Author's Note
Sorry about the crappiness of the grammar. My Beta Reader's internet is off and it should be back on next week. So this will be fixed, plus a new chapter. I just didn't want to leave you all hanging.
Tarble growled as he got off of the ship and back onto Planet Vegeta. His blood was still boiling as he thought about Gure being in the hands of his enemy.
Saiyans moved away from him as he stormed through the hanger. The darkness was just flowing off of him and they knew to steer clear of him. They valued their lives.
They didn't try to ask him what was going on. They must have already known what was going on. Vegeta must have informed them. He wondered if Kakarot had been called back yet. He was needed. His ability to sense Ki would be important. They had to find Yogut and Cooler. He would have his revenge. It didn't matter what the cost was.
He made his way toward a hover car. Vegeta must have sent it to come and get him as it had the royal seal on it. He would have grinned, but he was just so angry. He couldn't really think of a reason to smile again. If Gure was dead, it was likely that he would never feel joy ever again.
As the car made it through the city, his mind drifted. All he could think of were dreadful things. Blood, chaos, murder, revenge. His eyes had stayed a constant shade of red over the last week. His own crew had kept their distance from him. They knew better than to try and talk to him. They had seen him in one of his rare moods and knew that it was better to just stay away than walk towards a painful death.
He looked out the window. He could see the palace and nodded to the driver. The man stopped and he got off. He stormed toward the palace. His mind and nerves were shot. Nothing else mattered. He just wanted his so to be mate to be returned to him.
He was about to be greeted by one of the guards, but that man was pulled back by another guard. That man deserved a raise. He would keep that in mind.
He finally made it to the throne room, finding his brother looking over some documents. Vegeta sighed. He looked agitated. "Could this week get any worse?"
"You tell me." He said walked forward.
Vegeta gave him a frown. His brother knew the gravity of the situation. "It's worse than I thought."
"No word from Kakarot then?" He stated, sitting down next to his brother.
Vegeta shook his head. "Nothing. The same for Raditz. I sent some scouts out and they found his pod, but nothing else. There was no sign of a struggle but that doesn't mean anything. If it was Zera, she would want him alive."
He growled. Having his best friend away was not helping his mood. "Why didn't you send him with a guard?"
Vegeta glared at him. "He wanted to go alone. I didn't think that it would be a problem."
"You knew that she was out there." He said, crossing his arms.
"It's been 10 years!" Vegeta snapped at him.
He held his own, glaring back at his brother. "Now tell me, what was so important that Kakarot had to leave the planet for it?" He already knew the answer. He just wanted to take his anger out on someone and Vegeta really was the only one that would survive a fight with him.
Vegeta growled at him. "You know why he was sent off!"
He chuckled darkly. "So how was it, huh? Did you enjoy getting to take your mate, while the rest of us have been put in danger?" His face stung as it jerked back. He didn't expect Vegeta to hit him. "What? Did I strike a nerve?"
Vegeta just looked at him in shock. "Snap out of it. I know you're angry, but you know better than anyone that it's not going to solve our problems."
"So we sent the only person that can sense Ki off into space after some chick that really didn't need to be found and his brother, who is responsible for the health and wellbeing of the planet, has been kidnapped by the same psychopath that took him all of those years ago. I think I have every reason to be angry." He growled, his eyes flashed as the side of his face stung.
"You don't think I don't know that!" Vegeta snarled at him.
"All because you had to think with your dick." He chuckled again. Vegeta made to hit him again, only for his fist to get stopped by the darkness. "Really brother, I thought that violence wasn't the answer to our problems?"
Vegeta growled at him as he turned Super Saiyan. "Stop acting like a mad man and start thinking!"
"But I am thinking, Vegeta." He chuckled, he was happy that he had gotten a rise out of him. "Don't you see that?"
"All I see is a confused pile of misdirected rage. I'm not your enemy, Cooler is. Remember that." He watched as his brother powered down. He had no intention of fighting him.
He sighed. "But I have no way of finding him. Kakarot is gone."
"Only for the moment, you'll just have to be patient." Vegeta said, crossing his arms and glaring at him.
He gave his brother a sneer. "I've been patient for long enough. I want my revenge."
Vegeta let out a huff. "And where would we go? We have no idea where they could possibly be."
He grinned darkly. "Maybe we do, maybe we don't, but I do know that there is a planet of their kind still out there."
"You don't think that they would go back to Planet Frost, do you?" Vegeta looked skeptical.
He jumped away from his brother and walked towards the door. "No, wouldn't just be fun to watch the rest of them squirm?"
Vegeta growled. "Tarble, you're not thinking clearly."
He turned back around and snarled again. "What is with you?! All you've talked about is our takeover of the galaxy since we were children. I'm telling you that we can do that!"
"No, you want us to run in there before knowing what is really going on. We don't have all of the answers, Tarble. If we go in there blind, we'll put everyone at risk, even Gure." Vegeta said, standing from the throne.
He froze. He didn't even think about that. "They would…"
Vegeta frowned. "You remember what Zera is capable of. Cooler and Frieza are just as bad, if not worse. They will not hesitate to torture Gure or worse. If we go after the Cold Empire, we run the risk of them coming after our own planet. They have already taken Gure and maybe Raditz. We have to think clearly, Tarble."
The red disappeared from his eyes as he fell to his knees. His anger had left him and now all he felt was fear and dread. His actions could have led to the death of his best friend and his love. "I could have…"
He felt a hand land on his shoulder. "You were blinded by rage. Any saiyan would have reacted the same. Your mind has been cleared now. We can think up a plan."
"But what if I fail?" It was strange. He hadn't felt this way in a long time. How many years had it been? It had to be some time before the war, he couldn't think of a time after.
"Tarble, look at me." He looked up to find his brother looking down at him. Vegeta rarely smiled. Most of his smiles were smirks, but at the moment he was giving him a smile. "You're smarter than they are. We will come up with a plan. Just you see."
He smiled tearfully at his brother, then noticed that Vegeta's hand was bleeding. "Kami, Vegeta, I didn't mean it."
Vegeta brought his hand up and looked at it. His brother just smirked. "You've gotten stronger."
"But I hurt you." He said, feeling very guilty. He couldn't believe that he had attacked his brother.
Vegeta just chuckled. "You did not. It's only a scratch really. It could have been worse."
He still felt guilty. "I should have gone that far."
"You're a saiyan. It's only natural." Vegeta said.
"You're really not mad?" He asked.
Vegeta just chuckled again. "No. Now come. We have a plan to make."
He gave his brother a smile and the two of them walked out of the room. The war room would be better than this.
Bardock looked over at his wife. This was not a position that he liked being in. After he was brought back to life, some of the other saiyans weren't very happy with him. But as time went on, they grew to accept that he was needed. He felt like he had to prove that his resurrection was worth it to the rest of the population.
He was proud to be the voice of the people and an advisor to the emperor. Nothing could take that away from him.
But at the moment, they had a serious problem. He knew about planet Tech-Tech. He knew that war was on the horizon. He just hoped that Kakarot would return with Chichi and they could really start in on their enemy.
He also wondered what Raditz could be doing. His eldest son had gone off to find some kind of plant. Vegeta said that he would be back soon, but for some reason, Raditz had yet to return. He would have to go and try to call him tomorrow.
"You don't have to make as much tonight." He said to his mate.
Gine gave him a smile. "You know, someday those two will have moved out and will have families of their own."
He laughed. "I don't know about that. Kakarot is pretty convinced that he's going to stay mateless."
She scoffed. "I'm going to be a grandmother, whether he likes it or not."
He chuckled. "Raditz is on the right track. It's just that stupid hurtle that's the problem."
Gine frowned. "If only she had stayed on planet. Then that mess would have never happened."
He sighed. "We can't go back and change things. We can only hope that that it will all end up okay."
She gave him a smile. "I just don't like the idea of us going back to war."
He smirked. "I don't know. Last time, the Super Saiyan and Nightwalker powers came forward. Who knows, maybe we will discover a power that is even stronger."
She froze, confusing him. "Why would we want that?!" She said freaking out.
He raised an eyebrow. "Because we are trying to control everything. Why would more power be a bad thing?"
She backed away for some reason and he gave her a confused look. "Well… what could be stronger than a Super Saiyan?" She asked. Oddly enough, it looked like she was terrified of the idea.
"You're hiding something." He stated. He knew his mate and at the moment she had a look on her face that screamed that she knew something that he didn't.
She sighed. "Don't worry about it Bardock. I'm just worried about what would happen if that were to happen."
Her voice was still a little off. "Gine."
It looked like she was trying to run off, but he wasn't going to let her. He grabbed her arm and looked into her eyes. "Let me go." She whispered/.
"Tell me." His tail had wrapped around her waist and she could smell him. He hadn't used this tactic on her since he had taken her as a mate.
"But you'll get angry with me and Raditz." She said. She tried to cover her mouth but he stopped her.
He smirked. "So you and Raditz know something that I don't."
She took a sniff of him and let out a moan. "But no one is supposed to remember. Raditz took care of it."
He wondered what she was talking about. "Took care of what?"
"Kakarot's memory." She said, leaning up into him.
Now he was really confused. "What are you talking about?"
She was now high off of the musk he was making. "When Kakarot killed me." She said leaning into him and giggling.
Killed her…Kakarot killed her. That didn't make any sense. She had been killed by one of the king's men. Wasn't she. "What are you talking about?" He said again.
She put her arms around his neck. "After you died, he went above Super Saiyan. His mind couldn't control it, so he killed me." She said before kissing him.
His eyes remained open. He was in shock. That couldn't have happened. He tried to tell himself that wasn't what happened, but now that the thought about it, didn't some of the guards tell him that Kakarot had gone mad after his death. Was it really true? Had his son reached a new level? A level that made him blind to killing those that were allies. No wonder Gine had been so scared. And Raditz knew about this. Kakarot showed no sign of knowing about it.
It was then that he remembered the power that Raditz held. His power as a Nightwalker allowed him the ability to get into the minds of others. He must have erased the memory.
Seconds later, his mate fainted in his arms. She must have been overwhelmed by his musk. He cursed himself for using that method on his own mate. He hoped that she would forgive him.
Even though, he wasn't so sure about forgiving himself.
To Be Continued…