Colonel Violet was a woman who did her job, and didn't care who had to die for it to happen. She had a relatively high mortality rate among her unit, as she often used her own men as sacrifices in order to achieve her objective.
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In this case, that had been the Dragon Ball carried by Yamcha. It had come to the attention of Commander Red that Yamcha had a weakness for women- he couldn't hurt them, could barely stand near them. Violet's men, however, hadn't been spared the wrath of the bandit. It was just her, and her mech, following the path towards the jungle.
She swore when she realized that his path was leading straight towards the jungles. Apparently, some kind of monster was supposed to be in the area, but more than that, it would be hard to track Yamcha in the woods.
Worse comes to worse, they'd have to burn it down, which was unfortunate.
While she had no problem killing people, animals hit a weak spot of her own. She supposed it just became that much more important she catch up to the bandit.
She was still mulling over these thoughts when something smashed into the side of her vehicle. The steel dented, and she quickly hit the escape hatch.
She managed to clamber her way out of the mecha before it exploded, but she didn't feel much safer. She raised her machine gun, but she knew that whatever weapon had done that to her mecha, her gun wouldn't likely be able to do much about it.
All the same, when she noticed the floating, muscular, half-naked and bloodsplattered young man, she opened fire.
Kakarot winced slightly as the bullets hit him, but the damage was barely skin-deep. It wouldn't likely leave a bruise, by the next day. He darted towards her, faster than her eyes could track, and he tore her gun from her hands.
Crumpling it into a ball with a horrible rending noise, Kakarot looked her up and down, taking in every detail- he supposed compared to the man he had just killed, there were some differences. His Grandpa had said they were weaker, and she certainly had less muscle.
"Are you a woman?" he asked, in a half-growl.
"I- of course." she said, caught off guard, "What are you? Who are you-" her eyes drifted down to his legs, the only thing he was wearing was a tiger skin wrapped around his pelvis, held there by a vine. Tied to the same vine, was the Dragon Ball. "-And where did you get that?"
Kakarot followed her eyes, to the ball. "A man was carrying it, I killed him, and thought it was pretty, so I took it."
Violet considered this. Yamcha was a dangerous man, with or without weapons, and she had seen for herself that the man before her was bulletproof. She could believe it... now how to get out of this mess. "I could get you prettier things." she began, "Jewels, gold... in exchange for that."
"I'm not interested in either." the man said, and Violet shuddered as he was suddenly behind her, breathing down her neck, large, rough, warm hands gripping her arms, his grip like iron. She wasn't going to be escaping easily.
"Th-then what are you interested in?"
"...I've never seen a woman before." Kakarot said, lifting her into the air. Violet was disciplined enough not to scream, but she kicked out on instinct, trying to keep in contact with the ground as she flew over the forest.
"What are you doing with me?!"
"I have questions." Kakarot said simply, "And you're going to answer me."
...
The cave wasn't the best home Kakarot had used in the days since the house on the mountain had been destroyed, but neither was it the worst.
He brought Violet to the entrance, and then pushed her inside. Near the mouth of the cave was a small campfire, which Kakarot lit with a flick of his finger and a smidge of ki. Violet was shivering in fear, and was unsteady on her feet as she stumbled out of Kakarot's grip.
"So." Kakarot said simply, sitting down on one side of the camp fire, "We talk."
"G-got it." she said, sitting down across from him. He had all the power in this situation, and they both knew it, "What do you want to know? And... when this is over, are you going to let me go with that jewel?"
"I'm asking the questions, woman." he said, "So... I want to know of Taopaipai."
"He's... an assassin. A man who kills people for money. The strongest in the world, from what I heard. "
"What's money?"
She stared at him like he was crazy, for a few seconds, before sighing, "I guess, you're more animal than human, huh?"
"I'm not human." Kakarot said, waving his tail to show her, "But I don't think I'm an animal either. Some humans called me the Monkey King, or Demon, before I killed them. Maybe I'm that."
"Well... what can I call you?"
"My name is Kakarot."
"O-okay. Well. Money! It's really important, to humans. Humans use money to get what they want. Um, if one human wants a fruit, and another human has fruit, the first will give some money to the second in exchange for it."
"Why would he not simply take the fruit?"
"Because then he'd get in trouble. Usually. People who take things without paying for it are called thieves, or bandits, and other humans hate them."
"Because they're strong, and the other humans are weak?"
"Er... kind of?"
"Hmph. And are you a thief?"
"I'm..." she paused, "I'm a mercenary. I get paid by people to steal things from other people, or kill people."
"Like Taopaipai."
"I'm not nearly as strong as Taopaipai." she said, already getting a sense for how Kakarot's mind worked.
"Well, that's obvious." he grunted, "Okay, next question, what is the Red Ribbon?"
"It's an organization. We follow a man named Commander Red, who will someday conquer the world."
The Monkey King looked interested at that. "How?"
"I don't know." she said truthfully, "But it... involves those. The Dragon Balls." she pointed at the one on his hip, "That's why the Red Ribbon sent me after Yamcha- the man you killed to get that."
"Hmph." he looked down at it, considering, "Now... my last question." she shivered even more. Would he kill her, after this? "I was told that women could create children."
She was caught off guard by the question, "Uh, yes."
"Show me."
"I'm sorry? Show you what?"
"How do you create children? How would it make someone feel good?"
She began to blush, and inch away from him.
"If you don't tell me-" he said, growling, his hand crackling with energy, "-I can just kill you."
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