~*The Bodyguard*~
Chapter 15
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.
Buruma and her father had spent the past two hours catching up on what was going on in their lives. Buruma held no grudges against her father for making her marry Yamucha now. She was just glad to see her father. Now, they were on the subject of the pending war. A messenger had just informed them that two pods were heading their way and would land in five minutes.
Buruma knew it had to be Vejita and Kakkarot since there were two pods. She figured Yamucha must still be on Salurasei, but then again, it wasn't like she cared.
"I can't believe he still thinks that I killed Maheena.", King Briefs said sadly. Buruma nodded grimly. Inside, Buruma's stomach was churning and flip-flopping. She was nervous about seeing Vejita again and truth be told, she didn't want to. He had betrayed her and deceived them all.
She jerked in her seat as they felt the palace grounds shake. She mused that they must have landed right in front of the palace like her and ChiChi. She held her breath and gazed at the doors. Sure enough, they were thrown open and Vejita, Kakkarot and King Vejita marched into the room.
Buruma stood quickly from her seat and noticed King Vejita's mildly surprised gaze land on her. He looked over at his son.
"Is this the princess?", he asked Vejita. Vejita nodded ever so slightly, but his eyes never left Buruma. She was still staring at the king. He was an older and.. taller.. replica of his son. Memories of her very young childhood started to come back. She still couldn't remember so many things though.
"Well, you were right. She is beautiful.", he smirked.
Upon hearing this, Buruma glared at Prince Vejita and he looked away. Vejita seemed to be talking very quietly to his father. King Vejita suddenly became outraged.
"I don't give a damn what Nappa said! I know what I saw and this," he pointed at King Briefs, "piece of TRASH killed your mother!"
King Briefs stood up from his throne and stomped over to stand in front of King Vejita. "I would NEVER kill Maheena! Never! You should know this! It was-"
A beeping from King Vejita's scouter stopped King Briefs from saying anything more. King Vejita turned away slightly and listened to what the voice in the scouter was saying.
"But Lord Frieza, surely-", he stopped and began listening again. Buruma glanced at Prince Vejita and noticed that he had a look of loathing on his face as his father talked to Frieza.
"Yes, Lord Frieza. We will do so." The king clicked off his scouter and turned back to face Vejita, Kakkarot, Buruma, King Briefs and ChiChi once more.
"We will hold you hostage for a week until Lord Frieza arrives on this planet. I think he believes there may actually be something of use here!", King Vejita informed them, laughing cruelly at the end. Vejita looked at this father and seemed as if he wanted to interject, but kept his mouth shut.
"Briefs, get your disgusting carcass over here. You're coming with me.", King Vejita formed a ki ball in his hand to further note his point. King Briefs looked at his daughter and smiled sadly.
"Just go with them... for now." At this, King Vejita glared at the Dakurjin king who was now standing beside him. King Vejita pivoted on one foot and walked out of the room, King Briefs following behind him. Buruma reached out to her father, but couldn't find words.
Kakkarot held his hand out to ChiChi, but she turned to Buruma with a pleading look. Buruma eyed Kakkarot.
"It's alright, ChiChi. Go with him; he won't hurt you.", Buruma told her, rubbing her handmaiden's arm. ChiChi turned back around and slowly took Kakkarot's hand. He smiled at her and led her from the room. Buruma rounded on Vejita.
"If you touch me, you will regret it.", she seethed. He smirked at her and seemed to be resisting the urge to laugh. All of a sudden, his hand snaked around her arm.
"EW! Let me GO!", she shrieked, trying to jerk out of his grasp.
"Ew?", he questioned, the smirk fading from his face. He ripped his hand from her arm forcefully, causing her to yelp, and stormed out of the room. Buruma looked behind her, but finally decided to just follow him. There was no one she could go to, afterall. Her father was with King Vejita and ChiChi was with Kakkarot.
~*~
It had been two days since she had become a hostage. They were residing on the Saiyajin ship for the week. Buruma had taken on a submissive, dead-like state since the first couple of hours. Whatever he told her to do, she would do without one word of objection. Or one word of anything for that matter; she hadn't said a word to him in two days. Vejita didn't understand it. It wasn't like he was treating her horrible. All in all, he hadn't even said a word to her either or touched her. She sat in the same chair by the window all day long. She even slept there at night since there was only one bed and she refused to share with Vejita.
Vejita had finally had enough of her antics. He walked up in front of her and stood there, waiting for her to say something. It was almost like she was staring right through him. Her eyes didn't show any recognition as she continued to look out the window into the evening sky.
Vejita growled and gripped both of her wrists and pulled her to her feet. He shook her slightly and pulled her face close to his. She stared at his chin, refusing to make eye contact with him.
"Woman, why won't you talk to me? Or even look at me?!", he yelled at her, shaking her again. She said nothing and still wouldn't look up. He released one of her wrists so that he could tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"I believe that your father didn't kill my mother.", he said quietly, caressing her cheek softly. Her eyes slowly came up to meet his and a tiny smile lit up his face. Finally, he thought. He slowly bent his head down, parting his lips and closing his eyes as he did so. Before his lips could touch hers though, her free hand had slapped him across the cheek. He dropped her other wrist in surprise.
"Then I hate you even more for holding us hostage.", she hissed. Hurt showed in Vejita's eyes. The first sentence she had spoken in two days and it was her professing her hatred for him.
"What do you expect us to do?!", he yelled. "I am not strong enough to beat Frieza yet! We have to do what he says!" Her eyes had focused on his chin again.
"Buruma," he held her hand again, "I don't want to do this, but I have to. You understand, right?"
Buruma reached for his free hand and he allowed her to take it. She gently placed it on her stomach and her eyes rose to meet his for the second time in two days.
"What...?", he questioned. Then his eyes widened in realization. "You're... with child?"
She did not answer, but instead walked back to her place beside the window. As she stared out into the sky again, she heard the sound of the door opening and then slamming shut.
Buruma placed her head in her hands and began to cry.
~*~
ChiChi stared at Kakkarot as he practically inhaled the dinner she had made.
"Wow, Chi! You're an excellent cook!", he exclaimed, shoveling more food into his mouth. Normally, she would have beamed about any compliment on her cooking, but instead she had a look of sadness on her face. He noticed this and set his fork down silently.
"Are you alright?", he asked gingerly.
"I am worried about my lady.", he replied quietly. Kakkarot shook his head at her.
"Vejita will not hurt your lady. You don't have any reason to worry.", he assured her. This seemed to have made her feel a little better. She picked up her own fork and began to eat. Kakkarot, seeing that she was better, began eating again, as well.
"Why do you have to keep me here?", she asked between bites. He swallowed and looked at her.
"Frieza ordered us to. He wants to see if there's any value to this planet because he wants to destroy all inhabitants and sell it. We are not strong enough to beat him... yet.", Kakkarot said. There was an undertone of determination on his last word. ChiChi nodded sadly, but yelped in surprise when the door to Kakkarot's room was thrown open.
"Hello, brothers.", Kakkarot said, standing from his seat. ChiChi stood and got behind Kakkarot fearfully. These two men were huge! Kakkarot looked behind him and chuckled.
"Don't be afraid. These are just my two brothers, Radditz and Turles."
ChiChi nodded hesitantly and stepped into view. She smiled at them and they nodded in return. Radditz had long hair down to the back of his knees, but Turles was the spitting image of Kakkarot. Seeing her questioning look, Kakkarot chuckled again.
"Turles is my twin.", he supplied.
ChiChi's mouth made a small 'O' shape and she giggled.
"Bloody bad luck if you ask me!", Turles said, shaking his head in self-pity. Kakkarot playfully punched his brother in the shoulder.
"What are you guys doing here?", he asked.
"The general told us to go to our rooms until further orders. We thought we'd stop by and see how our weakling brother was doing.", Radditz joked. ChiChi smiled. These two Saiyajin weren't so bad. They seemed pretty nice actually. Maybe the Saiyajin weren't really that bad once you got to know them. And if you were on their good side, of course...
Ooookay! That's it for that chapter. This chapter title really doesn't do this chapter justice, but I just couldn't find a chapter title that would sum everything up. I hope you enjoyed this chapter better than the last. There was more going on in this one. We'll be seeing more of Radditz and Turles in the future and quite possibly Bardock, as well. As usual, if you want email notifications of new chapters, please let me know in your review. Which reminds me, I just want to thank everyone for reading this far and reviewing this story. It really means a lot to me. ^^
Chapter 15
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.
Buruma and her father had spent the past two hours catching up on what was going on in their lives. Buruma held no grudges against her father for making her marry Yamucha now. She was just glad to see her father. Now, they were on the subject of the pending war. A messenger had just informed them that two pods were heading their way and would land in five minutes.
Buruma knew it had to be Vejita and Kakkarot since there were two pods. She figured Yamucha must still be on Salurasei, but then again, it wasn't like she cared.
"I can't believe he still thinks that I killed Maheena.", King Briefs said sadly. Buruma nodded grimly. Inside, Buruma's stomach was churning and flip-flopping. She was nervous about seeing Vejita again and truth be told, she didn't want to. He had betrayed her and deceived them all.
She jerked in her seat as they felt the palace grounds shake. She mused that they must have landed right in front of the palace like her and ChiChi. She held her breath and gazed at the doors. Sure enough, they were thrown open and Vejita, Kakkarot and King Vejita marched into the room.
Buruma stood quickly from her seat and noticed King Vejita's mildly surprised gaze land on her. He looked over at his son.
"Is this the princess?", he asked Vejita. Vejita nodded ever so slightly, but his eyes never left Buruma. She was still staring at the king. He was an older and.. taller.. replica of his son. Memories of her very young childhood started to come back. She still couldn't remember so many things though.
"Well, you were right. She is beautiful.", he smirked.
Upon hearing this, Buruma glared at Prince Vejita and he looked away. Vejita seemed to be talking very quietly to his father. King Vejita suddenly became outraged.
"I don't give a damn what Nappa said! I know what I saw and this," he pointed at King Briefs, "piece of TRASH killed your mother!"
King Briefs stood up from his throne and stomped over to stand in front of King Vejita. "I would NEVER kill Maheena! Never! You should know this! It was-"
A beeping from King Vejita's scouter stopped King Briefs from saying anything more. King Vejita turned away slightly and listened to what the voice in the scouter was saying.
"But Lord Frieza, surely-", he stopped and began listening again. Buruma glanced at Prince Vejita and noticed that he had a look of loathing on his face as his father talked to Frieza.
"Yes, Lord Frieza. We will do so." The king clicked off his scouter and turned back to face Vejita, Kakkarot, Buruma, King Briefs and ChiChi once more.
"We will hold you hostage for a week until Lord Frieza arrives on this planet. I think he believes there may actually be something of use here!", King Vejita informed them, laughing cruelly at the end. Vejita looked at this father and seemed as if he wanted to interject, but kept his mouth shut.
"Briefs, get your disgusting carcass over here. You're coming with me.", King Vejita formed a ki ball in his hand to further note his point. King Briefs looked at his daughter and smiled sadly.
"Just go with them... for now." At this, King Vejita glared at the Dakurjin king who was now standing beside him. King Vejita pivoted on one foot and walked out of the room, King Briefs following behind him. Buruma reached out to her father, but couldn't find words.
Kakkarot held his hand out to ChiChi, but she turned to Buruma with a pleading look. Buruma eyed Kakkarot.
"It's alright, ChiChi. Go with him; he won't hurt you.", Buruma told her, rubbing her handmaiden's arm. ChiChi turned back around and slowly took Kakkarot's hand. He smiled at her and led her from the room. Buruma rounded on Vejita.
"If you touch me, you will regret it.", she seethed. He smirked at her and seemed to be resisting the urge to laugh. All of a sudden, his hand snaked around her arm.
"EW! Let me GO!", she shrieked, trying to jerk out of his grasp.
"Ew?", he questioned, the smirk fading from his face. He ripped his hand from her arm forcefully, causing her to yelp, and stormed out of the room. Buruma looked behind her, but finally decided to just follow him. There was no one she could go to, afterall. Her father was with King Vejita and ChiChi was with Kakkarot.
~*~
It had been two days since she had become a hostage. They were residing on the Saiyajin ship for the week. Buruma had taken on a submissive, dead-like state since the first couple of hours. Whatever he told her to do, she would do without one word of objection. Or one word of anything for that matter; she hadn't said a word to him in two days. Vejita didn't understand it. It wasn't like he was treating her horrible. All in all, he hadn't even said a word to her either or touched her. She sat in the same chair by the window all day long. She even slept there at night since there was only one bed and she refused to share with Vejita.
Vejita had finally had enough of her antics. He walked up in front of her and stood there, waiting for her to say something. It was almost like she was staring right through him. Her eyes didn't show any recognition as she continued to look out the window into the evening sky.
Vejita growled and gripped both of her wrists and pulled her to her feet. He shook her slightly and pulled her face close to his. She stared at his chin, refusing to make eye contact with him.
"Woman, why won't you talk to me? Or even look at me?!", he yelled at her, shaking her again. She said nothing and still wouldn't look up. He released one of her wrists so that he could tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear.
"I believe that your father didn't kill my mother.", he said quietly, caressing her cheek softly. Her eyes slowly came up to meet his and a tiny smile lit up his face. Finally, he thought. He slowly bent his head down, parting his lips and closing his eyes as he did so. Before his lips could touch hers though, her free hand had slapped him across the cheek. He dropped her other wrist in surprise.
"Then I hate you even more for holding us hostage.", she hissed. Hurt showed in Vejita's eyes. The first sentence she had spoken in two days and it was her professing her hatred for him.
"What do you expect us to do?!", he yelled. "I am not strong enough to beat Frieza yet! We have to do what he says!" Her eyes had focused on his chin again.
"Buruma," he held her hand again, "I don't want to do this, but I have to. You understand, right?"
Buruma reached for his free hand and he allowed her to take it. She gently placed it on her stomach and her eyes rose to meet his for the second time in two days.
"What...?", he questioned. Then his eyes widened in realization. "You're... with child?"
She did not answer, but instead walked back to her place beside the window. As she stared out into the sky again, she heard the sound of the door opening and then slamming shut.
Buruma placed her head in her hands and began to cry.
~*~
ChiChi stared at Kakkarot as he practically inhaled the dinner she had made.
"Wow, Chi! You're an excellent cook!", he exclaimed, shoveling more food into his mouth. Normally, she would have beamed about any compliment on her cooking, but instead she had a look of sadness on her face. He noticed this and set his fork down silently.
"Are you alright?", he asked gingerly.
"I am worried about my lady.", he replied quietly. Kakkarot shook his head at her.
"Vejita will not hurt your lady. You don't have any reason to worry.", he assured her. This seemed to have made her feel a little better. She picked up her own fork and began to eat. Kakkarot, seeing that she was better, began eating again, as well.
"Why do you have to keep me here?", she asked between bites. He swallowed and looked at her.
"Frieza ordered us to. He wants to see if there's any value to this planet because he wants to destroy all inhabitants and sell it. We are not strong enough to beat him... yet.", Kakkarot said. There was an undertone of determination on his last word. ChiChi nodded sadly, but yelped in surprise when the door to Kakkarot's room was thrown open.
"Hello, brothers.", Kakkarot said, standing from his seat. ChiChi stood and got behind Kakkarot fearfully. These two men were huge! Kakkarot looked behind him and chuckled.
"Don't be afraid. These are just my two brothers, Radditz and Turles."
ChiChi nodded hesitantly and stepped into view. She smiled at them and they nodded in return. Radditz had long hair down to the back of his knees, but Turles was the spitting image of Kakkarot. Seeing her questioning look, Kakkarot chuckled again.
"Turles is my twin.", he supplied.
ChiChi's mouth made a small 'O' shape and she giggled.
"Bloody bad luck if you ask me!", Turles said, shaking his head in self-pity. Kakkarot playfully punched his brother in the shoulder.
"What are you guys doing here?", he asked.
"The general told us to go to our rooms until further orders. We thought we'd stop by and see how our weakling brother was doing.", Radditz joked. ChiChi smiled. These two Saiyajin weren't so bad. They seemed pretty nice actually. Maybe the Saiyajin weren't really that bad once you got to know them. And if you were on their good side, of course...
Ooookay! That's it for that chapter. This chapter title really doesn't do this chapter justice, but I just couldn't find a chapter title that would sum everything up. I hope you enjoyed this chapter better than the last. There was more going on in this one. We'll be seeing more of Radditz and Turles in the future and quite possibly Bardock, as well. As usual, if you want email notifications of new chapters, please let me know in your review. Which reminds me, I just want to thank everyone for reading this far and reviewing this story. It really means a lot to me. ^^