Lucy chapter 30
Lucy was right about the fourth circle, it is distressing to watch the poor souls who are forced to live out an eternity in this wretched place, but this level has little effect on Vegeta, he was never very greedy for material things, as long as he had clothes on his back and a place to train he was happy. He was greedy for strength and power, but never things.
It is upsetting for Vegeta to see how distraught Kakarot is, as they walk past a raging battle, groups of people pushing huge boulders at each other as it seems these are the only weapons available too them. People are crushed beneath the great rocks, skin splitting, bones shattering their pain filled screams fill the air, but of course, they can't die as they are already dead, so they have no choice but to battle on forever. Forever broken, forever in hot agony, forever fighting. Goku doesn't feel like a bit of greed is worth such a harsh punishment, he can't wait to get out of this place.
"So, what brings you down here Lucy?" Pluto asks. Considering where he is he looks like pretty much a normal guy. Goku is aware of the strong and dark power radiating from him though, he wouldn't fancy facing this guy in a fight. Looks wise though, he is pretty normal. Just your regular old man with a long beard
"it's a hell of a long story hun, just say I got meself in a spot a bother an I gotta get this dude out the back door," she says pointing to Vegeta
"Oh an by the way if you see Azazel can ya tell 'im you neva see us," she adds as an after thought
"Sure Lucy, this is no place for a princess. Would you like me to take him the rest of the way?" Pluto offers kindly
"No, I dun wanna let him out me sight till I absolutely ave to, wish I dint ave to at all to be frank but that's life," She explains with a sad smile. Vegeta feels Goku shifting uncomfortably at his side, he doesn't enjoy hearing Lucy say stuff like that. could he be feeling a little sorry for her, possibly.
They walk across the dusty landscape, rocks lay in their path, but it isn't hard to get over them. Pluto is quite polite and doesn't ask too many questions about Vegeta's strange predicament. Within 30 minuits they have made it to the other side, this at least was the nicest and easiest of all the circles so far.
"Well I shall leave you here and wish you good luck for the rest of your journey," Pluto says with a small bow
"You better be careful with him in the next circle, I sense a great anger within him that will only be intensified down there," He gestures to Vegeta
"We know, don't worry we can handle him," Lucy assures Pluto pointing between herself and Goku
"I wouldn't be so sure, a rage like his will be hard to contain, be very careful please princess Lucy,"
"I will," She nods and starts down the crude staircase carved into the side of the rock, Goku and Vegeta close behind her, feeling a little uneasy after hearing Pluto's words.
Vegeta is warring with himself, as he descends each step he can feel himself getting irater. He is determined to control himself for as long as possible but after what happened in the lust circle he knows that wont last long. His blood boils in his veins and a whirlwind seems to rise inside him. he tries with all his might to push it down, taking deep breaths and counting to ten in his mind but its not helping. He feels like screaming, punching, destroying something beautiful.
He keeps his eyes on the ground, his fists are clenched at his sides and his shoulders rise and fall dramatically as he breathes heavily. He hears a feral growl and looks around for its source before he realises its him doing it, he is powerless to stop the horrible sound.
"You ok Veg?" Goku asks gently looking at the furious expression on his lovers screwed up face.
"Do I look ok?" Vegeta snaps back, trying to calm himself but failing. He looks up at Goku and sees the concern in his eyes, normally he would find this slightly annoying buy also kinda sweet, but right now he finds it infuriating. Why is this fool always looking down on him, in every sense of the word? Always bettering him, always beating him, his whole life has been consumed by beating this fucking moron. Right now, he hates Goku, he hates him with a burning passion. He wants to rip that stupid grin off his face.
"Veg?" Goku says again, placing a hand gently on Vegeta's shoulder, only to have it violently shoved away
"Don't fucking touch me" Vegeta spits
"Sorry," Goku holds up his hands in apology, he knows Vegeta must be really struggling right now, he can see the rage burning in his black eyes, a fury so strong it's almost visible.
"Kakarot, you need to walk away from me," He manages to mumble "Far away, I don't wanna hurt you," He says although every fibre of his body is disagreeing with him. he does want to hurt him, no, not hurt him, he wants to kill him, he wants to tear his head from his body and watch as he bleeds, but he is still in control enough to know why he feels this way, but for how long. Soon he will lose himself to the anger and he knows it, he can feel his humanity slipping away inch by inch, and when its gone, nothing will keep Goku safe.
"I'm not leaving you Vegeta," Goku says with confidence
"Then you are more of an idiot than I thought," he sneers
Goku continues to walk at his side, pretending he isn't upset by Vegeta's mean words or intimidated by the growling or the angry heat radiating from his partners body. He stays quiet and allows Vegeta to silently fume beside him.
Lucy keeps her distance, she is a few steps behind Vegeta and plans on staying here unless she is needed. She never thought Vegeta could feel so frightening, his energy is nearly as dark as hers now, its so scary and so completely hot.
The bottom of the stairs comes into view and it's horrible, rage fuelled men and women screech and fight, the floor is a swampy mess and bodies lay in the boggy ground half submerged beneath the murky sludge.
The trio move through the chaos of the battlefield, furious shouts at all sides. They are moving fast, making good time, then someone knocks Vegeta's shoulder. Its just a small tap and of course it doesn't hurt, but its all it takes. Vegeta's anger explodes from within causing him to scream out in rage, he punches the poor soul who tapped him, and his already battered body falls to the ground broken, he screams in pain but of course doesn't die.
"Vegeta stop," Goku yells, it was a mistake. He realises that the moment Vegeta turns to face him, the fire in his eyes burning bright, a wicked sneer distorting his features. Goku knows it's too late, the beast has awoken. Time to face the music.
"Calm down baby," He says soothingly as Vegeta prances towards him, looking like a predator stalking its prey. He screams again as he dives towards Goku
"Kakarot," He yells as his fist connects with his lover's face, pushing him to the ground. Goku tries his best to hold onto Vegeta, restraining him without hurting him, but it's hard, Vegeta is so strong
"Vegeta stop," He calls again but its useless, there is nothing left of Vegeta, he is just rage now
"Hit him back you fucking idiot," He hears Lucy calling
"I can't," He wails as he receives blow after blow to his face, its only gonna be a matter of time before he passes out.
He looks up into Vegeta's face, his teeth are bared, his eyes narrow slits, his skin glows with a sheen of sweat from all the effort he is putting into his punches. Goku should feel upset as his boyfriend rains blows down on his face screaming "I hate you" repeatedly at the top of his voice, but all he can think is god he is hot. He is just about to slip into unconsciousness when suddenly the beating stops. Vegeta is no longer on top of him, he is a few feet away being held by a scary fire lady with black swirly eyes.
Goku immediately jumps up, ready to kill this creature for touching his Vegeta
"Let go of him," He screams at it
"It's me ya fool," Lucy says, struggling to hold onto Vegeta even in this form. He yells and writhes in her grasp, even powering up to blue in order to escape but Lucy is too strong
"We need to keep moving," She yells, gripping Vegeta tight and heading towards the exit which seems a very long way away, dragging him along with her.
Goku can't help but gawk a little at how she holds onto him, there is no way he would ever be able to hold Vegeta back when he is fighting that hard, she is strong. Vegeta hurls insults at her, calling her every horrible name he can think of, even spitting at her a few times but she pays him no attention and just keeps moving forward.
"Get his legs will you," She shouts to Goku after receiving another nasty kick to the shin. Goku grabs Vegeta's legs and tries his best to hold on
"Let go of me cunts, you can't hold onto me forever," Vegeta shouts as he continues to struggle and lash out. His body starts to glow with a bright yellow light, lightening forming a static ball around his form.
"Fuck he's gonna blow us all up," Goku shouts to Lucy "Go faster," He yells
"Can't you stop him?" Lucy yells back, she has never felt Vegeta's energy so strong and so malevolent before, she is almost frightened of him. his energy spikes sending a shock of electric up both of their arms, the sudden unexpected pain causing them both to let go of him. even the residents of hell move far away from this evil entity, the guards of this level backing up, knowing they are no match for such a dark force.
"Do something idiot," Lucy yells as a static wind starts to blow around them and Vegeta floats in the air, an evil smirk on his face making him look dangerous and sexy as fuck.
"You're supposed to be the princess of darkness, you do something," Goku says back.
Lucy sighs, and looks at Vegeta, he is breath taking, body pulsing, eyes manic, screaming like a god as his power continues to rise, energy enough to ruin worlds pulsing around him, he's scary, but she knows she must do something, and quick. A power like this is easily detectable, he is basically showing Azazel their exact location.
Lucy moves behind him, planning to attack from the back, knocking him out before he can do any real damage. Can hell get blown up? She isn't sure, it had never been a possibility she had had to consider before now. that would be just marvellous if she were the cause of hells demise, her dad would murder her.
She moves in fast rushing towards Vegeta, fist clenched ready to strike him right in the side of the neck, that should put him out long enough for her to get him out of this circle.
Goku watches Lucy rush at Vegeta, watches the slow smile spread across Vegeta's face as he feels her approach, he knows she is coming, and he knows she wont even get close. He is right. Long before Lucy gets to Vegeta he screams with rage and the sparks that fly from his raging body throw her to the ground, she hits the floor, bounces once, then stays still. Goku can see she is breathing, she is alive, just unconscious. Looks like he's gonna have to deal with Vegeta alone. There's no point approaching him, he will suffer the same fate as Lucy, his only hope is to try and calm him down and here that seems like an impossible task, but he must try.
"Vegeta," He calls, Vegeta's deranged eyes move slowly in his direction, a snarl hissing through his exposed teeth, he looks as though he is about to rip Goku's throat out
"you need to calm down baby," he calls, his words have no impact at all, Vegeta just glares at him, his power still rising dramatically. Goku walks forward towards the fiery ball of fury that is the love of his life, his movements alone seem to fuel Vegeta's fire, his anger growing along with his power. He screams and the energy ball around his body grows in both size and intensity. The heat scalding Goku's skin is nearly unbearable, the white-hot fire burning and charring his flesh, still he walks forward, ignoring the pain, getting closer and closer to the man that is surely about to kill him, and possibly the whole world along with him. he can't stop, if he is gonna die he needs to touch the man he loves one last time.
As he reaches the shorter man, pain shooting through his whole body, heat burning at the edges of his clothing and singeing his hair. It feels as though he has forced his agonised body to walk a thousand miles, that is actually more like four feet, he finally reaches his love. Goku stretches out a blistered hand and lays it gently against Vegeta's cheek
"I love you," he whispers. To his surprise Vegeta responds, there must be a little piece of his husband left between all the fury.
"Even like this?" he growls
"Even like this," Goku confirms, forcing himself forward again to press his lips to Vegeta's contorted smirk
"I will always love you," He says again before kissing him.
Vegeta's energy drops, only a little but its enough, Goku sees this is the only opening he may get and with as much force as he can muster he swings his fist into Vegeta's temple, the heavy blow putting him out cold.
Goku can hardly see once the intense light that Vegeta's body was emitting suddenly disappears, his eyes adjust slowly, and he sees the crumpled form of his lover laying just feet away from him.
His body is still reeling from the pain it just endured but he knows he has no time to rest, he needs to get Vegeta out of here quick before he wakes up.
He hears Lucy groaning to herself just to the left of him, she is awake, good, at least he won't have to carry both of them out of here.
"Come on Lucy we need to go," He calls
"Yeah alright im coming aint I, keep ya hair on ya prick," her groggy voice floats to him, he grins as he scoops up Vegeta in his arms, she may have just regained consciousness, but she is still a feisty bitch.
It is a slow process, Goku's battered body refusing to move at more than a snails pace, but they finally make it to the other side of the circle, luckily before Vegeta awakens so they don't have to go through that ordeal again.
Once they are a safe distance from anger Goku sits down to rest his tired body, Vegeta still sleeping in his arms, just for a short while. Lucy plonks heavily down beside him.
"That were awesome of ya back there," she says
"You saw all that? I thought you were out cold," Goku chuckles back
"Nah, I woke up just in time… what is it about him?" She asks staring at Vegeta's flawless face "how does he just make people…. "she trails off not sure how to word her question
"Love him?" Goku finishes her sentence, knowing exactly what she means,
"Yeah like, so unconditionally, no matter what he does, its impossible to hate him,"
"I dunno," He shrugs "It's a talent of his," Goku laughs, smiling and resting his head back against the hard rock.
"Don't get comfortable, we gotta go. Ya want me to carry 'im for a bit ya must be well exhausted after all that shit?"
"No, it's ok, I can still carry him," Goku insists standing with Vegeta in his arms and stumbling a little
"I'll give him back, promise," She assures him. Reluctantly Goku hands Vegeta over and together they make their way forward to find what awaits them in the next circle.