Akita and Vegeta collapsed onto the floor. They had been sparring for over 5 hours now. Akita looked around and saw that the other Saiyans had been sparring also. They looked good from what Akita could see but she’d have to actually spar them to find out. She looked back at Vegeta and thought about their match. He was good and had great potential but he needed someone strong to train against him and to beat him into shape. Akita smirked, looks like I have a new job; training the Saiyan Prince.
She sighed and got to her feet. Walking over to Vegeta she smirked and crossed her arms over her chest. “Not bad Vegeta, not bad at all. You certainly gave me a work out. I haven’t had a sparring partner this good for a while. But you still aren’t strong enough yet. I think you could improve which is why I’ve decided I’m going to train you.” Akita put a rare smile on her face and held out her hand. “Now come and eat, I’m starving and I bet you and the others are too. Besides, I don’t know where the cafeteria is yet!”
Vegeta grunted and hoisted himself onto his feet. He would never except help from anyone. He was a Prince! He could look after himself and get up after every battle without any help. He had smirked when Akita had told him that he had given her a work out but that had quickly turned into a frown when he heard her say that she was going to train him. Train him!?! He didn’t need her help or anyone else’s. He could train himself, thank you very much. Why would he bother with someone’s help?
Vegeta walked across the room to the door and opened it. Immediately all the Saiyans stopped sparring and looked at their Prince. “Food.” He grunted and they all flew over to Vegeta and stood before him. Vegeta looked Akita who was still standing where he left her, looking very confused. Vegeta shook his head and beckoned for her to come over. She raised an eyebrow and flew over and landed in front of him. “When we go to eat we all go together.” Vegeta explained to her, “When I say we eat, we eat. Understand?” he asked.
Akita frowned. “So you mean I have to do whatever you say? Why should I?” she asked. Yes she knew that he was her Prince but all of them should still have some free will shouldn’t they? Where did anyone get following one person?
Vegeta grunted, “Yes you have to do whatever I say. If we go separately and Zarbon or Dodoria or even Frieza see you, they will wonder why I have no control over you. Then most likely they will think that I am not giving you enough discipline and they will order strict discipline on all of us. We have all accustomed ourselves to this lifestyle and you will have to as well. Follow me, Nappa, Raditz or one of the women if you get lost or confused.” Vegeta explained. Then he opened the door and walked through. All the other Saiyans followed him as he went down the hall.
Akita was about to say something but decided against it, shut her mouth, and hurried out of the door, shutting it behind her. She ran to catch up to the back of the line and fell into step besides Skye and Kira. Akita was shocked to see that they all walked in groups of three except Vegeta, who walked by himself at the front. Akita was going to go up there and join him so she could ask him more questions but felt to pairs of hands hold her back. She turned around angrily to see Skye and Kira holding her back.
“I wouldn’t go up there if I were you. We’ve always walked like this since we’ve been here. Except Skye and I are normally in the middle so the boys can ‘protect’ us from any honorless warrior who thinks it would be fun to rape either one of us. Of course if they did manage to catch us they wouldn’t be alive long.” Kira said with a smirk.
Akita managed a smirk as well before returning to her own thoughts. They had their own ways that they had gotten used to. Vegeta hadn’t been kidding when he said she would have to get used to it. Unfortunately Akita had been used to doing her own thing when she wanted to after Vegeta-sei had been destroyed and she was by herself. Not taking orders from anyone, and only doing small jobs for people when they offered good pay. It was going to be hard for her to get used to obeying orders again.
Lost in her thoughts Akita hardly noticed where they were going until she sensed a lot of strong ki and atmosphere around them change. Startled she looked up to see a huge room with thousands of tables which sat thousands of hungry warriors. She was in the cafeteria.
Akita looked around at the fighters before her. She had been told that only the strongest were on Frieza’s purge team and now she was looking at, if not all, most of them. As she looked at them she was shocked and startled to see that they were looking at her too, but in a different way. She was looking at them with curiosity so she could see which of them had the strongest ki level, but they were looking at her with interest and lust. They knew she was new, fresh meat for them to try and they would try anything to get their hands on her.
Akita shuddered and looked away, looking instead at the Saiyans in front of her. They were all different, yet the same in many ways. In front of her were Raditz, Rankin and Benji. In front of them were Nappa, Korat and Saluki. Then in the very front was Vegeta. Akita looked at them then had to hold back a laugh as she saw how they lined up. It was almost in height order! Vegeta, being the smallest, was up the front. Then when Nappa and his crew were behind they were lined up in order. Then normally the girls were in the middle and then there was Raditz and his men in height order.
Just as Akita was about to make a wise remark about this, she felt a rough yank on her arm and was pulled backwards. She let out a gasp as she moved backwards, hitting into her captors chest. Before she could move away two arms came around and held her tight. She looked down at the arms around her middle. They were green, muscular and familiar.
Akita’s brain searched for who it could be. She thought of everyone she had ever come in contact with but none matched the description of her captor. A chuckle behind her made her thoughts cease and focus on the person behind. “Struggling will get you no where. I have you now and I will for a while. You’re quite an impressive little thing in many ways, now aren’t you?”
Akita growled low, but loud enough for the whole room to stop what they were doing and look towards the scene going on in the center of the room. The man laughed, “Did I strike a nerve, little girl?” he bent down so that he was talking right into her ear so that no one else could hear, “I know why you are here. You’ve been a naughty girl leaving your master without knowledge of your whereabouts. You’ve also been lying. I’m going to have to tell him that.” His breath grazed her ear as he spoke.
Akita was filled with sudden panic at his words. He knew who she was and why she was here. That was dangerous. “You tell him that I’m here on business. The plan that we put in motion all those years ago is about to begin phase 3. You tell him I’m here to help this plan.” She said in a quiet voice so only her captor could hear her.
The rest of the room was watching as the girl and the man were exchanging words no one else could hear. The Saiyans had also turned around when they had heard the growl, and when they had seen Akita pinioned in a mans arms they got angry. But when they saw who was holding her back they got even angrier.
Raditz, Rankin and Benji cursed their stupidity at not brining the girls into the middle of their group. Nappa, Korat and Saluki cursed their stupidity at not reminding the other three to bring the girls into the middle. Skye and Kira cursed at the fact that they had allowed Akita to be take n and Vegeta cursed at his people’s stupidity for not looking out for Akita.
Since she was new there would be interest in her. A lot of interest. As Vegeta saw her talking to her unknowing captor he growled inside his head. Vegeta walked towards the pair and stood in front of them with his arms crossed in front of his chest. He was soon followed by Raditz and Nappa then the rest of the Saiyans. “Why don’t you let her go, Zarbon?” Vegeta said with a sneer on his face. “You know that she belongs to our group. Why would she have any interest in you anyway?”
Akita looked up, startled, when Vegeta spoke. She had been so caught up in her thoughts that her captor knew about her that she had blocked herself off from the real world. As she came to her senses she realized that one of her captors’ hands was trying to get up her shirt while the other one was snaking its way down her body. When Akita heard who was behind her she freaked out. Zarbon had pinned her up against his chest. Zarbon knew all about her. Zarbon knew who she was.
Vegeta looked at Akita as she dawned on who was holding her. Her reaction was first of confusion, then shock, then fear. Vegeta couldn’t figure out why she was so scared. He would make sure that nothing bad happened to her. So would the rest of the Saiyans. They always looked out for each other. Vegeta directed his gaze to Zarbon. Frowning he said, “You still haven’t answered my question, Zarbon. Also would you let go of our new team mate. Like I said before, she belongs to us, not you.”
Zarbon looked up from the girl in his arms to the cocky Prince standing in front of him. Smirking, Zarbon moved his hand further up the girls’ shirt. He was striking nerves in the Saiyans. Not only Vegeta, but another one was looking livid at how he was holding her. “Oh Vegeta, you have no idea how much interest this girl has in me. Not in the way I want but in a different way. I think I struck a fear nerve in her. As for the fact that Frieza gave her to you.” Zarbon shrugged then his smirk grew, “I’m sure I can talk to him into giving her to me.”
Akita panicked at these words. If what Zarbon said was true, and he could get Frieza to give her to him, Zarbon would use her and get out all her secrets. No matter what her master said. Zarbon was a danger to her, a big one. He could tell Frieza all about her and then Frieza would try to get rid of her. This would be a big problem. Akita looked at Vegeta with a pleading in her eyes. He couldn’t give her over without a fight, he just couldn’t. If he did it would be the end of her, him and all the other Saiyans. Akita just hoped that she could reach the Prince’s hardened heart.
Vegeta recoiled at Zarbon’s answer. Akita had an interest in Zarbon? Even if it wasn’t a sexual one it was still and interest that Vegeta wanted to know about. Then Vegeta heard Zarbon’s answer to his main question and he almost was sick in disgust. Ask Frieza for something that hadn’t been given to him? How much did Zarbon want this girl and how far was he risking going to get her? Vegeta looked down at Akita and saw the pleading in her eyes. He knew then that no matter what he couldn’t let them take her. She was linked to his past in some way and he wanted to know how.
Vegeta turned his attention back to Zarbon and growled, “Hand her over Zarbon or you’ll have to face all of us together. Plus her, and we don’t even know the extent of her power.”
Zarbon frowned, Vegeta had a point. Not even Frieza knew what the girl was capable of doing which was one of the reasons he gave her to the monkeys in the first place. Zarbon sneered, “Fine Vegeta you win for now, but I will be back. That girl is just too tantalizing.” With that Zarbon harshly pushed Akita towards Vegeta, who caught her in his arms. Then Zarbon turned on his heels and walked out of the room, slamming the door behind him.
As soon as he was gone he looked down at the girl in his embrace. Hastily, Vegeta let her go and stepped away. He looked her up and down and came to the conclusion that she was fine, just a bit shook up. Vegeta turned his attention to his race then and glared at them all, “Next time I hope you all take care of her. She is a female and so were the Saiyans accompanying her. Why weren’t they in the middle of the group, which is supposed to protect the females? I wish to never see this happen again. Now let’s go eat.” Vegeta scolded his people. He didn’t earn his reputation of being a cruel person for nothing.
Akita just stood still with her head down while Vegeta scolded the Saiyan men. Skye and Kira were by her side, checking to make sure she was alright. When the others started to walk away they pulled her to catch up and walk in the center of the group. Akita didn’t want to look weak, but her mind was being plagued with other things at that moment to care where she was going or how she looked to other people. Anyway, if they thought her to be weak they were in for a shock if they took advantage of her.
The group stopped when they reached where the food was. Picking up a tray, they formed a single file line and helped themselves to food. Akita hesitated, she had never been allowed to eat as much as she wanted before. She looked to see how much food the others were taking. All of them were helping themselves without a care. She smirked and did the same, pilling and impossible amount of food onto her tray to match the others.
She walked over to the table the others all sat down at, pulled up a chair and starting eating. After devouring half her meal she took a breath and looked around. The others were all eating healthily and it seemed that they got fed like this daily. Akita felt a twinge of jealousy towards them when she thought of this. After Vegeta-sei had been blown up and she had thought she was the last she had to hunt to survive. To her it soon became a kill or be killed world and, until she had found her master, she had never been given a descent meal or been taken care of.
Thinking back, Akita could remember exactly what had happened that day she had been saved. She had been feasting on an animal she had recently killed in the forest of the planet she was on when out of nowhere a man appeared before her. He had startled her because she normally could sense people coming, or at least feel their ki, but she hadn’t sensed him. She had stood up quickly and stared at him in a fighting position and had been shocked to see that he was smirking.
“I wondered where you had gone after your planets were demolished.” He had said and when he spoke Akita had remembered who he was.
“M…m…master? I…is that y…you?” she had managed to stutter out, instantly dropping out of her fighting stance.
His smirk had grown, “Of course it’s me, silly child. When you agreed to do that little task for me you signed yourself up for me and I gave you my protection. Our plan is still in action and need you to keep an eye on it still. It is very important.” He said, suddenly becoming very business-like.
“But I thought it dies when the planet did.” She had replied confused.
“No, our plan is still in motion. And I still need you, there are other things I need you to take care of for me. Would you like to join me still and, hopefully soon, complete our first task?” he asked, holding out his hand for her to take.
Akita had stared at his hand for a while. Eventually she took it and smiled, “I’m yours to do with as you please…within reason.”
He had nodded and led her away back to her base. She had then done things for him, horrible things, for years. But now she was free to do whatever, as long as Zarbon didn’t rat on her.
Akita started eating faster, still lost in thought. She needed to think of what to do with Zarbon. After he had given her that shock to her system she needed a way to shut him up. Permanently.
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Vegeta stared at Akita while he was eating. She had seemed shocked to be allowed to eat so much, but she had complied and taken just as much as the rest of them had, maybe more. Now she was gazing straight ahead but Vegeta knew that she wasn’t really seeing what she was staring at. She was in her own mind thinking about something. Something that he and the other Saiyan’s didn’t need to know. But Vegeta had different ideas. He needed to know. No matter what Akita thought, he needed to know.
Nappa tapped him on the arm and Vegeta jumped then scowled at the man. If they weren’t in the cafeteria right now he would’ve attacked Nappa for that. Nappa just smirked then looked towards Akita then back at Vegeta then he raised an eyebrow. Vegeta knew what he was getting at and he swore inside his head. He had been looking at Akita, trying to figure out what she was thinking, but to Nappa and the others it looked as if Vegeta was checking her out.
Vegeta growled and shook his head, indicating that Nappa was mistaken. Nappa shrugged but continued to smirk his annoying I-know-something-you-don’t smirk. Vegeta made a mental note to beat Nappa into a bloody pulp when they were training after eating.
Vegeta turned his gaze to his food and started eating it so fast that many people wondered if
the Prince actually tasted what he was eating. But Vegeta wouldn’t give any more suggestions
to his team. They had enough on him already when he had tried so hard to protect Akita from
Zarbon. They didn’t need more.
To be continued....