Promises are Promises
Zarbon was at a tattoo parlor, he was getting a tattoo on his back, it has been two weeks since his birthday has past, he was now fifteen with his haircut short, "Hold still kid." The tattoo guy said.
"Ouch! It hurts, how does it look?" asked Zarbon.
"It looks beautiful kid, keep holding still." Tattoo guy said.
"Ok," Zarbon said.
Two hours later he was all finished, Zarbon got off the table and looked at his tattoo in the mirror, actually there were two tattoos, one was in Japanese which was his name, and the other was in English written in his name mixed in with the colors, light blue, dark green and dark pink. "I love them, do you do piercings too?" asked Zarbon.
"Where do you want it?" asked the tattoo guy.
"In my navel," Zarbon said lifting his shirt up.
The tattoo guy got his piercing gun out, "Hold still kid." He said piercing it.
"Looks good, thank you," Zarbon said giving him money.
Zarbon walked out of the shop down the sidewalk some girls were staring at him, he was growing from an ugly duckling into a great beauty.
He flew home, landed at the steps of the palace, and walked inside with Apple greeting him, "Wow I like your hair Zarbon." Apple said.
"Thank you Apple." Zarbon said going to see Freezer.
Freezer had company over, his father's sister, her husband and their twelve year old daughter Icey, Zarbon all the sudden burst through the door, "Wasz up Freezer? " Zarbon asked.
"Teenagers, I'm trying to talk to my father's sister." Freezer said.
"Oh Freezer I was thinking about you today and how much I missed you." Zarbon said hugging him.
Freezer rolled his eyes, "What did you do?" asked Freezer.
"Nothing," Zarbon said.
"Is he yours Freezer?" asked Aunt May.
"No I adopted him, I regretted it ever since." Freezer said.
"Oh he's been so good to me, in fact he let me keep the name that my mother gave to me, which is the only good thing he has ever done for me." Zarbon said.
"What was the name that your mother gave to you?" asked Aunt May.
"Zarbon," Zarbon said.
"Freezer you need to discipline him more." Aunt May said hitting Freezer upside the head.
"Auntie May please!" Freezer said.
Zarbon laughed a little, "He does whip my back whenever I misbehaved." Zarbon said.
"Prove it." Auntie May said.
"Well he hasn't done it in a month." Zarbon said.
"Show us your back anyways." Aunt May said.
"If you insist," Zarbon then lifted his shirt up and showed them his growing muscles.
"Oh my God, he's got two horrid tattoos!" Aunt May said.
Freezer looked at his back and saw them, "Zarbon!" he said.
"They're not horrid, they're lovely!" Zarbon said.
"I gave you birthday money, what did you do with it?" asked Freezer.
"I spent it on a haircut, tattoo and navel piercing." Zarbon said.
"What you mean to tell me that you spent your money on stupid tattoos that are washable?" asked Freezer.
"The tattoos are permanent." Zarbon said.
"He does have nice abs I must admit and big back bones too." Aunt May said.
"Did you put him on steroids, the last time I saw him he was a fatso." Uncle Herb said.
"No, he's turning out to be a great weight lifter is all, of course there's one in every package!" Freezer laughed at his own joke but nobody laughed. "Yes he's becoming a big man," Freezer said.
Icey was staring at Zarbon, she was amazed at how young and handsome he was, "Freezer your son is very cute!" Icey said.
Zarbon looked over at her and blushed a little bit, "I better go, see you later." Zarbon said running out of the room shyly.
"Yah bye Zarbon," Freezer said.
Zarbon was walking down the hallway and bumped into Kiwi, "Hey Zarbon what's up?" asked Kiwi.
"I got a navel piercing and two tattoos." Zarbon said.
"Zarbon, why are you Goth all the sudden?" Kiwi asked.
"It's nothing; I just needed a change is all." Zarbon said.
"You're going through one of those adolescence crisis aren't you?" asked Kiwi.
"Maybe I'm not sure what you're talking about." Zarbon said.
"You know you miss Liya so you go and do something as dumb as getting your navel pierced, we all go through those crisis and…" Before Kiwi could finish, Zarbon walked away.
Zarbon ran to his room and slammed the door shut, he went and sat on his bed, it had been months since Liya his ex girlfriend got married and had a daughter by someone her own species. He found out that she was pregnant when the two were just fourteen years old, he tried to give her an abortion, and then Freezer sent him to military academy.
He then looked at a picture, in the picture they were kids, then he threw it across the room, went into his bathroom, and shut the door behind him. He had a knife in there and he put it to his wrist.
Apple knocked on the door, "Zarbon come on Kiwi and I are worried about you, you haven't been acting like yourself lately!" Apple said. He knocked on it again, "Zarbon I saw you come in here, you can't fool me!" Apple said.
All the sudden Apple's manly intuition told him that something wasn't right, so he broke down the door, but Zarbon was nowhere in sight, then he thought about him in the bathroom. So he knocked on the door, but no answer, so he opened the door and saw Zarbon lying unconscious on the floor, "Oh my God Zarbon!" he yelled.
Later on Zarbon was at the hospital in a bed, and he slowly woke up, "Where am I?" he asked slurring his words.
Freezer, Apple and Kiwi were in the room sitting in front of him, "Guys could you please leave I need to talk to Zarbon alone!" Freezer said. Kiwi and Apple got up and left the room.
Freezer walked up to Zarbon and slapped him in the face, "Shame on you! You are a selfish pig you know that! If you were my real son I would have killed you by now!" Freezer said.
Zarbon was still a little drowsy from the medicine, "What did I do exactly?" he asked.
"That is the fifth time this year that you cut yourself! You fucken idiot are you trying to kill yourself?" asked Freezer.
"I love you Liya." Zarbon said.
"Ah ha I knew it! You are still in love with that long snouted girl, are you not? She's married and has a baby now, so get over her as soon as you can!" Freezer said.
"Why couldn't we be together?" Zarbon asked.
"I'm not Liya Zarbon, it's me Freezer your boss, your adoptive father, your emperor!" Freezer yelled.
"Liya why did that horrid Freezer make you marry that man?" Zarbon asked still delusional.
"Uh I don't think I'm getting through to him!" Freezer said leaving the room.
Later on that night Freezer was sitting down in front of the fireplace with his Auntie May, Uncle Herb and Icey, "So he tried to kill himself for what number of time?" asked Auntie May.
"The fifth time this year." Freezer said.
"What's his problem?" Uncle Herb asked.
"It had something to do with a girl." Freezer said.
"It's that time of his life going through puberty I suppose." Uncle Herb said.
"So he goes and cuts himself?" Freezer asked.
"I thought he was so cute, will he be all right?" Icey asked.
"Yes I must admit that he's very attractive." All the sudden Freezer smiled and looked at Icey, he perhaps thought of an idea to get Zarbon to stop looking at Liya and focus his attention elsewhere.
"You think he's cute hum?" Freezer asked.
"Yes I do, he has a sexy voice and he is just adorable to look at!" Icey said.
"We'll see if he'll be able to get to know you better." Freezer said chuckling.
Meanwhile in the hospital Kiwi and Apple were at Zarbon's side non-stop, they were both his best friends and past babysitters and they were there for him. He would have been there for them if they were going through some tough times. "I don't understand why Liya would do such a horrible thing like that." Zarbon said.
"Look Liya has a baby now, it's beyond your control Zarbon." Apple said.
"Just forget about her, she's lame anyways, she's not even the same species as you." Kiwi said.
"But it's not fair." Zarbon said.
"Life sucks you need to find a way to deal with it, when you get home, we'll just go out to eat just the three of us alright? No girlfriends, whores or Freezer all right?" Kiwi said.
"Ok that's fine." Zarbon said.
A couple of days later Zarbon got home and he went out the eat with Apple and Kiwi, they had a good time and he got back late at night and they were laughing and having a good time, until they saw Shasha standing in front of the palace. He was Freezer's other primal changeling that worked for him, besides Zarbon.
"Zarbon, Freezer wants to see you." Shasha said in his thick Russian accent and raspy voice.
"I don't want to talk to him!" Zarbon said.
"You have no say so in matter, besides he wants to apologize to you for losing his temper with you. He even has a surprise for you, come with me!" Shasha said walking into the palace.
"See you guys later." Zarbon said saying goodbye to Kiwi and Apple and he went into the palace following Shasha.
Zarbon walked into Freezer's private office, "Do you have something to say to me?" asked Zarbon.
"Yes I wanted to apologize for being cross with you, but I don't want you to kill yourself over a girl, that's the dumbest thing a man can do." Freezer said.
"Hey I'm a very sensitive person sir!" Zarbon said.
"I know that, and for that reason I'm going to set you up on a date so that you can forget Liya for a while." Freezer said.
Zarbon's eyes grew wide, "But I'm not allowed to date you said so yourself!" Zarbon said.
"Oh Icey come on out!" Freezer said.
Icey came out from hiding, "Oh my God it's him! Zarbon come here love!" She yelled running over to him and kissing his arms.
"I see that you're happy to see me Icey." Zarbon said with a confused look on his face.
"You're going on a date with her tomorrow night!" Freezer said.
"She's only twelve, that's way too young." Zarbon said.
"Her father approved, so take her out to some fancy restaurant and pay for it! I'll give you the money." Freezer said.
"Oh I can't wait!" Icey said.
"I suggest that you put on a tie!" Freezer said.
"Yes then I can fuck you tonight!" Icey yelled.
Zarbon rolled his eyes, "Excuse me?" asked Zarbon who was no womanizer.
"I guess I forgot to tell you, she has Tourette syndrome, sometimes she ends up saying things that just come out of her mouth that she shouldn't say." Freezer said.
Later on Zarbon was talking on the phone with Apple when the time for curfew came, "He wants me to take his cousin Icey out on a date, she's only twelve years old." Zarbon said.
"Look I suggest you do it and get it over with so that you can move on with your life." Apple said.
"But being on the rebound isn't such a good idea, especially when you are still in love with someone." Zarbon said.
"Just give her a chance Zarbon, you might end up liking her, I think she's a nice girl, she's a brat that's for sure, but she's not so bad once you get to know her." Apple said. Zarbon then sighed.
Next night Zarbon wore the nicest thing he had, no not his Sayain armor either, it was more like a tuxedo. He went to all that trouble just to get a limo for her to drive her to the restraint and got her roses. He rang the doorbell and Auntie May opened the door up, "Hey Icey your date's here!" She said.
"Hold on mom, I can't find my thong!" She yelled.
Zarbon put on a fake smile, "Fix your collar you look like a peasant." Auntie May said fixing Zarbon's collar.
"I'm coming!" Icey yelled, she ran down the stairs dressed up all fancy and then she tripped and fell down the stairs.
Zarbon then inappropriately said, "Ouch that looks like that hurts." He said.
"Maybe Freezer should send you to charm school; I'll take him up on it." Auntie May said.
"Right hold on," Zarbon then ran over to Icey and helped her up.
"Thank you, you are so kind, usually when I fall down people laugh at me at school." She said.
"I got you some roses." Zarbon said giving her the roses.
"Oh you got those for me, how sweet!" She said sniffing them, she looked out the window, "You got me a limo too?" she asked.
Zarbon chuckled, "Actually I'm just using it for tonight so it can take you to your favorite restaurant." Zarbon said.
"Let's go, bye mum!" Icey said grabbing Zarbon's hand and leading him to the limo.
They got to the restraint in fifteen minutes, it was a nice place called Le Snob, Zarbon and Icey walked up to the host, "May I help you?" asked the Host.
"Yes, Freezer party of two." Zarbon said.
"Yes follow me please." He walked away.
"Let's follow him Zarbon!" Icey said dragging Zarbon to the table.
The host pulled out a chair for Zarbon and set himself down, then when he tried to pull out a chair for Icey she missed and fell to the floor, everyone in the restraint stared at her, "I'm okay assholes!" she said aloud.
The waiter came over, "Ok what can I get for you?" he asked.
"I'll take a root beer." Zarbon said.
"We don't have root beer." The waiter said.
"Ok how about diet coke." Zarbon said.
"I'll have the same thing he's having!" Icey said smiling.
"Copycat," Zarbon said as the waiter left.
The waiter came back with their drinks, "Thank you." Zarbon said.
"What will you have sir?" asked the waiter.
"I'll have octopus tentacles, ink free." Zarbon said handing the waiter his menu.
"I'll have a spicy shrimp!" she gave the menu to the waiter and he left.
"So Zarbon tell me what was Freezer like as a dad?" Icey asked.
Zarbon did not know how to tell her, he could not just spit out that Freezer sexually abused him since he was at the tender age of four, "What can I say he was a very protective interesting dad!" Zarbon lied.
"It must be an honor to be the heir to the throne of Freezer's empire; he says I'm too retarded to be the heir to his throne." Icey said.
"That's not very classy." Zarbon said.
"Are you always about classiness?" Icey asked.
A half an hour later the waiter came back with the food, "Thank you." Zarbon said.
"Thank you dimwit! Oh no another Tourette moment!" She said giggling.
Zarbon rolled his eyes he then started eating, Icey started eating too, but then she spit the shrimp out, "What's the matter, you don't like it?" asked Zarbon.
"It taste horrible, someone should literally shit on it!" she said.
"That's a bit extreme if you must ask me." Zarbon said.
"I didn't ask you cretin!" she said, she then covered her mouth, "Sorry, I have Tourette really badly tonight." She said.
"Why don't you try one of my tentacles, they're very good." Zarbon said.
"All right then," Icey then grabbed one of Zarbon's tentacles off his plate and started eating it then she threw up in front of him.
"I say we just go home now, unless you care for some desert." Zarbon said.
"No way!" Icey said.
After Zarbon paid the bill, the limo drove them both home to Icey's house and Zarbon walked Icey to the door, "I had a wonderful time thank you!" She said then grabbed him and kissed him on the lips.
"You're welcome, admit it, it was the most horrible thing you have ever done for a date." Zarbon said.
"Yes it was quite terrible you are boring and you smell like honeydew." She said. She then said at a hideous volume, "Good night!"
"Icey keep it down, people are trying to sleep!" Zarbon said.
That night Zarbon was talking to Kiwi and Apple on the phone after curfew using three-way, "She was absolutely rude, I don't think she could help it, but based on what I've seen of Freezer's aunt and uncle I would except her to act better than that." Zarbon said.
"Just tell Freezer that it didn't work out as well as you thought it would, but tell him thank you." Apple said.
"No way, tell him that Icey is such a brat and that you hope that you never see her again!" Kiwi said.
"But Kiwi that's rude, you can't say that to someone who was actually acting considerate for once." Apple said.
"Yah right, Freezer probably hooked them up because he hates Icey and he wanted to make her life miserable by going out with someone as boring as Zarbon." Kiwi said.
"Hey that's not nice." Zarbon said.
"Kiwi don't talk about Zarbon that way, Zarbon isn't the problem here, its Icey I mean she's nice and all but she didn't obviously take her medicine." Apple said.
Zarbon sighed, "Good night guys." He then hung the phone up and went to bed.
The next day Zarbon was in Freezer's private office, "How did it go last night?" Freezer asked.
"Honestly?" asked Zarbon.
"Yes give me all your honesty." Freezer said.
"How do I put this, doesn't Icey take medicine?" asked Zarbon.
"What happened?" asked Freezer.
"She talks really loud and she threw up in the restaurant, so the date was an ultimate disaster." Zarbon said.
"Brilliant just as I planned!" Freezer said.
"Planned, I thought you made her go on a date with me so that I could not think about Liya." Zarbon said.
"Yes that was the original plan, but the new plan is to marry you off to her." Freezer said.
Zarbon's eyes grew wide, "Ok now you're just thinking like a retard, I can't marry her, she said so herself that she thought I was boring, why would I marry someone that is my second cousin?" Zarbon asked.
"I'm trying to make her life miserable and make you happy so that you won't go after that sluty Liya!" Freezer said.
"Liya's not a slut." Zarbon said.
"Oh Icey I have a surprise for you come on out!" Freezer said.
Icey came out of the closet, "Yes Freezer?" she asked.
"Zarbon has agreed to marry you!" Freezer said.
"Is that so, no offence but why didn't you pick someone my own species?" asked Icey.
"Never mind that, we're going to be one big happy family!" Freezer said hugging both Icey and Zarbon.
"But we just met Freezer, how could you marry me off to this terd? I'm so sorry Zarbon!" Icey asked.
"Monday it is!" Freezer said Zarbon then swooned.
"Zarbon are you all right?" Icey asked trying to wake him up.
On Monday, doomsday arrived and Apple was helping Zarbon dressed up for his wedding that he did not want to go on with, "I can dress myself Apple, you don't need to help me." Zarbon said, and then he started sulking.
"Zarbon look at how miserable you are did you tell Freezer that you didn't enjoy your date?" Apple asked.
"Yes I did, and Icey tried to tell Freezer that she didn't want to marry me either." Zarbon said.
"You have to follow your heart Zarbon, even if it takes you in the wrong direction." Apple said.
"So are you saying that I should call the wedding off?" asked Zarbon.
"If that is what you and Icey want, then do it, you can't let Freezer manipulate you like that, you're the only person that can get away with changing Freezer's mind." Apple said.
"You got a point." Zarbon said.
Meanwhile everyone was in the chapel in tuxedos and dresses, such as Freezer, Cooler, King Cold, Apple, Kiwi, Dodoria and Shasha. Liya was even there, breastfeeding her newborn daughter, with her husband. Zarbon then stomped down the aisle angrily, "Looking nice!" Shasha joked.
"Shut up Shasha!" Zarbon yelled.
"Where's your best man?" Freezer said smirking, while Dodoria and Shasha laughed.
"I don't need one!" Zarbon yelled.
Icey all the sudden came down the aisle and then she tripped, Freezer laughed "Freezer do I have to marry Zarbon?" she asked.
"Yes you do!" Freezer said.
Liya who was jealous as hell said under her breath, "Slut."
Her husband then turned to her, "What's the matter sweetheart?" he asked.
"Nothing Iram," Liya said.
The priest then said, "We are gathered here today to bear witness these two mismatched cretins, and apparent lovers and second cousins…" The priest continued while Freezer laughed his ass off at how humiliated Icey and Zarbon were.
Zarbon looked over at Icey who could not stop crying, Zarbon then decided to take matters into his own hand, "I concede!" he yelled.
"What do you mean you concede?" asked Freezer.
"He conceded that's funny, I wonder if it's a boy or a girl!" Dodoria said.
"He conceded which means to quit, not to be impregnated you idiot!" Shasha said.
"Oh that's conceive, my bad!" Dodoria said.
"I just can't do it anymore, I'm sorry I have to follow my own heart! Have a nice life Icey!" Zarbon said running out of the alter.
Freezer ran out of the alter too, "It was so funny while it lasted." Dodoria said.
"Yah I guess we won't be having kangaroo wedding after all." Shasha said looking at ground.
Outside Freezer found Zarbon under a tree frustrated, he walked up to him, "Zarbon I changed my mind you don't have to marry Icey, I was just kidding, I just wanted to humiliate her under pressure, wasn't that funny? We can all have a good laugh and just go on with our life!" Freezer said.
"Leave me alone, don't talk to me! You're a horrible father!" Zarbon then went straight to his room and did not talk to Freezer for a couple of weeks.
End of Story