A Sayians Bond

She awoke in her bed in the middle of the night to find Vegeta standing in the doorway with his arms crossed. "How long was I out?"

"A week," he snorted. "Time that should have been spent training." What sympathy he showed was all but gone.

"Please forgive me for not being strong enough." She lowered her head in apology.

"I'll forgive you. But how do you plan to make this up to me?"

She rose her head and thought for a moment. "Well... I'm not quite sure. What would you have me do?"

"Meet me outside." He turned and walked away.

"Not again," she thought to herself. She just knew she was going to be bed-ridden for another week now. This time she wouldn't be fooled. Vegeta had on his armor, so she put hers on as well and stepped out the front door. "Fool me once, Vegeta," she shouted after she was far enough from the house not to wake anyone.

Vegeta flew above her the entire time, watching, waiting for the perfect moment to strike. She was scared. How much more of his torture could she take before she stopped waking up? Everytime she trained with him she felt like she was only one good slap to the face away from death. However, she could see his point in knocking her senseless every chance he got. She knew as well as anybody that when a Sayian looses a battle that they become stronger. But she didn't know how much stronger she was. All she knew was that everytime she trained Vegeta kicked the crap out of her worse than the last time.

She wasn't sure if she'd ever grow strong enough to please him. She grew to seriously doubt her abilities she'd gained from past training. No one had ever smacked her around like Vegeta did. In a way, she liked how much stronger he was then her. And he enjoyed how easily he could dominate her. He was like a hunter, waiting for the kill to move into the perfect spot to make his move.

"Is that where you were hiding last time?" Zephyra asked as she looked up at him. He smiled and lowered himself back to Earth.

"Very good."

"Are we training again?" Vegeta shook his head, no. "Promise? Because last time you said no you broke five of my ribs." Vegeta's feet finally touched the soft grass as Zephyra braced herself mentally for another beating.

"I have something else planned for tonight. Do you remember when you asked me about the sensitivity in your tail?" She nodded her head yes in response. "We're going to work on that." She nearly cringed in fear for the pain that would come from him ravaging her poor tail. She'd rather train regularly then have him hurt her tail. He slowly moved behind her, his eyes fixed on her tail which quickly wrapped around her waist.

"Unwrap it," he ordered. She nervously did as she was told. She unwrapped it, starting at the tip and let it slowly fall behind her. Her face tightened up in fear and she began to shake as he finished moving behind her. "Are you ready?"

She spoke nervously, her fear more then obvious in her soft answer. "No." She took in a deep breath, as if it would ease the suffering she already felt inside. He moved close to her and very gently wrapped his fingers around her tail, waiting. "I don't want you to hurt it." A shiver went down her spine and her tail shook in his hand.

"You have no idea." He slowly began to tighten his grip.

She tried to stand still and do as he told. But the fear overcame her. "I can't!" She jerked around, pulling her tail from his hand. She held her tail behind her and slowly backed away from him. Her voice nearly in a panic. "I'm so sorry, Prince Vegeta." His eyebows narrowed in irritation. "I... I just can't submit myself to that kind of pain." He slowly walked towards her as she continued to back away. At this point she almost feared for her life. But he wouldn't kill her over something so small, would he?

Her eyes darted from side to side until finally she saw his fists ball up at his sides and she dropped to the ground on one knee and lowered her head. "I'm sorry, my prince. It was wrong of me not to do as I was told. I've cowarded away from you like a scared dog when all you want to do is to help me grow stronger. You've beaten me to a bloody pulp nearly everyday and I cower away at the mere thought of pain coming to my tail." She stood and turned away from him, raising her tail to him, inviting him to do as he pleased. "You are the only person I can connect with. You took me under your wing. I owe you everything."

She raised her head and looked at the stars. "You've devoted your every free second to me. I truely feel honored that you would even look in my direction. My parents told me you were selfish and cocky but an amazing warrior nonetheless. They told me to seak you out to find out more about my race that they couldn't tell me, to learn to fight the way you can. I could have never imagined how powerful you'd actually be." She closed her eyes to take a deep breath. "How strong, bold, fearless. You're a legend. I am in complete awe of you. I know I've made mistakes in your training. I don't try hard enough. I've been having so much fun with you. You're not afraid to hurt me, to show me who's the strongest. No one has ever smacked me around the way you do or been so rough with me. You do not know how much I actually enjoy training with you. Please don't abandon teaching me."

She opened her eyes and looked forward as her eyes began to water. "I need you, Vegeta." She dropped to her knees and dug her fingers into the ground. "I don't deserve what you've done for me. I'm not worthy."

"Are you done?" His voice was inches behind her.

She lowered her forehead to the soft grass and practically whispered her answer. "Yes."

"I want you to tell me you will trust me from now on, no matter what I ask you to do." He walked around to her front side. "Stand up." She did exactly as she was told with her eyes fixed on the ground, however. "Tell me you will never doubt my judgement, that you will do exactly as I tell you. " She looked up into his eyes. "Tell me!"

She jumped when he yelled at her. "I swear... I will trust you from now on and I will forever trust your judgement. I will never ask you 'Why?' and I will do exactly what you say no matter how outragious it seems to me because I know you will only do things to me that will make me stronger."

"You can turn back around now." She held back to urge to wrap her tail around her waist and slowly turned around. She tried to brace herself as best she could, but it didn't help. A scream followed by blackness was all she remembered when she woke up later that morning to the smell of breakfast.