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So, as most people know, as the ending to Part I is coming to a close, there is a Part II, which I have to put a lot of work into planning. It involves a universal tournament, which means I need to create races, names, abilities, etc. And then figure out who is fighting who. There will eventually be a Part III, but Part II is bound to be the most intensive, hence my reasoning for updating slowly.

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Vegeta watched Bulma from across the room with his arms crossed and his back against the wall. He was tapping his gloved finger impatiently against his arm. He didn't want to rush his mate, but the longer this took, the more danger they would be in. Yes, the drugs were supposed to last until the late afternoon the next day, but there were still so many unknowns.

Kakarot cast Vegeta a knowing glance. He was getting nervous too. The only one in the room who seemed calm and unaffected was the one who should be worried the most. He looked to his princess and couldn't help but think about the baby. Yes, his father had told the family. That meant she would require more energy and rest than she was getting, plus she was an Earthling and the child was half-Saiyan. He was worried for her health. He didn't want her to have any complications like his mother.

"This is…interesting," Bulma stated as if no one were in the room. She was in scientist mode and wasn't really paying attention to the two nervous Saiyans.

"What is?" Vegeta asked. He really hoped that she found out a way to disable the tōgoku.

"Well," Bulma started, "it's design is like a small battery pack."

"Battery pack?" Kakarot asked. "What's a battery?"

"Well, have you been to a planet that uses electronics like Earth had?" Bulma questioned.

Vegeta nodded. "Yes. And you showed me that computer thing you had. You told me the portable generator charges the battery since we don't have electricity except for the lab."

"Exactly. It's a power source that can be in large or portable devices. Some of the technology here is 'battery powered.' You just used a different power source. Anyway, batteries can be charged and the energy stored can power up something else."

"So, the tōgoku drains out power and transfers it to my father?" Vegeta asked in frustration. "Coward."

"Well, I said it's design is 'like' a battery," Bulma continued. "It stores the power it drains, but it does not work the same way a battery does. However, the energy can be utilized. There seems to be a lot of energy in here. It could be the next potential energy source for the planet once this is all over. After the energy he trapped in it is expended, we could use it to conserve a different energy source."

"That's pretty cool," Kakarot replied. "I didn't know that that thing could actually be used for something good."

"All of this energy could have been used to protect our people," Vegeta stated. "I hate him."

"I know," Bulma said softly. "But everything will work out. I'll hide it with my stuff since your father doesn't even know you brought it all from Earth. There would be way too much stuff to go through if he ever found it."

Vegeta pushed himself off of the wall and Kakarot stood up. "Bulma, I will take you back to the room. Nappa will be guarding you. Kakarot and I have some training we need to do before we face my father."

Bulma smiled and nodded in understanding. Vegeta ordered Kakarot to wait in the lab so they could train in the gravity chamber. Then he and Bulma walked back to their room.

When they got there, Bulma put the tōgoku into the case containing the sonogram. It was good that the thing was so flat. If someone on Earth had ever seen it, they would have thought it was some shard or a piece of broken plastic. She would have never guessed something so tiny would cause so much damage to a single race.

"It wasn't a single race," Vegeta said. He had heard her thought and he wanted to clear things up. "There was another on our planet, the Tuffles, very weak, but technologically advanced. My grandfather took care of them too. My father just wanted the technology and I have no idea what's left of their race. Probably some stragglers underground. And then all of the other planets…there's just so much damage we caused."

Bulma took her hand and gently stroked his cheek. "Trust me; your father is not the only one out there."

Vegeta's eyes widened. For the entire time Bulma had been there, she had never once brought up her planet's attacker. "Who?" Vegeta asked. He wanted to know the bastard who harmed his mate.

Bulma closed her eyes and shook her head. "Not now. After we take down your father and repair the planet and allied planets. We can makes amends for what he did. I'm sure the other planets understand. We can fix things."

"We," Vegeta stated. He had never had someone like her. Technically when this was all over, she could leave him. Yes, she was having his child, but that didn't mean she needed to stay here. She could go somewhere else that was much safer and less broken. But she did tell him that he completed her.

Bulma smiled and took his hands. "Yes, we. You didn't think I'd let you deal with it all on your own, did you? I'm your mate, remember? We are in this together."

Vegeta knew he had training to do, but he didn't care for that moment. He reached his hands up and cupped her face while her hands still rested on his and kissed her gently. Her hands slid down from his and glided over his muscular arms to his shoulders. He pulled away from her and leaned his forehead against hers. "When this is all over, my yuubutsu, the first thing we are doing is making sure you get some rest. You have done well these past few months. I am…proud…to have you as a mate."

"Likewise, my prince," Bulma whispered. He moved away to look her in the eyes. When she smiled, he nodded and then took off to go train. Bulma assumed that the training they were doing was for their new forms that Bardock had told her about. With all that energy, they now needed control.

Queen Kalina could not sleep at all. She had a bad feeling that something was going to happen. She looked down to her sleeping mate and shivered. It was for the good of the planet, what she did, but now she had a strong desire to be clean. Vegeta had told her that his father would be out for the entire night into the late afternoon at least. The queen decided to take that opportunity to get washed up and get the hell out of that room. She didn't want to be around him once he found out his precious machine was missing.

When she got into the bath, she sensed a slight movement in the room and tense. When it stopped, she relaxed. Her husband was probably just turning over in his sleep. Keep yourself together, she told herself. This will all be over soon.

Bulma was reading over some of her notes on the shield system. It was definitely a good system, but she always made sure to check if any improvements could be made. She also looked over her plans for a water purification system. The planet was pretty much all desert with a few large bodies of water. The people needed to be able to get easy access to water. There was minimal plumbing already on the planet, but not for drinking water, only washroom water and unfiltered water for cooking. If the people wanted drinking water, they had to work for it. In desert heat, that was dangerous. As soon as Vegeta's father was gone, they could start building it. They would need resources from other planets and possibly those Tuffles Vegeta mentioned, if there were any left, to help build it. They could pay them for their services with the funds the king accumulated and resources that she could invent to assist them. Things were going to work out.

Bulma heard the door click open and she smiled happily, thinking Vegeta had come back to see her while they waited for his father to wake up. "Hey, Vege-" Bulma looked up and paled when she realized that it wasn't Vegeta standing in front of her, but the king.

He looked livid, but then smirked at her. "Oh, so you do talk," he stated. Then he glared at her. "Good. Then you can tell me where the tōgoku is."