If you have yet to Read THE NAMEKIAN SAIYAN, please read before this chapter, things will make a lot more sense if you know what happened when V first came to Namek.
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"What are you doing here?" V asked, some new feeling came over V as Veltro looked down at her, he started to laugh "you look silly like that, don't worry, I'm even stronger now." Veltro threw Kou into another alien and reached his hand down "here, let me help you." V looked at his hand for a moment, he was different, the same but… different.
"I don't need your help." V smacked his hand away, Veltro didn't even flinch, he just smiled "I missed you, Veroca." Veltro grabbed V from the ground and squeezed her.
"Stop, you're mad at me." V pushed him away and frowned at him "you're not my friend anymore."
"Why?" Veltro's smile fell and V could barely stand what she felt from him.
"You said if I told, you wouldn't be my friend anymore." V crossed her arms and glared at the ground.
"V!" Gohan yelled. V snapped into action, ignoring Veltro, V charged into the fight. V tackled Kou "no more games." V warned. She grabbed him and threw him into the ground. Then she grabbed another alien and slammed him into Kou. Krillin and Gohan followed suit, throwing their own opponents on top of Kou.
"But you didn't tell." Veltro said appearing in front of the blast V was forming,
"Veltro, move." V yelled at him.
"we're still friends." Veltro said "You didn't break the promise."
"Veltro, stop it." V yelled at him not lowering the blast.
"Who's he?" Gohan asked flying up beside V with his own blast.
"I'm her friend, who are you?" Veltro asked a little confused and maybe just a little bit jealous. Just looking at the two, Veltro could see something there.
"I'm her brother." Gohan said oblivious to Veltro's tone.
"you didn't say you had a brother." Veltro frowned getting more confused.
"Please, move, Veltro." V pleaded, the soldiers were coming to.
"tell me what's going on first." Veltro said looking between Gohan and V, he was supposed to be her best friend, her family, she chose to leave to keep him safe but now she had a new family?
"That's kind of a long story." Krillin interjected "why don't you help us beat these guys and then we'll all sit and talk, okay?" Krillin met Veltro's eyes, he seemed innocent enough.
"Okay." Veltro finally agreed squeezing between Gohan and V. Gohan didn't seem to notice or mind, which made Veltro feel just a little bit better.
"Now!" V called out. The four released their energy attack together. The attack morphed into a single blast and knocked the pile of soldiers into the ocean. No one else saw it but Veltro did, Veroca's brother and Veroca's blast were almost drawn together, like two halves of a single thing.
"Who taught you to fly?" Veltro asked eyeing Veroca's bother.
"Piccolo." V said "a Namek who grew up on Earth."
"There was a Nemekian on earth?" Veltro asked surprised. V nodded "yeah, two actually but they're the same Nemekian in two." V held up two fingers.
"Piccolo and Kami." Gohan filled in, he held his hand out to Veltro "Hi, I'm Gohan."
"Veroca's brother?" Veltro said in a questioning kind of manner sliding his eyes toward V.
"It's V now." V corrected him. Veltro frowned "so…" Veltro dug his foot into the ground "how many things have changed?" Veltro didn't want to be mad at Veroca, he understood why she left before, he really did. It took him some time but he finally understood and he knew, he just knew she would come back to him and they could be best friends forever.
"Raditz is dead" V wasn't sure where to start, that seemed like the beginning of it though.
"Did you?" Veltro asked. V shook her head "my dad and Piccolo, he kidnapped Gohan, so our dad went to save him and Piccolo just didn't like Raditz."
"Dronare would have taken care of him if you let him." Veltro said so quietly V wasn't sure if Veltro wanted her to hear it.
"He would have brought Nappa and Vegeta here and people would have gotten hurt." V tried to explain, but how could someone so innocent understand the kinds of bad things that V had to live with. How could he understand what it felt like to look evil in the eye?
"Dronare is stronger and even if he wasn't Nail and our other warriors are." Veltro almost yelled, V had that effect on him, she made him forget the way a Nemekian acted. He guessed that was the Saiyan blood in him.
"it wasn't the right time." V said, what else could she say?
"But now you have a family?" Veltro clenched his hands into fists, the anger, he thought was over, came bubbling to the surface. "we were supposed to be best friends and you were supposed to live here and we were going to be your family, me and Dronare and you, we were going to be a family."
"I didn't want you to get hurt." V yelled at him feeling her own blood boil. "I didn't want to even bring bad here, Raditz already hurt you, all Vegeta or Nappa had to do was hold you and then blow everything up around them and no one would do anything because they love you and they wouldn't want to hurt you, even if it meant them getting hurt."
Gohan wasn't sure what to say, or what to do. V had never fought with anyone like this before and Veltro just seemed upset that Gohan was with her.
"Well I didn't want you to be hurt either." Veltro frowned at her "why doesn't that matter?"
"Because I don't deserve it." V snapped "you are good, Gohan is good and I'm…" V sighed "I'm not." V thought back to the look on Gohan's face when he saw her before. V remember the first time she met Veltro when she tried to hurt him and the only reason she couldn't was because he was stronger than her.
"V, what are you talking about?" Gohan came up to V. Veltro snapped his eyes over to Gohan, Veltro didn't know why Gohan bothered him so much "her name is Veroca."
"I told you, they call me V." V snapped with equal ferocity, maybe a little more.
"I call you Veroca." Veltro softened the slightest bit when he turned back to V.
"Fine." V said "you can still call me that." V couldn't imagine him calling her V really, that seemed like something that belonged in the present and the future, Veltro was from her passed.
"Besides, you didn't even keep the bad away." Veltro said a little bitter.
"What do you mean?" V asked.
"People showed up a few days ago." Veltro said "they're dressed like you…" Veltro trailed off when he saw what V was wearing. "You're dressed like a Namekian." Veltro had the slightest trace of a smile on his face despite that fact that he was angry for reasons he could explain.
"People dressed in that kind of armor?" V asked pointing at the place the soldiers just were. Veltro nodded "yeah, just like that."
"Oh no." V's heart stopped, she caught the energy signal immediately.
"Do you feel that?" Gohan asked, Krillin nodded, V looked at the sky "hide." V whispered "hide now." V grabbed Veltro's tail with her own as she grabbed Gohan's hand and ran under into the cave.
"What's wrong, V-Veroca?" Gohan and Veltro asked at the same time. Veltro tried to ignore Gohan as well as Gohan was ignoring him, at least, Veltro thought Gohan was ignoring him.
"No… no, no,no nonononononono." V felt her heart rate jump, her breath hitched. Gohan and Veltro tried to calm her down but V was almost disappearing in her panic. V knew what her dad would do, he'd try to comfort her, she knew what Vegeta would do, they'd laugh at her. But Piccolo, Piccolo would do whatever it took to make her get a grip. She imagined having him there.
Get a grip She imagined him saying you think you can protect Gohan like that, you think you'll ever get the Dragon balls like that?
No, but he's… he's so bad… he's so strong. V gulped in air and pulled at her own hair No, no, no I have to be better. V
Get a grip Piccolo's voice felt so real in her head she actually froze.
You are a warrior, now act like it imaginary Piccolo ordered
But I'm scared V whimpered in her head
Being scared or being fearless doesn't change what has to be done Piccolo snapped at her now protect Gohan and get all of Goku's useless friends back to him
"okay." V whispered to herself.
"you broke her." Veltro accused Gohan shoving him into the wall.
"She's not broken." Gohan snapped back "she just has moments."
"hey." V grabbed Veltro and yanked him away from Gohan "don't do that again." V warned. Veltro frowned at her but didn't say anything.
"Frieza is here." V finally admitted out loud.
"who's Frieza?" Veltro asked.
"The one I wanted to protect you from." V looked at Veltro with sad eyes and Veltro's anger melted away. "Vegeta, Nappa and Raditz were my bosses." V sighed "and Frieza was their's"
"look guys, we beat Vegeta." Krillin tried to lighten the mood "and were all much stronger since that fight, I think we can take anyone who comes along."
"No." V shook her head "we can't, Frieza is the most power being in the entire galaxy." V shivered feeling his energy even from this distance. "he's pure evil, and he loves to torment people." V squeezed her hands "no one can beat him and if he's here for the Dragon balls."
"Veroca!" Veltro exclaimed glancing at others. "that's just a game." Veltro tried to cover her mistake. V finally smiled at him "it's okay, Kami made Dragon balls on Earth, they already knew about them."
"So… you told them about our Dragon balls?" Veltro looked hurt.
"Only because Earth's Guardian died and we were just going to ask to use them to wish back our friends." V said quickly "but only if it's okay, these are good guys, they'd never do something they weren't allowed to do."
"But…" Veltro slid his eyes toward them "they're still outsiders and how many more friends do you have now?"
"they're not really mine, they
Re my dad's and one of them is Piccolo, but I don't know if we're friends like me and you are friends, he just taught me how to fly and fight and we don't get along well with a whole lot of other people." V tried to explain but she wasn't too sure what kind of friends spent most of the time trying to hurt each other, maybe that was called something else.
"I'm sure Guru would understand but these guys have been going around to the villages and hurting people and they've been collecting the Dragon balls. We need to stop them. Or no one's going to ever get to use the Dragon balls again." Veltro's eyes pleaded with V "help me?" he asked.
"Yes." V smiled and Veltro hugged her, V hugged him back without hesitation this time. Last time she was on Namek she didn't understand a lot, but since her visit she learned more about friends.
"yeah, I found her." Veltro seemed to be talking to no one, Krillin and Gohan looked questioningly at each other and wondered about V's friend.
"He's talking to Dronare." V explained feeling their confusion "Namekians are telepathic, remember, Gohan?" V asked. Gohan thought back to watching Piccolo and V converse, or more V annoying Piccolo while he was trying to meditate quietly time and time again.
"oh yeah, but does that mean you're telepathic too?" Gohan asked and does it mean I am too? Gohan wondered thinking of his double awareness of V.
"No, Dronare is doing all the work, Veltro is just not fighting it." V explained.
"Yes, she's okay, but… she has a new friend." Veltro only looked for a second but Gohan caught the slightest twinge of sadness in his eyes before he turned his eyes back toward the sky and pushed on ahead. V looked into time to see Veltro smile at something Dronare must've said.
"Okay, we'll be there soon." Veltro nodded "bye."
"Dronare?" V asked just to say something, Veltro was acting weird and she didn't know what to do about it.
"Yeah, he says hi…" Veltro took a fraction of a second to compose himself before continuing "he missed you too."
"I missed you all the time." V tried to assure him, she thought about him a lot, a lot more than she would have liked to because it hurt to think of him, it made her sad. Then when she found out they were really going to Namek, she wasn't sure what to feel, things were different now, everything was different between them. She had family now, when she left because she wanted to keep him safe, did that mean she didn't want to keep Gohan as safe as she was trying to keep Veltro?
"You okay, V?" Gohan asked, her feelings were so overwhelming sometimes.
"I think he's made at me." V sighed, Gohan was easy, easy as breathing, easy as living. V couldn't explain it, it just was.
Veltro glanced back every so often to see V but she was always next to Gohan and they were always talking and there was nothing between them, no secrets, he bet, no misunderstanding. Veltro boiled a little at the idea that Gohan was her best friend and he wasn't anymore. He should have made her stay, he shouldn't have let her go with Raditz. He was the one that should have saved her.
"Veltro?" V flew up beside him "are you okay?" V asked, she felt a lot from him in that moment, none of it was good. "I though you weren't mad at me anymore, I thought you were happy to see me."
"I am." Veltro snapped harsher than he meant. V was used to harsh tones, she didn't even flinch at it, but that didn't make Veltro feel any better.
"I'm sorry." He said before turning away from her and staring at the sky again.
"You sound mad." V said plainly.
"Well, I'm not." Veltro bit out, not quite as harsh "I'm very happy to see you, Veroca." He wanted to bite his tongue for not being able to control it. He was happy to see her, he was beginning to think he'd never see her again, or that maybe she didn't want to see him again, but neither of those things were true and she was here, she was finally here and he was being a meanie.
"I'm very happy to see you too." V said in a much nicer tone. V had almost forgotten that look on Gohan's face as they flew together with Veltro and Krillin, their thoughts drifting back and forth as if they were talking constantly on some deeper level.
"How have you been?" Veltro asked finally getting himself under control, at least she had stopped talking to Gohan so much now.
"Bad." V said and then smiled "and then good."
"when good?" Veltro asked.
"When Raditz rook me to Earth and my dad and Gohan found me and then Raditz found us and Kidnapped Gohan and then Dad and Piccolo teamed up and beat Raditz and then Piccolo took us ands trained us. I thought Piccolo was a bad guy at first but that's not true, he just thought he was supposed to be bad, I know what bad guys look like and he's not one."
"he thinks he's bad though?" Veltro asked "was he rasied bad?"
"yeah, his dad was bad and told him in his head to be bad and so he was but someone else told him to be bad so that means he's not really bad." V was glad to tell someone about Piccolo, Since coming to Earth everyone introduced her and talked about her but they all new eachother, she was the new one there, here, people knew her. Now, she got to talk about everybody to the others.
"Sounds like someone else I know." Veltro said not looking at V. Gohan understood it though. Krillin heard and knew who he was talking about but V sighed, oblivious to the implication and sighed wishing Veltro was talking about her. But he could be because she actually was bad, she was just trying really hard to be good.
"Here." Veltro and V said at the same time.
"I missed this place." V smiled at the house that had been the closest thing to him before Earth.
PICCOLO
Now protect Gohan and get all of Goku's useless friends back to him
Piccolo wasn't sure how or why it kept happening but every so often it was like he was getting sucked into V's mind during times of self-doubt. he meditated almost all night and day trying to figure out how to do it on command so that he could check in on them when he pleased but times like this last one where she wasn't even aware that it was him and not her overactive imagination. Piccolo smirked and settled back into hi normal mediation waiting for it to happen again. The more time Gohan and V spend together the more like one being they become Piccolo thought amused.
"you know, for someone who meditates all the time you sure don't protect your thoughts very well." King Kai said appearing from thin air. Piccolo growled quietly to himself, he would not let this old fool get to him.
"Checking up on Goku's kids again?" King Kai snorted "why don't you stop babysitting and come join the others in another match, I think they had you against the ropes last time."
"those idiots couldn't beat V if their lives depended on it maybe they will once we're all wished back to earth Piccolo let the evil thought trail off and went back to ignoring King Kai.
"now boys." King Kai shouted. Piccolo felt it long before King Kai had given the signal. Piccolo knew a façade when he saw one.
"Hiya!" Yamcha shouted. Piccolo disappeared before Yamcha's very eyes leaving his cape and turban behind.
"Where'd he go?" Yamcha wondered aloud trying to sense him, but Piccolo was a sneaky guy.
"boo." Piccolo grabbed Yamcha's head, stretching his arm Piccolo swung Yamcha on a circled and threw him into Tien and Tien into Chioatzu.
"You have gotten better." Piccolo conceded "but I underestimated you last time, I won't do that ever again, with any opponent." Piccolo walked away from the pile of fighter and King Kai's ever watchful eye Piccolo might be the mentor King Kai thought But he definitely learned that from V.
"good job boys, maybe next time. King Kai said "now how about some dinner."
"alright!" Tien, Yamcha and Chioatzu rushed after King Kai. Piccolo rolled his eyes if you reward the dog anyway, nothing is learned he looked toward the clouds because there was really no other place to look, did they exists above the physical realm or beside it? Piccolo wondered, wither way he was hoping his stay here was within days away now. He was pretty sure they were on the real Namek this time and if that were true, he'd be finished with this place sooner rather than later still, why was V so afraid? He had known her a fair amount of time now and she didn't get afraid, not like that, for no reason. I'll have to keep an eye on them, not that there's much I can do from here but I'd rather not find out from someone else.
GOKU
"Someone order some of these?" Yajirobe entered the hospitol room holding out a familiar brown bag.
"No way! Goku exclaimed nearly jumping out of bed.
"Mr. Goku, please." The doctor said annoyed with his patient.
"Tire of these guys yet?" Yajirobe chuckled.
"Am I?" Goku squirmed in the nurses arms.
"Open wide." Yajirobe took a bean from the bag.
"Now wait one minute." The doctor said "I didn't approve this, I don't need someone giving my patient some strange food item."
"Can it doctor." Yajirobe said flicking the bean straight into Goku's mouth. Goku chewed and swallowed and leapt out of bed.
"Mr. Goku!" The doctor exclaimed Goku's body knitted itself back together within seconds, he flexed and the bandages and casts crumbled apart. Goku back flipped effortlessly over the bed and to the cabinets where a fresh pair of clothes sat neatly folded on one of the shelves.
"Alright, Chichi." Goku threw his hospitol gown off and his gi on. The doctor and nurses watched in amazement as their crippled patient walked effortlessly across the room and to the large man in the middle of the room.
"Here, I think you're gonna need these more than I do." Yajirobe said handing the bag to Goku.
"Thanks, Yajirobe. Maybe I can get there in time to actually help." Goku turned and ran out the window "NIMBUS!" he yelled leaping out of the window. Nimbus flew under him and wisked him off toward capsule corp.
"Dr. Breiph!" Goku called as he jumped off of Nimbus and landed in their yard.
"Oh, Goku!" Mrs. Breiph exclaimed "what a lovely surprise, it's been so long, would you like a snack?"
"Uh, no thanks, I'm just looking for Dr. Breiph, I was wondering how he was doing on that spaceship."
"Oh, that, he's working on it night and day but I'll tell you what it's starting to really look like something." She smiled "come on, I'll show you."
"Thanks." Goku glanced around as Mrs. Brieph led him through their extravagant yard and through their extravagant doors.
"Honey, Goku's here to see you." Mrs. Brieph called to her husband.
"Oh, Goku." Dr. Brieph came out from the inside of a bigger version of the space pod the Saiyans used.
"Wow, it's looks amazing." Goku said "is she ready to fly?"
"not yet, no." Dr. Brieph shook his head "not even close."
"not even close." Goku's face fell. "how much longer do you think?"
"I still need to install the expresso machine." Dr. Brieph said.
"I don't care about expresso!" Goku dropped his hands.
"well sure, you say that now…" Dr. Brieph said. "but in the morning when you wake up and you realize you don't have a good cup of Joe."
"I don't need an expresso." Goku whined through gritted teeth "what else do you have to do to have it ready?" Goku asked
"Well, if you're sure you don't want the coffee," Dr. Brieph began.
"No, I don't need it." Goku insisted.
"well, then she's ready to go now." Dr. Brieph said.
"Awesome!" Goku ran into the ship. Dr. Brieph peeked his head in. "All you need to do is and press that button and it'll take you right to Namek."
"Really!" Goku exclaimed excitedly.
"oh, I almost forgot. I turned the entire ship into a training center for you just like you asked. It goes all the way up to one hundred times gravity but I suggest you not go straight to the max gravity increase, if you get to it at all."
"Awesome, thanks!" Goku looked at all the controls "now which one makes it go?"
"The big red one." Dr. Briephs said. "you should be there in six days."
"that's amazing. Well, then I guess I'm off." Goku pushed Dr. Brieph out, shut the door and hit the button.
"alright guys, here I come."
V
"Well, you've gotten bigger." Dronare offered V a friendly smile with his hands fisted on his hips. "and who might these people be?" he was trying not to be suspicious but it was in his nature, after all he had to keep Veltro safe and Veltro seemed to be a little adverse to the boy and the blad one.
"This is my brother Gohan." V said nudging Gohan forward "and that's Krillin, he's an Earthling but Gohan is half saiyan."
"Really, only half?" he asked. Gohan nodded and offered his hand to Dronare "yes, it's a pleasure to meet you. My mom is an earthling and my dad is a Saiyan but he didn't know it until two years ago."
"Really, that must be when you met Veroca." Dronare guessed.
"yeah, the Saiyan that had V was my dad's brother." Gohan informed him, ever the polite scholar.
"What a twist of fate then." Dronare placed a hand on V's shoulder "funny how the universe works things out, isn't it?"
"maybe she was supposed to stay with us." Veltro interjected anxiously, did the universe not want them to be friends?
"Calm down, Veltro." Dronare walked over to him "Veroca is still your friend, just like you have lots of friends and still have Veroca as your friend." Dronare patted Veltro's shoulder.
Is he okay? V tried to will the message to Dronare, it was an entirely new feeling when their minds linked.
He's had some troubles since you left Dronare's concern was evident in his thoughts. He worried about you so much, he felt so bad for letting you leave and he thought when you came back it would be just you Dronare chuckled a little internally I think he's a little jealous of your brother
I don't understand V thought confused I though he was happy to see me, he said he was.
He is, he just didn't think he'd have to share you.
But I have to share him and you have to share him V pointed out. Dronare could help the amused smile on his face as he patted Veltro's head until he calmed down and tried to explain the thing that had changed most in Veltro since V left.
Veltro has never been hurt in his life before, no one ever left him, no one he knew had ever passed.
He's lucky V thought
I supposed I protected him too much Dronare mentally sighed when you came here, I was worried you'd hurt him Dronare admitted I was right, in the end, but not in the way I thought I'd be. Dronare climbed back to his feet and nodded at Veltro, Veltro nodded back seeming more normal than before When you left he felt like he lost you forever, as if you had died because he didn't know if he'd ever see you again
But I didn't, I just left for a little bit
But… Dronare posed a serious question when you get what you've come for, when we finish fighting off this new tyrant and everything is over with? Dronare looked V in the eye for this when it's time to go home… are you going to leave him again?
I… V glanced between Gohan and Veltro, she had intended to return home, she hadn't even considered staying with Veltro. But Veltro was the first one to offer her a home. V felt sick to her stomach.
"I need to go outside." V stumbled out the door, tripping over her own feet twice before disappearing through the threshhold.
Gohan felt bad for doing it, but it wasn't like he could stop it either. He had almost heard Dronare and V talking, mostly hear V's voice but he got a sense of what Dronare was saying is V thinking about staying? Gohan watched V leave the room you can't leave, you're my sister. Gohan thought.
Krillin felt like he was missing something. He knew V was somewhat telepathic, he knew Namekians were telepathic but Gohan watched V and Dronare glance at eachother and make meaningful eye contact as if he were keeping up with the whole silent exchange AM I THE ONLY NON-TELEPATHIC BEING ANYMORE Krillin screamed at himself.
"I'll come with you." Veltro tried to follow her out but Dronare caught him and shook his head "she's been sad too, Veltro." Dronare said wisely "give her time to think."
"but…" Veltro sighed, there wasn't any chance of arguing with Dronare when he said stuff like this. "okay, but we still need to find out about this guy." Veltro reminded him.
"we will, she'll be back in just a minute." Dronare grabbed Veltro's hand and waved toward the back door "Veltro was about to have a meal before he felt Veroca's energy, you're all welcome to join.
"Sounds good, thanks." Krillin licked his lips. Gohan actually was hungry but he couldn't shake this feeling that he had to somehow prove to V that she belonged with him and mom and dad and Piccolo on Earth. Gohan followed them out, he didn't want to be mad at Veltro and Gohan didn't want Veltro hurt but how could he tell V that staying here is the wrong choice?
V sat with her back against the house and her legs pulled into her chest am I gonna leave him again V wondered I have a family now, though, it's different. V wished she could think of something that sounded better but all Veltro was going to hear was that she had the chance to stay here and took her chances out in space with people she hated. He's gonna think I hate him V buried her face into her knees but she didn't have long to sit in her sorrow. In the next moment she felt an incredible power increase followed by several energies fading so low she couldn't even feel them anymore.
"we have to do something." V went to tell the others but then she realized if I tell them then they're gonna go straight to the fight, straight to Frieza V gulped I'm practically killing them myself. V was angry for no apparent reason and confused and frustrated with her jumbled thoughts but she was not a coward and she was not going to let people get hurt. V cast one last glance at the house before she gathered her energy, readying herself for a swift silent sprint.
"I'll be back." V swore running as fast as she could without alerting the others to her plans.
Gohan stood there quietly, he hadn't taken a single bite and neither Dronare or Krillin missed it. Sure Krillin thought he doesn't eat as much as his dad but I've never seen that kid turn down a meal Krillin tore into his fish hungrily, he hand't had a real meal in months.
He's worried as much as Veltro is Dronare noted I wonder what Veroca will chose Dronare cast a glance at Veltro who was eating his fish with a little less enthusiasm than usual Or, perhaps, what Veltro will chose if she does leave Dronare didn't know what to think, there were too many scenarios, of course all of these were assuming they would survive this recent attack perhaps Veltro would be safer with Veroca, perhaps I should send them all away. Dronare's heart ached, he had never thought he'd have to be the one to say goodbye to Veltro, possibly never see him again I think Veroca is the type to mess other plans up Dronare thought with slight amusement. Veltro would have been happy still had he never met this alien, Dronare supposed she wasn't really an alien to him, Veroca and Veltro were the same. Still, as much pain as Veroca cause Veltro with her departure, there was a change in Veltro, a new fire Dronare had never seen in him, maybe never would have seen in him had Veroca never showed up on their planet searching for their Magic orbs.
"V's gone." Gohan said suddenly realizing he felt her getting farther away. Her energy was well hidden, that's why no one else could sense it but Gohan could feel it. Veltro frowned at Gohan "how do you know that?" he almost demanded. Dronare set a hand on Veltro's shoulder she lit a temper in him I've never seen too Dronare thought.
"I can feel her." Gohan said trying not to be smug about it because that was just more proof that V belonged with him and his family on Earth.
"So can I." Veltro snapped assuming Gohan was talking about her energy. Gohan shook his head "no, I mean I feel her not her energy, not her essence, it's more like…"
"They're bonded." Dronare realized.
"How!" Veltro exclaimed slightly annoyed "they're not even Nemekians.""
"This kind of bond is not restricted to our race, Veltro, although it is usually a bond reserved for telepathic beings, there are rare occasions…" Dronare couldn't believe he didn't realize it earlier. It was so obvious, they moved together, were more aware of each other than simple sensing could ever provide.
"Is that bad?" Gohan asked
"no." Dronare shook his head, it was actually a very happy occasion, especially for the bonded, they would never find anyone in the universe that they were more comfortable or more accepted than with this bonded being, but… Dronare looked at Veltro, Veltro understood the meaning of these bonds, Dronare also wasn't sure how Veltro was going to take this discovery.
"But it can be dangerous." Dronare warned "especially for two such different people." Dronare knew Gohan and V were like fire and ice, more like the difference between a calm tranquil lake and an active volcano.
"how?" Gohan didn't understand how what V and him felt could be dangerous.
"you will feel what the other feel." Dronare began "you will know what the other knows, this only grows over time." Dronare sighed "but the stronger personality can… ocassionaly, affect the weaker or calmer one."
"You're saying V can corrupt Gohan?" Krillin said in plain English, he knew that girl was bad for him.
"Krillin, V would never-" Gohan began but Dronare cut him off.
"yes, if she allows her self-doubt to take over, Gohan will start to feel that same feeling, only his mind will still process it as his own. The sorrow can consume both of you, if you're not careful."
"How do we un-bond them?" Krillin asked. Dronare laughed sizing Gohan up "why don't you ask him if he wants to be un-bonded."
Krillin tried to get the first word in "Gohan, I know-"
"You don't know." Gohan said "V is good, she's not going to corrupt me and I don't want to lose this." Gohan wasn't even sure how to say it, none of Dronare's words seemed to be right, to be strong enough to encompass what he and V shared.
"It's not important." Dronare said "the bond can't just be un-done anyway." Dronare gave Krillin a look "the universe has a way of putting people together that need to be together, if they are careful and learn to identify which feelings and thoughts are their own, neither will influence the other so much that they lose themselves."
…Keep him safe…
V's thought was like her voice inside his head.
"She's trying to keep us safe again." Gohan almost groaned "she must have felt those energies, she's going to try to take these guys on by herself."
"Well we can't let her." Veltro said, he ignored the entire bond thing, Dronare was wrong, V didn't bond with someone else, if anything V bonded with him, they just weren't around each other long enough to develop the telepathic part of it, that was all.
"Veltro, no!" Dronare chased after Veltro, then Gohan and Krillin followed. Gohan kept his eyes on Veltro. Since meeting V he had felt a sense of belonging and ease when he was around her. It was as if they were always supposed to meet and now he knew why. Gohan swore as he watched Veltro charge forward to help V I won't let you take her away from me.
