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Chapter Four

Bulma had just woken up and was now walking in her sleeping outfit to Frieza's meeting room. It was a huge room that he had tortured his victims in, had slaughtered hundreds, and had talks with his crew. He didn't make video calls in that room for it had too much a bad vibe and though he had killed at least one being in every room of the ship, he had yet to kill a being in the video room. As she walked down the halls, lots of looks of lust came in her direction from the male crew as she walked by with her spandex short shorts and long sleeved spandex top. Her blue tail wrapped tightly around her waist and getting tighter as her anger grew. It was up until she heard a whistle that she could take it. When the whistle sounded, the blue haired Saiyan turned to where she heard it, scowling at the two men that stood in a door way. "If I get anymore looks from any of you disgusting vermin, I won't hesitate to personally obliterate every last one of you, taking pleasure in your screams of pain." She said in a loud and very threatening tone and everyone suddenly turned away as to not look at her. Smiling, Bulma turned and walked to where Frieza was.

The door slid open as she pressed the code to enter and Frieza stood at the bar with two glasses of red wine. "Ahh, I was awaiting your arrival." He said going around the bar with both drinks in hand and gave her one once within arm's reach. "I suppose that you came here to get more details in your mission?"

"Your supposing is correct sir." Bulma sipped her wine and knew it wasn't the best he had but it would do for now.

"Well, I have discussed it with the Saiyan King and have agreed that three Saiyans are to come on ship for a month for a trial. Your mission is to get into their heads. Manipulate them into believing that we play nice. They will most likely try and pursued you to believe lies. You aren't to trust them. The three that are coming are their Prince, and two guards of his. If this all goes well, we will be conquering their world in no time." Bulma nodded.

"What lies are they going to try and place in my head?" Bulma knew of her past. She had been rescued by Zarbon from her home world of the barbaric ways of the Saiyans. She was an orphan that was left to die and he found her in an empty house on his way to see the King for business. She didn't know why they stopped business with the Saiyans but she guessed it ended on better terms than most that ended business with Frieza as they were both still a thriving race and were going into another deal with him "They might try and tell you another story. I do want you to remember who is loyal to you." He said as he opened the door to the hall. She didn't know where they were heading but knew that she should follow him. Those who passed them and that they passed, all bowed to Frieza and then went back to what they were doing before they passed through. It turns out they were heading to the lunch room. Bulma saw the guys talking and seemingly arguing with each other on some matter. "Bulma, I know that you like one of my men that you seem to have in your group. I have narrowed it down to three men." She looked to him confused as if she hadn't remembered what the discussion was before she went to sleep. "Those three include Burter, Jeice, and Captain Ginyu. I knew you wouldn't go for Dodoria or Guldo because they are just plain ugly and you hate Dodoria. Recoome is ok in the looks but is a complete and total idiot. I ruled out Zarbon for obvious reasons. That left me with these three. This then leads me to an even deeper thinking. With Captain Ginyu changing bodies frequently, he could be completely ugly or a total hunk. SO I guess I can rule him out. That just leaves Burter and Jeice. Jeice and Burter. This is going to be harder for they are almost brothers. I hope that neither of them gets their hopes up just in case you like the other instead." He then left once the guys were in hearing distance and that's when they noticed her. Their arguing silenced and Bulma noticed that she still had yet to change.

"You seem stressed." Zarbon said as he scooted so that she could sit in her usual place between Zarbon and Jeice.

"I don't want to talk about it." She sighed agitatedly. Her tail then relaxed a bit as she leaned her head on the palms of her hands. Taking a deep breath, she calmed herself more and then looked up at the group. "So what were all of you fighting about before I came?"

They all seemed to look away or blush or do anything but answer her question. "We were…" Recoome started. She was glad that he was the one who spoke up because she could easily tell if he was lying. "…just arguing on what missions who would take. With losing all of the money we did, we need to gain it back."

Bulma rolled her eyes. "No you weren't." She snapped. "Now tell me what it was that you were arguing about so that I can settle the issue. I am the smartest one here and I presume that I could set things straight as I always do in these types of matters."

Zarbon smirked. This was the way for her to say the answer. "They were fighting about who you might want to bed." It was then that Bulma looked down and blushed slightly. Her anger soon filled her once again.

"It is none of any of your guises business on who I feel is the most attractive on this ship." She stood and placed her hands on the table not so gently. "Now. It is not the matter of that I want to bed with that particular person but how attracted I am to that person." She then wanted to walk off but sat back down in a huff. "The answer to the argument that almost all of you were in is that none of who were in the argument is the one." She said giving a huge hint. It wouldn't be a hint to Frieza though as neither Burter nor Jeice partook in the argument.

"Bulma, you seemed to be way more stressed than usual, I'll walk with you to your room and then we could have a chat." Zarbon said standing, being finished with his food. She nodded and followed him to her room.

The guys that were left behind all looked at each other. "You don't think it could be…"Dodoria started but wasn't able to finish as Recoome stopped him.

"Don't be ridiculous. He doesn't go that way. We all know that. The problem is she noticed who was and who wasn't in the argument."

Those who were arguing: Dodoria, Guldo, and Recoome, looked at the three who weren't. Jeice, Burter, and Captain Ginyu looked at each other as well. "One of us?" Burter asked the other two.

"That doesn't make any sense." Recoome said putting his forehead on his hand.

As Bulma put in her code, she and Zarbon stepped in and the door closed. "You can put this act up for those guys but not for me." He said sitting on a chair. Bulma sighed and went through her closet.

"I can't believe I went out there in this." She said frustrated. "You know how annoying those men can be?" The blue Saiyan grabbed a pair of black spandex pants, and a short sleeved, spandex, V-neck top. "I had to threaten their lives before they backed off."

"Don't try and change the subject."

"I'm not." She said stepping into her bathroom to change and came out to eat a snack.

"Bulma dear. You know you can't hide this from me. Go tell them what they want to know and it will all stop."

Sighing, she sat with her plate of food. "Zarbon, you know I can't do that. Frieza has rules about that sort of stuff."

"Yeah but from what I hear, he's trying to guess who you are interested in too."

"I don't care." She then finished off her first plate and grabbed a few bags of chips. "Did you hear of my newest mission?"

Zarbon thought about it. Yeah he knew about it, he was in on it but he wasn't going to let her know that. "New mission?"

"Yeah, three Saiyans are coming and I am assigned to get on their good side. Be the inside person."

"I can understand why you were put in that position." He said off handedly. "You are the best spy on this ship." He further explained.

"But their Saiyans!"

"And unfortunately, so are you my love. This is why you need to tell Jeice."

She knew he was right. She would lose her sanity soon. "Zarbon." Though she had killed a handful of men, and was the ships main spy, she was too afraid to do anything that dealt with her own feelings.

Zarbon had to make this work. They had to be together before the Prince is to arrive so that there would be another layer that disconnects her to him. "What if he made the first move?"

Bulma looked confused at him. "What?"

"Ever since this discussion has come up, he's been silent and when it's brought up, he blushes slightly, though one wouldn't be able to tell much as his skin is already red."

Bulma too blushed slightly. "I guess, if he asked me out than I would accept." Zarbon smirked to himself. "But he has to do it by himself. You can't force him or talk him into anything."

Zarbon put his hands up. "I swear I won't." He then stood and left Bulma to herself.

He walked down the halls and saw Jeice walking his way. There was only one reason he would be in this hall. "Jeice."

The shorter man stopped and looked up at Zarbon. "Yes?"

"What are you up to?"

"Well, I was going to go and talk to Bulma."

"What for?"

"Well… um…" He blushed and Zarbon could tell.

"You're hoping it's you that she's fond of aren't you?"

"I… well…"

"Stop, think about what you are going to say, and then speak. I don't care for broken sentences."

Jeice nodded and took a breath. "I was going to ask Bulma who she was fond of to settle the dispute that's still going in the lunch room."

"And did any of the others put you up to this?"

"No."

"Are you hoping that she says it's you?" Jeice only nodded.

"Good luck." He said and walked away to let Jeice talk to Bulma alone. He walked up to the door but had second thoughts. What if it wasn't him? What if it was Burter, or the Capin? Gathering his courage, he knocked on the door.

"Who's at the door?" Normally he would put in his code and wait until she let him in but he was a little nervous and wasn't sure what he should do.

"It's me… Jeice."

"Come in!" He typed his code to open the door and it quickly opened, too quickly. He wasn't ready to talk to her. His courage went away as soon as he saw her. "Well don't just stand there. Come in." The blue haired female said as her tail loosely fell and then started slowly going back and forth in a contempt manner. "So what is it?" She asked with her head in the fridge looking for another snack. She hated skipping meals and now that she had skipped two, dinner last night and breakfast this morning, she had almost no more snacks in her fridge.

"Well…" He started but trailed off as his eyes traveled from the ground at his feet to her moving tail to her plump rear. Oh how he would love to…

"Well what?" She asked standing with a couple of bowls in her arms and then setting them on the counter beside her. The blue furry tail shut the door to the refrigerator and she looked at Jeice.

"I came in here to ask something but I totally forgot. I guess I should come back when I remember."

"Don't be silly. At least you're not all up in the craziness of the argument. I bet they are still going on and on about it. Could you stay? I could have some decent company. She walked to her bed with a bowl in her hands and then sat criss-crossed at the edge.

Jeice remembered suddenly the question at hand. "Um… Bulma?"

"You remembered your question?"

Jeice nodded. "I was wondering, or they were, or… um. What I am trying to ask if I… um you…" He took a deep breath. He was sounding like an idiot. "Bulma, I like you." He said will all honesty. "I really do and I was wondering if it was I that you felt the same with. If it was with either of the other two, I understand. I mean Burter is taller and you two could get along well and the Capin is such a higher ranking than I and…" He looked up and the woman that was now smiling shyly at him. "Do you return my feelings?"

Bulma stood shyly and nodded as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Yes." She said and he smiled wrapping his arms around his prize. They both stood there for long moments glad that their feelings were out in the open and the other returned them. The door of the doom opened but neither of them noticed and a smirk like no other made its way onto the lizard's face.

"I thought about it and when I came back I noticed that the one I thought was the answer was gone." He said and the two split. "Yes. It seems that your feelings have come out to the open." Bulma stepped up and was about to try and talk him out of punishment as she had broken, or at least was about to break, one of his rules.

…None of his high ranking solders were allowed to have romantic relations with another high ranking solder. If they wanted to relieve their sexual frustrations, they could easily go to the harem and use one of those women… Bulma was the only high ranking female and so then could go to any lower ranking solder and use him but she had never and would never drop that low.

Frieza put up his hand and Bulma stepped back with her head down. "Now, ever since I have been thinking of you with one of the guys, I have considered you having romantic relations with one of them. I grant you this one privilege and don't you ever say that I haven't done anything for you. Neither of you will be punished for this." Both of them smiled and looked at each other. "I will leave you two alone now." With that, Frieza returned to his chambers smirking, knowing that when the three Saiyans do come, Bulma's bond with Jeice will help her stay on his side rather than with the Saiyans.

Bulma went to her kitchen when the door closed and got some of her favorite scotch. "I think that this calls for a little celebration."

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