Conquered

Conquered
Chapter 7: I spy with my little eye
Pairings: Kakarott/Vegeta

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

Notes: Gomen for taking sooo long to update. I\'ve being really busy with my newborn and she\'s demanding a lot of my attention.

Don\'t worry I\'m not giving up on this fic. I\'ve put too much time and effort to quit now. Besides, I wanna know what happens at the end ^_~

Now enough of my endless chatter on with the story. Enjoy!

~oOo@oOo~

A week passed after the incident about Kakarott and Vegeta\'s relationship. King Vegeta calmed down a tad but still. He watched his son and mate train from the observation window. And from the looks of it Vegeta was beating the living daylights out of Kakarott. Something was wrong it should be the other way around.

\"Get up baka! I know you can do better!\" Vegeta yelled. He was frustrated over his lover\'s performance.

Over the last couple of days he was starting to worry about Kakarott. He was becoming less active plus the large male wasn\'t eating him out of house and home.

\"Gomen Geta. I just don\'t have the energy to-\" Before Kakarott could finish his sentence he promptly threw-up on the polished wooden floor. His head was swimming and his felt hot.

The prince floated down to him and put his hand to his forehead. \"Let\'s go you\'re running a slight fever.\" Vegeta gathered him in his arms and headed toward the medical wing.

The tournament was only two days away and Kakarott would have to pick a fine time to come down sick.

~oOo@oOo~

Monitors bleep out loud in the stillness of the semi-dark room. Vegeta had his head down next to Kakarott. He was tired from the endless stress of worrying about him. The doctor quickly admitted Kay when he took one good look at his unusual pale complexion.

Kakarott was in bed connected to monitors and IV tubes. He was unconscious to the outside world. The doctor couldn\'t tell the prince exactly what was wrong with the ailing male other than the fact that he was dehydrated and needed plenty of rest.

Kakarott stirred after being out for the entire day. \"Geta,\" he called out weakly. His throat hurt a little from the lack of use. The prince\'s head shot up. \"Geta, what happened?\"

\"You got sick during training baka.\" Vegeta was holding his hand. Kakarott smiled at the informal pet name.

\"What did the doctor say?\"

\"Aside from the obvious. You haven\'t been able to hold your food down you\'re fine, but he said to lay off on heavy foods and stay in bed for a while until you regain your strength.\"

Eyelids started to sag from the medication. Vegeta reached up and kissed his mate on the lips.

\"I\'ll be back Kakarott,\" Vegeta said. He needed to stretch his cramped muscles. He had been by Kay\'s side all day. Now seeing that he had woken up, Vegeta could get a little fresh air.

The Saiyan was already asleep. The ouji stood wrapping his precious tail about his waist walking out of the hospital room leaving his young lover in the care of the medical staff.

The prince stopped outside the door only to be confronted by his father.

\"What do you want?\"

\"Don\'t give me that tone. I\'m just as concerned about him as you are. Bardock will be here later to see him.\"

\"Why would Bardock be coming here? Ever since our mating, Bardock has not spoken two words to Kakarott. He\'s the reason why my mate is laying in that damn bed now. Kakarott has been making himself sick because he felt that he disappointed his Father.\" Vegeta was not in the mood to deal with Bardock.

\"Look son-\" King Vegeta said but the ouji wasn\'t going to give him the time of day.

\"No, you look. Right now Kakarott needs rest. He has to be ready for the tournament. You can tell Bardock that he can talk with his son then.\" Vegeta didn\'t leave room for an argument.

The older royal stared after his son. Bardock showed up fifteen minutes later. He hurried over to the hospital wing when he had received a message that his youngest son was extremely ill. He had been so busy with work that he didn\'t have any time to check-up on him or to apologize for not being a little bit more understanding about him mating to the prince. After all, Kakarott was an adult and have a good head on his shoulders.

Bardock greeted the royal and was about to proceed into the room when King Vegeta shook his head.

\"It\'s best that you wait until after Kakarott is feeling better. Plus, I\'m quite sure that Vegeta would try to rip out your throat if you go near Kakarott right now.\"

Bardock stood motionless in front of the older Saiyan. \"Why would the prince do such a thing?\"

\"Vegeta feels that it\'s your fault for Kakarott being in here.\"

\"Wh-?\" Bardock was floored.

\"Just wait until after the tournament to visit with him. Maybe by then Vegeta would have calmed down.\"

The guard\'s shoulders slumped. The prince was blaming him for his mate\'s current condition. /Mate/ Bardock thought. He still couldn\'t get use to the idea of his son being mated to the male heir of the throne. He left the ouja alone in the quiet hallway of the hospital unsure how to deal with this current situation.

He didn\'t mean to hurt his son\'s feelings, but he was so upset when he found out that Kay and Vegeta bonded. It was just too much for him to take in at once. Bardock should have listened to Kay but he was too proud to do that.

He couldn\'t bring himself to admit that maybe just maybe this one time that he was wrong for blowing-up at his son the way he did. Now Bardock couldn\'t see his son because Vegeta was the dominant mate. He had no say whatsoever over the well being of his son.

Bardock held his head high showing his status as a third class commander. He refused to give in and let the tears fall that threatened to give way at any moment.

~oOo@oOo~

The doctor released Kakarott the following morning. He instructed Vegeta that the tall youth should not under any circumstance engage in any type of strenuous activities. The prince wasn\'t to thrilled to hear about that. Tomorrow was the tournament and Kakarott barely got any training time in.

That also had meant no making out either. Kakarott wasn\'t strong enough to handle the roughness of their couplings.

Vegeta was sitting at his desk working, occasionally looking up to see if Kakarott was still sleeping every once in a while his mate would run to the bath to throw-up. The prince was livid to no end that the doctor couldn\'t tell him any thing more. This illness was going to severally effect Kay\'s performance in the tournament but it was nothing to be concerned about until that time.

It was still relatively early in the morning when there was a knock at the door.

/Who would be seeing me at this hour?/ Vegeta checked his schedule.

As a matter of fact his father made sure that his schedule was cleared for the next four weeks.

He opened the door only to find no one there. He looked up and down the corridor to see it empty except for a few guards stationed at their posts.

\"Geta, who\'s there?\" Kakarott called out barely above a whisper but the prince heard him as if he was standing next to him.

\"No one Kay just go back to sleep.\" Vegeta stepped back inside his room not giving it another thought.

~oOo@oOo~

A blonde casually walked into her shared room. She flopped down on the bed and sighed. It was way too early in the morning to be up at this ungodly hour. She glanced at her roommate who was adjusting visual monitors and speaker.

\"Look Juunana, I didn\'t come along on this ride to piss-off the Prince.\"

\"Don\'t worry Juuhachi, you can go and have your little fun with that bald guy you\'re so fond of.\"

\"Fine. I\'m outta here.\"

Juuhachi left without another word or a look back. Juunana finally got a clear visual of the prince\'s bedroom. He practically had to beg his sister to get the spy mini-cam into the young royal\'s quarters. Now, he could find out if his instincts were correct.

Over the past week Juuhachi had mentioned that she hadn\'t seen Krillin\'s friend, who happened to turn out to Kakarott. Unfortunately, Juunana still didn\'t have a face to go with the name. Something was afoot with the royal and the third class no body.

It was evident the night of the banquet. The way how they stared at each other. A look that Juunana couldn\'t identify or how the third class conversed with the king and queen as if they were friends.

By Juunana\'s thinking he shouldn\'t even have to compete in some stupid tournament. After all he was a second class warrior next to an Elite and he was being forced to fight to win the respect and title as the prince\'s mate. How degrading.

He sat at the viewing monitor staring unbelieving at the scene. There in the prince\'s bed was the Saiyan that got him on lock down.

\"Who is this guy?\" Juunana said to himself. His temper sparked. This punk somehow managed to gain the prince\'s favor by sleeping with him.

Well, no wonder he was so sure of himself winning the tournament but it\'s not going to happen. Juunana turned up the volume to hear what was being said.

~ The prince\'s room ~

Vegeta walked back from the bathroom to find his mate sitting up in bed. \"Kakarott, what the Hell are doing?\"

\"Gomen, Geta but I\'m tired of lying in bed.\"

Vegeta walked over to him and checked his temperature. \"At least your fever hasn\'t come back. Remember what the doctor said, you can\'t over do it. Besides, for all we know you could have some type of virus.\"

\"I know Geta but if that\'s the case then you would be sick as well,\" Kakarott replied. Hoping that his stomach wouldn\'t rebel. The prince forced his partner back down into bed.

\"Try and sleep. Tomorrow\'s the competition. You will not be able to win if you\'re still throwing-up and feeling weak.\"

\"Okay, I\'ll try.\" Kakarott turned over and tried to go back to sleep.

Vegeta stepped off the dais and returned to his mountain of work. It really sucked that both of them were confined but there was nothing that he could do without giving away the fact that they\'re mated, which was some thing his Father wanted to avoid.

~ Juunana\'s room ~

/Holy cow! That\'s Kakarott?! So, he\'s not sleeping with the prince but there has to be more/ Juunana knew something was going on between Prince Vegeta and Kakarott and he was going to make sure that Kakarott gets disqualified from the tournament.

However, Juunana and the other combatants doesn\'t realize that the tournament was a front to convince the Counsel members that this would be the only way to make the stubborn ouji take a mate.

The tournament would be just the beginning of Vegeta and Kakarott\'s problems.

~ TBC ~

A/N: Well, what do you think? Something tells me that Juunana has it out for Kay. Hmm, problems ahead for the new royal couple. What do you think it could be? Tell me your thoughts and any comments that you might have.

Nemesis