his energy is the same level as Asper due to his ingestion. "That is because I'm right here. Now, let's get this party started, and we can make Duke here pay for what he did to the Saiyan empire!"
Vulcan looks at Asper, and tilts his head. "Asper, did you do something to your energy? It seems a bit different."
S'kur looks nervous, but responds calmly. "Yeah, I trained a bit, new style, so my energy is a bit off. Sorry, forgot to mention it to you."
Vulcan ponders for a moment. "And how did you know his name is Duke? He never mentioned his name to us."
"Uh, um, well..." S'kur stutters his response, giving Vulcan more reason to doubt him.
"Okay, what did you do to him? Is this another thing to add to the list of crap you have done that I have to make you pay for?" Vulcan demands of Duke.
"I did nothing, this is who you think it is. I've never met him in my life," Duke gives a signal with his hand to the rest of his men, and Vector nods his head. "Alright, you want a fight, then it's a fight you'll get." Duke charges at Vulcan, and creates his sword in his right hand. Just as he clashes with Vulcan's three bladed sword, Vector creates an instant black hole that sends Vulcan and Duke to an uninhabited planet.
"What the hell?" Shade looks at the situation dumbfounded, and roars at the rest of Duke's mercenaries. "What the hell did you do to them? You killed him didn't you?" Shade charges at Vector, and swings his sword at him. Suddenly a flash of light erupts from the sword, and a burst of energy flies at Vector.
Just then, Lenora, Malena and Shadow land, and noticing that Shade is fighting, they join in.
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Sigh Well, finally got back into the habit of typing again. Hope you like what you are reading. I'd appreciate more reviews. Any comments or concerns can be left there, or if you would prefer, my email is in my bio. Chapter 8 will be up as soon as I get to it. Hopefully writer's block doesn't get in the way again.