Unexplainable

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By: Selenity Jade (Jadesama@aol.com)

Chapter Five: Zarbon

"Vejiita-"

"Damn it, Onna! Take one of those damn flying contraptions you have and get to my ship now!"

"Sorry, Vejiita. I value my own skin, but I promised Son-kun I'd take Chichi and hide."

"Fuck her!" he snarled at her.

She glared at him. "No. She's my friend. She's my best friend's wife. I promised someone I love I'd help look out for his wife and unborn child! Your ship is for one man. I won't leave her."

"Damn you!" he hissed, pushing her into the wall, capturing her lips roughly. Just as suddenly as it happened, the kiss ended. "Take the stupid female then. But you fucking hide. Understand? Furiza doesn't have an interest in this planet as far as I know. It's me he wants." He pressed his forehead to hers. "If I survive, I'll come for you."

She sighed. "Take care, okay?"

He smirked at her. "Foolish Onna. I don't want to die; of course I'll look after my own skin." He nipped her nose gently. "Besides, you and I have some unfinished business. Now get that harpy and hide. Furiza will be here in about fifteen minutes."

Buruma looked at him a moment. "Will you do something for me?"

He blinked and raised an eyebrow suspiciously. "What?"

"Look after my friends," she said softly. "Don't let them die if you can help it. Please."

He growled, wrapped an arm around her waist, and pulled her to him again. "Fine. You owe me, Onna," he told her before he released her and walked to the balcony. He turned and gazed at her for a few silent moments before he disappeared out the glass doors.

She sighed and ran downstairs to find Chichi and Goku kissing. She smiled softly as she stopped at the foot of the stairs. As they continued to kiss, she felt a sudden pain in her heart and she realized she was jealous. She placed a hand on her flat stomach in sadness. She'd have a child, if the planet survived, but she would never have someone love her like Goku loved Chichi. She was surprised that Vejiita had been so adamant about her leaving the planet, but she didn't think he could love her like that. Hell, she didn't think he could love at all. Why did she always have to be attracted to the bad guys? For that matter, could she really love someone like him? She sighed softly, blushing as Goku looked at her curiously.

"Sorry, Son-kun, I didn't mean to interrupt," she said softly.

He smiled and motioned her to come over to them, his arm still around his wife. When she reached them, he wrapped his other arm around her and hugged both women tightly. "Buruma, you know I love you, right? You're my best friend and you practically raised me. Take care of yourselves, all right?"

Buruma squeezed Goku tightly, tears in her eyes. "Of course, Son-kun. Chichi and I will be fine." She wrapped her other arm around Chichi, who quickly returned the rare affection. "Don't die, Son-kun."

He chuckled softly. "Don't want to. I'd like to see my son, you know."

Chichi gasped. "Goku, how-?"

"I knew the whole time, Chi," he murmured softly, causing Buruma to sniffle sadly. He squeezed her gently. "What's wrong, Buruma?"

"I think I'm a bit jealous, that's all. You're a wonderful husband, Son-kun, and you'll be a wonderful father, I think."

He grinned. "Thanks, Buruma. Well, girls, I've got to go."

Chichi sniffled. "Be careful, Goku," she whispered kissing her husband softly.

"Of course, Chi. Take care of yourself and our son. And Buruma and her-"

"Son-kun!" she hissed angrily. "No need to tell everyone!"

"Oh, sorry," he muttered. He squeezed them both once more before releasing them. He gazed at Chichi a moment longer before he turned and walked out of the room.

Buruma sighed and pulled the unresisting Chichi towards her lab. "Come on, Chichi. Let's hide."

~~~

Vejiita turned his head as Goku came out of the house and strolled over to them. He met his fellow Saiyajin half way. "You are the strongest of this little group of weaklings," he began before his eyes narrowed. He growled softly. "Why is my mate's scent all over you?" he hissed.

Goku blinked and looked down at the smaller warrior. "Oh, Chichi, Buruma and I had a bit of a conversation just now," he related soberly.

"That doesn't explain why her scent is on you," he pointed out, his voice low.

"We were hugging, Vejiita. She looked like she needed comfort. She probably smells like me just as much as she smells like Chichi," he said. "You're welcome to go smell her to check, if you want. But you'd have to find her lab and we don't have the time."

"Feh, fine," Vejiita grunted. "Just keep your hands off her."

Goku rolled his eyes. "A bit possessive, aren't you? Well, you might want to get used to it, she has a lot of friends, many of them men, and humans hug." He glanced down at him, his face serious. "You know she's pregnant, I assume."

Vejiita snorted. "Of course."

"Good. Don't hurt her, Vejiita. She's my best friend and I love her."

Vejiita growled softly in warning. "Do not dictate to me how I should treat my mate. She is my mate and hurting her is the same as hurting myself. That is pointless."

"Either way, Vejiita, she hurts now. She's scared and unsure and confused. And now she's pregnant. She doesn't know what to do or feel or anything and it hurts her."

Vejiita glanced at the taller warrior out of the corner of his eye. "I heard you talking about your mate being pregnant. Humans cannot sense that, correct? Then how does she know?"

Goku blushed. "My fault. I told her when you left to go to your ship. She gave me a severe tongue lashing for that, too."

Vejiita snarled and crossed his arms. "Next time, I'll kill you. Do not tell my mate something that should have been my right to tell her."

"Fine, Vejiita." He glanced at the sky. "Five more minutes or so," he commented.

Vejiita grunted. "I think the others should stay out of it. You, the Namek, and I have the best chance. The others are worthless in this fight. Well, you're all worthless," he amended.

Goku shrugged. "Maybe, but this is their home. Not yours."

Vejiita chuckled. "No, it isn't. Fine, they can come. But make sure they stay out of my way. Let's go," Vejiita said and launched into the air, followed closely by the other warriors.

They arrived in a large desert a few minutes later and followed Vejiita as he landed gracefully. He crossed his arms and stared at the sky irritably. He felt Goku and Piccolo come up beside him and the others standing a few feet behind him. Fortunately, both the Namek and the Earth Saiyajin decided to stay quiet and not engage the Saiyajin no Ouji in conversation, but the others weren't as intelligent.

"Is this where he'll be landing?"

"I think so."

"Do you think we can win?"

"We are so going to die..."

"Don't talk like that!"

"Kami, that's strong."

"Shut up!" Vejiita snarled over his shoulder. "If you're scared, leave. Now. I have no time for you worthless weaklings."

"Hey!" Yamucha said, before a look from Goku silenced him.

Vejiita snapped his head up as something caught his attention. His face remained expressionless, but he felt his heart beat speed up. His eyes followed what appeared to be a shooting star. It grew closer until you could make out what appeared to be an oblong ship. Within a few minutes, the warriors saw the true size of it as it flew over their heads to land with a large explosion a few miles away. Vejiita grunted and leapt into the sky, flying straight towards the white ship. He didn't look back as the others followed him. He grimaced as his vision blurred slightly.

'Damn it. I'm not healed enough for a full-blown battle. Let alone with Furiza. I have no chance in Hell right now and neither do those pathetic weaklings. Hopefully Furiza will have Nappa with him. Radditzu would help, too. Not much, but more so than these weak earthlings.' He glanced towards the west. 'I had hoped for more time with her.' He grimaced again, this time in irritation with himself. 'What the hell is my problem? She may be my mate, but since when do I care about anything when a battle is ahead of me? Damn Onna.'

He landed softly in front of the ship, the others following suit, only not so softly. He grimaced at some of the loud thuds they made and gave an irritated glare behind him. 'Bumbling idiots can't even land quietly.' He placed a confident smirk on his face as the large door opened on the ship. His smirk widened when he saw Zarbon emerge from the ship, his face still sporting the numerous bruises he had given him.

"Vejiita, you survived. Just as Furiza said," the pretty green man said. "I have to say I'm amazed."

Vejiita shrugged indifferently.

Zarbon glared at him, but didn't say anything else, his eyes moving to look over the assembled group. "Nice fan club, monkey."

Vejiita chuckled softly. "Aren't they, though? Practically worthless, I have to admit, but I don't really need them. This is their planet; they came of their own accord."

"I see."

Vejiita glared at Zarbon. "Zarbon, where is Furiza? I would have expected him to appear by now."

The green man laughed. "He's not here."

Vejiita blinked. "Zarbon, that's ridiculous. I could feel his approach an hour ago and I still feel him inside that ship. Did you forget I could sense ki?"

Zarbon chuckled. "No, actually, I counted on it. You see, we figured out a way to broadcast ki. Even scouters pick it up. It's just a machine meant to make you *think* Furiza was coming. He was planning on it, but, well, plans change. He had a small matter to attend to and sent me instead. I figured I'd mess with your head with the machine. It had to be tested, you know. We knew scouters picked it up, I just wanted to make sure that people who can sense ki could too."

Vejiita grunted and opened his mouth to speak, but Goku beat him to it. "What did you come here for?"

Vejiita glared at him.

Zarbon laughed. "Why to kill him, of course," he told Goku and turned back to Vejiita. "I have your little pals on board here, by the way. They are being escorted here as we speak. You see, Furiza had decided that all Saiyajin need to be eliminated. You monkeys are worthless to him now and I was sent to kill you. Your miraculous escape from me before caused me some... problems with Furiza, but he was kind enough to give me a second chance. I'm to destroy you first, of course." The door opened behind him and he turned to look. "Ah, good. The other monkeys have arrived," he stated.

Two large men, with tails hanging loosely, were shoved towards Vejiita, falling onto the ground a few feet in front of Zarbon. The large, bald one was the first to rise and painfully, due to the open wounds that were decorating his dark skin, move over to the Saiyajin no Ouji. The one with long spiky hair simply crawled that direction. Both collapsed when they were a couple feet in front of Vejiita.

Vejiita watched this all without expression. "Nappa, Radditzu," he muttered. He gazed at Zarbon curiously. "What is the point of this? You should know better than to think I'd be upset over their torture."

Zarbon shrugged. "Yes, Furiza does a wonderful job at conditioning his soldiers. No, I did not expect a teary display, monkey. I'm to exterminate you three first and then your planet will be destroyed. But, I so hate to have things so unfair. I thought I'd let all three of you fight me."

Vejiita growled. "Right. They can't move. Lots of help they'd be." He smirked. "But I don't need their help. You forgot one important detail, Zarbon."

The green-haired man arched an eyebrow curiously. "And that is?"

"A Saiyajin's strength increases after every battle and most especially," he grinned wolfishly, "after a mortal or near-mortal wound. I nearly beat you last time, Zarbon, and you were transformed. This time, I will defeat you, destroy that damn ship behind you, and every last man of Furiza's that are in there. Then I will defeat the damn lizard myself. He will not destroy my planet."

Zarbon laughed. "You actually care about something?"

Vejiita chuckled. "No. I just plan on being king."

"I see," Zarbon said, walking over to the Saiyajin no Ouji, circling the immobile man. Zarbon grinned suddenly. "You smell of a female, monkey. I must say that's surprising."

Vejiita growled. "That is none of your concern, Zarbon." By that time, Radditzu and Nappa were both standing and glaring at Zarbon.

"Vejiita-sama, I'm sorry-" Nappa began before Vejiita held a hand up to stop him.

"Don't, Nappa. It does not matter."

Nappa snapped his mouth shut, but Radditzu had then noticed Goku. His eyes grew wide and he nearly choked. "Kakarotto!"

Vejiita blinked and looked at the third-class Saiyajin. "What did you say, Radditzu?"

Radditzu pointed at Goku. "That is my brother, Kakarotto."

Vejiita chuckled. "Well, I knew he was Saiyajin, but had no idea who. Thanks, now I don't have to call him by that stupid earthling name."

Goku blinked. "Kakarotto?"

Radditzu walked slowly over to Goku. "You don't remember?"

Goku shook his head. "No."

Vejiita growled. "Enough with the family reunions." He glared at Zarbon. "Are we going to fight now or continue talking?"

Zarbon giggled. "I really want to know about this female I smell on you."

"What female, Vejiita-sama?" Nappa asked confusedly.

"Nappa, shut up," he snapped. "Zarbon, I already told you. It is none of your concern."

"You're mistaken. Don't you remember Furiza's conditioning? Everything you have must be destroyed. Especially before you are destroyed. So," he shrugged, "I must destroy this female who has captured your attention before I can kill you. Furiza would want that."

Vejiita growled. "You won't find her, moron. And you'd have to fight me first, and I won't stop until one of us is dead."

Zarbon laughed and leaned closer to Vejiita, sniffing him noticeably. "She smells very nice, Vejiita. Maybe I'll take her as my own for awhile," he commented, but quickly found himself flying through the air as Vejiita's fist connected with his face. He stopped in mid-air and glared at the furious Saiyajin.

"Fight me, coward," Vejiita snarled. "This has nothing to do with the female."

Zarbon laughed and moved into a defensive stance. "So, the mighty Vejiita no Ouji has something he prizes, hmm? Well, when I kill you, I'll take her. You can watch from Hell as I fuck your female."

Vejiita snarled and launched himself at Zarbon furiously punching and kicking. Zarbon blinked in surprise and suddenly, he felt afraid.

~~~

Vejiita smirked down at the mangled corpse that had once been Zarbon. He then aimed his palm at the large ship and moments later it exploded. He smirked again and walked towards the assembled warriors that weren't even needed.

Goku smiled and nodded pointedly at Vejiita, who grunted in acknowledgment of his respect. He turned to look at Nappa and Radditzu. "Where is Furiza?"

"Not sure, Sire, but he isn't planning on destroying Vejiita-sei, yet. He wants you dead first," Nappa answered.

Vejiita grunted. "Fine. Let's go," he said and moved to leap into the air.

"Where?" Radditzu asked.

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "Where I've been for the past couple days, morons. Come on before I blast you myself!"

Both nodded and the group followed Vejiita towards Capsule Corporation.

~~~

Buruma sighed irritably and slapped her laptop closed. "Damn it! I can't concentrate."

Chichi nodded in understanding and sat down beside the blue-haired woman. "I know, me either. I hope Goku is okay."

"He's fine, Chichi," Buruma assured her friend.

Chichi glanced at Buruma worriedly. "Can I ask something?"

"What?"

"What was Goku saying when you cut him off? Right before he left," she added.

Buruma sighed. "Don't tell anyone else, okay?" At her friend's nod, she continued. "I'm pregnant."

"Already?!" Chichi shrieked.

Buruma nodded. "A couple hours now. Goku spilled the beans a bit before he left, the idiot. It would have been nice to find out myself."

Chichi smiled. "Yeah, Goku can't keep his mouth shut when he should sometimes." She paused and looked worriedly at Buruma. "Are you worried about Vejiita?"

Buruma sighed. "Yeah. I mean, I worry about them all, of course. And that includes him."

"Well, there has got to be something else there, Buruma, otherwise you guys wouldn't be sleeping together."

"I just don't know," she whispered sadly. "I guess I'm just scared. Gods, the man is beyond sexy and he's wonderful in bed. He turns me on more than I ever thought possible. Right now, I'm very attracted to him and I care about him. But... I'm scared to let it turn into something more. I don't think he can love, Chi. I get this feeling from his mind when he talks to me that he doesn't know how. And I'm afraid that I'll fall in love with him and he will never care for me at all. He's dark, you know. Very dark. I find myself doubting my sanity for being with him at all. Let alone carrying his child."

Chichi put an arm around her friend. "You're not insane. I don't understand it, but I don't know him though. He *is* sexy, I'll admit. I can't tell you not to worry or that he will love you, because I don't know. I don't know him, and frankly I don't want to. But I do know that Goku and I will always be here for you. And no one has ever died of a broken heart before."

Buruma smiled. "Thanks, Chi."

Suddenly, a knock sounded at her laboratory door and Buruma stiffened. She grabbed a large shotgun and moved over to the door, swinging it open and pointing it at the person behind it.

Goku smiled nervously. "Hey, Buruma," he said.

Buruma smiled in relief and both women rushed into his arms happily. "What happened?" Buruma demanded when she let go, letting Chichi have her husband all to herself.

"It wasn't Furiza. It was someone named Zarbon."

"How could Vejiita make that mistake?" Buruma asked in confusion.

"It wasn't really. Some sort of devise projected Furiza's ki and that fooled Vejiita. But, in the end it didn't matter. Vejiita kicked Zarbon's ass and all's well. Sort of."

Buruma sighed. "Anyone hurt?"

"Actually, two Saiyajin were on the ship and Vejiita brought them with him. One's apparently my brother," he said, his voice a little confused. "It's weird. He keeps calling me Kakarotto and it takes some getting used to. Anyway, they were both beaten pretty bad."

Buruma nodded. "Okay, let's get them to some rooms and I'll take care of them."

Goku smiled nervously. "This might be interesting," he said under his breath.

"What might?"

"You'll see," he said mysteriously as he followed the women out of the lab.

Buruma walked towards the large living room, where everyone had gathered. She glanced curiously at the two large Saiyajin and frowned. It was a miracle they were standing with wounds like that. Everyone looked up as they entered. Vejiita glanced at her and gave her a small smirk in greeting.

"Well, this is nice," she said sarcastically. "You two," she pointed to the injured Saiyajin, who both blinked in complete surprise. "You're bleeding all over my carpet. Come with me," she ordered and walked up the stairs towards the guest rooms. She stopped when she noticed they weren't following her. She glared at them. "What? Do you want to bleed to death?"

"Who the hell-" Nappa snarled after he got over his shock.

Vejiita growled in warning. "Obey her," he ordered gruffly.

"Vejiita-sama?"

"Did I stutter? Obey her." When they continued to stand their staring at him, he snapped, "now!" They both nodded and began to walk up the stairs. "Oh, and be nice to her," he told them.

They both stopped and stared at their prince in total bafflement. "Nice?" Radditzu repeated stupidly.

Vejiita rolled his eyes. "Yes. Meaning don't kill, yell, threaten, glare, hurt, or even touch her."

The two Saiyajin glanced at each other and looked down at Vejiita worriedly. "Vejiita-sama?"

"Now!" he snarled, causing both men to scurry up the stairs after the blue-haired woman.

Buruma smiled to herself before leading the Saiyajin to their rooms. "You," she pointed at Nappa, "in here," she said, pointing at another room. She turned to Radditzu. "You, here," she said, pointing to the one next to it. "Get undressed and in that bed so I can clean your wounds. I'll be back." She turned to leave. "Oh, and try not to bleed everywhere," she added over her shoulder as she headed towards Vejiita's room, where she still had her medical supplies.

She quickly gathered what she needed and walked out of the room, colliding with something solid. She blinked and looked up to find Vejiita smirking at her. She rolled her eyes. "Thanks, Vejiita," she said.

"Anytime, Onna," he said. His tail swayed lazily behind him as he looked at her.

"Do you need something? I do have a couple of rude Saiyajin to attend to," she pointed out.

He frowned slightly. "If they give you problems, tell me immediately, understand?"

"Vejiita, I can handle it."

He smirked. "Yes, I'm sure you could, unless they used force. But if they disobey a direct order, they need to be punished."

"Oh, I see. I'm sure they will be fine, Vejiita."

He shook his head slightly. "Hardly. They'll want to fight you. But, I know you'd give me hell until I let you treat them."

"Damn straight." She paused. "Are you hurt anywhere? And don't you lie to me, either," she snapped when he opened his mouth to tell her he wasn't.

He chuckled. "No. Not a scratch."

"Good. Go lay down, you aren't completely healed yet," she told him, moving to go around him.

His arm caught her around her waist and pulled her to his back. He leaned down and bit her ear softly. "Only if you join me," he told her softly.

"Horny bastard," she accused lightly. "I'll check on you after I fix those two up."

He sighed and released her. "No, I cannot. I need to talk to them about what's been going on while I was gone, so I might as well accompany you while you treat them.

She rolled her eyes. "Whatever. Come on," she said heading towards Nappa's room first.

"You are bossy, aren't you?" he commented in amusement.

"Damn straight."

He chuckled and stopped her before she entered the room. He leaned down and nipped her neck playfully, wrinkling his nose as her hair tickled him. "You're wearing your hair down," he commented a little annoyed.

"Yeah, well, the bite mark is a little noticeable and I didn't need Yamucha or someone freaking on me."

He scowled. "It is my mark-"

"Oh, you shut up," she snapped to his surprise. "I don't want to yell at Yamucha right now, okay?"

He shrugged. "Fine. I just don't like you hiding it."

"Oh, I won't need to after awhile. People will know soon enough, after all, I am pregnant."

He growled. "Kakarotto should not have told you."

"I agree and you should have asked."

He glared. "Why?"

"What if I didn't want a baby right now?"

"It does not matter. You are my mate and mates have brats."

She glowered at him. "A broad mare, am I?"

He blinked. "I have no idea what that is, but I don't think I like it. Just shut up, Onna, and let's get this over with. I want you already," he said and opened Nappa's door, leaving Buruma to stomp in after him.

She glowered at his back and moved to dress Nappa's wounds, ignoring the bulky man's furious glare that was directed at the wall. He was, after all, not allowed to glare at her.

"Nappa," Vejiita said sharply. "Stop sulking."

"Vejiita-sama, this is degrading. Listening to this... weak... female," he growled.

Vejiita frowned thoughtfully for a moment. "Did I tell you that you weren't allowed to insult her?" he asked curiously.

"No. You said I can't kill, yell, threaten, glare, hurt, or even touch her," he repeated.

"Oh. Add insult to that, too," Vejiita said.

"Sire, why? She's just a female!" he demanded gruffly as if she wasn't even there.

She glared at the large warrior. "Just a female?" She snorted. "You Saiyajin men are complete asses," she said angrily and moved to another oozing wound.

"Onna, shut up," Vejiita said absently.

"Bite me, Vejiita!" she snapped.

He blinked and then smirked. "But I've already done that," he told her amusedly.

Nappa gaped. "She's your mate?!"

Vejiita looked down at the wounded Saiyajin. "Have a problem with that?" he asked softly, his voice dripping with malice.

Nappa looked away and shook his head.

"Good. Keep it that way."

"Your father isn't going to like it, Vejiita-sama, and a lot of Saiyajin are going to be angry."

"Let them."

"Sire-"

"Nappa, enough. I didn't come here to talk about my mate. I came here to find out about what's been happening on Furiza's ship while I was away."

Nappa shrugged. "I don't know. Right after you left, Radditzu and I were imprisoned. All I know is that Furiza wants you dead before he kills the rest of us. I think he's afraid that if he kills our planet before that, it might enrage you enough to be dangerous to him."

"He should be. Good," Vejiita stated. He glanced at Buruma. "Onna, think you can handle it alone?"

She rolled her eyes. "I handled you, didn't I?"

He blinked and then to both Nappa's and Buruma's complete shock, he growled loudly.

She looked at him in confusion. "What?"

"Nappa," he hissed.

"Sire?" the large warrior asked nervously.

"Don't even think of my mate, understand? No looking, touching, thinking, nothing."

"Yes, Sire."

Buruma rolled her eyes again. "Vejiita, go away. I didn't mean like *that*. I meant *before* that."

"So did I," he said and left.

~~~

AN: *cheers* Another chapter... AND no SEX!!! *Cheers* Gosh, I'm proud! *Does happy dance* I was worried about this fic for a while :P. Oh, and sorry that I didn't describe the whole fight between Vejiita and Zarbon, but... well, trust me, this is better. I cannot write action fics. I am HORRIBLE at it. :P And that ki broadcasting thing is going to be important later... I wasn't just being weird. For once.

Lovies!!