Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Come Together ❯ Part 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Come Together

by chayron (lttomb yahoo com)

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ characters. 

Warnings: Yaoi - Gk/Vg

Part 4

"So, what now?" Goku asked, plopping down on one of the soft beds in a big bright room. He looked at a silent Vegeta.

They had been led through the castle to this room and told to wait until they were called to see the Queen. The girl stationed about ten guards outside the door then said something in Saiyan to Vegeta and left.  Try as he might, Goku couldn't get Vegeta to tell him what she had said.  

Goku had wondered aloud if there were surveillance cameras, but Vegeta assured him that the Fire Clan didn't like those kinds of things.  Most members were able to sense all ki changes, and they trusted this ability more than any camera. But even with their highly trusted ability, they took other precautions - the window was barred with something greenish that seemed to be some kind of power grate. Goku looked outside and noticed that it was starting to rain. 

"We wait," Vegeta answered, inspecting the room. He pulled the castle map from his pocket.  It was the same map he had used fourteen years ago to sneak into the security room and shut down the security system. "Stupid things," Vegeta smirked, poking his finger somewhere into the map. "Can you believe..? They have put us in a room with a secret passage..." He contently re-folded the paper. "That's what you get for killing the architect before getting his secrets…"

Goku watched hopefully as Vegeta walked closer to one of the walls, took down the tapestry, began to feel around the wall.  "It was fourteen years ago after all… Do you think they wouldn't have noticed it?" But Goku's question was answered when the wall moved, disappearing somewhere high in the ceiling. There was a passage. A very small one, but still…it was a passage.

Vegeta flared his ki just a bit higher and peered inside. He stepped back, closed the entrance then put the tapestry back. "After we meet the Queen there will be a tremendous discussion in the hall, and I am going to participate in that one secretly. That way we'll know if we need to run or we can expect their help."  The last part of the sentence sounded a bit forced.

Goku nodded his head then patted the place on the bed next to him. "Is there really no one else who would know where that Norayn hides?" he asked after Vegeta joined him.

"Of course there must be, but we don't have the time to search the universe. And I didn't say the Fire Clan knew.  I just assumed that they might know…" Vegeta turned his head to the latticed window, watching the flowing rain outside.

Goku sighed, moving closer to Vegeta. "I noticed that there is a shower in the other room. I'll bathe, and you should, too. We don't have to save water now," he said, wrapping his arms around the smaller man's waist and pulling his prince onto his lap.

Vegeta laid his head on Goku's shoulder. "Yeah, a bath would be nice.  But you know, we would both fit…" Vegeta suggestively shifted his body against Kakarott's crotch. He heard Kakarott stifle a moan in his hair.

"But our kis…"

"That's not their damn business!" Vegeta really didn't care if the clan would be able to sense their dalliance by the shifting of their kis.

"No," Goku shook his head, blushing fiercely.

"You are impossibly shy," Vegeta stood up and crossed his arms.

"But you like it…" Goku grinned at Vegeta, who rolled his eyes only to confirm the statement. "Okay, you go first," Goku motioned to the bathroom then slowly walked to Vegeta, not letting his eyes fall from the prince's face. "Don't worry, I'll make up for this later," he purred, suddenly giving a slight press to Vegeta's crotch with his hand.

"Bastard," Vegeta inhaled sharply through suddenly clenched teeth.

"Hmm…but now we are even, aren't we?" Goku purred at him, reminding Vegeta of his actions a few minutes before when he was sitting on his lap. Goku stepped away from Vegeta who was still just standing there, looking at him. Goku felt slightly unnerved. But suddenly Vegeta smiled at him, and he felt surrounded by his prince's heat in his embrace.

"I'm glad you are here," Vegeta said, hiding his blushing face in Kakarott's orange gi. He had no idea what had suddenly come over him. He was simply glad. Afraid, uptight, uncertain, but glad and relieved, too. And it was because of Kakarott… He had someone he could trust…

Goku returned the embrace, crushing Vegeta to him and giving the prince the comfort he wanted and needed. He comfortingly stroked Vegeta's back and mentally swore he would kill Norayn, would make him pay for all the pain and grief he had caused Vegeta and his son.

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"Prince Vegeta, the Queen will see you now," Ahrae said, sticking her head through the half-open door.

Vegeta and Goku were surrounded by ten warriors and led down the long, mosaic-ornamented corridor and into a big hall, crowded with people. They were led past the crowd over a wide blue swath of carpet. Vegeta watched as the girl growled and raised her hand when one of her clan members didn't pay attention to her warning and got too close to him. The crowd immediately went silent, making more room around them. The woman bowed her head, apologizing and disappeared somewhere in the crowd. At first he wondered how in the hell the girl was entrusted to lead the troops, but it seemed that, despite her young age, the girl already had a reputation.

The Queen wasn't there yet.  While they were waiting for her to arrive, Goku looked around, taking in the murals in the hall.  There were two rather large ones that really caught his eye.  One was a composition in blue on the wall behind the dias and another one in orange over the arc. An eye and a fire. "Nice decorations," Goku said, complimenting.

Vegeta forced his face to stop the red flush that he felt coming.  For the first time in his life he wanted to pretend he didn't know the person in orange gi who was standing next to him. The prince heard the girl almost choke. He was glad that no one else could understand what Kakarott had said.

Vegeta was alarmed when the girl turned around with her hand raised in the air, ready to strike. Her warriors tensed, uneasy. He saw Kakarott's surprised face at her reaction, but then felt relieved when the girl seemed to understand that Kakarott had no idea what he was babbling about. The girl stared at Kakarott then lowered her hand to her hip. She smiled.

"Do you realize that I could simply kill you because of those words?" she asked, starting to laugh.

Goku stared at her, confused, rethinking his last words. The short, annoying girl was becoming even more annoying. Strange person!  The word 'kill' and laughing don't go together!  "I don't understand."

"That nice fire decoration," she stressed the words 'nice' and 'decoration', "is our clan's sign. And that, on the wall, is the royal sign."

"Oh…" Goku scratched his spiky head, ashamed.  "I didn't know…sorry."

The girl almost choked again. Her big blue yes were almost too big now. She soon regained her composure. "No big deal." She turned back to the still empty throne, but then turned her head back. "It was simply a misunderstanding. But, in the future, try not to talk about what you don't understand.  My Queen might see your words differently.  Your Prince should have explained some things…" she cast a glance at Vegeta who glared back at her.

Vegeta felt relieved. The girl liked Kakarott. So if something went wrong, he would have a chance… But he doubted the Queen would be of the same opinion…

Suddenly the hall went silent. A small female, followed by more than twenty warriors, walked in, cast a quick glance at the crowd, walked over the same blue carpet, reached their group, looked at Vegeta, furrowed her brows and, almost pouting, sat up on the throne, crossing her legs. The warriors stood at her sides.

"Now, Prince Vegeta," she observed the blue dressed Saiyan before her, "I see you don't wear your armor and I don't see your royal sign. So this is not a business trip… Why did you come here?"

"I need information."

Goku was annoyed. The Queen was talking her language, and he couldn't understand a word. Suddenly there was a stunned silence. Then a loud roaring laugh all around followed by displeased shouts, threatening glares, and growls.

The Queen leaned back in her comfortable seat then raised her hand, indicating silence. "Ahrae, what do you think about this?"

The girl raised her head, looking directly at the Queen. "He has a lot of nerve. But we don't need to be rash. I'm curious as to what information he might want. I say first we listen to him then kill him."

 The Queen nodded her head. She turned back to Vegeta. "What information do you need?"

"I need to know where Norayn is."

Shouts and cursing again. The Queen impatiently taped her fingers on the armrest. "Are you mocking me?!" she hissed at Vegeta, leaning forward.

"No," Vegeta shook his head. Now he was walking on a very thin surface. Any wrong word and Kakarott and he might be dead. It didn't help that the last time he was here his visit was connected with Norayn, too.

"And why do you need him?" the Queen inspected her own fingers, getting bored.

"He kidnapped my son."

The Queen lowered her hand and raised her head. "Fate is a strange thing.  You killed my daughter, and now you are here asking me to help you to find your son…"

Vegeta was silent. Actually he didn't have anything to say to her.

"You shouldn't have come here," the Queen said, rising from her throne, indicating that the meeting was over.

Goku stared at Vegeta, waiting for news, but he already understood that things didn't go too good.  Vegeta's eyes showed that. Goku looked at Vegeta's shaking hands then turned back to the Queen. His eyes narrowed. "I was told your clan is known for its belief in justice, not for revenge!" Goku angrily hissed at her. "The boy is only nine years old! He can't be blamed for his father's mistakes!" Goku noticed that the girl had moved closer to him, standing between him and the Queen. She silenced her growling warriors and the other people in the hall, who were displeased with his raised voice.

"Oh, but your Prince killed Norayn's son after all, and he didn't even know the boy…" the Queen toyed with her long lose hair. She sat back on her throne. She saw that the Saiyan was surprised to hear her answer in his language. She presumed he was expecting that Ahrae would translate his words for her.

"That was fourteen years ago. You would be surprised to see how a person can change in that amount of time…" Goku tried to speak in a calm voice. He could see that Vegeta was staring at him, speechless. He had never seen such pleading hope in other Saiyan's eyes. Now everything depended on him. "If you think that Vegeta was wrong for killing the innocent boy, you should help. If you know where Norayn is and aren't telling, you are dooming the other innocent boy to death."

"How dare you?!" the Queen shouted, flashing her blue icy eyes at him. "So now I am being accused because of the boy's fate?!" the Queen clasped her hands, stood up, and walked closer to Goku.  "He killed my daughter and four of my clan members.  I am not going to help you." She turned to Ahrae. "Take them away.  We will discuss this later this evening."  She motioned to the girl, who bowed her head.

"You should be saving the guiltless, not to trying to punish the guilty!" Goku shouted at her.

The Queen just snorted at him. She began to walk away from the hall.

"He is right."

Goku gaped at the girl, openmouthed. Ahrae was still standing with her back to them and the Queen. Goku glanced at Vegeta who was staring at her back, too. She turned around then looked at Goku, nodding her head for reassurance.

"It is not the boy's fault he is the son of a sneaky bastard," the girl said to the Queen. "And, Your Highness, I must remind you that it was you who told him where Norayn's son was staying.  It seems to me that you are as guilty as Prince Vegeta." The girl snorted at the Queen, crossing her hands. "Don't tell me you didn't know what he was going to do when he found the boy." she said to the Queen.

Vegeta stared at the girl. The entire conversation was going in Terran.  The girl didn't want the others to understand. He felt himself shivering uncontrollably. Never had he imagined his son's fate would depend on that insolent girl. He hoped the Queen wouldn't tear her to shreds.  At least not before she said where Norayn was hiding.  But the Queen was just staring at her silently.

"One day your mouth will cause you big trouble," the Queen sighed, going back to the throne. "So what do you want to do about it?" she asked Ahrae, still speaking in Terran.  

"Simply tell them," the girl motioned to the Saiyans. She was still standing before the tall Saiyan in case her Queen would decide to blast the orange dressed Saiyan to hell.

"And let him go?" The Queen couldn't believe Ahrae.

"No.  We'll kill him later, when he comes back." Ahrae shrugged her shoulders.

"You are naïve.  We won't be able to find him later!  He won't come back."

"Oh, he will…," the girl smirked at Vegeta then turned back to the Queen. "Make a deal with him.  Make him swear he'll come back after he finds his son."

The Queen laughed. "You really are naïve.  Why he would promise that?"

"Because he has already traveled here, knowing the possible consequences, so he really wants to find his son."  The girl looked at Vegeta again.

The Queen looked at her in disbelief then looked at Vegeta. "Would you promise that?"

"Yes."

"Vegeta, no!" Goku shook him by his shoulders. He faced Vegeta. "That's not an option! I won't let you!"

Ahrae and the Queen blinked in surprise at Goku's familiarity with the prince. Ahrae furrowed her brows then cast her gaze to the floor, thinking intently.

"We need to discuss this with the other members," the girl finally said, looking back at the Queen.

"There is a problem. Even if I told them where Norayn is, they won't be able to get there. Alone they won't survive," the Queen shook her head.

"I know. They are much stronger than they seem…" Ahrae said to the Queen. "If they wanted, they could kill many of us here."

The Queen stared at her. "Nonsense," she shook her head at Ahrae. "Okay, one way or another we will meet this evening and decide. Call all the commanders," she ordered the girl, who nodded her head contently.

TBC