„Nappa first thing in the morning call in Bardock and his family. Tell them to bring the test results with them. They will know what I mean." Vegeta told Nappa trough his scouter, and lay silently on his bed.

He decided to spend this night alone; he had a lot of thinking to do. He tried to consider all events. He wasn't planning to become a father any time soon. That was one of the reasons why he chose an alien concubine. If he chose a Saiyan, the female would immediately try to get pregnant and force him into formal mating. For him the perspective of mating for life and having children wasn't appealing. Now he was stuck with a pregnant alien concubine. He wondered what they child would actually be like. From earlier he knew the child was already strong. The power rating of the fetus was equal to a low class soldier. Much higher than his mother. His thoughts went from the woman and the child, to the future of his empire. A bastard child could never take the crown, these children went to normal Saiyan training, and were raised by the mother's family. He couldn't even begin to consider officially mating an alien. He could always kill the child later if he proved to be a treat or nuisance.

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Bulma couldn't sleep without him. She got used to the warm body and stemming hot sex in the evening. So being alone felt strange. He sent her back to her room during dinner, and she was grateful for it. Her stomach was making her life difficult. She suspected she was pregnant, and she felt his hand on her stomach earlier. She wanted to keep it to herself as long as possible; however she suspected he knew anyway. She wondered about her future, being a whore of a King was not her idea for an ideal life. On the other hand she couldn't complain any more. She was safe, well fed, she lived in comfort. She had no idea about the possibilities for bastard children. She lay there silently looking at the ceiling. Maybe he would want to kill the child, would she allow that? She had a feeling that if something happened to the child, she would simply die. She would give it some time, and if she left any treat she would run away. She devised an escape plan some time ago; she still had her space ship. From that day she would carry her capsules again with her all the time. Her capsule belt looked like a normal belt, she made a fancy necklace out of her other capsules. Some might think of it as an odd decoration; however she would simply have them always with her. She even knew where she would go, Namek was the best option. The spark in her eyes shone brighter than before, she finally had a reason to live.

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The same evening Bardock got a call from Nappa. He already knew about the call, he had foreseen it. His abilities were giving him tips about what would happen. After many years of simple unimportant visions, his ability was equally annoying as before Freiza's attack. Without any warning he would get a vision in the middle of a conversation or taking a piss. He knew about the call. He knew the King knew about their last actions. Gine was really worried, Raditz just shrugged his shoulders, and Chichi and Gohan went pale. But an order is an order.

So the next day the whole family went to the palace, only to see Nappa had been waiting for them at the entrance. He lead them into one of the smaller audience chambers, the King was already waiting for them.

"I want facts not stupid explanations and excuses." The King said.

"My King, Let me start from the beginning. My younger son Kakarot had been sent to a distant planet called Earth as an infant. He never reported back, and has been considered dead for the last 24 years. After many years of grief, I heard gossip about a rouge Saiyan who mated with a alien wife and had offspring. When a mission was sent to Earth I hopped they might find my son." Bardock started explaining. The King frowned hearing about a mission to Earth, he did not recall sending a mission there, and he motioned the man to continue.

"On one of the ships that came I found Chichi and Gohan. And seeing the likeness to our family members, I did not hesitate to buy both of them. Later it turned out I was right – she was my son's mate and the child is his son." He motioned to both of them to come forward. The King briefly glanced at the woman, who was beautiful and looked almost Saiyan, the child looked like any other Saiyan child, black hair and brown tail. "Since then I've been wondering about my son's fate and I started asking questions. I received three ship logs, only the first brought in a small group of slaves. My son wasn't on board any of the ships." He gave the King all three ship logs. "After talking to Chichi and Gohan I began to wonder about this mission and about what happened. I do not want to question you my King, however I see little logic in destroying such a beautiful and rich planet like Earth."

"What do you mean destroy?" the King snapped at him.

"According to my grandson and his mother Earth had been blown up after takeoff." Bardock stopped seeing the furious glare of his King. "I know you sire well, and I know you do not do such things without reason. However this act was very out of character."

"And you are correct I did not issue such an order. And I'm considering who was brave enough to go against me in my own kingdom." Vegeta was steaming mad. "What about the blood work?"

"My mate should better explain that." Gine came forward with the elaborated DNA results and started explaining the differences between the three blood samples.

"So you mean to say the half-breeds have a potential to be stronger that regular Saiyans?" The King wanted to make sure he understood correctly.

"Yes Sir, however their emotions will be different, they will act out of intelligence and reason or spur of anger, not out of blood lust like typical Saiyans. However in battle they could prove to be stronger. This gene mixture is favorable." Gine summed up.

"I want to test the child myself." Vegeta said looking at Gohan. The child clearly feared him and at first sight didn't show any special powers.

Bardock looked at Chichi and nodded. The Kings wish had to be fulfilled. They all moved into the King's private training chamber. A room specially built to impact powerful ki blasts.

Gohan stood before Vegeta in fear, he could feel the older Saiyans power better than those fancy scouters could tell. He knew he was up against someone stronger than his grandfather, however after careful consideration probably still not as strong as his father. Vegeta noticed the child slowly calming down and gaining confidence, that's when he made his move. In one quick motion he was in front of the child, and the child blocked his stroke. He punched the child many more times, but did not find any amazing strength in him. He decided a different strategy, he remembered what Gine said about emotions. "You're just as weak as your father." He taunted the child, and he could see pain on Gohan's face. "Just where was your father, when your mother and you were enslaved?" Gohan stopped moving and just glared with anger at the older man, the man who should be his King. "My father wasn't weak." He whispered. "Yes, he was, he let you and your mother become slaves. He let your planet be destroyed!" Vegeta yelled at him. "My father wasn't weak." The boy said a bit louder.

"What is he doing?" Gine whispered to Bardock and Chichi.

"He's taunting Gohan, so that the boy fights full on." Bardock said.

"Gohan is much stronger when angry." Chichi whispered.

"Your father was a sorry excuse for a Saiyan! He couldn't protect you! He didn't care about you and your mother!" Vegeta kept taunting and striking the shocked child.

Suddenly he felt a different the next block was much stronger than before. Yet he continued playing on the boys emotions. "He didn't save you, and now you'll spend the rest of your life as lowly slave! He was weak!" Vegeta yelled.

"No he wasn't." Gohan began crying. "My papa was strong!" He sobbed still blocking the strikes.

"Where is he now if he was so strong?" Vegeta asked provokingly. "He was too weak!"

"HE WAS STRONGER THAN YOU!" Gohan yelled and hit at his full power. All scouters beeped getting the new reading. "HE WAS WAY STRONGER THAN YOU!" Gohan's power level was still rising. The King hit him strong, but the child barely felt it. He hit back with all he had. The battle was fierce and brutal. But the King was better, both in power and in tactics.

Gine, Bardock and Raditz looked at the boy with surprised, in this battle he almost matched the King in power, and the King was known to be the strongest Saiyan in the Empire.

The King landed next to the spectators, still barely believing a small boy stood his own in a battle against him. He was surprised, and had much to think about. This day was too eventful for his taste.

"I don't have more time to spare for this issue." He told them. "Bardock gather all information you can about that mission to Earth, I need to know who gave the order and the full list of crew on all ships. I did not give that order and I will have the head of the Saiyan who did. Raditz go through all the back-up data, dig anywhere you can think of, and find as much as possible."

"Gine I've also got a small mission for you, come later in the evening, you can take you son's mate with you for help." He told the small Saiyan woman.