How do I comfort thee?

Chapter 7: Vegeta's wish

Pairings: G/V

Disclaimer: I don't own any of them.

Notes: This is about m/m relationship if you have a problem with this then I suggest that you go elsewhere.

A/N: Okay, so it took me a minute to get this chapter out but I made it long.

V, I hope that you got my review. I want an update *real* soon.

Kewla, thanks for the email ^_~ and sorry that you're going to have to wait for a new update on 'Confused' but I'm working on this and 'Blood of a God'

And for those who don't know already: I've posted two new fics please go and check them out and tell me what you think. Comments are always welcomed. Now, enough of my endless chatter on with the story ^_~

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The eternal dragon had been summoned and was waiting to hear the request. He growled as seconds ticked by. He hated when mortals wasted his time.

"Come on Vegeta. Shenlong is not a very patient dragon" Goku whispered.

The older Saiyan looked up and remembered a time not so long ago that he wanted immortality but now he wants something else. Something that was far more important than his own selfish needs.

"Dragon, I wish for my daughter, Zarra and unborn child to be brought back to life."

The luminous beast growled deep in his throat. "As you wish" Shenlong's eyes glowed a bright red before they darken again. "Now, tell my your second wish"

"I wish for my daughter's life mate to be brought back life as well"

Again red eyes glowed bright. "Your wish has been granted and now I bid you farewell."

The dragon rose higher in the sky and disappeared with a burst of light as all seven balls disbursted traveling back to their home.

"Come-on koi. Let's hurry up and get to the palace." Goku swept Vegeta into his arms and IT to Bulma's off site lab.

The couple reappeared in the newly reconstructed lab. Turlis couldn't believe that he was alive. He didn't care really. His main concern was Zarra. He last saw her sprawled out on the floor unconscious in a pool of blood when that punk shoved her.

He was about to head straight to her when Vegeta and Goku blocked his exited.

"Out of my way Vegeta" Turlis demanded.

"No" He simply answered.

"What?!"

"I said no. Remember you're still a prisoner for high treason, and as king, I can not allow you walk out of here." Vegeta explained.

Turlis brewed for a minute gritting his teeth but he knew that Vegeta was right. The royal and his consort wasn't going to let him just walk away.

"I give my word as a Saiyan that I will not flee. I want to see Zarra." He pleaded.

Vegeta knew what Turlis was trying to do. The need to protect Zarra was very evident in his eyes.

"Very well. However, because of your dangerous nature you will be properly fitted for a ki collar. Then after you spend some time with your mate, your Fate will be decided."

Goku slipped the collar around his twin's neck. Once the collar was on and active, Turlis took off in the direction of Zarra, leaving the Saiyan royal couple in the wind. Soft obsidian orbs gazed into steely charcoals. Goku once again seized his partner in his embrace.

"That was an honorable act that you just did Geta."

"Hn. I only did it to get my daughter back" Vegeta countered not really putting any feeling into it.

Goku leaned down toward his short lover and placed a tender kiss upon soft delicious lips. Vegeta melted from the intimate contact. It had been a month since they had been together and now everything was falling back into place. The royal slowly wrapped his arms around his brawny mate deepening the kiss.

Tails whipped about striking cover flesh. Goku reached behind Vegeta taking hold of his auburn tail. He petted the furry appendage starting at the tip and worked his way down to the base. The length puffed out as Vegeta moaned from the sensitive gesture.

His breathing was becoming more labored with each pass. Stars lined his vision as he lost his self in the feel of his mate's touches.

The larger male blazed a sultry trail of kisses along the side his mate's smooth tan face to the juncture of where he lay claim to the unobtainable Saiyan for all to see.

Vegeta could no longer take the sensual torture that the other male was raining down upon his body. He moved closer to rub his erection against Goku's.

He gazed into his mate's expressive windows. "Make love to me koi."

"As you wish my ouja." Goku replied and teleported them to place where their senses could run wild, and surrender to their passions that they had been denied for some time.

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Turlis entered the room where he had sensed his mate. Bulma was checking Zarra's vitals when someone approached the bed. She gave a startled gasped when the Saiyan stood next to her.

"How is she?"

Bulma took a cautious step back hugging her clipboard. "Well, she was just wished back to life and I gave her something to help her rest. She needs to be watched over the next twenty-four hours."

"Is the baby okay?" He asked pulling up a chair and holding on to his mate's small hand.

"As far as I can tell everything looks good" Bulma said with a slight smile.

"Don't worry they will be fine." Then she left, quietly closing the door behind her.

Turlis gently stroked his mate's hand. He also placed his other hand on top of her expanded stomach. He felt the little kicks and movements of the baby, his baby. He smiled at the thought. Tired yellow-amber eyes fluttered opened.

"Turlis" Zarra said with surprised. "I thought-I thought that I felt you die." She said as tears descended.

"I did and you must have died right after me"

"But how was that possible?" Zarra asked unable to believe what her partner has told her.

"When a bonded pair mates, it's for life, and when one mate dies the other follow shortly thereafter." Turlis explained. "Zarra you were already in bad health to begin with and when I died you died right after me. Maybe if you had been stronger you might have lived until the baby was born."

"But everything is fine now right?"

Turlis nodded his head. "As soon as you are well Vegeta will pass judgement against me for what I did to him, Kakarott, Zarbon, and the Saiyan nation." He paused to take in a breath of air. "And also to you."

"Me? Wha-what do you mean to me?"

Turlis leaned in closer to the young oujo. "I took you against your will, coerced you into having sex with me and now you're pregnant with my child." He finished the long list of strikes against him.

Zarra sat up a little to hug him. "None of that matters to me. I will accept any punishment along with you because you are my mate and that I love you."

Startled black orbs looked into yellow-amber ones. Turlis couldn't believe what his mate has just admitted to him. He never loved any one except for the growing need for power and to possess the young Saiyan heir. But no that didn't happen, he had been caught by some unexplainable force that took hold of his heart, never loosening its' grip.

He pulled back from Zarra's grasp and gently placed his hand on her tanned face. "I love you too and because of that I will not allow you to suffer my punishment. To be truly free of me you must kill me to break the bond."

Zarra firmly shook her head. "No, I refuse to do that and besides I want our child to grow up knowing its father"

Turlis bowed his head in defeat. He also wants to see his baby grow up.

"Alright, we will stand on trail together." Then their lips met in soft kiss.

Zarra sighed finally drifting off to sleep as the medication that Bulma administered took effect. Turlis careful laid her down and settled in chair by the bed keeping a watchful eye over his mate.

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Bulma gave Zarra a clean bill of heath after a couple of weeks of rest. For once Vegeta didn't interfere with keeping her and Turlis apart, and that probably was because he had his hands full with the twins and Goku.

The Counsel demanded that the ouja take a short leave of absence due to the recent events of his personal life, and for that Vegeta was thankful.

The word about Zarra's death remained unknown to Zarbon, which Bulma prayed to Kami that he would never find out. Raditz was tickled pink when Bulma informed him that Zarbon's pregnancy had a shorter gestation period than humans and Saiyans.

"Ok Zar this is a little warm" Bulma said as she applied the gel to her friend's overly large belly.

Zarbon stared at the machine while Bulma moved the scanner around the surface of his pale green skin. He could hear the baby's heart beat. He saw the face and hands. Bulma pointed out the brain cravity as well as the spine.

'Would you like to know what it is Zar?" The scientist asked.

"Hai"

"Okay lets see.if.we.can.find---" Bulma tailed off looking for the baby's identity. "Do you see that" Bulma said as she paused the screen.

"Is that what I think I think that is?"

Bulma smile spreaded across her face. "Yup, sure is" Then she noticed that Zarbon's expression turned sour. "What's wrong Zar? I thought that you would be happy?"

"I am but I wish that Rad was here."

"Don't worry Vegeta said that he would be back in plenty of time before the baby's birth," Bulma said.

"I know but it's hard doing everything by yourself."

"You shouldn't be doing a thing Zar. I told Ge that you need plenty of rest and someone to help you because you're so close to delivering."

Bulma was going to have a little chat with the Saiyan no ouja if he didn't do like she asked.

"I do have someone helping but that woman keeps talking my ear off. Bulma, I can only handle so much talking"

Bulma was trying her best not to laugh but she couldn't help it.

"Oh and you find that funny. Well, I don't" Zarbon huffed.

Bulma wiped the gel off of his stomach and began cleaning the machine.

"Raditz will be back before you know it. Besides, you only have one more month to go."

Zarbon grumbled a bit. He didn't care if he had two days to go. He wanted that baby out. He felt huge and ate like a pig. Bulma discovered that because of Zarbon's species the term of pregnancy only lasted for three months.

Within that time the baby needs to quadruple its weight and size, and that's why the reptilian ate so much. He was making sure that the fetus was on target and not under developed.

"You're all done Zar. Please take it easy. Get plenty of rest and no work"

"Yeah, yeah. See ya later Bulma"

Even though Zarbon was a female he still possessed his over baring height. He exotic features were accented even more with the roundness of his face. Even though he was two months pregnant he still attracted a good portion of the male populous.

At one point he'd stopped leaving his quarters because the males were following him around like lost puppies. He couldn't even go to his office without a crowd. He remembered when Raditz had escorted him to work and the havoc that that caused.

~ Flashback ~

The day started out just like any other day. Zarbon woke-up alone his mate was already gone. Zarbon eased of out bed his rather large tummy didn't allow him quick smooth movements. Now, he sometimes gets stuck in some the chairs around the palace, and heaven forbid if he sits on any of the furniture in his room, and that was a struggled within itself.

Zarbon entered the bathroom and turned on the shower. Stream rose over the doors and rolled into the cool part of the bath coating the mirrors.

His 'helper' had left a tray of food on the vanity counter. Zarbon knew that the woman probably had the entire bedroom cleaned. He didn't see the big deal about having someone to help him with the basic choirs of cleaning, but Bulma insisted. She argued that he shouldn't be doing any type of strenuous work and that also meant going to work but Zarbon told her that if he didn't do 'something' he wold bounce off the walls.

So, Bulma agreed to allow him to work half days but she didn't want him doing any type of domestic work.

A half-hour later, Zarbon was dressed and ready to leave and like clockwork Raditz showed up to walk him over to the financial wing of the palace.

They walked hand in hand through the white walled corridors. Sometimes Raditz would loop an arm around Zarbon pulling him closer or used his tail to keep him close. The couple still had a ways to go seeing that their room was on the opposite side of the palace and upstairs no less.

Raditz stopped by his office to get the rest of his schedule leaving his mate waiting by the door. Zarbon was winded from the walk and wished that he could just fly over to his office but using any type of powers would drain him completely.

He was brought out of his daydream when a hand passed in front of his face.

"Hi, I was wondering if you were lost or something?" The tall Saiyan asked.

"No, I'm wanting for someone" Zarbon replied praying that Raditz would hurry back.

"I've never seen you around here before. Oh, please excuse me. My name is Sosai" He held out his hand.

"I'm Zar, pleased to meet you" Zarbon shook his hand.

"Wow, your name is similar to the princess and to Commander Raditz' mate"

Everyone knew that Zarbon and Raditz were mated but what they didn't know was that Zarbon had the ability to switch gender. He kept his self very low- keyed and didn't want anyone to know.

"You kind of look like Zarbon. Are you his sister or something?"

"Something like that." Zarbon answered. /Rad, where the Hell are you?/ Zarbon was starting to fume.

Unfortunately, because he wasn't Saiyan, he didn't have the mind link with Raditz but they could feel each other's moods. Like now Raditz came barreling down through the open room with a menacing look. He recognized the male.

"Sosai, shouldn't you be at your post right now." Raditz said letting the other Saiyan know that he was starting to tread on dangerous ground.

"Um, actually I'm on break and was going to ask this lovely lady out to lunch." Sosai turned back to Zarbon, completely ignoring Raditz low threaten growls. "So, how about it?"

Zarbon looked up in surprised. "So, how about what?"

"Having lunch with me"

"Well, I-I uh---" Zarbon was floored he didn't know what to say without giving his self away.

"Sorry, Sosai but Zar was just on her way to a very important meeting." Raditz said as he noted the dark thundercloud that settled over the young male.

"Oh? Well maybe next time then."

"Yeah, maybe" Zarbon said as his mate pulled him out of the room.

Raditz dragged his partner a few feet down the hall before Zarbon decided that he needed to give his lover a piece of his mind.

"Alright Rad! Why the Hell did you leave me alone in there like that?!"

"I'm sorry koi but something very important needed my attention at the moment?" Raditz explained. "But I came as soon as I felt your uneasiness."

The spiky hair warrior had backed his mate into the wall. He rained feathery kisses down Zarbon's, face and neck until he stopped at his mouth. "Can you forgive me Zar?" Raditz teased the smooth skin with his tongue outlining the faint mark on his neck and shoulder.

"Well, I'll forgive you just this once but if it ever happens again you'll be sleeping on the sofa for an entire month." Zarbon chastised.

Raditz didn't really care. He knew that his mate wouldn't make good on the threat.

"Don't worry koi I will never leave you like that again, but just remember who you belong to. No other shall lay claim to you"

Raditz suddenly bit down on top of his mark re-opening the wound. Zarbon tightly closed his eyes. The sensation of Raditz sucking oh his blood was arousing. His lower region began to throb as the action seized control of his mind. He lifted a pale green leg and hooked it around Raditz pulling him closer.

Raditz slid his hand up the firm thigh, never stopping his exotic task of drinking his lover's rich red liquid, but he stop when the baby lashed out. He completely forgot that the baby was in the middle. Raditz reluctantly gave upon his pursuit of sexual pleasure.

"Come-on Zar. Let me get you to the financial department before Vegeta have an aneurysm." He said as he kissed slightly bruised lips.

They walked away in silence holding to each other. A figure stepped from around the empty corridor.

"So, Raditz. You're cheating on your mate with that mesuinu. Well, I'll show you." The tall male turned and walked in the opposite direction of the unsuspecting couple.

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A few days later Zarbon was milling around in his office when there was a knock at his door. He seldom received visitors and when he did it was either Vegeta or Raditz. He knew that it wasn't Vegeta because he was still on maternity leave from court and he knew for sure that it wasn't Raditz because he just left fifteen minutes ago after bringing him lunch.

"Enter!" He called out.

He was very surprised by his visitor and wondered why he was here. "Uh, hi Sosai. What brings you here?"

"I just wanted to say hello and to see how you were doing" Sosai replied.

"Well, I'm fine" Zarbon answered then he just thought of something. "How did you know that I was here?"

Bells and whistles were going off and Zarbon's heart began to race. Sosai slowly approached him.

"I asked some people about you and I was told that you temporarily took over for Zarbon while he's away taking some business for our king." Sosai said as he backed the reptile into a corner of his office placed both of hands around head.

"What do you want?"

"I just wanna know why a darashinai like you is creeping around with a mated Saiyan?" Sosai asked.

"I beg your pardon?" Zarbon's heart was beating loudly in his ears. He wondered if Vegeta felt like this when he'd attacked him. Well, this serves him right to wrong an innocent.

"You're similar in beauty to Raditz' mate, and I wonder if that that bastard's brat you're carrying his? Ah, what a messy scandal it would be if is"

Zarbon was trapped. He had no where to go as he listened to brazing male. "You know that we could avoid such bad media, if you---"

"If I what?"

"Be mated to me"

Zarbon shook his head. "NO!"

Sosai laughed. "Yes, you will" He leaned in toward Zarbon intending on kissing him but someone tapped him on the shoulder.

Without turning around Sosai said, "We're busy at the moment. Come back later.'

"I don't think so"

Sosai stiffened and turned. "Raditz, what beings you here?"

"Funny you should say that. I was practically on the other side of the palace when I felt my mate in trouble."

"Your *mate*???" Sosai was confused. How cold his mate be here?

Raditz growled baring sharp fangs. He lunged at the offending male pulling off his scared partner. Paper shattered throughout the air as Sosai slid across the desk landing on the opposite side on the floor. The long spiky haired Saiyan rushed to his lover. The reptilian was rooted to the spot.

"Zar" Raditz called out but he didn't reply. "Zar-bon"

Yellow-amber orbs finally ascended to stare into concern obsidians.

"Are you okay?" Raditz asked while looking him over any type of injury.

"Yeah, well you know me mate tough as nails" Zarbon said trying to make light of what almost happened.

"No you're not Zar. You're female and you're vulnerable just like any other female or submissive mate. I'm sorry but I think that it's best that you remained in our quarters until after the baby is born." Raditz said.

"You gotta be joking, ne?" Zarbon replied.

"No, I'm not and I'm sure that Bulma and the other doctors will agree with me. It's no longer safe for you to walk around the palace without a bodyguard and Vegeta's not going to give me time off to protect you. As much as I want too but there is no way possible." Raditz explained.

Zarbon hung his head. Raditz was right. It was becoming a struggle to leave their bedroom plus Raditz was still conducting some business for Vegeta that may require him to leave the planet. As always Raditz knew what was best.

"Alright Rad. I'll stop working" Zarbon whispered as water gathered in his eyes.

Raditz reached up with large fingers and wiped away the tears that cascaded down his mate's face. "Don't worry koi. You can work from our room. Remember you do have an office set-up there as well"

Zarbon said nothing as he nodded his head causing his emerald braid to bounce back and forth. Loud clapping could be heard from behind the couple. Raditz spun around standing directly in front of Zarbon.

"How sweet. It seems that you were telling the truth Raditz" Sosai got up off the floor to confront the older Saiyan. "So this mesuinu is really Zarbon. Tell me commander pause is Zarbon a better fuck with a p_ss_ or do you prefer ramming him from behind?"

Raditz gave a hardy laugh. "Let's just say that I have the best of both worlds but you will never tell another living soul that"

"Really? And why is that?"

"Because you'll be dead"

Then Raditz charged the taller Saiyan slamming his fist into his gut "Say good-bye" Raditz released and energy ball that he was holding.

The blast went right through Sosai. A surprised look remained frozen on his face.

Oh, yeah! This was what Saiyan's lived for, to crush enemies that were weaker them. Especially, upstart rival males. Raditz turned back to his female mate.

"I'll have someone clean-up this mess and get them to get whatever you need, but in the mean time I'm taking you to the med-lab to get checked out"

Zarbon still remained quiet as Raditz led him to the medical wing.

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Now, Zarbon lay on the bed rubbing his stomach. He felt rapid movements of the baby. It wouldn't be long now but he wishes that Raditz would be back home soon.

The sun was slowly dipping behind the horizon giving way to a clear starry night. Zarbon's eyes began to droop as his body gave into the much needed rest that it so desperately craved. His last thoughts were about his daughter. Since the incident in Bulma's no one had told him about what had happened, and that was a couple of weeks ago.

Maybe he'll find out some information later but right now he needed to sleep.

~ TBC ~

A/N: I know what you're going to say. This chapter was mostly about Zarbon and Raditz. I haven't really focused on them but everything is about to come to the surface so hang on ^_~ Man, talk about a close call. Zarbon got lucky. What about Zarra and Turlis? (I actually found out that his is spelled Turles but I'm not changing it at this point) Do you think that Vegeta will punish his own daughter right along with that creep? Hmm, Turlis doesn't want that to happen but you'll never know. Did anyone guess the sex of Zarbon's baby? I dropped a hint. See if you can find it. Please tell me what you think.

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