Chapter 7
Standing outside the door to the training rooms she pauses and looks to the label on the door. Hmm I'm going to have to get that changed. Making a mental note to changed the label on the door to read 0-x250 after she had finished with this upgrade. Still standing outside the door she senses the occupants within the training room and is surprised that she can only sense one other in the room besides Bardock. She knew that there were three saiyans that had arrived. Chichi had told her that she had seen them when she came with Gohan the previous day for his studies. She had thought that all of them would be in there and using the room. I wonder which one it is, as she tries to remember Chichi's description of them. She said that there was a big ugly bald brute, a big long hair smarmy looking brute and a nasty looking angry little brute. But Chichi did not know which one Prince Vegeta was, because nobody showed any manners and introduced her. In her opinion they were all brutes and didn't compare in the slightest to her Goku. She had to restrain rolling her eyes at that comment.
Taking a deep breath and she enters the room and goes over to the viewing window. So it the 'nasty looking angry little brute' then, she observes as she watches the two men spar. See cannot see much of the 'little brute' as her view of him is obstructed and watches Bradock for a moment. She loves watching Bardock spar. He was graceful and fluid and he made fighting look like a powerful deadly dance. He had taught her and Goku how to improve their fighting techniques when they had first met him. She also remembered how she had a huge crush on him back then. His is tall, dark and handsome with a wicked sense of humour and of course a very nice body. She had eventually got over her school girl crush, but could only dream of meeting a man like him more her own age. He did hold the bench mark to which she judged other men and found nearly all lacking.
Sighing she looks back to the two fighter and studies the 'little brute'.
Okay check list: As she mentally prepares to check off her perfect guy list.
Tall? Nope. He was around the same height as her, maybe a little shorter.
Dark? Yes. His dark hair was shaped like a flame on top of his head, though it did made him look taller than he was.
Handsome? Ermm she considers and cocks her head to the side. Can't really tell, his face is all screwed up in a very angry scowl. So pass.
Wicked sense of humour? Really can't tell. Again pass.
Nice body? Ermm she watches as he comes back into her view and she takes in his physique. He is well built and nicely muscled but it doesn't look out of place compared to his height. He does have well defined abs... mmm nice muscular thighs and bulging biceps... now if he would just turn around so I can check out his butt. As if he could hear her, he turns and blocks a punch, giving her the view of his back and butt. Oh Yes, he has a nice body, a very nice body. She smirks, while admiring his body she also observes his fighting prowess and can see the dedication he must put in to his training.
Okay that makes 2 out of 5. She mentally tallies. Lucked out again Bulma, she chuckles. She was actually quite glad that he didn't meet up with her 'perfect guy' image. She didn't want to be attracted to any one of these saiyans or want to be in their company for more than was necessary, if at all. That would have been really awkward if she found any of them that attractive. Sure she was use to seeing muscle guys around, so seeing a nice body didn't get her that flustered... well not that much anyway.
Okay let's get this thing upgraded, but first I've gotta get them out there. As a sly smile curls around her lips and looks towards the intercom besides the door. She briefly looks back at the two and before thinking it through she hits the button and takes a deep breath before she yells.
"HOW THE HELL DO YOU EXPECT ME TO UPGRADE THIS THING IF IT IS STILL IN USE? HUH! GET YOUR ARSES OUT OF THERE AND LET A LADY WORK."
She takes her finger off the button and looks back to through the window. Just in time to see Bardock send a right hook right into the little guys face and watches as he goes flying into the wall. She can't help but burst out laughing. It was so funny seeing the little guy halt in surprise before getting hit.
Seeing Bardock giving her a stern frown, she shrugs. Opps I think I'm in trouble. Taking a couple of deep breaths she tries to regain her composure. Bardock shakes his head at her and goes over to the console to turn off the gravity. Yeap, I'm definitely in trouble. Quickly looking towards the little guy, he is now standing with his arm folded across his chest glaring daggers her direction. Oh crap!
Preparing herself for anything that might get blasted her way she opens the door and enters the training room.
Vegeta is furious his ears are still ringing from that awful screech, which moments ago reverberated around the room. Oh dare this Banshee assault his ears in such a fashion. It was so unexpected that Bardock had actually managed to land a punch on his face and send him flying to the wall. This banshee is going to die for the presumption that they could scream like that to him. Getting the gravity upgraded was not worth such an insult. Remembering that Bardock had mentioned that there was another that could upgrade this machine, so as far as he was concerned it was no big loss to the Universe to have one less scientist. As an evil smirk graces his lips and he unfolds one of his arms down to his side. Ready to blast the ugly, snivelling, screeching, week human and watches the door waiting for her to enter.
As soon as the door open he prepares himself to blast the human, but upon the human's entrance he pauses. This can't possibly be the human that has come to upgrade the machine. It went against everything he knew about every other scientist that he had ever encountered. It was that gorgeous female he had observed only this morning. There had to be another human hiding somewhere. He looks behind her looking for the other person that must be hiding from his wrath behind the door. Not seeing anyone else in there, he looks back to the gorgeous human walking over to Bardock with a slight smile on her lips.
"Bulma!" Bardock scolds. "Was that really necessary?" he chastises her.
Now he is really stunned. This is Bulma? He is amazed that the snivelling, screeching, week human he had envisioned was actually this gorgeous woman. How wrong could he have he been?
"Oh Bardock." She waves dismissively "Don't tell me that you didn't know I was there."
"Of course I did, but I was not expecting you to bellow through the intercom."
"Sorry Bardock, I know... " She mumbles looking down towards the floor, feeling like a child with their hand caught in the cookie jar.
He grits his teeth and growls in their direction. Now they were both ignoring him and this would not do. He opens his mouth ready to put them in their place when Bardock says.
"Bulma, this is Prince Vegeta." He gestures in his direction. Pulling himself to his full height and lifts his nose in the air. Ready for the female to start screaming in terror and beg his forgiveness for screeching at him in such an abominable fashion.
"Really?" she responses raising an eyebrow and looks him over. WHAT? This was not the reaction he was expecting and he snaps his head back in her direction, scowling at her.
"Prince Vegeta... huh!" She queries as she peruses him. "Oh! I thought he would be taller." She says as she cocks her head to the side and chuckles before looking back towards Bardock.
"Bulma." Bardock warns.
"Oh okay," as she rolls her eyes before making eye contact with the Prince and doing a mocking bow. "Welcome Prince Vegeta to my training rooms, I hear that you like it sooo much that you require an upgrade. I'm here to do that upgrade... so shoo." She says as she gestures with her hands for him to move out of the room.
Huh! What happen to begging his forgiveness? How could this week human not be cowering and running behind Bardock muttering apologises. He had never had this reaction from any other subordinate before. Does she not know who I am?
"You dare to insult the Prince of all Saiyans." He sneers, "Now I suggest you shut your mouth and start to upgrade that machine." He said with deadly malice, as he paces closer towards her. "Do you know what happens to people that insult me?" as he stops a few feet away from her and leans forward in her direction. "They die." He states slowly giving her his most vicious glare.
Bulma puts her hands on her hips and leans forwards. "Is that a threat?" she glares back at him. "Because I don't care who you are, I don't take too kindly to threats."
He chuckles evilly "Oh no it's not a threat human. It's a fact." He snarls.
Seeing that this situation is getting out of control quickly Bardock watches as the two stand there glaring at each other. Before Bulma can say anything else he interjects.
"Bulma!" Bardock snaps at her.
"What?" she snaps back at him, as she straightens and turns her head in his direction, breaking eye contact with Vegeta.
"Will you just get on with the upgrade and stop antagonizing Prince Vegeta." He says trying to placate his Prince. He is just not sure how the Prince will react if Bulma continues like this.
She stands there gaping at him for a moment, before she finds her voice and replies. "What do you mean that I'm antagonizing him?" She screeches as she flips her hand in Vegeta's direction. "He is the one threatening me, NOT the other way round."
"You were the one who bellowed over the intercom in the first place. That was uncalled for and I nearly blasted you myself when you came in." He reprimands. "I am surprise that Prince Vegeta has held such restraint so far for your impertinence. This is not how we greet guests on Orion and you know it." He scolds "Just what were you thinking? I don't want to hear another excuse from you."
Bulma lowers her eyes to the floor once again. Yes Bardock had a point this was not protocol for greeting guests. Perhaps she was a little bit out of line and it was done for her own amusement and nothing else.
"Fine" she concedes, looking back up and narrowing her eyes towards Vegeta "If his majesty would kindly remove his arse out of this room." She sarcastically says "So I can get on with doing the upgrade. I cannot do an upgrade while the machine is still in use. " That was about as courteous as she was going to be. He did threaten her life after all.
"Hmph" he scowls and crossing his arms. "Remember your place in future human and that way you will get to live for another pitiful day." Looking her in the eyes and watching her eyes narrow even more and her teeth clench together. He could see the fire burning in her eyes and had to chuckle at her silent defiance. Waving her off dismissively as he walks towards the door. "Be quick about it. I want this upgrade done within the hour."
"What! Now just you wait there for one moment. You will not tell me how long this upgrade is going to take." She yells in outrage. "It's going to take longer than an hour, you jerk!"
"I do believe that I just did. Fine, seeing as you are just a week human after all. I can't expect you to operate to the standards as a saiyan would, so I'll come back in two hours then. But it better be ready or else!" He says threateningly as he smugly looks over his shoulder. She looked as if she was going to explode as she stood there shaking in rage. He actually thought it look a rather humours, what an interesting female. Yes, she is definitely not the normal run of the mill scientist that he was use to, and he couldn't decide if she was brave or plain stupid for talking to him like that. He turns his head forward as he leaves. He would go to the next gravity room and practice this sensing ability that these people here did. He did not want to be caught off guard like that again.
As he leaves he hears her comment to Bardock.
"Ugh! What a jerk! I have a good mind to not even bother with this upgrade. If he thinks he can order me around Bardock he better think again…" she continues as he tunes her out. He decides to leave her to it for now, focusing his mind on a more productive activity by learning this sensing of Ki, while he waits for the upgrade to be done. Two hours should be plenty to get to grips with this new ability and he couldn't believe that he hadn't thought of it before.
Once Prince Vegeta was out of sight Barock turns back to Bulma. "Bulma." He cuts her off from her tirade "You are going to have to be careful around Prince Vegeta and his comrades. They are not used to people talking to them the way you do."
"Is it my fault that the little prick… " Bardock holds a hand up to stop her from speaking any further. "Bulma I'm not going to be there every time for you, so you are going to have to learn to hold tongue."
"Bardock don't treat me like a child, I know how to hold my tongue when I have too. I will not keep quiet when people insult me."
"Well learn! Try counting to ten before you speak in future, especially around the Prince." He growls.
"Why should I, I'm not going to let him insult me when he feels like it!" she states walking towards the machine, crouching down and opening the panel before sighing. "Okay, I will try, but I'm not going to promise to keep quiet when insulted." She clarifies and looks back up at him. "So are you going to help with this upgrade then, or what?"
"Sure, what do you want me to do?" He decides, knowing this was about the best he could expect from Bulma for now. Perhaps it would have been better to of let her leave as she wanted, it will save him a lot of forthcoming headaches. But he knew that despite everything, Bulma staying on Orion was in reality the best thing to do. He still wasn't sure if Prince Vegeta would still kill her though at the moment. He could only satisfy himself with the fact that he had at least tried whatever the outcome and hoped for the best.
"Right I think that should do it." Bulma happily exclaims looking up to the time. It had only taken an hour and half to do the upgrade and was more than pleased that it was finished. "I just need to do the final programme checks. If you want to go Bardock I can handle it from here and thanks for your help." She smiles at him as she places the panel back over the console.
"Are you sure?" He wonders if it will be okay to leave Bulma. But as they had finished earlier than expected he didn't think that Vegeta would return before the two hours and Bulma would surely have left by then.
"Yeah I'm sure, there's not much more to do. I'll be finished up in here in about 5 or 10 minutes. Goodnight." As she waves him off as his nods and takes his leave.
She puts the headphones into her ears and turning on her music. She listens to the heavy beat to the music as she goes through the system checks, making sure that everything is working correctly with the newly installed upgrades. Satisfied that everything is in working order she engages the gravity at 100 and steadily takes it up the maximum in increments of 50. Pleased with the new upgrades she turns off the machine and prepares to leave, humming to the tunes as she packs her stuff away.
Clasping both hands together she raises her arms and stretches the full length of her back, taking the tension out of her muscles. Then dropping her hands back to her side and notes there is 15 minutes before the Princes will be back. Not wanting to be there when he returns she picks up her stuff and heads for the door. Thinking a nice bubble bath would definitely be in order when she gets back to her apartment. She just hoped that that would be the last time she would have to deal with this Prince Vegeta.
It had taken him about an hour to get to grips with sensing out energies. Bardock had explained how they did it. It was about focusing your mind and feeling the energy around you. Once he figured how to do that the rest was easy for him. He had used Bardocks energy signal for a base and once he familiarised himself with his energy signal, he extended his focus to the other person with him. Bardock was still in the training room that he had left, so he could only assume it was this other energy signal was Bulma's. Yet again this female surprised him. He had thought that her energy signal would be significantly lower than Bardock's, so imagine his surprise when it was not as low as he would have expected. It was low compared to Bardock's but it was a lot higher than the other humans in the area. So she must train her energy level as well he realised, he could tell that she trained her body just by looking at her figure.
This female confused the hell out of him. He really did not know what to think about her. Even the female warriors on Frieza ships and bases showed fear he when sent them a glare. Afraid that he would blast them, sometimes he did and sometimes he didn't, they just didn't know. So they were always careful and respectful while speaking to him. This female however did not. She must know what he is capable of, must have heard about him within Frieza's ranks, most people did. She had piqued his curiosity. He had met with mouthy women before but they usually back down when someone stronger threaten them. He never had a female glare back at him in the way that she had and stand her ground. She was such an enigma.
Feeling that Bardock had left the room, he decides to observe this female to try and puzzle her out.
Staying in the shadows of the viewing room he observed her as she powered down the gravity simulator and could hear her soft humming to whatever music she was listening too. He could see white thin leads coming out of her ears and attached to some device she had clipped to her waist band, swaying slightly to the music gracefully while she gather up her things and put them into a container. Then she clasps her hands together had stretches her arms above her head. Her head dipping back, eyes are closed as she slowly rotates her shoulder blades and proactively moves her hips easing the tension from her back. His mind immediately plummets into the gutter. How could such a simple gesture of stretching one's back muscles seem so erotic?
As she glances over towards something that he can't see, then she picks up her things and start heading in his direction.
He quickly regains his thoughts and pulls his face into a frown of disapproval, waiting for her to come out of the door.
Stepping out of the shadows, she starts in surprise and pulls the leads down unplugging the devices from her ears. He can hear the music still coming from them as he looks down at them briefly before looking back to her face, "I'm glad to see you that you have finished the upgrade in a timely manner." Watching as her face contorts into a frown. "Now that is more like it human, I may forgive your behaviour from earlier if they meet my standards." He states while giving her an arrogant smirk.
"Oh lucky me, I may be forgiven." She huffs as she folds her arms across her chest, "I'll have you know that my work will always be above your standard. I am a friggin genius you know."
"Hmph!" Stepping closer to her "That will be for me to decide. There have been many that have made that same claim and all have been found lacking or dead for that matter." He chuckles as he tries to intimidate her.
"Whatever!" She dismisses his attempt at intimidation. "The room has been upgraded to 250 times gravity... I hope that is to your approval your majesty!" she mocks, not really caring if it does or doesn't.
"That will have to do, I suppose." He says coolly. It was more than he expected but there was no way he was going to tell her that. Yes this little female impressed him far more than he would let on. "You can leave now. I will inform you when I require your services." He dismissed her as he heads towards the door.
"That is what the maintenance department is for. Should the machine require any repairs they can handle it. You can go and see them." As she turns to leave, more than happy to get away from him and pass him over to her employees to see to his future needs. Now that the gravity room had been upgrade there wasn't much that they couldn't repair.
Turning back in her direction he fires a small blast just in front of her, causing her to halt and spin around on her heel glaring at him, clenching her teeth. "I did not ask for your servants to repair this machine, I told YOU are going to fix it human. I will not accept substandard work." He sneers. He was not going to allow her to just hand over the repairs to someone else. As far as he saw it, it was her responsibility and no one else's to make repairs if the need should arise, and he would damn well make sure that she did.
"My employee's are more than capable of repairing this machine. So you have better get used to it, because I am NOT going to be on your beck and call." She retaliates, as she quickly spins back around and marches out of the door.
Looking back to the door she has just exited. That is where you are wrong woman. He thinks. That is where you are wrong. A slight smile escapes from his lips before turning around to try out the new upgrade. Now that he had gotten what he wanted he couldn't wait to try the higher levels of gravity and further his training.
Thank you for reading.
Thank you mpvssj5 for your review. I am trying to improve on my grammar and happy that you are enjoying my story. I hope that this chapter didn't disappoint to much. I had to change it a couple of times to make it work, otherwise I would have ended up with a dead Bulma.
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