Call Of The Wild
Chapter 1 -- Contaminated

Bulma smiled as Trunks laughed. Vegeta grumbled as a drop of water dripped from his nose. "Little brat!" he hissed at Trunks and began to pump his own super soaker. Trunks stopped laughing and ran off as Vegeta ran after him. Vegeta stopped dead in his tracks as a water balloon hit him from behind. Vegeta turned with fire in his eyes. Bulma smiled then ran off around the side of the house. "WOMAN!" bellowed Vegeta as he took off after her.

Days had passed very much like this for some time now. In this timeline there was no androids, there was no Cell or Buu. Future Trunks had gone to many other timelines and killed off Dr. Gero and his killer androids and this was one of them. In this timeline everyone's lives grew in peace and happiness. Even the cold as deep space Vegeta had soften greatly and was now enjoying his life, well the best he could anyway…

Vegeta finally caught up to Bulma and had her cornered. A evil smirk that would frighten most people rose on his face. Bulma was indeed afraid now but only at getting wet. Bulma had fallen deeply in love with Vegeta after their lust had gotten the better of them at first. That's how Trunks happen but after a while the two actually fell in love deeply.

"I have you now woman." Vegeta smirked as he took aim. Bulma looked about in a panic not knowing what or where to go. "Think Bulma THINK!" she mentally yelled at herself.

Vegeta started to squeeze the trigger as a gallon of water fell on him from above. He was now soaked head to toe. Bulma started to snicker as Vegeta gave her a death glare. He looked up and saw Trunks holding a bucket. "Oh crap!" he muttered as he took off over the roof.

Vegeta powered up and took after him. Bulma walked backwards trying to see what was going on. All she could hear was Vegeta shouting at Trunks. She wasn't paying too much attention as to where she was going. Soon she found her self at the edge of the pool. She slipped bit a back losing her balance. She tried her best and waved around in the air not to fall in. But it was too late, she fell back into the pool's deep end.

"BAH!" cried out Bulma as she reached the surface finally. She heard snickering and looked up to see Vegeta and Trunks laughing at her. Trunks grinned evilly and pushed his father in before he knew what was happening. Vegeta came back up glaring at the laughing Trunks. Right before he was about to explode Bulma grabbed Trunk's leg and dragged him in as well.

When Trunks came up Bulma and Vegeta were laughing. Trunks gave his parents a glare then splashed his mother. "HEY!" cried out Bulma. She splashed back at him and then Vegeta. The three soon started splashing and dunking each other in the pool. Water went everywhere and time pasted quickly for them.

Bulma floated on her back as the two boys of her had a contest on who could stay under the longest. Trunks came up first, his father had for once in his life made a funny face. Trunks instantly started to laugh at it, never had his father acted silly in the least bit, but Vegeta was one to win at any cost at anything. Trunks grew tried and flew out of the pool, he ran inside to get out of his wet clothes and maybe find some ice cream in the fridge.

A shadow grew underneath Bulma till part of Vegeta's head poked above the water. He looked at Bulma in silence as she floated. He never got over what she had done to him, how he opened himself so much to her. She was now the most important thing to him and he wouldn't have it any other way now.

He lifted his head more out of the water till his chin rested just above the water. "woman" he spoke in a calm voice. Bulma snapped to and let her self sink till she was floating the same as Vegeta. "Yes?" she cooed. Vegeta seemed to tense slightly before he spoke. "I love you." Bulma smiled and sunk down a bit and bobbed back up. "I love you too." she spoke softly back.

Vegeta smirked slightly and wrapped a arm around Bulma holding her up a bit more. Even after all the time he has been with her, those words are still hard for him to say. Bulma smiled more as they kissed softly. They pulled back and Vegeta took one last look into her eyes then floated upward still holding her.

He landed on the grass and smirked at Bulma. Bulma smiled then gave him a look, "What?" Vegeta huffed and slapped her behind, "Go cook me dinner woman." he bellowed. Bulma stuck her tongue out at him before she walked off, Vegeta smirked and watched her walk off.

Soon as she was in the house he turned towards the west. A scowl covered his face for a moment, a few thoughts crossed his mind. He turned back and walked to and into the house.

Bulma was humming to the radio she had on now as she buzzed about the kitchen. He could hear Trunks up stares playing one of his video games. Bunny and Mr. Briefs where each doing their own thing on the other side of the house.

Vegeta walked through the halls of Capsule Corp in silence. As he walked he remembered back to the many things that had happen in their halls. He finally came to the room. He opened the door and looked into the unlit room. Everything in the room was different now but he could remember every detail of how it was before.

"DINNER!!" echoed Bulma's voice through the halls. By the time Vegeta had walked to the kitchen Trunks was almost done eating. Bulma looked up at Vegeta as he came in. "Wow this has to be a first."

Vegeta looked at her and raised a brow, "what?" Bulma looked at him a tad worried. "You were late for the start of dinner. Your never late, is something wrong?"

Vegeta blinked and thought back, she was right he had never been late before in all the years he had lived there. Vegeta shrugged, "No nothing's wrong." Bulma looked at him a bit more then started back at her own food.

Trunks looked at both of his parents then finished his plate. Trunks put his dishes in the sink and asked if he could sleep over Goten's. Bulma nodded yes and he ran off to call Goten. Trunks ran up stares after his call and grabbed his stuff then ran out the door saying bye on his way out.

Vegeta ate in silence and Bulma started at him. Vegeta glanced up as he stuffed his face. He swallowed and spoke. "What is it woman?" Bulma sighed and took a bite of her steak. "Nothing" she said softly.

Vegeta put his fork down and looked at her. "It's obviously not nothing so tell me already." Bulma pushed a pea around and glanced up at him. "I don't know, I just feel like…I should worry or something. I've been feeling it the past few days now. Now your starting to act a little weird."

Vegeta raised a brow at her, "What do you mean weird?"

"Well take today, you told me you loved me. You only do that if I bug the hell out of you to say it." Vegeta frowned a bit, "What I can't say it on my own?"

Bulma shook her head, "It's not that it's just it was unexpected I guess. Then you keep seeming to wander off at times, you've been doing it all week. And your not in the gravity room cause I do check. And when Trunks went to Goku's you didn't say a thing. You normally give him hell if he tried to sleep over there. What's going on Vegeta?"

Vegeta blinked at her then pushed back from the table. "Nothing" he spoke dryly as he walked out of the room.

Bulma was stunned at his quietness. This caused her to worry only more, she couldn't figure what was going on. One minute he was like a little kid the next he was loving and tender, the next he's totally distant from her. She sighed and rested her head in her hands. "I wish I knew what was going on." she spoke softly to herself.

Vegeta walked out onto the back patio. He sighed and looked head at the surrounding city. "I wish I knew too Bulma." he said quietly to himself. He clenched his fist and swore at himself. He wished he could have told Bulma why but he didn't know himself. For the past week he had began to feel over emotional. Like he had no control over them and he had this odd feeling to head west, something was drawing him to that direction.

"I will find out what's wrong, I promise Bulma." he thought as he flew out into the night sky. Bulma sat along still in the kitchen and had no clue as to what was about to happen.

Vegeta reached a forest and landed on the ground. He looked around and saw only trees and bushes. He walked towards what he felt as the source of it all. He heard some soft talking and ducked into a bush. Two large men walked by in armor and both wearing scouters. He instantly knew who they were, they were two scientists that worked for Freeza.

"I told you this would never work." The first one spoke. "Oh shut up!" yelled the other one.

"Heh, oh look at me, I will draw Vegeta out with a chemical scent. Jarrin you are so stupid. I wonder sometimes what goes on in that head of yours." laughed Bowlum.  "Do be quite it was a fine plan! Saiyans are driven by their instincts. By making a chemical scent in tune to Vegeta is a good plan! It was made to draw him out here and leave him confused and weak. I must have not made a strong enough formula is all." spoke Jarrin proudly.

"Yea sure, good plan my ass. That's why Vegeta didn't even show up you dumb ass." hissed Bowlum.

Vegeta growled at the two talking. It was them who was responsible for what was happening to him. He was going to make them pay for messing with him and making Bulma worry like she is.

"Why are we even doing this?" sighed Bowlum.

"Cause in case anything happen to Lord Freeza we were to carry out this mission. Making sure Vegeta is dead and any other Saiyans we find." hissed Jarrin.

Bowlum rubbed his temple and sighed. "But come on Freeza is dead I'm sick of doing his dirty work."

Jarrin grabbed Bowlum's throat and glared at him. "HOW dare you speak that way!!" He tossed him down on to the ground and spat at him.

"Oh that's it!" yelled Bowlum as he tackled Jarrin. The two wrestled around and didn't notice Vegeta who was now standing away from them arms folded. Watching the two roll around in the dirt.

"Ehm"

Bowlum and Jarrin looked up at Vegeta. "Uhh hey Vegeta." Bowlum finally spoke up. Jarrin got off of Bowlum and pointed at Vegeta. "SEE I told you it would work!!"

Vegeta glared at the two then the finger pointing at him. "You know it's not nice to point."

Jarrin raised a brow then cried out as Vegeta moved lighting fast and crushed his hand. He then punched out the terrified Bowlum and kicked him to the ground. He spun around and tossed Jarrin who was cradling his hand into Bowlum.

"Die" hissed Vegeta as he powered up a blast that blew up them and part of the surrounding trees. Bowlum and Jarrin cried out as they were blasted into dust. "Fools" Vegeta spoke as he spat at where they once stood.

A shadow ran behind Vegeta and he turned suddenly and missed it. It moved too fast for him to have seen it. "What the?" Vegeta questioned out loud. The shadow creped behind him and Vegeta turned in time to see it jump on him.

A cry shot out in the woods as flesh tore. Blood ran to ground and the shadow disappeared as fast as it appeared. Vegeta was left alone once more in the woods. Dark clouds appeared in the sky. Lighting flew about, someone had summon the Dragon. Soon as the clouds came they rolled away and a new sight entered into the darking night sky.

"The moon!?" Vegeta said hoarsely as he held his arm. Blood dripped from a wound that was just tore open. Normally such a wound wouldn't effect him but it seemed like a lot of his energy had suddenly left him as soon as the shadow had bitten him.

Vegeta felt weak and fell forward into the dirt. All he could do was roll over and look at the full moon rising upward slowly. The blackness fell upon him and the world went into a blur. Only the howling of a beast was heard later. A blood curdling cry of pain and sorrow that flooded the night sky.

"VEGETA!" cried out Bulma as she awoke from a dream. It was actually a nightmare than a dream. Sweat ran down her face as she hugged her knee's. She was frighten and found no comfort when she saw her bed was still empty. Vegeta left and never came back after dinner.

She got out of bed and walked out on to the balcony. She saw a full moon rising to her shock. She blinked a few times then brushed it off. Someone must have found a away to bring back the moon once again. People usually did, probably some adventurer or maybe even a moon cult. She really didn't care but it felt good to see the moon once more. But it only made her think about Vegeta more.

Bulma's body unknown to her sent out a smell of distress into the wind. It flowed and danced about the wind till it reach a very keen nose. It drew it fully in and smelled around for more of it. It could feel somewhere in the back of it's mind who it was. It was very weak cause it traveled so far and any normal animal couldn't even smell it, but this was no normal beast.

It took one last sniff and all the information that traveled with it. It could smell distress in it's scent and who it was. It showed it's fangs and growled lowly at this. It took off at a great speed towards where the scent was coming from. Running harder and racing faster to get to her. It reached the city and ran through backyards too quickly, no one saw it. Only dogs barked as it raced by.

It stopped at Capsule Corp and hid in the bushes. It slunk low to the ground and looked up. With it's yellow glowing eyes it saw perfectly in the darkness. Bulma stood on the balcony looking at the moon with a slight frown on her face. It watched as she mouthed the words of her lovers name softly, it caused the beast to cringe slightly. It gave one lonely gaze and laid down on the ground.

In it's head it thoughts of many things but then something took over. It smelled a new scent, a deer injured off in the woods outside the city. It's blood began to race at the smell, it was calling out to it. It gave one last look up to where Bulma was, she had fell asleep on a chair on the balcony.

It crept out of the bushes and slunk to below the balcony. It adjusted it's self and jumped a huge height up to it. It landed with out sound and went over to her. It loomed over Bulma and looked at her. For the first time it felt so alone, more alone than it had ever felt even being this close to her.

It's fur and clawed hand reached to touch her face but drew back as it looked at it. It's teeth clenched together at what it was. It walked into the room and grabbed a extra blanket. It took it out and carefully laid it over her. It looked at her and brushed a bit of hair away in a quiet and gentle stroke. It turned away and took off into the night, the deer and it's blood was still calling to it.

Next Time…

The heart aches at the sight of new changes. Lives drift apart and reshape in unnatural ways. Evil tampers with fate and the lives of other's. Things are tested and monsters show their claws, but not all monsters are what they seem to be. Two hearts are ripped in two as a spider spins it's web. For what we see on the outside isn't what we think is on the inside. Some wear masks to hurt, some wear to protect, others to hide. But who wears what?