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"Don't worry about that, I can build an anti-gravity belt, what will project a normal gravity around me! I made some drafts already, when you told me what happened yesterday." Bulma said, when Vegeta, Trunks and Bra got home and they were eating dinner.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea" Vegeta looked at her.
"Come on, I can handle them!"
Bra and Trunks exchanged a look, knowing well, that there will be an argument soon. They decided to quickly retreat, so they ate the remaining food on their plates at a speed what would make even Goku appear as a slow eater and jumped up from the table.
"The food was really great, I need to go to do my homework now!" Trunks said and rushed out of the kitchen.
"Yes, me too. I have a test tomorrow!" Bra lied and she also stormed off.
"I don't think you are aware how the saiyans are" Vegeta continued, after he looked back from the door.
"Maybe my expectations are a bit foggy, but it's because you were never really willing to talk to me about them."
"It had no point, they were all dead!"
"They are very alive now. Also, if I don't come, who will repair the tanks? I cannot really imagine a saiyan scientist."
"That's because saiyans are not involved in such things."
"But even if you bought the technology from other races, who maintained the machines and built new ones?"
"We had some slaves, forced to work as scientists, but they were not really good."
"Or they pretended to be not so good."
"I'm quite sure they did all they could. We executed a lot from them for failing the task or deadline, hence they didn't dare to pretend to be stupid."
"That's even more reason for me to go. Look Vegeta, I can take care of myself and regardless, I'm your mate, which makes me their princess!"
Vegeta had to laugh hearing this, it was so absurd. Saiyans never treated any other races even as their equals, so they would hardly treat Bulma as their superior. After an hour of more arguing Vegeta sighed, deciding not to argue any further. It would have been pointless. Bulma wanted to go and in case he wouldn't take her, she would simply build a spaceship and travel there with that. To Bra's, Trunks' and Goten's dismay they were not allowed to come the next day as they had to attend school. It was somewhat a consolation that it was the last day of the week and tomorrow they were free to come again. All of them were excited to get to know the saiyans more and Vegetasei was more interesting than anything else.
"It's not much of a laboratory" Bulma commented, when Vegeta lead her into the room.
He decided to prolong the "introduction" part to her parents as long as it was possible, so they went straight away there, only meeting a few saiyans on the way. Bulma had to fight off laughing as she saw how every saiyan bowed, when they met the prince. Also the fact, that they called him "Prince Vegeta" appeared comical to her, but she decided not to say a word. At least for the time being. She looked around and while the place was huge, there were not many equipment there. At the opposite side of the entrance she could see 3 healing tanks waiting for repair, while at the left side of the room a couple of saiyans armours lay there broken, scattered on the floor. In the middle of the room she recognised a drafting table with some spaceship layouts and next to that was a crafting bench with some tools on it. At the right side of the laboratory she saw an another table littered with broken scouters and some other smaller devices what she has never seen before.
"Vegeta, your mother wants to talk with you!" Nappa stepped into the laboratory.
"Don't worry, I will be ok here!" Bulma said and she was already in progress of taking one of the healing tanks into pieces.
"Nappa! You stay here and look after her!" Vegeta commanded, then against his better judgement he left.
Bulma wasn't happy that she was left alone with the huge saiyan. While she was aware that saiyans killed for living, it was an another thing to witness what exactly one was capable of. She has seen Nappa killing her friends ages ago, hence seeing him again was a little unnerving. Nappa went to one of the crafting tables and began to check the small devices on the table. Just like Bulma, he had no idea what those were.
"They never let me in here before" he looked at Bulma as he picked up one of the devices. "Even though there are so many interesting things here and I liked playing with them!"
"Maybe it was because you broke something here?"
"Yeah… but it wasn't intentional! These are not really durable…"
Bulma decided to continue working, ignoring Nappa. Anyhow, he was working with Vegeta for years under Freeza, so Vegeta must have trusted him. It made her relax, until she remembered, that it was Vegeta, who killed Nappa. She tried to restrain herself, but she was just too curious:
"Aren't you angry with Vegeta, that he killed you on Earth?"
"How do you know that? I don't recall that I have seen you there."
"I have seen some of the happenings and Goku told me the rest later."
"I deserved to die, I lost the fight. Usually saiyans never live after they were defeated; they fail as a warrior."
Bulma had a great idea just then. While Vegeta was not willing to share much about saiyans, Nappa seemed talkative enough. So while she repaired the tank, she began to question him. At one point she asked:
"So let's say a saiyan dies in battle, what about his mate?"
"He simply chooses an another one."
"But, isn't he like sad to lose her?"
"No. Saiyans who are defeated should die. It's a shame to be defeated, a shame nobody wants to live with."
Bulma gasped, finally understanding more, why Vegeta heated Goku so much at the beginning. It wasn't simply just the fact that he defeated him, he also let him live. Live with the knowledge, that he lost. In a saiyan's eye, that was worse than dying.
"Did you have a mate?"
"Twice, but both died. While mating is for life, it hardly lasts longer than a couple of years as we were always in war with somebody. With everybody!"
"Nappa, what are you doing here?" They heard an angry voice and as they looked at the entrance, they saw King Vegeta.
Bulma heard that Vegeta looked similar to his father, but she never expected such similarity. Apart from his beard, they were almost identical. As she looked at him, she couldn't help to think that Vegeta would actually look cute with a beard.
"Sire, Prince Vegeta ordered me to stay with his mate!" Nappa answered, bowing as the King walked to them.
"So… you are my son's… mate…" The King commented, making a big effort just to be able to state this.
"It's also a pleasure from my side to meet you!" Bulma answered cynically, not missing his hostile attitude.
"Did you manage to repair it?" King Vegeta asked, ignoring Bulma's tone.
"Well of course! Even though I'm only here since 1 hour and 23 minutes, I already figured out what the problem is and repaired the first tank."
"Just the first one? We have 3 and…" but the King couldn't finish it as Bulma put down the wrench from her hand with too much force and it made a loud sound connecting with the desk.
"In case you have anybody who is more suited for this kind of work, you are welcome to replace me with that person!" Bulma snapped.
This reaction was so unexpected by King Vegeta, that he took a step back and looked at her shocked. He quickly gathered himself and wanted to threaten her, but Bulma knew too well that face and she cut in:
"Don't you even think about threatening me! Just dare to make one aggressive step and I'm out of here, never coming back and you can screw all the healing tanks and whatever other inventions I shall repair for your royal ass!"
Of course this was the moment when Vegeta entered the lab as well and he completely froze. He cursed himself, for leaving Bulma alone. He should have known that his father will come see her and he had a good idea that he wasn't very polite with her. Damn! To his utter surprise his father didn't make any further steps towards her, he just stood there, not able to comprehend how she dared to talk with him like that. Nobody ever talked with him like that! He was the King! On the other hand he needed her. Even that few scientists who lived on the planet when Freeza blown it up were still dead, as Bra only asked for the saiyans to come back to life.
"How dare you…" King Vegeta began, but she interrupted him again.
"How dare I? How dare you?! I came here to help, out of the goodness of my heart and you storm in and try to make threats? Seriously?"
The King had no idea, why he wasn't simply blasting her away. She was clearly not a fighter, she wouldn't be able to defend herself, yet somehow she seemed… strong. The way she stood up for herself and the way she dared to talk with him knowing full well what he could do to her… Bulma just then looked at Vegeta, becoming aware that he was also in the lab.
"As you can see, I already met your father!" She smiled, causing the King to also look at his son.
"I heard your voice from the dining area." Vegeta answered.
"He is almost as charming as you!" Bulma said, still smiling.
"You don't say?" Vegeta asked with a smirk.
King Vegeta looked from Bulma to his son, than back again to her. He couldn't help to notice that there was something different about them; their relationship seemed… interesting. When he decided to leave, letting Bulma to work, Vegeta went after him, reinforcing Nappa's order to stay with her. Apart from his and Goku's family, Nappa was the strongest saiyan, followed by Radditz. They became much stronger than an average saiyan under Freeza's command. Nappa didn't mind this task, as he finally got the opportunity to play with all the equipment, apart from the healing tanks and Bulma's toolbox.
"We most definitely need some gravity rooms here with reinforced walls" Goku said as one of his attacks hit a big hole into the wall of the training room.
"Unreal!" Gine called, looking at the hole.
Goku decided to begin training the saiyans. He gathered the first 15 saiyans and followed them into one of the training areas.
"Hey Vegeta, don't you wanna take an another group?" Goku cried out as he looked at the prince through the hole.
"No, I don't have time to waste on such weak fighters."
"Come on, don't be like that! Sure they are weak, but they are good. With some intensive training I bet some of them can become a super saiyan within a few years!"
"So? Even the SSJ3 form wasn't enough to kill Buu and there are stronger opponents out there!"
With that Vegeta stormed off, causing Goku's new students to look after him with awe.
"Do you really have to go back?" Gine asked, when Goku finished the training for that day and they were eating at their house.
"Yes, I also promised Chichi" Goku nodded. "I sort of left her a few times and somehow I get the feeling, that she does not trust me now. Also Vegeta still hasn't learned instant teleportation, so he needs me to get home."
"I just cannot understand how can you all be so strong" Bardock said.
"We had no other choice than to become stronger. Seems like somebody is always finding Earth a good target" Goku smiled, scratching the back of his head. "And I thought if I remain dead, the planet will be safe, but then Buu came, who had no interest in me at least at the beginning."
During that time Trunks, Goten and Bra couldn't wait at least for school to end. After classes they went over to Capsule Corp along with Valese and Marron as the whole house was theirs.
"Go and change, we can finally have the gravity room for ourselves!" Marron said looking at Trunks.
"Seriously? We could do anything and you want to train?" He asked.
"Anything?" Marron raised an eye-brown, causing Trunks to blush slightly.
"Never mind, I will be right there!" He called and stormed off from the room, leaving the others there.
"You enjoy torturing him, don't you?" Bra asked, looking at the blond girl.
"It's so easy to embarrass him" She laughed.
"Technically you were not implying anything. He has a perverted mind" Bra laughed as well.
"He is so cute when he is embarrassed. What do you think, how long will it take him, until he confesses to me?"
"You might die from old age before he gathers his courage. I think he only realised it recently anyhow. Why don't you spare him?"
"Nah, I'm enjoying the situation too much."
Goten and Valese were arguing in the background about what movie they should watch. Bulma's father invented a much cooler house movie set as the normal movie theatres had, so watching something here was more enjoyable than actually going to the theatre.
"Remind me, why does Goten go out with her?" Marron asked.
"She has big boobs. That's her only good quality" Bra answered. "I'm just glad my brother is not like him from that perspective."
"Let's go!" Trunks stepped into the room, looking at Marron.
She nodded and they entered the gravity room. Krillin has forbidden Marron to train when she became interested in material arts at a young age, saying that being a fighter was extremely dangerous. Being friends with Goten and Trunks meant, that she became a fighter after all, even though she had to train in secret. She also heard all the stories about the adventures and fights they had and while her father died more than once, it was still amazing that as a human he kept up with the saiyans for a while. Also, if he wouldn't have been a fighter, how would he meet his mother in the first place? But regardless how she tried to argue with Krillin about her learning material arts, he wasn't even willing to discuss it. C18 didn't say anything regarding the matter, she left Krillin to decide, which was crazy, at least according to Marron. She still learned to fight in full secret, although she felt that at least her mother suspected the truth.
"I already told you, don't go easy on me!" Marron said after she deflected Trunks last three punches.
"How can you seriously expect me to do that?" Trunks sighed, then sit down on the floor and grabbed a bottle.
"Trunks, I'm not asking you to attack with full power, obviously. But I can do much better, than this."
"Why are you still so obsessed with training?"
"You also like it."
"Yes, but I would appreciate some days when I don't have to train, especially with my father."
"Goku is almost as hard on Goten as Vegeta is on you."
"I know, both of them are crazy! And now we have a whole planet full of power obsessed saiyans, thanks to Bra."
"You never even told me how your grandparents are."
"I'm not sure which one is worse, my grandpa or my grandma" Trunks laughed, then he began to talk about Vegetasei.
"Do you think Trunks and Marron will come out soon?" Goten asked, when Valese went home after the movie.
"I don't think you need to wait for them to have dinner" Bra smiled and they walked together to the kitchen.
"It's such a drag, that I can hardly eat in school. Even though I'm restricting my meals to a minimum, sometimes they still think that I eat a lot" Goten sighed as they sit down to eat.
"Tell me about it! I have a same problem with the complication, that I'm a girl. Girls are supposed to eat even less…"
"True."
"Well, at least we don't have to pretend to be normal around each other" Bra smiled and devoured 2 pizzas within minutes.
Goten also had a huge appetite and after they were stuffed, a big pile of empty boxes was standing in the middle of the table.
"I really have no idea, how I will ever tell it to my future wife, who I'm" Goten said. "My father had it easy as my mother only learned the truth when they were already married and had Gohan. Gohan had it easy because Buu attacked before he got really involved with Videl and she was suddenly in the middle of our crazy world. Vegeta… ok, that is still a mystery for me how he ended up with Bulma, but still, she already knew who he was."
"Don't worry about that, you will marry me" Bra answered casually.
"So you were serious?" Goten asked, thinking back about the confession.
"Sure I was."
"How could I date you? You are 10 years younger…"
"True, but once I'm 18, it won't be such a big deal."
"Also, Vegeta would kill me…"
"Why would I kill you?" Vegeta asked, stepping into the kitchen, taking them by surprise.
"For dating me" Bra answered, causing Goten to jump back and cry out:
"I'm not dating her!"
"Not yet anyway" Bra added.
Vegeta looked from Bra to Goten, then back on Bra. He had no idea what to say or think as this has taken him off-guard. Truthfully he felt that he would kill anybody who will dare to go near Bra, but to think that it will be Goten, that clown's son… It was bad enough that he was Trunks' best friend!
"Bra, are you trying to get me killed?!" Goten asked.
"Don't worry, at least now he got a heads-up and has 10 years to get used to the idea."
As Vegeta took a step towards Goten, he jumped behind Bra but as he realised it made the prince even angrier, he backed off until he hit the wall.
"Daddy, please don't kill him!" Bra asked, stepping between them. "As I just used the Dragon Balls, it would take a year to bring him back and I would really miss him until then."
Vegeta stopped, but still stared at Goten like he was trying to kill him just with his eyes.
"What are you all doing?" Trunks asked as he stepped into the room.
"I just told daddy, that Goten will be his future son-in-law" Bra laughed.
"I never agreed!" Goten cried out, still standing at the wall.
"Not yet, but you will."
Finally Vegeta took off his gaze from the young demi-saiyan and walked toward the fridge, pulling out an enormous amount of food. He decided to cross that bridge when they arrive to it and anyhow he was starving.
"I think she lost her mind" Goten said to Trunks, once they were in his room.
"She always has some crazy obsessions, it will pass" Trunks answered, taking off his schoolbag from the coach, so he could sit down.
"I'm not that sure. She can be pretty stubborn. Hell, she got Vegeta to tell her about the saiyans, while he always said no to everybody else."
"True, somehow she always finds a way to get what she wants and she is only 8…"
"Come to think of it, why were you helping her to gather the Dragon Balls?"
"She blackmailed me."
"With what?"
"It's not important" Trunks said and blushed, causing Goten to lean closer and study his face.
"I'm your best friend, you can tell me!"
"No."
"Then I will guess it! You broke something and hid it."
"No. Wow, Goten that was ages ago that we did those things."
"True. In case somebody would dig up your garden, they would find a lot of things there" Goten laughed and Trunks joined him.
He remembered well, how they always caused trouble whenever Goten was around. When Bra was born and Bulma was blaming them for some vase which disappeared, they always said it must have been her, who destroyed it, surely not them.
"You sneaked out from your room." Goten continued to guess.
"No. Anyhow I can go wherever I want to go, whenever I want. It's not like my parents have to worry about me, being a demi-saiyan."
"I so envy you for that. My mother is still obsessed for me to get enough sleep to be fresh at school. I'm 18!"
"Still, you have to give her some credit. She loosened up quite a bit if you compare her attitude towards Gohan and you."
"Then you ate all the food in the fridge secretly at night."
"No! And anyhow, we have a chef, he could cook more anytime."
"I ate once everything and my mother chased me with her frying pan all over the house. I seriously don't understand how she can become so strong, when she is angry. Shouldn't rage only make saiyans stronger?" Goten laughed and Trunks also had to smile, thinking about how Chichi controlled her whole family, despite being a human woman.
Goten continued to guess until Trunks finally gave in:
"Ok, I'm in love with Marron."
"That is your big secret?! It's not fair, I already knew that."
"You? How the hell would you know? You haven't even noticed how Bra acted around you, but you say you already knew this?"
"Valese asked me, since when are you two dating and well… first I told her it's not like that, but the more I have seen how you act around her, the more obvious it was."
Trunks became very pale suddenly and he was glad he was already sitting. In case even Goten noticed it, there was a good chance that Marron was also aware of it.
