Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Saiyan Obligation ❯ The Two Gifts ( Chapter 3 )

The Mysteries of Love:

Saiyan Obligation

Chapter Three

The Two Gifts

VEGETA watched as a woman emerged slowly from the shadows, yet she did not make any further move to leave the ship. She held a small child close to her chest. A child with a tail. So the idiots were right. He was a Saiyan and definitely Kakarot's child.

They were also right in saying that Kakarot's mate was very beautiful!

A beautifully crafted face with delicate features, flawless skin, a rose bud mouth and the most illuminating pair of deep blue eyes. She was very beautiful indeed!

However it was her hair that held Vegeta's attention. It was an exotic shade of blue-green that fell in luxurious waves around her shoulders.

She looked as tall as him, possibly an inch or two shorter, but she was not muscular in built. It was probably that feature that had attracted Kakarot to her. Saiyan men enjoyed women who were fragile in built. It played on their large egos to have to protect a woman because Saiyan women were generally muscular built and could take care of themselves.

Although she had a very appealing figure from what he could tell, with her holding the boy in front of her. Her legs were long and shapely, clearly exposed in a very short blue garment. His eyes traveled back towards hers and was amused to find a spark of anger at his blatant assessment of her.

"So, you are Kakarot's mate." Vegeta more said than asked.

"Who's Kakarot?" Bulma frowned. She had had no choice but to come out from her hiding place. She also could not see any point in trying to escape from this man because she had sensed his enormous amount of energy. He was obviously a very powerful man and would no doubt stop any attempts she made to escape. And he did not even attempt to keep his energy low.

'Egomaniacm.' Bulma thought. So she had decided to humor him. After all, she would not go down with out a fight!

"Sire, his Earth name was Goku." Zoron said as Bulma looked at the man in surprise.

"How do you know Goku?" Bulma hoped that Gohan and her were not a means for these men to take revenge on Goku for killing their men. Goku had only been protecting them. He had done what was right!

"He was a Saiyan." Vegeta told her, as if that cleared up everything. Then she noticed something moving at the side of the handsome man.

"A tail!" Bulma looked in disbelief at the man's tail and then down at Gohan's tail.

"Yes. Your mate is a member of my race, the Saiyans. Which makes your son." Vegeta nodded towards Gohan. "A Saiyan too. Well, half Saiyan."

"Mate? Son?" Bulma looked from one man to the other in confusion.

"I believe the term for mate, used on Earth, is husband." Zoron said.

"Well whatever the foolish people call each other Zoron, I have no time for a planetary lesson." Vegeta said indifferently. Before addressing Bulma. "Since your son is one of the last two Saiyans remaining in this universe the two of you will be allowed to live here."

"What!" Bulma looked at the man in disbelief. "Listen here mister, I don't know who you are, and neither do I care, but we have no intention of remaining on this stupid planet!" Bulma said loudly.

At first Vegeta stared at the audacity of the woman in shock. He could not remember anyone, even Frieza who used much different tactics, speaking to him in the manner she did. And from Zoron's shocked gasp, neither could he.

"I will forgive your words as you are obviously ignorant to who I am. Now, your husband..." Vegeta used the word as if it were distasteful to him. "... May not know anything about his heritage, but I do! Not to mention I am very proud of it. Now as the Saiyan Prince, I feel some obligation towards your son who, as I mentioned earlier, is the only surviving Saiyan, beside myself." Vegeta said. It was not a lie, although he didn't mention the fact that he did owe Kakarot for helping him defeat Frieza. Even if the Saiyan was not aware of the fact, Vegeta always repaid his debts. So if it meant he had to protect Kakarot's little family, then so be it!

Bulma listened to arrogant jerk as if what she wanted didn't matter! Who cared if he was the Prince of all Saiyan's. Goku didn't even know who he was. Not that they didn't suspect that Goku, due to his tail and inhuman strength, was not an Earthling, it just didn't matter. For Goku, she knew, in his and everyone else's heart would always be a proud Earthling. Besides, in her heart she knew that a man as strong, not only physically but mentally as well, as Goku, would not just drop dead and die. No matter how badly beaten he had been today.

"Besides, where will you go to? Most of the people on your planet are dead. That makes it an easy target for space pirates to take over or destroy your planet." Vegeta reasoned.

"We'll take our chances." Bulma said to the 'Prince's' disbelief.

"Fine." Vegeta clenched his fist. If the damn woman wanted to be stubborn so be it! But he would repay his debt. "You may go."

A frown creased Bulma's forehead, but she was not about to argue. "Great. All I need is a ship that works in English. I can take care of the rest." She told him haughtily.

Vegeta laughed! The woman was impossible.

Bulma heard the sound of the Prince's laugh. It sounded rusty, as if he did not do it much. But it was a sound that tickled Bulma's ears.

"What is so funny?" She asked.

"You can leave. But the boy will stay."

"No way!" Bulma screamed. Zoron looked at Vegeta in surprise.

Ignoring the mans questioning look Vegeta said. "Well then, looks like you are staying too. Come on then."

Bulma stood still for a long while, staring at the man who just killed in cold blood and then told her she would have to leave a small child in his care with out even giving her a choice in the matter. 'What was he up to?' Bulma thought. She didn't know if she could trust a murderer!

As if he could read the questions in her mind he told her with an exasperated sigh. "Look, I have had a particularly long day and now I have to actually do something nice." Again he spoke a word as if it were distasteful to him, only this time it was the word nice. "Purely out of Saiyan duty and obligation, so don't test my patience. I have told you of the dangers that await you should you decide to leave so I am not going to take you to my Castle and place you in jeopardy. Now, if I wanted to get rid of you I would have just killed you."

Bulma listened to the good points he made as she looked at the two lifeless creatures on the ground. She then looked up at the man before her.

Vegeta saw her reluctance at leaving with him disappear, just as he had seen her suspicions of his words earlier. 'The woman was as transparent as glass.' He thought.

"Ok." Bulma nodded as she began to walk down the ships exit. It was not like she had any other choice. So she just had to take her chances with the Prince.

The Prince took a few steps towards her.

The moment Bulma landed on the ground she felt the pull of gravity dragging her down.

Vegeta saw the woman loosing her balance. Using his quick reflexes he caught her into his arms. One hand supporting her back, the other under her legs. He looked down at her flushed face as she lowered her eyes. If Vegeta did not find the feel of her in his arms so disarming or the sweet scent of her so intoxicating, he would have been amused at her embarrassment.

Yet he continued to look down at the woman. This close, she looked no older than twenty. Strange, considering she had a child that looked at least six years of age.

Bulma didn't know why she felt as if she suddenly could not breathe, all the man was doing was helping her from falling flat on her face. But she had never been this close to a man before. A man who wasn't a family member. His eyes were so dark and they looked at her as if they could see through her soul. The feel of his arms, even though they were covered, burned through her bare legs.

He carried Gohan and her as if they weighed no more than a shoe box. 'Gohan' Bulma looked down at the sleeping child. What was she doing fantasizing about a man's arms with a small child in her arms. A child she was supposed to protect.

She lifted her eyes then. "Will you really keep us away from danger." 'Was that husky voice really hers?'

"Yes." Vegeta answered softly, not knowing why he was bothering to reassure the woman. Or, for that matter, why he was still standing rooted to the spot staring at her as if he had never laid eyes upon another female before. Especially as she were a mated female!

The clearing of Zoron's throat broke, what could only be described as a spell, between the two.

"Planet Vegeta's gravity is ten times higher than that of Earth's." The man said as if explaining why Vegeta and Bulma had just been gazing into each others eyes like long lost lovers.

"Right." Vegeta smirked. 'Trust Zoron to save the day!' He thought as he flew of, with his cargo, towards his Castle.