The Bond

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By: Selenity Jade (Jadesama@aol.com)

Chapter Five: Amudeku

Buruma woke up screaming.

Vejiita pulled her down to him, making soft guttural noises in her ears. Buruma panted heavily as she let him soothe her. She clung to him, tears leaking from her eyes, her body shaking violently.

"Vejiita, gods," she whispered.

"I know, Onna. Breathe, or you will hyperventilate."

"Was that yours?" she sobbed.

He nodded.

"How can you stand it? It's terrible. He didn't even touch me and I was so afraid. I don't know why, but I was just scared to death."

He sighed and nuzzled her, before he stood up, picked her up, and carried them out of the gravity room. "I lived through the real thing. The nightmares are almost nothing compared to that."

"Why were you so afraid? He didn't even move except to smile at me, you, whatever, and I just wanted to run as far away as I could."

He growled. "You will understand soon enough, Onna."

"Why am I having your dreams and you aren't having mine?"

He sighed. "My dreams are more painful, darker, more dominate. After a while, I am sure I will have yours. We dream the same thing, you know. I dreamt that just now, as you did. When you dream yours, I will dream them as well. Our dreams are one now."

She blinked and giggled a little hysterically. "You mean if you have an erotic dream about me, I'll be you in it?"

He smirked. "Actually, those types of dreams, I am told, do not really happen like the usual ones. When we dream and have both of us in them, you will be you and I will be me."

"Oh, so we can have sex in our dreams?"

He chuckled. "Yes, Onna. That is part of the bond. I suppose the purpose of that is for when we are apart. Like if I am off the planet."

"Oh."

"There are reasons for it, but for now, I am not going into it. Go back to sleep, Onna."

"No, I'm too afraid of your dreams."

He gave her a soft look. "You were never meant to see those," he muttered, setting her on her bed gently. She clutched onto him and refused to let him go. He chuckled. "Onna, I am not going anywhere, you can let up a little."

She sighed in relief, but didn't release her hold on him. He rolled his eyes and crawled in beside her. He pulled her to his chest and nuzzled her neck. "Sleep, Onna."

"I don't want to, Vejiita. Do you have any idea how painful and scary it is to feel things like that and not knowing what's happening, why you're scared, or anything?"

He growled something softly. "No, I do not. I just lived through it. And trust me, the real thing is much worse." He nipped her neck gently. "Onna, sleep. I will stay awake and you will not dream of my horrors."

"But-"

"I do not need as much sleep as you humans, remember?"

"Don't go anywhere," she whispered.

"I am not planning on it, Onna."

She smiled and curled into his chest. "Thank you," she murmured.

He smirked. "You owe me. I will collect later."

"Beast."

"Bitch."

"Bastard."

"Sleep, Onna."

"Couldn't think of a b-word could you?" she teased from his chest.

He growled in a mock-threat. "Sleep, damn you!"

"Okay, okay, no need to get your panties in a bunch, geez."

"Onna-"

"Okay, shutting up now," she said and proceeded to do just that.

When her breathing slowed and she was clearly asleep, Vejiita sighed. "I am sorry, Buruma."

~~~

Buruma awoke to a large jolt. She blinked and quickly got out of bed, throwing on some clothing as she left, and ran into the bridge. She collided with Vejiita's solid chest and fell backwards. Luckily for her, Vejiita's arm slipped around her waist and stopped her from hitting the ground.

"What's going on?" she asked when she straightened. She was strangely pleased when Vejiita didn't release her waist and instead pulled her to his chest.

"We have landed. Need more fuel."

"Where are we?"

She could feel his chest vibrate as he let out a soft growl. "On a planet called Amudeku."

"Amudeku?"

Vejiita nodded. "Yes. You are coming with me; they do not like me much here, and I would rather not have them attempt something."

"Why don't they like you?"

He chuckled. "Onna, did you forget? I worked for Furiza. Furiza ruled this planet, among a million others."

"Oh."

He shook his head and released her. "Get dressed. Quickly."

She nodded and ran to her rooms, took a quick shower, dressed, fixed her hair and make up, and returned to find Vejiita waiting for her by the ship's ramp. He snorted as she came up to him. She glared back, glancing at his choice of clothing. Battle wear. She rolled her eyes.

"Onna, while we are here, do not speak, understand? These people are a warrior race, strictly male warriors. Their females are gorgeous ornaments with little or no ki. The females are respected as angels, untouchable except for their mates. Except of course, unmated females. They are fair game and you will fit right in, unfortunately. You are my mate here, understand? The men do not use force, but they are... forceful. And women do not talk to anyone but their mates. So shut up for once."

She nodded. "Are they powerful?"

He nodded. "Very. Only three other known races are stronger, physically. Saiyajin, Furiza's race, and this weird feline-looking race, I forget their names."

"I see."

He smirked. "Come on, Onna," he said, taking hold of her hand with his gloved one, surprising her when he intertwined their fingers. She glanced at him in surprise. "What?" he asked innocently. Or as innocently as Vejiita could do.

"Nothing," she muttered.

"Good," he said and pulled her down the ramp. She blinked as she came face to face with a gigantic man. He looked human in every respect but his ears were pointed and his eyes resembled a cat's. His hair was black, hung straight down his back, and the eyes were green. Emerald green. Buruma couldn't help but notice the man was absolutely gorgeous. Beautiful even. The man looked her over quickly before turning to Vejiita.

"So, Vejiita no Ouji, you have returned. Furiza is dead. What do you want here?"

Vejiita smirked, pulling Buruma closer to him, almost unconsciously. "Fuel and supplies, nothing more."

"You are not here to fight?"

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "Hell no. If I wanted to destroy you, I would have destroyed the planet from space, not come down here."

The man sighed in relief. "Then you are welcome here, Saiyajin no Ouji. Is this your female? Or is she free?"

"She is mine."

The man blinked. "I see. I did not think you would mate with a non-Saiyajin now that your planet has returned."

Vejiita glanced at him sharply. "You are aware of that?"

"Oh, yes. Vejiita no Ou sent Nappa to search for you and he stopped here for fuel as you are doing."

"Nappa was here? Where did he say he was headed?"

"Somewhere that was called simply Earth."

"Kuso! Damn my father! I should have contacted him immediately instead of waiting. Good thing Kakarotto can handle that idiot."

The man arched a delicate eyebrow. "He was not alone."

Vejiita scowled. "How many?"

"About thirty elite warriors accompanied him."

"Thirty!? That is fucking absurd! Nappa knows Earth is pitiful in the way of warriors."

"I would not know the reason; he did not disclose that to me."

Vejiita growled. "We better hurry. Onna, go back inside." She nodded and obeyed him. Vejiita growled at the warrior that stared after his mate. "I need this ship refueled and some food supplies. That is it. How long will that take?"

The warrior frowned as he thought. "Half-hour is the fastest we can do it."

"That is fine. I will go visit the palace while I wait."

The warrior nodded. "Allow me to show you the way."

Vejiita nodded once before frowning. "Make sure your warriors keep their hands and eyes to themselves around my female."

The warrior chuckled. "As you wish."

~~~

Vejiita stormed onto the ship, the ramp clanging shut behind him. He stalked onto the bridge. "Onna!"

"Right here, Vejiita," her voice came from behind him.

He glanced at her. "The communication device on this thing. How good is it?"

She shrugged. "It could reach Earth, I'm sure, but I have never tested it out here."

"Fine. I am calling Kakarotto to warn those idiots about Nappa, then my father as I should have done long ago with Radditzu's scouter."

"Um, Vejiita, I hadn't fixed the thing yet."

He just growled and moved over to the screen. He pressed a few buttons and a moment later, Buruma's father appeared on the screen. Vejiita growled.

"Hey, Vejiita!" the old man greeted happily. "Must say I'm surprised you called. What'd you need?"

"Get Kakarotto. Now."

"Sure, I'll call him. Be right back," he said and disappeared. Vejiita turned to glance at the female behind him, blinking as he saw her kind of dazed look.

"What is wrong?" he asked her.

She started and blinked. Then she blushed. He stared at her in surprise. What the hell was she blushing about? "Nothing's wrong, Vejiita. Just thinking."

"Why are you blushing?" he asked suspiciously.

She looked away. "No reason."

"Onna-"

"Heya, Vejiita!" an annoyingly cheerful voice interrupted and Vejiita swung around to face his rival. "What's happening?"

Vejiita growled in irritation. "Kakarotto, Nappa is apparently headed to Earth with thirty elite warriors. I suggest you prepare."

Goku blinked. "Ah, we can handle it."

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "Moron! The elites will be as strong or stronger than Nappa! You may be able to handle some, hell, maybe a lot of them, but can you fight thirty at once?"

"Good point. I'll just tell them you aren't here."

Vejiita chuckled. "Idiot, that will not work. Saiyajin love to fight, idiot, and Nappa has a thing about holding grudges. You defeated him."

"Okay, I will watch out. Why don't you just call your dad and have him order Nappa off."

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "I am going to try, but I wanted to warn you first."

"Wow, I'm glad you care-"

"Idiot! I do not care about you or that pathetic planet! I simply do not wish anyone to kill you. That is reserved for me."

Goku grinned. "Sure!" He looked passed Vejiita. "Hey, Buruma!"

She smiled and walked up beside Vejiita. "Son-kun, how you been?"

"Training, nothing big. Chichi says hi!"

Buruma smiled again. "Tell her hi too. I miss you, Son-kun," she whispered softly, strangely saddened at seeing his face.

He frowned. "You okay?"

She nodded. "Yeah, just homesick suddenly. I'll be back soon, though. Don't worry about me."

Vejiita gave her an unreadable look before turning to glare at his rival. "Enough. I am contacting my father now. You are not allowed to die yet, Kakarotto. Remember that."

"Will do! Bye, Vejiita, Buruma!" he said waving cheerfully.

Vejiita cut off the transmission and moved to fiddle with the frequency. "Onna."

"Yes."

"What is wrong?"

She smiled and kissed his cheek, surprised when he wrapped an arm around her, still fiddling with the communicator. "I'm okay, just really tired, maybe a bit emotional. Lack of sleep does that to me."

He grunted as he found the frequency he wanted. He kissed her temple softly before pulling away from her. "I am calling my father now," he told her and proceeded to do just that.

When a large burly Saiyajin appeared he smirked at the surprised warrior. "My father. Now!" he barked in the rarely used language of his home planet. The man nodded quickly and disappeared.

"They're all afraid of you," Buruma commented.

"They should be. Hush, Onna."

A face appeared and Buruma started at the resemblance to the man beside her. They were exact in so many ways, except Vejiita was slightly darker and didn't sport the goatee. "Vejiita!" the man exclaimed.

"Father," Vejiita greeted with a nod, using the same guttural language. "I hear you sent Nappa after me to Earth. Call him off."

"Vejiita, it was Nappa's idea. He wants revenge for his defeat and that was your last known location."

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "He cannot have his revenge. Kakarotto is still mine. And as you can see, I am here, not there. I am on my way to Vejiita-sei."

The man smirked. "Good." He frowned slightly and focused on the blue-haired female beside Vejiita. "Who is this?"

Vejiita repressed the urge to growl. "She is a scientific genius from Earth. I brought her with me in case the ship needed repairs."

"Oh. She is human?" His eyes looked her over.

"Yes. Father, I did not call to talk about the Onna. Tell Nappa to back off. What the hell did he need thirty elites for? He knows Earth has almost no warriors to speak of. Only a few abnormally strong humans, a strong Namek, and Kakarotto." Vejiita smirked. "Of course, knowing Kakarotto, he will beat them all."

The King visibly started. "He is that powerful? I do not think that is possible. Nappa said his power level was nowhere near that high. And since you survived the battle, you must have defeated him, and I know you cannot take thirty elites. Although why he is still alive after that, I do not understand."

Vejiita chuckled. "Father, you have been dead for quite a while. You know Furiza is dead, yes?"

The King nodded. "Yes. We could not find out any details as of yet, but we had heard that."

"Kakarotto is the one who defeated him."

The King then openly gaped. "A third-class warrior?"

Vejiita nodded. "Yes. A third-class warrior that is stronger than I, Father. Not much, mind you, but enough. He defeated me on Earth and he is mine to defeat. After I achieve Supersaiyajin, of course."

The King's eyes narrowed. "Can you achieve it, Vejiita? Is it even more than a legend?"

Vejiita chuckled bitterly. "I have seen a Supersaiyajin with my own eyes father. Kakarotto is a Supersaiyajin and I am close as well. You just sent thirty elites to their death. I suggest you call them off."

He nodded. "I will contact Nappa. It is good to see you, my son."

Vejiita smirked. "It must be after being in Hell so long, Father. But I am different from when you knew me. I am older and I had spent most my life under Furiza."

The King frowned. "I apologize for that, Vejiita," he began before Vejiita cut him off.

"No, you did what you had to. He is dead now, along with his father. There is no need to fear him any longer. The Saiyajin are free now."

"Yes, we are." The King smiled. "Now, since you are coming home, it is time to pick a mate. And since you are definitely old enough, time for you to defeat me and become King."

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "I have no wish for a mate right now, Father. Nor do I wish for your throne yet."

"Sorry, son, but we need a young man as their King. Not one who gave up his only son to the enemy. You will pick a mate and you will become King."

Vejiita growled. "Father, I do not want either."

"There are some very nice young females who would be happy to mate with you, Vejiita," he began as if Vejiita hadn't said anything.

"Father! I do not want a fucking mate! Do you not understand?"

"If I have to order you-"

"Father, I cannot choose one of those females. Just drop it."

"Vejiita, you must."

Vejiita growled. "Listen, old man, I am a hundred times stronger than any Saiyajin, outside Kakarotto, and I will kill you if I have to. Just drop it!"

"You cannot take the throne without a mate, Vejiita, and if you kill me without a mate you leave the throne open."

Vejiita frowned. "Father, I do not want the throne right now. I do not want one of those females either. I am not even staying on Vejiita-sei that long!"

"Why not?" the King asked suspiciously.

"Because I have to return to Earth. There will be a battle there. I have sworn to deal with that and then I will defeat Kakarotto. So, I cannot possibly-"

"Fuck Earth! You will-"

"Damn it, Father, I have already mated!" he roared.

"What?!"

~~~

AN: Is it just me, or am I getting mushier? *Thinks* I seem to be... *grins* I'm strange.

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