Chess

Disclaimer: I don’t own DB/Z/GT or any of the characters found in this fic. They are the property of TOEI ANIMATION in Japan and FUNimation in the U.S.A.


I also do not own the song or lyrics One Night in Bangkok by Murry Head.

I had no idea that the song was actually part of a larger stage show named ‘Chess’ written by Benny Andersson, Bjor Ulvaeus and Tim Rice. Which I own no rights to either.

I am not making any money from this work of fanfiction.

A/N- This is actually a G/V get together fic. However, some of the other pairings may surprise you. :) I think there’s only one cannon couple in here. Obviously VERY A/U.

I hope this is a fun read for anyone who may be interested in such a combination. (DBZ/chess (the game, not the play.))


Beta’d by Hoshi. Thank you Hoshi! (And thanks to rdk and chibi_vegeta for catching a few others).

Rating – PG13 – or at least that’s what I was hoping for.

Warnings – OOC, A/U, mentions and kisses of M/M, mentions and kisses of M/F, chess, foul language, some minor roles of OC’s.


Anz - I hope you enjoyed the story. Here’s the final chapter! :) Thanks for seeing it through!

maegerkawaii - (Points above) this is it – Just a bit to tie up loose ends. There’s going to be a lot of unanswered questions, unfortunately. If I were to answer them all it would be another 17 chapters. :P As far as your Bardock concern though – the thought when I wrote that bit is he met with the aliens that had given him the power to see the future, as in the original series, but in this case on much more friendly terms.


Epilogue

As it turned out, Space Tech wouldn’t need Capsule Corporations gravity field for flight launch simulations. They would be gaining valuable information from the saiyans as far as spaceships and flight technologies were concerned.

However, this exchange was only taking place because the saiyans had need of the gravity field technology for themselves.

Vegeta was eager to get to his home planet with his new mate in order to make it ‘official’. Which meant Goku had to become acclimated quickly to an environment that had ten times that of Earth’s gravity. The gravity field would cut the acclimating process that previously had taken close to three years, down to less than one.

The quickest way to accomplish this would be to live in such conditions, day in day out, on Earth first. Of course, Bulma and Dr. Briefs took all the precautions necessary. They had to be sure the capsule house in the middle of the gravity simulator was built to withstand the pressure. So, the gravity was increased gradually, precautions for the house, understand. Not because the members of the very powerful saiyan race who would be living there wouldn’t be able to handle it. Who knew Mrs. Briefs was such a great negotiator? The sweets and pastries had nothing to do with the saiyans conceding.

The whirlwind of marriages that took place in the meantime left Goku feeling dizzy. Jane and Krillan’s marriage came as a surprise. As a matter of fact they eloped. Only because of Bulma’s insistence did they even have a reception once the news spread. Jane was cool and collected as always – Krillan was the one blushing and flustered at all the attention and nosy questions.

Eddie and Bulma’s wedding was a much bigger and more public affair. The planning took months and it showed. The ceremony had five hundred guests in attendance and anyone who thought they were someone made sure to show up if they received an invitation. Goku fidgeted in his tux as he stood as one of Eddie’s groomsmen during the ceremony. It was very difficult to focus on the ceremony when he kept noticing Vegeta licking his lips from the front row.

The prince didn’t look half bad either in the ‘human’ outfit he had finally decided on wearing. (Bunnie had insisted that wearing armor may be well and good for saiyan weddings – matings – but she was having none of that at her only daughter’s wedding.) Radditz and Nappa sat in the back in consideration for their size in respect to the rest of the guests. Even from where he stood Goku noticed his brother blushing from things Chichi was apparently whispering to him. Nappa kept Yamcha occupied with what were probably inappropriate comments – the two of them snickering in the back like school boys, Radditz slapping Nappa in the back of his bald head more than once.

Antics aside, Bulma’s wedding went smoothly. It was the reception that turned into a fiasco. Piccolo decided to show up and crash the feast, calling Goku out to fight while most of the guests ran screaming in terror from ‘The Demon King’ – jr. The saiyans didn’t take the interruption very well.

Four saiyans against one maniacal namek (as Goku later found out Piccolo was an alien as well) – the fight didn’t last long. Only out of respect for the ceremony did the saiyans not kill the party crasher on the spot. That and at Goku’s insistence. Instead, Piccolo was subdued and then forced to spend the rest of the reception in ki bonds in a corner. It didn’t take long for Vegeta to figure out a way to shut him up – threatening to rip off his arm again and shove it down his throat put a damper on the green alien’s sarcasm and threats. That and the way Nappa kept eyeing him – like he saw something fascinating or tasty. Yamcha slowly distanced himself from the big bald saiyan before he found a way to excuse himself.

Radditz and Chichi’s mating ceremony took place ahead of schedule – they had planned on having their ceremony a month after Eddie and Bulma were hitched. However, Radditz insisted that he couldn’t stay in the same housing facilities as the other saiyans and the namek any longer so they were happily married two weeks later. Radditz moved into the Ox King’s castle the day prior.

~o0o~

So now Goku sat with Vegeta in their temporary living room – with three months more of gravity acclimatization is the word you want scheduled. Occasionally they cringed in unison as they listened to the ruckus Nappa and Piccolo were creating upstairs. “You’re sure Piccolo actually likes that?” Goku asked.

“Well, if he didn’t like that then he’d start behaving and Nappa wouldn’t have a reason to do it any more,” Vegeta said with a shrug.

Goku thought maybe Vegeta’s logic was missing something – like Piccolo being evil and stubborn – but still, if he didn’t like it Goku surmised Piccolo could at least act like he was behaving until he’d figured a way to get out of the big saiyan’s reach. Goku didn’t think Piccolo was stupid – his green rival would have been able to figure that out by now.

“SON OF A BITCH!” Goku and Vegeta stood at Nappa’s cursing.

A moment later they ran up the stairs. Vegeta hesitated only a minute before he kicked the door in. Goku stood to the side in the hallway and asked, “Is it safe to look?”

“Nappa’s rolling around on the ground, but other than that…wait, where is the namek?” Vegeta growled.

“Stupid son of a bitch broke my tail and then took off out the window,” Nappa growled out as his writhing on the floor lessened.

“You let him escape?” Vegeta demanded as Goku rushed to the window to look out, hoping to catch a glimpse of Piccolo or a clue to his whereabouts. Since he hadn’t felt his ki, Goku had to assume he had run instead of flown away.

“Yeah, okay, I let him escape.” Goku missed the rest of the conversation between the prince and bodyguard as he zipped to his room to grab a senzu for Nappa and then back again.

“Hey, here,” he said, holding it down for Nappa to take. “Relax, guys, he wants me, right? He’ll be back…”

“Not necessarily if he knows about those dragonballs you’ve told me about,” Vegeta growled.

“But, wouldn’t he have used them before? If he knew about them?” Goku asked.

Vegeta didn’t have an immediate answer for his mate. By now Nappa was finally sitting up. “I’ll go get him,” he said, standing in a determined fashion.

“You already lost him…” Vegeta started, but Nappa interrupted.

“And I’ll get him back,” Nappa restated.

“Um…guys…” Goku said, once again having gone to the window to.

“You’ve been away too long…”

“GUYS! Isn’t that one of your ships taking off?”

“What?!” Nappa and Vegeta both asked, rushing to the window, making it in time to see the ship streak overhead and then out of atmosphere.

“SON OF A BITCH!” Nappa yelled, shoving Vegeta to one side of the window and Goku to the other so he could crash through what remained.

“Wait – if Nappa takes another ship,” Goku counted on his fingers.

“That will leave one,” Vegeta confirmed, already too late as a second saiyan ship cruised over their heads.

Goku’s shoulders dropped. “I hope Space Tech is close to getting something outfitted.”

Vegeta smirked. “What? You don’t want me sitting on your lap for a year?”

Goku laughed. “We’d be sleeping – so, as entertaining as I find the thought, no. Do you think Nappa needs our help?”

Vegeta grinned, “No.”

Goku couldn’t help but grin back. “Then I say we go start pestering my sister and Eddie for a new ship.”

Vegeta agreed.


~o0o~


Thankfully Bulma and Eddie had already been in the process of designing a ship that would carry four passengers – possibly five if they all liked each other and could stand to be in each other’s presence for a year. The two newly weds were more than happy and able to incorporate a version of the gravity field into the design. Which made Vegeta wonder why they hadn’t done that in the first place so Goku and he could be on their way already. Geniuses indeed. The only ‘genius’ part of it would have been if he woman had managed to delay their trip for the sole purpose of attending her wedding – and the prince wouldn’t put it past her.

Someone managed to convince Goku to have a small, almost-Earth ceremony before they left. It was a small get together, Goku’s adoptive family and most of the people that had been at the dinner at Ox-king’s castle the night of their first kiss. Radditz and Chichi even managed to make it – Radditz looking extremely content. Chichi wore a small smile the whole time that didn’t seem to have anything to do with the proceedings going on.

Another week and then the prince let Goku – he was trying to coax him into using his saiyan name Kakarott – have his teary good-byes even if it did seem silly. It wasn’t like they couldn’t come back and visit. He pondered the news they’d received from Nappa – that he’d finally caught up with Piccolo and didn’t see any reason not to take him back to Vegeta-sei. Vegeta wondered what sort of havoc that would cause at first.

Goku said his good-byes as quickly as he could – but it was really difficult – especially since he could already see that gleam in his sister’s eyes when she mentioned trying to find a way to make a utility belt or something that contained a version of the gravity field that would allow her weaker human body to stand on a planet with the gravity Vegeta-sei had. Bulma wanted to go – Eddie would probably follow her anywhere – and Goku wished he could take them.

Vegeta hid his sigh of relief once he finally got his prize off the blue planet. Not that he’d ever tell Goku that he thought of him like that at times –

“It’s really beautiful out here,” Goku said, gazing out one of the windows. He vaguely remembered what the sky had looked like before Bulma had come crashing into his life – and this was at least one hundred times more grand.

“Just wait, we’ll be going by some galaxies that look amazing,” Vegeta twined his tail around Goku’s wrist to gain his attention. “There’ll be lots of time for star gazing,” he said, tugging Goku in the direction of the small bedroom on the ship.

Goku grinned. “I’ll bet they’ll look even more amazing after…”

“I’m sure they will,” Vegeta agreed with a smirk.


~o0o~


There would be a few detours before they actually made it to Vegeta-sei.



A/N – so, this ends Chess. Lots of unanswered questions – most of which I can’t remember what I thought of to put down here before – things like mpreg? If not, how do Vegeta and Goku have children? Do Raditz and Chichi have children? When/if Goku will ever go super saiyan in this A/U. What about Buu? He’s still on Earth – will he ever be awakened? If so, will the saiyans be called on to help? How does Goku learn I.T. if he doesn’t visit Yardrat (Although, one of the detours mentioned is Vegeta and Goku having to pick up Nappa and Piccolo on their way to Vegeta-sei, because Piccolo destroys their ships when they crash land on Yardrat.) How/when does Bulma visit Vegeta-sei? Does Emperor Pilaf get out of hand again? If so, is Raditz going to step in and stop him? Does the Red Ribbon Army ever come into play? What about the androids? Does Mirai Trunks ever visit this time line? Things to ponder, but weren’t ever meant to be answered in this story.