VFC: I have edited this chappie too!! Oh and remember that I have different spellings for the different Vegeta's… Here they are so you know who I'm talking about: Prince: VEGETA, King: VEGITA, Planet: VEJITA. Enjoy… -bows and backs away slowly- I have no idea why I just did that… O-o;
"Talking" 'Thinking/Flashbacks/dreams…etc.' Saiya-go(AN: Author's Note)
One Girl, One Wish
Chapter One: The Perfect Boyfriend
"Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh, I'd die to find out
Ooh, I want you
I don't know if I need you
But, ooh I'd die to find out"
– Savage Garden: I Want You (Chicka Cherry Cola) –
One rainy day on the planet known as Earth, a young teal haired girl was walking down a muddy path, clutching the dragon radar tightly in her hands. Following close behind were her three friends: Goku the young boy, Yamcha the ex-bandit, and Puar, a blue shape shifting cat. This girl was on a journey to get the dragon balls. Her heart was set on one thing; to get the dragon balls and wish for the perfect boyfriend. Her name was Bulma Briefs, and she only needed one last dragon ball – the four star ball.
"We're so close! I can practically taste that last dragon ball!" Bulma said as she brushed a wet strand of hair from her eyes. She came to a stop while gazing at the dragon radar, trying to pinpoint the dragon ball's exact location. "It should be… at the top of that tree there." Bulma said as she tilted her head to look up the trunk of the tree in front of her. "But…how am I supposed to get it if it's all the way up there…?!"
Goku smiled and leaped onto the flying yellow Nimbus cloud, "Don't worry Bulma, me and Nimbus will get it for you!"
Bulma's eyes lit up as she literally jumped for joy, "Thank you Goku!"
Goku rode the bubbly cloud to the very top of the tree. When he arrived, he found that the dragon ball was in a small, abandoned bird's nest. Goku laughed happily as he firmly grasped the dragon ball in his hand, "Bulma! I found it!" he said as he waved the dragon ball in the air proudly.
"Way to go, Goku!" Bulma exclaimed excitedly as she clapped her hands together.
Puar giggled, "Isn't this great Yamcha?" she said.
Yamcha sighed, "Yeah…I guess…" he said sadly.
Puar was about to ask Yamcha why he wasn't glad Bulma would be getting her wish, then she remembered that Yamcha still had feelings for Bulma. "I'm sorry Yamcha…"
Yamcha sighed once more, "No… It's all right… I'm glad Bulma is getting what she has always wished for…but…" he looked to Puar who was waiting patiently for him to finish his sentence, "…Never mind…"
"Yamcha…"
"Yamcha! Puar! Come on! We're going over here to call the dragon!" Bulma said as she held the four star ball tightly to her chest. Not really wanting to wait for an answer, she ran off to the location.
"Come on Yamcha, we don't want to miss this!" Puar said.
"You go ahead Puar… I'll just stay here…" Yamcha said softly.
"But Yamcha, what if when Bulma makes her wish, it turns out that you are the perfect boyfriend? So please come with me to see it!" Puar pleaded. Yamcha finally gave in and agreed.
When Yamcha and Puar arrived at Bulma's location, they saw that she hadn't summoned the dragon yet. She looked deep in thought.
"What's wrong Bulma?" Puar asked her thinking friend.
"Well…" Bulma began, "there's no such thing as a perfect anything, is there. So I'm trying to think of what to ask for."
Puar looked thoughtful for a few seconds, "Why don't you ask the dragon if you could be with your soul mate?" she suggested.
Bulma gasped, "Puar! That's a great idea!"
Puar smiled and giggled happily as Bulma began to speak, "Eternal dragon! By your name I summon you forth, SHENRON!" The dragon balls glowed a bright golden color as a light shot up into the sky and formed into a snake-like dragon.
"You who have gathered the seven dragon balls…I will grant you one wish…" the dragon said in a loud, deep voice.
"Uuuummm…." Bulma hesitated, she didn't think the dragon of legend would be this…huge!
"Do you have a wish, or not? Speak, I am growing impatient…"
"Uh…! Shenron, I wish to meet my soul mate!" Bulma exclaimed nervously.
"It shall be done…" Shenron said as his eyes glowed a bright crimson.
Bulma could feel her heart beating quickly in her chest. Her soul mate… She was going to meet her soul mate! She was going to meet the man of her dreams! The perfect boyfriend who would love her forever no matter what! She was thrilled! She felt as though she would faint at any given moment! She was so excited until…
"Before I grant this wish I would like you to know that your soul mate is not from this planet…" the dragon said.
"Not… from this planet…?" Bulma was puzzled, "Are you telling me that my soul mate is… an alien…?"
"Yes…" the dragon answered.
"Which…planet is he from…? What kind of alien is he…?" Bulma questioned.
"Your soul mate is known as a Saiyan… He is the prince of the planet Vejita…" the dragon answered, "But…I cannot bring him to Earth at the time; it is beyond my power to do so… If you want to meet him you will have to go to him."
"A Saiyan…? My soul mate is a prince…!?" Bulma slowly began drifting into a world of thought. She attempted to imagine what her prince the dragon spoke of looked like. 'I bet he's cute!'
"Would you like to see him or not…?" the dragon asked, becoming rather irritated with this teenaged girl.
Bulma's eyes grew wide, "Uh…! Y-Yes..!"
"Very well… Then I shall transport you and the other three accompanying you to the planet Vejita…" the dragon said as his eyes glowed crimson.
"Wha— we're all going?!" Yamcha exclaimed.
"What, did you intend on letting me go to a mysterious planet full of aliens all by myself?!" Bulma shouted.
Yamcha's face immediately began burning with anger, "No!" he spat, then he looked to the ground, "But I don't want to meet your soul mate…" he muttered forlornly to himself.
"I think it'll be fun to go to a different planet!" Goku said, being his cheery self.
There was a flash of light; it was so bright that Bulma and the others had to close their eyes. When they reopened their eyes, they found themselves on a planet that looked nothing like Earth.
Yamcha examined this new place, "Is this that…Vejita planet the dragon was talking about?"
"I…think so…" Puar replied.
"Woooooow!!" Goku exclaimed, "The sky is red!"
"Yeah… Now where is the prince of… 'Saiyums' or whatever…?" Bulma asked, changing the subject.
"It's 'Saiyans', you scheikta…" growled a raspy male voice behind the four Earthlings.
Goku yelped as Bulma, Yamcha, and Puar swiftly turned to look at the man.
"Who are you?!" Yamcha barked.
The man was tall and muscular, he had a large widows peak that led back to his black spiked hair that was about as long as he was tall, and he was wearing some sort of armor.
"I should ask you the same question… You don't look as though you're from this planet… You seem too weak to be from this planet…" the man snickered.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Yamcha roared angrily.
"Uh…We're here to see the prince…" Bulma said nervously.
The man scoffed, "What would weaklings like you want with Prince Vegeta?" he asked.
"Sche nishtRaditz…" said another man approaching the long haired man who, apparently, was Raditz.
Bulma blinked as Raditz turned to face the man. Bulma noticed that the man was only a few inches taller than she was. He had dark brown hair that resembled a flame and bangs that nearly covered his eyes, which were dark and intimidating, but Bulma did not feel the need to be afraid. "What is the meaning of this, Raditz?" the man asked in a husky voice.
"Well, Prince Vegeta… I found these…people…apparently, they aren't Saiyans…" Raditz explained.
'Prince?! Did he just say prince!? That man is my soul mate?! My Kami! He's a hottie! And that voice! I love his voice!' Bulma thought. Bulma's heart was racing. First she discovers that her soul mate is an alien prince, and now she finds out that he's…a HOTTIE! Bulma was giddy and nervous at the same time. She couldn't take her eyes off of this man.
"Apparently…" Vegeta scoffed as he inspected the newcomers. Bulma was too entranced with his looks and voice to notice the insult.
"What should I do with them…?" Raditz asked.
The prince examined the three humans and the cat. When his gaze met Bulma's, her face glowed a bright pink as she turned her head away.
Vegeta smirked at this display, "I'll handle them…" he said as he approached Bulma who seemed to grow more red in the face with every step he took towards her.
"Yes, Prince Vegeta…" Raditz bowed then walked away.
"Now…" Vegeta began as he stood facing Bulma, "tell me, who are you four?"
Bulma's heart raced fast in her chest. Carefully, she examined Vegeta from his dark hair to the furry, brown appendage swaying in an agitated motion behind him… 'He has a tail?!' Bulma's thoughts quickly reminded her of Goku's tail. Could the small boy and this prince be of the same race…?
Eventually, Bulma calmed herself enough to answer the prince's question. "M-m-my name is B-Bulma Briefs… And…th-these are my f-f-friends Yamcha, G-Goku, and Puar…" Bulma said shakily while not taking her eyes off of Vegeta; she couldn't help noticing that up close, he seemed even better looking… "A-And we're from the…planet E-Earth."
Vegeta raised an eyebrow, "Where the fuck is Earth? I've never even heard of that planet…"
Bulma frowned, 'Oh joy…he's got a sailor's mouth…' Bulma folded her arms and "hmphed", " I can't tell you…"
Vegeta snickered, "You don't even know where your own damn planet is? How pathetic…"
"I AM NOT PATHETIC!! And I do know where my own planet is! I just can't tell you because I don't know where this stupid planet is!! And what kind of name for a planet is 'Vejita'?!" Bulma shouted…rather loudly.
"Well…that's it… Bulma is going to get us killed…" Yamcha said nervously.
"Y-Yamcha..! Don't say things like that!" Puar said, even though she was thinking the same thing.
"I think they like each other!" Goku said happily causing Yamcha and Puar to stare at him in disbelief.
Vegeta furrowed his eyebrows. No one had ever dared take this tone with him; those who had, had either wound up dead or wishing they were dead, and here was this woman from a planet he hadn't ever heard of mouthing off to him…although part of him was sort of enjoying the fact that she was brave enough to mouth off to him. "Well what the hell kind of name for a planet is 'Ee-arth'?! It sounds similar to the noise that emits from Raditz's mouth on a dusty planet," he said, hoping this would egg her on some more.
Bulma was now grinding her teeth together. How could this be her soul mate?! "My planet's name is not a sneeze noise! And it's 'Earth', you brainless numbskull!"
Vegeta growled. His plan to piss this woman off more had succeeded; it had even "earned" him an insult. "Who are you calling a brainless numbskull?" he asked rather calmly.
"You, you brainless numbskull…" Bulma snapped, smirking triumphantly.
Vegeta smirked as well; he was beginning to enjoy this little verbal brawl. "At least I'm not a bitching harpy," he said.
Bulma was stunned, "What?!"
Vegeta folded his arms while still holding the smirk upon his face. "It's true…You seem to be someone who does nothing but bitch all day long about the simplest of things…"
Bulma was flustered; it was evident that she was upset to Vegeta because of the slight hue of red he discovered on her cheeks. "I do not! Tell him Yamcha!"
"Uh…well…you see…um…" Yamcha hesitated.
"YAMCHA!" Bulma exclaimed irately. Vegeta laughed loudly causing Bulma to glare daggers at him.
Vegeta calmed himself, "Whatever… Why have you graced this planet with your annoying, bitching presence?"
Bulma ignored the insult and gasped. She had completely forgotten about finding the dragon balls and wishing to meet her soul mate. Now that she had met him, she couldn't tell him that he was destined to be with her forever! Not after he called her a bitching harpy!
Bulma sighed because she knew that she had to tell him…
"Well…" Bulma began, "I um… made a wish on the dragon balls…to meet my…soul mate…and…it turns out that…..you are my soul mate…" she said the last part quietly in hopes that Vegeta wouldn't hear.
Vegeta blinked, "…You're serious…?"
Bulma nodded slowly. Vegeta blinked again and glanced toward ground. "Impossible…" he said returning his gaze to the girl before him.
Bulma slowly shook her head, "I… don't think the dragon would make a mistake…" 'but I wish he did this time…'
"You wasted your time coming here… I…have no soul mate…" Vegeta said as he turned to leave, but he was stopped by another man…his father…King Vegita. 'Oh shit…'
"So, finally the day has come that my son meets his soul mate, and you turn her away…" said King Vegita; then he turned to Bulma, "So, is this true?"—Bulma nods—"I see…Then you two shall have to mate…"
Vegeta lowered his eyes to the ground as he stayed in an eerie silence.
Bulma's eyes widened slightly.
Puar's eyes grew wide as did Yamcha's. Goku just blinked and scratched his head, "What's that mean?" he asked, innocently.
The king smiled and explained, "It's something that bonds two people together for eternity."
The young boy smiled up at him, "Oh ok," he said although it was apparent he was still completely oblivious to the meaning of the words.
Vegeta cursed under his breath.
Bulma blinked, 'So I am to be bound to him for all eternity? He is my soul mate…so it couldn't be that bad, could it? But… I've barely even spoken to him, and I can tell he hates me already…'
Bulma breathed a small sigh of sadness, which Vegeta couldn't help noticing. He attempted to pay her cheerless sigh no mind…although something about it would not stop pestering him, and he did not understand why.
The king glared fiercely at his son, "Vegeta, if she truly is your soul mate, then you have no choice…You know that."
Vegeta groaned, "Yes… I know…" he muttered, barely audibly.
King Vegita smiled, "Then it's settled… Vegeta, I trust you will take care of everything from here…"
Vegeta crossed his arms proudly over his chest and shot a glare of death in the king's direction.
Bulma began thinking things through. She didn't really understand what they meant with this whole mating business… Her first thought on the subject came to various animals on Earth. 'Is the mating these Saiyans are talking about the same as animal mating…?" Bulma felt slightly perplexed which frustrated her genius mind. 'Well, maybe I'll figure it out later…"
VFC: VFC added stuff to this chappie too! Woot! GAH! KAKARROT! No, you stupid monkey! Don't touch that button—
—KABOOM!!—
Goku: "Whoops!"
VFC: -covered in ashes and soot- Remind me to plot your demise…-glares-
Goku: -pulls out a notebook- So, does this mean that I am… -reads through the notebook- #60 on your list of doom?
VFC: You've been keeping track of the people whom I have said "Prepare for your doom!" to!?
Goku: Uh…-hides the notebook- Nope!
VFC: Good… Cuz if you were…-trails off-…something, something, something………-mutters random words-
