Yay! A new story from me! Now, I know everyone's looking forward to Share Or Die but this isn't it. I'm still working on it :P I though I'd take a break and make a nice Bulma and Vegeta story. I'm thinking of another Goku and Chichi fic but that's going to be after I finish this one! Alrighty, now just read and review!

A Princess' Approval

Ch 1: A Broken Family

"Princess? Princess where are you?" Tutors and maids were running amuck looking for the lost six year old princess. "Princess Chishalli this isn't fun-" The tutor's words were cut short as he saw the girl's father start around the corner. His eyes went wide and he turned back the way he came from. "Larna! Larna!" he whispered harshly. The maid checking the light fixtures gently floated down.

"What's wrong Roger?" His eyes were wide and he was starting to perspire.

"Larna! He's coming! We-we can't let him know we lost her! This is the fourth time this week! Just... D-don't let him find out!" But Larna wasn't looking at him anymore, she was looking past him.

"Don't tell me what...?"

Roger's eyes nearly fell out of his head. Slowly, he turned to face an angry, sweaty prince. Larna immediately dropped to one knee in a show if respect while Roger, the poor man, tried to stop stuttering. Prince Vegeta was starting to get pissed off.

"Dammit Roger! What the hell am I not supposed to know about?" Just as the scared tutor was about to spill his guts, a big male guard came running in. "Hey Roger, I went looking like you asked but I couldn't find Princess Chishalli anywhere..." His sentence dropped off as he saw the prince. His eyes widened and he dropped to one knee, following Larna's lead.

Vegeta's eyes narrowed at the guard and without even looking at Roger, he grabbed the poor Erratian by the collar and drug him forward. "Is this what I'm not supposed to know about? That you lost my six year old daughter again?"

Roger nodded fearfully and launched into explanation mode. "See, what happened was she wouldn't pay attention while we were going over palace happenings and when we were introducing a special guest she asked for a bathroom break, so I allowed her but told her to be back ASAP. Thirty minutes later, when she hadn't come back, we started sending out guards and the help even started looking for her."

The prince growled and dropped the cat eared man. Turning to leave, he simply called over his shoulder, "Roger. Fired." And then disappeared around the corner. Roger turned pale and stood as the guard and maid stood.

"There goes another tutor..." The guard mumbled to himself as he stalked down the hall.

Vegeta knew exactly where Chishailli was, being one of two people in the kingdom who could sense ki. Chishalli was the other, due to the fact that she was the third strongest fighter in the kingdom. No surprise, since she was the daughter of the man meant to be the legendary. The only person who surpassed Chishailli in prowless was Vegeta's bodyguard, Kakkarot. 'Speaking of the moron,' Vegeta could sense his guard with his brat.

'So that imbecile was in on her escape plan? He knows she has tutoring on Wednesdays!' Turning another corner, he felt both their ki's raise a bit. 'Probably sparring.' He stopped just outside of his private sparring chambers. The room was supposed to be empty since he had used the outdoor room today to avoid getting bitched at. He had some upsetting news and he knew if he trained at full strength he would blow up the damn thing and his father would be on his ass. The techs would be pissed too but they knew better than to say anything so he would be fine on that end. Now, he would have to get bitched at because of his brat damaging the damn hunk of junk! She better be prepared to get a fucking earful...

Glaring at his daughter through the window, he opened the door and snuck in without either noticing. He smirked as he heard his little princess taunting his full grown body guard. She had quite a mouth on her for a six year old...

"Come on you imbecile! I know your slow ass can do better than that!"

Kakkarot raised a brow and smirked. "Chi, you know you're not supposed to say words like that... What would your tutor say?"

She simply smirked and shrugged, powering up a ki blast. "Final flash!" Kakkarot disappeared and re-appeared right behind her, putting her in a headlock. Not too much pressure, but enough that she couldn't get loose. She looked exhausted and was sweating profusely. It had been a long day and apparently, her body knew that all too well. She was getting ready to call it quits.

Vegeta's brow knitted in concern. She had said she wasn't feeling well that morning, yet here she was out here training twice as hard as she normally did. He could tell she was drained but she refused to let it show. Kakkarot slowly loosened his grip and allowed her room. "Come on Chishalli, let's call it a day." But Chishalli wouldn't have it. She broke the hold and turned back, firing a ki blast at point blank range, hitting him square in the chest. As Kakkarot flew back, Chi stood there panting. "Take... that... moron..." Suddenly, she dropped. Her energy was completely depleted. Just as she was about to hit the ground, Vegeta jumped in and caught her. He shifted her in his arms, growling about how stupid she was the entire time.

"Damn brat! You do this all the fucking time! Why don't you ever just give up?"

Chi smirked sleepily and murmured, "'Cause daddy never gives up..." She turned her head into his chest and passed out. Vegeta just frowned deeper at the sleeping... Thing... She could be such a pain sometimes...

Where she got it from he'd never know!

Kakkarot flew down assessing the damage from their almost-all-day training session. Right now it was 5:30 and they had started at 9:45... So, it was pretty close to all day. She had done a really great job. She was pissed off when she found Kakkarot and that always made her train harder, being upset. Standing there, Kakkarot tried to figure out what could have caused her to get this upset... He didn't get to think very long. "What the fuck Kakkarot? Didn't I tell you no training during school? She's missing her lessons just so she can come out and train. She can't do that. I can't have my brat not knowing all about her Saiyan heritage!" Kakkarot winced. That was the fourth time this week he had to hear about "the importance of Chishalli's education." Kakkarot knew it was important!

Not as important as food or training... But still important!

He scratched the back of his head. "My bad Vegeta. She snuck in here while I was on break and she looked pretty pissed. I couldn't just turn her away so I helped her relax."

Vegeta snarled and opened his mouth to tear into the guard when he felt something soft and fuzzy wrap around his wrist. Looking down for further inspection, he found Chishalli's tail wrapped around his wrist. He sighed. "We'll talk later Kakkarot. Don't think you're off the hook yet." And with that, he stormed out of the training facility. Kakkarot smirked... He had such a weak spot for his daughter.

Vegeta turned the corner into his chambers. He was going to put Chishalli in his bed for the time being, then he was going to take a long, hot shower. He deserved it after the day he had. Placing a kiss to the sleeping princess' forehead, he grabbed a towel by the bedside and turned into the bathroom. He turned the water on as hot as he could stand it before stripping down and climbing in the porcelain tub. Standing in the hot spray, he began to recall the day's events. It started with him being called into the throne room for his daily conversation with his father.

They were in the middle of an argument when King Vegeta received transmission from the King of Earth. King Vegeta had contacted him earlier on in the day, trying to build people into his alliance against the tyrant Frieza. "What is it? Can't you Earthlings see we're busy?" Teddy, the Earth king, jumped but quickly composed himself. King Vegeta snorted as the younger of the two royals came up to sit in his seat beside his father.

"Your Highnesses, I was calling in reference to the proposition you made earlier. In exchange for your protection from Frieza, I will send you ten of our finest scientific engineers. We've made more progress with these fine people on our team than we could have in years with our normal techs. Especially with my daughter. She can do the work of five techs..." The king shook his head out of some sort of thought and concluded. "If you would have them, they can be on their way there within the week."

King Vegeta raised a brow. "What about the second offer? I accept the terms of the first agreement, by all means, put those damn weaklings on a ship and have them here immediately! But what about the second agreement I proposed?" Prince Vegeta straightened up in his seat. He hadn't been of any "second offer". What was all this about?

King Teddy visibly stiffened and then sighed. "I've thought long and hard about it and you're right. Bulma would be safer there. I agree to both proposals and as soon as I can find her she will be on her way to Vegetasei. We plan on teleporting her there rather than a spaceship for her own protection." King Vegeta nodded and waved away his son's confused glare. Just then, a huge crash and a sting of cuss words came from King Teddy's end and he sighed once more. "Forgive me, but I must end our little get together. We shall talk again when they land. Oh! And, Prince Vegeta? Do be a good mate and husband to my little Bulma. She's all I have left..."

And with that, the Telecom went black. The younger Vegeta sat there mentally willing the old bastard to come back on. 'That son of a bitch used the words mate, proposition, and agree in the same sentence...'King Vegeta rose and began barking orders at the servants who dared to just stand around and gawk. "Father..." He ground out through clenched teeth, "What the fuck is that old bastard talking about..?" King Vegeta smirked. How did he know this was going to happen? Turning to face a very pissed off son, he decided to approach the conversation in a calm manner.

"You're being mated to his daughter whether you like it or not. Reason being, Earth is full of scientists who will be very good in making us a profit and creating much needed weapons against Frieza. Their mentality is just as smart as our scientists if not smarter and that girl of his is a genius. She has quite a mouth on her so I'm positive you two will get along. The only problem will be your brat..." Prince Vegeta wouldn't stand for it. He stood and opened his mouth to retort when his father held his hand up, signaling for him to be quiet. "That brat of yours needs a mother. The whore of a mother she has now plans on going to the space council once this war mess clears up to get custody. If you don't have a woman and a STABLE life, the little twerp is going to be given back to Leona. And you know what kind of training she'll be doing then... She sure as hell won't grow up to be a warrior!"

It was true... If He let his daughter go with that whore, she would be put into lessons that she couldn't get out of. She would live the life of a female slave and be forced out to other men in the palace. When she became of age, she would be forced to become a concubine and become what her mother was. If she was lucky, one man would take her and keep her as his personal sex slave, but with that smart mouth of hers it was very likely she'd get one of the more rough masters...

Just thinking of all the possibilities made his blood boil. His ki started to rise and the older man smirked. He knew he had his son in the palm of his hand. Truth be told, he had a sweet spot for his granddaughter too, but like HELL if anyone would find that out!

Vegeta sighed deeply. This was good for two reasons. One, he was saving his daughter and two, he was doing a favor to save the planet he would one day be ruling. Fine. He would do it but that didn't mean he'd have to like it... "Fine..." He ground out through clenched teeth, "I'll mate with the bitch... For the planet's sake..."

King Vegeta nodded. "Sure... For the planet..."

Vegeta simply glared and started out. "Whatever old man! I've got a training session to keep!" A training session that, might I add, didn't end very well for the spar-bots...

Vegeta shook his head to clear it of the memory. He didn't need to think about it now. He would worry about it later when the woman arrived. Vegeta slid out of the bathroom, clad only in his boxers and a pair of old sweat pants. He was about to walk over to see if Chishalli was up but he was met with a very unusual sight... There was a lavender haired boy, who looked about Chi's age, standing at the foot of the bed having a staring contest with a now awake Chishalli.

"Look Lavender, I already told you this morning that there was a mistake! My father isn't mating anybody! Now you and your mom can go back to wherever the hell you came from!"

Vegeta's eyes widened. So they were here already? Where the hell was he going to put them? Well, the woman would have to stay in the same room as him, unfortunately, but since when did she have a kid? Now he was going to have to find another room for him...

Vegeta turned his attention back to the argument where the lavender haired boy was talking again. "I'm not going anywhere. My mom is the Princess of Earth and she's going to be mated to your dad. You heard that with your own ears from that Roger dude today." Vegeta's eyes narrowed. Damn that cat, always telling things he didn't need to. It was a good thing he fired him. Hearing Chishalli growl, he sighed and strode into the room.

"So you're the Earthling's son. Since when did she have a kid?"

The boy raised a brow. "Since seven years and two months ago." Came a voice from the doorway on the left. Vegeta's eyes narrowed as he turned his attention to the doorway where his jaw promptly fell open. There stood a vision of perfection... She was about his height with shoulder length blue hair and baby blue eyes. The pale blue dress she wore clung to her curves and accentuated all her features. It was about knee length with spaghetti straps and a low neckline, showing just enough to get the imagination, but not enough to look indecent. Maybe, he might like being mated...

"Oh... You must be Prince Vegeta... I'm Princess Bulma and this is my son Trunks. He and I teleported ourselves here early this morning because we couldn't wait any longer. If I stayed behind at the lab I would have turned down the offer and I'm doing this for Earth..." She sighed and then smiled brightly. "The king just figured out that we were here so he sent us to your chambers. I guess he figured you wouldn't be here."

Vegeta nodded and started trying to figure out where to put them as Chishalli sat there, eyes wide and mouth gaping open. It snapped shut when her father started to order two of the servants who were carrying their luggage. "Put the woman's bags in here. She can sort them out after dinner. Put the boy's things next door in Chishalli's room."

Chi gasped. "B-but... That's my room daddy!" She just couldn't fathom what her father was doing! Allowing people from somewhere else into their home, putting another person into her room... What was he thinking?

Vegeta jumped a little, he had almost forgotten about the girl. Turning to face her shocked expression, he began. "Chishalli, I understand that. The boy has to have somewhere to sleep. It's only for tonight, he'll have his own room tomorrow." He put his hand up to keep her from talking and Chishalli closed her mouth.

Trunks felt bad for her when he saw the disappointed little face she made. She looked like she was losing her best friend. Chishalli couldn't, no. Wouldn't, believe what any of them had said. This was her father they were talking about. He wasn't going to be mated. He wasn't going to be taken away from her. But, if he really was bonding with the woman...

He was going to end out not loving her anymore... She needed to find out for sure. She needed to hear it from his lips that he was being bonded. It would hurt, but she needed to know that she wasn't wanted anymore... She opened her mouth to ask the question, but the other woman's voice stopped her. "Vegeta, they didn't tell me you had a daughter. Her name's Chishalli? That's cute. Hi sweetie, my name's Bulma." The woman stepped up beside her and held her hand out for Chi to shake. Vegeta watched it all with mild interest. He was actually eager to know what his spoiled little six year old warrior was going to do...

Chishalli just sat there staring at the blanket. "When...?" She asked no one in particular. Bulma, confused, dropped her hand and stared at her. After a moment of silence she growled and looked at the Princess. "When are you going to leave? You don't need to be here! My father doesn't need a woman and I sure as hell don't need another mother, so just-!"

"Chishalli!"

Vegeta's deep voice rang out through the room. Chishalli stopped and her gaze immediately went to the floor, not wanting to meet the fierce glare he was giving her. Normally she would have taken it, head held high, and given it back two times as worse, but today... Today she felt betrayed... Lost... Unloved. Was she not family enough for him? Apparently not if he had to go out and get a mate... And a new brat...

Trunks saw how harsh he was to the girl and felt bad for her. He nudged his mother and nodded towards the bed. Bulma smiled softly at her son. He was so compassionate... She slowly padded over and sat down beside Chishalli.

"Sweetie, the only reason your father and I are doing this is for you kids and the sake of our planets." Chishalli didn't believe a word she said... It was only a matter of time before her father decided he didn't want a daughter anymore, he wanted a son. "I have to be your new mommy... You don't have to call me mommy but, this is what we have to do. You're daddy and I are going to be mates..." Chishalli squeezed her eyes shut, mentally willing the tears away. She learned from her father that you don't cry in front of other people, you don't show weakness. She hadn't cried in front of anyone in a long time and she didn't plan on it anytime soon.

Glancing back up at the purple-haired boy, Chi found him watching her with concern. Chishalli snuffled once and looked back at the floor. She didn't have her real mother and she really didn't want her. Chi only wanted her father and now she was going to lose him too. He would soon have a new mate and son. That meant he would really have no use for a daughter. Sniffling once more, Chishalli jerked away from whoever put a hand on her shoulder and dove out of bed. She flew out of the room and down the halls.

That left her new "family" to sit and wonder where the young princess was headed to...

TBC...

*Finito! I would like to give a big thanks to my editor .hime. She did a great job! I Hope everyone enjoyed! Now, stay tuned for the next installment of A Princess' Approval. Review please guys!
*Luvies, GCL