New life_chapter 38

New Life Chapter 38

Right after the sun had rise behind the horizon, Vegeta took off and flied toward the castle. He was more than ready to beat his father if he wouldn't tell that Kakarot was his prison.

He flied as fast as he could and soon he saw the castle in front of him. He landed down and started to walk with grumpy look on his face toward the gates. As soon as the guards spotted him, they bowed and opened the door, not even daring to try to stop the prince.

All maids and guards could tell by the look of Vegeta's face that it was better to move away from his way. His steps stopped in front of the great hall doors before he pulled them open, ready to bark at this father. However, the royal throne was empty. The king wasn't there.

With frustrated growl he turned his attention to the closest person, a maid.

"Hey, woman! Where the king is?!"

"I--- I haven't see him today yet, my lord."

"So he's still in bed?"

"Could be, sir." Only reply was a growl as the prince walked past her with angry ki flames flaming around his tensed body, heading to the stairs.

Step after step he was getting closer and closer to the King's room and he didn't hesitate when he swung the door open only to see that the king wasn't there either. This was getting on his nerves. It was like the kign knew that he was coming and he had hide from him. Well, he would have whole day time to search for him, but the things turned more simply for his luck.

When he was coming down the stairs, the king was waiting him. It seems that someone had know where he was and had go to get him. Perfect.

"Ah, my son. What an pleasure to see you!"

"Shut up, old man, and tell me where he is."

"Vegeta! How dare you? Where are your manners?!"

"My manners doesn't matter now. Where is he?!"

"I have no idea who you are talking about!" With an blink of an eye, Vegeta launched himself toward his father, falling him on the ground and jumping on him, lifting him up by the armor.

"Don't toy with me, old fart! For the last time, where is he!? Where's Kakarot!?"

"Oh, Bardock's son. He's no longer here. He was but I executed him this morning before the sun rose." The gasp and the shocked look in his son's eyes pleased the king.

"Yes, I killed him. There's no way that I would let you to have some weak low level warrior as your mate. And he had some nerve to come to tell me that he's your mate. I would never have allow or accept that, never! You are my son and it's my duty to choose a mate to you."

Vegeta growled as his tail lashed behind him. "You liar. Kakarot's alive. I can feel that. I have sixth sense about him. I would have sense it if he would be dead." His grip got more harder and tight as he hit his father against the floor.

"NOW TELL ME WHERE IS HE!!!"

"What's going on here....?!" Both prince and King turned to look in the direction where the voice came. There was the new queen, looking as shocked as they did.

"M-my love. You are back home."

"And not a minute too late, I see. What are you grown up men doing? All this yelling was heard all the way behind the gates."

"He have Kakarot but he refuses to tell me where!" Vegeta eyed his father growling, who only rolled his eyes. "I don't have him."

"LIAR! I should kill you!" He raised his fist only for Maely to take a gently hold of it.

"Please, follow me, prince Vegeta." Vegeta eyed both of the royal members before letting go of his father and following his stepmother.

"Wait, Maely! I order you to stop!" King stood up, walking after her and his son. "Didn't you hear me, woman?! I said stop!" When his hand reached to touch her, he was blowed away with powerful ki. Even Vegeta hadn't sense that huge power in his life. Only now he had seen a little peek of Maely's powers. That woman was MUCH more stronger than her fragile body let peoples to know.

She turned around, watching her husband with glowing white eyes. "I hear you, but I am a woman, a queen and I'm not going to watch how you destroy your son's life by taking someone who he loves away from him. Try to stop me if you wish, my lord, but I can say that you can't lay a finger on me." After she had stop speaking, her attention turned on the prince who nodded to her.

"Please, this way." She took her first steps and soon Vegeta was following her again, and so was the king. This time he kept good distance to his wife and son.

The more deeper they went, the more smelly the basement got. Vegeta hadn't had any idea that this kind of horrible and stinky basement had come with the castle when he had wish it. But then he had to admit it. Shenron had read his mind about it how the castle should be and he had been thinking this kind of basement. Hurtful thing was that his own mate had end up in the basement what he had thought...

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The sound of key entering in it's hole of the iron door, steps, some mumbling, beggings from other prisoners and then steps what stops in front of his cell's door. Again the sound when the key is pushed in it's hole and the sound of the lock, what snaps open.

The door is open and it's his change to escape. However, he was not feed from God knows how long. He had no energy. Only thing what he was able to do was sit in the shadow in the back corner, waiting what's happening next.

A whisper. Silent one. Saying that there's no one in the cell but the other one replies; "He is in there alright, he just lures and hides in the shadows."

Foot steps, hesitated ones. They came closer and closer until they stopped in the middle of the room.

"Kakarot? Are you there?" That voice... It was Vegeta. His prince.

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For a few minutes there wasn't reply to his question. Maybe they all were tricking him. He decided to give one more shot. He landed on his knees on the cold and wet floor, taking a deep breath. He could smell Kakarot's scent. Either he had been there or then he still was there.

He reached his hand toward the darkness, hoping that Goku would take a hold of his hand.

"Kakarot. It's me. I don't know what they have done to you, but I'm not here to hurt you. ... I love you." There was this long silence when everyone where holding their breaths. Only sound was from the little water drops what fell on the floor.

His heart was racing, hoping that Kakarot, if he was there, would take a hold of his hand. He waited and waited and when nothing didn't seem to happen, prince started to pull his hand away and then his eyes catch little movement in the shadow.

Pale skinny fingers reached to his hand. Prince was shocked when those fingers finally contacted with his hand. Those fingers... they were so pale, so cold, so skinny. He didn't hesitate when he moved closer, closing Goku's hand in his hands, trying to warm those cold finger.

"For God's sake, Kakarot... This... Your hand..." He couldn't find words. Now that he had seen Goku's fingers, he was more than scared of seeing how Goku himself looked like.

"I hope that you don't mind, Kakarot." Vegeta raised his other hand, making small ki ball what brought so much light in the room that Vegeta was able to see in the dark corner. What he saw left him speechless.

Kakarot... Paler than snowman, shaking, dirty, skinny... How this has happen? Vegeta moved closer to his mate, placing his glove covered hand on Goku's back, starting to travel his hand slowly and gently down.

He could see and count all bones on Goku's back. He had never seen anyone in this worse shape. Even slaves were more muscular and better taken care of. His anger started to raise. He couldn't believe this. He turned to look at his father who was standing right next to his wife on the doorway.

"You..." He stood up and growled, his tail lashing behind him. "I should kill you for that what you have done to him!" When he was going to take a step he felt something wrapping around his leg.

Vegeta lowered his gaze and what he saw scared him. It looked like huge pink worm! Vegeta's face went pale and the pink thing was pulled back in the shadow. Vegeta's heart was skipping some beats before he raised his hand, making the ki ball more brighter. Only now he recognized that pink thing. It was Kakarot's hairless tail!

"Your tail, Kakarot. It has lose all the fur!"

"...."

Vegeta left the ki ball fly on on the air when he knelt back next to his mate, moving his hand slowly and gently to his mate's chin, forcing Goku to face him. Their eyes met and the pain in younger man's eyes was heart breaking. His pale skin, lightly blue lips, black circles under his eyes and bruises... Bruises?! Vegeta took better and closer look of Goku's body. He had bruises all around his body and more importantly, they were fresh one. Maybe few hours old at the most.

"Who did this?" His black orbs were locked with his mate's lifeless orbs. With a little eye movement, Goku told the prince who did it. That was so unreal and it made the prince so angry, but he kept himself under control.

Instead of getting angry and yelling, he wrapped his arms around his mate and held him in his arms. "Don't worry, Kakarot. I will take you out of here and help you." Only reply was a nod from his mate when his skinny arms held him back.

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"Why you wanted to destroy that?"

"Destroy what?" Maely sighed while watching the prince and his lover. "Like you don't know what I mean." King hmped.

"He's a low level trash. Not good for my son. My son deserves only the best and most of all, my son isn't gay."

"You can't control that what he has born to be. Beside, look at him. He's happy, he feel loved, cared and safe with his mate. That young man is everything what he wishes for his life. No any richness can defeat love what he's having."

"You are a woman. You don't understand the honor of men."

"Your honor is nothing more than being blind and stubborn. You are trying to force your son to live a life what he don't want. Last time when you tried to make him "happy", you were trying to make him to marry me. I and him knew that we would never be happy. Let him have a change to show you what he wants. How happy he really is."

"Hmph. But that's Bardock's son. I can't accept that."

"Would it have been better then if he would have got someone else who's not like Kakarot? Trust me, Kakarot is the best one to him. Beside, Vegeta is adult. He knows what's best for him."

"But I--"

"No buts, mister. Just give up. Let them have a change to show you that they belong together. One change. That's all what I'm asking." King stared in his wife's eyes. She was very sweet person and she had been very helpful to the king all of those years what they had known each others and after they had got married, she had become even more valuable to him and he usually did listen to his wife and she was always right. Maybe... maybe she was right even with this...

"*sigh* Alright. I give them a change." This brought a bright smile on Maely's face.

"I love you, dear." She placed her lightly blue hands on King's cheeks, kissing her husband. "Thank you so much." With those as her last words, she entered in the cell, coming carefully closer and closer until she was right in front of Goku.

"First of all, my dear, I want to apologize all this suffering what my husband has brought to you. I'm so terribly sorry, dear." Goku slowly closed his eyes, shaking his head with little movement.

"It's not your fault, my queen. It's only my own fault... I should have listen Vegeta... But I didn't."

"Don't be ridicules, Kakarot. You just were honest and wanted to let everyone know about us. You didn't do nothing wrong."

"Your mate is right, darling. But let's get you out of here. You have been here way too long." Maely stood up while Vegeta helped Goku to get up. His heart got more and more broken the longer he watched his mate. Vegeta was able to count almost all the bones from Goku's body. Of course Vegeta's stare made Goku feel uncomfortable so Maely took her cape and wrapped in around Goku's naked body.

"I know that it doesn't warm much, but at least it covers you."

"Thank you." She smiled before she invited the two of them to follow her. They passed the king and Vegeta couldn't help but to give deadly glare to his father. It was a clear message. "Mess up with my mate again and I kill you!"

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Vegeta and Maely took Goku in Prince's room, placing him on the bed.

"I go get something what we can use to clean Kakarot's wounds and body."

"That's very sweet, my lord, but no need to. Let me handle him." She sat on her knees next to Goku on the bed, placing her fingertips gently against Goku's skin before she went in some sort of trance. Vegeta decided to take few steps away from the bed so that he wouldn't be bothering either of them. He went to the chair, sat down and watched them.

Soon all the bruises started to fade away on Goku's body and his body started to get little bit muscular form. Of course it was only a little bit and Maely soon stopped right after that.

She panted and sweat. It had been so long when she had been healing someone last time. When a weight of a hand landed on her shoulder, she looked over her shoulder to see the prince.

"Why you stopped? Kakarot was getting better." She had this apologizing smile on her face.

"I'm so sorry, my lord, but I'm using my own energy to heal him. I never don't want to use too much of my own energy at once to heal someone. If I use my all energy, I either get really tired, faint or in worst case, die."

"That explains it. Go get some rest, woman. You helped Kakarot so much today already." Maely smiled as she left the bed.

"I will come to check him before I go to sleep. I try to help and heal him everyday and with a luck, twice a day. But now I shall leave. You two surely want to be alone." Prince only nodded while he watched his sleeping partner.

"Hey..."

"Yes?" Her eyes met the black royal orbs, what had this soft look in them.

"Thank you... for everything. You have no idea how much I appreciate your help." She bowed and smiled.

"No need to thank me, my lord. It's at least something what I can do as a apologize because of my husband's action."

"That wasn't your fault." They both knew that Vegeta was right, but the queen still felt bad because of his tight minded husband. She bowed one last time before she closed the doors behind her.

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Alone with Kakarot... In his bedroom. Gosh, how he still couldn't believe it how horrible Kakarot did look like and how his father could have been so ruthless toward him. Vegeta knew that his father couldn't accept the fact that he was gay and that he loved this young man so very much that he would do anything for him. His father was just so stubborn and he would like to keep walking in his father's footsteps. His father had choose a woman to him and now his father wanted to choose a woman to his son but that wasn't going to happen.

A sudden moan from Goku made Vegeta snap out of his thoughts and focus on his mate. It was clear that Goku was not seeing a good dream. Silent tears rolled down on his cheeks as he kept turning around under the blanket.

Vegeta watched that his own time before he went on the bed under the blanket and laid right next to Goku, pulling him against his own body in his arms. It effected right away and Goku calmed down, curling more tight and close to Vegeta's warm body.

It would be good thing for them both to have some rest before Maely would come back and heal Goku some more. And after Kakarot would get better, Vegeta would have a word or two to say to his father...