Hey guys and welcome to chapter 2 of The Tetrad! Thank you to those of you that have followed and favourited this story so far!
The storyline begins to take a teenie twist here right at the end, so please enjoy!
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Chapter 2
"HAAAAAA!"
I watched as Gohan rushed forward, connecting his fists with his father's arms, smirking as of course, Goku blocked each hit easily and with only one hand. I guess they had been training continuously since the last disaster as I could feel that they had both gotten a lot stronger. I hadn't been training with anyone... just myself and the training capsule Bulma had given me. It's not that I didn't like training with the others, but I preferred to train at night and since Earth doesn't have a moon anymore, there's no risk of going all Oozaru mode on the inhabitants of this planet.
While I had been musing, I had taken my eyes off the spar, just staring blankly at the sky, being drawn out of my thoughts only when Gohan came crashing to the ground in front of me. Blinking a little, I raised a brow as Gohan pulled himself up with a groan, my eyes travelling from him, up to Goku and back again "you guys have definitely gotten stronger Gohan" I smiled, patting him on the shoulder.
"Thanks!" he grinned through the grimace as he came to sit down "Dad is definitely improving..." he muttered with a small laugh as Goku came to land.
"You have improved Gohan!" he smiled kindly, eyes twinkling proudly at his eldest son, who looked like he had taken a good beating. He turned to face me with a grin "Care to spar?" his eyes drifted over my form and I could feel my face heating up as his gaze bore into me.
I was about to speak, when I heard a cough as Vegeta appeared beside me "Oh Kakarot... I believe you owe me a spar" he smirked darkly "plus she doesn't look likes she's dressed for sparring" he shot me a smug look, crossing his arms over his chest. I snorted and ran a hand through my hair, reaching and flicking Vegetas ear hard before looking back to Goku.
"I guess you better see to the princes needs before we spar" putting emphasis on the word prince, as really... what was he prince of now? Two pureblood saiyans and three half-breeds? I shook my head as I heard Vegeta growl, sidestepping as he threw a punch at me. "Now now Vegeta save the energy for Goku... you're going to need it" I laughed darkly and sauntered over to where Krillin and Yamcha were, taking a seat and ushering Gohan over, so that I could clean his grazes. Shaking my head lightly with a chuckle as Vegeta gave me a look that could kill, I opened the first aid kit and began cleaning Gohans wounds.
"It's a good thing you know first aid..." Krillin laughed "or else we would have been screwed in the last battle" I nodded as he spoke, frowning as Gohan yelped a little at the antiseptic spray that I had sprayed on a particularly nasty looking cut.
"Oh come on Gohan, it can't be that bad" Yamcha rolled his eyes and I smirked, leaning up and grasping Yamchas arm, digging my nails in until he bled, before spraying the nail wounds, laughing as he yelled about the stinging. "Ow shit! Okay okay! I take it back..." he muttered, backing off a little to stand nearer to Piccolo, who raised a brow at Yamcha being nervous of a female.
"Scared of the girl? Pathetic" I heard Piccolo speaking to Yamcha with a smirk on his face and I snickered softly, turning my attention back to Gohan, looking him over one last time before telling him that he was good to go. The sudden intensity of the atmosphere had me look up into the sky, to see Vegeta had powered up to super saiyan. I rolled my eyes a little at his small power burst, sure he wanted to show Goku that he was stronger, but this was Bulmas house and I doubt she would be pleased if he blew some of it up. I could just about make out the fact that Vegeta was saying something to Goku, who powered up to super saiyan too. Shaking my head I looked over to where Bulma was and man did she look pissed.
"Guys! You promised!" she yelled up at them, her eyes narrowing dangerously as she glared at the two, who seemed more interested in their spar, than what Bulma had to say.
"Bulma..." I began "you'd be better coming over here before..." I was cut off as Vegeta began attacking Goku, firing off a blast, which Goku easily evaded. I saw it happen in slow motion... Goku dodged the beam, which headed straight for where Bulma was standing. In the blink of an eye I launched myself towards Bulma, putting myself between her and the blast, only just managing to deflect it in time, where it travelled into the distance towards the forests and exploded.
Growling angrily, I checked to see if Bulma was okay, Gohan coming over to pull her away as I shot up into the sky, appearing between the two men. "ENOUGH" I spoke in a dangerously low tone, deflecting Vegetas attack and glaring at the two men "you nearly blew Bulma up you idiots" Vegeta faltered at my words and lowered his hand, looking down at the bluenette who was clinging to Gohan as if he was the only sane person left on the planet. Goku frowned and looked at Vegeta. "If you want to blow each other up, then go to the wasteland and do it... don't do it where innocent people are going to get hurt"
Vegeta scowled at me "She shouldn't have been so close..." I growled and moved forward, staring him straight in the eyes.
"You" I prodded him in the chest "shouldn't be so damned stuck up and careless!" my ki flared around me, gold sparking up erratically "Do you want to kill those who care about you, the mother of your child? Your MATE?" I hissed as Vegeta narrowed his eyes.
"Do you have to interfere when its nothing to do with you?" he snapped back and without thinking, I drew back my fist and landed a punch straight to his nose, the sound of bone cracking signalling that I had broken it, blood sprayed from his face as his head snapped backwards.
"Bitch!" he snarled, cupping his nose as blood seeped between his fingers, moving to attack, he was halted by Goku, who stepped between us, pushing Vegeta back.
"Enough guys come on..." his words were spoken calmly enough but I was pissed and I launched a blast at Vegeta, hitting him square in the chest, my eyes that familiar greeny blue color and my hair blonde as the gold energy around me crackled dangerously. I watched as Vegeta spiralled down to the ground like a plane shot from the sky.
Just as I was about to take off after him and give him a piece of my mind, I was grabbed around the waist by Goku "Let go of me!" I yelled, struggling against the larger saiyan "He deserves it!" I snarled, yelling and screaming as Goku hauled me over his shoulder, giving me the opportunity to see Vegeta crash into the ground.
"You need to calm down..." he spoke softly and began to fly towards the wasteland, calling down to the others that he was taking me to cool off.
"No, I need to kick his ASS!" I yelled "He could have killed Bulma!" my rage was harsh and I felt Goku power up again just to keep hold of me as we shot through the sky, landing moments later in the wasteland, where Goku dropped me. I yelled as I hadn't been expecting that and landed on my ass with a thud "what's the big idea?" I growled, pulling myself up and brushing myself off.
"You need to cool off Dita" Gokus gaze bore into me "I thought we had managed to knock your temper down a notch or two?" Goku was always the voice of reason. When I had first met the Z fighters I was always losing my temper with Vegeta for being such an ass because to me, even though he was the prince of our entire race, he didn't have the right to treat people so poorly and I loved to remind him of that constantly.
"Yeah well! When he nearly KILLS someone who I regard as my friend, I get the right to be pissed!" I clenched my fists and stared Goku down "Bulma wouldn't have survived being hit by that Goku, she's human..."
"Do you think Vegeta would have let her die?" he asked, moving forward and placing a hand gently upon my shoulder, his head tilted questioningly as he watched me.
"Yes! He wouldn't have had time to deflect it away! I only just managed to! He was too busy trying to kick your ass that he didn't care for anything else!" I shrugged Gokus hand from my shoulder, stepping away from him, as I felt my anger become displaced. The initial fury that boiled away began to simmer down to be replaced by hurt, sadness, fear.
My shoulders began to shake, Goku moving forward, readying himself for me to have another angry outburst. I clasped my hand over my mouth as I realized what I had done to Vegeta in blind fury and that's when the tears began to fall. "What did I do..." I whispered, slumping to my knees, crying into my hands. I was hurting, not only because I had reacted in a Vegeta-esque fashion but also because it finally dawned on me that I was scared of losing the people I actually cared about, and that I hoped actually cared about me.
"Dita..." I heard Gokus voice, so calm but with a hint of concern, which caused me to lower my hands, my vision blurry from the tears that just kept falling. I could just about make out that he was crouching in front of me.
"Don't... don't look at me..." I choked out, wiping my eyes on the back of my hand "I'm being so weak" I sniffled and lowered my head. I froze when I felt a hand curl under my chin, tilting my head upwards, forcing my gaze to fall upon the pair of dark eyes, full of concern.
"You aren't weak Dita, emotions are normal; it's okay to be afraid or upset" he paused, continuing to look me dead in the eyes "a smile suits you best" he added with a half smile, his other hand coming up to brush the tears from my face so soft and gentle, despite his hands being hardened and calloused from years of fighting.
I sniffed softly, a soft blush descending over my features "t-thank you..." my eyes fell to my hands which were clasped in my lap, the tears finally stopping. Sighing lightly I looked up at Goku and managed a weak smile "you tell anyone and I will kick your ass"
A bright smile broke out over his faced at my words "There's the Dita we all know and love" laughing lightly as I wrinkled my nose at him, punching him lightly in the arm.
I couldn't deny it though; Goku really was a good guy and always managed to pull me out of a dark mood with his goofy smile and good nature. Maybe that's why I liked him more than the others, maybe that's why I get so flustered around him... maybe I'm.. No! No no no! I am not falling for Goku! No! No way! Never! I am not falling for that saiyan man! I was bought out of my thoughts at the feeling of a hand gently resting on my shoulder, giving it a light squeeze "You're amazing, you know that?" I heard his voice, heard the words he spoke and my face flushed pink as I pulled back quickly, scrambling to stand.
"Let's go back shall we?" I coughed and dusted myself down, hearing just a light chuckle from Goku. I was about to take off when he reached and clamped his hand around my wrist, pulling me back to look at him.
"I meant it Dita, you really are amazing..." I blinked at the tone of his voice; it was low and rumbling, sending chills down my spine as I stared up at him with wide eyes, feeling like a deer caught in the headlights of a truck. I wasn't use to this... this feeling... I usually acted on impulse, lust, but this new feeling... it was strange. I felt my cheeks heating up as I stared into his eyes, swallowing; my stomach was in knots as we just stood there in silence. The light breeze fluttered past us, my hair swirling, caressing my shoulders, Gokus hands travelling from my wrists to gently slide up my arms. I swallowed again as his hands came to rest upon my shoulders, stroking his thumbs across them with the lightest of touches.
I could feel my heart beating faster, I wanted to run but I was frozen to the spot, my legs refusing to cooperate with my brain. My hands finally decided to cooperate with me and I bought them up to rest on Gokus forearms, feeling how warm he was, feeling the muscles shift as his thumbs continued their light caress of my shoulders and I felt like melting. This moment was like none I had ever experienced before, my breath catching in my chest as I tried to anticipate what was going to happen.
Chewing on my bottom lip, I remembered to blink and when I reopened my eyes, Goku was nose to nose with me and I could feel his warm breath on my lips as he spoke softly "you're beautiful..." his words faded out as he leaned in, pressing his lips to mine. My eyes widened and my grip on his arms lessened as I felt a jolt of electricity course through my body, down into the pit of my stomach. The feeling was so intense, that I found myself kissing back gently before pulling away.
"I... Uh... I..." was all I could muster before my legs remembered what they were meant to do just moments before... and I ran. Taking off into the sky a few seconds later, I fled the area, peering back over my shoulder to see him standing there, a goofy smile plastered across his face. I shot off like a bullet back to Capsule Corp and headed to my room, not even stopping to talk to the others and ignoring Vegetas words of "we need to fight this out Woman..." he was of course talking about the fact that I beat on him and then didn't stay to finish it. I couldn't though could I? Goku had hauled me off before I could do any real damage. I hauled ass up the stairs and slipped into my room, locking the door before sinking down onto my bed, letting out a breath that I didn't even realize I had been holding in.
I tried to comprehend what had just happened as I rolled onto my back and stared up at the ceiling, furrowing my brows together. Goku... he had... kissed me! I snorted lightly and stretched out, relaxing again as I felt several joints popping. Why had I let him do that... why did I kiss back? Fuck... How could I be falling for this man? I was suffering from some inner turmoil right about now, I liked the guy, he was my friend! This new feeling though, it was confusing! I had always looked at Goku like he was more of a brother than a friend, always there for me no matter what, like family! On the other hand, isn't that what a mate is supposed to do? To be there for you no matter how bad the situation was? These human emotions were so confusing, my hand coming to run through my hair, growling loudly with frustration. How could I be falling for him!?
I heard a knock at my door and then Bulmas voice "Dita... are you okay? You shot up here so quick I didn't have time to thank you for protecting me..." her voice trailed off "what happened out there? When Goku took you off to the wastelands? What did he say to upset you?" she paused "because if he has upset you I swear I will-"
I cut her off before she could finish "Nothing, he didn't upset me, I'm fine" I lied. I mean how could I tell her how I felt? I didn't even know how I felt right now, so how could I explain what I couldn't even understand?
"Well... if you are sure... we are going to have barbeque for dinner, would you like me to come get you when we eat?" I knew she was leaning against the door, trying to hear if I was crying or something, like an overbearing older sister.
"I will come down later... I promise" I ran a hand through my hair again as I tried to word this right "I'm not really that hungry..." I heard her sigh softly.
"Okay Dita... well I will see you later then?" she spoke it more of a question than a statement and I sighed as I heard her footsteps growing fainter as she walked away from my door, probably going back down to the others and to wait for Goku.
I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I knew, it was dark outside and I could hear laughing and joking coming from the yard. Frowning a little, I sat up and headed to the window, where I could just make out the scene of friendship and happiness. The barbeque was blazing and food was cooking away merrily on it. Shaking my head I stepped away from the window and stretched. I guess I had better go eat I mused, unlocking my door and opening it, peering down the long hallway and listening carefully. Satisfied that nobody was waiting in the hallway to harass me, I masked my power level and crept silently down the hall to the stairs. Descending them with the same light footsteps I had travelled the hallway with, I finally reached the bottom and headed towards the kitchen, my plan was to grab something to eat from the kitchen and head back upstairs.
I was halted in my movements when I heard voices from behind the kitchen door, which was conveniently ajar. Approaching silently I pressed myself to the wall, near the doors hinges and listened carefully and what I heard had me stunned.
"So Goku... what actually happened out there?" I heard Bulma ask, curiosity laced with concern in her voice. I guess this was the first opportunity they'd had to talk alone without everyone listening in. "because... Well Dita looked shaken up when she came back... she's been locked up in her room for hours now..." Trust Bulma to be the overly concerned one!
"Well..." Goku started and then paused a moment before carrying on "I took her out to the wasteland to calm down... that look in her eyes when Vegeta nearly blew you up was scary, I haven't seen her that angry for ages.." I guessed Bulma was nodding or something because silence descended over the two at the table "and well... she raged and ranted and got it out of her system"
Goku better not tell Bulma I cried! "And she broke down" Gee thanks Goku! Bah! "She cried and then called herself weak for allowing herself to feel frightened and upset that she could have lost a friend" I heard Bulma gasp softly and I rolled my eyes, pressing closer to the wall as Goku continued speaking "and well... I took your advice Bulma... I told her she was amazing... and beautiful... and I uh... I kissed her" I stood in stunned silence as he told Bulma everything that happened... wait did he just say he took her advice?! I knew it! Of course Bulma had something to do with this!
"Did she kiss you back?!" Bulma was almost squealing in delight.
"Yeah... and then she took off like a bullet... does that mean she's not interested?" I could hear the sadness in his voice and then Bulma sighing.
"No Goku, it doesn't mean that... you know how guarded she is with her feelings, besides, whenever I mention you to her, she blushes and tries to change the subject" she paused "I think she likes you and if she does, our plan goes ahead" Oh great! So now Bulma goes and tells him that I like him! I don't even know what the feeling is that's growing deep inside and apparently she seems to know and what is this plan she's talking about?! Shaking my head, I turned to head back upstairs, knowing food wouldn't be an option until people were sleeping if I wanted to avoid Goku.
I turned to come face to face with Vegeta shit I groaned inwardly and tilted my head to the side. "Do you like listening in on other people's conversations?" he leaned in, whispering into my ear, before inhaling "You smell like Kakarot... " the low grumble that issued from his throat had me take a step back, before remembering the wall was right there. I was now trapped between Vegeta and the wall and it didn't look like Vegeta was going to move any time soon. I heard Bulma and Goku leave through the backdoor; the only two people who could have bailed me out had gone the opposite way!
"What do you want Vegeta?" I asked, glaring at the other saiyan as he closed the small space between us, pressing his body flush against mine. I growled, which he should have taken as a warning "back up Vegeta or do you want me to break your nose again?"
"I want you to apologize..." he growled lowly, hearing my threat, he pinned my arms to my sides "and you won't be breaking that again unless we are sparring... got it?"
I rolled my eyes "Really Vegeta, is that all you want, then fine..." I paused "I'm sorry I broke your nose... I just lost my temper" I half expected him to back up and let me go but he kept me pinned there for a few more moments, leaning in and inhaling my scent.
"You have Kakarots scent all over you..." he growled again and I rolled my eyes.
"What do you expect? He hauled me off over his shoulder so that we wouldn't destroy the place" I shifted lightly "do you mind backing up?" Vegetas grip tightened and I gasped as I felt his tongue trace the shell of my ear "get off! What do you think you are doing?"
"Just reminding you that I am your Prince and therefore I own you..." he hissed and nipped hard at my earlobe, before letting me go and stalking off upstairs.
"Okay then..." I muttered with a frown, deciding I didn't want to be alone inside the house with him right now, giving me no other choice than to go outside and try to enjoy the company of my friends.
The rest of the evening went by without anything untoward happening; we ate good food, had some drinks, played a few silly earth party type games, like truth or dare and have you ever. I managed to avoid looking at Goku for the most part, although when I did look at him I would turn away and talk to someone else to defuse those feelings simmering away inside. Soon enough though the evening was over, the clock striking nearly 3am before we decided to call it a night and all go to bed. Nobody really complained, besides, the guys were going to be training early again and so every minute of sleep counted to make sure they were in any condition for the morning routine.
I evaded Bulma who had decided now would be a perfect time to talk and wandered upstairs, finding my way back to my room and slipping inside, locking the door behind me. Vegeta had seemed strange earlier and I really didn't want him walking into my room when he felt like it, although a locked door wouldn't stop him, if he really wanted to get in he would just break the door, or fly up to my window and let himself in that way. Shaking my head I changed into my pjs and climbed into bed, laying back and looking up at the ceiling.
"Why does life and feelings have to be so complicated...?"
So that was chapter 2! I hope you guys enjoyed this, especially the strange twist at the end.
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