A Sayians Bond

Chapter 21: Back Talk

"Gravity chamber, now..." Vegeta ordered as he walked into Zephyras view of the television later that day.

He wore his casual clothes. She stood and looked at him. "Do you want me to put my armor on? I thought you didn't want to train today."

"No armor. Just get in." With that he left the room.

She shrugged her shoulders and went in the direction he did. She walked inside and saw Vegeta standing at the controls, facing away from her.

"Close the door."

She did as he as was told and turned around to close the door. She pushed it closed and locked it in place. As soon as Vegeta heard the lock click he pushed a button, turning on the machine. Zephyra toppled to the ground, not expecting him to turn it on. She unsuccessfully tried to bring herself to her feet. Vegeta, however, hardly noticed the change.

"What the hell?" She cursed as she struggled to sit up. She managed to get into a sitting position and leaned her back against the door for support. "What are you doing?"

Vegeta turned and walked up to her. He glared at her as he squatted in front of her. "With the gravity up this high, it's going to hurt a lot more when you fall. Fair warning."

He moved a hand down and wrapped it around her ankle. He pulled against her with the force of a locomotive and swung her around and into a wall. Her body slammed into the wall before sliding down and hitting the ground with a massive thud.

Her face clenched as she struggled to her hands and knees. "What was that for?"

He walked up to her and slammed his hand onto her chest, grabbing her shirt collar. He lifted her up to a standing position and pressed her back against the wall. "How dare you!"

She couldn't struggle against him, her body was too heavy, and Vegeta knew it. "What did I do?"

He pulled her face close to his and narrowed his eyes on hers. "You betrayed me."

"What are you talking about?" She looked at him with pure confusion in her eyes.

"You know what I'm talking about!" He pushed her back to the wall once more. "Did you think you were all alone? That I would see you fooling around out there?"

Her eyes widened. He saw Trunks kiss her? "You've got the wrong idea, Vegeta." She tried to speak calmly.

"Do I?" He pulled her face to his once more. "You've got ten seconds to explain what I saw or I'm going to crush you like a worm."

"He kissed me and I turned him down, I swear it."

"You shouldn't have let it happen in the first place." He grew angry again as he let go of her shirt and watched her fall to the ground with a hard thump. "Women..." He rolled his eyes as he knelt down beside her and looked into her blue eyes tinted from the rooms red light. "One speaks a few sweet words and they turn to butter. You let your gaurd down."

"Is that why you're mad at me?"

"You should have never put yourself in such a vulnerable position. It's nauseating to sense another man on you." He stood and walked to the controls, switching the machine off. "Go take a shower before I get sick."

"Ok..." She stood and turned to leave.

"Zephyra..."

She turned back around and looked at him. "Yes?"

He walked up to her and stared her down. "If you let that happen again, I will hurt you in ways you've never been before. Is that clear?"

She turned away from him and opened the door. "Clear as crystal."

Zephyra stood in the shower, cleaning herself off a few minutes later. She wondered how Vegeta could sense Trunks on her from something as simple as a kiss. His senses were so much more refined than her own.

After she got out of the shower she wondered something and approached Vegeta in the front yard. She stood beside him and looked up at him starring at the sky. "I still plan on leaving. You know that, right?"

He turned his eyes down to her before returning them to the sky. "You're not ready."

"I think I am."

He clenched his fists. He was still angry from her kiss with Trunks and now she was undermining him. He turned and shouted at her. "You don't get it. You are not ready! If you go, you'll die. Then where's your precious revenge?" He glared at her. "If you want to go and get yourself killed, by all means, be my guest. Don't expect me to run to your rescue!"

Vegeta stormed off leaving Zephyras jaw on the floor. How could he not have faith in her? Her sayian stubbornness kicked in hard as she grew determined to show him he was wrong.

A few days later Zephyra stood in her bedroom, facing the window. Though she looked calm and collected on the outside, inside she was about to burst. She could see the gravity chamber from her window and every few seconds she could see Vegeta pass by the small windows it had. She knew he was angry. He hadn't really spoken to her since she assured him she was going to leave. If he would manage to calm down somewhat, he would get very tense when Zephyra entered the room.

She couldn't bare the hatred he was showing her. It kind of scared her. She'd never seen him behave this way and worried his anger would go over the edge with the drop of a pin. She couldn't take it any longer. She turned away from the window and headed out her bedroom door then out the front door.

She walked up to the chamber to a window and looked in at her sweaty lover, pushing himself to his limits. He'd been in there since the afternoon before that day. Butterflies cluttered her stomach as she raised her hand with one finger extended and tapped on the glass.

He stopped what he was doing and looked at the window to see Zephyra's lips move to the words, 'Can I come in?' and her finger point to the door. He wiped some sweat from his brow with the back of his arm and turned off the machine, then opened the door.

She walked in the door with her head tilted down and closed it behind her. "Can I talk to you?"

"There is nothing to talk about."

He walked away from her and turned the machine on. Zephyra dropped to her hands and knees from the force as Vegeta continued his training. She lifted her head and watched him. He didn't take bad news very well. She almost wanted to punch him in the mouth for being so stubborn. But she knew that he was still much stronger then her. With his added anger, it would be like when they first started training and he would toss her around like a rag doll.

"There is something to talk about, Vegeta. Please." He didn't respond. "Why are you so mad at me?"

"I am not mad at you." He did not stop what he was doing as he answered her.

She remained on her hands and knees, the level he had the machine set at was too much. She wasn't strong enough yet to handle it like him. She was even struggling to keep on her hands and knees as he floated like a feather.

"Then what are you mad for?" He did not answer her. "Because I'm leaving? Because you don't think I'm ready? Because you don't want me to go?"

Vegeta stopped in his tracks, his back facing her, his fists clenched hard at his side. "What do you care why I'm angry?" His deep, raspy voice echoed through the large room as he faced away from her. "It's none of your business." He paused briefly. "I think you've gotten what you came here for..."

Anger and sadness filled her soul as she clenched her fists beneath her. "I came here for you, you stubborn mule!" She hesitated before continuing. "I came because I respect you, I wanted to learn to be strong like you, the mighty Prince Vegeta. I stayed because I feel comfortable here with you and your family. And now, I am leaving because I think you've trained me to be strong enough. So lighten up a little. You don't see me punching holes in random objects and ignoring everyone."

Vegeta had heard enough, he turned and walked towards her slowly. Kneeling down he placed a hand under her neck and pushed her back into a wall. Her feet dangled above the ground as her hands instantly came up, wrapping around his wrist to try and free herself. He tightened his grip and her face clenched. She could barely breathe.

"Listen to me you little rodent!" Anger filled his eyes. "I don't care what you came here for. I don't care what you stayed here for. And I don't care if you leave! As far as I am concerned, you are no more important to me then any person I pass on the street. You've done your damage here."

"You're lying!" A single tear rolled down her cheek.

He brought his face close to hers and glared into her eyes as he continued to hold her in the air against the wall by her neck. "Am I?"

"Please let me go." She coughed. "I can't breathe."

"No." He squeezed harder.

"Vegeta, Please!"

She struggled for a moment until her eyes began to go black. She felt like he was about to squeeze her head off. With the last bit of her strength, she raised her foot and connected it as hard as she could with his grion. He shouted as his hands grasp on her neck released and he dropped to his knees. Zephyra fell hard to the floor as she gasped for air.

"I'm sorry." She coughed as she held her neck in pain. "I can't let you kill me. I've come too far to be choked to death by my trainer."

She watched as Vegeta's angry eyes moved to her after he gathered his composure from being smacked in the sack with a foot. She'd never seen his eyes fill with fire that way. She knew she'd gone way over the line and he was probably going to kill her that day.

"Vegeta..." She pulled herself on the floor as quickly as she could considering the gravity taking it's toll on her. It wasn't fast at all however. Probably about one forth the speed of an average persons walking speed. "I had to."