DBZ X-Readers

Frieza x Reader Pt. 27 'Rank'

Author's Note: Mostly cultural stuff here. Thanks again to my buddy Little Flower (her preferred nickname), the war is drawn from an RP we once did.

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"Another month at least?" You sighed. "Kuriza's not going to be happy about this...and neither am I, to be quite honest."

"Do you not think you'll be able to handle the job while I'm gone? You've only got to say."

"What in the hell is going on?"

"Severe negotiations," Frieza replied, "And you can be sure that they are quite aware they're keeping me from you. I've never seen so many people determined to die."

"Help, help, the King isn't getting company every night..."

"I enjoy having it," he replied, "It has been several months and I am quite unhappy with the loss."

"And you haven't picked up company there, because...?" It struck you, to be able to say it like that, but to be quite honest you'd developed the expectation.

"I would lose her the minute you heard of her existence."

You paused.

"I'm right, aren't I?" Frieza smirked at you.

"Yes," you gave in. "Is that what you want to hear? That I'd kill any woman fool enough to get close to you?"

He looked satisfied, and so you knew the answer was 'yes.'

"I would expect," you quickly added, "The same of you, of course. I still recall when we were first seeing one another, and everyone found out. The men were running scared anytime I so much as looked at them."

"As well they should. You are mine, after all, and anyone thinking to change that would find themselves--"

"--the target of your terrible temper," you finished, giving Frieza an impish grin, "But I would say you save the best of it for me."

"In any case," he said quickly (you noticed a minion had walked into the room he was talking to you from), "As I am not likely to return for another month at least; I have a project for you..."

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Frieza had told you not to bring the children along, and when you made inquiries about their safety, he'd waved you off. Both they and the one nanny would be placed under the guard of the Ginyu Force. You asked about them, and he said that they were beyond doubt, that he trusted them completely. That settled your mind a bit, but still...

But you pushed that out of your head as you landed.

The ship was full, not only of workers but of priests as well. When you talked to some of them they seemed to expect a huge deal of work, considering what had gone on. Many of the bodies had not been moved; and respect for the dead had hampered any thoughts of resettling the planet until now.

You landed, and left the ship.

The atmosphere was crushing, to say the least. You'd seen to many a planet clearing, but none of those could possibly compare to this, as filled with the scent, the aura, the coldness of death as it was. The landing platform had been cleared, of course, but off in the corner you could see more than a dozen skeletons.

"It seems to me," you said to the priest nearest you, "That it would be less of a hallowed thing, and more a disservice, to leave anyone here like this."

"You must understand, " came his reply, "After the war, we were barely able to keep ourselves together. We were so worried for our lives that...that the dead were left behind. Normally, you see, that is not done. In a normal death, the family has a service in an ice chapel and the shells of the deceased are given to the ice."