A Saiyan's Pride / Vegeta x Reader

Prologue

My eyes slowly fluttered open and allowed the light through from the planet ahead of my ship.

Where am I? How did I get in my ship?

I weakly lifted my hand and placed it against the life support mask around my face. This mask... why am I on life support? ...I must remember! I closed my eyes just as the ship entered the blue and green planet's atmosphere. I had to try jolting my memories....

Right... I remember! ..Sorta. The fire surrounded me in all directions, along with my entire race turning their eyes to the full moon to unleash their ultimate powers. I didn't know who I was fighting, but I did know I didn't want to trade my speed at the expense of becoming a giant ape.

I fought the heavy armored men to the best of my ability, but in the end it wasn't enough... someone had to have taken me to this pod and programmed it to this planet! I bet it was my father... why did he send me here? Where even is here?

"Y/N... Welcome to the planet Earth. This planet is inhabited by a non threatening species of Earthlings and various other species of animal." The automated voice in my pod told me. Earth?

There was a big thud when my pod crashed into the soft soil. I clicked the release, but my door gave back an error since my life support was still running. I used my foot to kick the door open myself and ripped the mask off of my face. I didn't have time to waste on this planet, I had to find a way home and fight with my people!

I wrapped my tail gently around my waist and let my scouter return to my ear where it belonged. I pushed myself out of the pod, but I stumbled forward and was forced to pant for air. I crawled away from my pod, but I didn't get far before I passed out on the ground from removing my life support too soon.

I guess I needed it after all...

A small boy with jet black hair was chasing a blue lizard when he stumbled upon my nearly lifeless body. "Wh-Wha?" He rushed over and innocently scratched his head in confusion. "Gohan!" A voice in the distance called out.

"Daddy! Over here, daddy- quick!" Gohan cried out. Goku ran over to where his son had called out, "Gohan what is i-" He stopped when he saw the body, "Woah... Gohan, let's get her back home!"

Goku's house is where I woke up, although my conscious came back to be before my eyes opened. "Her armor looks just like the armor Vegeta used to have!" Gohan pointed out to his father. "Yeah, and check out that scouter! I haven't seen one of those in a long time, Gohan!"

Vegeta!?

I flicked open my eyes and immediately jumped up from my resting spot and took a fighting pose. "Woah! Easy there, tiger!" Goku laughed, holding his hands out in a harmless display; he knew I was too weak to be fighting right then.

I balled up my fists and narrowed my eyes at him, letting my tail flick angrily behind me after unraveling from my waist. I could always count on my body to stay confident and keep composure during a fight, but my tail always insisted on showing my true feelings.

Gohan gasped, "Daddy, a tail!" He shouted, pointing towards my long brown tail waving back and forth behind me. "Oh, wow- you're right, Gohan!"

"Enough chit chat!" I barked at the father and son duo; their resemblance was uncanny. "I will give you approximately 3 seconds to explain how I ended up here or this whole planet is toast!"

"3 seconds!?" Goku nervously asked. "Hmpf... I was feeling generous." I chuckled. I powered myself up until there was a blue flame-like aura surrounding my body. "Are you a Saiyan?" Goku cheerfully asked. "What!?" I gasped, softening my face but keeping my fighting stance firm. "How do you know that name!?" I demanded.

I didn't wait for an answer, however. Instead, I sent a simple Ki Blast towards the two of them. I would have done a more powerful technique, but my energy was already on the brink of existence. "Watch it!" Goku shouted just moments after he deflected the energy away from him and his son. How did he block that!?

I out on a small fight, but Goku didn't entertain the fight much, but simply deflected everything I threw at him until I barely had enough energy to breathe. "Come on... Let's get you back up here." He giggled, then tried to help me back onto the bed. "Just you wait until I get my strength back- your whole planet will pay for this!"

"Yep, she's a saiyan alright! There's no mistaking it." Goku gleefully informed his son. "I almost pity you.... weak Earthlings!" I panted between breaths, "Hah! Showing mercy... Just wait until I get my strength back; If I were you I'd go ahead and kill me- or at least try."

"Uhh... I'm sorry, miss... My name is Goku!" He puts his hand gently on the young boy's head, "This is my son, Gohan! We're Saiyans! Well, Gohan here is only half Saiyan."

"Wh-What!?" I sat up in the bed in astonishment, "But how?"

"I was going to ask you that same question! Gohan found you passed out close to what I can only assume is the pod you arrived in. I grew up on this planet... I was sent here to destroy all life on this planet, apparently."

"Apparently?" I curiously asked. I would be lying if I wasn't just a little interested in what the man had to say. "Yeah, something happened with my head and I completely forgot, so now I live here!"

"So you're a traitor?" I half growled. "That's just what Vegeta thinks." Goku joked. I instantly narrowed my eyes at the name, "This Vegeta you speak of...-"

"Oh! Sorry, Vegeta is another Saiyan on this planet. He used to be a prince on Planet Vegeta until Frieza destroyed it. We had a rough start but I think he's finally warming up to us."

"Fr....Frieza..." I quietly stuttered. No! Frieza destroyed my home planet!? Is that why my father sent me away? Did he know the planet was destined to such a horrible fate? And Prince Vegeta.... "So... Vegeta? You're saying he lives here?"

Goku nodded excitedly. How was he always so energetic and happy? He was unlike any Saiyan I've ever met before. "Hey, I never caught your name!" Goku realized, giving a wide smile to me. "Please... Don't tell anyone you found me; I am not here." The request was almost a threat. "Tell me that name and you've got yourself a deal!"

"It's Y/N."

~Years Later~

Goku was unlike any Saiyan I had ever met out of everyone on Planet Vegeta. He was soft and had strong feelings, but they pushed him to rise up rather than prove a weakness. I wanted to learn all of his secrets, but Goku was hell bent on first teaching me to be 'a normal person.'

Being on Earth was weird... I didn't get why we couldn't just wipe the habitants off the planet and claim it for ourselves. Well... Until I lived here for a while. This planet proved itself to me through the landscapes as well as the people here. I was still the same sassy and cold Saiyan as always, but I noticed that I eventually grew soft to the blissful Saiyan. In fact, I was comfortable enough to unwrap my tail around him and his family without fearing that they would harm it.

Goku knew I didn't want anyone else to know I was a Saiyan, so he taught me how to mask my energy so my level appeared vastly lower than it had potential of being. Likewise, he trained me to sense other being's energy without the need for my scouter. It was astonishing to me that this outcasted Saiyan had figured out all of this knowledge on his own; knowledge my family didn't even know.

Before I had met Goku's friends, I discovered that I could easily hide my tail by wrapping it around my leg just as much as wrapping it around my waist underneath my shirt hid it.

I still was terrified that Frieza would find me or Vegeta would recognize who I was... But Goku made it seem like everything would be just fine- so I trusted him. Whenever I was around Vegeta or Goku's friends, I tended to keep my mouth shut and stay off to the side.