Chapter III: Their Meeting

Zarbon had studied and fully memorized the information on the card Frieza had given him with Kariosa's room information. She was roomed in the Royalty Suite on the top floor of the ship, on the opposite side of the ship from Vegeta's room. Zarbon had dashed into the elevator, and was waiting impatiently inside, waiting to get to the top floor. He was hoping up and down, getting more anxious with every floor he passed until he finally reached the top. He dashed out of the elevator and ran down the halls. Realizing that he was running, he slowed his pace to a walk, but was having trouble sustaining it. As he passed windows, he constantly checked his reflection, making sure he looked absolutely perfect, his hair neatly braided, his jewelry clean and gleaming, And before he knew it, he was standing in front of the Royalty Suite door. Zarbon was housed on the floor just below the top in the Top Elite Suites. Zarbon's suite had a half kitchen, full gym, full bed and bathroom, and he saw this as suitable. He gulped and knocked on the door. There was no answer. Frieza said he was sure that she would be in her room, so he knocked again, louder this time. There was still no answer. Zarbon looked behind him and back to the door, and looked down at the security box. He punched in the security code he had memorized from the card. Once he was done, the doors slid open.

Zarbon had never been inside of the Royalty Suites; it was breathtaking. A chandelier hung over his head, and a canopy of the upstairs was seen from the door. He thought the bedroom and master bathroom were up there. He walked in, the doors closing behind him to find a full kitchen, and half bathroom, an office, a living area with a big screen T.V. and a full gym, complete with dumbbells, a treadmill, and a full weight set. He heard a grunt from the gym, and walked towards it.

"Princess?" he shouted. He wandered inside, getting a look at the gym. He noticed another walkway, into a much larger white room. He heard the grunt again; it was coming from the large white room, "Princess?" He walked inside the white room and looked around, not seeing anyone. He heard the grunt again, from above him; he looked up. He saw a woman floating above him; it was Kariosa. Her hair was up as it was when Zarbon first saw her. She was wearing a simple white sports bra and dark, tight Capri sweats and barefoot. She was kicking and punching in the air at blinding speeds. Her tail hung loosely behind her, swinging to her rhythm. Zarbon was amazed at how fast she was. But suddenly, she stopped, and put her hands to her sides, wiping sweat from her brow. Zarbon panicked for a second and ran out. She floated to the floor and turned with her eyes closed, breathing heavily, still wiping sweat from her forehead. When she opened her eyes, she found Zarbon looking down at her with a towel in his hand and a smile on his face. She smiled sweetly as she took the towel and wiped her face. She placed it over her shoulders, placing one hand on her hip, and the other gripping the towel on her shoulder.

"Thank you." she said pleasantly. Zarbon hadn't gotten a chance to realize how beautiful her voice was. It was a slight almost British accent, similar to Zarbon's.

"I saw you in the hall, but I never got your name." she said, stepping closer to Zarbon.

He smiled, "My name is Zarbon, I'm Lord Frieza's Head Commander, and he has appointed me to be your personal trainer."

Kariosa's smile grew larger and her eyes gleamed, "Really? Oh, I've been waiting so long to finally get a trainer! What a treat I get to be trained by Lord Frieza's Head Commander!" she said excitedly.

Zarbon smiled larger too, excited to see that she was so excited. She walked passed him, her tail almost luring him to to follow. He did as her tail gestured, and followed her out of the gym. She walked passed a large dresser, with many frames. Kariosa continued upstairs towards her bathroom, somewhere Zarbon was sure he couldn't follow, so he stayed at the dresser, looking at the photos.

He picked up a photo and looked at it, "Is this you?" he asked out loud so Kariosa could hear from upstairs. She popped her head from the balcony looking down at him, scrubbing a towel on her wet head. He looked up at her smiling. She smiled back and jogged downstairs and joined Zarbon at his side. She placed her hand on his upper arm, on his arm band; he blushed a bit.

She smiled, looking at the picture, "Yes, that's me when I was a child," she said, point to a small young girl in children's royal armor, "and that's Vegeta," she said, giggling. She pointed to a young Vegeta, sucking his thumb, and gripping his tail. Zarbon laughed as well, seeing the mighty Prince Vegeta as a child, sucking his thumb. "And my father." Kariosa said, pointing to King Vegeta. Prince Vegeta was an exact copy of his father, except his father had dark brown hair, bread and mustache.

"You must miss your father, being so far away from him and all." he said.

Kariosa nodded, "I do, but, Lord Frieza said that my brother and I can go and visit him anytime we are near Planet Vegeta."

Zarbon placed the picture back on the shelf, next to a glass case holding a ruby necklace. The ruby had the Sayian Royalty symbol engraved in it.

"What's that?" he asked, pointing to it.

Kariosa looked at it and smiled, "Oh, that's my necklace; it means the world to me. It belonged to my mother." she said, placing her hand over a framed picture. She took her hand back, and it was obvious who was in the picture. It was her mother, Queen Saraheed. As Prince Vegeta was a twin to his father, Kariosa was an exact copy of her mother. Her mother had Kariosa's big brown eyes, long brown hair, some going over her shoulders, and the rest on her back. She had her daughter's physique and even her smile.

Zarbon looked down at Kariosa, she was looking at her mother's picture, "You must miss her terribly as well." he said softly.

Kariosa closed her eyes and nodded, "I do, very much; she passed away when I was just a child."

Zarbon placed a sympathetic hand around her and placed it on her opposite arm. "You resemble her greatly, you have her eyes." he said, looking at hers.

She blinked and looked up at him, taking his hand off of her and holding it gently, "Thank you." she said sweetly, Zarbon smiled. They both looked down at their hands, holding each other's. They both took their hands back and blushed. Kariosa looked to her side, blushing, putting some strands of hair behind her ear. Zarbon was smiling, and cleared his throat.

Kariosa look back up at Zarbon, "So, Commander Zarbon…"

Zarbon put his hand up, "Please, just Zarbon." he said.

Kariosa smiled, stepping closer to him, "All right, Zarbon, when will our first session be?" she asked.

Zarbon smiled, "I've scheduled us for tomorrow at noon. In the observation chambers, you should know where that is, Lord Frieza evaluated you there."

Kariosa nodded, "Yes, I know where it is. I'm looking forward to it." she said.

Zarbon smiled even more; there was something in her eyes, something that wasn't there before. He nodded, "Yes, so am I."

She walked closer to him, until she was inches away from him. Even though the Sayains were a relatively tall race, Zarbon's race, the Zigonions, were known to be giants, ranging from 6 to 8 feet tall. Kariosa was roughly about 5' 7" ft., Zarbon was 6' 2". Kariosa walked her index and middle finger up Zarbon's chest, her other hand on his shoulder and raised herself up to his ear, "Has anyone ever told you that you are a very handsome man, Zarbon?" she asked silently in his ear. She looked at him, her nose inches away from his.

Zarbon grinned, placing his hand on the small of her back, which was somewhat close to Zarbon's waist, "Yes, I've been told that."

Kariosa smiled, and gently pushed herself away from him, her tail in front of her, still toying with Zarbon. "Well Zarbon, I have some things to do here, I will see you tomorrow." she said, walking to the stairs and up to her bathroom.

Zarbon watched her go and once she was out of sight, exited the suite. When the door slid shut behind him, he leaned against the door, sighing and laughing to himself. He brushed his emerald hair out of his face. He couldn't believe how lucky he was. Training the most beautiful woman he'd ever met. And he could see her anytime he pleased.