Warnings: OOC, implied rape, violence, implied lemon, slight A/U, yaoi and fucked up ages...

Pairings: GokuxVegeta, FreizaxVegeta (only references now)

Disclaimer: Hehe, if I actually owned it, I'd make all my crazy little ideas apart of the show... if you hadn't guessed, No, I don't own it...

Gaz san: Like I said last time, this'll be pretty short.


My Guardian, chapter 7


I led the gang towards Capsule Corp. Gohan and Krillin were talking excitedly behind me and Vegeta was bring up the rear, obviously unsure of his place for the moment.

We spotted the huge dome miles before we reached it, making us speed up just a little; like it was drawing us in with promises of friendly chatter and freshly baked cookies. The place was like a second home to all of us, with the Briefs as parents and Bulma as our smart ass older sister.

We landed on the front lawn- neatly kept by Bunny- and didn't even make it too the front door before I was tackle-hugged by the genius.

"Goku! Welcome back! I missed you so much! Gohan, Krillin! Thank God you're all ok! I wanted to come and watch so bad but Yamcha made me promise to stay here!" She paused, "hey, where is everyone else? And who's the guy behind you? What happened to those alien guys?"

I scratched my head nervously, she's been around death just as much as the rest of us- probably not as much as Vegeta though- but how do I tell her that her boyfriend of seven or so years died today?

"Well, umm, it's great to see you Bulma, you've changed so much during the past year. Is that a new hair cut? It looks great!" She narrowed her eyes at me.

Ok, remember, stalling Bulma might get me hurt.

I heave a sigh, "ok, can we just go inside. I'll tell you everything if we go inside."

She gave a curt nod and led us to the lounge room. She and Krillin took the arm chairs while I sat on the couch with Gohan sitting on my right and Vegeta standing awkwardly in the doorway, his arms crossed over his chest. Everyone turned to me once they got settled, waiting for me to explain what's going on. To be honest, I don't think any of us really knew.

I leaned back and scratched the side of my face, then decided to just get it over with.

"This," I gestured to my prince, "is Vegeta. He was one of the aliens who came today to avenge my brother's death." That done, I watched her face twist as if sucking a lemon or she just stepped in dog poo, Krillin just looked away as if the wall was more interesting.

"There was one more alien who came today. He killed Tien, Chaotzu, Piccolo and Yamcha before I arrived."

She sat stiffly, as if her spine was made out of steel. I'm pretty sure that it was the 'calm before the storm' kind of thing, but I have to admit, I expected more tears. Her gaze slowly slid off me to Vegeta, who met her eyes unflinchingly, before coming back onto me, eyes narrowed so far they were almost closed.

"So, you're saying that his little friend murdered our friends, what, maybe a few hours ago?" I gave a hesitant nod. "And guessing from the fact that he's still alive, I'm guessing he was the stronger of the two." Again I nodded.

She slouched forward, rubbing her temple wearily, before springing to her feet suddenly, her eyes ablaze in anger.

"And you thought it was ok to bring him here with my mother and father in the same building?!" We all sat frozen. While I was the target of her anger, I was sure the others felt like it was them. Bulma can have that effect on people.

"I-"

"I know you like to save people, but how can you let scum like that live?! Someone who came here to kill us all?! Even if you weren't thinking about your friends you should've been thinking about your son! He'll probably be one of the first people that monster goes after! And furthermore--"

Hearing the word 'monster' made adrenaline fill my body and I jumped to my feet. "Shut up Bulma! You have no idea what you're talking about!"

My outburst stunned her for about a second, then her face went pink in anger, "Goku! Don't you--"

"No, stop talking Bulma. You need to listen to all the facts before you start judging him." Seeing her jaw clench, I took it as a sign to continue, "not once did I say that Vegeta had killed anyone, so don't call him names like that." Inwardly, I wondered when I'd developed such hatred towards the word 'monster'. "Secondly, since our battle stopped, he has not made one threatening move towards myself, Gohan, or Krillin, so take that as a sign of good character." I took a calming breath, remembering lessons from my first years with Chichi, yelling only prompts more yelling, with women at least. "Finally, there's more to him being here then you realise. I'm not gonna tell you, it's not my story to tell, but he's not gonna go away just because you don't like it."

She backed off a little, her blue eyes sweeping the room for a second before meeting mine again. "Looks like he already has."

My head snapped to the place I last saw him so hard that it hurt.

It was empty.

Shit.

I looked over at Krillin where he too look around the room for him. He must've been too absorbed with the arguement to pay attention to my Prince.

"Oh great, another alien has taken your son hostige. Probably gonna try and get you to join them again."

Bulma's sneering voice brought my focus to the empty spot on the couch where he should be.

Double shit.

A bubble of panic rose up in my throat but I fought it back down. No, I trust Vegeta, I know he wouldn't hurt Gohan, or kidnap him, or kill him, or torture him, or force him to do stuff he doesn't want to, or...

No! Stop it!

I clenched my fists to stop these thoughts, then I almost slapped myself when I realised that I should be locating their ki signatures rather than stressing about the 'what ifs?'

In doing so, I found their kis... on the veranda? Looking over at Krillin and I saw that he did the same thing and was now charging towards them with Bulma hot on his heels.

Triple shit!

I burst out the doors a second behind them both, tense and ready to break up any fight that may've been going on. What we found were two equally confused fighters sitting on the steps leading to Mrs Brief's vegetable garden, half turned to us with almost startled looks on their faces.

"Get away from him, you beast!" Bulma's words made me tense even more, and Vegeta to frown. Why couldn't she have kept her mouth shut.

I wasn't the only one who tensed, Krillin was also ready, it seems, to fight if Vegeta didn't let my son go.

"But--"

"Don't worry Gohan, we'll help you, just come over here. If he tries to stop you, me and your dad will get him." Krillin soothed.

My boy looked at Vegeta, shrugged his shoulders and walked towards us, my prince doing nothing to stop him and him showing no fear towards my prince. Bulma reached out from where she stood behind Krillin and grabbed Gohan's arm, pulling him into a tight hug and backing off, obviously ready for a fight to start.

I looked away from them and back at the other Saiyan, only to find him staring at me with narrowed hurt eyes. It was then that I realised just how my posture could be interperted. Vegeta obviously thought that I thought that he was going to hurt my son.

By now he was standing, his lean body coiled tightly, ready for a strike, while his eyes never left mine, I knew he was aware of everything Krillin was doing.

"Dad..." Gohan called, making me turn to him.

A burst of energy was felt a second later and I looked to see a rapidly disappearing dot.

I got ready to follow him when my son called for me again, "Dad, he wasn't doing anything to me! We were just talking! He even appologised for killing Piccolo!" He wailed at me.

We all stared at him in shock, before facing the last place we saw the prince.

Shit...


Gaz san: Done, done, done )

I think I did that relatively quickly /checks the dates/ maybe not...

I'm sorry! My History teacher is really insane with the homework! Stupid French Revolution...

I just realised that there is a little bit of Bulma bashing in this chapter... sorry to anyone who likes her, I really didn't mean to portray her as a bitch.

Miako6: Why yes I do read you fic, and I love it! It's such a unique idea! Anyways, I am going to go through the Namek Saga, but it'll be more of a sum up, just so you know which bits have changed in it. I hope you enjoy the update!

Julesie: I'm sorry, but I am going to redo the Namek Saga a little, but I'm not going to go on and on about it in several chapters, it's all going to be very brief and within one chapter... I really hope you don't lose interest! Crap... now I'm worry.

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