Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Come Together ❯ Part 20 ( Chapter 20 )

Hello, LadyKATT! Hope you feel better now. I can perfectly relate to you - all Sunday and Monday couldn't get out off the bed! Though, I think I had only cold, I thought I was going to damn die in that bed. I think here, in Scotland, they have stronger viruses or something - never have been so ill in my life! I slept most of the time, and when I didn't, I've just been cursing all Gods I know. Well, now I'm more or less fine (still coughing and sniffling but already going to work) and I hope you are fine too. If not - drink plenty of hot tea, lie in bed with superwarm clothes, sweat a lot and try to sleep. And don't forget vitamin C. Really helps. Tested. But I hope you are fine.

Oh, yes, finally. The MATING. Chapter 21 should give you what you want. Finally! I thought that PixellGoddess was dragging Goku's and Vegeta's mating for too long in her `Quest', but hell, I myself somehow managed to put it off for…oh, well, if we count `To Hell Together', for 32 chapters. Hahaha, just can't believe it myself!

About leaving that cursed planet. Indeed, only three of them are going to leave the planet's surface. Only three.

 

Come Together by chayron (lttomb@yahoo.com) (Chapters 1-9 beta-read by Sabi-san; chapters 10-11 beta-read by S.P.; chapters 12-17 beta-read by Amazing Jess S; chapters 18-20 beta-read by achillona)

 

Part 20

 

“Goku, we need to talk,” Ahrae motioned to Goku. She sat at the table. She heard all the conversation Vegeta and Goku had, and now wanted to explain some things to Goku. “Come here.”

 

Goku left the sleeping prince's side and sat opposite her.

 

“Be more forgiving with him. You are too harsh. He had three panic attacks in a row,” she sighed, “each day… He is becoming unstable… He doesn't eat anything…”

 

“What?! Three?!” Goku stared at her in disbelief. And how did he not notice that?!

 

“Yeah, one before Ragas, one after and one today in the morning after you left. And that last…”Ahrae fidgeted with her hair, “Goku, he deliberately didn't drink the medicine…”

 

Goku's eyes were full of tears again. “I didn't know…”

 

“Goku, don't take serious anything he says - the tension because of Trunks, and shock after Ragas tried to rape him are making him unstable. His worries about his son are making him ill. The medicine hardly works; his fears and anxiety are skyrocketing. He is thrown out of balance. He needs to rest. Any further shock would only trigger these panic attacks more. And you didn't let him sleep, you always wake him up. Goku, he needs to sleep this illness off, to rest his mind.” Ahrae turned to sleeping Vegeta, “I understand the time is very precious for Trunks, but your Prince can't continue like this. You see that now he seems to be unsure and lost. Let him sleep. His mind will take its time and will heal.”

 

Goku stared at Vegeta's pale face. “Of course…” His nails dug into the table. “I should have been more attentive…” he hid face into his hands. “Oh, Gods, I'm so sorry for those words…”

 

Ahrae watched him. “I'll create the silence field around him - it will isolate sounds. He will rest.”

 

Goku nodded then raised his head from his hands. “Thank you.”

 

Ahrae lifted her hand towards Vegeta, creating a force field. “I'm sorry I was so stubborn earlier…”

 

“Huh?” Goku blinked.

 

“I'm sorry I didn't want to accept that he has changed,” Ahrae sighed, “I made a great mistake by trying to fool myself and wanting to punish him…”

 

Goku gave a sad smile. “I'm glad you understand.”

 

Ahrae sighed. “He loves you and believes you, and he wants to mate you but he is tired, and his fears are winning against sanity. I think that after he wakes up, he will be surprised at his previous actions and words… So, don't worry… Think about something more pleasant,” Ahrae thought a moment. “Do you have kids? You said you were married.” Ahrae wanted Goku to relax, to forget the concern. He always tried to help Vegeta, but he himself needed help too.

 

Goku smiled. “Yeah, I have two sons - Gohan and Goten.”

 

Ahrae was confused. “Wait, you have two sons and you aren't mated? How come?”

 

“I can't mate a human,” Goku sighed, “besides I don't love her.” He thought a moment. “No, I love her but not the same as Vegeta.”

 

“She is not a Saiyan?!” Ahrae stared at him.

 

“No…” Goku smiled sheepishly, “she isn't. And I think Vegeta and I, we are the last full-blooded Saiyans.”

 

“But then…how do your sons look? I mean are they okay? And the Prince's ex-wife…is she a human too?”

 

“My sons are fine. You wouldn't be able to tell them from Saiyans, but Vegeta's son has lavender hair. I think this is because of his ex-wife's father - he has purple hair too. Yeah, and Trunks' eyes are blue, but otherwise…” Goku shrugged, “he is very similar to Vegeta.” A smile appeared on Goku's face then sadness. “Oh, Gods, I hope this ends soon; we find Trunks and get back.”

 

Ahrae sighed: the Saiyans had more problems than that - her whole clan was on their heels. “I want that too,” Ahrae nodded. “Let's hope the young Prince is still alive… But you know, it's hard to believe…and what will happen to Prince Vegeta when he finds out that…”

 

Goku shook his head motioned for her to be silent. “Don't talk about this. Everything is going to be alright.”

 

Ahrae nodded. “You are right. The useless worrying doesn't help a bit.” She thought a moment. “Do you want to continue our training? I think we have plenty time `til he wakes up. The mind training before sleep isn't very good but I don't want to risk again…”

 

Goku softly laughed, remembering. He waved his hand at that. “He simply was still sleepy and he thought you were attacking me…” he felt his pride swelling - Vegeta was very protective. He smiled then concentrated. “Okay, create a force field,” he nodded to Ahrae. He immediately felt surrounded by invisible walls. Goku concentrated, trying to remember everything he learned the previous time. Goku grit his teeth in exertion. The field shimmered, there was a splash and Goku was free.

 

“You are a fast learner,” Ahrae smiled. “Again, or care for something else?”

 

The second time Goku was even faster to escape. “Do that force field you did when you trapped Vegeta,” Goku asked. Then he got an idea. “Wait! Those force fields…you can isolate power, you can isolate sounds, you can isolate rain and mist… Can you isolate that influence, which prevents us from using our full power?” Goku thought a moment. “I think you said you could feel some interference. And if you can feel it, maybe you can isolate it?”

 

Ahrae stared at him. “Errr…” she blinked unsure. “I tried that already, but then I didn't have my ki. Maybe if I could mix my ki with magic…” she scratched her head. “But to mix ki and magic is dangerous…if the force field depletes when I still have too much power for this swamp, I can explode myself and I can accidentally blow up the whole house…” She thought a moment. “Hmm…but if I created the protective force field around me…” She turned to Goku. “You are a genius! Now step aside, I'll try that on me first. If I get hurt, bring me into the cold shower, after several minutes I'll be healed.” Before Goku could have said anything, her eyes flashed red, there was a swirl of air.

 

Ahrae slowly raised her ki, creating the force field then began to raise her ki even more. “It works!” she shouted to Goku. “I have almost all my ki gathered!”

 

Goku stared at her, watching how her muscles bulged out, her eyes not loosing the red shimmer. He watched how she stood in the middle of the dark room, surrounded by an orange ki. Now he realized why they were called Fire Clan - the orange ki around her looked like the blazing tongues of fire. And he understood that she wasn't using all her power while fighting Vegeta. He couldn't feel her ki through the isolating field she created and he wondered how strong she was. Suddenly everything was gone. Ahrae blinked and the red shimmer in her eyes disappeared. She motioned for him.

 

“Let's try it on you. Don't worry; I can control it without any problems. Just don't raise your ki too fast; I might be not able to catch up with you. Do it slow.”

 

Goku nodded and stood in the middle of the room. He felt two force fields surround him, and then slowly began to raise his ki.

 

Super Saiyan. Goku looked at Ahrae. The girl nodded and motioned to continue.

 

Super Saiyan Two. He grinned, noticing how Ahrae's eyes bulged out in disbelief. She nodded to continue.

 

Super Saiyan Three. He laughed, watching Ahrae's face - the girl was stupefied by his power and…hair…probably… But then he felt afraid that she might see his power as a threat and want to get rid of him. He slowly raised his power to the maximum. He didn't even want to think about what would happen to him if she suddenly eliminated the force field, which allowed him to gather his power - likely he would explode into tiny pieces. He gave a sign that this was his max, and began to power down. Ahrae waited for him to power down to Super Saiyan then eliminated the field.

 

“Does Prince Vegeta grow that long hair too? I mean to reach that power?” Ahrae stared at him.

 

Goku was surprised. He always assumed she thought Vegeta was stronger than him but it seemed she knew the truth somehow. “Yes, he can. I'm just a bit stronger than him.”

 

Ahrae pulled her black braid. “Uhm…” She shook her head. “This is no good...”

 

Goku laughed. “Don't worry; he's not going to do anything to you.” He smiled. “And if that happens, you can count on me…”

 

Ahrae sat at the table. She still wasn't able to recover from shock. “Shit, I knew you both were strong, but this…” She raised her head in realization. “Oh my God…you could destroy a galaxy in one brisk move…”

 

Goku smiled sheepishly. “I suppose…”

 

Then she grinned. “Norayn is dead!” She struck her hand on the table. “Yes! His whole army is dead! Oh my God! Had I known earlier..!” Ahrae grabbed Goku by his orange gi and pulled him closer to her face. “Shit! We can destroy this fucking planet with that power you have! We can…” Her head was spinning. “Oh…we can everything!” Her blue eyes already were seeing Norayn's end. She let go of squirming Goku. “But first you two need to mate. You are giving me headaches!”

 

Goku's shoulders slumped. “We can't. We can't use our power, and we are too close to Norayn…he will feel us…”

 

Ahrae leaned over the table and smacked him on the forehead. “Moron! Several minutes ago you already were at your full power! And no one was able to sense you!” Ahrae patiently waited until Goku got her words.

 

“You could do that?!” Goku leapt from his chair, he was almost dancing, his tail swishing happily behind him.

 

Ahrae grinned, adjusting her hair. “Of course I can do that. Just tell him not to escape the isolating and cumulating force fields and not to raise his ki too quickly.” She thought a moment. “Yeah, and I need to practice creating much bigger force fields…you two will need more room than this…it would be very unpleasant if you two should explode.” She saw how Goku gulped.

 

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Vegeta slept for twelve hours, and woke up only then when the pressure in his bladder became unbearable. He quickly jumped out of the bed and ran to the toilet. While visiting the shower room he noticed that the shower-tin was repaired, there was no hole anymore. That surprised him. He realized it was Ahrae who fixed that proof of Kakarott's and his fierce lovemaking. He decided to ask later.

 

There was another surprise in the room waiting for him. It was empty. Topsy-turvy and empty. The table and chairs were thrown into the corner, the carpet was burnt in several places. Vegeta stared in disbelief. And how he managed not to wake up while `this' was happening?! And it was a day already - the sun was shining through the windows. And where were those two?! He tensed. What if they had a fight?! He ran outside. And froze. Kakarott was Super Saiyan Three. He was flitting everywhere through the air. And Ahrae stood under Kakarott, watching him. No not only watching - her eyes were red what meant she was using many powers.

 

“Goku, I'm gonna kill you! You are wasting my power! Stop fighting the force field! Your mind already fights subconsciously, it's a pity you learned that!” Ahrae stomped her foot, and Vegeta relaxed, realizing that that was only some kind of training. “And you should remember that as soon as your mind deletes the cumulating field, you are going to explode! So stop fighting me!”

 

“Sorry! I don't feel that…” Kakarott gave a regretful smile.

 

“You'll feel that immediately when your stupid head explodes!” Ahrae shouted to him, laughing. “Now - do you feel the borders clearly? You need to feel them all the time. Get ready - I'm doubling all fields.” There was a swish of air. “How are you doing in there?” Ahrae shouted to Kakarott.

 

“Everything is okay!” Kakarott shouted back.

 

“Okay, I'm tripling them!”

 

Suddenly Vegeta felt that all his power was back. He powered up immediately. Ahrae turned to him, her red eyes wide.

 

“Vegeta, no!” Goku shouted, immediately powering down what balanced the ki in the cumulating field.

 

Vegeta stopped after he reached the Super Saiyan. He looked at them both. “What?”

 

“Shit! You almost killed us all!” Ahrae fumed.

 

Vegeta's brow rose.

 

“She can't control sudden ki surges,” Kakarott explained, coming to him. “Power down, I'll explain everything.”

 

XXXXX

 

Vegeta stared at them: Kakarott had the widest grin he could muster. Ahrae was innocently fluttering her eyelashes at him. “And you did everything only because Kakarott and I should mate?” Kakarott gave Ahrae the adoring look, which said: I knew you were a good person.

 

“Yes,” Ahrae nodded then slapped Kakarott on the forehead. “Stop looking at me like that.”

 

“Grrr…” Vegeta simply couldn't restrain himself - she hit his future mate!

 

Ahrae rolled her eyes at him. “He didn't even flinch, and already you are ready to kill me…”

 

“Don't touch him,” Vegeta said, already forgetting this. He put his hands on the table then looked at Kakarott who was watching him hopefully. “You really want to mate?” Kakarott's face suddenly fell. That surprised him, but then he remembered the yesterday's events. “Kakarott, I…I was…hmm…I don't know why I said what I said yesterday but now I want to mate.” And then he was on the ground with the overexcited Saiyan on top of him.

 

“I was so afraid, you would refuse! Oh, oh…I'm so happy!” Kakarott pinned him down to the floor.

 

Vegeta didn't even try to escape. “I'm sorry for those words.” And he really was.

 

Goku fervently kissed the prince. “Forget it. It never happened.” Goku seized Vegeta's mouth again then again retreated. “We'll mate tonight, and now eat. I left some meat and rice for you. And let's go,” he crawled away from the prince then reached his hand to help Vegeta to stand up. Vegeta watched Goku's retreating back then sighed when the younger closed the door. Vegeta was a bit unsure.

 

“Prince Vegeta, let me tell you something,” Ahrae sat at the table, her head and eyes down. “I'm young but I have my mother's intelligence,” Ahrae fidgeted with her hair uneasy, “I know that now you are afraid,” she even didn't look ant him but motioned for Vegeta to be silent. “Yeah, I know that, because you are the Prince and no one of royal blood has ever been a bearer. I perfectly know that you are afraid of that claim mark on your neck. But I know too that you want to have it.”

 

Vegeta simply stood in the middle of the room and wondered how this should make any difference. Then Ahrae raised her head to look at him.

 

“Let's talk about blood,” she watched as Vegeta knit his brows, trying to catch the meaning. She proceeded: “Blood? Blood. What is blood? -Just fluid. You have to find a more stable structure than this, because one day your blood can be `transfused', you can realize that there is much more in life than some stupid fluid.” Ahrae looked through the window, “You aren't your blood, nor am I. I was so proud of the Fire Clan's blood in my veins, but it's not a criterion - it's too slippery. Your royal blood won't tell you who you are - as said, it's just fluid…” She looked back at him. “You know what I mean. Blood doesn't help, sometimes the blood doesn't have any meaning at all, only who you are. You must have experienced that. You must have felt that. The FEELING. The shock after something terrible happens, after that you realize that it never will be the same. Not after what you have experienced. You start thinking what to do now, how to live on. You simply stare not seeing anything. You don't feel any leverage anymore. You begin to doubt reality. You doubt if there is reality at all…you feel the tight fingers of Nothingness gripping at your existence…” Ahrae's fierce blue eyes bore into his, “And I think you understand me perfectly, Vegeta.”

 

TBC