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Flames of Hope	By : Kyoshi-AngelofArtisan Category: Dragon Ball Z > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 2422 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter Two: First Day on Assignment. (Five Years before DBZ)

A whimper came from the sleeping prince who was laying under the thin blanket. Sweat plastered his hair to pale moon kissed skin; a look of pain crossed the once peaceful features of the sleeping prince. Raditz’s eyes snapped open hearing from the whimper. His dark eyes locked on the still sleeping saiyan, looking over the smaller form. After a few moments the larger man was able to tear his eyes off the prince, looking back at the dying fire. With a heavy sigh, he got up to put another log within the hungry flames. Heavy rain still pelted the woods just out the cave entrance.

“Raditz...?” a horse voice croaked out as Vegeta pushed himself up into a sitting position. He was panting lightly, a red tint on his cheeks. The other passed him a small canteen of water.

“Drink up Vegeta. Don’t look so worried, I’ll be fine. You need to keep your strength up. It’s only going to be a matter of time before you get pregnant.” He said simply. Neither was happy about the situation they were in. It was like a thick lingering cloud between them. On one side, there was Vegeta who wanted to be free and childless, on the other Raditz who wanted a family and a mate. Trust was there between the two but love wasn’t exactly there, if it was, it was once sided.

“What about you’re self? You and Nappa are at least able to finish the assignment. You didn’t eat last night and you’re giving up your water. You’re not going to be able to keep going if you don’t take care of yourself.” Vegeta pointed out watching the flames as he shivered again. He felt bad, that he was the cause for the other to worry more about than the assignment. He couldn’t fault the man. How could he, Raditz was loyal to Vegeta, even if it meant being on Frieza’s bad side or taking a beating from the man.

“Don’t worry about me, I’ll be fine...” he said kneeling next to Vegeta. A large rough hand cup the side of the prince’s face. “‘Geta? How are you holding up?” his voice was soft and tender. Worry playing in his endless dark eyes. Vegeta’s eyes slipped shut as he nuzzled the hand emitting a faint purring sound again. Raditz leaned in and kissed the smaller man gently.

“I’m okay at the moment...I’m craving another’s touch but it’s manageable.”

“Let me know when that starts to change Vegeta and I mean it. I don’t want you putting yourself at risk because you thought your pride is stronger than nature” Raditz said before getting up, tossing Vegeta his uniform that was toasty warm. Vegeta nodded weakly as he got dressed but kept the blanket close by.

“What’s the plan for completing the assignment?” he asked watching the taller man putting out the fire. The man said nothing, both already missing the warmth and light from the fire. The day was cold much like the day before was.

“We’re going to kill the inhabits as quickly as possible, covering each other’s back. While we’re at it, we’ll look for Nappa.” He said simply and logically. Vegeta nodded, noticing that Raditz’s tail wasn’t wrapped around his waist but was twitching behind his back. Vegeta bit his lip. Since their race made a treaty with Frieza, all the children were taught to have their tails wrapped around their waists. That tails where useless. Even when Planet Vegeta was around, saiyan’s still had their tails wrapped around their waists even though they were home. It was disheartening to the Prince. He just hadn’t realized it till now, seeing Raditz before him with his tail unwrapped.

“L-lead the way...” Vegeta stuttered out forgetting that they were having a conversation to some degree. He blushed more when dark eyes looked him over once again. Raditz just nodded before heading out. The sooner they finished this assignment, the sooner they could return to their ‘rooms’ for some down time before their next assignment. He figured that for the next few weeks he would be sticking closer to Vegeta than normal to help the young prince through his first heat.

Vegeta fallowed Raditz out into the rain and forest. It was eerily silent, only the sound rain could be heard. An icy chill ran through Vegeta’s body. He gasped as he was pulled against Raditz’s who had his back against a tree. Vegeta managed not to make a sound. He notice Raditz was watching over his left shoulder. Out came two tall, lanky green-ish blue mantises like creatures walked, their large eyes scanning for moments in the forest, creeping Vegeta out. The smaller one of two creatures was still about two feet taller than Raditz’s who was about a foot taller than Vegeta. The creatures passed them, the tree shielding them from their sight.

Raditz pushed Vegeta from him by about a step so that he could get away from the tree. He managed to sneak up on two. He broke the neck of one creature, purple puss like substance oozed out of the creaked exoskeleton of the creature. Within a second, blade like arms came slicing through the air towards Raditz. Vegeta couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t bring himself to move to help the older man fight. He knew Raditz could fight and look after himself but these creatures where fast. A few inches of hair was cut from the end of Raditz’s hair. Blood gathered on his cheek as he landed the back flip.

Both warriors sized each other up before they charged, both going for the kill. Vegeta felt his heart stop. He couldn’t see the two; it was too much of a blur to keep up with. He was use to working with Nappa. The man was strong and powerful but Raditz was smart and fast. With a flash of light the battle was over. Raditz was still standing, blood rolled down his right leg and left arm. Vegeta ran over to him, tackling the larger man in a hug, toppling them both to the ground.

A hiss of pain came from Raditz as he landed on his back. He looked up at Vegeta, his eyes squinted from the rain. Vegeta leaned down and kissed him. It was a tense, highly emotionally driven kiss. Raditz was stunned for a moment, before he wrapped his good arm around Vegeta pulling him closer. The tenseness melted to relief with an underlining fire that burned.

“Your hurt, oh god, Rad’ why did you attack them?” Vegeta asked sounding panicked. Raditz would have been worried about the Prince if he wasn’t in heat. For the next thirty days the man would be an emotional wreck and not really himself. Where Raditz and Nappa just became horn dogs; Vegeta was going through the emotional rollercoaster that went with heat. Raditz smirked weakly.

“Better me getting hurt that you my prince. I am after all, a pathetic third class saiyan. If events happened differently and our race was still alive...I would never even gotten the chance to have known you let alone be a friend to you.” He breathed out looking up at the worried Prince above him. He couldn’t lie to himself that he wasn’t try to impress the prince before him but he had to compete with Nappa who watched Vegeta grow up; who was normally by the Prince at all the times. It was only fluky that Raditz was the one who was alone with Vegeta during his first heat. If nothing else he had this one time to know the taste of the forbidden fruit that was Vegeta. Gently he got Vegeta off him as they got up.

Vegeta clung to Raditz, tears in his eyes. “You’re not pathetic Raditz. You work harder than anyone else does to get where you are. I don’t know how you do it Raditz. How you can do the grunt work Frieza gives you to do, along with dealing with the messes I leave in my wake. I don’t know where I’d be without you.” Raditz shook his head pulling Vegeta to him; kissing the tears away that blended in with the rain that continued to fall.

“How many times do you want me to repeat my promise to you?”

“Every chance I can get...”

“I promise to you my Prince, I’ll never leave your side for as long as you’ll have me” Raditz whispered kissing Vegeta’s forehead. He draped his injured arm over Vegeta’s shoulders, leading him away from the two dead bodies. “We should find Nappa before he does something stupid like destroy the planet.” Vegeta nodded.

The walk was a slow going as the blood lost started to affect Raditz while Vegeta was starting to shake. “We need to get to a cave...Shealter and warmth is what is needed, not getting lost in the rain.” Vegeta nodded leading them back to the cave they spent the night before in. They had walked in a virtual circle for most of the day. Vegeta laid Raditz against the wall of the cave. Vegeta got a fire going and took the blanket ripping it apart into long strips to use as bindings to stop the bleeding.

Raditz took the strips from Vegeta’s unsteady hands; working on teaching Vegeta how to bind a deep wound when all you had was cloths, while fighting his urge to pass out on the smaller male. Vegeta watched as the pale man before him was still teaching him skills that he could never have learned from Nappa. Raditz looked at his arm then looked at Vegeta. He knew Vegeta had a fear of blood it’s why he always wore those gloves. It wasn’t the fear of the blood itself but feared the feel of blood against his skin. To do the bindings, Vegeta would have to take off his gloves and blood would get on his hands. Raditz’s closed his eyes unsure for once in his life of what do to do. He couldn’t push Vegeta to face his fear to bind the wounds he had. He just had to hope that his body would heal it quick enough so that he wouldn’t bleed out.

His eyes snapped open feeling a weight settle on his lap, cold fingers brushed against his arm. He watched Vegeta work, giving him pointers and tips to make sure it was done right. Once he tied the knot Vegeta’s eyes widen looking at the bright red blood that stood out sharply against the moon kissed skin. Raditz took his hands, bringing them to his lips, licking the blood off. It wasn’t something that Raditz like the taste of but at the moment he didn’t care so long as Vegeta wasn’t freaking out with the blood being on his hands.

“You didn’t have to do this” Vegeta gasped out watching Raditz’s tongue move over his skin in long, broad, slow strokes. His breath hitched as he kept watching the show of the tongue. Raditz looked up at Vegeta’s face watching the shocked but pleasure filled face. Only once he licked Vegeta’s hands totally free of blood did he let them go.

“You didn’t have to bind the wound on my arm and yet you did” Raditz whispered back, his words slurring together slightly from the blood loss. “I have to say, that look of your face was adorable, who would have thought that Prince Vegeta would enjoy the feel of another’s tongue against his skin. I can’t wait to find out what else you never knew before that you would enjoy.” Raditz brushed his lips against Vegeta’s lips. He couldn’t help flirting with the Prince at the moment. He felt his heart break that Vegeta pulled back from him, the distance growing in his eyes again. Raditz’s sighed leaning back against the wall of the cave for a moment before gently nudging Vegeta off him as he got up.

“Where the hell are you going?”

“To hunt, we need food and water and you’re in no condition to hunt. Beside’s you look like you need some alone time to yourself.” Raditz’s said, walking towards the cave’s entrance and the rain once more. Vegeta growled at Raditz’s back. It worked to get’s Raditz’s attention.

“You wanted to know when I needed services yet you’re walking away from me. If I knew you were going to leave me I would have gone to Nappa” Raditz not only turned before Vegeta noticed the movement but had pinned the Prince against the wall of the cave.

“I said I’d help you Vegeta, but I never said I’d service you. I don’t service anyone in the bedroom. I make love to them. If you want to know the truth, you’re the only one I have ever taken to my bed so to speak. I’m not a gigolo like Nappa is, I don’t get a joy out of sleeping around. I rather take madding heats to wait to till I find someone to take as my mate then be like him. That whole look a few moments ago said that you’re not ready for my ‘help’. If you want to be disconnected to the world, fine Vegeta but don’t expect that from me because I want a family. I want children and I want a mate; no matter how much work it costs me to do to obtain them.” Raditz growled back before stepping away from Vegeta. Anger and sorrow burned within those endless deep eyes. Vegeta looked at the ground. He didn’t know that the man before him had dreams and wants. That he was willing to put that on the back burners to be a true friend to him and he had snapped at the man even though he was hurting more than Vegeta was from the aching need he felt.

“Raditz...I’m sorry...I...I didn’t know.” Vegeta whispered watching the back of the warrior before him who looked so broken and alone standing by the mouth of the cave. Vegeta’s eyes widen when the meaning sank in of what Raditz was trying to say. “Raditz... when you said you’d help me through this heat...were you hoping for more than just this need, cause by a heat?” Vegeat asked nervously not sure if he wanted to know that answer. His eyes were glued on the man before him.

“Yes, happy now? I want you as my mate but I know you Vegeta; you rather kill yourself then get close to anyone. I’ve figured that out years ago. I avoid you and Nappa as much as I can so I could forget that I want you at my side, forget having offspring with you since you vowed you never want to have children.” Vegeta fought not to gasp as he watched the warrior walk out into the rain. He only knew the Raditz that only showed him love and acceptance. He never saw the Raditz what laid suffering under the surface till now.

Vegeta sank to his knees hugging himself trying not to cry. Sure Vegeta and Nappa didn’t have any family left alive and Raditz did. He forgotten that Raditz never once got to see his brother before he was sent to Earth, which for the cuddly toddler that Raditz’s was at the time, what worse than having his brother be dead along with the rest of the race. Vegeta couldn’t breathe; how could he? He just dealt the worse blow to the man who was always there to guide and protect him, a man who swore to forever be at his side, a blow the man may never recover from.
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