Hello, harukatenohu! Yes, there's going to be many chapters, actually 16 of them. So don't worry ;) Well, what you think about Ahrae is your business. I like Ahrae.

Yes, I love cliff-hangers; I mean, to create them. I hate to find them when I read someone else's fic.

I'm really flattered that I'm between your favourites stories ;)

Hello, Water 81! There was no lemon in chapter 10. I know that those Snip Snip parts, how you called them, upset many people. But I simply want to inform all the wishing to be informed. Many people have accounts on Fanfiction net only to get that blessed Fanfiction bot alert about updated story. They want lemon, they need to know when I include it, so I inform them clearly. I don't want to rewrite whole parts of the story, and it sometimes gets confusing. For example this chapter – I had to include some explanation, because nobody would have understood what the hell was going on. I know I did it not good enough. And I don't like it myself.

My grammar gets better? Hmm…but I have a beta-reader. Maybe you mean something different. Maybe you mean I began using more different words for describing things or something like that? Well, I'll never be as good at English as people, whose English is mother tongue. All I can do is learn, learn and learn.

Glad you don't think you wasted your time by reading my fic. Thanks, Matthew!

Hello, Spencers13! Well, Ahrae can cause so much damage because currently she's strong enough to do that. Neither Goku nor Vegeta are able to use their whole power, so Ahrae is sort of lucky that Vegeta can't fight her with all his might.

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Disclaimer: I don't own DBZ characters, but the others are mine. I'm not making any money of this fic.

Warnings: Yaoi, male/male. Goku/Vegeta.

Note: This part has some too hot stuff, it's not sex, but I don't think that Fanfiction would be very happy if I updated just like that. So, if you want to get the full chapter, go to adultfanfiction net (choose yaoi section) or mediaminer org (choose NC – 17 category). I write under the same nickname everywhere.

Come Togetherby chayron (lttomb yahoo com) (Parts 1-9 are beta-read by Sabi-san; Parts 10-11 are beta-read by S. P.; Parts 12-13 are beta-read by Amazing Jess S)

Part 12

Ahrae stood opposite the invisible wall, facing Goku. The red shimmer in her eyes was gone. "Give my sword back," she softly asked Goku. Now he was able to hear her.

"You bitch! Come here and take it! I'll cut your fucking throat with it!" Goku shouted, thrashing behind the wall.

Ahrae watched him flouncing about. "You'd be better seeing to it that your lover doesn't die…" She closed her eyes then opened them again looking directly Goku on the face. "I'll let you go, but if you try to attack me, I'll rip your head off. Is that clear enough?"

Goku was confused but at this time he didn't want anything more than to reach Vegeta and help him. "Yes."

Ahrae raised her hand and the force field was eliminated. Goku watched her carefully, expecting an attack or more of the similar tricks but the girl stepped aside, motioning to the lying Vegeta. She reached her hand, waiting for Goku to give her sword back. Goku flinched, stepped back, raised the sword in his hand, a blue blast appeared in his other palm. The air suddenly swirled and Ahrae again was standing in a protective force field. She crossed her arms again and calmly watched him with her big blue eyes. But she didn't attack him.

"Those fruits weren't poisonous…we tasted them ourselves…" Goku murmured, crouching into a fighting position. He could feel that Vegeta's ki was very faint but stable.

Ahrae's brow rose. "That wasn't about the fruits. Hmm…let's say I simply hate him and wanted to get my Clan's trust back…" she shrugged her shoulders. "Hate is a dangerous thing… Go to him, I am not going to attack you," she motioned to Vegeta again. "I think I finally realized the difference between revenge and justice. My Clan will have to cope with that… I don't have any piques anymore. I'm sorry, give my sword back and I'll go home." Ahrae silently watched Goku, hoping he would believe her words but knowing that there wasn't much of a chance. She sighed.

Ahrae's eyes flared red and Goku gasped astonished when her sword was torn out of his hand. Ahrae's eyes again became blue; she caught her sword by its handle and in a quick motion slipped the blade into its sheath behind her back. "I didn't lie. Now goodbye." She extended her hand with intention to create a portal to her planet.

"Wait!" Then Goku made a mistake reaching for her forearm. He gasped and jumped back, the tip of Ahrae's sword almost touching his neck. Ahrae was ready to strike again. "No, stop, I just want to talk!"

Ahrae stared at him for several seconds but when he didn't move she lowered her sword. "Talk."

"Do you really regret this?" he motioned to Vegeta.

The girl turned to Vegeta, blinked then pulled at her black braid several times. Did she really regret that? Maybe… "Hmm…I suppose…I wouldn't do that again…his blood won't bring them back…and he…has changed. I can see that. I didn't want to accept that, I was lying to myself, I wanted my revenge…and I almost killed him…" she turned back to Goku. "Tell me this – does he regret that? That...fourteen years ago..?"

"Yes," Goku nodded. He wanted to reach Vegeta as soon as possible, but without her help there was no way back and no way to Trunks. He HAD to persuade the girl. Ahrae hadn't killed Vegeta. She had a perfect chance and she refused it. That said a lot. Now he could see that she was considering his answer about Vegeta regretting his deeds in the past. "Help us. The boy is only a boy, he is a victim, an innocent. I know that on your home planet, when you said that the boy shouldn't pay for his father mistakes, you were speaking seriously. It wasn't only a way to persuade us to trust you, I know that."

Ahrae played with her sword handle. "Yes, it's true, I believe that, but it's a little too late for that. Too many things happened between us." She raised her head to look at Goku, who shook his head.

"Just forget what happened, it doesn't matter anymore. He is alive, I'm angry, I agree that now I want to give you a nice beating, but I understand you too. Just forget that," Goku stared at her pleadingly.

Ahrae wasn't sure. She felt guilt about her clan, about Goku and even about Vegeta, not to mention the boy… Then she realized that she simply wouldn't be able to make everyone happy. So, she chose. "I can lead you to Norayn again, but, as said, I don't promise that we will manage to get there successfully…" Ahrae whispered while staring somewhere at the horizon. "And I know the fruits weren't poisonous, I just wanted a reason…" She hesitated a moment but then put her sword back into its sheath. She knew they needed guiding, they had not too many options without her, but she almost killed Goku's prince and lover after all…

"I think we don't have much choice, do we?" Goku sighed, coming to Vegeta and motioning for the girl to follow. "We need to get there as soon as possible…and I see you are a powerful warrior, we will need your strength. If you feel that you should repay for your conspiracy and this attack, and save the boy, join us. I think it will be hard enough to convince Vegeta about that, but in the end he'll agree…"

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Vegeta sat at the table, watching the girl and angrily swinging his leg. He still wore his bloodied fighting-suit (at least that what was left of it) with blue, torn and scraped armor. His disheveled hair was full of dirt, blood and twigs. Goku moved closer, sat on the chair behind him and began to purify his prince, plucking the stuff out of his hair. Ahrae silently watched the scene before her. She wanted to smile. That was really something: the enraged Prince of All Saiyans and calm focused Goku, rifling through the prince's hair like that was the most important occupation in his life.

After Goku gave Vegeta a Senzu bean again, he was fully healed, healed and unbelievably angry. He shot a venomous glare at the girl who sat at the opposite side of the table then lowered his head and proceeded to swing his leg. Goku gave a tug at the prince's hair-strands, lifting Vegeta's head again, and continued his actions. Ahrae put her hands on the table; she tried to look very serious as the situation requested that.

"I swear I won't try to kill you or Goku, and of course that deal made in the castle is out of court. We, the Fire Clan, deviated from our promise, so you are free from yours. You don't need to come back after we find the boy. But other my clan's members will hunt you. I can't stop them from that. I just can say that I don't like you but I don't need revenge…not anymore."

"Just perfect…" Vegeta muttered. That crazy girl almost killed him and now wanted to lead them further. "And people say that my mood swings are unpredictable…" Vegeta didn't trust her but he realized that if she had wanted him dead, he would have been dead.

Goku smiled behind Vegeta's back. "Hmm…I won't say that anymore…" Vegeta only sighed at that.

"I accept…" Vegeta grunted at Ahrae. He freed his hair from Goku and rose from the table, indicating the end of discussion. "Let's proceed with the flight."

Ahrae nodded. "You should mate," she said at Vegeta's back. "If you mated, it would be much more difficult to defeat you both…and we need every advantage we can get."

Vegeta's eyebrow rose, he turned back. Goku began to nod his head enthusiastically.

"Yeah, Vegeta, I have no idea what she is talking about but I know that I want to mate."

Vegeta rolled his eyes. "She is talking about that power field she had trapped you. Only loser like you could let himself to be trapped in that field…you simply needed to concentrate and imagine that there is no field around you…"

"Ha! You were trapped too!" Goku pouted, trying to reach Vegeta's hair-flame again.

"That was much more advanced spell. You saw that she had to concentrate all her strength before she could trap me…" Vegeta puffed his chest out. "And if we had been bonded, I would have been able to free you from that field."

"Yeah? So let's mate!" Goku immediately forgot the prince's hair, caught Vegeta by his tail and pulled to him, making Vegeta yelp. "Ahrae, you'll watch that no one would get close to us," Goku announced, dragging Vegeta outside.

Ahrae watched them astonished while Goku hauled the Prince of All Saiyans from the house, holding him by the tail. Unbelievable…

"No, wait, Kakarott, stop, stop I say!" Vegeta tried to get his tail free. The prince securely wrapped his returned tail around his torso. "Listen, I want this too, but wait till the snow ends…"

Goku grinned like maniac at him then motioned forward. "Look at the field, there is no snow; you two blasted everything to hell…so we mate."

Vegeta almost winced. Kakarott was a pest…Kakarott simply wouldn't give up, would he…? "This place has something strange in it – we can't power up fully, and I want to be at full power while we..."

"Oh…" Goku scratched his spiky head. "I see… Okay, I want that too," he gave Vegeta a mischievous smile. The only thing what he didn't realize was that Vegeta tricked him – the more closer they got to the base, the more dangerous was to power up, and they really wouldn't be able to use their full power without someone noticing.

Goku regretfully returned into the house to inform Ahrae that the mating was postponed.

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For half of the day they flew over the snowy forests but soon the snow began to fade. Now they were flying over swampy terrain. There were several trees in the territory, but they couldn't see anything any better because of the thick fog lingering below. And then it began.

Ahrae's plane began to shake. The girl observed controllers but found nothing exclusive. And then the plane began to fall… Literally. All the systems shut down and stopped to function all at once. She even didn't have a time to curse, just knocked out the thick glass in front of her and leapt into the air. She summoned more power and hovered in the air, watching her plane fall. Goku flew closer to her.

"What happened?"

"Have no idea… it simply began to fall…" Ahrae shrugged her shoulders. "I have another plane-capsule; I'll land to open it. Wait here."

However, she wasn't able to start another plane, too. Finally, after several punches, kicks and million curses, she gave in, encapsulated the plane back and shot back into the air to Goku and Vegeta.

"The stupid thing wouldn't start!" she hissed angry. "Flying, I'll not last long …"

"I can carry you…" Goku suggested.

"No, you won't!" Vegeta growled at him.

"Okay, then you will carry her." Goku nodded. He smiled mentally, waiting for Vegeta's reaction.

"What!" the prince growled.

Goku sighed. "Vegeta, stop it. Someone has to do this…" Goku scooped the girl into his arms and flew forward. Vegeta fallowed, sulking.

The prince watched them flying several meters ahead him. His left eye was twitching. The only one thing what he was able to think was about how he would beat the stupid bitch into a pulp after they land and how he would fuck Kakarott unconscious. He snorted at himself for the thoughts. His jealousy had no reason, she was only three years old and it would take about seven years till she maturated, but still… Look how she is touching his body…later he would smell like her…stupid bitch! Vegeta realized he was growling. He tried to calm himself but the more he tried the more jealous he got.

"We land," Vegeta announced, catching up with them. "Now."

Goku was surprised but nodded his head. He thought they would fly at least a half-hour more. It was darkening already but not too dark to stop flying, and they weren't very tired. And then he caught that smell wafting from Vegeta. He realized. The prince wanted sex. And badly… Goku blushed, noticing how Ahrae smirked at him. She knew that smell too…

"Your Prince is fucking jealous," she whispered, chuckling. "It's going to be a long night for you…"

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They had to use Ahrae's capsule-house because of the swamp. They found only one hill where the ground was dry enough to keep the house on, and Ahrae's house had more beds.

Goku could feel Vegeta watching his every move all the time they ate. Vegeta's attention was tingling Goku's skin, and he couldn't help blushing. It seemed that Vegeta was going to jump him at any given moment. Goku could feel his own body responding to Vegeta's pheromones.

After Ahrae felt the air in the room growing thicker and thicker she banished both Saiyans into the bathroom. Vegeta not surprisingly was very cooperative… He grabbed Goku by his wrist and dragged him into the bathroom, closing the door loudly behind them.

As soon as the door was closed Goku felt his back hit the bathroom's walls with a thud. He inhaled sharply when he felt Vegeta's hand fondling him through his pants. "Vegeta…" he wasn't sure what he wanted to say, but the prince's lips cut off any possible thought.

(INSERTION OF THAT 'HOT STUFF' I HAVE BEEN TALKING ABOUT. GO TO MEDIAMINER ORG OR ADULTFANFICTION NET TO READ IT. NOW THAT THE FOLLOWING TEXT WOULDN'T BE TOO CONFUSING I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENS: Vegeta starts playing with the spot on Goku's shoulder, and Goku feels his instincts rising. He almost takes Vegeta then and there. Vegeta, of course, isn't so sure about that, so he brings Goku back to his senses by turning the cold water tap on.)

Goku hissed wildly then tried to escape the cold water but Vegeta held him still. The prince himself was cursing because of the chilling water running down his body. Goku gasped several times before pushing Vegeta back.

"What the hell was that? What happened?" Goku fumbled with knobs. He was shaking from cold. Goku heard a soft laugh from Vegeta who stood safely from cold spurt.

"Happened that that I was punished for my imprudence… You instinctively thought that I wanted to mate you without domination fight, that I was taking advantage of you, submitting you…and you didn't like that…" Vegeta chuckled.

Goku shook his head. "I remember I madly wanted to bite you…" Goku approached Vegeta, "there," he softly brushed over Vegeta's neck. "This is the spot where Saiyans bite their partner to claim him, isn't it?" Goku pushed the spot with his fingers harder. He felt the whole Vegeta's body jerk under his fingers.

"Yesss," Vegeta nodded, trying to get his bearings back.

Goku chuckled. "But actually my neck has never been so sensitive…And I didn't notice that you would react to this so strongly earlier…I know that you like my tongue there but…"

"No, this is Saiyan nature. We are getting more and more attached to each other, physically and psychically. We already are considering mating, and our bodies are reacting to that," Vegeta explained, searching for a towel.

"Where are you going?" Goku cocked his head to the side. "He is still alive…" he smiled, shifting his eyes down to his member.

TBC