Bulma tried to open her eyes as she came to, but she found her vision blurry at best. Her head was throbbing in pain. When her vision cleared enough, she looked around to find herself strapped on a table in the middle of a large room. The lighting was poor at best, the only source being the soft glow of the many panels and monitors that occupied the room in various places. Next to her, she saw Mizuki, still unconsious, also strapped down to a similar table. It was then that she felt the sharp pain in her left shoulder.

The pain came from a small puncture wound, suffered at the injection of a needle. Slowly, her memory returned, and she managed to figure out that she and Mizuki had both been drugged. As the events leading up to that last moment became clear one by one, she tried desperately to free herself from her bonds, but to no avail. She was locked down tighter than a drum.

Slowly, her thoughts turned to Vegeta. Would he come to try and rescue her? Or was that too much to ask of the proud Saiyan? 'Oh Vegeta, where are you?' As she thought, a small tear welled up in her eye and rolled down her cheek. 'Please, save us, Vegeta. Please don't leave me alone...'

"Bulma..." Vegeta suddenly blurted out the girl's name as he and Krillin flew over the treeline, searching for their companions. 'Strange,' he thought. 'I could have sworn I heard her voice. But how?' His thoughts turned to the stories he had heard when he was a young prince on Vegetasei. Adult Saiyans, he had heard, bonded with their mates through a bite on the shoulder. But, he had also heard that he himself was genetically engineered to resist that bond, though it had never been proven to be effective. For all these years, he had placed that in the back of his mind, classifying it as nothing more than things he had heard in his younger years. His service to Freiza was too great a burden on his mind to think of
much else.

But still, in that small flash, he thought he could feel something like the bond, or at least a bonding of some sort. In all his time on Earth, he never gave much thought to human bonding, let alone considered the notion of it even existing. His thoughts raced back over the times when he had felt it. When he first became attracted to her, and how it had grown to something more when they began to spend time together. And it hit him. That was the human bonding ritual. Different from the Saiyan ritual he had heard of in his youth, but similar enough to make him wonder.

"Did you say something, Vegeta? Krillin looked back at his unlikely partner as they flew.

Snapped back into reality, Vegeta gave one of his usual gruff retorts. "I didn't say a thing, baldie. Now why don't you quit worrying about me and focus on what we're out here to do."

Krillin shook his head and turned his gaze ahead once again. "Geez, that guy is impossible. I could have sworn I heard him say 'Bulma'..." He looked back at Vegeta one last time, just for a moment, and turned forward again. "That guy is impossible."

Far off from the hustle of the mortal world, on the tiny planet at the end of Snake Way, a small figure stood on the hood of a classic Chevy, deep in thought. He had seen the events that were going down on the tiny island on the planet Earth, and his facial expression reflected his feelings on the matter. "It would appear that Vegeta and Bulma have taken quite a shine for one another. Despite Vegeta's cold attitude, he appears to have bonded with the little human female. But now that bond is being put to the test.. Dear me..."

King Kai hopped off of the car and began walking towards his home, deep in thought. From inside the doorway, Gregory and Bubbles stood watching their beloved boss, noticing the look of dismay on his blue, insect-like visage. "King Kai, what's wrong? You don't look to happy." The little grasshopper spoke softly.

"Oh Gregory, something aweful has happened yet again on the Earth. And though I don't like it, the only two people who can resolve this matter are Krillin... and Vegeta..."

"Vegeta? You've got to be kidding."

"I fear that I'm very serious, Gregory. I can feel some good in Vegeta's heart, but I'm not sure if it's enough to help him overcome his pride and do what he has to do. With him, it's a constant struggle between darkness and light. After his ordeal on Namek, though, he might just have gotten what it will take to come out on the side of good."

Both Gregory and Bubbles stood in the doorway, dumbfounded and sweating. It wasn't somthing that they had ever expected to hear.

"There is a way I can help them, though." He turned away from the house and readjusted his antenai. Sparks of energy crackled between them as he focused his telepathic powers at Korin Tower. 'Korin, this "is King Kai. Please, come in, Korin...'

Back on Earth, high atop the mighty Korin Tower, Yajirobi sat, eating as usual. Not too far away, the tiny cat-like being known as Korin stood along the railing of his home, leaning on his staff, when he heard the voice of King Kai in his mind. Immediatelty, his cat senses perked. 'I can hear you, King Kai. To what do I owe the honor of this conversation?'

'Korin. Something has gone wrong with the Brief Family Vacation. Bulma and Mizuki have been taken, and Krillin and Vegeta are looking for them as we speak.'

'I had a feeling something wasn't right. But Vegeta? Are we sure we can trust him?'

'At this point, we have no choice, my friend. I can feel the good in him, but he's still an unpredictable soul to read. And right now, he and Krillin are the only hope that the girls have. Now, I need you to help them in their quest.'

'But how can I help?'

'I need you to send Yajirobi to the island where they are. Send him with Senzu Beans. And the Brief family is stranded so make sure he picks them up and takes them home as well. Their being on the island puts the"m in danger, and that's more than Krillin and Vegeta need at this point.'

'I agree, King Kai. I'll dispatch Yajirobi at once. Keep me updated on their situation.'

'Thank you, my friend. Now hurry. They don't have much time. From what I can tell, they've picked up some allies, but even that might not be enough.'

Korin turned from the railing to face Yajirobi, who was now staring at him, a worried look on his face. "Yajirobi, I have a task for you."

"Uh oh. This usually means I have to put my ass on the line. What is it this time?"

Korin calmly explained the ordeal that faced Krillin and Vegeta to the tubby senshi, who sat wide eyed. After he had finished laying out the basics for the mission, Yajirobi nearly freaked out.

"You want me to do WHAT?!? Are you nuts? You want me to go and give Senzu Beans to Vegeta? The guy who's tail I cut off? He'd probably kill me just for that, and that was how many years ago? I'm sure he wouldn't forget something like that, and there's no way I'm going to go anywhere near that psycho!"

"Yajirobi, I'm sorry, but you don't have a choice in the matter. King Kai has requested that you do this. And for all the trash you talk about being right there on the front lines with the other senshi, it's about time you made good on those claims." Korin handed a bag of the energy restoring beans to the chubby messenger, who took them reluctantly.

"Alright. But you guys are gonna owe me for this one." As he walked off to pop his car capsule and head for the island, he mumbled to himself. "Can't believe this. They want me to go and help Vegeta? This is insane..."

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