Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Protection the Raditz Way ❯ Vegeta's solution to Jeannie's problem ( Chapter 9 )

Chapter 10 What to do about Jeannie?

Meetings between the Z fighters and the two Saiyans had been all but nonexistent. Vegeta minimized fireworks between the Earth's Special Forces and his warriors by keeping them exclusively on Capsule Property. During the time, Raditz and Nappa were extensively rehabilitated with Vegeta's recent revelations. In their mind Vegeta did rule most of the planet through his mate's corporation. Each of the Z warriors agreed to let the Prince deal with his warriors, as long as Vegeta took full responsibility for them getting out of hand.

 

Goku however was developing a relationship with Raditz. Both met under controlled conditions at Capsule, and showed favorable progress in getting along. While Goku kept the story of Raditz's presence and death a secret from this doppelganger, he emphasized the good points of wanting a brother instead. As expected, Gohan wanted nothing at all to do with Raditz. Some of the times that Goku invited Raditz to come, but Gohan always had a reason for not attending. While he knew Goku could easily defeat his brother should he get out of hand, there was too much bad memory with Gohan to even want to see Raditz face to face.

 

Irregardless of this, Goku was thrilled to have a second chance with the doppelganger Raditz. Another interesting development came with the attention Raditz paid to Atomique. Nappa and Christine easily noticed how intently Raditz watched her whenever she came over to use Bulma's labs for her alchemy research. Son Goku would care for and train her sons while she was over at Capsule. Vegeta insisted that Christine or Raditz accompany her as a body guard, because Jeannie was becoming increasingly hostile towards her former friend.

 

Son Goku often sat by Atomique's bed at night to hold her hand when the nightmares of her husband's death got out of control. Often times her children slept with her in the large bed in Grandpa Gohan's house if she screamed. All members of the Son family rallied around their guest to try and get her over her terrors. Although she rarely wished to discuss it, Goku knew the nature of the dreams. He alone was the one she trusted with their descriptions. And it angered him greatly. Strangely enough, the few nights a week that she stayed over at Capsule with Raditz she had no nightmares.

 

More and more, Jeannie had appeared in the dreams, taunting Atomique. In the past two weeks it grew worse till she would holler nightly. Son Goku would instant transmit to her room and sit next to her on the bed, talking to her to calm her down so she could rest. Videl would then hug her and pat her back while Son Goku spoke reassuring words. Gohan would quiet her children with Goten's help.

 

Goku and Gohan had gone to talk to Vegeta about the question of Raditz and the other Saiyans. Also, paramount on Goku's mind was the continued problems between Jeannie and Atomique. While most of the Z fighters were grudgingly accepting the situation of Nappa and Raditz, Gohan was still worried.

 

After Vegeta explained the situation to Gohan, he slowly accepted the Prince's word that there was no danger. Especially when Goku promised to take full responsibility for what was happening. Yet Gohan was worried about something else as they stood there on the front lawn of capsule.

 

“It's not my affair Kakkarot. I promise to keep Nappa and Raditz from blowing up this planet, what more do you want?” Vegeta snarled.

 

“I'm just worried about Atomique and Jeannie. Every time she's over here there's nothing but trouble,” said Goku resentfully.

 

“Raditz is guarding her whenever she's here…” said Vegeta annoyed. “Do you doubt your own brother's ability to watch over her?”

 

“No… but Jeannie's my problem not Raditz!”

 

“Why Raditz?” asked Gohan.

 

“Let's not start THAT again!” Goku sighed at Gohan. “He's not going to hurt her! IF he wanted her hurt, it would be HIM I'm complaining to Vegeta bout! Jeannie's the real threat!”

 

“Indeed,” said Vegeta with a smirk. “Your son has misguided concerns. Why should Saiyans be the first to be blamed? After all, you know the score with us. Jeannie is the unknown…”

 

Goku sat there in resentment, gritting his teeth. "Why doesn't she just mind her own damn business?" he snapped.

 

"Dad, relax she's just one of Atomique-sama's friends. She's probably just plain bitchy training with Vegeta all the time… right?" his son asked.

 

"You call that a friend?" asked Son Goku. "She was playing for keeps."

 

"But Atomique won, right? And you and Vegeta would have stopped it before it got out of hand… maybe she's gotten it out of her system. I heard that Dragon Womyn has taken off on a trip somewhere," said Gohan cheerfully.

 

"There's something really getting to both of them to blow up like that. I figured it would come to a head, but I had hoped it would just be what you described, two opponents sharing their powers in a sparring match. But that wasn't a sparring match. They were out for blood…" said Goku with a sigh.

 

“Indeed it was most entertaining,” Vegeta said with a slight smile. “But it was especially amusing when Nappa convinced my student otherwise. And if it wasn't for HIM, your precious Atomique would be space dust…”

 

“I get the point,” said Gohan angrily.

 

“Well she did stand up to Jeannie didn't she? I mean I HAVE been teaching her how to fight… and so has Videl…” said Goku.

 

“Your training has been focused on her sons primarily. I've assigned Raditz to protect her. And that includes self defense as well…”

 

“WHAT?” Gohan gasped.

 

“I didn't know that…” Goku said quietly. “No wonder she was able to almost blow 18 away… you mean to tell me Raditz taught her that?”

 

“He's learned much since you last encountered him and so has Nappa… I don't let MY warriors lose their edge,” said Vegeta.

 

“That's my point Dad. If they get too powerful…” said Gohan.

 

“That same argument spelled doom to the Saiyan race, brat,” Vegeta snarled at Gohan.

 

“Gohan, enough… look Vegeta, I appreciate your wanting to help her, but Gohan and I can teach her what she needs to know…” Goku said quietly. “Then she won't be in danger here…”

 

Vegeta coughed and said, “Kakkarot, my point is that she needs to learn to defend herself, and she has the desire to learn! Does it matter who she learns from?”

 

“She's my responsibility, not theirs," Goku said suddenly. At this Vegeta raised an eyebrow, seeing the expression crossing Goku's face that resembled something more possessive and Saiyan like then before.

 

"What's going on Dad…? I know you're upset, but you're really freaking me out…" Gohan said.

 

"Dragon Womyn's words are meant to hurt. She deliberately provoked a fight, but she wasn't expecting Atomique to defend herself. Looks like she's learning more than just martial arts from Vegeta… she's picked up his sour attitude as well. And she's turned Atomique-san into her number one reason to exist… sound familiar?" asked Son Goku.

 

"No way, Dad… I refuse to accept that her own friend's turned her into her worst rival!" he shook his head.

 

“You do have a fertile imagination,” said Vegeta.

 

"Jealousy makes women and men do crazy things…" he said in a low voice. "Vegeta had his reasons to hate me… although they make no sense to me, nor did I ask for his hatred… the fact I exist is enough for him to be permanently ticked off…"

 

“I have my reasons, dolt,” Vegeta snorted. “And the jury is STILL out on that, Kakkarot. Make NO mistake…”

 

“Exactly, you're his number one mad on… I already know that, Dad," Gohan nodded.

 

“Don't you forget it brat,” said Vegeta.

 

Goku rubbed the back of his scalp, fingering the mark that changed his destiny from that of a planetary pirate, to that of a warrior of peace. He grinned and said, “Geez Vegeta, all you seem to talk about still is beating me… but isn't it kind of funny how you have a kid and a wife, and our two sons play together?”

 

Impatiently Gohan sighed, rolling his eyes. He asked, "Where are you going with this Dad?"

 

“Yes, do refrain from stating the obvious before you piss me off, idiot!” Vegeta snorted. “My time isn't something to WASTE you know…”

 

"Jeannie was once lovers with Atomique-sama's husband… before they were married," Goku explained.

 

"WHAT?" Gohan gasped, picking his jaw up off the floor.

 

“Humph, now that is truly fascinating,” said Vegeta.

 

"Jeannie is supposedly lovers with Star child's son. You see they don't age… like you and me. Go figure it's weird and strange… but for some reason, her lover Elliot died. So she got lonely, and since at the time Star Child had no mate, he got together with her. But that made his best friend angry, and they fought bitterly. He used his special powers to make her forget. But for some reason, she's remembering… and that's not a good thing…"

 

“Human mating is so overrated,” Vegeta smirked. “So let me get this straight Kakkarot… you claim that every time she sees Atomique-sama she becomes insanely jealous, because she married the man that Jeannie once loved….”

 

“Kuso! And because those twins are a permanent reminder… how majorly messed up!" Gohan snorted in disgust.

 

Goku nodded with his stern stare straight-ahead at West Central city. He grunted in affirmation, then said, "Women are strange… but what matters the most here is that Jeannie's turned her into a reason to train hard. Making her a target for hatred is all that's keeping her going. Does that sound familiar, Vegeta?"

 

“Shut up Kakkarot before you make me pound you!” Vegeta growled. “If you have a point to make I suggest you do so NOW!”

 

Starting, Gohan suddenly remembered, "Wait a minute! Jeannie said she had a mate… Elliot… but he's dead?"

 

Still looking at a point beyond the grass on the lawn, his father confirmed this fact; "Elliot somehow got brought back. I though it'd logically be Dragon balls, but they don't have them in her dimension…”

 

“If that's the case, Kakkarot, there must be some other way. It sounds to me that her world's pretty much a write off… conquered by those Destroyers…" said Vegeta. “But perhaps that can be rectified…”

 

"She mentioned that a scientist named Space Ace activated a dimensional transport and scattered them across space time… I guess that's why he isn't here with her?" asked Gohan, sitting down next to his father on the front steps of Capsule.

 

Son Goku nodded, "Yep, I think that's it. And now this whole thing is getting ugly.”

 

“I am aware, idiot. She wouldn't stop till I gave the order. So that means that the only way that Jeannie will refrain from annoying or provoking that woman is to make certain the playing field is level,” Vegeta said with a smirk of triumph.

 

“You see Gohan, It's honor, and until she can fight for herself, Jeannie ain't gonna leave her alone…." Said Goku quietly.

 

"Dad, do you realize that she used all the techniques that Vegeta taught her! You saw it was a stalemate because she used what you taught her… that last push alone was eerily familiar… just like when you and Vegeta first fought! Doesn't that creep you out?"

 

A smile cracked the serious expression on his father's face. He chuckled as he said, "She's getting pretty good. You should have seen the look of shock on Vegeta's face… it was side splitting…"

 

“Kakkarot, you're THIS close to making me shove my boot up your ASS!” Vegeta snarled at him.

 

"Dad, this is crazy! She's not one of us! She's not a fighter… she's a scientist…" Gohan protested. He shoved his glasses higher on his nose, glaring at his father with frustration.

 

“Is that so? Or are you talking about yourself, brat?” Vegeta asked.

 

“Vegeta, please! That was UNCALLED FOR!” Gohan yelped.

 

“I'm not the one chasing females and going on DATES, am I? Neither is TRUNKS,” said Vegeta pointedly.

 

Son Goku shook his head in the negative. He cracked that infuriating smile of his that Son Gohan remembered so well. "I don't think so. She's a fighter because what mother wouldn't fight so hard for her children? She learned to use her powers offensively and defensively. I think she can get to like it…"

 

"Are you sure that's the only reason, Dad?" asked Gohan, glancing directly into his dad's eyes.

 

"I made a promise, son," said Son Goku seriously. "To take care of her and her sons. Nothing more, nothing less. Your namesake if he was still here would insist on letting them stay…"

 

"But she's a scientist dad… an alchemist. What if she wants to work? Taking care of a house while you go train isn't what she does! She told me she wanted to find a job at the university I was applying to!" he snapped.

 

“Correction, she's working for Bulma,” said Vegeta. “Are you THAT dim?”

 

“Yes but we're overlooking something,” Goku said abashedly. “I wasn't supposed to TELL anyone this… but I forgot till now… what was it?”

 

“Great Galaxy what the hell now?” Vegeta snorted.

 

“Give him a moment. What was it dad?” asked Gohan.

 

Goku sighed, "Lately when she's been dreamin' about her husband Paul, she's had these fears that he's turned his back on her. Last night… she told me that she saw Jeannie and Paul together… and they laughed at her…"

 

Lifting his glasses to his forehead, Gohan asked, "Dad… are you serious?"

 

“You mean to tell me that my student is appearing in that woman's DREAMS? Do you realize what you're SAYING?” Vegeta demanded. “If she IS…”

 

"I am. I'm not making this up. Something's going terribly wrong. The Star Child I knew wanted me to care for her if he couldn't make it back… I was thinking of using the Dragon Balls to wish him back to life… but I can't because he's been dead for more than a year…"

 

"The Namekian ones…" nodded Gohan.

 

"Yeah… but should I?" Son Goku asked.

 

"You should ask her what she wants. Regardless of what Jeannie thinks… and you can't take the place of him…" said Gohan. He whipped off his glasses, polishing them on his shirttail.

 

"I'm not tryin' to, Gohan," he insisted.

 

"Are you trying to convince me or yourself, Dad?" he asked.

 

"Huh?" he asked.

 

"I'm not a baka, and neither are you. Are you in love with her?" he asked with a small smile.

 

Goku leapt nearly a foot in the air off the steps. Whirling on his son he yelped, "In love, are you crazy?"

 

Struggling not to laugh with his father's demeanor, he asked, "Are you, or aren't you? Be honest with me dad… we could always talk before…"

 

Son Goku was speechless for a moment, then regained his wits to formulate an answer, "What I feel isn't the same as for Chichi if that's what you mean…" he trailed off. "I like Tomique-chan her as a very good friend, that I want to protect and care for… that I don't want to see hurt…"

 

"But you invited her to live with us. Most people who do that end up being lovers, Dad… except you're not that kind of man, are you?" Gohan teased.

 

"Um… what exactly do you mean?" he blushed.

 

"Dad?" Gohan asked, leaning right in his face. "C'mon now… I know you aren't that naïve cause you taught ME about the birds and the bees! Don't play stupid with me! I know you're smart in your own way!"

 

"She loves her husband, not me in that way," Son Goku said quickly. "I'm taking care of her like I promised him…"

 

"Even though you're honorable Dad, you're a man like I am. And you're gonna be lonely. Don't tell me that you don't want to… you know go all the way with… like I want to around Videl…" said Gohan with a slight look of innuendo.

 

"Well the only reason you haven't is because you're afraid her father's going to make a public spectacle outta you, right?" Goku teased him. "Why else do you think I let you an' her stay in Grandpa Gohan's place? It's not just to study is it?"

 

"Dad this isn't about ME, its about you! Don't change the subject!" Gohan yelped, hiding his face in his hands.

 

"Well if YOU don't want to do something else either then study, then why should I? I mean what kind of person do you think I am?" Goku glared at him.

 

"You have to let her go live somewhere else, or at least have her live separately if you're..." Gohan groaned.

 

"I'm not going to BED with her!" said Goku.

 

"Of course that's what he suspects, you clown!" Vegeta snorted. Both men whirled around to see the Saiyan no Ouji standing on the steps of Capsule, glaring at them both with his usual disdain.

 

"Uh, Vegeta… I didn't realize you were still here?" Gohan gasped.

 

"Unlike you, I still have my full Saiyan senses!" Vegeta snorted. "Kakkarot, you're a complete and utter imbecile!"

 

"Why?" Son Goku challenged him, with thinly veiled disgust.

 

"Vegeta, get lost! This is NONE of your business!" Gohan shouted. "With all due RESPECT your Majesty… this isn't public knowledge!"

 

"Gohan, lemmie talk to him alone… I'll catch up with you later… please?" Son Goku said.

 

"Okay, but I don't care for any of this… Vegeta… you've got no…" Gohan fumed.

 

"He's the Saiyan Prince, and knows more about this than either of us," Goku shrugged, holding out his hands.

 

Vegeta smirked, leveling his onyx gaze at Gohan with a superior gleam present, "You have your lucid moments of sense Kakkarot. Bugger off, brat… this is man's talk…"

 

"I know when I'm not wanted…" Gohan shrugged, and marched off, to find Videl.

 

"So Vegeta, what's up? You got something to say to me?" Son Goku asked, watching as the Prince of Saiyans walked down the stairs to stand opposite him.

 

"Yes, you fool, as always I have to hammer the facts of Saiyan biology into your thick skull… though why I bother…" Vegeta snorted.

 

"Because no matter how much you deny it, the fact I'm a Saiyan too is too much of a temptation for you to try and prove you're right," Son Goku quipped.

 

"How true. Kakkarot, you've grown up as a ningen. And your mate has left you. This woman's mate is dead… the answer seems simple enough even for YOU…You're acting like a lovesick fool Kakkarot. Don't think I don't notice how you fawn over that female…"

 

"Vegeta… mind your own business…" snorted Goku.

 

"Fine, see if I care! It was a waste of time talking to you as usual! Go ahead and play house with that female… most people think you're screwing her anyway!" Vegeta said.

 

"Excuse me?" Goku asked, glaring at him.

 

"You'll end up screwing her if you're not careful. You can't have it both ways, Kakkarot. Either you'll drive yourself mad because you are missing that loud mouthed harpy of yours, or you'll drag this woman into your bed. You cannot deny your urge for sex. It's a drive that we all share!"

 

"What would you have me do? I can't throw her out! She needs me!" Goku yelled.

 

"She needs a male that isn't pining over his lost mate. Don't you have the balls to stand up and demand that your woman Chichi return home? Didn't she put you to this test in the first place to see if you'd be man enough to fight for her?"

 

"Vegeta, you're wrong!" Goku growled.

 

Vegeta snorted in Saiyan tongue, then continued, "Little wonder you're such a fool. You're struggling with a half bond… not a true one. And an uncompleted bond leads to madness…"

 

"Excuse me, Vegeta, you forget that I have two children? Doesn't that bond me to Chichi forever…"

 

"If that's the case then fight for Chichi. Make her mark you and form the bond completely! If you're so blasted lonely, go get that mate of yours, and make her come home! Spoil her rotten, just don't be stupid and take another female unless you're willing to go to bed with her and disregard your former mate! Make up your damn mind!"

 

Son Goku turned his back to the Saiyan no Ouji, and shoved his hands into the pockets of his training outfit. He walked slowly away, and then levitated into the air to fly home.

 

"Whatever you say, Vegeta…" Son Goku answered. "I gotta go. Bye for now…"

***

Vegeta watched him streak off at a great speed towards West Province 439. Still he smirked knowingly, having smelled the telltale male pheromones in full blistering bloom. In that short period of time, Kakkarot looked more like his brother Raditz then a mere ningen. Sooner or later, Kakkarot would admit that he'd been right, and then he'd enjoy shoving it in the third class's face.

 

Which was why he wasn't surprised when he sensed the brother in question behind him. Not looking he asked, "What do you want, Raditz?"

 

"Sire, I apologize for my brother's stupidity,” Raditz said.

 

"Enough," said Vegeta. "How much did you hear?"

 

"All of it, begging your pardon. And if I might be so bold, I might have a solution?"

 

"Oh?" asked Vegeta.

 

"Let me speak to him. I have gained his trust. Perhaps I can convince him to abandon this fool quest of courting that female without intent to mate her. He's dishonoring his heritage. I might be able to reason with him, since he's attempting to forge a brotherly bond between us. Already he's invited me to stay with him when I wish it…"

 

“Hmm, I had wondered what you were waiting for, you idiot,” Vegeta mumbled. "You're permitted to go stay with Kakkarot. Do what you can to make sure that he doesn't continue this folly. Take any measures necessary. I won't have this third class making a mockery of his Saiyan blood."

 

"Any measures?" asked Raditz, raising a brow.

 

"Do I have to spell it out for you?" Vegeta snorted. "Do try and keep up with me! You're still bedding that woman aren't you? Well go ahead and go the next step you fool!"

 

"You know I've marked her... but I fear she does not wish the same commitment to me," Raditz said angrily.

 

"Have her drink your blood in turn at the very least, or else it will drive you BOTH insane! Did your father teach you NOTHING about mating? Great Super Saiyan I know more about this then you do, and I grew upon Frieza's ship!"

 

"I know what was required of me, and I did mark her, and she HAS drunk my blood," Raditz snorted.

 

“Well then what in the name of the Legendary Super Saiyan is STOPPING you, fool?” Vegeta growled.

 

"I had hoped that in time she would realize the error of her ways…” said Raditz.

 

“Then spell it out to her. Have you formally declared your intentions?” asked Vegeta.

 

“No sire…” Raditz admitted sheepishly.

 

“Why not?” Vegeta demanded.

 

"Begging your pardon, sire, but she's human, not Saiyan. And she follows customs that dictate that only after you've mourned your husband do you even think of being with someone else. She says that they share a soul bond. I have no business interfering with that…" said Raditz sternly.

 

"So what?" Vegeta grunted. "You don't know what you're talking about."

 

"Mind bonding is not the same as soul bonding, is it?" Raditz asked.

 

"No. But some mistakenly think so. A mind bond can be tampered with, but a soul bond forms of its own volition."

 

"As I said, she mind bonded with Star child... that is a more intimate connection..." said Raditz.

 

"You must find out if its her mind or soul he's bonded with. Perhaps... and you will NOT repeat this to anyone got it... perhaps if you can see how deep the bond is, you might be able to convince her to break the mind bond. But if she shares a soul bond..." Vegeta murmured. "You'll be hard pressed to break that. But my instincts tell me that if she were truly bound, she wouldn't have slept with you in the first place..."

 

"But... how can I tell?"

 

Vegeta slapped his hand against his broad forehead. He said in a very tight voice, "What I'm trying to say you bakayarou, is that more than one sort of bond among Saiyans. The physical connection between mates by children, the commitment by blood, and the rare soul bonding. It's almost impossible for a Saiyan to share all three with his chosen mate. But not unrealistic. If you can get that female away from him, perhaps he can be convinced to complete the mating bond with that loudmouth woman of his. Then you try and get her to exchange memories with you, to establish a mind link at the very least."

 

"Sire, may I ask you a question?" said Raditz.

 

"Now what?" asked Vegeta irritably.

 

"You and your woman, Bulma share all three, don't you?" Raditz asked wryly. "And this one as well?"

 

Vegeta held up a gloved hand, examining its seams. He smirked, "Yes. Unlike your younger brother, who shares a one sided incomplete physical bond by blood, and a complete one by children. That only counts as one and a half to my three… and the other... is not to be spoken of, got it?"

 

"Triple bonds are more stable then aromatics?" Raditz asked, glancing at Vegeta.

 

"Excuse me? What in hell did you just say?" Vegeta spluttered.

 

"I had observed last night, Atomique was talking about chemical bonding, and what you just said reminded me of that… I mean there are triple bonds… and then there's what's called an aromatic bond… when two elements in a chemical share not six but two and a half electrons…"

 

"Enough about the stupid chemical bonds, you third class fool! Don't make me think that stupidity runs in your family genetically Raditz!" Vegeta yelled.

 

"Sire… do you mean…" Raditz asked.

 

"One of these days I'm going to open that head of yours… don't make me regret giving you leave to visit your brother…"

 

"I thought we were talking about relationships, not my head, sire. What do you suggest?" he mumbled.

 

"What I MEAN is that you haven't chosen a mate for yourself in my service, am I correct?" Vegeta grumbled, trying to be patient with his soldier. "And you've already BEEN with that woman, so you put the pieces together!"

 

"No sire, forgive me. I don't know from personal experience about Saiyan bonds… due to my lack of a mate…” Raditz admitted, averting his gaze.

 

"Great Galaxy, you're Saiyan, and I'm your Prince and don't you forget that! And believe me you KNOW it when you see it! And that's ALL I'll say, dolt!" Vegeta snarled at him. His face was flushed crimson discussing such a private thing with a third class. Yet sometimes a Prince had to make sacrifices for the good of his people.

 

“My apologies sire…" he said.

 

"Just go now and do what you have to! You're dismissed!" Vegeta snorted. Bowing to him, Raditz rose into the air. In the light of the setting sun he streaked off towards the mountain home of his brother.