I was awoken by a light knock on Vegeta's door. I wasn't sure when I had fallen back asleep, but I gathered that Vegeta had moved me back to the bed. He stood now and opened the door, reveling Goku on the other side.

"You found him?" I heard Vegeta ask.

"Yes," Goku replied. "He's in her room."

"Has he said anything?" Vegeta questioned.

"No," Goku said. "He just...cried..."

"He has no right to-!"

"Vegeta, stop," Goku said, "before you do something you might regret." It was then that I noticed Vegeta had powered up, his hair bleeding into gold as he clenched his fists in anger. The prince powered down, his shoulder's slumping.

"How is she?" Goku asked.

"Healing," Vegeta said. "She doesn't remember it."

"We can't keep them apart," Goku said. "Not if this bond is everything you say it is."

"I know," Vegeta said. "But she has the right to some peace. When she asks for him, then..."

"I agree," Goku said when Vegeta trailed off. "Have you told her?"

"No," Vegeta said. "I...I couldn't..."

"She needs to know," Goku said.

"And you could tell her?" Vegeta snarled. "After everything?" Goku was quiet and Vegeta snorted.

"I didn't think so," he bit out.

"I went to earth and got some Senzu beans," Goku said. Vegeta nodded and stepped aside, allowing Goku to enter the room. He smiled at me sadly when he saw I was awake.

"How do you feel?" he asked.

"Like I was hit by a train," I replied. Goku and Vegeta's expressions became stricken.

"I'm sorry," I said quickly.

"No, don't be," Goku said in a gentle voice, moving to my side. "I have something that will make you feel better." He grabbed a small bag at his hip and opened it, pulling out a green bean and holding it to my lips. I stared at it for a moment before parting my lips, letting him push the thing into my mouth. I bit into it, almost gagging at the foul taste. The two sayajins chuckled at my expression as I fought to chew the medicine.

"Oh gods that's foul!" I said.

"I know," Goku said. "But you'll feel better."

I fought my gag reflex enough to swallow it and immediately felt most of my pain vanish. My eyes widened as I looked down at my body, seeing the bruises on my legs gone. My hand moved to my neck, touching where the mating mark had been, only to find that it remained.

"That cannot be healed," Vegeta said, sadly.

"Somehow, I knew that," I said. Goku reached out and petted my head like I had seen him do to Gohan many times. I smiled up at him, enjoying the paternal caress before I moved to my feet.

"I'm hungry," I said. "Can I get some food?" The two Sayajins looked at me surprised, as if they had forgotten all about food.

"Sure!" Goku said, bending down and lifting me onto his shoulder as if I were a small child. "Lets get you fed!"

"Yes," Vegeta agreed, following us out of the room. I was carried to the kitchen where the servants went about filling the table to bursting. Goku set me carefully in a chair before taking a seat as well along with Vegeta. I looked over the food, not sure of what to eat as there were many foods I wasn't familiar with. Goku spooned some kind of pasta onto my plate with a smile.

"Try this! It's good!" he said. I smiled and did, munching happily on the food, finding myself suddenly ravenous. When I finished with that I was handed some kind of large bun like thing by Vegeta while Goku gave me a bowel of rice. I laughed at them.

"I'm not hurt anymore," I said to them. The two men exchanged solemn looks and I got the impression that they were keeping something from me, not only from their looks but from the comment Vegeta had made to Goku in his room.

"You need to gather your strength," Vegeta said.

"Yeah, you haven't eaten in days!" Goku said, replacing his serious look with a silly grin. I rolled my eyes but went back to eating, munching on whatever they handed me until I couldn't eat anymore. Goku distracted me by telling stories of his battles between mouthfuls of food, punctuated by scathing remarks from Vegeta that sent me into fits of giggles. When we were done, Vegeta insisted I get some rest and led me back to his room.

"I can sleep in my own room," I said. "I shouldn't hog your bed."

"If I minded, I wouldn't allow it," Vegeta said, pushing me towards the bed. I shook my head and crawled into the bed, snuggling under the covers and closing my eyes.

"Vegeta?" I called.

"Yes?" he asked.

"Why is it I can sleep without Trunks?" I questioned.

"Your bond is complete," Vegeta replied. "It no longer requires the same degree of desperate closeness it did before."

"Oh," I said. "Vegeta?"

"Hm?"

"Thank you."

There was a long pause, so long that I looked over my shoulder at him. He was regarding me with an unreadable expression.

"...You're welcome," he finally said.