Although this replaces Rose's Scabbard, it takes place closer to the time of Lion 3 and Warp Tour.

Connie narrowed her eyes at the Saiyan prince across from her as she stood poised for attack. His arms were crossed as he glanced from her to the Steven who was standing in a similar position. He glanced between them for a few more seconds before Connie acted first. She launched herself at him, attempting to punch him in the cheek. His arm shot up and caught her fist. She attempted a few more jabs at him, to which he blocked each one. He then grabbed her arm and threw her aside before turning to block Steven's sudden barrage of fists. She somersaulted backwards and landed onto her feet before she charged at him again. She attempted to sweep his leg out from under him while he was distracted, but he suddenly jumped into the air, grabbed Steven, and flung him into her.

The two tumbled over echo the on the arena floor before rolling to a stop. The two got up in time to see the prince charging a weak ki blast in the palm of his hand. They jumped out of the way as he fired the sphere of energy at them. They jumped out of the way to dodge it. He continued firing at them until Steven formed a bubble around them. The two smirked before they began rolling towards the Saiyan as fast as they could he tried firing them again, but did not slow their pace. Just as they were about to roll over him, he placed his hands out and brought them to a screeching halt as he caught it and pushed against it. Pushed him back a foot, but his stance remained firm.

Once they had come to a complete stop, the bubble dissolved and the tired children collapsed. Vegeta looked at them before turning to walk away. "That's enough for today," he said, "Although your physical strength still leaves a lot to be desired, your speed is improving, Connie. You should be able to catch up with Steven in a few months."

"Really?" she said, getting up.

The Saiyan nodded. "Your gem powers are also improving, Steven," he noted, "But work on your timing. You're getting sloppy. You should have jumped me while I was still distracted by Connie."

"Yes, sir! Thank you, sir!" Steven panted as he bowed. Connie also bowed. Vegeta looked over his shoulder before nodding at them. He then began walking towards the inside area of the sky arena. The two followed him towards the warp pad.

"Hey Vegeta?" Steven asked as they approached the crystal surface, "Since you said Connie and I are improving so much, do you think we could start learning-"

"No," Vegeta stated firmly, "I've told you a thousand times you aren't ready for training with ki energy yet. If you ask me again, you'll regret it."

"Awe come on!" he cried, "Why not? It's been a full year since I the last time I asked, and i've been training every day since then!"

Vegeta frowned in annoyance. "No, it's only been about 310 days since you last asked. You've still got a good month and a half before you can claim that," he retorted, not looking at the boy.

Before Steven could speak again, Connie placed a hand on his shoulder in assurance and stepped forward. "Prince Vegeta, Sir," she said, "I understand I am nowhere near ready for something like that, but Steven has been studying under you for years! Couldn't you at least teach him the basics?"

Vegeta stopped and took a sharp breath in. His mouth twitched and his fists clenched in agitation. "No," he stated simply, "While I'm glad Steven's so willing to push himself, he does not have the discipline for it yet." Steven sigh in disappointment while Connie's shoulders fell. "But because you two are so willing to push yourselves," Vegeta said with a dark smirk, "You two can enjoy a ten lap cool down around the arena before you can head back to the temple." Steven and Connie's eye's grew wide and their jaws dropped. "I told you you'd regret it," he reminded.

They began to protest when Vegeta held his hand up to stop them. "Do you want me to add five more laps?" he asked, raising an eyebrow.

both sighed in defeat. "No…" they muttered.

"Good, now get moving before I have the chance to," he said. With that, the two were off.

….

Goku licked his lips as closed the refrigerator with his foot, looking up at the mountain of food in his arms. He sloshed it onto a plate, before pulling out a knife and a cutting board. He pulled a honey melon from the pile and was about to slice into it when the warp pad lit up.

Vegeta stood in the center of the group and the two children stood on either side. They collapsed with a groan as soon as they touched down.

Goku frowned and whistled. "Woah, Vegeta really put you through the wringer today, didn't he?" he noted.

"We asked Vegeta to teach us about Ki energy," Steven admitted.

"I'll take that as a yes," Goku said as he walked over to them and picked them up before walking them over to the couch. "Come on, You two deserve a nap...or lunch. Have you guys had lunch yet?" he said as he carried the children over to the sofa and dropped them on it.

"Nap now, food later," Connie mumbled. The two kids were out like a light as soon as they hit the cushions.

Goku smiled at the pair but it fell as he turned to vegeta. "I agree he's still not ready for anything like the Kamehameha wave, but he has been working hard. Maybe we should give him a change of pace," Goku said folding his arms and moving back over to the counter.

Vegeta raised an eyebrow. "Change of, pace? I've been giving him a harder move set and more difficult drills on a daily basis," Vegeta argued.

"I was thinking maybe better defensive training. His weapon is a shield after all," Goku said with a shrug, "Oh I know! Maybe you could use something from Rose's armory. She stored a lot of our old training equipment in there."

Vegeta smiled and brought a hand up his chin. That could work, actually. He remembered Rose having a training turret that had different elemental settings. Also it was about time they showed him the armory. He was to inherit it after all.

….

When Vegeta told Steven he had something important to show him, the teen had been excited. When he had had taken him to the warp pad, Steven was practically bouncing with excitement.

When they warped into a canyon, his excitement had diminished...mostly due to Vegeta's next few words.

"Now it's just a three-hour hike that way, followed by a vertical climb at 90 degrees," He stated as he stepped off the warp pad, "Let's get started."

"Uh...can't we just fly over there?" Steven suggested.

"Don't be ridiculous," Vegeta stated as he began walking away, "There's no reason not to walk. You've been on longer hikes before. Besides the exercise will do you some good." Steven's shoulders slumped and he pouted.

When Vegeta noticed the boy hadn't started following him and turned towards him. Steven gave him a pleading look. Vegeta glared at him before he sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "I won't make you climb the cliff side, alright?" he relented.

Steven sighed in relief and followed after the prince of Saiyans.

…..

"So this place used to belong to my mom?" Steven asked as they flew up the side of the cliff.

Vegeta nodded. "It's where she kept much of her training equipment and weapons," he explained, "She used to take Kakarot and I here when we were younger for advanced training sessions."

"Really? What about Piccolo? Did she train him here?" Steven asked.

Vegeta shook his head. "No. Piccolo knows about this place but to my knowledge he's never been here. He was too young and inexperienced to train here when Rose would have been able to," he explained.

The Saiyan flew into the wide open space and set the boy down. "This is it, your mother's secret armory," he announced. He crossed his arms over his chest and grinned. He remember when Rose used to take the two Saiyans here. He still had some fond memories of it.

"Woah cooool!" Steven breathed. "I've been here before!" he announced.

Vegeta's eyes widened at that statement. "What did you say?" he questioned, "That's impossible! No one knows where this place is except Kakarot and I!"

"But I'm telling the truth! Connie and I came here a while back with lion!" Steven argued as he stepped onto the illuminated panel.

Vegeta gave a dumbfounded expression as he processed what the half gem had just said. "HOW?" he snapped.

"Lion teleported us," he explained casually as he approached the podium in the center.

"The lion?!" Vegeta sputtered. So many questions flooded through his mind. The lion could teleport? How? What other powers did it have? And how did it know how to get here? Steven didn't respond as opened up different secret panels revealing all sorts of object like suits of armor and light cannons.

"So what are we looking for?" Steven asked.

Vegeta blinked out of his shock. "We're looking for a defense turret for your training," he explained, "It fires three different kinds of elemental attacks and floats. Here, just let me find it." Vegeta started walking towards the panel when Steven gave a guilty look.

"Oh...THAT…" he said, "Yeah, I don't think we can use that…Connie and I kinda broke it…"

Vegeta suddenly turned on his heel and stared at him incredulously. "You WHAT?!" he cried.

"I'm sorry!" Steven said holding his hands up, "Please don't be mad!"

"I'm not mad," Vegeta continued, "If anything I'm a little proud...But I just can't believe it! That thing was used to ward off battalions of other gems! How could you possibly destroy it?"

"Well, you see, Connie and I had this pink sword and we-" he started but was suddenly cut off as Vegeta grabbed him by the shoulders and look intently into his eyes.

"Did you say a pink sword?" he demanded quietly.

"Y-yeah…?" Steven admitted.

"Show me where it is," Vegeta ordered, "immediately!"

….

"Dododododododdodo...Here it is!" Steven announced as he pulled the sword out of Lion's mane. Goku and Piccolo looked on in shock and awe while Vegeta glared in annoyance. They had spent years looking for it after it disappeared from the armory...and yet this creature had it all along!

"This is awesome!" Goku said, "And here we thought it was gone forever! Vegeta sworn someone had stolen it."

"I'm just trying to wrap my head around how it fit inside his mane," Piccolo said, crossing his arms, "What? Has he got some kind of pocket dimension in there?"

"Yeah there's this island thing and there and I store stuff in it all the time!" Steven explained. To prove his point, Steven jumped inside and came out with his bicycle. Vegeta's eye twitched as he watched him ride around.

"Woah, cool!" Goku exclaimed, "What else have you got in there."

"Well-"

"What is wrong with you?!" Vegeta suddenly shouted, "Aren't any of you going to question why that creature had it in the first place?!"

They all blinked away their startlement at his outburst. "Well it's kind of obvious why," Piccolo said, "He probably belonged to Rose."

"Yeah, I mean, he is pink," Goku pointed out, "If that's not an indicator then I don't know what is."

Vegeta growled and rubbed his hand down his face. "Just because he's pink doesn't mean he's Rose's?" he snapped, "If he was Rose's, then why have we never seen him before Steven found him?"

Goku shrugged. "Maybe it just never came up in conversation," he suggested.

"While it is suspicious, there is a lot that Rose never told us," Piccolo offered.

Vegeta gritted his teeth together. He knew Piccolo was right, but that didn't mean he wasn't angry about it. He didn't care what the others thought. This was all just too suspicious. This animal just shows up out of nowhere, has strange powers, and is way too intelligent for it's own good and Rose didn't tell them anything about it. If it really was hers, then why hadn't she told them about it, especially if it knew where her armory was?

"Whatever…" he grumbled before grabbing the sword off the ground and marching off to the temple door.

"Hey!" Steven shouted.

"Vegeta, what are you doing?" Piccolo questioned, "That isn't yours, It's Steven's."

"I'm making sure no one steals it again," he stated tersely before entering his room, the door slamming shut behind him.