saijan reunion - episode 7

[gokuromario]

Saijan Reunion Episode 7 – The new prince

Part 1 – and he shall rise as our new ruler

(It’s been three days since arrival of goku, vegeta and gohan, many people are awaiting Vegeta’s decision of whether he will stay or not, gohan is walking around town holding the strange new currency this planet uses, he pays for an apple but the market seller just stands there smiling, he walks away confused, goku is in the town as well holding a strange toffee like sweet on a stick, he munches from it, a couple of running kids start blocking his path and running round his legs, goku almost falls and laughs, the two kids walk away, goku waves, he then notices a small glimpse of vegeta walking into an alley, he goes to him to see what’s up, he turns the corner to find vegeta just standing there, arms folded and tears coming from his eyes)

Goku-(to vegeta) “vegeta”

Vegeta-“go away Kakarot I don’t need your pity”

Goku-“what’s up with you lately you’ve been so quiet”

Vegeta-(pauses) “I’ve been…..thinking that’s all”

Goku-“your struggling, I can tell, this place is pretty amazing, it’s hard to believe its real (takes a bite of his thing once again, he tastes something strange) ugh what is this thing anyway” (vegeta looks and laughs)

Vegeta-“it’s called a jakuchibu (this thing doesn’t exist but you get the idea), a type of mutated slim creature that creates a hard edible shell around its body when it dies, the part your tasting is its deteriorated venom, and don’t worry it’s not toxic”

Goku-“hmm, well I’ve had worse” (takes another bite)

Vegeta-“only true saijans are able to eat such a thing, welcome to your home”

Goku-“hehehe, nah I prefer the earth, people wait on me hand and foot here, it’s so…….”

Vegeta-“ROYAL”

Goku-“exactly…….woops……..”

Vegeta-“it’s ok, I actually agree with you”

Goku-“so why are you crying anyhow”

Vegeta-“I have a difficult decision to make, stay here and become the royal figure in amongst the most glorious civilisation and most advanced creatures known to man, or go back to earth and face several hard earned years with the woman I……..love and the boy I………well you get the idea, frankly I’d rather bring Bulma and trunks here”

Goku-“well you dont wanna tear them away from their home do you, i mean this isnt just something you can do overnight, (pause) YOUR JUST HOMESICK, thats it, isnt it"

Vegeta-“don’t be…….humph, your probably right…… (A tear comes down his face, he starts getting emotional)"

Goku-"by the way vegeta, i thought you didnt believe in any of this"

Vegeta-"people change their minds and I’m now convinced that this is all real, my father, this planet, and its people it’s all real…….but why now, why not sooner, this would have been so much easier had it been 15 years ago, and after so many years of being alone, feeling like I was the only one left, serving the one who destroyed my people and made me work as a slave till my bones were battered and broken and my spirit always tore away from me so easily like a piece of rice paper, and after so many years of hardship I finally find a family and for a brief moment the sadness in my heart went away, but then it came back, and for many more years I felt alone, but then my father returned to me, the one thing in this life which could extract every last drop of pain away from my veins and I don’t know what to do, I don’t know what decision I should make, I have another life, but all my life I have been sporting this one, hiding in its shadows, making myself believe that its still here, and now I have this life back in my grasp and I still feel torn away, f**k, what should I do”

Goku-(pauses, puts one hand on Vegeta’s shoulder) “vegeta, you know you cant stay here, you know that in your heart, and you cant ask bulma and trunks to come here, they have a life on earth, you dont and I can tell you dont want either of them to just give that up"

Vegeta-“bah, your right, i hate it when your right"

Goku-“it’s your life vegeta”

Vegeta-“i know, but i'm not sure whether my father would allow such a thing"

Goku-"well he's not really your father if he doesnt let you make your own decisions"

Vegeta-"but what if he is what i used to think of him, a tyrant who commanded over a thousand armies, never giving into demands, not even from his own children"

Goku-"from what i see he's a pretty nice guy, why dont you go talk to him, i'm sure you'll sort this all out"

Vegeta-(walking away with a smile) "your right, i'll go talk to him, i'm not much of a conversationalist but i'll give it a shot (gives goku a thumbs up) what have i got to lose"

Goku-(grins) "go for it"

(Vegeta walks away smiling, the scene ends with goku taking another bite of his Jakuchibu thing)

King vegeta-(sitting on his throne talking to one of his loyal subjects) "you shall be rewarded for your great knowledge of chivelry young one, now kiss the royal ring (extends his hand out and the boy kisses it) take this bag of 40 units of currency and be off" (the boy takes the bag and leaves the room) young ones, so full of hope" (the sky suddenly starts to turn grey around him, the candle surrounding the room go out, the king looks to his side and sees that his guards are standing still, the darkness grows and a heavy wind occurs, a figure bursts through the front gates and king v rushes towards it and kneels) "MASTER"

Turnip-"your really getting into this king role arent you"

King v-"forgive me master, this has been a delightful week and I......."

Turnip-"SILENCE, i do not want your lifes story (sits down on the throne, his hand extends and a rather hideous claw comes out of the long cloak he has on)"

King v-"what brings you here master Turnip"

Turnip-"i've been monitoring your progress over the last few days and frankly, ITS A BIT LACKING"

King v-"but master, play this role any more dignified as it is, i have former royal experience and am most suitable to the job"

Turnip-"i'm not talking about that, i'm talking about your ability to convince these saijans"

King v-"you know our race master, they never take orders"

Turnip-"and i suppose your one of them"

King v-"i never said that"

Turnip-" tell me, how are the young saijans"

King v-"there settling in quite graciously your lordship, why even my son........."

Turnip-"YOUR SON"

King v-"i'm sorry, even vegeta is settling in, he has even considered taking the royal throne"

Turnip-"hmm, somehow i dont see it as being that easy"

King v-"what do you mean"

Turnip-"vegetas arrogance is one of the highest calibre, i'm not sure if we have any use for him"

King v-"but he possesses power, and potential, why wouldnt he be useful in the next stage of our planets evolution"

Turnip-"patience, i said i wasnt sure, that means that i havent yet come up with a decision, but you will know soon"

King v-"master" (bows)

Turnip-"we cannot be sure as to trust these saijans, they possess powers of the likes i've never seen, and we must act carefully if our plan is to succeed"

King v-"i'm sure that with persuasion, our plan will go ahead"

Turnip-"thats good to hear, now i must be leaving i have other matters to attend to, but.........your highness, i require a full scale production innovated within 48 hours, if any later you will be hanged, understand"

King V-"but sir (Turnip dissappears and vegeta appears infront of King V) vegeta"

Vegeta-"just who in gods name are you talking to...........father"

King v-"hehehe, you havent said that in weeks"

Vegeta-"well, i've been thinking, its wrong of me to deny my royal heritage, but you must understand, i have a wife and kid back on earth who may not be so persuasive to come live here so........."

King v-"yes"

Vegeta-"so i've decided to become your so called prince, but only on one condition, i will be allowed to stay on earth for as long as i want and i get free dentil, just kidding, i want to stay on earth and assume the rank of prince and i will monitor earth as a possible settling ground for the saijan race, i will visit as often as i can and we will speak telapathically using a little friend of kakarots whenever needed, is that ok"

King v-"that sounds fine, as long as you agree to stay for the shortest of whiles"

Vegeta-"well, i've got nothing planned"

King v-"thats perfect, i'll gather up the people and we can announce your decision globally at once"

Vegeta-"very well then" (the two walk off together, king v makes a gesture by putting his arm around vegeta but vegeta knocks it away, END OF PART 1)

[gokuromario]

PART 2

(This takes place later in the night at a celebration dinner, everyone in the kingdom is invited and the food is vast, goku is already stuffing his face with all the food he can eat and gohan is still pondering over these invisible cups)

Goku-(with his mouth stuffed) "he gohan, why arent you eating"

Gohan-"i'm pondering over these so called mind evisioned flavours and objects"

Goku-"dont worry about it, you'll get used to it"

Gohan-"thats just the thing, i'm perfect a teleconetics but for some reason these steps arent working, i think maybe someones pulling my leg"

Goku-(grabs one of gohans legs) "like this"

Gohan-"NOT LITERALLY" (goku starts laughing) "gah, if you'll excuse me i think i'll go take a walk"

(gohan leaves the room, King v holds up a glass)

King v-"a toast to our future king" (vegeta sits there in a newer style combat uniform, more princelike, he has still kept his old clothes underneath but the royal armour and cape are there, he looks a little uninterested as usual) "whats wrong vegeta, i thought you'd be happy"

Vegeta-"i am happy, see the smile speading across my face like greased up margerine (he doesnt even make an attempt at even grinning) sorry, i'm not fond of celebrations"

King v-"but son, this is for you, you should enjoy yourself, (looks forward) ah no i thought i told them to come later"

Vegeta-"who to come later" (vegeta takes one glance and sees about 100 different people queing up with gifts)

Man 1-"sire, we bring gifts from affar to welcome your stay and to honour your presence, here my liege, (takes a box out of his cloak) a golden music box specially made to play the finest of music" (presents it to vegeta, vegeta just sits there looking annoyed)

Vegeta-"WHAT DO I LOOK LIKE, THE LORD JESUS CHRIST, (the people are scared vegeta tries to calm down, he speaks to himself) calm down, there just being nice, (to the man) i'm sorry kind gentlemen but i cannot accept such an elegant gift, i do not require such things, i'm sure you'll find, in fact i'm sure all of you will find it more satisfying to give your gifts to starving families instead of a wealthy prince, so that is why i cannot accept it"

Man 1-(looking confused, smiles and nods his head) "whatever you wish sire" (the queue of people dissappear)

King v-"spoken like a true prince vegeta, well done"

Vegeta-"its funny, that should have felt wonderful and satisfying but it didnt"

King v-"hahaha, i know exactly what you mean, that was a really nice box"

Vegeta-"no its not that, (sits back in his chair) maybe i'm not ready to assume the throne just yet"

King v-"well you have a long time to think about it, and i'll be around for many a year and i'm sure you'll get used to it by then"

Vegeta-"maybe your right"

King v-"now, try asking the chef for a refill, i'm sure you must be parched, and a true prince must have command over his staff"

(Vegeta looks over to his right, he sees a full glass of wine sitting on the table he gets up and walks over to it)

King v-"hmm, i see"

Vegeta-(picks up the wine bottle and pours it into his glass, the couple sitting down look up at him and vegeta gets a realise there staring look) "oh darn, where are my manners (he pours some of the contents into cups sitting beside the two and leaves after setting the bottle back down, the couple laugh nervously, vegeta goes back to his seat) sorry father, but if i want something to drink i'll get it myself (takes a sip of his wine) you can understand cant you"

King v-"of course" (he takes a sip, the scene splits to gohan outside the market, wondering about once again)

Gohan-(to himself) "strange, it's like nothings changed since it turned night (looks at a stall with the same seller standing in the same position as before but completely still) thats funny, isnt that the same guy, why is he standing so still (goes towards the seller) hello, sir (puts his hand right through the mans chest, jumps back in horror, puts his hand through him again) a hologram, why would a hologram be here" (he hears guards coming out from the streets, he turns to face them)

Guard 1-"what do you think your doing"

Gohan-(gohan looks at the two guards to make sure there saijans and indeed they have tails) "who me"

Guard 2-"didnt you know theres a curfew around these parts"

Gohan-"I'm not seven years old you know"

Guard 1-"that doesnt matter, the curfew applies to everyone and everything, its dangerous out here at night (points to mask) see thats why were wearing these masks, to protect ourselves from the toxic gas which comes around at night"

Gohan-"thats funny, i've walked these streets at night before and i havent seen any gas"

Guard 2-"was it between 1 and four in the morning"

Gohan-"no it was just before that"

Guard 1-"then it's obvious you never experienced the gas"

Gohan-"hmm, what does this so called gas do anyhow, does it you know kill you"

Guard 2-"it makes anyone who breaths it in go into a paralyptic state and they begin seeing things that arent there, to the point where there minds overupt and they drift into insanity"

Gohan-"wow"

Guard 1-(tosses a spare mask over to gohan) "you better put this on" (gohan grabs the mask and pulls it on quickly, he stares at the two for a few seconds, he then abruptly raises his hand and pushes it into guard 2's chest and he falls to the ground) "EXPLAIN YOURSELF"

Gohan-"oh, sorry, I guess I must have been hit by a little bit of gas a few nights ago, I could have sworn there was a market seller right......... (looks over and theres no one there) uh, well......uh"

Guard 1-"I'm guessing by your gesture you put your hand through him and freaked out"

Gohan-"yeah"

Guard 2-(getting up) "go home kid, get some rest"

Gohan-"uh thanks, I will" (gohan walks away, he thinks to himself) "gas which just appears in the middle of the night and makes you go insane, thats hard to believe, even if we are on another planet" (he looks round, sees the guards walking away into the distance and slowly follows them into the night)

END OF PART 2

[gokuromario]

PART 3 - The hand your dealt

(This part starts off on the other ship heading towards the new planet, Goten, Trunks and Videl sit in a circle playing poker, Charlie is scurrying about helping goten out, Trunks puts down a full house and looks really smug, Videl puts down an even higher full house and beats trunks by an ace, she sniggers)

Videl-"nyah, how do you like that"

Trunks-"thats not fair, we have the same hand"

Videl-"my hands highest"

Trunks-"GGRRR, who invented that stupid rule anyhow"

Videl-"whats in your hand goten"

Goten-"hmm, i'm not sure, I wanted to draw a bunch of different numbers cause i thought that was the rules but all i came up with was like a 7, 8, 9, 10 jack all the same color what a bummer"

Videl-"goten, please tell me you didnt get a straight flush"

Goten-"is that good"

Videl-"well that beats us both"

Goten-"OOOHHH"

Trunks-"GAH, I'm bored, cant we up the stakes a little"

Videl-"were not playing strip poker"

Trunks-"I didnt mean that, surely one of you guys has got some cash or cookies or a slice of cake or an alien we could bet on"

Goten-"well I have fifty cence"

Videl-"other than my outfits........well I guess what I'm wearing right now and a couple of dollars"

Trunks-"hmm, (pause) fine, since we all have no need for money goten puts up fifty cence, videl puts up a pair of socks and I'll put up my services since I have nothing to bet"

Videl-"wow, would have thought you'd go for more than a pair of socks"

Trunks-"not A pair of socks, the ones your wearing, and lowest hand loses"

Videl-"whatever"

(Videl shuffles and hands out cards, trunks looks at his hand and smiles, he has 4 queens, goten looks at his hand and videl does the same)

Trunks-"READ EM AND WEEP, 4 QUEENS" (presents cards)

Videl-"nice hand, but it doesnt beat (presents her cards) straight flush"

Trunks-"huh"

Goten-"sorry trunks, (presents hand) straight flush"

Trunks-(collapses to the floor, gets back up enraged) "WHA......YOU GUYS CHEATED, YOU NEVER SWAPPED YOUR CARDS"

Videl-"with a hand like this, whats the point"

Goten-"neither did you trunks"

Videls-"your the lowest hand trunks, that means your services goes to the winner, what'll it be goten (she looks at him and he ponders for a moment)

Trunks-"hehehe, fine by me, theres nothing he can make me do around here anyway this ships dead, all thats left to do is chores"

Goten-"I've got it, as a punishment, you have to moon an asteroid"

Trunks-"huh, that all"

Goten-"yep"

Trunks-"hehehe thats fine by me (starts to walk away merrily)"

Goten-"oh, and I have to watch to make sure you do it"

Trunks-(stops in his path) "ooh but I hate letting people watch me drop my pants"

Goten-"but you used to moon all the time when you were 7"

Trunks-"I WAS SEVEN, oh forget it, lets go" (goten and trunks walk away, videl puts the cards together and away, goten and trunks reach a window in another room, trunks looks out and sees an asteroid, he drops his trousers jumps up to the window and moons the rock, goten laughs hard and trunks frowns, he pulls his trousers back up and walks away) "i hate this game anyway, its stupid"

END OF PART 3

[gokuromario]

PART 4 - The turning point

(This part starts off with gohan following the two guards once more, they turn the corner and head into a large hovercraft, they fly off, gohan follows very quickly, his pace is so fast that the two dont notice him, a few miles later they come to an end outside whats looks to be a base in the middle of the desert, the car comes to a stop and the two step out, gohan goes into hitman mode as he hides behind a rock follows the two guards who are coming to a halt outside a large gate, one of the guards puts in a card gohan disappears in a flash, grabs one of the guards, takes his clothes and stands behind the other one, the other guard looks behind him and sees gohan sniggering, he enters a few numbers on the door and the large doors throw open, the other guard who is now knocked unconscious and lies in a heap inside the vehicle)

Gohan-(thoughts) "alright mr gas at night time, lets see what your really up to" (he follows into the hall, the man presents an ID to two other guards, gohan searches his new pockets and produces an ID, he follows the guard to the left of the building avoiding suspicious eyes, gohan looks a little scared but tries not to blow his cover, they go through another set of doors and come to a long swirling staircase, the guard walks down and round the spiral staircase and gohan follows, it begins to get darker as they get further down the steps, they come to an end in the dark and a light is switched on, it turns out to be sleeping quarters, gohans thoughts are) "oh great, a bed and a couple of lockers, talk about your highclass security"

Guard 1-"Plaice, dont forget that Master Turnip is waiting for you in the central command centre, he expected us minutes ago but that punk kept us late, you better get up there now"

Gohan-(tries to put on a deeper voice) "uh RIGHT! (he turns and walks to the staircase) uh, where is the command centre again"

Guard 1-"next floor up, try to remember"

Gohan-(thoughts) "master, this doesnt seem right" (nods, goes up the staircase again, when he comes to the next floor, a set of doors opens and he walks through with a gulp, he is led by another guard into a further room, both stop in the middle of the hall and gohan tries to speak) "uh....."

Guard 3-"silence, once you enter this room, you will not speak unless spoken to is that clear"

Gohan-"right"

(a large button is pushed followed by the opening of yet another set of doors, gohan walks in, the door shut and the lights come up, a dark figure, heavily cloaked is sitting in a chair, many computer screens lie ahead of him)

Gohan-(thoughts) "why does everyone in this place wear cloaks"

Turnip-"finally, I was beggining to think you had walked out on us Plaice"

Gohan-"No sir" (thoughts) "i dont like the looks of this guy"

Turnip-"good, (gets up from his seat and walks to another table in the far left of the room, he points to gohan and uses a psychic power to pull him towards him) join me wont you (he stops gohan in his tracks and sets him in a seat, a seat is pulled for himself aswell and he sits down) now then, I hope you know why your here"

Gohan-"uh no sir"

Turnip-(looks at gohan strangely) "very well, i shall explain, you see Plaice, we are about to go into stage three of our plans, stage one was to find the saijan prince and to persuade him to come to our planet, stage two was getting him to stay, and stage three.........hmm, well i'm sure you can figure it out by these blueprints that i just drew up (large scrolls of paper appear by magic infront of them, they fold out, gohan takes a look at them and gasps) i'll leave you alone to assess these prints, you are this legions commander after all" (he gets up from his seat and begins to walk away he stops right before he reaches the door and stands still with eyes shut)

Gohan-(thoughts) "my gosh, a field generator, an advanced holographic enducer, this is incredible, (gasps) "WHAT IS THAT"

Turnip-(opens his eyes, walks out the door, speaks to his other guard) "the man in there is not commander Plaice, arrest him at once"

Guard 3-(nods and enters the room, gohan turns and sees the guard) "freeze, drop the blueprints and explain yourself"

Gohan-"listen buddy, i dont wanna hurt you, i just wanna find out whats going on"

Guard 3-"you are in violation of the permiter procedures, not to mention your tresspassing, drops to your knees, put your hands behind your head and drop to the ground)

Gohan-"oh, ok"

(gohan goes to his knees, puts his hands behind his head, drops to the ground and as the guard is pulling out the handcuffs and is about to snap them on him, gohan raises one leg, flips and kicks the man in the head, he goes down, gohan rises to his feet, several more guards come into room and gohan blasts his way through them, he runs out of the room, Turnip is just standing there behind the door seeing where this is going, gohan hurries up the steps, when he is stopped by guards he takes to the air and crashes through the wooden steps, the tall staircase begins to crumble as gohan gets to the top floor, gets to his feet and runs through the door, blasts through more guards and bungs his way through the front gates, Turnip appears right behind him as he begins to zooms away, Turnip raises one hand, a shock wave is sent out and as gohan is running, he feels a sharp pain in his head he drops to the ground screaming, Turnip floats towards him with his hand still raised, gohan lies there a little less than motionless, Turnip releases his grip on his head, he bends down and pulls off gohans mask, he pulls him up to his face)

Turnip-"just as i thought, young gohan"

Gohan-"gnah, what.....do you.....want"

Turnip-"I want what everyone truly wants, power, now i think its time for you to say goodnight (he strikes gohan with his fingers and gohan falls unconscious, Turnip throws gohan into the arms of oncoming guards) take him to the chambers, i dont want him harmed"

END OF EPISODE 7

[gokuromario]

well you all said you wanted it longer, you all said my other two parts were kinda short so here you go, what do you think.

this one was really dedicated to gohan.

i'm a little confused though of what to do next, i want to use more complicated words and stuff but my vocab isnt that great, can someone help me

[TheDarkPrince]

Nice one! Now this is getting interesting. Not sure about the name "Turnip" though. And I wouldn't worry about your vocabulary, but try to improve your grammar.

[gokuromario]

thanks.

i kinda wanted to explain this one a bit more but with dragon ball z not everything is explained at once, so i think at the most i've got about 5 episodes left, i hope you enjoy them.

[~*Hieislove*~]

Thats a nice story

[Trunksangel79]

This is really interesting.I like it.

[gokuromario]

thanks.

what made it interesting

[TheDarkPrince]

Well, a truckload of conspiracies and cliffhangers for one thing.

[gokuromario]

hmm i guess so