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When He Hits You

Chapter one

"Vegeta?" Bulma called.

Vegeta walked into the kitchen where Bulma was making lunch. "What woman?" the Saiyan prince asked as he pulled on his gloves.

"Where are you going Vegeta?" Bulma asked with a sigh. She was ready to have a nice lunch with her mate. Obviously that wasn't going to happen. She turned totally around and leaned back on the counter waiting for a response.

"To train Woman. I won't be back until about midnight so don't wait up." Vegeta began walking out of the kitchen and to the front door.

"Wait Vegeta!" Bulma called after him. She ran after him and grabbed his arm, turning Vegeta around to face her. Vegeta closed his eyes and his face hardened.

"What do you want?" He asked her calmly.

"I want for you to, just this once, have lunch with me. I am making your favorite bologna and cheese." Bulma told him with a smile.

"I am not hungry Woman. I will eat something when I get back." Vegeta continued to walk, pulling from her grasp.

Bulma watched him leave with a sigh.

Bulma waited up until about two in the morning. Vegeta hadn't come home when he said. She became worried but couldn't keep her eyes open any longer so she went to sleep. She awoke when she heard a door slam and Vegeta walked into their room.

"Oh Kami Vegeta! You are alive! I thought something happened to you!" Bulma exclaimed getting off of the bed and running over to him.

"What? You don't think that I can take care of myself? You think me weak? Is that it Woman? Well don't. I don't need your pity." Vegeta walked into the bathroom and slammed the door shut behind him.

Bulma stared after him then walked into the bathroom.

"What in seven hells are you talking about Vegeta?" Bulma asked him. She had no idea why he was so angry. What had she done? "I never said you were weak Vegeta. Nor have I pitied you!"

"No," Vegeta replied bitterly, "but you have thought it. You know I am weaker than your precious Kakkarot and continue to rub it in my face!" He was screaming in her face and Bulma stepped back into the wall.

"No Vegeta I never. Please calm down. What is wrong with you?" Bulma pleaded with him. She had never seen him like this.

"Calm down?" Vegeta screamed, getting in her face.

"Yes please calm down. You are scaring me! I never said you were weak." Bulma said to him, turning her face away and downward.

Vegeta grabbed her face and forced her to look at him. "You are a liar. I hear you talking to all of your friends. They all say it. Including you. Don't fucking lie to me you bitch!" Vegeta raised his hand high in the air. Bulma looked at it.

"No Vegeta Please!" She screamed before he backhanded her across her right cheek.

Vegeta then proceeded to grab her throat and lift her up off of the ground. Bulma tried to breath but couldn't. He was holding on too tightly. "Never lie to me again Woman or you will get more than a slap in the face. Do you understand me?"

Bulma was in shock and all she could do was stare at him. Vegeta slammed her against the wall and Bulma nodded a yes. He then dropped her to the floor. Bulma sat there for five minutes coughing and sputtering. She still felt like she couldn't breathe and her cheek burned like it was on fire.

"Get out of this room so I can take a shower." Vegeta said to her in a low tone as he looked at her heaving form. When she didn't move, Vegeta screamed "GET OUT! YOU DISGUST ME!"

Bulma scrambled out of the bathroom and back into her bed. She began to cry. What had just happened? Vegeta had gone crazy. He had hit her. What was wrong? She didn't do anything. Did she? She didn't remember ever saying he was weak. She couldn't remember her friends saying that either.

Bulma waited until she heard the shower start up and then reached for the phone on her bedside table. Still massaging her throat as she dialed Chi Chi's house. One ring. Vegeta burst out of the bathroom with narrowed eyes.

Bulma slammed down the phone.

"Don't think about Woman." Vegeta said to her. "Not even Kakkarot can help you. You brought this upon yourself. Remember that. It's your fault." Bulma just nodded her head. Vegeta went back to take a shower.

Bulma lay back and stared at the ceiling, hot tears pouring from her eyes. 'This isn't real' She thought to herself. 'This isn't real.'

End chapter one

Well that is the first chapter. I just felt like writing a drama. So tell me if you like it. I might continue it if I get enough reviews. Well that's all for now. I know it was short but oh well.

Much love,

Lillian Rose