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Kid Vegeta Saga:
Bid For Antagonism

The whole day I've been trying to figure out a way how to push myself past my limits, and I came to a single conclusion a few minutes ago… There is no such thing. No such thing! How can I achieve this power very fast? Yes, Saiyans get stronger after every near-death experiences, but even that has its own limits… NO! I am a Saiyan elite. There has to be a way to show Frieza that someone from the royal bloodline is able to go on the hardest mission he has to offer!

I've been ignoring – or rather say – avoiding my father since yesterday afternoon. Eighteen hours have past, and it's nighttime now. The dark crimson sky adorned by little sparks above me, as I'm sitting on a comfortable chair on the balcony, wondering about this unattainable power that I lack.

What is it that I'm lacking? Why? Why can't I prove myself the best among everyone here? I'm so close to being the best, that I don't want to stay second to anyone now, even to my old man! My father is one step ahead of me, let alone Frieza. I must do something about breaking that barrier that's been holding me as second place, and fast. Fast. Fast!

"WHY IS IT SO HARD TO BE THE STRONGEST FIGHTER IN THE UNIVERSE TO A SAIYAN, A WARRIOR RACE!?" I screamed out loud, unable to control myself, being the child that I am. I'm having a hard time to catch my breath after this shouting of mine. It's just too consuming for me, as this sensation that I'm feeling already got under my skin.

"Because all you Saiyans…"

Oh, no! No!

"…are nothing but my little pet monkeys."

NO! Please, not now! Not in my time of plotting against you!

"Frieza!"

He stands there before me. I am shocked to see him suddenly standing before me after I turn around to see where his voice is coming from. I am not in the mood to deal with him. He has to leave me alone. I just got here today, and now I have to face him? Get away from me!

"It's Lord Frieza to you." the demonic creature's black lips turns into a grin. My guess is that he's about to hit me. He will be if he's aware of what I was shouting about earlier. "So, you want to be the best?" His voice as shallow as the tiles below my feet: no single emotion in them. Dead, but still alive.

Be strong, Vegeta. You're a Saiyan Prince. You're nothing like this disgusting creature. This guy – or woman – freaks me out. I have a hard time figuring him out. Why does he look so different?

"Well, do you?" I can see that Frieza is waiting impatiently for an answer. Shall I tell him the truth?

I can't say something back to him. Why is he even waiting for my answer if he already knows the outcome? I don't even know if it's possible to overthrow Frieza. However, that doesn't mean that I won't give it my all.

"I do," I replied.

"Zarbon! Bring me Vegeta," Frieza ordered.

"Yes, Lord Frieza," a handsome green-skinned man with more than just a few feminine traits replied to his master, before he takes his leave with a small bow when he faces the pink-skinned tyrant.

Something about the prince caught his attention. He was just a week away from his planet and he already is nearing his father's power level. Vegeta is passionate about fighting, Frieza thought. He can see that every Saiyan lust to fight more than any other of his soldiers, but Vegeta is extraordinarily passionate, even more than the king. Vegeta is the one demanding missions, not the other way around. What bugs Frieza is that Vegeta hates to fight weaklings. Which can give Frieza a problem. Usually, the average power rate on planets are between the power level ten to three-thousand tops. Any planet stronger than that will give Frieza some problems if Vegeta is rapidly gaining power.

Best to give him the hardest mission I have to offer. I'd like to see how far he can go. The mission that his mother failed will become his to grant, Frieza thought as he is drinking his wine while he is looking at the red orb, Vegeta's homeplanet.

"Vegeta… Who are you becoming?" Frieza begins to feel anxious and even showing a slight interest in the young Saiyan. "I will test your powers and brains, Vegeta. How will you win this mission that your mother's intelligence was of no help to her at all…? Are you smarter than your mother, Vegeta, at your age? We shall see."

I do…

"I do!" My eyes snap open and leave me blink in extreme confusion as I'm trying to figure out where I am. "Ah!" I'm startled as I'm lying on my king-sized bed during my hyperventilation; I'm trying to catch my breath. That was a nightmare? It should be; Frieza is not on Planet Vegeta at the moment. But it felt so real. I can swear that the look in his eyes were of no dream. They were monstrous, just like how they are in real life. "Frieza," I whispered. One day you won't be laughing. You will never have it your way again.

So, what do I have to do to get stronger than my father? This is a mystery for me to solve while I'm staring into the nothingness directed at my high ceiling of my royal chamber.

"So, you want to be the best?"

Wait a minute… YES! That's it! I can't believe that I haven't figured it out. We Saiyans get stronger after every battle! All this time, the answer was lying beneath my feet, but I chose to ignore that one simple answer to my question.

I will get stronger.

And one day, Frieza, I shall spill your blood over my mother's grave. I will do something about it. I will make you regret everything you've done to me. You'll go through Hell itself once I'm finished with you, Frieza.

For the first time in my life, this night, I know what hate actually means.

Hate.

Such a pure word, and yet I seem to embrace it even more. Hate is the cause that answers all my questions I have in life. And I hate Frieza, more than I hate the thought of death itself.

Frieza, I hate you.

This bizarre emotion, this pure emotion; be my guidance. I haven't forgotten my destiny, as fate itself came to my dream tonight. There is no such thing as coincidence. Even the most powerful elites bow down before me in fear of my ultimate strength. With this seed of pure hate that I've planted into my heart, my motivations are risen up.

Hate is the reason I don't fear.

Will Vegeta's hate consume him? Or will he use his brains to find a balance? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Legendary Assassin.

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For the people who don't know this, Akira Toriyama intended on killing Vegeta on planet Earth by Krillin with the sword. But he never expected Vegeta to become this popular, so he changed the ending (because of his editor who forced it; the fans insisted on letting Vegeta live) and decided to have him around and make him weaker than Goku so that people won't like him anymore before he dies by the hands of Frieza. Little did he know that his flaws made him even more lovable, because the fans could relate more to Vegeta (because of his flaws) than the perfect warrior Goku, who seemed more like a Gary Stu (male Mary Sue). AT did everything to make Vegeta hated, but he couldn't succeed. He even wanted Vegeta to stay dead after Frieza killed him, but the fans once again forced him to return Vegeta back to them. AT even admitted this.

During the Namek Saga, Vegeta was shown weak, and not how he originally had intended to be according to Akira, during the Saiyan Saga. Vegeta's character even changed. If it weren't for the fans begging him, even threatening AT not to buy the manga's, he wouldn't have left Vegeta around after the Saiyan Saga. Akira was pissed that Vegeta took Piccolo's spotlight too (since Piccolo is AT's favorite bad guy and even character) and became Goku's rival instead. Akira never thought that Vegeta would become even more popular than the main character, Goku (which it only took Vegeta a few fragments in the manga that it took Goku the whole volume 1), as the Saiyan prince intrigued a lot of readers by his charismatic characteristics.

So Vegeta was originally the strongest, until Akira began to rebel so the fans would dislike him. Actually, Vegeta was equally strong to Goku's Kaio-ken attack 3x (which made Goku 3 times as strong). Not to mention when Goku used Kaio-ken 4x, Vegeta was able to withstand the blast a little at first and even that didn't hurt him severely. Surviving the spirit bomb of other people's energy (not just Goku's) of the whole planet and still be able to damage the others as well that outnumbered Vegeta. He also survived Gohan's heavy ape-form when he fell on Vegeta. So it's impossible for someone as powerful as him become a weakling right after the Saiyan Saga on Namek, unless Akira (who admitted it) made him weak on purpose. That's why I don't really count Vegeta from the Namek Saga onwards as the "same" Vegeta as from the Saiyan Saga. For instance, Saiyan Saga Vegeta was more introverted and always thinks before he speaks, whereas Vegeta on from the Namek Saga and beyond was the opposite. And not just only that.

Well, an anti-hero is becoming more popular lately, more than a standard oh-so-goody hero who becomes a bore anyway. Akira even wanted to let Vegeta stay dead after Frieza killed him, but fans insisted to have him around. Akira wanted Piccolo to become a Majin, but his editors insisted to give Vegeta that role, because the fans have been dying to see a Vegeta / Goku rematch.

I wonder if Vegeta was based on a real person in AT's life that he hated. I mean, why should he hate his own creation so much, that the people LOVE? Your creations are your children, so it's weird that you'd hate your own child.