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A Captain vs A King

King Vegeta: "The very idea that my son is taking orders from a brat like you is still sickening!"

Toushiro: "Vegeta's aloud to do whatever he wants so long as it is within the law, and he willingly accepts the orders I give him! He doesn't have to do them if he doesn't want to!"

King Vegeta: "I've head enough from you, boy! A child has no right to order royalty around like some pet!"

Toushiro felt insulted that the king was still calling him a child when he had seen the young captain fight alongside Vegeta. He had had it! It was time to teach the king of saiyans a lesson!

Toushiro: "Then prove it! Prove that I'm just a child!"

King Vegeta: "I'd be happy to."

Vegeta watched as Toushiro and his father glared at each other. He wasn't going to tell Toushiro to stop or threaten his father. This was something that they both needed to do. Toushiro had to prove himself to the king.

King Vegeta: "Seeing as how you fight with a sword, we'll make this a sword fight. Guard! Bring me my blade!"

Saiyan Guard: "Yes, your majesty!"

The guard ran off and a few minutes later had come back with an impressive blade. It resembled Future Trunks' sword in shape and design. The handle was gold in color and the blade was a snowy white with just a tiny hint of light blue. The metal attaching the blade to the handle was ruby red. The blade itself was the same length as your average blade. But Toushiro wasn't fooled. Just because it looked like an ordinary sword, doesn't mean that it was. The king held up his weapon in the traditional challenge stance.

King Vegeta: "Draw your sword, boy!"

Toushiro slowly reached up and grabbed his Zanpakuto's handle. As he started to withdraw it from its sheath, the sheath dissolved. With his long blade pointing at the king, Toushiro made his demands.

Toushiro: "Let's make this a fair duel. No tricks. No powers. No special attacks. Just blade against blade. The first to fall or surrender, losses."

King Vegeta: "If you win, Vegeta will go back with you. But if I win, my son stays here... Deal?"

Toushiro: "Deal."

The two swordsmen stared at each other silently. All of the spectators stood by silently too, waiting for either one to make the first move. A silent bell rang off and Vegeta's father lashed out at the young captain! He brought his sword down with as much strength he could put into it! Toushiro blocked his attack with his own blade. The fight between the Squad 10 Captain and the King of The Saiyans had begun! Blade scraped against blade as both tried to push the other back! A second later and Toushiro jumped clear as the king tried to swing his sword across! A moment later and the king was attacking the young captain repeatedly! Vegeta could only watch as Toushiro was forced to defend himself against his father. If the prince tried to intervene, then Toushiro would be in serious trouble! The saiyans would see it as an attack on their king rather then a duel. The prince is basically helping him by not helping him. King Vegeta finally paused with his attacks and that gave Toushiro the moment he needed to lash back. The sound of metal against metal rang out in the air as the child prodigy started to drive the king back! It was obvious that the boy was fighting hard. Losing this duel meant that he would lose Vegeta and proving himself to the king. In fact, he was fighting more just to prove himself then to keep Vegeta! After a minute of fighting, it became clear who had the upper hand. And then, with one good swing, a sword was knocked out of it's owners hands! Everyone just stared in shock. Even Vegeta himself was stunned by what he was seeing! King Vegeta stood there in surprise and fear as Toushiro pointed his blade at him. Then with a reluctant sigh, the mighty King of All Saiyans bowed to the young Captain of Squad 10, acknowledging his defeat.

King Vegeta: "You have won... Toushiro Hitsugaya. I await my fate."

Toushiro: "Excuse me?"

King Vegeta: "It is tradition that the loser of a duel is killed by the winner."

Vegeta: "Not only that, Toushiro, but by challenging the king to a duel, you've challenged him for the throne. And by winning, you've proven that you are stronger. To saiyans, the king must always be the strongest."

King Vegeta: "So end it now."

Toushiro just looked at the king in disgust.

Toushiro: "You are pathetic. I'm not going to kill you! Hell I don't even want to rule the entire saiyan race! One's hard enough!"

Vegeta just huffed a laugh.

King Vegeta: "But you beat me!"

Toushiro: "I beat you in sword fight, you idiot! This just proves that I'm the better swordsmen! Besides, I've never heard of a saiyan using a sword as his main weapon."

Toushiro just turned to Vegeta who only shrugged.

Toushiro: "I'm a better swordsmen than you, that's all that's been proven here! I'm sure that if it were a hand to hand duel, you'd win. I'm not very good at fighting like that, in fact... I can't even beat Vegeta in hand to hand combat when he's practically asleep!"

The king looked away before looking up to his son when he spoke to him.

Vegeta: "Father... I know this is hard for you to accept but you must. I choose to follow Toushiro's orders, I choose to live the way I do. I'm a grown man now, father... I'm not your little boy anymore. And I have the right to make my own decisions now, and there's nothing you can do about it."

The king just looked away.

Vegeta: "If you want an heir so badly, take Tarble! Make him the new king!"

King Vegeta: "Tarble is a weakling."

Vegeta: "He's better than Coge! Not in strength wise but insanity wise, yes!"

King Vegeta: "What do you mean?"

Toushiro: "Coge is nothing but a sadistic homicidal maniac who would be a perfect person if he would just drop dead and be out of our lives for good!"

King Vegeta: "Sadistic homicidal maniac?"

Toushiro: "The guy practically lives off of murder, revenge, blood-lust, the list is so long it's one word away from becoming a book! Ok, this is how crazy he is! Even when you were dead, he STILL tried to prove himself to you that he was the true heir! You know what- I'm just gonna say it! Coge is nuts! He is nuts! He is crazy! He is scary! He is twisted! He is sadistic! He is mad! He is insane! He is homicidal! He is murderous! He is evil! Let me say that again! He-is-EVIL! Evil, evil and more evil! He breaths evil- he EATS evil! He makes hell look like a beach paradise! He makes the evil beings in hell look like SAINTS! The devil himself would SELL HIS SOUL TO HIM!"

Toushiro panted as his screams echoed on. Everyone just stared at the boy in shock and with wide eyes. Clearly, Toushiro needed that. The only sound for miles was the panting of the Soul Reaper. No one dared to say anything. Well, almost no one.

Vegeta: "Feel better?"

Toushiro: "You have no idea."

Vegeta: "Just chill for a second."

While Toushiro worked on cooling off, Vegeta turned his attention back to his father.

Vegeta: "Father... The answer is no. I will not take the throne. I don't want to be the next king. I'm happy with the life I have right now. That, and I gotta promise that I need to keep."

King Vegeta: "And what's that, my son?"

Vegeta: "I promised Toushiro and the rest of the Soul Reapers that I'd take care of Aizen for them."

Toushiro: "Speaking of that- We got a war coming up back on earth with a traitor named Sosuke Aizen who has an army of Arrancars, which I'm not going to explain what they are right now, and we need all the help we can get! It'll be hard, bloody and some might not make it. Interested?"

The ambassadors all looked at each other in a way that said they really didn't want to and were just trying to find a polite way to say no.

Toushiro: "Didn't think so. Worth a shot."

King Vegeta: "What did this Sosuke Aizen do-"

Vegeta and Toushiro: "DON'T!

The king looked at them both in shock.

Toushiro: "Don't ask me that question unless you want me to start screaming again! Ugh!"

Vegeta: "He will, trust me. Aizen is not a pretty subject with him."

And so it came to an end. The ambassadors finished their work and the saiyan race had their freedom. Peace was promised to the ambassadors worlds by each other and by the saiyans. And for the first time ever... The saiyan race respected and accepted one that was not among them. And as the hands of time moved forward again, one thing had been made clear in this story that time almost forgot... Toushiro Hitsugaya had proven that although he was not a saiyan by blood or anything, he had the heart and fiery spirit of one.

The End.