"You think Vegeta would beat the shit outta you for hitting Gohan? Ha! I've seen them all take worse." Bulma said.
The other four Saiyans joined their leader. And one of them mumbled something suspiciously like, "He might try." Bulma had to smile.
"Gohan your mom asked us to invite you and your fellow fighters for lunch. But something tells me there won't be enough." Videl said, while glaring daggers at Calansti.
Calansti was, how ever, a trained Saiyen-jin Warrior, an Elite-class one at that and this puny human was no threat to her. And she was going to make damn sure they all knew that.
She walked over to the little human woman. Instead of stopping in front of her like this Videl seemed to expect she walked around the woman. Inspecting every inch of her and letting it show that she didn't like what she saw.
"Gohan." The Saiyan warrior final spoke after all the humans had settled into an uneasy silence. "Is this woman your mate?"
"No." It was a definite answer but she could tell that the woman wanted that to change. It made Calansti smirk.
"Is she your pet?"
"What?" The boy was confused so, the answer would probably be a no. The boy looked at the other Saiyans for help.
"Pets are fun." Nalaki said with a smirk but he didn't continue. His comment had drawn snickers from the other Saiyans.
All of them that is, except Goku who knew just about as much about the Saiyan-jin race as Gohan. But unlike his son Goku was beginning to become angered by the implications of this particular line of questioning.
It was Vegeta that spoke next. "I approve Calansti. Even though their names are odd for full Saiyan-jins you have raised them to be proud Saiyans in every sense of the word?"
He made the last a question and smirked evilly as the woman nodded.
"Calansti? Where have I heard that name before?" He asked her.
She just shook her head. "You have a chosen mate." She motioned to Bulma. "It does not matter what I was supposed to be."
"Humor me." He said in a commanding tone.
She sighed and shook her head. "I am the only daughter of your fathers top General."
They all looked at Vegeta to see his reaction. His eyes widened and he was obviously rendered speechless. Which was a new sight for all of them.
Trunks pulled on the pant on his fathers leg. "What does that mean, Pops?"
The man looked down at the boy but still couldn't find the correct words. He looked at the other Saiyan-jins. All of them but Vegeta and Calansti seemed confused over the woman's role might have been his life if his planet hadn't been blown to smithereens. He looked at Calansti and she took the unspoken command.
"It means, my dear brat…" She was surprised when the boy didn't object to the title but continued with only so much as a raised eyebrow. "If your father had not chosen to…" She wondered how to make it make sense to and Earth boy. "Mate, or in other terms marry, your mother before I had gotten here I would have been his choice by default. Do you understand?"
The boy didn't like her doubt his ability to understand anything and it showed on his face very clearly, even though he said nothing. She decided to continue.
"If say Vegeta-sai had not blown up, and we had all grown up and grown old like we were supposed to I would have had to of provided him with a full-blooded male heir and I would be the Saiyen-jin Queen, not your mother."
Trunks looked at her like she had 2 heads. "My mom's not a queen." He sneered. "And defiantly not warrior enough to rule Saiyans." He mumbled the last to himself but Their Saiyan-jin hearing allowed the visiting Crew to hear it.
Calansti was very disappointed when it was the only other female Saiyan-jin that lost control first. Eturni had taken a seat on a rock and burst into a fit of giggles.
Calansti glared angrily at the other woman and she quickly shut up.
Gohan had started to grow angry. They had ignored his question totally. 'May-be human subtlety is beyond saiyens.' He smirked.
The smirk gained him and angry glare from the one called Eturni. He hadn't been listening and his comical smirk was anything but welcome to the tailed woman that was sitting on a rock with a wounded pride.
"What is a pet?" He changed the subject.
"A planet will sometimes give visiting Saiyen-jins a few of their citizens to… keep the Saiyen-jins from destroying the planet that time around." Drako said it in an mater-of-fact way that irked to ½ Saiyan boy.
Videl didn't take kindly to being thought of as anyone's pet. Even if it was Gohan they were talking about. "I am NO ONES PET!" Videl boomed but they all ignored her. All these Saiyen-jin creatures were staring at Gohan intently, waiting for his answer.
Gohan laughed nervously under their scrutiny. "Um…No."
The Saiyen-jins strangers were looking at him waiting for him to elaborate. When he didn't the men when over and started to inspect Videl. They were circling, but not touching her in any way. He didn't like the gleam in their eyes though, not one bit.
Calansti stayed were she was and tilted her head a little to the side. "Do you care for her in any way?" It was an innocent question. And her tone was devoid of anything but wondering curiosity. But he somehow got the feeling something was going on that he didn't know about. And he didn't like that not when the person he loved was concerned. Love? Did he really just think that?
"Yes you did." He looked up. He hadn't even realized his gaze had wondered.
"Did I say all that out loud?" There was a difference in his surroundings.
It took him a moment to realize the men had moved away from Videl and Calansti was at least 2 or 3 paces closer to her then he would have liked.
This woman was violence contained. Just like Vegeta and Piccilo when he had first met them. He didn't want any of these new…friends near Videl, or ChiChi. Ever.
The woman smirked like she knew exactly what he was thinking and planned on finding this ChiChi person just to go against his wishes. He thought for a minute. He didn't know this person well enough to have any kind of insight on her possible thoughts nor did she him. But they did. How was it happening?
"When there are enough Saiyen-jins together we can hear each other in our heads." Vegeta finally admitted.
All the Humans and Piccilo looked either worried, or curious. Goku looked relieved, he wasn't going crazy then. That's when he realized he was feeing their feelings with them. That's part of it?
The other Saiyen-jins nodded to him. There was a grumble from Goku's stomach.
"How about we go get that food guys?" The boys father asked. They all nodded and took off.
