Birth of Good and Evil
Kakarot was sparring with Bardock, deep in concentration. As always his mind was on Usagi, wondering how he could get her to like him. The couple of times he had seen a glimpse of her in the past month, she seemed to giggle and then walk away. Vegeta would burst out laughing on sight and he had begun to avoid him. Even the other women had begun to start laughing when they saw him and it was beginning to irritate him. Everyone of them knew something that he didn't, but he couldn't get close enough to Usagi to ask her what the big joke was. The last couple of weeks had been hard because he had noticed that she seemed to be thinner and the circles under her eyes had gotten darker.
A punch to the jaw brought him back to reality and he noticed that Bardock was scowling at him. "What is wrong with you lately? The last couple of days you've been distracted and easy to attack."
"I like to know what everyone's problem is lately."
"You do have a point. I've noticed that you haven't been spending as much time with your companions and you only focus on training. Did you have a disagreement?"
"Not that I know of. I don't think it helps that I'm concerned about Usagi either, but every time I try and get close to her, Eclipse and Prince Vegeta would get in my way and warn me to stay away from her."
A hand rested on his shoulder and a devious smile was on his face. "If they won't let you get to her, then find a way to get around them. They're just doing what they're suppose to be. Your problem is that you're not aggressive enough and letting them control the game. Saiya-jins don't play that way."
"How did you get mom?"
"Not easily. She was one hell of a fighter and determined to stay that way too. When it was time, the fight was something to see; it lasted for hours, neither of us wishing to lose the fight. I would lose her, and she would lose her way of life. So she thought. Most Saiya-jins would have forced their mates to quit fighting; I don't mind it. She's the protector of the queen and I can't think of a more honorable position than that. I finally had to outsmart her."
"How did you do it?" Kakarot liked the conversations with his father and would often find out more about his culture. It was fascinating and addictive. 'How could I have wanted to be a human?'
"I turned my back and was going to pretend to quit the fight. It took her by surprise alright. She was not expecting me to give up and walk off, and she dropped her guard completely. When she asked why, I knew that was my chance to strike. I tackled her to the ground and pinned her down in a lock that I don't care how hard you fight, won't get out of."
"I bet she didn't like you too much for that trick."
"No, she didn't but that's why you persuade them that it wasn't that bad to be caught."
"How much longer does she have before the child is born?"
"Two months. It should happen right before the Arena. That reminds me, did you know Prince Vegeta refuses to have him tested by the scouters. He said he'll be the judge on how powerful the child really is and he wants to do it when another child will be present."
Kakarot didn't know this and looked at Bardock for more information. "Did he say which child?"
"Broli I think. He isn't born yet and he said he should be born the exact day you are."
A shudder went through Kakarot remembering the Broli he faced as an adult. "That's not a child I want to be around again, even if there are a million Frieza's running around. Vegeta wasn't that fond of him either. He must have a good reason for making this decision, so I'll trust him."
"Ok, do you think you're capable of staying focused instead of day dreaming. I assure you, that Usagi doesn't hate you. As a matter of fact, if my mate is correct she can't even stay focused on anything unless she's training."
"I'm ready. This time, I'm going to beat you."
Bardock rolled his eyes and laughed. "You and I both know you could beat me any time you wished. If I didn't know better I would say you were training me to becoming stronger."
"That reminds me, have you been practicing the sensing ki technique that I taught you?" Kakarot blinked when Bardock's ki dropped to almost nothing. "Ok, I take that as a yes. How much have you been hiding from me? I've been pushing a lot harder without going over to Super Saiya-jin and you last a lot longer now."
"That's for me to know and you to find out during the Arena. When I'm not sparring with you or training Haruka, I train on my own and practice the moves you've taught me. Even Prince Vegeta has shown me a few things, suprisingly enough."
"I think it has something to do with that you had sudden increases in your power level right at the end. If Frieza had not destroyed the planet, Vegeta truly believes you would have become a Super Saiya-jin before any of us."
"I don't know about that."
"Let's start sparring because I think you're due to be training Haruka in another hour."
"Fine."
King Vegeta and Eclipse were having a workout with Usagi and Hotaru. It wouldn't be long when the two would have to be trained by Prince Vegeta, because they wouldn't be able to keep up with either one of them. Eclipse knew that Hotaru was strong because she carried the senshi of death and destruction in her. Her healing powers helped out in the fact they didn't have to recover in the regeneration tank and could get back up and fight immediatly. Usagi had the same ability in healing as well, which made them stronger with each battle they had.
The king made the mistake of having Nappa try and train the two girls one day and watched one of the most embarrasing fights he had ever witnessed. He always knew that the Saiya-jin never thought before he acted, but to be defeated by two amateur fighters was a disgrace. Usagi and Hotaru, both defeated him before he laid a hand on either one of them. It spread fast that Nappa was no longer allowed to serve as the King's guard and was replaced by Bardock. A challenge was issued between the two fighters, which went so bad, that Bardock didn't have to do hardly a thing as he side stepped every attack by Nappa. On the last attack, Nappa made a blind rush that Bardock got out of the way and upper cut him in the stomach so hard that he ended up in the recovering room for two days.
Haruka was loving the constant training for several hours a day. Not even her teachers back in martial arts school gave her undivided attention like this and she would have to figure out her moves on her own. Bardock would have no such thing, because if she made a mistake he was quick to correct her by attacking. She was no Saiya-jin, but he gave her an A for effort as she improved on speed, strength and accuracy. She was also not quick to get angry when someone made comments that riled her up. If she became angry, she learned that she was a lot more likely to be beaten by a cool opponent than if she remained calm.
Then the real test came. All four women had to learn how to fly and that was a sight as they kept landing on their faces or rear. When every attempt failed to teach them how to fly, King Vegeta grabbed Usagi, Eclipse taking Hotaru, Bardock with Haruka, and Prince Vegeta with Rei. The four women gasped in fear when they were flown so high in the air that all they could see below them wwere clouds and miles of air. "What are you planning to do?" Rei asked in fear.
"I told you, I was only going to tell you how to do things once, and I've tried like ten times on this one exercise. It's either you fly or you hit the ground below. You might even survive it."
"Wait a minute, you can't be..." Vegeta let go of her and chuckled slightly as she screamed in terror, "serious!"
The other three were dropped at the same time without giving the time to protest and the four saiya-jins stayed in the air before diving after them. They would only grab them if they knew that they couldn't catch the concept. It was starting to appear that way when four symbols appeared on each one of their foreheads and they stopped about fifty feet off the ground with four saiya-jins about to grab them.
Usagi was the first to open her eyes when she didn't hit something and looked at her father who was right above her, with his arms crossed. "Not bad, but you can start moving now."
"What?" She looked to her side and noticed she was floating in the air and gasped in surprise losing her concentration. She fell the rest of the way and almost hit the ground when a tail grabbed her ankle.
"I said to move, not fall." King Vegeta let her down gently and she looked a bit shaken, but kept a cool head on her shoulders. "That's it for today, we'll try it again tomorrow."
Usagi nodded and walked off to be on her own. The other women had a feeling she was connected to Kakarot somehow, but how much they didn't have a clue. Only Eclipse and Prince Vegeta knew the full extent of what was happening to her and they had to practically keep encouraging her that she wasn't going to go insane and to be patient. King Vegeta had wondered what was wrong with his daughter lately, but knew that if she chose to tell him she would.
Sighing Usagi watched Rei yell at her brother and smiled. Her brother was actually not a bad guy and enjoyed riliing her friend. Usagi and Rei had done a lot of talking over the last month, trying to rebuild the bond they had at one time. Her brother was interested in Rei, but he was to proud to actually admit it. As far as she knew, her brother had not made a move towards Rei, but the time was coming when he would.
She walked away and tried to find a place where everyone wasn't hovering over her trying to make her feel better. The dreams were becoming more intense with each night that passed and she wanted to go and hug Kakarot at times and ease his aching heart. She no longer thought of him as someone that could hurt her, but someone that had a kindred spirit like her own.
She found a lake that was about a mile from the castle and sat underneath a tree to think. Since the day that Kakarot nipped her neck, she had seen everything about him. He had a passion for life, peace and most of all his friends and family. He had started fighting at a young age, and he often thought about his real family that never showed up until he was in his twenty's. Raditz, his brother, kidnapped his son and ended up killing him in the battle. What was strange, was Kakarot sacrificed himself to defeat his brother, but the anguish in his heart for doing so, remained.
He wanted to be able to get to know his brother, but losing his family to do that and to kill millions of people was not something he was willing to do for any reason. To make matters worse was a much more powerful enemy was coming in one year and they were more people from his race. It came to the point, Kakarot hated who he was and tried to force the idea of being an Earthling. If it wasn't for the fact that he was the strongest man in the world and all his friends didn't look to him to save them, he would have hidden somewhere and forgot all about fighting. She didn't want to see anymore, but she did and it was horrible. Chi-chi, his former wife, never said a kind word to Kakarot for trying to save them and protecting their son. He was use to her yelling and berating him like a child in front of everyone. Then when he got wished back to being a kid, he had to watch in the side lines as his wife chose to sleep not only with someone he thought was his closest friend, but several of the neighbors as well. All the reasons he had been fighting for didn't matter as people tended to not talk to him after the battles, except for his sons, Vegeta and his children, and a Namek named Piccolo.
Usagi started to laugh when a realization dawned on her. "Oh god. I fell in love with him in a history book and he's around now. And when I first met him, I wanted to turn away from him, afraid he would be like Mamoru. Not that Mamoru was that bad, but I didn't want to be neglected any more. Kakarot would never do that."
"Never do what?"
Usagi screamed as Kakarot came from behind a rock. "How long have you been there?"
"Long enough to here you mention my name and some guy named Mamoru. Did he hurt you Usagi?" His body was tense, waiting for her answer, but wasn't expecting a gentle laugh to come from her.
"God no. He isn't the type to do that. It's just that, I don't know. He treated me like a five-year-old all the time and in front of my friends. We should have never been together in the first place, but it doesn't really matter now does it. I don't love him, and I don't think I ever did."
"You don't look to well."
'Of course not. You wouldn't be doing that great if you were bonded to someone that doesn't have a clue and can't talk you through everything.' "I haven't noticed. I've got to get back and practice flying a little more. I don't think I want another experience like today."
"Would you like me to show you?" 'She's going to say no,' he thought depressed.
"Yes." A smile was trying to force its way up on her mouth and he looked at her curious.
"Is there something I should know about."
"What makes you say that?" Usagi was struggling not to laugh at the confusion in his eyes, but it wasn't working when he frowned at her and tried to ignore the comment. Then she felt sorry for him. Everyone had been laughing at him lately and she hadn't been much help. They all knew what he was thinking because of her, but she had done it mainly to help her brother pull a fast one on him. She walked up to him and placed a hand on his arm and a smile, that reached her eyes and took his breath way, lighted her features. "I'm sorry Kakarot. I don't intend to offend you. I would really love you to teach me how to fly, so long as you promise not to let me go five miles above the ground."
He was more confused now more than ever, as she seemed to be doing the exact opposite of what he was expecting her to do. His eyes showed uncertaninty and fear of rejection. Gently he moved behind her and made sure this was what she really wanted to do. When she turned to look at him, she nodded her head and didn't quit smiling at him. 'Kami she's beautiful." A blush formed on her cheeks and tried to turn her head before he saw it, but he did and it made him more curious than ever to know what she was hiding from him. Vegeta had been acting strange now that he thought about it.
Usagi needed to be careful or he's going to find out that she knew everything about him. For the first time since he accidental broke the skin on her neck, she relaxed and felt complete. It was as if the ache in her heart could only be eased with him near by. 'Why do we have to be separated if he likes me and I like him? This stupid tradition sucks, but I'm not going to disobey Saiya-jin law.' "I'm ready now." 'Maybe if I know what I'm suppose to feel when I begin to fly, I can figure this out.'
"Can you feel ki yet, Usagi? I want to make sure Vegeta has taught you that before I do anything else."
"Yes. He taught us a week ago."
"Al right. I can't sense yours very well because of your Lunarian blood, but I want you to feel deep within yourself and pull it out."
Usagi felt him pulling at his energy, and she had to admit, the amount she felt inside of him was intimidating, but she also knew he would never harm her with it or anyone else that didn't deserve it. She did what he was doing and gasped when she felt it. 'How could he not sense her power? Granted, it wasn't as strong as he was when he was fully transformed, but it was nothing to sneeze at either. There was a silver and golden light inside of her. Reaching out, she combined the two powers and held them, waiting for Kakarot to tell her what to do next. "Ok."
'She learns fast.' "Let it float around you, lift you up, push you, help you. Don't treat it as another person, but a piece of your body that you can't live without." His whispering in her ear sent a shiver down her spine, but she ignored the feeling to focus on what he was teaching her. She did exactly what he told her to do and feel, and before she realized what was happening, both of them were floating about 100 feet off the ground. And to her surprise, he wasn't holding on to her, but keeping a close distance in case she lost her concentration. "I'm impressed. How did you do that?"
"Doing what you told me to do. Can we fly around a bit?"
"If you're sure you can handle it." Usagi started flying slowly at first and keeping her concentration on what he was doing and soon figured out how to fly without much instruction from him.
"This feels great!" She flew around him in circles and Kakarot couldn't help but laugh at her as she played in the sky.
"Now that you know how to fly, I want you to land."
She watched and felt him slow his speed down and followed suit with very little difficulty. When she landed with no problem, she gave Kakarot a huge hug that made all his time spent with her that day worth it. "Thank you so much, Kakarot. You're the greatest."
He wanted to hold her tighter, but remembering how she didn't want that kind of relationship he smiled at her and took a step back. "You're welcome. You seem different."
"I'm happier. And, I wanted to tell you something."
"What is that?"
"I don't hate you and never have." She began walking back towards the castle when Kakarot grabbed her arm and turned her to face him.
"I don't understand. It's like you can read my mind, but that can't be possible."
"Are you sure about that Kakarot? You know more about Saiya-jin instincts and habits than I do and you know that there is one way to read each other's minds with no problem."
"That's through a Saiya-jin bond." He didn't understand when he remembered what happened over a month ago and his eyes started to bulge out of his head. "That was an accident. I didn't even leave a permanent mark on your neck."
"According to my brother, that didn't matter. You still broke the skin and formed the bond, linking me to yourself. You've been driving me insane, but I do understand you better."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"The others wouldn't let me out of their sight. I don't think they know I'm out here now and if Vegeta found out he would probably give me a sound thrashing."
"You know everything about me?"
"Yes. And I have to admit, it's a lot to handle. The first night, I thought I was going to go insane, but the dreams kept coming and I cried some nights."
His hand came to her cheek and brushed the long hair out of his way, so he could get a better look into her eyes. She wasn't lying to him and something else was in them he wasn't quite familiar with. "Why?"The question caught her off guard and she looked at him, and noticed that his guard was still up, and afraid to let it down. "I cried, because I..."
'Come on tell me Usagi.' His thumb tilted her chin and brushed her lips open.
"I found out that I fell in love with you before you even came to my time line."
"Excuse me?"
Usagi pulled back and was going to sit down on a rock when she stepped into an unseen hole and fell down twisting her ankle. A hiss of pain came from her mouth as a tear slipped down her face. She tried to pull her foot out of the hole, but the pain was incredible.
Kakarot started to dig around her ankle trying not to hurt her any further. "Talk to me Usagi."
"When I was in America, I would stay in the library and read all the time. Something caught my attention that didn't have anything to do with death and destruction. They use to hold martial art tournaments in Japan every five years that people would try to claim the tital of world's strongest person in the world. You won when you were about sixteen or seventeen years old. You went by Goku then. I don't know. Maybe it was that smile of yours that seemed to see no wrong, or it was the fact I thought you were only a fanatsy and couldn't hurt me. I never would have thought you would have come to my time line."
He finally broke her foot free and gently carried her over to the water to let her ankle soak. She could have told him that she could have heeled it on her own, but being close to him, helped calm her. "They actually put me in history books?"
"Yes, but there wasn't a whole lot about you. It said you were a hero for stopping the planet from being destroyed on more than one occasion, but who you had fought somehow never made the books. I wondered about that, now I know that you had erased all knowledge of the Saiya-jins and Piccolo from the people of Earth."
"Are you being nice because you feel sorry for me?"
"Give me a break. I don't feel sorry for you at all. Well, not completely. I'm being nice to you, because being a jerk isn't like me."
He raised an eyebrow and looked at her ankle. "I don't think it's broken. Tell me then, what are you like?"
"Why don't you find out?"
He didn't know if he heard her right, but a gentle tug on his shirt brought him closer to her, and her lips met his with no hesitation. Her kiss was shy, but certain of what they wanted. Being careful of her ankle, Kakarot pushed her back on the ground and deepened the kiss, with his hand pulling her body closer to him. 'I want you.' He was mostly curious to find out her response to his statement and it was invigorating. A moan escaped her throat, as she wound her fingers through his thick hair. To her surprise, it was very, very soft. Her mouth moved to his chin and a thought hit her. She didn't want to be the only one suffering and his guard was down so he didn't raise his ki to prevent her from her next action. With a sharp nip, she bit through his skin and watched a small amount of blood drip and she licked it off.
With a sudden jerk, he pulled back and touched his neck and looked at Usagi with wide eyes. Before he could ask anything he was flat on his back with her straddling his waist. "You left your guard down." Her tail was swishing back and forth behind him in a hypnotic pattern, making him suddenly very aggressive and dominating as he sat up and held her up as he claimed her mouth in a demanding, soul searing kiss. He didn't know what he was looking for, but it felt so right holding Usagi that he couldn't ask for it to be any different. His knees came up and rested against her back, while he looked into her trusting, blue eyes with their noses touching, breath coming heavy. She had on her usual, black Saiya-jin armor and body suit, but that didn't mean much, because his touch still caught her body on fire, drawing a low whimper from her. "Kakarot, I think we need to get back. The Arena is coming up."
"I'm not worried about the Arena." Kakarot began nipping every inch of her neck, causing her to yelp out and cling to his arms. "Besides, you started this game, now I'll be the one to say when we're finished with it." He licked the bottom of her lip, causing an involuntary shiver and moan to come from her. Smiling wickedly, "In a minute we will leave, but first, I'm going to make you almost beg for more by the time we meet again."
"Kakarot..." She never finished as he teased her mouth some more, making sure she never uttered another word. He wanted more responses from her, so dragged things out really slow. Taking her lip, he nibbled on it a little, feeling the grip on his shirt tighten. It felt like a fire burning inside of her and she tried to get him to kiss her, but he refused to connect with her mouth and woud move to her ear instead. With a growl of frustration, Usagi grabbed his head and pulled his mouth to her own to taste his lips. Not disappointing her, his tongue darted into hers seductively tempting her for more. Usagi's temperature rose and all clear thought was leaving her mind quickly and only one remained. She didn't want this moment to end, stopped kissing her mouth and started a slow trail of fire down her chin, her neck and made it to the base of her throat. She was wearing a low collared suit which he eagerly marked a trail down until he stopped at the material. His black eyes looked into her clouded blue ones and saw raw passion in them and a need too great for them to simply ignore. He looked at the sides of her neck and growled at the fact she wasn't marked for everyone to see she was his. He didn't care if the bond was there now, he wanted to complete the act of claiming her as his. Whimpering he nipped at her neck, drawing a little more blood, craving to follow his instincts.
All lunarian blood that Usagi had, was thrown out the window, when Kakarot had drew blood on her for the second time. With a cry, she grabbed his soft, crazy hair and pulled his head all the way back from her throat exposing his own neck to her own desire and pursuit. Purring and growling seductively, she licked, starting at the base of his throat working to his adams apple and nips sharply making another slight cut. Her aggressive manner and constant moving on his lap made Kakarot cry out in longing and to bury his face into her neck. Grabbing the skin with his teeth, he was about to mark her permenately when a promise entered his mind. 'I won't try and keep her from you because I can trust you to keep your promise, can't I?' 'Curse you Vegeta! You've won for now, but I'm not holding back after the tournament.' Gently but firmly he stoped both of them, stood Usagi away from him and took several steps back. Both were still breathing hard and wanted nothing more to do than to give into their desire.
"I guess we need to go. I'll see you in the Arena, Kakarot."
When he made it back to his parents house, he noticed that the sun was starting to rise in the sky and knew he had stayed out way longer than he should have. Walking to the mirror, he saw the traces of blood on his neck and throat and wiped them away. They weren't too obvious, but he was quick to figure out what she had done to him. Her thoughts were running clear as water through his mind and he stood awed for several minutes. His father came up and took one look at Kakarot and knew that he had never made it to bed that night. "Are you going to need sleep?"
"No. It's my fault I was up all night in the first place. Let's go."
"Kakarot, is there something I should know about?"
"No. I'm ready for the Arena and I'm through with playing nice. I want her and her family is not going to stand in my way any more."
"You may not win, have you ever thought about that?"
Kakarot walked towards his father making him back up against the wall in fear. "Let's get one thing straight. I will not lose this fight nor her. She is already as good as mine, but the simple fact remains I can't finish this until I keep my promise to Vegeta. He better have the tank ready because I'm not holding back anything this time."
'This is going to be a long month and a half. Between my mate and son, I don't know who's worse." Bardock followed Kakarot outside and after about an hour he wished he had decided to train with Haruka that morning. One thing was for sure, he would be getting a hell of a lot stronger after this fight.
Usagi made it back to her room and didn't even know she had fallen asleep until Rei forced her awake. "Usagi, are you alright? I've been trying for thrity minutes to wake you up."
She looked at the sun and noticed she had been a sleep for about an hour and groaned to her feet and walked towards the shower to try and wake up. As she dried off and got dressed she noticed that she hadn't gotten much sleep in a long time. Following Rei, she noticed her brother tapping his foot in irritation waiting for both of them.
"Finally. I thought I had to drag you two out of there." He was going to go on, but the fact that Usagi looked like death warmed over, made him pause and walk up to her. "You need to get some sleep. When's the last time you had any really good sleep?"
"Over a month ago."
"Maybe you should cancel today and go back to bed."
"No." Usagi didn't make it five steps when her body collapsed and she passed out.
"Stubborn woman." Vegeta picked her up and placed her in bed, pulling the blankets up to her chin. He had Rei follow him and they left a note saying that Usagi was not to be disturbed for the remainder of the day.
A couple of hours later, they noticed Bardock coming from the med labs and cursing under his breath. "What happened?" Rei asked him.
"Kakarot happened. I don't know what happened to him all of a sudden. Yesterday he was calm and today he's gone beserk and lethal. Vegeta if I were you, I would watch him right now, he's been cursing your name all day and saying he's not holding back any longer. I figured that out after fighting him for an hour today."
Vegeta's eyes widened and wanted to know what had caused the change in Kakarot all of a sudden. Did he find out about the bond between himself and Usagi? That would make him very, very dangerous. "What ever you do, do not mention my name or hers in front of Kakarot until the Arena. It looks like the challenges are coming up and there's no way to avoid them."
"Challenges?" Rei and Bardock asked. One glance at Rei made her stiffen as she thought that it was meant for her.
"I'm not saying anything until the Arena. Unlike Kakarot, I can hold my self together. I knew I should have kept a better eye on him."
"Would it have worked?" Bardock asked.
"No, and it would have hurt like hell later."
To everyone's surprise, Usagi didn't wake for three days and when she did, she had the appetite to equal three Kakarot's. Her fighting seemed to be more tuned as someone was helping her as she fought, telling her what to do as each attack came. While she was fighting she watched Kakarot train and spar with himself and picked up what he was doing and adding it into her sparing sessions. Prince Vegeta was getting suspicious of his sister and had to eventually start going at the power level right before changing over to a Super Saiya-jin to beat her.
By the time the Arena came, everyone was ready for it and they rested for two days to get their strength at maximum level. Bardock said he lost track of Kakarot and didn't even bother to look for him. Kakarot's temper was to the point he didn't have a choice but to leave or end up killing someone that he didn't want to.
Kalara went into labor the day before and Bardock stayed in the lab the entire time, anxiously monitoring her and his son. Vegeta waited right outside the door, looking patiently for something. Broli had already been born and he had not stopped crying. Then he heard the baby, Kakarot, crying and gasped when he felt the explosion of power coming not only from Kakarot, but from Broli as well.
An exhausted Bardock came out of the room and gave Kakarot to Vegeta as promised. Gently carrying the new born, Vegeta walked to where Broli was and prepared to put a shield up if necessary. Kakarot had been perfectly calm until he came within ten feet of Broli and began to scream in anger and fear. Broli's insanity was registering over to Kakarot and it was having profound effects as both of them began to grow in power and lashed out at each other. "Get out of here Bardock!" Vegeta nearly got blown to pieces as he witnessed two infants explode with power and tried to kill each other with it. Broli was trying to kill Kakarot and the child was defending himself.