Posted originally on the Archive_of_Our_Own at https://archiveofourown.org/ works/13653363. Rating: Explicit Archive Warning: Graphic_Depictions_Of_Violence, Major_Character_Death, Rape/Non-Con, Underage Category: F/M Fandom: Dragon_Ball Relationship: Trunks_Briefs/Original_Character(s), Bulma_Briefs/Vegeta, Chi-Chi/Son Goku_(Dragon_Ball), Bra_Briefs/Son_Goten Additional Tags: Marking, Mating Stats: Published: 2018-02-12 Updated: 2018-02-26 Chapters: 4/? Words: 10076 ****** My Celestial Princess From Venus! ****** by SarT55 Summary An old friend, turned enemy of Vegeta from the planet Venus is coming after him for personal reasons. His daughter, the princess, does not wish to fight and lose more people for no reason or petty reasons. She comes to earth to warn Vegeta and the others that in two years time her father would be bringing his best men to fight. Two years because he cannot teleport like her and his method of transportation is very, very slow. She meets Trunks and neither of them ever expected to connect and become one. PLEASE NOTE I DO NOT OWN DRAGON BALL Z! I ONLY CLAIM OWNERSHIP OF MY STORY AND THE CHARACTERS I CREATE! ***** Chapter 1 ***** My_Celestial_Princess_From_Venus! =============================================================================== Trunks-19 x Serenity-17 Goku-40s x Chi-Chi-40s Vegeta-40s x Bulma Gohan-34 x Videl-34 Goten-18 x Bulla-16 Piccolo-unknown Krillin-40s x Android 18-unknown Yamcha-late 40s Tien-late 40s Master Roshi-perverted old man ===============================================================================   “There you are my dear; I was wondering where you went to. Look whose come to visit you today.” An older gentleman said looking at a very young girl; assumed to be his daughter. The girl looked over at a doorway and saw a tall man with very dark green hair and black eyes; the girl just made a noise and glared. “Now…don’t be like that my dear; Cassius came a long way to see us today. He is here to help us. First him and I have to have a meeting about everything and then you two can have some fun. Him, being the last survivor of Jupiter is always welcome here. Those dirty Saiyans; first they attack us and take out our army and then they start destroying other planets. And to think…I was such great friends with the prince of Saiyans; Vegeta. Oh well…our alliance with Jupiter will make them tremble in fear.” The older man said while he laughed. “But daddy…how can we be an alliance with Jupiter when only Cassius is the only survivor? And as for the Saiyans; you don’t know if they’re responsible for anything. You must’ve been friends and had an alliance with them for a reason.” The young girl said softly. “Serenity, I know you mean well. But their insignia was left all over everything that was destroyed. Now, run along and let us men talk; we have a battle to plan for. Vegeta is somewhere on earth; he may have started this war, but I’m ending it.” The older man said simply making a fist. “But daddy! Why do we need another senseless war? There have already been too many senseless deaths! Just look at what happened to mom; and that wasn’t Saiyans! I know, I saw; it was some big green lizard looking thing!” Serenity cried trying to get her dad’s attention. “THAT’S ENOUGH! Serenity, go to your room and wait for Cassius! And when he gets there I don’t want any trouble like last time. You’re seventeen now; it’s time to start settling down and have babies! Now GO!” The king yelled furious. “Now, now princess; listen to your dad. He’s the king; he knows what he’s doing. Go along and I’ll be in after a little bit to calm your mind.” Cassius said as he tried to kiss the young girl, but she turned and walked away with a huff before he could. Serenity was the young princess of Venus and next in line to the throne; which she’s not too thrilled about. She just turned seventeen and has long ruby red hair that reached her mid back that she kept up in buns that were in the shapes of roses on the top of her head along with reddish brown eyes. She is five foot even and thin; not anorexic looking, just thin. She normally wears dresses that look like they have a hoop in the skirt, but don’t, with just short shoulder sleeves and sandals. She also wears a silver tiara with a red rose crystal on the end on her forehead. And finally she also wears an orange heart crystal necklace that she was born with around her neck. People of Venus have extraordinary power and in the past had formed an alliance with the Saiyans. Serenity has very little power; she can bring people back from the dead, heal the dying, give immortality and she can teleport. Actually she’s the only person from Venus who can teleport; others from Venus cannot. Nobody can figure out why she can teleport while they can’t, but they’re also thankful because it drains a lot of energy. Her mother named her after the legendary princess of the moon from thousands of years before; that princess is now passed on. Serenity’s father is Goro and he is ruler of Venus…since his wife died. He is a big guy with wild orange hair that seems to go with the motion and brown eyes. Usually he wears nice robes or battle gear. Serenity’s mother was Stella, the true ruler of Venus. She had long red hair and red eyes; she was killed when Serenity was really little. And according to Serenity she wasn’t killed by the Saiyans, but an unknown creature. Most of you know the creature as Cell. Cassius is a man from Jupiter who is the last survivor and her dad wants them to marry and have children, but Serenity has no interest in Cassius…no matter how much they try to get used to the idea. No matter how many times they’ve had sex - granted Serenity rarely ever remembers it; she knows it’s happened - she has no interest in him whatsoever. She went to her room and plopped down on her bed next to her four black cats; Solar, Eclipse Saturn and Twilight. Solar and Saturn are both girls while Eclipse and Twilight are both boys. “What’s wrong deary?” One of the black cats asked concerned. “Dad and Cassius…” Serenity mumbled. “What did they do this time?” Another black cat asked. “They want to start a war with earth…well the Saiyans. But they’re on earth so they might as well be starting it earth.” Serenity mumbled. “Did you speak with them about it?” The first black cat asked. Only two of the black cats, Solar and Eclipse were awake; the kittens were asleep. “I tried…but they didn’t listen; they never listen. If mom was alive daddy would listen and this senseless wouldn’t be happening. Ever since mom died…I’ve noticed that dad’s changed a lot; he’s not the same person. And I don’t like this new dad…not one bit.” Serenity said softly. “I don’t know what to tell you? When is this all supposed to be happening?” Solar and Eclipse asked. “I overheard daddy say it would take two years to get there with how slow travel is. I know…maybe I should go to earth and warn Mr. Vegeta. He could get prepared or maybe even talk some since into daddy! Yeah, that’s what I’ll do! Do you want to come with?” Serenity asked her cats. “We have no choice; we promised your mother we would look after you. Plus, we don’t want to be here when they find out you’re not here and took one of their ships.” Eclipse said simply. “I’m not taking a ship; I’m teleporting to earth. It’s faster; it’ll only take a few minutes.” Serenity said packing her magical backpack which allows her to fit anything she needs in it. “What? Serenity are you crazy? Do you remember the last time you teleported? You slept for two weeks!” Solar cried out. “No, that was awhile ago; I’ve been practicing. Come on, get in.” Serenity said holding open her bag for her cats; Eclipse got in while Solar got the kittens and then herself got into the bag. “Fine…” Solar sighed as Serenity zipped up the bag. “Three…two…one; here we go!” Serenity called as she teleported to earth… On_Earth: Serenity wasn’t the most graceful of people; she fell on her face when she got to earth…in an alleyway. “So this is earth huh?” Serenity asked as she walked around. She wasn’t paying attention and walked into the middle of the street; at the busiest time of the day. She screamed in fear and probably would’ve been flattened had she not been lifted into the air by a stranger. “Sorry about that!” The stranger called waving to the cars as he set her down on the ground. “What the hell was that thing? And why did it attack me like that; I didn’t do anything to it.” Serenity said out of breath, scared. “So…I’m guessing you’re not from around here?” The stranger asked. “Gohan! Are you ok? Is the girl ok?” Came a female strange. “Yeah, we’re fine; well I am. I don’t think she’s from around here.” Gohan said simply. “Oh…well that explains why she walked into the middle of a busy street like that. Hi, I’m Videl and this is Gohan.” The girl, Videl said reaching out her hand. “Are you going to hit me?” Serenity asked backing up a little. “No; I just want to shake your hand. It’s how we greet people here.” Videl said extending her hand again. “Hi, I’m Serenity and these are my cats; Solar, Eclipse, Saturn and Twilight.” Serenity said extending her hand. “It’s nice to meet you all.” All four cats said at once. “Those cats talk?” Gohan asked kind of shocked while Videl just stood there. “Of course; don’t all cats?” Serenity asked like it was normal thing. “No, not usually…” Videl said simply. “Oh…” Serenity said simply. “So what brings you to earth; assuming you’re not from earth. You’re not here to destroy us are you?” Gohan asked joking around. “Oh no; I’m here to try to stop that from happening! Do you know how I might find a Mr. Vegeta? The Mr. Vegeta I’m looking for would be from a race called Saiyans; have you heard of them?” Serenity asked shocking both Gohan and Videl. “Yes, we know how to Mr. Vegeta; he’s a friend of ours. And yes, we know what Saiyans are; I’m half Saiyan.” Gohan said dumbfounded. “Oh, how wonderful! Then you’ll take me to meet with Mr. Vegeta?” Serenity asked with a smile. “Yeah, just follow me; we were actually on our way there to meet him and dad.” Gohan said as he and Videl started walking, Serenity following happy that this was easier then she had thought it would be… ***** Chapter 2 ***** After about ten minutes they arrived at Bulma’s and Vegeta’s humble abode; Gohan knocked on the door. “Oh Gohan, Videl; its soo good to see you! Oh, who’s your friend?” Bulma asked once she noticed Serenity. “This is Serenity and her four talking cats Solar, Eclipse, Saturn and Twilight. Anyways, she’s here to see Vegeta. She says it’s imperative she sees him right away.” Gohan said simply. “Ok…” Bulma said wondering what was going on… “You must be Mrs. Vegeta; it’s a pleasure to meet you.” Serenity said politely as she bowed. “Oh, it’s a pleasure; you know my husband?” Bulma asked as she led the three inside. “No. But my daddy did; they had an alliance many, many years ago. Well…my mom had an alliance with them.” Serenity responded. “Oh I see; where are you from then?” Bulma asked with intense curiosity. “Venus.” Serenity replied. “Wow; so you’re a long ways from home then.” Bulma said simply. “I guess so.” Serenity said simply. “Well he’s right in here; this is our training room. He and our son are training to become stronger.” Bulma explained. “Well that’s good; he’s going to need it.” Serenity said softly. “Ok…are you planning on attacking us?” Bulma asked worried. “No, not me. That’s why I need to speak with Mr. Vegeta right away.” Serenity said simply. “Ok, well right this way.” Bulma said leading them into the training room. “VEGETA!” Bulma yelled pushing a button. About ten minutes later Vegeta emerged from another door that led to who knows where. “What do you want woman?! And what is he doing here? And who is she?” Vegeta asked noticing Serenity. “Dear…this is Serenity; she says she really needs to speak with you. It’s very important she speaks with you.” Bulma said emphasizing certain words making sure he understood he had better talk to her. “Fine…what do you want girl?” Vegeta asked annoyed. “Mr. Vegeta…my name is Serenity; you knew my parents. My father is Goro and my mother was Stella; we’re from Venus. You’re a Saiyan and your family and people made an alliance with my family and people.” Serenity started. “You’re Goro’s and Stella’s kid huh? You look more like your mother. What do you want?” Vegeta asked sternly looking at Serenity. “Well yes…what I came here for was…chest…” Serenity said trailing off as she seen Trunks come through that door with no shirt on; she had never seen that many muscles on anything. “Trunks, put a shirt on! We have guests!” Bulma yelled as Serenity turned red. “Sorry. Who is…” Trunks started, but stopped when his and Serenity’s eyes met. “Ummm…Trunks, what’s go…” Bulma started, but was interrupted by Vegeta who grabbed her and the cats and dragged them out of the room. “What the hell do you think you’re doing?!” Bulma screamed. “Leave them be woman; they’re connecting.” Vegeta said simply. “Excuse me?” Bulma asked confused. “They’re connecting; Trunks chose his mate. And from the looks of it she chose him as well. You and other humans call it soul mates or some kind of crap like that. She is the girl he’ll mark, mate and marry someday. Because I’m sure you’ll want a wedding and all that human tradition crap.” Vegeta explained as Bulma’s eyes started to sparkle with excitement. “My little boy found his soul mate? You know what this means don’t you?” Bulma asked excitedly. “Good god woman! Do you have to get excited over the littlest things? This isn’t all that big of a deal; he’s just found his life mate. Who…happens to be the princess of Venus. He landed himself a great catch! Atta boy; that’s my boy! We’re going to have the strongest grandchildren ever!” Vegeta howled excitedly while Bulma started planning a party with stars in her eyes. Back_With_Trunks_&_Serenity: “What…was…that? It felt like all the air was sucked out of me.” Serenity said as she fell to her knees out of breath. “I think we connected or something…” Trunks said kneeling down next to Serenity. “I don’t think I understand…” Serenity said as she momentarily closed her eyes. “It’s a…” Trunks started but stopped not know what she was. “A Saiyan thing?” Serenity asked looking at Trunks. “Yes...you know what Saiyans are?” Trunks asked confused. “Yes…oh…Mr. Vegeta!” Serenity cried as she quickly stood up; perhaps a bit too quickly as she fell backwards into Trunks’s bare chest. After a few seconds she screeched at the feeling of bare skin on her chest and quickly backed away. “Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!” Serenity cried out, turning red in the face. “What’s going on in here?” Bulma asked running in, Vegeta right in toe. “I-I-I fe-fell a-a-and landed on him…I-I-I’m sorry!” Serenity cried, stuttering out. “It’s quite alright. I’m Trunks by the way.” Trunks said as he put his shirt on, dusted himself off and reached his hand out to shake hers. “Serenity.” Serenity replied taking his hand, not really knowing what to do with it as he began to shake it. “I’m guessing you’re not from around here.” Trunks said as they pulled their hands away and she started at hers. “No, I’m from Venus. Which reminds me; Mr. Vegeta you need to be prepared.” Serenity said looking at Vegeta. “For what?” Vegeta asked looking at her. “In two years, because his means of transportation is really slow, daddy and the rest of his men, his strongest men are going to attack earth and any Saiyan he can find.” Serenity said not taking a single breath. “But why? We had an alliance.” Vegeta said looking at the girl. “As daddy puts it you had an alliance with mom. And now that planets are being destroyed he thinks it’s you and other Saiyans. He…he also thinks you killed mom…” Serenity said slowly. “Excuse me! He thinks what?” Vegeta yelled slightly scaring Serenity. “Dad, calm down!” Trunks said as he stood next to Serenity. “When did your mother die?” Vegeta asked starting to calm down. “Ummm…eleven years ago…I was about six. Daddy said he saw the Saiyans; they’re the only ones with ape tails.” Serenity said quietly. “See…now that’s impossible. I lost my tail way before any of that happened. In fact I lost my tail way before you were born; before Trunks was born. So…I don’t know what your dad saw that day, but it wasn’t Saiyans. The only full Saiyans that are left are me and Kakarot. And then the rest of the Saiyans are our offspring and are only half Saiyan. So therefore again…I highly doubt your dad saw any Saiyans.” Vegeta said looking directly into Serenity’s eyes. “That’s what I said…but he didn’t believe me. I tried telling him it was a big green lizard looking guy.” Serenity said as they walked back out into the main area. “What about Cell?” Came a voice from the doorway. “Who?” Serenity asked confused. “You described an enemy we defeated years ago; his name was Cell…also before you were born.” Vegeta said folding his arms. “Could it be one of his clones he made? Hey dad.” Gohan dad as he hugged his father. “Who’s the sexy little minx?” Goten asked eyeing up Serenity. “Watch what you say…” Vegeta warned as Trunks started to get angry. “Trunks…are you ok?” Serenity asked softly. “…Yeah…I’m fine. I’ll be back; Goten…come train out back with me.” Trunks said dragging Goten outside. “What’s going on?” Goku and Chi-Chi asked at the same time. “Serenity, this is Goku, his wife Chi-Chi; you’ve met his oldest son Gohan and his wife Videl and Trunks took their youngest son Goten outside. Guys, this is Serenity; she’s Trunks’s mate.” Bulma said happily while Serenity became very confused. “I thought Cassius was my mate…” Serenity said confused. “Who?” Vegeta, Trunks and Bulma asked right away. “He’s from Jupiter; the last survivor…or so he claims. I’m not sure. My dad said that we were to be married and we were supposed to start having a family.” Serenity said sadly while sighing. “You sound thrilled.” Bulma said picking up on her sadness just like Trunks and even Vegeta. “No, I’m not; I don’t like him one bit. But what can I do; I have to do what daddy says. It’s for our planet.” Serenity said sadly. “Ok listen up here girly! It’s obvious that you don’t understand; so let me explain! Trunks is your true mate; I watched as you two connected! Connecting is when a Saiyan connects with his or her mate.” Vegeta explained. “But, I’m not a Saiyan.” Serenity said quietly. “No, but Trunks is…well half, but it still counts. And you, you’re not human; you’re a Venarian. Venarian’s also have the ability to connect; and I seen you connect with him just as much as he connected with you. You two are fully connected, that’s why you felt like your breath was sucked out of your bodies. So therefore that Cassius guy can fuck off!” Vegeta exclaimed shocking Serenity. “I-I think I-I’ll call dad and let him know what’s going on now. Maybe he’ll call of this senseless war.” Serenity said looking around. “Is something wrong?” Bulma asked looking at Serenity. “Is there somewhere private I can go?” Serenity asked. “Oh yeah; follow me.” Bulma said kindly showing her to a room. “There you go.” Bulma said giving her some space. “Thank you.” Serenity said quietly as she opened her communication device. ***** Chapter 3 ***** After a few minutes and three calls later Serenity emerged from the room with a disappointed face as she sighed. “Something wrong dear? What did you dad have to say?” Bulma asked as she and everyone else stared at her making her feel a bit uncomfortable. “Umm…he didn’t pick up; I’ll have to try again later or hope he calls back.” Serenity replied. “Oh, ok…” Bulma started when Bulla walked in. “Mom, I’m home! Oh hello, who is this?” Bulla asked looking at Serenity. “Bulla, this is Serenity; Trunks’s mate. Serenity, this is my and Vegeta’s daughter; Trunks’s younger sister.” Bulma said introducing the two. “Oh it’s nice to meet you; maybe you’ll be able to keep Trunks in line.” Bulla said with a smile. “Bulla! Your brother is a very responsible, mature young man; and you know that.” Bulma exclaimed a bit frustrated. “Mom!!! I know that!! God; I was just kidding around! So…where are you from anyways; I’ve never seen you at school or around town.” Bulla said looking at Serenity. “I’m from Venus.” Serenity said simply. “Oh that’s so cool; what’s it like there?” Bulla asked excitedly as she dragged Serenity to the kitchen to sit at the table. “It’s nice; different from here, that’s for sure. We don’t have big metal monsters that try to kill you when you just try to walk somewhere.” Serenity said making Gohan and Videl laugh a little. “That wasn’t a monster; that was a car. Cars transport humans from place to place.” Gohan explained. “But why don’t they just walk or fly?” Serenity asked confused. “Well…humans can’t fly first off and some places are just too far to walk.” Gohan explained. “Oh…I see. I thought humans could fly…” Serenity said kind of sighing. “Do your people fly?” Videl asked curiously. “Most of my people can, yes. But there are some, like me who can’t.” Serenity explained. “So you can’t fly? And you don’t have cars; so you must walk everywhere.” Bulla said hitting her hand in her fist. “No, I can’t fly; but I can teleport…kind of…sometimes. And I’m normally not allowed to leave home. I mainly roam around my home or stay in my room; it’s actually quite boring…not being able to go anywhere or do anything.” Serenity sighed. “You can teleport; that’s soo cool!” Bulla exclaimed excitedly. “What do you mean you can kind of…sometimes teleport? I didn’t think Venarian’s could teleport.” Vegeta said confused looking at her. “Oh…well I’m different. When I was little, before my mom died; she used to tell me was a special rare gem.   She used to say that because unlike others of my race I have very little power; but the powers I do have I shouldn’t. What I can do is bring people back from the dead, heal the dying, give immortality and I can teleport…kind of…sometimes. I’m not very good at that; I usually get sick and sleep for a long time…but I’ve been practicing. My cat Solar; she was worried about me coming here via teleportation because she didn’t know I had been practicing. The last time she seen me try, before all the practice; she said I slept for two weeks…so yeah.” Serenity said waving it off. “So you can bring the dead back, heal the dying and give immortality then?” Vegeta asked. “Kind of; I’m only really good at healing the dying. So what that basically means, is that I heal their wounds and keep them from dying. I’m also pretty good at giving immortality; but that just kind of happens on its own; usually when I’m around someone. Like all of you; you’re all immortal now. Bringing the dead back…well that’s really hard to do; I only have a few chances to bring a single person back. I tried at bringing my mom back, but I failed all three times. My dad, he keeps trying to get me to practice and bring back his men, but I haven’t been able to. I try and I fail and he gets really mad at me and tells me I need to practice and study more. That I was to be greater than the last Venarian who could do all the things I’m supposed to be able to do. But the last Venarian to have those abilities also had all the abilities a normal Venarian has; that I don’t…” Serenity sighed. “You don’t seem too upset…” Bulma said as she sat down. “I am in the since that I wish daddy would understand that I’ve been trying. I’m not in the since that I really don’t care to bring the dead back anymore. There’s a saying we have; it’s “the dead is better off dead.” Or was it “the dead is better left alone.” It’s one of the two, but I can’t really remember which one it was. Oh well…with my luck, if I were to bring someone back, they’d probably come back as zombies.” Serenity said closing her eyes and sighed. “Well, I think it’s up to you what you want to do or don’t want to do. Which reminds me; how would like to come to a party?” Bulma asked. “No thank you; I don’t like tea…” Serenity said getting a confused look from Bulma. “No dear, not tea, party.” Bulma tried again. “But I don’t like full tea.” Serenity said again; this time she was confused. “Woman, let me try.” Vegeta said to Bulma before speaking to Serenity, “She means shindig; do you want to come to a shindig?” Vegeta asked. “Oh, I don’t know; I’ve never been to a shindig before. My daddy used to throw them for him and his friends all the time, but I was never allowed to go; I was always in bed…well supposed to be. It’s very hard to sleep when you can hear music blasting everywhere.” Serenity said quietly. “Oh, you’d love it; come to our par…shindig and have a good time.” Bulma pleaded. “Yeah, you can hang out with me and I could actually have a girl around my own age to hang out with. Wait…just how old are you?” Bulla asked. “I just turned seventeen three weeks ago.” Serenity replied. “Just a year older than me; all the other girls are either older or younger than me by quite a few years. I think you and I are going to be great friends! We can stay up all night talking about boys and such; it’ll be so great! Don’t you think?” Bulla asked all sparkly eyed. “Uhh…I uh…I don’t really know how long I’ll be staying…I don’t know much about earth and I’m sure my dad…after he gets done yelling at me, will want me back home…” Serenity started, but was interrupted. “But I thought you and Trunks were mates and were meant to be.” Bulla said confused. “They are…” Vegeta said crossing his arms. “Don’t you like earth and us?” Bulla asked again. “Oh, earth is lovely from what I’ve seen so far. And you are all so nice, but I can’t stay here; I don’t have anywhere to stay and I don’t know how any of that works here. I barely know how it works back home on Venus…but that might have something to do with daddy not wanting to teach me anything…oh well…I guess…what can I do?” Serenity asked, more to herself, but Bulma took that as asking them. “You can stay here with us! I mean you and Trunks are soul mates and are meant to be together forever. Don’t worry about your father; if he doesn’t listen to you, Vegeta will take care of explaining everything to him. So come to my shindig and don’t worry about your dad and that Cassius guy.” Bulma explained happily. “O-ok.” Serenity stuttered out knowing she wasn’t going to win against this woman she just met; she was married to Vegeta after all. “Good…now…do you have any other outfits or is that all you have?” Bulma asked looking at Serenity who was wearing a type of dress they’d never seen before. “Where did you get that dress anyways; it’s really cute?” Bulla asked looking at her. “Oh, I don’t know. Cassius got it for me and I just put in on because I didn’t care if it got destroyed or whatever while teleporting…” Serenity said simply, not really caring. “But it’s such a pretty dress…” Bulla said admiring it. “I have other clothes; I can change. Do you want this dress; if you really want it that badly, you can have it.” Serenity said simply. “Oh my god; can I?” Bulla asked excitedly. “If you really want…” Serenity said, but quickly regretted it as Bulla pulled her to her feet and dragged her to her room. “She’s such a lovely girl.” Bulma said happily. “She’s such a confused girl.” Vegeta said annoyed. “I think she’s a very scared girl.” Trunks said simply. “You got that too huh?” Vegeta asked. “Yep.” Trunks replied. “She sure is hot though!” Goten said walking in, pissing Trunks off. “Goten…” Trunks growled. “Uh-oh! Sorry! I forgot!” Goten yelled flying out of the house, followed by Trunks. “Those boys…” Bulma and Chi-Chi sighed… “They get it from their dads…” Chi-Chi said shortly after. “Yeah…that’s true. Speaking of which…Vegeta, Goku; go get your sons!” Bulma exclaimed while Chi-Chi just gave them looks. “Yeah, yeah.” Vegeta mumbled as he took off. “We’ll be right back.” Goku said laughing as he too took off. When the girls came back out Bulla was wearing a blue skirt with a matching tube top and knee high boots. Serenity was wearing a short dress with thin straps, thigh high socks, dress shoes and a short spring jacket. “Ok we’re back!” Vegeta said as he, Goku and the boys came in. “Sorry mom; I shouldn’t have said that.” Goten said simply. “Yeah, I’m sorry too; I should’ve reacted better…wow…” Trunks said to his mother and then noticed Serenity. “It’s fine; just got get changed.” Bulma said simply. “Yes, of course.” Trunks said absentmindedly as he started walking to his room, staring at Serenity, causing her to blush, the whole time. Just then Krillin, 18, Marron, Tien, Yamcha and Piccolo showed up. “What’s the princess of Venus doing here?” Piccolo asked right away. “You know her?” Bulma asked. “Kind of. From what I understand she’s supposed to be marrying the prince of Jupiter so that their two planets would join in an alliance.” Piccolo stated. “But that’s not possible…I mean no disrespect” Serenity said slowly as she lightly bowed to Piccolo; she knew who he was. “Why is that not possible princess?” Piccolo asked as Trunks came back out. “Because Jupiter’s been destroyed; Cassius is the only one left.” Serenity said softly. “That and she’s Trunks’s mate; or she will be…they’ve connected.” Vegeta added in. “Hahaha! You truly are as foolish and naive as others have said. Sorry, I’m not trying to make fun of you princess. But, Jupiter hasn’t been destroyed. Sure, many planets have been destroyed as of late, but Jupiter still stands; its people striving. I don’t really know what you’ve been told or why you’ve been told what you’ve been told, but it’s obviously been a blatant lie.” Piccolo said to a very confused Serenity, who looked like she was going to have a panic attack. “Princess…if I may say something.” Piccolo started. “What?” Serenity asked softly. “I didn’t really know your father, but what I did know, is that he is a snake in the grass. Your mother; she was a beautiful, kind woman. You look a lot like her by the way. But your mother didn’t look at Namekians as dangerous beings that would rape their woman and children like some cultures did. If I may say something your mother told me; she told me to follow my heart and dreams. And you know what I did? I didn’t listen until it was too late and I lost a lot. However, when I did start, as much as I hate to admit it, I’ve made a lot of really good friends. Some of them very annoying, but they’re still there. Now I’m going to tell you what your mother told me; follow your hearts and dreams before it’s too late. If you’re happy here, on earth and you have a mate or whatever, then stay here. If you’re not happy back on Venus, which it seems like you’re not and you’re being lied to, then stay here. If you want to go home and be miserable, then I can’t stop you, but I think you should stay where you’re happy. I’ve known Trunks for a long time and I can tell you he’s a great guy and will treat you right.” Piccolo said that last part very clearly. “What was with that last part Piccolo?” Vegeta and Goku asked, immediately picking up on something. “It’s not my place to say. But I will say I’ve only heard what has happened and I think it’s wrong and it has something to do with Cassius.” Piccolo said simply. “So…what happened?” Bulla asked confused, but mostly everyone else picked up on it and looked directly at Serenity. Just as Bulma was going to say something Serenity’s communication device started beeping indicating that her father was contacting her. “Give me a few minutes please.” Serenity said as she went to a hallway. “Hi daddy…” Serenity started as she picked up. “Don’t “hi daddy” me! Where the hell are you? I’ll tell you where you’re not; you’re certainly not in your room getting ready to consummate your love with Cassius to give me fighting grandchildren! You had better tell me where on hell’s earth you are so I can either come get your or have Cassius come get you! We’re both worried sick; we’ve been looking for you for hours now!” Goro yelled at Serenity; so loud that everyone could hear him. They could also hear Serenity’s voice crack as she replied back to her father. “But I-I don’t love Cassius; I-I don’t even like him…” Serenity started… “Excuse me young lady! What the hell do you mean that you don’t love him or even like him?! He is your betrothed as you are his! Where the hell are you?! I’m coming to get you right now; where are you?” Goro yelled again; it was really starting to piss Trunks and Vegeta off. “It’ll take you two years to get here…” Serenity said. “Excuse me! What do you mean it’ll take me two years?” Goro asked pissed off. “It’ll take you two years to get to earth. That’s what you told Cassius and your men.” Serenity said trying to be brave against her father. “Don’t you dare tell me that you’re on earth!” Goro yelled. “Ok…I won’t tell you that I teleported to earth earlier today.” Serenity said simply. “Goro, what’s going on? Oh Serenity; you’re ok. Where are you; I’ll come get you.” Cassius said coming into view. “Don’t waste your energy; she’s on earth. What she’s doing there is beyond me, but she’s there; she teleported there! Now, little girl; tell us why you’re on earth!” Goro demanded while Cassius crossed his arms. “I came to find Mr. Vegeta and tell him what was going on; to hear his side of the story. And daddy, I was right…Mr. Vegeta and the other Saiyans didn’t attack us or any of the other planets. He lost his tail way before any of this started happening. And as for the other Saiyans; they weren’t involved either. Daddy, Mr. Vegeta is actually very nice; he has a chip or something on his shoulder, but he’s very nice. And he has a son; his name is Trunks and…” Serenity started but was interrupted by her father’s yelling. “SILENCE! Now you listen here little miss; I see that look in your eyes. The only man you are to ever talk about with that look in your eyes is Cassius! I do not care whether or not you love or even like him! He is the man I have chosen for you; you know the rules! As the last remaining member of Jupiter…” Goro started, but it was Serenity’s turn to interrupt. “That’s a lie and you know it!” Serenity cried. “Excuse me!” Both Goro and Cassius roared furious. “I know that he’s not the last survivor of Jupiter. I also know Jupiter wasn’t destroyed. A man, a Namekian told me so; he said it was just fine and its people are striving just fine as well.” Serenity said simply. “And you believe him? You know Namekians are nothing but lying rapists who can’t control their urges for little children.” Goro replied simply with a smile. “Yes, I believe him; mama would always say otherwise. She always said how kind they treated her the last time they met. As for Trunks and me…Mr. Vegeta said that we connected and that he was my true mate. And I believe him when he says he didn’t kill mama or those other planets. Daddy…you got it all wrong.” Serenity said as calmly as she could. “You just had to go and mess everything up didn’t you girl? You just had to go to earth and screw everything I had planned out the window?” Goro asked confusing Serenity. “I-I don’t follow…” Serenity said confused. “Of course you don’t you stupid girl! God, you’re just like your fucking mother; you have to get in the way of everything!   I should’ve gotten rid of you like I did your mother! Setting up those stupid Saiyans was the perfect plan! and then I was going to have the perfect grandchildren from two superior races; the Venarian princess and the Juptarian Prince. It would’ve been the perfect alliance! I let him have you, and do what he wished with you; he was going to plant his seeds in you…whether you liked it or not! And you know what he told me; do you? He told me you moved around and struggled to much! And that every time he was ready to release his seeds you pulled away and any and all of his seeds went everywhere but in you! And then you go and do something like this after all the kind and generous things we have done for you! You just had to go to earth and talk with Vegeta and a Namekian! God, you’re such a screw up; a mistake!” Goro yelled causing Serenity to fall to her knees and start to cry. “Yo-you ha-had ma-mama killed? An-and yo-you kn-knew wha-what Cas-Cassius wa- was doi-doing to me? An-and yo-you jus-just le-let hi-him?!” Serenity cried, screaming, choking on tears and snot. Vegeta had had enough by this point; he walked over to where Serenity was and grabbed the communication device and started talking to Goro. “Hey Goro! Remember me, Vegeta, prince of the Saiyans? Yeah, I’m still alive and I’m now king of the Saiyans…granted there aren’t too many of us left. I knew you couldn’t be trusted! I told Stella you couldn’t be trusted, but she trusted you anyways; said that you wouldn’t do anything to betray her trust. I knew you were a dirty king and husband and I knew you were going to do something, but I didn’t know you’d go this far! And Serenity…she’s a good kid. I don’t even know her and I can tell she’s a good kid! And my kid, Trunks; he’s probably way better and stronger than your Cassius douche! My race is far superior then any Juptarian I’ve ever known! As for Venarians…they used to be more superior then my race…but then you took over; you made them weaker than Saiyans. Oh…and going back to Trunks; he is Serenity’s true mate and she’s his! They connected and you know damn well that that’s law and can’t be broken. So you and Cassius can fuck off! I suppose we’ll see you in two years and we’ll be ready! Goodbye and have a nice day!” Vegeta yelled as he turned the communicator off. “Girl, do you have anyone you contact aside from your dad?” Vegeta asked looking at a very shocked Serenity. “N-no. Wh-why d-do yo-you as-ask?” Serenity stuttered out. “No reason; although, you won’t be needing this anymore.” Vegeta said as he destroyed the communicator. “Vegeta! What did you go and do that for? He may have been an ass, but he’s still her father! Look at her; she’s very upset!” Bulma yelled furious at her husband. “Woman, she don’t need a father like him in her life! If he’s going to treat her like that! I understand my father may have been a major ass, but he would never let me rape anyone or anyone rape me just because he wanted the perfect grandchildren! My father also would never have my mother killed! That man had her mother killed and let some guy rape her! You tell me; do you think that that’s right in any way, shape or form?” Vegeta asked annoyed. “No…but you didn’t have to be so harsh and destroy that thing!” Bulma shot back. “If I hadn’t he would’ve kept calling and harassing her. I get she’s stressed out already; but having him calling and harassing her would just make it worse for her! And again, she doesn’t need any of that or either of them! Besides…she has us now anyways. We’re not here to replace her parents in any way, shape or form, but we’ll be here for her and Trunks. Speaking of which…Boy, get over here and comfort your woman! You come with me and let’s get your party ready and all that shit.” Vegeta yelled to Trunks as he dragged Bulma away… ***** Chapter 4 ***** So Trunks came over to Serenity right away and knelt down in front of her. She was crying by the time he got over there. “Serenity, it’s Trunks; its ok, everything’s going be ok. I’m right here…” Trunks said trying to sooth her. When he reached out to touch her gently, Serenity jerked away. “Serenity…I’m not going to hurt you; I promise.” Trunks said softly; and that’s when he noticed a bruise on her shoulder. After a few seconds she looked up with tears in her eyes and looked at Trunks with blurred vision. “You have a bruise…what happened?” Trunks asked concerned. “I-its noth-nothing…” Serenity said simply. “Don’t lie to me; I know it’s not nothing.” Trunks said looking at her as she wiped away her tears. “Cas-Cassius…but its fine; I’m used to it. It happens every time…or if I misbehave; then daddy takes care of business…” Serenity said softly as her voice cracked. “He does that while he’s raping you? That’s not ok. Rape and hurting someone is not ok. I don’t care if you’re used to it or not; it’s not ok.” Trunks said firmly. “What’s rape; I don’t understand.” Serenity said confused. “You don’t know what rape is?” Goten asked shocked as he listened in. “Go away!” Trunks yelled throwing his shoe at him. “Rape doesn’t exist on Jupiter, Mars, Uranus or Venus. To them, women are property that men can do whatever they want to them. And normally women just go along with whatever the rules are.” Piccolo explained as he came to get Goten and drag him away. “I still don’t understand…” Serenity said quietly. “Rape is…rape is when a person, guy or girl, force another person, normally a girl, but also men, into having sex. I thought you knew because when you were talking to your dad it seemed like sex was supposed to be consensual.” Trunks said looking at her. “What’s consensual?” Serenity asked confused. “Consensual means permission. Like, in your case, with Cassius, you didn’t give permission; you did not consent to having sex. Do you understand now?” Trunks asked. “I think so…rape is bad. But we don’t call it that in Venus. I just know that forcing someone into having sex is wrong. But I couldn’t tell daddy because he chose Cassius for me; Cassius could never do wrong. He wouldn’t have believed me if I had told him…but I guess I was wrong; because he knew and he didn’t care.” Serenity said as she looked down with a new batch of tears. “Hey, it’s ok now; everything is going to be ok. You’re here now and away from them; you’re safe.” Trunks said softly as he looked at her; he so wanted to touch and hold her, but he was afraid he was going to scare her away…or hurt her. “Thank you…” Serenity said softly and then held her shoulder. “Does that hurt?” Trunks asked concerned. “A lot of them hurt…Cassius keeps trying to get me pregnant…but I always struggled to make sure he couldn’t. I would get in trouble every time afterwards…yesterday was no different…” Serenity said sighing, but then tried to put on a brave smile; it was fake as hell. “You don’t have to do that…pretend that you’re happy or ok with any of this.” Trunks said simply. “I’m not happy…I just smile because…because…” Serenity just started bawling as she latched onto Trunks. He didn’t really know what to do other than to try to comfort her; “It’s ok; everything’s going to be ok. Would it be ok if I held you?” Trunks asked. Serenity didn’t say anything; she just cried and nodded her head. Trunks smiled as he put his arms around her and pulled her up to him and began rubbing her back. “Trunks?” Serenity asked looking up into his eye and both had their breaths taken away again. “Yes, what is it?” Trunks asked rubbing the side of her face, rubbing the tears away. “I…” Serenity started and then pulled away, looked down and blushed. “What is it?” Trunks asked again, this time a bit disappointed. “I-I’ve never felt this way before…” Serenity said softly while holding her hand at her chest, still blushing. “I know how you feel. I’ve dated other girls before…but it’s never felt like this before. But that’s what connecting does-it connects us with the one we’re meant to be with. And with us…because we’re both immortal, it’s meant to be forever.” Trunks said as he gently took her hand, “its called love.” Trunks finished causing her to look directly at him again. “Wi-will that happen every time?” Serenity asked as their breath was taken away again. “I don’t know…but I have a very important question for you.” Trunks said while resting his hand on her cheek. “What is it?” Serenity asked curious. “Can I kiss you?” Trunks asked. “What? What’s a kiss?” Serenity asked. “So you must call it something different…how do I explain this?” Trunks asked trying to figure something out. Vegeta was standing there smacking his head with his hand. “Hehehe…I’m just kidding Trunks; I know what kissing is. ~_~ But asides from the little kisses on my forehead from my mom, I’ve never been kissed before.” Serenity said with a small smile. “Cassius never tried to kiss you?” Trunks asked kind of shocked. “No…he doesn’t believe in kissing except at the marriage ceremony.” Serenity said softly. “Then can I be your first…and only?” Trunks asked making her look at him. Serenity just blushed, but nodded her head in approval. “Asking a girl for her permission…just to kiss her…” Vegeta grumbled in the next room… “I think it’s sweet; we’ve raised such a good boy.” Bulma said with stars in her eyes as she got her camera. Trunks smiled as he leaned down and gently pulled her chin up as he gently captured her lips with his. She didn’t know what to do; so she just let him take control as he gently moved her arms around his shoulders while he put his hands on her waist. “Ahhh! So adorable!” Bulma and Bulla squealed causing the two to break apart…blushing. “Mother…Bulla…” Trunks growled in annoyance while Serenity sat there touching her lips. “She’s so damn adorable!” Bulma cried as she ran over to them and just started hugging, ehem…squeezing the life out of Serenity. “Mom…Mom!” Trunks exclaimed. “What?” Bulma asked oblivious to the fact that Serenity couldn’t breathe…and that she was unintentionally hurting her. “You need to let her go…or at least loosen your grip; she can’t breathe.” Trunks said as calmly as he could. “Oh, sorry; I just got really excited! My baby boy has finally found his soul mate!” Bulma exclaimed with excitement as she embarrassed Trunks. “Mom…” Trunks sighed putting his face in his hands. By the time he looked up Bulma had dragged Serenity away. “Ok, Serenity this is Krillin, 18, Marron, Tien, Yamcha, Pan, and Master Roshi. You’ve already met the others. Everyone, this is Serenity, Trunks’s mate!” Bulma exclaimed excitedly hugging Serenity again. Throughout the day and night Serenity got to know everyone and everyone her; Trunks kept a close eye on her and didn’t stray far from her. Also throughout the night it became very clear to almost everyone just how much pain Serenity was actually, that she was trying to hide; she kept on rubbing her shoulders, neck, back, stomach and hips. Somewhere around sunset Bulma started hugging Serenity again and that’s when Trunks noticed that Serenity started staring off into the sky. He didn’t think nothing of it because earlier in the night she had said it was really different then from where she was from; but then she tilted her head to the side. After that it all went to hell in a handbasket… “No! Bulma look out!” Serenity screamed, pushing Bulma away from her and in not even three seconds something hit Serenity in the back and went straight through. Before she could hit the ground something wrapped around her waist and pulled her into the sky. “She saved me…” Bulma said in shock as Vegeta ran to her. “Serenity!” Trunks screamed flying to her, Vegeta and the others right behind him. “My, my, my; what a bad princess you’ve been.” A guy said as he got a hold of Serenity. “Who are you and what do you want?” Goku asked once they got to them. “What are you?” Vegeta demanded. “Give her back!” Trunks yelled in rage. “Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. Such roughness; she’s coming with me. Her father and proper mate are real worried about her.” This guy said wagging his finger. “So you’re from Venus then…or Jupiter. Trunks, no! If you attack him now the girl will be hurt; think about her! I thought it would take two years to get here! So…you must’ve teleported here, which means you’re not from Venus. So that begs the question…what are you and where are you from?” Vegeta demanded. “Well…since you asked so nicely I’ll tell you; my name is Vio and I’m from Mars. You are Vegeta, new leader of the Saiyans; the race that I helped frame for destroying planets, including mine and killing his wife…Truth is…I was going to kill Stella anyways; I wanted the princess for myself, but Goro made me a better deal. But I’ll never say what it was! Also, in the state she’s in now; Cassius will be able to impregnate her easier. And yes, old hag; Princess did save you. you’re a mere human; the orb that I shot through her only paralyzed her for a few hours, but it would’ve killed you; ” This guy, Vio said with a grin pissing off both Trunks and Vegeta…and Bulma. “OLD HAG?! You take that back!” Bulma yelled as she started throwing shit. “HA! Pathetic humans; you’ll never reach me if you throw so weakly like that.” Vio laughed. ‘Trunks…’ Vegeta spoke telepathically to Trunks. ‘What?’ Trunks asked back antsy as fuck. ‘Get ready to catch her and get her away from here; take her to your room or something.’ Vegeta said simply. ‘Ok…’ Trunks said confused…until his mom came out with a potato launcher. “Call me a pathetic old human hag will you?!” Bulma screamed launching potatoes at Vio. Not knowing what to do and getting confused Piccolo attacked Vio from behind making him drop Serenity. Trunks got to her in just a few seconds and teleported her to his room where he laid her on the bed and made sure their auras couldn’t be detected. “Serenity…you saved my mother…I’m sorry I couldn’t save you from this…” Trunks said as he held her hand. ‘I wish I knew if he was a telepath…’ Serenity thought taking a deep breath. “You can speak telepathically?” Trunks asked Serenity shocked. ‘You can hear me?’ Serenity asked. “Yes, I can…are you ok?” Trunks asked. ‘I don’t know; my body feels numb and hurts all at the same time.’ Serenity said softly. “I’m so sorry; I couldn’t protect you.” Trunks said to her. ‘It’s fine…you didn’t know; I didn’t even know. I wasn’t sure I was seeing right. Vio, he’s one of Cassius’s friends; I didn’t know he could teleport. To be honest; I thought he was from Mercury. This isn’t your fault. And I like your mother. She’s crazy…but she reminds me of my mother; same personality. As much as they hurt I really like the hugs; I miss that so much about my own mom. I didn’t want to see another mother figure I really like die again. I didn’t want you and your sister to lose your mother like I did. Actually, I like your entire family…even Mr. Vegeta.’ Serenity said softly. “You are defiantly the best thing to ever happen to me; I love you Serenity.” Trunks said as he moved some hair from her face. ‘I love you too. I’d ask you to kiss me, but I don’t know if you’ll get paralyzed as well.’ Serenity said softly. “It’d be worth it.” Trunks said leaning down to kiss Serenity while holding hand. After a few seconds he pulled away and smiled at her. “Must be the Saiyan in me.” Trunks said smiling. ‘Must be. Trunks?’ Serenity asked. “Yes, what is it love?” Trunks asked. ‘Would it be ok if I went to sleep for awhile? I’m really tired.’ Serenity said softly. “Yeah, that’s perfectly fine. Sleep; I’ll be right back. I’m going to see if they need me.” Trunks said simply before kissing her softly as she closed her eyes and fell asleep. Before he left, Trunks made sure to put a barrier up around her so that she would be safe while he was out. When he got back outside they were still fighting Vio; he kept teleporting from place to place avoiding each Solar Flare, each Kamehameha Wave, each Distructo Disk and each Ki Blast. Vio had managed to hit Piccolo cutting off his hand, but that literally just grew back. As he watched the fight happen, Trunks got an idea. ‘Can you keep in preoccupied?’ Trunks asked his father telepathically. ‘Yeah. You got a plan boy?’ Vegeta asked. ‘Yeah.’ Trunks replied back. “Everyone attack at once!” Vegeta commanded to everyone. Goku, Gohan and Goten used the Kamehameha Wave. Vegeta used his Gatling Gun. Piccolo, Krillin and Yamcha used Ki Blast. Tien used Solar Flare. Android 18 used a Distructo Disk. Using his teleporting ability Vio avoided each and every attack; he however, couldn’t avoid Trunks and his energy sword. “If you’re listening Goro and or Cassius; Serenity is mine! You can’t have her!” Trunks yelled slicing through Vio and then his communication device. “Great…another mess to clean up…” Bulma grumbled. “Relax woman; we’ll clean it.” Vegeta said looking at Goku and the others. “Yeah, mom; we’ll take care of it…” Trunks sighed looking around. “Not you! You go back to Serenity and take care of her. How is she doing by the way?” Bulma asked concerned. “She says she’s ok; says her body hurts and feels numb at the same time. She’s sleeping currently. Not a whole lot she can do being paralyzed. Oh and mom; you don’t have to worry about her not liking you. Apparently she really likes you and views you like her mother; says you remind her of her. Surprisingly she likes all of you, mom, Bulla and even dad.” Trunks said getting starry eyed Bulma and Bulla; Vegeta just smirked. “What’s not to like about us?” Vegeta asked cockily. “Sometimes I wonder… Anyways, she had a bag of stuff when she got here; does anyone know where it went to?” Trunks asked. “Yeah…it’s in my room. She said she had a lot of dresses that Cassius got her that I could look at; they were all really cute. She let me have them all! But then we had to get changed for mom’s party so I told her she could leave her bag in my room until later.” Bulla said simply. “Ok, well can we go get it please? And mom…could you help me change Serenity so she’s in something a little more comfy?” Trunks asked. “I’d love to!” Bulma cried excitedly as they went inside. Fifteen_Minutes_Later: “What the hell? What are pajamas and what are not?” Trunks asked annoyed searching through Serenity’s bag. “Trunks, why don’t you just put her in one of your larger shirts?” Bulma suggested. “Why didn’t I think of that?” Trunks asked as he went to get one of his shirts. The shirt he had found he was sure would fit her just fine. “Ok…let’s get this jacket off of her.” Bulma said as Trunks gently lifted Serenity up so that Bulma could get the jacket off. “Oh you poor thing…no wonder you were so uncomfortable tonight.” Bulma said noticing all the bruises; they were all over her upper arms, shoulders and chest. Her dress was actually pretty low cut; that’s why she was wearing a jacket. The dress had a zipper on the back, so Bulma unzipped that next so they could remove that. The dress was trickier to remove as they had to figure out how to get her up more. But they got it off and Bulma got more shock while Trunks got angrier; Serenity had bruises all over her back, breasts, stomach, hips and thighs. “And she thought this was normal and ok; this is not normal or ok!” Trunks growled pissed off. “Trunks…please, turn around so I can get her bra off so I can get the shirt on. That’s why you asked me in here right; so you don’t make her uncomfortable?” Bulma asked. Trunks didn’t say anything; he just turned around and fumed. “Ok…all done.” Bulma said laying Serenity back down and covering her up while Trunks walked back over. “…Thanks mom…” Trunks said sighing as he gave Bulma a hug…shocking her; he hadn’t hugged her like this in forever. “Anytime Trunks, anytime; I love you and I love Serenity as well. I’m glad you found each other.” Bulma said hugging Trunks back with tears in her eyes. “I love you too.” Trunks said simply as they let go. “Well, I’m going to head out and see how everyone’s doing.” Bulma said as she headed out, shutting the door behind her before Trunks could say anything. Trunks just sighed before climbing into his bed, pulling Serenity to him as he fell asleep for the night. Outside: “How is she?” Vegeta asked as Bulma came out; he heard her before Bulla even seen or heard her. “Where is everyone?” Bulma asked looking around. “They all went home. Said to tell you it was a great night and they would see us around.” Bulla said simply. “Woman…how is the boy and his girl?” Vegeta asked again. “Yeah mom…how are they?” Bulla asked. “They’re both asleep now…” Bulma said simply. “What’s going on?” Bulla asked. “That poor girl…she has bruises everywhere.” Bulma said sadly. “She said that was normal. I asked her about it earlier; she said that that’s how that Cassius guy is; it’s how it’s supposed to be. Was that not true?” Bulla asked looking at her parents. “Not here, it’s not.” Bulma said simply. “It’s not there either. Unless her father changed something to make it that way; when her mother was alive it sure as hell wasn’t.” Vegeta said simply. “She’s in so much pain…but because she’s paralyzed she’s numb as well.” Bulma said sadly. “That’s a horrible feeling. I know; I’ve felt it before. I’m going to bed…” Vegeta said simply as he went to bed. Bulma and Bulla just shrugged at each other before heading to bed themselves… Please drop_by_the_archive_and_comment to let the author know if you enjoyed their work!