Well, well, well..After a long absence I'm finally back. You all miss me? - If you are wondering where I have been, I've just gotten into roleplaying, and when I tried to type up a story a while ago it sucked more than a vacuum cleaner..oo; But I'm attempting again, and so I hope you enjoy it..I still haven't got much clue what it's going to be about, so I'm just doing it off the top of my head. =D
This story is set about the time Bebi is inhabiting Vegeta's body..I haven't seen many of these episodes. So I don't know how Bebi did it, or how he was defeated. (This is because it hasn't got that far here yet. Bebi is currently fighting Chibi Goku with Trunks, Bra, Gohan and Goten hanging around.) Just pretend you know what is happening here. I don't..I'm making it all up and most likely not sticking with the real thing at all.
Disclaimer: You guys know the deal..I don't own anything but my life and the things in my bedroom..oo;
Chapter 1: In the Beginning.
Bulma looked up with tear-filled eyes at the little spot in the sky that used to be her husband. He was currently attacking Chibi Goku, and Goku didn't seem to be with any advantages at all. The faintest sounds of the crazed Tuffle, Bebi, laughing his head off could be heard, taunting the injured Goku in Vegeta's body. No longer was Vegeta that raven haired bad- boy that she had fallen for – His now short hair was a brilliant white, and three red marks were over his face, coming from the eyebrows and going up to the hairline, as well as one from his bottom lip down to his chin. Those ebony eyes had three thinner red spripes in them also, joining the iris to each corner, and to the top of the eye. His deep, raspy voice was now high pitched and much quicker. Nothing like what she was used to.
Vegeta had been possessed once before by an evil magician, but nothing like this. The look in his eye was pure evil, and he had terrified Bulma herself and her daughter Bra, but strangely left them untouched, instead going for Trunks and possessing him also. Though not to the extent of Vegeta. Bebi was in fact inhabiting the body of the mighty Saiyan prince, whereas the others he had just made into obedient slaves, following his every order. Thankfully he hadn't gotten around to many of them yet, and Bulma, Bra, Chi Chi, Videl, 18, Piccolo, Krillin and a few of the others were now hiding below in the dusty rock formations that stood up in the reddish-brown, bare landscape that surrounded them, dented with the pock-marks of the battle that was raging above them.
"Mum..I'm scared..what if daddy kills Goku?" Bra flinched and curled closer to her mother as another blow was dealt to the lower class Saiyan.
Bulma wrapped her arm around her shivering daughter and held her close as if sheilding her. "I don't know honey......Bebi will probably go after all of us next...Let's hope for the best......Your father has a hard head...I know it was him that steered Bebi clear of us when he had the chance to get us...I know it......" Bulma whispered the last words to her daughter in a shaky voice, not bothering to hide the silvery tear that slipped down her cheek.
Burying her face in her mothers shoulder, Bra refused to look at the monster her father had become. Bulma sighed and caught the scared face of Chi Chi, trying to give a reassuring smile but failing miserably. Seeing that the two older women needed to speak, Videl crawled over and puled a reluctant Bra from her mothers grasp and indicating with her head over to Chi Chi. Bulma nodded and thanked her, kissing her daughter on the head before making her way over to Chi Chi.
"Bulma..What are we going to do? That monster is hurting my Goku!" She cried out, clenching her fists.
"I know Chi Chi. But there isn't anything we can do. Goku has come through for us plenty of times before...but this..I...I just don't know..." She took a glance back at Bra who was bawling her eyes out as Goku took a nose dive right into another rock formation, shattering it into pieces. "I think we should get the girls back home to Capsule Corp. It'll be safer there. They won't have to see this.." The aqua haired woman suggested, looking back at her old friend.
"I...I...Alright..." For once she gave up easily, and they discussed the plan with the others sitting there watching. All agreed to it, and the ones that knew how to fly scooped up the remaining few and took them on the journey back to capsule Corp over damaged and smouldering cities.
Krillin came in to land and gently lowered Bulma to the ground also, and they followed her silently into the complex. Drinks and snacks were fixed, though none really had appetites – Too busy thinking of what was to come. All gathered around the larg oak table in the middle of the kitchen, sipping at their drinks and staying quiet. Only the occasional downtrodden sigh broke the deafening silence that had overcome them.
"Bulma, I-..." Chi Chi started.
"Don't......" She replied with a sigh, her head down and hair hanging somewhat over her tearstained face. Absentmindedly she stirred the coffee that sat steaming in the mug in front of her. "I just wish there was something I could do though..You know? I've always been able to help before..even when Vegeta didn't want it..but now..Bebi is just too strong.." She sighed, laying her head down on the table, only to feel the warm hand of Chi Chi on her shoulder.
"Bulma......We know how hard it must be for you to see Vegeta like that...We wish there was something we could do too. But, I just don't know either. Maybe we should just relax...Goku can hold up..I hope." Krillin added his two cents worth, trying to make his old friend feel better.
"I know, I know..." She mumbled, closing her eyes.
"Mum..I'm going to try and get some sleep....I haven't closed my eyes in several days.." Bra left her cup on the table and kissed her mother on the head before heading up the stairs. Bulma just smiled tiredly up at her as she did so. No one talked much more than the occasional attempt at conversation for the rest of the day.
Bulma lay draped over the couch in the lounge that night by herself, just a light blanket thrown over herself. The lights of the room were off, but the fire kept just enough warm light to see by. Piccolo and Krillin were both taking it in turns at scouting the battle for several hours, seeing how it was going. Apparently Bebi was still just having the time of his life beating up on Goku....Taunting him and playing with him like a cat would with a mouse.
'Oh Vegeta......I miss you so much...Why is it always you that is taken from me? I love you so much but...To be with you is so hard...I wish that for once you could just open your heart..Nothing could ever touch you then..You'd be so free..If only you could see that...' Another tear ran down Bulma's cheek as she thought about that first time with him. For a brief period of time a small hint of a smile crossed her face as she thought of how awkward it had started out as he tried to nervously open up to her that night. But all had worked out for the best, and they now had two beautiful children and were married. The soft footsteps of her little girl, Bra, soon brought her back to reality.
The young, mirror image of herself sat down next to her and curled into her side. Bulma said nothing except wrapped the blanket around her and just held her, knowing that Bra loved her father more than anything else in this world and couldn't bare to see him like this.
"Mum......" The young teenager shivered lightly, rubbing her arms. But it wasn't from the cold, for the room was very warm.
"Yes honey?"
"Isn't there anything that we could do to help? Anything at all?" She looked up at her expectantly.
"I'm sorry baby..I know you want to help..We all do...But we can't...We just have to wait for Goku..Like we always do..okay?"
Bra thought on this for a moment. "Pft..Yeah right..Let's just face it, mother..There's no hope for any of us..Maybe we should just pray for summer to come quickly...Who knows? Maybe Bebi can't stand the heat.." She joked around rather sarcastically, pressing her face into her hands.
But Bulma's mind was working overtime and she was silent for so long that Bra looked up. The tears had been dried from her mothers face and a strange grin had crossed it.
"......Mum?"
"Bra..You are a genius, you know that?" The grin brightened and she stood up quickly, dropping the blanket on the floor. The confused teen stood up also and watched her.
"I am?"
"Yes..You just have be the most brilliant idea..It may take a little time to prepare, and I know time isn't exactly on our side. But I'll do my best with the knowledge and technology I have. I need you to wake up Krillin and tell him to go see how the battle is doing. And then can you go and get your fathers pillow or some of his clothing that hasn't been washed yet? But make sure t hasn't been touched by other clothing that isn't his." She instructed, a more serious look coming to her face.
"Uh..Alright.." Bra still looked confused, but did as her mother asked, following orders to the most precise detail.
Several hours later everyone had gotten up to see what all the fuss was about.
"Ugh..What's happening? Did we win?" 18 stumbled down the stairs in the dark before almost crashing into her husband.
"Oh! Hey 18. Heh heh. Bulma's up to something again...She's got ideas from Bra. We still haven't figured out what it is yet. She won't let us down there into that lab." Krillin looked up at her, and 18 placed her hand on his head, leaning against him. He didn't seem to mind though.
The others began to talk more before Piccolo suddenly returned with a bloodied Goku under his arm. Chi Chi promptly fainted.
"Oh my god? Did we lose?!" Videl's eye widened and she flopped down into a chair.
"No. I talked Bebi into a little deal. He wants to fight. Looks like the Vegeta in him is coming out. Bebi has agreed to one day of rest for Goku. He has promised to to destroy anything else until the fight resumes. We'd better get Goku into that tank before he is too far gone." Piccolo explained, and he and Krillin went to do just that. 18 just glanced at the fallen Chi Chi who Bra was trying to wake up.
They all had to wait another two hours before Bulma came back up out of the lab, clad in a long white lab coat that was stained with many different coloured liquids, and safetly goggles pushed up on her head. The biggest grin was over her face and a small spray bottle was in her hand.
"What's that? You invent a new deodorant?" Krillin joked, always the clown. "I suppose we are getting a bit smelly."
She rolled her eyes. "No..Not quite. But almost." Bulma held up a single finger. "Okay guys..This here may very well help us out. The only problem is that it's going to be very hard to test."
"How is deodorant hard to test? All you do is put it on and see if you smell bad.." Krillin tilted his head, only to be smacked lightly by his wife.
"Shut up and listen." 18 ordered.
"Yes honey.."
"Alright now. This here is like a spray on form of a pheromone. A Saiyan one to be exact." She smirked. "See, Bra said to me that Bebi may not like the heat..And that gave me this idea. I've combined my own DNA with Vegeta's here to make a female Saiyan pheromone."
The others stared at her blankly, having absolutely no clue what she was on about.
"So..You have..Saiyan deodorant?" Krillin tilted his head.
"No, god dammit! It's nothing like deodorant, except for the fact you spray it on. A pheromone is a scent that you produce naturally, though I've just done a little experiment and hopefully it will turn out." Bulma looked over to the waking Chi Chi and explained it quickly to her again before continuing. "See, when a male Saiyan catches the scent of a female, he will go into a type of heat. Chi, I know that you went through that with Goku once before even though you aren't Saiyan. But Vegeta's Saiyan instincts are much more developed than Goku's, so this should work extremely effictively. The only real danger is if I use too much of it. Vegeta going through a Saiyan heat is not something you want to experience too often."
"Oh yeah? And how would you know that?" Bra crossed her arms and smirked.
Bulma just sighed. "Honey, I've been through it all before. How else do you think your brother was born? There is no god damn way either of you would have ever been born if he didn't go into heat that first time." She waved a finger about.
"And why is that?"
"Oh come on, you really think that your father would have let anything show if he wasn't?"
"Ah..Guess you are right there. But what about you?"
"Me? Pft..I didn't have a choice. Trunks would have been born whether I liked it or not." Bulma gave a shrug like it was no big deal.
Bra's face was just pale and her eyes were wide. The others were watching Bulma rather oddly. "He raped you?" Chi Chi asked quietly.
"Not exactly." Seeing that that wasn't enough of an answer for them she continued. "At first I was scared and trying to fight him off because I did know what was happening. But somehow he calmed himself enough so that I could see the glazed look in his eye. Vegeta just then quickly explained to me what was going on and that he couldn't control himself. I stopped crying long enough to ask him why this was happening, and he then told me what a mate was and then he-...." Bulma trailed off.
"What?! What did he do? Did he hurt you?" Both Krillin's and Bra's fists clenched.
"No..He....He told me he loved me...." She blinked slightly and looked down at the floor for a while before back up at them.
"And then what?" Bra curiously asked.
"Well...I wasn't crying because I wasn't scared anymore. Somehow I knew that he didn't want to actually harm me. Vegeta would never tell someone he loved them if he didn't mean it. He has too much honour."
"Oh..Okay.." The rest were silent for a time before finally getting back on the subject.
"Anyways. This pheromone will send Vegeta into heat, hopefully even with Bebi still in control. It may totally knock Bebi out of it enough for him to regain control and drive him from his body. A Saiyan's strength will increase ten-fold when they are in heat, so this may be what we need to defeat Bebi, or at least get him into a weaker body. Only problem is, we need to test it first. Thankfully Gohan is still with us." Everyone turned to face Goku's oldest son who had been standing quietly the whole time.
"What?! Why me?!"
"Because you are the only one here who is a male Saiyan. Deal with it." Turning to Videl, she motioned her forward. "Okay Videl, I'm going to spray a tiny bit of this on your neck and I want you to stand near Gohan so that he can smell you." Bulma raised the little bottle and gave a little squirt on her neck. Rubbing it in a bit, Videl shuffled towards Gohan, who looked about before leaning down.
"I don't-.....Heeeey....You smell really good..." Gohan's eyes shut to halfway and a wide grin was spread over his face. Without a moments hesitation he wrapped his arms around Videl and buried his face in her neck, cuddling her. Everyone but Piccolo and 18 gave an "Awwww."
"Well..That settles it. The pheromone works. Thankfully we only gave a small amount there. Probably take the whole bottle to get past Bebi and into Vegeta. So......I'm going to need one of you to take me to Bebi tomorrow......."
"No..No way..You'll get yourself killed, Bulma!" Krillin cried out. Gohan would have protested also, but he was still too busy with Videl.
"Krillin, I know it's dangerous, but it's the best bet we've got. That regen tank is fast, but with the condition Goku is in it will take a lot more than a few senzu beans and one day to heal him." Bulma reasoned. "If Goku loses, we are all going to die or become slaves. If I have to die, then I'd rather die trying to save Vegeta." The look on her face told them that this wasn't a situation to argue with her about.
"Alright Bulma..I don't like it..But I'll do it. I'll take you." Piccolo's deep voice made them all jump, as he had been standing in the shadows completely silent.
"Then it's settled. Tomorrow we try it."
Bulma pulled on the short red dress that she had worn to the last Tenkaichi Budokai as she got ready. It exposed a lot of skin so there would be plenty of places to smear the spray-on pheromone. Pulling her soft aqua hair back into a loose ponytail, she let a few strands fall to frame her face. Not putting much make up on – as Vegeta had told her himself that she didn't need it – Bulma slowly shuffled down the stairs to greet the others the following morning.
"Hey Bulma..You ready?" Krillin asked.
"Yes. I just have to put this stuff on. Videl, please get Gohan out of here. It won't just work on Vegeta. It works on any male Saiyan." She requested. Once this was done, she sprayed it on and rubbed it in with the help of Chi Chi to get her back. "Okay. I'm done." Bulma nodded and they all walked outside to see Piccolo scoop her up and carry her to where Bebi would be waiting with Goku following.
"Well, well, well Goku. I see you were game enough to show up. Did you enjoy your beating last time?" Bebi laughed crazily, those strange eyes glaring down at them.
"You won't win this time, Bebi! I'll give you one last chance! Get out of Vegeta's body now!" Goku yelled up at him.
"You Saiyans never give up! Even when you know you are too weak!" That high pitched voice growled. Bebi soon noticed that they had two watching them. "Hm..What is this? You need an audience to your demise?"
"Okay Piccolo, take me up to that rock." Bulma pointed up to a taller rock formation that was much closer to Bebi. Piccolo lifted her up again and took her up there. "Okay now......I need you to go back down there. If this works it will be very dangerous for you to be around me." The tall Namek nodded and silently left the immediate vicinity.
"BEBI!!" Bulma's face contorted into an angry expression as she crossed her arms. Goku stayed where he was facing Bebi in the air as he had been informed of the plan once he was out of the regen tank.
"What?! You pathetic human! I suppose that you wish to take one last look at what used to be your mate before I kill you?" Bebi lowered down out of the air to lightly touch down on the other side of the flat-topped rock that Bulma was standing on. A low growl emanated fromher throat as she glared furiously at the shell of what used to be her mate.
"Bebi.............Come and get me........."
{Chapter End}
Well..I think that shall do for the first chapter. What do you guys think? Did you like it? I need some reviews, so tell me what you thought of it and if I should bother to continue it. I'm also thinking of starting another short V/B get-together, so if you'd like to see another one of them then please inform me also.
Bye for now!
- Vegeta-Saiyajin-no-Ouji