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Kid Vegeta Saga:
The Affliction

"Frieza would like to have a word with you, Vegeta," Frieza green-skinned sissy minion told me.

It's Prince Vegeta, fool! You're walking on my planet with your dirty boots… Wh-why is he looking at me like that? Why is that slime ball smirking at me like I'm someone below him? Someday, I will gladly see you kneel down before me, Zarbon!

"I'm on my way in ten minutes, Zarbon." The least I can do to annoy that freak is to let him wait a little while longer.

"Frieza is impatient, little boy. Three minutes, and not any longer!" Zarbon's smirk widens as he thinks he can order me around like a slave to his master.

Z-Zaaaaarbooooonnnn! Wait until I get stronger, you toad! You dare to order me around on MY PLANET?

"Oh ho ho. Vegeta, if I didn't know it any better, I'd say you're getting angry that I have the power to make you, the prince of all monkeys, do whatever I say you to. Am I right, prince?" Zarbon laughs out loud when he sees my veins popping out of my forehead.

My power is rising up as I am fiercely growling at the feminine beast in front of me. Every second of his laughter I hear is an insult to my honor. Every breath he takes is a dagger in the hearts of all Saiyans, as I am my origin's representative. The Hell with this! He should know that not everything is accepted here! What was that word again that you call such a person? Ah, yes…

"Zarbon, narcissist much? Why won't you quit your job as Frieza's butler, and join the beauty guru club? I'm sure your obsession with plastic surgeries and that ridiculous makeup you wear will help quite a few of Frieza's ugly minions, such as Dodoria and your last year's face. They will love you for it." I'm starting to snicker. This is just too much; I hit a nerve.

That rotten Saiyan! That disgusting mouth of his! How can he say such things at his age? He's four, for Hell's sake! Act like one, then! I will smack that smile off his face! That'll teach this runt a lesson, Zarbon thought. He had been called a narcissistic sociopath before by other people. Definitely hit a nerve by the prince.

"What's the matter, woman? I thought you don't take monkeys seriously, now… do you?" He's getting mad! He he. Zarbon never would have thought that I can say something like that! Hahaha!

"You're lucky that Frieza favors you, smelly ape." Zarbon hisses at me. "But, Frieza is not here to protect your behind, is he?"

Oh…

What does this mean? I-I shouldn't talk anymore; he's getting serious.

I suddenly feel the pain in the pit of my stomach. That bastard! He was too fast! I couldn't see his quick punch! It's hurting me so much, that I'm instinctively curling my upper body to grab a hold of my abdomens. "Ah…" I moan out in displeasure – or what they say – immense pain that's flowing like a river from top to bottom, resulting in throwing up the scarlet fluid out of my mouth. Secretly, I'm begging him to stop; he is continuing to punch the life-force out of me. His sick, sadistic face above me when he grins evilly while squeezing my throat with one hand. His fingers holding me firm against the hard discomforting tiles outside my palace, with no one there to… help me.

Somebody… help… me…
Please…
Anybody…
Father…
…Nappa…!
Where are you people…?
Mother…?
Help me, mother…!
She's dead…
Frieza is responsible…
For her death…
Mother, what would you have done if you were me…?

"You ain't so tough after all." Zarbon laughs.

He's laughing in my face! Damn him. DAMN HIM! His repeating punches in my abdomens are continuing as he's laughing like a maniac above me. I can hardly breathe. I feel like my life will end today. I shouldn't have made fun of Zarbon. I shouldn't have done that! This is… my punishment. I shouldn't have been such a simple-minded fool, to think that I could beat him!

"TAKE THAT!" Zarbon's last punch, after he breaks my ribs, forces his hand inside my belly. Blood spatters everywhere, quickly absorbed by the ground beneath my body – or corpse – if I don't do something about it fast before I die pitifully here.

N-No… Stop! STOP! I want to scream, beg him for no more pain, but I can't show him. Please, stop it, Zarbon. Stop it. STOP THIS PAIN! I can feel the blood flowing from my belly; he's squeezing my stomach shut. I'm gagging when the thick blood flows like water from a tap. The affliction, the agony, and my griping.

I can't tolerate it anymore.

"PLEASE STOP! I CAN'T TAKE IT NO MORE! NO MOOOORE!" Tears are flowing from my eyes. I'm crying…? I'm crying before the eyes of my enemy. Vegeta, you deserve this. You must not cry! I'm NOT a weakling! I'm not!

"Ha ha ha," Zarbon laughs menacingly. "Only if you promise never to bother me again."

Promise you? That? Oh no, Zarbon. I will have my revenge against you. "D-Drop dead."

"Well, unfortunately I cannot. However, you're already dropped. The only thing that remains is the dead part." Zarbon snickers. "So, what do you say, prince? Holding your mouth about this, get into a rejuvenation tank, never bother me again, and come to Frieza? Or do you have a death wish at four already?" He's playing with my organs inside me while asking.

CURSE HIM!

"Well?" Zarbon squeezed one of my organs. "Want to lose a liver, Vegeta?"

What is a liver? I don't know… All I can concentrate on right now is the hurt that I'm having, caused by his green hand.

"I…"

"TALK, OR ELSE YOU'LL LOSE YO-"

"I PROMISE! STOP HURTING ME!"

There, I said it. I promised that man my doom. And here I was, thinking that I shouldn't give in. Maybe I'm not so strong-willed after all.

I sigh out of relieve and try to breathe when he jerks his hand roughly out of my belly. It is painful when he does that, but I am thankful. I am thankful that I'm going to live to see another day. Soon, I'm going to the rejuvenation tank, and I will be even stronger than before. Zarbon, you idiot, I want to thank you for helping me to destroy you soon. You deserve this after you humiliated me.

But one thing that Zarbon doesn't know about is that I lied about my promise. I will get back at him. But I do promise him that it will hurt him more than it did to me.

Vegeta passed out and is about to get healed. Will he gain the power needed to attend the mission that his mother failed? Stay tuned for the next chapter of Legendary Assassin.

I'm sorry if it got a bit brute. But, Vegeta needed it. Honestly, this chapter is even less gory than the uncut version of DBZ. So, it's not a big deal O_O

A reviewer told me about Gohan's changed character in Buu Saga and wondering why Akira Toriyama changed Vegeta in Namek Saga too. Well, I can't agree with you more. I have no idea why Akira also changed Gohan in Buu Saga. He wasn't even as badass anymore. My personal favorite Gohan version was during the Namek Saga, as he got a lot more screentime than any other Saga, I think. I hope that I won't disappoint you readers the way that Akira Toriyama did. I also don't want the Earthlings to lose their screentime as well. They deserve bigger roles than just stay in the shade, like what A.T. did. I'll do my best to make Gohan in the Buu Saga just as badass as he was before. However, Buu Saga is gonna take a looooooooooooong time. This fic will probably be a very long one.