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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 Nine: Brewing Trouble

17 stood watching Phoenix, as the woman stood at the edge of a cliff overlooking a lake. The meadow around her made the sight look like it was a scene out of a romance novel. Where the heroin stood waiting in a meadow for her hero to find her, just before the final plot twist was about to occur.

“What makes you think they won’t just kill you before you can find the dragon balls?” He asked. He didn’t know why he was fallowing her; she wasn’t that entertaining to be around. Most of the time she seemed to be off in her own little world, and didn’t even to know that he was around, not that he minded the silence, what he did mind was the lack of entertainment. If something interesting didn’t happen soon he was going to make it happen.

“They won’t. There’s too few saiyan’s as there is. They won’t needlessly kill one of us off unless they had to.” She whispered running a hand through her long hair that was dancing in the wind. Slowly she turned to face him, for the first time in a week since he nearly kissed her on the ship, it seemed like she was actually looking at him. She walked up to him resting her head against his shoulder. “Why did they really bring you back to life 17? I spent all week trying to figure it out and came up with nothing.” At the moment she seemed so fragile and lonely.

“I wanted another chance of life and they needed a new elite so we made a deal.” 17 said watching her. Slowly she looked up at him, the look in her eyes was that of fear. Not for herself but for him.

“You’re going to come to regret working for him. All of us do. He might seem great on the surface but he’s a tyrant under that polish surface.” She said turning away from him with a heavy sigh. “I’m going to get the dragon balls. You wait here to see who shows up. Call me if any one does. If not I’ll be back in 2 hours.” She said tossing him a small device that looked like a blue tooth. 17 caught it as he grabbed her arm, pulling her to him.

“You stay, I’ll go looking. I want something to do and if it’s Vegeta who shows up, he’ll only want to talk to you. I’ll be back in two hour if I found nothing.” He whispered tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. He noticed the slender, fluffy tail that he thought was a belt till it unwrapped from her waist. She leaned up and brushed her lips against his. It was a fleeting kiss that he didn’t even get a chance to respond to from the shock of it.

“I’ll be waiting” was all she whispered before he moved back from her and took off. He really didn’t know where he was going, just that he needed to move away from the woman who seemed to be sending off vibes that would fill any man with the urge to fuck her. The further he moved away from her the better off he felt, like he was back in control of himself.

That’s when he felt it; the cool energy that only belonged to his sister. She was heading fight for him. He stopped flying waiting from her to reach him. When she did, she didn’t stop till she was holding onto him. He returned the hug feeling her tears soak into his shirts.

“Where the hell were you? I looked for you after they made the wish for all of Cell’s victims to be brought back to life. I couldn’t find you!” she choked out, looking up at him with a tears running down her face. 17 held her tighter.

“I don’t know what happened with the wish and why I wasn’t brought back with it but I’m here now and that’s all that matters...”

“Like hell it does. What’s going on 17? Tell me damn it. I need to know. I can’t lose you again, not like what happened with Cell. You weren’t there for me when I needed you” 18 cried, yelling at him. He wasn’t there for her when she started to date Krillen, or get married to him or when she was pregnant with their daughter. He wasn’t there, and now he just suddenly just showed up, becoming part of her life again, it was almost too much for her to take.

“I met this guy who works for this organization that polices the universe. He promised excitement to come with the job. I agreed to it and he brought me back to life. It’s how I met Phoenix. Earth is my first assignment. All they want is for us to bring the Dragon balls with us and the password.” 17 said. He knew his sister understood his need for adventure. He couldn’t handle life in the slow lane. Looking up at him blinking, he wiped her tears way, giving her a rare smile. She smiled back at him but still didn’t let him go. “It’s my test, to see if my skills can impress Phoenix, from what I hear, she one of the best warriors in the universe.” He said like a child on the morning of Christmas. She rolled her eyes at him.

“Forget that life 17, please? Stay on Earth with me. You can train with the Gohan and the other’s they can keep you on your toes.” 18 asked desperately trying to keep him with her. Just because she was married didn’t mean that she still didn’t have a huge hole in her heart that was reserved only for him.

“We’ll see how it plays out, okay?” he asked looking down at her, as he slowly ended the embrace. He took her hand pulling her with him as he made an attempt to look for the dragon balls. During that time the talked about everything that she went through since Cell ate him.

Vegeta woke up laying on the couch at Capsule Corp. He didn’t know how he got there, the last thing he remembered was Phoenix coming out of her space pod. He knew it was her before she even stepped out. He remembered Raditz, her and himself painting the design onto the pod as a fun little family activity.

“Vegeta?” He looked over to see Bulma had walked into the room. She moved to kneel at his side. He knew she was pregnant again, it wasn’t hard to figure out when he didn’t smell the faint scent of blood she had every forth week. Since Raditz’s die he only had sex three times with the woman at his side. Even then he barely managed to get hard for her. He knew she didn’t deserve it but the whole time they were having sex he kept thinking about his fallen mate. “You miss Raditz don’t you?”

He didn’t know what to say to that. He looked away from her. He couldn’t handle seeing the heart break that played on her face. “Every damn day, every night my mind keeps replaying his final recording as he died at Piccolo and Kakarot’s hands. I should have been there for her, Bulma. She was his pride and joy and I left her with the wolfs for my own selfish reasons. The last time I held my daughter, she was dead in my arms. Her body was naked, broken and bleeding. She was five years old, when Frieza and his men raped her Bulma. A five year old who endured that kind of hell, dying knowing that her parents didn’t love her enough to save her from that fate.” He whispered. Its way he kept himself so distant with Trunks. He had let himself get close with his daughter and she endured the worst fate that he could imagine, he wasn’t going to have a repeat with his son or their newest addition to their family.

Bulma hugged him again running her hand over his head as he broke down into silent tears. She never saw the man in her life cry before now, what ever happened must have really gotten under his skin. “You can tell me about it Vegeta. It’s the least I could do; you listened to all my stories.”

~flashback~

Giggles and splashing sounds came from the bathroom of the apartment. Vegeta smiled as he put his book down, heading to the bathroom to see what his daughter was doing. Opening the door, he noticed the floor was covered in water. He eyed the tub not seeing anything but bubbles. His spirited daughter wanted lots of bubbles to play with. He rolled up his sleeve as he walked towards the tub. He didn’t have his gloves on; he rarely did when he was at home with the little girl and his mate.

Suddenly the girl surface through the bubbles with a giggle again. “Mommy look what I can do!” the girl exclaimed before diving under the bubbles again. She stayed down for about a minute before surfacing on the other side of the tub. Vegeta laughed as he pulled the red hooded towel off the rack.

“Very impressive for a firebird to get so far, so fast under water” he said genuinely happy that his daughter loved to swim. It gave them a way to bond, and something for him to teach her besides how to fight. “Time to get out though, your father’s going to be home soon.” He held the towel open for her. She climbed out of the tub rushing into the towel and his waiting arms, giggling again. Once she was wrapped up in the towel, Vegeta picked up the girl carrying her into her room that was painted with fire on the walls, as per her request. He helped her dry off and get dressed in silk tee shirt pajama set. She grabbed a book to read while Vegeta grabbed a brush and hair ties.

The two sat on the couch. “How do you want your hair done this time?” Vegeta asked the girl. She would throw a fit if she didn’t look like a princess when Raditz or Vegeta were coming home from a mission that took longer than a day away from her. In general she wasn’t a vein but the need to look regal was something she was picking up from Vegeta. He wasn’t sure if he liked seeing that from her or not but at least she had Raditz personality. She was open about how she felt about things and made friends easily unlike Vegeta who was cold and distant from almost everyone, beside Phoenix and Raditz.

“Fishtail! I want a Fishtail.” She said with a giggle. Her tail wrapping around Vegeta’s as he brushed out her damp hair. He laughed. Lately his daughter was obsessed with trying to be a mermaid after she learned about the Rash’kins; a race of water sprites that had long fish-like tails, large almond like eyes, gills but no mouths.

“So what are we going to make for dinner for daddy when he gets home?” Vegeta asked as he worked on setting her hair the way she wanted it. She had to think about it for a moment.

“Beef stew, we should make beef stew for Daddy” she said cheerfully. Vegeta smiled at her kissing her forehead. Most of the time she would say her favorite food for dinner, Fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches covered in chocolate sauce. The food he craved while pregnant with her was the very thing she liked to eat all the time.

“Sounds good to me my little firebird, you going to help mommy make it?” Vegeta asked her when he finished working on her hair. She nodded as she turned to hug Vegeta, placing a kiss on his cheek. She cuddled into him, like every night after she had a bath. It still shocked Vegeta how cuddly the vivacious child got after a bath. It was funny to see Nappa’s face when he and Raditz got home from a mission and Nappa had given the child a bath, put her hair into a pony tail. She refused to let go of him and fell asleep against him trying to stay up waiting for her parents to get home. Sitting her on the counter to help him stir the stew as they made it, Vegeta still didn’t want her to handle a knife yet, not wanting to risk her hurting herself with it.

Raditz walked into his home to the inviting sent of food being cooked. Glad that for once it wasn’t his daughter’s favorite meal that was on the menu. As silently as he could he closed the door behind him locking it. He managed to sneak into the kitchen to see his mate cooking stew with their daughter stirring it. He didn’t miss noticing that their tails where still entwined. Unable to resist, he moved to stand behind Vegeta, wrapping an arm around Vegeta’s waist, his tail around both of theirs while dipping his pinky into the stew to taste it. “I say it’s done my lovelies.” He said with a wink, gaining a giggle from their daughter who reached out for her father.

“Take her Raditz, she’s been waiting for you to come home all day. I’ll bring dinner out in a moment okay?” Vegeta said kissing his mate before he lost his mate to their Daughter’s attention for the time being. He had to admit, watching Raditz with her, wasn’t something Vegeta would find as appealing as it turned out to be. It was a surprise to both of them that Vegeta wasn’t pregnant with a second child already. They had sex nightly and sometimes when they first wake up depending how horny they still were from the night before.

Vegeta brought out the pot, setting on the table, listening to Raditz talk about his last mission in a very muted version of it for their daughter’s sake. Vegeta dished them up, not bothering to have three bowls, Phoenix would never touch it, instead opting to share whatever was on the plates of her parents. Neither were worried that she didn’t eat all that much yet since females stayed dependant on their parents longer than males did since their need for battle hadn’t kicked in yet.

By the time half a bowl was done, she had fallen asleep against Raditz. “I’ll be rate back, I’m going to lay her down.”

“Be careful around the washroom, she soaked the floor again.”Raditz only laughed to that. It was nothing new to come home to. He laid the girl down on her bed, tucking her in before joining his mate again. “I think the only time she didn’t do that is when Nappa watched her for two days”

“Did you really expect her to bath around him and enjoy it? She doesn’t feel that safe around him.” Vegeta asked, moving to straddle his mate’s lap. He was in the tail end of his heat, but that still didn’t make him any less needy for his mate. Raditz kissed Vegeta hard. Both glad that they had their room sound proofed. Trying to keep things down wouldn’t have worked with Vegeta being in heat, triggering Raditz’s heat.

“That true...” he whispered against Vegeta’s lips, he already had a hand that had reached into Vegeta’s pants, stroking the growing erection of his prince. Vegeta thrust into the touch, craving more of it, biting his lip to stay silent. “I think I’m ready for desert, aren’t you?” Raditz knew he was teasing his mate and Vegeta knew it too. He would have gotten mad that Raditz would tease him but at the moment the only thing that mattered to him was having his mate claim him. Vegeta kissed Raditz, a hand gripping onto the arm of the hand that was stroking him.

“Bed, now Raditz before we have a very awkward talk with Phoenix about sex” Vegeta breathed out. Raditz wasted no time carrying his mate to their room. He managed to kick the door closed behind them more focused on what they were doing then trying to stay quiet for their daughter’s sake. Once on the bed Vegeta let lose a moan that that been trying to break free since Raditz first kissed him. Hastily they managed to get out of their cloths without moving away from each other too much. Raditz didn’t bother with preparing Vegeta for their union, he hadn’t for over three years, since it became their nightly ritual. Making leaving on missions harder since neither got much restful sleep since they had to go without sex.

Vegeta groaned feeling Raditz enter him without lining up, even trying to hit his prostate. Raditz moaned at the sudden tightness of his mate’s passage. He never made Vegeta cum by just entering his mate till now. He barely managed to hold back his own release in order to make it last longer. He forced himself to keep the pace to a madding slow one for the both of them though he wanted to see what happens when the pace was kept slow, that and he wanted to give his mate time to catch his breath.

“Please Raditz, faster... harder...please” Vegeta begged breathlessly craving the normal tempo Raditz always sets, except for tonight.

“Relax my prince and enjoy the feel of our union, I know I am. I want to savor it before you leave for a month.” Raditz said between kisses that he placed over Vegeta’s body worshiping it. Vegeta groaned again, closing his eyes, letting himself get lost in the feel of his mate thrusting in and out of him. Neither knowing this would be the last time they would ever be together in the living world; Vegeta came harder and longer than he ever had in his life, pulling Raditz into the same boat as him, getting lost in the feel of Vegeta’s finish. Afterwards both were too tired to move, falling asleep just as they were, their bodies still joined together.

~End flashback~

“...By the time morning came, I left Raditz to sleep, I kissed Phoenix on the head before I left on assignment. I didn’t know that he was planning to leave for Earth that day, leaving Phoenix alone with Frieza who saw too personally look after our daughter after Raditz was killed. The next time I saw her, she was dead.” Vegeta finished his little story. The first time he was ever somewhat open with his past. He didn’t know that Goku and Gohan heard every word of it. The two stayed in the hall not sure if Vegeta was ready to share his past with everyone yet. Goku didn’t enter the room since he was worried that Vegeta would get madder at him since he was the one who messed up his life. If he didn’t kill his brother Vegeta’s life wouldn’t have been a mess, and Phoenix wouldn’t of had to grow up without remembering just how much her parents loved her. He got that much out of Vegeta’s tale.

“Oh Vegeta, I’m sorry...I didn’t know. We could still use the dragon balls to wish Raditz back though if that’s what you want.” Bulma offered. Yes he tale broke her heart but hearing just how much the man she loved still lived in the past where Raditz’s was alive and still with him; where he still had his daughter’s love.

“You forget that the Earth’s dragon doesn’t have the power to bring someone back if they have been dead for longer than a year. We would have to go to Namek for that wish. We both know that they don’t care for me after what I did the last time I was there. Forget about it Bulma, I moved on with my life, as much as I want him here with me, I accept that it will never happen.” Vegeta said getting up heading to the kitchen to grab a drink before heading out of the building.

Phoenix looked over the edge of the cliff, down into the depths of the lake. There she noticed it; a very faint gleam from something at the bottom of the lake. With nothing else to do, she dove off the edge of the cliff into the lake to investigate what was at the bottom of the lake. Using her ki to push herself deeper, she reached the bottom, some 300 feet below surface level. There in the gloom she found the seven star dragon ball, she didn’t take the time to admire it, she was running out of air, freezing and being crushed by the water above her. Using her power again, she made it back to the surface in the span of about two minutes. She floated back up to the top of the cliff looking over the dragon ball.

“What luck you do seem to have my dear. Be a good little girl and hand over that dragon ball.” Phoenix smirked hearing a deep rough voice from behind her. She knew it well, to be that of Takarra. Another elite within Fernando’s organization and a man who had it out for her ever since she refused to serves him along with every other male there.

“Do you really think you can take this way from me Takarra? We both know you’re too slow and weak to take it by force.” She said arrogantly. She had yet to be bested by this man at anything and he challenged her almost weekly to something. All because of her big mouth saying she would sleep with him if he could best her. The man before her was short, green and on the chubby side of the scale. If he had another set of eyes, he would look like Guldo. She rolled her eyes at him. She felt the energy above and behind her charging up. She licked her lips, this was going to be fun, too bad 17 was going to miss it. “Double teaming a lady, that’s not very sportsmen like of you Takarra” She said before the power was released, aimed for her head.

She had seconds to dodge the blast and the attack that came from Takarra. Landing on her feet, she looked at her second attacker. She had never seen the person before but looking into his eyes was like looking into a reflection of her own red ones. “Well done Aries! Don’t you like him, Phoenix? I made a clone of you from your DNA with a few minor tweaks. What better way to kill the un-killable warrior then with the same thing that they are.” Takarra laughed. Phoenix growled darkly to herself, watching the tall man beside Takarra. He had short red hair and a red tail around his waist to go along with the matching eyes. At first glance anyone could have mistaken them for twins. “Aries hurry up and kill her, I want that Dragon Ball” He said licking his lips. The man rushed towards her ready to kill her. His movement looked almost robotic like.

“Prince Fernando ordered their collection, if you want them, bring it up with him.” Phoenix said, doing a back flip to avoid being hit from her clone.

“I’m no longer working for that man, and rumor has it that you won’t be working for him much longer afterwards even if you do manage to kill me and Aries here. Once he gets his wish granted for immortality, he’ll sell you off after sealing your powers. Your little gift won’t be need after the wish. That or you’ll be mated off to 17, oh I’m sorry, didn’t you know that’s why they brought him back to life was to get you out of the way?” the short man laughed from him place. He was enjoying the look of horror and shock on her face from what he said. He just made the rumors up after reading her file report that Fernando had kept from Frieza’s records and added to it. She didn’t have access to see her own file so she would have no idea what was fully in there. Needless to say, most of it wasn’t pretty from what it contained before Fernando started to add to it. It made him sick to read about a child being hacked up into pieces, parts of it eaten while other parts where dropped into acid, the rest where used at some stage of masturbation. Even after all of that, she regenerated from that, without so much of a scratch on her, remarkable really. He hoped that he managed not to mess around with those genes when he altered the genetic code to create Aries.

The clone show no use of being able to use fire like Phoenix herself did. He watched as her body was coated in flames that where on the edge of turning fully blue. The plants around her showed no sign of being affected by the fire but Aries backed off from the heat of the flames. Using this opportunity; she turned and threw the dragon ball into a fiery portal that opened behind her. It was still somewhere on earth but they nor she knew where it would be found again.

Her scream of agony, was Takarra’s only source of comfort at the moment as Aries cut her back and her tail off with a blade that was build into his body. Yes, he had turned the clone into an android to give him even more weapons at his disposal to kill Phoenix with. At the moment, he was glad to have done it now that the wretched woman had hidden his dragon ball he watched a the clone had cut her jacket and bar open, giving both males a clear view to the exposed flesh of her bosom as she dodged a fury of blows.

Having enough of this game, she transformed going super saiyan; her eyes and hair turning a stunning bright, vivid blue as the flames that covered her body. It had shocked her when it first happened. She had been sent to some planet on the very edge of the eastern universe. She was 12 at the time and paired with a fifteen year old name Zane. At the time she had been crushing over him since he was the best looking male around and he was tender and gentle with her, not rushing her into anything. They were ambushed and he was killed in combat trying to save her life, never knowing that she wouldn’t stay dead. It had been the final push she needed to become a super saiyan.

She felt 17 rushing back to her along with 18 at his side. She could also feel Vegeta racing towards her. She didn’t know what the hurry was. She noticed the attack a second too late, taking the stab from the blade, just beside her heart before it was pulled straight out the side of her chest, cutting it and her breast open. Raising a hand to just below her lips she blew across her hand, flames engulfed the android before her. Sudden movement caught her attention, as a flaming blade came at her, cutting her head off from her neck and her hand off from her arm before the flames could fully destroy the android in front her. Takarra growled.

“At least the stupid thing killed her...” he said destroying what was left of his creation. He noticed the communication device that was still attached to her head. He took it off listing to see if her fire destroyed it.

“Damn it Phoenix answer me!” he hear a male voice coming from it. He crushed it leaving it broken beside her head. He took off, he didn’t want to be around when her comrades came to find out what happened to her, after her power sudden dropped off after flaring up. That and he still had to find the Dragon Balls for the person he agreed to help behind Fernando’s back.

A screech was all that Vegeta heard as he got close to where he had felt Phoenix’s power before it dropped off completely. He was shocked that she could hide so much of it back from them. He spotted 17 standing with 18 clinging to his chest. He landed beside them noticing Phoenix body. He dropped to his knees unable to breath. Once again he had arrived too late to save her, once again she was dead because of it. Her glassy eyes were left open wide from shock. Closing his eyes, he couldn’t handle seeing he corpse anymore.

A gasp from 17 caused both Vegeta and 18 to look up at him them over to the body, watching as it glowed faintly. The severed hand was pulled back to its place, same as her head was pulled back to its plan on her neck, her tail reattached itself to her body. The damaged seemed to close on its own accord before the glowing faded away. No one moved, shock ruled over them for a moment before a gasp cut the silence.

Phoenix sat up blinking her dry eyes. “I hate being decapitated” she muttered as she pulled herself to her feet. Not noticing or not caring that her shirt and bra were still trashed. 17 took off his black tee-shirt, tossing it at her. A faint blush cover, his cheeks from noticing that her jacket barely covered her breasts. Phoenix caught it blinking the looked down at her shirt. “Oh when I catch that creep, I’m going to pound the living shit out of his for destroying my favorite jacket.” She muttered to herself putting on 17’s shirt. It was tight across her chest but loss everywhere else. She looked at the discarded remains of her jacket, letting out a sigh. Looking back at the three before her wondering if she looking stupid in 17’s shirt, and that’s why they had yet to say anything thing.

Phoenix took a step towards them as she blacked out. 17 caught her before she could fall and hit the ground. He didn’t know if it was the side effects from regenerating from being dead or if it was still from whatever had attacked her. He looked over at Vegeta for help. He still hadn’t gotten over the shock of watching her regenerate. “Vegeta, we need to get her someplace safe, I don’t know how long she’ll be out of commission and leaving her in the elements isn’t a great idea rate now.” 17 said holding the woman to him, her head resting against his shoulder. He expected her to be heavier then she was since she was all muscles but she was relatively light.

Snapping out of it, Vegeta looked over 17 who was holding his daughter. As much as he hated to admit it, they looked like they belonged together. “Fallow me and stay close.” Vegeta said heading back towards the place he just came from. It was closer then the lookout. Silently Vegeta was cursing himself for not insisting that Kakarot teach him how to use the instant transition.
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