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"You are so pigheaded sometimes." "What?" Jima knew she'd overstepped the mark, her mother had taught her how to be a good Saiyan wife, and she'd learnt by watching the way that Bardock treated her mother, a Saiyan wife should never insult her mate, she should do everything he tells her to (Jima had often wondered if her mother would jump off a cliff if Bardock told her to do so), always let him win an argument, never hurt his pride, well so far Jima was winning the argument, she had refused to go and make his dinner and she'd insulted him, well why not go and hurt his pride? Yeah, then she'll storm out and come back later, or not come back at all, she couldn't decide, why had she agreed to marry Vegeta in the first place?
"You would have had to on Planet Vegeta" a little voice told her, on Planet Vegeta women were always down trodden, they were only kept alive so that the Saiyan race could live on, but she wasn't on her home planet any more, she was on Earth, she could and often did fight in battles, but to her husband she was still just a woman. "What did you say?" Vegeta's voice interrupted her thoughts, his eyes were glinting like steel, it only took her a few seconds to think of a really good, pride damaging insult, "I said you were a lousy, cowardly, fifth class warrior." Vegeta looked like he was about to explode, Jima walked past him, out through the front door and slammed it shut behind her, she decided to go for a walk, she knew that walking through the streets at this time of night was dangerous, crime rate was almost non existent here, but there had been some attacks recently, but she could defend her self, couldn't she? She had been feeling weak and dizzy during the past fortnight, and she'd fainted twice, at least Vegeta hadn't been home, he spent most of the time training with Kakarot, she knew that Vegeta would have just called her weak and pathetic, she remembered when she'd first met him...
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"Hey, woman, where's that useless daughter of yours?" "I don't know, fighting Triggas son expect." "At least Triggas wife could produce several warriors, what do you produce, Raditz is a useless waste of space, that weakling Kakarot and a daughter, I should have just left them to die" "Why didn't you?" "Because we need more warriors, and that daughter of yours can be married off quickly, that's if she doesn't die first" "What? She is not going to die, I'll see to that" "You mean you can cure Karyella?" "How would you know if she has Karyella or not?" "I took a blood sample from her, it was analysed, she has traces of it in her blood, she'll die early, at least that's one child that'll be gone early, JIMA" Jima was outside, fighting Triggas son just as her mother had guessed, she was about to break his nose when she heard her father yelling her name, she walked over her house, she was only three, but she was strong, her father glared down at her, then he kicked her, she did the only thing that she could do, she kicked him back, or at least she tried to, but she was too small for it to hurt him, he laughed "I'm taking her to the palace." "The palace? You want her to fight Prince Vegeta?" "Yep, maybe we'll finally have a success in this family."
He walked out the door, Jima had to run to keep up with him, he picked her up and they both de-materialised, a moment later they re-materialised in front of the palace doors, the doors opened and Bardock went in, Jima running behind him, they went along several long corridors and finally stopped in front of a pair of very large doors, on either side was a guard "We are here to see the King" Bardock said to one of the guards, he opened one the doors and they stepped into a huge room, they walked up to the king who was sitting on a large throne, on either side were another 2 guards, Bardock knelt on one knee. "My lord, I have brought a fighter for Prince Vegeta" The king looked at Jima who was still standing. "How old is she?" He asked. "3 years I believe, I don't keep count, I leave that to the woman" the king nodded. "How do you know she is a fighter?" "She is constantly fighting Triggas son, and when someone hits her, she hits back." "Really?" The king said, he looked interested. "You," he pointed at Jima, "Come here" Jima walked over to him, he stared at her for a moment, then he hit her round the face, she staggered back, shocked by the blow, then she leapt forward and started punching and kicking him, he roared with laughter. "You're right Bardock, she is a fighter." He rang a bell, a minute later, Prince Vegeta arrived, he had black hair, he gave her an evil smile, he walked up to her and punched her, hard, her arm went numb, she punched him, backhand around the face, then they were rolling on the floor, kicking, punching, biting and scratching, their fathers laughed, eventually two guards pulled them apart, Jima had given Vegeta a black eye and a nose bleed whilst Vegeta had broken her wrist. "Well Bardock, let her brother train her, then we'll see about marriage." Bardock bowed and walked out of the palace, when he was outside he picked Jima up again and materialised back at their house, they walked in, her mother had already started dinner.
"They are betrothed," Her father said, "Raditz will take her away for training." "You'll have to wait until that bone is mended." Her mother told Bardock. "What do you mean?" he asked her. "Her wrist is broken, she can't train until it's healed" "Come here" Bardock said to his daughter, she walked over to him, expecting to be hit, she didn't want to fight anymore, she was exhausted. Her grabbed her hand and moved one of her fingers, she cried out as pain shot up her arm. "She'll just have to wait then" he said, several weeks later her wrist was better and Raditz took her away for training, her father didn't say anything to her, but her mother knelt down and whispered in her daughters ear "Never forget your name, from now on you'll just be called woman, but never forget who are, I'm proud of you, even though I don't act like it I am, I hope Raditz won't treat you too harshly, and I hope you don't have Karyella."
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Jima felt tears running down her cheeks, at least someone had been proud of her, but why had mother mentioned Karyella? She stopped walking, someone was walking behind her, she could sense their ki, it wasn't Vegeta, his ki was stronger than that. She turned around, someone's hand wrapped around her neck and slammed her against a wall 'my life sucks' she thought.
Vegeta was pacing up and down, he was worried about Jima 'I've been among Kakarot and his friends for too long' he thought 'Now I'm having feelings', he couldn't shake off the worry, he knew her energy was low, she hadn't told him, but he'd sensed it, and it wasn't safe at night, he doubted she could defend herself if she was attacked, he was going after her.
"OK hand over your money and I won't hurt you, too much." "I don't have any money." Jima had tried powering up, a Kamehameha would have helped, but she'd has just got weaker, there was nothing else she could do, she saw something flash, a blade, it dug deep into her shoulder, she screamed.
Vegeta was running through the streets, he heard the scream, he knew it was Jima, he ran in the direction it was coming from. "Jima" He shouted, he heard her shout back, "Vegeta, she was nearby, he ran round a corner and saw her, a man was strangling her and threatening her with a knife, he flew forward and punched him in the face, the man staggered back, Jima dropped to the floor, Vegeta blew the man up and turned and looked down at Jima, he was about to throw a taunting remark at her when her noticed the blood that was seeping through her T-Shirt, he thought she'd screamed in terror, he hadn't realised she'd been stabbed. "Jima?" He said, kneeling down beside her. "Vegeta, something's wrong, I couldn't power up, I think it's Karyella." Vegeta shook his head. "There's no way you could have Karyella, now be quiet." He picked her up, she had fallen unconscious, he flew off to a hospital.
"Vegeta, is Jima all right?" Vegeta looked up when he heard Gokus voice, ChiChi, Gohan, Bulma and Yamchow were following him, Goku froze momentarily, Vegeta was covered in blood. "What happened?" Bulma asked, her eyes were wide with shock. "Me and Jima had an argument, Jima stormed out, she was attacked and stabbed, I blew the guy up then flew her here, any questions?" "Why didn't she fight? She's strong, if she'd used her Kamehameha the guy would have been in the next dimension before he'd be able to 'ow'." Yamchow said. "I don't know, her ki has been getting weaker and weaker over the past month, I'm don't know why, she's been training a lot harder, she should be stronger." Goku nodded. "I wondered if anyone else could sense her ki's weakness, is she all right though? I mean, from what I can tell there was a lot of blood." "I don't know if she's all right, we arrived about 3 hours ago, I only remembered to ring you guys when a nurse asked if she had any other family, wait a minute, why are you here?" He asked pointing to Bulma and Yamchow. "ChiChi rang me and told me to meet her and Goku here." Bulma told him "And where Bulma goes, I go." Yamchow added. Everyone stared at him. "You follow her everywhere?" Goku asked. "Well not everywhere, but if it's something serious, like tonight, then I follow her."
"Are you all family?" said a voice behind Vegeta, they all turned round, a tall man wearing a white lab coat had spoken, he had a stethoscope round his neck and his name tag said, 'Dr M.Edicine'. "I'm her brother, and he's her husband" Goku said pointing a Vegeta. "Could you come this way please, we discovered a rather unusual virus in her blood stream and we wondered if you know what it is." The doctor said to Goku and Vegeta. "Is she all right?" Vegeta asked impatiently. "She lost a lot blood, but we're confident that she'll make a full recovery. Now if would follow me please." The doctor said. "As is said earlier, we detected a virus in her blood stream, but we don't know what it is, I was wondering if either of you know what it is." Goku and Vegeta both shook their heads, the doctor shrugged. "You can see her now." He opened a door, Goku and Vegeta stepped in, Jima looked like she was asleep, her left arm was in a sling, she looked very pale. "She can go home in a few days, but she must not use that arm, or the stitches will come out." He shut the door and they could hear his footsteps getting fainter and fainter as he went further down the corridor. "It's OK Jima, he's gone." Goku said. Jima opened her eyes. "How did you guess?" She asked Goku. "Your breathing, and I saw you open one eye when we came in."
"You could tell I was awake just by my breathing?" Goku nodded, Jima sighed. Vegeta hadn't said a word since they'd come in, Jima knew what he was thinking. "Hey Kakarot, I don't believe you'd come here by yourself, where are the others?" "Waiting, the doctor said only relatives could visit." "Oh stuff the doctor, can you go and get them, please?" "Yeah sure, but if you get in trouble then don't blame me, ok?" "O.K." Goku went to get the others, Vegeta walked over to her, she guessed that he was about to insult her, so she was surprised when he asked, "Are you all right?" "Wow, it's amazing you're finally showing some concern, are you ill?" "What?" "Are you ill? You just asked me a question about me, so naturally I'm worried, are you feeling all right?" She said putting her hand on his forehead. "I'm feeling fine, I'm just asking if you're all right, why did you think you had Karyella?" "I don't know, just something I remember my mother saying." "What did she say exactly?" "She said 'I hope you don't have Karyella', but I don't see how she or Bardock could have told whether or not I have Karyella."
"Blood tests, do you know if your parents had Karyella or not?" "Well if they had they would have died. Only the strongest Saiyans survive, did you have it?" Vegeta nodded. "Why am I not surprised?" Jima muttered. "Hey Jima, how are you feeling?" Bulma asked, Yamchow, ChiChi and Goku followed her in and Goku closed the door behind him. "A bit weak, I can't feel anything in my arm though, they gave me a load of painkillers, they were meant to help me fall asleep, they haven't worked yet, I can't wait to start training, but I can't use this arm in case I pull the stitches out." Yamchow shook his head. "You're just like Vegeta, is training the only thing you Saiyans think about?" "No, there's fighting as well." Jima told him, smiling.
A few weeks later
Goku looked around, Jima was fighting Yamchow, and he and Vegeta had been fighting a few minutes ago, Jima had had her stitches taken out a few days ago and had wanted to train right away, but her arm had been stiff from lack of use, but now she was back on form. "Ow, ow, o.k. stop, I said stop!" Jima stopped punching Yamchow and stood back, she walked over to Goku and Vegeta, Goku threw a bottle over water to her, she sat down and took a long drink, Yamchow grabbed a bottle as well. "Did I really hurt you?" She asked him. "Yeah, I think you broke my nose." "It looks fine, it's just that you humans are weak." "You sound like Vegeta." "Thanks, I'll remember that next time you want to know when Bulmas birthday is, you forget every year." "Then I'll ask ChiChi." "She won't tell you, you broke 3 plates when you helped her wash up once." "That was last year!" "She still hasn't forgiven you." "Oh great, you guys don't know when it is do you?" Goku and Vegeta both shook their heads. "Ok. I'm sorry you don't sound like Vegeta."
'Hello', Vegeta looked up, Jima and Yamchow were still arguing, and Goku had climbed up a tree to get some fruit, so who had said hello? 'Hello' He heard it again, but it was inside his mind. 'Hello, who are you?' he talked back to whatever it was that was in his mind. 'I don't know, I haven't been given a name, but I can tell you're always near, I can sense your strength.' The words stuck in Vegetas mind. Why wouldn't it have a name? Only unborn babies didn't have names, and who was he always close to, well Jima, the thought hit him like a bolt of lightening, what if Jima was…
Goku was throwing fruit down to Yamchow, Vegeta had interrupted their argument saying that he needed to speak to Jima right away, so Yamchow had gone over to help Goku, he was looking over in Jima and Vegetas direction, both looked angry. Eventually Jima, looking like she wanted to kill Vegeta, flew off, Vegeta walked over to them. "Where'd Jima go?" "Her shoulder was hurting, so I told her to go home." "How did you know her arm was hurting?" "Telepathic link." They ate then started training again, Krillin arrived and the numbers were even again, they trained until night fell and then they all went home. When Vegeta got home he stood infront of the door, thinking about what he'd told Jima, was he right? He opened the door and walked in, Jima was in the kitchen, she turned around when he walked in. "You were right." She told him, "You're gonna be a dad."
The End
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