[General POV]
"My, my..." Frieza spoke, a smile on his face as he looked around at the scene in front of him, "What's all this?"
On the landing outside the castle, the King and all his men could be seen on their knees, bowing before their tyrannical ruler, Lord Frieza.
Seeing the King of all Saiyans down on his knees filled Frieza with a sense of deranged satisfaction, relishing in the strangle hold he has over these apes.
"You don't need to bow, Vegeta." Frieza said condescendingly, staring right through the Saiyan King, "After all, we're all friends here."
Vegeta gritted his teeth in anger before standing up on his feet, looking down at his short overlord.
"Lord Frieza, we weren't expecting you." He said.
"That's fine, I won't hold it against you if the house isn't in order." Frieza said as he walked past the King and headed inside the castle.
The King clicked his teeth in annoyance before following after him, dismissing his men with a wave before he did.
Once they were inside, Frieza headed towards the throne room, opening the door and walking down the carpeted floor towards the throne.
"You don't mind if I sit down, do you?" Frieza asked, sitting upon the throne before Vegeta could even think of responding to his question, "That's better. Seems you've gotten a more comfortable throne since the last time."
The King seethed in anger as he stares at the Frost Demon just casually sitting on his throne.
Frieza had his own personal chair that followed him around no matter where he went. The fact that he decided to take his throne wasn't anything but pure mockery in his eyes.
"Lord Frieza, can I ask what brings you to Planet Vegeta?" The King asked.
"Yes. I heard quite an interesting tale. Something about the mighty King of the Monkeys running about trying to find a pillow to rest his head." Frieza replied.
Vegeta flinched at the words spoken by Frieza. He thought that he had kept that information away from Frieza's prying ears. Before he had a chance to speak, a beam suddenly shot through his leg, causing him to drop to the ground in pain.
"Did you think that I wouldn't notice your six month absence?" Frieza asked, his finger pointed towards the groveling King.
"L-Lord Frieza, I--"
Vegeta cut off when another beam went through his shoulder, causing him to yell out in pain.
"What was that, monkey? I'm afraid I couldn't hear you over your screams of agony. Do try to speak up." Frieza said with a sinister smirk.
"I-I..."
"Yes?" Frieza asked, the tip of his finger ready to fire off another beam.
"Beerus..." The King said simply.
Hearing the name of the Destroyer, Frieza's eyes widened for a brief moment, but it was quick, only for a split-second. The bright pink energy around Frieza's finger immediately dissipated and he narrowed his eyes at the pathetic excuse for a king groveling beside him.
"What did you say?" He asked, wanting him to speak up, "I could have sworn that you just said "Beerus".
Vegeta nodded, gripping his shoulder in pain, "L-Lord Beerus... ordered me to find... the most comfortable pillow in the universe..."
This caused Frieza's eyes to widen again, this time for a more noticeable amount of time, before shifting to a more serious expression.
"I see..." He muttered.
There were two people that Frieza's father, KIng Cold had told him never to engage with. The first was Majin Buu, and the second was Beerus the Destroyer.
While he hasn't heard of anything related to Majin Buu besides the stories told to him by his father, he most certainly knew of Beerus.
Frieza looked at the King with an analytical gaze, trying to decipher if he had been telling the truth or had just invoke Beerus' name in an attempt to save his own skin. After a few moments, Frieza let out a disappointed sigh and waved a few of his soldiers to take the King away to receive medical treatment.
No one is that stupid to lightly toss around Beerus' name. After all, there are fates worse than death when Beerus is concerned...
"If that's the case then I suppose it couldn't be helped. You really know how to take the fun out of things." He told Vegeta.
As he was being carried away, Vegeta thought that the entire situation had come to an end since Frieza had no more business on Planet Vegeta. That all came down crashing on him like a bucket of cold water when he head Frieza's next words.
"By the by..." Frieza said, causing the soldiers carrying King Vegeta to stop and turn him back towards the tyrant, "What is this "Legendary Super Saiyan" that I keep hearing about?"
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Zyleth and his family all gathered in his house, tension filling up the usual room as they sat all in the living room together.
"Is Frieza really that strong?" Raditz asked as he looked at an image of Frieza, to which everyone nodded their heads.
"Don't let his small stature fool you. That damned monster is in a league of his own." Bardock replied with a serious gaze.
"That's right. There's a reason why he's called the "Emperor of the Universe", and why King Vegeta is so afraid of him." Zyleth added, his voice soft and grim.
Raditz couldn't help but be surprised at his brother's words. Sure, Zyleth always said something about there always being someone stronger than you, but he was Zyleth!
There's no one stronger than him, right?
"So, if you two were to fight, who would win?" Raditz asked his older brother.
Zyleth looked towards Raditz and smirked at him, pointing at himself with a confident expression, "Of course it would be me."
That was a lie and Zyleth knew it better than anyone, but he couldn't show Raditz that. Early on, Zyleth recognized that Raditz's main conviction for his continued growth is that he thinks that his big brother is the strongest.
He's already well outgrown his own canon counterpart based on that belief alone.
All Zyleth had to do was keep that facade up until Raditz found an even bigger conviction than the one he had now. One that dwarfed the current one so vastly that it pushed him even further.
While Gine smiled at the interaction, Bardock looked at his eldest with a complicated gaze. He didn't know if Zyleth truly believed it himself or if he was just trying to make Raditz feel better.
A knock on their door suddenly knocked the family out of their thoughts.
Getting up from their seats, Bardock and Gine walked to the front door and opened it, seeing a short purple skinned alien with a weird shaped head.
"Is this the residence of the Saiyan known as Zyleth?" Appule asked.
"Who wants to know?" Bardock narrowed his eyes at the purple alien.
"Lord Frieza wishes to see him immediately." He responds.
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[Zyleth's POV]
"That's the Legendary Super Saiyan? The one that everyone's talking about?"
"He's... He's just a kid! Is this supposed to be some kind of joke?!"
"Man, the Saiyans must really be losing it..."
Those were the remarks I received as I walked through the castle halls.
Seems as if though the Frieza Force has gotten word of my exploits somehow. Which puzzled me at first since no Saiyan would willingly give information to Frieza or any of his forces.
Until I realized just how dumb Saiyans are.
After reaching a certain point in my training, I stopped using my Scouter to read my own power level and just sort of estimated it by sensing my energy.
Why?
It's because Frieza bugged the damned things.
It was fine to use them whilst in the lower ten thousands, but anything higher than that would have absolutely tipped off Frieza.
Does this power level reader have anything to do with this? No. The reason I'm even bringing it up is because some idiot probably forgot to take off their Scouter before yammering on about me.
I'm honestly surprised it took this long for Frieza to show his ugly mug on Planet Vegeta. I assumed he was going to make his appearance months ago.
Still, I didn't like it. And I'm vastly underpowered to be going up against someone like him now.
"He's waiting for you." Appule informed me as we approached the doors to the throne room.
He stepped off to the side and took his place beside the door, acting as some sort of guard.
"Thanks." I nodded my head at the purple alien.
For some reason, Appule's eyes widened for a second before he raised a singular eyebrow up in confusion.
The hell was that reaction?
Has no one ever thanked you before?
Ignoring his weird response, I walk up to the door, and as I push it open, I quickly place a Senzu Bean that I've snuck into my armband into my mouth. Once I enter into the throne room, I see the face of someone I had hoped to never meet.
At least not this soon...
"Well now, isn't this a surprise..." The tyrant said as he looked at me with a deranged smile.
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Base Power Levels:
Zyleth - [87,000]
Frieza - [530,000]
[Word Count: 1,550.]