When Lovers Meet

"It's called Planet Vegeta," she began. "The two people you saw in my vision are King Vegeta and Goku. They're a race called Saiyans." She looked up at Bruce. "Vegeta was as much a Prince and King to me as he was his own people. I learned a lot for him, and would have protected him with my life if needed.

"Goku was," she paused to look for a word, "my lover. We were together most of my time on Planet Vegeta. Vegeta was in love with me, and forbade us to marry. But I loved him deeply, and he taught me so many things. After Mamoru, my first husband, Goku was the first person I loved. It took 118 years for me to open my heart again."

"How long were you with him?" Bruce asked, moving to sit down next to her.

"Roughly 106 years." Her voice was soft, and held sorrow.

"How long has it been since you left him?"

"98 years." A tear fell from her eye.

"You miss him, don't you?" Bruce's voice was low.

"I thought I was over it all, over him, but bringing up those memories made me miss him, and Vegeta and the Planet all over again." She took a deep breath and looked down at her now pruned fingers. "Bruce, when I left the watchtower, I accidentally transported to Planet Vegeta. I guess I was thinking about it more than I thought."

"Oh?" His eyebrows went up.

"I'm not sure if he sensed my power signature, or if he just happened to be where I showed up, but Goku was there." She looked at Bruce with sad eyes. "Nothing happened," she said seeing the look on his face. "But he hugged me, and my heart almost burst. I miss him. I don't think I'm ready to move on just yet.

"I care for you deeply, and I still want to be with you, I just think we need to wait a few years before we actually get married. If that's okay."

"I'm okay with that," Bruce agreed. He leaned forward and looked her in the eyes. "I love you, and I will wait for you."

"Thank you, it means a lot to me."

Bruce kissed her passionately. "Let's go out tonight," he whispered. "Have some fun, and get your mind off things."

"Sounds good," she agreed.

Goku walked calmly into the throne room where his best friend sat. "Vegeta, we need to talk."

"I hate it when you say that, Kakarot," Vegeta replied, rolling his eyes.

"Let Usagi come back," Goku demanded.

"Not this again." Vegeta stood from his throne and walked down to his best warrior. "We've had this discussion. The answer is no."

"You miss her as much as I do, I know you do," Goku professed.

"We are not talking about that woman," Vegeta growled. "My decision was and remains final."

"Dammit," Goku blurted. "Why are you so pig-headed?"

"Watch your mouth, Kakarot. You are speaking to your King," Vegeta spat. "I have a mission for you."

"Okay," Goku replied.

"We have a client that is very interested in a planet. I need you to eradicate all life," Vegeta explained.

"Back to the basics," Goku purred. "Been a while since we've done something like that. Where?"

"Earth. Take Kisekan with you."

Goku's eyes went wide. "Are you serious?"

"Yes, he needs to learn," Vegeta replied.

"Not about Kisekan, about Earth?"

"Yes."

"That's Usagi's home planet. What if she's there?"

"Princess Serenity is no concern of mine. If she's there, tell her to leave, and do your job."

"You know she won't give up that easily."

"Then deal with her. Just get the job done."

"I'll go, but if Usagi is there, I'm not sure I'll be able to finish the job."

"Dammit, Kakarot, act like the Saiyan you are."

"I refuse to hurt the woman we love!" Goku yelled. "She will not give up without a fight, and I will not kill her."

Vegeta growled. "What do you want to me tell our contractor?"

"I'll go, and I'll take Kisekan with me, but if she shows, I'll call and let you know."

"Would you rather I send Nappa and Raditz?"

"No," Goku replied quickly. "They're not match for her. I'll leave in the morning." He bowed to his King and walked out of the throne room. He flew quickly to his home. "Kisekan," he called. "Pack a bag, we're going on a mission in the morning."

Excitement filled the little boy in front of him. "Really?"

"Really." Goku smiled as the excited little boy ran about the small house collecting things. This little boy was almost the spitting image of him. His hair grew in the same silly style, and he bore the same goofy grin, but his eyes were blue as sapphires and rounder, and his nose was more petite.

"I'm ready dad!" Kisekan exclaimed, holding up a haphazardly filled bag.

Goku laughed. "Let me help you."

Usagi shot up in bed. A huge power signature just flashed in her mind. "Bruce," she whispered, gently shaking the sleeping man next to her. "Bruce, wake up."

The panic in her voice woke him quickly. "What's wrong?" He asked sitting up.

"Suit up, and alert the League, I just felt a huge power signature." Standing, she dressed as quickly as she could, too fast for her lover to follow. "I'm going to investigate. I'll let you know what I find." She kissed him, and flew out the window.

As soon as she took to the sky, the power signature disappeared. "Dammit," she muttered under her breath. Taking to the ground she kneeled on one knee and placed her right hand on the ground. "Where is it?" She whispered to the ground. Connecting with the planet around her, her mind scanned the globe searching for unfamiliar life sources. They were in Japan, and the energy seemed very familiar to her. Focusing on the energy, she used instant transmission.

She appeared only a few blocks away from the signature. Making sure to suppress her power signature, she flew closer to the energy. Not wanting to risk the chance of alerting the possible enemy, she landed and ran closer. As she grew nearer the source she could hear voices.

"Kisekan, this is Earth," the first voice said. "The people who live here are called humans, they are very primitive and most of them carry no special powers. This should be an easy take over."

"Is this the place you told me about before, dad? The place you were sent as a baby?" A smaller voice asked.

Serenity's eyes went wide. "No way," she thought to herself. Rounding a corner so she could see the two, her heart broke. Moving as fast as she could, she moved forward and slapped Goku across the face. "How could you?"

Goku's hand flew to his cheek. "Usagi?"

"How dare you come to my home, and try to destroy it. With a child no less," she yelled. "Get out of here, before you both regret it."

"Usagi, calm down," Goku said raising his hands in defeat. "Vegeta sent me here. We were contracted to eradicate the life on this planet."

"I should have known," she growled. "I'll kill him."

"I didn't know if you were here," Goku explained.

"It doesn't matter," she boomed. "This is my home planet, you never should have agreed in the first place."

"Father, who is this woman?" Kisekan queried.

"Hold on son," Goku told the small boy. He looked back as Serenity. "Usagi, I didn't want to come. I told Vegeta if you were here I wouldn't do anything."

"But you would have gone through with it if I wasn't here?" Her eyes narrowed. "I thought you were better than that." Her phone rang, and letting out a growl she answered it roughly. "What?"

"Serenity," Bruce's voice came through the speaker. "I have the League assembled, where are you? Is everything okay?"

"I'm in Japan," she replied.

"We're on our way."

"Wait," she began, but Bruce already hung up. "Shit." She placed the phone back in her pocket and looked at the Saiyan in front of her. "Earth isn't the same as it was the first time you came here, they have defenders now."

"Usa," Goku whispered. "I wasn't going to do anything, I promise."

"That's not what you told King Vegeta," the boy interjected.

Goku kneeled down and looked his son in the eyes. "Kisekan, this is going to be hard for you to understand. I lied to Vegeta."

"Why?" Kisekan asked, his eyes going wide. "I thought you respected the king."

"I do," Goku replied. "But there was no way I could ever do anything to hurt the woman I love." He looked up at Serenity lovingly, then back at his son. "Kisekan, this is your mother."

"What!?" Serenity and Kisekan exclaimed simultaneously.

"We weren't allowed to have offspring," Serenity said. "How could he be mine?"

Goku stood and took her hand. "Some years after you left, Vegeta allowed me to have a child created in the labs. When I went in, I gave the scientist some of your hair that had been left behind, and asked him to mix your DNA with mine when he created the child.

"I didn't tell Vegeta, and frankly, I'm not sure if he noticed; or he doesn't care." He picked up the boy and closed the distance between them and Serenity. "I missed you so much, Usagi. Having part of you with me, helped, if only a little. He has your eyes, and your nose."

Serenity looked at the boy. He was the perfect blend of her and Goku. She always knew that if they had a son he would look a great deal like Goku. Gently she touched Kisekan's cheek, and her eyes began to fill with tears.

"Serenity, are you okay?" Superman's voice broke through her thoughts.

The Flash showed up milliseconds after Superman. "What's going on?"

Putting Kisekan down Goku adapted a fighting stance.

"Calm down everyone," she called. "I tried to tell Bruce it was a false alarm, but he hung up."

Wonder Woman and Batman showed up shortly after.

Batman rushed up to Serenity and kissed her. "Are you okay?" He noticed the tears in her eyes.

"I'm fine, but you should contact Hal and Oliver to let them know everything is okay, they don't need to come."

Superman scrutinized the spikey-haired alien. "I feel like I've seen you before," he pondered out loud, more to himself that anyone else.

Flash stopped and looked at Goku as well. "You're right, he does look familiar."

Batman finally looked over at the two new faces among them. "You," he spat. "I know who you are." Anger rose in him as he remembered the conversation he had with Serenity just the day before. He stomped toward Goku. "You're Goku." Bruce punched him as hard as he could in the face, only to recoil in pain.

"Barry, Clark, Diana, go home, there's nothing you can do here," Serenity told them as she walked toward Batman and took his injured fist in her hand. Transforming into Cosmos she used her ice powers to help ease the pain in her fiancés hand.

"I'm staying," Clark said. "Batman might need me."

"This could be interesting," Barry added. "I'm not going anywhere."

Cosmos' eyes narrowed as she looked at them. "None of this concerns you." She looked at Bruce. "Go home, take care of your hand. I'll be back later."

"Where are you going?"

She kissed him gently. "I'll be back, I promise." She walked over to Goku and offered him a hand. "Come with me."

Goku smiled, picked up his son, and took her hand.

Bruce reached out to her and tried to call out before she left, but she left in the blink of an eye.

Clark walked over to his friend. "Let me help you home."

Bruce looked up at him. "I'm afraid I'll never see her again."

Clark smiled sadly at his friend. "We'll cross that bridge if we need to." He linked his arm through Batman's and prepared to take flight. "Let's hope we don't."

That's all for now. What will happen now that Goku has reappeared back in Serenity's life? Please review, and stay tuned for the next chapter.

Gohaun