Previously on Slave Soldier 2:

Gohan's energy burst outwards, throwing Vegeta off his feet easily. The young Saiyan was floating in front of Itoro in a second. The young warrior knocked Itoro off his feet easily. Gohan landed on the ground and helped Sianna back on her feet.

"What the hell are you doing on the battlefield?" He snarled as he went to stand in front of her. He needed to keep an eye on the rest of the warriors. Suno, Itoro, Kaon and Vegeta were distracted by the situation. Tobney and Comora stopped their match too.

Vegeta crossed his arms over each other as he studied the two warriors. "You can't protect yourself and her at the same time, Gohan." He called over to them.

"It's supposed to be you and me, Vegeta." Gohan returned as he looked up at the man in the sky.

Vegeta shrugged. "I was never good at playing by the rules. My esteemed members of the Suta Team." He announced loudly. "First one to catch the little lady gets to keep her." The members of the Suta Team cheered in response. Tobney looked around as a frown edged onto his face.

Gohan could feel Sianna stiffen behind him. The young warrior could feel his own heartbeat start to speed up. Why were his plans not going according to his expectations? Why was everything falling apart?

The members of the Suta Team all landed on the ground in front of the half-saiyan and Sianna. Vegeta was showing a content expression as he followed their lead and landed behind his subjects. Gohan sank into a fighting stance. "You're going to have to go through me, guys."

"Not really." Suno waved his response away. "We just need to go around you as you are distracted by others."

Tobney landed next to Gohan. The young warrior spread his arms. "Three against five. And we will win."

Comora landed somewhat behind Vegeta. The man looked worried as he crossed his arms over each other. Vegeta glanced back to him. The Saiyan prince was about to look back to the scene but the expression on Comora's face made him turn back to his second-in-command fully. "I need you on my team, Comora."

"Lord Vegeta, please don't get me wrong, but this was supposed to be a fight between you and Gohan alone. That's the deal you made." Comora responded, lowering his red gaze.

"Gohan staged a rebellion behind my back. He betrayed my trust in him." Vegeta responded as he stepped closer to his comrade.

"Yes, but you did the same thing to him. You allowed Gohan to believe that you were keeping planet earth save while you really weren't doing so."

"Planet earth is safe!"

"More than a million humans have already died in the intergalactic slave trade." Comora returned indignantly.

"It's not my fault humans are so weak." Vegeta responded in an annoyed tone. The man held Comora's gaze for a moment before he let out a sigh. "Fine." He stated, sounding very much like a stubborn little child. "Have it your way."

Vegeta turned back to the rest of the warriors. "Alright. I have a proposition." Vegeta stated as he walked closer to the half-saiyan and Tobney. The members of the Suta Team stepped aside to give him room. "One fight." Vegeta stated. "You and me. Comora and Tobney. Nobody else. Winner takes it all."

"Sianna is not to be touched." Gohan responded strictly.

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "I hereby order that nobody is to touch the little whore." He stated as he looked to his comrades. The members of the Suta Team all shrugged. "My direct order is that everyone stops fighting and waits for the two battles between me, Gohan, Tobney and Comora to end."

"Deal." Gohan stated in response. Tobney and Comora responded as well, agreeing.

"Good. Now we've got that settled." Vegeta cracked his knuckles before he set his eyes on Gohan. "Why don't you lead me back to the battlefield, kiddo?"

"Right." Gohan nodded before he flew up. The young warrior looked down only to notice the amused shimmer in Vegeta's eyes and he realized that he'd just made a fatal mistake.

Vegeta put his hands together and aimed them at the now very much unprotected Sianna. She didn't even get the time to realize what was going to happen. She didn't even get the opportunity to widen her eyes or gasp for her last breath of air.

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Chapter 32. … to his heart.

The blast threw Tobney and Comora off their feet. Gohan's mouth was open in a silent scream as he watched the explosion happen. Vegeta appeared right in front of the half-saiyan.

"I don't care if I win or lose. Without your little slut, you lost anyway." Vegeta snarled at him. The man noticed the empty expression in Gohan's eyes and he laughed cheerfully. "Oh man, you should see your expression now, Gohan."

Gohan could feel his body starting to shake in anger. His heart beat fast as his eyes looked up to Vegeta. That was unnecessary. Vegeta had no reason to attack Sianna like that. They made a deal just now. Nobody was supposed to touch Sianna until the fight between Vegeta and Gohan was over.

But, of course, Vegeta didn't have to obey his own orders. Gohan could feel the loathing travelling through his body. He did it again. Gohan trusted Vegeta too easily and the man took advantage of that. This would not happen again. This time… Gohan would make Vegeta pay for everything he'd done to the half-saiyan and all of his friends.

Gohan clenched his fists as his powers tried to push through his body, right through his flesh. It felt like he was going to explode. He could have sworn his skin was literary coming free from his muscles as the energy crackled around him.

He opened his mouth to scream but his voice faltered him as this was taking too much effort. He had to put all his effort into containing the power that was trying to escape from his grasp. He needed to stop himself from exploding. Channel it into a goal.

Vegeta's mouth was wide open as he watched this happening. "What the hell…" He watched with morbid fascination as Gohan's hair stood even straighter. The boy's muscles grew visibly and he seemed to become taller.

Vegeta didn't get long to admire this transformation as the beast was upon him within a second. He was thrown to the ground by Gohan's first sudden attack. His body burned as it connected with the unforgiving stones on the ground but he was back up in the air within a second.

Vegeta's energy flew around him as he clenched his fists so tightly that blood dripped from his hands. "THAT'S IT!" Vegeta screamed at the half-saiyan. "I'M DONE WITH YOU. YOU ARE SO DEAD, YOU LITTLE RUNT!"

Gohan returned the favour as he growled at the Saiyan prince. His teeth were bared and his tail waved behind him dangerously. "YOU'RE GOING PAY FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID TO ME, VEGETA!" He screamed loudly.

"NO, YOU'RE GOING TO PAY!" Vegeta responded. Spit dribbled from his mouth as he spoke. His eyes were wide and veins were easily visible on his forehead and neck.

The two Saiyans both looked ready to explode as they faced each other. And they did. Gohan and Vegeta locked in a heavy fight. The energy that was released as they met in mid-air was so great that the rest of the fighters were all thrown off their feet. The ground cracked and broke in several places. Warriors were sitting on the ground everywhere the area and they all looked up in fascination.

Tobney's mouth was wide open as he surveyed the fight. Comora showed a worried expression. The battle between them was forgotten entirely.

Gohan and Vegeta met in mid-air. Their hands entangled in each other as they pushed against each other. They threw all their strength into trying to push each other off their feet. Energy flew around them in the form of lightning.

The two seemed evenly matched to the untrained eye. However, Tobney and Comora noticed the slight difference in power and the tiny wins Gohan appeared to make.

The young warrior's anger helped him through this fight right until everyone could see who was about to win. Gohan broke through Vegeta's defence and it was over. Gohan's fists were quick and cruel. They pummelled him, breaking down flesh and bone where they arrived.

Gohan was out for blood. He punched and kicked. Hitting every target he wanted to hit until Vegeta's blood was tainting his white knuckles so badly that his hands seemed red of colour.

One last punch slammed Vegeta right into the ground. The Saiyan prince could only gasp weakly as this was the only thing that didn't hurt... too much. The rest of his body was hurting so badly he couldn't even move.

Vegeta widened his eyes as he looked up only to be confronted with a blast. Gohan didn't know why he stopped. The heat of the blast was tickling his palm as he aimed at his master. The briefest moment of hesitation allowed Vegeta to move. However, before he could actually pull through any type of movement, Gohan's blast grew in size. Vegeta froze. His breathing came quick as he looked up at Gohan.

"Well… Do it!" He screamed at his former slave.

Gohan opened and closed his mouth. The young warrior clenched his free hand and was about to send the blast when a shadow crossed his vision and Stirania threw herself over the saiyan prince. Her long black hair fell over her and Vegeta as a protective veil. Gohan felt frozen as he met Stirania's blue eyes.

Tobney frowned as he wondered where she came from. His gaze moved to the entrance to the ship and he noticed the large crowd that had formed there while Gohan and Vegeta were fighting. Slaves, soldiers and guests of all forms and sizes were silently watching the confrontation.

Vegeta growled. "Get off me, woman." He snarled to her as he tried to push her away. However, his energy left him easily and Stirania seemed stronger than ever as she wrapped her arms around his torso tightly.

"Don't kill him." Stirania stated. Gohan swallowed to moisturize his throat but it didn't seem to help.

"Stirania. Get out of the way." Tobney yelled at her. He clenched his pale fists as his blue eyes and white pupils glared at Vegeta. "You're protecting the most evil being in the universe." A few strands of his short blue hair were tainted by his blood as they touched upon a bleeding wound on his temple.

"I know." Stirania looked over at Tobney. "But I love him."

Vegeta's gaze moved to the woman on top of him. His eyes misted over. His heart swelled with a strange emotion he never really thought possible and he moved his arms to curl them around his lover.

The blast in Gohan's palm diminished quickly until it disappeared altogether. A smile appeared on his face as he held out his hand to his former master. Vegeta looked up at him for a moment before he moved up his own hand to accept Gohan's help. The half-saiyan easily pulled Vegeta up while the man was holding Stirania in his arms.

Stirania exchanged a glance with Vegeta and the two leaned closer to press a kiss on each other's lips. The Saiyan prince's black hair was ruffled and dirty but that didn't keep Stirania from moving her hand through it as she kissed him.

Gohan couldn't help but feel relieved at the fact that he was not expected to kill Vegeta. He wasn't sure why but after all this time he still found it difficult to kill the man that made his life miserable for so many years. He powered down and de-transformed. His black hair fell down around him and he blew out a sigh. It was over.

The half-saiyan turned to look over at Sianna only to realize that she was sitting on the ground near the rest of the Suta Team. Dende was standing right next to her and Gohan figured out what happened. Dende healed her.

Sianna waved at him and she made a move to get up but Dende stopped her. Sianna's annoyed expression almost made Gohan laugh out loud with joy. By the gods, he loved her so much. And she was still alive! Gohan was standing next to her in a flash and he took her into his arms.

"You did it, Gohan!" Sianna cheered as she wrapped her arms around him. "You did it!" Her short brown hair was ruffled and dirty but her yellow eyes were shining as she looked at him.

Gohan didn't listen to her words as he pulled her closer and pressed a kiss on her lips. Sianna needed no encouragement to return the kiss.

Tobney and Comora looked at each other hesitantly. The two warriors were not sure whether or not they should proceed with their fight while the fight between Gohan and Vegeta was so clearly over.

Comora placed his turquoise hands on his hips. "I wasn't planning on killing you anyway." He stated. His bright red eyes studied the younger warrior. The yellow hair that was growing from his head, neck and back showed a few bald patches on the places targeted by Tobney's blasts. It was yet another sign of the massive battle that just occurred.

Tobney grinned in response. "Same here." The two exchanged a handshake.

Gohan smiled at Tobney when his best friend landed next to him. The young warriors looked back to their former mentors. "It's over." Gohan stated. "The army is ours."

Vegeta studied the younger warrior. "I thought you didn't want the army."

"I don't." Gohan responded, nodding.

"I do." Tobney stated as he crossed his arms over each other. "I will take control of the army."

Vegeta raised both his eyebrows. "You? Why would you want the army? Do you want to destroy it?"

Tobney shook his head. "No. I will make some changes but I want it to continue existing so that I can make sure there will never be a next Lord Frieza or Lord Vegeta again. My army will exist to keep peace in the universe."

"A noble goal. But impossible." Vegeta responded.

Tobney shrugged. "We'll see." The young warrior looked over at Comora and the rest of the Suta Team members. "I was hoping you guys would join me. Help me change this army."

Comora looked over at his comrades. They all appeared to find this idea appealing and Comora looked back to Tobney. "We'll join you for now. Let's see what you can offer us, kiddo."

Gohan looked to Dende. "Dende, can you heal us?"

Dende nodded once. "No problem!" He stated before he moved up his hands and moved to Gohan. The half-saiyan placed a hand on Dende's arm.

"The others first, please. I'll manage." Gohan stated calmly.

Dende rolled his eyes. "I thought Tobney was supposed to be the leader now. And I have a feeling that Tobney is going to order me to heal a stubborn little half-saiyan first." He stated before he looked over at Tobney.

Tobney grinned in response. "Yep. I agree." He stated. "It's women and children first, kiddo."

Gohan rolled his eyes in response but didn't fight it when Dende moved his hands to his body again. The Namekian healed Gohan, the members of the Suta Team and Vegeta before heading off to heal the rest of the soldiers.

Vegeta ordered Comora to go over to the crowd near the entrance of the ship and make sure they all went back inside. Comora asked the rest of the Suta Team to help him and the warriors left.

"So," Vegeta looked over at Tobney, "what are you going to do with me?"

Tobney exchanged glances with Gohan before he looked back to Vegeta. "You will be exiled to a planet of your choice." He stated in response.

"Exile, huh? You're not going to kill me?" Vegeta responded, raising an eyebrow. Tobney shook his head once in response. Vegeta crossed his arms over each other as he made a thoughtful face. "Hmmm… A planet of my choice…" He looked over at Gohan. "I assume you're heading for planet earth?"

Gohan couldn't help but smile as he could already guess where this was going. "Of course."

Vegeta looked back to Tobney. "Alright. I'll go to planet Earth as well."

Tobney's gaze moved to Gohan. "I'm not sure if I agree with that." He responded. "You're not supposed to keep bullying Gohan. Choose a different planet."

"I think Gohan can take care of himself." Vegeta responded smugly. "You may fancy yourself his big brother but he's still stronger than you are."

Gohan shrugged. "I don't mind." He decided that he should break up this little argument. "The Saiyan race is supposed to stay together, right?" He made eye-contact with Vegeta. The Saiyan prince smirked back to him and nodded. "Besides, we're equals now."

"Well," Vegeta disagreed, "I'm still your prince."

Gohan scoffed before he looked to Tobney. "We're definitely equals now. Nothing will stop me from beating Vegeta into the ground when he gets sassy." He responded. Vegeta chuckled in an amused tone at Gohan's obvious insubordination. But then again, it wasn't really insubordination anymore.

Tobney made an unconvinced face but he decided it was Gohan's choice to make. The group decided to retreat to the ship. Vegeta moved to walk next to Tobney as they made their way to the entrance.

"Who saved Sianna? Vegeta asked before he briefly looked over his shoulder to Gohan and Sianna. The couple was walking with their hands entangled between them.

Tobney followed Vegeta's gaze before he looked back to the Saiyan prince. "Nobody did."

"What?!"

"I'm not lying. I didn't get there in time. She was badly wounded. She's lucky that Dende was around to heal her immediately."

"But… how did she survive the blast?" Vegeta asked. Tobney shrugged in response. "No, honestly, she shouldn't have survived that blast. I sent a big one that was intended to kill her. It was supposed to kill her."

"She's stronger than you think." Tobney responded while meeting Vegeta's eye. "You may have underestimated her. All the same, she'll grow stronger after the damage she took." Vegeta sent Tobney a wide-eyed glance. "Oh yes, she's that kind of race. It's interesting that you've never noticed her power increase after every beating." Tobney gave another brief glance to the couple. "Don't tell her though. She doesn't know and I don't want her to start begging us to beat her up so that she'll get a power boost every time."

Vegeta couldn't help but smile. "I understand." He responded. Sianna would be the kind of person to do something like that so he could understand that Tobney would want to avoid that.

Tobney returned the smile but then stopped walking in order to wait for Gohan and Sianna. The two youngsters smiled as they reached him. Tobney wrapped an arm around Gohan's shoulders before they continued their walk to the ship. "I can't believe you did it, you little runt." Tobney stated.

"Me neither." Gohan responded. "I thought we done for, Tobney. For a moment there, I really thought we were dead."

"Nah, I knew we were going to win." Tobney waved Gohan's worries away with his hand.

"What's going to happen now?" Sianna asked.

"First," Tobney said as they walked up the bridge to the ship, "I'm going to send out the medical staff to take care of the injured soldiers." They all turned to look over the battlefield. "There are a lot of injured soldiers. I'm afraid we also lost a couple of them. That's going to be a lot of paperwork." The young warrior blew out a sigh. "And then we're going to have to take care of the army itself. I want to make a lot of changes to the system. I want to abolish slavery and I want to discharge all the indentured soldiers. And, of course, we'll stop purging planets. We'll need to find new ways to make money for the army."

"Don't forget to make sure your soldiers will listen to you." Gohan's eyes were trained on the members of the Suta Team. They were discussing something quietly, giving careful glances to the threesome. "I don't think you should underestimate the Suta Team."

Tobney followed his gaze. His expression fell as he noticed the expressions on the faces of his comrades. Yes, he would definitely have to make sure his comrades would understand who exactly was in charge. "That's going to be difficult."

"It's going to be difficult but it won't be impossible." Gohan responded. The young warrior turned to look at Tobney and he smiled. "Besides, Sianna and I will be here to help you. We can do anything, remember?"

Tobney looked at his friends and he returned the smile. "Yes, we can do anything." He agreed as his arm once again wrapped around Gohan's shoulders. Sianna followed his example on Gohan's other side so that her arm could rest of Tobney's arm.

"Together."

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