~*The Bodyguard*~
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z was created by Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama made all Characters in this story. (c) Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation. Used without permission, please don't sue me; I'm broke anyway.
Vejita and Kakkarot ran along the halls of the Salurasei palace, occasionally blasting or punching at someone. Their direction: docking port.
"Do you think," BLAST, "the queen is alright?", Kakkarot yelled, trying to reach his voice to his prince. Vejita thought hard on this question. For some reason or another, he could feel that she was. She was in a spacepod with ChiChi on her way to Dakursei. He remembered back to a few hours ago when he had got the feeling that she was crying. He didn't know what to make of this sudden mind connection, but he was surely glad it was there. Now, he could be sure that Buruma was safe.
"I believe she is.", he said quietly. Kakkarot nodded, then stopped running. Vejita slowed to a stop and looking quizzically at him.
"Vejita... ChiChi is with her, isn't she?", Kakkarot asked hopefully. Vejita briefly wondered if Kakkarot could feel ChiChi the way Vejita could feel Buruma. Vejita nodded in response to his question, which seemed to lift a heavy load off of Kakkarot's back. The younger Saiyajin beamed and began to pick up a jog again. Vejita did, as well, silently wondering where Buruma was at that very moment.
I hope you're safe, Buruma, he thought.
~*~
Buruma's head lifted from its sagging position. Vejita...? she wondered. She shook her head when no response came. She hadn't really expected one to come. Her mind must have been playing tricks on her, but she could have sworn she had heard Vejita's voice.
The bastard, she thought and frowned. She began to hum a sad tune as she thought about the day's previous events when she had found out Vejita was the prince. She reprimanded herself for not being able to see the faces in her dreams, for then she would have known. She yelled at herself mentally for not getting ahold of her father on the tel-com to ask for the king and prince's names. She had never known and she supposed that Vejita knew it, too, or else he wouldn't have done this mission.
She twisted around a little bit to look at ChiChi. She was still asleep and Buruma was thankful for that. She was only sixteen and was having to endure all of this. Over the years, ChiChi had become many things to Buruma. She was her handmaiden, her best friend, her sister, her daughter and so much more. It was times like this when Buruma thought of her as a daughter. A daughter she would have had when she was seven, but that was beside the point. Buruma was worried for her friend's life, as well as her own.
Buruma let out a sob of despair, waking her handmaiden at the same time. ChiChi rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and focused on her queen.
"Milady? Is something wrong?", ChiChi asked tenderly. Buruma looked sadly into her friend's eyes, then pulled her into a hug. ChiChi, surprised at first, gripped Buruma tightly back. Together, they allowed their emotions to run free as they cried onto each other's shoulders.
~*~
As Vejita and Kakkarot reached the docking port, they came in contact with the person they had been trying to avoid: Yamucha.
All three men slowed to a stop as they realized each other's presence.
Yamucha crossed his arms over his chest arrogantly. "And just where do you two pieces of Saiyajin filth think you're going?"
Vejita crossed his arms over his chest, as well, but looked much more sure of himself than Yamucha. "Well, Chikyuujin filth, we're going to Dakursei. Honestly, I thought a king like you would know at least a little bit of what's going on." Vejita smirked and Kakkarot held back a snicker. This could prove to be quite amusing seeing as how Yamucha was no match for even one of them, let alone both of them.
"You aren't going anywhere. I should have known I couldn't trust YOUR kind.", Yamucha growled out, dropping his arms to his side. Vejita cocked an eyebrow, which only added to his stature of importance.
"Why would you have known that? You're clueless, remember?", he retorted, referring to his previous statement.
Yamucha seemed to want to laugh. "After what your father did to the Dakurjin queen back on--", Yamucha stopped abruptly as he realized what he was saying. It was Kakkarot's turn to raise his eyebrows. He slowly turned his head to his prince to see the same shock mirrored on his face.
"Buruma said you didn't know about what happened twenty years ago. You do and you actually LET me be her bodyguard? I could have killed her at any chosen moment. How do you know anyway?"
Yamucha face-faulted. "It's no matter how I know, fool. What matters is why she would tell YOU, but not me." Vejita lifted his head back and let out a laugh. Kakkarot chuckled at his side.
"Oh, I know your queen much better than you. In... every... way.", he licked his lips to further imply his statement.
"WHAT?!", Yamucha yelled in outrage. His aura exploded around him and Vejita watched, uninterested.
"Weakling...", Vejita hissed under his breath. Yamucha let loose a blast and Vejita swatted it away like a fly with his pinky finger. Kakkarot howled with laughter.
"Is that all you've got?", Vejita taunted. Yamucha screamed again and let another blast fly from his palm. Vejita swatted it away yet again.
"Ooo, strong man! That time I had to use my whole hand to swat it away!", Vejita joked to the other Saiyajin present. Vejita walked forward, followed by his comrade.
"Move, Chikyuujin scum." Yamucha didn't move however. Vejita stared at him, then punched him in the gut, sending him flying across the hall.
"When the Prince of the Saiyajin asks you to move, you do it.", Vejita said, not looking behind him as he and Kakkarot entered the docking port. Vejita walked over to where three pods were sitting next to each other. He took the first one and Kakkarot took the second. Knowing much better how to open and operate a pod, they were off into the nighttime air a lot quicker than Buruma and ChiChi had managed.
~*~
A few hundred thousand miles away from the planet, another ship sat in the darkness of space. The master of the ship sat in front of the screen watching the two spacepods shoot off into space, swirling his red wine in his glass.
Alrighty, that chapter was much faster, wasn't it?! It was still short, but hey, I do what I can. .; Now, I've gotten a few guesses on what would happen in this story and I want to hear more. I already know how it's going to end and even have some of it written, but I want to know how you all think it's going to end. My largest secret is still yet to be revealed and I hope it will be shocking to everyone. It was to me when I thought of it! ^^; Again, if you want an email notification of new chapters, say so in your review.
Chapter 13
Disclaimer: Dragonball Z was created by Akira Toriyama. Akira Toriyama made all Characters in this story. (c) Akira Toriyama, Bird Studio, Toei Animation. Used without permission, please don't sue me; I'm broke anyway.
Vejita and Kakkarot ran along the halls of the Salurasei palace, occasionally blasting or punching at someone. Their direction: docking port.
"Do you think," BLAST, "the queen is alright?", Kakkarot yelled, trying to reach his voice to his prince. Vejita thought hard on this question. For some reason or another, he could feel that she was. She was in a spacepod with ChiChi on her way to Dakursei. He remembered back to a few hours ago when he had got the feeling that she was crying. He didn't know what to make of this sudden mind connection, but he was surely glad it was there. Now, he could be sure that Buruma was safe.
"I believe she is.", he said quietly. Kakkarot nodded, then stopped running. Vejita slowed to a stop and looking quizzically at him.
"Vejita... ChiChi is with her, isn't she?", Kakkarot asked hopefully. Vejita briefly wondered if Kakkarot could feel ChiChi the way Vejita could feel Buruma. Vejita nodded in response to his question, which seemed to lift a heavy load off of Kakkarot's back. The younger Saiyajin beamed and began to pick up a jog again. Vejita did, as well, silently wondering where Buruma was at that very moment.
I hope you're safe, Buruma, he thought.
~*~
Buruma's head lifted from its sagging position. Vejita...? she wondered. She shook her head when no response came. She hadn't really expected one to come. Her mind must have been playing tricks on her, but she could have sworn she had heard Vejita's voice.
The bastard, she thought and frowned. She began to hum a sad tune as she thought about the day's previous events when she had found out Vejita was the prince. She reprimanded herself for not being able to see the faces in her dreams, for then she would have known. She yelled at herself mentally for not getting ahold of her father on the tel-com to ask for the king and prince's names. She had never known and she supposed that Vejita knew it, too, or else he wouldn't have done this mission.
She twisted around a little bit to look at ChiChi. She was still asleep and Buruma was thankful for that. She was only sixteen and was having to endure all of this. Over the years, ChiChi had become many things to Buruma. She was her handmaiden, her best friend, her sister, her daughter and so much more. It was times like this when Buruma thought of her as a daughter. A daughter she would have had when she was seven, but that was beside the point. Buruma was worried for her friend's life, as well as her own.
Buruma let out a sob of despair, waking her handmaiden at the same time. ChiChi rubbed the sleep out of her eyes and focused on her queen.
"Milady? Is something wrong?", ChiChi asked tenderly. Buruma looked sadly into her friend's eyes, then pulled her into a hug. ChiChi, surprised at first, gripped Buruma tightly back. Together, they allowed their emotions to run free as they cried onto each other's shoulders.
~*~
As Vejita and Kakkarot reached the docking port, they came in contact with the person they had been trying to avoid: Yamucha.
All three men slowed to a stop as they realized each other's presence.
Yamucha crossed his arms over his chest arrogantly. "And just where do you two pieces of Saiyajin filth think you're going?"
Vejita crossed his arms over his chest, as well, but looked much more sure of himself than Yamucha. "Well, Chikyuujin filth, we're going to Dakursei. Honestly, I thought a king like you would know at least a little bit of what's going on." Vejita smirked and Kakkarot held back a snicker. This could prove to be quite amusing seeing as how Yamucha was no match for even one of them, let alone both of them.
"You aren't going anywhere. I should have known I couldn't trust YOUR kind.", Yamucha growled out, dropping his arms to his side. Vejita cocked an eyebrow, which only added to his stature of importance.
"Why would you have known that? You're clueless, remember?", he retorted, referring to his previous statement.
Yamucha seemed to want to laugh. "After what your father did to the Dakurjin queen back on--", Yamucha stopped abruptly as he realized what he was saying. It was Kakkarot's turn to raise his eyebrows. He slowly turned his head to his prince to see the same shock mirrored on his face.
"Buruma said you didn't know about what happened twenty years ago. You do and you actually LET me be her bodyguard? I could have killed her at any chosen moment. How do you know anyway?"
Yamucha face-faulted. "It's no matter how I know, fool. What matters is why she would tell YOU, but not me." Vejita lifted his head back and let out a laugh. Kakkarot chuckled at his side.
"Oh, I know your queen much better than you. In... every... way.", he licked his lips to further imply his statement.
"WHAT?!", Yamucha yelled in outrage. His aura exploded around him and Vejita watched, uninterested.
"Weakling...", Vejita hissed under his breath. Yamucha let loose a blast and Vejita swatted it away like a fly with his pinky finger. Kakkarot howled with laughter.
"Is that all you've got?", Vejita taunted. Yamucha screamed again and let another blast fly from his palm. Vejita swatted it away yet again.
"Ooo, strong man! That time I had to use my whole hand to swat it away!", Vejita joked to the other Saiyajin present. Vejita walked forward, followed by his comrade.
"Move, Chikyuujin scum." Yamucha didn't move however. Vejita stared at him, then punched him in the gut, sending him flying across the hall.
"When the Prince of the Saiyajin asks you to move, you do it.", Vejita said, not looking behind him as he and Kakkarot entered the docking port. Vejita walked over to where three pods were sitting next to each other. He took the first one and Kakkarot took the second. Knowing much better how to open and operate a pod, they were off into the nighttime air a lot quicker than Buruma and ChiChi had managed.
~*~
A few hundred thousand miles away from the planet, another ship sat in the darkness of space. The master of the ship sat in front of the screen watching the two spacepods shoot off into space, swirling his red wine in his glass.
Alrighty, that chapter was much faster, wasn't it?! It was still short, but hey, I do what I can. .; Now, I've gotten a few guesses on what would happen in this story and I want to hear more. I already know how it's going to end and even have some of it written, but I want to know how you all think it's going to end. My largest secret is still yet to be revealed and I hope it will be shocking to everyone. It was to me when I thought of it! ^^; Again, if you want an email notification of new chapters, say so in your review.