The next morning, when Bulma finally woke up, Vegeta was gone. She looked around their room and tried to sense his energy, it was farther away then she would have liked it to be. She yawned and checked the time, it was later than she usually woke up, and she knew the reason and clenched her hands into fists. She got up and hurried to get dressed. As quickly as she should could, she flew to the throne room. Vegeta was preparing something. She furrowed her eyebrows and walked over to him.

Vegeta sensed her approach and hid what he was doing, turning towards her slightly he said

"Your parents have just arrived; they're out on the landing bay…well the one that's not under repair at least," when she didn't respond he turned around

"Bulma?" she seemed to be in a trance and he had to go over and shake her slightly to get her out of it.

"Huh…oh…sorry," she shook her head and looked out the window

"Vegeta…" she says quietly, he waited for her to go on, and when she didn't he asked

"What is it?"

"Well…I oooh… I'll tell you after we go see my parents, come on," she grabbed his hand and pulled him to the landing bay. Vegeta frowned and had his eyes on her the entire time they were walking. She looked dazed and out of it, worried and just not her usual self. He tried to poke around her thoughts, but she kept them blocked from him. His frowned deepened, but she had said she'd tell him later, so he decided to trust her this time. He looked over at her parents and saw how she relaxed a little. With their feelings in sync, and him still trying to get into her memory and thoughts, he felt a little more at ease with her relaxing.

Bulma let go of Vegeta's hand and ran over to her mother and father

"Mother! Father! It's so good to see you, how was your trip?" she smiled a little as she hugged her father and mother.

Bulma's father, King Briefs, just smiled at his daughter then looked at Vegeta with an eyebrow raised, like he knew something was up between them.

"Oh Bulma, dear it's nice to see you again! And Prince Vegeta too!" her mother bowed to him slightly and smiled at him, she could plainly see what was going on between them.

Vegeta just nodded in greeting, he didn't really feel like talking to them, his thoughts and eyes were on Bulma, he was wondering what was wrong with her, why she wouldn't talk to him. The King chuckled slightly and put a hand on Vegeta's shoulder

"Son, we have to have a little chat, care to take a walk with me?" King Briefs didn't wait for an answer and kept walking. Vegeta tore his glance away from Bulma and reluctantly followed behind her father. He knew he'd have to talk to the old man; he just didn't want to do it so soon. He was hoping it could be after he'd gotten the information he wanted. They walked down the halls, walked out the back door and went into the gardens. Vegeta followed him for as long as his patience would let him.

"Old man, I don't have all day, what are you here to talk to me about?" he wanted to get back to Bulma and find out what was wrong with her, find out why she was worried.

"Listen son, I see how you look at my daughter, and if you haven't already, how about considering her for a mate?" King Briefs looked at him and gave him a gentle smile,

Vegeta had to blink a few times before he opened his mouth to respond

"You…want me to take your only daughter as…my mate? So you are giving me permission then? Old man I am the Prince of all Saiyans, I can get any woman I want as my mate…"

"Yes, you could, however I see that the only woman you want as your mate, is my daughter, and that, is the truth, don't deny it," the wise old king looked around at the gardens once more before saying

"My daughter has been through a lot, and if you're planning on hurting her in anyway, I will not hesitate to take you down, Prince Vegeta or not, you hurt my little girl I'm going to make sure you can't do anything ever again, but since you've already been bonded, I don't think it will be a problem now will it, son"

Vegeta blushed in frustration,

"Why didn't you just say you knew?! Why would you tell me I could, if you knew I already did?!"

"Well, Prince Vegeta, I wanted you to know that I approve, but again, if you hurt her…."

Vegeta quickly cut him off

"Listen here, I will never hurt her, she is my bonded mate, and I'm not going to allow anyone to hurt her ever," Vegeta's eyes blazed from their usual black to the blazing teal-blue they were when he was a Super Saiyan, and the old king knew he was telling the truth.

"well good, now that that's all settled…why don't I tell you where that duke is that you want to destroy,"

Vegeta was shocked for a mere moment, before he glared at the old man

"How could you know that?"

He chuckled and said knowingly

"Because, with that look in your eyes, and how Bulma's been acting off since we've arrived, I knew she must have either told you about it, or you found out some other way," the old king suddenly got very serious

"You'll find Duke Yamcha in the abandoned castle, three hundred miles north of here; it's in the middle of an ancient war zone, one that separated my people from the duke's. He is strong, and before you rush in there all alone, I have someone who will go with you. He found the place the first time,"

The king raised a hand and looked up; a man wearing the most ridiculous outfit he'd ever seen appeared in front of them, he bowed first to the Prince then to the king

"My lord, what can I do for you? It's not often I get a call from you,"

Vegeta noted that the idiot in front of him kept a goofy almost moronic smile on his face the entire time he spoke, Vegeta's eyebrow twitched slightly in irritation

"Kakarot…you can't be serious, I'm the most powerful Saiyan on the planet, and you're sending, this idiot with me? Are you trying to mock me?"

"Now, now, Goku will be acting as your guide to the castle, and be there in case you need back up, or there are too many for you to handle," the King smiled at him once again.

"Prince Vegeta! It'll be a pleasure to serve under you again!" Goku stood almost two heads taller than the Prince and it quite frankly pissed him off.

"Hn. I won't need your help Kakarot, I promise you that," Vegeta turned and motioned for Goku to follow him, he'd have to fill him all the way in as to what they'd be doing. And just for a moment, he forgot all about Bulma, he forgot that she was supposed to be talking to him about something, at the moment this was far more important to him, so he pushed the thoughts to the back of his mind.

Bulma's mother was ecstatic

"Oh! This is great news! I knew you two would be perfect for each other! I can't wait until you make it official, and then after that I hope we can expect grandchildren!"

"Mother!" Bulma's cheeks flushed red, and Vegeta wasn't even in the room, she didn't have to nerve or the stomach to tell her mother that something like that might be happening very soon.

"What? Oh dear, you're embarrassed, sorry dear! It's just that It's always so exciting!" her mother was always like this, a ray of sunshine, sometimes it made Bulma sick, so much peppiness, but then again she knew where she got it from, just not as much.

Bulma was just shaking her head at her mother's ranting and looked up when her father walked in the room,

"Where's Vegeta?" she asked seeing that her mate was not with him.

Her father just smiled and nodded at her

"He'll be along, don't you worry,"

Bulma couldn't focus on her parents for the next few hours, Vegeta didn't show up and she was indeed getting worried.

"I uh I'm going to go check on…" right as she got up to go and check on things, she saw a ship take off and her heart sunk, it was a small military ship, it held three or four people comfortably, it was Vegeta's it had the royal crest on the side of it. She ran as fast as she could to the docking bay, she read the coordinates of their landing and almost started to panic

"No…no, no, no! Vegeta!" she didn't wait another second, she flew to her room, grabbed two bags that were ready in case this kind of thing happened and got back to a ship, she had just plugged the coordinates in, and was finishing the route when she heard her father

"Bulma, do be careful, I know I can't stop you, but know this….Vegeta is strong and he'll be fine, I for one am glad he's doing this for you,"

She didn't look up from what she was doing but she did stop for a moment, she said quietly

"I know dad…but he's prideful, he underestimates his opponents…like I did, and I'm not letting Yamcha get his filthy hands on my mate, I plan to help take care of the bastard once and for all,"

She completed her route work up and took one glance at her father before stepping into her ship and taking off. She wasn't going to let Vegeta do this all alone, and besides, she wanted a piece of this action as well. She was determined to help, to beat Yamcha once and for all, her determination and fury was evident in her blazing blue eyes

'Damn you Vegeta, you should have waited for me,' she thought to herself. Her hand absentmindedly went to her stomach and when she noticed where it was she jerked it away. She could feel what no one could sense yet, and she didn't know how everyone would take the news. Taking a breath and turned the speed up as high as it'd go, she wasn't wasting a second, she had things to be doing.

Vegeta couldn't help the feeling that he was missing something, not from his mission, but from his life, what was missing? What couldn't he figure out? It was pulling on his brain until he had to just forget it all together to keep himself sane.

They landed a few miles off from the castle. Vegeta got up and out of the pod and got Goku to silently follow him, when they got all the way to the abandoned castle, they saw something they didn't expect to see, he was waiting for them.

"Prince Vegeta, how nice of you to be here…I've been waiting for you," the duke looked at him with evil in his eyes

"How the hell did you know I'd be here? Answer me! You worthless piece of…"

"Whoa, that's not very nice, you don't even know me and you're calling me names," the duke smirked an evil smirk. He looked as amused as a playground bully getting reactions out of his victims.

Vegeta growled and took a step forward; Yamcha stood his ground with an amused look in his eyes

"You think you can beat me? You're a scrawny weakling compared to me!" Yamcha's attitude pissed Vegeta off, he couldn't steel that line! That was his line!

"Scrawny?! Weakling!? You idiot! I'm your Prince! Prince of all Saiyans! I'm more powerful than anyone on this planet!" Vegeta was getting mad now, and he only thought for a second before going and kneeing the duke in the gut.

Yamcha's eyes widened in surprise, he wasn't expecting him to be so fast. He jumped back and held his side, it had hurt him, and he glared at Vegeta and then looked up and smirked slightly. The energy he felt, he knew it well.

"Looks like my Princess has decided to join us, Bulma's a fast responder,"

Vegeta looked over and saw the ship land; he blinked a few times then used their mental bond

'Woman what the hell are you doing here!?'

'It's nice to see you too, after you took off without any warning at all! I'm here to help you kill the bastard, or at least watch, I deserve to at least watch,'

Vegeta growled slightly then looked and glared at Yamcha

"She's my Princess actually, you moron. And when we're done here we're going to make it official,"

Yamcha couldn't help but laugh, it was laced in evil, and it was a dark laugh indeed. Bulma shuddered as she neared them, she saw Vegeta and Goku first, then Yamcha, her blue eyes were blazing with anger and hatred, she clenched her hands into fists and walked over to Goku.

"Princess Bulma… you shouldn't be here," Goku whispered to her sounding worried.

"I'll be fine Goku, I promise, Vegeta's here and he's not going to let anything happen to me, besides I'm stronger than last time, I can take care of myself now," her glare never left Yamcha, who was calmly looking right back at her, with an evil smile on his face.

"Woman, don't you dare get in my way, you understand me?"

Bulma didn't look at him as she nodded, her glare was directed at Yamcha who wasn't fazed in the slightest, and he looked back at her with an evil expression, his eyes clouded over as if the evil had consumed his soul. She knew this look, and it made her anxious.

Vegeta knew she wasn't in a position to be in this fight,

"Kakarot! Guard Bulma, don't let her get involved, fight her yourself if she tries," Vegeta did not wait for a response; he simply turned back to Yamcha, smirked and went super Saiyan.

Yamcha suddenly had a worried look in his once amused and arrogant eyes; it was a surprised and almost frightened look,

Vegeta let out a laugh, an amused and arrogant laugh,

"Not so tough now are you! Let's get on with this," Vegeta didn't have to rush him, he teleported behind him and sent him flying straight into the wall of the already crumbling castle. Smirking he slowly followed as if taunting the Duke.

Bulma quickly jumped in front of Goku and ran after them, she heard a large crash and felt her heart rate begin to increase, she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings like she would usually do. She ran into the castle without looking around first, when she noticed the ceiling falling it was almost too late, she jumped out of the way just in time, the piece of rubble scraping up her arm and side a little.

"Damn," she gritted her teeth together and stopped herself from moving, it was a small scrap but it had started to hurt like hell.

'Woman, stop being a distraction! I need to focus on this bastard, not on trying to protect you!'

Vegeta lost track of the battle for a mere second to talk to her and got kicked in the stomach. He cursed and spit out some blood before jumping up and kneeing him in the face, then using his leg kicked his shoulder so he'd fall to the floor. Vegeta cursed again, that hit to him had hurt, he growled as Yamcha started laughing

"You're such a pansy, Prince Vegeta, one hit and you're in pain?"

Vegeta kicked him in the stomach then the face, efficiently shutting him up,

"Listen to me, and listen closely," Vegeta grabbed him by the hair and lifted him up to his level, saying into his ear

"You are going to die by my hand, for what you did to Bulma all those years ago, you are going to suffer worse than you've ever suffered, you are going to beg for me to kill you and I am not a merciful man, you will not receive death until I decide to let you die, you'll have a better time in hell than with me, I promise you that,you'll wish for hell when i'm done with you," Vegeta punched him in the stomach and then kneed him in the face once more, knocking him unconscious with just his fist and his knee.

Bulma was looking over her wounds and yelped when a hand landed on her shoulder, she swiftly grabbed the hand and through the person over her shoulder, it was Goku

"Oh! Sorry Goku! I didn't….oh…"

He not so gracefully landed on his back and laughed lightly

"That's alright…you seem a little preoccupied, is something going on you need to talk about?"

She walked over and helped him up, then let out a sigh.

"Oh Goku… I don't know how to tell anyone this, and I need to tell Vegeta first, since he's done beating up Yamcha now, I suppose we'll be leaving soon," she simply folded her arms and started pacing lightly. Vegeta walked out to them, having powered down, with Yamcha on his shoulder, he tossed him to Goku who caught him.

"We're bringing him back to the palace; I have special plans for this one,"

Goku nodded and bowed slightly to his Prince before jumping to the ship and getting Yamcha tied up and ready to be taken back to the palace.

Bulma hadn't noticed him and was still pacing. Vegeta went over and stopped her

"Alright, you've been acting off for far too long, what the hell is going on!?"

She bit her lip and looked down

"I-I….um…How to…let's…I can't…I mean…oh,"

"Bulma!" Vegeta was slowly losing his patience, he just couldn't take her being stubborn and not talking to him

"What did I do to make you not want to talk to me? We're mated, that means no secrets! So talk and let those stupid barriers down, before I have to pry them open!"

She gulped a bit and took his hands in hers lightly, looking down she whispered

"Oh Vegeta….I'm…pregnant…"

She closed her eyes as she felt him stiffen, she knew he'd be taken by surprise and bit her trembling lip as she awaited his reaction. She gasped slightly and her eyes widened when he put a hand up her shirt to feel her stomach, she kept her eyes wide and stared at his hand, and then looked up at his face. He looked deep in concentration; suddenly a small smile crept up on his face

"I'm surprised I was so out of it I didn't sense it sooner…" he gently pulled her into an embrace. Bulma blinked and softly returned it to him.

"You aren't…upset?"

Vegeta just held her closer and closed his eyes as she brought the memory barriers down, she had known for almost a week, he could sense the energy now, of their child. It was faint and weak, but it was there and growing quickly. It made him want to laugh for joy, but he didn't.

"Upset? That you've waited a week before telling me about our child? No, woman, I suppose not…you had your reasons for keeping it from me…" Vegeta couldn't help his growing smile, he was almost…happy. That was the only word to describe what he was feeling, happy, whole, even after just kicking the holy hell out of someone, he could feel like this.

Bulma let out a relieved sigh

"Well that's good….i thought you'd be upset because now we have to make our relationship official and all that nonsense…I didn't want to rush or anything but uh.."

"I was planning on making the announcement sooner rather than later anyways, you've just given me the push, now come on, let's get back, your parents are waiting for you, and I have some….business to take care of," he smirked at her lightly, and gave her a small kiss before letting her go completely

"I'll meet you there," she said smiling slightly and running off to her pod. As soon as she was out of sight, Vegeta walked onto his pod with Goku, still smirking lightly.

"What're you so happy about?" Goku asked innocently

"Oh nothing, I'm just going to be a father, that's all," Vegeta say at the control panel and set coordinates for home. Goku patted his shoulder

"Amazing! You must be so excited!"

Vegeta was too happy to care what Goku was doing, he was way too deep in thought. Thinking about his future kid, and Bulma, and what he was about to do to the bastard tied up behind him. He smirked slightly to himself, all in all, it had been a good day for him.

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Hope You all enjoyed this chapter! Think everything is going to be all rainbows and butterflies? well it might be...OR NOT next chapter you'll find out. And i'm so super excited to keep going on this! Even with school, i'll try to be as fast as i can be with updates alright? PEACE OFF