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Ch. 5
When Vegeta woke up the first thing he noticed was a nauseating 'clean' smell. He scrunched his nose in distaste. Then a steady beeping and hushed voices reached his sensitive ears. Opening his eyes he noticed white, everything around him was blank and held no feeling.
Looking down at himself he found that his right eye had been patched up. His left leg and right arm were bandaged and hung above him in slings. He was shirtless and had more bandages wrapped around his chest. (Yum!) He snorted while thinking, such primitive technology.
Voices on the other side of the room drew his attention. He turned to his left and saw something that horrified him to no end. Usagi was hooked up to many machines and was just barely able to breathe on her own. She was ghastly pale and her ki was next to nothing. She looked so helpless and fragile, like she would be crushed under the weight of her blankest alone. What stuck out most was a golden crescent moon that was on her forehead.
He couldn't bear to look at her for too long. After locking her in my ship she *still* gets hurt. When he looked up he locked gazes with the occupant in the last bed. Two sets of coal black eyes locked as the owners sized each other up. For one split second the same worry passed through them, the worry that a father had for his only daughter. In that split second a bond was created that was so powerful it could shatter the boundaries of two different worlds. It spoke volumes to the soul and sang melodies to the fates' conscience.
Goku smiled in approval. He now knew that Vegeta thought of Usa as a daughter. Yes, he was glad. Goku knew that he wouldn't always be there for his children, and now he could rest easier. Vegeta would protect her whenever he couldn't. The prince would protect her regardless if he was there or not.
Vegeta just rolled his eyes at Goku's smile. He turned to the bald guy that had been at the fight. "Hey baldy, what happened? Why is the brat hurt?" Just as the small man was going to answer a woman with black hair tied into a bun stepped into his line of vision.
"You're the bakayaro that took her to the battle! Aren't you?"
"Chichi be nice."
"Shut up Goku! He put our little baby in danger!"
That must be her mother, Vegeta thought in amusement. No wonder Usa never talked about her much.
"You are to never, NEVER go near my daughter again. I don't care if she healed you or not! Do you hear me?!" she screamed while all the male Saiyajins winced. She healed us? He thought in shock.
"Chichi this IS a hospital. Do you think you could keep it down?" Goku asked in a quiet voice. His fuming wife turned to him with a murderous gaze. Vegeta smirked as the other man gulped. "As much as I'd enjoy seeing your mate beat the hell out of you I'm leaving," the Saiyajin no ouji announced while taking his sore arms out of their slings. "And I'm taking the brat with me."
"B-But why?" Gohan asked half in curiosity half in horror.
"I'm going to get her healed. This 'primitive' way is not acceptable," he sneered while sitting up. The blue-haired woman rushed forward and grabbed his good arm. "You can't. If she is moved she will die."
"Let go of me onna." When she let go he continued, "She is a Saiyajin, she'll live."
"What would you know? You don't care about her anyway." He turned to her in surprise and smirked in challenge. They set off a heated argument with much yelling and many death threats. Everyone soon cheered on the fight. Then a weak voice broke through the yelling. "Will everyone please SHUT the HELL up?"
Everyone turned to stare at the small girl. Chichi was the first out of her shock, "Usa-chan! You're alright!...Wait a minute…Where in Kami did you learn such fool language?" Usagi smirked and snuck a glance at the proud looking prince.
"You know Veggie I never thought that you would flirt with a HUMAN!" Her grin widened as he glared threateningly at her. "Besides she'd got a point."
"Oh?"
"You told me once that one of the things that makes a Saiyajin so great is that after they are injured their power grows."
"Yeah, so?"
"Doesn't it make sense that the longer you take to heal the higher your power will grow?" Everyone blinked and looked at the girl in surprise. "When did my little girl get so smart?" She blushed and the crescent moon on her forehead glowed. When she touched it she was consumed in yet another brilliant flash of light. It lasted for a few minutes before disappearing leaving a crying Usagi in its wake. Her soul shattering sobs touched everyone's heart.
Gohan jumped on her bed and pulled her shaking form into a comforting hug. He knew that her visions sometimes made her emotional. "Shh… it's ok Usa- chan. We're here. It'll be ok," Gohan continued to comfort his grief- stricken sister until she stopped shaking. He whispered softly, "What did you see?"
See? Vegeta and Goku thought simultaneously, as they were the only ones that heard.
Usagi took a quivering breath and whispered just, if not more softly, "Many more will die…and I can't do a thing to stop it. I feel so weak and helpless." She gave a watery smile to her twin, "Thanks Gohan. I owe you big time."
"You saved my life remember? So let's call it even." Gohan tried to cheer her up but when he looked in her eyes she seemed older, almost ancient. He whispered in her ear so that only she could hear, "Don't look now but I think Vegeta is actually smiling." She giggled and glanced at her mentor catching him covering his 'slip up'.
With Gohan's help she made her way over to her father. "Hi daddy! I bet you can't guess what I learned while I was away." He chuckled and smiled at her, "With Vegeta as your sensei I have a pretty good idea." She turned to her brother accusingly, "You told!"
"Heh heh gomen?"
She frowned and crossed her arms in a very Vegeta-like pose. Everyone looked at Vegeta and found him standing in the same pose only he was smirking with pride. "Kakarot she can kick your other brat's ass any day."
"Uncle Veggie, don't be mean."
"Are you trying to tell me what to do?"
"Well right now I'm stronger than you so you better listen." He raised an eyebrow and was about to say something but stopped when a certain blue- haired genius interrupted. "Before you two start I just wanted to say that I had an idea on how to get to Namek." Bulma started to explain that they could use Nappa's ship. When she pressed the self-destruction sequence both Vegeta and Usa started to snicker. When the ship blew sky high they received a few glares.
Mr. Popo soon showed up and took Bulma to the new ship. As everyone was staring after the disappearing flying carpet a doctor walked in and almost had a heart attack. He ran over and scooped Usagi up and laid her down on her bed. "Young lady you know better than to stand in your condition!" The doctor soon launched into a speech about how he knew what was best because he was smarter than her. He started to criticize her "lack of respect for her superiors" and how she should be grateful to him for saving her life.
Goku was about to comment on how rude he was being but Usagi beat him to it. "I don't know who the hell you think you are, but I am sure as hell not going to take any of this shit from you!" He looked appalled at her use of language and she smirked before continuing.
She started to make her way down off the bed as she spoke again, "You're too busy stuck up your own ass to see that *I* don't nice a damn what *you* say! *I* just saved my father's life. *I* in turn saved millions of ungrateful rodents like you. Everyone here is destined for something great while *you* are just an ant to be squashed. So don't you tell *me* I am worthless because you are jack shit. Now leave before I start to get angry."
The doctor's mouth hung wide open in disbelieve. It seems that he wasn't used to this kind of verbal abuse from a 'child'. Vegeta stepped up behind Usagi and looked down at the pitiful human threateningly. "If you *ever* talk to her like that again then I will personally see to it that you die a slow and painful death. Do you understand, pest?" The doctor whimpered and nodded before running out of the room in tears.
As soon as the door closed Chichi burst in outrage. "Son Usagi, if I ever hear you talk like that again I will skin you alive! So you hear me?!" Usagi wrapped her right arm around Vegeta's left leg. "H-Hai mama, but I had reason. If he hadn't of said anything, then I wouldn't have."
"That is besides the point. They will start to think that we are some mindless barbarians! But I wouldn't expect any better from you because it seems that you were taught by one. You are just as dumb and arrogant as that savage you were trained by. I can't believe I raised such a lazy, foul-mouthed, disrespectful BARBARIAN!" Usagi's eyes became bright as tears threatened to fall. How could her own mother think of her like this? Vegeta was about give the woman a piece of his mind but surprisingly it was Goku that broke the silence.
"Chichi! That was completely UNCALLED for! I can't believe that you would say something like that to your own daughter! Sure she shouldn't have said some of those things but that rude doctor deserved every bit of it. You know he did and now Usa is almost in tears." Chichi looked at her daughter, who now had her face buried in Vegeta's chest, ashamed. Vegeta glared daggers at the woman and was about to put in his two cents when Bulma came back. Chichi suddenly burst into tears before fleeing the room.
Bulma looked around confused and her gaze landed on a certain Saiyajin no ouji. He was sitting on his bed and was trying to cheer up an upset Usagi. That's so sweet. Maybe there is more to him than that cold front he puts up. She shook her head and told everyone about her adventure in the Namekian spaceship. "…Now all we have to do is figure out who goes and who stays," she finished while looking around.
Usagi had stopped sobbing halfway through Bulma's explanation. Without her angry mother there she wasn't as upset. She still sat comfortably in Vegeta's lap. She rubbed her puffy red eyes in hopes of clearing her blurred vision. After covering a yawn she spoke in a soft but commanding voice, "Bulma you, Gohan, Krillen, and Vegeta go. Dad and I will follow as soon as we can." They had to go. Her vision had demanded that they go.
"But why can't you and dad go with us?" Gohan half whined.
"'Cause Gohan dad isn't in any shape to go and it's going to take a while for my strength to return."
He sighed disappointed, "Fine."
________________________________________2 days later_____________________________________
Everyone was gathered around to wish off the four warriors. Vegeta watched in amusement when Gohan showed up looking quite the gentleman. Soon it was a crying fest as both women, long time friends, said their good byes. He remembered what Usagi said when she wished him luck.
~*~*~*~*~*~Flash Back~*~*~*~*~
Goku was 'supposedly' asleep when Vegeta came and visited her, but he ended up hearing every word. She was propped up against a mountain of pillows and was resting. He sat down next to her and crossed his arms, "I still don't see why I have to travel with these weaklings."
Usagi cracked open an eyelid and grinned at him. "Stop *pretending* like you don't care. I now you're excited. You'll finally get revenge on Freeza and show him that…SAIYAJINS RULE!!" Vegeta raised an eyebrow at her newly found excitement. "Stop looking at me like that! Just remember to have fun Uncle Veggie. I'm sure you will since BULMA is going." Vegeta just glared at her in annoyance. "You're pushing my patients girl."
"I've seen the way you two look at each other. It's love at first sight!" she exclaimed while making kissy faces at him. She grinned when he didn't say anything. Reaching out her arms she began to pout. "I'm going to miss you Veggie. Now give me a hug."
Vegeta just looked at her like she went crazy. "You can't be serious." When he looked into her pitiful looking eyes he melted. Bending down he embraced her for a brief moment before disappearing through the window.
~*~*~*~*~*~End Flash Back~*~*~*~*~
Vegeta smirked at the memory and climbed onto the ship with the onna and the other "small people". He glanced over at his blue-haired goddess, a nickname he had given her, and thought, Maybe this trip won't be so bad after all.
Sorry that this is so short. The next chapter will be out soon. Though it will probably be as short as this one but they will be coming out faster because I've already written them. I just need to finish typing them. After each chapter I determine how many reviews I want before I send out the next chapter, so the more you review the faster you guys can read the next chapter. So REVIEW. ~Katlin Grace
Ch. 5
When Vegeta woke up the first thing he noticed was a nauseating 'clean' smell. He scrunched his nose in distaste. Then a steady beeping and hushed voices reached his sensitive ears. Opening his eyes he noticed white, everything around him was blank and held no feeling.
Looking down at himself he found that his right eye had been patched up. His left leg and right arm were bandaged and hung above him in slings. He was shirtless and had more bandages wrapped around his chest. (Yum!) He snorted while thinking, such primitive technology.
Voices on the other side of the room drew his attention. He turned to his left and saw something that horrified him to no end. Usagi was hooked up to many machines and was just barely able to breathe on her own. She was ghastly pale and her ki was next to nothing. She looked so helpless and fragile, like she would be crushed under the weight of her blankest alone. What stuck out most was a golden crescent moon that was on her forehead.
He couldn't bear to look at her for too long. After locking her in my ship she *still* gets hurt. When he looked up he locked gazes with the occupant in the last bed. Two sets of coal black eyes locked as the owners sized each other up. For one split second the same worry passed through them, the worry that a father had for his only daughter. In that split second a bond was created that was so powerful it could shatter the boundaries of two different worlds. It spoke volumes to the soul and sang melodies to the fates' conscience.
Goku smiled in approval. He now knew that Vegeta thought of Usa as a daughter. Yes, he was glad. Goku knew that he wouldn't always be there for his children, and now he could rest easier. Vegeta would protect her whenever he couldn't. The prince would protect her regardless if he was there or not.
Vegeta just rolled his eyes at Goku's smile. He turned to the bald guy that had been at the fight. "Hey baldy, what happened? Why is the brat hurt?" Just as the small man was going to answer a woman with black hair tied into a bun stepped into his line of vision.
"You're the bakayaro that took her to the battle! Aren't you?"
"Chichi be nice."
"Shut up Goku! He put our little baby in danger!"
That must be her mother, Vegeta thought in amusement. No wonder Usa never talked about her much.
"You are to never, NEVER go near my daughter again. I don't care if she healed you or not! Do you hear me?!" she screamed while all the male Saiyajins winced. She healed us? He thought in shock.
"Chichi this IS a hospital. Do you think you could keep it down?" Goku asked in a quiet voice. His fuming wife turned to him with a murderous gaze. Vegeta smirked as the other man gulped. "As much as I'd enjoy seeing your mate beat the hell out of you I'm leaving," the Saiyajin no ouji announced while taking his sore arms out of their slings. "And I'm taking the brat with me."
"B-But why?" Gohan asked half in curiosity half in horror.
"I'm going to get her healed. This 'primitive' way is not acceptable," he sneered while sitting up. The blue-haired woman rushed forward and grabbed his good arm. "You can't. If she is moved she will die."
"Let go of me onna." When she let go he continued, "She is a Saiyajin, she'll live."
"What would you know? You don't care about her anyway." He turned to her in surprise and smirked in challenge. They set off a heated argument with much yelling and many death threats. Everyone soon cheered on the fight. Then a weak voice broke through the yelling. "Will everyone please SHUT the HELL up?"
Everyone turned to stare at the small girl. Chichi was the first out of her shock, "Usa-chan! You're alright!...Wait a minute…Where in Kami did you learn such fool language?" Usagi smirked and snuck a glance at the proud looking prince.
"You know Veggie I never thought that you would flirt with a HUMAN!" Her grin widened as he glared threateningly at her. "Besides she'd got a point."
"Oh?"
"You told me once that one of the things that makes a Saiyajin so great is that after they are injured their power grows."
"Yeah, so?"
"Doesn't it make sense that the longer you take to heal the higher your power will grow?" Everyone blinked and looked at the girl in surprise. "When did my little girl get so smart?" She blushed and the crescent moon on her forehead glowed. When she touched it she was consumed in yet another brilliant flash of light. It lasted for a few minutes before disappearing leaving a crying Usagi in its wake. Her soul shattering sobs touched everyone's heart.
Gohan jumped on her bed and pulled her shaking form into a comforting hug. He knew that her visions sometimes made her emotional. "Shh… it's ok Usa- chan. We're here. It'll be ok," Gohan continued to comfort his grief- stricken sister until she stopped shaking. He whispered softly, "What did you see?"
See? Vegeta and Goku thought simultaneously, as they were the only ones that heard.
Usagi took a quivering breath and whispered just, if not more softly, "Many more will die…and I can't do a thing to stop it. I feel so weak and helpless." She gave a watery smile to her twin, "Thanks Gohan. I owe you big time."
"You saved my life remember? So let's call it even." Gohan tried to cheer her up but when he looked in her eyes she seemed older, almost ancient. He whispered in her ear so that only she could hear, "Don't look now but I think Vegeta is actually smiling." She giggled and glanced at her mentor catching him covering his 'slip up'.
With Gohan's help she made her way over to her father. "Hi daddy! I bet you can't guess what I learned while I was away." He chuckled and smiled at her, "With Vegeta as your sensei I have a pretty good idea." She turned to her brother accusingly, "You told!"
"Heh heh gomen?"
She frowned and crossed her arms in a very Vegeta-like pose. Everyone looked at Vegeta and found him standing in the same pose only he was smirking with pride. "Kakarot she can kick your other brat's ass any day."
"Uncle Veggie, don't be mean."
"Are you trying to tell me what to do?"
"Well right now I'm stronger than you so you better listen." He raised an eyebrow and was about to say something but stopped when a certain blue- haired genius interrupted. "Before you two start I just wanted to say that I had an idea on how to get to Namek." Bulma started to explain that they could use Nappa's ship. When she pressed the self-destruction sequence both Vegeta and Usa started to snicker. When the ship blew sky high they received a few glares.
Mr. Popo soon showed up and took Bulma to the new ship. As everyone was staring after the disappearing flying carpet a doctor walked in and almost had a heart attack. He ran over and scooped Usagi up and laid her down on her bed. "Young lady you know better than to stand in your condition!" The doctor soon launched into a speech about how he knew what was best because he was smarter than her. He started to criticize her "lack of respect for her superiors" and how she should be grateful to him for saving her life.
Goku was about to comment on how rude he was being but Usagi beat him to it. "I don't know who the hell you think you are, but I am sure as hell not going to take any of this shit from you!" He looked appalled at her use of language and she smirked before continuing.
She started to make her way down off the bed as she spoke again, "You're too busy stuck up your own ass to see that *I* don't nice a damn what *you* say! *I* just saved my father's life. *I* in turn saved millions of ungrateful rodents like you. Everyone here is destined for something great while *you* are just an ant to be squashed. So don't you tell *me* I am worthless because you are jack shit. Now leave before I start to get angry."
The doctor's mouth hung wide open in disbelieve. It seems that he wasn't used to this kind of verbal abuse from a 'child'. Vegeta stepped up behind Usagi and looked down at the pitiful human threateningly. "If you *ever* talk to her like that again then I will personally see to it that you die a slow and painful death. Do you understand, pest?" The doctor whimpered and nodded before running out of the room in tears.
As soon as the door closed Chichi burst in outrage. "Son Usagi, if I ever hear you talk like that again I will skin you alive! So you hear me?!" Usagi wrapped her right arm around Vegeta's left leg. "H-Hai mama, but I had reason. If he hadn't of said anything, then I wouldn't have."
"That is besides the point. They will start to think that we are some mindless barbarians! But I wouldn't expect any better from you because it seems that you were taught by one. You are just as dumb and arrogant as that savage you were trained by. I can't believe I raised such a lazy, foul-mouthed, disrespectful BARBARIAN!" Usagi's eyes became bright as tears threatened to fall. How could her own mother think of her like this? Vegeta was about give the woman a piece of his mind but surprisingly it was Goku that broke the silence.
"Chichi! That was completely UNCALLED for! I can't believe that you would say something like that to your own daughter! Sure she shouldn't have said some of those things but that rude doctor deserved every bit of it. You know he did and now Usa is almost in tears." Chichi looked at her daughter, who now had her face buried in Vegeta's chest, ashamed. Vegeta glared daggers at the woman and was about to put in his two cents when Bulma came back. Chichi suddenly burst into tears before fleeing the room.
Bulma looked around confused and her gaze landed on a certain Saiyajin no ouji. He was sitting on his bed and was trying to cheer up an upset Usagi. That's so sweet. Maybe there is more to him than that cold front he puts up. She shook her head and told everyone about her adventure in the Namekian spaceship. "…Now all we have to do is figure out who goes and who stays," she finished while looking around.
Usagi had stopped sobbing halfway through Bulma's explanation. Without her angry mother there she wasn't as upset. She still sat comfortably in Vegeta's lap. She rubbed her puffy red eyes in hopes of clearing her blurred vision. After covering a yawn she spoke in a soft but commanding voice, "Bulma you, Gohan, Krillen, and Vegeta go. Dad and I will follow as soon as we can." They had to go. Her vision had demanded that they go.
"But why can't you and dad go with us?" Gohan half whined.
"'Cause Gohan dad isn't in any shape to go and it's going to take a while for my strength to return."
He sighed disappointed, "Fine."
________________________________________2 days later_____________________________________
Everyone was gathered around to wish off the four warriors. Vegeta watched in amusement when Gohan showed up looking quite the gentleman. Soon it was a crying fest as both women, long time friends, said their good byes. He remembered what Usagi said when she wished him luck.
~*~*~*~*~*~Flash Back~*~*~*~*~
Goku was 'supposedly' asleep when Vegeta came and visited her, but he ended up hearing every word. She was propped up against a mountain of pillows and was resting. He sat down next to her and crossed his arms, "I still don't see why I have to travel with these weaklings."
Usagi cracked open an eyelid and grinned at him. "Stop *pretending* like you don't care. I now you're excited. You'll finally get revenge on Freeza and show him that…SAIYAJINS RULE!!" Vegeta raised an eyebrow at her newly found excitement. "Stop looking at me like that! Just remember to have fun Uncle Veggie. I'm sure you will since BULMA is going." Vegeta just glared at her in annoyance. "You're pushing my patients girl."
"I've seen the way you two look at each other. It's love at first sight!" she exclaimed while making kissy faces at him. She grinned when he didn't say anything. Reaching out her arms she began to pout. "I'm going to miss you Veggie. Now give me a hug."
Vegeta just looked at her like she went crazy. "You can't be serious." When he looked into her pitiful looking eyes he melted. Bending down he embraced her for a brief moment before disappearing through the window.
~*~*~*~*~*~End Flash Back~*~*~*~*~
Vegeta smirked at the memory and climbed onto the ship with the onna and the other "small people". He glanced over at his blue-haired goddess, a nickname he had given her, and thought, Maybe this trip won't be so bad after all.
Sorry that this is so short. The next chapter will be out soon. Though it will probably be as short as this one but they will be coming out faster because I've already written them. I just need to finish typing them. After each chapter I determine how many reviews I want before I send out the next chapter, so the more you review the faster you guys can read the next chapter. So REVIEW. ~Katlin Grace