Chapter Eleven: The confession

It has been five months since that night. I finally got my own place and for the past three months Bardock has been acting strangely around me. We celebrated Raditz birthday as well my own. Lucky for me it is rude to ask a woman her age. The young prince is now able to walk which means he is fighting now since the King's philosophy is "If you're old enough to walk, you're old enough to train." Prince Vegeta has a pretty high power level and has an exceptional fighting ability despite the fact that he is just a toddler. He is also speaking a little bit as well, being able to say the words father, mother, servant, and fight. But mainly if he wants something he points to it.
I am in the throne room on guard duty, King Vegeta entered the room and looked directly at me, I bowed before he said I could rise, I approached the throne. "Millina, I have something to ask of you." The King said.

"What is it my king?" I asked.

"I would like you to be the personal sparring partner to the Queen and myself as well as Prince Vegeta's part time trainer."

I was quite shocked "I would be honored to do this for you." King Vegeta gave his usual grin. "You may return to your post."
I stood back in my position wondering when I would first be called upon to train Prince Vegeta or to spar with King Vegeta and Queen Celera. When I got back to my place Raditz was there which meant that Bardock was still away on his mission but was due back any day now, Bardock's behavior still bothered me since I was afraid that he didn't like me anymore. During our dinner out I decided to ask Raditz about it. "Raditz, can I ask you something about your dad?" I asked "Sure, what is it?" He replied

"Well, he has been acting weird with me for awhile and I wondered if you might know why because I'm afraid me might not like me anymore."

"Whoa you don't have to worry about that. The reason he's been acting weird with you is because he likes you as more than just a friend. He's just been too stubborn to ask you out."

I blushed tremendously without even knowing it. "Are you absolutely sure?"

"Yeah, your all he talks about with his friends and whenever anyone asks him about it he goes all red and denies it like it's a secret or something. But please, don't tell him I told you this okay?"

"Alright, I wont tell"

I couldn't believe it; Bardock actually had a thing for me. Though no one had ever asked me about it before, I had a thing for him too. What wasn't to like, he was good looking, loyal to his friends, and though he was forgetful about certain things he made up for it in other ways. He had also taken me in and given me a place to live when I had no place to go so this was even more reason that I cared for him. After dinner Raditz and me went back to my place, I found a message on my answering machine. "Play message" I told it, Raditz and me listened to the message.
"First class elite Millina, there is some news concerning the father of Raditz. He has arrived back on Planet Vegeta but is badly hurt and in regeneration. Over and out" The machine said before giving two light chimes and turning off the hologram. Raditz and me couldn't just stay here doing nothing; we both looked at each other with the same urgent look in our eyes and ran out the door, flying as fast as we could toward the hospital. When we got there we ran down the hall toward the regeneration wing, not caring who had a problem with it. About the time I had gotten to the middle of the wing, I saw him in his room in the tank floating there. Raditz and I entered the room slowly and approached the regeneration tank, I read his list of injuries. He had a shattered leg, a fractured jaw, massive blood loss, and from his appearance at the moment he has numerous cuts and bruises.
The doctor entered the room "He is badly injured and he could die, but if he saves his strength and rests for an entire day he should be fine." The doctor said. This meant he was extremely injured since regeneration usually only took around 2 hours. The doctor left. "Dad, you had better be ok or else I'm gonna be really mad!" Raditz said, almost in tears. I looked at his lifeless body, putting my hand against the glass of the tank. "Oh Bardock, please stay alive." I said softly. Bardock opened his eyes half-lidded. "Y-you should know that a little beating like this kill me." He said chuckling weakly through the oxygen mask. I smiled at him "Save your strength ok?" I told him. Though he could barely move, he nodded and closed his eyes. Me and Raditz stayed in that room the entire night. I listened to the blip sound that was his heartbeat all night, I even heard it in my dreams. It was comforting since it let me know that Bardock was living on.
The next morning when I awoke and looked Bardock over, he looked a lot better than he did the night before. I looked over his stats; his life force came up from 4 to 75%, his jaw fracture was completely healed and his shattered leg was down to a mere hairline fracture now. Nearly all the cuts and bruises were gone, but he was still suffering from significant blood loss, the regeneration tank could not give him more blood, so he had to wait for his own body to generate his blood back completely. Raditz awoke and looked at me, I smiled "Look, he is going to be alright." I said pointing to his stats. Raditz read them, then looked at his father and then smiled. "That's my dad! No one can keep him down!" He exclaimed proudly. I giggled, then remembered that Raditz had to go training today "Raditz, go get yourself ready to go train, I will look after Bardock. Here is the key card to my place for when you get out." I said handing him the key card. He took it and tucked it away in a small pouch, then ran off. I had the day off, so I stayed by Bardock's side, I saw him stir in the tank, then open his eyes. "Good morning." I said "Hey there." He replied.

"Feeling better?"

"Yeah."

"Me and Raditz stayed here the entire night to make sure you stayed alive, I sent Raditz off to train like he was supposed to."

Bardock blushed "You really stayed here all night?"

"Of course we did, why wouldn't we?"

Bardock shrugged "Millina, could you press that button on the thank and let me out?"

I looked at his stats, his bones were completely healed now, but his body still had to make up for its blood loss. He was at 85% now. "Alright, but promise me that you will take it easy for today."

"Aww alright."
I pushed the button. The tank drained the fluid and opened up, Bardock stood up, tore the oxygen mask from his face, and stepped forward. He looked around the room like he was looking for something, he then walked over to a corner of the room and grabbed his clothes. It took me that long to actually be concerned with the fact that he was naked. I blushed furiously and looked at wall, trying not to look at his naked form. As I was getting caught up in my daydreams, I felt his hand upon my shoulder. "Millina, how about we get outta here and get something to eat." Bardock said. I was starving since I did not have any breakfast, and I was guessing he was pretty hungry too since he did not eat too much yesterday. "That sounds like a great idea, I'm starving. Besides, I hate being in places like this" I said. This was true since it reminded me of my past.
Later on at the restaurant we nearly cleaned out the entire supply of food, but it was mostly Bardock since he had a much bigger appetite than me. Since Bardock was not in the best of health, I was the one to treat him to all that food, though it was expensive I did not mind.

(Bardock's Point of View)

As Millina and I walked back to my place, she stopped and I wondered what could be the problem. "Bardock, can we please sit down here for awhile, it's such a nice day." She said. I nodded and sat there next to her on a bench, I couldn't help but to look at her and think "She's so beautiful. I've never met anyone like her before, I haven't felt this way since I was with Taanipu." She truly was not like any other Saiyan either, both physically and someone mentally though she had the fighting spirit of a Saiyan. She looked up at me with those sapphire eyes of hers and I knew something was on her mind. "Bardock, I know your secret." Millina said softly. My mind panicked, my secret? Which secret? I got out of my train of thought and looked back at Millina in the eyes, this calmed me down a little. "Secret?" I asked. Her soft, gentle hand touched mine, they were almost too soft to be a warrior's. "I know that you like me." She told me gently with a smile. How could she know that? Darn you Raditz, I'm gonna kill that kid. I felt myself blushing, but infatuation was simply out of the question, I knew her too well for that. I looked back at her. "Millina, this is not merely 'like' as you put it. I
have a confession to make, the truth is that I love you." I said, I had finally gotten this out of me, but would she love me back? Suddenly I was caught by surprise, her lips met my own, oh they were so soft and so sweet.
I felt a tingle through my body that I wished would never go awayaway. The kiss seemed to last forever until we broke it. I looked deeply into her eyes and moved some of her blonde hair out of her face, I touched her face as softly as I could, she purred softly. "The truth is Bardock, I love you too. You are always kind to me and though you may forget important things sometimes, I love you anyway. I am glad that I shared my first kiss with you." She said. This blew me away, I couldn't believe that this was her first kiss! "How can that be? Your so beautiful, I figured that guys would be tryin to break down your door to get you." I said. She shook her head "Up until now I have kept myself away from relationships. I just had not met a person I truly liked that way, but your different. I have never felt this way before." She told me, I kissed her on the cheek. We got up and went back to my place, we made out on my couch for hours until Raditz got home. I told him the news that Millina and I were together, he seemed pretty happy about it. Later that night when Raditz was asleep, I held my love close to me as we watched the stars.

I hope you all liked that chapter! Sorry it took me a little while to update, I have just been very busy. But I will update soon! R&R plz!