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Chapter Two
Ami liked working for the princess. At first she'd just been nervous about it. She didn't want to die, after all. But two minutes after meeting Rei-hime, she'd been glad she got to work for her. She was funny and fun loving. Sure, she had a hot temper, but she didn't usually aim it at her slaves. Most of it was aimed at her mate, Nappa.
Rei had never asked to be mated to Nappa. She thought he was the ugliest, dumbest creature in the universe. Ami agreed. But, Nappa was in her father's favor, so when he'd asked for an attempt at becoming her mate, the king had agreed. Fate did not like Rei, and the bonding mark remained, marking her forever as the mate of Nappa, the head of the guard and the stupidest, ugliest Saiya-jin ever. She was used to it now, however. Bonding did that to people, so Ami noticed. Even if they were constantly screaming at each other, they cared about each other. It was kind of scary.
Saiya-jin bonding was an interesting concept, or so Ami thought. She'd never gone through the process herself, but she'd read about it, and Minako had gladly informed her (with just a bit too much detail for Ami's liking) about the process, which involved love-making and what Ami and Minako liked to call a 'permanent hickey.' Actually, it was just a small bite-mark in the neck that, were the two mated, wouldn't disappear. If the mark remained, the couple would plan their mating ceremony and the rest was what you'd expect from a couple in love.
A Saiya-jin could only bond with one he or she was destined to be with. If two people tried bonding and they weren't destined to be together, the mark would disappear within six hours and they would have to find other lovers. This sometimes caused a lot of pain, but it was the only way to keep fights from erupting, and it was just the way the Saiya- jins were created.
* * *
About two weeks after Ami moved to working for Rei, a party was held in honor of winning some war about a thousand years ago which led to the current blood-line ruling. Ami didn't remember the name, nor did she care. She wasn't Saiya-jin; she just did as she was told. Now, she was preparing Rei for the party. Nappa was sitting on the edge of the bed, muttering about women taking forever to get ready for parties.
"Arghhhh…Would you shut up already?" Rei growled. "We get the point. But you don't have any hair to fix."
"So cut it off." Nappa retorted. Rei turned and threw her hairbrush at him. He caught it and smirked.
"You can tell my father that. I'm sure he'd enjoy kicking your ass afterwards." She turned back and looked at herself in the mirror. Ami had just finished braiding her hair and piling part of it on her head to make a sort of crown, while some hung down freely to her mid back.
"I think that should do it." She said softly.
"Yeah, yeah, enough with the hair. You aren't planing on wearing that to the party, are you?" Rei pointed to Ami's dress.
"Well…it's the nicest I have…"
"Nappa, go do something manly for a while. I gotta get Ami some better clothes." She pulled him off the bed, kissed his cheek and shoved him out the door, slamming it behind him before he could retort. "Alrighty, lets see…Almost all I have is blue, since that's our 'color.' It doesn't work well with me, but you'll look good. Lessee…" She began poking around in her huge closet. Finally, she pulled out a fairly simple but elegant blue dress. "Yeah…"
"Doesn't it kinda…reveal a lot?" Ami asked, blushing a bit.
"Well, yeah, but you got the body for it. Get that piece of crap off." She indicated to Ami's dress. Ami sighed and pulled it over her head, blushing. She wasn't used to being naked in front of others. Rei handed her the dress, and Ami slipped it on. "Okay, bend over."
"Wha…" Ami started to ask, but Rei pushed her down so that she was bent at the waist, and tugged on the strings that tied the dress tighter around the body.
"It'll make ya look skinnier and your chest bigger." Rei explained as she tied the strings. "Okay, stand up." Ami did.
"It's…tight." She whimpered.
"I know, but you'll get used to it. Just don't eat too much, and you'll live." Rei grinned. "Now, makeup." She sat Ami down in the chair by the vanity.
"I'm the one who's supposed to be doing this to you…" Ami started.
"Oh bull. You're my friend, I'm not gonna let you look like a peasant when you're cute enough to be a princess." Rei retorted, grabbing some various tubes and makeup containers. A few minutes later, Ami hardly recognized herself.
"Whoa…" She murmured, turning her head various ways to see just what an amazing job Rei had done.
"Damn I'm good." Rei grinned. "Come on, we gotta hurry, or we'll be late." Rei pulled her from the chair and led her outside. Nappa was waiting, slightly agitated that they'd taken so long.
"About time." He muttered.
"Shut up." Rei muttered, grabbing his arm and taking off down the hall. Ami followed behind them.
* * *
Saiya-jin parties were like most parties. There was dancing, food, and talking. There was more food and talking than dancing, but it got its fair share. Rei, Minako, Minako's cousin Usagi, Ami and a girl named Makoto all sat at a table in the corner. Nappa had wandered off to talk to the prince, Raditz and Kakorot.
"I can't believe your mom's making you marry that idiot." Rei all but shouted. "He's only in on it for the power."
"I know." Usagi wailed, banging her head down on the table. "It's not fair." She mumbled, the sound muffled. Makoto put a hand on her back.
"Ah, quit your whining. We'll just kill him or something." Rei suggested. Usagi looked up, mortified.
"You can't be serious." She whimpered.
"Why not? I would've hired a hit man to get rid of Nappa, but the only two people anywhere near here who are stronger than him are my father and my brother, both of whom don't give a damn." Rei shrugged. "But, if it'll make ya feel bad, we could always tell your mom that he tried to rape you or something." Usagi still looked mortified. Ami did as well. Makoto giggled.
"You two are way too modest." She stated.
"As opposed to 'I'll take any hot guy to my bed'?" Minako snorted.
"Hey! I am still a virgin, thank you very much." Makoto retorted.
"Yeah…sure…" Rei snickered and finished her drink. "This is good crap. What is it?"
"Sake." Usagi replied.
"Hmmm…I like it." Rei grinned and called over a waiter to get her another drink. She always got at least a bit drunk at parties. (Look who she has to go to bed with and you'll see why.)
"Of course, Usagi and Ami don't drink." Minako teased, jabbing her cousin in the ribs. Both girls blushed again.
"It isn't proper for princesses to drink anything with alcohol except wine, where I'm from at least." Usagi snorted.
"What about you Ami?" Makoto asked.
"I'm a slave. No one ever gave me anything alcoholic to drink." Ami replied softly.
"Deprived. Very deprived." Minako stated, nodding in understanding.
"Hon, we seriously need to hook you up with someone." Rei grinned. "Hmmmm…well off single guys…"
"Vegeta." Makoto suggested.
"Ooh, yeah. Ya can't get much more well off than that." Minako giggled.
"But how…he doesn't seem to like girls…" Usagi asked.
"Are you kidding? He's got a new one in his bed every night!" Rei retorted. "He's trying to find a mate so Nappa doesn't end up being king."
"I can see why." Makoto snorted, casting a glance over at Nappa who was laughing at something Raditz had said.
"Um…you guys seem to have made a mistake. See, I am a slave…as in I have no rights. He's the prince; he could have any woman on this planet." Ami muttered.
"Well, he's already tried out every noble woman around, and none of them are worth his time. You're very attractive, and you're sweet. How could he resist?" Rei snorted. "You just gotta have confidence; reach out for your goals."
"What if my goals don't include your brother?" Ami hissed, before turning and leaving the room.
* * *
Ami made a quick detour to Rei's room to change back into her dress, leaving Rei's on her bed. Then, she rushed to her room and fell against the closed door, sobbing. Eventually, she stood and changed into her nightgown before crawling into bed. The tears stopped soon, but she couldn't sleep. Someone knocked at her door.
"Go away." She shouted. She sounded pathetic, but didn't care. The door opened anyway. She turned, grabbed her shoe off the floor and threw it in the general direction of the door. Someone chuckled.
"You should be more careful, onna. If I'd been my father, you'd be dead by now."
"Go away." She growled. Vegeta was the last person she wanted to see at the moment, except maybe Rei.
"Why? What's wrong?" He dropped her shoe and sat on the bed next to her. Not that there was much room…
"Just go away." She turned away.
"Not until you tell me what's wrong." He replied stubbornly.
"Fine. You'll be here for a while, then. It's none of your business, anyway." Ami snorted.
"Well, if my baka imoto-chan did something to you, I'd like to know what so I have an excuse to yell at her." Vegeta explained.
"It's not her fault." Ami growled. "Go away."
"No." He lay down next to her. Ami scooted away as far as the limits of the bed would allow, but he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. "Tell me what she said, and maybe I'll leave you alone." Ami let out another growl.
"She and the other girls started talking about getting me a mate who was well off. The only problem is that I'm not a Saiya-jin, so it wouldn't be possible anyway. Now, go away."
"No." Ami let out a growl.
"Why are you tormenting me?" She shouted.
"Because it's fun, and you're cute when you get mad." Vegeta snickered. Ami growled again and tried to pull away. It was no use, of course. She wiggled around until she was facing him.
"Look, I am not having a good day. I'm tired and pissed. Please leave me alone." She growled. She was about to say something else when his lips found hers, effectively shutting her up. She whimpered and again tried to pull away. Again, it was pointless.
"You're the first one to pull away." He whispered. "I could get to like you." He smirked and nuzzled gently at her neck.
"What're you doing?" Ami asked worriedly.
"Trying something. If you aren't a Saiya-jin, the mark will disappear immediately. If you are Saiya-jin, it'll stay for a bit less than six hours, or it'll stay until I die." He replied, kissing her neck. A moment later, his teeth sunk in, drawing a bit of blood.
"Why me?" She asked. The bite only hurt for about half a second before feeling…good.
"Because I felt like it. You're a nice girl. And you actually pulled away. Most girls just throw themselves at me. I don't particularly like that, although they're usually good in bed. They aren't my type." He smirked. "I'm going back to the party. I'll be back in an hour or two." He kissed her forehead and left. After she was sure he was gone, she began sobbing softly.
* * *
Vegeta ran into a sad, slightly drunk looking Rei outside the doors to the party. "How is she?" Rei asked.
"Who?" Vegeta asked, pretending he didn't know what Rei was talking about.
"Ami." Rei hissed.
"She's fine. She's not mad at you, if that's what you're worried about. She's just angry because she's not a Saiya-jin, or so she says. We'll see in a few hours." He replied, heading back into the party.
"You didn't!" Rei growled.
"She's still virgin, don't get your panties in a twist. I was only gone for five minutes anyway." Vegeta muttered. "Go control your mate. He's causing problems…again." He pointed to where Nappa was about ready to kill Raditz. Rei muttered something obscene under her breath.
"We're talking later." She growled and headed to the other end of the room.
"Whatever." Vegeta replied. He decided to get some food. He was hoping to have an excuse for sleeping in late the next morning, in which case he'd miss breakfast.
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Chapter Two
Ami liked working for the princess. At first she'd just been nervous about it. She didn't want to die, after all. But two minutes after meeting Rei-hime, she'd been glad she got to work for her. She was funny and fun loving. Sure, she had a hot temper, but she didn't usually aim it at her slaves. Most of it was aimed at her mate, Nappa.
Rei had never asked to be mated to Nappa. She thought he was the ugliest, dumbest creature in the universe. Ami agreed. But, Nappa was in her father's favor, so when he'd asked for an attempt at becoming her mate, the king had agreed. Fate did not like Rei, and the bonding mark remained, marking her forever as the mate of Nappa, the head of the guard and the stupidest, ugliest Saiya-jin ever. She was used to it now, however. Bonding did that to people, so Ami noticed. Even if they were constantly screaming at each other, they cared about each other. It was kind of scary.
Saiya-jin bonding was an interesting concept, or so Ami thought. She'd never gone through the process herself, but she'd read about it, and Minako had gladly informed her (with just a bit too much detail for Ami's liking) about the process, which involved love-making and what Ami and Minako liked to call a 'permanent hickey.' Actually, it was just a small bite-mark in the neck that, were the two mated, wouldn't disappear. If the mark remained, the couple would plan their mating ceremony and the rest was what you'd expect from a couple in love.
A Saiya-jin could only bond with one he or she was destined to be with. If two people tried bonding and they weren't destined to be together, the mark would disappear within six hours and they would have to find other lovers. This sometimes caused a lot of pain, but it was the only way to keep fights from erupting, and it was just the way the Saiya- jins were created.
* * *
About two weeks after Ami moved to working for Rei, a party was held in honor of winning some war about a thousand years ago which led to the current blood-line ruling. Ami didn't remember the name, nor did she care. She wasn't Saiya-jin; she just did as she was told. Now, she was preparing Rei for the party. Nappa was sitting on the edge of the bed, muttering about women taking forever to get ready for parties.
"Arghhhh…Would you shut up already?" Rei growled. "We get the point. But you don't have any hair to fix."
"So cut it off." Nappa retorted. Rei turned and threw her hairbrush at him. He caught it and smirked.
"You can tell my father that. I'm sure he'd enjoy kicking your ass afterwards." She turned back and looked at herself in the mirror. Ami had just finished braiding her hair and piling part of it on her head to make a sort of crown, while some hung down freely to her mid back.
"I think that should do it." She said softly.
"Yeah, yeah, enough with the hair. You aren't planing on wearing that to the party, are you?" Rei pointed to Ami's dress.
"Well…it's the nicest I have…"
"Nappa, go do something manly for a while. I gotta get Ami some better clothes." She pulled him off the bed, kissed his cheek and shoved him out the door, slamming it behind him before he could retort. "Alrighty, lets see…Almost all I have is blue, since that's our 'color.' It doesn't work well with me, but you'll look good. Lessee…" She began poking around in her huge closet. Finally, she pulled out a fairly simple but elegant blue dress. "Yeah…"
"Doesn't it kinda…reveal a lot?" Ami asked, blushing a bit.
"Well, yeah, but you got the body for it. Get that piece of crap off." She indicated to Ami's dress. Ami sighed and pulled it over her head, blushing. She wasn't used to being naked in front of others. Rei handed her the dress, and Ami slipped it on. "Okay, bend over."
"Wha…" Ami started to ask, but Rei pushed her down so that she was bent at the waist, and tugged on the strings that tied the dress tighter around the body.
"It'll make ya look skinnier and your chest bigger." Rei explained as she tied the strings. "Okay, stand up." Ami did.
"It's…tight." She whimpered.
"I know, but you'll get used to it. Just don't eat too much, and you'll live." Rei grinned. "Now, makeup." She sat Ami down in the chair by the vanity.
"I'm the one who's supposed to be doing this to you…" Ami started.
"Oh bull. You're my friend, I'm not gonna let you look like a peasant when you're cute enough to be a princess." Rei retorted, grabbing some various tubes and makeup containers. A few minutes later, Ami hardly recognized herself.
"Whoa…" She murmured, turning her head various ways to see just what an amazing job Rei had done.
"Damn I'm good." Rei grinned. "Come on, we gotta hurry, or we'll be late." Rei pulled her from the chair and led her outside. Nappa was waiting, slightly agitated that they'd taken so long.
"About time." He muttered.
"Shut up." Rei muttered, grabbing his arm and taking off down the hall. Ami followed behind them.
* * *
Saiya-jin parties were like most parties. There was dancing, food, and talking. There was more food and talking than dancing, but it got its fair share. Rei, Minako, Minako's cousin Usagi, Ami and a girl named Makoto all sat at a table in the corner. Nappa had wandered off to talk to the prince, Raditz and Kakorot.
"I can't believe your mom's making you marry that idiot." Rei all but shouted. "He's only in on it for the power."
"I know." Usagi wailed, banging her head down on the table. "It's not fair." She mumbled, the sound muffled. Makoto put a hand on her back.
"Ah, quit your whining. We'll just kill him or something." Rei suggested. Usagi looked up, mortified.
"You can't be serious." She whimpered.
"Why not? I would've hired a hit man to get rid of Nappa, but the only two people anywhere near here who are stronger than him are my father and my brother, both of whom don't give a damn." Rei shrugged. "But, if it'll make ya feel bad, we could always tell your mom that he tried to rape you or something." Usagi still looked mortified. Ami did as well. Makoto giggled.
"You two are way too modest." She stated.
"As opposed to 'I'll take any hot guy to my bed'?" Minako snorted.
"Hey! I am still a virgin, thank you very much." Makoto retorted.
"Yeah…sure…" Rei snickered and finished her drink. "This is good crap. What is it?"
"Sake." Usagi replied.
"Hmmm…I like it." Rei grinned and called over a waiter to get her another drink. She always got at least a bit drunk at parties. (Look who she has to go to bed with and you'll see why.)
"Of course, Usagi and Ami don't drink." Minako teased, jabbing her cousin in the ribs. Both girls blushed again.
"It isn't proper for princesses to drink anything with alcohol except wine, where I'm from at least." Usagi snorted.
"What about you Ami?" Makoto asked.
"I'm a slave. No one ever gave me anything alcoholic to drink." Ami replied softly.
"Deprived. Very deprived." Minako stated, nodding in understanding.
"Hon, we seriously need to hook you up with someone." Rei grinned. "Hmmmm…well off single guys…"
"Vegeta." Makoto suggested.
"Ooh, yeah. Ya can't get much more well off than that." Minako giggled.
"But how…he doesn't seem to like girls…" Usagi asked.
"Are you kidding? He's got a new one in his bed every night!" Rei retorted. "He's trying to find a mate so Nappa doesn't end up being king."
"I can see why." Makoto snorted, casting a glance over at Nappa who was laughing at something Raditz had said.
"Um…you guys seem to have made a mistake. See, I am a slave…as in I have no rights. He's the prince; he could have any woman on this planet." Ami muttered.
"Well, he's already tried out every noble woman around, and none of them are worth his time. You're very attractive, and you're sweet. How could he resist?" Rei snorted. "You just gotta have confidence; reach out for your goals."
"What if my goals don't include your brother?" Ami hissed, before turning and leaving the room.
* * *
Ami made a quick detour to Rei's room to change back into her dress, leaving Rei's on her bed. Then, she rushed to her room and fell against the closed door, sobbing. Eventually, she stood and changed into her nightgown before crawling into bed. The tears stopped soon, but she couldn't sleep. Someone knocked at her door.
"Go away." She shouted. She sounded pathetic, but didn't care. The door opened anyway. She turned, grabbed her shoe off the floor and threw it in the general direction of the door. Someone chuckled.
"You should be more careful, onna. If I'd been my father, you'd be dead by now."
"Go away." She growled. Vegeta was the last person she wanted to see at the moment, except maybe Rei.
"Why? What's wrong?" He dropped her shoe and sat on the bed next to her. Not that there was much room…
"Just go away." She turned away.
"Not until you tell me what's wrong." He replied stubbornly.
"Fine. You'll be here for a while, then. It's none of your business, anyway." Ami snorted.
"Well, if my baka imoto-chan did something to you, I'd like to know what so I have an excuse to yell at her." Vegeta explained.
"It's not her fault." Ami growled. "Go away."
"No." He lay down next to her. Ami scooted away as far as the limits of the bed would allow, but he grabbed her around the waist and pulled her to him. "Tell me what she said, and maybe I'll leave you alone." Ami let out another growl.
"She and the other girls started talking about getting me a mate who was well off. The only problem is that I'm not a Saiya-jin, so it wouldn't be possible anyway. Now, go away."
"No." Ami let out a growl.
"Why are you tormenting me?" She shouted.
"Because it's fun, and you're cute when you get mad." Vegeta snickered. Ami growled again and tried to pull away. It was no use, of course. She wiggled around until she was facing him.
"Look, I am not having a good day. I'm tired and pissed. Please leave me alone." She growled. She was about to say something else when his lips found hers, effectively shutting her up. She whimpered and again tried to pull away. Again, it was pointless.
"You're the first one to pull away." He whispered. "I could get to like you." He smirked and nuzzled gently at her neck.
"What're you doing?" Ami asked worriedly.
"Trying something. If you aren't a Saiya-jin, the mark will disappear immediately. If you are Saiya-jin, it'll stay for a bit less than six hours, or it'll stay until I die." He replied, kissing her neck. A moment later, his teeth sunk in, drawing a bit of blood.
"Why me?" She asked. The bite only hurt for about half a second before feeling…good.
"Because I felt like it. You're a nice girl. And you actually pulled away. Most girls just throw themselves at me. I don't particularly like that, although they're usually good in bed. They aren't my type." He smirked. "I'm going back to the party. I'll be back in an hour or two." He kissed her forehead and left. After she was sure he was gone, she began sobbing softly.
* * *
Vegeta ran into a sad, slightly drunk looking Rei outside the doors to the party. "How is she?" Rei asked.
"Who?" Vegeta asked, pretending he didn't know what Rei was talking about.
"Ami." Rei hissed.
"She's fine. She's not mad at you, if that's what you're worried about. She's just angry because she's not a Saiya-jin, or so she says. We'll see in a few hours." He replied, heading back into the party.
"You didn't!" Rei growled.
"She's still virgin, don't get your panties in a twist. I was only gone for five minutes anyway." Vegeta muttered. "Go control your mate. He's causing problems…again." He pointed to where Nappa was about ready to kill Raditz. Rei muttered something obscene under her breath.
"We're talking later." She growled and headed to the other end of the room.
"Whatever." Vegeta replied. He decided to get some food. He was hoping to have an excuse for sleeping in late the next morning, in which case he'd miss breakfast.
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