Q: If Fenn is dead, would they use the dragonballs to revive him?
A: The dragonballs are only coming if the stakes are real high. As much as I love Fenn, he wouldn't be important enough for Bardock and Colleen (the only two people who know where the stash of dragonballs are) to revive.
Q: How can Kakarot see Goku?
A: Kakarot will eventually begin to question that himself. He's not a psychic like Kara and Bardock, but he and Goku is the same person. They do share a special connection that no one else in the story does.
Q: Will Broly be weaker or stronger since he'll be a different age than when Goku faced him in DBZ?
A: Broly is going to be the hardest fight any of them have ever faced and I'm warning you all now, that not everyone is going to survive.
Q: Will this story follow Bardock and Kakarot going into Super Saiyan 4?
A: I feel like if I answer this question, I will give too much away so you'll just have to wait and see.
Q: Is Kakarot as strong as Goku was when he faced Frieza before turning Super Saiyan.
A: Yeah, about.
Chapter 37
I do not own DBZ
Cerina's heart had been broken into pieces. She couldn't even say that she was watching her greatest fear, because she never would have dreamed such an awful thing. How could she think it? Her beloved Fenn was a fearsome warrior, but he was also kind and loyal. He would have never done anything to intentionally hurt her. Kakarot hadn't even killed anyone in the underground matches where it was allowed and even encouraged. How could have Fenn have pushed Kakarot to do such a thing? She wasn't sure if she could forgive either of them for killing the other. "I have to see them!"
King Vegeta heard his daughter and grabbed her before she could make a move. "You are not going to go to the center of that ring and show the entire world that you are weak enough to cry over such foolishness."
It was the last straw for Cerina. She was done with her father, but she listened to him and tried to compose herself, because he would have forced her regardless. "Mother, please do something!"
Cellena did not need to be asked twice and she quickly flew to the center of the ring. The announcer was still counting and had gotten to six, but he immediately stopped once she landed. "Don't be a fool. Fenn is going to eat a senzu bean. He's disqualified and Kakarot is the winner." She looked up into the stadium to where she knew Bardock's family was sitting. "Hurry up, Bardock!"
He didn't even waste time flying and teleported into the ring. "I've got some." It was hard to put his dying son on hold for Fenn, but he was obviously in worse shape. He was only showing minor signs of life. He was still gagging blood and his foot was twitching. It reminded him of when Trunks was shot by Cell. "Here." He reached inside of his pocket and pulled out a pouch that had a few beans inside.
Cellena couldn't believe that everyone was so incompetent that they had to wait around for her to say everything. She grunted at the medical team standing by. "Get Kakarot out of here now!"
They did as she asked and placed Kakarot's wheezing body on a gurney and rushed him off as quickly as they could. Colleen couldn't stay in her seat and rushed off to meet her son in medical.
Cellena took the bean from Bardock and knelt down beside Fenn. She was careful and raised his head up, but he was pretty nonresponsive. "Fenn, I need you to try and eat this." She placed the bean in his mouth, but he wasn't swallowing. 'He can't die. He means too much to Cerina!' "Fenn, you have to eat this. Please."
All around the world, Saiyans and humans had their eyes glued to the ring to see if Fenn would be able to swallow the bean and save himself. Millions of girls were crying and even though many girls had changed their minds about Cerina choosing Kakarot, they officially hated him for what they had done to their beloved Fenn! Kara and Fasha were also freaking out and clutching onto Summer while they anxiously waited.
Cerina wanted to be there for her friend, but she didn't want him to pick up her scent and she hadn't gained control over her emotions and her father was still watching. He made her wait far in the back of their box so no one could see her tears.
Fenn gasped from nearly choking on the bean and rose up. He looked around quickly for Kakarot, but he was nowhere in sight. He looked up in the box for Cerina, but she wasn't there either. The only thing that began to calm him down was that Queen Cellena was by his side. "What's happening?"
"I gave you one of Bardock's senzu beans. It was the only way for you to survive."
"So I've been disqualified?" he yelled in disbelief.
"Yes," she smiled, "but it's more important that you're alive, Fenn."
Fenn's heart was racing. He wasn't sure what he wanted to do. He wanted to remain calm and look presentable in front of his queen, but he knew that he had lost and that Kakarot had a good chance to take Cerina and he didn't want that to happen. 'I've gotta destroy him before it's too late…'
Bardock picked up Fenn's thought and quickly grabbed the boy's shoulder and teleported away to Bell. She was crowded around Kakarot with a couple of nurses and doctors. When Fenn saw Kakarot, he was filled with anger and tried to charge the bedridden warrior. Bardock was ready for him and wrapped his arms around Fenn and began to squeeze. He had to quickly transform into a Super Saiyan to constrain him.
"Why did you bring him here?" Bell shrieked.
"Because you need to calm him down!" Bardock squeezed so hard that he knew he was beginning to break Fenn's bones, but he never cried out in pain. He kept growling in rage from seeing Kakarot still alive. Bardock managed to pull Fenn into a different room, but not without Fenn literally kicking and screaming. "Bell!"
"I'm sorry. Just…" She was so frantic. If she didn't hurry, Bardock was going to break Fenn all over again. She rushed around a little bit looking for her serum and once she found it, she struggled to stick it in Fenn, but he was struggling too much. "You need to hold him still."
"If I hold him any tighter, I'm gonna squeeze his insides right out of him."
"I don't know what to do!"
Fenn didn't have enough sense to stop because of the pain, even though his body was being crushed. He wanted to kill Kakarot for taking Cerina and for nearly killing him. "Kakarooooooooooooot!"
'I have to help him somehow!' Bell took a deep breath and then smiled. "I've got it!" She ran to a storage room and grabbed a canister filled with the sleeping gas used to make Saiyans sleep during the full moon. It took her a couple of tries before she could get the mask over Fenn's mouth and nose, but once she did, she cranked it up all of the way. He was already losing oxygen from Bardock squeezing him so tightly, so he did fall asleep.
Bell and Bardock both sighed in relief. "I'll put him in another room."
"We're gonna need some energy drainers for when he wakes up, and I don't think shackles are gonna be enough."
"I'll tell Raditz. You go take care of my son."
"Sure." Bell was having a really hard time wrapping her head around everything with Fenn and Cerina. All of her fantasies were thrown to the wayside. "I'll do what I can."
Cerina had dried her tears, but her face was still red and she was emotional. She didn't care and walked out of her family box with her father chasing after her. "Leave me alone," she commanded.
"I can't," he said. "I will not have you embarrass this family with your weakness!"
She gasped in disbelief and turned around in awe of how awful her father could truly be. "Father, I love Kakarot. He's a good man; he's strong, brilliant, and attractive. You couldn't get over your insecurities with Bardock for one day—"
"You are out of line—"
"No, you are!" She had never really stood up to her father before, but it felt really good. "You tried to kill me when I was a baby because you were scared of my power. Don't pretend like you're not insecure and don't you dare try to stop me from seeing my friends."
King Vegeta was angry with her words, but he had no idea that his mate had said a word to Cerina about him wanting to kill her. "Cerina, I was doing what I thought was best."
"Best for you! Fenn was sick and you nearly got both of them killed because you dislike Kakarot. You ignored how I felt and you hurt me." Cerina had been pushed to the breaking point with her father. She was close to tears, but she wasn't going to cry again. "You will always be my king, but you will never be my father again!"
"Don't you dare walk away from me, Cerina!"
She didn't listen. She ran off as fast as she could so she could see her boys and make sure they were okay. When she got to medical, she saw Colleen waiting outside of the emergency room pacing back and forth. "Is he inside?"
She nodded. Her entire body was shaking. "They don't want me inside. They think I'm gonna freak out and get in their way…" The only reason why she didn't barge inside was because she knew they were right and she didn't want her son to be hurt. "Please help him, Cerina."
Cerina wanted Kakarot to win the tournament, but Kakarot belonged to more than just her. She couldn't be selfish and she couldn't afford to let Kakarot be stubborn and power his way through the next match when he could die at any moment. 'I can't let Colleen's son die.' "I'll make sure he gets the care that he needs."
Colleen trusted Cerina and stepped aside so she could go in. The doctors had already set Kakarot's leg and were putting it in a cast. Cellena was observing the entire operation and even she looked concerned. The biggest problems were Kakarot's lungs, which were quickly failing him. He was wheezing terribly and Cerina didn't know if she could watch anymore. "Bell, do what you have to."
She sighed. The answer was not one Cerina wanted to hear. "We've gotta put him in a chamber or give Kakarot one of those senzu beans."
"No." He reached up and squeezed her arm with what strength he had left. "I'm not being disqualified!"
"Kakarot…" It pained Cerina to think about what would happen if he dropped out, but she didn't want to be responsible for his death. "…It's not worth your life."
He grew angry. "Don't tell me what you're worth and what to do with my life, Cerina!"
"You've proven yourself." She wiped her eyes as she felt the tears coming. "I almost lost Fenn. I won't lose you."
"It's my choice." He smiled and began to tease her. "This is your fault. You wanted me to prove myself."
Cerina looked to Bell again. "There's no way he can survive a fight let alone survive the next five minutes!"
Cerina was desperate and turned to her mother. "Can there please be an exception to this rule? There's obviously some kind of force at work. Fenn was set in heat—"
"It might be strange, but it's a natural process."
Bell began to look nervous. "It actually isn't…"
Cellena looked worried. "What do you mean?"
"Everyone leave. I can handle this on my own." Bell didn't want the rest of the workers to hear such confidential information. She was terrified to even tell it to Queen Cellena! 'She's gonna kill me for this!' "I started studying Cerina's pheromones under her supervision. I kept a sample in my lab and some of her blood and—"
Cellena's eyes bucked. "The sample is gone?"
"No, but it's less than what it was. Someone was hoping that I wouldn't notice it was tampered with."
'Why would they do something like this? I would have never approved of such a thing.' "Who else knows about this?"
"No one."
"Someone found out!" 'Using Cerina's pheromones as a weapon…I was just as surprised as anyone when Fenn went into heat for her. I could see right through their game when they pretended to be a couple. He wasn't interested in being with her and then all of the sudden; he had the worst case of being in heat that I've ever seen. This was a smart plan, but unforgiveable. I will not let the perpetrator get victory for this.' "Bell, you may inject Kakarot with the liquid from the rejuvenation chamber, but only inject it into his lungs."
"Will that do the trick?" Cerina asked.
"It should restore some of his breathing for the time being, but it's only a temporary solution and I still don't recommend him fighting in the final."
Cellena looked at her trembling daughter who looked like she was going to have a nervous breakdown. It was a tough position to be in. She could risk Kakarot's life or forfeit herself to Kale. Cerina didn't know what to do, so Cellena made a decision. "Go do your job," she said to Bell.
Bell began preparing the longest needle Kakarot had ever seen and his eyes bucked. When Bell noticed his eyes, she shook her head in shame. 'I can't believe this big, strong, warrior is afraid of needles!' "It'll be okay. Hold still."
Cerina looked away as Bell injected the needle into Kakarot. Cellena grabbed her daughter and rubbed her arms. "Calm down, Cerina. Everything will be fine."
"Why couldn't Father just listen to me?"
Cellena knew that there were no words to justify her father's actions. There was no excuse she could give. She tried to talk Vegeta into postponing the match, but he ignored her advice as well. "I'm so sorry, Sweetheart. I'm so sorry." She took her daughter into her arms and walked with her out of the emergency room.
"What's going on?" Colleen asked.
Cellena felt awful for her friend. "I'm allowing Kakarot to have some of the rejuvenation liquid injected into his lungs, but he's going to have to fight injured if he wants to win."
"And that idiot son of mine is going to do the dangerous thing isn't he?" She smiled, though she was afraid for him. She was proud of her boy. "He's just like his father."
'He certainly is.' "You can go see him now, Colleen. Please be gentle with him."
She nodded and rushed inside to be with her boy.
"We need Soko," Cellena said to her daughter. "This is official Task Force business now."
Cerina saw her walk through the doors. "Speak of the devil…" She wiped her eyes so Soko wouldn't make fun of her tears, but Soko looked rather emotional herself.
"Where is he?" she asked in a panic.
"Who?"
"Fenn. He's in heat. He needs me!"
Cerina grunted angrily. "He had a hole put in his stomach. I think he needs a lot of things, but you certainly aren't one of them!"
"When he was in heat last time…" It was Soko's first time and she had tried other men since Fenn, but he was the only one who had made her submit to him. He was a true man and though she acted like she didn't care about him, there wasn't a day that went by that she didn't think about being with him again. "I can be there for him…Only to help him. Nothing romantic…"
'She is such a slut! I will not let her bulldoze her way to Fenn and take advantage of his situation when Bell actually cares about him.' "Bell can handle him without resorting to such barbaric tactics. Besides, I need you to find whoever did this. He shouldn't have gone into heat. Someone forced this on him."
"I should have known," she said rudely to Cerina. 'It makes sense. Cerina may be a lot of things, but Fenn needs a woman with more sexual prowess.' She crossed her arms. "Any suspects?"
Cerina wanted to punch Soko, but she contained herself. "Kale obviously has the most to gain by this. The plan might have been to drive Fenn into killing Kakarot or them both taking each other out so he would win. My brother also had a lot to gain as well…"
Cellena was troubled. "You think your brother would—"
"I think he'd be capable of doing anything." 'Come on, Mother! You cannot baby him.'
"Who do you think stole the pheromones?" Soko asked. "Kale barely moved from the waiting room. He has a solid alibi."
"I think only one thief would be so daring."
Soko rolled her eyes. "In other words, you think that the leader of the Wolf Tribe is still free and we have the wrong man in prison."
"I always did." She smirked victoriously. "Now I have my proof."
Soko didn't like being wrong, but she knew that Cerina had a point. "So Kale knows who he is or a means of hiring him?"
"Perhaps."
'Well, the evidence was good. Someone set that man up that we took and I'm gonna kill whoever did. I don't like looking like a fool!' "We should question Kale."
"You two cannot interfere with the outcome of this tournament," Cellena told the girls. "Questioning is going to have to wait until after the final match and I'm serious about this!"
'Too bad. I could have bought Kakarot some time to heal up.' "Fine, Mother."
"I have to get back out there. Keep me updated," the queen said before leaving the girls.
Soko couldn't believe the predicament she was in. Fenn was poisoned and forced to go into heat with Cerina—someone who she clearly butted heads with—and the little nerd who was obsessed with him probably wouldn't leave his bedside. 'I bet that little virgin tries to screw him. She's not gonna figure this out scientifically. You can't fight instincts. That's what she's betting on.' She was so jealous! And on top of all that, she was dead wrong about the man they had captured. "What are your thoughts, Cerina?"
"I've got theories, but they're going to have to wait. I have to see about Kakarot." Cerina was feeling uncomfortable with how emotional Soko appeared. She was usually so cool and distant. 'Perhaps she really does care about Fenn. She has to care about someone.' "Go see how Fenn is doing. I can't be around him. My scent will only make things worse."
She tried not to smile. "Alright, Princess." Soko didn't exactly run to go see Fenn, but she didn't waste any time either.
Cerina walked back inside of the emergency room. Kakarot had several bandages on him and his leg was in a cast. His mother was looking terrified. She probably didn't want him to go back out there and fight, but she wasn't going to say a word. She had too much pride and she wanted him to win and she knew how much he wanted it as well. Cerina knew that she should respect him as well, but it was so difficult letting him put his life in such danger. "Kakarot…"
He looked up at her and smiled. "Hey. I feel better already."
She could see through his lies. She could even hear the pain in his voice. "Kakarot…"
"Hey!" He reached out and pulled her in by her hand. When she was close enough he grabbed Cerina by the sides of her face and pulled her close to his. "I'm going to win, Cerina." It tore him up to see her so conflicted and though she tried to remain strong, tears flowed from her eyes. But he wasn't having any of that. "I'm going to win."
"Perhaps my mother can give you a day of rest."
"That won't work," Bell said. "Kakarot's lungs aren't gonna hold up that long and he has internal bleeding. If he doesn't fight and defeat Kale in maybe the next ten minutes, he has to go in the rejuvenation chamber."
"But look at him!" she yelled to Bell.
Kakarot took her face and forced her to look into his determined eyes again. "Cerina, I don't care how bleak things look. I'm going to do this. I'm going to win." He smirked. "You're mine, remember?"
She smiled. She wanted him to win more than anything in the world. She had denied him a little over a year ago and now she would have given anything to have him take her in a bed that they could share together. 'He will not fail me…' "Good luck."
Arti came running into the emergency room. When he saw Kakarot and Cerina having a bit of an intimate moment, he began to blush a little bit and instinctively looked to Bell. "Kale's fight is over. It's time for the finals."
Kakarot knew he looked like a hot mess. His gi was all torn up, he was wrapped in many bandages, and he felt like crap. Even still, he knew he could beat that fool into oblivion. "This is it." He was proud and got up out of the bed on his own, but Cerina quickly came to his side for support when he was about to fall. He wanted to tell her to back off, but honestly, it was nice having her so close. It made him excited for what was to come that night.
Cerina had to keep reminding herself that Kakarot could do anything. He helped her save the world when all the other Saiyans transformed. He took down his father when he lost his memories and was taken over by Babidi. When they got in the waiting room where Kale was, he started snickering once he saw Kakarot. Cerina glared, but Kakarot was completely ignoring him. Cerina tried to do as Kakarot did and she just focused on him. "The final match…"
"Yeah…" Kakarot smiled. "I guess this makes up for my underground final that you trashed when you arrested me."
She smiled as well. "Wasn't this much more fun?"
"Do I look like I'm having fun?"
"You do." She knew that Fenn was the challenge he had been looking for. "You finally beat Fenn in front of the whole world. He'll be working nonstop to beat you. You'll have to fight each other again one day when his head is clear."
'That was a great match…' He laughed. "Thank you for giving me an opportunity for all this and not keeping me locked up."
"Thank you for joining my Task Force." She smirked naughtily. "I only wanted you to join so I could have my eye candy."
He shook his head. "I knew it! You're so shameless."
Kale had enough of their drivel. "Excuse me, but I'll be going out to the ring now." He shoved past the two of them and began walking out, despite not having a proper introduction. He received some applause and praise, but mostly boos, especially from little girls.
"Looks like Kale is anxious to start this fight!" the announcer said. "And who wouldn't be when the prize is the heart of our beautiful Princess Cerina!" The crowd began to scream for their princess.
"Where's Father?" Tora asked his mother.
"He had some important work to do," Summer said. 'I hope they can restrain Fenn. I feel awful for the poor boy. He's just another causality of love like Chi-Chi…' She also was nervous waiting for the fight because she knew that somewhere, Chi-Chi was also watching the love of her life slip away.
"I'm so excited!" Fasha said. "Where's grandpa though?"
"He's with Goku," Kara said.
Bardock reunited with Goku and was watching the tournament far on the very top level of the stadium where they could talk with a little bit of privacy. "Why didn't you tell me about Kara and why have you been avoiding us?"
"Kara begged me not to—"
"You wanna be a father, you go teleport to a dimension where Gohan exists or something, but Kara is my kid and you don't have the right to make calls like that."
Goku was a little hurt by that, but he also understood why his father was so angry. "I'm sorry. I guess she just reminds me of my granddaughter."
"Pan was a brat," Bardock mumbled. "They're nothing alike."
"Hey!" Goku was pretty offended, but not too angry. "That's your great-granddaughter you're talking about!"
"And she's still a brat." Bardock smiled. "She was a pretty strong brat, though. Whiny at times, but…" He didn't like to think of her too much, because he would never see her in his world. "What do you think of all this, Goku? You're watching someone live your entire life, but they're doing it completely different. Your wife isn't your wife. Kakarot is risking his life for another woman."
"And Cerina is quite the woman," Goku said with a smile. "I can see why he loves her. It's strange, but it is his life and she's good for him. She's good for everyone. People like Cerina and Fenn can change things."
"And what?" Bardock mocked. "Make the Saiyan race good like you want us to be?"
"If you didn't think it was possible deep down in your heart, then you wouldn't have saved everyone."
Bardock rolled his eyes. "That's quite the assumption. I haven't made anyone's life better but my own, Kakarot. I'm not a hero."
Goku shook his head. "Look at Raditz! Remember how he was? He did try to kill me and the only reason why he didn't is because Piccolo beat him to it." He laughed. "You saved his life, gave him a family, and now he fights to protect the people of earth with Princess Cerina. You're better than what you give yourself credit for. Kakarot is rough around the edges, but you've instilled some great things in him too. He can protect this planet from Buu and anyone else that comes around and he'll do it because of you."
It was really something to have Goku stamp Bardock with his seal of approval. It was something that Bardock wanted and even needed, but he couldn't be so soft! "The match is starting." Bardock stubbornly crossed his arms and looked to the ring. "Let's just watch…"
Goku let his father be proud, because he was also proud as well. 'I believe in you, Father, and I believe in Kakarot too.'
"And the challenger who gave every bit of himself to survive the battle with Fenn is here against all odds to win this entire tournament!"
The entire stadium when up in a wild cheer, except for one person who clutched onto her chest tightly. She was rooting for him, but there was still a great sadness within her. 'I will always love you, Kakarot.' Chi-Chi fought off her tears and reminded herself of that girl that used to cheer for him in his matches. "Come on, Kakarot! You can do it!"
Cerina helped Kakarot stand up on his one good leg. She tried not to think about how pitiful he looked and stroked his cheek romantically. "I will always belong to you, as you belong to me."
Kakarot took that as an invitation to kiss his woman. He wasn't going to let Kale have her. He wasn't going to let Fenn have her. Those succulent lips belonged to him and him alone. "Don't worry about me. This will be an easy match."
She didn't want him to let her go, but he did. He might have had to use what little bit of energy he had left to float so he wouldn't look foolish hopping on one leg, but she knew that he was going to be the one to take her to bed that night. 'Come on, Kakarot. Show me what you got.' She smirked. 'My Saiyan Prince.'
"Let's hear it for Kakarot!"
The screams all became nothing to Kakarot. He was sure there was some laughter for his poor condition, but he had to keep focused on his opponent standing in the center of the ring and in his way of his woman. For standing in his way of what he wanted, he had to pay.
"Begin!"
Kale wasted no time on the man he presumed to be a cripple and blasted Kakarot with a lot of power right out of the gate. Kakarot was tired and his reaction time was very slow and he got caught up in the blast and was knocked on his back on slid across the ring. There was a big simultaneous gasp from the crowd as he barely stopped himself from falling over the edge.
Kakarot grunted, but got back up on his one good leg. 'He's not playing around.' Kakarot could already feel his lungs burning. 'It's not like I have a lot of time to myself anyway. I have to end this as quickly as I can.' Kakarot didn't want to waste his energy flying, but he had to keep off of the ground in order to survive.
'Clever, Kakarot, but that won't be good enough!' Kale decided to meet Kakarot up in the air and they both began exchanging blows. Kakarot was still quick enough to get in a few blows, but they didn't do much damage and that only excited Kale!
"This is pitiful to watch," Vegeta said to Bulma. "Kakarot is done for." He was confident and even a little bored, so he turned to the beautiful woman leaning sexily against the wall as she watched the fight. "I can think of something more pleasurable to do."
"Oh really?" she said uninterested. "I actually like to see my plans complete themselves, so excuse me, but I—" She was stopped by Vegeta's tongue entering her mouth. It had been such a long time since she just gave into him and she did for a little while. Yamcha was good, but no one had ever quite got to her like Vegeta. But before things got too out of hand, she managed to push him away. "I can't, Vegeta."
He growled quietly, but he was very angry. "What is wrong with you, Woman? I thought—"
"I'm not going to cheat on Yamcha."
Well, that just made him begin to crack up! "Oh please! He's just a human loser."
Bulma was extremely irritated by that. "He's a professional athlete and he knows martial arts too, Vegeta. He's smart, he's attractive, he's rich—"
"He isn't me—"
She rolled her eyes. "You fool around with Cassava, Pepper, and you have your very own harem. I can have Yamcha."
"So you want a toy to play around with? For what?" He smirked and stroked her cheek. "You know I'm always up for meeting your needs."
Bulma felt herself quivering when he touched her, but she pulled herself together and pushed his hand away. "He's more than that, just like Pepper and Cassava mean more to you than what you pretend, especially Pepper." Bulma was annoyed by Cassava, but at least she controlled her for so long. Pepper wasn't that way. She figured she had nothing else to lose, so they were just real with each other. Bulma didn't like it. But if Vegeta could have other viable options that he cared about, it wasn't unreasonable for her to find someone that she cared about. "No, Yamcha isn't you, but he means something to me."
Vegeta couldn't believe that she had said such a thing and that she actually seemed to mean it. Then she started thinking about Yamcha and how annoying and weak he was and he just started to get really pissed off. "I'm warning you now, Woman, keep this up, and I'm gonna kill him."
Her mouth dropped. She knew he was dead serious, but she also knew that there was nothing she could really do to stop him. Begging wouldn't work and Bulma wouldn't beg for anything. "If you kill Yamcha, I'm gonna kill Cassava."
"Oh please! What are you going to do?" he asked.
Her whole body tensed up. She had been waiting to have an excuse to get rid of her. "I'm warning you." Bulma wouldn't say another word to Vegeta. She put her eyes back on Kakarot to see him lose everything. 'My plans don't fail.'
Kakarot was knocked down to the ring. He could barely breathe. He was aching all over. He was pushing himself too hard and yet he had nothing left to give. 'Come on! I've gotta pull myself together.'
"This is just pathetic!" Kale landed and began to laugh and shook his head. "You're going to lose, Kakarot. It's as simple as that."
He tried to raise himself up, but his entire body was trembling. 'This body isn't good enough!'
"You think I'm not interested in Cerina, but that's not true. I've been watching her and I admire her greatly." He outstretched his finger and it began to glow. "Her kindhearted nature is troubling, but I also know that there's a dark nature that is my kindred spirit." He mimicked a technique that Cerina had once used on Kakarot when she pinned him to a wall. Energy shackles came around his wrists and ankles and Kakarot was unable to move. "You could say that I'm her biggest fan."
Kakarot struggled to break free, but he wasn't strong enough.
"I'd like to show my princess some of my torturing techniques. I'm not as elegant as she, but I hope she is impressed."
Cellena was not against torturing, but not in front of everyone! "He is not about to torture Kakarot!" She looked to her mate. "Vegeta? In front of all of these humans and their children?"
King Vegeta did want to see Kakarot suffer, but he did think about his daughter. 'Cerina may not be able to stomach this…' But he would not interfere.
"The first thing I like to do is mark my work." Kale stood over Kakarot's body and carefully began searing his name into Kakarot's chest with a precise energy beam. Kakarot hollered and his excoriating screams were like music to his ears.
Cerina covered her mouth and breathed into her hands. She was trembling. 'I have to stop this…'
Summer covered her children's eyes and told them both to cover their ears. She didn't want to watch it either, but she couldn't draw her eyes away. "Don't look, Kara!"
She closed her eyes and covered her ears, but she was shaking. She could feel what Kakarot was going through. She could feel how horrible everyone felt while they were watching Kale torture Kakarot. 'Kakarot…'
"Come on, Son!" Bardock said quietly.
"Don't worry," Goku said. "He's going to pull through. He has to."
Kale smiled at his handy work. Kakarot's skin was still sizzling, but his name was clearly burned into his chest. "There are many things I can do to torture you, but I'm gonna put you out of your misery." He turned to the announcer. "Start the count."
Kakarot wearily opened his eyes. He saw the announcer speaking and pointing his finger every time there was a new count, but Kakarot didn't know what number he was at. 'I have to win. I have to…'
The ground began to shake underneath Kale's feet. The announcer began to panic and ran out of the ring before he was hurt, but Kale was puzzled. Kakarot looked as if he was unconscious. 'What's going on?'
"His power level is rising…" Bardock said.
"I remember when this happened to me," Goku said. "He's gonna snap."
Kakarot opened his eyes. Kale looked to see if his eyes had changed colors, but it was completely white. "What's going on?"
Kakarot yelled and energy began to explode from him. It wasn't difficult for Kakarot to break out of Kale's energy shackles. His power was bursting out of him and he couldn't feel his immense pain anymore.
'Something similar happened to Kakarot before,' Cerina recalled. It was when she had given him some of her energy to defeat his father. There was a golden aura around him and his hair stood straight up, but it wasn't a full Super Saiyan transformation. But this time was different Kakarot didn't seemed to be in control.
"This isn't Super Saiyan," Cellena said to her mate. "It's odd that he hasn't completely transformed. He's more than strong enough."
King Vegeta growled to himself. 'Whatever this power is that he has, it's impossible for Kale to win now.'
Kale tried to block Kakarot's onslaught of attacks, but Kakarot was vicious and one attack after the other was worse than before. It was too inconceivable to Kale that Kakarot could be so injured and then find such strength deep inside of him. It was impossible.
The audience was stunned at what they were watching. Yes they saw how powerful Kakarot was, but he was too injured to be fighting Kale as well as he was. He wasn't only holding his own, but he was actually winning!
'I can't lose!' Kale thought to himself. 'I can't lose!' Kale saw that Kakarot was coming at him again, so he quickly raised his hands up to Kakarot's face for a serious blast.
Cerina didn't mean to, but she screamed in fear of Kakarot losing his head. But Kakarot must have been completely fine, because his fist still pounded into Kale's gut hard enough to make him fall to his hands and knees. Kakarot didn't wait much longer for Kale to catch his breath. His next and final move was an uppercut that made impact right under Kale's chin and shattered his jaw. The force of the blow knocked him up into the air and far outside of the ring. But before he could land on the soft grass, Kakarot powered up just enough to blow Kale's body into the wall of the stadium and press him firmly in the cement.
"Kakarot has knocked Kale out of the ring!" The announcer yelled. "Kakarot has won the tournament!"
The crowd went wild with cheers, but Kakarot was still on autopilot and didn't care about all that. His opponent was still breathing and he needed to be destroyed! Kakarot outstretched his hand and yelled as he began drawing energy.
"Kakarot, stop!" Cerina despised Kale, but she couldn't let Kakarot continue hurting others. She ran into the ring as fast as she could and wrapped her arms around Kakarot from behind. "It's over, Kakarot. You've won. Come back to me!"
Kakarot was able to hear Cerina's voice and cut through the power he had yet to control. Though it was an extreme force, he wasn't able to keep himself up and collapsed in her arms.
Cerina was very careful with Kakarot and gently sat him down on the ground. "I need a senzu bean!"
Bardock smiled with pride. "He pulled it off!" He quickly flew down into the ring and fed his son the bean. Within a few seconds, Kakarot jumped up on his feet.
"I'm the winner!" Kakarot didn't usually let himself get so excited, but he flew up into the air and cheered for himself. "You hear me? A low class soldier just won this tournament. Whooooohooooooo!"
Cerina smiled to herself and shook her head. 'This is my mate.' But Kakarot wasn't the only one celebrating the victory. The crowd was also going crazy. She wasn't so expressive, but she would make her feelings known when she could finally get him alone.
"Cerina!" Soko came running to the ring. "Fenn is awake. He says he needs to see you now. It's an emergency."
Cerina knew that Kakarot would want her to stay and rejoice in his victory, but she needed to see her friend if it was an emergency. Besides, she was angry at Kakarot for almost killing Fenn. She needed to check up on him and hurried to see him.
Kakarot was puzzled by his woman running away, but he didn't chase after her. He trusted that she would return to bask in the glow of his radiant success.
"Fenn?" Cerina had rushed to his hospital room, but cautiously stepped toward his bed. She knew that her scent could make him worse than he already was.
"Cerina…" He was still enchanted by her wonderful scent. "You're here. Is it too late? Is the tournament over?"
'It's dangerous to be here.' She saw that his arms were restrained with very powerful energy shackles. 'It should be okay…' "Kakarot has already won, Fenn."
Fenn was overcome with incredible rage. He was going to get up and rush to find Kakarot. He was certain he could kill him, but as soon as he moved, his energy was sucked away from him. "You can't mate with Kakarot!"
"Fenn…" She felt awful for him. "You're not in love with me. Bell had a sample of my pheromones and someone stole some of it—probably the leader of the Wolf Tribe. Someone injected you with something to make you go into heat, Fenn. Whatever you're feeling, it's not real."
He took a deep breath and tried to understand what she was saying, but it was so intense. "But Cerina, I—"
"Think carefully! You must remember something to confirm this."
He tried to think about something other than Cerina's radiant beauty. "Before one of my matches, Kale tapped me on my back. It was strange and there was a sting, but I didn't think much of it…" He tried to move to hold her in his arms, but the shackles began to drain him. 'How could someone do this to me?' "Kale is behind this."
"Apparently, but we're searching for more evidence." Cerina hoped that Fenn had gotten a better hold of himself and she inched closer to Fenn and touched his hand. "Bell is going to find a way to fix this, Fenn. You don't really love me and you don't really want to hurt Kakarot—"
"But you still can't mate him, Cerina!" Fenn knew he was in heat and that was making him defensive, but he couldn't stop himself from being so angry. "There's something I have to tell you."
She shook her head. "Fenn, whatever you feel is just my pheromones—"
"He had sex with that human, Chi-Chi!"
Cerina thought she had misheard, and yet she gasped and everything inside of her turned cold. "No…" She shook her head, refusing to believe. "He told me that he was virgin…"
"After he left your brother's harem, Cerina! He would have said anything to make you forgive him."
Her heart began to race as tears came to her eyes. She recalled when he told her that he was still a virgin, but he paused. She thought it was from embarrassment, but she could have been wrong. "Kakarot wouldn't have lied to me about this. He cares too much about me—"
"You're just a prize to him, Cerina. He never treated you right. He always acted indifferent. He only wanted you when someone else did. You're just a game, Cerina. He only wanted to win this tournament to show himself to the world and to get revenge on your father for making him look like a fool."
Cerina was devastated. Somewhere deep inside of her, she knew that Fenn must have been right about Kakarot and Chi-Chi. She kept thinking about how he was with her when she was going by "Nori". They were inseparable. He agreed to join her Task Force to save Chi-Chi's life. He did it because he cared about her. Perhaps he even loved her.
But she wasn't just upset. She was furious! She wasted so much time wanting him and he wanted someone else. He betrayed her trust and nearly killed her best friend! Fenn was in heat. Kakarot had no excuse for his behavior. He didn't kill anyone in his underground matches. Why kill Fenn? Why?
"I have to go…" She ignored Fenn calling after her and rushed back out to the stadium. Her mother and father had joined Kakarot in the center of the ring. Of course her mother was smiling, but her father was not. Oh, he would be thrilled after he heard what she had to say! "Stop the celebration!"
Kakarot looked puzzled. Everyone did. "Why?" he asked kind of laughing.
She clenched her fists and began to grunting. "Because there's one person who you should fight before you can have your claim on me."
Kakarot laughed once more and outstretched his arms. "I have defeated everyone in my way!" He really felt on top of the world.
"Everyone except for me!"
There was a gasp that circulated around the stadium, but mostly everyone thought it was going to be a fun match that was only meant to be friendly. But King Vegeta thought differently. He had never seen quite such a fire in his daughter's eyes.
"Father, don't you think it's proper? Kakarot must prove that he is worthy and the only way to do that is to make me submit. I am no weakling. I will not fall on romances alone. He must fight and win."
Cellena also knew that there was something wrong with her daughter. "Cerina?"
Vegeta wasn't going to let his mate talk Cerina out of her anger. "That sounds like a perfect idea. One more match." He looked to Kakarot, who was uncertain of what to make of everything, and smirked. "Clear the ring."
King Vegeta, Cellena, Prince Vegeta, and the announcer all got out of the ring to make way for Cerina and Kakarot so they could fight. Kakarot was smiling at first, but he was beginning to really see how upset Cerina was. "Cerina what's going on?"
She prepared herself by ripping high splits into her dress so she could properly kick his butt! "Are you afraid of me?"
He was instantly offended. "Absolutely not!"
"Well, you should be!" Cerina was determined to teach Kakarot a lesson. She knew that she loved him, but she couldn't be forced to mate him if he truly loved Chi-Chi.
'I've won every match so far. I just have to survive one more before she's mine. It's not a big deal.' "So let me get this straight, Cerina. When I win, we're officially mates, correct?"
"The only thing you're going to mate with is agony!"
Kakarot was concerned about her anger, but he was also really turned on. "You really are attractive when you're angry!"
"That's it!" She began to charge him. "You're going to die, Kakarot!"
'I have no idea why she's so pissed, but this is pretty exciting.' "Bring it."
Kakarot blocked her first kick with his arm, but he realized that it was literally shaking once he pulled it away. 'She's not kidding around! Why is she so angry? What did Fenn say to her?' "Are you mad because I almost killed Fenn, because that was merely my survivor instinct, Cerina. I didn't mean to."
"That's not the only reason why I'm angry, Kakarot!" She really started to attack him. Even with his recent power boost due to his injuries, he had to move as fast as he could to avoid her blows.
'I might have to power up to put her down, but I don't really wanna hurt her.' He was able to catch her arms and held her tight. "You can't release enough energy to defeat me without nearly killing yourself. Let's stop this."
"I don't need pure power to beat you, Kakarot!" She kneed him in the gut hard enough to free herself and to knock him back. She took the time to quickly create an energy blast that extended from her hands and circled around Kakarot's body until it created a lasso. She smirked at the idiotic expression on Kakarot's face and swung his body as hard as she could into the ring. She had hurt him and she was pleased enough to confidently rush over to him and place her foot on top of his chest while she still held on tight to her lasso. "Give up?"
Kakarot began to blush when he looked up and saw her. She really did look hot when she was angry, she was still in that sexy dress, and she kind of had a dominatrix thing going on with the whole energy whip thing. "I hope this doesn't upset you, but this is really hot right now!"
She grunted and got off of him just so she could toss him back into the ring as hard as she could. "This isn't a game, Kakarot!"
Colleen had joined Bardock near the ring to celebrate her son's victory and all of the sudden, she was watching his breakup. She desperately grabbed a hold of Bardock and shook him. "What did that idiot do?"
"I have no idea, but it's just like I saw."
"Who will win?"
Bardock was even a little bit concerned for his son. "I have no idea…"
'I've gotta do something about this!' Kakarot powered up before he hit the ground again and broke through her energy lasso. He really didn't want to hurt Cerina, but she wasn't going to let up until one of them won and it had to be him. 'Or maybe it doesn't…'
"Come on, Kakarot!"
Kakarot charged Cerina as fast as he could. She readied herself and was going to take him out as soon as he got close enough, but he was just a little bit faster and caught her fist in his hand. She blinked and the two of them were standing outside of the ring.
"What?" She quickly backed away confused. "Did you just ruin the match for the both of us?"
"It looks like they're both out of bounds!" the announcer said. "What an impressive display of power from our Princess!" Some were dissatisfied with how the fight ended, but there were more people impressed with Cerina's powers.
"I don't need to beat you and make you submit," Kakarot said. "Come on. You don't care about the traditional Saiyan crap, Cerina, and I really don't either. We make a good team. That's all that matters."
Her eyes widened a little bit. That was much too mature for the man she believed she was fighting against. 'I don't understand this. Does he really want to be my equal or is he just messing with me? If he respected me at all, he would have never lied!' "Excuse me everyone."
Kakarot didn't understand why she ran away, but he had to go after her. His infinite glory could wait. "Cerina!" He caught up with her outside of the stadium. It was like there was no one else in the world but the two of them because everyone else was in the stadium waiting for them to come back. "Can you please just tell me what's the matter, Cerina?"
She couldn't keep running forever. She had to know, so she turned around and just asked him the question that she wanted to know. "Did you have sex with Chi-Chi?"
'Aw, shoot!' Kakarot didn't know what to say. He didn't want to lie to her, but she deserved the truth. Besides, she already must have known. Even if she didn't, she would have gone through life too suspicious. "I did, but she stroked my tail."
"And it only happened the one time?"
Kakarot looked away. It was hard to admit the truth when it could have ruined things between them for good, but he couldn't be a coward. "No. I had sex with her afterwards willingly."
Cerina broke down too easily and began to cry as if her entire world was crumbling apart, but a tear had yet to fall and she hadn't made a sound yet.
"I needed to know how I felt about her, Cerina."
"Why did you lie to me?" As she spoke her tears began to flow.
"Because you were so mad about the harem thing. I knew I screwed up by going there. I figured I could outsmart Vegeta. I really didn't sleep with those girls."
Cerina was mad at the time, but she didn't care about those other girls anymore. "Do you love Chi-Chi?"
It was a question that was too soft for Kakarot to really answer, but he knew someone would eventually ask. Chi-Chi was his best friend and she worked hard to please him in any way, shape, or form. What more could he asked for? But even with that going for her, they didn't belong together. "We were friends. We messed around and it started to get serious, but I don't care about her like how I care about you."
But Cerina knew he was being proud. He clearly did love the girl. "I need some space."
"Some space?" he laughed. "After everything I did to have you—"
"Including lying to me and nearly killing Fenn. I said I need some space!" she yelled and stormed off.
Kakarot was angry and his first reaction was to chase after her, but he decided to give the girl her breathing room. He was confident that she'd be back anyway.
Cerina did what she did best and began to solve problems. She called Soko, Arti, Bell, and Raditz together at the Task Force headquarters to figure out what happened to Fenn. "Soko, did you arrest Kale?"
"He's in a holding cell waiting for you." She didn't mean to, but she let a snicker escape from her. "Forgive me, my princess, but I don't think your torturing methods are going to crack him. He's the son of the master. It's in his blood."
"I'm skilled in my own right. Don't underestimate me." She was itching to make him pay for what he did to Fenn. "Bell, how is Fenn doing?"
"My serum isn't really working. I'm trying to make it stronger."
"Do you think he's going to just have to get it out of his system the old fashioned way?" Soko asked while trying not to sound too pathetic.
Bell blushed, but she was pretty defensive since Soko asked. "There are other options I'll have to explore first, but I'm not letting you have your way with him!"
Cerina rolled her eyes. She didn't have time for their bickering. "Raditz, what did you discover on the security cameras?"
"They were tampered with yesterday. No one was caught on camera, but I did catch footage of a fly frozen in midair for about five minutes, so someone must have paused the video."
"Kale didn't have an opportunity to steal it," Soko said. "He was at the tournament the entire time. He ate food that was provided for him and even his bathroom breaks were short. He didn't talk to anyone but your brother who came to see Kale just before Fenn felt pricked in his back."
Everyone's eyes zipped right to Cerina and waited for her reaction. "Then we'll have to question him. I don't know if my parents will let me arrest him, but he's a serious suspect."
"Honestly though," Bell said, "I haven't studied the pheromones in a few days. Someone else could have tampered with it before."
"I'm still sure it had to be the Wolf Tribe at work," Cerina said. "Let's think about this crime and his last one when he broke into the palace. It was crafty and it was impossible. The cameras were tampered with. He knew when the guards went on breaks and the layout of the palace."
"That is strange," Bell said. "That information doesn't exist anywhere publically. The blueprints are hidden safely. There are no digital or hard copies."
"Which means that whoever broke into the palace has been here before," Raditz said. "They know the layout because they've seen it with their own eyes."
"So who has been introduced to the palace recently had and had enough access to really study it?" Soko asked.
Cerina immediately knew, but she didn't want to say because of what it meant. "Bulma's boyfriend, Yamcha."
'Bulma?' Raditz began to get angry. "Do you think she was also behind this?"
"How did she even know that I had Cerina's pheromones?" Bell asked. "That was a secret."
"A secret that you probably recorded digitally," Soko said. "Bulma is smarter than you. She could have hacked the information."
Bell grumbled to herself.
"She's smart enough to scheme something like this," Arti pointed out. "She has a close relationship with Yamcha. Maybe it was her plan and he stole the pheromones and she gave them to Vegeta."
"That's a lot of assumption," Cerina said.
"But it all fits," Raditz said. "If she's scheming again, she has to be stopped."
Cerina didn't want to hurt Bulma, but she knew that she might have to. 'Would she be killed for this? Fenn nearly died for this scheme.' She was furious and deeply saddened at the same time. "Soko and I will go confront Kale. Bell, I need you to look through our evidence that we had of Puar's identities and see if you can connect any of them with Yamcha, especially at that charity even that he spotted Bulma at. Raditz, I want you to invite my brother here to speak. Do not arrest him. He'll just beat you senseless if you try."
Raditz was highly offended, but nodded. "Understood."
"Arti, go keep tabs on Bulma and Yamcha. Do not let Yamcha flee."
Everyone went to go follow orders while Cerina and Soko went to Kale's holding cell. He was strapped to a chair while his arms and legs were hooked up to energy draining shackles. He certainly wasn't going anywhere and he wasn't strong enough to get past Cerina and Soko either. However, he was not troubled when he saw them. He had quite the pleasant smile on his face. "Princess Cerina!"
"Kale." She crossed her arms. "We have some things we need to talk about."
"I assume this is about Fenn. If that's the case, I have nothing to say. He was simply overtaken by your powerful charms."
Soko grunted angrily. "We know that you pricked him with something that made him go into heat. Admit to it!"
"No." He smirked sadistically. "I suppose Cerina will just have to torture me."
Cerina was alarmed and let out a small gasp. 'He wants me to do it. He's turned on by the very thought of it.' "You're disgusting."
"Please!" he begged. "I've often fantasized about you torturing me, me torturing you, us torturing innocents together." He licked his lips as he stared at her tremendous body. "We make quite the pair, you and I. We are the same."
"I'm nothing like you," she seethed.
Soko wanted to torture him herself. She wanted to cut him apart, starting with taking off his skin. But she knew that even that wouldn't break such a psychopath. He would probably enjoy it. "Cerina, he's not going to talk. It doesn't matter what we do to him."
'She's right.' Cerina sighed. "Kill him."
Soko was surprised. It was obvious that Kale was guilty, but Cerina never acted with such little evidence. "Are you sure?"
"Do it now." Cerina didn't care to see how Soko did it, but she trusted that she would get it done and left the room.
Kale looked so pitiful as if he were about to cry. "No…Cerina was supposed to torture me! We're kindred spirits, she and I."
Soko sneered up her nose in pure disgust. "You're so pathetic." She really did want to torture him, but she didn't want him to enjoy his death. She got close to him and placed her hand on his chest. "You took Fenn's heart away from me, so now I'm going to take yours'."
Kale gasped from shock of the pain of her hand piercing his chest and diving into his body. But the further she went, the more intrigued he was by the pain and he began to smile. "Yes…this is perfect."
Soko's eyes bucked and she quickly pulled his heart out. She was so crept out that she could hardly enjoy Kale's death. "What a freak…"
Cerina waited in her office for her brother. She tried to remain focused, but she couldn't help but think about Kakarot. He was her mate now, but she was just so upset! He was in love with Chi-Chi and she couldn't trust him! 'I don't know what to do…'
"What is this about?" Vegeta said while barging inside. "There's a party being thrown for you and Kakarot that I'm rather enjoying despite the fact that you're missing."
She crossed her arms. "Is he there?"
"Of course he is along with his peasant family…" Vegeta was so annoyed. Kakarot's mother was especially loud and his father was actually trying to make peace. It was sickening.
Cerina felt awkward with her brother in her office. After all, he never really respected her job and what she did. He wouldn't like that she acted out her authority when it trampled on his, but she had to just push through it. "Vegeta, I just thought you should know that we just killed Kale."
His eyed widened and his nostrils flared up. He was so angry that he could have blasted her or at least choked her! "You have no right—"
"I'm the head of the Task Force," she spoke firmly. "I have all authority to take swift justice on those who would disrupt the peace."
'Blast! I can't believe this woman killed one of my favorite men. Well, I know she didn't do it, the little weakling. She must have had Soko kill him. She must suspect that Kale poisoned Fenn. I know that Kale wouldn't have talked. Besides, even if he did, there's nothing she can do against me.' "Why?"
"Because Fenn was forced into heat. Kale was behind it, but I don't believe he could have done everything on his own."
He cocked his brow and then smirked arrogantly. "Are you accusing me of something, Little Sister?" He literally was untouchable. She was just a woman and third born. He was the heir to his father's great empire. She couldn't lead anything. She was too weak and softhearted. She wouldn't even be alive if he wouldn't have asked his father to spare her life for the sake of their mother.
"You were really trying to get Kale to win." Cerina knew that she couldn't make a move against her brother, but there were other ways to make him sweat. "Maybe you told Bulma to have her boyfriend steal my pheromones from Bell's office."
Vegeta was not surprised that Bulma was mentioned, but he was quite intrigued about Yamcha's believed involvement. "What does Yamcha have to do with anything?"
Cerina looked confused. 'He genuinely doesn't seem to know anything about Yamcha. He can't confirm it? What should I do?'
Then to solve her dilemma, Raditz quickly came in the room. "I'm sorry for disturbing you, Prince and Princess, but Bell came up with the evidence that you needed. There's at least a dozen connections to Yamcha and Puar's identities, including the night that he met Bulma."
Cerina was sure, but she just didn't feel good about it. She saw how Bulma was with him and they actually seemed to be genuinely happy together. "It's him…"
"What's going on?" Vegeta asked anxiously. 'I've been waiting for a reason to kill him!'
"Yamcha is the leader of the Wolf Tribe." Cerina eyed Vegeta carefully. "You really didn't know?"
"No. I didn't." He slowly began to smile. It was the perfect excuse to destroy her worthless boyfriend. He would never get to touch Bulma with his unworthy human hands again. All he had to do was make sure that he had the honor of killing such a fool. 'But I have to make sure that I'm the one who destroys him.'
Vegeta had to catch himself and it was easy once he recalled that Bulma was in trouble, especially if she was a conspirator. "Bulma probably doesn't know either. She would have told me." He couldn't believe that she didn't. He was quite offended by it. If he wasn't so proud, he could admit to himself that he was a little hurt.
Cerina didn't trust her brother, not when it came to Bulma. "And maybe you're just protecting her." She got up from her seat. "We'll finish our conversation later. I have an arrest to make."
She began to walk with Raditz, but Vegeta followed behind quickly and caught up. "I'm coming with you."
Cerina was suspicious, but allowed it. It's not like she could order him to go away. "Fine. I may have to arrest you next, Brother." Arti, Bell, and Soko also accompanied Cerina. Everyone who saw them all together knew that something big was about to go down. When they arrived at the palace in the main ballroom where Kakarot's celebration was being held, everything came to a pause.
Kakarot knew that something had to be going on, but he couldn't help but try to speak with Cerina after she stormed away upset. "Cerina—"
"Not now, Kakarot." She brushed right past him. She didn't mean to be rude, but she had to be in a different mindset. What she was about to do was not easy whether Bulma was innocent or not.
When Bulma and Yamcha noticed Cerina, they were both worried internally, but they were both such skillful masters at manipulation that they didn't even make an expression until Cerina marched right up to the two of them and Raditz began to cuff Yamcha. Bulma was about to fight him off, but Soko pushed her back. "Yamcha," Cerina said, "you're under arrest for—"
"We don't tolerate thieves in our empire." Vegeta quickly placed his hand on Yamcha's chest before anyone could stop him. However, he did have enough time to see that panic in Yamcha's eyes just before he smirked.
"Vegeta, nooooooooooooo!" Bulma screamed with everything that she had, but the sound didn't come out fast enough to stop Vegeta from putting a hole right through the man she had shared everything with.
"What is the meaning of this?" King Vegeta barked. It's not like he cared that Yamcha was dead, but it was ridiculous enough that he was trying to make nice with Bardock and his family. Now he had a dead body on his hands and Bulma sobbing miserably on the floor over a dead fool. She didn't even cry like that over her father.
"Vegeta!" Cerina angrily punched her brother in the chest. "What is wrong with you?" She was about to hit him again, but Kakarot quickly came behind her and pulled her off of her brother so they could at least figure out what was going on.
"He needed to die for his crimes!" Vegeta yelled to his sister, but he also looked to Bulma. It was her fault that Yamcha had to die. She should have known better.
"What has he done?" Cellena asked.
Cerina saw Bulma's face and her heart felt like it was being crushed. "He's the leader of the Wolf Tribe..."
King Vegeta didn't understand what the big fuss was all about. "Then what's it matter if your brother killed him?"
Bulma had thrown herself on top of Yamcha's body while she sobbed heavily. He was the only person that she had opened up to about what had happened while she was gone for five years. He was the only person she could trust. No one else knew about her beloved. She genuinely cared about him. She really did! "Yamcha, please don't die!"
"Bulma…" Queen Cellena bent down to Bulma's side and gently began to pull Bulma away from Yamcha's bloody and lifeless body. She hadn't seen her that distraught since she banished her and it began to bring back terrible memories for Cellena. She was glad that Yamcha made her so happy. If he was a thief, he had to die, but she didn't want Bulma's heart to be broken all over again. "He's gone."
"No…" She couldn't believe that she was so hurt because of Yamcha's death and though she knew what Vegeta was capable of, she was shocked that he would do such a thing. She was so furious with Vegeta! She had never been so angry with him. She escaped Cellena's slight grip so she could lunge at Vegeta, but Cellena was quick and held her back at the last second. Bulma screamed and struggled to break free to at least slap Vegeta, but she couldn't reach him. "You did this to hurt me!"
Vegeta crossed his arms and looked away from Bulma. He didn't want to see her like that. "He's a thief," he said stubbornly.
"No. He's not." She shook her head. "I would have known. He didn't do this. You're all lying!"
"Isn't she…" Arti looked around the room at everyone watching Bulma have a hysterical breakdown. It was kind of too convincing not to be real. "Isn't she behind all this?"
Cerina was fighting off her tears. She never meant to hurt her like that. If she would have known what Vegeta was planning to do, then she would have forced him to stay behind. She didn't want to be used in their sick and twisted love games! But what did it matter? Exposing Yamcha as the Wolf Tribe leader meant his death anyway. Whether it was drawn out or done quickly didn't matter. At least Cerina didn't have to torture him to find Puar. But there was still one more horrible thing she had to do before she could go to her room and cry in her shower. "Bulma, you're under arrest for suspicion of aiding him."
Bulma didn't even react to being arrested, not even when Raditz placed the cuffs around her wrists. She was still freaking out about Yamcha and screaming his name.
Cellena's heart couldn't take it. "Cerina—"
"I'm doing my job, Mother." Cerina looked her mother in the eye sternly. "Let me do my job."
Cellena didn't want to let her daughter take Bulma away, but she did do her job well. It wasn't right for her to stand in her daughter's way, so she stood aside. "Do what you must."
Cerina motioned for her crew to leave. Arti and Raditz took care of Yamcha's body while Soko began to take Bulma away. But Bulma didn't leave quietly. "Yamcha…No!" She struggled to go to him once more, but Soko held her tight. Bulma screamed bloodthirsty rage. "I'll never forgive you for this, Vegeta. Never!"
All eyes were on Vegeta. Mostly everyone there knew that there was something going on between the two of them and those workers who didn't know certainly had an impression now. Vegeta felt uncomfortable, but eventually shrugged his shoulders and smiled. "Isn't this a party? Let's eat some cake."
Cellena and King Vegeta looked to each other. Something had to be said to their son and their daughter, but they certainly didn't feel like it at the moment and awkwardly let the party continue as soon as someone came to mop up Yamcha's blood.
Summer was horrified that her children had witnessed such a thing. She was horrified that she witnessed such a thing! "Kids, I think we're gonna go home now…" She noticed that Kara was alone in a corner and appeared to be talking to herself. "I wonder what's going on…"
"I'm sorry," she said to Goku. "I tried."
Goku nodded his head, but he was still so upset about his friend killing another friend. "I know you did, Kara."
Kara frowned. She felt like she had failed him, but she wouldn't give up hope for her brother! "There's still time for Bulma to change."
Goku was the most skeptical about that, even if his Bulma was his oldest friend. "If they don't kill her first..."
Kakarot saw Cerina standing alone in a corner holding her stomach as if she was about to puke. Her eyes were watery. He was surprised that she didn't cry seeing how emotionally scarred she looked. He really couldn't blame her. It had been an awful day and he hadn't made it any better. But they were at a party to celebrate their union and she had missed a majority of it. He was miserable without her. He had to do something, so he marched right over to her. "Cerina, can we talk?"
She looked at his big, innocent eyes and they were ones that she didn't really recognize. She was about to cave, but she just couldn't emotionally deal with everything. "I really would like to be alone right now. This has been the most excruciating day of my life and…I just need to be alone."
Bardock and Colleen saw how miserable the new couple looked, especially when Cerina rushed away and left Kakarot looking like an idiot. The two of them joined their son's side. Colleen tried to be sympathetic, but she ended up slapping her son in the back of the head. "What did you do?"
Kakarot was too depressed to be angry about his mother's affectionate violence. "I messed up…Bad."
"So?" Bardock crossed his arms and looked indignant. "She's yours!"
His was right. He wanted to respect Cerina's feelings after he had caused her such pain, but he nearly died to win that tournament. He trained for a year. Going into heat for her turned his entire life upside down. He had to drop his best friend and he nearly lost his mind in the process. "What do you suggest I do?"
"Do what I do with your mother when she's upset with me." Bardock smirked. "I take her."
Kakarot looked to his mother and was surprised to see that she wasn't the least bit offended by his father's chauvinistic attitidue. If anything, she seemed really turned on by it. 'Maybe he's right. She is mine after all.'
Cerina gave some orders to her team. They were supposed to raid Yamcha's house, his financial records, and even talk to his baseball team members. They had to find Puar so they could end the madness! Soko was supposed to talk to Basila so a press statement could be made about the Wolf Tribe finally coming to an end. She would deal with Bulma later. She just had to be detained for as long as Cerina needed to clear her mind.
'How could all this have happened?' Fenn was safe, but she wasn't sure if Fenn would ever be able to get over her and love someone else ever again. It wasn't hers or his fault, but she still felt responsible. Bell must have understood what was going on, but did she secretly hate her? How could they ever be together? And clearly Soko must have had some kind of twisted feelings for Fenn. Cerina didn't like them, but she didn't have the right to stand in their way either.
Then there was Bulma. The way she cried over Yamcha was just too real. 'She must have really loved him. Is she playing me? It seemed too sincere. She was so mad at Vegeta. And it didn't even seem like she knew Yamcha was a thief.' Cerina was just all messed up in her head. She didn't even want to think about how angry she was with Kakarot.
When she stepped out of the shower, she wrapped herself up in a towel and just stared at herself in the mirror for a while. She was supposed to be bonding with her mate and yet she was miserable and alone. 'I've waited all of this time and I manage to screw it up.' She wiped her oncoming tears and came out to her room.
"Cerina…" Kakarot didn't want to seem like her stalker like he did before, but he felt like he had a right to wait for her on her bed.
Cerina clutched onto her towel on instinct. She remembered what happened the last time, but then she questioned whether it was right to hold back. She wasn't sure if she wanted to deny him or if she had the energy to be angry at him. There was just too much going on. She couldn't deal. "Kakarot, please—"
"I nearly died today to have you, Cerina." He stood up and swaggered over to her. He smirked when he saw that she tensed up and gulped. He knew that she was nervous, but he was confident that she was already in the palm of his hands. "That has to count for something."
It did mean something to her, but Kakarot fought for a lot of reasons. Winning against Fenn was revenge for their fight long ago. She wasn't the only reason to compete. She didn't even know if she was at the top of the list. "Fighting means nothing to a Saiyan. Getting past your pride means everything. I need you to be completely honest with me and I mean completely honest."
Kakarot was hesitant, but nodded. "Alright."
Her chest immediately began to ache. "Do you love Chi-Chi?"
Kakarot did not want to speak about his stupid emotions! But it was clear that he was mating to an emotional person and he just had to get over it. He knew how long it took for his father to mate his mother and how it affected Raditz when he was small. He preferred family in a traditional sense: a mother, a father, and some kids. The kids was way in the future, but it had to start somewhere.
"In a way," he admitted. "Of course I do, but I'm not in love with her."
Even that hurt her to hear, but she needed to know. "And are you in love with me?"
Kakarot laughed to himself, because he couldn't believe how foolish she was being. "I am going to say this and it'll only be this one time. After this, you have to just remember this and be okay with it. I'm not ever saying it again. This has to be enough. Do you understand?"
"Yes."
He gently placed his hands on the side of her face and stared deeply into her dark and lovely eyes. "I love you." Kakarot saw the redness in her cheeks and felt it in his own. He felt incredibly shy all of the sudden, but he knew that he had to finish his confession. "I love you more than anything, Cerina, and I only did what I did because I was afraid of losing you. I may not always do the right thing. I'm not perfect and I'm not as good as you." He smirked sexily. "I will always do whatever I have to in order to have you."
Cerina buried her head in his chest. "I wanna trust you—"
He lifted her chin up with his finger. "I'll never hurt you again—not intentionally." Whether she was ready or not, he kissed her succulent lips. He wanted to always have the taste of her on his lips and tongue every day for the rest of his life. He truly would do anything to have her. "Cerina, you are my mate. You are the woman I am about to bond with. I am worthy of you."
Something about his confession sent shivers down her spine and Cerina began to tingle all over her body. "I know." Her hands snaked their way from up his chest and around his neck. As she stared into his eyes, she suddenly wasn't afraid. He wasn't like her brother or her father and he was as good as she expected. She just had to show him. "I know you are."
The two of them collided into one another and gave into their desires that had driven them every day for the past year or so. Together while they made precious and sweet love together, they swore an oath to trust and honor each other with everything that they had. Kakarot opened himself up to her and she fully gave herself to him. And when they had finished making love and his heart was pressed up against her chest, he broke his agreement. "I love you."
She smiled and kissed his bare and muscular chest. "I thought you only were going to say it once."
"That was before…" He loved kissing every part of her body, even her shoulders. Every bit of her was smooth and perfect. She was divine. "I don't mind saying it anymore." He was too lost in her eyes to care about his pride. She was his world. He didn't know if it was because they had bonded or if she was just that good.
"I don't wanna leave this bed." Cerina kissed his neck. He had definitely rubbed a little bit of himself on her. Since they were bonded, she was in tuned with all of the naughty desires he had been having for her and she was intrigued and wanted to please him in every way possible.
Kakarot's finger trailed down her back until he reached her tail. He began to stroke her soft furr and she purred softly in his ear. "Was that too much?"
"No," she smirked and kissed his lips again. "It was just right."
Kakarot didn't know if he would ever be able to stop making love to Cerina. Every time he kissed her, he could feel how much she wanted him to love her and it only made him fall in deeper. His emotions were high and shared with her. Never had he felt someone understand him that deeply. For the first time in either of their lives, they felt complete.
It was pure perfection.
To Be Continued…
A/N: Yay! They bonded :) I've been waiting a long time to write this. But in the next chapter, I'm gonna reveal who Fenn was so madly in love with, so if you've got a good guess, you had better post 'em!
And don't forget about Sunrise Sunset if you're looking for a good read! Until next time!