Bloodlines 3

Bloodlines 3

Disclaimer: Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon do not belong to me, and I make no money from this fic at all.

"Good going, kitten," Serenity heard someone say, as she swept through the sky of the planet they'd just reached. Her long silver hair swept out behind her, and she laughed in delight.

"She's like a kid with a new toy," complained Toma, standing by Seripa and snorting loudly.

"Hey, you remember the first time you flew?" she retorted, and sighed at his blank look. "My point exactly. We don't remember it!"

"Females," he grumbled, and glanced over at their commander, who was watching the antics of their 'prisoner' intently.

"Is it me, or does Bardock seem… more than a little attached to the little bit?"

Seripa snickered. "Of course he is. Stupid guy has too much a sense of honor not to. Besides, who was it that was giving kitten tips on how to beat Bardock at chess?"

(ignore the oddness of them playing chess. They just do)

"Yeah, but she didn't need them."

The mated couple just looked at each other, knowing that they had both become fond of the Princess. You really couldn't help it- despite her periodic bursts of temper or depression, which was more than understandable, she was NOTHING like the royal family of Vegeta-sei.

"Dammit… you know she's never BEEN with anybody? Sure, she had a boyfriend, she talks about him a lot, but I really wish we didn't have to turn her over to the King, at least for that," Seripa muttered, and Toma curled his tail around her waist to comfort her. He frowned at the thought.

"We have our duty… but I'm more worried about how Bardock's going to take that than anything," he answered her, and she nodded. The Commander was unreasoningly fond of the girl.

"He's more worried about his mate," Seripa said. "She's due any time now. We've got, what, two weeks until we get back? Its probably a good thing we're so far out right now- remember LAST time?"

"Oh, Kami, don't remind me!"

~*~*~*~*~*~

Serenity felt a Saiya-jin like smirk on her lips as she looked across the table at her dinner companion and opponent.

As it seemed to always be there on that ship, there was food stacked on the table, but in the midst of it was a checkered black and white board with carved pieces strewn about.

"Check," she said calmly, moving her queen to take his, and leaving it with a clear path to his king.

Bardock, who had been taking in the middle of gulping his drink- water, truth be told; he didn't drink when he was on a mission, choked and started to hack, eyes wide as he looked at the board.

"How'd you do that?" he snarled, moving his king out of the way.

"Checkmate," Serenity laughed, getting him the way she had intended from the beginning- with a pawn.

"I should NEVER have taught you that trick," he muttered, glaring at the board like it had offended him, and thumbed his nose.

"Hah, that was only after I got you with a knight," she laughed, taking a drink of her own- milk.

"Hah right back, kitten," he growled. "this makes us even."

It was about two planets and a month later after Serenity had been taken. Her flying lesson on planet that morning had gone well, and she was in high spirits.

Then she noticed something odd cross Bardock's face.

"Are you okay?"

"My mate- she…" Suddenly he gasped in pain and doubled over, agony writ in every line.

"BARDOCK?" she yelled, rushing over to him, and getting him out of the chair, trying to get him where to lie down.

There was a moment of concern on everyone else's face, until they broke out laughing.

"What the hell is so funny?" she yelled, and the pain seemed to pass, and Bardock straightened, panting for air.

"His mate must have gone into labor," Toma chuckled and Bardock glared at him evilly.

"You won't be laughing when it's Seripa," he snarled, and suddenly doubled over again, crying out and falling to his side.

Serenity stood there, letting him drop, in shock.

"What's going on?" she said, wondering if her eyes would pop out.

"One of the reasons that bonding is left to the lower classes," Toma said, and went over to pick Bardock up. He took him back to his room, and dumped him on the cot, looking at the sweating and writing form, who had taken a rather odd position- he was unconsciously echoing the posture of his mate, legs spread and trying to push at something.

"You feel things like this, what your mate is going through. In Bardock's case, right now he is going through labor with her. The up side to it is that you know where they are, how they are doing… its really fun in bed. The down is this, the sharing of pain, and if one dies, the other isn't likely to survive it. It hurts too much."

Serenity heard all this, and started to chuckle. She couldn't help it- the idea of a man going through labor was too funny!

"Ooh, Serenity, when its your turn, I'll be laughing at you, just you watch!" Bardock yelled, as the pain passed again, and he fell back limply, going completely lax and just trying to breathe.

"What are you going to name this one?" Toma asked, leaning against a wall.

"I wanted to name him Kakarrot, but Pimun wanted Turles- and she'll probably get her way again," he said, cracking open an eye.

"How many children do you have?" Serenity asked, sitting on the floor and watching curiously.

"Just one, a boy, Raditz," he said with pride. "When they tested him, he had a power level of a first class warrior- maybe even an elite."

"Yeah, and you whined like a baby the whole way through," Toma add, then snickered. "And it was impossible to live with you after that." Turning to Serenity, he added," You'll note that Raditz is now a teenager. Which shows how eager Bardock was to go through this again."

"You- ahhh!" Bardock roared, and started to do a breathing exercise.

Serenity winced, and went to get him some more water, and a cloth to put on his head.

Hours passed, then a day, and Serenity kept looking after Bardock, especially as it became clear that something was going wrong with the delivery.

"Your husband is back," Seripa kidded him, as the princess again came back with water and towels to clean the commander off.

Both growled at her.

Seripa shrugged and left.

"Come on, Bardock, you've been hurt worse before, haven't you?" she asked the scarred man, and he didn't answer. His eyes were fixed on something she couldn't see, and suddenly a massive seizure went through his body, and his eyes rolled up in his head.

Then he went still.

"Bardock?" she whispered, patting his face. His skin had started to cool, and after his sweating so hard, it was frightening.

"BARDOCK?" she yelled, and tossed the water she'd been holding in his face. Sputtering, he woke, and started gulping air.

"Did it get to be too much for you?" she asked, trying to make light of it- then she noticed the tears in the corners of his eyes.

"She's gone," he said flatly.

"Oh, Kami, Bardock, I am so sorry," she said, wincing as a deep throated howl erupted from him. "Oh, my friend…" she whispered, as he continued to keen for his mate.

There was a rush of energy and pouding feet, as the various members of the crew managed to run or fly to his room.

"What happened?" screamed a voice, and Serenity turned, tears in her own eyes as she felt the pain her friend was in.

"His, his mate died," she whimpered, and Toma was putting his hands on her shoulders to lead her away.

"We have to go," he choked, and Serenity frowned.

"Why? Why are you leaving him? He needs you right now!"

"No… what he needs is to be alone, to do what he needs to," said Seripa, and Serenity struggled as they tried to get her leave.

"NO! He needs us! What do you mean, what he needs to?"

"He's lost his mate- I told you what happens. He can't keep going now- leave him to die in peace."

"But we can't just LET him die!" she screamed, and tried to run back. She was caught, and Toma forced her too look at him.

"You want him to live like THAT the rest of his life?" he said harshly, and she looked at the wailing, agonized body on the bed.

"I… I…"

~*~*~*~*~*~

Serenity hid inside her room, listening to the howls of anguished howls that seemed to go on for hours. Each time, a bit of her soul seemed to shred.

Then they stopped.

"No," she said softly, and sat up, going to the door. It opened.

Making sure the coast was clear, she looked to see if anyone else was about. Not seeing anyone, she dashed to Bardock's quarters.

The door opened smoothly, and she looked inside, and moaned. Bardock was lying on his cot inside, covered in a blanket, his armor long removed.

He was so still… too still.

"Don't you DARE die on me," she said in a low, intense voice. "I need you, you idiot. Stay alive."

Putting her hands on the side of his head, she closed her eyes, and reached out, searching for the flickering flame of his soul.

It was almost gone… terror gripped her as she reached for it, breathing on the embers, coaxing it back.

But it didn't want to.

Let me go! He seemed to cry, and she stubbornly refused.

Come back! She demanded, and he looked at her, lost.

It hurts, he told her. She is no longer there, and the hole in my heart will never be filled again.

Then I will fill it, she heard herself answer, and found that place where his mate had been, twining heart and mind and soul with his.

There was an almost audible SNAP, like the realigning of a dislocated joint.

"Serenity?"

"Serenity?" she heard again, and she opened her eyes, to feel thick, strong fingers against her face.

"Bardock?" she asked, overjoyed that he had lived. He had sat up, and she buried her face in his chest, arms clasping tightly around him.

"Why? We can't- I mean, you realize what you have done?" he asked, his voice hoarse.

"I couldn't let you die, Bardock. I don't know why, but I couldn't," she said, and it was muffled in his chest.

The warrior sighed, and nuzzled her silver hair. "Silly girl, I can't stop the king from taking you later…"

"I know."

"But-"

He was cut off when she put a finger across his lips. "We have both lost what we held dear. We might loose each other later. Yet, for right now, we can comfort each other. Please?" she added at the end, shifting so she straddled his lap. Bardock couldn't suppress a groan.

"Kitten, you have ANY idea what you are doing to me?"

She smiled softly and wrapped her arms around his neck, pressing herself against his naked chest, and brushing her lips against his.

Pulling away, they shared another look, before he kissed her again, this time forcing his tongue between her pliant lips, and down her throat.

Serenity shivered as his hands started to roam over her body, and tore open her body suit. She giggled at that as he snarled against her mouth, and ended the kiss, his mouth roaming down her throat to the crook of her shoulder.

Bardock was intoxicated. She was nothing like a Saiya-jin- her scent was sweet and fresh, skin smooth and supple, and silky as flower petals. His hands went up to cup the soft mounds of her breasts, finding her nipples with his thumbs and caressing them. He couldn't help himself as he tasted her skin, and her soft little whimpers were music to his ears.

"Mmmm? Ahhh… hmm…"

He shifted a thigh until it was between her legs, spreading her thighs apart as pushed her backwards, and he licked her chest down to her breasts, taking a rosy nipple into his mouth.

Serenity couldn't help it as she jumped, and the grinding of his thigh against her groin made her feel… She could tell she was wet, could feel heat building up like a crazed itch between her legs.

"Bardock," she mumbled, and grinned, feeling the wonderful suckling on her chest… and ran her hands down to his tail. She'd seen how sensitive they were. Stroking it, she heard him gasp, and his teeth grazed her, causing a delightful shock of pain that made the pleasure more intense.

Her other hand was reached down to his groin- and she grabbed his cocked. He snapped his head up to look her in the face. She smiled sexily back, and kept on stroking his two sensitive places.

Both of them had started to rock against each other, but then Bardock became tired of waiting. His fingers delved between her legs, and he groaned when he realized how wet she was.

"Serenity? Are you ready for this?"

Serenity's eyes met his with as fierce a hunger as any Saiya-jin's- she needed this. To feel him touch her. Slide in, and break her virginity, and fill her to the brim, and pound into her heat…

Lying submissively, she put her hands behind her head, and spread her legs as wide as she could. He was there- his hardness against her vagina.

He loomed over her, barely slipping in, and kissed her deeply, before pushing his hips forward, hard.

She screamed into his mouth, and tossed her head back. Serenity had know it would hurt… and she rode it out.

But she hadn't expected him to hold completely still while she adjusted. She hadn't thought he would kiss her softly while she leaked a few tears, and was completely surprised when he asked her if she was ready to go on.

Nodding, she held onto him tightly, as slowly started out, and worked his way up in speed.

"Oh, Serenity," he said breathlessly, gliding in and out, over and over, feeling her inner muscles pull him as deep as they could. She mewed, head thrown back, panting as she loved. She could feel a tension start to build inside her, and she thrust back against him with all her power, frantically trying to reach something…

Then it hit.

All she could do was shake as pleasure overwhelmed her, and she sobbed out her lover's name as he kept moving, which wasn't for very long. With a shout, he came, and she moaned as his seed flooded her womb.

"Bardock?" she murmured sleepily.

"Hush, kitten. Sleep. We'll figure out what to do later…"

To be continued!