A Sayians Bond

They stood face to face in the rain. The heavy water droplets soaked the both of them from head to toe. The pain she'd felt had passed. Reduced now to the pain of being shot. Nothing compared to what she had just gone through.

"I didn't ask for your help," she told him. Her voice was slightly elevated so her voice could be heard through the heavy downpour.

"You didn't have to," he responded. "You were getting pale from the blood loss. It was only a matter of time before it would have killed you. My fun would have been ruined."

He'd saved her life just so he could try and end it himself? Her brows pressed together in confusion. Why would he do that? Did he enjoy battle that much? That he'd save her to kill her? Or did he have other plans?

As she gathered her thoughts, Aloysius waited patiently. Eager to begin on the inside, calm on the outside. He watched closely as the rain beaded down the exposed flesh of her arms and face. The water droplets running down off her jaw and onto her chest and down into the top of her jumpsuit.

"Zephyra," he began as he started to circle around her.

"What?" She stood still, following him with her eyes.

"Do you know the difference between myself and your prince?" His eyes scanned her entire body, missing nothing. Front and back.

"What's that?" she asked as he moved behind her, her eyes loosing track but his energy letting her know where he was.

"Vegeta will hold back to keep from killing you." In a flash he was directly behind her, his large hand grabbing her jaw and tilting her head back onto his chest. He moved his lips to her ear, lowering his voice to a near whisper as he wrapped his free arm around her body, holding her tightly. "I won't."

She wasn't sure why, but his words made her shudder. He felt the goosebumps form on her warm flesh as a smirk of amusement crossed his lips. She knew he meant it.

He turned her around and pushed her away. Drawing his right arm back, he slammed his armored forearm into the side of her face. She flew through the air and into the wall of a building head first.

He picked herself up to her hands and knees in the rubble of the wall. Her face cringed as the blood began to gather in her mouth. With a light groan she spat the blood onto the ground beneath her.

"This is ridiculous," she said to herself before spitting out a little more blood. The side of her face throbbed with pain from his powerful blow. "I'm faster than this... I know I am."

She rose to her feet and stepped back into the rain through the hole her body made in the wall. As her eyes scanned for Aloysius, the cool rain washed the dirt from her body. He was nowhere in sight and she could not sense his energy. Where was he?

She lifted her feet from the ground to get a better look at the surrounding area. She didn't see him anywhere. He was toying with her, and she knew it. Like a cat that bats at a mouse for a good thirty minutes before finally killing it. It made her feel uneasy.

"Aloysius!" She called out to him in the rain. "I have no patience for these little games. Show yourself!"

By the time she sensed his energy behind her, it was too late. His foot connected freakishly hard with her back, just between her shoulder blades. She went flying through the air from the force of the impact. She turned just in time to see a blast coming towards her. It hit her square in the chest, sending her back further.

She hit the ground with a hard thud outside of town and pulled herself to her feet. She practically growled at herself as she looked down at her chest. Her armor was ruined.

Unable to protect her anymore, she pulled her armor up over her head and dropped it to the ground behind herself. Wearing only her jumpsuit now, she culdn't afford to let that happen again.

Another blast coming towards her was dodged this time as she moved to the side quickly. She watched the blast fly by her and explode on the ground behind her. That was all he needed.

The top of his foot slammed into the front of her rib cage. She screamed in pain as her ribs cracked under the force of the blow just before she was sent back into a tree. The back of her head bounced off the hard surface of the tree before she fell face first into the wet grass.

Zephyra brought herself to her hands and knees just before his foot connected with her ribs again. She screamed out once more as she was sent into the tree once more. Her already injured ribs sustained even more damage at the second introduction of his powerful blow.

She tumbled to the ground, ending up on her back. Aloysius placed one leg on either side of her and dropped to one knee, lowering his face close to hers. He smirked as her arms covered her ribs and her face clenched in pain beneath him.

"Do you know what I was just thinking?" he asked her.

"No," she answered weakly as she rolled onto her side, drawing her legs closer to her body.

He brought his hand down and wrapped it around her wrist. He pulled her arm away from her ribs and placed it above her head, forcing her onto her back once more. "My king is dead," he began as he let go of her wrist and let his fingers slide down the length of her arm, over her shoulder and down her chest where it rested on her ribs gently. "I don't have to kill you. I can let you live. If..."

"If?" she asked, keeping her eyes closed, trying not to focus on the pain.

He brought his hand back up and wrapped it around her bicep and pulled her to her feet. She groaned in pain as he pressed her backside against the tree and pinned her between it and himself. He brought his lips dangerously close to hers as his left hand rested on her hip and his right on the side of her face.

He spoke softly, just loud enough for her to hear. "Give yourself to me."

She shivered at the feel of his hot breath on her lips. She kept her eyes closed as her lips parted and she exhaled a deep breath. Her lip quivered as she spoke a single word.

"Never." She opened her blue eyes and glared into his green ones, trying to hide the pain that ravaged her body.

"Stubborn little Saiyan," he said with a confident grin.

He placed a hand under her jaw and rotated her head to the side, bringing his lips to her ear. "If at any point in the next five or six minutes you change your mind..." He moved his hand from her jaw and slid it down her neck, enjoying the feel of her skin shaking beneath his touch. His hand continued down to her bicep where he grabbed onto it, holding firmly. "Please, feel free to tell me. But until then..."

He tightened his grip on her arm and backed away a step, giving himself the distance he needed. He pulled on her arm with astounding force, pulling her away from the tree. He turned away and pulled her around, smashing her back into the tree face first.

She cried out again as the rough bark split the side of her forehead open just before she slid down the tree and fell onto her back. Blood trickled down her face as she turned herself onto her stomach and brought herself to her hands and knees.

Her shattered ribs caused her breathing to become sluggish as her head spun from the knock to the tree. Her eyes began to go dark as tears began to form in them.

"You're mine now. You know that, right?"

Memories of Vegeta echoed in her mind as she sat on her hands and knees, helpless.

"Yes. Forever."

"You don't get it. You are not ready! If you go, you'll die. Then where's your precious revenge? If you want to go and get yourself killed, by all means, be my guest. Don't expect me to run to your rescue!"

"Stop it."
"What?"
"You can't be afraid of anything. Not pain, not these creatures you're after, not even me."
"I'm not anymore."
"I know."

"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!"

"If we were still on Planet Vegeta... I'd make you my wife."

She dropped her face to the grass and balled her fists tightly. She was alone and she knew it. He wasn't coming for her.

A feeling of abandonment surged in the pit of her stomach as she let out a scream that could make blood boil. All of the sorrow and anger inside her soul came out in a long, drawn out scream.

Aloysius watched with great interest as energy began to swarm around her body. Sparks of energy began to ignite around her body just before her energy level skyrocketed and she transformed into Super Saiyan.

After a moment she rose to her feet with new found energy. She glared at him with her now green eyes as the wind blew her now blond hair across her face. At her side, her fists balled up into a fist and relaxed several times as she mentally prepared herself. She didn't think it would come to this.

"You are full of surprises, aren't you?" he asked, smirking at her.

"I made a promise to someone that I'd come home safe," she told him as energy sparked around her. She had skipped Super Saiyan all together and jumped to the second ascension. "I'm not about to break that promise."

Aloysius seemed unfazed by her remark and her new energy level. "I'm sorry, but you will be breaking that promise."

Without saying anything else, she charged towards him. She drew her fist back and flung it forward. The anger she felt showed as her fist connected with his face.

Aloysius pulled his head until he was looking straight again and brought his hand to his mouth. He ran two fingers under his lip and looked at the blood produced by Zephyras punch and smirked. Rubbing the blood between his thumb and forefinger, he smiled at her and spoke.

"I see I'm going to have to stop going easy on you."

She didn't respond. Instead she came at him again. This time her punch was blocked along with several others. After a moment Aloysius had had enough. He snapped his hands over her wrists in a flash and pushed her hands down between them.

"Still not enough, Zephyra. Even with your new found power, your ribs are holding you back. You can't win. Surrender to me."

"Never!" She brought up her knee and connected it with his ribs, forcing him to let her wrists go. in the split second of time she had to spare, she formed a blast and pressed it into his stomach.

She watched as he flew back from her from the force of the blast. He regained his footing quickly and glanced down at his ruined shirt. Without second thought, he pulled his armor off his shoulder and arm, dropping it to the ground. Soon following was his charred shirt, exposing his flawless flesh to the elements.

His body was tone and smooth. Like the rest of him, not a single scar blemished his god-like figure. Could it have been possible he had never sustained any injury in battle? Or did his race just heal well?

She was shocked that he was completely unscathed from the blast that hit him dead on. She began to wonder if she was indeed over her head. Had she been on the receiving end of that, it would have nearly been game over.

"You're getting scared," he told her, his voice coming from behind.

In the time it had taken her to blink, he was behind her. She jerked around, shocked at his sudden movement and took a step back. She showed the courage that was beginning to fade from her heart.

"I'm not scared of you," she told him.

"I doubt that," he told her, taking a step towards her.

She stood her ground, raising her nose arrogantly. "I'm not."

He took another step, slowly closing the space between them, then another. Suddenly, he came forward, swinging his foot around and kicking her in the ankle. Loosing her footing, she toppled to the ground.

Before she could even think of getting up, his hand was around her ankle. He pulled hard against it and swung her small figure into a tree, snapping it in half. She cried out as her body plowed through the thick wood, further injuring her ribs,

As the tree fell to the ground, he continued his assault. As he finished his swing, he let go of her ankle and slammed the back of his fist against her jaw. She heard and felt her jaw crack under the force of the blow just before her body crashed to the ground and tumbled to a stop. She couldn't recall Vegeta ever hitting her that hard.

Blood began to trickle from her lip before being washed away by the rain. She knew if she tried to grab her jaw in pain that he'd know she was desperate. She had to keep her cool.

"I told you not to underestimate me, Zephyra," he told her as he stood over her.

He lifted his large foot and placed it over her neck, pressing down hard. She gasped for air as he raised his right hand over his head in a fist. Just as her eyes began to fade, he threw his hand down and released a blast directly into her abdomen.

He pulled his foot from her neck before she passed out. As the blood returned to her brain she let out a painful cough and threw her arms over her stomach and ribs. The pain ravaged her poor body.

"I had hoped you would have been a decent challenge," he said calmly. "It seems I should not have held such high hopes for you."

He reached down and placed his hand around her neck, pulling her up. He brought her face close to his and looked into her eyes just before turning and slamming her into another tree. The back of her head throbbed with pain as it smashed into the trunk.

She brought her hands to his bare chest, attempting to push him away. Her attempts were met with failure. She had to think of something before he killed her. She wasn't sure if she could spare the energy to give him a good blast. If she lost too much more, she'd loose the ability to stay in Super Saiyan.

She could feel the warm blood flowing down the back of her head and over her neck. She knew she didn't have much left. Out of desperation, she pressed her hands into his chest and released a blast of energy, sending him away.

He rose into the air as she slid down the tree. Before she had the chance to look up, she was engulfed in light just before the blast hit her. With no time to block or dodge, she was hit with the full force of the blast.

Aloysius smirked as the dust cleared. At the bottom of the easily fifty foot crater, Zephyra lay motionless. Her hair the light brown it normally was and the energy ceased to swarm around her.

Aloysius lowered his feet to the ground and calmly jumped into the massive hole. He walked over to her, keeping his eyes on her. Reaching her, he dropped to one knee and softly brushed the hair out of her bruised and bloody face.

"Farewell, little Saiyan."

She laid on the ground, beaten and helpless. There was nothing she could do. Aloysius rose his hand above his head, ready to deliver the final blow. Just before ending her life, he stopped and turned his eyes to the rainy sky.

"Well, that's interesting," he said mostly to himself as he rose to his feet.

(AN: Sorry this one took so long. It was actually really hard to me to write this. I'm sure my struggle shows. Anyway, let me know what you think. Constructive criticism is always welcome. I love to know how I can approve on my writing.)