Pride Reforged- Vegeta (New Year’s Day)

They popped champagne.

I heard echoes.

Midnight don’t erase screams —

It just gives ‘em a new date.

This ain’t rebirth.

This is refinement.

Born under red skies, trained to erase names,

Prince of a planet reduced to a flame.

I wore genocide like a family crest,

Called murder tradition, called mercy a test.

Didn’t stumble into evil, I marched with intent,

Every order I followed was heaven-sent.

I learned real quick love was a liability,

Power was god, fear was stability.

I stacked bodies like trophies, called it ascent,

Measured my value by planets I bent.

If guilt ever knocked, I silenced the sound,

Saiyan pride heavy, kept my boots on the ground.

I kneeled to a demon ‘cause terror felt right,

Chains felt lighter than losing the fight.

Every scream was a step, every sin was a brick,

Built an empire of rage, stood alone in that shit.

New year don’t wash blood off my hands,

Clock hit zero, I’m still that man.

No clean slate, no holy cause,

I don’t beg forgiveness — pride reforged.

Then I lost… again… and again.

To a nobody smiling like he already won then.

A clown with a heart I couldn’t outtrain,

He fought for tomorrow, I fought for my name.

That loss cut deeper than death ever could,

‘Cause he rose from love — I never understood.

Earth cracked me open, showed cracks in my frame,

A woman who challenged me, a child with my name.

I tried to stay cruel, tried clinging to old ways,

But rage don’t keep you warm through permanent days.

I chose to explode for something not mine,

Not conquest, not ego — just crossing a line.

I died a villain, proud to the bone,

Came back breathing shame I’d never known.

No halo earned, just scars I survived,

I don’t glow ‘cause I’m good — I glow ‘cause I tried.

I don’t chase redemption, don’t beg applause,

I stand for my blood — pride reforged.

I still hate losing, still grind till I bleed,

Still hear dead worlds when the night starts to breathe.

But now when I fight, it ain’t fueled by fear,

It’s to make damn sure my family’s still here.

I don’t need a crown, don’t need legends retold,

Let history hate me — I changed anyway though.

I won’t rewrite sins or pretend I was right,

I carry that weight into every fight.

If tomorrow breaks ugly, I’ll meet it awake,

If peace ever shatters, I’ll be what remains.

I was raised by war, but I choose my role,

Not a god… not a devil… a man with control.

The clock hit zero, I was already grown,

Didn’t need midnight to break my bones.

No reset button, just iron resolve,

I don’t forget who I was — I evolve.

This is New Year’s Day.

No mercy.

No absolution.

Discipline.

Pride… reforged.