Chapter Twelve

Four space pods landed and a little boy stepped out first as the hatch slid open. He looked around at the other pods and watched their hatches hiss open. The tallest of the three that emerged came and ruffled the little boy's hair, "Here we are, son. Let us go find you a mate."

The other two men took their place on either side of the boy and smirked down at him. One had long, unruly, spiky black hair and a perpetual smirk, and the other was bald, bulky and had a black handlebar mustache.

"But father, I do not need a mate! This is a waste of time." The little boy whined as he fixed his spiky locks from his father's hand.

The two men beside him chuckled as the boy's father bend to one knee and placed a massive hand on his shoulder, "My son, all kings have to have a mate to insure the survival of our royal bloodline. You may not want one now, but I assure you, you will. Since there are only a few royal families left, you will have to pick one of their daughters to betroth. No exceptions, my son, but you can meet them, play with them, then decide, but you have to decide by the time you come of age, or I will pick for you."

The little boy looked down at his feet and scuffed the dirt as he mumbled, "When I am king, that will be the first rule I change."

The tall man stood back up and laughed with the other two adults as they all began walking towards the distant palace doors. The little boy stayed by his pod and looked longingly up at the sky.

"Vegeta! Hurry up, or your father will pick for you right now!" The bald man said as he laughed even harder.

The little boy turned, furrowed his brows and ran towards the palace doors.

Reina woke up in the middle of the night in a cold sweat. Vegeta?! Did he say VEGETA!?

Reina climbed out of bed and walked to her balcony, threw back the curtain and opened the window for some fresh air. Her dream gave her a strange sense of de ja vú, like she had visited that palace before, but that was crazy….right?

She let the cold night air wash over her as she stared out into the bright night life of the city and thought. Why would I be dreaming of Vegeta as a boy? Heh, although, he did look adorable in his little red cape and armor. She snickered to herself.

She closed the window again and settled back into bed. After twenty minutes, she finally fell back asleep. The rest of her night went by dream free and she woke up two minutes to eight, right before her alarm, rubbed her eyes and started her morning ritual.

"Ok class, good job today. Remember, try outs for your next belt are next Thursday. If you think you are ready, please sign the book by the door on your way out. Until next time." She bowed to her students and dismissed them.

Goten and Trunks changed and were waiting by the door when Reina noticed them.

"Hey my little guys, who is picking you up today?" She wondered.

"Well, Momma is busy at the office," Trunks started to mumble, "so she told me last night papa would come get us, but shortly after that, he took off and Momma was mad all night. Do you know where Papa is, Sensei? Momma kept yelling at Yamcha that he was with you." He gave Reina a quizzical look of expectation.

Reina's mind raced.

Vegeta?

What? With me?

Bulma was yelling at Yamcha? Why?

Vegeta wasn't with me? Where?

Where is he?

She looked back at Trunks and smiled a nervous smile, "I'm sure he just got caught up in his training, but in the mean time, why don't I take you two to your mom, hmm?"

Both boy's face brightened and they exchanged glances then smiled. Goten turned back to Reina, "Can we fly, Sensei? Pleeeeese?"

She sighed heavily, pretended to think for a moment, then her smile widened, "Of course! Let me get my things first and we'll go." Both boys cheered and waited by the door chatting and joking until Reina returned.

As she gathered her bag, she decided to save time and not change out of her wrestling singlet. Her singlet was black with a pink stripe down either sides of her legs. She pulled a loose pink T-shirt on over it and slung her bag over her shoulders. Time to go face Bulma and figure this out, she thought as she closed her locker and walked towards the door again.

The two boys were elated to get to fly to Capsule Corporation. They flew circles around Reina and they all landed on the Capsule Corporation lawn about fifteen minutes later.

Trunks and Goten threw the front door open, waved goodbye to Reina, then they raced each other to Trunk's room.

Reina smiled and rolled her eyes as the two children vanished deeper into the house. She was left standing in the entry way and decided to walk around and find Bulma.

"Hello? Is anyone home?" Nothing.

"I brought Trunks and Goten here from class, I hope that's ok?" Still nothing.

"Bulma?" She called out as she rounded the corner to the kitchen. It was empty and quiet. Reina heard something upstairs and thought maybe Bulma was up there in an office or study. She left the kitchen and mounted the staircase.

At the top of the stairs, Reina paused and listened. There were five doorways in equal opposite intervals down the darkened hallway, and Reina could see light filtering in from the last door on the right. She walked towards it and paused again, this time listening to the sounds coming from inside the room.

"Oh get me, get me, get me, yes! Oh fuck yes! OH!" She heard a female voice cry out accompanied by the rough sound of flesh hitting flesh. Reina bit her lip and blushed. Maybe Trunks had it wrong. Maybe Vegeta just got….caught up, she thought and turned to leave.

"Oh yeah, that's it right there! Do that again! Oh fuck! Oh FUCK, Yamcha!" The female voice cried out again as a male voice grunted and the soft sound of flesh hitting flesh sped up.

Reina's froze in her tracks, and her hand flew to her mouth in shock. Yamcha?! She's fucking Yamcha!? That explains why she was so upset when I broke his fingers…she doesn't just have feelings for him still, but is messing around with him behind Vegeta's-

Her thoughts were cut off as thoughts of Vegeta's reaction to this indiscretion flooded her mind then. She shuddered, then became upset at Bulma herself. How could she cheat on HIM? And with THAT asshole? Her fists clenched and she bared her teeth in an angry snarl, feeling anger for Vegeta. She touched the polished silver door knob and turned it slowly to see if it was unlocked. It turned smoothly. How bold of you to leave it unlocked, she thought and took a deep breath before pushing the door open forcefully. It clanged against the opposite wall loudly, startling the couple in the bed.

Bulma gasp at the noise and turned her head to see her standing in the doorframe. What the HELL is she doing here?! She grabbed at the covers to cover herself as Yamcha scrambled off of her to cover his own exposed flesh, panting hard.

"How could you? With HIM?! Vegeta is THE prince of saiyans, with more pride and honor in him than anyone should have. When he finds out about this….well, I'd hate to be either of you two." Reina crossed her arms over her chest and glared at Bulma.

"What the HELL are you doing here!? Get out of my house!" Bulma yelled frantically. Yamcha just looked sheepish and traced the bed sheet pattern with his finger, his eyes cast down.

"I brought your SON home, since you are obviously too busy to get him." Reina rolled her eyes.

"YOU kept Vegeta out all night and HE was suppose to pick him up! You need to leave and I don't want you around my family anymore!" Bulma huffed.

Reina snorted, "I was at home, asleep all night, thank you very little. Maybe Vegeta caught on to your sex escapades and has already found somewhere else to go. If I were you, I would be worried about him coming to kill you. Especially you," she pointed to Yamcha and shrugged, "because he will feel very humiliated and with that comes a lot of anger.

Bulma seethed, "You lie! He won't believe you! You don't know anything! Get out of my house!"

Reina shook her head slowly in disbelief then turned to leave. So, the question still remained…..where is Vegeta?

She left Capsule Corporation and flew off in the direction of Gohan's house. Maybe he is over there sparring with Goku, she thought, but in the back of her mind something felt….wrong. She had this nagging feeling like something happened to Vegeta last night. She flew faster and eventually touched down on the Son's lawn.

She walked up to the front door and was about to knock when she heard a sharp metallic thump followed by screeching, "Why haven't you gotten a job yet, Goku sa? We need money!"

"Ow Chi Chi, that hurt! I hadn't found one 'cause I've been too busy trainin'." A familiar country voice squeaked out.

Reina smiled faintly, momentarily distracted from her thoughts as she walked around the side of the quaint house until she was in the backyard and walking towards her friend's parents.

Chi Chi raised the large cast iron frying pan again, then glanced over and noticed Reina walking up. She lowered the pan and smiled at Reina, "Oh, it's Gohan's friend. What are you doing here?"

Goku looked up and smiled brightly, "Hey Reina! Come to spar with Gohan? He isn't here right now, but I would love to-" he stopped as Chi Chi turned to him and threatened to hit him again. He shied away and waved his hands defensively in front of his face, " I mean, some other time, since I have to go find a job, hahaha!" He chuckled nervously as his hand migrated to the back of his head. Reina smiled, then remembered why she was here and her smile inverted.

"No I didn't come to spar. Have you seen Vegeta today? Or last night?" Reina asked.

Goku considered the question, then shook his head 'no'. "Why?" He asked.

Reina's frown deepened. I was sure he would be here, she thought.

"Well, I just had to take Trunks and Goten home because no one came to pick them up." She started, and told the older couple what she discovered at Capsule Corporation.

Chi Chi was unbelieving, but Goku's bright smile faded and his face grew dark with anger. Bulma was his best friend, and he couldn't believe she had cheated on Vegeta.

"So, right now I feel like I need to find Vegeta. Can you help me, Goku? I was thinking you could use your instant transmission thing to take us to him."

Goku's face brightened again slightly and he nodded at Reina and jumped up from his lotus position on the ground.

"Come grab my hand." He held his hand out palm up. Reina stepped closer to him, smiled shyly and grabbed his hand. He looked over at Chi Chi, nodded once, then raised two fingers to the center of his forehead, concentrated for a few seconds, then both of them vanished in a wink.

"Kyuri, what are you doing?" The little boy asked as he watched the girl stare at him with a look of immense concentration on her face and in her pretty grey eyes. I like her eyes, he thought as she squinted harder and held her breath.

"I…I'm trying to….get you to…go…go get me some...cookies from Jax!" She let out a held breath then giggled sweetly, her eyes closing and her face tilting to the left ever so slightly.

The little boy smirked, "Hmmph, as if your silly mind tricks would ever work on me. I am Prince Vegeta, an elite warrior, who-"

He stopped and glared at the girl as she stood up taller, placed a hand on her chest and mocked Vegeta's speech, opening and closing her mouth like a carp after every word in an overly dramatic way. Her unusual grey eyes sparkled with amusement.

"Tsk." The boy turn his head to the side and acted like he didn't care, but when the girl mocked this action too, the young prince turned and lunged at her, tackling her to the ground.

The girl laughed as they rolled around in the dirt, wrestling for dominance. They tumbled to a stop and Vegeta was straddling her, pinning the girl down, both hands over her head with one of his. She stared up at him.

"Will you pick me for your mate and take me away from here?" Kyuri asked, looking him straight in the eyes and watching as his stoic face softened ever so slightly.

"If you want me to, I will." He leaned down closer, staring back into her eyes, getting closer and closer, until the little girl squeezed her eyes closed and bit her lower lip, her cheeks on fire. Vegeta shook his head and refocused his mind. He looked down and saw Kyuri with her eyes shut tight and him sitting on top of her. He immediately released the girl, sat up and scrambled back.

"What was that? It felt like you were in my head, then there was nothing, until just now." He focused hard, trying to remember what happened after he tackled her.

The girl opened her eyes, giggled and sat up on one elbow, blowing a long lock of hair out of her face, "Just a silly mind trick." She winked at him as she threw his words back at him. She watched with pleasure as his face reddened. She scooted over closer to him, her own cheeks flushing as she reached out for his hand. Her fingers touched his knuckles and he jumped, his attention drawn down to her touch. She paused for a moment, her hand suspended just above his, but she steeled her resolve and wrapped her slim fingers around his. Neither of them moved. Time itself felt like it stopped, as they sat in the garden, watching as the planet's sun fell lower and lower in the sky.

Vegeta woke up, his head swimming. He kept his eyes closed as he tried to gather his thoughts. Another dream of her, he thought as he took a few deep breaths to ease the pounding in his temples. Wait a minute, he wrinkled his nose and took another breath in. The room smell different, and, another breath in, that is not Bulma's smell. His eyes shot open and he sat up quickly in an unfamiliar darkened room. He looked around and discovered he was in a hotel room of some kind. How did I get here?! His thoughts were interrupted, however, when he felt movement to his right. There laying in the bed next to him was a naked sleeping woman.

She was laying on her stomach, her midsection bare and the covers laid across her lower torso, just below her buttocks. Her hair was a black tangled mess, and she had her face buried in the pillow, so he could not see it, but what startled Vegeta was the brown furry appendage coming from the base of her spine. A saiyan?! What the hell is going on here?!

He was just about to jump out of the bed, when the woman shifted, turning her face towards him. Her features were strong, definitely saiyan influenced, and the more Vegeta studied her, the more he felt like he should know who it was. She almost looks like the girl, if she were say ten years older-!

He gasped in recognition, then covered his mouth. The woman's eyes flew open at the sound and she blinked her grey eyes a few times then sat up next to Vegeta.

"Mmm, good morning, handsome. That was some night, huh?" She thought out loud sleepily. She yawned, then turned her attention fully to her bedmate. She saw how angry he was, and only then did she remember she didn't have control over him. Shit!

Vegeta bared his teeth at her. His mind was racing, where the hell did she come from? How did she find him?! He looked at her, rage boiling inside of him. He opened his mouth to yell at her when…

Tsukemono ran her fingers around her mouth, drawing his eyes to the movement, then she ran it up the side of her face and to her brow. When Vegeta's eyes followed, he eventually locked eyes with hers. His eyes were ablaze with rage and anger, but Tsukemono just smiled and bit her lower lip, "You are not mad at me, are you?"

Vegeta's fists were clenched, but they slowly relaxed and he sighed. The anger drained from his face slowly, like poking a tiny pin hole in a balloon.

"No, no, I am not mad. I do not know what came over me." He sat on the bed, immobilized as he stared at her, his face gradually loosing all emotions.

Tsukemono's sleepy smile broadened and she scooted over and straddled his hips, her bare breasts touching his broad chest, "Good. You and I are going to go on a trip today. I have to investigate an energy reading I got last night from this dwelling establishment. You are coming with-"

Just then there was a slight movement in the left corner of the room. A startled gasp surprised Tsukemono and she turned and saw the outline of a woman and a man standing in the corner. What the...

Goku and Reina landed in a darkened hotel room, squinting to adjust to the light change. There was movement on the bed, and Reina's heart fluttered with adrenaline. She looked around quickly, saw a desk lamp and flipped the switch. CLICK.

The small room was flooded with artificial light and Reina looked around cautiously, then gasped in shock for the second time today taking in the sight of a beautiful woman sitting on top of her prince. She felt her cheeks redden with rage and jealousy.

Goku stared at the couple on the bed for several moments. He noticed how strong and powerful the woman's legs were. I bet she could kick hard, he considered as his eyes traveled upward. She has a tail!? So ka! She's a saiyan!

He looked quickly up to her face and finally noticed she was with Vegeta. He stepped back, horrified.

"Eh? Vegeta?!" What are you-"

The mystery woman cut him off as she jumped off of Vegeta and to the floor. She was completely naked, yet stood tall and proud, her tail twitching behind her.

"What have we here? How did you get in here? That is some trick!" She smile, playing coy.

"First of all, could you put some clothes on? And second, who are you?" Reina asked the woman, looking down at the floor.

"Who am I? Ohh, you mean you do not know by looking at me? I am hurt, little princess." She walked to her clothes from the day before and began to dress.

Goku watched Vegeta. He just sat there on the bed, bare chested and staring at the wall opposite him. Goku was sure he was also naked, and could not understand why he was acting so bizarre. Something was definitely wrong.

Reina's focus left the woman as her gaze fell on Vegeta's still form. What is wrong with him? She wondered as she took a few tentative steps towards him.

"Vegeta? Hello! Earth to Vegeta!" She waved her arms in front of him. The prince slowly turned his head up towards her and gave her a blank stare, "Hello."

Reina took a step back, her face wrinkling with confusion. Her brows furrowed and she turned her anger towards the woman, "What the hell did you do to him?!"

Tsukemono clasp the last strap on her armor and glanced casually at Vegeta, "Oh, he is just fine. He just, well let's say he has a new master, shall we? Watch," she turned to Vegeta, "Vegeta, go ahead and get dressed, hun."

Vegeta dutifully nodded and threw the covers off him and proceeded to don his clothes. Goku watched in fascination, wondering what kind of trick she had used.

Reina blushed and looked away at the site of Vegeta's backside, then she curled her hands into fists and clenched them tightly, "Release him at once! You have no right-"

"No right? Honey, I can do whatever I want, and what I want right now is for you to come with me to my ship and leave this planet and come home to yours! We have been looking for you for some time now, little princess. King Papaya will be so thrilled to see you again, and ALIVE nonetheless. Who would of thought, after all these years…." She trailed off in her own thoughts.

Reina's was confused again, but disregarded it as she remained focused on getting Vegeta back to normal, "I am not going anywhere with you, and neither is Vegeta. Return him to normal, now, and I won't have to kick your ass!"

Tsukemono started to chuckled, but it soon escelated to gut grabbing laughter. Reina seethed at her carefree attitude, but waited for a response.

"Oh, man, I haven't laughed like that in years. You? Kick MY ass…hilarious. Seriously though," she put her hand out and blasted a hole in the side of the building, "it is time to go. Don't make me use force," she yawned, "it's still to early."

Reina crossed her arms and planted her feet, "I will not leave this spot until Vegeta is back to normal."

Tsukemono considered this, shrugged, then looked towards Vegeta, "Come along, pet, it's time to go."

Vegeta nodded, zipped his pants and walked towards Tsukemono. Reina looked on in disbelief. I have to snap him out of it somehow!

"Ok, how about we fight for him. If I win, you release Vegeta from whatever you've done with him, and leave this planet and never return. If you win, I will go with you." Reina walked towards the retreating pair.

Goku put a hand on her shoulder, "Reina, are you sure about that? I could help you-"

"That won't be necessary, Goku, but thanks. I'm pretty sure I can take her." Reina smiled reassuringly.

Tsukemono scoffed and turned back to her, "Deal, little princess, but WHEN I win, you AND your cute friend there are coming with me." She laughed again as she turned and blasted out the gaping hole in the side of the building.

Reina ran forward and grabbed Vegeta's arm before he took off after Tsukemono. "Vegeta! Snap out of it! It's me, Reina."

"Oh, hello, nice to meet you. We must go," He pulled his arm free and blasted off after Tsukemono.

Reina looked at Goku, they nodded and took off after the two figures in the sky.

Tsukemono flew towards her ship, with the others flying right behind her.

Oh, this trip just gets better and better…

Author's notes:

Hey my loyal readers! SOOO sorry for the long update! My work has been hectic and blah blah blah, you don't care, lol. Anyways, so what is going on with this new chick? She seems to know Reina, but what has she done to Vegeta!? Sorry if Vegeta is a little out of character, I promise things will be righted soon...maybe…hopefully. I don't know, Tsukemono can be tricky *wink*.

Shoot me a review if you like my story! Put it on alert, and I promise I am already working on the next chapter!

A special thanks to you know who for drawing some fabulous pictures of Reina! With her permission, I will post them for others to enjoy!

Thank you Juubi6pathsSayin for reminding me to hurry up and post this chapter!

To all my other readers, thanks for liking my story!

Until next time,

~K

P.S. chapter 13 is still in progress. I introduced Tsukemono differently, and so Ii have to make the story a little different. Otherwise, I'd have to go back two chapters and retell...which I don't want to do to you guys! So stay tuned, it's coming *wink*