Chapter 10: Confrontation at Kame's House

Warning: Major drama involving Krillin in this chapter. Skip if you do not like it.

Krillin could be seem flying across the ocean towards a certain red roofed house on an island, the image of a spikey haired Saiyan rushing into the lab to "save" a certain blonde woman still haunts him as he flew. He had always knew something happened between Eighteen and Kakarot since she returned from her kidnapper's grasp but never would he have imagined his childhood friend he knew would walk the path of his Saiyan self.

Thinking back to the conversation he just had with Bulma, the bald-headed monk still remembered those daunting words from his friend as she showed him her very own Saiyan mark that was supposed to bind a Saiyan and his mate for the rest of eternity.

Krillin's Flashback:

"The mark of a Saiyan was given to their mate after having determined the person was indeed their true soul mate," said Bulma going into lecture mode as she pulled off her shirt showing what looked like a bite mark. Vegeta in the meanwhile could be seem smirking in the background, proud of his achievement.

"Don't you mean bestow upon their mate? I don't ever give anything to anyone woman!" said Vegeta with a chuckle much to Bulma's annoyance. As the Saiyan prince talked, Bulma's bite mark could be seem glowing as ki flared up on her neck.

"Whatever you say your majesty." Said Bulma with a mocking tone to which Vegeta laughed at his mate's rebuttal. "Oh how I am going to enjoy this!" thought the Prince.

"Anyhow, according to our Saiyan royalty here, it could only be given during the act of passion so unfortunately for you Krillin, that meant Eighteen must have slept with Kakarot during her abduction." finished Bulma eyeing her friend with a concerned expression.

"Alright, big deal. I'm sure Chichi also has one on her neck too. Besides just cause Eighteen was marked doesn't mean she became off limits to other men does it?" screamed an infuriating Krillin clenching his fists so tight his hands trembled violently.

"No Krillin, just because Goku had slept with Chichi doesn't mean he had given her the love mark. A Saiyan, according to our Saiyan expert Prince Vegeta here, and I quote him, could mate with countess women without ever giving them the mark", sighed Bulma shaking her head wondering how she could possibly let the heart broken man before her knew he was beat. "What's more, a Saiyan could only give out one mark during his or her life time. Repeated attempts of leaving the mark could result in serious injury or even death." said the blue haired woman. All this time Vegeta was eyeing his mate with an evil grin much to her displeasure and she could sense from her mark that the Prince was beginning to enjoy her explanation. It was as if she was telling Vegeta that he had some kind of hold over her because of the love mark.

"As for Eighteen being off limits to you, I'm sure you've been noticing her purposefully ignoring you?" asked Bulma and her friend could only nod his head meekly as if still in denial. "This mark, as it turns out, is rather protective of its host and could respond violently to any unwanted advances." finished Bulma while giving her mate one of the dirtiest looks she could muster telling him non-verbally to shut up and stop smirking. It was after all his fault for bringing out Kakarot and the prince finally got the message as he composed himself.

Krillin could feel his head spinning out of control now. He had already lowered his expectation regards to winning Eighteen back but never did the former monk imagined things were this out of control for him. Still one last question remained unanswered, was she truly out of his reach? Was there any way for the mark to be removed?

Bulma could still see her friend struggling with this new concept and sighed while Vegeta was just standing there shaking his head. Their eyes met with Krillin's and the monk was immediately silenced by their facial expression. There was no need for verbal confirmation, no need for another elaborate explanation. Whatever other effects that damned mark has, it is keeping her away from him, and removal of it was impossible.

"Well, thanks for the explanation nevertheless Bulma. I guess I'll be leaving." finished Krillin as he began making his way out of the lab when his friend's voice rang from behind him. "I hope someday you'll find the one truly meant for you Krillin!" and that was the end of their conversation as he blasted off into the sky.

End of flashback:

Shaking his head, Krillin tried to clear of his mind of his unfaithful girlfriend as he fastly approached his home, hopefully after a few days he will be able to get on with his life.

When he touched down on Kame House it was close to noon with the sun hanging right above him. No sooner did the sand settled underneath his feet did Roshi and the others rushed out to greet him.

"So Master Roshi, how can I help with the remodeling? I sure can use a bit of exercise." said Krillin stretching his arms. Looking at Kame House he was surprised to find there were no traces of remodeling whatsoever.

"It's alright my boy, I have finished all the work already." said Roshi sounding somewhat uneasy. Looking closer, the former monk could see traces of nosebleed on both Roshi and Oolong's nostril.

"Oh Roshi you sly dog, you were watching porn again and merely wanted to keep me away from your collection." said Krillin jokingly but the others seemed to share none of his good humor and was in fact starting to look a bit panicky.

"Oh no it wasn't anything like that Krillin...eh say, how about we all head to town and grab some lunch. It's noon anyways and we really don't have anything stocked up," said Roshi and the others quickly nodded their heads.

"No I'm good thanks Roshi, not really in the mood for anything now to be honest. You guys can head town without me." Finished Kirllin tiredly as he pushed past his friends who seemed to be blocking his path and headed straight for the house.

Once inside he could see Kame house had indeed been the way it used without any signs of modification. Chuckling to himself, he strolled deeper into the house until he reached Eighteen's room. Looking at the door, the former monk tried to tell himself their relationship was over and it would be the best to forget about her but he couldn't seem to shake her just yet. What if she was just behind the door minding her own business as usual? Would I get the same angry shout like I always get when I intrude into her living space? He kept on replaying the thought over and over again until the bald headed warrior couldn't stop himself but to push the door open and see if there's any chance things have returned back to normal.

The view in front of him was nothing unusual and yet not encouraging, in fact, it was vacated as expected and the monk sighed at the sight. She really was gone with Goku, thought Krillin, and just as he was about to leave for his room something caught his attention causing him to pause in his track.

Laying on Eighteen's disheveled bed was a set of training gi-shirt with sand particles on it. Picking it up, Krillin could tell it had recently been worn, as the smell of sweat was still strong on it. Looking at the bed closer, the former warrior monk could also see stains of sweat and some other stuff on it, and then it hit him, this entire room smelt like hot sex. An anger vein popped up on his forehead knowing what had happened in the room and why Roshi was nosebleeding back there.

"Goku, are you done packing yet? Cause I think we've spent too much time here already." came a familiar voice from behind Krillin and without even turning he could tell it was her, that traitor who had ran off with his evil best friend. Rage took over him and the monk snapped, his mind went blank and his body acted on its own without his control.

Eighteen had just finished her shower as she emerged from the bathroom wrapped in bathrobe. They had spent far too long at Kame house and should really be leaving soon. Thinking back to what had just happened earlier, Eighteen blushed as she remembered Goku's wolfish face as he eyed her with insatiable hunger, and what was supposed to be some "innocent cuddling", well as innocent as it can be, turned into full love making session as the Saiyan made her rode him cowgirl style while dressed in full cowgirl uniform no less. As she continued reminiscing about their newest workout, her love mark began glowing once more. She could have sworn the bite mark kept on getting stronger each time she and the Saiyan bonded, in fact by now it was radiating with a much stronger ki than she could muster herself.

Deciding to make one last stop by her room before bidding goodbye to the place for good, she walked into the room calling out to her lover, hoping he could speed up the packing process when the person who she didn't want to see the most appeared magically inside her living quarter. The blonde woman stopped immediately but she knew he had detected her and there was no getting away from this confrontation as much as she wanted to avoid it. She opened her mouth and tried to say she was sorry but before she could let out a single word the warrior monk was on her as he wrestled her onto the ground.

"How could you leave me like this Eighteen, how could you just abandon me like this?" roared Krillin as he pinned her against the floor. While Krillin was never the strongest member of the z-fighters, the blonde woman was still caught off guard by how powerful he could be when driven by anger and it was taking all her strength just to fend herself from her now jealous ex-boyfriend. By now her bite mark was glowing in a bright red color emitting such strong ki that it was scaring even Eighteen who by now thought she had gotten used to all the mark had to offer. She could also feel the kid struggling inside of her and the fear of losing her son caused her to fight even harder.

"And you, did you really think a puny mark like yourself could keep me from her? I'll show you!" screamed Krillin as he began clawing at the mark but all he did was causing his fingertips to bleed profusely as an invisible force field kept his hands from reaching his goal.

Goku was in a nearby room singing to himself as he stored Eighteen's belongings into the capsules he brought with him. She sure had a lot of stuff, thought the Saiyan as he continued packing absent-mindedly still thinking about how sexy she looked in her cowgirl uniform as they do the deeds only true lovers do with each other.

Suddenly he felt what appeared to be sharp pain but from where he wasn't aware of. The Saiyan was certain he hadn't been attacked, so what exactly had caused it? Or rather, if he wasn't attacked then why the pain? It was as if he wasn't the direct recipient of such misfortune but rather someone close to him, wait, someone close to him.

Immediately Goku rushed towards his mate's ki and just as he busted into her room did he find Eighteen struggling with Krillin on top of her clawing at her bite mark. Without thinking, he pried his former best friend from his blonde haired mate and threw him against the wall leaving a large crater on it. The former monk seemed to be possessed; however, and without so much of a pause launched himself at Eighteen once again ignoring any injure he may have suffered. The Saiyan warrior would prove to be too fast for the enraged former monk; however, as he quickly delivered a quick succession of punches against his opponent causing Krillin to drop onto the floor.

"Eighteen, are you alright?" asked Goku who was now kneeling beside Eighteen checking up on her, thankfully there didn't appear to be any serious injuries except for a few bruises which still drove the Saiyan warrior insane. Just as Goku was about to turn around and give Krillin some more beating he felt a firm grasp on his wrist and turned around to find it was Eighteen with a saddened but determined look on her face.

"Go finish your packing at once Goku, you can leave him to me." ordered Eighteen giving her love the most serious look she had given him to date.

"But I couldn't just leave you here alone Eighteen, not after what he had done to you!" protested the Saiyan warrior but he was immediately silenced by her death glare.

"I said go do your packing love, or are you deaf? I'm not some helpless woman needing your protection all the time!" finished Eighteen and with it Goku was sent scurrying off to pack more of her clothes but not before shooting her another worried look.

Moving closer to the fallen monk, the blonde goddess couldn't help but to let out a sigh as tears began to drip from her eyes. He had tried to hurt her, but from the look of her ex-boyfriend's rage filled eyes she had hurt him even more. Thinking back, they had been so happy together, until Kakarot came along and dragged all three of them into this mess. The strange thing was though, that she didn't regret sleeping with the evil Saiyan nearly as much as she should, for if it wasn't for him she wouldn't have found an even more amazing lover like Goku.

Suddenly she heard a light cough and found out to her surprise her former boyfriend was beginning to regain conscious. Without hesitation, she walked towards Krillin and slowly helped him sat back up.

"Are you ok Krillin? Do you need something to drink?" questioned Eighteen worriedly looking at the bald warrior completely not caring about her own safety.

"It's...it's alright Eighteen, I think I'm good." said Krillin weakly holding onto his stomach in pain. "I'm, so sorry for jumping you like that, could you forg..." continued the former monk hoping to get a reply from her but was quickly silenced by a slap across his face.

"No Krillin, I could never forgive you for what you've just done, and how could I? You endangered not just me but my child!" screamed Eighteen looking at him angrily. "But at the same time I did leave you for Goku, will you forgive me for it?" apologized the blonde woman much to Krillin's surprise but while he was touched, his heart remained bitter and the former boyfriend turned his head away in disgust thinking about what she had done,

"Hmph, so that's how it was, you got pregnant from a one night stand and decided to run off with him is that it?" spat Krillin and almost as soon as the words left his mouth he began regretting them and Eighteen must have loathed those words too as her palm landed against his cheeks once again leaving bright red hand prints on it.

"No it wasn't anything like that you dumbass, Kakarot was in heat and I had to sleep with him." spat Eighteen but to which Krillin merely snorted. "I had thought of you all that night even as me and Kakarot were making love if that made you feel any better. After the incident I tried to forget about him and come back to you but I just couldn't. The Saiyan had left me with something more permanent and as much as I wanted to move on I began to fall for him." finished Eighteen as she let her bathrobe drop to the floor showing him the bite mark on her shoulder.

"Still, you could have ignored the mark and just come back to me Eighteen." muttered Krillin still unable to process the truth he had been given. He had knew about the mark from Bulma but hearing it from Eighteen seemed to have broken him even more.

"No Krillin, it's permanent and so is my feeling for him. Kakarot had shown me a kind of love so intense I just didn't find being with you and had grabbed my heart before that first night was over." finally admitted Eighteen and to her surprise letting out the truth seemed to have removed a huge burden from her heart.

"But what about Goku Eighteen? Was he just a replacement for Kakarot now that he's gone?" asked Krillin still shaking with anger.

"No you silly, Kakarot is just a side of Goku and all the evil Saiyan had done was fulfilling Goku's secret desires for me," said Eighteen getting tired of explaining. "Look, I'm sorry this has to end this way, but I hope you will find someone more deserving of your love. But I'm going to start a family with Goku whether you like it or not Krillin" finished Eighteen with tears in her eyes as she turned around and leave the room but instead ran head first into Goku's broad chest who had just finished packing and began crying against her lover uncontrollably. The Saiyan warrior held her in his embrace trying to comfort his lover.

"Let's get going Goku, I'm good now." finally said Eighteen after minutes of sobbing and when she turned her head towards Goku the Saiyan was relieved to find the usual determined look on her face yet again. Deep down inside of him he knew she would make for an excellent spouse and mother and couldn't wait to spend the rest of his life with her. Holding her head on his strong hand, the Saiyan pulled her in for another kiss and she reciprocated to his advance by kissing him back hungrily.

Krillin looked at the two lovers making out and let out a deep sigh. He had expected hatred to overtake him yet again but seeing them intimate with each other hadn't hurt him as much as he thought it would. Just as the two turned their backs toward him and was about to leave, he called out to them once more.

"Goku, take care of Eighteen for me will you?" asked Krillin finally without a trace of hatred in his heart and to his relief his friend turned around and flashed him one of his trademark smiles.

"I will Krillin!" and with it Goku picked Eighteen up and carried her off into the sky.

"So where's our next objective my Saiyan lover?" asked the blonde woman cuddling closer to her mate and could tell instantly something was troubling the Saiyan even without any warnings from her love mark.

"Well Eighteen, just like how you bravely severed ties with your past for our future, I must also do the same on my side otherwise we couldn't truly be together." said Goku sporting more determination than ever before.

Author's Note: Thanks for the wait. There will probably only be one or two more chapters so do let me know if anyone wish me to add anything in it. As always take care!