A Light in the Darkness - Part 48: Hakusai's Homecoming
by Mia Skywalker & Wataruo

PAIRING: Yamcha/Hakusai, Bulma/Vegeta
RATING: NC-17
WARNINGS: Angst and... LEMON!
DISCLAIMER: Neither of us owns any of the DBZ characters or anything about DBZ, but we both wish we owned the Saiyans. All of them. At least all of the ones with hair. And yes, we're including Yamcha in that, now you know. These characters are owned by Toei, Viz, Akira Toriyama, and FUNimation, even though the last one is a crying shame. We do own what we've written here, and our specific storyline, just not Dragonball itself. We make no money off of any of these guys, nor off this fic. We just have fun writing it.
SUMMARY: Hakusai returns to Kassan.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Thanks to saiyangerl and Two Moons for beta'ing!

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Last time on Dragonball Z: A Light in the Darkness....

Yamcha learned more about his past, and Goku and Yamcha learned something about Vegeta. Day 7 ended for those on Chikyuu.

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Hakusai awoke feeling slightly disoriented and it took her several minutes to remember what she was doing and where she was going. ::Six more hours:: she thought. ::Six more hours than I'll pick up Serori and head back home.:: It didn't occur to her immediately that she considered Earth home already. Nor did she consider her sister's feelings in the matter. She was distracted again by an incoming message.

"What do you want now, brat?" she grumbled as she flicked on the switch. "These pods only go so fast."

"I know, Hakusai, you don't have to shout," Serori replied, sounding suspiciously hurt.

"Sorry, Serori," Hakusai said, sighing. "I guess I am a little on edge."

"The ambassador isn't so angry anymore. He said that with my temper it was bound to happen sooner or later. But they don't have the money to replace it."

"I'll give them the funding for the school. You can tell him that."

"Really?" Serori said, surprised. "Then they should let me back in."

"You won't be going back there," Hakusai said firmly. "I have something else in mind now."

"Like what?" Serori hated it when Hakusai used that tone of voice. Usually something drastic happened when she sounded like that.

"We are moving to Chikyuu," Hakusai said. "Start packing."

"Wow! That's great! Is Vegeta nice?" Serori asked, excited at the prospect of seeing her older half brother.

"I haven't spent too much time with him," Hakusai admitted. "He seems like any male Saiyan."

"Oh," Serori said, disappointed. "So why are we going?"

Hakusai started at the question. Why was she doing this? Why move Serori when she seemed perfectly happy on Kassan? And then knew without a doubt why she needed to be on Earth.

"Oh no," Hakusai whispered. "Not again."

"What?"

"We are going to Earth, brat, because I like it. And it seems there are quite a few Saiyans living there. We should fit right in."

"Okay," she said, not quite believing that was the only reason. "Should I pack up everything?"

"We'll see when I get there." Hakusai said. "We can always go back and get what we need later."

"See you in a few hours then."

"Yeah. Be good, brat," Hakusai said.

"You too," her sister replied then signed off, leaving Hakusai alone with her thoughts.

::How could I have done this again?:: she wondered as she sat back in the seat. ::You don't even know if he likes you. What am I going to do?:: She took several deep breaths to calm herself. She knew she could live through this; she had before. She could do it again. ::Besides it's not like Yamcha is dead. I will be near him at least.:: But this line of thinking left her on edge for the rest of the trip.

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Hakusai dozed off and on for a few hours. She wasn't really sleeping because she could not stop thinking about Yamcha. And every time she did that all she wanted to do was cry. She also knew she should be starving, but she found that she had no appetite. She was more than a little angry with herself for having bonded again. And the worst part of it was, she had no idea if Yamcha had bonded as well. ::I suppose I will find out when I get back. It's not like I can force him to love me.:: Hakusai was in the midst of an emotional crisis and had no idea how to deal with it.

The Saiyan woman wondered what it was that had caused her to bond anyway. She had survived one bonding, which had ended with the death of her first mate. She wondered why she did not feel the least bit guilty that she had bonded again. This bonding seemed different somehow. Was it because Yamcha was also half Saiyan? Her first mate had not been Saiyan. It was possible that the bond had not been as strong, so that could explain the quickness of this bond. But she knew there was a lot more to it than that. She could not explain what it was, though, and it frustrated her. If it was one thing a Saiyan did not like, not being able to understand what was going on with your own emotions was at the top of the list.

She took in a deep breath and exhaled slowly. Hakusai had found that breathing exercises always helped her to think and calm down. But in this case, all it was doing was allowing her to think more. And that was not what she wanted at all.

::When I get back to Earth I am going to beat the living hell out of him for doing this to me:: Hakusai groused to herself. The woman knew she wasn't going to do anything but kiss Yamcha senseless when she saw him again, but thinking that way helped with her frustrations. And anything that helped was worth the effort. ::Two more hours to go:: she thought as the stars passed by. ::Then I can get this over with and head home.::

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Day 8 - Kassan

Hakusai's pod hit the ground forcibly, the way Saiyan space pods were wont to do, leaving a very large hole in what was once the Ambassador's front lawn. She knew that Serori was here; she usually would talk to the man's daughter while he talked to the residents of that particular village. He knew that Serori was not usually very destructive, but everyone was always nervous when Saiyans were involved.

Hakusai got out of the pod and was immediately tackled by a small child. The older Saiyan woman merely rolled with it and looked up at a familiar pair of violet eyes.

"It's been forever!" she complained as Hakusai looked up into her smiling face. "I missed you." And was promptly hugged by Serori.

"I missed you too brat. Now let me up. Have you no respect for your elders?" Hakusai asked as she got to her feet.

"Not you I don't," the little girl said grinning widely. Then suddenly her eyes widened as she stepped back to look up at her older sister. "WOW! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME!!!!"

Hakusai winced at Serori's tone and looked down at her in confusion. "Tell you what?"

"That you're going to have a baby! No wonder you're moving us to Chikyuu. You want to be with the father!" Serori said excitedly. The little girl was completely unaware of how pale her sister had become.

"Pregnant?" Hakusai whispered. She didn't know whether she wanted to laugh or cry. She had realized when she had seduced Yamcha that he had no control over things like that.

"You did not know?" her sister asked. When Hakusai shook her head, Serori reached over and took her hand. "It's ok. I'll help you out."

Hakusai smiled down at her little sister and saw her mother. Serori, although half-Saiyan, was blessed with her father's coloring. Her bright red hair was kept short and curled around her face, her eyes were a startling shade of violet. Even for being half-Kassan, the color was unusual. The only thing that even hinted at her Saiyan heritage was the red-brown tail she kept tucked securely around waist. "I'll be fine, brat. But when we meet him, do me a favor and don't blurt it out like you did to me. I'll tell him."

Serori nodded and kept hold of her hand as they walked into the main building of the Ambassador's residence. Her sister was going to have a baby. Now that was exciting. She really did hope that her sister's lover would be nice and hoped that he would like her.

Hakusai sighed. ::How will I tell Yamcha that he is going to be a father?:: she wondered as they made their way through the building. ::Should I even tell him now? It's not like he does not have enough to worry about.:: Hakusai decided against it. At least right now. And the only ones who would be able to tell would be her brother or maybe Bulma. ::At least this explains why I am so cranky:: she thought with a grin.

"Let's settle this, shall we? I want to go home." Hakusai asked, arching a brow at her sister.

Serori nodded enthusiastically. "I can't wait."

And with that, the two females walked into the Ambassador's office to face a different kind of battle.

Hakusai was more than a little relieved when she walked out of the Ambassador's residence later that morning. Even though she had been friends with the man for years, he certainly had taken a quite a lot of money off of her hands to replace the school that Serori had demolished. But she was in no way in need for cash. She did after all have her own shipping business with the colonies of the Kassan system, not to mention the money she had made by being a mercenary.

"I packed everything that we would need to start out," Serori said. It was easy for the older woman to tell that she was happy at the prospect of going to another planet where there were other Saiyans. She had been chattering almost incessantly about what the people where like, what were Yamcha and Vegeta like? Where would she go to school? Hakusai's throat was literally starting to hurt from all the talking she had been doing. But to her relief she wasn't so depressed. Could it be because she knew she would be seeing Yamcha again? She smiled at the thought.

"Hakusai?" Serori's voice interrupted her older sister's thoughts.

"Hmmm?"

"Do you think they will like me?" she asked quietly.

"Sure they will. They all have power levels that are much higher than yours." Hakusai smiled. "At least Yamcha's and Vegeta's friends."

"COOL!" she exclaimed excitedly. "We will be able to spar!"

"Yes, you will. Now let's go get our things. Put them in the pod and we are out of here."

Serori cheered with all the enthusiasm of a six year old and in two hours, they had the pod packed and headed back towards Earth. ::Soon, Ill be with you again:: Hakusai thought as she broke through Kassan's atmosphere and into space. ::I am coming.:: And she found herself hoping that he missed her half as much as she missed him.

To be continued.....

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And in the next exciting episode of DragonBall Z: A Light in the Darkness... Yamcha continues to suffer from bonding withdrawal and other Saiyan changes.