Chapter X: Unwanted Proposal
Kariosa and Zarbon spent the entire two weeks on Planet Vegeta. Kariosa visited her father as often as she could. She attended important meetings with him, just to rekindle her memory of being a young girl, attending those meetings with her father. She made many visits into the cities, seeing her people and attending important events. Zarbon followed her everywhere as well. In fact, they never left each other's side. They spent every day, and every night together. They had made love many times throughout the entire trip, each time better than the last. But none compared to the magical night when Kariosa's first gave herself to Zarbon.
Unfortunately, Frieza had to return to work, meaning he'd have to leave the galaxy that Planet Vegeta was located in and take Vegeta, Kariosa and Zarbon back as well. The departure of the Prince and Princess was like the mourning of a fallen soldier to the Sayain people. They adored their Royal Family so, and hated to see any member of it leave. But, they departed the Planet, and life returned to normal on Frieza's ship.
Everything except Kariosa and Zarbon's relationship had changed. Now that they were together, they would have to keep their relationship a secret. Even though it wasn't exactly a rule not to have relationships with a fellow crew member, it was, indeed, frowned upon. They hid themselves well. No one expected their affair that lay beyond the trainer-to-trainee relationship. They fought just as tough as they had when they first met; neither of them backed down or gave in. Kariosa was growing much stronger by the day. Some times, she would surpass even Zarbon's strength. But somehow, he'd gain superiority.
Things were going extremely well for Kariosa. Her Final Evaluation was coming up. If she passed this Evaluation, she would be promoted to Captain, and join her brother at his sides, and finally be able to go on assignments to other planets, for conquering, or destroying. So Zarbon made sure she trained her harder everyday, making sure, without fail that she would pass.
Frieza had also been monitoring Zarbon and Kariosa's training sessions. Since the Final Evaluation was to be administered by the trainee's trainer, Frieza wanted to make sure that Zarbon would not go easy at all on the Princess. And Zarbon went anything but easy on Kariosa. On one occasion, he had accidentally slammed her too hard against the wall, fracturing her spine. She spent two days in a rejuvenation tank. Zarbon made up for it by cuddling her for the entire night after she was released. Kariosa accepted his apology, but just to get back at him, she fired an enormous blast at him, burning his arms and legs, costing him three days in a rejuvenation tank. But they took not hostility out on each other, they couldn't, they loved each other too much.
One day, Kariosa was walking down the halls with Giana. On one of her rare days off, she liked to spend time with Giana. Zarbon, however, got even fewer days off. Frieza didn't want Zarbon's power fading in any way, shape or form. So if he wasn't training with Kariosa, he would spar with Dodoria, the Ginyu Force, or other high-class warriors. On one of those days, Kariosa walked by a sparring room, and heard Dodoria grunt. She laughed, picturing the fat, pink pineapple being thrashed around. She expected to hear Zarbon snicker, but instead, she heard a deep, harsh voice laughing at him.
Kariosa knew everyone on the ship, and she had never heard that voice before. She looked at Giana, "Who's supposed to be training with Dodoria?" she asked.
Giana shrugged, "I dunno… I could've sworn that Zarbon and Dodoria were scheduled to spar here today, and I hear Dodoria, but not Zarbon."
They listened to the door again, not able to determine who this frightening voice belonged to. Kariosa wanted to know, so she opened to door, hiding at first, so the fighters could see her. But their grunts hadn't stopped, so they must not have realized that the door opened. They peered around the edge, and saw in mid-air, Dodoia's arms locked with a large, green lizard, monster. Kariosa stared at the monster. It seemed familiar, but she didn't know how… she had never seen this thing before. The lizard released Dodoria and fired a large ki blast at him. Dodoria slammed into the wall, and slid to the floor. The lizard laughed, as he floated to the floor.
"Alright Dodoria" it growled, wiping a dribble of purple blood from his snout, "that should do for today." Kariosa noticed jewelry hanging from the sides of the monster's head, and forehead. The lizard inhaled deeply and his snout shrunk into a well sculpted nose, his eyes turned to beautiful golden diamonds. His body shrunk all together, and a green braid flowed down his back.
"Let's report to Lord Frieza and you can clean yourself up" Zarbon laughed, throwing a towel over to Dodoria. The pink alien growled, wiping his face off with his hand, ignoring the towel Zarbon had offered him. He stood, and they both walked out the door. Kariosa and Giana had both hid shortly after Zarbon had returned to his normal state.
They stared at each other, "I had no idea Zarbon could transform!" Giana said silently.
Kariosa nodded. She was the most involved with Zarbon than anyone on this ship, besides Frieza. And he had never mentioned anything about a transformation. Kariosa looked down, thinking of the power Zarbon demonstrated in that spar; if he transformed during her Evaluation, she would be in hot water. She shook her head, ridding herself of the thought. "C'mon, let's get something to eat" she said to Giana. She looked up at her, and smiled, and the two girls walked to the cafeteria.
That Evening
Zarbon decided to sleep over at Kariosa's. He arrived shortly after Kariosa had gotten in the shower. He could hear the water running from down stairs. He grinned; even though he had showered before he came, he suddenly felt extremely dirty, and needed immediate cleansing. He walked up the stairs, removing articles of clothing on his way up, until he was completely bare at the bathroom door. He opened it and snuck inside. Kariosa was humming to herself, scrubbing shampoo into her hair. He snuck into the large shower room; a room separated from the rest of the bathroom. He snuck quickly into the shower, grabbing Kariosa's waist. She gasped and looked over her shoulder, relieved to see Zarbon. She rinsed the shampoo out of her hair, and turned to face him, kissing and nuzzling him.
They got out of the shower together, wrapped in each others arms. Zarbon dropped her onto the bed, and climbed on top of her, kissing her passionately. In the back of Kariosa's mind, she still thought about the monster Zarbon had transformed into, but shoved it back into her mind; she thought it better not to mention it to him. If he hadn't mentioned it to her yet, he would in time, when it was necessary.
They made love and fell asleep together, despite the fact that t was still relevantly early. But they were awakened by Kariosa's scouter. She awoke suddenly, hearing it vibrate on her bedside table. She crawled over Zarbon, who moaned at the noise that had disrupted his pleasant dreams. "Someone better be trying to blow up this ship, if they're calling you now…" he groaned.
Kariosa gasped, "Zarbon, its Lord Frieza."
He popped up looking at her, "Well answer it! If he's calling this late, it must be important!"
Kariosa placed the scouter on her ear, and answered it, "Yes sire?"
"Princess," Frieza's voice spoke through the speaker, "I have very important news to tell you. Come to my office immediately" he ordered.
"Y-yes sire. I'll bet there as soon as possible" she responded, and took the scouter off.
Zarbon sat up all the way, looking at her, "What's going on?" he asked.
Kariosa looked at him, as she slipped on her cloths that were draped across the bed, "Lord Frieza says he has important news for me. I have to go now."
Zarbon nodded, as he handed her her pants. "Well, once you're finished, come back here, and tell me what happened."
She nodded, "Don't worry, I will" she said, and kissed him softly.
She jumped out of bed, and rushed to Frieza's office. She couldn't imagine what Frieza wanted to tell her. It was obviously something important, if he had called her up at night. She made it to Frieza's door, and knocked loudly, "Lord Frieza, its Princess Kariosa."
"Come in, Princess" he answered.
The doors opened in front of her, and she stepped inside. She saw Frieza facing away from her, looking out to his window into space, and her brother and Nappa were standing on the other side of the room, Vegeta's arms were crossed, and he was smiling. Kariosa was surprised to see him here. She looked around, not seeing anyone else. "What… what was it you wanted to tell me, sire?" she asked.
Frieza lifted himself off the ground, and floated over to the middle of the room, "Oh Princess, I have the most wonderful news for you. But I think it would be fitting if your brother told you" he said, looking over at Vegeta.
The prince unfolded his arms, and walked over to his sister. He smiled at her, grabbing her shoulders, and looking into her eyes. "Kariosa… someone has just asked me permission for something, and I think you will be very happy with my decision. Someone has just asked for your hand in marriage…"
Kariosa froze... Marriage…?
Vegeta smiled, stepping over to Kariosa's, his arm resting over her shoulder, "You may come in now" he ordered.
The door opened, and Kariosa nearly fell to her knees when she saw who entered…
Raditz walked inside, followed by this father and brother. He had a smug look on his face, eyeing the Princess. Vegeta smiled at his sister, "Kariosa, say hello to your new fiancée…"
Kariosa stared at her brother, then over at Raditz, "Fiancée…?" she repeated.
Raditz walked over to her, "You seem so surprised, Princess. But I assure you, you will find that I will make a more than suitable husband" he said, wrapping his arm around her waist, and his tail intertwining with hers.
Kariosa looked up at him, and then over at General Bardock, "We've informed your father, your Highness, and he is overjoyed that such a union has been established" he said cheerfully. Kakorot looked solemn, almost upset that Kariosa was engaged to his brother, and not himself.
Kariosa stared at the floor; how could this have happened? Her… the Sayain Princess… betrothed to Raditz? But, she couldn't marry him… she belonged to Zarbon, and no one else! But, she couldn't find any excuse to sop it. She and Zarbon had kept their relationship a secret for so long. And if she revealed it now, both she and Zarbon would be in trouble. And not to mention, Vegeta would be furious.
She had no way to escape… she was a Princess, and if her brother, or father set up an engagement for her, she would have to go through with it. But she couldn't! She loved Zarbon, not Raditz! She even dreamed of marrying him someday! But now… all her dreams of her future with Zarbon seemed to disappear.