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8: Allies and Morning Sickness

~*~*Belle*~*~

Sess held back my hair as I began to hurl into the toilet, every other breath was a sob. I hated throwing up more than giving blood, I rather give blood all day than throw up.

"That's it!" I sobbed as another wave hit. "I'm getting you fixed." I stuck my head back in the toilet. "That way I don't have to go through this ever again." Sess chuckled as he stroked my back lovingly.

"I'm sure you'll change your tune once you're done vomiting," he chuckled and I glared at him over my shoulder. His gold eyes were boiling over with love and I growled before quickly putting my head back in the toilet.

"You cheat, looking at me like that!" I cried as I stood up, I was done. "You know I can't resist those 'Love me' eyes of yours." I walked past him and shook my head as I grabbed my toothbrush.

"Well, I'll remember that, I hear birth is painful for your kind and I want to avoid being attacked when you're healthy," he chuckled and I gave him a look.

"Oh, well you are soooooooo in for it when I'm better," I stated as I left to take care of my morning chores.

~*~*Raine*~*~

I never thought it would happen. I prayed that it would never happened. But it had. Within a year of my being on this planet, it happened. I gave in to my 'master'.

Turles kissed me intimately, passionately on the lips as his hands caressed and groped me under the thin sheets of his bed. I gasped and he grunted when we both reached our limit and we both went limp on the mattress. He rested his head against my chest, his tail curled around my thigh.

It only took a year for me to give in and give up. I was his concubine now, nothing more. I had gone from a simple life in college, determined to become independent and possibly maintain my virginity. I failed at both, miserably. I've become the mistress of this alien soldier who holds my life in his hands whenever I fall in his line of sight or cross his mind. Suicide was no longer an option. My mind drifted to Yaten…

"I've seen the way you act around him. The two of you are close, very close….if anything happens to you, I will hold him responsible…"

If I died or disappeared…he'd kill Yaten.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

Silence settled uneasy as I wandered through Vegeta's room, I closed the window each making a thunk or a clunk sound as I closed them to keep the cold out.

Deliverance.

I stared at the view from his room of the gazebo and further.

I placed a hand on the window thinking of home. I had held every inch of suffering I had inside over the two years since the first captivity. I'd witnessed on the ship people dying of starvation others killing themselves and some even resorted to killing others before taking their own lives.

Deliverance.

It was so far away and I feared I would never see it again.

Never feel what it would be like to have the wind blow about me knowing I was my own person, knowing I was my own person and free. I'd been told by many I had talent, but even before this whole ordeal the knowledge of knowing I had talent wasn't enough, I had sworn upon arrival here I would not die I would live and I was trying my damnest to live. But memories of past times when I hadn't been as strong as I had tried to be at this moment filled me, the years of wishing I had killed him, wishing I could have had my revenge for taking away the life he had helped in giving me.

Men.

I hated them even more now, the few human men I had witnessed left were terrible, evil and I had to deal with it. Only ten minutes before walking down the hall I had to witness one of them beating up on another woman a human woman.

Saiyans.

I hated them also I hated what they had done to us, what they had made us become. I wanted to silence them all and I just wanted to die.

Talent.

Memories.

Home.

They were all fading in this world making me become almost robotic in my actions.

I turned round hearing the door open and looked at Vegeta as he closed the door and looked at me standing there. I still had one hand on the window and I placed the other on my hip and looked at him. He smirked.

"Majo… good to see you waited."

"Of course." I replied and left the window and walked up to him.

I hated myself for this. Hated myself for letting him come on to me and do things to me I swore I'd never let any man do again. But I was detached from emotion to prevent me from clinging to anything- to him. He pampered me so much after the incident with the Gung Ho Gun; I got clothes, jewelry, and limited access to his servants and if I was really well behaved cigarettes to fulfill my bad nicotine habit.

I sucked in a breath as he pulled me up to him and began to demolish the clothing he had got for me, tearing it from my skin. I would remain detached of all emotion of everything. Yet I would not be broken, never be broken, my humour would keep me and the others strong it was all I had left that could keep a smile on all our faces. Even the king of Saiyans wouldn't be able to take it away from me.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I served Kakarot breakfast and he stopped me with a gentle hand on my shoulder.

"Yes, Lord Kakarot?" I asked with my head bowed and Kakarot looked at me a moment.

"Can you feel the baby?" he asked and I blinked before smiling.

"Sadly, no I can't, I won't be able to till Summer has begun," I said with a bow. "Is that all, Lord Kakarot?"

"Yes," he said before waving me away. I stood in the kitchen beside Sess as we watched them eat.

"He's curious about babies," I chuckled and Sess looked at me.

"I just don't want him too curious about yours," he said quietly and I smiled at him.

"Don't worry, he won't be the one to worry about, Raditz is the one who'd hurt me," I said quietly. Something still nagged me about Kakarot's curiosity about the baby, but I shrugged it off.

"I forgot to tell you, I have to assist Bardock in his lab, he's meeting with King Vegeta about something and they want me to help them," he sighed and I looked at him.

"I'll find something to keep myself occupied with," I said with a smile. "In fact I think I may go see if Zarbon is free."

"Use the passages," Sess said and I gave him a look.

"Well I was just going to walk around the long way of the palace and scream 'Freedom' instead, but I guess using the passages would be good as well," I stated and Sess gave me a look.

"Your sarcasm has been noted," he said with a slight growl and I felt a shiver go up my spine.

"Whatever will you do with my disobedience?" I teased as I gazed at him with a sultry look, Sess smirked as he growled low enough so that only I could hear.

"I'll think of something," he chuckled and headed out with Bardock's second helping.

~*~*Raine*~*~

"S-Sir, you cannot go in there!" someone yelled before the doors suddenly busted open.

I was getting dressed after getting out of the bathroom when I laid eyes on the stranger. I gasped and wrapped my arms over my exposed chest, glaring at him. He looked apologetic for a split-second. He even bowed slightly.

"Where is he?" he half-demanded, half-asked.

I lowered my brow. This guy sure as hell wasn't the king. I'd never seen him before, but I knew he wasn't Saiiyan. He was a tall pale-skinned man dressed in garb that looked somewhat royal. He was bald and the look on his face was very intimidating. But that wasn't what caught my attention. It was the fact that he had a third eye on his forehead.

I looked to the bathroom when I heard approaching footsteps.

"What the hell? Tien?" Turles walked out of the bathroom, a towel covering him from his waist to his knees. His skin was still moist from his bath. He stopped in midstride.

"I'm challenging you to a spar. You already know the place," this 'Tien' said and stormed out without another word. I stared on at him in surprise.

Who the hell was that?

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I had felt cold sitting in the bed of the King's he was in the next room talking, I scratched at my skin, I felt disgusted with myself.

"Tonight then?" Vegeta's muffled voice came through the door. "These royal children… really."

"Princess Pai I agree is a child, but prince Naile I assure you isn't."

"Sanjiyans and Namekians." Vegeta huffed. "Fine organize a dinner with them."

"You've got to meet Bardock at the lab remember my king?"

"Fine." Vegeta huffed.

I covered my face and pulled the blankets up as the door opened and I caught Zorn looking at me and he smirked and just walked out. Vegeta looked at me.

"You're dismissed Majo, it appears I have duties to attend to."

I nodded and climbed out of the bed and pulled on the ruined dress, did it matter? Not really it must have been plastered all over the palace now. I left the room hurriedly and down the hall avoiding anyone before arriving back at the room to change.

Vash was in the room as I walked inside, he was sleeping catching some sleeping moments after his morning chores, and he looked so peaceful and adorable. I pulled the torn dress from myself and tossed it to the side I walked up to the basin and poured some water in the bowl and using my soap I began to scrub at my skin furiously. I felt repulsed and it gnawed at my mind, I was his, I was nearly in tears I had tried so hard and so long to be strong, but I was failing now of all times, I hated failing, my whole life had been about trying not to fail to prove to my parents I was and could be successful.

"Jay?" I heard Vash's voice sleep filled asked.

I wiped away the tears and just sat there and continued to scrub at myself hoping I could tear my own skin off just to get rid of the feeling of him over me.

"Jay… your back, are you okay?" I felt Vash come up behind me and he took the basin way from me before emptying out the soapy water and filling it with ordinary water and I felt him press a damp clothe against marks on my back. I cringed in pain.

"Vash… it hurts…" I felt his hand take mine and give it a reassuring squeeze.

"He did a number on you are you okay?" Vash asked.

I let out a sob and spun round startling Vash and clung on to him sobbing. "He… megami… he… how can I let him…" I couldn't even bring myself to say the word for fear I would see it happen all over again in my mind.

Vash held me and ran his hands through my hair. "I was wondering how long you would take till you let it out. But what happened did you do something wrong did he pun…?"

"No… everything was fine I ran his bath set his clothes out, closed the windows." I rubbed my eyes. I looked up at Vash.

"He was just in the mood for it huh?" Vash asked rather bluntly.

I bopped him over the head even though I was still tear struck.

"Ow! Even when you're crying you manage to beat on me why is that?" he asked.

I wiped my face and sniffed. "Cause I can and you never fight back. Lets me get all my frustrations out, the past relationships I've had they would beat on me because they could and I was never strong enough to fight back."

Vash looked at me and he smiled and pulled me in to a hug. "I think I'm beginning to understand the way you work now J'dee."

I curled in to him as he ran his hands through my hair slowly. "Well enlighten me."

"You don't know how to deal with someone you like do you? So you beat them away from you. Make them try to hate you so you have no reason to enter the relationship in the first place." Vash explained.

I looked up at him. "Yeah… but isn't that forbidden? A relationship between slaves." I blinked and looked away.

"Give me a chance, we have a lot in common."

"No we don't." I grumbled.

"Yeah. We do." Vash held up my notebook with the sketches in it. "You hate violence yet you hide that, you would rather resolve things by talking them through…"

My mouth moved trying to speak I hadn't kept those pages of the notebook, for fear the saiyans would read them and use it against me. Plus when you have no food on a one-year trip paper was a last resort for food.

"But that's written in English… well it was."

"I learn fast." He stated. "plus I had good reading material."

I felt my checks heating up. He'd taught himself how to read our language just by reading my notes and the kama sutra.

Vash flipped through to a page of one of my sketches, it was a dark picture of a pile of bodies piled in the corner dead, while there was roman numeral numbers marked on the wall on how many were in that pile.

"Your drawing the shadings are everywhere there is no light in this picture, you look close enough… you can see your writings from the page that used to be previous to it."

I looked up at him. "I knew I should of torn out two pages instead of one." I remarked.

Vash smiled. "And here I thought we only have being slaves in common, but you wouldn't hurt anyone if you could, though I believe I agree with the old lady when she said you have a bad past that drove you to have a pure heart."

"Those were private thoughts!! You had no right to read them!" I pulled back from him angrily and covered myself with my arms pulling my legs up; I felt complete embarrassment realizing I was in front of him naked, I never went naked round him.

"Turn round." Vash stated.

"No pervert!"

He sighed. "You want your back to remain infected then fine."

"How do I know you won't pull anything funny?" I asked looking at him my eyes narrowed in a glare.

"Have I succeeded in pulling anything funny with you yet?" He asked.

I blinked and shook my head. "No…"

"Then turn around I'm going to put some of this on your back." He held up a gel tube, it was like the stuff they had in the regen tanks except in gel form.

Sighing I complied and cringed biting back any form of pain I felt. Sucking in deep breaths when I could.

"Why did he do this these cuts are dangerous to scarring." Vash asked, this was the first time during my year as a courtesan Vegeta had attacked me- so to speak while I was sharing a bed with him.

"Fricken Kama Sutra. That's what." I huffed in annoyance.

"I don't follow." Vash stated.

"They're ownership marks. He's making a point that I'm his." I replied.

"Did he bite you?" Vash asked.

"What? Why would he bite me?" I asked and looked at him. "Because biting is in a chapter later on…" I found myself looking away my cheeks heating up.

"Biting is a mark of picking a mate with the Saiyans. Normally on the crook of the neck."

"No it was just the scratches digging in to my skin." I replied. "He's making a point to the other human men more than likely. Not that I would ever be seen dead with any of them!"

"Hey Wolfwood's okay isn't he?"

"He's a priest of course he's okay."

I sighed and leant forward my chin resting on my knees that were pulled up to cover my chest.

Vash spent ages rubbing the gel in to my skin carefully, he was being gentle and I found myself almost relaxing had my back not been stinging all the while.

"Good lord Jay… what happened?" I heard Wolfwood and then the door shut.

"Vegeta… he's marked her as his property in tradition to some human custom called… Karma Supra…"

"Kama Sutra Vash." I informed him my face blushing several shades of red.

"What's a girl like you doing with a book like that?" Wolfwood asked.

"Look I was twenty and my friend's fiancée leant her the book, I couldn't help it… plus I wanted to impress my boyfriend at the time."

"Did you?" Vash asked.

"I don't really know…" I smiled thinking about him though and how shy and humble we'd been with each other.

It was a time I loved to think back on. "He didn't complain… and neither did I. I think he was the first guy I truly was in love with. Actually the only guy, until…" I blinked and stopped, was I going to say Vash? I felt it I was going to say Vash.

"So two guys you were in love with out of how many?" Wolfwood enquired, he obviously knew about the whole women equality thing that was for sure, if men could do the whole sleep around thing women could too, and I did seem to ooze that off me at times.

"Two guys out of ten that were legit boyfriends." I replied.

"So you were no virgin that's for sure then." Vash stated.

I let out a sigh. "No I wasn't." I grumbled.

"So you miss him, the first guy? I could feel your smile from here. Despite what just happened you got to keep your spirits up, and if he was good enough to make you smile after something terrible like that, he's got to be worth knowing about. Especially after the 'not that I would be seen dead' comment." Vash quoted. "Besides I need to know my competition."

"I let out a sigh. Vash there is no way I am ever-" I stopped feeling Vash's hands massage the gel in. Ever admitting that I think I had fallen for him.

"Ever what?" he asked.

"Are you hungry cause I think I'm hungry…" I added randomly.

"Oh no you don't tell me about this guy." Vash remarked.

"Fine he was perfect, a ninja, blonde, great with a shot gun, and had blue eyes and a Celtic tattoo across the back of his shoulder blades that I couldn't stop touching. When I'd wake up in the morning I'd find him in the doorway just watching me sleep." I smiled, "Yet he was so shy and a bit of a computer nut, but we all have our vices."

"Great with a shotgun? What kind of girl finds that attractive?" Wolfwood questioned.

"Me." I grinned. "He wanted to be a police officer, I thought it was great, he said his ex girlfriend panicked because he could get killed, but I liked the idea, him out there helping people keeping law and order, but to do that he had to practice his shooting."

"So Wolfwood what have we got planned for today then?" Vash asked changing topic, my obsession with men and guns must have made him want to change the topic, after all he mentioned competition.

"Well we could meet up with Belle and the others. I think Jay needs another female to talk to, she can't keep what happened locked up inside forever, it will slowly consume her, and we don't want that."

"How about we find the local mall and I buy some clothes?" I asked.

"Why?" Wolfwood asked.

"I hate dresses. I'm up to my ears in them and they make me sick." I complained.

"Hate to inform you but there are no malls round here." Vash pointed out.

I let out a sigh. "Buggar…"

"Hey what about the links I have in laundry I'm sure we could find you something from there…" Wolfwood offered.

I looked over my shoulder at him. "You know I like that idea."

"Oh boy I feel today is going to be one of those days." Vash sighed.

I bopped him over the head. "Grow up Vash."

"I think I'm old enough as it is." He replied and rubbed his head.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I entered the passageways and did a major no-no, I went on autopilot. I was thinking about all the things Sess had done and all the things he could possibly do to 'get back' at me for my sarcasm. I giggled to myself and pressed on the wall where the entrance to Zarbon's quarters should have been. The wall remained a wall and I blinked.

"Oh dear," I whispered as I realized I had missed my mark and I was God knows were in the walls. "Oh…oh boy, Sess is going to kill me. Wait, no, he'll wait till after the baby, THEN he'll kill me." I rested my back against the wall of the passage and it opened. Of course I leaned against a door, I was lost, I had no idea where I was, why not end up falling out of the passages. I didn't fall far without hitting someone and then landing on my butt on the hard marble floor. Out of the corner of my eye, I could see some sort of robe and I quickly looked behind me to see a huge, green warrior standing above me. I quickly got to my feet and bowed, my rage at myself leaking into my voice.

"My Lord, I'm sorry, I was not paying attention to where I was going," I said as I stared at his feet mentally chanting: 'Don't blast me. Don't blast me. For the love of God, don't blast me.'

"You can quit that now, I'm no one's lord or master. We're equals in the eyes of Kami," he growled and I blinked. Was this guy for real? Then something clicked.

"Kami?" I asked as I looked up at him and he smirked.

"He is our god," he said as he looked me over.

"Yah-weh, but mostly we just call him God," I said as I looked at the green warrior. "I am Belle, my race is Human, we are few and only on Vegitasei, we are the last survivors of Earth." He looked at me, he obviously wasn't expecting me to be so open with him.

"Yea…I'm Piccolo, I am a Namek from Namek," he grunted.

"Are all Nameks as articulate and generous?" I asked with a smirk and he looked at me and I wondered if I wasn't going to get blasted. He suddenly smirked and chuckled.

"A slave with a backbone, glad to see the Saiyans haven't broken you," he chuckled and I smiled.

"If anything, we humans hold onto our senses of humor, of course, I'm rather lucky," I said as I looked around the room we were in. I had never been here before and I took in the whole room. It was an armory and I stared at the various weapons, shields, and armor that decorated the room.

"You think you're lucky?" Piccolo seemed shocked and I looked at him. I shrugged my shoulders before noticing twin blades on the wall, hanging over them was a third blade.

"I have a mate, he protects me when he can, he cares for me while I'm ill, and he loves me more than his life," I said as I approached the blades on the wall, they seemed to be calling me. I could sense Sess's presence on them, not his scent, just his presence.

"Impressive, those are the Royal Swords of King Inutaisho of Tenrousei. The twin blades are Tenseiga and Tetsusaiga and the long one is Toukijin. Three of the greatest blades ever forged," Piccolo said and I noticed a tone of respect in his voice.

"You sound like someone who saw them in action," I said as I looked at Piccolo, taking in the pointed elf ears and antenna.

"The peoples of Tenrousei are great warriors, they had no name for their race before the Saiyans arrived to wipe them out, after thirty long years of war, they sent the Saiyans off their planet. The Saiyans named them Yamainu, it means wild dogs because in battle any member of that race is as vicious as a wild dog," Piccolo said as he looked at the swords. "I had the honor of meeting the great Inutaisho and training with his sons. They were a great and noble family, although the name of their people is not very honorable, they made the entrance of the Yamainu into intergalactic society a noticeable event. I respected them above all the other 'savage' races because they did not fight unless necessary, only when war came to them."

"What happened to them?" I asked as I looked at Toukijin.

"The line of Inutaisho was dethroned by the son of an adviser who did not take kindly to being dismissed from the family's service," Piccolo sighed. "It's happened too many times between all the societies, much in the same manner." I sighed.

"I always hoped as a child, that when we met intelligent life on other planets, we would meet beings with amazing knowledge and a wonderful peaceful rest would come over my people. Instead I find that the worlds in the stars are as violent but more powerful," I sighed. "Strangely, if I had not come here though, I would never have met my handsome mate and we would not be bringing our child into this world." I looked at Piccolo to see him staring at me.

"You are a strange one," he said and I shrugged before looking around.

"Are you a frequent visitor here?" I asked and he nodded.

"Our King has sent his heir to come here and join in the intergalactic politics for our people before taking over, we'll be here a while, I'm his sensei and have been here seven times before," he said and I nodded.

"Do you think you could show me how to get to the gazebo in the garden from here?" I asked. He looked at me strangely.

"Follow me, Strange One," he said.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

After Wolfwood had left us Vash sat on his bunk I stood in the doorway watching some unfamiliar faces go by some green and some with three eyes it was creepy I tell you CREEEEEEPY.

"They're slowly breaking you aren't they?" Vash asked his voice soft.

"Yeah, they're winning." I sighed defeated, I shut the door and I climbed up on to his bunk with him. "I knew I shoulda just killed myself on the ship back from where ever... I killed two people Vash; you know how hard that is for me? I should have died instead."

"Hey no." Vash spun me round suddenly and I gasped at the way he held me, his grip proved to be stronger than I thought. "You're going to live."

I nodded slowly and he must of seen my tears before pulling me up close to him, I felt so lost more so than my bad sense of direction.

"It'll be alright Jay… I promise everything will be alright." I just clung on to him as I finally let out all the tears I had kept inside for two years.

"I won't let you kill yourself. You made the promise and I'm going to make sure you keep it." Vash stated.

I looked up at him and wiped the tears from my face. He looked down at me and I nodded. "I know I'm not going to kill myself and they're not going to kill me either. It's just my insides are beginning to feel empty so empty that I feel I might be becoming void of any emotion." I looked down, and ran a finger along the hemline of Vash's shirt. "Except when you're around." I added. I looked up and Vash looked down at me.

I rested my head on his shoulder with a sigh. His hand ran through my hair and I sat up suddenly and he blinked at he looked at my expression. "This might seem a bit forward of me… but… make me forget please."

Vash blinked. "How?" He was clueless to what I meant.

I reached up and pulled him down to me and kissed him wrapping an arm round his neck the other fiddling with the buttons of his shirt.

"Oh…" He blinked and looked down at me getting a serious expression. "Jay are you sure…? Vegeta… my scent…"

"I can't get it out of my head… only you can help me, I want a good memory of this place, so help me please." I finished undoing all of the buttons and pulled the shirt from him and he looked down at me.

He sucked in a breath obvious nervousness, of all his flirting and talking when it came down to it, seeing his expression and feeling his emotions I knew he didn't want to hurt me. He wasn't human and that made it that much better.

"Once again are you sure?" Vash asked.

I smiled up at him. "I think I've fallen for you, you big donut eating goofball of course I'm sure."

Vash smiled. "I'm so used to being beaten away that this is going to be a little bit odd for me."

"All men have needs the same as women, I'm sure you can get over it reaaaal quick, besides I still have my little red book."

Vash grinned suddenly. "There were a few things in there that look promising."

~*~*Belle*~*~

I smiled as I looked over at Piccolo as we stood out in the cold and I bowed to Piccolo.

"Don't do that," Piccolo growled and I looked up at him.

"In a closed room one can speak freely, my Lord Piccolo, but in the open where the eyes of enemies are always open, one must speak as the more powerful have decreed," I said and then smiled as I pulled my hood over my hair and head. "Good day, I hope to see you again, Lord Piccolo." I headed through the garden looking back to see that Piccolo was gone. I smiled as I headed back to the barracks.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

"Oh yeah that hits the spot." Wolfwood grinned as he took a drag of the cigarette I gave him we sat outside the slave entrance to the palace, sharing the cigarette packet Vegeta had let me have for a that morning's bed warming. I flopped back, we were the only two smokers of our group, Vash didn't approve and I knew by now if Raine caught us she'd stomp them out furiously and throw them in the lake- even if it was frozen over.

"Man I miss that hit. Just numbs me to all forms of physical and emotional pain… it's an evil addiction, but it's an addiction. My addiction."

"They say if one of your parents had an addiction to something that you could be addicted to something." Wolfwood spoke.

"My parents gambled." I stated. "My dad was bad, he used to take my money I was saving up and gamble with it, if I didn't give it to him he'd get angry and beat me. I promised myself I was going to be a better parent than him. But that's not going to happen I'm not going to have kids. Vegeta doesn't want me mating with a human, and if I get pregnant to him or to…" I stopped short of mentioning Vash and our suddenly private friskiness fiascos. "He'd kill the kid, half breed and all."

"What would you do if you got pregnant to Vash?" Wolfwood asked. I looked at him and he smiled. "Don't think I haven't noticed the way you two act when you think you're alone."

"I think he'd make a great dad, a good role model for a child to have. But think of it in my way the child of a plant and a wiccan what type of power would that kid have? Vegeta would terminate that's for sure, the same if it was his kid a Saiyan wiccan. Face it I'm never gunna have kids and I guess I'm kinda happy about that. Still I like to think on the what ifs every so often." I took a drag of the cigarette.

Wolfwood was the only human male I could get near without death. Steve the guy from my work I'd run in to him a few days before and it resulted in a blasting on Steve's part when he hugged me. Still he was Fascha's servant and was granted a warning to not come near me plus some Regen tank time to recover.

I closed my eyes we were meeting the others they'd be here shortly, so we had to finish our ciggies quick smart still the smell would linger, but they wouldn't be able to destroy the moment of nicotine based habit we'd just had.

"So how did you grow up?" Wolfwood asked finishing his cigarette.

"My dad kept telling me I wasn't his kid. I think it was his way of making a legit reason to do what he did to me. While he'd beat me and my mum would come home late, we all knew she was having an affair but we didn't say it. It was messed up, I came to hate Christmas, after all what child likes to spend her Christmas in a safe house hiding from a parent?" I looked at Wolfwood. "What about you?"

"I was an orphan. My guardian didn't treat me any better than your dad by the sounds of it, I started an orphanage to make sure kids didn't grow up the way I did."

I looked at him and smiled. "Really?"

"Yeah really. What are you smiling about?"

"I think that's really sweet. You're not bad for a priest."

He laughed. "Thanks I think. You're not bad for a witch." I grinned at him as I stubbed my cigarette out.

Vash picked that moment to arrive and I stood up and he rubbed his arms. "It's cold."

"We're heading to meet Raine, Belle and the others now?" I asked.

"Sure are, but can we do it inside?" Vash asked rubbing his arms.

"I'm sure we can go inside walk round and then outside again towards the gazebo." I offered considering it's in that direction." I pointed away from the palace. Wolfwood grabbed my arm and corrected the direction, it was still away from the palace but it was the principal of the matter we would get there faster going there instead of Vash's long cut inside possibly past every fireplace and heater it had to offer.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I smiled as I entered the barracks to see Sess was laying on his bunk, it looked like he was sleeping and I smiled as I watched his hand spasm and all I could think of was my cat back home before she pounced. A predator often has a muscle spasm right before a pounce and I smirked as I moved around to the head of Sess's bunk. I smiled as I watched his ears twitch, he was so awake and barely hiding it. I bit back a giggled as I made the first move and quickly caught his head between my hands, my fingers massaging the backs of his ears.

"Belle!" he groaned as his eyes fluttered open and I smiled as I looked at him. Stroking up and down the ridge of his ears I practically purred as his eyes rolled up in his head as he whimpered in pleasure.

"You were going to jump me!" I giggled as he pressed his ears into my hands and I smiled as I watched him writhing in pleasure on the bunk. "Well, I caught you in your own game, Mr. Prime Predator. So what should I do?" He moaned and I felt my pulse increase as I watched him pant wantonly as his fingers clutched the sheets.

"Please…" he purred as he looked at me with lust-filled gold eyes, I leaned close and kissed him deeply, it was a mistake to get so close. I was on the bunk beneath him with my dress hem pulled up around my waist before I could blink. It was my turn to be tortured as Sess pinned me to the bunk and quickly kissed me before flipping me over.

"You're a beast," I whispered as he began a fast rhythm. I cried out as he pulled back my dress neck and bit into my shoulder again.

"I may be a beast, but I'm yours and you're mine," he growled as he licked the wound clean and I moaned in pleasure.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I finished making a snow animal and grinned. I sat down in the snow and Vash stood under the tree away from the snow falling and I looked upwards. "Back on earth I hardly saw snow like this the last time I saw it I was fourteen."

"What is that?" Raine asked from where she was sitting we were all waiting on Belle and Sess… yet again.

"It's a snow cat." I replied.

"Meow…"

"J'dee that's not funny." Wolfwood remarked. "Making noises for the animal."

Suddenly snow was flung at us and the black kitty stood there and looked at us.

"Meow…"

Vash raised a brow. "Isn't that cruelty to animals?"

"Are you going to enforce that law?" I asked in retort.

Raine sat down by the cat and rubbed it behind the ears and it purred. "This fellow is just everywhere isn't he?"

"I love cats they're so weird and kawaii at the same time."

"Hey I think I hear Belle and Sess." Wolfwoof remarked and headed down the path.

"Alright!" I jumped up and followed.

"Finally it's cold!" Vash rubbed his arms.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I walked down the path, my white robe floating around me as Sess's black robe floated around him. I looked back at him and smiled as we headed towards the gazebo. He growled low and caught me before we got within sight of the gazebo, pulling me close and kissing me passionately.

"Hey you two, what have I told you about doing that in front of me?" Nicholas cried and I looked back at him.

"You know, for a priest, you're a lot like a Peeping Tom," I stated as I wrapped my arm around Sess's shoulder and stroked his ear gently. "Go perform a marriage ceremony for Vash and Jay, they're getting close to needing it."

"Hey! I heard that!" Jay said as she peeked out from behind a tree.

"Well you wouldn't have if you weren't spying on us, letches," Sess said with a smirk.

"We take offense to that, well, I take offense to that, it's true about Jay and Wolfwood," Vash said and I glared at him before grabbing Sess's hand and leading him to the gazebo.

"Want to come with us to Zarbon's Raine?" I asked as we approached and she smiled, it was the small smile that she always had when Zarbon was mentioned, I liked to see Raine smile.

"Sure," she said as she looked at Jay and Vash who were in a snowball fight with Nicholas trying to escape without getting hit.

"Are you three coming or should I inform King Vegeta to look for you as ice sculptures later tonight," Sess asked and the three looked at us.

"Duck!" I cried before rushing inside before the snowballs fell where we had been standing.

~*~*Raine*~*~

"Man, the nobles here are lacking in the manners department," Wolfwood muttered. I looked at him.

"It's bad enough we've got these saiiyans to kiss up to, but now their visitors are pushin' us around too?"

"W-What did these 'nobles' look like?" I asked him.

Wolfwood looked at me, "Why? Did you run into one?"

I sighed and looked down, "I think so. He looked human, but he had another eye on his forehead."

Belle and Jay looked at me.

"A Sanjiyan," Vash nodded knowingly.

"What did he do?"

I scratched my head, blushing in humiliation.

"I-I was getting dressed when he came barging into the room demanding to know where Turles was," I said.

"Why would he come barging into…Oh," Vash bit his lower lip.

"Then Turles came out of the bathroom and the guy demanded a sparring match with him and stormed out."

The others blinked.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

We were walking down the hallways and there was banter about nobles and how rude they were.

"They're nobles they're suppose to be rude." I muttered.

I looked at Vash noting he had fallen quiet. He just walked along with that serious expression on his face and I looked down at the ground as I walked.

Vash slipped his hand in to mine without saying anything.

"So you're quiet." I remarked.

"The walls have ears, you have to be careful what you say."

"Its true nobles are supposed to be rude, heck princess Di was cool, but the queen man she's got a carrot so far up her ass that's its just-."

"You have to be careful with what you say, you are the king's property if he heard…" Vash interrupted then trailed off serious.

"What you'd lose another roomie, bunk buddie, a little red book I have, what?"

"Just think about what he did to you this morning, it's ten times worse and painful even the strongest of spirits have been broken from it."

I raised a brow. "What… tell me… now its gunna bug me. Tell me!" I tugged at his hand and he let go and walked on and I blinked something wasn't right.

"Vash you jerk stop being uber sensitive." I grumbled and followed behind at my own place crossing my arms.

"J'dee going a bit slow there aren't we?" Wolfwood looked at me and I caught up him to avoid Vash, he was keeping secrets and I was gunna make him pay. I clung on to Wolfwood's arm. "So what do you think about the nobles?" I asked.

"Don't get me started." He looked at me. "So you were one of the commonwealth countries right?"

"The commonwealth yea… man I hate the commonwealth, fricken heck, I'm kinda glad earth was blown up in that regards, but the nobles here make it look like they were the best royals you'll ever meet."

~*~*Belle*~*~

I shook my head as I pushed open the door and entered.

"I don't know, I appreciate those that want to help, like Zarbon, but I swear, it's the ones that act like we should be honored to be slaves that bug me. We should smile and bow and say 'Thank you great and powerful beings from space from turning us from cave dwelling primitives into the lowest level of your…" I found myself staring at Zarbon's parlor where more than a couple of aliens sitting and talking. "Oh…dear…"

"Well, I see not only have the Saiyans not broken your spirit, but they have not taught you to hold your tongue either," a familiar voice said and I looked to see Piccolo stand up and look at me.

"Lord Piccolo," I managed to stammer before looking to see two other Nameks, one was a younger one and the other looked a lot like Piccolo. I looked at the other two aliens, they looked basically human save for the extra eye in the middle of their foreheads.

"I see that Lord Zarbon has guests, I believe we should leave," Vash said and I nodded before looking down, my face had to be very red.

"You all may relax," Zarbon chuckled before looking at us. "These are all anti-slavery supporters." I was still blushing. "Forgive my rudeness, these are my friends, Princess Pai and her bodyguard, Tien, they are members of the Sanjiyan race."

"Pai is always happy to meet new races," the girl said and I looked at her, she looked no more than fourteen and about as bright as a night light. The other one, Tien, just nodded at us, light reflecting off his hairless head.

"Prince Naile and Prince Dende with their bodyguard Piccolo, they are from the Namek race, I see that Belle has already met you," Zarbon chuckled.

"A pleasure," the one who looked like Piccolo said as the younger one smiled at us and I smiled back.

"I see you're still alive Prince Sesshoumaru," Piccolo chuckled and I noted the look that passed between my mate and the stranger.

"These are some members of the newest slave race," Zarbon sighed.

"Zarbon! There are no slave races!" Pai exclaimed and I felt part of me glad that the future ruler of the Sanjiyans would be anti-slavery.

"Princess, calm down, you know that by law if a race's home planet is destroyed they can be claimed a dependent race by whomever removes the survivors," Tien stated and I looked at Sess and he nodded, it was true.

"Pai doesn't like that policy," Pai said before turning her nose up and I smiled.

"Then why don't you change it," Raine snapped before looking away and I stepped forward.

"Forgive us for our words against alien people's but, we were taken from our world and allowed to watch as it was destroyed," I said coolly before locking eyes with Piccolo, Naile, Tien, and then Pai. "Raine has been through more than most of us. She has a little more of a reason to snap at politicians." I bowed by head to them.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I was silent as each of the aliens spoke a brief bit about themselves and a basic reason to there presence on this planet, namely to do with Vegeta. I looked always with Vegeta. I hated myself and clenched my fists at my side when they mentioned his name, I hated being a slave and I had a mouth to prove it and I would.

Eventually we were consulted for brief information about our pasts. As far as I was concerned my past was buried, no one wanted to know the past I had one earth, I didn't even want to remember it.

"Well I started out as a sort of body guard for Vegeta." Vash stated to our shock as we were going through histories, "Until he realized I didn't kill. Then I was placed as a cook in his kitchen. That's my status, I'm happy there."

When you think slaves, you think robots they listen and do as they're told and have no personality what so ever, but these other aliens seemed to realize we were people to, had personalities, it was enough to make me snap out of the macabre mood I had been facing just that morning.

Wolfwood looked at them. "I'm just a cook, on earth I was a priest I ran an orphanage, helped kids who were parentless, and I didn't want them to grow up like I did."

"J'dee…" Vash looked at me.

I crossed my arms as the nobles looked at me. "I hated my life on earth." I shrugged. "Happy good. I need a smoke."

Raine grabbed my shoulder to stop me from walking off.

They were looking at me suddenly everyone was. "I was beaten from the age of one till the age of fifteen, molested at age eleven, raped at age sixteen, and told I was nothing but a failure." I looked down and felt Vash's hand slip in to mine.

"Sounds like you've been here all along."

"Anyways I've got a degree in film and television, I've covered, law, drama, music, Shakespeare, maori art history, Amercian history, American cinematography, visual arts and design, plus hospitality, and I was working as a bartender when I was nabbed. I get here I'm beverage assistance for Vegeta until… I… we get back from a mission from some planet now I'm his 'courtesan' and I don't like it and if I could remove these damn restraints I'd curse, hex, and blast him till he was nothing more than a pile of dust!" I exclaimed and then Vash pulled me away before more outbursts could begin. He just held on to me and I felt my cheeks heat up at the group looking and I buried my head in to his coat. "Sorry…" I mumbled. "This morning… it was the last of it… I can't take it anymore…"

"Your alive that's all that matters." He soothed.

~*~*Raine*~*~

Everyone's eyes were suddenly on me. I looked down when I felt Wolfwood's presence beside me. I looked at him and he had a look that suggested that I should go ahead. I sighed and folded my arms, shaking my head, "I won't gain anything from telling my sob story to anyone."

~*~*Belle*~*~

I looked at them coolly from by the window where I watched the snow.

"What about you then, Strange One?" Piccolo asked and I looked at him.

"Medicine," I said. "I was going to work in distributing and developing medicines, I was still in training, but it was going to be a good life. I could find a mate, have young, and grow old living a comfortable life all without a worry in the world." I looked at them and then chuckled.

"Well, two out of three's not bad," Nicholas chuckled and I gave him a look. "Hey, it's the truth."

"What's he mean by that?" Naile asked and I blushed as I took a step next to Sess.

"What he means is that you are looking at the Princess Belle, mate of Prince Sesshoumaru and mother of the heirs of Tenrousei," Zarbon said and I nearly laughed at the expressions on all their faces.

"You have to be kidding, Zarbon!" Tien cried and I looked at him before turning my head so I was looking out the window again.

"And why would Zarbon jest about that?" Sess asked with a chuckle. I looked and did laugh at the expressions on their faces.

"You can interbreed with an alien race? I thought the Yamainu couldn't produce offspring with any alien races," Piccolo cried. I smiled as I walked over to Sess and he wrapped an arm around my waist.

"The humans have an amazing DNA structure, it allows for the production of fertile hybrids," Sess stated as if commenting on the weather and I tried not to laugh.

"AAA! Pai is so happy! Sesshoumaru will have children! The Yamainu will have a true ruler!" Pai cried before leaping onto Sess, causing him to fall onto his back and I began to laugh.

"Princess Pai, I'm glad to have your approval at least," Sess said before removing her from his chest.

"So, what are you going to do about the little one on the way?" Piccolo asked as he looked at me.

"What do you think they're going to do?" Jay stated as she stood next to the couch Vash and Nicholas were sitting in.

"You're going to send him to Koga aren't you?" Tien asked and Sess smirked. I blinked, what was this?

"Hold on here, Buddy," I started as I looked at Sess as he lay on the floor. "You had something planned. When were you going to tell me?"

"Or the rest of us for that matter?" Raine added as she looked at Sess from next to Zarbon.

"I was waiting for a more private moment to tell Belle before informing you," he sniffed and I gave him a look.

"What about earlier today? That would have been an opportune time as any," I stated and I saw the smirk on Vash's face. "Stop being a pervert, Vash!"

"I thought of other things first," Sess said trying to hide a blush. "Plus I knew you were apprehensive about giving the child up." I sighed as I helped my mate to his feet.

"Foolish man," I whispered as I pulled him close. "If it saves our child and keeps him or her safe, I would do anything."

~*~*Raine*~*~

Zarbon was reintroducing me to Tien, explaining his history, but I wasn't really paying attention. All I wanted was his apology for storming into the room while I was indecent, then my mind wandered. There were aliens who were against what was happening to us. But they weren't doing anything about it. Man did this feel familiar. I folded my arms and looked to the floor once again as Zarbon and Tien spoke.

"Are you alright?" Zarbon suddenly asked, jarring me from my thoughts.

I blinked and looked up at him to see that Tien was no longer with us.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm fine, I'm okay," I quickly blurted.

He suddenly wrapped an arm around my shoulders, "Raine, you know you can tell me anything."

I sighed and nodded, "I will. But it'll have to be later. Too many ears."

He couldn't help but smile slightly. I rested my head against his shoulder. There was just something so pleasant about his smile.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I sat off to the side on my own while the others mingled and I just hugged my knees. I had remained so detached for most the part of being the little king's whore, but the scratches triggered something, a knowledge that he had researched our race before attaching. It made me jittery, especially the look of surprise I got when he made those marks. He had enjoyed it, enjoyed marking me in such a fashion. They would take forever to heal and when they were near done I felt it he would mark me again. It was knocking me off any control I thought I had.

"J'dee…" Vash knelt in front of me.

"I just want to be alone." I looked down.

"No if you're alone you'll lose your mind, c'mon." he pulled me up and I was dragged with him.

Vash stood with Sess the two were talking and I was noticing Piccolo staring in my direction. For a green guy he was cute.

"Here you can borrow this." Vash was saying, and something red passed my vision and I looked at Vash seeing him hand over my book.

"Vash…." I hissed my cheeks flushing a bright red.

"What is it?" Sess asked and looked at it skimming through the pages and his eyes widened and looked at Vash. "What is this?"

"It's something of Jay's from earth."

"Yours?" Sess looked at me.

"Wow look at that Piccolo don't you think he's the cutest green guy you've ever seen." I stated turning away.

Sess chuckled. "He's A-sexual… besides you two seem fine together."

"No way… A-sexual?" I blinked. "Really?"

"I assure you I am." Piccolo stated from across the room.

"With reaaaaaaaaally good hearing. "Sign me up for that A-sexual thing, I want good hearing too."

Piccolo blinked and shook his head.

"He's not that cute is he?" Vash asked obviously upset.

Sess smiled and slipped the book under his robes. "I'll look at this later." He moved to step up next to Belle.

"Sure he is." I replied.

Vash frowned and I slipped his arms round me. "But I'm with you besides you obviously look aaaaaaaall the time why can't I?"

"I don't look all the time." Vash frowned.

"Uh-huh…" I drooled.

"I'm never going to get good credit from you am I?"

"Depends how much cash you got?"

~*~*Belle*~*~

Sess's hand was wrapped around mine as we started to head out when I heard Piccolo cry out.

"Sesshoumaru, I thought I might warn you, Meier has arrived and I doubt you know, but Bardock is hosting us tonight," Piccolo stated and Sess visibly tensed. "We cannot support you publicly if Bardock makes the offer to Meier."

"Understood, I will prepare for the worse," Sess said and Piccolo shook his head.

"Sess, Meier does not care to feed on you, he bought Kagura from Naraku, he feeds off her when he wishes for Yamainu blood."

"Why are you telling me this then?" Sess asked and Piccolo turned his gaze to me.

"Oh…please don't look at me like that," I whimpered as I saw the look of rage and fear pass through Sess's eyes. Piccolo's eyes were giving me a look of pure pity. "No…you're telling me now who this Meier is and why you're staring at me like you just found out Raditz was going to rape me!" Piccolo looked at Sess before bowing and walking back to the others.

"Come with me," Sess said quietly and we started to pass the others before he gave them a look. I rolled my eyes if he acted like nothing was up they wouldn't notice us disappearing but giving them that look invited Vash to follow, and with him the others.

~*~*Raine*~*~

I got up from where I sat on the couch and followed the couple. I looked back to see that Zarbon had remained in his place. He already knew what was up.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

Vash held my hand as we followed Sess I didn't like this suddenly we each had our issues, but there was so much out there in this galaxy that we didn't now about and piece by piece we were being filled in.

~*~*Belle*~*~

Sess stopped in a clearing not far from the entrance to Bardock's home and I looked at him.

"So, what does Meier want from me?" I asked and Sess looked at me before growling.

"Your blood," he snarled as he pulled me tight against his chest. "Meier is from a race of blood drinkers, he is their third Prince, his older brothers do not leave their world, he is the ambassador." I looked at Sess, I wanted to hit him upside the head.

"Alright then, why me? Why not another human?" I asked and Sess looked at me sadly.

"Our child," he whispered. "He loves the taste of a mother's blood. He won't know about the lineage of our child…but he will smell the child in you and he will drink from you." I blinked.

"That…he….my blood…." I stammered as I thought about what I had thought this morning. I guess I would get to decide if I really did prefer throwing up to blood loss.

~*~*Raine*~*~

Due to my change in status, I no longer had to serve at those horrible misogynist parties that those apes dared to call dinners. But I was thankful. With Turles away, I didn't have to worry about his fondling or groping for the night. Hopefully.

I chose to wander through the palace alone. The snow was beautiful that night, the way it blanketed the place. Yaten might've liked it. I blinked. I was spending less time with Yaten, the more I thought about it. But then I couldn't help but grin. He had found his significant other in Faye and I guess he wanted to enjoy every chance he had with her. I sighed. I remembered when I had always wanted to experience that. Someone who cared for me. I sighed. I didn't want it now. I didn't want to be touched as badly as I wanted it back then. But then my mind drifted to Zarbon and I blushed. He was reawakening those feelings in me.

'Please. Like you could really get away with having a relationship with him of all people.'

It was true. Even if Zarbon felt for me the way I felt for him, Turles wouldn't allow it. Hell, he always looked for an excuse to increase Yaten's workload if I didn't cooperate with him. And Yaten and I were just friends. I wrapped my arms around myself. Companionship was the last thing on my mind right now.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I stopped dead in the door way as Zorn placed a box on my bunk and he turned round. "Wear that tonight the King's orders." He stated and walked past us and I looked at Vash. I walked up to the box and opened it. It was light weight and flowing in a sort of purple red colorness to it. Vash shut the door and I pulled my clothes off and slipped in to the dress. It was another damn halter neck dress with a low back, this time though there were pieces missing like at the sides of my hips and at the front showing cleavage. Vash stood there and he looked at me.

"Wow…"

"What I wouldn't give for a pair of jeans and a t-shirt and platform boots." I sighed.

Vash slipped up beside me, he wants to advertise the marks obviously. I felt his hand run over the fresh marks from that morning.

"He's not even letting you heal."

"Well guess I'm wearing this what about you?"

"I'm wearing what I always do."

"You are not wearing that damn coat in the kitchen."

"I have an apron."

I sighed and let myself sit down on my bunk and then flop down and rest before we had to do slave things. Then again all I'd do is hold a damn tray of goblets.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I got dressed in the gown Bardock had selected for me and I knew I was going to be this Meier's meal. My left shoulder was bare, but thankfully the strap over my right shoulder hid my mark from Sess. The Close Encounters alien helped me with my hair again and I looked at Sess as he stared at me.

"Be strong…you will survive, Meier is not the type to drain a mother-to-be dry," Sess said as he looked at the floor angrily. I placed my hand on his shoulder.

"Do not do anything stupid," I said and watched as the other two caretakers left before kissing my husband passionately. "I will be fine my love and he wrapped his arms around me and I heard something fall to the floor. I blinked and noticed a small red book on the floor. "You dropped this." I handed the book to him and for a moment I thought I saw relief in his eyes.

"Hurry, they'll be expecting us in the kitchen before the guests arrive," he whispered as he ushered me along.

"The sooner I get drained the sooner we can get me healed," I sighed before walking into the kitchens to see Vash and Nicholas already working. Vash gave Sess a sympathetic look before flashing seven fingers then three. Seven, three, seventy-three, what was he saying? I looked at Sess to see him glaring at Vash and I knew something was up especially when Nicholas began to chuckle.

"What's wrong with them?" I asked in a voice too quiet for anyone else to hear.

"Too much wine would be my guess," he growled and I could smell the shift in Sess's scent.

"You're lying," I stated as I looked at him and suddenly Jay entered and I saw a distressed look on her face as she looked at me.

"What's wrong?" Sess asked.

"Time for dinner," she whispered, her eyes locked on me, I felt ill.

~*~*Raine*~*~

A faint smile lit up my face when Zarbon invited me into his place again. I was glad that he wasn't busy. Leaving me alone with my idle thoughts didn't feel healthy. I was liable to go insane pondering my situation alone for hours.

"Why aren't you at the dinner? Not feeling well?" he asked.

I frowned, "Um, yeah. Turles decided to take pity on me for once."

He could hear the disdain and sarcasm in my voice. He was suddenly at my side when I sat on the couch.

"What's wrong?"

I looked at him, "What makes you think something's wrong?"

He raised his brow at me and I sighed. I looked away, "You mean Tien didn't tell you?"

He frowned, "He said that he caught you half-naked in Turles' bedroom."

"I'm assuming he called you to his chambers again," his frown deepened. It was a statement, not a question.

"Yeah. You'd think these Saiiyans needed sleep," I muttered.

Zarbon placed his hand on my shoulder and I suddenly got up. I didn't need more pity. It wouldn't help me, it would only remind me of how weak and helpless I was.

"I'll live, okay. I made it year in servitude under him, I can last another night in his bed," I groaned before slipping out of my floor-length coat. As I did, it got caught on my top, pulling down on it a little.

"Raine…"

I turned around to see a shocked look on Zarbon's face, "What?"

I pulled my top from my jacket when my finger brushed against my exposed branding. I froze. He knew. He saw the mark.

"He changed your status…" he breathed.

I turned away from him, "Stop it. Don't look at me like that."

"When did it happen?" he almost demanded.

Even in Turles' arms had I never felt so ashamed. My eyes grew a little moist and I finally made eye-contact with him, "I've had it for over a year now."

His eyes widened and I suddenly found myself in his embrace, crying again. I thought that I was all cried out.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

As per normal I was standing by Vegeta tray in one hand and looking at my nails in the other surprisingly enough I'd gotten over biting them, and smirked to myself I could do some damage with them that was for sure.

"Your concubine is looking bored king." Bardock pointed out.

Vegeta looked at me and picked a goblet off the tray. I caught the look in his eyes. "She's allowed to look bored after all I assume she's tired."

There was joined laughter round the table and I felt my cheeks heat up and caught Vash looking in, sympathetic. He wasn't at all how I pictured the man I'd fall in love to be like. I had expected a sort of, I don't know, man who would stick up for me. He did, but he also had his own rules and he was over protective like Sess. He was goofy in that child like quality but had years behind his eyes.

"More wine Majo." Vegeta ordered.

I nodded and slipped in to the kitchen and changed the goblets and filled them up with wine.

Vash slipped up behind me and no-one seemed to pay any attention. "Don't let him upset you, you're stronger than that." He whispered.

I just nodded and picked the tray up and left the kitchen I could feel Vash watching, I didn't understand how he could do it.

~*~*Belle*~*~

"Come here," a voice whispered and I looked around, I didn't know who called and I quickly took Kakarot's plate back into the kitchen. "Come here, Pretty one." I blinked as I felt a soothing sensation, like Sess kissing my neck. My eyelids felt heavy as I started out, pushing pass Jay and walking past where Turles sat. I "That's right, Pretty one, come to me. Come." I approached the taller of the pale strangers, the delicious feeling of Sess attacking my neck making my eyelids almost too heavy to keep open.

"That's right," he whispered and I realized somewhere that the table's occupants were all watching. Pai's eyes were filled with tears, all three of them, Piccolo's jaw twitched, Naile looked ill, Tien looked pissed, and all the Saiyans looked very interested.

"Prince Meier, feel free to feed off of her, she's healthy and you should not be a risk for the infant," Bardock's voice reached me and for a moment I tried to pull back but Meier's red eyes fell on me and I felt myself falling back into that docile state.

"Come," Meier whispered and I took the last few steps between us as I looked at him sitting there. His pale hand wrapped around my wrist and pulled me into his lap. "Relax, Pretty one, relax." I felt my muscles slowly obeying as I felt his other arm move to support my back. My head slowly fell backwards and turned so my forehead was touching the cradling arms bicep, exposing my pale neck.

"She smells delicious," the other pale stranger stated. I felt my wrist begin offered, the sleeve pulled away from my wrist.

"Try her then, D, you can have a taste," Bardock commented and I felt my heartbeat quicken.

"Calm, relax, do not worry Pretty one," Meier whispered and slowly curled around me, wrapping his other arm around my waist as his head came down. I closed my eyes as I felt his lips play over my neck before finding what he was looking for. "Calm." I felt like I was floating until the sharp pain of teeth entering my flesh snapped me back a little. I was still unable to move but my voice seemed to work. I let out a low moan, then that sharp pain of teeth happened at my wrist and slowly I felt a draining sensation throughout my body.

~*~*Raine*~*~

"It's not gonna happen, is it?" I asked, looking at the floor.

"What?"

"We're never getting off this planet, are we?" I slowly looked at him to see a frown on his face. I sighed and shook my head, smiling ruefully.

"He told me not to get my hopes up," I whispered.

"What?" Zarbon blinked.

I got up from the couch, moved out of the warmth of his arms.

"You know what? I think I should be getting home. Turles won't be out that late and I don't need him sending a search party coming after me," I said, turning away.

"Raine," Zarbon called after me.

I kept walking.

"Raine!"

I ran.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I stopped by Vegeta's side I couldn't help but stare at the scene, I nearly dropped the tray if Vegeta's hand hadn't steadied it and I looked at him as he took the tray from me and placed it on the table.

"LETGO OFME!!!"

I watched as Sess nearly broke through the door, he looked pissed. Vash and Wolfwood grabbed him and pulled him back suddenly the Saiyans looked over briefly. They heard him but luckily didn't see anything. Well I hoped not. I looked back at Belle, I had always followed the Vampire lore, but to witness them as real, made me look down instantly. I didn't need the dark images resurfacing.

"Majo go check on the kitchen staff will you." Vegeta ordered.

"Yes." I walked to the door.

I opened it to see Wolfwood and Vash trying to hold Sess down, unfortunately everyone else at the table was able to see also least the ones who didn't have their backs to us.

"Oh…" I gulped. "Not good."

~*~*Belle*~*~

I felt myself weakening and suddenly I thought of the Dylan Thomas poem, the one about going quietly into the night…I suddenly jerked and managed to cry out wordlessly.

"Meier, let her go," the other one, D, said. I felt Meier growl low against my throat and I managed to look across the room, seeing Sess struggling against Vash and Nicholas. My fear finally broke the spell Meier had over me and I began to thrash as he fed on my blood.

"I would rather you not damage my slave," Bardock said, there was something in his voice…was he worried. Ah yes, my baby, if my baby died he'd lose my worth plus the child's.

"Let her go!" Sess's voice cried out and suddenly Meier was gone and I was in warm arms. I felt myself waning as I tried to look around, but I felt like a puppet with my strings cut.

"Belle! Belle!" I opened my eyes to see Nicholas' blue eyes staring back at me. "That a girl! She's still conscious, how's Sess doing?"

"Not good, Bardock has Kakarot and Raditz holding him while Bardock hits him!" Vash growled and I blinked as I registered what was happening.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I slipped in to the kitchen while everything was going on another big dinner scene when would there not be one. I placed my hands on the kitchen bench and just looked at the cooks staring, I turned round I picked up a knife and threw it at them.

"QUIT STARING!" I snapped angrily and a chef ducked and the knife landed in the wall with a 'twang' I growled and stalked out. I felt trapped and couldn't escape and I hated that feeling. What was going on with me?

I felt flashes of the faces of the Saiyan and Dominec just before they had died and I sighed. I couldn't remember it but it was coming back and it was going to haunt me and I hated haunting memories made me very anti-social and unlikable.

"Problem in the kitchen Majo?" Vegeta looked at me.

I looked back at him evenly. "They weren't working fast enough." I stated. I looked over at Belle who was in Wolfwood's arms.

I caught Vash's look and it was showered with a sympathetic gaze that only I could read, I hate it when he looked at me like that made me feel evil, like it had been me who had killed them.

~*~*Belle*~*~

I managed to get up and pull away from Nicholas' arms. I walked to the door of the kitchen and let my bodyweight open it.

"Bad dog! How dare you attack Prince Meier!" Bardock cried out and I watched as Sess fell, skidding across the floor only a few feet away from me. I saw Bardock preparing to attack again and I managed to walk a few feet before falling, my upper body landing on top of Sess's chest.

"Girl, I suggest you move," Bardock snarled and I looked at him.

"Lord…Bardock….please….I…I asked for…him….for him to…to protect….the…the ba…" I don't remember what happened afterwards I just saw the world fade out of existence.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

After Belle's pass out scene and Sess's let off from punishment due to the guests namely Piccolo stating that some of the guest would like to eat without violence around them, we were released back in to our normal routines.

I was walking back to the room with Vash and he looked at me. "Are you okay?"

"I'm… okay… just not really with it."

"You're running on auto today aren't you?" He asked.

"Yeah. Happened to me the first time everything seems so fake and blurred, I get real moody too."

"Yeah I don't think Bardock's cooks will let you in their kitchen for a while and if you are at least not by the knife section." He joked.

I smiled. "You goof."

"See feeling better?"

"A bit thanks."

~*~*Belle*~*~

I woke up with a start to see Sess standing over me, his eyes were intense but as soon as he saw my opened eyes, relief filled his molten gold eyes and I smiled as I reached out and stroked his face.

"I'm fine, so is the baby, how are you?" I asked and Sess sighed.

"I'm fine, no worse than a few fractured ribs, I've had much worse and survived without a regeneration tank," he said as he stroked my face and I smiled at him.

"I will be fine, I just need a few days to produce more blood. I'm fine, my love," I sighed as I rested back and felt my head hit something. I reached back and pulled out the red book and I looked at the blush across Sess's cheeks. "What the hell is this?" I opened the book before Sess could grab it and I blushed once I saw what it was.

"Vash…uh…Vash gave me that…to borrow," he whispered and I looked at the book again.

"How did Vash get this….this is a human text…." Then the answer came to me. "Jay…what a bad girl she is." I whispered and then smirked as I opened it to page seventy-three. "Oh…this was what Vash was suggesting. Too bad we've been doing this for a while." I smirked as I flipped the book open to let Sess see his favorite position in the Karma Sutra.

~*~*J'dee*~*~

I lay on the bunk curled in next to Vash as he lay there. "So you don't mind me giving up your book?"

"So long as I get it back it's actually connected to sentimental values more than pornographic and perverted." I remarked.

"Well those are some great sentimental values you got there. Say think you can remember any of them?"

I bopped him over the head "Cut that out."

"What?" He looked at me with his mock innocence and I couldn't help but laugh.

~*~*Raine*~*~

Zarbon didn't chase after me. I was glad. I didn't need that look on his face. I folded my arms as I finally got inside Turles' home and headed straight for the slave sleeping chambers.

"Psst! Raine!" I looked to a dark corner down the hall. Silver hair. I blinked and followed until I was suddenly pulled into a closet.

"What's the matter? You look like you just got issued a death sentence." Yaten had snatched me into the closet with him. I had never seen him look so disturbed.

"Yaten!" I called him, snapping his eyes back at me.

"What's wrong? Is it Faye?" I asked.

He nodded.

"Well what is it?"

He was silent for a few seconds but then finally spoke. And I was not expecting what I heard.