Conquered

Conquered
Chapter 4: BACK OFF!
Pairings: G/V
Disclaimer: I don\'t own but if I did you would know

Warnings: This is about m/m relationships if you have a problem with that then I suggest that you go elsewhere.

Notes: Please hurry and find your seats everyone. Don\'t forget to show your dinner reservations at the door. I made sure that I reserved a table big enough to hold all of us. Tonight\'s going to be a blast! Not to mention how good the food\'s going to be too.

~oOo@oOo~

There were a total of eight challengers. The queen surveyed seven of them and it seems that the son of Bardock was going to be late or he wasn\'t interested in meeting his competition. She smiled knowingly to herself that it really didn\'t matter if he showed or not. Everything would still fall into place.

The queen cast a frown at a certain male who had a reputation for trouble. She leaned over to give her mate an ear full.

\"Dear, I understand that this tournament is for show only but did you have to invite Juunana?\"

\"Come now My Pet. Juunana is quite capable of giving us a good fight. Besides, I don\'t expect any of them to win except Bardock\'s youngest.\" He grabbed onto her hand and brought it to his lips and placed a kiss upon it. She still blushed after being mated to him for so many years.

Just like her son, Yasai also wore gloves even with her husband, because they were hated by so many for conquering and destroying other planets, she didn\'t want to get a vision of his demised. However, with her son it didn\'t matter, they would just cancel each other out.

\"By the way, have you seen Vegeta? That brat was suppose to be here a half hour ago.\" King Vegeta said.

\"No, my love. Don\'t worry he will be here\" His wife replied.

The banquet was going along smoothly. The food was catered from a different planet for this special occasion. The royal insignia was draped on the white walls of the hall behind the dais. King Vegeta smirked now everything would be perfect if his son would just show up. The Counsel met all that would be in the tournament except for Kakarott.

~oOo@oOo~

The tall spiky hair youth was running around his room trying to get ready for the banquet. Unfortunately, Krillin forgot to wake him from his nap and he over slept. After his shower he pulled out a black spandex body suit with matching black gauntlets and boots. He tossed the gauntlets aside not really caring for them.

He stepped through the legs of the suit and wiggled his tail through the opening in the back of it and slipped the rest of it on. Once dressed he stood in front of the full-length mirror.

\"Oh, man! Spandex really doesn\'t leave much to the imagination,\" He said out loud as he viewed every rippling muscle. At least with his gi uniform the only visible flesh was his arms. Hopefully, he wouldn\'t draw too much attention to his self.

He gave one last look in the mirror and trotted out the door heading toward the main royal ballroom.

~oOo@oOo~

The double doors opened to the banquet hall to reveal the object of why they were there. Prince Vegeta entered the room flanked by his personal guards. All eyes roamed over every inch of his compact body. His cape flowed freely behind him clasped to his full white body armor with gold trim and shoulder guards.

Normally, the young heir would ware his two piece black spandex top and shorts, but for special events such as this the customary royal dress code was his regal blue spandex body suit along with white gloves and gold tip bop boots with armor.

Vegeta scanned the room only to let out a breath air when he didn\'t locate the tall teen. He slightly bowed to his parents and made his way around the room.

After 10 minutes of endless babble, Vegeta was bored. He met four of the challengers that would be fighting to gain the position as his mate and frankly he wasn\'t impressed with any of them.

Now, he was talking with Juunana. His father was Dr. Gero, the second leading scientist on Vegetasei next to Dr. Briefs. It seems that Juunana had a twin sister named Juuhachi. Vegeta eyed the blonde bombshell talking with a short bald guard.

Immediately, Vegeta recognized the male. /Krillin/ He remembered him from the vision from Kay.

The prince excused his self from the conversation leaving the dark haired teen in the middle of the floor looking dumbfounded.

\"So, how did it go Juunana?\" A non-contested said approaching Juunana from behind.

\"The prince seemed preoccupied with something else\" He answered.

\"Don\'t worry about it. I\'m sure that once you\'re mated to him it really won\'t matter if he said anything at all\" Both laughed at the statement.

\"You\'re right. Father has assured me that everyone has a lower power level than me but he\'s unsure about Bardock\'s son. He wasn\'t even allowed to look at his statistics.\" Juunana explained.

\"Well, maybe we can invite ourselves to train with him\" Juunana\'s companion said. The youth smiled at the idea.

Kakarott entered through a side door not wanting to be announced that he was fashionably late. He went straight to the buffet style food table and grabbed a plate and sat down in the furthest corner away from everyone.

The prince was standing outside on the balcony when he felt the presence of the one whose been invading his dreams at night. This time he decided not to block the other.

Kakarott was almost finished with his dinner when he felt a tingling sensation in his head. ::I\'m surprised that you showed:: The familiar voice said.

Kakarott looked up at the sudden voice. He searched around the room trying to find the owner but turned up with nothing. So he did the next best thing.

::Why would you care if I came here or not:: He replied.

::I don\'t really but someone like yourself doesn\'t strike me as the type whom would care for fancy outings like this:: The low monotone voice responded.

::How would you know what I don\'t care for? Are you psychic or something?:: Kakarott asked.

Vegeta smirked. He knew that the boy didn\'t locate him because Nappa and Raditz were shielding him from unwanted solicitors. He leaned against the banisters and folded his arms across his chest and smiled.

::I know that you don\'t partially care for me and yes I am:: That was all that the voice said to him.

::Who are you? And why are you inside my mind?:: Kakarott asked.

::I see that you don\'t get out much but to answer your second question first- we develop something that is called a mind link or a first stage bond if you will. You can communicate with me telepathically at any time anywhere but I maintain constant barriers so it would impossible for you to get through to me unless I want it, but I can talk to you whenever the mood suits me.

As for your other question you will find out who I an soon enough. Until then enjoy the rest of your evening:: The voice was suddenly gone before Kakarott could ask any thing else.

Kakarott wondered if he was hallucinating everything but then again it seemed so real. That voice. He was sure that it sounded like that guy from the other day when he woke-up in the med-lab.

\"Hey bro!\"

\"Krillin\" Kakarott greeted being pulled from his thoughts temporarily. His expressive eyes fell on Krillin\'s lady friend.

\"Oh, sorry where are my manners. Kakarott this is Juuhachi. Juuhachi this is my best friend, Kakarott\"

\"Nice to meet you\" She said.

Kakarott turned red in the face. He never met a pretty girl before aside from Bulma and Chi-Chi but they didn\'t count.

\"Hey Kay are you going to say something or stare at her all night?\" Krillin asked.

Kay cast his famous sunbeam smile putting his hand behind his head. \"Gomen. Please forgive me. I\'m not use to other females besides my friends. So, you are here for the tournament?\"

Juuhachi casually tossed her blonde hair over her shoulders. \"No, my brother is competing. I\'m just here as his escort.\"

After that embarrassing introduction the trio made light casual conversation. They were completely unaware of the couple that was approaching them.

A tall male dressed in royal blue spandex complete with cap and gold trim armor made his way toward them followed by a short petite female. She was dressed in similar colors but instead of spandex she wore a silk rich flowing ball gown. Her cape was a different shade of blue and her gloved were of the same color.

Unlike the male, his hair was swept up standing on its end defying gravity. Reddish highlights could be seen through it. The female\'s hair was fashioned into a single braid that hung over her left shoulder with a stran of gold woven in it. The piece of rope went down to her slender hips.

Both possessed pools of black ink. One set was like looking into shreds of ice while the other seemed like a wall of fire.

Kakarott jumped up and bowed when he noticed them standing next to them while Krillin and Juuhachi looked at him like he was crazy. Well, that was until he opened his mouth.

\"Your Majesties\" He greeted.

\"No need to be so formal Kakarott. We came over to see how you and your friends were enjoying yourselves.\" The female royal said.

\"Well, to be honest I thought for sure you were going to give a speech or something Sire\" His question was directed to her mate putting his hand behind his head. A nervous habit Juuhachi concluded.

\"Normally I would have but seeing that every one know why he is here there is no need for me to do so.\" King Vegeta answered.

Yasai turned her attention to the quiet youths standing beside Kakarott. \"You must be Krillin and Juuhachi\"

Both nodded their head unsure as to what to say to her or their king. This was their first time meeting someone as important as the rulers of their planet.

\"At any rate we must be off. The Counsel will have a fit if we do not pay our respects\" Yasai said and gave Kakarott a hug good-bye. She already felt a strong attachment to him.

Kakarott was a little embarrassed by the queen\'s show of affection. Thank goodness that the king wasn\'t as opened with his feelings he just opt for a simple handshake and departed from the group.

What other surprises was in store for the youth in questioned? Well, he didn\'t know but he wished that someone would tell him.

Not far away a dark thundercloud settled over a fuming teenager from the recent show that the royal couple displayed. He didn\'t even get that type of attention from them and that was going to change.

Vegeta finished meeting everyone that was going to be in the tournament. He wiped a gloved hand over his face. The only ones that seemed to be any competition were Kay and Juunana, which reminds him. He should at least say hello to the dark haired youth. Vegeta smiled inwardly. He did have a short telepathic conversation with the boy so technically he *did* talk to everyone. Yes, Kay was an enigma; he would not fall so easily under him.

\"omg! That was amazing Bro. I didn\'t know that you knew them like that?\" Krillin said. The excitement in his voice was uncontainable.

\"How did you managed that?\" Juuhachi asked.

\"I don\'t know really. Maybe it\'s because they know my father or something.\" He answered.

\"And who\'s that?\"

Kakarott\'s mind was starting to turn to mush as he spotted the male he met in the medical lab walking toward them. \"Um, it uh Bardock\"

\"Wait-a-minute? You mean the same Bardock that invented the Moon Sphere? That Bardock?\" Juuhachi was shocked silly.

Kay nodded his head. \"Yup. The one and only\"

\"I hope that I\'m not interrupting anything?\"

This time Juuhachi and Krillin bowed leaving Kakarott in the dark. Vegeta stared intensely at Kakarott. The teen saw the same look from the royal couple. The handsome male had eyes that were a mixture of fire and ice then it dawned on Kakarott who this Saiyan Elite was.

/Oh, shit! This entire time I didn\'t know that I was talking to Prince Vegeta. Oh, Kami! He must think that I\'m some kind of idiot now?/ He thought as he felt a headache coming on. He wasn\'t having a good week so far.

\"Well, we\'re off. We can see that you would like to speak to Kakarott alone Your Highness. Bye\" Juuhachi and Krillin took off.

The tall youth didn\'t know what to say to the prince but the royal did. \"So, tell me Son of Bardock why are you in this competition?\" He asked.

\"It wasn\'t my idea to be in this little sporting event. Your father summoned me to be a participant\" Kakarott replied.

\"Interesting. Everyone else says that they are here to win just to become my mate.\"

\"Personally, I\'m not interested in the job if you ask me\" Kakarott was trying hard not to look at the ouji.

Vegeta closed the gap between them and removed one of his gloves to touch Kay\'s smooth face. The contact was electrifying both felt the warmth from each other as a soft golden glow radiated from Kakarrott, and in the instant Vegeta saw a brief flash of teal emerge in the inky black depths of his eyes.

Without really thinking Vegeta said, \"Join me for lunch tomorrow. I will send one of my guards to escort you to the dining area.\" Vegeta replaced his glove and left.

Kakarott stood there motionless. What was that all about? But before he could depart a hand grabbed him on the shoulder.

\"I don\'t know what kind of game that you\'re playing but it ends here. Prince Vegeta is mine understand and I will not let you or anyone else persuade him otherwise.\"

\"He\'s not yours. The Prince is not some thing that you can lay claim to; but if you want him that badly you need to get him official and to do that you have to win the tournament\" Kakarott replied not liking this guy for making an underlying threat.

\"Believe me. I plan on doing exactly that, so just stay out of my way.\"

\"Sorry to break the news to you but you have to beat me and trust me \'friend\' you don\'t stand a chance\" With that Kakarott left. He didn\'t want to her any more bull from this jerk.

Juunana watched his rival leave. His eyes trying to burn a hole into the retreating back. \"This isn\'t over. Not by a long shot.\"

~ TBC ~

A/N: Hmm, it seems that Juunana is stirring up some trouble for Kay, and what is Vegeta up to? Well, something happened to make him act strange. Tell your thoughts and any comments that you might have ^_~

Nemesis