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A/N – I went to Livid yesterday and it rocked! I fought tooth and claw to be down the front of the Machine Gun Fellatio concert in the very front of the mosh pit and every single bruise I ended up with was worth it to see them! Anybody who doesn’t know who Machine Gun Fellatio is, well you should find out because they’re the best band!

Oh and this chapter is dedicated to Ane S. Thesia for being the best beta reader I could have! (She hasn’t seen this chapter so you’ll have to put up with my bad spelling and grammar mistakes!)

Chapter 9: ‘Never Doubt’

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~*~ Doubt thou the stars are fire; ~*~

~*~ Doubt that the sun doth move; ~*~

~*~ Doubt the truth to be a liar; ~*~

~*~ But never doubt I love. ~*~

- Hamlet’s letter to Ophelia ‘Hamlet’

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Turles looked at Bulma with pure adoration in his eyes as he kissed her. His hands roamed down her back and pulled her closer to him. Bulma groaned in the back of her throat and wrapped her legs tighter around Turles waist, her own hands sensually moving over Turles back, feeling the muscles bunch and coil beneath his skin.

Their love making was as fevered as it usually was, but in the back of both of their minds was the knowledge that this was ‘it’. This was the night that Bulma was going to bond with him.

Running through Turles mind was the knowledge that after this Bulma would be his forever.

Running through Bulma’s mind was the knowledge that by doing this she was hurting Goku, and truthfully she didn’t want to do that. How many times had Goku protected her? Stood up for her? Saved her life? Hundreds of times. He’d spent almost his entire life adventuring with her and looking after her. True once he had married they hadn’t spent as much time together but they’d still seen each other.

But she had to do this. She loved Turles and everything about this felt right…except for Goku and her feelings for him.

“Oh Turles….” Bulma felt her body tightening and the climax hit her with an explosion of emotions. When she sank her teeth into Turles neck it felt like pure heaven.

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Goku screamed in agony as he felt his bond with Bulma pull tight as if something wanted to break it.

But he wouldn’t give in. He fell to his knee’s and gritted his teeth; he was going to hold onto this bond if it killed him.

“Kakarot! Let it go! Don’t fight it!” Vegeta appeared over him, his face bearing what appeared to be a genuinely concerned look.

Goku scowled and ignored him. “I won’t give in!” The pain crawled under his skin and burnt like some sort of exotic virus…it would be so easy to give in and let go of his bond which he was clinging too. All he had to do was let go and all the pain would stop…

Goku’s eyes rolled up into his head and he slumped to the floor, all the fight stripped from his body as unconsciousness claimed him.

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Bulma panted into Turles neck, she could feel him in her…not in a physical way but in her mind. She was filled with an overwhelming sense of Turles. It was as if once she had bitten him someone had flipped a switch and Bulma had been exposed to a world of pure Turles.

It was wonderful.

It was like nothing she’d ever felt before…it was something precious and meaningful and suddenly Bulma could feel how much Turles cared for her. She could feel all of his insecurities about her and their bonding, she could feel his love in her mind and yet at the same time she could feel the beast in him that was his rage and anger – and yet it didn’t scare her as it should have because it was part of who Turles was, and now it was part of who she was.

[This is…amazing!]

[Turles? I can hear you…in my mind…is this normal?]

[Of course!]

Bulma opened her eyes and looked into Turles ebony eyes, in his mind she could feel how hard it had been for him growing up. He’d grown up on planet Vegeta with Raditz but unlike his brother who had been content how he was Turles had thirsted for power and had taken suicidal missions like his father Bardock was.

The memory abruptly cut off and Bulma knew that that was all that Turles wanted her to see.

[I have a lot of bad stuff in my head Bulma…I’m bound to memories that even I don’t like remembering. I want to spare you the horror of my life before you…you may thinks it’s unfair but before you Bulma I had no soul…and I’m not proud of that.]

[That’s okay…there are things in my mind that I don’t want you to see either. Stupid things that you’d probably think were trivial but which are kind of embarrassing to me.]

Turles kissed her neck and trailed his hand through her hair. “That’s okay, love.”

“I like being called that, it makes me feel safe.” Bulma snuggled down onto his chest and let out a contented sigh.

“What, being called love?” Turles snorted softly. “I don’t see why. I could call you ‘woman’ like Vegeta does and I’d still love you as much. It’s just a stupid nickname.”

“Yeah, but I like it.” Bulma kissed her bond mate and yawned. “I’m feeling kind of sleepy.”

“Then sleep. I’m not going anywhere.”

“Turles?” Bulma asked sleepily. “What happens if one of us dies?”

“I don’t know. Some bond mates die when their mates die, others continue living but they become different people. You’d have to ask Vegeta for more details, he knows more about this stuff then I do.”

Turles yawned again and snuggled down next to Bulma and within moments they were both sound asleep.

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“Kakarot? Can you hear me?”

Goku opened his eyes and sluggishly sat up. His body hurt, but no where near as much as it had before.

“Yeah…I can her you.” Goku angrily shrugged off Vegeta hand and stood on his own. Slowly his expression of anger faded away and a tiny smile appeared on Goku’s face. “I did it!”

“Did what?” Vegeta looked suspicious and took a step away. “I asked a question! What did you do?”

“I kept my bond on her!”

“Impossible!” Vegeta exploded. “It’s impossible for her to be bonded to Turles and for your mark to still be on her!”

“Well it is.” Goku smiled smugly.

“Kakarot…you have no idea what you’ve done! The implications of this are…are…”

“Are what?” Goku appeared bored by Vegeta and turned away.

T he prince leapt back in front of Goku and dealt him a stinging backhanded slap to the face. “Never turn your back on me! The implications of this happening are bad! Not just a little bad, but a lot bad! The woman cannot be bonded to the two of you! Do you understand that? It’s impossible, so if you’re thinking of somehow tricking her into biting you then forget it, you’d kill Turles, her and yourself all at once.”

“What if I kill him?”

“If you killed him you’d either kill her or drive her mad. Bonded mates can’t survive long without their mates.” Vegeta continued to bar Goku’s way. “Promise me Kakarot that you won’t harm the woman or her mate!”

“I can’t do that!” Goku growled.

“If you won’t promise me for their sakes then promise to leave them along for the sake of the baby Bulma has in her. Killing Turles would undoubtedly cause Bulma so much trauma that she’d miscarriage.”

Goku sighed. “Okay I promise, I won’t do anything to jeopardize Bulma’s safety or the safety of the child in her…but…”

“But what?”

“But…nothing.” Goku walked slowly away. “I won’t hurt them, of that you can be certain.”

Vegeta watched Goku with a mixture of feelings. He felt sad for him because he knew in part what it felt like to lose the woman you were bonded too. And yet he had brought this upon himself by making the woman who was already claimed.

Vegeta couldn’t help but feel that Kakarot was the bad guy this time.

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A/N – Well…Turles and Bulma are bonded and seem set to live happily ever after and Goku has promised to leave them alone. The question is…will he? Please Review! ^_^