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Bulma woke up to find she was still in the arms of Vegeta. She slowly tried to roll over but his grip on her tightened.
"Where are you going?"
"Nowhere I was just going to roll over; I thought you were still asleep."
"You know I do not sleep past 5 woman"
"Then why are you still in bed silly?"
"Maybe I like what's next to me"
Bulma look up at him and smiled, her blue eyes piercing every bit of his black orbs. He leaned his head down and started to kiss her softly. He pulled her on top of him and his hands began to roam her soft ivory skin. Bulma's long hair fell in their faces and she began to giggle at the way Vegeta squirmed to get away from the blue locks. She was seeing a side of him no one else did, and they never would. This side of him was only for her.
"Vegeta, we need to get ready to land. But this will give you something to come back alive for…..we will finish this after you defeat Gorgon."
"You're a sneaky little thing aren't you"
"You have no idea my prince"
"Get ready and meet Kakarot and I in the main chamber"
"Kay, see you in a little while"
Bulma started to get a shower and get ready while Vegeta went to find Kakarot. He had to talk to him about his feelings, he didn't quite understand why he felt the things he did.
"Kakarot, I need to speak with you"
"Okay, and don't worry Vegeta I won't tell anyone anything"
"I know you won't, I would kill you"
"Yes you probably would, I may be stronger but you know how to strategize way better then me, so did you tell Bulma you like her yet? Was she happy? Are you guys gonna be together?"
"Enough with the twenty questions Kakarot"
"So Vegeta, when we land what's the plan?"
Vegeta thought it was best to not remind the younger Saiyan he was going to speak with him. He needed to focus on the upcoming battle. Gorgon's army was weak but there was so many of them that even he and Kakarot would get worn out quickly. He looked over to the controls to look at the map and see how close they were to the planet, that's when he saw it.
"Kakarot, have you touched any of the controls?"
"No why?"
"Well it seems that the planet we are supposed to be going to no longer exists"
"What? Wow it is gone! Where did it go?"
"Well captain obvious if I knew that I would have reset our course to the planet."
"Well let's just go home then. Maybe someone already destroyed them before we got here."
"You are such an idiot sometimes Kakarot, I'll get the woman and see if she can hack the computer system and find out what happened."
"WOMAN! GET TO THE CONTROL ROOM AT ONCE!"
"You don't have to yell Vegeta I am right here!"
"Hack into this system and find out what happened to the planet"
"Oh sure, just do whatever Vegeta says huh? Ugh your such a jerk!"
"Now woman we don't have time for your incessant babbling!"
Bulma began to type away and after a few minutes she was in. She had control over the entire ship and she translated it to English.
"Got it Vegeta, there is a video message on here."
"So play it!"
"I AM MR. IMPATIENT!"
The screen flashed and Gorgon came into focus and started speaking.
"Zarbon, by the time you make it back here our planet will be gone. It is in the path of a meteor. We don't have much time our scientists have seen it here but assumed it would go by us. Such a tragedy that I shall die without being able to kill that monkey with my bare hands! I hope you took revenge on that filthy Prince my son. Do not let your sister die in vain Zarbon."
The screen got shaky and you could hear people screaming and running by Gorgon, and then all you could see was fire and the transmission cut off.
"Well looks like we can go home now!"
"Hn."
"Hey Vegeta, what's up? Why aren't you happy to go home?"
"For your information fool I wanted him to die by my hands, not a by a big rock."
"You killed Zarbon though Vegeta with your bare hands too, that's pretty impressive."
"I do not need your pity Kakarot. Woman, set the coordinates for Earth."
Vegeta stalked out of the room, his tail was whipping angrily behind him, an indication that told Goku and Bulma to leave him alone. Bulma set the coordinates for Earth.
"ETA to Earth is two days and 7.25 minutes"
Bulma turned in her chair to face Goku, he immediately noticed something different about her.
"Goku, can I talk to you?"
"Well sure you can Bulma! You're like family, you can always talk to me. What's up?"
"I'm not sure how to say it so I'm going to blurt out…I'm in love"
"Yea, I know"
"WHAT? How?"
"Bulma, I've known you for a long time now, and I'm pretty good at reading you, plus I see the way you look at him."
"You know who it is!"
"Yes, it's Vegeta, and it's okay, he likes you too!"
"Oh my gosh Goku! I feel like such a fool! And how do you know that he feels that way?"
"Bulma, he's starting to open up to me, well sort of, he doesn't come out and say it but I know what he wants to say, so I say for it him and if he turns red, I'm right! His tail is kind of a give away too now that I know him more. Ya know, he isn't as bad as I thought, he's had it rough."
"You have no idea Goku. Well I'm hungry and I'm sure you are so what ya say we go get some food?"
Bulma turned to smile at her friend when he rushed by her in a flash nearly knocking her over. The two ate and then he went to train and Bulma went to find something to tinker with.
The two days flew by but there was no sign of Vegeta, they knew he was still on the ship but neither knew where he was. Bulma's heart ached for his touch. She hated that he was this upset and has been avoiding her. She got a shower and dressed to prepare the ship to land.
"Prepare for landing in T minus 2 hours"
Bulma got on the loud speaker and began to speak to Goku and Vegeta
"Hey Goku, Vegeta, just letting you know we should land in 2 hours. Oh and I made some food. That's all so I'll see you guys soon."
The two hours passed and they landed at Bulma's house, she waited for Vegeta to come out of the ship. After waiting for an hour and still nothing she decided to go inside and take a hot bath and hope he would soon follow. Bulma got to her bathroom and ran a hot bubble bath and plugged in her phone, she needed some soothing music right now. Adele began to play, Bulma started humming the lyrics with her eyes closed inhaling the scented candles. Slowly she started to calm herself and relax. After her bath she put on her long silk robe and went to see if Vegeta had come in to his room. She knocked on his door but there was no answer so she opened it and went in, nothing, no sign he had even come inside, her next option was the GR. Bulma went out to her balcony that had a clear shot of the GR and the lights were off and it wasn't humming with life. Now she was getting worried, Bulma rushed into her room and got dressed, she had to find him. Bulma ran outside began her frantic search for her prince.
"Vegeta, Vegeta are you in here?"
Bulma was looking inside the empty dark ship, she found nothing. She searched her house, the gardens, the yard and the forest in the compound and it all turned up with nothing. The blue haired beauty got out her hoover craft and took to the skies looking all over for him. She had no idea where she was going she just knew she had to find him. Bulma's frantic search ended when the sun began to rise. She hadn't realized that she was up all night looking for him. It was time to head home and get some sleep, Bulma was now heartbroken she had not found him and then the more thinking she had done the more pissed she got.
"Why, why the fuck did I even care about him. Ugh I should have known better, I should have known he was going to hurt me. *sigh* but I loved him, I still love him. OH Bulma, suck it up and go to bed! Now I'm really crazy, talking to myself like this. Maybe Goku knows where he is."
Bulma got out her cell and dialed Goku's house.
"Hello"
"Hey Chi-Chi, is Goku busy?"
"No, I'll get him for you, everything okay?"
"Yea, yea fine thanks."
"Hello"
"Goku"
"Bulma what's wrong?"
Before she could answer she was crying her eyes out on the phone to her best friend.
"Bulma what is it? Bulma answer me!...I'm coming over!"
Within minutes Goku was in her house and found Bulma on the kitchen floor crying
"Bulma what is wrong!"
"It's Vegeta, he's gone"
"What do you mean he's gone?"
"Try and sense his Ki Goku, please! I need to know if he's alive at least"
"Well he's not here, I'll need to concentrate and search further…He's alive Bulma"
"Oh thank Kami! Can you go talk to him for me?"
"I don't think so, not yet anyway"
The kitchen was silent and the only sound was her iPod playing Adele. The lyrics to the song seemed to grow in volume as Bulma started focusing in on that.
"When will I see you again?
You left with no good bye,
Not a single word was said
No final kiss to seal any seam
I had no idea of the state we were in."
Her sobs began all over again and Goku decided now was not a good time to be listening to this song. He went to turn it off when she grabbed his arm.
"Goku it's okay, please don't turn it off yet. I still like her, just crazy how it fits into my life right now."
"Bulma, you need to get rest, have you slept since we came back?"
"No, I have been looking for him. What did I do Goku?"
"Bulma you did nothing! This is not your fault this is just something he needs to clear his head I guess. Come on you need to go to sleep."
Vegeta sat atop the mountain and stared off into the sky. He was furious that he could not kill that monster Gorgon by his own hand. He needed to get away from everyone and think and let out some rage. The landscape sadly was the outlet of his anger. He also needed to be alone to figure out why he felt the way he did for the woman. He could not explain why he cared for her, why he let his wall down with her. He knew why he could do that with Kakarot. Kakarot understood him and didn't judge, he was a third class, he was below Vegeta and yet he was the last of full bloods, he like a brother to Vegeta now. Kakarot gave him a second chance and could see something inside him that Vegeta himself had yet to discover, and then the woman, she saw the same thing. She trusted Vegeta, she loved him. How could anyone love him? He was warrior, a cold blooded murderer. Vegeta was having a mental battle within himself. He had not seen or spoken to her in four days. He broke her trust, he left her without a single word.
"Maybe this is for the best, she can no longer be hurt if I am gone. She does not deserve someone like me. She deserves a Prince Charming as she has called it. I'm a Prince but not what one would call charming, I am a warrior, I am feared throughout the galaxy, I killed the most powerful tyrant around, I am not one to be trusted, to be cared for let alone to be loved. This is not me, this is pathetic. I shall return to that place, but I will not let this weak emotion take over. I will train and get my rematch with the clown and once I've done that I will leave this mud ball and never return."
The prince of Saiyan's was back, his heart was black and cold once more. He took to the sky and made his way back to the compound. It was a long trip back, about a day or so. Vegeta went as far away as he body could take him to make sure no one would find him. When he arrived he found her in her lab working on something at her computer, she looked horrible like she hasn't slept in days. He didn't want her to see him so he headed for his room when he stepped on the cat and it let out a cry of pain. He froze and looked in the direction of her only to meet her gaze.
"Vegeta, where have you been? I've been worried sick about you! I haven't slept in days, I searched all over for you!"
"Where I was is not your concern woman, how long until my training equipment is finished? And the tank?"
"Did I do something wrong?"
"I asked you a question woman now answer it."
Bulma's face went from relieved to see he was okay to shock, to sadness all in one motion.
"The bots will be finished by tomorrow, the tank still needs some more time Vegeta. Now answer my question, did I do something wrong?"
"Yes, you will stop treating me as anything except the Prince that I am, you will never again question where I am, what I'm doing, do you understand?"
Bulma felt like she had just been stabbed straight through her heart. How could the man that she had fallen for, that treated her so gently on the ship and was so willing to die for her now treat her like a servant.
"Vegeta, what's going on? I deserve an explanation, the way you were with me on the ship is-"
"I was not myself then, and you shall not speak of those moments again. It would be in your best interest to forget that it ever happened, I promise you that I will not allow myself to be that weak again. Now get back to work I expect my demands be made or there will be consequences."
