Rays of light shine upon the home of the Bulma and her royal Saiyan family. Well royal Saiyan family plus a relative to one of her friends. Riley woke up a bit groggy over the fact that she had to spar against Vegeta all night long and then some. Her body was aching all over and was screaming at her to not move an inch. Of course she perseveres over this reluctant sensation and made her way to the shower in hopes that would ease her bones a bit. After she was done she put on the close that Bulma lent her. A simple large sports bra that stop just above her belly button and some baggy pants. She walked out of her room and made her way through the hallway. After some time, she was met with Trunks eating breakfast along with three other children. One of them was a small dog boy, the other a blue demon like boy, and the last was a small girl who was the only human among them.
"Good morning Trunks. Who are these little guys?" Riley yawned. Trunks was a bit startled the sound of her voice.
"Oh ummm...these are my friends. Yeah they didn't have a place to stay so I offered them to crash at my place. Mom actually agreed to it so don't get any ideas..." Trunks answered but darted his eyes to Mai with a tint of red on his cheek. Riley didn't quite catch whim on that and simply nodded her head and took her seat. She began eating her food and started to ask the names of the new home raiders.
"So mind telling me your names, Trunks's friends." Riley asked
"I'll go first! My name is Shu! I am quite acquainted in many specialti-" Shu was cut off by the blue demon boy.
"You don't need to worry about him. He's a bit of an eyesore if I say so myself. I am Pilaf, soon to be none as the Great Emperor Pilaf when I regain my status. You are lucky to bathe in my presence before I gain control over the world." Pilaf rambled. Riley ignored that part and only caught his name. She motioned her eyes to the girl, suggesting that she should introduce herself next.
"Oh sorry, my name is Mai. I am simply friends with the other two." Mai smiled. Trunks blushed even further but was snapped out of it when an idea came to mind.
"Hey Riley, mind training with me today? I heard that you got to train with my dad last night. I wanted to train with him but mom said I had to go to bed." Trunks asked.
"Sure thing but let me rest for a bit. Your dad didn't really hold back you know." Riley said.
"Yeah dad doesn't really show much mercy or restraint. That was one of the reasons why I was reluctant to train with him." Trunks smiled sympathetically.
"But you know, ever since we trained with Kuzuku back then I've been trying to train with dad a lot more. It's just too bad that he is mostly with Whis as he is right now. I am suppose to be his son, the new prince of all Saiyans but yet this so called prince isn't allowed to fight alongside them when a new threat is around. That's why I want to get stronger. Strong enough to at least be some sort of use to my father." Trunks claimed. Riley smiled at the little Saiyans speech. All he wanted was to simply make his father proud of him. She can get that as all she wanted was to be some use to her brother from now on. She got up from her seat suddenly, drawing the attention of the others.
"Alright Trunks, I think that your little speech got me fired up! Let's go right now!" Riley said eagerly. Trunks looked up but gave her a big grin.
"Alright! Then let's go!" Trunks chirped. Bulma and Vegeta were behind a wall, smiling with nothing but pride. The two walked out of the vicinity, one going to work and the other heading with Whis.
In 21's Lab
Zugo woke up in a bit of a foul mood. He didn't really appreciate the fact that he was completely defeated once again by Kuzuku. In the mitts of his thoughts he noticed that he was in a unfamiliar bed. He got up and examined his surroundings for a bit until a heard a groan above him. The blue haired Astack looked above him to see that he was sleeping in a bunk bed. He got out from under the top bed and took a look at the Astackian who was above him. His friend Hudo was having a decent dream but the aching pain from last night was still bothering him. Zugo sighed and went to the bathroom to freshen up. When he took of his clothes, he noticed they were torn and began looking around for fresh new clothing. As luck would have it, he found two pile of clothes on the sink with a note in between them.
"I am sorry for last night, I'm pretty much over it. I took you guys to 21's place so you can get some rest. I was informed by Bulma that she is making repairs to the cabin and is trying to make it better than before. Now I left two pairs of outfits for you guys so please don't wreck them. When you are done freshening up, come down to the kitchen and get some breakfast. We are currently waiting for you guys so don't take long." From Kuzuku.
Zugo grunted a bit and threw the letter in the garbage. He took his shower and put on the new clothes that Kuzuku laid out for them. It was pretty much a similar overcoat to his previous one instead of being black and blue. The pants were black with a buckle to match his color scheme along with pointed boots. He walked out of the bathroom and noticed that Hudo was awake.
"Morning Zugo. Where are we? Last thing I remember is being blasted by Kuzuku." Hudo asked
"We are at his mates place. Hurry up and get ready, there is breakfast waiting for us." Zugo answered. Hudo nodded and leaped out of bed and made his way to the bathroom. When he finished freshening up, he exited the room to reveal a spandex black shirt with a green scarf around his neck. The pants were beige in color and had a similar buckle to them while his feet were covered in boots of the same color with straps on them. They made their way through the hallway before entering what seems to be the kitchen. There sat 21 and Kuzuku chatting away as they ate.
"Hey good morning guys! About time you woke up!" Kuzuku greeted. The two walked over to the table and took their seats.
"Morning Kuzuku! So are we cool now? I mean, I am sorry about what had happen!I mean...well this is awkward." Hudo stuttered. Kuzuku laughed a bit at his nervousness.
"Don't worry about it, I'm over it. Come on and eat, I have an announcement to make." Kuzuku said. They sat and ate for a couple of minutes until Kuzuku decided to inform them of what was going to happen today.
"Alright now that you guys gotten something to eat, it's time to tell you our plan. We already called Bulma to get the gang together and she said that everyone was getting ready." Kuzuku started, gaining the attention of the two Astackians.
"Today we are going to the beach! So you guys better get ready for nothing but fun!" Kuzuku answered.
"Really! Oh I gotta get ready! What should we wear!? I mean what are we going to do!? I have so many questions!" Hudo enthused.
"Slow down, one question at a time. I will get to that. For your swim clothes, I already have a some for you to wear. For when we may be leaving, I'd say in an hour. We will be meeting up at master Goku's place so he can teleport us to somewhere nice." Kuzuku informed. Zugo showed a stern emotion but inside he was excited that he was heading the beach. He was somewhat grateful to Kuzuku since he listened to his request about going to the beach when he was pretty much on the verge of death. They continued to eat, this time in anticipation of what was going to happen later.
An Hour Later
Kuzuku and his companions in company were all near Goku's place. When they caught sight of the small home in the woods, they spotted Bulma and her group along with Kuzuku's friends. Gohan wasn't among them since he accepted overtime work today. Krillin and 18 came with Roshi so that was at least some sort of compensation. When they landed pretty much the majority of everyone were wearing their swim clothing under a jacket or vest.
"Alright looks like everyone is here so it's time to have some fun!" Goku cheered. Everyone grabbed onto Goku's shoulders and teleported them to the beach.
-Instant Transmission SFX-
In a mere instant, everyone's sights were surrounded by laughter and voices of what turns out to be a crowd of people. Booths and other attractions could be seen everywhere as the beaming hot son shined upon them. Coincidentally, all of the guys were grouped together, taking in their surroundings. Kuzuku, Goku, Krillin, and Goten were wearing orange and black swim shorts while Hudo had dark green ones on. Of course Vegeta and Zugo had blue, something that the two had in common. Hercule was in his dark red swim trunks with his granddaughter Pan in a red and white swimsuit with sleeves. Ace had on red, Vincent and Trunks with lavender , and Kize with yellow to match his hair.
"Man where do we start? How about we go find a spot to relax first?" Kize suggested.
"Yeah that seems about right. Say Goku, where's Piccolo? He didn't want to come? Kuzuku asked. Goku merely pointed to a large rock. On it was a caped Namekian with a mini crowd surrounding him. Kuzuku laughed a bit but was interrupted by a call.
"Hey boys! We're done changing." Bulma shouted. They all turned around to see a sight that every man on Earth wished they were blessed with. Bulma was walking to her prince with a glee on her face as she watched her husband's face morph with shock. She wore her green bra with panties to reveal her curves. Chi Chi had her old pink and blue pair while Android 18 wore a pure black bra and panties while hold Marron who wore a frilly swimsuit. 21 smiled a bit and motioned her way to Kuzuku, wearing a pure white bra and panties that were tied into a knot on the side with a hole for her tail. Videl didn't want to reveal too much skin and had a red and black swimsuit. Ryusika was wearing a lime green swimsuit as Liz stood beside her with her red and white pattern swim clothes.
"About time you guys got changed! We were thinking about finding a spot to put our stuff down on." Goku greeted.
"Oh don't worry about that Goku. The Capsule Corporation has its own private area for us. This is a resort after all." Bulma assured.
"You look nice..." Kuzuku muttered as 21 approached.
"Thank you, I wanted to keep it a surprise and I see that it worked." 21 giggled.
"You can say that again. By the way, are you sure you are okay with being in your majin form in public?" Kuzuku blushed.
"Kuzuku we literally live in a world where we have a dog as a king." 21 giggled
"Now that you put it that way..." Kuzuku trailed off. Zugo was losing his patients from being around these two lovebirds. That was until he was tapped on the shoulders.
"Huh? What is it?" Zugo said with a bit of annoyance.
"Wow is that how you greet someone?" the voice said. Zugo opened his eyes to see who was daring enough to speak to him that way. His breath was taken away when he saw Riley standing in front of him. She had on a gold and black swim wear while her hair was tied up into a ponytail.
"Ri-Riley!?" Zugo gasped.
"Yeah? What's with the sudden shock? Its not like you didn't see me yesterday." Riley said nonchalantly.
"Yeah your right..." Zugo whispered as he darted his eyes sideways. Hudo couldn't help but notice his best friends reaction. The gang began to walk over to the private area and as they walked Hudo moved a tad bit faster to get next to 21 and Kuzuku.
"Hey do you guys notice something about Zugo?" Hudo whispered.
"Hmm what do you mean. He looks the same as he always been." Kuzuku questioned.
"I mean that when Riley came to him he acted all out of character." Hudo revealed.
"All out of character huh? Sounds familiar..." 21 muttered until the thought of a possibility came to mind.
"Could he be falling in love with Riley?" 21 asked in a low tone.
"Pffft, what? No way 21, that seems preposterous. Zugo falling in love is like Goku getting beaten by a rock. Besides I don't think Riley is that type of gir-" Kuzuku stop talking the moment he saw his sister blushing while look at the suppose suspect. Hudo started to snicker a bit.
"Still skeptical Kuzuku?" Hudo asked slyly.
"You know what. I can actually see this work out." Kuzuku accepted
"Good now that we are on the same page, how about we do a little match making." Hudo suggested.
"I don't know? Doesn't that seem a bit over the top?" 21 reluctant.
"Oh come on, it's not like they are gonna find us out. As long as we hide our power levels then we should be fine." Hudo glee'd. The couple thought for a moment and nodded their heads in union.
"Great then we better start coming up with some ideas." Hudo chirped
Moments after their conversation was over the gang finally arrived at the private area. They sat their stuff down and went on to have some light fun. Goku was building sand castles with Pan, Chi Chi and Videl. Piccolo was meditating like always. Majin Buu was splashing around with Bee while Krillin, Marron, and 18 were swimming around. Kize, Vincent and Ace pretty much were exploring the area along with Liz. This left the two Saiyans, Astackians, and a single Majin to themselves. Kuzuku just finished setting up a net and was taking out a ball.
"What are you doing monkey?" Zugo asked.
"Have you ever heard of Volleyball?" Kuzuku asked.
"Obviously no but I'm game to whatever you are trying to do." Zugo smirked.
"Good now the rules are simple. There are two sides to the court for each team. The idea is the not let the ball touch the ground at all cost otherwise that's a point for the other team. The maximum number of hits you get is three. Since this is beach Volleyball then we will allow all kind of hits. First one to fifteen wins." Kuzuku explained while spinning the ball on his finger.
"Right then you're on. What's the teams." Zugo smirked.
"Well how about this. Me and 21 will team up against whoever you pick." Kuzuku challenged. Zugo thought for a moment and was about to pick Hudo until...
"Oh crap...Graghh my knee hurts. I guess that damage I took from last night is really starting to kick in." Hudo feign and winked at the duo. Zugo sighed and offered for Riley to be his teammate. With that the participants were surrounded by Kuzuku's friends along with Goku and his family watching.
"So they are going to play some Volleyball? This looks like its gonna be fun to watch." Goku noted while eating a chicken on a stick. 21 served first to the other side. Riley tapped the ball to Zugo allowing the Astack to hoist it over the net. Kuzuku took the opportunity and smirked devilishly as he practically leaped into the air and spiked it right next to Zugo's face. The ball created a small crater in the ground, leaving the Astack in shock.
"Point one for us." Kuzuku said.
"I thought this was going to be a light game monkey! Just now it looked like you were trying to take my head off!" Zugo accused.
"But that was me going light. If that's what you consider soft then you better hope I don't get serious." Kuzuku mocked. Zugo gritted his teeth in annoyance as 21 served the ball over the net once again, this time Zugo running up and spiking it down to 21. Kuzuku jumped in the way and deflected it upwards.
"Now 21!" Kuzuku shouted. She wasted no time jumping into the air and spiking it at Riley. The Saiyan Girl was caught off guard but was saved by Zugo through knocking the ball into the air.
"You're up next!" Zugo said. Riley then performed a grand leap and kicked the ball to the ground, crashing into the sand and creating a pillar. Zugo smirked at her accomplishment to score.
"How about that monkey. Getting serious yet?" Zugo mocked.
"Oh this is far from over." Kuzuku said darkly. The girls and even the observers were starting to think that this may get out of hand. After a while the gang were starting to draw a crowd as the most fast paced volley action was going on. It took a while for both teams to hit fourteen points even. Kuzuku had enough and faked a jump to catch Zugo off guard and tricking him into jumping early. The Saiyan leaped sideways, ready to spike the ball to the ground as 21 set him up. He smacked it so hard that another pillar of sand clouded the area.
"Nice pass 21! Now let's finish them off." Kuzuku cheered.
"Damn he got us Huff* Huff*. Time to go all out set me up Riley I got this." Zugo gasped. Riley caught the receiving end of the serve, launching the ball way into the air. The crowd looked up in awe as Zugo jumped into the air to meet the ball. He quickly transformed into stage 2 causing the gang to take cover.
"Take this!" Zugo yelled, spiking the ball with full force. It was coming at the couple like a meteorite that had its speed magnified ten thousand times. Kuzuku transformed into a Super Saiyan and attempted to stop the flying ball. A gale of wind was generated, blowing sand all around until the ball was deflected upwards.
"What, no way!" Zugo disbelieved. 21 took the chance and jumped into the air, spiking it with full force. Riley dashed at the spot she aimed at by turning Super Saiyan herself. But mistakenly she bumped the ball over the net once more, allowing Kuzuku to finish the job by spiking it twice, this time colliding against the ground. Zugo landed next to Riley who was sitting in defeat. Bulma for some reason thought she was the announcer of this mini-game and decided to speak up.
"It seems our winner is 21 and Kuzuku! Let's give them a hand guys!" Bulma declared. Everyone started clapping away while the two bathed in glory until they realized they've forgotten their objective.
"Oh crap, did we really just wasted the whole day on playing volleyball?" Kuzuku uttered in realization that the sun was going down.
"I guess we did but it was fun though." 21 smiled. Zugo was seen helping Riley up. She seemed a tad bit depressed.
"Sorry that I made such a newbie mistake at the end." Riley apologized.
"Sigh* Don't beat yourself up about it. I kinda took this a tad bit too far. Besides I am kinda glad we got to do this together." Zugo whispered. Riley blushed at his words.
"Y-Yeah..." she stuttered. Bulma clapped her hands together and smiled.
"Alright guys how about we go fire up the grill and eat. I bet your hungry by now." Bulma offered. Kuzuku's stomach began to growl.
"Yeah that sounds like a great idea. I hope you brought enough because I might need a whole buffet." Kuzuku chuckled. Everyone made their way to the private area and decided to have some food. By then it had already gotten dark so they were all admiring the night sky together. Since Hudo, Zugo, Riley, Kuzuku and 21 were all sitting together they thought this was a perfect chance.
"Hey 21, want to walk along the beach with me?" Kuzuku asked.
"Sure I would love to." 21 agreed catching whim of his plan. Kuzuku and 21 walked off to enjoy the night. Hudo stomach began to ache him a bit.
"Uh sorry guys but I got to use the bathroom, I'll be right back." Hudo said as he ran off. Now it was just the two of them, watching the stars as Goku and his family and friends were busy chowing down in front of them. Riley was starting to feel tired as she was threatening to topple over. Zugo took notice of this and pulled her close, startling her for a moment and made her look up at him with curiosity.
"You seemed tired so I thought you needed something to lean on. It's understandable after what I put you through." Zugo said. Riley accepted his gesture, closing her eyes and leaning onto the Astack muscular body. She felt heat rise to her face and was fumbling around in her thoughts. Eventually after a while the gang decided to sleep among the stars in large tents. To the duo's unbeknownst, they were being watched by three matchmakers.
"Man how long are they going to take until they make a move." Hudo complained.
"Shhhhh! We don't want them to know we are here." Kuzuku said. Riley opened her eyes and rubbed them a bit. She was wondering how long she'd had been out for but she could only assume it was three hours since the sky was still beautiful at night. She noticed that something was off and looked up to see Zugo was still awake.
"Zugo aren't you going to get some sleep?" Riley asked.
"I don't know, shouldn't you be resting right now? You can simply go back to sleep and forget about me." Zugo retorted.
"Oh so you're grumpy now? I can understand that you may be upset that you lost to my brother but doesn't mean you have to take it out on me." Riley pouted. Zugo sighed at her words.
"There's no arguing with you is there? You're right that I am upset but I am not taking it out on you. I can only blame myself for being so weak." Zugo sighed. Riley's expression soften a bit.
"But you're not weak..." Riley whispered, gaining his full attention.
"You're not weak at all. Just think about it. You fought my brother time and time again, never giving up for a second. You fought Aereos despite the power difference and didn't waver for a second. You were strong in moments that I couldn't even hold a candle in. That's why I wanted to push myself harder than before." Riley said.
"That may be true but that doesn't change the fact that I am so incapable of being any use. No matter how hard I trained he was always one step ahead of me. Its so frustrating that I want to explode. I am starting to doubt that I can even keep on going like this." Zugo damned. His bangs hid his hurt expression until he felt a hand cup his cheek. He looked into her obsidian eyes with confusion on what she was going to say next.
"Don't ever doubt yourself. You told me back on the ship that I'd should never think that I was alone right? Then let me tell you this. Never doubt that you can't do something and push pass others opinions. Even if your spirit wavers just a bit, you can get back up knowing that you can try again and that you have someone who believes in you." Riley encouraged
"But who would still believe in me if someone out there is simply better?" Zugo sympathized
"Well I do. Besides I heard Vegeta was always in Goku's shadow but that didn't stop him from catching up and rivaling him right?" Riley stated blatantly. Zugo laughed at her words a bit.
"Now what's so funny? Here I am going through all this trouble to cheer you up and this is what I get." Riley grunted. Zugo stopped laughing and smiled at her.
"No don't take this the wrong way. I actually appreciate the talk. I guess that takes care of one thing that's been bugging me." Zugo smirked
"Ohhh what may that be." Riley taunted.
"Hmm nothing. I don't think I should tell you." Zugo teased.
"Come on you can spill the beans can't you?" Riley said as she got up.
"Nah I don't think so." Zugo replied.
"Come on don't give me that crap and tell m-". Riley was cut of when she slipped on a wet spot. Zugo quickely grabbed her and pulled her close. She could practically feel her heart pounding against her chest.
"I didn't expect you to be a clumsy person." Zugo smug.
"Sh-Shut up..." Riley's voice trailed. The two stood in silence as the ocean sea crashed against the shore. They didn't know what to do next since they were in a awkward position.
"You know you can be one entertaining individual." Zugo finally admitted. Riley looked up at him in confusion. She stared into his yellow eyes that was melting through her soul. She couldn't help but get consumed by them. On instinct she drew closer and closer to him, leaving the Astack in confusion. Then that was when their lips finally touched lightly on each other. Zugo's eyes widened in shock at the gesture while drew her face back in realization at what she had done.
"Uh-wait I didn't mean to-I mean I'm sorry-uh shit how do I-" She was cut off by the sudden capture of her lips this time deeper than before. She let out a soft moan and kissed back. It was getting quite erotic as they both broke apart for air. Zugo began to nipple on her neck, causing moans to escape from her mouth. That until he heard something fall down from the distance. The two turned with extremely flushed faces at the sight of Kuzuku, Hudo, and 21 on top of each other.
"What are you guys doing here!" Zugo yelled, mostly infuriated with the fact that they had been interrupted.
"Hehehe hey Zugo, nice night we're having right?" Hudo laughed.
"I thought they were going to stop at kissing each other or accepting one's feelings. Not...not something like this." Kuzuku muttered to himself.
"Brother! Do you have any shame!?" Riley scolded.
"Oh ummm you see we can explain." Kuzuku didn't know what to say next so 21 saved the two boys from annihilation.
"We noticed that you two were awfully off today when around each other so we decided to play some matchmaking. We are glad that it worked even though it went a little too well. But we're sorry for doing this to you." 21 apologized. The new couple were shocked on how obvious they were, giving them enough time for the boys to escape. Zugo caught whim and chanced after them in full blown rage, leaving the two girls behind.
"Men, can be as delicate in their feelings but still are able to keep up such intense energy." Riley muttered.
"But you know that's the part that we've come to love right?" 21 smiled. Riley was surprised that she guessed it right and held her beating heart. She smiled knowing that she indeed loved Zugo.
A/N: Feels good to see another ship sail off into the vast ocean ;~;.