A Sayians Bond

"Wake up!" Zephyra opened her eyes to find Vegeta standing at the end of her bed with his arms crossed. He wasn't wearing his armor. He was wearing beige slacks with a long sleved blue button up shirt and a white wife beater underneath. She'd never seen him dressed casually, it was shocking. However, she knew this meant they weren't training together that day. So why the hell did he wake her up? She was sleeping just fine.

"What's wrong?" She asked, sitting up and trying to rub the sleep from her eyes. "I thought we weren't training today."

"We're not. You have an hour to get dressed and eat breakfast." He began to turn to leave the room.

"In my armor?" She stretched her arms above her head and let out a big yawn.

"No. In your bathing suit. Let's go." He left the room and shut the door behind him.

She got dressed and walked into the kitchen where everyone's head turned to her like they were waiting for her as they ate their breakfast.

"You should eat some breakfast." Trunks said almost snickering. "You'll need it."

She sat down at the table after getting a plate of food and watched everyone looking at her. It almost made her feel uncomforable. Had they found out about her and Vegeta yesterday? Her stomach began to get butterflies as she feared what was about to happen. "Ok." she began nervously. "What's going on?"

"Vegeta's putting you in the Martial Arts Tournamate today." Bulma said.

Inside, she breathed a huge sigh of relief. Outside, she tilted her head to the side. "What's that?"

"You fight other people to become champion, basically." Trunks told her. "I guess Dad just wants to see how you fair against the other fighters."

"Oh... Well, I won't let you down Vegeta." She smiled and began eating. Vegeta was being his usual self, quite simply, a hard ass. He let out a 'hmpf' noise as if telling her to prove it.

Later that morning, the five of them arrived at the stadium and signed up Zephyra to compete. She was confident she would finish in first until she saw Goku. "Goku," she said as she walked up to him.

"Oh, Hey, Zephyra, how's it going?" He smiled big.

"Pretty good, thanks. Are you competing too?" Vegeta's eyes glanced over to her and he instantly glared at Goku from several feet behind him. Zephyra could tell he didn't like seeing him here.

"I sure am." Goku said cheerfully. Zephyra's confidence in winning was lost at that moment. "I didn't really have anything else planned for today so I decided to come here." He paused for a moment and seemed to concentrate on her face.

"What's wrong, Goku?" Her face slowly went from happy to confused.

"There's something different about you." He focused hard on her.

"What do you mean?" She forced a smile. The butterflies she had in her stomach at breakfast came back with a vengence. Her heart raced as she glanced behind Goku to Vegeta still glaring, his arms now folded across his chest. Her eyes then darted back to Goku's "There's nothing different about me. You're just being silly. I'm the same as always."

Goku smiled big. "You're probably right. Maybe it's just because you're so much stronger since the last time I saw you. Well, I gotta go warm up. I hope I see you in the finals." He smiled warmly then turned to walk away in Vegeta's direction. Goku looked down at Vegeta and smiled saying hello.

Vegeta glared up at him and then looked at Zephyra as he walked towards her. "What did he say to you?"

She looked to Goku walking away then drew her eyes up to Vegeta's. "Not much. I asked if he was competing then he wished me luck."

Goku glanced back and saw what seemed to be the start of an arguement until Zephyra shouted, "None of your damn business!" and stormed off. He felt as if Vegeta was badgering her about talking to him and felt kind of bad he'd gotten her in trouble. He tried not to let it get to him and continued on his way.

Zephyra went through the compitition like it was nothing as Bulma, Trunks and Bra cheered her on. Vegeta stood at the side lines, his arms crossed as usual, watching Zephyras every move very closely. No one laid a hand on her, she was unstopable.

Goku was the same with his battles. When he was fighting, his family and Zephyra cheered him on. When she was watching Goku fight, she stood at the side lines next to Vegeta who didn't take his jealous eyes off her for a second. Zephyra glanced to the angry man at her side. "What is it?" She asked soflty enough so no one around them would hear. He didn't answer. "Vegeta, I told you. All he did was tell me he was competing and wished me luck. Why are you so angry with me?" He kept silent. She brought her hand up and placed it on his shoulder where the scratches from the previous day began and lightly pressed, reminding him of what they'd done. "You are my prince. I wouldn't dare touch anyone but you." She smiled at him and removed her arm from his shoulder, bringing her attenion back to the fight.

"And the moment you have all been waiting for," The announcer began. "It's the final round! Please put your hands together for Goku and Zephyra!"

Goku and Zephyra stood in the ring together as the announcer continued talking. "Don't go easy on me, Goku, please?" She asked, eager to see what Goku could do.

Goku agreed by nodding and mentally prepared himself. However, he couldn't shake this feeling he had about Zephyra and Vegeta. Why did he get so mad at her for talking to him? Was he worried that Goku would ruin her training by telling her that he wouldn't beat her into the ground everyday?

"I want to know what I'm really capable of." She said. "I know how powerful you are. Bulma's told me many stories that Vegeta would never. He doesn't like you much."

Goku laughed. "Yeah... I kinda figured." He laughed again placing his hand on the back of his neck. He then got serious but kept his smile. "Don't worry, Zephyra, I'll let you know how strong you are and how you've progressed. I've sensed your power level when you train with Vegeta so it shouldn't be a problem."

Goku drew out the battle as long as he could. "Come on, Zephyra, concentrate." He told her as she tried to hit him. "You're stronger then this. You can do this. Don't give up." She wondered why he hadn't punched her and ended it three seconds after it started. "You've got to release all your anger into your attacks."

"Just end it, Goku. I'm not going to be able to hit you even once!" She started to get angry with him.

"You have to believe you can. All you have in you now is doubt. Believe in yourself, Zephyra. Are you ready for me to let it all out?"

"Yes."

After Goku stopped going easy on her, the battle was over in less then thirty seconds. She'd managed to dodge away from him a few times, she even got three or four hits in, but they didn't phase him. As Goku was being announced as the champion, Zephyra walked to the edge of the ring where Vegeta was and jumped down.

She kneeled down and lowered her head. "Please forgive me for not being strong enough."

Goku glanced over at Zephyra kneeling before Vegeta in apology who was obviously disappointed and watched him crouch down and grab her chin, lifting her eyes to his. "You'll ever be strong enough." He let her chin go and walked away from her, leaving the stadium. "Come back to me when you're ready to become stronger."

She stayed down as a tear rolled down her cheek, then another. His words hit her hard, harder then his fist ever had. All she wanted was to be strong enough for him. Everything she'd done, all the pain she'd gone through, the blood, the sweat, was to please him. And now her master had turned his back on her. She stood and took off into the air, Goku quickly followed.