Chapter 7: No Hime

A/N: Sorry for the delay but another update.

It was a big pill to swallow. "Capsule Corp… what would they want with him and how do they even know what he is?" Chi-Chi looked to Mai for some kind of insight into the matter after the call from the representative had made his intent known.

Mai looked to Goku who was perched up on a chair like some kind of kid, with both feet and hands planted on the chair with both of his massive legs spread eagle and proudly displaying that he was indeed a healthy male specimen. "Chi-Chi I have no idea but this is bloody capsule corp. They have their hands in everything, I mean they could use him for their science, medical, biology, and probably even social labs that they pump things out that have any number of uses."

It would be harder to pick the things they couldn't do with him than those that they could in her eyes. "But that means you can't just turn them down cause they could make your life hell Chi-Chi, you don't have more than a penny to your name and they can just dive in and take all of the glory if you don't play ball."

"I know that much… shit." She let her head lay on the table looking at her saiyan prize who just stared at her behavior. "Fine, just thinking." Deciding to inform him of what was going on with her before he made any kind of move on her in front of Mai. If he started shoveling water down her throat or giving her a tongue bath… 'Ohh fuck I haven't had a bath in a long time… I-' No she did a mental shake of her head she was getting off topic. "So it's either lose Goku, or go and meet them and probably lose him?"

"Place is confusing." Kakarot said looking at Chi-Chi, she was acting more differently than previously. She wasn't taking action like before. "You different, not like you."

"Hard explain, others not like you." She wasn't exactly sure how to try and offer a reason for everything.

"What is problem?" Of course he couldn't fully grasp the entire situation but the saiyan knew that this was causing her problems. She looked out for him, brought him exceptionally delicious food and now after strange sounds she was not well.

"You aren't going to quit on this… alright, alright." She said looking at Mai, "I'll have to try and explain this to him. Despite how impossible it will be." Chi-Chi could only imagine how this was going to go down. He had no idea of well… anything! He lived in a cave, ate algae and fought with other primitives and monsters. How could she explain that a world powerful company that could probably do whatever they wanted were looking to speak with her about him and that regardless of her situation they could more than likely just snatch him up.

"They like No Ouji," It was probably the best comparison to make at the time. "They speak with you, know you, I no say no." Because truthfully she couldn't. There wasn't a time or place that a lone citizen could stand up to the world's most powerful corporation with billions if not trillions of dollars in their pockets.

"Why they not come? They speak to you, but not come like proper No Ouji?"

'And then all of my work, pain and suffering will just go up in smoke. Everything I've learned and seen would be meaningless if I can't put my name to it and be forgotten. Hell I even-' It was then she felt that Eureka moment. There was one thing she had that they didn't and very much doubted they would be able to get willingly from her saiyan friend.

Keeping her devilish grin intact Chi-Chi had her gameplan for capsule corp.

However…

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Mai excused herself from Chi-Chi's home leaving her with a small token bag of leftovers after her saiyan had thoroughly pigged out. It left them alone and gave the archaeologist a chance to teach Goku some more things about the current day to day.

First things first was; potty training. Saiyans put all of their waste into the big holes that led deep into the lower ground. It was now time for Goku to learn about porcelain.

Second was personal Hygiene and showing him how to use a shower and what soap was… after he tried to eat it.

Third was dental, fortunately she still had plenty of those old toothbrushes from her dentist that she never used save her personal electric one.

Fourth was going to be clothes… except Goku left a mess on the toilet, he almost bent the shower handle, and he exploded the toothpaste all over the mirror when he tried putting it on.

Her poor poor bathroom! But what should she have expected really?

It was getting late and Chi-CHi was mentally and physically exhausted. But she was at least rull and ignoring the half cleaned mess she was ready to get some shut eye. Hobbling her way over to her sleeping hammock she had stretched out with some fresh linen and pillows Chi-Chi fell into it with a collective sigh.

As she laid down ready to close her eyes a pair of golden eyes stared down at her. "Sleep." Was all she said with a yawn.

He snorted indifferently having napped earlier but then reached over and grabbed the hammock.

"What you doing?" She curiously asked if he had slept in fine earlier.

"I sleep with you. You tired, I watch."

'Well he was looking out for me the entire time while we were together and his arms weren't the most uncomfortable things. I guess he's probably used to it, well this was designed for several people and I can keep an eye on him if we're here and hopefully he won't break anything else.' She was also too tired to argue that he could sleep by himself but she merely nodded and he pulled himself up and into the hammock, having learned earlier not to tip it over not that Chi-Chi was going to let that happen.

Still he snuggled right up behind her, his super warm chest pressing against her skin bringing back familiar feelings of comfort and she laid her head across her pillow and letting her eyes just fall closed.

It wasn't until the next morning when Chi-Chi was still groggy after a long and much needed deep nights sleep she wa awakened by the sound of knocking on her door and then almost summarily thrown into the air, releasing a half-awakened yelp of fright as her sleeping partner had bolted upright and in that same motion thrown her into the air so he could catch her safely and securely.

"Huh-Wha-WHAT!?" Her head spinning as she latched onto the saiyan holding her. Still delirious wasn't helping as the knocking on her door came again. Goku released an angry snarl.

It wasn't quite the wake-up call she was expecting as her saiyan companion bellowed a warning challenge to those who had come to him. HOlding Chi-Chi with one arm given her weakened state he brought up his other hand looking for the sound of intruders.

"It's 'us' Mam, we've come to bring you to our company as we agreed." A voice announced very loudly and boldly from down below.

'Us… who came I- Oh right.' As the world slowed down for a second and her heart rate returned to normal Chi-Chi had her thoughts return to her. "Alright! J-Just give me a few minutes!" She yelled back before looking to Goku. "No threat, they come for us." She explained.

"Who? Who come?"

'Shit…' "Others they like me, not like you. They have us go."

"Hnnn smell not right." He looked towards the door, to which Chi-Chi had to brush off. Goku did have an above average sense of smell but he seriously couldn't smell someone on the other side of a door.

"It okay, now go there." Pointing to her closet, she didn't have long and would probably bet those working for capsule Corp wouldn't like to be kept waiting…

Throwing on an oversized t-shirt, a pair of less than flattering undergarments and some extra baggy khaki shorts Chi-Chi pulled her hair into a long double knotted ponytail using some old hair scrunchies before directing Goku down towards the door.

She didn't bother fitting him with clothes because she didn't have a fifty inch waist made of muscle. "No fight." She told him before opening the door, being cradled in Goku's arm with her legs dangling over his forearm as his arm cupped the side of her thighs and hip. She merely snorted in response but he didn't object as she opened the door and came face to face with seven men standing outside her home. Three large full size black SUVS parked out front of her building. Six looked like the a-typical security agent with the suit shaved head or short hair with glasses.

The standout one who she believed had been the one knocking was definitely not like the rest, his long length spiky black hair around his shoulders and having several scars on his face and he seemed proud of them. Definitely the bad boy type.

"Are you ready to go mam… and whatever he is." Scarface said to Chi-Chi eyeing the savage looking man with concern.

Goku bared his teeth in response causing most of those gathered to openly display their weapons on their hips. The act lost on a man who did not know what they were. "Calm, Calm." She repeatedly sensed the clash of testosterone would be a little too much. Her hands rubbed his neck bringing his anger down although the callous sneer still showed on his face. "We're fine, just let us have some space please…

Sitting in the back of a full size SUV Chi-Chi sitting alongside Goku who was clearly not happy about what was going on. "It okay. Must go." She had cradled his hands trying to keep him calm.

The ride was silent and more tense for Chi-Chi as it was just her and the saiyan traveling in the back towards a location she didn't know but had her assumptions. Sitting back there in silence while she kept Goku calm was trying on her nerves. Sure she had her plans and thoughts on what would be happening once they arrived but in the back of her mind she was mentally grinding her teeth as she tried to imagine every single scenario where this ended up blowing up in her face.

They arrived at their destination without any fanfare, the windows in the back were dual tinted not allowing them to see out, perhaps alleviating the fear of the outside seeing what was going on.

But they pulled up inside of a large building as the exterior got even darker. Their 'escort' opened the back door letting the two of them out, with the man with the long hair and scars motioning for them to follow him inside.

'I'm not sure where we are but I'll guess this is their headquarters or some important building.' Letting Goku carry her, she merely instructed him, doubting she could easily keep up with the pace the men from Capsule Corp. were putting up.

Until abruptly the man ahead of them stopped and opened a doorway to his side, gesturing for them to enter.

The room opened up into a semi sitting room or research room. It was occupied by two more goons for capsule corp and a woman sitting in an elegant chair, her hair blue, wearing a combination of a woman's business suit and a lab coat. She stood up and politely greeted the two of them. "Greetings, I'm sorry for the unusual circumstances but I have had my curiosity peaked by what I've heard about the two of you."

The woman smiled and gestured for them to take a seat. "I am Bulma Briefs and lead projector organizer for the science wing of capsule corp."

"Bulma Briefs!?" Chi-Chi was more or less shocked, the blue haired woman nodded her head. 'Why am I here with Bulma Freaking Briefs!? It might be capsule corp but why would she be here, she's a multi billionaire. Oh god, OH GOD!'

Her panic must've rubbed Goku the wrong way. He opened his mouth and released one hell of a threatening yell, fangs and spittle coming out. "Who are you challenging!?"

Bulma herself was a little stunned and took a step back, the one man with the scars on his face and two others immediately drew weapons and trained them directly on the saiyan.

Chi-Chi realized her crucial mistake, "Okay, it okay she no Hime! No Hime!" Her hand frantically pointing towards Bulma trying to get the idea that she wasn't a problem. Explaining that would make more sense because by all accounts she was a princess. A billion dollar princess for the richest company in the world. SInce he respected his No ouji, perhaps a princess would be better for him to know she was probably not the kind of person one would need to respect.

"What?" His anger shifted to confusion for a moment until he just gave a hard stare in the direction of blue hair. "No Hime?"

"Yes, yes calm." She spoke her hand gently rubbing the side of his shoulder. 'Well hopefully she does not take this personally or against her.' Her mind thinking on the idea briefly before moving to get Goku to have a seat with her. The couch was obviously for them and the chair across from a small sitting table held Bulma. "I'm sorry, I just didn't imagine meeting you here in person. He's fine I promise."

Bulma could see the obvious shift in behavior and the tension in the room seemed to drop after the two spoke. She looked to her employees and tipped her head towards them telling them silently that things were fine and they relaxed. It was something she missed the saiyan caught with his eyes. She couldn't follow what had been said given the dialect but she did catch the important part. "Considering this is a first for me I have no reason to take it personally, but I must admit the dialect you use is quite unique, I caught the reference for what you called to me. Is that how the social hierarchy works for their culture?"

Just a few words in and already Bulma Briefs was figuring things out. Chi-Chi shouldn't be surprised. "Yes, that's how things work for them-" She didn't catch herself until she'd let that slip right out. She mentally wished a horse would just kick her right now. 'Way to freaking go, she already baited you into telling her that there are more. Meaning Goku isn't unique! Idiot! Idiot! Idiot!'

Bulma let out a genuine laugh, "Now now, don't be like that I don't have any malicious intent when I called you here. But I suppose I can get down to the overall nuts and bolts of why I have asked you here and it's more important than you can think."

Letting out a sigh, Chi-Chi just nodded her head.

"Okay, to explain it easily I am looking to quarantine the two of you for the time being, I'm certain that the hospitals did their jobs when it came to looking for diseases and the like but I want to keep this…" She rolled her hand in a gesture towards the man across from her. "What do you call him?"

"He's a saiyan, and while I don't know his real name I call him Goku." She gave Goku a quick glance to which he looked at her before turning his focus back towards Bulma. "Now could you be more specific about what you mean by quarantine?"

Bulma reached over and grabbed a blank clipboard near the sitting table. "Well I want to keep you away from my competitors, second I want to study both of you. One is because I pulled a few strings and got samples of both of your blood awhile back and what I see is alarming."

Chi-Chi should've been offended by the notion that a mega corporation had acquired her blood without her consent but the fact that one of the smartest women in the world was concerned by what she had seen in it. That was overriding her outrage. "What?" She leaned forward.

"Well you have some type of infection, bacterial or viral I'm not sure which. It is inside of you but seems to be cohabitating with your blood and not showing any outward symptoms… whereas him." Pointing to the saiyan. "He's an impossibility, his blood is in a state of constant replication and cellular growth that is beyond human levels and I want to know why, for both of you and before you ask I will explain the merits I have." She folded her hands in her lap and looked Chi-Chi straight in the eyes. "One, if there is an issue in regards to you I will have it taken care of at no cost to you because if this does somehow become viral I would like it to be analyzed now before it becomes a problem. Second, I would like to keep this scientific anomaly close for observation, I will still allow you to be around him given the relationship you have and because I might be curious about the possibility of human saiyan hybrid reproduction."

That made Chi-Chi's face flame red. "You want to have the two of us-us-!" She couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Mate, intercourse, sex, screw, fuck. Whichever you prefer and it wouldn't be a bad thing, you could be the first woman to achieve such a thing in history to birth a hybrid… it would be quite the accomplishment and I would foot the bill for it. Not a bad gig wouldn't you agree?" She gave a bit of a grin to the other woman.

"That's hardly appropriate. She couldn't even stare at Goku who sniffed the air and looked at Chi-Chi.

"What wrong?" Obviously unable to follow the conversation.

"Sh-She wants me and you to… " her words drifted off into an incoherent mumble. But Goku heard her.

"I accept." Immediately turning Chi-Chi's head to look at him.

"Y-You-You want to h-have Bab-abies with me!?" Speaking in the common tongue out of sheer panic. To which Goku cocked his head. This was sheer lunacy, was this some kind of dream? How the hell had this gone completely pear shaped. This wasn't even in the list of possibilities she had put together for what would happen once they arrived here. She had put pros and cons but not the list of her becoming Goku's mating partner to see if she could reproduce with him. She fell back into the couch, her own mind losing control of this insanity.

"Oh god… I wanted to be an archaeologist, not a science project!" Bringing both hands to cover her face and hide the critical embarrassment coursing through her.

"Well we can hammer out the details later on that particular subject, but I assure you this is incredible for science. Although I would like to begin studying your friend here, we can find out how much his ancestors deviated from our own and I am not opposed to sharing in the glory." Bulma scribbled down notes on the paper in front of her before looking at Chi-Chi. "I can have all of the benefits and science given to my company and in exchange I will support the two of you financially along with a stipend so long as I have exclusive access to you and the resource of your ability to communicate with him."

"But what does that actually entail? I have Goku's trust and I'm not going to have him become some lab rat or guinea pig. He saved my life and I owe him too much to just let him be turned into a cheap buck for your company." Lifting up her head to Bulma who smiled at her.

The Heiress to Capsule corp stood up and approached the two of them, Goku eyed her with caution but none of the hostility from earlier. "The world we live in runs on money and favors. If there's something that can be gained from this I would like to be the first. I can't promise the world on a gamble like this, but I'd be willing to say this investment could pay off in spades… of course that's assuming cooperation." Bulma then offered a hand to Chi-Chi, but before the other woman could reach out or even contemplate shaking it Goku grabbed her hand. Not in any measure to shake it, but… to smell it. He did not yank and throw Bulma round, in fact it surprised everyone that Goku leaned in and took in a few breaths of her scent.

Chi-Chi wasn't sure what to say as she saw this unusual act, perhaps guessing that this was some kind of ritual or act that he performed with the prince back in the cave and she just may have never been privy to it.

Casting Bulm a weary glance he then let go of her hand slowly before bringing his hand around Chi-Chi's waist once again.

"Interesting, I suppose you'll have to tell me what that meant… but as for you Miss. Chi-Chi, what do you say?" She then offered up her hand once again.

She didn't even really have a choice- how could she no to Bulma Briefs, to Capsule Corp? A company with billions of dollars, with resources, lawyers, and political allies in every corner of the world. Who was she to all of that?

No sadly she had no choice despite it being given. "I accept." She then shook the Heiress's hand ignoring the cold feeling inside of her. Perhaps feeling that she was trading a part of her own soul for this deal, but it wasn't just her, this was for Goku's sake as well.

Or so she put it in her own mind.

"Excellent, I shall have you and Goku be shown to a room where you can rest easy and don't worry about your property. I shall ensure that nothing happens while you two are here." She then looked back at one of the suits and without speaking a word edgewise they came over to escort her newest acquisition out of the location and into a more comfortable place for observation.

Once Chi-Chi and Goku were completely gone the scar faced guard turned to his boss, "You really think there's that much potential in them?"

Bulma however had sat down in the chair where she had been before a loud click was heard, the blue haired woman's head dropped and then popped open from the front revealing a long series of metallic joints and cables lay beneath them.

"Oh… so you're using the android today?" He then cast a look towards a section of the wall inside of the room. It appeared completely blank until the walls became a transparent window from which a woman was sitting a visor and gloves covering her hands remained before pulling off the visor revealing the real Bulma Briefs. Pulling off the equipment covering her she touched a button in front of her. "When I said I was concerned about her being an outbreak I was being serious. Have this model taken and scrubbed along with any samples to be detailed."

"Of course boss, but what about us? You know where all out here in our flesh and blood." He said with a shake of his head and a sigh.

"Yamcha, you are well aware that those are risks I'm willing to take. Now please I have a brand new leg of work sitting in front of me that needs to begin being processed."

"Yeah, yeah Miss Briefs I'm on it." He said turning around and waving her off. 'I wonder if she even remembers if we even dated?'

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