Disclaimer: I don't own Dragonball Z.
WARNING: NC-17. Contains sadistic bondage and rape.
Chapter Five: Afflicted Repercussion.
A quite comely male galaxian, with skin of differentiating greenish hues and with a flashing scouter adorning his ear, quickly darted down the extensive corridors of the Saiya-jin Ouji's ship. He reached the Prince's quarters and hesitated before knocking, scratching at his blonde hair. After standing there for a millisecond, he sharply rapped on the door.
The door to the royal accommodations of the ship opened and Prince Vegeta stood there in only a robe, glowering.
"What is it?" he sharply demanded.
"Sorry for the intrusion, my Lord. There is a transmission from Lord Frieza. You'll need your scouter sir." Seeing his Prince's fierce scowl, the soldier soon realized the mistake in which he made. He should have used the ship's intercom system. He also stupidly told Prince Vegeta something he already knew- that he needed his scouter. He waited for the blow, slightly flinching.
Vegeta growled before holding out his arm. With low ki and carefully precise aim, he promptly blasted the man for his impertinence. Shutting the door, he walked further into the suite, where his sleeping quarters lay.
After studying the newly deflowered blonde sleeping on the king sized divan for a moment, he picked up his scouter and put it on his ear, clicking it in a fast series of sequences. The message from Frieza relayed into his ear and he took the scouter back off. He promptly disrobed, and got back into bed.
Marron was home, and all of her friends were there. There was a party and the music pulsated loudly through the spacious, vibrant sun toned room. Things appeared hazy and blurred and she was happy to be surrounded by the love and comfort of her family. A man slowly appeared out of the corner of her eye and she almost became panicked, she seemed to move about faster and faster, trying to flee as the man came closer. Everything spun iniquitously out of control and the man became the Vegeta she knew at home, only he became maliciously evil and his red glowing face contorted into what her mind perceived as the devil.
She gasped as she awoke, quickly sitting up; one hand upon her breast as if to quell the tumultuous beating that ensued. "It was a dream…" she wonderingly said as she looked over at the other person in the bed. Startled, she immediately screamed.
A hand tightly clapped over her mouth. "Quiet! What in blazes are you doing? You use that beautiful mouth of yours too much, woman." Vegeta dropped his hand, sliding it over her firm nudity, smirking wickedly at her. "So…am I not a fabulous lover, ne?" He chuckled at her dropped bottom lip, watching, as it quickly turned into a frown.
"No- you're not!" She didn't add the word she wanted to- pig. She shrieked as she continued. "I was a virgin; I was waiting until I got married! You took that away from me! Just wait till I tell Bulm- opps!" Marron hastily clapped her own hand over her lips, apprehensively hoping that he wouldn't catch her slip.
"Tell…who, woman?" Vegeta ominously turned to face her as she hurriedly lay back down. He brought his face back down to her, raising his hand from her breast and clamped a fist in her hair, pulling slightly. "Tell me this… Just who are you, and where are you from? Tell me, or it will be agonizing for you." He maliciously bared his teeth; he loved intimidation, and the stirringly bemused "morning" look she had.
"Oww…I- I can't."
"Do you not mean, won't? Well, I think I can get the…'blue' one, to talk. Shall we go see?" With that Vegeta released her and got up to dress. Marron lay there rubbing her head, clutching the bedclothes to her neck. He unexpectedly turned back, staring at her and dropped his spandex pants back to the floor of the ship.
"We'll just have a little fun first."
Vegeta shut the door to his room, leaving Marron lying on the bed. The bastard Frieza wanted him to purge the planet Septron-sei and report back to him when the job was done. It was in this sector of the universe he was in, and his royal nastiness didn't want to be bothered with sending out someone important from his planet. Well, he and Raditz could let off a little steam. He didn't need anyone else; the race on that planet had strength, but nowhere near the immense power of the Saiya-jin race. They were still going to be trouble and he thought a little…ape madness was in order.
He knew the planet had no moon, so they could go anytime and create a power ball. He reached the meeting room of the ship and sent a slave to fetch Raditz.
Bra stretched as she woke, feeling something hard next to her. She turned, still stretching and felt immediate warmth run through her chest. Two large black eyes, gazing in somber consideration at her, met hers and she blushed. She almost felt like she was in love with this colossally gigantic man, he could be so gentle and yet, seminally* fierce as the Saiya-jin that he was.
He was on his side, one arm propping up his head, as he bent forward to kiss her.
"Good Morning, Raditz." Bra said with melodiousness in her voice. 'I think I love you,' she dreamily thought.
"Mor-ning…what is that?"
She gaped at him in disbelief. She then giggled, and he scowled. "Do not make fun of me, woman!"
She threw her arms around him and kissed him, opening up her mouth under his. After a moment she responded with, "I wasn't, good morning means- have a well start on your day."
Raditz thought she might make a good mate; she was Saiya-jin after all. The other men would try to mess with her. Having his mark would save her from that.
"Bura- do you want to be my mate?"
She gasped as he started kissing her neck. "I… I don't know? I-" She couldn't tell him that she was from another time, another place…
Raditz almost took the question out of her hands, and after suckling the soft skin of her neck he forcefully nipped at it, and she screeched, "What are you doing? That hurt!"
"Nothing. I will not do it now- I wish to hunt."
"O- okay?" she stammered, not knowing what he meant by that. "Are you going to hunt now?"
He looked down at her and chuckled. "No, I will not hunt now." He brought his hand to her breast. "I wish to have you again."
After showering, Raditz stepped out of the adjoining bathroom, wandering over to where Bra and Koji were playing on his bed. Bra was slapping Koji's hands, which were held up in front of her, in a crisscross fashion, singing a silly song as she clapped with her.
"Miss Susie called the Doctor, Miss Susie called the nurse, Miss Susie called the lady with the alligator purse..." She abruptly stopped when she saw him watching them with a strange, serious look on his face.
"Raditz-chan!" She breathed; a strange awareness in her breast made her quiver with reaction. She watched him intently as he dressed. He had no qualms about his nudity. He turned, addressing her.
"Bura… I need to go with the Prince. Get Koji bathed and fed. I have issued an order for food to be brought to you. I will be back later, when it is dark. When I come- Prince Vegeta wants to interrogate you both."
"Can I see Marron?" Her blue eyes pleaded with him before becoming slightly startled. "He does?"
He gazed at her for a moment before he compliantly stated, "Hai, he wants to know how you came to be here. I will send the golden one to you. I am also sending a female guard for you- on the Prince's order." He abruptly left and she stared at the closed door.
"Shoot. I could probably kick the guard's ass." Bra smirked at Koji, who inadvertently grinned back at her.
Taking Koji's hand, she went into the bathroom, procuring her hoi-poi case out of her pocket. She took one out, and motioned to Koji to stay back. She flung it away from her into the bedroom and they walked over to where three-dozen suitcases lay.
After digging out everything she needed, Bra gave Koji a bath, and she took a quick shower. She was wearing a robe that she'd brought with her and looked over to where Koji was playing with a deck of cards that she found in Bra's belongings.
"What am I going to dress you in?"
There was a knock at the door. Bra strode over to the door, hesitant. "Yes?"
"Bra-chan, it's me. Let me in." Marron sounded breathless.
Bra gingerly opened the door. "Is there anyone else?" she asked Marron.
"No… I was supposed to wait for a guard, but I convinced Raditz to show me himself." Marron quickly walked over to the suitcases, wearing the clothes she had on from the previous day. "I want a shower! She turned to Bra, suddenly hugging her. "I can't believe what happened to me!" Bra felt Marron's shoulders shake as she openly cried on Bra's shoulder. "You- your fath-"
"No," Bra cut her off, "He's not my father!" She gently held Marron away, looking at her. "My father isn't cruel. That is not my father."
"I can't believe the things he made me do. He was really mean at first! And, I'm not a virgin anymore! I was saving myself for someone special!" Marron wailed as tumultuous tears streamed down her cheeks.
"Let's get you into the shower, you can use my robe." Bra led Marron into the bathroom and started the shower. "Well, daddy is special…" she mused.
"Not that Vegeta!"
"Touché, I know- I know," she spoke softly, leaving Marron to undress herself.
"Come here, Koji-chan. Raditz has been washing you, so he says, and putting you back in those smelly clothes." She took off the towel she'd wrapped around the girl and gently dried her hair. "Here, we'll put this tee shirt on you till you get your clothes washed."
After pulling the dark blue tee over the child's head, she took out a needle and thread and made a pair of her underwear smaller for Koji. After flipping the miniature innerwear right side in, she clipped the extra material with haircutting shears and said, "It'll do."
The door opened and a Saiya-jin female with dark hair and olive skin brought in a cart over laden with food.
"I'll be guarding your door, just outside. The name's Canya." She walked out, leaving the cart in place.
"Well, wasn't she pleasant?" Bra said in mock sarcasm. "Can-ya guard my door?" She joked. She then smiled at Koji. "Let's eat!" she squealed, and scooped her up in her arms.
Marron appeared in a towel. "Food! I'm so hungry; I don't think I can eat though. I've been through a lot." She looked despondent. She didn't want to remember, but the things Vegeta had done to her were still fresh in her mind. She started getting dressed.
"Bra- I have to tell you before I go crazy."
"Tell me what?" Bra was fixing a plate for Koji, who was munching on a green muffin of sorts. "This is a strange breakfast, there's a meat roll- sort of- and eggs… it looks like it anyway."
"Your fa- I mean, Prince Vegeta is- outrageous in bed; at least he was this morning! He was much nicer." Marron burst out laughing. She appeared to have gotten her distress out of her system. "I've never felt anything like it- even if he is a pig!"
"Well, of course you haven't silly," she affirmed. She then lowered her voice. "I think I'm in love," she wondrously said. She thought for a minute before looking seriously at Marron. "I wonder what he wants to talk to us about. Do you know?"
Marron looked even more downcast than she had earlier. Hesitating, she finished getting dressed and sat down at the table. She blushed and sheepishly exclaimed, "Opps! It's my fault! I kinda let out- well, I almost said I'd tell your mother that he took my virginity, well, I did say, and I started to say her name, but stopped myself from spilling the beans. He said he'd torture me if I didn't tell him who it was…" Marron let out a big sigh. She started to eat something that looked similar to cheese, and found that it was, as she mused quietly to herself… "I don't want to be tortured…"
"I won't let him hurt you," Bra said with grim determination. "Raditz said he wants me for his mate…whatever that- say you don't think-"
Just then, Koji, who'd been silently eating, started talking excitedly in a strange language, becoming frantically agitated. She grabbed both of their hands and as quick as a flash, they winked out.
They reappeared, slightly disoriented, in an unfamiliar hill and dale setting; the ground shook with malicious, violent volatility; deafening, boisterous sounds, similar to lions, were heard from the far distance. Koji was talking excitedly, pulling at Bra's sleeve, trying to make her understand her.
"She's trying to tell me something." She said to Marron who was dazedly looking around her. "Where- are- we?" Her eyes widened as she spotted something horrendously large in the distance. "Oh…" she gasped, "Oh- oh no!"
One gigantic ape, in blue Saiya-jin armor was seen, coming close to where they stood and Marron screamed. The giant ape pounced; bounding with giant leaps, coming nearer to where they were. Ki blasted out from his mouth in a huge fiery fury, just missing them. He harshly laughed, sounding chillingly ominous. All three girls gaped in terror.
"Just look at what we have here! I'm going to crush you!"
Bra screamed, recognizing the big creature as Raditz, as his long hair swung as he brought up his hand. He stopped, smelling the air and suddenly seemed to indistinctly recognize them. His eyes narrowed; he menacingly growled as his colossal nose wrinkled.
Focusing on Bra, he spoke to her and thrust his gigantic hips in a repetitious forward pitch, using his huge hands to indicate grabbing motion. "Bura! I'm going to hunt you down, and fuck you hard with deep savage thirst!"
"Raditz!" Vegeta's loud primate voice boomed in the distance. "Hold- Raditz! You there- leave now!" He pointed at the frightened girls. "I will deal with you later." He made a point of holding his index finger in the air. "You will get the thrashing of your lives!" He brought his huge hand down into a fist as he said this, infuriatingly laughing.
"B- b…but we can't leave!" Bra helplessly stammered and screamed again as Raditz drew even closer. Vegeta again called off Raditz, who licked his big monkey lips in a sexually indicative mode at Bra before turning back. They left them in a cloud of rock and dust.
Koji, who was shaking, pulled on Bra's shirtfront, holding up her arms. She held tightly to Bra burying her face tightly in her shirt, and tearfully grunted at Marron- who had done nothing but scream continuously throughout the ordeal- and held out her hand, gesturing for Marron to hold it.
She quickly held on to Bra and Koji and they vanished once again.
King Kai grunted, stumbling back, and fell on his behind. "Damn! The daughters of Krillin and Vegeta are in peril also…"
Goku walked over to his sensei from where he'd just beaten Yamcha in a spar, the latter laughing at something Krillin just said, and responded, "They have daughters in the future- er…past too?"
"Yes… I hate that I can see this, although they are not in as grave danger as Pan. Bra's brother should never have let them go there. Their parents are not going to like what's going to happen to them."
"They're not?"
"No, I already know, the one known as Marr- errk- hey! I'm certainly not going to tell you!"
"Hey Krillin, did you know that you have a daughter?" Goku chimed.
"Alright! Wow, am I married too?" Krillin laughed. The only girlfriend he'd had had been the ditsy, blue haired Maron.
"Goku! Do you have to have such a big mouth?" King Kai screeched at him. "Yes, you are." He turned to Krillin. He then pointed a finger in the air. "Hey guys, how many Androids does it take to power a light socket?" he asked, giving a snorty laugh.
Piccolo entered the scene. "Oh no, not another one!" He lifted his hand from his forehead and spat, "Don't you have something better to tell us? Like, where the Supreme ki is?" he growled.
King Kai, who'd been silently seething since Piccolo's interruption, slowly grumbled back, "I don't- know!"
Bra gasped as they reappeared back at Raditz's room. "Oh my Dende! Oh, we are in so much trouble! And, it isn't our fault." Both girls looked at Koji, who still had her face in Bra's shirt. "What are we going to do?"
Marron, whose tears were still streaming down her face blurted, "We could run away!"
"No, that wouldn't work, they have scouters. Dende, how'd she do that?"
"I'm so scared, Bra! I want my daddy!" Marron started to cry, wringing her hands into fists. "Oh… they're going to come back and hurt us- Bra, your father spanked me- before, before he- ohh, I'm much too old!"
"What?" She growled in her throat. "I wish I could kill him! And, Please Marron, he isn't my father."
"S…sorry Bra, I keep thinking he is. He looks like him…kind of." She diminutively giggled through her tears.
Bra looked over to the food, which hadn't been there long. "Well, we should eat, if you can, and Dende- I forgot! Let's travel the ship via the hidden panels! That'll give us something to do!"
She smiled with mock brightness, and gave Koji a piece of what looked like French bread, taking one also. "We are going to need our strength."
She wondered how in the world, in this vast universe, they were going to find Pan… She was certainly not on the Prince's ship.
Prince. She suddenly realized that she, like her father, was of royal blood, and it was too bad they couldn't get the respect she knew she deserved. She wiped the lone tear that had dropped from her eye, lowering her face to the side, blinking the other tears away. She had to stay strong for Marron. She wasn't sure about her new feelings for Raditz. He'd literally frightened her to death.
'What does he mean, hunt? He doesn't hunt when he's in that state does he- no, that can't be right? He's going to hunt me to…'
"Eww," she said aloud. She knew a bit about the mating hunt, but very little about the dynamics of it.
Marron looked up from where she'd been looking at the food for something else to eat. "What's wrong?" she sniffed. "Did you pack any, Kleenex?"
"Nothing. I- yeah, it's in the backpack. I also stored more in a hoi poi and toilet paper- in fact, everything we could ever need. You know what we ought to do? We should put on makeup for something to do later, maybe it'll help," she said hopefully. She wasn't sure it'd work, but she was willing to try anything.
"Sure, that sounds…great?" Marron didn't sound too sure…
They cleaned up their mess and repacked the Hoi-Poi's. Bra made Raditz's bed and straightened the room. They explored the ships hidden halls, Bra remembering just how Raditz had opened them. They didn't open any panels though, and soon something startled Koji, and they winked out and back to their room again.
Bra wondered how she could do that, and thought the little girl would come in handy in a real crisis. Bra mentioned to Marron it was a good thing they had a watch, and they got busy unpacking their bags, digging into their makeup.
They first made up Koji's face lightly so she looked like a little princess and put on a night time face for them. They dressed up for fun, Bra in a tight black velvet miniskirt and a matching midi shirt with off-the-shoulder sleeves, and Marron in a little burgundy mini dress, with spaghetti straps, heels and black pantyhose.
Koji watched them with an enthralled look on her little face. They did up their hair, Bra's in a small French twist and, using a curling iron, Marron's in big riotous ringlets, which hung down all around her head.
"We are going to put on a brave face when they come back." Bra suddenly stated.
Marron, who'd forgotten about the ensuing consequences, made a crumpled face. "Oh no- why did you have to remind me! I had forgotten all about it!"
Bra walked over to her. "Don't worry Marron, It'll be okay."
There was a knock at the door. Marron clung to Bra as it opened, and their black haired guard stood there at the door. "The Prince wishes to see you. I will escort you…come."
They despairingly followed the female sentry down the silver-steeled walls of the corridor. Bra lifted her head, and walked like a model would, one heel of her foot landing directly in front of the other toe, as she held her charge's tiny hand. Bra thought she'd best tell the truth about everything, for if she knew Prince Vegeta like she knew her father, it would be better for them if they did. Get it right out in the open.
Marron, glancing over at her half-Saiya-jin companion, followed suit. She tried to be brave even though she was shaking, and thrust out her chest and held a stiff upper lip.
They reached a door and the guard rapped sharply. Vegeta's harsh voice commanded them entrance. They walked in and stood there, Bra thinking of how it looked just like a boardroom. A long table with Raditz and a dozen other elite soldiers sat there, looking bored. Vegeta looked slightly surprised at their changed appearance. There were two chairs in front of the table and they unconsciously sat down.
"Well… what do you have to say for yourselves?" he sharply demanded, turning his shocked disclosure swiftly back into a harsh scowl.
Bra spoke up, her voice unwavering. "Koji…became agitated when we were eating, grabbed our hands and we disappeared and reappeared where you saw us. She was desperately trying to tell me something."
Raditz interjected, pointing up an index finger. "That's droll, I only remember your screams, something you are going to do ton-"
"Raditz!" Vegeta's bark stilled the subject in question. "You will be silent."
Raditz did as his prince bid, his onyx eyes glitteringly boring into Bra's with silent meaning. Her heart started pounding, her eyes wide as she boldly returned his stare.
The Prince changed the subject. "Where are you from?"
Marron addressed him. "Planet Earth."
Bra's courage almost faltered, as she bravely faced him to tell him the truth. "We are from another time. We came here in your wife's time ship; I am your daughter Bra. Your mate in the future is Bulma Briefs, who is a mechanically inclined, mathematical genius."
Marron stared in disbelief at Bra. "Are you sure we should te-"
"Silence wench!" Vegeta got up from the table, walking over to Bra. "Stand up." He tilted her chin with his right index finger, looking directly into her eyes.
"We shall run tests to see. You are lucky; I was going to take a whip to your backside. If you are who you say you are, you will be treated as such." He paced the room tenuously, keeping his hands in a clench behind his back. "Raditz, you may keep her for now, do to her what you wish, but I have about had it with this- infernal brat that you have. I will kill her myself if she isn't controlled. You will guard them." To his subject's nasty frown, he yelled, "And you will like it! This meeting is adjourned."
He grabbed Marron, his nails bit sharply into her as he harshly declared, "You are the exception."
Everyone filed out and Canya shut the door behind her.
"What is that on your face? It makes you even more beautiful, woman."
The look in the prince's eyes startled Marron and she felt frightened out of her wits. She timidly replied with, "M...make up, S…Sire."
He circled her sinisterly as the hair on her neck rose, and he irately articulated, "Sire… I like that; it sounds like you are trying to butter me up."
"No…Ve-Vegeta…I wasn't."
"Did I tell you, you could speak to me in such a manner, woman?" he frowned.
"N…no, mister Prince Vegeta- sir." She shook with apprehension as he picked her up, placing her on the edge of the cold table, pushing her down as she tried to sit up- mortified, but too afraid to say no. He insolently pushed her back down, quickly pulling down his spandex… He took her in a callous and controlled brazen fury, her crying openly to his harsh pounding.
Raditz was displeased, purposely perplexed at Bra's startling announcement. He had her by the elbow, taking long quick strides, heartlessly pulling her down the hall to his quarters. Koji had to run to keep up with them.
"I'm going to do what the Prince wouldn't, girl. If I had done what I wanted to do to you when in Oozaru form, you would be dead. If my Prince hadn't controlled me…I would have killed you." They reached his door and he opened it and flung her in. She spun around from the force and landed hard on her butt, letting out a pain filled shriek. He turned to Koji.
"You."
He picked her up and took her to the adjoining room, using control while slamming the door behind him. Bra felt tears prickle her eyes as she heard Koji's cries and loud cracks of a hand on what she took, and hoped to be a bare behind and not her face. After three smacks she heard him yell, "Stay," and the adjoining door opened. He stood there and crossed his arms, glowering fiercely at her.
"Do not worry. I did not use any strength on her butt." Which meant that Koji probably still felt it and Bra said, "It doubtless still hurt."
He ignored her for her own sake and opened the outer door and sternly said, "I'll be back."
Raditz never before was so utterly confounded by the nature of the fickle-minded opposite sex. He was so angry, he felt like pounding her into the ground. Female Saiya-jins were scarce, never before had he been with one that didn't like to fight. He remembered her aforementioned want of training. He could now ascertain that she was telling the truth about being half-Saiya-jin, he could feel the strength emitting from her as she resisted his wrath as he cruelly pulled her along the ships corridors.
"I will train her," he said aloud. He passed a bunch of Soldiers who'd gathered in the corner, laughing loudly as he passed. They teased, something about him being "Royal" now, and he chose to ignore their jeers, wanting to be alone to let off a little steam. He approached the practice room and kicked the other Saiya-jins out.
Raditz started to punch a boxing dummy, and continued his musing. He loved being cruel; he couldn't beat her with his fists, even if she was Saiya-jin. He'd take a whip to her- the ultimate pleasure tool. If she was to watch the small one, she had to control her. He felt a slight pang of penitence, for she hadn't known that Koji could do that. Still, he could have killed the only person he'd ever wanted to mate with…
Bra lay there shivering on the bed even though the bedclothes were warm and inviting. She'd taken a shower, keeping her hair up and had washed off her makeup. She'd put on a short lavender nightie and couldn't sleep, no matter what she did. She had done nothing but toss and turn. She had seen in on Koji an hour before, she'd been sound asleep. Bra was a little hungry, but had been too nervous to eat when Canya'd brought more food. It was early, only seven o'clock by Earth standards and she was extremely anxious.
'Did he really mean he would whip me?'
Bra heard the door open and knew that it was he. She startled at the scraping of a chair being pulled away from the table in his adjoining setting room, and heard him noisily eat- grunting and slurping, among other rude noises. She wrinkled her nose and slid further under the covers. She started to doze and the running drone of water woke her. The noise of the shower soon ceased and there was silence for a few minutes. Bra slowly lowered the bedclothes from over her head and peeked open an eye. Raditz was an inch away from her, stark naked, seemingly holding his breath to appear noiseless, and she screamed, startled. He pounced on her, holding her arms spread wide out over her head, and pushed at the covers that lay over her with his feet.
"You have been bad, bad- I savor bad, woman."
She fought him as he put some sort of vice over each of her wrists and they held in place as she tried to pull out of them. "No!" she screamed.
Raditz repeated what he'd said to her when he first saw her. "She tried to pull, but to no avail." He laughed deeply in his throat, a vile sound that held no promise of gentle lovemaking. She pleaded silently to him with unshed tears in her eyes, and he laughed again.
"What? Do you want me to go easy on you like I did the brat?" His nose pushed against hers. "I think not." He bit the tip of her nose and she cried out, the tears streaming down her cheeks as he licked at them. "We have such a thing as a restoration tank. It will repair you."
She was openly crying now. "Repair? Please, please don't hurt me Raditz!" she begged.
He lifted her legs, while she tried to vehemently kick out at him, and somehow managed to put the energy restraints around her limbs.
She frantically struggled against her bonds as he strode over and picked up something from within the desk that was to the left of the bed.
"What the hell is this?" she screeched, grunting as she tried to resist, totally embarrassed that she was in such an awkward position. Her weight made the circles achingly pull at her ankles, and her heart sped as she saw that he wielded what looked like a riding crop.
"No…no-no," she whispered, starting to hyperventilate.
She didn't even feel like she could power up in such a position. Her adrenaline went deep into overdrive, and she desperately thrashed and wiggled, her body rising up her with sheer strength, trying to break the bonds he put on her.
He stood to one side of her as she pleaded; slowly raising the whip, a sick sadistic gleam in his eyes as he evilly smirked down at her helplessness…
The feeling was there, warm, lazy movement and the balmy temperate waves flowed through and around her, making her sway with gentle velocity. There was a quiet humming drone, kind of like a refrigerator hum and it was warm, ever so warm, like she was sitting in an oversized bath. She felt so at peace, and she sighed contentedly. There was no pain and she didn't hurt anymore. She tried to remember something…'What is it?'
She slowly gained further consciousness and couldn't seem to wholly grasp it, whatever 'it' was eluded her, rendering her emotions helpless. She let it go for now…falling back asleep.
Soon she slowly awoke and although she tried to keep them from returning the wounding memories slowly came flooding back and her lowered ki fluctuated extensively. 'I don't want to remember…'
She internally cried out…the recalled humiliation, the indignation, and the outrage.
Rage. That's what it was…along with something else…
Hurt.
She powered up, not caring where she was, not caring who was there to harm. She felt a mask covering her face, and opened her eyes to a sea of blue. The glass globe she was in started to crack. She saw red, suddenly remembering who she was, and what'd happened to her, and she was going to kill someone; she was so furious.
Her energy quickly shot through the roof…
"Bra- Bra!" Marron cried, calling to her friend, trying to calm her before she hurt herself, and a series of loud alarms started going off. Marron had been there for six hours, having seen Raditz take her to the healing room. She had followed him and was keeping watch over her friend and now Bra was standing in the tank without a stitch of clothing on, a golden glow ebbing around her. She rose slightly off the ground.
The tank had exploded and Marron had to shield her eyes and body as she had backed away, and as the teal liquid flooded the floor, it quickly receded back towards the walls as Bra's energy level rose, forcefully swirling air around her.
Raditz stood there in dazed amazement, having just arrived. He couldn't believe what he was seeing, and an angry voice harshly cut in through his musing.
"What the hell is going on here?" Vegeta questioned as he stopped short and stood there in disbelief, as Bra raged, "I am going to fucking kill you!"
Bra's teal eyes glowed as she directed her speech toward Raditz and he backed up, his scouter had gone off a minute ago and he couldn't believe the level she was at. It kept beeping, and then suddenly, painfully burst on his face.
"What?" he exclaimed as Bra lit into him, her small fists punching as she levitated, and in a blaze of super speed, roundhouse kicked him in the side of the face, knocking him back against the wall, creating a huge dent in the metal, almost fully embedding his back into it. She kept hitting him with all she had, shouting, "Bastard! Motherfucker! I hate you! I hate you! I hate you! How dare you do that to me?"
She paused, and he pulled himself out of the wall. She levitated, and brought her fists together, hitting him in the top of the head, knocking him down to his knees.
"Bra! Enough!" Not wanting a hole in his ship, Vegeta moved himself in between her and Raditz. She looked at him, the tears streamed down her cheeks through the hazy yellow aura, and she screamed, powering even higher, and an audible noise was heard as her hair flamed into pure gold, almost standing on end.
Time stopped, and everyone was riveted to the overwhelming golden yellow glow that emanated from her.
"What? You are…S-super Saiya-jin!" Vegeta almost dropped to his knees in astonishment.
"What?" Raditz stared up at her and then looked at Vegeta in total shock as he exclaimed, "Super Saiya-jin?"
As Raditz stood back up, there was a murmur and the Prince realized they had an audience. He swung fiercely around to face them. "Not a word of this to anyone, or I will kill you all, understood?"
The Prince's elite men all affirmed, nodding their heads. He directed them to leave and Koji appeared out of the blue, toddling over to Bra, holding out her hand. Bra lowered herself to standing, and bending down to take the little girl's hand, her power suddenly dissipated, and she changed back, stumbling and falling back on her butt, bringing the little one with her.
Bra laughed hysterically, holding on to the child for dear life. Her mad laughter soon turned into an all out crying jag. Marron went over to her, helping her sit up, and held her. Bra clung to her, crying out for her father as she sobbed.
"Marron, I want to be home. I want Daddy and Mama and Trunks, and I want to see Son Goku and Chi-Chi-san and Gohan, Videl, Goten- oh Goten! I want to see Krillin-san and your mother, Marron. I want the 'real,' Vegeta who is my father- I want you Daddy," she wailed. "Daddy!"
She again cried, "Daddy!"
Vegeta felt something tepid jerk within him, stirring in his cold, callus heart. He suddenly felt for her; felt deep down in his vindictive soul that there was somehow a connection there.
This young woman had suddenly made him feel.
He felt something he hadn't for a long time, maybe even ever. The intergalactic emperor, Frieza had seen to that, turning the prince into a cold-hearted bastard from the tender age of seven, maliciously taking him from his father, and keeping him like a favorite pet, making him…harsh…and utterly bitter.
He stopped his reminuation short and discontentedly addressed her, holding out his hand. "Child, come."
Bra gingerly got up and walked over to him. Her face crumpled as she longingly stared at him; into the familiar onyx eyes, tears streaming down her cheeks.
"Daddy..."
She wrapped her arms around his waist and he let her, standing stoically as she wept helplessly against his chest, leaving a sodden wet spot on his armor. Marron started to gently cry as she held on to Koji and the child, upset because everyone she cared for was, joined in.
Vegeta stroked her hair as she held him; one arm moved to wrap around her shoulders. He called for a towel, and when Raditz handed one over, wrapped it firmly around her.
Vegeta looked over to Raditz and grimaced, frowning. "Tell me, what did you do to her? You will get the same, I think."
"What? I only whipped her…uh, and uh… I hadn't meant to- I broke her when-"
"No more! I understand… You have not had your beating for your little side jaunt. At dawn."
He picked up Bra, and motioned to Marron, leaving Koji with Raditz.
Raditz growled as he walked away from his charge, and she devotedly followed him.
Vegeta looked down at Bra, as he carried her towards his quarters. He wasn't sure what he was going to do with her. She belonged to Raditz, but if she was his as well by genetics, she was going to be treated like a princess. She was extremely beautiful, and he searched her face for signs of him in her. Her eyes were blue, her hair was turquoise, but her features were slightly like his. Her frown…
Raditz ought to be horsewhipped; Marron had just told him as they walked back to the royal quarters of the ship, that there had been reddened welts and bruises all over her body when she'd followed Raditz to the recovery room. Bra had been crying piteously, and Marron had watched as Raditz had laid her on the floor, sharply twisting her hips to reset them, which appeared to render Bra unconscious. Vegeta grit his teeth in anger.
Bra opened her eyes and looked at him. He wasn't sure if he liked what he saw, the loving devotion of a daughter for her father. The strange feeling again rose in his chest as he reached his door, pausing to place his palm to the allotted spot.
He placed her on his bed and pushed a button. Someone responded via intercom, and he issued an order for food. He knew Bra was famished, as was he.
"You must hunger, we will eat and you will stay in my quarters. It is late, you will be sleeping in my setting room- next door, on the settee, and she…Marron and I, will be here."
Bra swallowed hard, and reached for his hand.
Marron looked at him in surprise, for it was the first he'd called her by her given name. Her eyes misted over as she looked at the love on Bra's face. It was a very moving moment, and she smiled, as Bra looked over at her.
Vegeta let go of Bra's hand and walked over to the door. "I will be momentarily back."
Marron came over to sit next to Bra on the bed. "What did he do? Can I ask?"
Bra nodded, taking a shaky breath. "Sure, it's okay. He used- what looked to be a riding crop on me- oh; my voice is hoarse isn't it?" She held her hand to her throat. "I screamed so much, Marron. He put me in some sort of- I don't know, circle vice things, and they held me in place- in mid air- my hands and my feet, and he made… he… he…made me hurt-"
Her voice broke and she started to cry, her long blue hair falling forward over her face as she buried her face into her hands.
"That's okay, Bra, I don't need to know"
Bra drew a ragged breath, lifting her head. "No, I want to tell you, I need to get it out of my system. At least I had on my pajamas, even though it was one of the short ones." She gave a slight hesitant laugh, and continued, her face growing gradually red with embarrassment. "He brought my legs up, I was on my back, and he held my ankles in place with those damn circle things, and whipped me. And, when he was done, he used me, and- oh Marron! It was so- it hurt so bad…I could hear…c- cracking… I could- I couldn't move-" she broke down, crying helplessly, throwing an arm over her face.
"Bastard!" Vegeta's voice startled both girls. "He has dishonored you."
He came into the room, his arms crossed. "He will be treated as such, although it won't even faze him." He brought a fist up, harshly continuing. "He must have put you in the tank without my knowing. It is now late in the evening- actually, it is early morning. You were in there for six hours," he continued, turning away from her.
"The food will be here soon." He breathed in, sighing deeply and turned to face her. "Your father- is…is he…Super Saiya-jin?"
"Yes," Bra hiccupped, looking back at his somber face and sniffed. "His age was, let's see, he had gotten with Mother…at age twenty six, or something like that. He had Trunks at age, uh…let's see…one year later…" She looked at her hands in her lap. "Trunks in much older than me, and he reached Super Saiya-jin at age six."
She slightly smiled, as she saw Vegeta's jaw drop at this.
"Father was thirty-four or so, when he had me, and Father married my mother around the same time I was born."
She looked up at a very wide-eyed Prince. "He is around age fifty-five now and doesn't look much older than you. His hair is shorter, 'cause mother cut it, and thank Dende he shaved off his mustache a few years ago."
There was a knock at the door, which opened. "Forgive the intrusion, Prince Vegeta. I am here to take blood samples."
"Well, get on with it!" Vegeta growled, pissed that he was caught at a speechless moment. Adjusting the large towel around her body, Bra smirked at her adopted father; he was so like her real father. She spoke as the technician took several samples of her blood, grimacing as the galaxian stuck the inside of her elbow with a needle, after binding her upper arm with a wide rubber band and using what appeared to be rubbing alcohol on it.
"Mother does this sort of thing too; she works in medicine, and in mechanics. She is so intelligent. She invented an upgraded gravity chamber, and did you know? Every time you get beat up, you gain strength. I think that's how Goku- I mean, Kakarrot, reached all the levels that he has- he trained in gravity, which strengthens you both, and has he an extremely strong will."
"What, levels?" He wasn't sure if he should believe her story, and this gravity theory sounded too good to be true- quite interesting, but she did glow with the truth of the ancestors. "What do you mean? Tell me…"
"Well, I guess I can, but, Goku, or Kakarrot- what Father calls him, is Raditz's younger brother. We have come looking for Goku's granddaughter; she is in this era somewhere on a planet. We have been told that she's in danger," she hesitated, smiling shyly before continuing. "There are four levels, up to Super Saiya-jin four. You have reached all, thanks to the Ultra Bruits ray."
"What?" It was unfathomable to him. How could she know so much?
The blue lab technician gathered his things and left, shutting the door behind him.
"You are special, Prince Vegeta…so special, you are a father of two." She referred to her earlier conversation with Marron. "Where we're from, a mix of Saiya-jin and Earthling is an extremely powerful creator of Saiya-jin blood. Actually, from Mama's tests, I am mostly Saiya-jin. I haven't used my power much; I'd rather shop than fight." She looked down as she said, "I guess I do have a use. My father used to tease me, tell me that I was useless as a Saiya-jin. He is extremely proud of his Saiya-jin heritage.
She stood up. "I want to show you something."
There was a knock at the door and Vegeta answered it. The same guard, Canya brought in a cart, and hastily left.
"Eat." Vegeta gestured towards the food. He watched as she picked up something and realized it was what Marron was wearing the day before. Bra pulled out a box and appeared to open it. She took out a tiny object and pushed a button with her thumb, throwing it towards his bathroom. He unconsciously crouched into a fighting stance at the noise it made, and she explained as she walked over what appeared to be several bags.
"That is another one of my mother's inventions, although Grandfather really invented it. Hoi Poi capsules." She brought a flat square metal container back into the bedroom, mumbling something about batteries, and opened it, and started it up. She pulled out a case and took out a flat round disk and inserted it into the metal bottom. It started up and after a few clicks it brought up a moving picture.
"Daddy!" The picture had Bra in it, and the Bra in the image exclaimed, "Daddy," again. Vegeta stared in perplexity. He heard his voice, and saw himself wearing different clothes. He looked much different, but it was clearly he.
Bra explained, "This is a dvd player, it plays vcd's also, which is what these are." She patted the disk case. "As you can see, this is the Vegeta I know, my father."
Marron came over to watch, as did a sleepy Koji who'd been languishing on the bed after winking in a while ago.
He watched himself lift a slightly younger Bra into the air and kiss her cheek, and he set her down and folded his arms, turning away in his proverbial stance. A breathtaking female with blue hair came over to him, holding him while he kept the stoic stance as she kissed him and he unexpectedly responded, pulling her up and against him, in a sexually suggestive manner.
"What? Damn!" Vegeta was stunned, and Bra turned and faced him. "Everything I've told you is the truth." She looked directly at him, and he swallowed hard, turning back to the video cd.
"Go eat, Bra. I want to watch this," he quietly demanded.
Bra and Marron got up to eat, something which looked something like stew, with milk to drink. They took it to the setting room, where there was a table with four chairs, and they hungrily dug in.
As they ate, they talked in hushed whispers, and told each other everything that had happened to them. The Prince had been gentle with Marron so far, and hadn't hurt her. She only didn't like performing filateo on him.
Bra blurted out, "Ewww! I didn't need to know that, Marron!"
"Quiet!" Vegeta almost shouted, his eyes never leaving the screen.
Marron just laughed at her friend's fickleness. They heard Vegeta gasp, and quickly went over to him.
"I'm… I'm Super Saiya-jin?"
The Prince sat there on his bed…openmouthed. Bra looked at him stating, "Just wait until you see you turn SSJ four. Mother filmed it too, after the defeat of Yi Xing Long. It's on a different disk."
"Prince Vegeta? I want to sleep…" she diminutively continued, with a whispered, "Daddy."
He ignored her as she went back into the bathroom, and brushed her teeth. Marron got up off the bed to join her. They brushed Koji's teeth, which almost looked like they'd never been cleaned, and Bra stared at her watch, which she had dug out of one of her suitcases.
"Dende! It's two o'clock in the morning! We need to go to bed."
They put on pajamas; putting another tee shirt on Koji, and Bra went to lie down on the settee with the one extra blanket she'd packed. Koji winked back out to go to Raditz.
Marron went, and crept into the bed, lying down next to the thoroughly engrossed Prince, whose eyes were glued to the little dvd screen. He'd backed up, and was now half lying against the pillows, using them to prop himself up. Marron snuggled next to him, and he silently let her, saying nothing. He thought it felt pleasant, and started to stroke her hair.
The screen was showing a different scene of him and another man, who looked like a third class. The way he moved reminded him of Bardock, and he knew that this must the Saiya-jin who was Raditz's brother, Kakarrot. His eyes widened as he watched them both turn SuperSaiya-jin, fighting ruthlessly, until in a heady blaze of gold, Kakarrot screamed, appearing to push himself and something strange happened to him. His hair grew almost as long as Raditz,' his eyebrow's disappeared, and he brought back his hands, ki glowing within them.
"Ka… Me… Ha… Me-" There was a slight hesitation before Kakarrot shouted, "Ha!"
After he watched himself disappear into the distance, Marron murmured, "Super Saiya-jin three."
Kakarrot was laughing in a sheepishly goofy manner, shouting, "Sorry Vegeta!"
"How do you shut off this thing?" he asked Marron. She showed him a button on the side, and the small screen blinked out. He set it aside on the floor, and turned to Marron. "You are full Earthling, woman?"
She hesitated in answering him. "Yes…" She didn't know if she should tell him about her mother or not. She decided to keep quiet, as it wasn't important. She wiggled as he kissed her neck; sensually soft butterfly kisses winding down into the white column of her throat. It seemed that he was being gentler than usual. She knew that he was at a loss by all the information he'd received, and knowing the Vegeta she knew… he'd want to forget the mixed up swirling thoughts, which probably dominated his fundamentally brilliant mind…
Bra groggily woke in a borrowed nightgown, feeling a cold, shivering body try and snuggle next to her and realized it was the little girl who'd left her and gone to Raditz earlier. She spoke softly to Koji, sensing a frightened eminence from her.
"Is Raditz still in a bad mood? Well, you can stay here with me tonight. Protect me Koji-chan." Bra requested, sleepily.
She knew that Koji understood, protect.
Bra lay there in the dark; sleep eluded her and she thought longingly about Raditz. She felt like crying, but would not, as she was her father's daughter. She had cried enough.
She'd really thought she loved him; her feelings were that strong- hell, she just looked at him and felt his soul, his heart. She felt like she belonged to him. If only he weren't so malicious. He'd said he loved to be cruel, he was Saiya-jin after all, and somehow, just somehow, he must have some sensitivity in him.
Her father had been a cold, uncaring Saiya-jin when he'd come to earth. Goku had changed him, and also, her Mother, who'd given him reason to live when he'd become despondent after Goku's leaving with Shenron.
He was no longer the Saiya-jin he'd been for so long.
It would take Raditz a while, and she would have to be patient, but it would happen, they'd see…
Authors note: I didn't quite like this Marron/Vegeta paring, and later, in Chapter Eight; Hungry Like the Wolf, he does meet and fall in love with Bulma. I also needed Raditz to do what he did, so Bra could become SSJ. It was kind of harsh, though. : (
*Seminally, meaning influential.