Quest | By : Pixelgoddess Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 14441 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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"That day - when you both got burned so badly and almost died..." Chichi began hesitantly. Bulma turned and stared at her - hadn't Vegeta told her? "...you were shouting at someone. Was that...?"
Vegeta nodded. "Frieza was attacking me - I could hear him - but I didn't know it was him then. I thought it was just a nightmare. He was hurting... someone... and I was trying to make him stop."
"Who?" Chichi asked but Vegeta just shook his head.
"Wait a minute," Bulma interrupted, curiosity getting the better of her. "You said the control chip was permanent, right? But I'm assuming that is the one you had me test. It was fried. So what happened?"
"I was nearly dead. Frieza was going to kill me," Goku put in. "Vegeta resisted his control in order to protect me and the chip burned out."
Chichi paled at that. She knew there was a battle against the ship and Goku got hurt - but she hadn't known how close he had been to dying.
"I want you to come back for another scan then, Vegeta," Bulma said, pulling a hand-held computer from her purse to enter notes and diagrams. "I wish you had told me what was going on then. I would have known what to look for."
"What do you mean?" Goku asked, confused.
Chichi was pleased - Bulma had finally decided to deal with all of this. She had her science, so when the emotional stuff got too much she fell back on technology. It didn't mean she didn't care, but at the moment this was how she coped. It was better than her shouting at Vegeta for something she had no control over.
"For starters, I want to make sure the chip is really dead. And maybe it can be removed after all."
Vegeta nodded.
Chichi felt relieved - this wasn't as bad as she had expected - until she saw Goku look at Vegeta with concern. Her stomach lurched - nothing had been said about Goku getting hurt - they hadn't gotten to the bad part yet. Goku gently squeezed his shoulder and she could see them steeling themselves for something difficult.
"I have another, more dangerous problem," Vegeta finally said, "And frankly, I don't know if there is a solution."
Chichi gave up trying not to cry as Vegeta began telling them about being brainwashed. That must have been so frightening. How could Frieza come up with something so sick and twisted? Why would he want to make Vegeta kill whomever he loved? Vegeta and Radditz? Goku's brother?!
"How do you even know this?" Bulma finally asked. "I mean - if you were...brainwashed...the way you said, you shouldn't even know." She had sat silently through most of the explanation, continuing to make notes, shaking her head as information scrolled across the screen. Chichi envied her calm. Bulma had slipped into CEO mode - it was easier for her when she could be logical.
"Because I realized I love Kakorr," Vegeta answered.
"Kakorr?" Bulma asked.
"Goku," Chichi whispered.
"Oh. But he's alive," she said, stubbornly.
"Vegeta resisted and got control at the last instant - another second and I would have been dead," Goku said. Chichi noticed Vegeta's tail had curled around Goku's wrist still resting on his shoulder.
"So you resisted it, and broke his control. The brainwashing is finished. Why do you think there is still a problem?" Bulma asked.
"Because Kakorr is the only one who is safe - because I thought I had killed him," Vegeta answered.
"Look Vegeta, I'm sure you and Goku believe this..." she said.
Goku looked annoyed - Chichi wasn't surprised. No sane person would make this up. Hadn't Bulma learned by now logic didn't mean much in their lives? Hell - they had all been dead! She knew Bulma didn't mean to sound cold, but every word out of her mouth gave the mistaken impression she didn't care about Vegeta.
"But do you realize how difficult it is? And expensive? You've always said Frieza was in the business of buying and selling planets. What you are talking about is financially prohibitive. It's bad business." Chichi shook her head - maybe money didn't matter to a homicidal madman.
"I never said he was sane," Vegeta snapped.
"But why, Vegeta? Why would he do something like that?" Bulma protested, trying to understand, her ability to cope being stretched to its limits.
"Why do you buy other companies, woman? They have something you need, don't they? Yes, the lizard bastard hated me, but he needed me. I know you find it hard to believe, but I was a valuable asset. He hated not being able to control me. That was why he tried to break me - so he could have full dominance over my power." Chichi could tell Vegeta was angry, but struggling to restrain himself. His tail was bristling and the tip was flicking back and forth.
"There had to have been other, more cost-effective things he could have tried," she insisted stubbornly.
"Maybe you should go discuss the best methods to torture Vegeta with the lizard bastard. Show him the error of his ways," Goku growled.
"I'm just-" Bulma protested.
"Stop it, Bulma," Chichi whispered, taking her hand. "I know you don't mean to, but you're just making it worse."
Bulma remained silent as Vegeta told them more about the brainwashing. His voice began to falter as he told them what had happened that day in the Gravity Room.
"That's not possible," Bulma whispered in disbelief. Chichi agreed with her - she didn't doubt Vegeta, but how could something so terrible happen? And her poor Goku - no wonder he was so upset.
The prince's voice went cold. "That recording you watched - the one no one was ever meant to see. It is possible - it happened. It was real, woman. That is what the brainwashing made me do. I had resisted for years, not understanding why. Kakorr is the first person I ever admitted to myself that I cared for. And because of that I tortured Kakorr - I raped him - nearly killing him as a result."
Bulma finally realized the full extent of the tragedy and was struggling to keep from weeping. Chichi sobbed openly, and even her normally dry-eyed Goku was blinking back tears. Vegeta was the only one not crying - instead he had fallen silent and was just staring at Bulma.
"Vegeta..." Chichi said softly. He looked at her in surprise and she was suddenly sure she knew why he had said the problem was dangerous. "What happened to Goku...could that happen to someone else?"
He didn't answer, just gazed at her with a blank expression. She saw the alarm on Goku's face and the muscles in his arm tightening, putting pressure on Vegeta's shoulder. The prince finally blinked and answered in an equally soft voice.
"Yes...to anyone I care about."
"I guess I should be glad that you never loved Trunks or me, then," Bulma said bitterly.
"Don't be stupid woman," Vegeta snapped. "I-" He faltered and stared, wide-eyed.
"Vegeta! No!" Goku shouted, horrified.
TBC
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You have to go check out this amazing picture that was drawn for me by Vegeta (yes, that is the artist's name) based on Maintaining. It is a nice, muscle-bound, bare-skin *drool* picture of Olibu and Goku. (Remember? The first man Goku was with when he was in Otherworld.) You can see it at http://www.gotyaoi.com/paco/0index.html
http://www.deviantart.com/view/10646924/
Webtester01 - Hmmm...has the brainwashing gotten through to Goku? Not going to tell you. *g*
macha - Goku has always had to be the strong, protective one. It was a load off when he realized with Vegeta being so powerful he could relax a little - maybe someone could take care of him sometimes. Piccolo and Vegeta make great friends - did you like the Pinata Prince line? It was one of my favorites. Dende was arguing with the Kais - you are right, the one way was because Piccolo couldn't hear their answers. And there was a clue to the solution in the last chapter, as well as why it hadn't been though of yet...
kitsuneakai13 - The cuffs are like bracelets, but since they are locked on by Goku, Vegeta can't take them off. He doesn't want his 'dark side' to be strong enough to fight Goku. Basically, Goku is losing his ki because he is depressed - once Vegeta is safe he should be happy enough to recover whatever he lost because of the Kais.
VegetasSquee - Next chapter should be pretty angsty, but my muses have skipped past me and I can hear parts of the chapter after that.
Kethry - One of my favorite original characters is Sage in Talon's story, Birth of A Prince. What I was trying to do with Piccolo was keep him asexual after all - but he can still be jealous/lonely about the closeness. I was reading about it, and there are many types/levels of asexual. My Piccolo really isn't interested in sex and it really does make him uncomfortable. Nail considers it a fun romp, nice sweaty exercise mostly. (Wait, I feel a twisted little plot bunny squirming around - Piccolo uses his split-form technique...but this time Nail takes over one of the bodies... Quick! Skin that damn rabbit before it multiplies!) Dende...I don't know. I think I like him as a curious, willing to experiment teenager - he likes to watch. *g*
LadyKATT - Oh, don't cry dear...I promise he will get better soon.
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