This story can be considered a "sequel" to Remembrances, as we're gonna dig into the stories Vegeta told his and Goku's children on it. Flashbacks in italic.
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Goku found himself staring at the dark blue sky again that night. He was completely exhausted from the tag game he had just played with his beautiful and his two amazing sons. They were all lying next to him, and in a similar physical condition as him.
"Daddy, I have a question." Goten leaned on his elbow and looked at his father with curiosity.
"Okay, what kind of question?"
"We've seen Uncle Vegeta's memories earlier today, but what about yours?"
"Mine?"
"Yeah." Chi-Chi echoed his their son's thoughts and her eyes met her husband's. "You've been here for many years already, but you must remember something about your days on Planet Vegeta."
"I guess I do." He shrugged, placing his hands behind his head and staring up at the starry sky.
"Which memories?" His youngest son now had the same curiosity in the tone of his voice. I want to hear it."
"Oh, you want to hear it?" Goku sat up and placed Goten on his lap.
"Yes!"
"Alright." He shoved his hand into the pocket of his pants and pulled out a rather wrinkled picture and looked down at it, a gesture that was mirrored by his family.
"Where did you get this photo?" Chi-Chi asked with her eyebrows raised behind him.
"Vegeta gave me earlier today."
"When?"
"Daddy, the story." Goten said, a little impatient.
"Right." Goku rubbed the back of his neck and laughed awkwardly for a moment. "Okay, so… it all started when…"
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Kakarot looked through the window with a huge grin on his lips as his spaceship got closer to his home planet. He couldn't even begin to say how much he had missed his parents and his older brother all these months he was away on a mission on a distant planet, and couldn't wait to see them again.
He jumped out of his small ship and stretched both of his arms and legs and then his whole body. He hated the fact that spaceships were always so small because he couldn't move much. The child shook his head and looked around. He was definitely not far from his house and could almost smell his mother's amazing food.
However, as he was making his way to his house, he came across two children, who were carbon copies of each other, playing with a big wild animal. Kakarot thought for a few minutes. As hungry as he was, he also missed playing with the animals from Planet Vegeta. He also had no idea who these two children were, and his friendly and curious nature won in the end.
"Hi!" He said in his usual cheerful tone. "I'm Kakarot. I don't think I've seen you around here."
"That's because we spend most of our time away. We were able to find this small time to spare and relax before leaving again. I'm Shallot by the way, and this is my twin brother Giblet."
"Hello! Nice to meet you."
"Nice to meet you too." Kakarot's stomach growled and he laughed with embarrassment. "Well, I should go home. I hope to see you again soon."
"Sure." Shallot looked at his fellow Saiyan run away and turned to his brother. "He seems nice."
"He seems so. He's pretty strong too, though he's very young."
"Yeah." He watched his twin brother throw some punches in the air and quickly stood up to fight with him.
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"Come on, Raditz!" Five-year old Kakarot jumped onto his bed and started shaking him. "Wake up, let's fight!"
"Kakarot, I want to sleep." Raditz threw his blanket over his head and tried to throw his brother off his bed.
"Nooo!" He jumped on it again, refusing to give up. "You can sleep another time. Come on!"
"Must you be so annoying!" The older child mumbled and decided to get up. "I'm tired from my last mission."
"So am I." He grinned as wide as he could. "Yet you don't see me complaining about it."
"You're always so cheerful about everything."
"You're always so grumpy about everything."
"Shut up." His eyes widened when he felt his younger brother punching his arm. "What are you doing?"
"I'm warming up for our fight."
"Oh God, help me."
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Little Prince Vegeta sighed with frustration. He absolutely loved fighting, but those Saibamen were so weak he couldn't find it fun anymore. All he wanted was a strong opponent to fight and defeat. Not too far from him, his younger brother was playing with a red baby dragon. He frowned, not being able to understand what was so great in it.
"Vegeta, come play with us. It's fun."
"Battles is fun." He said with annoyance. "How can you waste so much time with something so stupid?"
"It's not stupid." Tarble cried. "You're mean."
"This is true. And yes, it is. Fighting is much cooler."
"It's not the only cool thing in the world."
"Whatever."
"Your Highness, Your Majesty is asking for you." One of the soldiers came running towards the two princes. "He said he has a task to do and wants to take you with him."
"Alright." Vegeta fixed his white gloves and began to head inside the castle. "Tell him I'll be right there."
"Actually, he's requesting both of you."
"What?" He looked towards his brother. "Tarble too?"
"That's right."
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"Here is a good place." Kakarot grinned as he looked around a large green field. "What do you think, Raditz? Raditz?"
"Kakarot, come here."
"What are you doing?" He ran to where his brother was sitting down.
"I found two beetles and I'm making them fight."
"Oh cool!" The younger brother said with excitement, but he was focused on something else. "I wonder where they are."
"Who?"
"The two Saiyans I met a few days ago, when I came back."
"What Saiyans? You didn't say anything about them."
"I guess I forgot. Let's find them."
"Kakarot, I'm busy here." Raditz said with annoyance. "Besides, it'll be difficult to find them. There are a lot of people in this planet."
"I know, but two people looking for them will be better than one." Kakarot grabbed him by the arm. "Let's go, brother."
"Why is it so important to find them? It's not like they're your friends or anything."
"But they can be."
"Why do you have this need to be everyone's friend?"
"It's better than having a beetle battle."
"Repeat that if you dare."
"Making friends is better than having a beetle battle."
Next thing Kakarot knew, he was lying on the grass. He had to admit Raditz was very fast at throwing punches.
"Ouch." He mumbled, massaging his left cheek. "That was a strong one."
"That's what you get for mocking my beetles."
The younger Saiyan opened his mouth to reply, but was interrupted by a familiar voice.
"That's him! Hey, Shallot!"
"Huh?" The Saiyan raised his eyebrow at the boy grinning and waving his hand frantically at him. "It's the boy from the other day."
"Hi!" The younger brunette ran to him. "I was thinking we'd never see each other again."
"What are you doing here?"
"Oh, we were just about to have a fighting session." Kakarot looked over his shoulder with a smile, which was quickly replaced by a frown. "Brother, would you stop playing with these beetles for just once?"
"Make me."
"Your brother sure looks friendly." Shallot tried to make the mood a little lighter. "I wasn't expecting to see you here. Do you live nearby?"
"We do, actually. About five minutes away. What about you?"
"Not exactly. We live on the other side of the planet."
"And you came all the way here?"
"This is a good place to fight."
"It is." Kakarot grinned widely at him. "So do you want to?"
"Fight you?" The six-year old child raised his eyebrow and then grinned back at his new friend. "I'm in. What do you think, Giblet?"
"Let's do it."
"Great." He got in the initial position and waited for them. "I'm ready."
"You're gonna fight by yourself?"
"That's right." Kakarot said with confidence. "I can take both of you."
"Uh, brother, do you think it's a good idea?"
"He seems pretty strong and said he can take it, so…"
"But still, he looks very young. He's what? Three or four years old?"
"I'm five, actually." He showed his palm proudly.
"Five?!" The twins said at the same time, completely shocked.
"But you're so small."
"Yes, so what?"
"Nothing, I'm sorry. We didn't mean to be rude."
"That's okay. What about you?"
"We're twins and we're six years old."
"Twins? That would explain why you look so alike."
"I think so."
"So, are we fighting or what?"
#
Vegeta absolutely hated accompanying his father on what he called the boring part of being a king, which meant talking to the head of the army most of the time. One thing he loved about it, however: seeing the population stop whatever they were doing to watch the king. He couldn't wait until it was his time to be one. Tarble, on the other hand, was indifferent to the whole thing, as he'd rather do something he enjoys. He covered his mouth with his hand as he yawned with boredom.
"What's going on over there?" Kakarot asked with his eyebrow raised as he looked over to where the loud noise was coming from.
"That's King Vegeta!" Raditz ran past him so fast all he could see was his rather long hair floating in the air. He managed to grab his younger brother's hand on the way. "Let's go, I wanna see him."
"Raditz, why do you want to see him so bad?"
"It's the King, duh! Everyone wants to see him."
Shallot and Giblet exchanged a look before following the brothers.
Raditz sat on the floor with the two beetles he had gotten in the field and shoved into his pocket during their small running to see the King. King Vegeta had a very serious expression on his face, though some of the inhabitants of the planet cheered and screamed for his name as he walked by. Vegeta wasn't that different from his father, where as Tarble was finding the whole thing very amusing.
"Look, Vegeta!" He exclaimed as he looked over his shoulder for a brief moment, quickly returning his attention to Kakarot and his small group. "There's a boy here playing with insects."
"Like I care. They are inferior to us, so they're useless."
"They're people! How can you be like this?" Tarble snapped and ran to join the small group. "Hi, I'm Tarble."
"H-Hi." The eight-year-old Saiyan stuttered nervously as he slowly lifted his gaze up to the younger Prince. He glanced at Kakarot, who simply shrugged. "I'm Raditz."
"Nice to meet you."
"N-Nice to meet you too."
"Can I play with you?" Tarble knelt down in front of him and stared at the two insect on the floor.
King Vegeta simply looked at his youngest son from the corner of his eyes and then subtly motioned for two of his bodyguards to pick him up, and the child started floundering under their grasp. Prince Vegeta simply rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
Vegeta was lying on his utter large bed staring at the ceiling with a frown. He wanted to think about ways to become stronger, but his mind kept wandering to the events from earlier that day. He couldn't believe how his brother could be such a shame to the Royal Family of Saiyans. How could he talk to low-class warriors like that? With a heavy sigh, he rolled over and glanced at the dark red wall across him.
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Vegeta held a photo between his fingers. It was a picture probably one of the old royal bodyguards took it that day, the only one he had with Kakarot as children. He lowered his hand and stared up at the dark blue sky above him.
"Bulla's grounded." Bulma announced when she walked out in the balcony, standing beside him; her blue eyes focused on his face.
"Let me guess, she made a scene about it."
"As always." She sighed. "But she should learn not to walk in her parents' room and go through their things." She looked down at the picture stuck between his fingers; a concerned look on her face. "Are you okay?"
Vegeta looked down at her for the first since she joined him. "Why wouldn't I be?"
"Well, Bulla unlocked some past memories of yours again today. I'm worried it's a little too much for you."
"I'm the Prince of the Saiyans, I've dealt with worse things than childhood memories. You know that."
Bulma bit her lower lip. She knew he had a good point. "I still can't believe you and Goku met when you were just children. What were the chances?"
"It was all thanks to Tarble." The Saiyan brought his hand back up and glanced at the photo again."
"I have something for you." The woman fumbled in her pocket and took out a small rectangular remote control.
"What is this?" Vegeta looked at her and then at the keychain with a confused expression. "Another invention?"
"You can say that." She nodded with a grin. "We're going to visit your brother."
"What?!"
"I secretly built another spaceship." She handed him the remote control. "Take it."
"But, Bulma, how are we going to do that? We don't even know where he is."
"You're forgetting you're married to one of the greatest scientists in the world. Everything's figured out."
"How? I don't even know where he is."
"But I do."
"What?"
"I managed to get in contact with some planets and found him after some frustrating attempts. We're leaving soon" Bulla reached for his hand and began to pull him towards their bedroom.
"Bulma, wait! When did you build it?"
"You'd know if you didn't spend all day in the gravity chamber. Come on, I want you to see this. I'm sure you're gonna love it."
