Diego and Vegeta decided to return to Planet Vegeta a little earlier. As they arrived via instant transmission by Diego, King Vegeta greeted them and told Diego he would like a word with him. Vegeta decided to go check in with Truce.
As Vegeta got to Truce’s door, he heard Truce say, “Enough! Just hush! Regardless of how everything went, grandfather had no right to do what he did to you!”
Vegeta became very concerned at those words. He decided to open the door and walk in, shocking Truce, Nicole, and Kabocha as he did. He closed the door and looked at them. “What did my father do?” he said.
Nicole looked to the floor. She couldn’t face Vegeta.
“I’ll give you all some privacy,” said Kabocha. He looked back at Nicole and said, “Remember, Princess, if you need anything, I’ll be around.”
“Thank you,” said Nicole not looking up.
Kabocha then left the room.
“Now,” said Vegeta, “Will someone tell me what happened?”
“Grandfather found out about Nicole,” said Truce, “And then he forced himself onto her.”
Vegeta looked at Nicole, shocked at the words. “Is this true?” he asked her.
Nicole nodded. She then looked up at Vegeta in tears and said, “Please don’t tell Diego. Please, I’m begging you. I don’t want conflict over this. I just was to forget about it. Please.”
Vegeta was even more shocked at Nicole’s words. He then sat down on the other side of her. “I don’t know what to say,” said Vegeta, “But this is not something we can just ignore. It’s inexcusable what he did.”
“Exactly,” said Truce, “Diego could put him in his place, if anything.”
“I said no,” said Nicole, “Tomorrow Ashen comes to get me. I just want to spend my last remaining hours here in peace, please.”
“Grandfather told Ashen you are here?” said Truce, horrified.
“Yes,” said Nicole, “I’ll go back to my life in Gastavia.” Her voice broke at the thought. She then looked at Truce and said, “Truce, would you like to accompany me and stay for a little?”
“Huh?” said Truce, “Sure, if you want.”
“You can take Kabocha with you,” said Nicole, “Give him a break from all the hard work he does.”
“I’m sure he’ll appreciate that,” said Truce.
“Thank you,” said Nicole.
In the meantime, Diego followed King Vegeta to his study. In the study King Vegeta sat behind his desk as Diego stood before it.
“Sit down,” said King Vegeta, sternly.
Diego sat down in front of the desk. “What’s happened, grandfather?” asked Diego.
“You’ve done a very idiotic thing,” said King Vegeta.
Surprised, Diego said, “Huh? I don’t understand.”
“Tomorrow Prince Ashen will be arriving to collect Princess Nicole.”
Diego was speechless.
“Really, Diego,” said King Vegeta, “How long did you think you could disguise her as a boy?”
Diego looked away from King Vegeta. “I’m sorry,” said Diego. He then thought for a second, then looked at King Vegeta and said, “You didn’t whip her when you found out, did you?”
King Vegeta chuckled and said, “No. She received her punishment accordingly and has redeemed the appearance of a princess.”
“I should go prepare her for tomorrow,” said Diego, beginning to stand.
“I’m not finished,” said King Vegeta.
Diego sat back down.
“Next week we will be traveling to meet your future wife and get some contracts signed,” said King Vegeta, “In two weeks’ time, you will be married.”
“Grandfather,” said Diego, “I already gave my answer on this.”
“It’s not a request,” said King Vegeta, calmly, “It’s an order and your punishment for thinking you could deceive me. What? You were happy to marry Princess Nicole? She’s betrothed to someone else.”
Diego kept quiet for a bit. He then sighed in defeat and said, “Okay, grandfather.”
Diego walked slowly to his bedroom, his mind and heart weighing heavily. He opened the door and entered and closed the door behind him. He looked and saw Nicole sitting on his bed. It felt different seeing Nicole in girl clothing after so long. He was breathless.
Nicole looked at Diego and forced a smile. “You’re back,” she said.
Diego walked and sat beside Nicole on the bed. He didn’t know what to say, but, “Yeah. I am.”
They both sat in silence for a little. Diego then held Nicole’s hand in his. “I don’t want to say good-bye,” he said.
A tear slid down Nicole’s cheek. “How do we stop the inevitable?” she said in a shaky voice.
Diego then made Nicole look at him and he then kissed her with a passion and a longing, tears starting to go down his face. They sat there in each other’s arms, locked in a passionate kiss that seemed to last for several minutes. When they ended the kiss, they both were breathing heavily. They then wiped each other’s tears.
“Let’s try not to think about tomorrow,” said Diego, “Let’s just lay here together. We’ll stay here all night and morning. I’ll arrange for our breakfast to be brought to us.”
Nicole hugged Diego. “That’s all I could ask for,” she said.
And so that’s what they did.
(I do not own any of the Dragonball Z characters or any of the story line directly linked to the series. All said content rights go to Akira Toriyama, the creator of DBZ)
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