Title: Forgive

Author: Pale Orchid

Rating: PG-13

Summary: After Buu, can Bulma forgive Vegeta?

Category: Bulma/Vegeta Angst-Romance, hopefully. We'll see.

Spoilers: Anything after Veggie went ka-boom!

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the DragonBall Z characters or anything even remotely DBZ related. I'm just a poor Aussie girl with too much time on her hands.

Archiving : Anyone would actually want this???

Authors Note: Okay, so as far as I've seen, everyone who is still alive has just been Instant Transmissioned to the Lookout. And that's on a video. Cheez TV is still in the Cell Games thingy and Cartoon Network just keeps re-showing the first part of the World Marshall Arts Tournament, up until Gohan, Videl and Kibito fly off. :Sigh: So any mistakes or anything are because I haven't seen anything and I'm guessing!


Forgive.

Chapter One: The Pact is Broken.


As his parents hissed and gestured in a section of the Lookout, Trunks had watched them sadly. He couldn't understand what the problem was, why couldn't they just go home?

"I don't care what you think! I'm not going home with you!"

"Woman, what are you talking about?!"

Bulma glared at the man before her. His forehead was no longer marred by the M that had been there hours before. The fact that the wording of the wish used to bring everyone back had included him proved that he was on the good guys' side. But still, there it was. She didn't wish to go anywhere with him. And she knew why. But it seemed that he didn't remember.

Her blue eyes hardened as she glared at him, mirroring the looks she had received from him so many times in their past.

'Do you remember what I told you, the night we bonded? Does the Prince of ALL Saiya-jins remember his promise?" She searched his eyes for something that said he knew what she was talking about, but found nothing. "When you do remember, I'll be in my Lab, but until then, I'm driving home. And Trunks is coming with me."

Vegeta looked at his mate, wondering what she was going on about, but not having the patience to force his mind back through the memories. One thing he did catch was the emotion coming from the back of his mind. The place where he always felt her. Her place.

All he felt from her was distrust. And slight tinges of fear and pain.

"You don't trust me with our son?"

Bulma almost burst into tears with his comment. Surely he had no idea how much it meant to her, to hear him say 'our son' and not brat or boy. Just that one comment almost broke her resolve.

No, she had been damn well serious when she had made him swear to the pact, and he had gone and broken it. Steeling herself she spat out.

"No Vegeta, I don't trust you with my son."

Turning from him she threw out a capsule. It exploded to reveal a copter.

"Trunks! Come on, we're leaving now."

She watched as Trunks came running over to her, a confused look on his face.

"Mom, what's with the copter? I thought we were flying?"

"We aren't. You and I are going home, and your father his going to do something thinking. So we're taking the copter."

"But Mom, Dad can carry you home and then he can go out and think, can't he? It's a lot faster than that thing." He screwed up his face in a look of disgust that only a child could manage.

"No, Trunks he can't. Now get in the damn copter!"

"Yes Mom." He had never heard his mom speak like that, well almost never and not usually directed at him. What was going on?

Bulma stalked around to the other side of the copter after slamming Trunks' door shut. As she wrenched open the driver's door, a hand pushed it back into place. She whirled to face him.

"What?!"

He wasn't even looking at her, but behind her through the window.

"That wasn't necessary. He is not the one you are angry at. Don't yell at him when you want to yell at me."

She glanced over her shoulder at her son who was sitting quietly in the passenger seat. His hands were running over the fabric of the seat-belt.

Not looking at Vegeta she allowed a solitary tear to make its way down her face.

"You're right. I'll apologize. Now let go of the door. I meant what I said before."

His hand moved away from the door, and still without looking at him, she climbed in and started the copter.

Vegeta watched as his mate and son flew off in the sky. There was something that was upsetting her and while he didn't know yet, he had to find out. Something told him that his entire life with her rested on it.

End Part One.