Chapter 6-The Bond

"I was made to fuse with you to create Super 17." Artificial 17 smile an evil smile. He sent shivers down 17's spine with his appearance. Artificial 17 looked exactly like himself. 17's mind screamed for him to run but he was frozen with fear. Finally he snapped out of his trance.

"NO! I am not becoming another on of his creations!" 17 tried to run but his attempts failed.

"Well Too Bad!" Artificial 17 walked towards the trembling 17. He put his hand on the original 17's chest. A blinding bright light blazed from the evil one's hand.

"NO!" screaming was 17's only defense.

~Meanwhile at Vegeta's Capsule Corp. house. Lita suddenly felt a drop in her Kai energy. 'What the, oh, crap! It's 17!' Lita thought to herself.

"Guys there's trouble we have to go!" Lita instant transitioned the Z-gang {Zarbon, Vegeta, Trunks, Goten, Gohan, and Goku; the others have a minor roll in my story} just in time to see the sightless light disappear, the only mortal that faced them was Super 17. His jet black hair scaled down passed his shoulders with a cowlick-like wedge of hair sticking up on both sides of his eyebrows. He wore a navy blue long sleeved shirt, however his muscular shoulders blew holes in the shoulders of the shirt to make room for them. But he still wore is orange bandana around his neck, so to Lita he was still very attractive.

"Ha! Fools you should have never let this fusion take place. I a now the Ultimate being. Super 17 is here to make your life hell." Super 17 smiled an evil smile.

"Where have I heard that one before? Think again, Super 17. I will destroy you." Lita charged up to Super Saiyan. {her ssj mode is like ssj2}

"Sorry Lita. You have it backwards. I am going to destroy you and this crummy planet. First of all you aren't strong enough to stop me. I will get your dragon ball and rule this worthless universe. It's our Destiny. Or we can do this the easy way, so I don't have to kill you." Super 17's voice turned back to his kind original 17's voice, "You can surrender the dragon ball to me. We can rule this blasted universe together." He looked at Lita; she could see the same 17 within super 17. Her heart melted.

"No I don't thinks so!" Lita snapped out of the trance. Super 17's voice grew irritated and back to his normal evil voice.

"You don't have a choice. If it's death you want then its death you get. That's why I love Saiyans, their bonds. Hahahaha!" Super 17 snickered.

"Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! So I can still destroy you!" Lita snared.

"Well you can do that if you want to but you will die as well as your beloved Zarbon" Super 17 turned his attention to Zarbon. He narrowed his eyes at the android.

"WHAT?! You already bonded with the likes of them? Both?!' Vegeta shrieked.

"Well, Zarbon and I bonded by choice. However 17 bonded with me and don't give me an option." Lita don't want to look at the statement on her father's face. She suddenly smiled one of Vegeta's famous grin. "Don't worry. I know how to reverse 17's"

"What?" Super 17 almost fell over.

"Yeah, if a Saiyan starts the bond it could never be broken, but if a if another being starts it there's a way to reverse it!" Lita smiled. Vegeta thought to himself, 'That's my girl, a true Saiyan princess.' The Saiyan princess held her hands up to her chest crystal-which can't be seen because her shirt covered it- a orange light dispersed from it showing it's outline. It stopped and she looked up, satisfied. Super 17 didn't what to believe her; their bond was special to him. It kept them together, something that they shared. He closed his eyes, he no longer heard Lita's thoughts, mentally. The original 17 part of him wanted to cry but the Artificial 17 roared at him, ' Listen, softy you can't be like that, you are too strong for her. She will just betray you.' The evil 17 brain washed 17.

"Rrrrrr you're right. I don't know how you could have possibly done it but you did. Oh, well no big deal.... I have I a new plan, I will get your Dragon ball. Then kill your beloved Zarbon.

Hahahahahaha!" Super 17 flew up to the sky, "Princess" He evilly smiled and took off. Lita looked at her father, he had a livid look on his face.

"Where can we train away from this crummy planet?"

"Planet Vegeta!" Little Goku blurted out.

"Don't ever insult my people again!' Vegeta, yet again, smacked little Goku in the back of his head.

"You know what happened to my race."

"Ackkkkkkkkkk! It's our! We are both pure Saiyans who came from the same planet! Except you are the prince, no sorry THE KING of Saiyans and I am a third class Saiyan!' Goku started to rant on and on, until Vegeta had enough.

"Kakarot! Two things! SHUT UP!" Vegeta screeched.

"Okay." Goku held his hand over his mouth. Even though Vegeta and himself were equal in power, Goku feared Vegeta more than anyone else.

"There's a planet, out in the back of the galaxy. I can take you to it if you want." Piccolo folded his arms.

"Fine but you aren't going to stay. The Namek will take us there, drop us of and leave! When we are ready we will call for you! Understand Namek?" Vegeta replied in his arrogant way.

"Very well Vegeta whatever makes you happy!" Piccolo turned his attention to Lita, "When do you want to go? Tomorrow?"

"Right now. I have to get stronger." Lita looked up at the sky where Super 17 flew off. "Now I understand why I liked him. It was his gay little bond. Damn. He put it on me so I would be convinced that he actually cared for me. He only wanted my Dragon Ball. I hate this insignificant planet." Lita felt her emotions take over; she sensed her eyes begin to over flow with tears. But she immediately snapped back into reality, she knew that she couldn't brake down in front of the Saiyan King. Zarbon put his hand on her shoulder, she looked at him and thought to herself, 'I'm sorry. I shouldn't have paid any attention to him. Forgive me?' Mentally he answered. 'Of course I can.' They were capable to talk to each other mentally because of their bond. Trunks again started to shake, until Lita and Zarbon stopped talking to reach other telepathically. The young half-breed was satisfied that no one noticed.

"Um...okay. I'll have to talk to Bulma for a ship." Piccolo glided up to the sky, the others followed. Lita and Vegeta flew into their house to change into Saiyan armor.

"Um...Piccolo may I travel with you? I would like to see this planet." Zarbon did not make any eye contacted with the Namek.

"Sure kid. You wouldn't by chance know how to run a ship, would you? I never got the opportunity to learn." Piccolo smiled.

"Yeah, I only traveled the universe for 2 years, how else would I get around?" Zarbon returned the jester.

"Just do me a favor and don't tell anyone the location of this planet." Zarbon nodded at the Namek as they started towards the round Capsule Corp. ship. Lita and Vegeta followed wearing their Saiyan armor. Fortunately for Zarbon he already had his armor on. {He's armor is just like his father's in the Frieza saga except he doesn't have the pink armbands}

"And what is he doing here, Namek?" Vegeta snared.

"I never learned how to run a ship so Zarbon is going to do it." Piccolo hissed.

"Pathetic" Vegeta mumbled under his breath.

"You want to say that to my face?" Piccolo shrieked but he was calm. This wasn't the first time that they have fought like this.

"Who asked you, Namek?" Vegeta snired. They stood there, Piccolo towering over Vegeta. It seemed that everyone loomed over the Saiyan king, even his children, except Bra who was as tall as him. However Vegeta and Goku were equal in power, they are second to Lita, despite his size. Vegeta's hand formed a fist as well as Piccolo.

"Now, now boys we have a long journey ahead of us, let's try to get along and play nice." Lita separated the two warriors. Zarbon laughed to himself at Lita's sarcasm. Piccolo sat in the seat next to the one Zarbon was in. Lita walked to the corner of the ship and meditated. After a few hours Piccolo looked back at the Saiyans. They were a few miles from the atmosphere.

"Where here." Lita and Vegeta looked out the window to see a dark green planet.

"What planet is this?" Lita looked back at Zarbon and Piccolo.

"Planet Zodiac. I have heard tons of stories about it. This planet is all one massive jungle. There are rare species of animals and planets that lived undisturbed by any race for centuries. But I only thought it was a legend, planet Vegeta was only a couple of hundred miles away and when I was told that Frieza exploded it, I thought the explosion would have destroyed all the surrounding planets. Piccolo how did you find?" Zarbon looked at Piccolo.

"I get around." Piccolo half smiled. Zarbon landed the ship in a clearance. The Namek walked over to the door and opened it for the Royal Saiyans. Lita smiled, "Thanks Pic, Zarbon. See you guys later." Vegeta already walked out.

"Bye mate. Stay safe; I know that you will a send to Ultra." Zarbon walked over to Lita, he held her close to him. He no longer care about what Vegeta thought; there was nothing that the Saiyan king could do to change his feeling for Lita. Their faces grew close. Piccolo blushed and looked away; he knew that he would never be capable to have a romance with another being because Nameks are unisex. The only way they could reproduce was when they were dieing; they would regenerate themselves with an egg that hurled out of their mouths. Before Lita and Zarbon could actually kiss, Vegeta went crazy; he despised the thought of his eldest daughter in a romance with the son of an enemy, but at least 17 was put out of the picture. That android couldn't be trusted. Vegeta longed to beat the crap put of him, for hurting his daughter but that would make him look soft and with his ego; that could never happen.

"Lita! Come on we have to train. Say goodbye to pretty boy and let's go!" The princess backed away from Zarbon.

"Well, I'll see you 2 in a month." Lita beamed while walking out into unknown territory. Zarbon' s mind screamed, 'A month?! What am I suppose to do with out her? What if Super 17 comes back? Do I revel my 'secret' to them? Should I train? Ackkk! This won't work!" A loud bang brought the young warrior back into mortality.

"Think you can teach me how to fly this thing?" Piccolo looked at the control panel.

"No prob." Zarbon smiled. He set the course to Earth. Piccolo noticed before they headed for it.

"No. Set it to Namek. We' re taking a month long trip to it." Piccolo changed the course.

"Okay I think that was the only other planet that I haven't been to." Zarbon laughed.

"It's my home planet. I haven't been there since Frieza attacked, so it will be an adventure for both of us." Their ship headed for Namek, where they would stay and wait for the Saiyans to finish their training.