AN : I'm sorry if there are format problems with this chapter, I had to recover it and it was a mess when I first re-published it. I hope you can read it in good conditions now.

Goku couldn't sleep. Lying in bed beside his wife he tried to figure out the situation. After Goten's announcement they had decided to suspend the council and deal with it in the morning. He felt like he had only some pieces of the puzzle and none of them fit together. The woman had come out of nowhere. She had mentioned a few things about space travel and Vegetasei between two bites of leftovers but they had not managed to understand much. Besides, it seemed that Vegeta had met her and then disappeared, leaving his pregnant wife alone. Though his old rival was not a family man, Goku knew it was not like him anymore to make such a low move. Maybe the problem was actually older and deeper than they thought, he wondered, maybe Bulma was not expecting Vegeta's child. He got lost in improbable theories and complicated dark plots that could have led the Prince to abandon his family.

It was almost four in the morning when he snapped out of his concerned thoughts. Something had changed in the house. The girl was awake. She had come out if her room and was slowly walking down the stairs. Furrowing his brows, Goku sat on his bed, put on a pair of training pants and, placing two fingers on his forehead, he vanished in the air to materialize right in front of her. In the darkness of the living room Elery jumped back in surprise, missed the last step and fell on her bottom as she instinctively tried to cover herself. She was only wearing her top and panties and had wrapped her tail around her waist. Goku looked at her up and down and talked with a low but severe voice: "What do you think you are doing?"

"I was hungry." she answered with a shrug, upset by her ridiculous fall.

"Don't you think you've eaten enough of our food already?" he scowled.

"Hey, a Saiyan has got to eat." she said as she got up on her feet and walked to the fridge. Goku was not amused. He knew it had been difficult for Chichi to let the girl sleep in Gohan's bed for the night, and he didn't want her to be out of groceries in the morning.

"We are already three in this house, we can't feed you forever. Tomorrow you will have to leave." he declared.

"Elery froze behind the door of the fridge. Her savior was starting to get a bit too suspicious and after the mess with Vegeta she couldn't afford to miss her second chance. Now was time for the show. She bit her lower lip and, after letting out a small sigh she pouted: "And I thought you were nicer than Vegeta..."

"What did you do to him?"

"Me? Nothing. I was lost after my space pod crashed on Earth, I came to meet him and he pushed me away." She innocently said as she closed the door.
"Why would he reject another Saiyan?"

"Alright," she admitted, "to be honest I asked for a favor and he refused."

"What favor?" Goku inquired seriously.

"You wouldn't understand." she declared as she turned around and opened the cupboard with her tail. She bent down to grab a plate and closed the door with a move of the hips. Goku couldn't help but look at the furry appendage. He remembered how he used to use his own tail to brush his back in the shower. As expected, she caught his eyes on her panties when she turned back. She shrugged with a naughty smile: "What? Do you think I had pajamas in my pocket or something?"

Goku swallowed and focused again. "What I did you ask him?"

"It was not important really, just disappointing..." She said with a sad voice.

"Does your demand have anything to with his current situation?" He inquired with a frown.

"Surely yes." she nodded, "It wouldn't have been so complicated if he had given me what I asked for in the first place". Looking at him in the eyes she sat at the table and let her tail wrap around the wooden bar of the chair. Goku was getting really uncomfortable, he wished he could give her something to put on but he didn't want to wake up Chichi by fumbling in the drawers. Sitting in front of her he asked again:

"Why didn't you ask somebody else to help you?"

"Because... Only a true Saiyan can grant my wish, and I thought he was the last one."

"Well, I'm a full blooded Saiyan as well." Goku stated.

"But I really need a powerful Saiyan, that's why I asked the Prince of our people first, I heard he was the most powerful Saiyan ever." She sighed heavily, making her breasts stretch the thin fabric of her top.

"I'm stronger than Vegeta." he answered, somehow very proud of himself.

"Are you? Really I'm not sure that you could do that for me..." she hesitated.

"If Vegeta can do it then I can do it." Goku said, irritated.

"Oh alright then, if you insist I guess I could let you help me." She agreed absent-mindedly.

"If I give you what you want, will you leave my family and Vegeta's alone?"

"Definitely."

"Fine then, we have a deal. Tell me now." Goku demanded impatiently.

"No… I can't." She saw him twitch with annoyance and knew she was pushing her luck but she pursued: "I will tell you but first I need to stay here for a few more days."

Goku clenched his teeth. Chichi would never allow that.

"Please", she insisted with a tiny voice, "I don't have anywhere else to go. I don't want to go back to Vegeta's, he was so mean, he... he abused me." She let out a small noise that sounded like a snob and hid her face in her hands.

Goku closed his eyes and furrowed his brows. Vegeta had not been violent against defenseless people for ages but still, he had handcuffed her alone in the desert, she had bruises all over her body and she seemed quite shaken by the event. With a chill Goku wondered if the Prince had come back to his old self. Biting his lips, he heard himself say: "You have three days. Not one more."

xXx

The Briefs came back home in the early morning. The atmosphere was as tense as possible. Goten had sent his best friend several texts to talk about the attracting woman that had been sleeping at his place. Trunks had not answered and simply confirmed to his father that the Saiyan had found shelter at the Sons' house. Vegeta wondered how many hours he would get before Kakarott appeared in front of him to bring back the girl but it somehow didn't happen. The day went by in an uncomfortable silence as all the family members tried to keep themselves busy. Mrs. Brief had expressed her relief to see Vegeta home but a dark glare from her grandson had kept her from sharing her good mood. Vegeta spent a big part of the day in the gravity room, lying on the floor, considering his return home and how far his still was from regaining his family's trust. They ate together quietly, everyone in their usual sit, all secretly taking in the fact that there was no empty chair anymore. Soon the night fell and Vegeta stopped expecting Kakarott's visit. Surely it was not a good thing to let Elery live there, the third class was such a naive idiot, but he couldn't bring himself to go and pick her up when the ambience in his own house was so unstable.

Bulma went to her bedroom early after dinner. Millions of questions and doubts filled her mind and her restless brain couldn't bear the awkward silence anymore. Also, she craved the comfort of her own bed after her stay in the hospital. She had been reading for a good hour when someone knocked at the door. As she looked up from her book, Vegeta appeared in the doorway and she had an irrepressible quiver. Her room was also his room. They both looked at each other for a few seconds and he eventually lowered his head and spoke with a quiet voice: "I'm just taking my pillow. I will sleep in another room."
A wave of relief ran through Bulma's body. She felt bad to have him move out of his own room but she didn't feel strong enough to tell him to stay. She wasn't ready to share her bed with him again and had spent the day dreading the moment he would come in and claim his place next to her. Despite the baby she was carrying she felt awfully distant. She couldn't see him like the man she had married anymore. She nodded briefly, grabbed his pillow, which was still on his side of the bed although it had not been used for a month, and extended her arms to give it to him. As he walked around the bed to leave she hesitated and, aware that she wouldn't sleep without knowing, she asked the question that had been in her mind for weeks "Vegeta?" He stopped halfway across the room. "Did you…" She tightened her grip on her book. She wasn't sure she wanted the answer anymore. "I mean you and her…" He stood motionless, quietly waiting for her to let it out. "Did you sleep with her?" she finally managed to mutter. Her words echoed in his head for a moment. He and Elery had become quite close as they had spent almost all of their time together for a month. They would always part at night but sometimes, when the training had been rough and the weather was mild, they stayed a little longer with each other. They had things in common that even Kakarott wouldn't understand and it made her presence comforting. She knew what it felt like to be the last of their species. Kakarott had always been more of a human than an actual Saiyan as he had grown up on Earth, but not Elery. She knew how lonely the life of a survivor could be. His flow of memories suddenly changed as he recalled a particular night and twitched. He had had a moment of weakness and still was very uneasy with what had happened. Looking into Bulma's worried eyes he felt disgusted with himself. He quickly shook the disturbing thought away and answered sincerely before leaving the room: "No. No, I did not."

Bulma watched her husband close the door behind him and closed her eyes as she let herself fall back on her pillows. He had fallen so quickly for the other woman that she had doubted he would be able to reject her advances. For a while she had even considered it was foolish to think nothing would happen between them. After all it seemed that she had been right to give him a second chance. She gently placed a hand on her stomach and sighed. She was not alone anymore.

In another room of the house, Trunks struggled to find a comfortable sleep position. Reading Goten's text in the dark, he pondered which attitude to have toward the woman. He wanted to see what she would become before deciding whether to trust his father or not. He was afraid that it might only have been sweet words from him and that his mother had fallen for it because of her pregnancy. That was also another idea he was not familiar with. All his life he had thought he would be an only child as his birth had been totally unwanted and his parents had not seemed to enjoy the experience enough to do it again on purpose. He was excited to have a younger sibling but desperately wished the baby would have a better family around him than he had had himself. Growing up he had missed his father's attention and didn't want another child to know this. That night as he fell asleep, he promised himself he would do everything he could to grant his little brother a sweet childhood.

xXx

Chichi had never been really fond of Vegeta and, after hearing that the girl had been abused by him since her arrival on Earth, she had reluctantly agreed to have her home for a few more days. To prevent Elery from emptying the fridge and bothering his wife, Goku took her with him to his training the day after. It would give them time to talk privately about their late night deal. He still wondered what kind of favor Vegeta could refuse to another Saiyan. How complicated could it be for his rival to think that he was not strong enough to satisfy it?

Once several miles away from the house, both Saiyans began a short warm up. Goku was surprised to see her so eager for a fight and decided to give it a shot before the serious talk he planned. He soon invited her to spar and watched her fall into a fighting stance. He let her have the first kicks like he used to do with his sons in their early years and watched her moves with interest, simply dodging and countering her blows. After a few minutes however, he realized something was weird in the way she fought. She was not bad at it but her attacks were not natural. It looked like she used combinations that she didn't master yet. Goku soon had a clear idea of the explanation but wanted to make sure he was right. He sent a few small ki balls and she dodged them quickly, before producing a blue light beam from her palms. Goku moved out of the way effortlessly and had a dark chuckle. "What's next? A Big Bang attack?" he shouted at her. "Looks like someone has been training with Vegeta…"Elery froze as she realized her mistake. She had convinced her host not to talk to Vegeta about her, pretending to fear a violent reaction from him, but now her little story wouldn't last long.

"I have been patient enough." Goku said as he walked toward her. He was quite taller than her and looked surprisingly threatening when he bent over her and pursued: "I doubt Vegeta would have taken the time to teach you how to fight back if he just wanted to beat you up. Tell me about the favor you asked for. Now."

"Alright I will." She eventually let out with a sigh. "Let's sit over there, it's a long story."

They sat next to each other in the grass behind thick bushes that shielded them from the wind and she began to narrate her journey. How she was born after Vegetasei's destruction and had been raised by her mother and how she had traveled the universe to find Vegeta. Goku listened attentively, trying to remember everything she said, his kind heart slowly understanding what she had been through. She explained how lonely she used to be and the relief she had felt after finding out she was not the last Saiyan. And saying that, she sat closer to him and looked at him in the eyes. "I'm so glad I met you."
He could feel her warm shoulder against his arm and had a hard time staying focused. She smelled really good.

"You still didn't tell me why Vegeta refused to help you."He insisted as he recalled their last talk.

"I tried to convince him for a month but somehow I failed, you know how stubborn he can be. Maybe I asked him for something too specific…" She muttered as she shifted position to face him, reducing even more the distance between them.

"Tell me." Goku urged as he saw her eyes shine and confusedly realized how close her face was to his. He really wanted to help her. Something in the way she spoke shyly made him want to protect her.

"It's difficult to explain. Maybe I could… Show you?" She offered with a small smile as she pushed him down on the ground.

"Show me?" he wondered out loud, and with surprise he found himself lying in the green grass and looking at the cloudy sky. "What are you doing?"

"I don't know, what do you want me to do?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow and swiftly sat across his hips.

Goku's brain stopped functioning properly. Her hot skin gave off a wild and overpowering scent that blurred his thoughts. Everything was wrong but for a moment he found himself unable to say anything. Her fluffy tail waved slowly behind her in a regular and captivating motion. His hand brushed up against her leg and the sight of her fit body the night before in the kitchen came to his mind. Something deep inside him wanted to let her go further. Something feral. It just felt right. Seeing him muddled, Elery decided to be more explicit and lifted his shirt. With an appreciative look, she leaned over him to whisper in his ear with a smooth voice: "Wow… You really look stronger than Vegeta…

That's all Goku needed to come back to reality. "Vegeta". He blinked several times and with wide furious eyes he realized what was happening. Replaying the scene in his head, he understood what his rival had refused to do and how weak he was himself for letting that happen. He brutally sent the girl crash away from him as she was running her fingers on his chest. With a chill of disgust he stood up and tucked his shirt back in.

"Never…" he began, his voice shaking with anger, "Never come anywhere close to my house again… My sons... How could you? Why?… Chichi…"

"She is just a human woman… Together we would be strong enough to rule the universe!" She claimed as she saw him getting mad.

"That's why you went to meet Vegeta first!"

"Just think about it!" She implored, scared as she faced his growing agitation.

"I grew up on Earth, I fought for it! I am not at all interested in ruling anything!" He exclaimed strongly as he walked up to her. She curled up on the ground and protected her face with her hand as he overlooked her.

"Please don't hurt me!" she whined in his shadow.

"So that you could walk around and tell people I abused you?" he roared, "I think Vegeta would be glad to hear that."

xXx

Vegeta had spent an awful night in the guest room. He was glad to find again the comfort of his house, but he felt terribly lonely. Although he knew Bulma needed time to accept him back, he craved his wife's presence next to him. To his own surprise, he realized he wanted to touch her, to hold her against him and feel the tiny life growing inside her. Yet she was still too upset against him and he didn't want to scare her.

The morning after they had a silent breakfast together and he left to train in the gravity room. He turned it on to 400G and waited for the crushing weight to thicken the atmosphere. A tough training session surely would help him empty his mind. Yet he was not even halfway through his warm up when he felt something weird in the air. Someone was there. He turned back and saw Kakarott standing in front of him, a dark scowl on his face. Without a word the younger Saiyan extended his arm forward and let the girl fall on the floor between them. Elery tried to get up but she was glued to the ground. Something held her down as if she weighed hundred times her own weight. Trying not to choke to death under the pressure, she watched powerless the two males talk seriously."What is this?" Goku growled, pointing at the body lying at his feet. He had hardly ever been so furious.

"Took you a while." Vegeta noted casually.

"She didn't want to tell me why she was here. Today she tried to show me..." the other explained, still not quite sure about what had just happened.

"You lucky boy." The Prince answered sarcastically with a repulsed glare at her.

"I don't want her in my house." Goku stated strongly.

"Well, me neither." The older Saiyan admitted. With low tone he pursued: "We need to talk."

And saying that he walked to the control panel, turned the enhanced gravity off and told Goku to follow him outside. Elery stood up as well but Vegeta locked her in the room before she had the time to protest.

The two Saiyans sat at the kitchen table and Vegeta began his explanations. It was hard to recall all the things he had been through over the last month but he had been preparing his speech. He only gave the necessary facts for Kakarott to get an accurate overview of the situation. Goku soon began to understand that he had not been the only one to be fooled by Elery. Vegeta was about to talk about his plan to send her back to her planet when Bulma entered the room with a cup of tea.

"Hi Bulma. Congrats." Goku said with a soft smile as he looked down at her belly.

"Vegeta, why does he always know that I'm pregnant before everybody else?" she asked with concern.

"Same stuff, your son told him." her husband answered.

Bulma shrugged and sat with them at the table. "So she's back, right?" She said with a weak voice. Vegeta watched her as she repressed a grimace.
"She said she used to live with her mother on Sperks. We could send her back there." he suggested. It was the simplest plan he had come up with. Nobody would get hurt and the little adventure would end up with virtually no consequences.

Bulma held her hot cup with her both hands as to enjoy its warmth. Focused, she spoke seriously: "You will need a spacecraft."

Vegeta swallowed uncomfortably. It was what he had planned but he felt bad asking Bulma for so much effort during her pregnancy. "It could wait for the baby to be born," he advanced, "you're in no shape to do this now."

"Actually we won't be free for another 18 years Vegeta." Bulma stated bluntly. She looked at her cup thoughtfully for a while and sighed. "It will be slow but I will work on it. The sooner she leaves the happier I am."