Chapter 4. A heated battle

When Akane woke up Kaito was gone. She let out a suffering moan and turned onto her stomach, hiding her head beneath a pillow of the double bed. She felt a sharp sting in her cheekbone and a smirk touched her sleepy face as she remembered what had happened in the kitchen. The Prince had sure shown her just how much of a Saiyajin he really was.

She got up and took a quick shower before heading over to the kitchen for breakfast. Her men were already seated at the table.

"Morning Captain." Both of them greeted in one voice. They saluted respectfully with a fist to their cardiac region.

Akane returned the salute, joined them wordlessly and helped herself to some chicken. She absolutely loved this particular choice of meat. She had never heard of it before but it was simply sublime.

The men ate their breakfast in silence. They knew better than to speak to her when she just got out of bed. Her morning moods were horrible. Today she couldn't really enjoy her bad mood as much as she usually did though. All around her were silent reminders of the previous morning. The table was back upright but showed deep cracks. Her eyes found the busted wall behind Kaito and the grin returned to her face. The memories of her untamed Prince made her smile like a fucking girl of six-and-ten. She touched the grazed skin of her cheek thoughtfully. She couldn't wait to see him again.

As if on cue the dark Prince entered the kitchen, the look on his handsome face stoic. His coal black stare fell on her and a shiver ran up her spine. There was something excitingly fierce about him this morning.

Kaito and Turles saluted him, but he ignored them completely.

"Let's spar." He said in his natural husky voice. It was more of an order than a suggestion.

Akane smirked inwardly. She had awoken something in him alright. "Certainly, Prince." She took a bottle of water from the table, grabbed a couple of chicken wings with her free hand and rose intrepid. "You two entertain yourself today." She snapped at Kaito and Turles.

"Yes Captain." The males at the table answered obediently.

Vegeta spun on his heel wordlessly and marched out. Akane followed trotting to catch up with him. She munched down a chicken wing and dropped the bones on the floor for the servants to clean up.

"You should get some variety in your diet." Vegeta mentioned with a frowned look on the chicken wing dangling from her mouth.

"I know. I think I'm getting hooked on these." Akane replied with a full mouth.

A hint of amusement touched his impassive face.

Akane downed half the bottle of water in one deep draught and wiped her greasy face on her shirt carelessly as they made their way down in silence. Outside the compound they ran into Turles' younger brother.

"Hiya Vegeta!" Greeted the ever happy Goku.

"Kakarot." Vegeta spat.

Goku just smiled. "Are we sparring again today, Captain?"

"No." Vegeta answered gruffly in her stead. "Go join the other third-class idiots."

"Maybe later Kakarot." Akane hollered after him as the other Saiyajin ambled off inside merrily.

"Sure. Have fun!" He threw over his shoulder.

Akane followed Vegeta over to the large round spaceship he used for his training. The gravity-tank he called it.

"You're quite the little minx aren't you?" He muttered distastefully.

Akane watched him push in a code on the panel at the side of the door. "What?" She asked puzzled.

The door slid open without a sound.

"Never mind. Get in there." Vegeta demanded roughly.

Akane stepped inside. She had been in here once before when the Prince showed them around the compound upon their arrival. The lights popped on automatically and the door slid shut behind them. She sensed Vegeta power up as he walked through the tiled room. This new learned ability was her favourite. It came in very handy to be able to read one's power-level when facing an opponent. It beat the hell out of using a scouter.

"Shouldn't we warm up first?" She asked quietly.

Vegeta took in his fighting stance across her and smirked evily. "Consider this your warm up."

Before Akane could even ready herself he lunged at her fiercely and she could just block his fist before it hit her right in the face. She retaliated with a knee to his gut which he warded off with a simple twist of his powerful body. She rammed her fist in his face hard instead and smirked as a snarl rumbled deep in his throat. He countered with a kick that sent her flying into the wall at her left. She recollected herself quickly and lunged at him with a wrathful cry. The battle was exceptionally savage. He was pounding her with unrestrained anger, his furious eyes ablaze. She felt her desire for him mount. He was mind-blowing.

Akane was rammed into the floor for the umpteenth time that morning and crawled to her hands and knees, spitting blood onto the tiles beneath her.

"You're in a bad mood." She managed to gibe in between heavy panting.

Vegeta stood across her panting slightly himself. He had some minor cuts and bruises but was otherwise unharmed. He hadn't even really broken a sweat yet.

"Something deprived me from my sleep last night." He answered curtly.

Akane picked herself up from the floor, ignoring her aching limbs. She crouched into her battle stance with a grim smile and attacked once more. She managed to do him quite some harm as the battle wore on but she was quickly losing strength. He was unrelenting. This was new. During their previous sparring bouts he had always brought his strength down to her level, given her a fair fight. Not now. He was trashing her without mercy. She feared him. She feared his power and his callousness and she felt high regard for him. He proved himself worthy as her leader. Yes, she was very pleased with her Prince.

Akane powered up for one last attack, pushing herself to her utter limits. He watched her do so and seemed quite pleased with her as well. She drew her arms up above her head, made a quick gesture with her fingers and braced herself for the force when strings of red energy crackled in her hands.

"Red Whorl." She purred with a self-satisfied smirk.

She put a foot back and threw the ki-blast at Vegeta with tremendous power. The beam originating from her hands hurled after him as he took to the air. She saw him push out his hands in front of him and bring his wrists together.

"Final Flash." He stated calmly. He let the mighty ki-blast rip, meeting her powerful red beam halfway.

Akane was pushed back as the two connected. The floor beneath her feet cracked when she reinforced her stance and forced even more energy into her attack. He answered by pushing back and his insanely powerful yellow beam swallowed up more of hers. It had advanced to three quarters of the length and was still slowly drawing closer to her.

"It's going to blow!" Akane managed to shout through gritted teeth.

"Let it." Was all Vegeta replied.

There was a blinding flash of light as both beams exploded with an enormous bang and Akane felt herself being launched into the air. Before she could hit the wall however strong arms caught her. Her eyes fluttered open and she glanced up through her lashes to find the Prince's battered face grinning down on her.

"Well done." He complimented quietly as he descended to the floor with her hanging beaten in his arms.

Akane managed to slap him in the face weakly with a muttered: "Fuck you." An exhausted smile touched her lips. "Prince."

He just laughed softly in reply as he kneeled to lay her down on the ruined floor. His dark eyes held her stare, the look in them nothing less than starving. He closed the gap between them, his lips finding hers and Akane opened up to him eagerly. His deep kiss was overwhelming, demanding yet distinctly soft. It took her breath away. A hint of blood and sweat mingled with his wonderful taste and this aroused her in a way she had sparse experienced. She sighed in his hot mouth and her arms snaked about his waist. She slid her hands under his shirt to caress his back, her fingers travelling his smooth skin, testing and memorizing the feel of him. His powerful muscles rippled beneath her hands as he moved to pull her beneath him and pressed her into the floor with his heavy body.

The pain from their battle was quickly forgotten and a whole different ache was taking hold of her. Akane longed for him with every inch of her needing body. She pulled at his shirt urgently and he broke the kiss, allowing her to pull it up over his head. She touched his bare chest, her eyes finding the countless scars on her Prince's warrior form. She was simply fascinated by the sight of him.

He moved to undo her kecks and pulled her worn-out battle boots off in the process. Akane hurried to strip off her own shirt and shivered under his lustful stare. A tiny smirk touched his masculine face when his eyes lingered at her sex.

"What?" Akane demanded rather breathlessly as she sat up on her elbows.

He extended his hand and his fingertips fondled the cultivated patch of fiery auburn curls on her sex. "Incinerating." He laughed deep in his throat and his dark eyes found her face. "You truly consist entirely of flames don't you, little one?" His husky voice sent another longing shiver through her.

"Just about." Akane managed to reply shakily. Her breath caught when he brought her leg op to his mouth and he hungrily travelled the length of it with his lips and tongue, sinking his teeth in her flesh repeatedly as he moved up. He bent over her with a pleased rumble.

She panted in excitement when his mouth reached the very end of the inside of her thigh, leaving him mere inches from where she needed him most. She moved her hips to silently urge him on, but he refused to give her what she needed, leaving her aching sex untouched and putting his hot mouth to the skin just above her patch of curls instead. She moaned in want as he bit, licked and sucked his way from her abdomen up to her chest, his ardent caresses setting her senses alight. He tasted the tops of her breasts and cupped her flesh in his hand, making small noises of discovery.

Akane let out an allayed sigh when his mouth moved down her body once more and he gave her exactly what she yearned for this time. She spread her thighs further, tipped her head back and bit her bottom lip to still the helpless cries stirring in her throat. The Prince drank her in eagerly and worked his mouth expertly as he applied himself to one single objective: driving her to absolute madness. She rocked her hips to his mouth forcefully as the fire inside her built to a raging inferno.

It didn't take him long to push her to her heights and she peaked with a prolonged whimper. Her hands dug into the ground at her sides and she gasped for air, struggling to seize control over her violently quivering body. The Prince didn't allow her time to recover and continued to lap at her tiny nub with his tongue before he slid down to her opening to savour more of her. Akane fisted her fingers his stiff dark hair with a sharp gasp and watched him down there with his head between her thighs. The eagerness in which he ate her out drove her wild.

He delivered her into heaven once more and she writhed hopelessly as wave after wave of rapture washed over her. He allowed her no recuperation.

"My prince." She let out helplessly as yet another orgasm ripped her. Only when she repeated his title in a pleading whisper did his mouth leave her and she fell back to the floor completely washed out and gasping for air. She heard the rustle of him removing his clothes and before she could even open her eyes he crawled on top of her, his powerful naked body crushing her.

He dove deep into her mouth with his tongue and she tasted her own juices on his lips which made her desire mount once more. His kiss was feral now. He bit her lip growling as he slid into her with his large member and she whimpered when her inner walls stretched to beyond their limits to take him in. A delightful sting of pain in the lower region of her stomach told her that he was fully within her. He moved into her with firm strokes and his mouth left hers to kiss her neck and jaw, soft grunts falling from him as his motion grew steadily more fierce. She clenched onto him mewling and wrapped her legs around him to bring him closer, her tail lashing out to encircle his waist as well.

He reared up to stare down in her face, never stopping his savage thrusts within her. His impossible dark eyes were glazed over with pleasure. More snarls fell from his slightly parted lips and Akane was blown away by his stunning looks. She clasped her hands to his handsome face and moved up to crush her lips onto his roughly.

The world exploded about her and she was left mindless, ecstasy surging throughout her. Her muscles contracted in time with the waves of bliss filling her and at the same moment she felt his gorgeous body tighten on top of her. A small cry of loss fell from him into her mouth as he emptied himself inside her. Then he collapsed on top of her, his ragged breathing tickling her singed skin.

"You drive me right insane." His husky voice was muffled in her neck.

Akane let out a drowsy chortle. "Good. Glad to be returning the favour." She slipped her arms around his neck and let her Prince stay the way he was, lying heavy on top of her with their bodies still twined.

After a while he lifted his head to smirk down on her in content. "You had some fierce power in that last attack."

Akane snickered. "You liked my Red Whorl did you? I thought you would."

"I did, although it was nothing compared to my attack."

"Your Final Flash swallowed it whole." She agreed, punching him in the shoulder playfully. "You nearly killed me, you bleeder."

Vegeta brushed his grinning lips against hers briefly. "I knew you could handle it."

"Arse." She muttered before kissing him back lazily. She felt his body react to her instantly and his arousal swelled right there where he was still within her until he filled her up entirely. He purred and rolled them over so that she was now on top of him.

Akane sat up to straddle his thighs. She held his eyes with her own and threw him a sultry smile as she slowly started moving on top of him, making him shudder with pleasure. He grasped her hair to pull her down upon him and drowned her in another passionate kiss. Sighing ever so slightly he moved his hips with her and she tangled her fingers in his stiff dark hair, loosing all conscious thought while they reached for the stars once more.