Vegeta\'s Romance

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\"Damn you woman!\" Vegeta hollered after Stephanie as she left him in his room. \"How dare you treat me with such insolence!\" It wasn\'t much of Stephanie\'s concern what he went on about, yelling at her whenever he was unhappy. But she did feel a little bad for rejecting him. Sure, Vegeta was cute, even intelligent; but what an immature brat he was. Definitely not her type. Stephanie walked dutifully towards the control room of the ship to find Freiza. She walked into the control room to find Freiza lounging on a large chair, staring into space with his typical ugly smile. Waiting for his recognition, Stephanie also opens her gaze to a clear view of the stars. \"Ah! Stephanie.\" Freiza turns the chair to face her. \"We will be arriving in the proximity of the planet Mirfa shortly. Its inhabitants annoy me to no end. I\'ll destroy them in due time, but first take the others with you and shake them up a bit. Ahaa Ahaa ha ah haaaa!\" He becomes stern.

\"But as soon as I contact you get back to the ship. You have a lot of work to do! Go now!\" \"Yes Frieza.\" Stephanie replys, and leaves him. She figured its best to go tell Nappa and Raditz first. Raditz and Nappa are drinking and talking about their combative exploits of last week. She\'ve entered a densely populated galaxy; and her work has been basically continuous for the last little while. Before Stephanie can say anything, Raditz grabs her by the armor and pulls her into his lap. \"Cmere, Stephanie.\" He breathes. Stephanie trys to pull away, but his grip is tight. Sometimes Raditz bothers her, but hes never touched her. And he knows that Vegeta has become interested in her. Nappa laughs at Raditz, who is obviously angered by her reaction. \"You\'ve grown weak Stephanie! I can tell youre in love with Vegeta now!\" Stephanie backed up, --What is going on is he trying to compete with Prince Vegeta..?Raditz gets up and his chair falls over. No,-- she tells herself. He just drank too much, I wont have to fight him--. Nappa stares intently at Stephanie and Raditz to see what will happen next.


Stephanie tried to avoid conflict, but he looked like he didnt think it was over. Now Raditz grabs her and accuses Stephanie menacingly, \"I can tell you like attention you child! You want Vegeta now, dont you?!\" Raditz advances and Stephanie slaps him across the face. He squeezes her chin with his fingers. \"Its been years on this ship... I\'m interested in some fun until I find a more attractive female!\" He laughs at Stephanie and she punches him in the stomach warningly. \"OOFh! Grrrr\" Raditz slams her shoulders against the wall. \"I should KILL you for refusing me you ungrateful woman! but I\'ll give you a chance to think it over.\" With that he goes over to Nappa and starts to fight with him.

\"AND WHAT ARE YOU LAUGHING AT IDIOT??\" Stephanie slumps against the wall. Sure, you Saiyans fight often. But you\'ve never been treated like Raditz just did. When Vegeta lets Stephanie know he\'s interested he says something like he thinks she wants to eat with him or take a shower with him. Once Stephanie regains her composure, she remembers she was there to tell Nappa and Raditz that Freiza wants them ready soon. But Nappa and Raditz are silent, both passed out on the floor. Before leaving, Stephanie checks their bottles of liquor, confirming that they drank WAY too much even for huge Saiyans like them. \'It was the drink talking. Males are such fools.\' She tells herself. Stephanie takes her time walking down the hall to Vegeta\'s room. She brushes her hair back with her fingers, and it straightens as perfectly as it was when she was born.

When Stephanie reaches Vegeta\'s room she braces herself. The door opens and Vegeta stands there with his childish smirk and his arms folded. \"Ready to go woman?\" He asks. Stephanie\'s surprised, but relieved that she can get the mission over with and not have Vegeta\'s moodiness hanging over her head. \'Here he is again, the overconfident Vegeta I know.\' Seeing him like that, Stephanie can\'t help but think that everything will go back to normal.

In the west corner of the city (Stephanie came from south-east) she finds the largest temple yet. Many Mirfans have gathered there and are attempting to seal the doors. The temples are really very beautiful, particularly this large one. Such lowly creatures are not worthy of this beauty, she decides. Stephanie walks slowly down the center of an open room, observing paintings and carvings in the wall. Elaborate architectural designs adorn the wide ceiling. All around her there are Aliens. They sit on the floor, trembling at the sight of her. A beautiful boy with flowing hair stands up. Stephanie eyes him suspiciously; he looks important. \'I challenge you, enemy.\' He says with little malice.

Stephanie snorts with laughter. \'You would dare to challenge me?\' He nods. \'I do. But I request that you control yourself at least not to destroy this temple. You may do your worst to me. Please fight me on these terms!\' He insists. He bows to Stephanie and she frowns. Interestingly, her eyepiece is detecting a rise in his power level. The people all around Stephanie are murmuring now. \'SHUT UP PESTS!\' Stephanie demands of them. Stephanie\'s starting to feel uneasy, as if they are keeping a secret from her. The frustration they incite makes Stephanie want to kill this boy. His power level settles at 2000 according to her eyepiece. Her own is 2200.

This could potentially be a good fight. After Stephanie kills him, she\'ll kill all the people and destroy their temple anyway. \'Alright.\' Stephanie agrees finally, looking around. Her new opponent is the only being in the temple whose power level remotely rivals hers. Many of them have their eyes closed and appear to be praying. The Mirfans move back and create a circular ring for the two of them. Stephanie watches her opponent, realizing that she has a challenge ahead of her. If he is extremely skilled, fighting without ki could give Stephanie a disadvantage. But the doubt leaves her mind. \'Ready?\' He asks. His eyes flash red under his flowing hair. Without hesitation, he powers up and charges towards her!

Stephanie evades the Mirfan\'s first attack, but he stops right on the spot and throws a roundhouse kick at her head. He uses a close contact hand combination, slightly impaired by Stephanie\'s first move, but albeit difficult for her to manage. One strike hits Stephanie in the chest and she falls on her back, losing control of him. Stephanie immediately slides towards him and tangles her legs with his feet, tripping him. As soon as he is on the floor Stephanie untangles one leg and bashes the back of his head with her ankle so that his face connects with the floor. He pushes himself up on his hands and knees, blood drips down his face. His eyes turn towards Stephanie\'s for a moment, flashing with red light

- NOW he looks angry. He dives at her, forcing Stephanie onto her back. One arm wraps around her neck and begins to choke her. His other arm twists her left arm unnaturally, trying to work it out of its socket. Stephanie\'s air starts to run out and she can feel pressure building in her face. Stephanie shifts her hips and tucks in her knees, with both legs she kicks him off of herself. Stephanie springs to her feet and gasps for breath. As soon as she recovers a breath she takes the offensive. The Mirfan grabs Stephanie\'s arm and throws her down beside him. Stephanie gets up and jump kick\'s his face. That\'s it, she tells herself. That\'s where Stephanie needs to get the shots in. He winces, blood spatters on the floor. He wipes in from his face with his sleeve. Blocking Stephanie\'s next attack, he manages to strike her stomach - but not nearly as hard as he hit her before. Stephanie recovers from the blow easily, then attacks him again.

He glances her off and counters, striking her face. Stephanie\'s set a little off balance but her direct offensive is not hindering her. His punches feel weak against Stephanie\'s flesh, and her attacks are quickly wearing him out. Stephanie throws a vital kick to his side. And when she regains her balance, she hits him square in the face. Stephanie\'s gloves are covered in dark-red. The visor suddenly reveals that his power level is dropping rapidly. He staggers backwards. Stephanie side kick\'s his neck and he passes out. Stephanie walks to him. A final strike of her fist breaks his torso. She stands above her opponent triumphantly. He is dead.

Stephanie stands victorious in the midst of mourning. \"Our Prince! It cannot be!\" Someone wails. Stephanie picks up his body by the shirt. \"Prince...\" She mumbles. \"heh.\" Stephanie tosses his bloody figure into the crowd. Cries and gasps break out. Some try to catch him. They rip their garments to make bandages and try to stop the bleeding. \"Your Prince is dead.\" She tells them. \"Why dont you at least treat him like a warrior...\" Some people begin to cry. This annoys Stephanie, and she shouts at them, \'\'Why do you not run!? Arent you afraid of me?!\'\' As Stephanie speaks, an old man comes forward on his hands and knees and prostrates himself before her. His beard rests on the floor, dark skin shimmers in the dim light. \"You have destroyed our hope, Saiyan.\" He breathes, barely above a whisper.

There is despair in his voice, but no lack of pride. \"You know what I am?\" Stephanie smirks,\"Then you KNOW, I will kill you ALL!\" No one screams. \"No.\" He lifts his head, still on his hands and knees. But something is strange. His eyes have the same red gleam as that Prince. Again, the uneasiness tears at Stephanie\'s confidence. He is not scared of her. Stephanie feels threatened. She starts to panic internally. It isn\'t showing, but it will if it can\'t be controlled. The room seems thick with her own sweat. Stephanie\'s head spins. \'It doesn\'t make sense,\' she tells herself. \'The fight was easy! Even though the prince had a high power level he didn\'t use the extent of his power... why do I feel this way?\' Energy seeps out of Stephanie, declining like the Prince\'s power level. Her muscles twitch as if they are overworked.

\'Could it be..?\' A woman rushes forward and grabs the old mans robes. \"Dont elder! Please!\" She begs. \"We are doomed anyway,\" He whispers to her. \"I have seen it.\" He shakes her off and speaks to Stephanie. \"Saiyan your threats are empty in this moment. Why do you stall? Why do you prolong our existence?\" Stephanie grabs the collar of his robe and shakes him. \"I want to know why that brat had such a high power level!!! Your precious prince was no warrior, was he!?\" The old man watches Stephanie calmly and then closes his eyes sadly. Faint red light engulfs his body... and then hers. \"What are you doing!?\" Stephanie demands. Fear ensues, breaking the strength of her voice... then Stephanie feels her voice leave her. Stephanie sinks to her knees. For an instant Stephanie sees the sky. Vegeta is standing there ready to fight another Saiyan who she doesn\'t know. The redness fades around Stephanie into white everywhere... A sense of peace comes over her....

The white fog moves through Stephanie\'s hair lethargically, she feels dazed and tired. The hunger for blood is gone. All she sees is endless white. Stephanie\'s thoughts are choked out by it. Slowly, the white is overcome with red and Stephanie is back in the temple. The old man kneels in front of her in a meditative state, fingertips resting on her chin. Stephanie dislikes his touch, but it is as if she doesn\'t care to do anything about it... and furthermore, Stephanie can\'t bring herself to. Her body sways to the side, tingling all over.

Instead of being angry, she is hurt to be overwhelmed like this. \"Still a child.\" He whispers, eyes closed. Stephanie regains a little feeling and batts once at his hands. He draws them back. \"A monster child is what you are. You will still become a monster adult... but there is greater evil than you.\" Stephanie still cannot speak, but her mind is regaining it\'s grasp on reality. Her limbs continue to tingle numbly. \"Saiyan warrior. Long have you plagued our kind.\" The old man opens his gleaming eyes and looks straight into Stephanie. \"Long in histories unknown to you. Fate has yet to decide the outcome of your struggle. In the meantime, you will see what fate -has- decided.\" After his last word he gasps. He coughs, blood begins to flow from his mouth. \"Enough!\" Stephanie said hoarsely. Stephanie regained her movement.

Her fingers have pierced his flesh, now wrist deep to his skin. Stephanie pulls her hand out and stumbles to her feet. The man drops over. \"AAAAARRRGHHHHHH!!!!!\" Stephanie screams, gathering an enourmous ammount of ki. The aliens cower in absolute terror. She looks up at the ball of energy in her hands before it explodes all around her, destroying all the lives within the temple instantaneously, all save hers. Her most powerul attack. Bajiru burst. Now, Stephanie staggaers around amongst the ruins she has created. \"Impressive!\" Says a voice in her ear. \"I saw the blast from here, and I\'ve already traveled to another major city!\" The ruins beyond Stephanie stretch as far as she can see. Bodies are strewn everywhere, faces unidentifiable. Vegeta senses that there is something wrong from Stephanie\'s silence. \"What is it..??\" Stephanie\'s lips open slightly... \"Vegeta...\" she manages before she blacks out.

Vegeta immediately flies back to the previous city where he left Stephanie. In the air he recieves an angry transmission from Freiza: \"I SAW that blast!! You two are having too much fun! Get back here!\" -Such a whiny imbecile...- thinks Vegeta. -Always has to have his way. He sounds like a two year old. Someday I will kill him, and then I wont have to listen to his irritating voice... but for now... curses. What is she doing??- Vegeta finds the city and flies in the direction of Stephanie\'s resting ki. \"Heh. She really did a number on this place!

I wonder why she had to bother.\" He says out loud. In the visible center of the preceding inferno he finds Stephanie, and lands beside her. He observes the explosion site for a few moments. -No survivors.- Then, he picks Stephanie up, holding her legs at the back of her knees with one arm. The other arm is around her shoulders. He carries Stephanie in the air back to where they landed with their spacepods - luckily beyond the edge of the Bajiru Burst radius. Pressing a few buttons, Vegeta sends Stephanie\'s spacepod back to the ship. He decides to take her with him instead of travelling separately because he\'s afraid she\'ll die on him. During the fligt he watches her face.

Stephanie\'s expressions are pained. While she sleeps, he says to her, \"Hang on Stephanie.\" Vegeta says nothing for the remainder of the trip, but he keeps his eyes on Stephanie. The spacepod connects with Freiza\'s ship. Vegeta steps out and carries Stephanie to a healing chamber. He closes her in and leaves without looking back. Meanwhile, back in Mirfa\'s atmosphere, Freiza sends a final blast at the planet, his laughter echoing in his own ears.

Stephanie\'s eyes open in liquid. The rejuvenation chamber drains and she steps out. Nappa and Raditz are waiting there, eating breakfast. This seems very strange to Stephanie. Her clothes are torn from the power of her final attack, but it doesn\'t matter. Battle damage is always presentable to Saiyans. \"We heard you blew yourself up!\" Says Nappa. \"Freiza sent us here to keep an eye on you.\" Stephanie\'s confused.

\"What! How come? Is something wrong with me?\" Nappa gives her a strange look. \"Well no one saw what happened, so we don\'t know why you used such a powerful attack in violation of Freiza\'s orders.\" -I see,- Stephanie thinks.They need an explanation- \"It\'s a long story...\" The way Stephanie answered the last question affects the length of the description she gives them - whether Stephanie wishes to tell all, or save some of the details to puzzle over them herself. \"It sounds like you had a good fight!\" Says Nappa. He\'s partly right... \"Yeah! Strongest Alien being I\'ve met in a month. But he wasn\'t that great. Just a warm up act. I guess I should have killed that old man right away... damn. I don\'t know what he did to me.\" All possible answers point to one question: \"Who put me in the rejuvenation chamber?\" You ask.

\"Vegeta,\" Raditz snarls his first word. Stephanie looks at him, trying to block out his past actions... \"Hey Raditz. Glad to see you recovered from your hangover.\" Raditz Hmphs. \"Speaking of which, I feel great!\" Stephanie says. And it\'s true. It\'s been a long time since she felt so rested and her mind was so clear. \"Anyway,\" Raditz speaks, but avoids eye-contact with Stephanie. \"We\'ve stopped to refuel and restock on food. Freiza wants us to meet with him when we are finished.\" Raditz leaves. Stephanie walks over and sits down beside Nappa, picking up some of the food that he has with him. She\'s extremely hungy.

After satisfying her Saiyan-sized appetite, Nappa leaves. \"Don\'t bother to help us today. You took care of the last mission.\" He says on his way out. -Is everybody gone now?- Stephanie wonders. -No, Vegeta\'s ki is still here.- Things are looking pretty good overall. Raditz is mostly back to normal, the Saiyan Prince favours Stephanie, her stomach is full, and she had her best fight in weeks yesterday. Stephanie\'s starting to feel sleepy....So she decides to go take a nap! On the way to her room she starts to get dizzy, and steadily dizzier. Stephanie\'s head reels, and her temples pulse pain dully into her head. Stephanie leans against a wall for support... and her vision goes white. Familiar red light surrounds Stephanie, then a picture fades into view - There stands Vegeta and another Saiyan. - Who is he??? - Stephanie can\'t remember, but she\'s sure she has seen this before in the temple. The scene fades out into white again. The gravity is random, pulling Stephanie in all directions, and she can\'t stand on her feet! Stephanie loses control and begins to fall through the endless white fog...

Two arms circle her torso. Stephanie\'s legs and arms are limp and she\'s being held up. Freiza\'s ship slowly materializes around her. Vegeta is the one holding her. He had caught Stephanie just before she fell. \"What\'s the matter with you, girl!?\" Stephanie feels his breath on the back of her neck. He doesn\'t seem to expect an answer, he just drags Stephanie down the hall to her room and puts her on her bed. Stephanie lays there quietly wondering what to do. Vegeta sits on the foot of her bed, looking away from her. After some time Stephanie manages a \'thank you\'. \"For what?\" Vegeta says sharply. Stephanie shrugs to herself. \"You brought me back from Mirfa.\" \"Hmph.\"

Something inside Stephanie makes her want to look into the eyes of the Saiyan Prince. For the first time she understood that something has forever changed within her since yesterday. Maybe things will be different from now on. Stephanie can\'t bring herself to look directly at Vegeta. \"Tell me what happened on Mirfa.\" Vegeta cuts in on her thoughts. Stephanie feels uncomfortable about this question. Not because she\'s embarrassed or anything, but because what happened is strangely personal and Stephanie\'s afraid to open up to Vegeta. Vegeta reads her thoughts. \"Come on woman. I\'m not asking you to cry on my lap. I want to know what happened. The planet we visited yesterday - it\'s inhabitants are from a race called Saskols. They are called Mirfans because of the name of their planet.

The Saskols are spread wide throughout this galaxy. I remember reading about the Saskols. They are more formidable than I thought from seeing those pathetic Mirfans.\" \"You might be surprised, but the Saskols have actually gone to war with Saiyans! They tried to stop us from taking over their planets. Though there are many more Saskols that Saiyans (they have at least 500 planets), the Saskols have always lost to the Saiyans. However... Sometimes the Saskols were able to produce a single warrior with enough power to defeat the strongest Saiyan.\"

He stops for a moment, a flash of anger lights his eyes. \"Enough power to defeat even Freiza!\" Stephanie shakes her head. \"That can\'t be. If that were true, they would have won more wars!\" Vegeta looks thoughtful. \"I\'m getting to that. You see, these single warriors only experiance a rise in power for a duration long enough for a single match. And during that time the rest of the army was incapacitated!\" And then it hits her. \"That\'s it!\" Stephanie cryed. \"I understand now!\" Vegeta looks surprised.

\"What is it?\" Vegeta inquires. \"Tell me.\" Stephanie starts from the beginning, telling him about how she came to the large temple, the people inside, and the details of her fight with the Prince. \"I thought they were praying. But they were really meditating - transferring their power to the Prince somehow.

That\'s why it rose so quickly when he challenged me, and fell so fast when they could see the fight was over.That\'s why the Saskols can sustain one strong warrior at a time. They channel their power through one another. I could tell he wasn\'t really a fighter. He had no stamina. He even had some skill, but not enough to make up for it.\" Vegeta considers this carefully. \"Sure, that makes sense. But it doesn\'t explain what is happening to you right now.\" Stephanie\'s heart lurches. Vegeta looks directly at her, piercing her with his gaze. He looks different than before - he\'s changing slowly. His eyes are still prideful and angry, but Stephanie sees something else: maturity, responsibility. \"Why did you waste so much energy on that Mirfan..?\" Vegeta asks. \"I\'ve never known you to show off like that. Even so..\" He carries on. \"You said you finished that warrior with no problem.

That would cause you to use such a powerful attack?\" Stephanie looks at her sheets. \"After I killed the prince something else happened. An old man came forward. I should have killed him right away.\" \"saskols have eben longer lives than Saiyans\" Offers Vegeta. \"He was probably very skilled at their form of meditation. If they can channel power, perhaps they can draw it out as well.\" Stephanie recalled those particular events as if they were a dream. \"He.... no, I grabbed him threatened him. I really wanted to kill him. And then this light came from him. Like ki - but soft.

The same light that I saw in his eyes and the eyes of the Prince. It consumed my vision, and the control I had over my own body.\" The next part Stephanie has difficulty relaying. \"Before I killed him, the old man said something about forseeing the future. I think he showed me a vision: Of you, as you are, and another Saiyan. A Saiyan I\'ve never seen before.\" Vegeta is startled and he grabs her wrists. \"What!? Is it possible that more Saiyans survived than just us?!\"

Vegeta wasn\'t sure if the possibility of more Saiyans existing was good or not, but he decided to keep these thoughts to himself and focus on Stephanie. \"And then what? Why did you use your Bajiru Burst.?\" Stephanie finishes describing the temple scene to Vegeta. \"The old man had such powerful control over me. I was useless to do anything. So when I finally regained control I was angry. I wanted them all to pay. Earlier... when you caught me in the hall I was having the same vision. It stayed with me for some reason. Maybe it\'s nothing to worry about and it will go away in a few days.\" \"Yes. The feeling might go away soon. Tell me if you see anything else. Get some rest now Stephanie.\"

Vegeta gets up to go rather abruptly. Stephanie dozes off quickly into an uneven sleep. Many dreams come to her - dreams of things and people completely unrelated to herself. Luckily, when Stephanie awakes she doesn\'t remember any of it. She doesn\'t even realize she were dreaming... but she still feels tired. Stephanie\'s window tells her it\'s night on this particular planet. That hardly means a thing because she doesn\'t know when she got out of the rejuvenation chamber or how long she\'s been sleeping in her room. Again, only Vegeta\'s ki is near. Freiza and the others must still be out. Stephanie leaves her room and wanders to Vegeta\'s room. When she gets to his door Stephanie stands there for a while, unsure of what she wants to do next. Stephanie had decided to visit Vegeta and ask him why he left so suddenly earlier. It\'s not like she\'s interested in him or anything. Stephanie pushes open Vegeta\'s door quietly - without warning it swings wide open, someone grabs Stephanie by the shoulders and closes the door behind her! Vegeta has her pressed up against the back of the door tightly.

Stephanie\'s shyly aware of his body against hers. \"What!?\" He snarls. \"Did you think I was sleeping and I wouldn\'t notice you sneak into my room!?\" Stephanie\'s glad it\'s dark because she\'s turning red. It embarrasses her to be caught - especially in such a compromising position. A thought crosses her mind: -What if he thinks the Saskols are controlling me and he doesn\'t trust me!?- Stephanie trys to push him off angrily. Vegeta holds Stephanie against the wall, ignoring her attempts to free herself. Though Stephanie is stronger than both Raditz and Nappa, Vegeta\'s strength is more than two times hers.

If he were to fight with her, she wouldn\'t stand a chance. Vegeta realizes Stephanie\'s trembling and he eases up a bit. His hands slide down Stephanie\'s sides to her hips. He looks into her eyes and smirks a little. \"I\'m not attacking you... I\'m just surprised you came to my room.\" Stephanie is relieved, but shy of his advances. Vegeta\'s face moves forward, his nose brushes past hers, and he kisses her. Stephanie closes her eyes, surprised at how pleasent and reasuring it feels. Tension leaves her except for the pressure of Vegeta\'s body on hers. His arms find their way around Stephanie\'s waist and she starts to kiss him back. Her hands slide over his chest...He continues to kiss Stephanie as long as she lets him. He breathes in softly and readjusts his grip on her. Stephanie turns her head and breaks the kiss, taking a small gasp. He watches her face to determine her feelings. \"Vegeta...\" Stephanie begins, trepidation in her voice. He braces himself mentally... ready for Stephanie to try and push him away again.

\"Vegeta...\" He watches Stephanie carefully. \"I want to tell you something.\" Vegeta releases her and starts to back off. \"Don\'t you dare move!\" Stephanie says and pulls him back against her. \"You\'re so impatient Vegeta! I just wanted you to know - the reason I kept avoiding you when you tried to kiss me before is that I\'m scared to get attached to you! Do you understand.\" Of course he does, but he might now admit it so easily. Vegeta kisses Stephanie again, briefly. \"What changed then?\" A small smile comes to you... \"Well... You changed!

There\'s something really different about you...\" Vegeta\'s arms slide back around Stephanie, he picks her up, and Stephanie\'s legs lift around his waist. She hugs him tightly. After he picks her up he takes Stephanie to his bed. The room is still mercifully dark on her red cheeks. \"Well.. whatever\" He says, \"I\'m glad you changed your mind.\" Vegeta presses Stephanie into the bed. His lip lock with hers, his forearms rest beside her, and he kisses her.... over, and over, and over... Dizziness and rapture fill Stephanie as her hands run over his face and shoulders. In a few minutes Freiza can be sensed, returning to the ship. Stephanie rolls Vegeta over and goes to the door. Silently, they both agree it\'s better not to get caught like that. Stephanie looks back at Vegeta before she leaves. He smirks contentedly at her, laying on his back with his arms behind his head. Stephanie smiles back, and closes the door behind her quietly.

In the middle of the night Nappa wakes Stephanie up. Stephanie follows him sleepily to the ship\'s control room where Freiza waits. Raditz and Vegeta come soon after. \"You all know why we\'re here!\" Starts Freiza. \"First because I can\'t stand to look at you more than I have to and second because I don\'t want any problems with your instructions.\" He looks directly at Stephanie. \"Disobedience will NOT be tolerated.\" Freiza proceeds to tell her that he has many targets in this galaxy, so he will keep the main ship stationary and send her together with Vegeta. Nappa goes with Raditz off in pairs to destroy or de-populate planets. Vegeta volunteers to go with Stephanie.

\"Freiza you seem to be worried about her recent performance. I\'ll keep her in line. If she\'s strays from her orders, I\'m the only one strong enough to kill her.\" Freiza sure looks convinced. \"Alright. But her mistakes are your responsibility. If this is just a chance for you to get off on squeezing the life out of her little body I\'ll find out about it. She\'s still useful to me. Don\'t kill her if it isn\'t necessary.\" -What IS this?- Stephanie thinks. -They talk about me as if I wasn\'t here.- Stephanie considers telling Freiza about what really happened on Mirfa, but she doesn\'t. Freiza gives the two pairs a list of planets to destroy and their coordinates then tells them all to get out of his sight.

The next morning Stephanie leaves for a strange swamp-like planet that is very humid. The creatures that she kills can\'t even speak to her, but it is interesting to fight them because they have very long limbs. The fighting is odd that day. Stephanie still feels her body surge with the heat of battle, but she\'s not alert. Her mind is lazy and full. Vegeta notices this, but says nothing about it. When Stephanie returns to the ship Vegeta kisses her cheek, but goes directly to his room. Stephanie feels a little bad that she has to hide her romance.

Stephanie\'s on Freiza\'s ship, trying to find Vegeta so she can get ready for her next mission. Stephanie is trying to recall a dream she had about someone dying...Oh well. Just a dream. She\'s been happier lately, so she notices a few changes in her. Stephanie doesn\'t feel the need to impress the other Saiyans (who are older than her). This is partly due to Vegeta - he seems to accept her as she is. But Stephanie\'s also been having more dreams lately. She can\'t link them to the Mirfan visions for sure...Vegeta cuts her wandering thoughts short.

Stephanie feels a pair of arms slide around her waist, and warm lips kiss her neck. Stephanie leans back on him a little, in the middle of a hallway. \"We\'re going off again. Simple annihilation mission.\" Stephanie smiles. \"Can we leave right now? I haven\'t been alone with you in too long.\" Vegeta bites her earlobe... \"Well we had some time yesterday... but I agree, too long. Even if you weren\'t ready, I think I would have dragged you into my spacepod for a while.\" Stephanie shivers a little and giggles. So, the Saiyan couple leaves the ship. The space trip lasts a day and when Stephanie emerges she is stiff, so she stretches in the small docking room she landed in. Stephanie\'s come to an intergalactic trade city. One wall of the room she is in is made entirely of glass. Stephanie walks over and stares at the booming metropolis silhouetted under a pink sunset. Vegeta takes her hand and tugs her with him. \"Let\'s go.\"

Stephanie leaves the docking room holding Vegeta\'s hand. He takes her to a place where they both register their spacepod and request that it is tended to. Stephanie asks Vegeta why he bothered to stop here. His explanation is that there\'ve both been working solid this week and it\'ll be nice to relax for a change. As Stephanie may have guessed, his true intention is to have some uninterrupted time with her. Vegeta takes Stephanie out of the building and through the city. Stephanie is amazed at what she sees, and stops Vegeta often to get a better look, or explore some nook in the city. Overhead hundreds of space crafts dock and launch. The sky gets gradually darker. Vegeta gets a little annoyed at being dragged into shops, but Stephanie doubts he minds that much. He seems satisfied just being around her. Stephanie ends up buying some kind of candy and eating it happily while she walks with Vegeta.

He regards her in a confused way. Stephanie feels comfortable here because everyone around her is different, so a Saiyan doesn\'t stand out. Also... people don\'t flee from her out of fear. The urge to dominate and destroy is absent from Stephanie. Holding Vegeta\'s hand, exploring a new city makes her feel excited. Vegeta is very quiet, so Stephanie offers him some candy. He laughs and shakes his head. \"You\'re acting so different! Just like a child.\" Stephanie frowns. \"It\'s not a bad thing.\" He says as if he doesn\'t really believe it. \"It\'s... cute. But I\'m not used to it because you usually act like the rest of us - cocky and irritated. I always forget you\'re only 16.\" Vegeta is 21. \"Hey, was planet Vegeta like this at all?\" Stephanie asks. Vegeta\'s eyes narrow. \"You don\'t remember it at all do you? Somewhat like this I guess.

But you would only see Saiyans. And the civilization was much more advanced.\" For her whole life Stephanie has been without someone to confide in. Stephanie assumed the Saiyan males talked amongst themselves a lot. Sometimes Stephanie would talk to Nappa, but she considered him relatively stupid. Under Freiza\'s command things were always so cold. Stephanie liked it better when she spent time with her fellow Saiyans - even when she was arguing. The feeling of being close to Vegeta compares with warmth and belonging... Stephanie wondered about his own feelings...The two of them go and have dinner. Vegeta intimidates the restaraunt staff, and Stephanie orders everything on the menu - finishing most of it. After that, they find a hotel. Vegeta leans over the front desk.

Stephanie notices the young lady behind the desk is very pretty. She has a nametag which reads: Ms. Mattitude. Interesting name. \"Hello!\" She says brightly as she VERY obviously checks out Vegeta. He didn\'t seem to notice, but Stephanie sure did! She grabed Vegeta around the waist. Vegeta smirks at Stephanie and hugs her shoulders, calming her sudden jealousy. \"A cute couple like you will be wanting ONE room, am I right?\" Ms Mattitude says sweetly. The way she looked at Vegeta, Stephanie\'s surprised she noticed her. \"That\'s right. One room.\" Says Vegeta. Stephanie blushes and hides your face against him. \"Here you go handsome!\" Ms Mattitude gives Vegeta a key. \"The bar should be full. If you need it restocked just call the front desk.\" She says. \"Oh, and if you like, lemons are in the room. Byebye now!\" She waves. Stephanie and Vegeta go to find their room....

As Stephanie approaches the door of her room she starts to kiss Vegeta\'s chin randomly, luring his lips to hers. A strong feeling inside her urges Stephanie to be close to him - as if there won\'t be a chance later on. He stops her and pulls Stephanie tight against him. It reminds her of the night she realized her true feelings for him. The two of them start to kiss intensely. Vegeta seems to feel the same way. His body is responding to Stephanie strongly. Through his and her own clothes she feels his manhood swell and harden. In spite of her adventurous mood, it makes Stephanie nervous. His palms travel over her breasts as she kisses him, eventually he finds his way to her butt where he squeezes. A key within Stephanie turns, and a door floods heat and desire for Vegeta into her.

Stephanie pulls him against her as if the pressure will make her merge and satisfy her sudden hunger for him. He accepts her invitation, his hands on her butt pulls Stephanie\'s hips tighter to his. Kissing becomes more intense. Both sucking each other\'s lips and tongue. One of Vegeta\'s hands reaches towards the door he backs Stephanie into the room, closing the door behind him. Stephanie trys to get to the bedroom, but Vegeta is too impatient.

He pushed her to the floor and sits on her hips. Both are gasping for air from the fervent kissing. Stephanie moans from the feeling of a very hard Vegeta bearing down on her. Stephanie speaks the last useful words to him, \"Don\'t stop...\" Vegeta quickly takes off Stephanie\'s armor and starts to pull her jumpsuit down from the top. Stephanie kicks her boots off and shakes her gloves off. Underneath Vegeta, Stephanie squirms free and crawls away, the last of the spandex suit peeling from her legs into his hands. Vegeta wastes no time shedding his own clothes. He grabs Stephanie\'s ankles and pulls her back under him. His hands trace up Stephanie\'s legs to her thighs which he massages in preparation. Vegeta\'s eyes scan and linger on Stephanie\'s voluptuous body. Stephanie shuts her eyes tightly as Vegeta lowers his head to her chest and runs his tongue over Stephanie\'s breasts, hands exploring her body fearlessly. His hips slide in line with Stephanie\'s and she hears him exhale sharply as he breaks through her opening. A small cry escapes Stephanie.

Her eyes flutter open. Beyond the burning pain, a welcome tightness fills Stephanie between her legs. Vegeta\'s face rises from Stephanie\'s chest and his hands find her sides. His body begins a powerful rhythmic motion over hers. Stephanie can\'t help moaning while the overwhelming pleasure builds inside of her. Stephanie\'s hands slide up his arms, and she digs her nails into them. Vegeta\'s fingers do the same to Stephanie\'s sides. Somewhat quiet compared to Stephanie, Vegeta groans and pants in a strained way while he drives her hips together. Then, Vegeta lowers his body onto Stephanie\'s, wraping his arms around her and rolls Stephanie on top. Sitting on his hips, Stephanie continues the pumping - not wanting the incredible feeling to cease. All the time she feels herself climbing to the edge of an orgasm.

When it hits Stephanie, she freezes. Vegeta sits up and kisses her before she can respond, resuming motion. Stephanie moans over his tongue, through his lips. Vegeta\'s fingers stroke Stephanie\'s cheeks and run through the damp hair over her face. Upward, blissful, violent spasms soar through her abdomen in coordination with Vegeta\'s movement. When they stop Stephanie feels another sensation - Vegeta\'s release in her. Stephanie goes limp against him. Her forehead rests between Vegeta\'s head and his shoulder... When she gasps through her lips Stephanie can taste the salty sweat on his skin. Vegeta takes a few slow deep breaths, hands caressing Stephanie\'s back. He lays onto the floor, pulling Stephanie with him.

Stephanie is laying over-top of Vegeta. Her body is starting to cool off a bit from being exposed to open air. Wordless feelings are running through her head. \"Vegeta...\" Stephanie whispers. And something unexpected follows. \"I love you!\" Stephanie couldn\'t help herself... the surge of emotions inside her is too strong. Stephanie waits in horror for his reply. Vegeta sighs and says deeply, as if he doesn\'t like addressing it but he will for her sake.

\"Good. That\'s how you are supposed to feel about your mate.\" Stephanie squeezes him tightly. -His mate- Repeats over and over in her mind. After Stephanie lays there for a while and regains her composure Vegeta carries her to the bed. Immediately he mounts her. Stephanie goes red. \"What? Vegeta, again???\" Stephanie says with slight exasperation. \"I\'m just getting warmed up.\" He says. The second time is even better than the first. He\'s so perceptive that he\'s learned just how to work Stephanie up and keep her painfully close to the edge of a climax for as long as he wants. When Vegeta finally pushes Stephanie over her limit there\'s an explosion of pressure within her.

It is as if the spasms are a river of blood rushing heat up as far as her chest. Stephanie\'s cheeks burn with heat. She crys out openly and tense underneath him from the uncontrollable contractions. Vegeta\'s face looks painful as he reaches his own orgasm. The third time he gets up Stephanie giggles and shake her head in disbelief. Stephanie continues long into the night and after the SEVENTH time she just can\'t take it anymore.

Stephanie fell asleep in ecstasy and exhaustion. Vegeta, feeling proud and content, decides he\'s done enough damage for now. He kisses Stephanie\'s sweaty forehead and dozes off at her side. When Stephanie wakes up it\'s afternoon. Vegeta is asleep beside her. She\'s so sleepy... Stephanie trys to change positions but she just fumbles around until she falls asleep again. Stephanie wakes again in about half an hour and Vegeta is awake too, naked, on top of the covers sipping a drink. Stephanie crawls out from under the blankets, then on top of him, hugging his chest. \"We should leave soon.\" He says and Stephanie whines. \"Whyyyy?\" He gives her some of his drink and smirks devillishly.

\"Don\'t worry. We\'ll do this again very soon.\" Stephanie laughs. \"You\'re amazing... I can\'t even keep up to you!\" \"Mm. I\'m glad. I think I could do that forever.\" He says. \"Is it better than fighting?\" Stephanie asks mischievously. \"Much, much better.\" He puts down his drink suddenly and grabs Stephanie under the arms, pulling her up to him. He bites her lip... and gives Stephanie a glorious encore of last night!

END OF CHAPTER ONE