Universe Saga

The Prince Surrenders

OPENING THEME:

Episode 28:

THE PRINCE SURRENDERS: THE NEW ORDER OF THE SAIYAN RACE

With a swift punch, Vegeta's fist sunk into the King's cheek to which the earth beneath him sunk upon impact, "Just because you never gave a damn about me father, it is still very much true - a bond between a father and his son is impossible to break but here today, at last - I have broken my bond with you. Everything that I am, everything that I was - it was all because of you! Because of you I don't even know who I am."

"A warrior of course."

"No, not what I am!" snapped Vegeta, "Who!"

Vegeta charged a growing blast in his hand as his father looked on in devastation. Was this finally his end? And at the hands of his own son?

"Get up!" commanded Vegeta.

The King touched his tender cheek and he grimaced, eyeing Vegeta with an intense rage but he obeyed nonetheless.

"For the first time as an adult, I relish in the thought of killing someone. Not as an order or out of vengeance but of pure joy and I want you to suffer immensely."

The blast finally achieved its final form and Vegeta was about to release but something caught his eye. He shivered despite himself and immediately felt ashamed. He raised his other hand and an upsurge of wind emanated and an upsurge of debris and dirt kicked up. The saiyans and his father looked on perplexed by this action. Who was he attacking?

He continued in a calmer tone and lowered his hand and thus the blast was reduced to nothing, "But...I will not allow myself to succumb to old ways ever again, for a great truth has been revealed to me that solidified where I stand as a man and as such I will, for my sake as well as yours, show mercy."

He turned around to face a trembling Sentee and as before asked for his assistance with the metal bars and in no time the King was caught behind a prison all his own. The energy strain proved too much for him as he slumped to his knees, instantly exhausted.

Vegeta studied the man before him for a while longer before he addressed the saiyans.

"Listen up! All of you!" Vegeta bellowed and each one stood at rapt attention, "As your Prince, I beg of you to forge peaceful lives for yourself and gain power but legitimately because true strength abides in the heart."

With a heavy sigh, Vegeta understood that what he was about to say was difficult but necessary, "And secondly, I relinquish my title as Prince of all saiyans. I am no greater or less of a class than any of you. "

He looked over the men and women that stood before him and a smile crept on his face at their astonishment, "In fact, to hell with the damn royalty. The saiyan race was destroyed decades ago. Through Kakarot and myself and our children, we have proven that our race is truly mighty. Perhaps the mightiest in the universe. With such potential power, we need not bow down to another. Now go out there and make a new saiyan race, a better one. Power and the thrill of victory is important but there is none other that can compare to that of family and love. That lesson was taught to me right here on this planet about two decades ago and proven to me on a little blue planet called Earth."

"Ha," a saiyan remarked, "Love and family? Please - we are warriors - we fight, we kill."

Many grunted their agreement.

"And what's it to you how we go about getting power? How do you think we got to this point? We've been collecting energy from plenty throughout our travels in the universe before settling here on Mezora."