Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Heavy Bond ❯ Part 4 ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ characters. I'm not making any profit.

Warnings: Yaoi (male x male). Kakarott x Vegeta.

 

Heavy Bond

 

by chayron (lttomb@yahoo.com), beta-read by Redmarshin

 

Part 4

 

Even if the rion's corpse stank unbelievably, Kakarott was contently carrying his catch thrown over his both shoulders and not worrying neither about the scent nor the rion's blood that was running down his dark armor and then to his left thigh.

 

He and Velari did come back to the place where Velari had killed the rion and took the body. Though there were several females nearby, they succeeded in getting away without too much trouble. Now Kakarott was thinking about some nice warm mittens and boots. He wasn't sure if Velari would let him, but he was also thinking about a nice rion-tooth-necklace. Kakarott loved trophies.

 

Velari was following Kakarott but kept his distance away from the stench. He was glad that Kakarott enthusiastically volunteered to carry their catch. Velari was also glad that their small hunting didn't end with a tragedy. He wanted to hit himself over the head, with something heavy preferable, for dragging Kakarott with him into this hunting. Kakarott was inexperienced with rions. Had he been with his guards instead of Kakarott, he wouldn't have had any trouble with those rion females. Sure, it was his own fault for not noticing the rion female behind his back but a more experienced companion would have noticed the rion female earlier. Though, Kakarott had probably saved his life anyway and in return, he almost threw Kakarott into the paws of that female! Hell, that moment he instinctively thought that Kakarott had attacked him.

 

“Velari?” Kakarott breathed out happily from under the rion's weight. “Will you take me another time?”

 

Velari nodded. “Yes, but we'll need to take someone else with us.”

 

Kakarott smiled. “Yeah, you really screwed up with that female. You were not far enough from the lair, and probably the noises the rion was making attracted her.”

 

Velari stopped in that very spot not flying any further. He watched Kakarott's quickly retreating back. Well, yes, Kakarott indeed told the truth, or at least part of it, but he didn't expect Kakarott to voice it out. Though, he knew how to accept the righteous words. He sped forward to catch up with Kakarott. “Very well, next time you'll be the one to lure a rion.” Yes, Vegeta House didn't like accepting their faults, they challenged them instead.

 

Kakarott rolled his eyes at Velari's answer. “Alright.” He grinned then. “Can't wait. Can I use the rion's teeth?” he asked, trying to turn his head to look at Velari, but the bulky body of the rion on his shoulders didn't let him do that.

 

Velari sighed. “You are all crazed about the trophies on Hetela, aren't you? Why do you need the teeth - they are yellow and ugly. Besides it was me who killed him, not you.”

 

Kakarott shook his head. “You don't understand anything. It doesn't actually matter who killed it. If I wanted, eventually I could get my own; now I know where to find them. It simply was the first time I saw something so big and ugly and powerful. That female almost crashed your scull,” he grinned at Velari.

 

“Yours too,” Velari chuckled.

 

“Only with your help,” Kakarott grinned again.

 

Velari nodded then. “Alright, I agree that I almost got you killed. It was very stupid of me to take you into this hunting.”

 

Kakarott was silent for a moment. “Good that it ended up alright. So will you let me use the teeth?”

 

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Despite that Kakarott didn't exactly like rion meat, he did nibble on his own caught meal at the breakfast. While toying with his meal, Kakarott noticed Velari's amused gaze on him.

 

“It's your own catch,” Velari chuckled, raising his glass to his lips. He put his glass back on the table with a small thud. “According to the tradition, you should finish your plate and eat another two to celebrate the good hunt,” he laughed heartily at Kakarott's facial expression.

 

Vegeta's face darkened. He loudly and demonstratively pushed his plate away from him. He gave his brother a chilling glare, at which Velari just smiled and raised his glass again.

 

The king chuckled, noticing Kakarott's pale face. He ignored his oldest son's discontentment completely. “Though, I heard that Velari killed it, so you can give him yours. I'm sure that he'd be more than glad to have it.”

 

“That's true,” Velari agreed, grinning.

 

“With pleasure,” Kakarott pushed the pot with the meat happily farther from him to Velari's side. He didn't even like the smell. While alive the rion had smelt horribly, and death and boiling water didn't improve the smell much.

 

“At least today you shouldn't have any problems with dinner,” Velari smiled, motioning for one of the servants to refill his plate. “Did you make something from those yellow teeth?” he asked Kakarott.

 

Kakarott shook his head. “Not yet. First I need to get a string then a tool to drill small holes in the teeth.”

 

Velari thought a moment. He tapped his fingertips at his glass, making a sonorous resounding sound. “I think you could find everything you need in our workshop not far away from here. If you wanted to go, just ask Korinto. He'll know it; it's the best workshop around. The workers will do everything for you.”

 

“Nah, I want to do it myself. I just need the tools,” Kakarott observed the salad before him. “What's this?” he picked the salad with his fork suspiciously.

 

“It's not going to bite you,” Velari rolled his eyes. “Try it. I like it.”

 

“You like rion meat, too,” Kakarott sniggered, putting some salad into his plate. “You have no taste buds at all.”

 

Velari rolled his eyes again. He noticed his father's brow rise. Velari just shrugged at his father. “I'll see with which masterpieces you'll surprise us during the dinner,” Velari said to Kakarott. “I think I should leave some rion just in case the food might be not edible at all.”

 

Kakarott sniggered, “Believe me; you'll finally see what's called the real food! I wonder how you're even still alive with this stuff of yours,” with his fork he motioned at Velari's plate.

 

“I just wonder who is mated here with whom after all…” the king chuckled, amused, while watching Kakarott and Velari.

 

Kakarott and Velari turned their heads to the king. Kakarott blushed. Velari circled one finger near his temple to show to his father that he was completely crazy. Vegeta glared at his father for the stupid joke, glared at Velari for not telling that the rion had been hunted by him AND Kakarott and glared at Kakarott for spoiling his life in general.

 

XXXXX

 

Kakarott blew into a small hole to clear all the dust and the shaving then raised the tooth against the sun. After he had polished the bones, the teeth began to shine and glister. Kakarott threaded the last tooth onto the string and raised the teeth with the string into the air to observe his work.

 

“Sir,” Korinto told after having watched Kakarott bothering about with the teeth, “you could have gotten a golden necklace or pendulum and sir wouldn't have needed playing with these teeth.”

 

“That's the point - I wanted to have something made by myself,” Kakarott reached out the string with the teeth to Korinto. “Tie it up,” he turned with his back to Korinto after that took the string.

 

Korinto girdled the necklace around Kakarott's neck and began tying the ends. “I saw there're eighteen teeth. It's according to sir's age?”

 

“Yes,” Kakarott nodded his head. “It's not a tradition,” Kakarott explained, “I just felt like it.”

 

“I see.” Korinto finished tying the ends. He observed his young master after that turned around. “Sir looks…” Korinto's brow rose. “Interesting,” he said. “Not too bad,” he shrugged finally. “Though, I beg the sir to restrain from wearing this thing in the official ceremonies…”

 

Kakarott laughed. He nodded, his hand rising to his neck to finger the teeth. He frowned as his fingers brushed over the prince's claim-mark. He looked at his wristband then. “The dinner should be ready.”

 

Korinto nodded and followed Kakarott into the air.

 

XXXXX

 

“Why did you assign Korinto under Kakarott's dominion?” Vegeta asked his brother. “Korinto was with you from the very cradle. I'd have never thought you'd abandon him.”

 

Velari sipped the wine from his glass. “It's very good. Which harvest it is?” he asked, smelling the wine.

 

“Have no idea and I don't care,” Vegeta plopped on his bed. He observed his brother again. His brother was similar to him with his appearance: Velari had the same spiky hair and widow peak all Vegeta House men had. Though, Velari's hair was much longer than usual in Vegeta House - Velari's was to his waist, rich and spiky, but that wasn't anything very exceptional, sometimes that happened. Vegeta had seen his family album and he had seen his several ancestors having the same long hair as Velari's. But Velari was also different from him with his appearance: Velari was taller and a bit bulkier than him. Not too much, but he would kill for those several centimeters of height Velari had over him. Though, looking at their faces somebody would hardly be able to distinguish between them.

 

Vegeta looked at the glass Velari was holding. Velari loved wine, almost any kind of it. Though, it was a mystery to Vegeta how his brother managed to keep the balance between the enjoyment and obsession.

 

Velari put his glass back on the table. “I didn't abandon him. I think at this moment Kakarott needs a nanny more than I need one. Korinto has a tendency to take care of everyone he likes. Korinto himself mentioned that he would like to be transferred into Kakarott's dominion. He'll be a very good companion for Kakarott.” He looked at his bristling brother. Velari sighed, ruffling through his long hair.

 

“Vegeta, I understand that you didn't want this mating. And I know that at the moment you're pissed off, but I think you aren't righteous to Kakarott. It's not his fault. He's a fine lad. You two are mated, and the bond will soon take the effect and you'll see everything in different colors; you know how it happens. I just want to advise you not to do anything stupid that later you'd regret. He's your MATE, whether you want him or not.”

 

“Don't interfere,” Vegeta hissed, his tail making an annoyed swish behind his back.

 

“I'm not interfering,” Velari sighed again, watching his brother's unprotected tail dangle behind his back in anger. “I'm simply doing what I think is right.” He took his glass again to take a sip.

 

Vegeta couldn't hold it anymore. He jumped to his feet and in two strides was next to Velari. “You think it's right to give the fucker two counties?!” he hissed at Velari's face who was calmly sipping his wine. “I saw the damn documents! I knew that the father was an oaf, but you… You fucking gave him your own county!”

 

“I simply made it a present for him. We are a family now. He's my blood,” Velari calmly shrugged at his brother's face contorted with anger. “I think he deserved at least some sort of compensation after this mating…” he sniggered at Vegeta. He bared his canines at his older brother when that swung his arm. “Just touch me and I promise you won't live long enough to climb onto your precious throne,” he hissed, his hand unnoticeably circling around Vegeta's waist but not touching it.

 

A loud guttural growl erupted from Vegeta's throat. He lowered his hand. He knew enough about his brother to take his words seriously. He didn't want to kill Velari and it was an idiocy to raise his hand against his brother otherwise - Velari could be a dangerous opponent. Besides, he didn't want to hurt his brother, they were the same family, same blood, he was just angry and frustrated. Frustrated by Velari's words, because it didn't matter how much he'd deny them, those words were true. All of them.

 

Velari's hand dropped to his side too. Though, he hardly could resist pulling his brother by the tail to give him a small lesson. He put his empty glass on the table. “Thanks for the wine,” he stood up. “I think we'll continue when you are in a better mood.”

 

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Velari blinked at a cooked strange creature that was sitting on his plate. “What the hell is this?” he turned to Kakarott, wide-eyed.

 

“A chick of defon,” Kakarott grinned at Velari's face.

 

“It has to look like this?” Velari blinked again, carefully touching the chick with his fork, at the same time afraid and hopeful that it would run away from his plate. “Shouldn't it be a bit more…boiled? Maybe fried?” he asked hopefully.

 

“No,” Kakarott grinned again. “Try it.”

 

Velari looked at his brother. Vegeta smirked at him. Velari gulped loudly. He turned to his plate again. He cut a small wing of the chicken off, took it with his fingers, smelled it, smelled it once again, closed his eyes and nibbled on the chicken with his teeth carefully.

 

“Well?” Kakarott asked. He hoped that Velari wouldn't start spluttering.

 

Velari opened his eyes. He chewed for some time then took his knife to cut some more meat. “Despite it looks horribly, the taste is good,” he said. Velari looked at his brother again. Vegeta wasn't even going to try the chicken. The price was eating some salad and wasn't even looking at their side. Though, Velari was a bit surprised that Vegeta showed up at all: yesterday evening his brother clearly gave to understand that he wasn't going to be present at this “Hetela-meal-exhibition”. But Vegeta did come. Velari hoped that maybe his brother had been musing a little about what Velari told him in the morning; Vegeta wasn't stupid, Vegeta was just stubborn. It was pointless to deny and avoid his mate.

 

Kakarott looked at his mate. Vegeta wasn't eating. Kakarott snorted to himself; he hadn't expected anything else from his “beloved” mate. Vegeta probably thought that he was trying to poison them all. But despite his anger, Kakarott felt hurt too. All that hatred Vegeta radiated…it just didn't feel right. It didn't feel right when Vegeta was glaring at him, it didn't feel right when Vegeta was mocking him, it didn't feel right when Vegeta wasn't eating and it didn't feel right knowing that if only Vegeta could, he would get his hands on him and try to kill him. It hurt. Kakarott didn't exactly understand why. He didn't give a damn what Vegeta did a day or so ago, but now it simply didn't feel right. It simply didn't settle within him.

 

“Do you have any plans for today?” Velari asked Kakarott.

 

Kakarott startled from his thoughts. He shook his head. “No, not today. I thought about going to Aleda and Hirian. I want to look around.” It's not that I have anything better to do, anyway, he added in his head. “But as they are five hours away, I decided going tomorrow in the morning. I was thinking about staying there for several days.”

 

The king nodded. “It's a good idea to look around. Though, you should take not less than ten guards - the environs are dangerous. The counties itself are calm, but the way there might be a bit complicated. I wouldn't recommend going there on your own.”

 

Kakarott nodded. That was good advice. He had been thinking only about taking Korinto with him. Now when he was warned he decided to take more men. “Thank you.”

 

“I was thinking about a spar this evening,” Velari finished the defon chicken and cleaned his fingers with a serviette. “If you want, you can join me in the training hall.” He saw Kakarott's eyes sparkle. He saw Vegeta's interest too; Vegeta was definitely going to come to watch and see how strong his mate was.

 

XXXXX

 

Velari watched Kakarott warming up. Kakarott was bending down and reaching the ground with his palms then turned into both sides at the waist. Kakarott chose to wear a comfortable white gi but was also clever enough to put a light armor on. The dark armor wasn't designed for a serious combat, but as they didn't plan to kill each other it was a perfect choice. Velari noticed the door to the training hall slightly open and then his brother's shadow snuck in. About time.

 

Kakarott finished his stretching and stood against Velari.

 

Velari attacked without any warning. Kakarott jumped to the side at the same time lashing out at Velari's neck with his hand. Velari stumbled the last second supported himself with one hand and rolled over. From his palm landed on his feet, facing Kakarott and was just in time to block Kakarott's high kick to his head.

 

Kakarott saw Velari grin at him. He understood Velari - it was long time ago when he had an opponent whose power was similar to his. Sure, Bardock, his father, was near his level, but Bardock was busy most of the time. Besides, after constant sparing together, he was able to easily predict his father's next move. This spar, however, seemed to be turning into something unexpectedly fun.

 

Kakarott and Velari circled around in a slow dance then collided again. Velari blocked Kakarott's punch but didn't manage to avoid Kakarott's ki blast that threw him several meters away, into a reinforced wall behind him.

 

Vegeta watched Kakarott begin to fly about the hall as a retaliating Velari launched series of blue-colored blasts at him. Kakarott avoided and blocked the rest of them then scudded down at Velari, launching a huge ki blast at his brother. Velari jumped to the side, successfully avoiding the blast, but was too late to protect himself from a physical attack: as soon as Velari lowered his hands he saw Kakarott's smirking physiognomy and was punched straight into his left eye.

 

“Not too bad,” Velari wiped a small blood streak that was starting its path at his brow. He shook the blood off his fingers and smirked at Kakarott.

 

Next thing Kakarott knew was that his back hit the wall and he slid down to the floor. Angry with himself that he let his guard down and didn't notice Velari move, Kakarott launched a blast at Velari then jumped to his feet. Velari launched his own blast to meet Kakarott's. He waited for Kakarott to approach him then launched another blast at Kakarott. The blast was blocked, but while Kakarott was busy with the blast, Velari was at Kakarott's side, spinning around and kicking Kakarott directly into his head. As Velari didn't intend to kill Kakarott, the kick just threw Kakarott several meters away instead of breaking his neck.

 

Kakarott rubbed his neck. As soon as his head stopped ringing he grinned at Velari, appraising a good move and launched back at Velari.

 

Vegeta watched the fight with great interest. He could already see that his brother was going to win: Velari was more experienced, faster and more powerful. Though, he didn't expect Kakarott to be that good to last against Velari at least five minutes. Now, while watching the two fight, he had to agree that he had to give some credits for Kakarott - Kakarott was really good.

 

Vegeta watched them fight further for about half an hour more and he could see that the fight was turning where predicted - Kakarott was losing. He watched Kakarott put in his last reserves against Velari. Kakarott was tired and he could hear his mate's breath coming in heavy gasps and Kakarott was all drenched in sweat. It was then that suddenly he felt the urge to kill Velari. It was so strong that his hands were aching with that desire. He could feel his tail lashing behind him, all fur puffed out in agitation, while Velari hit Kakarott again and again. He watched Kakarott bleed under Velari's fists, small red droplets falling on Kakarott's white gi, and he didn't suppress the urge to kill. He launched out from the corner he was standing and watching them in. He attacked with all anger and furry he had. Only he attacked not Velari. He attacked Kakarott. Attacked Kakarott for making him feel that way. He punched and hit and punched, hardly noticing Velari's shouts to stop. Velari didn't have enough strength to stop him; Velari was less powerful than him and besides now he had used the most of his strength while sparing with Kakarott.

 

After unsuccessfully trying to bring his brother to his senses and uselessly trying to throw him off hardly conscious Kakarott, Velari decided that the situation called for a breaking of warrior's ethics. Velari grabbed his brother by his unprotected, angrily lashing tail and yanked him away from Kakarott. Vegeta howled in pain and fell onto his knees.

 

“Are you completely crazy?!” Velari flashed his canines at his brother's back, still firmly holding him by the tail. “For fuck's sake!” he hissed at his brother then threw the tail back to shaking with pain Vegeta and went to unconscious Kakarott. He gathered Kakarott's limp form into his arms and turned to the door.

 

TBC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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