The Secrets We've Kept-Chapter 7

Disclaimer-I don't own DBZ I own this story line and Tula you can't have my Tula. Woo hoo! Yeah!

Pairings-Kakarott(Goku) x Vegeta and Bardock x King Vegeta

{Mind Link}

'Thoughts'

"Saiyan Language"

Amaterasu Masami-welcome to the new chapter everyone. Vegeta and Kakarott made it to Earth…woo hoo.

Krillin-yeah whoop dee doo.

Amaterasu Masami-why are you so down Krillin?

Krillin-you made me the ass of the story.

Amaterasu Masami-well my advisors helped to choose that but I thought you'd make the best homophobic.

Krillin-do I get hurt?

Amaterasu Masami-well most likely. You can't have an ass in a story and not have them beaten. Anyway this chapter is where I introduce some of the other main characters.

Krillin-I hope they're all homophobes.

Amaterasu Masami-don't be a prick Krillin but there are about another…three homophobes in there, mostly because my advisors and I love bashing.

Krillin-at least I'm not alone.

Amaterasu Masami-*rolls eyes* we won't hold you up anymore folks. Onward with the story.

In the morning Kakarott woke up first with Vegeta clutching his shirt. He smiled and ran his fingers through his hair. Then he turned his head to take in his surroundings when he saw the note on the bedside table.

~Hi guys, I don't know when you usually wake up so if you wake up before everyone else help yourself to food in the kitchen.
-Bulma

"How nice."

"What's nice?" Vegeta opened his eyes and looked up at Kakarott who smiled lazily at him.

"Sorry did I wake you?"

"Yes, now, tell me what that is in your hand."

"Hm? Oh, Bulma said we could go ahead downstairs and eat." Their stomachs growled as if telling them to go eat, "I guess we're hungry." Kakarott giggled and scratched his hair while Vegeta sat up and rubbed his eyes.

"We have about an hour before the boys wake up." Vegeta glanced over at the young Saiyans who were asleep.

"How do you know that Vegeta?"

"It's my job to know so I can feed them before they have time to wail."

"Wow…"

Vegeta started to climb off the bed. "It's not that interesting Kakarott. My Father can do stuff like this so I can too."

"How do you know your father is the submissive?"

"It's almost like another sense. I'm guessing it's useful to know who's the submissive and who's the dominant."

"How do I know?"

"You are to rely on scent like all other dominants so you know if someone is already mated and you don't get your ass kicked by a pissed dominant."

"Well that's useful," Kakarott went to wrap his arms around Vegeta's waist as they walked, "but I would never be sniffing around other submissives."

"You better not or you'll have more than a pissed dominant to deal with."

Kakarott chuckled and scratched his head. "Anyway…you make me feel so useless compared to you Vegeta."

"You're not useless Kakarott as the dominant you're main use is to…keep the peace."

"You could do that on your own."

"Well…sometimes I won't feel like it." Kakarott sighed and nuzzled his neck.

"You're funny Geta."

"Hmph," Vegeta sighed and looked around at the kitchen they entered. "Huh, my kitchen is bigger."

Kakarott giggled and started exploring the kitchen when he stumbled upon the pantry.

"She did say we could help ourselves." Kakarott opened the pantry and almost cried.

"What did you find Kakarott?" Vegeta walked up to him expecting him to say something then he looked at the pantry raising an eyebrow. "What's so impressing about a pantry?"

"Don't you see it?" Kakarott walked in paying no mind to Vegeta.

"What?" Vegeta looked around and watched as Kakarott turned with a huge grin on his face.

"It's a walk-in pantry!" He spread his arms out as if emphasizing the size. "Look at all this food! You could feed…six of us!" He clasped his hands and smiled dreamily. "Isn't it beautiful?"

"Kakarott you're making a big deal out of nothing."

"Oh come on Vegeta this is great. There's even a double door fridge in the back."

Vegeta rolled his eyes and walked toward the fridge."

"Kakarott if it makes you that happy I'll make a walk in pantry in our home…wherever that maybe."

"Really?" Kakarott beamed at him.

Vegeta emerged from the fridge with an armful of breakfast food. "Yes…if it'll make you happy." Vegeta walked out of the pantry with a bouncing Kakarott behind him.

"Oh thank you Geta."

There was a light blush on Vegeta's cheeks as he started to busy himself with fixing food.

"Can I help?"

"No."

Kakarott tilted his head and looked at Vegeta innocently.

"Why?"

"I don't trust you to cook food that's why." Vegeta didn't look at Kakarott as he spoke but continued to work.

"Hm…could you teach me?"

"Lets' start that on another day."

"Okay Geta." Kakarott turned to leave the kitchen but Bulma stopped him by coming in.

"Good morning Kakarott."

Kakarott greeted her with a warm smile. "Hey Bulma."

"Ooh something smells delicious."

"That would be Vegeta's cooking."

"Ahem?" Vegeta glanced back at him with an expecting look.

"Oh sorry…Vegeta's amazing cooking." Vegeta nodded his agreement and turned back around.

"So you're Vegeta. We didn't get to properly meet. I'm Bulma." Bulma looked over his shoulder and watched him cook.

"Hello, I'm Vegeta and until I like you, you may call me Prince Vegeta?"

"Vegeta don't be rude."

Vegeta looked at Kakarott innocently. "I'm not being rude but on Vegeta-sei Father wouldn't have allowed her to call either of us by our first names until we know each other."

Bulma nodded. "I can understand that and I'll oblige you Prince Vegeta."

Vegeta turned back to Kakarott and shrugged his shoulders. "At least she's smart."

Kakarott chuckled and scratched the back of his head.

"Where did you learn to cook so well?"

Vegeta smiled a little and slowed his pace. "A close friend of the family taught me."

"Kakarott did you ever learn?"

"No," Kakarott pouted and folded his arms. "No. They learned without me and now Geta doesn't trust me to cook."

"I learned for youbaka and if you knew how to cook then it wouldn't have been such a great surprise."

"Who gave you the idea anyway?"

"Tula of course. Your father wouldn't have come up with anything good and my father would have said something embarrassing."

"Fine Vegeta."

"Would you like to join us for breakfast Bulma?" Vegeta looked back at her slightly without showing any emotion.

"Why yes I'd love to thank you." Bulma grabbed three plates from a cabinet then went to pull out some silverware.

"So when did you two wake up? It's pretty early in the morning."

"Well on Vegeta-sei it would be early afternoon by now."

"On Vegeta-sei our days and years are a lot longer." Vegeta started setting out food.

"Really? Why is that?"

"Saiyans live a lot longer than Humans so we can fight longer."

"Your race is so fascinating. I wish Humans could be as advanced as you." Bulma watched as Kakarott started to eat at an amazing speed. Vegeta paid him no mind as he sat down to eat.

"So what is up with your friends Bulma?" Vegeta ate at a slower pace than Kakarott.

"I am truly sorry for their behavior yesterday. Krillin had no right to go snooping around and what Yamcha did was inexcusable."

"Which one is Yamcha?" Kakarott spoke between mouthfuls.

"He's the one you met outside with the long hair."

"He's very lucky he wasn't on Vegeta-sei."

Bulma tilted her head and watched Vegeta. "Why?"

"If he acted like that on our planet he wouldn't be alive."

"Really?"

"Yes. The dominants are very…protective about their mates. Aren't they Kakarott?" Vegeta smirked at his mate who froze and blushed.

"At least I didn't kill him." Kakarott mumbled to himself.

Bulma giggled at that. "Yes thank you for not killing him. When they aren't being asses they are very good people."

"What about those other people Bulma what happened to them?"

"Oh those are other friends of mine that I want you to meet. I thought you might want to know some people on the planet."

"If their anything like the two we met yesterday I don't know if I can promise they'll stay alive very long." Bulma's eyes widened at how blunt Vegeta was being.

"Well lets' meet them first before we do anything Vegeta."

Vegeta only hummed.

"Why don't I take you on a tour of Capsule Corp.?"

"Really, that sounds exciting? We'd love to Bulma."

Vegeta's ears perked up a little and he sighed.

"Something wrong Prince Vegeta?"

"No the boys just woke up I guess I'll have to go on the "tour" later." Vegeta got up with a huge plate of food planning on taking it upstairs.

"It was nice to meet you…Bulma." With that Vegeta left the kitchen to go upstairs.

Kakarott watched him leave. "Wow…"

"What Kakarott?"

"Vegeta usually isn't that polite with people. You must be very special."

Bulma blushed and smiled. "I think we should wait until he's done with your children before we take a tour."

"That's fine. You can fill me in on the Human race."

Bulma sweat dropped. "Well that could take forever."

"I don't think so."

"What do you mean?"

"We could go back and forth I'll tell you something about us and you can respond by telling me about you."

Bulma smiled a little. "Alright Kakarott you're on."

"Great I'll start. Where do your babies come from?"

Bulma's eye twitched. "What?"

"I mean when Krillin was yelling yesterday he said your women feed your children."

"That's true. On Earth the women give birth."

"Huh, we couldn't do that on Vegeta-sei."

"Huh?" Bulma leaned forward in her chair.

Kakarott sat back in his chair. "Well on Vegeta-sei we don't have many women."

"Really?"

"No and if they were the ones to give birth we wouldn't have many people because there have always been more boys born than girls."

"Wow so where do your babies come from?"

"The men give birth."

Bulma almost fell out of her chair. "Are you serious?"

"Yeah but it can only be done by the submissive because if both the dominant and the submissive could give birth then the planet would've been overrun."

"Overrun?"

"Yeah. The submissive can have babies once a year."

"When?"

"Well the cycle starts on the anniversary of the day you mated which is when you go into heat."

"Heat?"

"Going into heat is when you're at your…how can I say this…sexual peak and in a perfect state for bearing children."

"Then couldn't the planet still be overrun with the submissive getting pregnant every year?"

"Hm? Oh no, the submissive has to decide whether or not they want to bear children."

"How?"

"Well…you'll have to ask Vegeta that I'm surprised I got this far."

"Wow you're a very fascinating race. But wait, didn't you say those children were found on your deck?"

"Oh yes, Vegeta won't have children until our anniversary."

"Well I'll have to ask him more questions. For now could you tell me more about "going into heat"?"

Kakarott looked at the ceiling thinking. "Well…my father said its' like, a sex frenzy."

Bulma's eyes widened and she flushed 'how can these Saiyans be so blunt about everything?'

"When a submissive goes into heat his tail releases this amazing scent that drives dominant's crazy. Then our eyes glaze over and we're completely controlled by an animal within us."

"Wow…"

"So tell me more about Humans."

Unknown to the two beings in the kitchen there was another person listening in on their conversation.

That pervy bastard we all know and hate Yamcha.

'Wow these guys are amazing. I have to get them to go into heat. It's probably just a fancy way of getting horny.' He walked away smiling like a giddy teenager.

"Well compared to Saiyans Humans seem boring."

"Oh come on Bulma please?" Kakarott put his head in his hands and watched her with wondering eyes.

"Well…lets' see. Yes women can have children and that's the natural way of things."

"How?"

"Well we don't go into heat. A man and a woman have sex and if they don't use protection the woman can get pregnant."

"What is this protection?"

"Well we call them condoms. A man puts it on is penis and it keeps his seed from spreading into the woman."

"That seems like a waste of time."

"What do you mean?"

"Well I mean if you don't want to get pregnant then why have sex?"

"Well Humans have needs Kakarott sometimes we want to have sex and don't want the responsibility that comes with it."

"Well that's terrible. Children are wonderful things."

"Well I mean we can't have children all the time Kakarott just like Saiyans. Don't you guys have needs?"

"Well yes but we get that from our mates and it doesn't seem like you have a mate."

Bulma flushed again and got a little frustrated. "Well some people rather not make commitments Kakarott so they sleep with different people."

"Wow…Humans aren't very loyal."

Bulma stood up glaring at him. "What do you mean?"

Kakarott decided to keep his cool and kept his face the same. "Well on Vegeta-sei it's very disgraceful to sleep with someone other than your mate. You're not supposed to have sex until you're officially mated because it's not very worth it if you can't wake up in the morning after making love and smile about how you were having sex with the one you love. That's why we mate so we can be absolutely positive that you're not just having sex you're making a commitment to someone who's worth it."

Bulma froze and stared at him. "How?"

Kakarott gave her a curious look. "What do you mean?"

"How can a race that lives on fighting be so amazing?"

Kakarott smiled brightly at her. "I told you already fighting isn't worth it if you're not fighting for something that you love. If our family feels threatened we do anything we can to protect them. That's just…how we were raised."

"Huh…"

"What?"

"Well what would happen if somebody was raped on your planet?"

The Saiyan tensed. "What would happen here?"

"Well here we try to find the person that did it and if we do then they get locked up."

"That's terrible!"

"What do you mean?"

"You Humans are so…simple! On Vegeta-sei if somebody were…raped," Kakarott spat the word as if it were poison, "their punishment is death by the dominant of the relationship."

"Why the dominant?"

"People on Vegeta-sei don't rape the dominants for one because it's virtually impossible because their usually the stronger one and another reason is because it's just not smart. If a dominant feels threatened then they fight until they can't fight anymore."

"What about the submissive?"

"Never leave your submissive alone in public ever. That's like one of the number one rules."

"Really?"

"Yeah if there's a dominant skulking around somewhere that hasn't mated yet they will take the chance of "claiming" a submissive."

"What do you mean claiming?"

"Well an already mated submissive can't be claimed again if it's already been claimed by its destined mate its' impossible has never ever happened in the history of Saiyan forever. But if the Saiyan that is left alone is a submissive that hasn't been claimed yet he is forced into submission. Like I said the submissive isn't as strong as the dominant."

"Why is he forced into submission?"

"Well that's just a natural thing it makes it easier when you're mating. The submissive is supposed to acknowledge the dominant by easily submitting."

"That sounds dangerous."

"It is and it's sad. You will be trapped with that person forever and the only way to break the claim somebody has on you is to find your actual mate but that would be hard with a psycho dominant watching your every move. Plus…you can't have children with someone other than your mate."

"That's so terrible." Bulma almost had tears in her eyes.

"But it does almost always work out. Your true mate will know who you are when the time is right and they'll come help you but there is a small chance of not getting to your mate in time."

"What do you mean?"

"Well Saiyans don't always mate into their own race."

"Really?"

"Yeah, it doesn't happen often but it isn't unheard of and it would be a miracle if your mate was from another planet and found you."

"…wow."

Kakarott chuckled. "Is that all you can say Bulma?"

"Well…how do submissive stay safe?"

"Well the first choice is to work on finding your mate or you could always stay with a close friend. Saiyans stick together."

"That's like the complete opposite of Humans. We usually keep to ourselves and the man is supposed to come after the women."

"Hmph. Vegeta would probably laugh about how idiotic Humans are. Such peculiar creatures."

"I'll give you that one Kakarott. Saiyans are a way more evolved race than Humans and this is just your love lives you're talking about. Imagine all the other cool stuff there is about you."

"What did I miss?"

The two beings in the kitchen turned toward the door to see Vegeta leaning against the doorframe.

"Hey Geta, you didn't miss much. Bulma and I were talking about…everything."

"What do you mean everything?"

"Well just stuff in general. I told her about our mating but there is some stuff that I think you'd rather answer."

"Like what?"

"How does your body choose to have children?"

Vegeta raised an eyebrow and walked around Kakarott to take his seat.

They both watched him waiting for an answer.

…

"I don't know."

Bulma and Kakarott both fell on the ground.

"How do you not know Vegeta?"

"Well Father hadn't told me yet. He probably didn't trust me with the information."

"Well you didn't take learning to feed the boys very well."

Vegeta turned to yell at Kakarott. "That's not my fault!" He turned back around in his seat and folded his arms pouting. "You try gaining new body parts than you can criticize me."

Kakarott wrapped his arms around Vegeta's shoulders. "I'm not criticizing you I'm just telling the truth. You freaked out and it's not like it wouldn't have happened sooner or later."

Bulma tilted her head and watched them. "What do you mean Kakarott?"

Vegeta answered her. "I had to have children at some point."

"Why? Is that another Saiyan tradition?"

"No it's a royal prince position."

"I don't get it."

Kakarott spoke up. "Well the next generation of kings on Vegeta-sei would have to be of royal blood. So, not even the sons we have now can become kings unless everyone decides that although they aren't "ours" they were raise by royalty and can prove their worth."

"Plus my father would have killed us if we refused to have children within his lifetime."

"What do you mean us? It would be all your fault."

"What do you mean?"

"I wanted children so if we didn't have children it would have been because you said no."

Vegeta pondered this for a moment and turned a little so he could see Kakarott.

"You wouldn't mind if I said no to having children?"

"Of course not! I wouldn't force you into something you're not ready for."

Vegeta blushed and looked down. "Thank you Kakarott."

"No problem."

"Well how about that tour I promised you guys."

"Ooh yay, come on Geta." Kakarott offered the prince his hand and he stood up.

"Great. Let me think where should I take you first?" She only thought about it for a moment. "Oh I know I'll show you the gravity room."

"Gravity room?"

"Yes I had it built specifically for you two now follow me." Bulma made her way out of the kitchen followed by Kakarott and Vegeta.

"This is a very large building Bulma."

"It has to be. Capsule Corp is a large business that makes stuff for people all over the world. I have a lot of workers and a lot of machines that help me build all this stuff. Almost everything you will see while you're here will be made by Capsule Corp."

"Cool."

"Here we are." Bulma opened the door to the gravity room and let the Saiyans walk in first.

"It seems like a normal training room to me." Kakarott looked around the room. It was very large, about the size of the training room they had on Vegeta-sei with a blue tiled floor and a white ceiling with a giant machine in the middle.

"That's not entirely true. Please direct your attention to the circular machine in the middle of the room."

They turned toward the machine and walked forward looking at it.

"This machine can change the gravity in this room."

"Really?" Vegeta was interested.

"Yeah, my father helped me design it. You can put it as high as 1,000 but I didn't put it any higher than that."

"Why?"

"Well your parents said that you were both really competitive and I didn't want it to exceed anything completely dramatic because I didn't want you to hurt yourselves."

"Hmph. Father would ruin our fun like that."

"Bet I could make it to 1000 times gravity faster than you Vegeta."

"Ha, in your dreams."

"You're right your fathers were wrong." Bulma rolled her eyes at them and gestured for them to follow her. "Come on there's still a lot for me to show you."

When they were out of the gravity room Bulma turned left and lead them to an elevator.

"This leads to the office part of the building where all paper work and stuff like that is done." She pressed a button for the elevator to go to the top floor and the elevator quickly got them there.

When the doors opened Bulma stepped out first and opened her arms wide. "Here we are."

They were in a large hallway that had a bunch of people pushing around carts or running with papers.

"They all look so stressed." Kakarott was dodging all the people running past him.

"I hope so. If they aren't stressed it means they aren't working as hard as they could."

"I agree with Bulma Kakarott."

"You would," Kakarott looked to his side to see a bunch of men staring at them.

Kakarott put a hand to his head. "Is there something wrong with my hair?"

Vegeta shook his head. "Kakarott your hair looks the same as it always does."

"Then why is everyone staring?" The women started huddling into groups and whispering to each other. "They're creeping me out."

"Well you two are gorgeous maybe they're imagining what could be."

Kakarott watched the other humans and noticed how the girls waved and some of the men winked at him. He shivered and squeezed Vegeta's gloved hand. "Ew…"

Vegeta had noticed now and growled so everyone could hear. "Not in a million years!"

Bulma giggled and ushered them into another elevator on the other side of the hall. "Now I'll take you to…"

"Ms. Briefs wait!"

Slightly irked Bulma bent her head and didn't turn around. "What is it Lulu?"

"Lulu" stood at the elevator panting before she stood up straight.

She was short with a round face and blond hair in an untidy bun.

"Your guest have arrived."

"Already?" Bulma groaned and folded her arms. "I didn't even get to show them the best part." She looked back at the Saiyans then at Lulu. "Tell them I'll be there in 20 minutes."

Lulu nodded and was about to dash off but Bulma stopped her.

"Tell Piccolo to pick up the boys Lulu."

"Yes ma'am," With that Lulu dashed off and Bulma turned back to the Saiyans with a fake smile.

"What boys are you talking about Bulma?" Kakarott looked at her with a curious face and scratched the side of his head.

"…your boys…"

"What?" Vegeta was up in her face in a second.

"Piccolo is the most trustworthy, loyal, and honorable people on the planet."

"I trust no one to touch my children." Vegeta was growling and baring his teeth.

"Relax Geta."

Before Vegeta could lash out on Kakarott his mate silenced him with a hand.

"If Bulma trust him we could at least give him a chance."

Vegeta glared up at Kakarott but soon gave up and ran a hand through his hair. "This planet is going to be the death of me."

"That's the spirit Geta." Kakarott patted the seething man's back. "Now," He turned to Bulma frowning. "If I get even a hint that my boys are in danger someone will get hurt." He stated completely serious.

Bulma smiled at him. "I promise it won't come to that." Bulma pushed a button in the elevator. "Now I get to show you my personal favorite part of Capsule Corp."

The elevator dinged and opened up to an enormous white room. "Welcome to the lab." She sighed and clasped her hands together. "Isn't it gorgeous?"

"If you're into this sorta thing." Kakarott put his hands behind his head and walked out first.

"Don't be offended." Vegeta put a hand on her shaking shoulder. "Most Saiyans aren't built for the scientific arts, especially ones like Kakarott."

"Why?"

Vegeta started walking after Kakarott. "His hands aren't built for managing fragile things…plus he's clumsy."

When the information sunk into Bulma's head she ran after them.

When she caught up with the Saiyans she was relieved not to see a trail of broken glass.

"Capsule Corp also makes a lot of medicine, although I'm not a doctor, I came up with most of the formulas to make these."

"You know Vegeta, Tula would probably love this place."

"Who's Tula?"

"He's our close family friend, very bright and good with his hands."

"I hope to meet him one day. Oh, would you look at the time. I'm going to take you to the gravity room while I talk to my friends." She lead them back to the elevator.

"I could use a good spar." Kakarott was stretching his arms and dusting his shoulders off.

"Try not to destroy it while I'm gone you two." The elevator dinged and she exited.

The Saiyans looked at each other smirking and followed after Bulma. "We won't make any promises."

Bulma lightly glared at Vegeta and opened the door to the gravity room.

"I'll only set it to two times the gravity since this is your first time here. I'll see you in a few." Bulma pressed a button and quickly exited the room.

"Bye Bulma." Kakarott waved at the door before his body was bombarded with a new pressure in the air that made him focus a bit more on keeping his balance.

"Wow…that's cool."

"Amazing and I bet nothing happens outside. I'll have to ask Bulma about her design."

"Vegeta stop saying lame stuff and fight me."

Vegeta smirked and got into a fighting position. "Impatient to get your ass handed to you?"

Kakarott followed his example and smirked back at him. "I'm not scared of anything."

'Same old Kakarott,' "You're too much."

Kakarott charged at Vegeta.

Amaterasu Masami-m'kay I had to end this chapter here because I didn't want it to exceed 5,000 words (I forgot why).

Kakarott-aw but I was about to fight with Vegeta *pouts* now I won't know if I won.

Amaterasu Masami-stop whining so much Kakarott I think you'll enjoy the next chapter you get to meet everybody else.

Kakarott-are there anymore perverts like Yamcha?

Amaterasu Masami-through the entire story for all characters, meaning not just you, I can think of…4…right now at least.

Kakarott-they get their asses kicked right?

Amaterasu Masami-2 get threatened and at least 2 get and ass kicking.

Kakarott-…I guess I can live with that.

Amaterasu Masami-ooh there's gonna be some cursing up in the next chapter (or maybe they won't) you'll have to come back to see.

Kakarott-I get to kick somebody's ass!

Amaterasu Masami-*sighs* somebody write that down or Kakarott will get pissed at me. Buh bye now everyone.